Holy Sunday Evening (The Bridegroom Matins for Holy Monday Morning)
A Prayer: Jacob lamented the loss of Joseph; yet the courageous one sat on a chariot, honoured as a king. For by refusing to be enslaved by the pleasures of the Egyptian woman, he was later glorified in return by Him who sees men’s hearts and deals out the Imperishable Crown.
A Chant: The serpent, finding the Egyptian woman to be a second Eve through the words she spoke, hastened through flattery to cause Joseph to fall. But Joseph abandoned his garment, and thus he fled from sin. And though he was naked, he was unashamed, like Adam, the first man, was before he disobeyed. At his entreaties, O Christ, have mercy on us.
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“Abba John said, ‘Who sold Joseph?’ A brother replied saying, ‘It was his brethren.’ The old man said to him, ‘No, it was his humility which sold him, because he could have said, “I am their brother” and have objected, but, because he kept silence, he sold himself by his humility. It is also his humility which set him up as chief in Egypt.’” – Saint John the Dwarf
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Righteous Asenath the Egyptian, wife of the Chaste Joseph and mother of Ephraim and Manasseh
