Concepts create idols; only wonder grasps anything. - St Gregory of Nyssa

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Christ prophesies the Last Judgment

Great and Holy Tuesday



Troparion at Matins:
Behold! the Bridegroom comes at midnight, and blessed is the servant whom He shall
find watching; and again, unworthy is the servant whom He shall find heedless.

Beware, therefore, O my soul, do not be weighed down with sleep, lest you be given up
to death, and lest you be shut out of the Kingdom.

But rouse yourself, crying:

"Holy! Holy! Holy! art Thou, O our God. Through the Theotokos, have mercy on us!"




Exaposteilarion:
Thy Bridal Chamber I see adorned, O my Savior, but I have no wedding garment that I may enter. O Giver of Light, enlighten the vesture of my soul, and save me.

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