service files weekday_vespers5.md

ON SUNDAY EVENING

Glory. Both now.

**Theotokion.

Lord, I have cried, **Prosomia of the Lord.

O marvellous wonder!**

Oh, how I continue without a care! Heedlessly I pass the time I have for life, not thinking of my many sins, nor the dread threat of death and the impartiality of the trial. Oh, who will deliver me from the everlasting fire, unless you, my God, alone most good, take pity on me?

Alas, my wretched soul, how greatly you will lament there, when the just are called to the everlasting kingdom, but you are condemned to everlasting fire on account of your deeds! Groan, weep; from this moment run to the Redeemer Christ and wash away your sins.

As long as the time of this present life is there for you, O soul, repent and toil on account of your sins here, that there you may find rest and be delivered from eternal punishment. Lord, Lord, loving and compassionate, grant that I may become a sharer in the destiny of the chosen.

Other Prosomia, of the Bodiless Powers.

Lord, though at the judgement seat.

O Lord, the ranks of the Bodiless Ones glorify you without ceasing, filled with joy at your beauty and richly irradiated by your inexpressible loveliness and three-sunned radiance. At their prayers and intercessions, Saviour, save our souls.

O Lord, you brought into existence the all-harmonious choirs of the Angels by your all-powerful Word, and by your holy Spirit favouring them with the brightness of your unchanging rays. At their prayers and intercessions, Saviour, save our souls.

O Lord, the Seraphim hymn you, Powers and Angels, Principalities, Dominions, Thrones and Virtues, and Archangels and the awesome Cherubim offer their praise. At their prayers and intercessions, Saviour, save our souls.

O marvellous wonder!**

Hail, destruction of demons; hail, daughter of Adam, who truly flowered with the flower that does not fade; hail glory of your servants; hail all-unblemished, release from dangers; hail gift given by God; preservation of the world of those who call upon you; hail, Holy one. Hail, Sovereign Lady, glory of those who glorify you.