☦ Eastern Orthodox Great Lent: Sunday of St. John of the Ladder

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[I went ahead of myself and previously posted Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt as the 4th Sunday. Not so. The 4th Sunday of Great Lent is dedicated to St. John Climacus.]

Hymns of the Feast~
Apolytikion: Plagal of the Fourth Tone~
With the rivers of your tears, you have made the barren desert fertile. Through sighs of sorrow from deep within you, your labors have borne fruit a hundredfold. By your miracles you have become a light, shining upon the world. O John, our Holy Father, pray to Christ our God, to save our souls.

Kontakion: First Tone
As ever-blooming fruits, you offer the teachings of your God-given book, O wise John, most blessed, while sweetening the hearts of all them that heed it with vigilance; for it is a ladder from the earth unto Heaven that confers glory on the souls that ascend it and honor you faithfully.

Glory of Psalm 140, Sunday of St. John Climacus; Great Vespers: Tone Plagal of the First
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

O righteous Father, thou heardest the voice of the Gospel and forsook the world, riches, and glory, counting them as naught. Wherefore, thou didst cry unto all: love God, and ye will find eternal favor. Put nothing above His love, that when He cometh in His glory ye may find rest with all the saints. Wherefore, by their intercessions, O Christ God, preserve and save our souls.