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From the Aposticha of the Matins for Tuesday of Cheesefare Week

Come, O people, receive Lent with gladness!
The beginning of Spiritual Warfare arrives!
Forsake the indulgence of thy flesh,
That the Gifts of the Spirit may be increased in thee!
Embrace thy share of suffering, O Soldiers of Christ!
Prove thyselves to be children of God!
The Holy Spirit will take up His abode in thee,//
And thy souls will be filled with His light!


From the Aposticha of the Vespers for Tuesday of Cheesefare Week:

Come, O Faithful, let us receive with joy
The divinely-inspired announcements of Lent!
Like Ninevites of old, like harlots and publicans
Who heard John preaching repentance,
Let us prepare ourselves through fasting
For the Master's Communion in Zion!
Let us wash ourselves with tears of purification;
Let us pray to behold the fulfillment of Pascha, the true revelation!
Let us prepare ourselves
To adore the Cross and Resurrection of Christ Our God!//
Do not deprive us of our expectation, O Lover of mankind!