Genito,

May Thy Mercy O Lord, be upon us, as

Evlogitos

Blessed

Kyrie,

Lord,

Kyrie, to Eleos Sou ef imas,

kathaper ilipisamen epi Se.
i, Kyrie, didaxon me ta
Dikeomata Sou. [3]
katafigi, egenithis imin en genea
ke genea. Ego ipa: Kyrie, eleison me,
iase tin psihin mou oti imarton Si.

we have put our hope in Thee.

art Thou, O Lord, teach me
Thy Statutes [3]

Kyrie, Pros Se katefigon; didaxon me tou O Lord, to Thee have I fled; teach me to
piin to Thelima Sou, oti Si I O Theos
mou.

do Thy Will, for Thou art my God.

Oti

For with Thee is the Fountain of Life;

Paratinon to Eleos Sou tis ginoskousi Se.

Extend

Agios

Holy

Doxa

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

Amin
Agios Athanatos, eleison imas.
Agios O Theos, Agios Ishiros,

Amen
Holy Immortal, have mercy on us.
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy

para Si Pigi Zois; en to Foti Sou

opsometha Fos.

O Theos, Agios Ishiros, Agios

Athanatos, eleison imas.[3]
Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati.
Ke nin ke ai ke is tous eonas ton
eonon.

Agios

Thy Light we shall see Light.

Thy Mercy to those who know
Thee.
God, Holy Mighty, Holy
Immortal, have mercy on us. [3]

Simeron

Sotiria to kosmo gegongen.

Asomen to Anastanti ek tafou ke
arhigo tis Zois imon; kathelon gar to
Thanato ton Thanaton, to Nikos
edoken imin ke to Mega Eleos.

Today

Salvation has come into the

world. Let us sing praises to Him
Who is Risen from the Grave, and
Who is the Author of our Life; for,
having destroyed Death by Death, He
has granted us the Victory and Great
Mercy!

THE RESURRECTION APOLYTIKION IS CHANTED ON SUNDAYS.

THE FESTAL APOLYTIKION IS CHANTED ON GREAT FEASTS
TINS

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Matins Service

and to the Holy Spirit, now and

ever, and to the Ages of Ages.

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in

Immortal, have mercy on us.

Athanatos, Eleison imas.

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Thou hast been our Refuge from

generation to generation.
I said:
Lord, have mercy on me, heal my
soul, for I have sinned against Thee.

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For the Glory, Honour and Worship of God the

Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit,
now and forever.

THEOTOKION

Introduction

THE CONGREGATION

Iperevlogimeni

Dearly Beloved Brethren in Christ:

Matins is the Morning Service before the Divine Liturgy for Sundays and
Feast Days.
The Octoechos (8 Tones of the Resurrection/Sunday Hymns) or Festal Hymns
of the Day are used in conjunction with this Service Book, which are
obtainable from various Orthodox Sites on the Internet or can currently
be downloaded from Marguerite Paizis on Scribd - or received directly
via email. (Refer contact details on the cover.)

iparhis,
Theotoke
Parthene, dia gar tou ek Sou
Sarkothentos O Adis ihmalotiste, O
Adam anakeklite, i katara nenekrote,
i Eva ileftherote, O Thanatos
tethanatote ke imis ezoopiithimen.
Dio animnountes Voomen. Evlogitos
Hristos O Theos imon, O outos
evdokisas, Doxa Si!

Matins is an essential part of Sunday and Feast Day Liturgical Worship for it
consists of the Morning Psalms, the Resurrection and/or Festal Hymns
and Gospel Lessons pertaining to the Glorious Resurrection of our Lord
and Saviour, Jesus Christ, or to the Feast being commemorated.
The beautiful Hymns of our Orthodox Faith are an essential part of Christian
Worship for they provide us with yet another vital aspect of Christ and
His Divine Teachings, as well as revealing various facts concerning not
only our Lord but also His Ever Blessed, All Holy Mother and the great
Saints and Holy Martyrs whom we commemorate each day and whose
good examples we strive to imitate.
There are 11 Resurrection Gospel Lessons, which concern our Lord Jesus
Christs Appearance to His Apostles and Disciples during the 40 days
after His Glorious Resurrection until His Ascension into Heaven. These are
read consecutively during every Sunday Matins and, not only do they
provide us with Christs final Commandments, but they also remind us of
our own impending Resurrection one day. (Refer to the Festal Calendar
for the prescribed Reading.)
Our Lord returned to His Apostles and Disciples to show them to prove to
those who needed physical proof that He had indeed Resurrected just
as we too will be Resurrected as He has Promised us whether we
believe it or not. It is also Gods Great Mercy and Comfort for those who
mourned for Christ and - throughout the ages for those who mourn
their loved ones.

MUST STAND

Most

Blessed art Thou, O Virgin

Theotokos: for through Him Who
became Incarnate of Thee, Hades is
led captive, Adam is recalled from
the dead, the Curse is made void, Eve
is set free, Death is slain, and we
have been endowed with Life.
Wherefore we cry
aloud, extolling
in song: Blessed art Thou, O Christ
our God, in Whose Sight it is thus
well-pleasing. Glory to Thee!

THE GREAT DOXOLOGY

THE BELLS

ARE RUNG AND ALL THE LIGHTS ARE SWITCHED ON

Doxa Si to dixanti to Fos.

Glory to Thee Who has shown us the

Doxa

Glory to God in the Highest, and on

Imnoumen

We

Kyrie

Lord,

Kyrie

Lord

Prosdexe

Receive

Light!

en Ipsistis Theo ke epi gis Irini,

en anthropis Evdokia.

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

Vasilef, Epouranie Thee, Pater

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

O Theos, O Amnos tou Theou, O

Ios tou Patros, O eron tin amartian
tou Kosmou, eleison imas, O eron tas
amartias tou kosmou.
tin deisin imon, O kathimenos
en dexia tou Patros, ke eleison imas.

earth Peace, Goodwill among men.

Praise Thee, we Bless Thee, we

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

King, God of Heaven, Father

Almighty: Lord, Only Begotten Son,
Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit.

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

In our Hymnology there are 8 Tones Octoechos -, which are applied

sequentially every week - although the Tones for the Feast Days are
usually different. (Consult the Festal Calendar for the Tone of the week.)

Oti Si i Monos Agios, Si i Monos Kyrios, For

Once we become familiar with the Order of the Matins Service and the
Divine Liturgy through regular participation, it does become much
easier and less confusing.
Pay careful attention to the written instructions, which I have tried to include
wherever necessary. (And do participate by responding to the Prayers
and Supplications, reciting the Creed and the Lords Prayer, as well as
singing the familiar Hymns in unison with the Choir.)

Amin.

Iisous Hristos, is Doxan Theou Patros

Thou alone art Holy, Thou alone

art Lord, Jesus Christ, to the Glory of
God the Father.

Kath

Amen
Every day I will Bless Thee, and praise

Kataxioson,

Grant,

May you grow to love and truly appreciate our exquisite Liturgical Worship
and may you then encourage others to participate as well.

Evlogitos

Blessed

With Love in Christ

Marguerite Paizis
(Least worthy Archondissa
& Orthodox Teacher by Divine Grace)

Amin

Amen

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ekastin imeran Evlogiso Se, ke

enesio to Onoma Sou is ton eona ke is
ton Eona tou Eonos.
Kyrie, en ti emera tafti
anamartitous filahthine imas.

I, Kyrie, O Theos ton Pateron

imon, ke Eneton ke Dedoxasmenon to
Onoma Sou is tous Eonas.

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Thy Name forever and to the Ages of

Ages.
O Lord, this day to keep us
without sin.
art Thou, O Lord, the God of
our Fathers, and praised and
glorified is Thy Name unto the Ages.

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Enite

Praise Him for His Mighty Acts.

Enite

Praise

Afton epi tes Dinasties Afton.

Enite Afton kata to plithos tis
Megalosinis Aftou.
Afton en iho salpingos; Enite
Afton en psaltirio ke kithara.

Enite Afton en timpano ke horo.

Praise
Him according to the greatness of
His Majesty.
Him with the sound of the
trumpet; praise Him with lute and
harp.

Enite

Praise

Afton en kimvalis evihis; enite

Afton en kimvalis
alalagmou.
Pasa pnoi inesato ton Kyrion.

Praise

Him with timbrel and dance;

praise Him with strings and flute.

Afton en hordes ke organo.

Enite

ON SUNDAY

THE FOLLOWING

STIHI

Him with tuneful cymbals;

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

ARE INCLUDED

Anastithi,

Kyrie O Theos mou,

ipsothito i Hir Sou, mi epilathi ton
peniton Sou is telos.

Arise,

O Lord, my God, lift up Thy

Hand:
do not forget Thy poor
forever.

Exomologisome Si, Kyrie, en oli kardia I

mou, diigisome panta ta Thavmasia
Sou.

Doxa Patri, ke Io, ke Agio Pnevmati

Sunday/Festal
Matins Service

will give Thee thanks, O Lord, with

my whole heart: I will tell of all
Thy Wonders.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

and to the Holy Spirit

RESURRECTION EOTHINON DOXASTIHON

Ke

Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria

& All Africa

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GOSPEL

nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton

eonon.

Amin

Now

and ever, and to the Ages of

Ages.

Amen

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EOTHINON MEANING PERTAINING TO THE DAWN HYMNS REFERRING TO THE 11 HOLY

GOSPEL (SUNDAY) RESURRECTION ACCOUNTS CONCERNING THE GLORIFICATION OF GOD OR
THE GREAT DOXOLOGY.
THE APPEARANCES OF OUR RESURRECTED LORD JESUS CHRIST TO HIS DISCIPLES WERE POSITIVE
PROOF OF HIS RESURRECTION AS WELL AS BEING A GREAT COMFORT TO THEM IN THEIR INTENSE
SORROW.
THIS WAS ESPECIALLY TRUE CONCERNING THE EVER BLESSED THEOTOKOS TO WHOM CHRIST FIRST
APPEARED AND WHO IS CRYPTICALLY REFERRED TO AS THE OTHER MARY, THE MOTHER OF
JAMES. THE SECOND APPEARANCE WAS TO ST MARY OF MAGDALA WHO WAS ALONE IN THE
GARDEN SURROUNDING THE TOMB, THE THIRD APPEARANCE AGAIN TO ST MARY OF MAGDALA AND
HER COMPANIONS WHO WERE ON THE WAY TO JERUSALEM, THE FOURTH WAS TO ST PETER, THE
FIFTH WAS TO ST LUKE AND ST CLEOPAS - TWO OF HIS APOSTLES WHO WERE WALKING TO
EMMAUS, THE SIXTH TO ALL THE HOLY APOSTLES, EXCEPT ST THOMAS, THE SEVENTH TO THE ELEVEN
APOSTLES, THE EIGHTH APPEARANCE TO SEVEN APOSTLES WHO WERE FISHING OFF SHORE IN THE
LAKE OF TIBERIAS, THE NINTH APPEARANCE TO MORE THAN 500 BRETHREN ON A MOUNTAIN, THE
TENTH TO ST JAMES AND THE ELEVENTH TO ALL HIS DISCIPLES AND APOSTLES (120 WITNESSES)
ON THE DAY OF HIS ASCENSION.
FOR THE SAME PURPOSE THE HOLY CHURCH ORDAINED SPECIAL HYMNS COMMEMORATING THESE
HOLY APPEARANCES, WHICH ARE CALLED THE RESURRECTION EOTHINON DOXASTIKON EACH
CONTAINING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THOSE APPEARANCES OF OUR RISEN LORD FOR THAT
PARTICULAR SUNDAY.

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TRISAGION PRAYERS

Evlogitos

O Theos imon, pantote nin

ke ai ke is tous eonas ton eonon.

PRI EST

Blessed is our God always now

and ever, and to the Ages of Ages.

Amin
P E O P L E Amen
Doxa Si, O Theos, Doxa Si!
Glory to Thee, O God, Glory to Thee!
Vasili Ouranie, Paraklite, to Pnevma tis O Heavenly King, O Comforter, the
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.

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.

Agios

Holy

Doxa

Glory

Amin
Panagia

Amen
All Holy Trinity have mercy upon us.

O Theos, Agios Ishiros, Agios

Athanatos, Eleison imas.

Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati.

Ke nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton
eonon.
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.
Ke nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton
eonon.

Amin

God,
Holy
Mighty,
Holy
Immortal, have mercy upon us.

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.

Lord, wash away our sins. Master,

pardon our transgressions.
Holy
One, visit and heal our infirmities for
Thy Names sake.

PRAISES

For He is Holy!
RESURRECTION EXAPOSTEILARION
FOR

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.

LAUDS: THE PRAISES

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

Enite

Praise Him, all His Angels; praise Him,

Afton, pantes i Angelli Aftou.

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

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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.

all His Powers. To Thee praise is

due, O God.

RESURRECTION VERSES

ALL THINGS PRAISE THE LORD!

TO THE DESIGNATED

TONE/FESTAL HYMN

Tou

To

Enite

Praise

piise en aftis Krima engrapton.

Doxa afti este pasi tis Osiis Aftou.

ton Theon en tis Agiis Aftou.

Enite Afton en stereomati tis
Dinameos Aftou.

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/FEAST 

execute upon them the Judgement

that is Decreed; such Glory will be
for all His Holy Ones.
God in His Saints; praise Him
in the firmament of His Power.

Amen

SUNDAYS & FEA

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EXAPOSTILARION -

SHORT H Y MNS SUNG AT THE END OF THE M ATIN S C ANONS . 11 E XAP OSTIL ARI A
S ON OF L EO THE W ISE , C ONSTANT P O RPHYO GENITO S [912 959) EACH
CORRESP ONDS TO EACH OF THE 11 R ESURRECTION G OSPEL S . ( REFE R TO THE M ONTHLY F ESTAL C ALENDAR FO R
THE SPECIFIED R ESURRECTION G OSPEL .)
P S A L M S 1 4 8 1 5 0 ARE PSALMS OF PRAISE LAUDS OR THE PRAISES - AND CONCLUDE
THE PSALTER. THEY EXHORT ALL CREATION TO PRAISE GOD AND ARE SUNG EVERY MORNING.
ALL HUMANITY AND ALL CREATION ARE CALLED TO MAKE THIS DOXOLOGY (GLORIFICATION) TO
ALMIGHTY GOD.
P S A L M 1 5 0 THE SHADED SECTIONS STIPULATE WHERE THE DESIGNATED VERSES ARE
CHANTED.
WERE COMPOS ED

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MA

GOD -PSALM 148

Let

pnoi enesato ton Kyrion. Enite

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

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TO

Pasa

LET

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.

DESGINATED TONE/FESTAL HYMN

& HYMNS

ALL CREATION PRAISES THE LORD OUR GOD

PSALM 150

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.

THE

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REFER TO FESTAL CALENDAR

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

UNISON

before His footstool

Oti Agios esti!

Amen
PRAYS IN

LORD

Holy is the Lord our God [3]

Exalt the Lord our God; and bow down

ke
proskinite to ipopodio ton podon
aftou.

OUR LORDS PRAYER

EVERYONE

Amen

TO THE

Agios Kyrios O Theos imon! [3]

Ipsoute Kyrion ton Theon imon

Lord have mercy [3]

Glory to the Father, and to the

Pater imon O en tis Ouranis, Agiasthito Our Father Who art in Heaven: Hallowed

PE OPLE

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.

Amin

to the Father, and to the Son,

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

PRI EST

To Thee, O Lord!
For all the Powers

PE OPLE

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Megalinomen.

Magnify Thee!

Kathile

dinastas apo thronon ke ipsose

tapinous. Pinontas eneplisen agathon
ke ploutountas exapestile kenous.

Tin Timioteran ton

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

STIH OS

Antelaveto

Israil pedos Aftou mnisthine

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

TROPARIA

He has put down the mighty from their

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!

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!

OF THE

FOR

THE
REFER

9TH ODE

Kyrie Eleison
Antilavou Soson,

DESGINATED TONE/FESTAL HYMN

TO FESTAL CALENDAR & HYMNS

Amin/Kyrie eleison
Tis Panagias,

PRI EST

Amen/Lord have mercy

Remembering 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.

THE SIGN OF THE CROSS

&

BOW DOWN TO GOD

T H E K A T A V A S I A O F T H E 9 T H O D E IS THE FINAL V ERSE OF AN O DE OF A C ANON , SO CALLED

BECAUSE THE C HOI RS WOULD COME DOWN FROM THEIR STALL S AND UNITE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE S OLEAS TO
SING THEM .
T HE USUAL K ATAVAS IAS ARE THOSE OF THE C ANON TO THE T HEOTOKOS IN T ONE 4: I WILL OPEN MY MOUTH ON
RD
TH
TH
TH
NON - FESTAL DAYS THEY OCCUR AFTE R THE 3 , 6 , 8 AND 9 O DES ONLY
O N S UNDAYS AND M AJOR F EASTS THERE IS A K ATAVAS IA AFTER EVE RY O DE . T HE Y ARE OFTEN S EAS ONAL AND
ANTICIPATE THE NEXT G RE AT F E AST . T HE K ATAVASI AS O F C HRI STMAS ARE SUNG F ROM 21 NOVEMBER ONWARDS .
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Do Thou Who, of Thine own Good Will,

nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton

eonon.

Now and ever, and the Ages of Ages.

Ke

Amin

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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

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.

Amen
THEOTOKION

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.

Lord have mercy

Help us, Save us,

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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.

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

PRI EST

PE OPLE

Ahrantou, Ipere
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.
MAKE

Again, yet again, in Peace let us

pray to the Lord.

PRI EST

PE OPLE

Eleison ke Diafilaxon
imas O Theos, ti Si Hariti

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THE SMALL LITANY

Eti ke eti, en Irini tou Kyriou deithomen.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

VE R SE

RESURRECTION KATAVASIA

SAVIOUR, JESUS CHRIST

Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati.

His servant Israel, as He promised to

our Forefather, Abraham and his
seed forever.

Tin Timioteran ton

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

AND

He, remembering His Mercy, has helped

STIH OS

LORD

Kyrie ton laon Sou ke Evlogison

tin Klironomian Sou, Nikas tis
Vasilevsi kata varvaron doroumenos
ke to son filatton dia tou Stavrou Sou
Politevma.

thrones, and has exalted the humble

and meek. He has filled the empty
with Good Things, and the rich He
has sent away empty.
V ER SE

TO OUR

Soson

LITANY

OF

imas O Theos, kata to Mega

Eleos Sou, deometha Sou, epakouson
ke Eleison.
efsovon

ke

Kyrie Eleison [3]

Eti deometha iper
ke
Adelfotitos.

Have Mercy on us, O God,

according to Thy great Mercy, we
pray Thee, hear us and have Mercy

PRI EST

PE OPLE

ton
Orthodoxon Hristianon.

(N A M E )

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 Godfearing 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.

FERVENT SUPPLICATIONS

Eleison

Kyrie Eleison [3]

Eti deometha iper

PE OPLE

tou Arhipiskopou
pasis tis en Hristo

Kyrie Eleison [3]

Oti eleimon ke

PRI EST

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Lord have mercy [3]

Again, we pray

Archbishop (N A M E ) and
Brotherhood in Christ.
PE OPLE

Filanthropos Theos
iparhis
ke
Si
tin
Doxan
anapempomen to Patri ke to Io ke

Lord have mercy [3]

Again, let us pray

for all
devout and Orthodox Christians

PRI EST

for
all

our
our

Lord have mercy [3]

For Thou art a Merciful

and
Loving God, and to Thee we give
Glory, to the Father, and to the

PRI EST

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to Agio Pnevmati, nin ke ai ke is tous

eonas ton eonon.

Amin
En Onomati Kyriou Evlogison, Pater.

Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and

ever, and to the Ages of ages.
PEO PLE

In

Doxa ti Agia ke

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

Amin

the Name of the Lord, Bless us,

Father.

Glory to the Holy,

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

PRI EST

PE OPLE

PRAISES
MAKE

THE

SIGN

TO

OF THE

Amen

Glory

Kyrie,

en Ipsistis Theo ke epi gis Irini,

en anthropis evdokia. [3]
ta hili mou anixis, ke to stoma
mou anageli tin enesin Sou. [2]

i psihi mou ton Kyrion ke

igaliase to pnevma mou epi to Theo
to Sotiri mou.

GOD:

to God in the Highest, and on

earth Peace, Good Will towards
mankind. [3]

Lord, open Thou my lips, and my

mouth shall show forth Thy praise
[2]

Tin Timioteran ton

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

Polli epanistante ep eme.

Polli legovsi ti psihi mou:

Many are those who rise up against me.

Many are those who say to my soul:

Si de Kyrie, Antiliptor mou,

i Doxa mou,

Lord, why do those who afflict me

multiply?

But Thou, O Lord, art my Protector, my

Glory, and the One Who lifts up my
head.

Foni

mou pros Kyrion ekeraxa, ke

epikouse mou ex Orous Agiou Aftou. (

DIPALMA).

Ego

ekimithin ke ipnosa; exigerthin, oti

Kyrios antilipsete mou.

cried to the Lord with my voice, and

He heard me from His Holy
Mountain. (PAUSE)

Tin Timioteran ton

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

STIH OS

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

Tin Timioteran ton

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

STIH OS

of people who set themselves

against me and who surround me.

Epiise

for Thou struck all those who were

foolishly at enmity with me Thou
broke the teeth of sinners.

STIH OS

Kratos en Vrahioni
dieskorpisen
iperifanous
kardias afton.

ekimithin ke ipnosa; exigerthin,

oti Kyrios antilipsete mou.

6.

MA

TINS

SERVICE

FOR

I lay down and slept;

Lord helps me.

SUNDAYS & FEA

ST

DAYS

Aftou
diania

Tin Timioteran ton

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

is of the Lord, and Thy

Blessing is upon Thy People.

Ego

Handmaiden: for behold from

henceforth all generations shall call
me Blessed.

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!

V ER SE

He Who is Mighty has magnified

me, and Holy is His Name; and His
Mercy is upon those who Fear Him,
throughout all generations.

to Onoma Aftou, ke to Eleos Aftou is

genean ke genean tis fovoumenis
Afton.

Tou Kyriou i Sotiria, ke epi ton Laon Sou Salvation

i Evlogia Sou.

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!

Oti epiise mi Megalia O dinatos ke Agion For

lay down and slept; I awoke, for the

Lord helps me.

Anastra Kyrie Soson me O Theos mou, Arise, O Lord, and Save me, O my God,

soul magnifies the Lord, and my

spirit has rejoiced in God my
Saviour.

For He has regarded the Humility of His

Ou fovithisome apo mnriadon laou, ton I will not be afraid of tens of thousands
kiklo epitithemenon mi.

My

Oti

There is no Salvation for him in his

God. (PAUSE)

ke ipon tin kefalin mou.

POINT

19

V ER SE

HELP FOR THE AFFLICTED

Kyrie, ti eplithinthisan i thlivontes me ?

THIS

STIH OS

epevlepsen epi tin tapinosin tis

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

PSALM 3

Ouk esti
Sotiria afto en to Theo aftou. ( DIPALMA).

RUNG AT

Megalini

BOW DOWN TO

Doxa

ARE

THE MAGNIFICAT

Amen

ALMIGHTY GOD
CROSS &

THE BELLS

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!

V ER SE

He

has shown Strength with His Arm;

He has scattered the proud in the
imagination of their hearts.

More Honourable than the

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

V ER SE

I awoke, for the

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T H E M A G N I F I C A T THIS IS A HYMN OF JOY THAT

OF HER SON AND GOD, OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.
ON GREAT FEAST DAYS OTHER FESTAL MAGNIFICATS
MA

TINS

SERVIC

FOR

THE

VIRGIN THEOTOKOS

SANG IN HONOUR

ARE SUNG.

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whole Life to Christ our God.

MA

KE

THE SIGN OF THE CROSS & BOW D

Si Kyrie
Oti Si 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

OWN

PSALM 37/38

TO THE LORD OUR GOD

To Thee, O Lord!
P R I E S T For Thou art our God,
Thee we ascribe Glory:

and to

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

Amen

THE

DESGINATED TONE/FESTAL HYMN

& HYMNS

REFER TO FESTAL CALENDAR

RESURRECTION OIKOS
FOR

THE
REFER

SYNAXARION

OF THE

FOR

THE

16

THE

DESGINATED TONE/FESTAL HYMN

& HYMNS

Ouk

There is no healing in my flesh because

estin iasis en ti sarki mou apo

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

DESGINATED TONE/FESTAL HYMN

& HYMNS

Prosoxesan

My

ke espisan i milopes mou,

apo proopou ti afrosinis mou.

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

Ekakothin

ke etpinothin eos sfodra,

irfomin apo stenagmou tis kardias
mou.

THE KONTAKION & OIKOS ARE READ AT MATINS EXCEPT ON GREAT FEASTS.
THE FINAL
PHRASE IS REPEATED. THESE WERE ORIGINALLY A VERSE SERMON CONSISTING OF A PROEMIUM
FOLLOWED BY A SERIES OF LONGER STANZAS OR OIKOI, ALL ENDING WITH THE SAME PHRASE,
LIKE A REFRAIN. THEY WERE GRADUALLY DISPLACED BY THE CANONS. NOW THE PROEMUIM OR
KONTAKION AND THE FIRST OIKOS SURVIVE. THE KONTAKION IS ALSO READ AT THE HOURS AND
CHANTED DURING THE DIVINE LITURGY, ALTHOUGH THESE ARE SEASONAL LIKE THE KATAVASIAS.
ST ROMANOS [6TH CENTURY] WAS THE GREATEST COMPOSER OF KONTAKIA THAT ARE STILL IN USE.
17
THE SYNAXARION IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWS THE KONTAKION DURING MATINS. THESE ARE SHORT
EXPLANATIONS OF THE SAINTS AND THE FEAST FOR EACH DAY THAT ARE READ FROM THE
MENAION.
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THE KATAVASIA REPRESENT THE DESCENT FROM HEAVEN OF THE SON OF GOD, OUR LORD JESUS
CHRIST: HIS NATIVITY AND HIS ASCENSION. THE KATAVASIAS MEAN HYMNS OF [CHRISTS]
DESCENSION. THEY CONSIST OF NINE PRINCIPAL ODES. THE CHANTER WOULD DESCEND TO
THE MIDDLE OF THE SOLEAS TO CHANT THESE HYMNS AND THEN ASCEND TO HIS SEAT TO
COMPLETE THEM. THE BISHOP, IF IN ATTENDANCE, WOULD DESCEND ONE STEP FROM HIS THRONE
TO CHANT THE FIRST KATAVASIA AND ASCEND TO RETURN TO HIS SEAT.
BEING POETICAL
COMPOSTIONS SET TO SPECIAL TUNES, KATAVASIAS ARE ALSO CALLED HERMOSES, MEANING
KEY OR MEASURE BECAUSE THEY REPRESENT THE KEYS TO THE ODES THAT FOLLOW.
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wounds grow foul and

because of My foolishness.

fester

DAYS

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.

Ke

kardia mou etarahthi, egkatlipe me i

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

My heart is troubled my strength fails

fili mou ke i plision mou ex enantias

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

My

enantion sou pasa i epithimia mou,

ke o stenagmos mou ouk apekrivi apo
Sou.

Ke

16

TINS

transgressions rise up over my

head - like a heavy burden they press
me down.

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

Tin Theotokon ke Miter The

MA

of Thy Wrath, nor any Peace in my

bones because of my sins.

For my

e anomei mou iperiran tin kefalin

mou, osi fortion vari evapinthisan ep
eme.

THE MAGNIFICAT
STANDING BEFORE THE HOLY ICON OF THE EVER BLESSED
THEOTOKOS, THE PRIEST DECLARES THE FOLLOWING, AFTER
WHICH HE CENSES THE SANCTUARY, HOLY ICONS AND
CONGREGATION WHILE THE MAGNIFICAT HYMN IS
CHANTED.

26.

Thy Hand rests upon me.

Oti

18

REFER TO FESTAL CALENDAR

to Fotos: en imnis
timontes Meglinomen!

nor chasten me in Thine Anger!

Etaleporisa ke katekamfthin eos telous - I suffer misery, and I am utterly bowed

REFER TO FESTAL CALENDAR

FOR

CONTRITION

For Thine arrows pierce me deeply and

ta Veli Sou enepagisan mi, ke

epestirixas ep eme tin Hira Sou.

17

RESURRECTION KATAVASIA

AND

Oti

DESGINATED TONE/FESTAL HYMN

TO FESTAL CALENDAR & HYMNS

DAY

REPENTANCE

Kyrie, mi to Thimo Sou elegxis me, mide O Lord, do not rebuke me in Thy Wrath,

RESURRECTION KONTAKION
FOR

OF

ti Orgi Sou pedevsis me!

PE OPLE

PE OPLE

A PRAYER

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.

Lord, all my desire is before Thee

and My sighing is not hidden from
Thee.
me, and even the light of my eyes
has failed me.
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.

Ke egenomin osi anthropos ouk akouon, And I am like a man who does not hear
ke ouk ehon en to stomati aftou
elegmou.

and who has no reproofs in his

mouth.

Oti epi Si Kyrie ilpisa, Si isakousi Kyrie O For in Thee, O Lord, I hope Theos mou.

Thou will

hear, O Lord my God.

Oti

ipa: Mi pote epiharosi me i ehthri

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

MA

TINS

SERVIC

FOR

For

I said: Let not my enemies rejoice

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

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Oti ego is mastigas etimos, ke i algidon For I Am ready for wounds, and My Pain
mou enopion mou diapantos, oti tin
anomian mou anangelon , merimniso
iper tis amartias mou.

Ton

Agion ke Dikeon Theopatoron

Ioakim ke Annis, ke ( - - - S A I N T - - - )
tin mnimin episteloumen, ke Panton
Sou ton Agion...

is continually with Me, for I will

declare
My
transgressions,
by
remembering My sins.

I de ehthri mou zosi, ke kekrateonte iper 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.

eme - ke eplithinthisan i misountes

me adikos; i antapodidontes kaka
anti Agathon, evdievallon me, epi
katediokon Dikeosinin.

Mi egkatalipis me Kyrie O Theos mou! Do not forsake Me, O Lord!

Mi apostis ap emou. Proshes is tin O My God, do not depart

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

voithian mou Kyrie tis Sotirias mou!

[2]

Iketevomen

Se, Mone Polielee Kyrie:

epakouson imon ton amartolon
deomenon Sou ke Eleison imas.

Kyrie Eleison [12]

Elei, ke Iktirmis,

Theos O Theos mou pros Se orthrizo;

edipise Se i psihi mou.

Pos aplos Si i sarx mou,

en gi erimo ke

God my God: I rise early to be with

Thee: my soul thirsts for Thee.
a desolate, impassable and waterless
land.

Outos

en to Agio ofthin Si, tou idin tin

Dinamin Sou ke tin Doxan Sou.

So

Thy Mercy is better than life,

my lips shall praise Thee.

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.

Thus will I Bless Thee in my life;

As if

with marrow and fatness may my

soul be filled, and with rejoicing lips
my mouth shall sing praises to Thy
Name.

I emnimonefon Sou epi tis stromnis mou, If

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

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.

Ekollithi

My

Anti de is matin exitisan tin psihin mou,

Yet

i psihi mou opiso Sou - emou

antelaveto i Dexia Sou.
iselefsonte is ta katotata tis gis.

Paradothisonte

is
hiras
merides alopekon esonte.

romfeas,

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.

epenethisete pas O onmion en Afto

oti enefragi stoma lalounton adika.

MA

TINS

SERVICE

FOR

King, however, shall be glad in

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

SUNDAYS & FEA

ST

DAYS

beseech Thee, the Only, Most

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

Lord have mercy [12]

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.

PRI EST

PE OPLE

Amen

15

ON SUNDAYS OR ORDINARY FEASTS THE CANONS ARE USUALLY OMITTED.

THE CANONS ARE CHANTED ONLY DURING GREAT FEASTS FOLLOWED

BY THE

SMALL

LITANY. IF SO, CONSULT THE HYMNS OF THE DAY.

THE SMALL LITANY

Eti ke eti, en Irini tou Kyriou deithomen

Kyrie Eleison
Antilavou Soson,

Again, yet again, in Peace let us

pray to the Lord.

PRI EST

PE OPLE

Eleison ke Diafilaxon
imas O Theos, ti Si Hariti.

Amin
Tis

Lord have mercy

Help us, Save us,

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

PRI EST

PE OPLE

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.

soul follows closely behind Thee

Thy right Hand upholds me.

O de Vasilefs evfranthisete epi to Theo, The

8.

in Thy

Name I will lift up my hands.

We

THE CANONS

in the Holy Place I appear before

Thee, to behold Thy Power and Thy
Glory.

Oti krisson to Eleos Sou iper zoas,ta hili Because

tou
ou
ke
nin

Amin

How often my flesh thirsts for Thee like

avato ke anidro.

God, Joachim and Anna, and ( - - SAINT---)

whose
memory
we
Commemorate today, and of all Thy
Saints...

PE OPLE

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

PSALM 62/63
FELLOWSHIP WITH ALMIGHTY GOD

Of the Holy and Righteous Ancestors of

Amen
Commemorating

our
Most Holy, All 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

PRI EST

15

THE CANON, AS USED IN THE CHURCH SERVICE, SIGNIFIES SEVERAL HYMNS THAT ARE DIVIDED
INTO NINE DIVISIONS, SYMBOLISING THE NINE RANKS OF HEAVENLY HOSTS. [ANGELS] THESE
DIVISIONS ARE CALLED ODES THAT ARE SONGS OF PRAISE TAKEN FROM THE SONGS OF PRAISE
OF THE HOLY PROPHETS OF THE OLD COVENANT. AN EXCEPTION IS THE 9TH ODE, WHICH IS
TAKEN FROM THE SAYINGS OF THE EVER BLESSED THEOTOKOS AND OF ST ZACHARIAS THE PRIEST
AND FATHER OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST AND FORERUNNER OF CHRIST OUR LORD.
FURTHERMORE, THE 2ND ODE IS OMITTED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND IS ONLY USED DURING THE
GREAT FAST OF LENT. IT IS A REBUKE OF THE ISRAELITES FOR THEIR INIQUITIES SO FOR THAT
REASON IT IS SUNG DURING THE GREAT LENTEN FAST TO CAUTION ALL SINNERS AND TO INDUCE
US TO REPENT BY CORRECTING OUR WICKED CONDUCT AND PURIFYING OUR CONSCIENCE
THROUGH CONFESSION.
THE CANON OF THE PROPER TONE OR OF THE FEAST IS CHANTED.
MA

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25.

PRAYERS

Soson

O Theos ton Laon Sou,

Evlogison tin Klironomian Sou.

OF

ke

Episkepse

ton kosmon Sou en Elei ke

Iktirmis.

SALVATION

En tis orthris emeleton is Se: oti egnithis At

O Lord, Save Thy People and

Bless Thine Inheritance.

PRI EST

Visit

Thy world with Mercies and

Bounties.

Ipsoson Keras Hristianon Orthodoxon ke Exalt the Horn of Orthodox

Christians,
and send down upon us Thy rich
Mercies.

katamempson ef imas ta Elei Sou ta

Plousia.

Presvies

tis Panahrantou Despinis

imon Theotokou ke Aiparthenou
Marias...

Through

the Intercessions of our All

Pure Lady, the Theotokos and Ever
Virgin Mary...

Dinami tou Timiou ke Zoopiou Stavrou... Through the Might of the Precious and
Life-giving Cross...

Prostasies

ton Timion,
Dinameon Asomaton...

Epouranion

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...

Through

the
Protection
of
the
honourable Bodiless Powers of
Heaven...

Of

Of

the honourable, glorious Prophet,

Forerunner and Baptist, John; of the
Holy, Glorious and All Laudable
Apostles...
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...

Nikolaou

Of

Ton

Of the Holy and Glorious great Martyrs:

tou en Myris, Nektarios

Pentapolis, Spyridonos Episkopou
Trymithountos, ton Thavmatourgon...

Agion Evdoxon Megalomartyron:

Georgiou tou Tropeoforou, Dimitriou
tou
Mirovlitou,
Theodorou
tou
Tironos, Theodorou tou Stratilatou,
Mina
tou
Thavmtourgou,
ke
Ieromartirou
Haralambos
ke
Eleftheriou...
Theklas,
Varvaras,
Anastasias,
Ekaterinis,
Kyriakis,
Photinis,
Marinas, Paraskevis ke Irinis...

Osion ke Theoforon Pateron imon

ton en Askisei Lampsanton...

Of

our Venerable and Godly Ascetic

Illuminators ...

Tou ( A G I O U

24.

TOU NAOU)

MA

TINS

Of ( T H E

...

SERVIC

FOR

soul follows closely behind Thee

Thy right Hand upholds me.

Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati. Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
Ke nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton
eonon.

and to the Holy Spirit, now and

ever, and to theAges of Ages.

Amin
Alleluia [3] Doxa Si, O Theos [3]
Kyrie Eleison [3]
Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati.

Amen
Alleluia[3] Glory to Thee, O God [3]
Lord have mercy [3]
Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

Amin

Amen

Ke nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton

eonon.

and to the Holy Spirit, now and

ever, and to the Ages of Ages.

PSALM 87/88
THE DARKNESS OF DEATH

Kyrie

Iseltheto

Let

O Theos tis Sotirias mou: imeras

ekeraxa ke en nikti Evantion Sou.
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.

Lord, God of my Salvation: I cry out

day and night before Thee.
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.

Proselogisthin meta ton katavenonton is I am counted among those who go down

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,
skotinis ke en Skia Thanatou.

Ep

en

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.

eme epestirihthi O Thimos Sou, ke

pantas
tous
metorismous
Sou
epigages ep eme! ( DIAPALMA)

Thy

Wrath rested upon me, and Thou

brought all Thy Billows over me.
(PAUSE)

the Holy, Glorious and Victorious

Martyrs...

Ton

My

Emakrinas tous gnostous mou ap emou, Thou

Of

ke

i psihi mou opiso Sou, emou

antelaveto i Dexia Sou.

dawn I meditate on Thee: for Thou

art my Helper, and in the Shelter of
Thy Wings will I greatly Rejoice.

the Holy, Glorious, Great Martyrs:

Thekla,
Barbara,
Anastasia,
Catherine, Kyriaki, Photini, Marina,
Paraskevi and Irene...

Kallinikon

Agion Evdoxon
Martyron...

Ekollithi

our Holy Father Nicholas of Myra,

Nektarios of Pentapolis, Spyridon of
Trymithountos the Wonderworkers..
George the Victorious, Demetrios the
Myrrh-gusher, Theodore the Tyron,
Theodore the General, Menas the
Wonder-worker,
and
the
Hieromartyrs:
Charalambos
and
Eleftherios...

Ton Agion Evdoxon, Megalon Martyron: Of

Ton

Voithos mou, ke en ti Skepi ton

Pterigon Sou Agaliasome.

P A T R O N O F T H E P A R I S H ) ...

SUNDAYS & FEA

ST

DAYS

ethento
me
vdeligma
eaftis;
paredothin ke ouk exeporevomin.

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?

MA

TINS

SERVIC

FOR

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?

SUNDAYS & FEA

ST

DA

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9.

Mi

diigisete tis en tafo to Eleos Sou, ke

tin Alithian Sou en ti apolia?

Shall

anyone in the tomb describe Thy

Mercy and Thy Truth in Destruction?

Eleison me, O Theos, kata to Mega Eleos Have mercy upon me, O God, according
Sou ke kata to plithos ton iktirmon
Sou Exalipson to anomima mou.

to Thy Great Mercy; according to the

multitude of Thy Mercies do away
mine offences.
SUNDAY ONLY

Mi gnosthisete en to Skoti ta Thavmasia Shall

Sou, ke i Dikeosini
eplelismeni?

Sou

en

Thy Wonders be known in

Darkness, and Thy Righteousness in
a Forgotten Land?

gi

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

Yet

I, O Lord, cry to Thee, and in the

morning my Prayer shall come near
to Thee.

prosevhi mou profthasi Se.

Inati

Why,

Ptohos

imi ego ke en kopis ek neotitos

mou; ipsothis de etapinothin ke
exiporithin.

Poor

eme diilthon e Orge Sou; ke i

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

Thy

Kyrie apothis tin prosevhin mou apostrefis to Prosopon Sou ap emou?

Ep

Emakrinas

ap emou filon, ke
gnostous mou apo taleporias.

tous

O Lord, dost Thou reject me

hiding Thy Face from me?

am I and in trouble since my

youth; yet having been exalted, I was
humbled and brought into despair.

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

Iseltheto

Let

Lord, God of my Salvation: I cry out

day and night before Thee.
my Prayer come before Thee.
Incline Thine Ear to my Supplication,
O Lord.

OF

PRAISE

FOR

GODS MERCY

AND

Glory

I HO S

TO NE

P LA GA L

Ke

the Lord, O my soul; and

everything within me: Bless His Holy
Name!

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.

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.

me, O Theos, kata to Mega

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

I HO S

(6)

P LAG A

Israil ta Thelimata Aftou.

Iktirmon

ke
Eleimon
O
makrothimos ke Polieleos.

Kyrios,

Theotokos; for I have profaned

myself with coarse sins, and
consumed my whole life with
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.
(6)

P LA GA L

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!

is telos orgisthisete, oude is ton

eona minii.
TINS

SERVIC

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.

Ouk

MA

Amen
Prepare for me the Ways of Salvation, O

to all who are wronged.

Egnorise tas odous aftou to Mosisi tis Iis He

10.

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

TO NE

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.

Pion eleimosinas O Kyrios, ke krima pasi The Lord shows Mercies and Judgement
tis adikoumenis.

Now and ever, and to the Ages of Ages

Eleison

Ta

PLAG A L

nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton

eonon.
evthinon mi trivous,
Theotoke; eshres gar katerriposa tin
ihin amarties, os rathimos ton vion
mou olon ekdapanisas; tes ses
Presvies rise me pasis akatharsias.

Bless

to the Father, and to the Son,

and to the Holy Spirit

Open to me the Gates of Repentance, O

Amin
Tis Sotirias

HIS ANGELIC HOSTS

14

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.

Tis

Evlogi i psihi mou ton Kyrion, ke panta Bless

ta entos mou to Onoma to Agion
Aftou.

foretold, has granted us Life Eternal

and Great Mercy.

Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati

PSALM 102/103
A PRAYER

Jesus, having risen from the Grave as He

TRIODION IDIOMELONS

Thou removed far

O

enopion Sou i prosefhi mou

klinon to ous Sou is tin disin mou,
Kyrie.

O Isous apo tou Tafou, kathos

proipen, edoken imin tin Eonion Zoin
ke Mega Eleos.

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.

Kyrie

O Theos tis Sotirias mou imeras

ekeraxa ke en nikti evantion Sou.

Anastas

FOR

He

will not become angry to the end,

nor will He be wrathful forever.

SUNDAYS & FEA

ST

DAYS

14

THE TRIODION IDIOMELONS THROUGHOUT TRIODION FROM SUNDAY OF THE PUBLICAN & THE PHARISEE UNTIL ST
LAZAROS SATURDAY ARE CHANTED INSTEAD OF THE HYMNS OF
DIVINE MERCY

MA

TINS

SERVIC

FOR

SUNDAYS & FEA

ST

DA

YS

23.

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

Do

not cast me away from Thy

Presence, and taken not Thy Holy
Spirit from me.

ta hili mou anixis, ke to stoma

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

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.

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.

to God is a broken spirit a

Thisia to Theo, pnevma sintetrimmenon - A Sacrifice
broken and humbled heart God will
Kardian

sintetrimmenin

tetapinomenin
exoudenosi.

ke

Theos

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.

INTERCESSORY HYMNS

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.

DIVINE MERCY

FOR

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

Tes

TON
APOSTOLON
Presvies,
Eleimon, exalipson ta plithi ton emon
egklimaton.

Through

nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton

eonon.

Now

Amin
Tes

tis Theotokou Presvies, Eleimon,

exalipson
ta plithi
ton emon
egklimaton.

13

MA

TINS

SERVIC

FOR

anthos tou agrou outos exanthisi. Oti

pnevma diilthen en afto, ke ouk
iparxi, ke ouk epignosete eti ton
topon aftou.

the Intercessions of THE

APOSTLES , O Merciful One, blot out

Ke

Amen
Through

en to Ourano itimase ton

Thronon Aftou, ke i Vasilia Aftou
panton despozi.

ST

- 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.

DAYS

to Ages upon those who Fear Him.

And

His Righteousness is upon

childrens 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.

Evlogite ton Kyrion pantes Angeli Aftou, Bless

the Lord, all you His Angels

Mighty in Strength who do His
Word - who heed the Voice of His
Words.

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

Bless

the Lord, all you His Hosts His

Ministers who do His Will.

Evlogite ton Kyrion pante ta Erga Aftou, Bless

the Lord, all His Works, in all

places of His Dominion!

en panti topo tis Despotias Aftou.

Evlogi i pshihi mou ton Kyrion. [2]

WAITING

the Intercessions of the

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

SUNDAYS & FEA

i Dikeosini Aftou epi iious iion, tis

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

Kyrios

the multitude of our transgressions.

and ever, and to the Ages of
Ages.

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.

To de Eleos tou Kyriou apo to Eonos ke Yet the Mercy of the Lord is from Ages

and to the Holy Spirit

PRAYERS FOR DIVINE MERCY ARE CHANTED, NOT READ, IMMEDIATELY AFTER PSALM 50/51.
THE SHADED VERSE CHANGES DURING CERTAIN FEASTS AND DURING TRIODION (I.E FROM
SUNDAY OF THE PUBLICAN & PHARISEE UNTIL ST LAZAROS SATURDAY)

22.

As

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!

Anthropos - osi hortos e imere aftou, osi As for mankind his days are like grass

13

Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati

Ke

iktiri patir iious oktirise Kyrios

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

Eos tou Eonos epi tous Fovoumenous

Afton.

Have mercy on me, O God!

Eleison me, O Theos!

Kathos

not despise.

ouk

Agathinon,

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.

Restore to me the Joy of Thy Salvation,

Sotirias mou, agalliasete i glossa mou

tin Dikeosinin Sou.

Kyrie

Ou kata tas amartias imon epiisen imin, He

IN THE

PSALM
[SPIRITUAL]

Bless, O my soul, the Lord!

142/143
DARKNESS FOR THE

[DIVINE]

LIGHT

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.

And do not enter into Judgement with

MA

TINS

SERVIC

FOR

Lord hear my Prayer; hear my

Supplication in Thy Truth - answer
me in Thy Righteousness.

Thy servant, for in Thy Sight no-one

living is Righteous.

SUNDAYS & FEA

ST

DA

YS

11.

Oti

Ke

Katedioxen O ehthros tin psihin

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

For the enemy

ikidiasen ep eme to pnevma mou en emi etrahthi i kardia mou.

And my spirit was in anguish within me

Emnisthin

1
persecutes my soul. He
humbled my life to the ground, he
caused me to dwell in dark places
like one who was long dead.

remembered the days of old, and I

meditated on all Thy Works I
meditated on the Works of Thy
Hands.

Dipetasa pros se tas hiras mou - i psihi I

stretch out my hands to Thee my

soul thirsts for Thee like a waterless
land. (PAUSE)

mou os gi anidros Si.

Diapantos

evlongonntes ton Kyrion

imnoumen tin Anastasin Aftou.
Stavron gar ipominas di imas,
Thanato Thanaton olesen.

- my heart was troubled within.

imeron arheon, ke emeletisa

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

ilthe dia tou Stavrou hara en olo to

kosmo.

Tahi

isakouson mou, Kyrie - exelie to

pnevma mou!

Hear

Mi

aspostrepsis to Prosopon Sou ap

emou,
ke
omiothisome
tis
katavenonsin is Lakkon.

Turn

me speedily, O Lord my spirit

faints within me.

not Thy Sight from me, lest I

become like those who go down into
the Pit.
me to hear Thy Mercy in the
morning, for I hope in Thee.

Gnorison

mi, Kyrie, Odon en i

porefsome, oti pros Se ira tin psihin
mou.

Make

me know, O Lord, the Way

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

Exelou me ek ton ehthron mou, Kyrie, oti Deliver

me from my enemies, O Lord,

for to Thee I flee for Refuge.

pros Se katefigon.

Didaxon me tou piin to Thelima Sou, oti Teach me to do Thy Will,

Theos mou is Si.

To

for Thou art

my God.

Pnevma Sou to Agathon Odigisi me

en ti Evthia.

Eneka tou Onoma Sou, Kyrie, Zisis me.

Thy

Good Spirit shall Guide me in

Uprightness.

For Thy Names sake O Lord, grant me

Life.

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.

OUR ENEMIES
ENEMIES THE

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

ARE NOT ONLY OUR PHYSICAL, HUMAN ENEMIES, BUT ESPECIALLY THE INVISIBLE
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
DESTRUCTIVE, SELF-INDULGENT TEMPTATIONS THAT LEAD US TO

ETERNAL CONDEMNATION

12.

MA

AND PERMANENT

TINS

SERVIC

ALIENATION

FOR

FROM

GOD - OR CHOOSE THE WEAKER,

SPIRITUAL DEATH AND EVENTUALLY,
GOD AND EVERYTHING GOOD!

SUNDAYS & FEA

ST

DAYS

Ever

Blessing the Lord, let us sing His

Resurrection. For in that He endured
the Cross, He has destroyed Death
by Death!

T HE P RIEST STANDS AT THE H OLY A L TAR WITH THE H OLY G OSPEL UNTI L THE C HOIR , CHANTING P SALM 50, THE
P SALM O F R EP ENTANCE , REACHES THE VE RSE FOR BEHOL D , THO U HAST LOVED TR UTH
T HE P RIEST EXITS THE S ANCTUARY AND STANDS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE S OLEAS , HOLD ING THE H OLY G OSPEL , WHILE
THE C ONGREGATION VENE RATES THE H O LY G OSPEL THE D IVINE T R UTH OF A LM IGHTY G OD - BY MAKING
THE S IGN OF THE C RO SS AND KISSING IT .
A FTE RWA RDS , IN P ROCESSION , THE H OLY G OS PEL IS CA RRIED TO THE BACK OF THE CHURCH AND PLACED UPON THE
I CON S TAND SO THAT LATECOMERS MAY AL SO VENE RATE G OD S T RUTH .

PSALM 50/51
THE PSALM OF REPENTANCE

Eleison

me, O Theos kata to Mega Eleos

Sou.

Have Mercy on me, O God, according to

Thy Great Mercy.

Ke

kata to plithos ton Iktirmon Sou

exalipson to anomima mou.

And

Epi

plion plinon me apo tis anomias

mou, ke apo tis amartias mou
Katharison me.

Wash

Akouston piison mi to proi to Eleos Sou, Cause

oti epi Si ilpisa.

behold, through the Cross is Joy

come into all the world.

Oti

tin anomian mou ego ginosko, ke i

amartia mou enopion mou esti
diapantos.

according to the abundance of

Thy Compassion, blot out my
transgressions.

me
thoroughly
from
my
lawlessness, and Cleanse me of my
sin.

For I know my lawlessness, and my sin

is always before me.

Si mono imarton, ke to poniron enopion Against

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

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.

Idou

Behold,

Idou gar Alithian Igapisas.

Behold,

Randiis me issopo, ke katharisthisome.

Thou

Plinis me, ke iper hiona levkanthisome.

Thou shall wash me, and I will be made

Akoutiis

Thou

Apostrepson

Turn Thy Sight from my sins, and blot

gar en anomies sinelifthin, ke en

amarties ekissise me i mitir mou.
Ta adila ke
ta krifia tis Sofias Sou edilosas mi.

I
was
conceived
transgressions, and in sins
mother bore me.

in
my

Thou Love Truth Thou

showed me the unknown and secret
things of Thy Wisdom.

shall sprinkle me with hyssop,

and I will be Cleansed.
whiter than snow.

mi agalliasin ke evfrosinin,
agaliasonte ostea tetapinomena.

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.
MA

TINS

SERVIC

FOR

shall make me hear Joy and

Gladness my bones that were
humbled shall greatly Rejoice.
out all my transgressions.

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and

Renew a right spirit within me.

SUNDAYS & FEA

ST

DA

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21.

THE RESURRECTION GOSPEL

11

Ke

THE PRIEST STANDS BEFORE THE HOLY ALTAR IN THE SANCTUARY.

ON S UNDAYS HE READS THE H OLY R ESURRECTION G OSPEL AND THE E OTHINON AT THE H OLY
A LTAR , BUT ON OTHE R DAYS HE READS THE HOLY GOSPEL FOR THE F EAST FROM THE R OYAL G ATES
[H OLY D OORS ] FACING THE C ONGREGATION .

Ke

iper tou kataxiothine imas tis

akroaseos tou Agiou Evangeliou
Kyriou ton Theon imon iketevsomen.

Kyrie Eleison [3]

Sofia! Orthi! Akiousomen

tou Agiou

Ke to pnevmati sou
Ek tou kata . . . A G I O U

to

THE HOLY
GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST ...

PRI EST

anagnosma...

Proshomen
Doxa Si, Kyrie, Doxa Si!

Let us attend
P E O P L E Glory to Thee, O Lord:

THE SIGN OF THE CROSS

THE HOLY GOSPEL

psihon imon, tou Kyriou deithomen...

Kyrie Eleison
Iper tis Irinis

Glory

&

TO

ST ....

BOW TO GOD IN GRATITUDE AND WORSHIP BEFORE

FOR

THE

&

AFTER

Kyrie Eleison
Iper tou Agiou Ikou toutou ke ton meta

DESGINATED TONE/FESTAL HYMN

& HYMNS

Pisteos, evlavias ke Fovou Theou

isionton
en
afto,
tou
Kyriou
deithomen...

REFER TO FESTAL CALENDAR

Doxa Si, Kyrie, Doxa Si!

Glory to Thee, O Lord:

Glory to Thee!

PE O PLE

RESURRECTION PRAYER

Anastasin

Hristou
theasameni,
proskinisomen Agion Kyrion Isoun,
ton monon anamartiton.

Ton

Stavron Sou, Hriste, proskinoumen

ke
tin
Agian
Sou
Anastasin
imnoumen ke doxazomen. Si gar is
Theos imon, ektos Sou allon ouk
idamen,
to
Onoma
Sou
Onomazomen.

Defte

pantes is Pisti Proskinisomen tin

tou Hrisou Agian Anastasin. Idou gar

11

12

Thy

Cross do we adore, O Christ, and

Thy Holy Resurrection we laud and
glorify: For Thou art our God, and
we know none other beside Thee.
We call upon Thy Name.

MA

TINS

SERVIC

FOR

Kyrie Eleison
Iper tis Koinotita

ST

DAYS

Kyrie Eleison
Iper efkrasias aeron, eforias ton karpon
tis gis ke keron irinikon tou Kyriou
deithomen.
2

WHEN

PE OPLE
PRI EST

THE ARCHBISHOP CONCELEBRATES

OTHERWISE THE PRIEST PRAYS FOR

MA

TINS

SERVIC

THE
THE
E

PEACE

In Peace let us pray to the Lord

Lord have mercy
For the Peace from Above and

for the Salvation of our souls, let us

pray to the Lord...

Lord have mercy

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....

PRI EST

PE OPLE

Lord have mercy

For this Holy Temple,

and for
those
who
enter
with
Faith,
Reverence and the Fear of God, let us
pray to the Lord...

PRI EST

PRI EST

Lord have mercy

For our Father: Pope & Patriarch

and
for
our
Archbishop ( - - - N A M E - - - ) 2 for the
Venerable
Priesthood
of
the
Diaconate in Christ, for all the clergy
and the laity, let us pray to the Lord.

(THEODOROS)

PE OPLE

ke poleos taftis, pasis

poleos, horas, ke ton pisti ikounton en
aftes tou Kyriou deithomen.

come, all you Faithful, let us adore

Christs Holy Resurrection. For

SUNDAYS & FEA

Papa ke Patriarhi

imon
( - - - N A M E - - - ) tou Timiou
Presviteriou, tis en Hristo Diakonias,
pantos tou Kyriou ke tou laou tou
Kyriou deithomen.

let us bow down before the Holy

Lord Jesus, the only sinless One.

PRI EST

PE OPLE

(T H E O D O R O U ) ke tou Arhiepiskopou

Having seen the Resurrection of Christ,

11 HOLY RESURRECTION GOSPEL LESSONS ARE READ IN SEQUENCE EACH SUNDAY EXCEPT
WHEN A MAJOR FEAST FALLS ON A SUNDAY.
(REFER TO THE MONTHLY FESTAL CALENDAR
)
THE RESURRECTION PRAYER IS READ NOT CHANTED ON SUNDAY. DURING THE WEEK IT IS
OMITTED ALTOGETHER.

20.

Kyrie Eleison
Iper tou Patros imon:

12

OF

PE OPLE

tou simpantos kosmou,

efsthias ton Agion tou Theou
Ekklision ke tis ton panton enoseaos
tou Kyriou deithomen...

to Thee!

HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING

MAKE

En Irini tou Kyriou deithomen

Kyrie Eleison
Iper tis Anothen Irinis ke tis Sotirias ton

And with thy spirit

The Lesson is from

PE OPLE

EVANGELIOU

THE GREAT LITANY

PRIESTS BLESSING

BOW OUR HEAD TO RECEIVE THE

Amen
Alleluia [3] Glory to Thee, O God. [3]
Our Hope, O Lord: Glory to Thee!

Amin
Allelouia [(3) Doxa Si, O Theos! [3]
I Elpis imon, Kyrie, doxa Si!

Peace be with you all.

WE

and to the Holy Spirit, now and

ever, and unto Ages of Ages.

Ke nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton

eonon.

the Holy Gospel.

Irini pasi!

Good Spirit shall Guide me in

Uprightness.

Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati. Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

Lord have mercy [3]

Wisdom! Arise! Let us listen to

PRI EST

Thy servant, for in Thy Sight noone living is Righteous.

en ti Evthia.

And that He will graciously

grant us to hear His Holy Gospel, let
us pray to the Lord.

Evangeliou

And do not enter into Judgement with

To Pnevma Sou to Agathon Odigisi me Thy

PRI EST

PE OPLE

mi iselthis is krisin meta tou

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

Lord have mercy

For this Community

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

PRI EST

PE OPLE
PRI EST

Lord have mercy

For seasonable weather, for the

abundance of the fruits of the earth,

and for peaceful times, let us pray to

HOLY SERVICES,
ARCHBISHOP.

FOR

HE PRAYS FOR OUR

SUNDAYS & FEA

ST

DA

YS

PATRIARCH.

13.

the Lord

Kyrie Eleison
Iper pleonton, odiporounton,

PE OPLE

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

Kyrie Eleison
Iper tou Risthine

travel by land or air, for the sick and

the suffering, for captives and for
their Salvation, let us pray to the
Lord
PE OPLE

imas apo pasis

thlipseos, orgis, kindinou ke anangis,
tou Kyriou deithomen

Kyrie Eleison
Antilavou Soson,

Amin/Kyrie eleison
Tis Panagias,

MAKE

THE

SIGN

OF THE

PRI EST

Pnevmati, pasa psihi zooute, ke

katharsi, ipsoute, lambrinete, ti
Triadiki Monadi, Ierokrifios

Through

Ke

nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton

eonon.

Now

Amin
Agio

Pnevmati, anavlizi ta tis Haritos

reithra, arthevonda, apasan tin ktisin
pros Zoogonion.

Lord have mercy

Help us, Save us,

Amen/Lord have mercy

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.

CROSS &

BOW DOWN TO

GOD

the Holy Spirit is every soul

quickened and exalted in purity, and
Illumined by the Triune Unity in
Mystic Holiness.
and ever, and to the Ages of
Ages.

Amen
From the Holy Spirit do the streams of
Grace well forth;
they irrigate
everything created, so that Life can
be produced.

RESURRECTION PROKEIMENON
FOR

THE

10

DESGINATED TONE/FESTAL HYMN

& HYMNS

REFER TO FESTAL CALENDAR

SMALL LITANY

Tou Kyriou deithomen

Kyrie Eleison
Oti Agios i, O Theos imon,

PRI EST
PE OPLE

ke en Agiis
epanapavi,
ke
Si
tin
Doxan
anapempomen to Patri, ke to Io, ke
to Agio Pnevmati, nin ke ai ke is tous
eonas ton eonon.

Amin

To Thee, O Lord!
PRI EST
For to Thee belong all Glory,
Honour and Worship, to the

PRI EST

Let us pray to the Lord

Lord have mercy
For Holy art Thou, O our God,

Who rests in the Saints, 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.
PE OPLE

Amen

PE OPLE

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

Father, and to the Son, and to the

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

PE OPLE

Amen

PLEASE NOTE:
FOR THE TONES/FESTALHYMNS OF THE DAY THAT ARE NOW CHANTED,
KINDLY FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY REFER TO THE
MATINS HYMNS OF THE DAY WHEREVER APPLICABLE

14.

Agio

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

PRI EST

PE OPLE

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.

Lord have mercy

For our Deliverance

from all
affliction,
wrath,
danger
and
necessity, let us pray to the Lord

PRI EST

PE OPLE

Eleison ke Diafilaxon
imas O Theos, ti Si Hariti.

Si Kyrie
Oti prepi

PRI EST

Lord have mercy

For those at sea, and those who

MA

TINS

SERVIC

FOR

SUNDAYS & FEA

ST

DAYS

PRAISES

TO

ALMIGHTY GOD

THE CONGREGATION MUST STAND

Pasa pnoi enesato ton Kyrion [2]

Let

Enesato pnoi ... Pasa ton Kyrion

Let

everything that has breath praise

the Lord. [2]
the Lord be praised
everything that has breath

...

10

THE PROKEIMENON IS READ AT THE ENTRANCE OF OUR LORD &

SAVIOUR IN REFERENCE TO THE FAITH OF OUR ANCIENT FATHERS
OF THE OLD COVENANT.
THESE ARE THE PROPHECIES OF THE
HOLY PROPHETS AND THE SYMBOLS WHEREBY GOD PREPARED THE
HENCE, AFTER THE
WORLD TO RECEIVE CHRIST OUR LORD.
PROKEIMENON, A VERSE OF THE PSALMS IS RECITED OR THE
READING OF THE FEAST IS READ DURING HOLY VESPERS OF A
GREAT FEAST.
THE PROKEIMENON THAT FOLLOWS THE ANABATHMI ACTUALLY MEANS
INTRODUCTION AND SIGNIFIES A DIFFERENT STANZA OR TUNE FOR
THE HYMNS.
THE PROKEIMENON OF THE EPISTLES INDICATES THAT THE
APOSTLES WHO PREACHED CHRIST ACCORDING TO THE NEW
COVENANT WERE PRECEDED BY THE HOLY PROPHETS WHO HAD
FORETOLD HIS COMING.
MA

TINS

SERVIC

FOR

SUNDAYS & FEA

ST

DA

YS

19.

by

parathometha.

and one another, and all our life to

Christ our God.

Theos

MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS & BOW DOWN

Si Kyrie
Oti Evlogite Sou to Onoma, ke Dedoxaste
Sou i Vasilia, tou Patros, ke tou Iiou,

PE OPLE
PRI EST

Kyrios ke
Evlogimenos O
Onomati Kyriou!

Name and

Glorified is Thy Kingdom, of the

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

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

Amin

To Thee, O Lord!
For Blessed is Thy

PE OPLE

TO

GOD

FOR

HIS EVERLASTING MERCY

The Lord is God, and has Appeared to

Epefanen imin.
erhomenos en

us. Blessed is He Who comes in the

Name of the Lord!

1: Exomologisthe to Kyrio, oti

Agathos, oti is ton eona to Eleos
Aftou!

Give thanks to the Lord, for

He is Good;
His Mercy endures
forever!

V E R S E 1:

STIH OS

Theos

Kyrios ke
Evlogimenos O
Onomati Kyriou!

Amen

The Lord is God, and has Appeared to

Epefanen imin.
erhomenos en

us. Blessed is He Who comes in the

Name of the Lord!

Panta ta Ethni ekiklosan me, ke

to Onomati Kyriou inamin aftous.

2: All the Nations surrounded

me, but in the Name of the Lord I
drove them back.

S T I H O S 2:

RESURRECTION IPAKOI
FOR

THE

DESGINATED TONE/FESTAL HYMN

& HYMNS

REFER TO FESTAL CALENDAR

RESURRECTION ANABATHMI
FOR

THE

Theos

Kyrios ke
Evlogimenos O
Onomati Kyriou!

DESGINATED TONE/FESTAL HYMN

& HYMNS

THE

FOLLOWING

HYMN

IS CHANTED

TONE 4

ON FEAST DAYS. ON SUNDAYS

Kyrios ke
Evlogimenos O
Onomati Kyriou!

IT IS OMITTED...

Ek neotitos mou, pola polemi me pathi From

al aftos andilavou, ke soson, Sotir
mou. [2]

misoundes Sion, eshinthite apo tou

Kyriou; os hortos gar, piri esesthe
apexirameni. [2]

Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati.

7

THE IPERKOI

ANABATHMI

HYMN THAT IS
KATHISMA ON SUNDAYS

IS A SHORT

and to the Holy Spirit

USUALLY READ AND NOT CHANTED, WHICH

REPLACES

THE

FEASTS TOGETHER WITH A HOLY GOSPEL READING.

WHEN THE ISRAELITES WERE RELEASED FROM THEIR CAPTIVITY IN BABYLON, THEY ASCENDED TO
JERUSALEM, BECAUSE IT IS SITUATED HIGHER THAN BABYLON.
THEY SANG PSALMS, WHICH
SYMMACHOS AND THEODOTION CALLED ASCENSION HYMNS AND WHICH THE SEVENTY WHO
TRANLATED THE OLD TESTAMENT INTO GREEK (THE SEPTUAGINT) CALLED PRAISE SONGS OF THE
ASCENSION.
THESE CONSISTED OF 15 PSALMS, WHICH WERE SUNG IN PRAISE OF GOD BEGINNING WITH PSALM
119 AND WERE SUNG AT THE VARIOUS STATIONS WHERE THEY RESTED SO THEY ARE ALSO CALLED
RESTING PSALMS
WHEN THE ISRAELITES HAD BUILT THE GREAT TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM THE PRIESTS WOULD SING THESE
PSALMS AS THEY ASCENDED THE STEPS TO THE HOLY PLACE, RECITING A PSALM AT EACH STEP,
WHICH WERE THEN CALLED STEPS STATIONS OR ASCENTS.
9
THE FIRST ANTIPHON - TONE 4 IS ALWAYS SUNG ON FEASTS SO THE PROKEIMENON ON FEASTS
ND
IS ALWAYS SUNG IN TONE 4. SOME USE THE FINAL HYMN FROM THE 2
ANTIPHON IN TONE 4
RD
RATHER THAN REPEAT THE 3
ANTIPHON, WHICH IS MORE CORRECT.
MA

TINS

SERVIC

FOR

SUNDAYS & FEA

ST

DAYS

us. Blessed is He Who comes in the

Name of the Lord!

FOR

THE

DESGINATED TONE/FESTAL HYMN

& HYMNS

REFER TO FESTAL CALENDAR

SMALL LITANY

Eti ke eti, en Irini tou Kyriou deithomen.

Again, yet again, in Peace let us

pray to the Lord

PRI EST

Kyrie Eleison
Antilavou Soson,

PE OPLE
PRI EST

Lord have mercy!

Help us, Save us, have Mercy on

us, and Preserve us, O God, by Thy

Grace

Amin
Tis

PE OPLE

Panagias, Ahrantou, Ipere

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.

IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE PROKEIMENON AND CONSIST OF A SERIES OF SHORT HYMNS, BASED ON
THE PSALMS OF ASCENT PSALM 119 TO PSALM 133. ANABATHMI, ARE SUNG ON SUNDAYS &

18.

The Lord is God, and has Appeared to

Eleison ke Diafilaxon
imas O Theos, ti Si Hariti.

AND CERTAIN FEASTS.

ARE CHANTED ACCORDING TO THE TONE OF THE DAY ON SUNDAYS. THEY ARE
DIVIDED INTO 3 ANTIPHONS, EXCEPT FOR TONE 8, WHICH HAS 4 ANTIPHONS. THEY ARE CHANTED
THIRD POETIC

This is the Lords doing, and it

is marvellous in our eyes.

V E R S E 3:

Epefanen imin.
erhomenos en

Those

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

us. Blessed is He Who comes in the

Name of the Lord!

RESURRECTION/FESTAL APOLYTIKION

my youth up many passions

have warred against me. But do
Thou succour and save me, O
Saviour. [2]
who hate Zion shall be put to
confusion by the Lord; like grass in
the fire shall they be withered up.
[2]

The Lord is God, and has Appeared to

Epefanen imin.
erhomenos en

3: Para Kyriou egeneto afti, ke

esti thavmasti en ofthalmis imon.

Theos

V ER SE

STIH OS

REFER TO FESTAL CALENDAR

FESTAL ANTIPHONS

PSALM 117 /118

PRAISE

Amen
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.

PRI EST

MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS & BOW DOWN

PSALM 117/118-

SUNDAY.
CHRIST.

THESE ARE THE USUAL VERSES CHANTED ON

VERSES MAY CHANGE ACCORDING TO

GREAT FEASTS

OF

HOWEVER,

THE SHADED

AFTER THEOS KYRIOS... THE TONES AND HYMNS OF THE DAY APPLY. (REFER
THE

MONTHLY FESTAL CALENDAR

MA

TINS

OR THE

SERVIC

HYMNS
FOR

OF THE DAY)

SUNDAYS & FEA

ST

DA

YS

15.

TO

Si Kyrie
Oti son

To Thee, O Lord!
PR IE ST
For Thine is the

Evlogitos i Kyrie, didaxon

me ta Dikeomata Sou.

PE O PLE

to Kratos ke sou Estin i

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.

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

PE OPLE

RESURRECTION KATHISMATA
FOR

RESURRECTION EVLOGITARIA

&

Evlogitos

i Kyrie, didaxon
me ta Dikeomata Sou.

Evlogitos i Kyrie, didaxon

me ta Dikeomata Sou.

Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati

Proskinoumen

Patera
Iion te ke to Agion
Agian Triada en mia
Serafim krazontes to
Agios i, Kyrie!

Ke

Blessed

art Thou, O Lord:

teach me Thy Statutes.

V ER SE

Wherefore, O Women Disciples, do You

Evlogitos

i Kyrie, didaxon
me ta Dikeomata Sou.

Lian

proi Mirofori edramon pros to

mnima Sou thrinologouse all epesti
pros aftas O Angelos ke eipe. Thrinon
O keros pepante, mi kleite. Tin
Anastasin the Apostolis ipate.

16.

MA

TINS

SERVIC

FOR

Kyrie Eleison
Antilavou Soson,

Virgin, Thou Redeemed Adam from

sin, and gave to Eve Joy in place of
sadness; and He Who was Incarnate
of Thee, both God and Man, has
restored to Life those who had fallen
therefrom.

Again, yet again, in Peace let us

pray to the Lord.

PRI EST

PE OPLE

Eleison ke Diafilaxon
imas O Theos, ti Si Hariti.

Amin/Kyrie eleison
Tis Panagias,

early in the morning the Myrrhbearing Women ran lamenting to Thy

Tomb; but an Angel came towards
them, saying:
The time for
lamentation is passed; weep not!
Announce to the Apostles the
Resurrection.

DAYS

and ever, and to the Ages of

ages.

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

Eti ke eti, en Irini tou Kyriou deithomen.

Very

ST

Now

SMALL LITANY

art Thou, O Lord:

teach me Thy Statutes.

SUNDAYS & FEA

and the Holy Spirit, the Holy Trinity

in One Essence, crying with the
Seraphim: Holy, Holy, Holy art Thou,
O Lord!

Amen

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

Blessed

THE KATHISMATA CHANGE ACCORDING TO THE TONE OF THE DAY AND/OR THE
FEAST
THE RESURRECTION EVLOGITARIA ARE CHANTED ONLY ON SUNDAYS

nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton

eonon.

We adore the Father, as also His Son,

Adam amartias. Harmonin de ti Eva

anti lipis pareshes. Revsanta zois,
ithine pros taftin de O ek Sou
sarkothis Theos ke Anthropos.

PRI EST

PRI EST

TINS

SERVIC

FOR

Amen/ Lord have mercy

Commemorating our

Most Holy, All Pure, Most

Blessed and Glorious Lady,
Theotokos and Ever Virgin
Mary, together with all the
Saints, let us commit ourselves

TRISAGION - THRICE HOLY HYMNS- ARE HYMNS

THE FATHER, GOD THE SON AND GOD THE HOLY
HEAVENLY HOSTS & THE CHURCH TRIUMPHANT

MA

Lord have mercy

Help us, Save us, have Mercy on

us, and Protect us, O God, by Thy

Grace.
PE OPLE

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

6
4

and to the Holy Spirit

THEOTOKION

mingle sweet-smelling spices with

Your tears of pity?
The radiant
Angel within the Sepulchre cried to
the Myrrh-bearing Women: Behold
the Grave, and understand; for the
Saviour is Risen from the Tomb!
V ER SE

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

Zoodotin tekousa, elitroso, Parthene, ton Because Thou bore the Giver of Life, O

Blessed art Thou, O Lord:

teach me Thy Statutes.

Ti

ke ton toutou
Pnevma. Tin
ti ousia, sin tis
: Agios, Agios,

Amin

Company of Angels was amazed,

when they beheld Thee numbered
among the dead, yet Thyself, O
Saviour, destroying the power of
Death, and with Thee raising up
Adam and releasing all men from
Hades.

V ER SE

STIH OS:

bearing myrrh, they drew near Thy

Tomb, O Saviour. But the Angel
spoke to them, saying: Why do You
number the Living among the dead?
Because He is God He is Risen from
the Grave!

TRISAGION HYMNS

HYMNS

STIH OS:

ta mira simpathos tis dakrisin O

Mathitria krinate? O astraptin en to
tafo
Angelos orisefthengeto
tis
Miroforis:
Idete imis ton tafon ke
isothite O Sotir gar Exanesti tou
Mnimatos!

The Myrrh-bearing Women mourned as,

Amen

Ton Angelon O dimos kateplagi oron Se The

en nekris logisthenta tou Thanatou
the Sotir tin ishin kathelonta ke sin
eafto ton Adam egiranta ke ex Adou
pantas eftherosanta.

Mirofori

THE PRIEST CENSES THE HOLY SANCTUARY, THE HOLY

ICONS
AND
THE
CONGREGATION
WHILE
THE
RESURRECTION EVLOGITARIA HYMNS ARE CHANTED:
STIH OS:

V ER SE

Ginekes meta miron elthouse

pros to Mnima Sou, Soter, evigounto
Angelou
tranos
pros
aftas
fthengoumenon: Ti meta nekron ton
Sonta logisesthe? Os Theos gar
Exanesti tou Mnimatos!

THE
DESGINATED
TONE/FESTAL
HYMN
REFER
TO
FESTAL
CALENDAR

Blessed art Thou, O Lord:

teach me Thy Statutes.

STIH OS:

OF ADORATION OF THE HOLY TRINITY

SPIRIT

GOD

WHICH WE SING TOGETHER WITH THE

SUNDAYS & FEA

ST

DA

YS

17.