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who have dwelt on the earth with the wild beasts for my name's sake; Come, you who mourn and are afflicted; Come, you who have hungered and thirsted for my sake; Come, you who have been persecuted for righteousness' sake; Come, you who have been reproached and hated for my name's sake; Come, you who are pure in heart; Come, you who are merciful; Come, you who are generous; Come, you who are compassionate; Come, you who have cared for orphans; Come, you who have welcomed strangers; Come, you who are protectors of widows; Come, you who are helpers of the powerless; Come, you who are comforters of the sick; Come, you who visit those in prison; Come, you who pay the debts of others; Come, you who have filled the souls of the hungry and thirsty for my name's sake; Come, you most ardent protectors of those unjustly enslaved and in danger; Come, you compassionate liberators of those in exile and bitter slavery; Come, you who have lived a quiet and tranquil life for my sake; Come, you who have striven until death in virginity and asceticism and a venerable way of life, Come, you who have kept your body and soul spotless and undefiled in temperance and purity; Come, you who have completed your whole life in fasts and vigils and psalmody; Come, you who every night and 60.703 day do not depart from the church; Come, you who adorn and care for my altars; Come, you who have despised earthly things, receive heavenly things; Come, you who for my sake have left fathers and mothers, sons and daughters, houses and fields and relatives, receive the good things of the heavenly Jerusalem; Come and behold my glory, and rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven; Come, and see what kind of Master you happen to be servants of, and rejoice and leap for joy, for yours is the kingdom of heaven.

Enter into the joy of your Lord, receive those good things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, and have not entered into the heart of man; enter into the storehouses of my Father, where angels desire to look; receive the prizes and the crowns and the rewards of your struggles. You have borne the burden and the heat of the day; receive the kingdom of heaven; you endured hunger and thirst, sleeping on the ground and dry food; enjoy therefore indescribable glory, and ineffable joy, which I have prepared for you, my friends; rest henceforth in the courts of paradise, in the light-filled mansions, in delight and gladness that have no end, in splendid and glorified tabernacles. Enter into luminous places, and rest from your labors, which you endured for my sake. Rest with my holy angels, with apostles, with prophets and the saints who have pleased me from eternity; enter into my palace, where there is no pain, grief, and groaning nor tear, but eternal and unending life. Such gifts I bestow on those who have kept my word; thus I honor those who have honored me, thus I glorify those who glorify me, thus I give rest to those who give rest to my members, the poor and the powerless; thus I bless those who care for my Churches, thus I give back richly and abundantly and a hundredfold, eternal life. You gave me a piece of bread, receive a heavenly kingdom; you gave me money, receive the paradise of delight; you gave me an old garment, I clothe you with the unsetting light; you gave me a cup of water, receive the living water of rest; you brought me under your roof; behold I grant you to be with the holy angels; you gave me perishable things, receive imperishable things; you gave me temporary things, receive eternal things; you deemed me worthy of your table, receive eternal delight; you delivered me from prison, you visited me when I was sick, you relieved my hunger and thirst, you washed my feet, you warmed me when I was shivering; behold I grant you the bosom of Abraham. I received clay, I give pearls; I received grass, I give

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τῆς γῆς μετὰ τῶν θηρίων διὰ τὸ ὄνομά μου οἰκήσαντες· δεῦτε, οἱ πενθοῦντες καὶ τεθλιμμένοι· δεῦτε, οἱ δι' ἐμὲ πεινάσαντες καὶ διψήσαντες· δεῦτε, οἱ δεδιωγμένοι ἕνεκεν δικαιοσύνης· δεῦτε, οἱ ὀνειδισθέντες καὶ μισηθέντες διὰ τὸ ὄνομά μου· δεῦτε, οἱ καθαροὶ τῇ καρδίᾳ· δεῦτε, οἱ ἐλεήμονες· δεῦτε, οἱ εὐμετάδοτοι· δεῦτε, οἱ εὔσπλαγχνοι· δεῦτε, οἱ ὀρφανοτρόφοι· δεῦτε, οἱ ξενοδόχοι· δεῦτε, οἱ τῶν χηρῶν προστάται· δεῦτε, οἱ τῶν ἀδυνάτων ἀντιλήπτορες· δεῦτε, οἱ τῶν ἀσθενούντων παραμυθήτορες· δεῦτε, οἱ τοὺς ἐν φυλακῇ ἐπισκεπτόμενοι· δεῦτε, οἱ τῶν χρεωστούντων πληρωταί· δεῦτε, οἱ τὰς ψυχὰς τῶν πεινώντων καὶ διψώντων διὰ τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐμπλήσαντες· δεῦτε, οἱ τῶν ἀδίκως καταδουλωθέντων καὶ κινδυνευόντων προστάται θερμότατοι· δεῦτε, οἱ τῶν ἐν ἐξορίᾳ καὶ πικραῖς δουλείαις εὔσπλαγχνοι ἐλευθερωταί· δεῦτε, οἱ τὸν ἤρεμον καὶ ἡσύχιον βίον δι' ἐμὲ πολιτευσάμενοι· δεῦτε, οἱ παρθενίᾳ καὶ ἀσκήσει καὶ σεμνῇ πολιτείᾳ ἕως θανάτου ἀγωνισάμενοι, δεῦτε, οἱ ἐν σωφροσύνῃ καὶ ἁγνείᾳ τὸ σῶμα καὶ τὴν ψυχὴν ἄσπιλον καὶ ἀμίαντον διατηρήσαντες· δεῦτε, οἱ ἐν νηστείαις καὶ ἀγρυπνίαις καὶ ψαλμῳδίαις ὅλον ἑαυτῶν τὸν βίον τελέσαντες· δεῦτε, οἱ καθ' ἑκάστην νύκτα καὶ 60.703 ἡμέραν τῆς ἐκκλησίας μὴ ἀφιστάμενοι· δεῦτε, οἱ τὰ θυσιαστήριά μου κοσμοῦντες καὶ ἐπιμελούμενοι· δεῦτε, οἱ καταφρονήσαντες τῶν ἐπιγείων, ἀπολάβετε τὰ οὐράνια· δεῦτε, οἱ καταλείψαντες δι' ἐμὲ πατέρας καὶ μητέρας, υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας, οἰκίας καὶ ἀγροὺς καὶ συγγενεῖς, ἀπολάβετε τὰ ἀγαθὰ Ἱερουσαλὴμ τῆς ἐπουρανίου· δεῦτε καὶ θεάσασθε τὴν δόξαν τὴν ἐμὴν, καὶ χαίρετε καὶ ἀγαλλιᾶσθε, ὅτι ὁ μισθὸς ὑμῶν πολὺς ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς· δεῦτε, καὶ ἴδετε οἵου ∆εσπότου ὑπηρέται τυγχάνετε, καὶ χαίρετε καὶ σκιρτήσατε, ὅτι ὑμετέρα ἐστὶν ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν.

Εἰσέλθετε εἰς τὴν χαρὰν τοῦ Κυρίου ὑμῶν, ἀπολάβετε τὰ ἀγαθὰ ἐκεῖνα, ἃ ὀφθαλμὸς οὐκ εἶδε καὶ οὖς οὐκ ἤκουσε, καὶ ἐπὶ καρδίαν ἀνθρώπου οὐκ ἀνέβη· εἰσέλθετε εἰς τὰ ταμιεῖα τοῦ Πατρός μου, ὅπου ἐπιθυμοῦσιν ἄγγελοι παρακύψαι· δέξασθε τὰ βραβεῖα καὶ τοὺς στεφάνους καὶ τὰ ἔπαθλα τῶν ἀγώνων ὑμῶν. Ἐβαστάσατε τὸ βάρος καὶ τὸν καύσωνα τῆς ἡμέρας· ἀπολάβετε τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν· ὑπεμείνατε πεῖναν καὶ δίψαν, χαμαικοιτίαν καὶ ξηροφαγίαν· ἀπολαύσατε οὖν δόξης ἀνεικάστου, καὶ χαρᾶς ἀνεκλαλήτου, ἢν προητοίμασα ὑμῖν τοῖς φίλοις· ἀναπαύσασθε λοιπὸν εἰς τὰς αὐλὰς τοῦ παραδείσου, εἰς τὰς μονὰς τὰς φωτοειδεῖς, εἰς τρυφὴν καὶ χαρμονὴν τέλος οὐκ ἔχουσαν, εἰς σκηνώματα λαμπρὰ καὶ δεδοξασμένα. Εἰσέλθετε εἰς τόπους φωτεινοὺς, καὶ ἀναπαύεσθε ἐκ τῶν κόπων ὑμῶν, ὧν δι' ἐμὲ ὑπεμείνατε. Ἀναπαύεσθε μετὰ τῶν ἁγίων μου ἀγγέλων, μετὰ ἀποστόλων, μετὰ προφητῶν καὶ τῶν ἀπ' αἰῶνός μοι εὐαρεστησάντων ἁγίων· εἰσέλθετε εἰς τὸ ἐμὸν παλάτιον, ὅπου οὐκ ἔστι πόνος, λύπη, καὶ στεναγμὸς οὐδὲ δάκρυον, ἀλλὰ αἰώνιος ζωὴ καὶ ἀτελεύτητος. Τοιαύτας δωρεὰς χαρίζομαι ἐγὼ τοῖς τὸν ἐμὸν λόγον τηρήσασιν· οὕτως ἐγὼ τιμῶ τοὺς ἐμὲ τιμήσαντας, οὕτως ἐγὼ δοξάζω τοὺς ἐμὲ δοξάζοντας, οὕτως ἐγὼ ἀναπαύω τοὺς τὰ ἐμὰ μέλη, τοὺς πτωχοὺς καὶ ἀδυνάτους, ἀναπαύοντας· οὕτως ἐγὼ μακαρίζω τοὺς τῶν Ἐκκλησιῶν μου ἐπιμελοῦντας, οὕτως ἐγὼ ἀποδίδωμι πλουσίως καὶ ἀφθόνως καὶ ἑκατονταπλασίως, τὴν αἰώνιον ζωήν. Ἐδώκατέ μοι κλάσμα ἄρτου, λάβετε βασιλείαν οὐράνιον· ἐδώκατέ μοι ἀργύριον, λάβετε τὸν παράδεισον τῆς τρυφῆς· ἐδώκατέ μοι ἱμάτιον παλαιὸν, ἐνδύω ὑμᾶς τὸ ἄδυτον φῶς· ἐδώκατέ μοι ποτήριον ὕδατος, ἀπολάβετε τὸ ὕδωρ τὸ ζῶν τῆς ἀναπαύσεως· εἰσηγάγετέ με ἐν τῇ σκέπῃ· ἰδοὺ χαρίζομαι ὑμῖν τὸ εἶναι μετὰ τῶν ἁγίων ἀγγέλων· ἐδώκατέ μοι φθαρτὰ, λάβετε ἄφθαρτα· ἐδώκατέ μοι πρόσκαιρα, λάβετε αἰώνια· ἠξιώσατέ με τῆς τραπέζης ὑμῶν, λάβετε τρυφὴν αἰώνιον· ἐῤῥύσασθέ με ἀπὸ δεσμωτηρίου, ἐπεσκέψασθέ με ἀσθενοῦντα, ἐλύσατέ μου τὸν λιμὸν καὶ τὴν δίψαν, ἐνίψατέ μου τοὺς πόδας, ἐθερμάνατέ με ῥιγοῦντα· ἰδοὺ χαρίζομαι ὑμῖν τὸν κόλπον τοῦ Ἀβραάμ. Ἔλαβον πηλὸν, δίδωμι μαργαρίτας· ἔλαβον χόρτον, δίδωμι