On the first day of the Afterfeast of the
Transfiguration, the hymns of Vespers speak of the amazement of the
Apostles when they saw Christ transfigured before them. The Savior's
equality with the Father is also stressed, for He who covers Himself
with light as with a garment is now transfigured before His disciples,
"shining more brightly than the sun."
The hymns at Vespers on the second day of the
afterfeast speak of the sun appearing dim compared to the divine light
of the Transfiguration. In His compassion for humanity, Christ took on
mortal flesh, yet Peter, James and John saw the radiance of His glory.
"The incarnate Lord made Adam's darkened image to shine again"
when He
appeared on earth "arrayed in the original beauty of the Image (Genesis
01:26).
fifth
Afterfeast of the
Transfiguration.
Holy Martyr and Archdeacon Euplus (Euplius) of Catania (304). Martyrs
Vasily (Basil) and Theodore of the Kiev Caves (Near Caves 1098). St.
Theodosius (Prince Theodore of Ostrog) of the Kiev Caves (Far Caves
1438). Virgin Martyr Susanna and those with her: Martyrs Gaius, Pope of
Rome, Presbyter Gabinus, his brother and the father of Susanna, Maximus,
Claudius, and his wife Praepedigna and their sons Alexander and Cutias
(295-296). Martyr Nikon of Constantinople (1508). St. Niphon, Patriarch
of Constantinople (Mt. Athos 1515)
.
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26 |
How is it
then, brethren? Whenever you come together, each of you has a
psalm, has a teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an
interpretation. Let all things be done for edification. |
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27 |
If anyone
speaks in a tongue, let there be two or at the most three, each
in turn, and let one interpret. |
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28 |
But if there
is no interpreter, let him keep silent in church, and let him
speak to himself and to God. |
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29 |
Let two or
three prophets speak, and let the others judge. |
|
30 |
But if
anything is revealed to another who sits by, let the first keep
silent. |
|
31 |
For you can
all prophesy one by one, that all may learn and all may be
encouraged. |
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32 |
And the
spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets. |
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33 |
For God is
not the author of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches
of the saints. |
|
34 |
Let your
women keep silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to
speak; but they are to be submissive, as the law also says. |
|
35 |
And if they
want to learn something, let them ask their own husbands at
home; for it is shameful for women to speak in church. |
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36 |
Or did the
word of God come originally from you? Or was it you only that it
reached? |
|
37 |
If anyone
thinks himself to be a prophet or spiritual, let him acknowledge
that the things which I write to you are the commandments of the
Lord. |
|
38 |
But if anyone
is ignorant, let him be ignorant. |
|
39 |
Therefore,
brethren, desire earnestly to prophesy, and do not forbid to
speak with tongues. |
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40 |
Let all
things be done decently and in order. |
