Fifth Sunday of Lent

Resurrectional Troparion of the Tone.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

Kontakion, Tone 4.
Through spiritual winter cometh the renewal of the soul, and all temptations having been endured, the fruits of virtue are brought forth from spiritual enlightenment. Christ the Bridegroom cometh, crowning with the crown of the ascetic; let us rise up, let Him find those who are ready, and let us accept the incorruptible crown.

Now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Theotokion of the Tone.

Prokeimenon of the Tone.

The Lesson of the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Hebrews.
Hebrews §321b (9:11-14).
Brethren: Christ, being come an High Priest of the good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hand, that is, not of this creation: neither by the blood of goats, or of calves, but by His own blood, entered once into the holies, having obtained eternal redemption. For if the blood of goats and of oxen, and the ashes of an heifer being sprinkled, sanctify such as are defiled, to the cleansing of the flesh: how much more shall the blood of Christ, Who by the Holy Ghost offered Himself unspotted unto God, cleanse our conscience from dead works, to serve the living and true God?

Alleluia of the Tone.

The Lesson of the Holy Gospel according to Saint Mark.
Saint Mark §47 (10:32b-45).
At that time: Jesus taking the twelve, He began to tell them the things that should befall Him, saying: Behold we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man shall be betrayed to the chief priests, and to the scribes and ancients, and they shall condemn Him to death, and shall deliver Him to the Gentiles. And they shall mock Him, and spit on Him, and scourge Him, and kill Him: and the third day He shall rise again. And James and John the sons of Zebedee come to Him, saying: Master, we desire that whatsoever we shall ask, Thou wouldst do it for us. But He said to them: What would you that I should do for you? And they said: Grant to us, that we may sit, one on Thy right hand, and the other on Thy left hand, in Thy glory. And Jesus said to them: You know not what you ask. Can you drink of the chalice that I drink of: or be baptized with the baptism wherewith I am baptized? But they said to Him: We can. And Jesus saith to them: You shall indeed drink of the chalice that I drink of: and with the baptism wherewith I am baptized, you shall be baptized. But to sit on My right hand, or on My left, is not Mine to give to you, but to them for whom it is prepared. And the ten hearing it, began to be much displeased at James and John. But Jesus calling them, saith to them: You know that they who seem to rule over the Gentiles, lord it over them: and their princes have power over them. But it is not so among you: but whosoever will be greater, shall be your minister. And whosoever will be first among you, shall be the servant of all. For the Son of Man also is not come to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give His life a redemption for many.

Communion.
Psalm 148:1.
Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: praise ye Him in the high places. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.