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Anyone know what the the trio of readings are for Vespers this evening in the Pittsburgh Metropolia?

Am not sure what "this evening" means to you, so

(i) if you meant Vespers of Monday of the First Week of the Great Fast--sometimes called 'Forgiveness Vespers' and celebrated on Sunday evening: there are no readings.

(ii) if you meant Vespers of Tuesday, celebrated Monday evening in the Liturgy of the Pre-sanctified Gifts, then the readings are: Genesis 1:1-13 and Proverbs 1:1-20.

(iii) if you meant the Vespers of Sunday, then you've already celebrated them.

Meant vespers of Sunday--thanks.

Liturgy of the Presanctified celebrated on Monday of the First Week of Lent? What Feastday causes this to happen?

In the Byzantine Rite, the Presanctified is served on Wednesday and Friday evenings (or mornings) in Great Lent, and on certain other very specific days. Matta, in your Rite is it served on other days as well?

Fr David Straut

1. John S. says he was looking for the readings for the Vespers of Sunday (celebrated on Saturday night). There are no prescribed readings for Saturday night Vespers before Forgiveness Sunday (Cheese-Fare). In his annual Typicon Father David Petras provides optional readings taken from the lectionary of the Synaxarion of Mossoul (Syro-Antiochian). They are only suggestions for those who wish to add OT readings when none others are prescribed.

2. There is no Presanctified prescribed for Monday of the First Week of the Fast.