On the Beatitudes, eight troparia; four from Ode I of the first canon of the Dormition, and four from Ode VI of the first canon of the Napkin.
After the Entrance, the troparion of the Napkin and that of the Dormition; Glory..., kontakion of the Napkin; Now and ever..., kontakion of the Dormition.
Prokimenon, in Tone IV—
O sing unto the Lord a new song, for the Lord hath wrought wondrous things.
Stichos: All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
Reading from the Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Colossians, §208 (1:12-18).
Brethren: Give thanks unto the Father, Who hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son, in Whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins; Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: for by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by Him, and for Him: and He is before all things, and by Him all things consist: and He is the head of the body, the Church: Who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things He might have the preëminence.
Reading from the Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians, §173 (3:4-11).
Brethren: Such trust have we through Christ to God-ward: not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away; how shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious? For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory. For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth. For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.
Alleluia, in Tone IV—
Stichos: O Lord, in the light of Thy face shall we walk, and in Thy name shall we rejoice unto the ages.
Reading from the Gospel according to Luke, §48, from the midpoint (9:51-56; 10:21-24).
At that time, when the day was come that Jesus should be received up, He steadfastly set His face to go up to Jerusalem, and sent messengers before His face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for Him. And they did not receive Him, because His face was as though He would go to Jerusalem. And when His disciples James and John saw this, they said: “Lord, wilt Thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elijah did?” But He turned, and rebuked them, and said: “Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them.” And they went to another village. And He turned unto His disciples, and said: “All things are delivered to Me of My Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal Him.” And He turned Him unto His disciples, and said privately: “Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see: for I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.”
Communion Verse—
O Lord, in the light of Thy face shall we walk, and in Thy name shall we rejoice unto the ages.
At Little Compline
Commemoration of the Holy Martyr Diomedes
On the Beatitudes, eight troparia; four from Ode I of the first canon of the Dormition, and four from Ode VI of the first canon of the Napkin.
After the Entrance, the troparion of the Napkin and that of the Dormition; Glory..., kontakion of the Napkin; Now and ever..., kontakion of the Dormition.
Prokimenon, in Tone IV—
O sing unto the Lord a new song, for the Lord hath wrought wondrous things.
Stichos: All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
Reading from the Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Colossians, §208 (1:12-18).
Brethren: Give thanks unto the Father, Who hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son, in Whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins; Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: for by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by Him, and for Him: and He is before all things, and by Him all things consist: and He is the head of the body, the Church: Who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things He might have the preëminence.
Reading from the Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians, §173 (3:4-11).
Brethren: Such trust have we through Christ to God-ward: not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away; how shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious? For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory. For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth. For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.
Alleluia, in Tone IV—
Stichos: O Lord, in the light of Thy face shall we walk, and in Thy name shall we rejoice unto the ages.
Reading from the Gospel according to Luke, §48, from the midpoint (9:51-56; 10:21-24).
At that time, when the day was come that Jesus should be received up, He steadfastly set His face to go up to Jerusalem, and sent messengers before His face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for Him. And they did not receive Him, because His face was as though He would go to Jerusalem. And when His disciples James and John saw this, they said: “Lord, wilt Thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elijah did?” But He turned, and rebuked them, and said: “Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them.” And they went to another village. And He turned unto His disciples, and said: “All things are delivered to Me of My Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal Him.” And He turned Him unto His disciples, and said privately: “Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see: for I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.”
Communion Verse—
O Lord, in the light of Thy face shall we walk, and in Thy name shall we rejoice unto the ages.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.