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Martyr – the 40 Holy Martyrs of Sebaste: St Cyrion, St

Candidos, St Domnos, St Hesychios, St Heraclios, St

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NO T F O R MA T E R I A L P R O F I T

2. F ES TAL MAT INS – SATURDAY O F TH E SOU LS - M EAT F AR E – 9 M ARCH 2013

S a t u r d a y o f t h e S o u l s

B e f o r e M e a t f a r e / J u d g e m e n t S u n d a y

Since it often happens that certain people suffer death prematurely, in a foreign land, at sea,

on trackless mountains, on precipices, in chasms, in famines, wars, conflagrations, and

cold weather, and all manner of other deaths; and perhaps, being poor and without

resources, they have not been vouchsafed the customary Psalter Readings and Memorial

Services, moved by Love for mankind, the Divine Fathers ordained that the Holy Orthodox

Church Commemorates all people, which is a Holy Tradition inherited from our Lord Jesus

Christ’s Holy Apostles.

This is in order that those who - due to some particular circumstance - did not receive the

customary obsequies (HOLY RITES) individually, might be included in the present General

Commemoration, indicating that whatever is done on their behalf confers great Benefit on

all concerned, which is one reason why the Holy Church of God performs the

Commemoration of Souls.

A second reason is that, since our Holy Church Fathers intended, as is fitting, to assign the

observance of the Second Coming of Christ to the following day – Meatfare/Judgement

Sunday - they appointed a Commemoration of All Souls on this day, as if propitiating

(APPEASING OR SATISFYING THE NEEDS OF ) the Dread and Unerring Judge to show them His innate

Compassion and place them in the Promised Paradise of Delight.

A third reason is that, since they intended to expound (EXPLAIN) the Banishment of Adam on the

following Sunday of Cheesefare – Sunday of Foregiveness - they devised the present

Commemoration, on this day of rest, as a respite from, and end of all human affairs, so

that they might start from the beginning, that is, the Banishment of Adam—because the

Final Event that we will experience is the Examination by the Impartial Judge of all the

deeds that we have committed in our lifespan—and so that, thereby putting the fear of our

Final Judgement into mankind, they might make us ready for the Contests of the Great

Lenten Fast.

We always Commemorate souls on Saturday, because ‘Sabbaton’ (Sabbath) means “rest” in

Hebrew; and since the departed souls are resting from worldly and all other cares, we offer

Supplications for them also on the day of rest, which is customary for us to do every

Saturday – and today we observe a Universal Commemoration, beseeching God for all the

Pious and Faithful Christians.

Our Holy Church Fathers - knowing well that what is done on behalf of the reposed - that is,

Memorial Services, Almsgiving, and Liturgies - which affords them great Respite and Benefit

- allow the Church (i.e. the Faithful Disciples of Christ) to do so on both an individual and a

general basis - a Holy Tradition which we have received from the Holy Apostles of Christ.

We must always observe these things, therefore - whether the deceased are unrepentant

sinners or not - so that we might obtain for them Forgiveness of their sins - or if they are

Righteous souls, so that we all might gain additional Rewards.

Even if they are strangers and without means, and thus have no one to take care of them,

God, in His Righteousness and Love for all mankind, will provide for them on account of

their penury (destitution) in proportion to the Mercy that He sees on our part.

Besides, those who make Offerings on behalf of such individuals partake of the Reward, since

they have shown concern for the Salvation of their neighbours.

In fact, those who do not fulfill what is Commanded and enjoined in such situations will

assuredly bring severe, Eternal Judgement and Condemnation upon themselves.

Appoint a place in the Tabernacles of Thy Righteous for the souls of those who have

departed before us, O Christ our Master, and have Mercy on us, for Thou alone

art Immortal.

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T h e P h y s i c a l a n d S p i r i t u a l F a s t s

We all know that Fasting concerns our self-denial and abstinence from certain foods

that are derived from animals and fish that have blood.

Many of us also know that our Holy Orthodox Church prescribes several Fasts

throughout the year, some of which are longer than others - each of which is

Spiritually Significant - especially those concerning the Great Feasts of Christ and the

Ever Blessed Theotokos.

In addition to the Prescribed Fasts, we, as Orthodox Christians, have three Sacred

Commitments, which we must make every effort to fulfil if we hope to receive

Forgiveness of our sins and Eternal Life in God’s Holy Kingdom of Love:

� Repentance-Confession – as often as possible with our Spiritual Father and at

the end of every day before we go to sleep.

� Fasting – every Wednesday and Friday unless otherwise specified by our Holy

Orthodox Church.

� Holy Communion – as often as possible – at every Divine Liturgy, after having

done our self-examination and Prayers.

Therefore, it is vital for us to constantly watch ourselves – to examine our personal

Spiritual Condition – by making use of these Wonderful Holy Mysteries that God has

granted us in order to receive Divine Forgiveness and thereby to slowly regain our

lost Likeness to Him – and which bring us all the more closer to His Divine Presence

and Love.

Our refusal or neglect to fulfil our Sacred Commitments as Orthodox Christians will

cause us immense Spiritual Sorrow and even Eternal Condemnation, should we

remain Spiritually Stubborn!

Fasting is not a form of Penance. It reveals our willingness to be self-disciplined and self-

controlled – and our self-denial causes our souls to dominate our weak flesh so

that we can become the Spiritual Beings as God created us to be.

During any Fasting period we cannot participate in any festivities so weddings, dances,

and all forms of Spiritually unbeneficial entertainments, etc are avoided – making

time to contemplate God and all His Goodness through attending the Holy

Services and by doing Good Deeds of Compassion and Love for others.

Our abstinance from certain food and all pleasures of the flesh helps us to overcome

our physical desires and strengthens our free will.

At the same time we must strive even harder to fulfil the Spiritual Fast, which is a strict

Spiritual Vigil over our heart and soul - we must conscously and vigourously fight

against all evil thoughts that lead to evil words and evil deeds.

Both the physical and the Spiritual Fast is important. The physical Fast is short-lived while

our Spiritual Fast should be constantly observed and undertaken every day of our

lifespan.

To be Victorious over the demands of our thoughts, our words and our actions – our flesh

- is a much greater accomplishment and far more difficult than merely resisting

certain food. It is a True Spiritual Victory that is only possible by Divine Grace and

sincere Prayers.

We are unable to achieve anything worthwhile without a strong character, Faith, a

determined free will, noble thoughts, and perseverance.

Nothing is accomplished without proper preparation, determination and a willingness

to “get it right.”

Consequently, Fasting is exremely important to us, because it helps us to nurture and

reinforce that which God created us to be : humble and Obedient Children of

God and Co-Heirs with Christ to His Eternal Kingdom of Love.

Fasts give us essential momentary pauses in the mindless daily rush - to take a deep

breath and to really think about what is actually important – to realise that we

have such a short time before Eternity and that we need to take advantage of

everything God has given us to improve our Immortal Souls.

May God grant us all the Spiritual Strength and determiniation to fulfil the Fasts worthily.


>Tin Timioteran ton Heroubim ke

Endoxoterna asingkritos ton Serafim. Tin adiafthoros Theon Logon tekousan, tin ontos Theotokon, Se Megalinomen!

> Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati,

ke nin ke ai ke is tous Eonas ton eonon.

Amin

Kyrie eleison [3]

Pater Agie Evlogison >Hriston O Alithinos Theos imon, tes

presvies tis Panahrantou ke panamomou Agias aftou Mitros; Dinami touTimiou ke Zoopiou Stavrou; prostasies ton Timion Epouranion Dinameon Asiomaton; ikesies tou Timiou, Endoxou, Profitou, Prodromou ke Vaptistou Ioannou; ton Agion Endoxon ke Panevfimon Apostolon; ton Agion Endoxon ke kallinikon Martiron; ton Osion ke Theoforon Pateron imon, ton Agion ke Dikeon Theopatroron Ioakim ke Annis, ke Panton ton Agion, eleisoe ke sose imas, os Agathos ke Filanthropos ke Elimon Theos.

>Di evhon ton Agion Pateron imon,

Kyrie Iisou Hriste O Theos, eleison ke Soson imas.

Amin.

READER >More Honourable than the

Cherubim, and more Glorious beyond compare than the Seraphim, Thou who without stain bore God the Word, and art truly Theotokos: we Magnify Thee!

> Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

and to the Holy Spirit, now and forever, and to the Ages of ages.

Amen

PEOPLE Lord have mercy [3]

Holy Father, give the Blessing PRIEST >May Christ our True God,

through the Intercessions of His Most Pure and Holy Mother; the Power of the Precious and Life-giving Cross; the Protection of the Honourable, Bodiless Powers of Heaven; the Supplications of the Honourable, Glorious Prophet and Foreunner, John the Baptist; the Holy, Glorious and Praise-worthy Apostles; the Holy, Glorious and Triumphant Martyrs; our Holy God-bearing Fathers; the Holy, and Righteous Ancestors of God, Joachim and Anna; and all the Saints: have Mercy on us and Save us, as our Good and Loving and Merciful God.

PRIEST >Through the Prayers of our Holy Fathers, O Lord Jesus Christ, our God, have mercy on us and Save us.

PEOPLE Amen

T H E D I V I N E L I T U R G Y O F S T J O H N C H R Y S O S T O M B E G I N S

I M M E D I A T E L Y �


T r i s a g i o n P r a y e r s

> Evlogitos O Theos imon, pantote nin

ke ai ke is tous eonas ton eonon.

Amin

>Doxa Si, O Theos, Doxa Si!

Vasilei Ouranie, Paraklite, to Pnevma tis

Aklithias, O Panatahou paron ke ta panta pliron, O Thisavros ton Agathon ke Zois Korigos elthe ke skinoson en imin ke katharison imas apo pasis kilidos ke Soson, Agathe,

tas psihas imon.

>Agios O Theos, Agios Ishiros, Agios

Athanatos, Eleison imas.

> Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati.

Ke nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton

eonon.

Amin

>Panagia Trias Eleison imas. Kyrie,

elas thiti tes amarties imon. Despota, singhorison tas anomias imin. Agie Ipiskepse, ke iase tas asthenias imon,

eneken tou Onomatos Sou.

Kyrie Eleison [3]

>Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati.


eonon.

Amin

PRIEST>Blessed is our God always now and ever, and to the Ages of Ages.

PEOPLE Amen

>Glory to Thee, O God, Glory to Thee! O Heavenly King, O Comforter, the

Spirit of Truth, Who art in all places and fillest all things; Treasury of Good Things and Giver of Life: come and dwell in us and cleanse us from every stain, and Save our souls, O

Gracious Lord.

>Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy

Immortal, have mercy upon us.

>Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and

ever, and to the Ages of Ages.

Amen

>All Holy Trinity have mercy upon us. Lord, wash away our sins. Master, pardon our transgressions. Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities for

Thy Name’s sake.

Lord have mercy [3]



Amen

O u r L o r d ’ s P r a y e r EVERYONE PRAYS IN UNISON

Pater imon O en tis Ouranis, Agiasthito

to Onoma Sou, eltheto i Vasilia Sou, genithito to Thelima Sou, os en Ourano ke epi tis gis. Ton Arton imon ton epiousion dos imin simeron. Ke afes imin ta ofelimata imon, os ke imis afiement tis ofiletes imon. Ke mi isenengis imas is pirasmon, alla rise imas apo tou ponirou.

> Oti Sou Estin i Vasilia ke i Dinamis ke i

Doxa tou Patros, ke tou Iou, ke tou Agiou Pnevmatos, nin ke ai ke is tous eonas ton eonon.

Amin

Our Father Who art in Heaven: Hallowed

be Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy Will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our Daily Bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

PRIEST For Thine is the Kingdom, the Power and the Glory, > of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to the Ages of Ages.

PEOPLE Amen


T r o p a r i a t o o u r L o r d a n d S a v i o u r , J e s u s C h r i s t

Soson Kyrie ton laon Sou ke Evlogison tin Klironomian Sou, Nikas tis Vasilevsi kata varvaron doroumenos ke to son filatton dia tou Stavrou Sou Politevma.


O ipsothis en to Stavro ekousios, ti

eponimo Sou keni politia tous iktirmous Sou Dorise, Hriste O Theos. Evfranon en ti Dinami Sou tous Pistous Vasilis imon, Nikas horigon aftis kata ton polemion. Tin simmakian ehien tin Sin, oplon Irinis, Aittiton Tropeon.


eonon.

Amin

O Lord, Save Thy people, and Bless Thine Inheritance, granting to our God-fearing Rulers Victory over all adversaries, and by Thy Cross preserving Thine Estate.


and to the Holy Spirit

Do Thou Who, of Thine own Good Will, upon the Cross was lifted up, bestow Thy Bounties upon the New State, which is called by Thy Name, O Christ God; gladden with Thy Might our God-fearing Rulers, granting Victory over adversaries to those who have Thine Aid, which is a Panoply of Peace, a Trophy Invincible.

Now and ever, and the Ages of Ages.

Amen

T h e o t o k i o n

>Prostasia Fovera ke akateskinte, mi

paridis, Agathi, tas ikesias imon, Panimfite Theotoke. Stirixon

Orthodoxon politian. Soze nothen tin Nikin. Dioti etekes ton Theon, Moni

Evlogimeni.

>O Champion Dread, Who cannot be put to confusion, despise not our Petitions. O Good One, All Lauded Birth-giver of our God, establish Thou the State of those who hold the Orthodox Faith; Save our God-fearing Rulers, whom Thou has called to rule over us, and bestow upon them Victory from Heaven: for Thou gave Birth to God, O Only Blessed One.

L i t a n y o f F e r v e n t S u p p l i c a t i o n s

Eleison imas O Theos, kata to Mega

Eleos Sou, deometha Sou, epakouson ke Eleison.

Kyrie Eleison [3]

Eti deometha iper ton efsovon ke

Orthodoxon Hristianon.

Kyrie Eleison [3]

Eti deometha iper tou Arhipiskopou

(NAME) ke pasis tis en Hristo Adelfotitos.

Kyrie Eleison [3]

Oti eleimon ke Filanthropos Theos

iparhis ke Si tin Doxan

anapempomen > to Patri ke to Io ke to Agio Pnevmati, nin ke ai ke is tous eonas ton eonon.

PRIEST Have Mercy on us, O God, according to Thy great Mercy, we pray Thee, hear us and have Mercy


PRIEST Again, let us pray for all devout and Orthodox Christians


PRIEST Again, we pray for our Archbishop (NAME) and all our Brotherhood in Christ.

PEOPLE Lord have mercy [3] PRIEST For Thou art a Merciful and Loving

God, and to Thee we give Glory, to

the > Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to the Ages of ages.


Eti deometha iper eleous, Zois, Irinis,

Igias, Soritia, Episkepeos, sighoriseos ke afeseos ton amartion ton doulon tou Theou, panton ton evsevon ke Orthodoxon Hristianon, ton katikounton ke parepidimounton en ti poli tafti, ton enoriton, epitropon, sindromitron ke afieroton tou Agiou Naou toutou.

Kyrie Eleison [3]

Eti deometha iper ton Makarion ke

aidimon ktitoron tis Agias Ekklisias taftis, ke iper panton ton proanapavsamenon Pateron ke Adelfon imon, ton evthade evsevos, kimenon, ke apantahou Orthodoxon.

Kyrie Eleison [3]

Eti deometha iper ton karpoforounton

ke kalliergounton en to Agio ke pavsepto Nao touto, kopionton, psallonton ke iper tou periestotos laou, tou apekdehomenou to para Sou Mega ke Plousion Eleos.

Kyrie Eleison [3]

PRIESTPRIESTPRIESTPRIEST >Oti eleimon ke Filanthropos Theos

iparhis, ke Si tin Doxan anapempomen: to Patri ke to Io, ke to Agio Pnevmati, nin ke ai ke is tous eonas ton eonon

PEOPLE Amin.

PRIEST Let us again pray for Mercy, Life, Peace, Health, Salvation, Protection and Forgiveness of sins of all Pious and Orthodox Christians living and visiting in this city, the Parishioners, the members of the Parish Council, and every Ministry of this Parish, and the Donors, and Benefactors of this Holy Church.


PRIEST Let us again pray for the blessed and Ever Memorable Founders of this Holy Church, and for all our fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters who repose here in the Lord and for the Orthodox Faithful everywhere.


PRIEST Let us again pray for those who do charitable work, for those who serve in this Holy House, for those who labour, teach and chant, and for all the people here present who await Thy Great and Bountiful Mercy.


PRIEST> For Thou art a Merciful and Loving God, and to Thee we give Glory: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever and to the Ages of Ages.

PPEEOOPPLLEE Amen

D i s m i s s a l B l e s s i n g

Sofia! Tou Kyriou deithomen

Kyrie eleison [3]

Pater Agie Evlogison O on Evlogitos, Hristo O Theos imon,

pantote. Nin, ke ai, ke is tous eonas ton eonon.

Amin

Sterose, Kyrios O Theos, tin Agian

amomiton Pistin ton evsevon ke Orthodoxon Hristianon, sin ta Agia aftou Ekklisia ke ti poli tafti is eonas eonon.

Amin

PRIEST Wisdom!

Let us beseech the Lord. PEOPLE Lord have mercy [3]

Holy Father, give the Blessing PRIEST Blessed art Thou, O Christ our

God, always, now and forever and to the Ages of ages.

PEOPLE Amen

PRIEST Make firm, O Lord our God, the

Holy and Pure Faith of the Pious Orthodox Christians, together with the Holy Church and this city forever.

PEOPLE Amen


tou ponirou.

> Oti Sou Estin i Vasilia ke i Dinamis ke i

Doxa tou Patros, ke tou Iou, ke tou Agiou Pnevmatos, nin ke ai ke is tous eonas ton eonon.

Amin

evil one.

PRIEST> For Thine is the Kingdom, the Power and the Glory, > of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to the Ages of Ages.

PEOPLE Amen

A p o l y t i k i o n o f S a t u r d a y o f t h e S o u l s – T O N E ( 8 ) P L A G A L 4

O Vathi Sofias Filanthropos panta

ikonomon, ke to simferon pasin aponemon mone Dimiourge, anapavson Kyrie tas psihas ton doulon Sou. En Si gar tin Elpida anethento, to Piiti ke Plasti ke Theo imon.

> Doxa Patri, ke Io, ke Agio Pnevmati

En Si gar tin elpida anethento, to piiti ke plasti ke Theo imon.


eonon.

Amin

O Only Creator Who our of Love for mankind arrange all things with Depth of Wisdom, and impart to all what is Beneficial: O Lord, grant Repose to the souls of Thy Servants. For they have placed their Hope in Thee, our Creator and Fashioner and God.



For they have placed their Hope in Thee, our Creator and Fashioner, and God.

Now and ever, and to the Ages of ages.

Amen

T h e o t o k i o n

Se ke Tihos, ke Limena ehomen, ke

Presvin evprosdekton, pros on etekes Theon, Theotoke animfevte, ton Piston i Sotiria.

We have Thee as a Fortress and a Port,

and an acceptable Intercessor with God, Whom Thou bore, O Unwedded Theotokos, the Salvation of the Faithful!

F e r v a n t S u p p l i c a t i o n s


Eleos Sou, deometha Sou, epakouson ke Eleison.

Kyrie Eleison [3]

Eti deometha iper ton eusovon ke

Orthodoxon Hristianon .

Kyrie Eleison [3]

Eti deometha iper tou Arhipiskopou

(N A M E ) ke pasis tis en Hristo Adelfotitos.

Kyrie Eleison [3]

Eti deometha iper ton Adelfon imon, ton

Iereon, Ieromonahon, Diakonon ke Monahon, ke pasis tis en Hristo imon Adelfotitos.

Kyrie Eleison [3]

PRIEST Have Mercy on us, O God, according to Thy great Mercy, we pray Thee, hear us and have Mercy


PRIEST Again, let us pray for all devout and Orthodox Christians


PRIEST Again, we pray for our Archbishop (N A M E ) and all our Brotherhood in Christ.


PRIEST Let us pray for our Brethren, Priests, Hieromonks, Deacons, and Monastics, and all our Brotherhood in Christ.



Amin

En Onomati Kyriou Evlogison, Pater.

> Doxa ti Agia ke Omoousio ke Zoopio

ke Adiereto Triadi, pantote, nin ke ai ke is tous eonas ton eonon.

Amin

PPEEOOPPLLEE Amen

In the Name of the Lord, Bless us, Father.

PRIEST >Glory to the Holy, Consubstantial, Life-giving and Undivided Trinity, always, now and ever, and to the Ages of Ages.

PPEEOOPPLLEE Amen

P r a i s e s t o A l m i g h t y G o d M A K E T H E S I G N O F T H E C R O S S & B O W D O W N T O G O D :

>Doxa en Ipsistis Theo ke epi gis Irini,

en anthropis evdokia. [3]

Kyrie, ta hili mou anixis, ke to stoma

mou anageli tin enesin Sou. [2]

> Glory to God in the Highest, and on earth Peace, Good Will towards mankind. [3]

O Lord, open Thou my lips, and my mouth shall show forth Thy praise [2]

P s a l m 3 HE LP FOR THE A F F L I C T E D

Kyrie, ti eplithinthisan i thlivontes me ?

Polli epanistante ep eme.

Polli legovsi ti psihi mou: ‘Ouk esti

Sotiria afto en to Theo aftou.’ ( DIPALMA).

Si de Kyrie, Antiliptor mou, i Doxa mou,

ke ipon tin kefalin mou.

Foni mou pros Kyrion ekeraxa, ke

epikouse mou ex Orous Agiou Aftou. ( DIPALMA).

Ego ekimithin ke ipnosa; exigerthin, oti

Kyrios antilipsete mou.

Ou fovithisome apo mnriadon laou, ton

kiklo epitithemenon mi.

Anastra Kyrie Soson me O Theos mou,

oti Si epataxas pantas tous ehthrenontas mi mateos, odontas amartolon sinetripsas.

Tou Kyriou i Sotiria, ke epi ton Laon Sou

i Evlogia Sou.

Ego ekimithin ke ipnosa; exigerthin,

oti Kyrios antilipsete mou.

O Lord, why do those who afflict me multiply?

Many are those who rise up against me.

Many are those who say to my soul:

‘There is no Salvation for him in his God’. (PAUSE)

But Thou, O Lord, art my Protector, my Glory, and the One Who lifts up my head.

I cried to the Lord with my voice, and He heard me from His Holy Mountain. (PAUSE)

I lay down and slept; I awoke, for the Lord helps me.

I will not be afraid of tens of thousands of people who set themselves against me and who surround me.

Arise, O Lord, and Save me, O my God, for Thou struck all those who were foolishly at enmity with me – Thou broke the teeth of sinners.

Salvation is of the Lord, and Thy Blessing is upon Thy People.

I lay down and slept; I awoke, for the Lord helps me.


P s a l m 3 7 [ 3 8 ] A PSA LM O F R EP ENTANC E

Kyrie, mi to Thimo Sou elegxis me, mide

ti Orgi Sou pedevsis me!

Oti ta Veli Sou enepagisan mi, ke

epestirixas ep eme tin Hira Sou.

Ouk estin iasis en ti sarki mou apo

prosopou tis Orgis Sou, ouk estin Irinin tis osteis mou apo prosopou ton amartion mou.

Oti e anomei mou iperiran tin kefalin

mou, osi fortion vari evapinthisan ep eme.

Prosoxesan ke espisan i milopes mou,

apo proopou ti afrosinis mou.

Etaleporisa ke katekamfthin eos telous -

olin tin imeran skithropazon eporefomin, oti i psihi mou eplisthi empegmon, ke ouk estin iasis en ti sarki mou.

Ekakothin ke etpinothin eos sfodra,

irfomin apo stenagmou tis kardias mou.

Ke enantion sou pasa i epithimia mou,

ke o stenagmos mou ouk apekrivi apo Sou.

I kardia mou etarahthi, egkatlipe me i

ishis mou, ke to fos ton ofthalmon mou ouk esti met emou.

I fili mou ke i plision mou ex enantias

mou ingisan ke estisan, ke i engista mou makrothen estisan.

Ke exeviazonto i zitountes tin psihin

mou. Ke i zitountes ta kaka mi elalisan mateotitas, ke dolistitas olin tin imeran emeletisan.

Ego, de osi kofos ouk ikonon, ke osi alalos ouk anigon to stoma aftou.

Ke egenomin osi anthropos ouk akouon,

ke ouk ehon en to stomati aftou elegmou.

Oti epi Si Kyrie ilpisa, Si isakousi Kyrie O

Theos mou.

Oti ipa: ‘Mi pote epiharosi me i ehthri

mou, ke en to salefthine podas mou, ep eme emegalorrimonisan.’

O Lord, do not rebuke me in Thy Wrath, nor chasten me in Thine Anger!

For Thine arrows pierce me deeply and Thy Hand rests upon me.

There is no healing in my flesh because of Thy Wrath, nor any Peace in my bones because of my sins.

For my transgressions rise up over my head - like a heavy burden they press me down.

My wounds grow foul and fester

because of My foolishness.

I suffer misery, and I am utterly bowed down – all day long I mourn, for my loins are filled with mockeries, and there is no healing in my flesh.

I am afflicted and great humbled; I roar because of the groaning of my heart.

O Lord, all my desire is before Thee and My sighing is not hidden from Thee.

My heart is troubled – my strength fails

me, and even the light of my eyes has failed me.

My friends and neighbours who draw

near stand against me, and my family stands afar off.

And those who seek my soul use violence, and those who seek evil for me speak foolishness, and they plan deception all day long.

I, like a deaf man, do not hear – and I am like a mute who does not open his mouth.

And I am like a man who does not hear and who has no reproofs in his mouth.

For in Thee, O Lord, I hope - Thou will hear, O Lord my God.

For I said: ‘Let not my enemies rejoice

over me, for when my foot slips, they boasted against me.’


T h e o t o k i o n

Si i O Theos imon, O en Sofia ta panta

dimiourgon, ke pliron. Profitas exapestilas Hriste, profitefse Sou tin parousian, ke Apostolous, kirixe Sou ta megalia. Ke i men proefitefsan tin elefsin Sou, i de to Vaptismati efotisan ta ethni. Martyres de pathontes, etihon onper epothoun. Ke presvevi Si O Horos ton amfoteron, Sin ti Tekousi Se. Anapafson O Theos, psihas as proselavou, ke imas kataxioson tis Vasilias Sou, O Stavron ipominas, di eme ton katariton, O Litrotis mou, ke Theos.

Thou art our God Who in Wisdom Creates and fills all things. O Christ, Thou sent Prophets to Prophesy Thy Coming, and Apostles to proclaim Thy Mighty Works. The former prophesied Thy Coming, and the latter Illumined the Nations through Baptism. Martyrs suffered and attained what they yearned for; and all these, together with Thy Mother, Intercede with Thee. O God, grant rest to the souls that Thou has taken to Thyself, and also count us wothy of Thy Kingdom. Thou art the One Who endured the Cross for me who am Condemned, O My Redeemer and God.

D i s m i s s a l P r a y e r s

Agathon to exomologisthe to Kyrio, ke

psallin to Onomati Sou Ipsiste. Tou anangelin to proi to eleos Sou, ke tin alithian Sou kata nikta. (PSALM 91)

>Agios O Theos, Agios Ishiros, Agios

Athanatos, Eleison imas. [3]



eonon.

Amin

>Panagia Trias Eleison imas. Kyrie,

elas thiti tes amarties imon. Despota, singhorison tas anomias imin. Agie Ipiskepse, ke iase tas asthenias imon,

eneken tou Onomatos Sou.

Kyrie Eleison [3]

>Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati.


eonon.

Amin

PRIEST: It is good to give Thanks to the Lord and to sing to Thy Name, O Most High, to proclaim Thy Mercy in the morning and Thy Truth at night. (PSALM 91)

READER >Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy

Immortal, have mercy upon us. [3]



Amen

>All Holy Trinity have mercy upon us. Lord, cleasnse us from our sins. Master, pardon our transgressions. Holy One, visit and heal our

infirmities for Thy Name’s sake.

Lord have mercy [3]


ever, and unto Ages of Ages.

Amen

O u r L o r d ’ s P r a y e r E V E R Y O N E P R A Y S I N U N I S O N

Pater imon O en tis Ouranis,

Agiasthito to Onoma Sou, eltheto i Vasilia Sou, genithito to Thelima Sou, os en Ourano ke epi tis gis. Ton Arton imon ton epiousion dos imin simeron. Ke afes imin ta ofelimata imon, os ke imis afiement tis ofiletes imon. Ke mi isenengis imas is pirasmon, alla rise imas apo

Our Father Who art in Heaven:

Hallowed be Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy Will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our Daily Bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the


Nekrosin ipeminas, zoopion ekousios, ke

Zoin epigasas, ke trifin aidion, Pistis dedokas, en i katataxon, tous kekimimenous, ep elpidi anastaseos, ta touton ptesmata, panta sighoron Agathotiti, os Monos Anamartitos, Monos Agathos ke Filanthropos. Ina dia panton, imnite Sou to Onoma Hriste, ke sesosmeni doxazomen, tin Filanthropian Sou.

STIHOS:STIHOS:STIHOS:STIHOS: Ke to Mnimosinon afton is

genean ke genea.

Zonton Kyrievonta, Thearhiki exousia,

ke nekron despozonta, Se Hriste ginoskontes iketevomen, tous Pistous doulous Sou, tous pros Se ton Monon, evergetin ekdimisantas, aftos anapafson, Sin tis eklektis Sou Filanthrope, en topo anapsixeos, en tes ton Agion lamprotisi. Thelitis Eleous iparhis gar ke sozis os Theos, ous kat’ ikona Sou eplasas, Mona Polielee.


Willingly Thou underwent Life-giving

Death, as our Saviour, and became the Fountain of Life, and to Believers Thou granted Eternal Delight, all by Thy Most Divine Tender Love, O Master, Only Sinless and Compassionate. We now Entreat Thee for those who have reposed in Faith and Hope of Resurrection, to forgive all their sins and to place them in Thy Delight; thus in every manner Thy Name might be extolled, O Christ our God, and, being Saved, we might Glorfiy Thy Love for mankind.

VERSE:VERSE:VERSE:VERSE: And their Remembrence is from

generation to generation.

Christ, we know tht Thou art Lord of both the living and the dead, and Thou Rule by Thy Divine Power and Authority. Hence we pray to Thee and Entreat on behalf of Thy Faithful Servants, who have died and passed away to Thee, that Thou will grant them Rest with all Thine Elect, O Only Friend of Mankind, where they will be refreshed indeed, in the Brilliant Splendour of all Thy Saints. Thou delight in Mercy, our God and Benefactor, and Thou Save those whom Thou formed in Thine Image, O Only Most Merciful Lord.



Fo r t h e R e p o s e d – By S t D am a s c e n e - T O N E ( 6 ) P L A G A L 2

Algos to Adam ehrimatisen, i tou zilou

apogevsis, pale en Edem, ote ofis ion exirevxato. Di aftou gar isilthen O Thanatos, pangeni katesthion ton anthropon. All elthon O Despotis, kathile ton drakonta, ke anapafsin imin edorisato. Pros afton oun voisomen. Fise Sotir, ke ous proselavou, meta ton eklekton Sou anapafson.


eonon.

Amin.

Of old in Eden, the eating of the Fruit resulted in pain when the serpent spat out his poison. Through Adam, Death entered, and it devoured the entire human race. Then the Master came and put the dragon down, and He granted us Rest. Let us shout to Him: Spare us, O Saviour! And to those whom Thou hast taken, grant Repose with Thine Elect.


Amen


Oti ego is mastigas etimos, ke i algidon

mou enopion mou diapantos, oti tin anomian mou anangelon , merimniso iper tis amartias mou.

I de ehthri mou zosi, ke kekrateonte iper

eme - ke eplithinthisan i misountes me adikos; i antapodidontes kaka anti Agathon, evdievallon me, epi katediokon Dikeosinin.

Mi egkatalipis me Kyrie O Theos mou!

Mi apostis ap emou. Proshes is tin

voithian mou Kyrie tis Sotirias mou! [2]

For I am ready for wounds, and my pain is continually with me, for I will declare my transgressions, by remembering my sins.

My enemies live, and have become

stronger than me – and those who hate me unjustly are multiplied; those who repaid me evil for good slandered me because I pursue Righteousness.

Do not forsake Me, O Lord!

O My God, do not depart from me –

heed me and help me, O Lord of my Salvation! [2]

P s a l m 6 2 [ 6 3 ] FR I E NDSH I P W I T H A LM I GHT Y GOD

O Theos O Theos mou pros Se orthrizo;

edipise Se i psihi mou.

Pos aplos Si i sarx mou, en gi erimo ke

avato ke anidro.

Outos en to Agio ofthin Si, tou idin tin

Dinamin Sou ke tin Doxan Sou.

Oti krisson to Eleos Sou iper zoas,ta hili

mou Epenesovsi Se.

Outos Evlogiso Se en ti zoi mou; en to

Onomati Sou aro tas hiras mou. Osi steatos ke pititos emplisthii i psihi

mou, ke hili agaliaseos enesi to Onoma Sou.

I emnimonefon Sou epi tis stromnis mou,

en tis orthris emeleton is Se, oti egnithis Voithos mou, ke en ti Skepi ton Pterigon Sou Agaliasome.

Ekollithi i psihi mou opiso Sou - emou

antelaveto i Dexia Sou.

Anti de is matin exitisan tin psihin mou,

iselefsonte is ta katotata tis gis.

Paradothisonte is hiras romfeas,

merides alopekon esonte.

O de Vasilefs evfranthisete epi to Theo,

epenethisete pas O onmion en Afto oti enefragi stoma lalounton adika.

O God my God: I rise early to be with Thee: my soul thirsts for Thee.

How often my flesh thirsts for Thee like a desolate, impassable and waterless land.

So in the Holy Place I appear before Thee, to behold Thy Power and Thy Glory.

Because Thy Mercy is better than life, my lips shall praise Thee.

Thus will I Bless Thee in my life; in Thy Name I will lift up my hands.

As if with marrow and fatness may my soul be filled, and with rejoicing lips my mouth shall sing praises to Thy Name.

If I remember Thee on my bed, at daybreak I meditate on Thee; for Thou art my Helper, and in the Shelter of Thy Wings will I greatly rejoice.

My soul follows closely behind Thee –

Thy right Hand upholds me.

Yet those who seek my soul in vain, shall go into the lowest parts of the earth.

They shall be delivered to the sword - a portion for foxes.

The King, however, shall be glad in God; everyone who swears by Him shall be praised, for mouths that speak unrighteous things are stopped.


En tis orthris emeleton is Se: oti egnithis

Voithos mou, ke en ti Skepi ton Pterigon Sou Agaliasome.

Ekollithi i psihi mou opiso Sou, emou

antelaveto i Dexia Sou.


Ke nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton eonon.

Amin

Alleluia [3] > Doxa Si, O Theos [3]

Kyrie Eleison [3]



Amin

At dawn I meditate on Thee: for Thou art my Helper, and in the Shelter of Thy Wings will I greatly Rejoice.

My soul follows closely behind Thee –

Thy right Hand upholds me.


and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to theAges of Ages.

Amen

Alleluia[3] >Glory to Thee, O God [3]

Lord have mercy [3]


and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to the Ages of Ages.

Amen

P s a l m 8 7 [ 8 8 ] THE DARKNESS OF D EATH

Kyrie O Theos tis Sotirias mou: imeras

ekeraxa ke en nikti Evantion Sou.

Iseltheto enopion Sou i prosefhi mou

klinon to ous Sou is tin disin mou, Kyrie, oti eplisthi kakon i psihi mou, ke is zoi mou to Adi ingise.

Proselogisthin meta ton katavenonton is

Lakkon - egenithin os anthropos avoithitos, en neris eleftheros, osi trafmatie errimmeni kathendontes en tafo, on ouk emnisthis eti, ke afti ek tis Hiros Sou aposthisan.

Ethento me en lakko katotato, en

skotinis ke en Skia Thanatou.

Ep eme epestirihthi O Thimos Sou, ke

pantas tous metorismous Sou epigages ep eme! ( DIAPALMA)

Emakrinas tous gnostous mou ap emou,

ethento me vdeligma eaftis; paredothin ke ouk exeporevomin.

I ofthalmi mou isthenisan apo ptohias,

ke ekekraxa pros Se Kyrie - olin tin imeran, dipestasa pros se tas hiras mou.

Mi tis nekris piisis Thavmasia? I Iatri anastisofsi ke Exomologisonte Si?

O Lord, God of my Salvation: I cry out day and night before Thee.

Let my Prayer come before Thee. Incline Thine Ear to my Supplication, O Lord, for my soul is filled with sorrows, and my life draws near to Hades.

I am counted among those who go down to the Pit - I am like a helpless man, free among the dead - like slain men thrown down and sleeping in a tomb, whom Thou Remembers no more, and who are removed from Thy Hand.

They laid me in the lowest pit, in dark places and in the Shadow of Death.

Thy Wrath rested upon me, and Thou brought all Thy Billows over me.

(PAUSE)

Thou removed my acquaintances far from me; they made me an abomination among themselves – I was betrayed, and did not escape.

My eyes have weakened from poverty.

and I cry to Thee, O Lord - all day long I stretch out my hands to Thee.

Will Thou work Wonders for the dead?

Or will Physicians raise them up, and acknowledge Thee?


> Tis Panagias, Ahrantou, Ipere

Vlogimenis, Endoxou Despinis imon Theotokou ke Aiparthenou Marias meta panton ton Agion Mnimonefsantes, eaftous ke allilous ke pasan tin Zoin imon Hristo to Theo parathometha.

>Si Kyrie >Oti Theos Eleos, iktirmon, ke

Filanthropias iparhis, ke Si tin Doxan anapempomen, to Patri, ke to Iio, ke to Agio Pnevmati, nin ke ai ke is tous eonas ton eonon.

Amin

> Irini pasi

Ke to pnevmati sou

Tas kefalas imon to Kyriou klinate

> Si Kyrie Son gar esti to elein ke sozin imas, O

Theos imon, ke Si tin Doxan anapempomen: > to Patri, ke Iio, ke Agio Pnevmati, nin ke ai, ke is tous eonas ton eonon.

Amin

PRIEST > Commemorating our All Holy, Pure, Most Blessed and Glorious Lady, Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary, together with all the Saints, let us commit ourselves and one another and our whole Life to Christ our God.

PEOPLE >To Thee, O Lord!

PRIEST >For Thou art a God of Mercy, Compassion and Love for mankind, and to Thee we ascribe Glory: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and forever, and to the Ages of ages.

PEOPLE Amen

PRIEST > Peace be to all

PEOPLE And to thy spirit

PRIEST Let us bow our heads to the Lord

PEOPLE > To Thee, O Lord

PRIEST For Thine it is to grant Mercy and to Save us, O our God and to Thee we offer all Glory: > to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and forever, and to the Ages of ages.

Amen

A p o s t i h a o f S a t u r d a y o f t h e S o u l s – T O N E ( 6 ) P L A G A L 2

Ehon akatalipton, tin is imas

evsplaghnin, ke Pigin Akenoton, Theikis hristotitos polielee, tous pros Se Despota, metavevikotas, en Gi zonton kataskinoson, is ta skinomata, ta Agapita ke pothoumena, kataskesin doroumenos, tin diinekos diamenousan. Si gar iper panton, exeheas to ema Sou Hriste, ke Zoiforo timimati, Kosmon exigorasas.

STIHOS:STIHOS:STIHOS:STIHOS: Makarii, ous exelxo ke

proselavou, Kyrie

Since Incomprehensible is Thy

Compassion for us, and abundant is the Well of Divine Benevolence, O Lord Most Merciful, we Entreat on behalf of Thy Faithful servants who have died and passed away to Thee: let them dwell in the Land of the Living, in Most beloved and longed for Dwellings, granting them an Eternal possession. Thou, O Christ our Saviour, has shed Thy Holy Blood for all mankind, and thus Thou Ransomed the whole world for a Price that gave us Life

VERSE:VERSE:VERSE:VERSE: Blessed art those whom Thou

choose and help, O Lord.

M A K E T H E S I G N O F T H E C R O S S & B O W D O W N

WE BOW OUR HE ADS FOR TH E B L E S S ING

MAK E TH E S I GN O F TH E C ROSS & B OW DOWN TO GOD


Evlogitos i, Despota, sinetison me ta

Dikeomata Sou.

Evlogitos i, Agie, Fotison me tis

Dikeomasi Sou.

Kyrie, to Eleos Sou is ton eona, ta Erga

ton Hiron Sou mi Paridis: Si prepi enos, Si prepi imnos, Si Doxa prepi, to Patri, ke to Io, ke to Agio Pnevmati, Nin, ke ai, ke is tous eonas ton eonon.

Amin.

Blessed art Thou, O Master: make me understant Thy Commandments.

O Lord, Thy Mercy remains forever: o not turn away from the Works of Thy Hands.

To Thee is due Praise; to Thee is due Hymns; to Thee is due Glory: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and forever, and unto the Ages of Ages.

Amen

M o r n i n g L i t a n y

Plirosomen tin eothinin deisin imon to

Kyrio

Kyrie eleison

Antilavou Soson, Eleison ke Diafilaxon

imas O Theos, ti Si Hariti.

Amin

Tin imeran pasan Telian, Agian, Irinikin

ke anamartiton para tou Kyriou etisometha.

Parashou Kyrie Angelon Irinis, Piston Odigon, Filaka ton

psihon ke ton somaton imon para tou Kyriou etisometha.

Parashou Kyrie Signomin ke afesin ton amartion ke ton

plimelimaton imon para tou Kyriou etisometha

Parashou Kyrie Ta kala ke simferonta tes psihes imon ke

irini to kosmo para tou Kyriou etisometha.

Parashou Kyrie >Ton ipolipon hronon tis zois imon en

irini ke metania ektelese, para tou Kyriou etisometha

Parashou Kyrie >Hristiana ta teli tis Zois imon,

Anondina, Anepeshinta, Irinika ke Kalin Apologian tin epi tou Foverou Vimatos tou Hristou etisometha.

Parashou Kyrie

PRIEST Let us complete our Morning Prayer to the Lord:

PEOPLE Lord, have mercy

PRIEST Help us, Save us, have mercy on us, and protect us, O God, by Thy Grace

PEOPLE Amen

PRIEST For this whole day, that it may be Perfect, Holy, Peaceful and sinless, let us ask of the Lord

PEOPLE Grant this, O Lord

PRIEST For an Angel of Peace, a Faithful Guide, a Guardian of our souls and bodies; let us ask of the Lord


PRIEST For the Forgiveness, and Remission of our sins and transgressions, let us ask of the Lord


PRIEST For things that are Good and Profitable to our souls, and for Peace in the world, let us ask of the Lord


PRIEST >That we may complete the remainder of our lives in Peace and Penitence, let us ask of the Lord


PRIEST >That the end of our Lives may be Christian, without pain, blameless and Peaceful, and for a Good Account at the Fearful Judgement Seat of Christ, let us ask of the Lord



Mi diigisete tis en tafo to Eleos Sou, ke

tin Alithian Sou en ti apolia?

Mi gnosthisete en to Skoti ta Thavmasia

Sou, ke i Dikeosini Sou en gi eplelismeni?

Kago pros Se, Kyrie, ekeraxa, ke to proi i

prosevhi mou profthasi Se.

Inati Kyrie apothis tin prosevhin mou -

apostrefis to Prosopon Sou ap emou?

Ptohos imi ego ke en kopis ek neotitos

mou; ipsothis de etapinothin ke exiporithin.

Ep eme diilthon e Orge Sou; ke i

Foverismi Sou exetaraxan me - ekiklosan me os idor - olin tin imeran periehon me ama.

Emakrinas ap emou filon, ke tous

gnostous mou apo taleporias.

Kyrie O Theos tis Sotirias mou imeras

ekeraxa ke en nikti evantion Sou.

Iseltheto enopion Sou i prosefhi mou

klinon to ous Sou is tin disin mou, Kyrie.

Shall anyone in the tomb describe Thy Mercy and Thy Truth in Destruction?

Shall Thy Wonders be known in Darkness, and Thy Righteousness in a Forgotten Land?

Yet I, O Lord, cry to Thee, and in the morning my Prayer shall come near to Thee.

Why, O Lord, dost Thou reject me –

hiding Thy Face from me?

Poor am I and in trouble since my youth; yet having been exalted, I was humbled and brought into despair.

Thy fierce Anger passed over me, and Thy Terrors greatly troubled me – they compass me like water all day long – they surround me all at once.

Thou removed far from me neighbour, friend and my acquaintances because of my misery.

O Lord, God of my Salvation: I cry out day and night before Thee.

Let my Prayer come before Thee. Incline Thine Ear to my Supplication, O Lord.

P s a l m 1 0 2 [ 1 0 3 ] A P RAY E R O F PRA I S E FO R GOD ’S M ERC Y AN D H I S ANGE L I C HOSTS

Evlogi i psihi mou ton Kyrion, ke panta

ta entos mou to Onoma to Agion Aftou.

Evlogi i psihi mou ton Kyrion ke mi

epilanthanou pasas tas Enesis Aftou: Ton evilatefonta pases tes anomies sou; ton iomenon pasas tas nosous sou; ton litroumenon ek fthoras tin Zoin sou; ton stefanounta se en Elei ke Iktirmis; ton empiplonta en Agathis tin epithimian sou; anakenisthisete os meou i neotis sou.

Pion eleimosinas O Kyrios, ke krima pasi

tis adikoumenis. Egnorise tas odous aftou to Mosisi tis Iis

Israil ta Thelimata Aftou.

Iktirmon ke Eleimon O Kyrios,

makrothimos ke Polieleos.

Ouk is telos orgisthisete, oude is ton

eona minii.

Bless the Lord, O my soul; and everything within me: Bless His Holy Name!

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His Rewards: He Who is Merciful towards all your transgressions, Who heals all your diseases, Who Redeems your Life from corruption, Who crowns you with Mercy and Compassion, Who satisfies your desire with Good Things; and Renews your youth like the eagle.

The Lord shows Mercies and Judgement to all who are wronged.

He made known His Ways to Moses – His Will to the Sons of Israel.

Compassionate and Merciful is the Lord - slow to anger, and abounding in Mercy.

He will not become angry to the end, nor will He be wrathful forever.

10. F ES TAL MAT INS – SATURDAY O F TH E SOU LS - M EAT F ARE – 9 M ARCH 2013

Ou kata tas amartias imon epiisen imin,

oude kata tas anomias imon antapedoken imin, oti kata to ipso tou Ouranou apo tis gis, ekrateose Kyrios to Eleos Aftou epi tous Fovoumenous Afton - kathoson apehousin anatole apo dismon, emakrinen af’ imin tas anomias imon.

Kathos iktiri patir iious oktirise Kyrios

tous fovoumenous afton, oti aftos egno to plasma imon -Mnisthiti oti hous esmen.

Anthropos - osi hortos e imere aftou, osi

anthos tou agrou outos exanthisi. Oti pnevma diilthen en afto, ke ouk iparxi, ke ouk epignosete eti ton topon aftou.

To de Eleos tou Kyriou apo to Eonos ke

Eos tou Eonos epi tous Fovoumenous Afton.

Ke i Dikeosini Aftou epi iious iion, tis

filassousi tin Diathikin Aftou, ke memnimenis ton Entolon Aftou tou Piise Aftas.

Kyrios en to Ourano itimase ton

Thronon Aftou, ke i Vasilia Aftou panton despozi.

Evlogite ton Kyrion pantes Angeli Aftou, dinati ishii piountes ton Logon Aftou - tou akouse tis Fonis ton Logon Aftou.

Evlogite ton Kyriou passe e Dinamis

Aftou - Litourgi Aftou piountes ta Thelimata Aftou

Evlogite ton Kyrion pante ta Erga Aftou, en panti topo tis Despotias Aftou.

Evlogi i pshihi mou ton Kyrion. [2]

He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor rewards us accoding to our transgressions, for according to the height of Heaven from earth, so the Lord reigns in Mercy over those who Fear Him – as far as the East is from the West, so does He remove our transgressions from us!

As a father has compassion for his children, so does our Lord have Compassion on those who Fear Him, for He knows how He formed us – He remembers that we are clay.

As for mankind – his days are like grass - like a flower of the field he flourishes; for the wind passes over it, and it shall not remain – and it shall no longer know its place.

Yet the Mercy of the Lord is from Ages to Ages upon those who Fear Him.

And His Righteousness is upon

children’s children to those who keep His Covenant and remember His Commandments – to obey them.

The Lord prepared His Throne in Heaven and His Kingdom rules over all.

Bless the Lord, all you His Angels – Mighty in Strength – who do His Word - who heed the Voice of His Words.

Bless the Lord, all you His Hosts – His Ministers who do His Will.

Bless the Lord, all His Works, in all places of His Dominion!

Bless, O my soul, the Lord! P s a l m 1 4 2 [ 1 4 3 ]

WA I T I NG I N T H E [SP I R I T U AL ] D A RKNESS FOR TH E [D I V I N E ] L I GH T

Kyrie isakouson tis Prosefhis mou;

enotise tin deisin mou en ti Alithia Sou, epakouson mou en ti Dikeosini Sou.

Ke mi iselthis is krisin meta tou doulou

Sou, oti ou Dikeothisete enopion Sou pas zon.

O Lord hear my Prayer; hear my Supplication in Thy Truth - answer me in Thy Righteousness.

And do not enter into Judgement with Thy servant, for in Thy Sight no-one living is Righteous.


>Doxa Si to dixanti to Fos.

>Doxa en Ipsistis Theo ke epi gis Irini,

en anthropis Evdokia.

Imnoumen Se, Evlogoumen Se,

Proskinoumense, Doxologoumen Se, Efharistoumen Si, dia tin Megalin Sou Doxan.

> Kyrie Vasilef, Epouranie Thee, Pater

Pantokrator; Kyrie Ie Monogenes, Isou Hriste, ke Agion Pnevma.

Kyrie O Theos, O Amnos tou Theou, O

Ios tou Patros, O eron tin amartian tou Kosmou, eleison imas, O eron tas amartias tou kosmou.

Prosdexe tin deisin imon, O kathimenos

en dexia tou Patros, ke eleison imas.

>Oti Si i Monos Agios, Si i Monos Kyrios,

Iisous Hristos, is Doxan Theou Patros.

Amin.

Kath’ ekastin imeran Evlogiso Se, ke

enesio to Onoma Sou is ton eona ke is ton Eona tou Eonos.

Kyrie, katafigi egenithis imin en genea

ke genea.

Ego ipa: Kyrie, eleison me, iase tin psihin

mou, oti imarton Si.

Kyrie, pros Se katafigon, didaxon me tou

piin to Thelima Sou, oti Si i O Theos mou; oti para Si Pigi Zois; ent to Foto Sou opsometha Fos.

Paratinon eo Eleos Sou tis ginoskousi Se.

Kataxioson, Kyrie, en ti imera tafti

anamartitous Filahthine imas.

Evlogitis i Kyrie, O Theos ton Pateron imon, ke eneton ke dedoxasmenon to Onoma Sou is tous eonas.

Amin

Genito, Kyrie, to Eleos Sou ef imas,

kathaper ilpisamen epi Se.

Evlogitos i, Kyrie, didaxon me ta

Dikemata Sou.

> Glory to Thee Who has shown us the Light!

> Glory to God in the Highest, and on earth Peace, Goodwill among men.

>We Praise Thee, we Bless Thee, we

Worship Thee, we Glorify Thee, we give Thee Thanks for Thy Great Glory.

> Lord, King, God of Heaven, Father Almighty: Lord, Only Begotten Son, Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit.

Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, Who takes away the sin of the world, have mercy upon us; O Thou Who takes away the sins of the world.

Receive our Prayer, Thou Who sits at the right Hand of the Father, and have mercy on us.

>For Thou alone art Holy, Thou alone art Lord, Jesus Christ, to the Glory of God the Father.

Amen

Every day I will Bless Thee, and praise Thy Name forever and to the Ages of Ages.

Lord Thou hast become for us a Refuge from Generation to Generation.

I have said: Lord, have Mercy on me. Heal my soul, for I have sinned against Thee.

Lord, to Thee I have fled; teach me to do Thy Will for Thou art my God; for with Thee is the Fountain of Life; in Thy Light we shall see Light.

Extend Thy Mercy to those who know Thee.

Grant, O Lord, that in this day we may be kept without sin.

Blessed art Thou, O Lord, God of our Fathers, and praised and Glorified is Thy Name unto the Ages.

Amen

Let Thy Mercy, O Lord, come upon us, just as we have Hoped in Thee.

Blessed art Thou, O Lord: teach me Thy Commandments.


Hristos Anesti lisas ton desmon, Adam

ton Protoplaston, ke tou Aidou katalisas tin ishin. Tharsite pantes i nekri, enekrothi O Thanatos, eskilefthi ke O Aidis sin afto, ke O Hristos evasilefsen, O Stavrothis ke Anastas, aftos imin exarsato, tin aftharsian tis sarkos, aftos anista imas, ke dorite tin Anastasin imin, ke tis Doxis ekinis, me Evfrosinis pantas axii, tous en Pisti aklini, pepistefkotas thermos ep Afto.


Christ Arose, and from the bonds He loosened Adam, the First-created man, and He destroyed the power of Hades. Take courage, all you Reposed, for Death has been put to death, and with it Hades has been despoiled. And Christ is reigning, even He Who was Crucified and Rose again. He has granted us the Incorruption of our flesh; He raises us and grants us the Resurrection; and to all of us who have ardently believed in Him with unwavering Faith, He grants us that Glory and Joy.



S a t u r d a y o f t h e S o u l s - T O N E 2

Os anthos marenete, ke O sonar

parerhete, ke dialiete pas anthropos. Palin de ihousis tis Salpingos, nekri os en sissismo pantes anastisonte, pros tin sin ipatisin Hriste O Theos. Tote Despota, ous metestisas ex imon, en tes ton Agion Sou katataxon skines, ta Pnevmata Despota ton Son Doulon ai.


eonon.

Amin

As a flower withers, and as a dream passes, likewise every human disintegrates. Then, at the Sound of the Trumpet, there will be like an earthquake, and all the dead will be raised to meet Thee, O Christ God. When that time comes, O Master, place the spirits of Thy servants, whom Thou hast taken from us, in the Dwellings of Thy Saints forever.

Now and ever, and to the Ages of

Ages.

Amen

T h e o t o k i o n T H E C O N G R E G A T I O N M U S T S T A N D

> Here Maria Theotoke, O

Naos O akatalitos, mallon de O Agios, kathos voa O Profitis. Agios O Naos Sou, Thavmastos en Dikeosini.

> Rejoice, O Mary, Mother of God, for Thou art the Indestructable Temple, or rather the Holy Temple, as the Prophet David said: Holy is Thy Temple, Wondrous in Righteousness.

T h e S m a l l D o x o l o g y THE DOXO LOGY I S R EA D B Y A R EA D ER – N OT CHANT ED AS USU AL

T H E B E L L S A R E R U N G A N D A L L T H E L I G H T S A R E S W I T C H E D O N

Si Doxa prepis, Kyrie, O Theos imon, ke

si tin Doxan anapempomen, to Patri, ke to Io, ke to Agio Pnevmati, nin ke ai, ke is tous eonas ton eonon.

Amin.

READER: > To Thee is due Glory: O Lord our God, and to Thee we send up Glory: to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spriit now and forever, and to the Ages of Ages.

Amen


Oti Katedioxen O ehthros tin psihin

mou. Etapinosen is tin gin tin zoin mou, ekathise me en skotinis os nekrous eonos.

Ke ikidiasen ep’ eme to pnevma mou -

en emi etrahthi i kardia mou.

Emnisthin imeron arheon, ke emeletisa

en pasi tis Ergis Sou - en piimasi ton Hiron Sou emeleton.

Dipetasa pros se tas hiras mou - i psihi

mou os gi anidros Si.

Tahi isakouson mou, Kyrie - exelie to

pnevma mou!

Mi aspostrepsis to Prosopon Sou ap’

emou, ke omiothisome tis katavenonsin is Lakkon.

Akouston piison mi to proi to Eleos Sou,

oti epi Si ilpisa.

Gnorison mi, Kyrie, Odon en i

porefsome, oti pros Se ira tin psihin mou.

Exelou me ek ton ehthron mou, Kyrie, oti

pros Se katefigon.

Didaxon me tou piin to Thelima Sou, oti

Theos mou is Si.

To Pnevma Sou to Agathon Odigisi me

en ti Evthia.

Eneka tou Onoma Sou, Kyrie, Zisis me.

En ti Dikeosini Sou exexis ek thlipseos ton psihin mou - ke en to Eleei Sou exolothrevsis tous ehthous mou - ke apolis pantas tous thlivontas tin psihin mou, oti doulos Sou imi ego.

Kyrie isakouson tis prosefhis mou,

enotise tin deisin mou en ti alithia Sou, epakouson mou en ti Dikeosini Sou.

Ke mi iselthis is krisin meta tou

doulou Sou, oti ou dikeothisete enopion Sou pas zon. [2]

For the enemy1 persecutes my soul. He humbled my life to the ground, he caused me to dwell in dark places like one who was long dead.

And my spirit was in anguish within me - my heart was troubled within.

I remembered the days of old, and I meditated on all Thy Works – I meditated on the Works of Thy Hands.

I stretch out my hands to Thee – my soul thirsts for Thee like a waterless land. (PAUSE)

Hear me speedily, O Lord – my spirit faints within me.

Turn not Thy Sight from me, lest I become like those who go down into the Pit.

Cause me to hear Thy Mercy in the morning, for I hope in Thee.

Make me know, O Lord, the Way

wherein I should walk, for to Thee I lift up my soul.

Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord, for to Thee I flee for Refuge.

Teach me to do Thy Will, for Thou art my God.

Thy Good Spirit shall Guide me in Uprightness.

For Thy Name’s sake O Lord, grant me Life.

In Thy Righteousness Thou shall bring my soul out of affliction – and in Thy Mercy Thou shall destroy my enemies – and Thou shall utterly destroy all who afflict my soul, for I am Thy servant.

O Lord hear my Prayer; hear my Supplication in Thy Truth - answer me in Thy Righteousness.

And do not enter into Judgement with

Thy servant, for in Thy Sight no-one living is Righteous.

1 O U R E N E M I E S ARE NOT ONLY OUR PHYSICAL, HUMAN ENEMIES, BUT ESPECIALLY THE INVISIBLE ENEMIES – THE

EVIL ONE AND HIS DEMONS WHO OBSESSIVELY AND CEASELESSLY, SEEK OUR DESTRUCTION AND FAILURE IN OUR EARTHLY

AND ETERNAL ENDEAVOURS. BUT, NO MATTER HOW THEY TEMPT US INTO SPIRITUAL DEATH, THE CHOICE IS OURS TO

MAKE – OBEY GOD AND REAP ALL THE SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL BENEFITS – SPIRITUAL LIFE WITH GOD - OR CHOOSE THE

WEAKER, DESTRUCTIVE, SELF-INDULGENT TEMPTATIONS THAT LEAD US TO SPIRITUAL DEATH AND EVENTUALLY, ETERNAL

CONDEMNATION AND ALIENATION FROM GOD AND EVERYTHING GOOD!


To Pnevma Sou to Agathon Odigisi me

en ti Evthia.



Amin

Allelouia [(3) > Doxa Si, O Theos! [3]

I Elpis imon, Kyrie, doxa Si!

Thy Good Spirit shall Guide me in

Uprightness.


and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto Ages of Ages.

Amen

Alleluia [3] >Glory to Thee, O God. [3]

Our Hope, O Lord: Glory to Thee!

T h e G r e a t L i t a n y

En Irini tou Kyriou deithomen

Kyrie Eleison

Iper tis Anothen Irinis ke tis Sotirias ton psihon imon, tou Kyriou deithomen...

Kyrie Eleison

Iper tis Irinis tou simpantos kosmou, efsthias ton Agion tou Theou Ekklision ke tis ton panton enoseaos tou Kyriou deithomen...

Kyrie Eleison

Iper tou Agiou Ikou toutou ke ton meta Pisteos, evlavias ke Fovou Theou isionton en afto, tou Kyriou deithomen...

Kyrie Eleison

Iper tou Patros imon: Papa ke Patriarhi (THEODOROU) ke tou Arhiepiskopou imon ((((NAME)))) tou Timiou Presviteriou, tis en Hristo Diakonias, pantos tou Kyriou ke tou laou tou Kyriou deithomen.

Kyrie Eleison

Iper tis Koinotita ke poleos taftis, pasis poleos, horas, ke ton pisti ikounton en aftes tou Kyriou deithomen.

Kyrie Eleison

Iper efkrasias aeron, eforias ton karpon tis gis ke keron irinikon tou Kyriou deithomen.

Kyrie Eleison

Iper pleonton, odiporounton, nosounton, kamnonton, ehmaloton ke tis Sotirias afton tou Kyriou deithomen.

PRIEST In Peace let us pray to the Lord PEOPLE Lord have mercy

PRIEST For the Peace from Above and for the Salvation of our souls, let us pray to the Lord...

PEOPLE Lord have mercy

PRIEST For the Peace of the whole world, for the well-being of the Holy Churches of God, and for the union of all, let us pray to the Lord....


PRIEST For this Holy Temple, and for those who enter with Faith, Reverence and the Fear of God, let us pray to the Lord...


PRIEST For our Father: Pope & Patriarch (THEODOROS ) and for our Archbishop (NAME) for the Venerable Priesthood of the Diaconate in Christ, for all the clergy and the laity, let us pray to the Lord.


PRIEST For this Community and city, and for every city and country, and for the Faithful who dwell therein, let us pray to the Lord


PRIEST For seasonable weather, for the abundance of the fruits of the earth, and for peaceful times, let us pray to the Lord


PRIEST For those at sea, and those who travel by land or air, for the sick and the suffering, for captives and for their Salvation, let us pray to the Lord


skevous tis sarkos, ke oti konis O Anthropos, vroma skolikon ke fthora. Oti xira ta osta imon, olos mi ehonta pnoin. Tous tafous katidomen, pou i doxa? Pou to kallos tis morfis? Pou i eilalos glossa? Pou is ofris? I pou O ofthalmos? Panta konis ke skia. Dio fise Sotir panton imon.

Enite Afton en iho salpingos. Enite Afton en psaltirio ke kithara.

Ti apatite anthropos afhon, ti matin

tarattete, O pilos, ke met oligon O aftos? Ti ou logizete O hous, oti konis to firama, ke saprias ke fthoras apovoli? I oun pilos semen anthropi, ti prostetikamen ti gi? Ke is Hristou semen simfiti, ti ou prostrehomen afto, ke olin afemeni tin epikiron ke reousan zoin, ti zoi ti aftharto, akolouthountes? Itis estin O Hristos, O Fotismos ton psihon imon.

Enite Afton en timpano ke horo. Enite

Afton en hordes ke organo.

O ti Hiri Sou plasas ton Adam, ke stisas

methorion, aftharsias, ke thntotitos Sotir, ke tis en Hariti Zois, tis fthoras apallaxas te, pros tin protin metathemenos zoin, aftos tous Doulous Sou Despota, ous proselavou ex imon, mata Dikeon anapafson, ke en Horo ton Eklekton, ke touton ta onomata, Metagrapsas en Vivilo tis Zois, en Foni Arhangelou, exanastisas Salpingos ihi, kataxioson aftous, tis Ouraniou Vasilias Sou.

Enite Afton en kimvalis evihis. Enite

Afton en kimvalis alalagmou. Pasa pnoi inesato ton Kyrion.

our end is like and the organs of our vessel made of flesh, and that everyone is but dust, food for worms, and decay; that our bones are dry and have no breath. Let us look into the graves: Where is the glory? Where is the beauty of our form? Where is the tongue that spoke so well? Where is the brow, and where is the eye? All are but dust and shadow. Therefore, O Saviour, spare us all!

Praise Him with the sound of the

trumpet; praise Him with lute and harp.

Why is mankind deceived into

boasting, and why is he troubled for no purpose, since he is made of earth and will soon return to it? Why not reflect on the fact that he is made from earth, and will end in rotten putrefaction? So if we humans are clay, why are we so attached to the earth? And if we are planted together with Christ, why not run to Him, and leave behind this mortal and fleeting life, and aspire rather to the Life Incorruptible? Christ is this Life, and the Illumintion of our souls.

Praise Him with timbrel and dance;

praise Him with strings and flute.

When Thou formed Adam with Thy

Hand, O Saviour, Thou set him between Incorruption and mortality. Later, Thou made Life in Grace to be free of corruption, and Thou moved him back to his former Life. Now, O Master, to Thy Servants, whom Thou hast taken from us to Thyself, grant Repose with the Righteous and in the Choir of the Elect; and record their names in the Book of Life; and raise them at the sound of the Archangel’s Trumpet; and count them worthy of Thy Heavenly Kingdom.

Praise Him with tuneful cymbals;

praise Him with loud cymbals. Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.


Amin PEOPLEPEOPLEPEOPLEPEOPLE Amen

P r a i s e s t o t h e L o r d

>Agios Kyrios O Theos imon! [3]

Ipsoute Kyrion ton Theon imon ke proskinite to ipopodio ton podon aftou.

Oti Agios esti!

>Holy is the Lord our God [3]

Exalt the Lord our God; and bow down before His footstool

For He is Holy! E x a p o s t i l a r i o n o f S a t u r d a y o f t h e S o u l s – T O N E 3

O ke nekron ke zonton, exousiazon os

Theos, anapafson tous Sous Doulous, en tes skines ton eklekton. I gar ke imarton Soter, all ouk apestisan ek Sou.

Having, as God, Authority over the living and the dead, grant Rest to Thy servants in the Dwellings of the Elect. O Saviour, even if they sinned, yet did not depart from Thee.

E x a p o s t i l a r i o n o f S a t u r d a y o f t h e S o u l s – T O N E 2

Anapafson tous doulous Sou, en hora

zonton Kyrie, entha apedra odini, lipi omou ke stenagmos, ilathi os Filanthropos, aper en vio imarton. Monos gar Anamartitos, Iparhis ke Eleimon, nekron ke zonton Despotis.

O Lord, Repose Thy Servants in the Land of the Living, in a Place where there is no longer sorrow, no suffering, pain, or sighing. Be gracious towards their sins in life, as Thou art the Only Sinless One Who is Merciful and Master of both the living and the dead.

T h e o t o k i o n

Maria Theonimfevte, Hriston apafstos

Presveve, iper imon ton Son Doulon, Sin Theigoris Profites, ke ton Martiron dimis te, Ierarhon Osion te, ke panton te ton Dikeon, sigklironomous genesthe, tis Ouranon Vasilias.

O Virgin Mary, Bride of God: cease not praying to Christ for us, with the God-Inspired Prophets and also the Hosts of Martyrs, and Hierarchs and Holy Monks, the Righteous Saints, that we all who are Thy servants may together with Thee inherit the Blessed Kingdom of Heaven.

L a u d s : T h e P r a i s e s t o G o d - P s a l m 1 4 8 – T O N E ( 5 ) P L A G A L 1 A L L CR E A T I ON P R A I S E S T H E LORD O U R GOD

Pasa pnoi enesato ton Kyrion. Enite ton Kyrion ek ton Ouranon. Enite Afton en tis Ipsistis. Si prepi imnos to Theo.

Enite Afton, pantes i Angelli Aftou. Enite Afton, pase e Dinamis Aftou. Si prepi imnos to Theo.

Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord from the Heavens; praise Him in the Highest. To Thee praise is due, O God.

Praise Him, all His Angels; praise Him,

all His Powers. To Thee praise is due, O God.

P s a l m 1 5 0 – S a t u r d a y o f t h e S o u l s - T O N E ( 8 ) P L A G A L 4

Enite Afton epi tes Dinasties Afton. Enite Afton kata to plithos tis Megalosinis Aftou.

Defte pro telous pantes Adelfi, ton houn

imon vlepontes, ke tis fiseos imon to asthenes, ke tin evtelian imon, ke to telos opsometha, ke ta organa tou

Praise Him for His Mighty Acts;

praise Him according to the greatness of His Majesty.

O Brethren: come before the end, and seeing that we are earth, and the fact that our nature is infirm, let us behold that we are vile and see what


Kyrie Eleison

Iper tou Risthine imas apo pasis thlipseos, orgis, kindinou ke anangis, tou Kyriou deithomen

Kyrie Eleison

Antilavou Soson, Eleison ke Diafilaxon imas O Theos, ti Si Hariti.

Amin/Kyrie eleison

> Tis Panagias, Ahrantou, Ipere Vlogimenis, Endoxou Despinis imon Theotokou ke Aiparthenou Marias meta panton ton Agion Mnimonefsantes, eaftous ke allilous ke pasan tin zoin imon Hristo to Theo parathometha.

>Si Kyrie Oti prepi Si pasa Doxa, Timi ke

Proskinisis > to Patri ke to Io ke to Agio Pnevmati nin ke ai ke is tous eonas ton eonon.

Amin


PRIEST For our Deliverance from all affliction, wrath, danger and necessity, let us pray to the Lord


PRIEST Help us, Save us, have Mercy upon us, and Preserve us, O God, by Thy Grace.

PEOPLE Amen/Lord have mercy

PRIEST > Commemorating our All Holy, Pure, Most Blessed and Glorious Lady, Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary, with all Thy Saints, let us commit ourselves and one another and our whole life to Christ our God.

PEOPLE > To Thee, O Lord!

PRIEST For to Thee belong all Glory, Honour and Worship, > to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to the Ages of Ages.

PEOPLE Amen

T h e A l l e l u i a s

Allilouia! (3)

Allilouia! (3)

STIHOS: Makarii ous exelexo ke

proselavou, Kyrie.

Allilouia! (3)

STIHOS: Ke to mnimosinon afton is genean

ke genean.

Allilouia! (3)

Alleluia! (3)

Alleluia! (3)

VERSE 1: Blessed are those whom Thou Choose and Help, O Lord.

Alleluia! (3)

VERSE 2: And their remembrance is from generation to generation.

Alleluia! (3)

A p o l y t i k i o n o f S a t u r d a y o f t h e S o u l s

O vathi Sofias Filanthropos panta

ikonomon, ke to simferon pasin aponemon Mone Dimiourge, anapafson Kyrie tas psihas ton doulon Sou. En Si gar tin Elpida anethento, to Piiti ke Plasti ke Theo imon.


En Si gar tin Elpida anethento, to Piiti ke Plasti ke Theo imon.

O only Creator Who out of Love for mankind arrange all things with depth of Wisdom, and impart to all what is Beneficial, O Lord, grant Repose to the souls of Thy servants. For they have placed their hope in Thee our Creator and Fashioner and God.



For they have placed their Hope in Thee our Creator and Fashioner and God!

M A K E T H E S I G N O F T H E C R O S S & B O W D O W N T O G O D



eonon.

Amin


Amen

T h e o t o k i o n

Se ke Tihos, ke Limena ehomen, ke

Presvin evprosdekton, pros on etekes Theos, Theotoke animfevte, ton Piston i Sotiria.

We have Thee as a Fortress and a Port

and an acceptable Intercessor with God, Whom Thou bore, O Unwedded Theotokos, the Salvation of the Faithful.

Sm a l l L i t a n y

Eti ke eti, en Irini tou Kyriou deithomen.

Kyrie Eleison


imas O Theos, ti Si Hariti.

Amin


Flogimenis, Endoxou Despinis imon Theotokou ke Aiparthenou Marias meta panton ton Agion Mnimonefsantes, eaftous ke allilous ke pasan tin Zoin imon Hristo to Theo parathometha.

>Si Kyrie > Oti son to Kratos ke sou Estin i

Vasilea, ke i Dinamis ke i Doxa > tou Patros, ke tou Iou, ke tou Agiou Pnevmatos, nin ke ai ke is tous Eonas ton Eonon.

Amin

PRIEST Again, yet again, in Peace let us pray to the Lord

PEOPLE Lord have mercy!

PRIEST Help us, Save us, have Mercy on us, and Preserve us, O God, by Thy Grace

PEOPLE Amen

PRIEST >Commemorating our Most Holy, All Pure, Most Blessed and Glorious Lady, Theotokos and Ever Virgin Maria, with all the Saints, let us commit ourselves and one another and our whole Life to Christ our God.

PEOPLE>To Thee, O Lord!

PRIEST For Thine is the Dominion, Thine is the Kingdom and the Power and

the Glory > of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to the Ages of Ages.

PEOPLEAmen

F i r s t F e s t a l K a t h i s m a - S a t u r d a y o f t h e S o u l s T O N E ( 6 ) P L A G A L 2

Athltikon agona ipominantes is Agii, ke

ta vravia tis nikis para Sou komisameni, katirgisan tas epinias ton paranomon, edexanto stefanous tis aftharsias, di’ a afton O Theos, dorise imin to Mega Eleos.

STIHOS:STIHOS:STIHOS:STIHOS: Thavmastos O Theos en tis Agiis

Aftou. O Theos Israil Aftos dosi Dinamin ke Krateosin to loa Aftou. Evlogitos O Theos.

Athlitike enstasis epi to skammati,

tyranniki ekismi epi tous Martyras. Ke istanto hori ton Asomatons,

The Holy Athletes endured the contest, and they received from Thee the Medals of Victory. They destroyed the machinations of the lawless, and they received Crowns of Incorruption. Through them, O God, Save our souls.

VERSE:VERSE:VERSE:VERSE: God is Wondrous in His Saints.

The God of Israel shall grant Power and Strength to His People. Blessed is God.

The Martyr Athletes offered resistance in the ring, contesting for the Faith, and the tyrant tortured them. The

MAK E THE S I GN OF TH E CROSS & BOW DOWN


T r o p a r i o n o f t h e H o l y T r i n i t y

O is en Triadi Theos, Doxa Si! Anafstos.

I gar ke Theos ekaston, all is ti Fisi Peli, O Patir O Iios ke to Pnevma, tis Trisofaesin Idiomasi.


eonon.

Amin.

Our one God in Trinity unceasingly hears: Glory to Thee! For although Each One is God, yet the Father and the Son and the Spirit are One in Nature, in the characteristic Attributes of the Three-fold Light.


Amen

T h e o t o k i o n

Iper noun O tokos Sou. Gennas gar ton proonta, ke galouhis afrastos, ton trofodotin tou kosmou, anaklinis ton tou pantos sinohea, Hriston Monon Litrotin imon Panamome.

O All Blameless Virgin, Thy Childbirth is beyond comprehension. For Thou gave Birth to Him Who Pre-Exists, and Thou ineffably Nursed Him Who feeds the world. Thou put Him to bed Who holds the whole Universe together. He is Christ, our One and Only Redeemer!

T h e H i e r m o s a s K a t a v a s i a

Ton Prodilothenta en Ori to Nomotheti,

en Piri ke Vato, Tokon ton tis Aiparthenou, is imon ton Piston Sotirian, Imnis Asigitis Megalinomen!

Let us sing to Him Who to Moses of old, on the Mountain, Prefigured in the Burning Bush the Childbirth of Ever Virgin Mary, for the Salvation of us Believers. Let us always Praise and Magnify Him!

T h e S m a l l L i t a n y

Eti ke eti, en Irini tou Kyriou deithomen.

Kyrie Eleison


imas O Theos, ti Si Hariti

Amin/Kyrie eleison


Vlogimenis, Endoxou Despinis imon Theotokou ke Aiparthenou Marias meta panton ton Agion Mnimonefsantes, eaftous ke alilous ke pasan tin zoin imon Hristo to Theo parathometha.

PRIEST Again, yet again, in Peace let us pray to the Lord.


PRIEST Help us, Save us, have Mercy upon us, and Protect us, O God, by Thy Grace.

PEOPLE Amen/Lord have mercy

PRIEST > Commemorating our Most Holy, All Pure, Most Blessed and Glorious Lady, Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary, with all the Saints, let us commit ourselves and each other, and all our Life to Christ our God.

M A K E T H E S I G N O F T H E C R O S S & B O W D O W N T O G O D

>Si Kyrie >Oti Se Enousi pase e Dinamis ton

Ouranon, ke Si tin Doxan anapempousi, to Patri, ke to Io, ke to Agio Pnevmati, nin ke ai ke is tous eonas ton eonon.

PEOPLE >To Thee, O Lord!

PRIEST For all the Powers of Heaven praise Thee, and to Thee we ascribe Glory:

> to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to the Ages of Ages.


K a t a v a s i a o f t h e 9 t h O d e – T h e H i e r m o s - T O N E ( 8 ) P L A G A L 4

Ton prodilothenta en ori to Nomotheti,

en piri ke vato, tokon ton tis Aiparthenou, is imon ton piston sotirian, imnis asigitis megalinomen.

Let us sing to Him Who to Moses of old prefigured in the Burning Bush the Childbirth of the Ever Virgin Mary, for the Salvation of us believers. Let us always praise and magnify Him.

T r o p a r i a o f t h e S o u l s

> Doxa Si, O Theos imon, Doxa Si!

Entha evfrenomenon estin i katikia, ton

Agion Sou Kyrie, pantas tous ap’ eonos, kekimimenous en Pisti t e ke Elpidi, agalliasthine kataxioson.


Tous Theominia, thanatikon ektriventas,

keravnon pantion, ex ouranou enehthenton, gis shisthisis, epiklisasis thalassis pantas tous Pistous, Hriste anapafson.


Pason ilikian, presvitas ke neaniskous, neous ke efivous, pedas, ke ta aora vrefi, arrenikin fisin te ke thilian, anapafson O Theos, ous proselavou Pistous.


Tous ex iovolon digmaton

kekimimenous, kataposeos ofeon, simpatiseos ippon k eek pnigmou, ke aghonis tou pelas, pisti si latrefsantas anapafson


Ekaston kat onoma, ton en Pisti

thanenton, apo tou eonos, ke geneon ke geneas, akatakritos parastathine Si tote, en ti Parousia Sou Axioson.


> Glory to Thee, our God, Glory to

Thee!

To those who from all time have Fallen Asleep in Faith and hope, O Lord, grant that they may greatly rejoice in the Place of Thy Saints, where all who have their dwelling therein are glad.


Thee!

O Christ, grant Repose to all the Faithful who were wiped out by a natural disaster, whether by lightning, earthquake or tsunami.


Thee!

O God take to Thyself all departed Faithful of all ages, old and young alike, young adults and adolescents, children and infants, male and female, and grant Repose to them all.


Thee!

O Lord, whether Thy departed Faithful Servants who worshipped Thee died of poisoning, or were killed by an animal, or were in an accident, or were murdered: grant Repose to them all.


Thee!

O Lord, grant to everyone by name, who died in Faith, from all time and from generation to generation, to stand uncondemned in Thy Presence when Thou come again.




vravia katehontes tis nikis. Exestisan tyrannous, ke Vasilis i sofi. Kathilon ton Beliar Omologia Hristou. O Enishisas aftous, Kyrie Doxa Si.

STIHOSSTIHOSSTIHOSSTIHOS: Tis Agiis tis en ti Gi Aftou

enthavmastosen O Kyrios, panta ta Thelimata Aftou en Aftis.

Ton Agion Sou i mnimi Kyrie, simeron

anedihthi, os Paradisos O en Edem. En afti gar agallete pasa i Ktisis. Dio parashou imin, ti afton paraklisisi, irinin ke to Mega Eleos.


Hosts of Incorporeals observed and were holding Victory Medals. The truly Wise Contestants amazed the tyrants and King. They overturned the devil by their Confession of Christ. O Lord, Who Strengthened them: Glory to Thee!

VERSEVERSEVERSEVERSE: To the Saints on His Earth, in

them the Lord magnified all His Will.

O Lord, the Memory of Thy Saints today is like the Garden of Eden. For all Creation greatly rejoices in it. Therefore, grant us Peace and Great Mercy, by their Intercessions.



F i r s t F e s t a l K a t h i s m a - R e p o s e d O r t h o d o x S o u l s

Alithos Mataitis ta simpanta, O de vios

skia ke enipnion. Ke gar mtin tarattete pas gigenis, os ipen i Grafi. Ote ton Kosmon kerdisomen, tote to Tafo ikisomen, opou omou Basilis ke ptohi. Dio Hriste O Theos, tous metastantas doulous Sou anapafson, os Filanthropos.


eonon.

Amin

Everything is truly vanity, and earthly life is a shadow and a dream. Every man stirs himself up in vain, as the Scripture says. Once we gain the world, then we attain the grave, where Kings and poor dwell together. Therefore, O Christ God, grant Rest to those who have passed away, since Thou Love mankind.


ages.

Amen

T h e o t o k i o n

Elpis tou Kosmou Agathi, Theotoke

Parthene, tin Sin ke monin foveran prostasian etoumen. Splaghnisthiti is evperistaton laon. Disopison ton Eleimona Theon, risthine tas psihas imon, ek pasis apilis, Moni Evlogimeni.

Thou art the Good Hope of the world, O Virgin Theotokos. Therefore, we beseech Thee for Thine Awe-inspiring Protection. Take pity on those left with no defence. Insistently Supplicate our Merciful God, O Only Blessed Lady, to Deliver our souls from all impending dangers.

E v l o g i t a r i a o f t h e R e p o s e d O r t h o d o x C h r i s t i a n s THE P R I E S T C ENS ES THE HOLY SANCTUARY , THE HO LY ICONS AND THE CONG REGAT ION WH I L E

THE HYMNS A RE CONT IN UED

STIHOS: >Evlogitos i Kyrie, didaxon me ta

Dikeomata Sou.

Ton Agion O Horos, ever Pigin tis Zois

ke Thiran Paradisou, eiro kago, tin odon dia tis metanias, to apololos provaton ego imi. Anakalese me, Sotir, ke Soson me.

VERSE >Blessed art Thou, O Lord: teach

me Thy Statutes.

The Choir of Saints has found the Source of Life and the Door of Paradise. May I also find the way through Repentance! I am the Lost Sheep. O Saviour, call me back to Thee and Save me!


STIHOS: >Evlogitos i Kyrie, didaxon me

ta Dikeomata Sou.

O pale men, ek mi onton plasas me, ke

Ikoni Sou Thia timisas, paravasi entolis de palin me epistrepsas is gin ex is elifthin, is to kath omiosin epanagage, to arheon kallos anamorfosasthe.


ta Dikeomata Sou.

Ikon imi, tis arritou Doxis Sou, i ke

stigmata fero ptesmaton, iktirison to son plasma, Despota, ke katharison Si Efsplaghnia, ke tin pothinin patrida parashou mi, Paradisou palin pion politin me.


ta Dikeomata Sou.

Anapafson, O Theos tous doulous Sou,

ke katataxon aftous en Paradiso, opou Hori ton Agion, Kyrie, ke i Dikei eklampsousin os fostires, tous kekimimenous doulous Sou anapavson, paroron afton panta ta egklimata.



me Thy Statutes.

Of old Thou created me from nothing and honoured me with Thy Divine Image. But when I disobeyed Thy Commandment, O Lord, Thou cast me down to the earth from whence I was taken. Lead me back again to Thy Likeness, and Renew my original Beauty.


me Thy Statutes.

I am an Image of Thine Ineffable Glory, although I bear the scars of my trangsgressions. On Thy Creation, O Master, take pity and cleanse me by Thy Compassion. Grant me the Homeland for which I long, and once again make me a Citizen of Paradise.


me Thy Statutes.

Grant rest, O God, to Thy servants, and place them in Paradise, where the Choirs of the Saints and the Righteous shine like the stars of Heaven. To Thy departed servants grant rest, O Lord, and forgive their offences.



T r i s a g i o n H y m n s2

>To Trilampes tis mias Theotitos,

evsevos imnisomen voontes. Agios i, O Patir O Anarhos, O Sinanarhos Iios ke Thion Pnevma. Fotison imas Pisti Si latrevontas, ke tou eoniou piros exarpason.


eonon.

Amin

> The Threefold Radiance of the One God let us praise and let us shout in song: Holy art Thou, O Eternal Father, Co-Eternal Son, and Divine Spirit! Illumine us who worship Thee in Faith, and deliver us from the Eternal Fire.


ages.

Amen

T h e o t o k i o n

Here Semni, i Theon Sarki tekousa, is

panton Sotirian, di is genos ton anthropon evrato tin Sotirian, dia Sou evrimen Paradison, Theotoke, Agni Evlogimeni..

Rejoice, Gracious Lady, Who for the Salvation of all gave Birth to God in the Flesh, and through Whom the human race has found Salvation. Through Thee, O Pure and Blessed

2 THESE ARE HYMNS OF ADORATION OF THE HOLY TRINITY WHICH WE SING TOGETHER WITH THE HEAVENLY HOSTS & THE

CHURCH TRIUMPHANT


Theotokon Se Megalinomen.

Oti epevlepsen epi tin tapinosin tis

doulis Aftou. Idou gar apo tou nin Makariousi me pase i genee.

STIHOS > Tin Timioteran ton Herouvim

ke Endoxoteran asingritos ton Serafim, tin adiafthoros Theon Logon tekousan, tin ontos Theotokon Se Megalinomen.

Oti epiise mi Megalia O dinatos ke Agion

to Onoma Aftou, ke to Eleos Aftou is genean ke genean tis fovoumenis Afton.



Epiise Kratos en Vrahioni Aftou

dieskorpisen iperifanous diania kardias afton.

STIHOSSTIHOSSTIHOSSTIHOS > Tin Timioteran ton Herouvim


Kathile dinastas apo thronon ke ipsose

tapinous. Pinontas eneplisen agathon ke ploutountas exapestile kenous.



Antelaveto Israil pedos Aftou mnisthine

Eleous kathos elalise pros tous Pateras imon, to Avraam ke to spermati aftou eos eonos.

STIHOS > Tin Timioteran ton Herouvim ke Endoxoteran asingritos ton Serafim, tin adiafthoros Theon Logon tekousan, tin ontos Theotokon Se Megalinomen.

the Word, True Theotokos, we Magnify Thee!

For He has regarded the Humility of His Handmaiden: for behold from henceforth all generations shall call me Blessed.

VERSE > More Honourable than the

Cherubim, and beyond compare more Glorious than the Seraphim, Thou Who without stain bore God the Word, True Theotokos, we Magnify Thee!

For He Who is Mighty has magnified me, and Holy is His Name; and His Mercy is upon those who Fear Him, throughout all generations.



He has shown Strength with His Arm; He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

VERSEVERSEVERSEVERSE > More Honourable than the


He has put down the mighty from their thrones, and has exalted the humble and meek. He has filled the empty with Good Things, and the rich He has sent away empty.



He, remembering His Mercy, has helped His servant Israel, as He promised to our Forefather, Abraham and his seed forever.

VERSE > More Honourable than the Cherubim, and beyond compare more Glorious than the Seraphim, Thou Who without stain bore God the Word, True Theotokos, we Magnify Thee!


ODIODIODIODI 5555

Exesti ta simpanta epi ti Thia Doxi Sou.

Si gar, apirogame Parthene, eshes en Mitra ton epi Panton Theon ke tetokas ahronon Iion, pasi tis imnousi Se

Sotirian vravevousa.

ODIODIODIODI 6666

Tin Thian Taftin ke Pantimon Telountes

Eortin i Theofrones tis Theomitoros, defte tas hiras krotisomen, ton ex

aftis tehthenta Theon Doxazontes.

ODIODIODIODI 7777

Ouk elatrefsan ti ktisi i Theoforones para ton Ktisanta. Alla piros apilin andrios patisantes, herontes epsallon. Iperimnite, O ton Pateron Kyrios ke Theos, Evlogitos i

ODIODIODIODI 8888

>Enoumen, Evlogoumen ke

Proskinoumen ton Kyrios.

Pedas evagis en ti kamino O tokos tis

Theotokou diesosato, tote men tipoumenos, nin de energoumenos tin ikoumenin apasan agiri psallousan. Ton Kyrion imnite ta Erga ke iperipsoute is pantas tous eonas.

ODEODEODEODE 5555

The whole world was amazed at Thy Divine Glory: for Thou, O Virgin, Who has not known wedlock, has been Translated from earth to the Eternal Mansions to the Life without end, bestowing Salvation upon all

who sing Thy praises. ODEODEODEODE 6666

As we celebrate this Sacred and Solemn Feast of the Theotokos, let us come, clapping our hands, O people of the Lord, and Glorifying God Who was Born of her.

ODEODEODEODE 7777

The Holy Children bravely trampled upon the threatening fire, preferring not to worship created things rather than the Creator, and they sang in Joy: “Blessed art Thou and praised above all: O Lord God of our Fathers!”

ODEODEODEODE 8888

>We Praise, we Bless and we Worship

the Lord!

The Offspring of the Theotokos saved the Holy Children in the furnace. He Who was then prefigured has since been born on earth, and He gathers together all Creation to sing: “O ye Works of the Lord: Bless ye the Lord and exalt Him above all forever!”

T h e M a g n i f i c a t STAN D ING B E FO RE TH E HOLY IC ON O F TH E EV ER B L E S S E D THEOTOKOS , T H E PR I E S T

D E C L AR ES TH E FO L LOW ING , A F T ER WH I CH H E C ENS ES TH E SANCT UARY , HO LY ICON S

AND CONGR EGAT IO N WH I L E T H E M AGN I F I C AT HYMN I S C HANT ED ....

>Tin Theotokon ke

Miter to Fotos: en imnis timontes

Meglinomen!

>The Theotokos and Mother of the Light: with hymns let us Magnify!

T H E B E L L S A R E R U N G

A T T H I S P O I N T

Megalini i psihi mou ton Kyrion ke

igaliase to pnevma mou epi to Theo to Sotiri mou.


ke Endoxoteran asingritos ton Serafim, tin adiafthoros Theon Logon tekousan, tin ontos

My soul magnifies the Lord, and my

spirit has rejoiced in God my Saviour.


Cherubim, and beyond compare more Glorious than the Seraphim, Thou Who without stain bore God


Alleluia [3] > Doxa Si, O Theos! [3]

Theotokos, may we find Paradise!

Alleluia [3] > Glory to Thee, O God! [3] THE P R I E S T E X I T S TH E HO LY S ANC TUARY THRO UGH TH E ROYA L G AT ES AND S TAN DS B E F ORE TH E

HO LY I C ON O F OU R LORD AND S AV I OUR , J E S US CHR I S T . HE TH EN P R E S ENTS TH E M EMOR I A L

P E T I T I ONS FO R TH E R E POS ED F A I T H FUL O RTHODOX CH R I S T I A NS .

T h e M e m o r i a l P e t i t i o n s


Eleos Sou, deometha Sou, epakouson ke eleison!

Kyrie Eleison (3)

Eti deometha iper makarias mnimis ke

eoniou anapavseos panton ton ep elpidi anastaseos Zois eoniou kekimimenon evsevos Orthodoxon Hristianon, Vasileon, Patriarhon, Arhiereon, Iereon, Ieromonahon, ierodiakonon, Monahon, Pateron, Propatoron, Pappon, Propappon, Goneon, sizigon, teknon, adelfon ke singenon imon ek ton ap arhis ke mehri ton eshaton, ke iper tou sighorithine aftis pan plimimelima ekousion te ke akousion.

Kyrie Eleison (3)

Opos, Kyrios O Theos, taxi tas psihas

afton entha i dikei anapavsonte. Ta elei tou Theou, tin Vasilian ton Ouranon ke afesin ton afton amartion para Hristo to athanato Vasili ke Theo imon etisometha.

Parashou Kyrie Tou Kyriou deithomen

Kyrie eleison

O Theos ton pnevmaton ke pasis sarkos,

O ton Thanaton katapatisas, ton de diavolon katargisas ke Zoin to kosmo Sou dorisamenos.

Aftos, Kyrie, anapafson ke tas psihas ton

kekimimenon doulon Sou, Vasileon, Patriarhon, Arhiereon, Iereon, Ieromonahon, Ierodiakonon, Monahon, Monazouson ke Panton ton apo peraton eos peraton tis ikoumenis kekimimenon efsevos Orthodoxon Hristianon, Pateron, Propatoron, Pappon, Propappon, goneon, sizigon, teknon, adelfon ke singenon imon..

PRIEST Have mercy on us, O God, according to Thy Great Love; we pray Thee: hear us and have mercy!

PEOPLE Lord have mercy (3)

PRIEST Again we pray for the Blessed Memory and Eternal Repose of all Pious Orthodox Christians who have fallen asleep in the hope of the Resurrection to Life Eternal: Emperors, Patriarchs, Bishops, Priests, Deacons, Hieromonks, Deacon-Monks, Monks, Nuns, Fathers, Forebears, Grandparents, Great-grandparents, parents, spouses, children, siblings, and all our relatives, from the beginning tunil the end of time; and for the forgiveness of all their sins, both voluntary and involuntary.

PEOPLE Lord have mercy (3)

PRIEST May the Lord God place their souls

where the Righteous repose. Let us ask for the Mercies of God, the Kingdom of Heaven and the forgiveness of their sins from Christ our Immortal King and God.


PRIEST Let us pray to the Lord PEOPLE Lord have mercy

PRIEST O God of spirits and of all flesh, Thou hast trampled down Death and have abolished the power of the devil, granting Life to Thy world.

Grant rest to the souls of Thy departed servants: Emperors, Patriarchs, Bishops, Priest, Deacons, Hieromonks, Deacon-Monks, Monks, and Nuns, all Pious Orthodox Christians who have fallen asleep in the hope of the Resurrection unto Life Eternal, from all the ends of the world: Fathers, Forefathers, Grandparents, Great -Grandparents, Parents, Spouses, Children, Siblings, and all


En topo fotino en topo hloero, en topo anapsixeos, entha apedra odini, lipi ke stenagmos.

Pan amartima to par afton prahthen, en

logo i ergo i diania, os agathos ke filanthropos Theos, sighorison, oti ouk estin anthropos, os zisete epi tis gis ke ouh amartisi.

Si gar monos ektos amartias iparhis.

I Dikeosini Sou kideosini is ton eona ke O Logos Sou Alithia.

> Oti Si i Anastasis, i Zoi ke i Anapafsis

panton ton kekimimenon efsevos Orthodoxon Hristianon, Hriste O Theos imon ke Si tin Doxan anapempomen Sin to Anarho Sou Patri ke to Panagio ke Agatho ke Zoopio Sou Pnevmati, nin ke ai ke is tous Eonas ton eonon.

Amin

our Relatives.

Grant them rest in a Place of Green Pastures, where there is no pain, sorrow nor suffering.

As a Good and Loving God, forgive every sin they have committed in thought, word or deed, for there is no one who lives and who does not sin.

Thou alone art without sin. Thy Righteousness is an Everlasting

Righteousness, and Thy Word is Truth.

> For Thou art the Resurrection, the Life and the Repose of all the departed Faithful Orthodox Christians, O Christ our God, and to Thee we give Glory, with Thine Eternal Father and Thine All Holy, Good and Life-giving Spirit, now and forever, and to the Ages of ages.

PEOPLE Amen

S e c o n d F e s t a l K a t h i s m a - S a t u r d a y o f t h e S o u l s T O N E ( 5 ) P L A G A L 1

Anapafson Sotir imon, mata Dikeon tous

doulous Sou, ke toutous kataskinoson en tes ailes Sou, kathos gegrapte, paroron os Agathos, ta plimmelimata afton, ta ekousia, ke to akousia, ke panta ta en agnia ke gnosi Filanthrope.


... ta ekousia, ke ta akousia, ke panta ta

en agnia ke gnosi Filanthrope.


eonon.

Amin

Grant rest with the Righteous to Thy servants, O our Saviour, and grant them to dwell in Thy Courts, as it is written. Since Thou art Good, overlook their offences, both voluntary and involuntary, and all that they committed with knowledge or in ignorance, O Lover of mankind.


and to the Holy Spirit ... both voluntary and involuntary, and

all that they committed in knowledge or in ignorance, O Lover of mankind.


ages.

Amen

T h e o t o k i o n

O ek Parthenou anatilas to

kosmo, Hriste O Theos, iious fotos di’ aftis anadixas eleison imas.

O Christ our God, Who from a Virgin rose upon the world, and through her made us Sons of Light, have mercy on us.


S y n a x a r i o n - 9 M a r c h

Ti Θ’ tou aftou minos, Mnimi ton Agion

Megalon Tessarakonda Martyron, ton en Sevastia ti poli Martyrisanton.

Ti afti imera, Mnimi tou Agiou

Martyros Ourpasianou.

Ti afti imera, Mnimi tou Agiou

Kesariou, adelphou tou Agiou Grigoriou tou Theologou.

Ti afti imera i Agii Martyres, Pappos,

Mammi, Patir, Mitir, ke dio tekna, xifi teliounte.

Tes afton Agies presvies, O Theos,

eleison imas.

Amin

Tis afti imera, mnian panton ton ap

eonos kimithenton efsevos, ep elpidi anastaseos Zois eoniou, i Thiotati Pateres Ethespisan.

Tas ton proanapafsamenon psihas

katataxon, Despota Hrist, en tes ton Dikeon Sou skines, ke eleison imas, os monos Athanatos.

Amin

On the 9th day of this month we Commemorate the Great Holy Forty Martyrs, who were Martyred in the city of Sebastia.

On this day we Commemoratethe Holy Martyr, St Urpasianos of Nicomedia.

On this day we Commemorate St Caesarios, brother of St Gregory the Theologian.

On this day the Holy Martyrs, a Grandfather, Grandmother, Father, Mother and two Children were Perfected in Holy Martyrdom by sword.

By their Holy Intercessions, O God, have Mercy on us.

Amen Our Most Godly Fathers ordered that

on this day we remember all those who have ever Reposed with correct Faith and with the Hope of the Resurrection of Life Eternal.

O Master Christ: assign the souls of those who have already Reposed to the Dwelling of the Righteous, and have Mercy on us, as the Only Immortal One.

Amen K a t a v a s i a o f t h e E v e r B l e s s e d T h e o t o k o s - T O N E 4

ODIODIODIODI 1111

Anixo to stoma mou ke plirothisete

Pnevmatos ke logon erevxome ti Vasilidi Mitri. Ke ofthisome fedros Panigirizon ke aso gnothomenos TAFTIS TA THAVMATA.

ODIODIODIODI 3333

Tous Sous Imnologous, Theotoke, izosa

ke Afthonos Pigi, Thiason Sigkrotisantas Pnevmatikon, stereoson. Ke en ti Thia Doxi Sou Stefanon Doxis axioson.

OOOODIDIDIDI 4444

Tin anexihniaston Thian Voulin tis ek tis Parthenou sarkoseos Sou to Ipsistou O Profitis Abbakoum katanoon ekravgaxe. Doxa ti Dinami Sou, Kyrie

ODEODEODEODE 1111

I shall open my mouth and the Spirit will inspire it, and I shall utter the words of my song to the Queen and Mother: I shall be seen radiantly keeping Feast and JOYFULLY PRAISING HER MIRACLES

ODEODEODEODE 3333

O Mother of God, Thou living and plentiful Fount, grant strength to those united in Spiritual Fellowship, who sing Hymns of Praise to Thee: and in Thy Divine Glory grant them Crowns of Glory.

ODEODEODEODE 4444

Perceiving the Unsearchable Purpose of God concerning Thine Incarnation from a Virgin, O Most High, the Prophet Habakkuk cried: Glory to Thy Power, O Lord!


tou Mirovlitou, Theodorou tou Tironos, Theodorou tou Stratilatou, Mina tou Thavmtourgou, ke Ieromartirou Haralambos ke Eleftheriou...

Ton Agion Evdoxon, Megalon Martyron:

Theklas, Varvaras, Anastasias, Ekaterinis, Kyriakis, Photinis, Marinas, Paraskevis ke Irinis...

Ton Agion Evdoxon ke Kallinikon

Martyron...

Ton Osion ke Theoforon Pateron imon

ton en Askisei Lampsanton... Tou (AGIOU TOU NAOU) ...

Ton Agion ke Dikeon Theopatoron

Ioakim ke Annis, ke ( SAINT) tin MNIMIN episteloumen, ke Panton Sou ton Agion...

Iketevomen Se, Mone Polielee Kyrie:

epakouson imon ton amartolon deomenon Sou ke Eleison imas.

Kyrie Eleison [12]

>Elei, ke Iktirmis, ke Filanthropia tou

Monogenous Sou Iou, meth ou Evlogitos is, sin to Panagio, ke Agatho, ke Zoopio Sou Pnevmati, nin ke ai, ke is tous Eonas ton Eonon.

Amin

Myrrh-gusher, Theodore the Tyron, Theodore the General, Menas the Wonder-worker, and the Hieromartyrs: Charalambos and Eleftherios...

Of the Holy, Glorious, Great Martyrs: Thekla, Barbara, Anastasia, Catherine, Kyriaki, Photini, Marina, Paraskevi and Irene...

Of the Holy, Glorious and Victorious Martyrs...

Of our Venerable and Godly Ascetic Illuminators ...

Of (THE PATRON OF THE PARISH) ... Of the Holy and Righteous Ancestors of

God, Joachim and Anna, and of (SAINT) whose memory we Commemorate today, and of all Thy Saints...

We beseech Thee, the Only, Most

Merciful Lord: hear us sinners who pray unto Thee, and have Mercy on us.


PRIEST >Through the Mercies and

Bounties and Compassion of Thine Only Begotten Son, with Whom Thou art Blessed, together with Thine All Holy, and Good, and Life-giving Spirit, now and ever, and to the Ages of Ages.

PEOPLE Amen

F e s t a l K o n t a k i o n o f S a t u r d a y o f t h e S o u l s

Meta ton Agion anapafson Hriste, tas

psihas ton doulon Sou, entha ouk esti ponos, ou lipi, ou stenagmos, alla Zoi atelevtitos.

Grant rest, O Christ, together with Thy Saints, to the souls of Thy servants, where there is neither pain, nor sorrow, nor sighing, but rather Life Everlasting.

F e s t a l O i k o s o f S a t u r d a y o f t h e S o u l s

Aftos monos iparhis Athanatos, O Piisas

ke plasas ton anthropon. I vroti oun ek gis dieplasthimen, ke is gin tin aftin porefsometha, kathos ekelefsas O plasas me, ke ipon mi. Oti gi is, ke is gin apelefsi, opou pantes vroti porefsometha, epitafion thrinon piountes odin to, Allilouia.

Thou alone art Immortal, Thou Who created and fashioned mankind. For we mortals were fashioned from the earth, and to the same earth we will go again, as Thou Who fashioned me commanded and said to me: Thou art earth, and to the earth thou shall return, where all we mortals shall go, as we make our funeral lament: Alleluia.


P s a l m 5 0 / 5 1 THE PSA LM O F R EP ENTANC E

Eleison me, O Theos kata to Mega Eleos

Sou.

Ke kata to plithos ton Iktirmon Sou

exalipson to anomima mou.

Epi plion plinon me apo tis anomias

mou, ke apo tis amartias mou Katharison me.

Oti tin anomian mou ego ginosko, ke i

amartia mou enopion mou esti diapantos.

Si mono imarton, ke to poniron enopion

Sou epiisa. Opos an Dikeothis en tis Logis Sou, ke nikisis en to krinesthe Se.

Idou gar en anomies sinelifthin, ke en

amarties ekissise me i mitir mou.

Idou gar Alithian Igapisas. Ta adila ke ta krifia tis Sofias Sou edilosas mi.

Randiis me issopo, ke katharisthisome.

Plinis me, ke iper hiona levkanthisome.

Akoutiis mi agalliasin ke evfrosinin,

agaliasonte ostea tetapinomena.

Apostrepson to Prosopon Sou apo ton

amartion mou, ke pasas tas anomias mou exalipson.

Kardian katharan ktison en emi, O

Theos, ke pnevma evthes Engenison en tis engatis mou.

Mi aporripsis me apo tou Prosopou Sou,

ke to Pnevma Sou to Agion mi antanelis ap emou.

Apodos mi tin Agalliasin tou Sotiriou

Sou, ke Pnevmati Igemoniko stirixon me.

Didaxo anomous tas Odous Sou, ke

asevis epi Se epistrepsousi.

Rise me ex ematon, O Theos, O Theos tis

Sotirias mou, agalliasete i glossa mou tin Dikeosinin Sou.

Have Mercy on me, O God, according to Thy Great Mercy.

And according to the abundance of Thy Compassion, blot out my transgressions.

Wash me thoroughly from my

lawlessness, and Cleanse me of my sin.

For I know my lawlessness, and my sin is always before me.

Against Thee only have I sinned and done evil in Thy Sight – that Thou may be Justified in Thy Words, and overcome when Thou art Judged.

Behold, I was conceived in

transgressions, and in sins my mother bore me.

Behold, Thou Love Truth – Thou

showed me the unknown and secret things of Thy Wisdom.

Thou shall sprinkle me with hyssop, and I will be Cleansed.

Thou shall wash me, and I will be made whiter than snow.

Thou shall make me hear Joy and Gladness – my bones that were humbled shall greatly Rejoice.

Turn Thy Sight from my sins, and blot out all my transgressions.

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and Renew a right spirit within me.

Do not cast me away from Thy Presence, and taken not Thy Holy Spirit from me.

Restore to me the Joy of Thy Salvation, and uphold me with Thy Guiding Spirit.

I will teach transgressors Thy Ways, and the ungodly shall return to Thee.

Deliver me from blood guiltiness, O God, the God of my Salvation, and my tongue shall greatly rejoice in Thy Righteousness.


Kyrie ta hili mou anixis, ke to stoma

mou aanangeli tin Enesin Sou, oti i ithelisas thisian, edoka an - Olokaftomata ouk evdokisis.

Thisia to Theo, pnevma sintetrimmenon -

Kardian sintetrimmenin ke

tetapinomenin O Theos ouk exoudenosi.

Agathinon, Kyrie, en ti evdokia Sou tin

Sion, ke ikodomithito ta tihi Ierousalim, tote eudokisis Thisian Dikeosinis, anaforan ke Olokaftomata - tote aniisousin epi to Thisiastirion Sou moshous.

Eleison me, O Theos!

O Lord, Thou shall open my lips, and my mouth will declare Thy Praise, for if Thou desired Sacrifice, I would give it – Thou will not be pleased with Whole Burnt Offerings.

A Sacrifice to God is a broken spirit – a broken and humbled heart God will not despise.

Do Good, O Lord, in Thy Good Pleasure to Zion, and let the walls of Jerusalem be built, then Thou will be pleased with a Sacrifice of Righteousness, with Offerings and Whole Burnt Offerings - then shall they offer young bullocks on Thine Altar.

Have mercy on me, O God! I n t e r c e s s o r y H y m n s f o r D i v i n e M e r c y

> Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati

>Tes TON ATHLOFRORON Presvies,

Eleimon, exalipson ta plithi ton emon egklimaton.


eonon.

Amin

>Tes tis Theotokou Presvies, Eleimon,

exalipson ta plithi ton emon egklimaton.



>Through the Intercessions of THE

HOLY MARTYRS, O Merciful One, blot out the multitude of our transgressions.


Ages.

Amen

>Through the Intercessions of the Theotokos, O Merciful One, blot out the multitude of our transgressions.

T r i o d i o n I d i o m e l o n s

>Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati

I HOS PLAGAL I HOS PLAGAL I HOS PLAGAL I HOS PLAGAL ∆∆∆∆

Tis Metanias anixon mi Pilax, Zoodota.

Arthrixi gar to pnevma mou pros Naon ton Agion Sou, Naon feron tou somatos olon esplomenon. All’ os iktirmon Katharon Evsplaghno Sou Elei.


eonon.

Amin

Tis Sotirias evthinon mi trivous,

Theotoke; eshres gar katerriposa tin ihin amarties, os rathimos ton vion mou olon ekdapanisas; tes ses

>Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

and to the Holy Spirit TONE PLAGAL 1T ONE PLAGAL 1T ONE PLAGAL 1T ONE PLAGAL 1

Open to me the Gates of Repentance, O Life-giver; for my soul goes early to the Temple of Thy Holiness, coming in the temple of my body, wholly polluted. But because Thou art Compassionate, Cleanse me by Compassion of Thy Mercies

Now and ever, and to the Ages of Ages

Amen

Prepare for me the Ways of Salvation, O Theotokos; for I have profaned myself with coarse sins, and consumed my whole life with


Presvies rise me pasis akatharsias.

Eleison me, O Theos, kata to Mega

Eleos Sou ke kata to plithos ton iktirmon Sou Exalipson to anomima mou.

I HOS (6 ) PLAGA BIHOS (6 ) PLAGA BIHOS (6 ) PLAGA BIHOS (6 ) PLAGA B

Ta plithi ton pepragmenon mi dinon

ennoon O talas, tremo tin foveran Imeran Tis Kriseos. Alla tharron is to Eleos tis Evsplaghnias Sou, os O David voo Si: Eleison me O Theos kata to Mega Sou Eleos.

procrastination. But by Thine Intercessions Purify me from all abominations.

Have mercy on me, O God, according

to Thy Great Mercy; according to the multitude of Thy Mercies take away my offences.

TONE (6 ) PLAGAL 2TONE (6 ) PLAGAL 2TONE (6 ) PLAGAL 2TONE (6 ) PLAGAL 2

When I think of the multitude of my

evil deeds, I tremble for the terrible Day of Judgement. But trusting the Compassion of Thy Mercy, I shout to Thee like David: Have Mercy upon me, O God, according to Thy Great Mercy!

P r a y e r o f S a l v a t i o n 3

Soson O Theos ton Laon Sou, ke

Evlogison tin Klironomian Sou.

Episkepse ton kosmon Sou en Elei ke

Iktirmis. Ipsoson Keras Hristianon Orthodoxon ke

katamempson ef imas ta Elei Sou ta Plousia.

>Presvies tis Panahrantou Despinis

imon Theotokou ke Aiparthenou Marias...

Dinami tou Timiou ke Zoopiou Stavrou...

Prostasies ton Timion, Epouranion

Dinameon Asomaton...

Ikesies tou Timiou, ke Evdoxou Profitou,

Prodromou, ke Vaptisou Ioannou; ton Agion Endoxon ke panevfimon Apostolon...

Ton en Agiis Pateron imon, Megalon

Ierarhon, ke Ikoumenikon Didaskalon: Vasiliou tou Megalou, Grigoriou tou Theologon ke Ioannou tou Hrisostomou; Ananasiou ke Kirillou, Patriarhon Alexandries...

Nikolaou tou en Myris, Nektarios

Pentapolis, Spyridonos Episkopou Trymithountos, ton Thavmatourgon...

Ton Agion Evdoxon Megalomartyron:

Georgiou tou Tropeoforou, Dimitriou

PRIEST O Lord, Save Thy People and Bless Thine Inheritance.

Visit Thy world with Mercies and Bounties.

Exalt the Horn of Orthodox Christians, and send down upon us Thy rich Mercies.

>Through the Intercessions of our All Pure Lady, the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary...

Through the Might of the Precious and Life-giving Cross...

Through the Protection of the

honourable Bodiless Powers of Heaven...

Of the honourable, glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist, John; of the Holy, Glorious and All Laudable Apostles...

Of our Fathers among the Saints the Great Hierarchs and Ecumenical Teachers: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom; Athanasios, Cyril [and John the Almsgiver] Patriarchs of Alexandria...

Of our Holy Father Nicholas of Myra, Nektarios of Pentapolis, Spyridon of Trymithountos the Wonderworkers..

Of the Holy and Glorious great Martyrs: George the Victorious, Demetrios the

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