Lenten Lectionary Á-? The Third Week of Great Lent - Page of 22
Tuesday in the Third Week - At Vespers
Reader:
The Prokeimenon, Psalm 47, in the 3rd Tone: Great
is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our
God.
Stichos:
In the city of the Lord of Hosts, in the city of our
God.
Deacon:
Wisdom!
Reader:
The reading
is from the
Prophecy of
Genesis.
Deacon:
Let us
attend!
Gen 7:1-5
Reader:
1.
And the Lord God said to Noe, Enter thou and all
thy family into the ark, for thee have I seen righteous
before me in this generation.
2.
And of the clean cattle take
in to thee sevens, male and female, and of the unclean
cattle pairs male and female.
3.
And of clean flying
creatures of the sky sevens, male and female, and of all
unclean flying creatures pairs, male and female, to
maintain seed on all the earth.
4.
For yet seven days having
passed I bring rain upon the earth forty days and forty
nights, and I will blot out every offspring which I have
made from the face of all the earth.
5.
And Noe did all
things whatever the Lord God commanded him.
Reader:
The Prokeimenon, Psalm 48, in the 2nd Tone: My
mouth shall speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart
shall be of understanding.
Stichos:
Hear this, all ye nations; give ear, all ye that inhabit
the world.