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☦️. Eastern Orthodox Midnight Prayer (for the next day.)
In place of the Kontakion of the day.~Behold, the Bridegroom comes at midnight; and blessed is that servant whom He shall find watching, but unworthy is he whom He shall find heedless. Beware, therefore, O my soul, lest you be weighed down with sleep, lest you be given up to death, and be shut out from the Kingdom. But rouse yourself and cry: “Holy, Holy, Holy are You O God; through the Theotokos have mercy on us.
Meditating on that fearful day, O my soul, watch, keep your lamp alight and filled with oil; for you do not know when the voice shall come to you saying: “Behold the Bridegroom.” Beware, therefore, my soul, lest You fall into slumber and be left outside, knocking, as were the five virgins; but wakefully watch, that You may come to meet Christ with good oil, and He shall bestow upon you the divine chamber of His glory.