Standing Together in Prayer - Commemoration of the Apostle Matthew the Evangelist

From the Vespers in the Orthodox Church:

“O Matthew the Apostle, the examiner of hearts saw your divine determination through his foreknowledge. So He saved you from the world of oppression and asked you to light up the whole world. O Matthew, you wrote about the divinity of Jesus in your gospel, so we ask Him to enlighten and save our souls.”