St. Moses the God-seer
The Holy Prophet Moses, of the tribe of Levi, was rescued from the Nile as an infant and raised in Pharaoh's court before God called him at the Burning Bush to lead Israel out of slavery in Egypt.
He parted the Red Sea, received the tablets of the Law on Mount Sinai, and was granted to behold the glory of God, for which the Church calls him the God-seer. After guiding his people through forty years in the wilderness, he died at the age of 120 on Mount Nebo within sight of the Promised Land, and he later appeared in glory beside the Prophet Elias at the Transfiguration of Christ on Mount Tabor. He is honored as the author of the Pentateuch and is distinct from the desert father St. Moses the Black.
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength.
The Lord is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation; He is my God, and I will glorify Him.
The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.
I pray You, show me Your glory.
Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord.
I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live.
He is the Rock, His work is perfect; for all His ways are justice, a God of truth and without injustice; righteous and upright is He.
Troparion · Tone 2
You ascended to the heights of the virtues, Prophet Moses; therefore, you were deemed worthy to see the glory of God. Having received the grace-filled tablets of the Law, and bearing the grace of the writing within yourself, you were the honorable praise of prophets, and a great mystery of piety.
Kontakion · Tone 2
The choir of prophets rejoices with Moses and Aaron today, for the fulfillment of their prophecy is in our midst. The Cross, by which You have saved us, shines forth today. By their prayers, O Christ God, have mercy on us.
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