Schedule

Troparion:
The angelic powers were at Thy tomb; the guards became as dead men. Mary stood by Thy grave, seeking Thy most pure Body. Thou didst capture hell, not being tempted by it. Thou didst come to the Virgin, granting life. O Lord who didst rise from the dead: glory to Thee!

Get ready, Zebulon! Bedeck yourself, Nephthali! Stop your flow and rejoice, O Jordan! The Master is coming to be baptized. Rejoice, Adam, with our first mother. Do not seek to cover yourselves as you did in Paradise. He Who saw you naked comes out publicly today, so that He may vest you in the primal robe. Christ is seen! And He wishes to renew all creation!

Kontakion:
When Christ God, the Giver of Life, raised all of the dead from the valleys of misery with His mighty hand, He bestowed resurrection on the human race. He is the Savior of all, the Resurrection, the Life, and the God of all.

Today the Lord calls to John from the flowing Jordan water: Do not hesitate to baptize Me, for I have come to save the first man, Adam.

Prokeimenon in the 6th Tone:
O Lord, save Thy people and bless Thine inheritance.
(Vs.) To Thee, O Lord, will I call. O my God, be not silent to me!

Epistle:
The reading from the Second Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to Timothy. (2 Tim 4:5-8)

My child Timothy, as for you, always be steady, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry. For I am already on the point of being sacrificed; the time of my departure has come. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved His appearing.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such there is no law. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. Let us have no self-conceit, no provoking of one another, no envy of one another. Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Look to yourself, lest you too be tempted. Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. (Galatians 5:22-6:2)

Alleluia Verses:
O God, be gracious to us and bless us, and make the light of Thy countenance to shine upon us, and have mercy on us.
(Vs.) That Thy way may be known upon earth, and Thy salvation among all nations.