AT VESPERS

At Lord, I have cried , we insert 6 stichera, and sing 3 prosomia of the Forefeast.

Come, let us go up with Jesus, as he ascends the holy mountain, and there let us hear the voice of the living God, the Father without beginning, which through a cloud of light bears witness by the divine Spirit to the truth of his eternal Sonship, and enlightened in mind, in light we shall see light [1] .

Tone 4. You have given as a sign **.**

Come, let us dance beforehand, purify ourselves and faithfully prepare ourselves for the divine ascent of the exalted life of God, that we may become spectators of his majesty, and attain the glory which the leaders of the Apostles were allowed to see mystically on Mount Thabor.

Glory. Both now . Tone 5.

Come now, having undergone the greater change, let us prepare ourselves well to approach the holy mountain of God as we contemplate the unchanging glory of Christ blazing forth more brightly than the sun, and made radiant by the triple light, in it let us glorify his condescension.

Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of our God, and let us contemplate the glory of his Transfiguration, glory as of the only-begotten of the Father. By light let us receive light; and let us, borne aloft in spirit, hymn the consubstantial Trinity to the ages.