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CANON

RUBRIC: Thursday

[For the] Apostles.

RUBRIC: *Šarakan* (hymn) of the Midday [Hour]. First Side [Choir].

Midday [Hymn] (*Čašow šarakan* [hymn for the Midday Hour]), Tone 8 (*ak* [eight-tone mode]): O holy apostles of Christ, lovers of the Creator of all creatures, intercede with the Lord on our behalf. O holy apostles of Christ, heralds throughout the whole universe, intercede [with the Lord on our behalf]. O holy apostles of Christ, crown of all churches, intercede [with the Lord on our behalf].

RUBRIC: CANON

[FOR] FRIDAY

RUBRIC: [For] fast days and non-fast days (lit. eating days)

RUBRIC: *Šarakan* (hymn) of the Midday [Hour] (*Čʿašu*). End.

[Mode] 8 (Tone 4 Plagal) [*jashu* (*čʿašow*, synaxis/midday hymn)]: O [Thou] Who art without beginning in essence, [Who] camest into the world, becamest incarnate of the Virgin on account of our debts: grant rest unto our departed! O Light of Light from the Father, [Who] didst dawn [forth as] light and life unto us, [Thou] Only-begotten So-