First Monday of Lent

               (After the 2nd reading of the Psalter):

               SESSIONAL HYMN                       TONE 2 (by Joseph)

LET US ACQUIRE COMPUNCTION OF SOUL
AS GOD-GIVEN FIRST-FRUITS OF THE FAST.
LET US CRY: ACCEPT OUR PRAYER AS PURE INCENSE, O CHRIST OUR MASTER.
DELIVER US, WE ENTREAT YOU, FROM THE STENCH OF CORRUPTION
AND FROM FEARFUL TORMENT.//
FOR YOU ALONE ARE READY TO FORGIVE!


               GLORY BE TO THE FATHER AND TO THE SON AND THE THE HOLY SPIRIT.

LET US ACQUIRE COMPUNCTION OF SOUL...

               NOW AND FOREVER AND EVER. AMEN.

GRANT US YOUR MERCY, THEOTOKOS,
FOUNT OF TENDER COMPASSION.
LOOK UPON THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SINNED,
AND MANIFEST, AS ALWAYS YOUR POWER.
FOR TRUSTING IN YOU, WE CRY OUT AS ONCE DID GABRIEL, CHIEF OF THE BODILESS HOSTS://
REJOICE, FULL OF GRACE, THE LORD IS WITH YOU!



               (After the 3rd reading of the Psalter):

               SESSIONAL HYMN (by Theodore)     TONE 2

LET US BEGIN THE ALL-HOLY SEASON OF FASTING WITH JOY;
LET US SHINE WITH THE BRIGHT RADIANCE OF THE HOLY COMMANDMENTS OF CHRIST OUR GOD:
WITH THE BRIGHTNESS OF LOVE AND THE SPLENDOR OF PRAYER,
THE STRENGTH OF GOOD COURAGE AND THE PURITY OF HOLINESS!
SO, CLOTHED IN GARMENTS OF LIGHT,
LET US HASTEN TO THE HOLY RESURRECTION ON THE THIRD DAY,//
THAT SHINES ON THE WORLD WITH THE GLORY OF ETERNAL LIFE!

      GLORY BE TO THE FATHER AND TO THE SON AND THE THE HOLY SPIRIT.

LET US BEGIN THE ALL-HOLY SEASON...

               NOW AND FOREVER AND EVER. AMEN.

BEYOND ALL HOPE, I AM WONDROUSLY SET FREE, MOTHER OF GOD,
FROM ALL THAT TROUBLES ME,
FOR I HAVE OBTAINED IN MY DISTRESS YOUR INVINCIBLE INTERCESSION!
YOU ARE ALWAYS SWIFT TO HELP THOSE WHO BESEECH YOU IN FAITH,
DISPELLING THE DARKNESS OF THEIR MANY SINS.
THEREFORE, WITH THANKSGIVING, I CRY TO YOU:
ACCEPT, LADY, THIS SMALL OFFERING OF GRATEFUL PRAISE,//
AND BE MY HELP IN ALL THINGS!