AT VESPERS

On “Lord, I have cried…”, these stichera, in Tone I: Spec. Mel.: “O most lauded apostles…”—

Glory…, Now & ever…, from the Pentecostarion, or this theotokion, in the same tone & melody—

Troparion, in Tone III—

Making thy mind divine with pleasing effulgence, thou wast enlightened, O thou who art most rich, didst go forth to preach Christ and didst teach the people to worship Him as the One Who loveth mankind. And now, do thou make supplication, that He grant unto our souls peace and great mercy.

Revealed as an all-radiant star, with divine splendors and doctrines thou dost ever illumine the ends of the whole world, O blessed one, and by grace dost dispel the gloom of affliction from everyone. And now, do thou make supplication, that He grant unto our souls peace and great mercy.

Making the perfect and unbloody sacrifice unto God, thou wast slain for Him, O martyr, and didst offer thyself upon the noetic altar as a sacrifice of sweet savor, O Apostle Carpus who art most rich. And now, do thou make supplication, that He grant unto our souls peace and great mercy.

O most hymned Mistress, thou hope and confirmation of the faithful, refuge and help, we beseech thee: from all misfortune preserve thy servants who worship thine Offspring with faith. Him do thou entreat, that He grant unto our souls peace and great mercy.

Stavrotheotokion—

When the unblemished ewe-lamb and Mistress beheld her Lamb upon the Cross, having neither form nor beauty, she said, lamenting: “Woe is me! Whither hath Thy beauty gone, O Thou Who art most sweet? Where is thy majesty? Where the shining grace of Thine image, O my Son most beloved?”

O holy Apostle Carpus, entreat the merciful God, that He grant unto our souls remission of transgressions.