2012 - 24 Dec - Vespers and Divine Liturgy of St Basil -Nativity of Christ

48. GRE AT V ES P E RS & D I V I N E L I T URGY O F ST BAS I L – NAT I V I T Y O F CHR I S T– 24 D EC EMBE R

By the Grace of GodBy the Grace of GodBy the Grace of GodBy the Grace of God COMPILED, EDITED, ADAPTED & PRINTED

BY

MARGUERITE PAIZIS

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2. GRE AT V ES P ERS & D I V I N E L I T U RGY O F ST BAS I L – NAT I V I T Y O F CHR I S T– 24 D EC EMBE R

When the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord falls on any other day of the week, except Saturday or Sunday, in the morning the Royal Hours are read followed by the Divine Liturgy of St Basil the Great, which is preceded by Great Vespers.

However, if the day before the Nativity of Christ

falls on a Saturday or Sunday, then the Royal Hours are read on Friday while the Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom is celebrated on the preceding day.

If the Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom is

celebrated on Christmas Eve, then the Divine Liturgy of St Basil is celebrated on the Feast and vice versa.

GREAT V ES P E RS & D I V I N E L I T U RG Y O F ST BAS I L – NAT I V I T Y O F CH R I S T– 24 D EC EMB ER 47.

As supplicants I bring to Thee all those whom Thou hast Sanctified - the Leaders of the

Angelic Powers, Thy Forerunner, Thine Enlightened Apostles and Thy Pure and

Spotless Mother. Receive their Prayers, O Merciful Christ, and make Thy servant a

Child of Light.

> For Thou art our Sanctification and our only Good One, and the Illumination of our

souls, and unto Thee as our God and Master each day as is fitting, we ascribe all

Glory, Honour and Worship.

Amen

Lord Jesus Christ, our God, may Thy Holy Body be unto me for Everlasting Life and Thy Precious Blood for the Forgiveness of sins. And may this Holy Eucharist be

Joy, Health and Gladness for me.

And at Thine Awesome Second Coming, make me, a sinner, worthy to stand at the right

Hand of Thy Glory, through the Intercessions of Thy Pure Mother and of all Thy

Saints.

Amen.

To our Most Holy & Ever Blessed Lady, Theotokos & Ever Virgin Mary

All Holy Lady, Theotokos, the Light of my darkened soul, my Hope and Protection, my Refuge and Consolation and my Joy: I give Thee Thanks for having made me, who

am unworthy, worthy to receive the Holy Body and the Precious Blood of Thy Son.

Enlighten the Spiritual Eyes of my heart, O Thou Who bore the True Light.

O Thou Who engendered the Fountain of Immortality grant Life to me - who is dead in

sin.

O Thou the Compassionate Mother of the Merciful God have Mercy on me and grant

me Compunction and Contrition of heart, Humility in my thoughts, and the Recall

of my reasoning powers from their captivity.

And make me worthy to my last breath, Uncondemned to receive the Sanctification of

the Divine Mysteries for the Healing of my soul and body.

And grant me Tears of Repentance and Confession so that I may praise and glorify

Thee all the days of my life for Thou art Blessed and Glorified unto the Ages.

Amen.


P r a y e r s o f T h a n k s g i v i n g A f t e r H o l y C o m m u n i o n

IMMEDIATELY AFTER HAVING PARTAKEN OF HOLY COMMUNION, WE PRAY:

> Glory to Thee, O God; Glory to Thee! [3]

I thank Thee, O Lord my God, that Thou has not rejected me, a sinner, but has deemed me worthy to be a Partaker of Thy Holy Things. I thank Thee that Thou has deemed

me, who am unworthy, worthy to participate in Thy Sacred and Heavenly Gifts.

And, O Merciful Master - Who died for us and Who Arose again, and Who bestows upon

us these Thy Fearful and Life-giving Mysteries for the well-being and Sanctification

of our souls and bodies - grant that these may be to me for the Healing of my soul

and body, for the averting of everything hostile, for the Enlightenment of the eyes of

my heart, for Peace to my Spiritual Powers, for Faith, which does not shame us, for

Love Unfeigned, for the Plenitude of Wisdom, for the Fulfilment of Thy

Commandments, for the Aid of Thy Divine Grace and the Inheritance of Thy

Kingdom - so that protected by Them in Thy Holiness I may ever remember Thy

Grace and never live for myself but only for Thee, our Master and Saviour.

And so when I have departed from this existence in the hope of Eternal Life, I may attain

to Everlasting Rest, where the Song of those who keep Festival is unceasing and the

Joy is endless of those who behold the Ineffable Beauty of Thy Countenance.

> For Thou, O Christ our God, is that which is truly sought for, and the Unutterable

Gladness of those who Love Thee - and all Creation praises Thee forever.

Amen

T h a n k s g i v i n g P r a y e r o f S t B a s i l t h e G r e a t

O Christ our God and Master, King of the Ages and Creator of all, I thank Thee for all the favours that Thou has granted to me, and for the participation in Thy Pure and

Life-giving Mysteries.

I beseech Thee, therefore, O Gracious and Loving Lord, Guard me under Thy Protection

and in the Shadow of Thy Wings: and grant me a clear conscience to my last breath,

so that worthily I may receive Thy Holy Things for the Forgiveness of sins and Life

Eternal.

For Thou art the Bread of Life, the Fountain of Holiness, the Giver of all that is Good, and

> unto Thee we ascribe Glory - with the Father and the Holy Spirit - now and forever, and from all Ages to all Ages.

Amen

Thou Who grants me willingly Nourishment of Thine own Flesh - Thou Who art Fire and burns up the unworthy - do not scorch me, O my Maker, but rather pass through

me for the right ordering of my members, into all my joints, my affections, and my

heart.

Burn up the thorns of all my offences; Purify my soul, Sanctify my mind, make strong

my knees and my bones; Enlighten the simplicity of my five senses; nail down the

whole of me with Thy Fear.

Always Protect, Guard and Watch over me, and keep me from every soul-destroying

deed and word; Sanctify and Purify and order me; make me Clean, grant me

Understanding and Enlightenment.

Make me worthy to be the Habitation of the Only Holy Spirit, and no longer a habitation

of sin; so that as Thine Abode from the Entrance of Thy Holy Communion, every evil

deed and passion may flee from me as though from fire.


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> Evlogimeni i Vasilia tou Patros ke tou

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

Amin

PRIEST >Blessed be the Kingdom of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.

PEOPLE Amen 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

>Defte proskinisomen ke prospesomen to

Vasili imon Theo. >Defte proskinisomen ke prospesomen

Hristo to Vasili imon Theo.

>Defte proskinisomen ke prospesomen

Afto, Hristo to Vasili ke Theo imon

PEOPLE >O come let us worship and bow down to our King and God.

>O come let us worship and bow down to Christ, our King and God.

>O come let us worship and bow down before Christ Himself, our King and our God.

T h e S u n s e t P s a l m - P s a l m 1 0 3 / 1 0 4 THE MAGNIF ICENT CREAT ION OF A LMIGHTY GOD

Evlogi, I psihi mou, ton Kyrion!

Kyrie O Theos mou, emegalinthis sfodra!

Exomologisin ke megloprepian enediso,

anavallomenos Fos os imartion.

Ektinon ton Ouranon osi derrin, O

stegazon en idasi ta iperoa Aftou.

To tithis Nefi tin epivasin Aftou - O

peripaton epi pterigon anemon.

O pion tou Angelous Aftou pnevmata - ke

tous Litourgous Aftou Piros Floga.

O themelion tin gin ep tin asfalian aftis -

ou klithisete is ton Eona tou eonos.

Avissos os imation to perivoleon Aftou -

epi ton oreon stisonte idata.

Apos Epitimiseos Sou fevxonte - apo fonis

Vrontis Sou diliasousin.

Anavenousin ori ke Katavenousi pedia, is

ton topon, on ethemeliosas afta.

Orion ethou, O ou parelevsonte, oude

epistrepsousi kalipse tin gin.

Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, Thou art exceedingly

Magnified!

Thou hast put on Praise and Beauty: and art clothed with Light as with a garment.

He stretches out the Heavens like a curtain – He covers His Upper Chambers with waters.

He makes Clouds a means of His approach – He walks on the wings of the wind.

He makes His Angels spirits - and His Ministers flames of fire.

He established the earth on its stable foundation – it shall not be moved unto Ages of ages.

The deep, like a garment, is His Covering – the waters shall stand upon the mountains.

At Thy Rebuke they shall flee – at the sound of Thy Thunder, they shall be afraid.

The mountains rise up, and the plains sink down to the place Thou founded for them.

Thou set a boundary, which they shall not pass over, neither shall they return to cover the earth.


O exapostellon pigas en faragxin - ana

meson ton oreon dilevsonte idata.

Potiousi panta ta thiria tou agrou -

prosdexonte onagri is dipsan afton.

Ep’ afta ta petina tou ouranou kataskinosi

- ek mesou ton petron dosousi fonin.

Potizon ori ek ton iperoon Aftou apo

Karpou ton Ergon Sou hortasthisete i gi.

O exantellon horton tis ktinesi - ke hloin ti

doulia ton anthropon - tou exagagin arton ek tis gis - ke inos evfreni kardian anthropou - tou ilarine prosopon en eleo, ke artos kardian anthropou stirizi.

Hortasthisonte ta xila tou mediou.

E kedri tou Livavou, as efitefsas. Eki

strouthia annosevsousi, tou erodiou I katikia igite afton.

Ori ta ipsila tes elafis, petra katafigi tis

lagois.

Epiise selinin is herous - O ilios egno tin

disin aftou.

Ethou skotos ke egeneto nix, en afti

dilefsonte panta ta thiria tou drimou.

Skimni oriomeni tou arpase - ke zitise

para to Theo vrosin aftis.

Anetilen O Ilios ke sinihthisan, ke is tas

mandras afton kitasthisonte. Exelfsete anthropos epi to ergon aftou, ke

epi tin ergasian aftou eos esperas.

Os emegalinthi ta Erga Sou, Kyrie.

Panta en Sofia epiisas i Eplirothi I gi tis

Ktiseos Sou. Afti I thalassa I megali ke evrihoros - eki

erpeta, on ouk estin arithmos - Zoa mikra meta megalon.

Eki plia diaporevonte - Drakon outos, on

eplasas empezin aftin. Panta pros Se prosdokosi doune tin trofin

afton is evkeron.

Thou sends springs into the valley – the waters shall pass between the mountains.

They shall give drink to all the wild animals of the field – the wild asses shall quench their thirst.

The birds of heaven shall dwell beside them - they shall sing from the midst of the rocks.

Thou waters the mountains from Thy higher places – the earth shall be satisfied with the Fruit of Thy Works.

Thou cause grass to grow for the cattle – and green plants for the service of mankind – to bring forth bread from the earth, and wine to gladden the heart of mankind – to brighten his face with oil and bread to strengthen his heart.

The trees of the plain shall be full of fruit.

The Cedars of Lebanon, which Thou planted, the sparrows shall nest therein – the house of the heron tking the lead among them.

The high mountains are for the deer - the cliff is a refuge for rabbits.

He made the Moon for seasons – the Sun knows its setting.

Thou established darkness and it was night, wherein all wild animals of the forest prowl about.

The lion cubs roar and snatch their prey - and seek their food from God.

The Sun rises and they gather together – and sleep in their dens.

Mankind does his work – and labours

until evening.

Greatly Magnified art Thy Works, O Lord! Thou made all things in Wisdom – the

earth is filled with Thy Creation!

There is the great and spacious sea – innumerable creeping things are there - both small and great.

There the ships pass through – there the dragon Thou formed plays therein.

All things wait upon Thee – that Thou may grant them food in due season.


...Prostasies ton Timion Epouranion Dinameon Asomaton ...

...ikesies tou Timiou Endoxou Profitou ke Vaptistou Ioannou...

... ton Agion Endoxon ke Panefimon

Apostolon... ...ton Agion Evdoxon ke Kallinikon

Martyrion... ...ton Osion ke Theoforon Pateron imon... ...ton Agion ke Dikeon Theopatoron Ioakim

ke Annis... ...tou Agiou ... ou ke tin Mnimin

epiteloumen ke panton ton Agion... ….. Eleise ke Sose imas, os Agathos ke

Filanthropos ke eleimon Theos.

Amin

>I Agia Trias diafilaxi pantas imas.

Ton Evlogonta ke Agiazonta imas, Kyrie,

filatte is polla eti...

>Di evhon ton Agion Pateron imon, Kyrie

Isou Hriste, O Theos imon, Eleison ke Soson imas.

Amin.

...the Protection of the sublime Spiritual Powers in Heaven...

...the Supplications of the Precious, Glorious Prophet and Forerunner John the Baptist...

... of the Holy, Glorious and Praiseworthy Apostles...

...of the Holy, Glorious and Victorious Martyrs...

...of our Saintly and God-Inspired Fathers...

...of the Holy and Righteous Ancestors Joachim and Anna...

...of Saint …………… whose Memory we Commemorate today, and of all the Saints...

... and Save us, for He is Gracious and Loves mankind.

PEOPLE Amen

PRIEST > May the Holy Trinity Bless you and

protect you.

PEOPLE O Lord, Bless the one who Blesses us and Sanctifies us, for many years...

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

PEOPLE Amen.

AFTER THE CONGREGATION HAS DEPARTED, THE PRIEST ENTERS THE PROTHESIS AND CONSUMES THE

REMAINING CONTENTS OF THE HOLY CHALICE, AND THEN HE REVERENTLY REMOVES HIS LITURGICAL

VESTMENTS WHILE RECITING SPECIAL PRAYERS.


Ke dos imin en panti hrono ke kero

meletan tin Sin Dikeosinin, opos, pros to Son thelima odigithentes ke ta evaresta Si piisantes, Axii genometha ke tis ek Dexion Sou parastaseos, otan elefsi krine zontas ke nekrous.

Tous en ehmalosia Adelphou imon

anarrise, tous en asthenia episkepse, tous en kindinis thalassis kivernison, ke tas proanapafsamenas psihas ep’ Elpidi Zois Eoniou anapafson, opou episkopi to Fos tou Prosopou Sou, ke panton ton deomenon tis Sis voithias epakouson,

Oti Si i O dotir ton Agathon, 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

>Ii to Onoma Kyriou Evlogimenon apo tou

nin ke eos tou eonos. [3]

And grant us at all times and at every moment to meditate on Thy Righteousness, that being guided towards Thy Will and having done that which is well pleasing to Thee, we may be accounted worthy to stand at Thy right Hand when Thou comes to Judge both the living and the dead.

Deliver our Brethren in captivity, Visit the sick, Direct from all danger those at sea, and grant Rest to the souls of those who have departed before us in the Hope of Life Everlasting, where the Light of Thy Countenance watches over them, and hears all those who pray for Thy Help.

For Thou art the Giver of All Good Things, and > to Thee we ascribe Glory: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the Ages of Ages.

PEOPLE Amen

> Blessed be the Name of the Lord, from this time forth, and for evermore. [3]

AS THE PRIEST PROCEEDS TOWARDS THE PROTHESIS, HE QUIETLY PRAYS:

The Mystery of Thy Dispensation, O Christ our God, has been accomplished and Perfected as

far as it is in our power. We have had the Memorial of Thy Death. We have seen the Type

of Thy Resurrection. We have been filled with Thine Unending Life. We have enjoyed

Thine Infinite Delight which in the world to come be well pleased to grant to us all,

through the Grace of Thy Holy and Good and Life-giving Spirit, now and ever, and to the

Ages of Ages. Amen.

Tou Kyriou deithomen..

Kyrie eleison Pater Agie Evlogison

PRIESTLet us pray to the Lord. PEOPLE Lord have Mercy Holy Father, give the Blessing

THE PRIEST BLESSES THE CONGREGATION

> Evlogia Kyriou ke Eleos elthi ef imas ti

Aftou Thia Hariti ke Filanthropia, pantote, nin ke ai ke is tous eonas ton eonon.

Amin

PRIEST > May the Blessing of the Lord and

His Mercy come upon you through His Divine Grace and Love for mankind always, now and ever, and unto the Ages of Ages.

PEOPLE Amen WE BOW OUR HEAD TO RECEIVE THE BLESSING AND THEN MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS AS THE PRIEST

CONTINUES:

> Doxa Si O Theos, i Elpis imon, Doxa Si!

>O Hristos O Alithinos Theos imon, tes

Presvies tis Panahrantou ke Panamomoou Agias Aftou Mitros...

...Dinami tou Timiou ke Zoopiou Stavrou...

PRIEST > Glory to Thee, O God our Hope, Glory to Thee!

>May Christ, our True God, have Mercy

on us, through the Intercessions of His Most Pure and Holy Mother...

...through the Power of the Precious and Life-giving Cross...


Dodtos Sou aftis, sillexousin When Thou gives to them, they shall

gather it....

F e s t a l A n i x a n t a r i a THE REMAINDER OF THE VERSES ARE CHANTED AS FOLLOWS:

Anixantos Sou tin Hira, ta simpanta

plisthisonte hristotitos.

Apostrepsantos de Sou to Prosopon,

tarahthisonte.

>Doxa Si, O Theos!

Allilouia!

Antanelis to pnevma afton ke eklipsousi,

ke is ton houn afton epistrepsousin.

>Doxa Si, O Theos!

Allilouia!

Exapostelis to Pnevma Sou ke kitisthisonte,

ke anakeniis to prosopon tis gis.

> Doxa Si, Pater!

> Doxa Si, Iie!

> Doxa Si, to Pnevma to Agion!

> Doxa Si, O Theos!

Allilouia!

Ito I Doxa Kyriou is tous eona.

Evfranthisete Kyrios epi tis Ergis Aftou.

>Doxa Si, Agie!

>Doxa Si, Kyrie!

>Doxa Si, Vasilef Ouranie!

>Doxa Si, O Theos!

Allilouia!

O epivlepon epi tin gin ke pion aftin

tremin. O aptomenos ton oreon ke kapnizonte.

>Doxa Si, Agie!

>Doxa Si, Kyrie!

>Doxa Si, Vasilev Ouranie!

>Doxa Si, to Pnevma to Agion!

>Doxa Si, O Theos!

Allilouia!

Aso to Kyrio en ti Zoi mou - psalo to Theo

mou eos iparho.

When Thou open Thy Hand, they shall be

filled with Thy Goodness.

When Thou turn Thy Sight away, they

shall be troubled:

>Glory to Thee, O God!

Alleluia!

When Thou take away their breath, they

shall die and return to the earth.

>Glory to Thee, O God!

Alleluia!

Thou send forth Thy Spirit, and they shall be created: and Thou shalt Renew the face of the earth.

> Glory to Thee, O Father!

> Glory to Thee, O Son!

> Glory to Thee, O Holy Spirit!

> Glory to Thee, O God!

Alleluia!

May the Glory of the Lord endure forever

- the Lord shall rejoice in His Works.

> Glory to Thee, O Holy One!

> Glory to Thee, O Lord!

> Glory to Thee, O Heavenly King!


Alleluia!

He looks upon the earth, and makes it tremble: He touches the mountains, and they smoke.

> Glory to Thee, O Holy One!

> Glory to Thee, O Lord!




Alleluia!

I will sing to the Lord all my life - I will sing praises to my God as long as I live.


>Doxa Si, Trisipostate Theotis, Pater, Iie

ke Pnevma!

>Se Proskinoumen ke doxazazoumen. >Doxa Si, O Theos!

Allilouia!

Idinthii afto I dialogimou - ego de

evfranthisome epi to Kyrio.

>Doxa Si, Pater Anarhe!

>Doxa Si, Iie Sinanarhe!

>Doxa Si, to Pnevma to Agion, to

Omoousion ke Omothronon.

>Trias Agia, Doxa Si!

>Doxa Si, O Theos!

Allilouia!

Eklipien amartolis apo tis gis ke anomi,

oste mi iparhin aftous.

>Doxa Si, Pater!

>Doxa Si, Iie!

>Doxa Si, to Pnevma to Agion!


>Doxa Si, O Theos!

Alliluia!

Evlogi, I psihi mou, ton Kyrion. O ilios

egno tin disin aftou. Ethou skotos ke egeneto nis.

>Doxa Si, Vasilei Epouranie!

>Doxa Si, O Theos!

Allilouia!

Os emeglinthi ta Erga Sou, Kyrie. Panta

en Sofia epiisas.

>Doxa Si, Pater Agennite!

>Doxa Si, Iie Gennite!

>Doxa Si, to Pnevma to Agion, to ek tou

Patros Ekporevomenon ke en Io Anapavomenon.


>Doxa Si, O Theos!

Alliluia!

> Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati, ke

nin ke ai ke is tous eonas ton eonon.

> Glory to Thee, Trinitarian God,

Father, Son and Spirit!

>We bow down and worship Thee!


Alleluia!

May my words be pleasing to Him – and I

shall be glad in the Lord.

> Glory to thee, Beginningless Father!

> Glory to Thee Beginningless Son!

> Glory to Thee, O Holy Spirit, of the

same Essence and sharing the same Throne.

>Holy Trinity, Glory to Thee!


Alleluia!

May sinners cease from the earth – and

the lawless – so as to be no more.

> Glory to Thee, O Father!

> Glory to Thee, O Son!




Alleluia!

Bless, O my soul, the Lord! The sun knows its going down. Thou hast appointed darkness, and it is night.



Alleluia!

How magnificent art Thy Works, O Lord! Thou hast made all things in Wisdom.

> Glory to Thee, Father Unbegotten!

> Glory to Thee, Son Begotten!

> Glory to Thee, Holy Spirit, Who

proceeds from the Father... !



Alleluia!

> Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

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


P r a y e r o f T h a n k s g i v i n g

THE PRIEST QUIETLY PRAYS :

We thank Thee, O Lord, our God, for the Communion of Thy Holy,

Most Pure, Immortal and Heavenly Mysteries, which Thou hast

granted us for the Benefit, Sanctification, and Healing of our

souls and bodies. Grant, O Master of all, that the Communion

of the Holy Body and Blood of Thy Christ may become for us

Faith unashamed, Love unfeigned, fullness of Wisdom, Healing

of soul and body, repelling of every hostile adversary,

observance of Thy Commandments, and an acceptable Defence

at the Dread Judgement Seat of Thy Christ.

THE PRIEST, HAVING FOLDED UP THE ANTIMENSION , MAKES THE S IGN OF THE CROSS OVER IT WITH THE HOLY

GOSPEL , WHICH HE THEN PLACES UPON THE FOLDED ANTIMENSION BEFORE CONTINUING ALOUD:

Oti Si i O Agiasmos imon, ke Si tin Doxan

anapebomen, > to Patri ke to Iio, ke to

Agio Pnevmati, nin, ke ai, ke is tous eonas ton eonon.

Amen

PRIEST For Thou art our Sanctification and unto Thee we ascribe Glory, > to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto Ages of Ages.

PEOPLE Amen

T h e D i s m i s s a l B e n e d i c t i o n

En irini proelthomen

Tou Kyriou deithomen

Kyrie eleison [3]

PRIEST Let us depart in Peace. Let pray to the Lord. PEOPLE Lord have Mercy [3]

P r a y e r B e h i n d t h e A m b o n THE PRIEST STANDS BEFORE THE HOLY ICON OF OUR LORD & SAVIOUR , JESUS CHRIST, AND PRAYS TO HIM

O Thisian eneseos ke latrian evapeston,

tin logikin taftin ke anemakton Thisian prosdehomenos para ton epikaloumenon Se en oli kardia, Hriste O Theos imon, O Amnos ke Iios tou Theou, O eron tin amartian tou kosmou: O Moshos O amomos, O mi dehomenos amartias zigon, ke tithis di imas ekon; O melizomenos ke mi dieromenos, O esthiomenos ke midepote dapanomenos, tous de esthiontas Agiazon.

O is anamnisin tou ekousiou Pathous Sou,

ke tis Zoopiou Trimerou Egerseos Sou, kinonous imas anadixas ton arriton ke anadixas ton arriton ke Epouranion ke Frikton Sou Mystirion, tou Agiou Sou Somatos ke tou Timiou Sou Ematos.

Tirison imas tous doulous Sou, tous

diakonous, tous arhontas imon, ton straton, ke ton periestota Laon, en to So Agiasmo.

O Thou Who accepts as a Sacrifice of Praise and Worship pleasing to Thee, this reasonable and bloodless Sacrifice, from those who call upon Thee with their whole heart, O Christ our God, O Lamb and Son of God, Who takes away the sin of the world: the Blameless Calf, not bearing the yoke of sin, and yet of Thine own Will was Sacrificed for us; Who, being Broken, yet is not divided; Who is eaten but never consumed, but Sanctifies those who eat thereof.

Who, in Remembrance of Thy Voluntary

Passion and Thy Life-giving Resurrection on the Third Day hast rendered us to be Partakers of Thine Ineffable and Heavenly and Dread Mysteries - Thy Holy Body and Thy Precious Blood.

Preserve us, Thy servants - the Diaconate, those in authority over us, Faithful Armed Forces, and all the people here present - in Thy Holiness.


RETURNING TO THE HOLY ALTAR, THE PRIEST TRANSFERS THE PORTIONS OF THE THEOTOKOS AND OF TH E

SAINTS INTO THE HOLY CHALICE. THEN HE DOES THE SAME FOR THOSE OF THE LIVING AND THE REPOSED -

THE CHURCH MILITANT AND THE CHURCH TRIUMPHANT:

Wash away, O Lord, by Thy Holy Blood, the sins of all those Commemorated, through the

Intercessions of the Ever Blessed Theotokos and all Thy Saints. Amen.

MEANWHILE, THE COMMUNICANTS WAIT PATIENTLY UNTIL THE PRIEST ONCE AGAIN

EXITS FROM THE HOLY SANCTUARY IN ORDER TO BESTOW THE BLESSING.

THE PRIEST QUIETLY PRAYS BEFORE THE HOLY ALTAR:

Be Thou exalted, O God, above the Heavens and Thy Glory above all the

earth. [3]

THE PRIEST ELEVATES THE HOLY CHALICE: Blessed is our God!

THE PRIEST TURNS TOWARDS THE CONGREGATION TO GIVE THE BLESSING

> Pantote nin ke ai ke is tous

eonas ton eonon..

Amin

> Always, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.

Amen

AFTER BOWING TOWARDS THE HOLY GIFTS HE HOLDS, WE BLESS OURSELVES WITH THE SIGN OF THE CROSS.

BEFORE RETURNING TO OUR PEWS WE MUST STAND BEFORE THE HOLY ALTAR AND MAKING THE SIGN OF THE

CROSS, BOW DEEPLY BEFORE GOD IN GRATITUDE FOR HIS GREAT MERCY AND IN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF

HIS DIVINE PRESENCE.

THE PRIEST TAKES THE HOLY GIFTS TO THE PROTHESIS OR OBLATION TABLE AND THEN STANDS BEFORE THE

HOLY ALTAR.

ALL COMMUNICANTS MUST READ THE SPECIAL PRAYERS AFTER HOLY COMMUNION ... ��

T h a n k s g i v i n g

THE PRIEST INSTRUCTS THE WORSHIPPERS TO GIVE THANKS TO GOD FOR THE HOLY COMMUNION:

> Orthi. Metalavontes ton Thion, Agion,

Ahranton, Athanaton, Epouranion ke Zoopion Frikton tou Hristou Mystirion, axios evharistisomen to Kyrio.

Amin

PRIEST > Let us rise, having duly received the Divine, Holy, Pure, Immortal, Heavenly, Life-giving and Awesome Mysteries of Christ, worthily let us give thanks to the Lord.

PEOPLE Amen

Sm a l l L i t a n y

Antilavou Soson, Eleison ke Diafilaxon

imas O Theos, ti Si Hariti.

Amin

Tin imeran pasan Telian, Agian, Irinikin

ke anamartiton etisameni, eaftou ke allilous ke pasan tin Zoin imon, Hristo to Theo parathometha.

Si Kyrie!

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

PEOPLE Amen

PRIEST Entreating the Lord that this whole day may be Perfect, Holy, Peaceful and sinless, let us commit ourselves and one another and our whole Life to Christ our God.

PEOPLE To Thee, 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 T O G O D


Amin

Alleluia [3]

>Doxa Si, O Theos!

Alleluia [3]

>Doxa Si, O Theos!

Alleluia [3]

>Doxa Si, O Theos!

>Doxa Si, I Elpis imon, Kyrie, Doxa Si!

Amen

Alleluia [3]


Alleluia [3]


Alleluia [3]


> Glory to Thee, Our Help, O Lord,

Glory to Thee!

L i t a n y o f P e a c e WH EN TH E O P E N I N G P SA LM I S C OM P L E T E D , T H E PR I E S T , S T A ND I N G B E F OR E T H E HO L Y A L T A R , R E C I T E S

T H E L I T A N Y O F P E A C E .

TH E CON GR E GA T I ON MA Y B E S E A T E D – ( DO NO T C R O S S L E G S O R A S SUME A C A SU A L S T A N C E - W E A R E I N

T H E A L L HO L Y PR E S E N C E O F GOD ! )

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,

efstatias ton Agion tou Theou Ekklision ke tis ton panton enoseos 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 Papa ke Patriarhou imon

Theodorou ke tou Arhiepiskopou imon Sergiou, tou timiou Presviteriou, tis en Hristo Diakonias, pantos tou Klirou ke tou laou tou Kyriou deithomen.

Kyrie Eleison

Iper tis 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

PRIEST In Peace let us pray to the Lord PEOPLE Lord have Mercy PRIEST For the Peace from Above, and the

Salvation of our souls, let us pray to the Lord

PEOPLE Lord have Mercy PRIEST For the Peace of the whole world, the

stability of the Holy Churches of God, and for the Union of all, let us pray to the Lord

PEOPLE Lord have Mercy PRIEST For this Holy House, and for those

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

PEOPLE Lord have Mercy PRIEST For our Pope and Patriarch

Theodoros and our Archbishop Sergios, for the honourable Presbytery, the Diaconate in Christ, for all the clergy and the people, let us pray to the Lord

PEOPLE Lord have Mercy PRIEST For this city, for every city and land,

and for the Faithful who dwell in them, let us pray to the Lord

PEOPLE Lord have Mercy PRIEST For temperate weather, for

abundance in the earth’s yield and for peaceful times, let us pray to the Lord.

PEOPLE Lord have Mercy


Iper pleonton, odiporounton, nosounton, kamnonton, ehmalonton ke tis sotirias afton tou Kyriou deithomen.

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

>Tis Panagias, Ahrantou,

Iperevlogimenis, Endoxou Despinis imon Theotokou ke Aiparthenou Marias meta panton ton Agion mnimonefsantes, eaftous ke allilous ke pasan tin Zion imon Hristo to Theo parathometha.

> Si Kyrie Oti prepi Si pasa Doxa Timi ke Proskinisis:

> to Patri ke to Io ke to Agio Pnevmati


Amin

PRIEST For travellers by sea, land, and air; for the sick and the suffering; for captives and for their Salvation, let us pray to the Lord.

PEOPLE Lord have Mercy PRIEST For our Deliverance from all

tribulation, wrath, danger and necessity, let us pray to the Lord.

PEOPLE Lord have Mercy PRIEST Help us, Save us, have Mercy on us,

and Keep us, O God, by Thy Grace.

PEOPLE Amen

PRIEST >Remembering our All-Holy, Pure, Most Blessed and Glorious Lady, the Mother of God and ever-Virgin Mary, with all the Saints, let us commit ourselves and one another, and all our Life to Christ, our God.

PEOPLE > To Thee, O Lord

PRIEST For to Thee are due all Glory, Honour and Worship: > to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and forever, and unto the Ages of ages.

PEOPLE Amen

K a t h i s m a o f t h e P s a l m s - P s a l m 1 4 0 / 1 4 1 TH E P R A Y E R S O F T H E E V E N I N G I N C E N S E

Kyrie, ekekraxa pros Se - isakouson mou!

Isakouson mou, Kyrie!

Kyrie, ekekraxa pros Se - isakouson mou!

Proshes ti foni tis Deiseos mou, en to

kekragene me pros Se - isakouson mou Kyrie!-

Katevthinthito i prosevhi mou os thimiama

enopion Sou - eparsis ton hiron mou Thisia Esperini.

Thou, Kyrie, filakin to stomati mou - ke

thiran periohis peri ta hili mou!

Mi ekklinis tin kardian mou is logous

ponirias - tou profasizesthe profasis en amarties - sin anthropis ergazomenis tin anomian - ke ou mi sindiaso meta ton eklekton afton.

Lord, I have cried to Thee - hear me! Hear me, O Lord! Lord, I have cried to Thee – hear me! Heed the voice of my Supplication when I

cry to Thee – hear me, O Lord!

Let my Prayer be set before Thee like incense – the lifting up of my hands as the Evening Sacrifice.

Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth – and door of enclosure about my lips!

Incline not my heart to evil words – to make excuses for my sins like those who work lawlessness – and I will not join with their elect.

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


P r o c e d u r e f o r P a r t a k i n g H o l y E u c h a r i s t

� READ THE PRAYERS BEFORE COMMUNION - HAVING DONE A PRIVATE AND HONEST SELF EXAMINATION OF

OUR SOULS BEFOREHAND – OR EVEN BETTER, HAVING PARTAKEN IN THE HOLY MYSTERY OF

REPENTANCE-CONFESSION WITH OUR SPIRITUAL FATHER CONFESSOR.

� DO NOT RUSH UP BEFORE BEING INVITED TO PARTAKE, AND THEN, WHILE WAITING, CONTINUE TO PRAY

UNTIL JUST BEFORE PARTAKING, THEN MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS, HOLD THE COMMUNION

CLOTHE TO JUST BENEATH YOU LIPS, OPEN YOUR MOUTH WIDE ENOUGH FOR PATER TO ADMINISTER

THE HOLY COMMUNION, DAB YOUR LIPS WITH THE CLOTHE, HAND IT TO THE NEXT COMMUNICANT,

MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS, AND BACK AWAY FROM THE HOLY CHALICE. (NEVER TURN YOUR BACK

TO THE HOLY CHALICE WHICH CONTAINS THE MOST PRECIOUS BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST!)

� IF THE PRIEST DOES NOT KNOW YOU, PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF WITH YOUR ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN

(BAPTISM) NAME.

� DO NOT CONVERSE WITH ANYONE WHILE WAITING FOR HOLY COMMUNION NOR WHILE WAITING

AFTERWARDS FOR THE PRIEST TO GIVE THE FINAL BLESSING BEFORE RETURNING TO YOUR SEAT.

� CONTINUE TO PRAY.

� AFTER RECEIVING HOLY COMMUNION, WE STAND TO ONE SIDE, FACING THE HOLY CHALICE WHILE OUR

BRETHREN RECEIVE COMMUNION

� WHILE WAITING TO RECEIVE HOLY COMMUNION, OUR THOUGHTS ARE FOCUSED IN PRAYER:

> Behold, I approach for Holy Communion, O Creator, burn me not as I partake, For Thou art a Fire which burns the unworthy, Wherefore do Thou cleanse me from

every stain.

>O Thy Mystic Supper receive me today, O Son of God, as a Partaker; For I will not speak of the Mystery to Thine enemies; I will not kiss Thee as did Judas; But as

the Thief, I will confess Thee: Lord, remember me in Thy Kingdom!

TAKING UP THE HOLY CHALICE, THE PRIEST PROCEEDS TO THE ROYAL GATES, RAISES IT HIGH AND INVITES US

TO PARTAKE OF THE GREAT BANQUET – THE HOLY EUCHARIST

> Meta Fovou Theou, Pisteos ke Agapis

proselthete

> With Fear of God, with Faith, and with

Love draw near.

WHILE ADMINISTERING HOLY COMMUNION, THE PRIEST SAYS OF EACH COMMUNICANT: The servant of God

...(name) ... receives the Body and Blood of Christ for forgiveness of sins and Eternal Life.

WHEN ALL HAVE RECEIVED , THE PRIEST RAISES THE CHALICE AND MAKING THE SIGN OF THE CROSS WITH IT, HE

BLESSES THE CONGREGATION.

> Soson O Theos ton laon Sou ke

Evlogison tin Klironomian Sou

> O God, Save Thy people and Bless Thine Inheritance

THE PRIEST RE-ENTERS THE HOLY SANCTUARY AND ALL THE COMMUNICANTS TURN TOWARDS THE HOLY ALTAR WHILE

THE CHOIR SINGS ON BEHALF OF THOSE WHO HAVE PARTAKEN OF THE HOLY COMMUNION:

F e s t a l C o m m u n i o n H y m n – N a t i v i t y o f C h r i s t

I Gennisis Sou Hriste O Theos imon,

anetile to kosmo to Fos to tis gnoseos. En afti gar it is astris latrevontes, ipo Asters edidaskonto, Se prokinin, ton Ilion tis Dikeosinis, ke Se ginoskin ex

Ipsous anatolin. >Kyrie, Doxa Si.

Thy Nativity, O Christ our God, has caused the Light of Knowledge to rise upon the world. For therein the worshippers of the stars were by a Star instructed to worship Thee, the Sun of Righteousness, and to know

Thee as Orient from on High. >O Lord, Glory to Thee!


> THOU HAS SMITTEN ME WITH YEARNING, O CHRIST, and with Thy Divine Love

Thou has changed me; but burn away with Spiritual Fire my sins, and make me

worthy to be filled with the Joy of Thee; so that rejoicing in Thy Goodness, I may

magnify Thy Two Presences.

> INTO THE MAGNIFICENCE OF THY SAINTS, HOW SHALL I, THE UNWORTHY,

ENTER? For should I dare to enter the Festal Chamber, my Robe betrays me, for

it is not a Festal Garment, and I shall be bound and cast out by the Angels.

Cleanse my soul, O Lord, from pollution, and by Thy Compassion Save me.

> O MERCIFUL MASTER, LORD JESUS CHRIST MY GOD, LET NOT THESE HOLY

GIFTS BE UNTO ME FOR JUDGEMENT THROUGH MY UNWORTHINESS, but

rather for the Purification and Sanctification of my soul and body, and as an

Earnest of the Life and Kingdom to come. For it is good for me to cleave unto God

and to place in the Lord hope of my Salvation.

> RECEIVE ME TODAY, O SON OF GOD, as a Partaker of Thy Mystical Feast; for I will

not speak of the Mystery to Thine enemies; I will not kiss Thee as did Judas, but

as the Thief I confess Thee: Lord, remember me in Thy Kingdom!

THE PRIEST CONTINUES TO PRAY: Behold, I draw near to Christ, our Immortal King and God.

THE PRIEST PARTAKES OF THE HOLY COMMUNION: BEFORE EATING A PIECE OF THE BODY OF CHRIST – THE

SECOND QUARTER WITH THE LETTER XC [CHRIST] HE PRAYS:

To me ... [name]... the unworthy Priest, is given the Most Holy and Precious Body of our Lord

and God and Saviour, Jesus Christ, for the remission of my sins, and for Eternal Life.

AND BEFORE HE DRINKS OF THE BLOOD OF CHRIST…

The Most Holy and Precious Blood of our Lord, and God and Saviour, Jesus Christ is granted

to me ...[name], the unworthy Priest : for the Remission of my sins, and for Eternal Life.

... AFTER WHICH HE KISSES THE CHALICE AND WIPING THE LIP OF THE CHALICE HE REPEATS THE WORDS OF ST

ISAIAH WHO HEARD THEM FROM THE SERAPHIM :

This has touched my lips, and shall take away mine iniquities, and purge away my sins.

THE PRIEST PLACES THE REMAINING PORTIONS OF THE LAMB INTO THE CHALICE:

Having beheld the Resurrection of Christ, let us worship the Holy Lord Jesus - the only Sinless

One. We venerate Thy Cross, O Christ, and we praise and Glorify Thy Holy Resurrection.

Thou art our God. We know no other than Thee, and we call upon Thy Name. Come, all

ye Faithful: let us venerate the Holy Resurrection of Christ. For behold: through the Cross

Joy has come to all the world. Blessing the Lord always, let us praise His Resurrection.

For enduring the Cross for us, He destroyed Death by Death.

Shine, shine, O New Jerusalem, for the Glory of the Lord has Risen upon Thee, celebrate now

and be glad, O Zion. And do Thou, O Pure Mother of God, rejoice in the rising of Thy

Child.

O Divine! O Beloved! O Sweetness of Thy Voice! For Thou, O Christ, hast truly proised to be

with us until the end of time. Wherefore, we, the Faithful rejoice, holding these Thy Wrds

as an Anchor of Hope.

O Christ, O Great and Most Sacred Passover! O Wisdom, and

Word of God, and Power! Grant that we may more truly

have Communion with Thee in the Day of Thy Kingdom,

which knows no Eventide.

Wash away, O Lord, the sins of those who have been

remembered here, by Thy Precious Blood, at the Prayers of

the Holy Mother of God and all Thy Saints.

Amen


Pedefsi me Dikeos en Elei ke elegxi me -

eleon de amartolou mi lipanato tin kefalin mou, oti eti ke i prosevhi mou en tes avdokies afton.

Katepothisan ehomena petras i kratei

afton - akousonte ta rimata mou, oti idinthisan.

Osi pahos gis dierragi epi tis gis,

dieskorpisthi ta osta imon para ton Adin.

Oti pros Se, Kyrie Kyrie, i ofthalmi mou -

epi si ilpisa - mi antanelis tin psihin mou.

Filaxon me apo pagidos is sinestisanto mi,

ke apo skandalon ton ergazomenon tin anomian.

Pesounte en amfivlistro aftou amartoli -

katamonas imi ego eos ou an pareltho.

The Righteous Man shall correct me with Mercy, and shall reprove me – but let not the oil of the sinner anoint my head, for my Prayer shall be intense in the presence of their pleasures.

Their judges are swallowed up by the Rock - they shall hear my words, for they are pleasant.

As a clod of clay is dashed to pieces on the ground, so are our bones scattered at the mouth of Hades.

For my eyes, O Lord Lord, look to Thee - in Thee I hope – take not my soul away.

Protect me from the snares they set for me, and from the stumbling blocks of those who work lawlessness.

Sinners shall fall into their own net – I am alone, until I escape.

F e s t a l I d i o m e l a - N a t i v i t y o f C h r i s t – B y S t G e r m a n o s T O N E 2

STIHOS 1: Ean anomias paratirisis, Kyrie, Kyrie, tis ipostisete? Oti para Si o ilasmos estin.

Defte agalliasometha to Kyrio, to paron

mistirion ekdiigoumeni. To meotihon tou fragmou dialelite, i flogini romfea ta nota didosi, ke ta Herouvim parahori tou xilou tis Zois. Kago tou paradisou tis trifis metalamvano, ou proexevlithin dia tis parakois. I gar aparallaktos ikon tou Patros, O haraktir tis aidiotitos aftou, morfin doulou lamvani, ex apirogamou Mitros proelthon, ou tropin ipominas. O gar in diemine, Theos on alithinos. Ke O ouk in proselaven, anthropos genomenos dia filanthropian, afto voisomen. O tehthis ek Parthenou Theos, eleison imas.

STIHOS 2 :::: Eneken tou Onomatos Sou ipemina Se Kyrie, ipeminen i psihi mou is ton Logon Sou, ilpisen i psihi mou epi ton Kyrion.

Defte agalliasometha to Kyrio, to paron

mistirion ekdiigoumeni. To meotihon tou fragmou dialelite, i flogini romfea ta nota didosi, ke ta Herouvim

VERSE 1 If Thou, Lord, should mark iniquities, Lord, who will stand? But there is forgiveness with Thee.

Come, let us Rejoice in the Lord, proclaiming the present Mystery. The middle wall of partition has been destroyed; the Flaming Sword turns back, the Cherubim withdraw from the Tree of Life, and I partake of the Delight of Paradise from which I was cast out through disobedience. For the express Image of the Father, the Imprint of His Eternity, takes the form of a servant, and without undergoing change, He comes forth from a Mother who knew not wedlock. For what He was, He has remained - True God - and what He was not, He has taken upon Himself - becoming Man through Love for mankind. Unto Him let us cry aloud: O God Born of a Virgin: have Mercy on us! (2)

VERSE 2: For Thy Name’s sake I have waited for Thee, O Lord. My soul has waited upon Thy Word. My soul has hoped in the Lord.

Come, let us rejoice in the Lord, proclaiming the present Mystery. The middle wall of partition has been destroyed; the Flaming Sword turns


parahori tou xilou tis Zois. Kago tou paradisou tis trifis metalamvano, ou proexevlithin dia tis parakois. I gar aparallaktos ikon tou Patros, O haraktir tis aidiotitos aftou, morfin doulou lamvani, ex apirogamou Mitros proelthon, ou tropin ipominas. O gar in diemine, Theos on alithinos. Ke O ouk in proselaven, anthropos genomenos dia filanthropian, afto voisomen. O tehthis ek Parthenou Theos, Eleison imas.

STIHOS 3 Apo filakis proes mehri niktos,

apo filakis proias, elpisato Israil epi ton Kyrion.

Tou Kyriou Iisou Gennithentos, ek tis

Agias Parthenou, pefotiste ta simpanta; Pimenon gar agraflounton, ke Magon proskinounton, Angelon animnounton, Ierodis etaratteto. Oti Theos en sarki efani, Sotir ton psihon imon.

STIHOS 4 Oti para to Kyrio to Eleos, ke polli

par afto Litrosis. Ke aftos Litrosete ton Israil ek pason ton anomion aftou.

Tou Kyriou Iisou Gennithentos, ek tis

Agias Parthenou, pefotiste ta simpanta; Pimenon gar agraflounton, ke Magon proskinounton, Angelon animnounton, Ierodis etaratteto. Oti Theos en sarki efani, Sotir ton psihon imon.

STIHOS 5 Enite ton Kyrion, panta ta Ethni, epenesate Afton, pantes i Lai.

I Vasilia Sou, Hriste O Theos, Vasilia

panton ton Eonon, ke i Despotia Sou en pasis genea ke genea. O Sarkothis ek Pnevmatos Agiou, ke ek tis Aiparthenou Marias Enanthropisas, Fos imin elampsas, Hriste O Theos, ti Si Parousia. Fos ek Fotos, tou Patros to Apafgasma, pasan Ktisin efedrinas, Pasa pnoi eni Se, ton haraktira tis Doxis tou Patros O on ke proon, ke eklampsas ek Parthenou Theos, Eleison imas. (2)

back, the Cherubim withdraw from the Tree of Life, and I partake of the Delight of Paradise from which I was cast out through disobedience. For the express Image of the Father, the Imprint of His Eternity, takes the form of a servant, and without undergoing change, He comes forth from a Mother who knew not wedlock. For what He was, He has remained: True God; and what He was not, He has taken upon Himself, becoming Man through Love for mankind. Unto Him let us cry aloud: O God Born of a Virgin: have Mercy on us!

VERSE 3 From the morning watch until night, from the morning watch, let Israel hope in the Lord.

When the Lord Jesus was Born of the

Holy Virgin, all the world was enlightened. The Shepherds watched in the fields, the Magi adored and the Angels praised in song; but Herod was troubled, for God has appeared in the Flesh: the Saviour of our souls. (2)

VERSE 4 For with the Lord there is Mercy, and with Him plentiful Redemption, and He will Redeem Israel from all his iniquities

When the Lord Jesus was Born of the

Holy Virgin, all the world was Enlightened. The Shepherds watched in the fields, the Magi adored and the Angels praised in song; but Herod was troubled, for God has appeared in the Flesh: the Saviour of our souls

VERSE 5 Praise the Lord, all you Nations. Praise Him all you Peoples.

Thy Kingdom, O Christ God, is a Kingdom of all Ages; and Thy Rule is from generation to generation. Made Flesh of the Holy Spirit and made Man of the Ever Virgin Mary, Thou has Enlightened us by Thy Coming. Light of Light, Brightness of the Father, Thou has made the whole Creation shine with Joy. All that has breath praises Thee: the Image of the Glory of the Father. O God Who art and Who has ever been, Who has shone forth from a Virgin: have Mercy on us. (2)


THE P R I E S T E L EVAT ES TH E CONS ECRAT E D LAMB AN D D EC L ARES T HAT TH E HOLY G I F T S AR E

ADM IN I S T ERE D T O TH E HOLY – T O T H E CHOS EN – T O T HOS E WHO ARE TRU LY F A I TH FU L

Proshomen!

Tas Agia tis Agiis!

> Is Agios, is Kyrios, Isous Hristos, is doxan Theou Patros.

Amin

PRIEST Let us attend! The Holy Things unto the Holy! PEOPLE >One is Holy, One is Lord, Jesus

Christ, to the Glory of God the Father Amen.

T h e F e s t a l C o m m u n i o n H y m n – N a t i v i t y o f C h r i s t Litrosin apestile Kyrios to Lao Aftou.

Allilouia [3]

The Lord hath sent Deliverance to His People.

Alleluia! (3)

THE PRIEST DIVIDES THE CONSECRATED HOST INTO 4 CUBES. THIS IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE IT

REFERS TO THE SUFFERING AND BRUISED BODY OF CHRIST ON THE CROSS. FOR THIS REASON THE

PRIEST ARRANGES THE FOUR PIECES OF THE LAMB ON THE PATEN IN THE FORM OF A CROSS.

THE PRIEST PRAYS: The Lamb of God is broken and distributed; broken but not divided;

always eaten, yet never consumed, and Sanctifying those who partake WITH THE PORTION MARKED IC [JESUS] HE MAKES THE SIGN OF THE CROSS OVER THE CHALICE , AND

AS A SYMBOL OF THE REUNITING OF OUR LORD ’S SOUL AND BODY AT HIS RESURRECTION, HE PLACES IT IN THE

CHALICE AND PRAYS:

The fullness of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

HE BLESSES THE ZEON – THE CONTAINER OF BOILING WATER THAT SYMBOLISES THE FERVOUR

OF FAITH WITH WHICH WE SHOULD APPROACH HOLY COMMUNION, AND POURS IT INTO THE

CHALICE:

Blessed is the Fervour of Thy Saints, now and forever,

and to the Ages of Ages. Amen.

THE PRIEST POURS THE HOT WATER INTO THE CHALICE :

The Warmth of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

THE PRIEST READS THE COMMUNION PRAYERS.

C o m m u n i o n P r a y e r s 2 > I BELIEVE, O LORD, AND I CONFESS, that Thou art verily the Christ, the Son of the

Living God, Who came into the world to Save sinners, of whom I am the first. Also

I believe, that This is Thy Sacred Body, and This Thy Precious Blood. Therefore I

pray to Thee: have Mercy upon me and pardon all my transgressions, voluntary

and involuntary, in word, deed and thought, both known and unknown, and make

me worthy to partake of Thy Sacred Mysteries, for the Remission of sins and for

Life Eternal. Amen.

> BEHOLD, I APPROACH FOR HOLY COMMUNION. O Creator, burn me not as I

partake; for Thou art Fire, which burns the unworthy. Wherefore, cleanse me from

every stain.

> RECEIVE ME TODAY, O SON OF GOD, as a Partaker of Thy Mystical Feast; for I will

not speak of the Mystery to Thine enemies; I will not kiss Thee as did Judas, but

as the Thief, I will confess Thee: Lord, remember me in Thy Kingdom!

> TREMBLE, O MORTAL, BEHOLDING THE DIVINE BLOOD. For it is as a lighted coal

burning the unworthy. It is God’s Body and Deifies and Nourishes me. It Deifies

my soul, and wondrously Nourishes my mind.

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THE PRIEST CONTINUES ALOUD :

Ke kataxioson imas, Despota, meta

parrisias akatakritos tolman epikalisthe Se ton epouranion Theon Patera ke legin:

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 simeron. Ke afes imin ta ofilimata imon, os ke imis afiemen tis ofiletes imon. Ke mi isenengis imas is pirasmon, alla rise imas apo tou ponirou.

> Oti Sou Estin i Vasilia ke i Dynamis ke i

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

Amin

Irini pasi! Ke meta tou pnevmati sou

Tas kefalas imon to Kyriou klinate

> Si Kyrie

PRIEST And make us worthy, O Master, with confidence and without fear of Condemnation to dare to call upon Thee, the Heavenly God as Father, and to say:

PEOPLE 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, and the Power, and the Glory, > of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto Ages of Ages.

PEOPLE Amen

PRIEST Peace be unto all. PEOPLE And to thy spirit

PRIEST Let us bow our heads before the Lord


THE P R I E S T Q U I E T LY P R AYS :

O Lord Master, the Father of Mercies and God of every Consolation: Bless, Sanctify, Guard,

Fortify and Strengthen those who have bowed their heads to Thee.

Distance them from every evil deed.

Lead them to every Good Work and make them worthy to Partake without Condemnation of

These, Thy Most Pure and Life-giving Mysteries, for the Forgiveness of sins and for the

Communion of the Holy Spirit.

THE P R I E S T C ONT INUES A LO UD

>Hariti ke iktirmis ke Filanthropia tou

Monogenous Sou Iou, met ou Evlogitos i, sin to Panagio ke Agatho ke Zoopio Sou Pnevmati, nin ke ai ke is tous eonas ton eonon.

Amin

>Through the Grace and Mercy and Love for mankind, 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 unto ages of ages.

PEOPLE Amen

H o l y C o m m u n i o n THE P R I E S T Q U I E T LY P R AYS :

O Lord Jesus Christ, our God: hear us from Thy Holy Dwelling Place and from the Glorious

Throne of Thy Kingdom. Thou art Enthroned on High with the Father and are also

invisibly present among us. Come and Sanctify us, and let Thy Pure Body and Precious

Blood be granted to us by Thy Mighty Hand and through us to all Thy People.



STIHOS 6 Oti ekrateothi to Eleos, ke polli

par afto litrosis. Ke aftos litrosete ton Israil ek pason ton anomion aftou.

Ti Si prosenegkomen Hriste, oti ofthis epi

gis os anthropos di imas? Ekaston gar ton ipo Sou genomenon ktismaton, tin eharistian Si prosagi. I Angeli ton imnon ; i Ourani ton Asterp I Magi ta dora; I Pimenes to thavma; I gi to spileon; I erimos tin fatnin; imis de Mitera Parthenon. O Pro Eonon Theos: eleison imas!



Amin

VERSE 6 For His Mercy has been mighty towards us, and the Truth of the Lord endures unto the Ages

What shall we offer Thee, O Christ, Who

for our sakes has appeared on earth as Man? Every creature made by Thee offers Thee thanks: The Angels offer Thee a Hymn; the Heavens, a Star; the Magi, gifts; the Shepherds, their wonder; the earth, its cave; the wilderness, the manger; and we offer Thee a Virgin Mother. O Pre-Eternal God: have Mercy on us! (2)

>Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

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

Amen

F e s t a l I d i o m e l a - N a t i v i t y o f C h r i s t - B y S t K a s i a s

Avgoustou monarhisantos epi tis gis,

ipoliarhia ton anthropon epafsato. Ke Sou inanthropisantos ek tis Agnis, i polithia ton idolon katirgite. Ipo Mian Vasilian egkosmion, e polis gegeninte. Ke is mian Despotian Theotitos, ta Ethni epistefsan. Apegrafisan i lai, to dogmati tou Kesaros. Epegrafimen i Pisti, Onomati Theotitos, Sou tou enanthropisantos Theou imon. Mega Sou to Eleos, doxa Si!

When Augustus reigned alone upon

earth, the many Kingdoms of men came to an end; and when Thou became Man of the Pure Virgin, the many gods of idolatry were destroyed. The cities of the world passed under one single Rule; and the Nations came to believe in One Sovereign Godhead. The people were enrolled by the Decree of Caesar; and we, the Faithful, were enrolled in the Name of the Godhead, when Thou, our God, became Man. Great is Thy Mercy: Glory to Thee!

P r a y e r o f t h e E n t r a n c e TH E P R I E S T C E N S E S A S B E F OR E WH I L E P R A Y I N G :

At evening, at morning and at midday we Praise, Bless and give

Thanks, and we pray to Thee, O Master of all things, Lord Who

Loves mankind: Direct our Prayer before Thee like incense, and

do not incline our hearts to words or thoughts of evil, but Deliver

us from all who hunt our souls. For we look to Thee, O Lord, our

Lord, and we hope in Thee. >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

unto the Ages of Ages.

E i s o d o s - T h e E n t r a n c e T H E C O N G R E G A T I O N M U S T S T A N D PRIEST (SILENTLY)

O Master, Lord our God, Who has appointed in Heaven Legions and Hosts of

Angels and Archangels for the Service of Thy Glory, grant that with our

Entrance there may be an Entrance of Holy Angels, Serving with us and

Glorifying Thy Goodness; for to Thee are due all Glory, Honour and

Worship; > to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now

and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.


THE PRIEST EX ITS THE SANCTUARY THROUGH THE NORTH DOOR IN PROCESSION , HOLD ING THE HOLY GOSPEL

BEFORE HIS FACE .

Evlogimeni i Isiodos ton Agion Sou.

Sofia! Orthi.

PRIESTBlessed is the Entrance of Thy Saints Wisdom! Rise!

T h e E v e n i n g H y m n b y S o p h r o n i o s , P a t r i a r c h o f J e r u s a l e m THE FAITHFUL SING THIS HYMNS IN UNISON WITH THE PRIEST AND CHOIR:

>Fos Ilaron Agias Doxis, Athanatou Patros,

Ouraniou, Agiou, Makaros, Iisou Hriste! Elthondes epi tin iliou disin,

idontes fos esperinon, imnoumen > Patera, Ion ke Agion Pnevma, Theon. Axion Se en pasi keris imnisthe fones esies, Ie Theou, Zoin O didous dio O kosmos Se Doxazi!

O Gladsome Radiance of the Holy Glory of the Father Immortal, Heavenly, Holy, Blessed Jesus Christ. Now that we have come to the setting of the sun and have seen the evening light, we

hymn >Father, Son and Holy Spirit. For it is meet that at all times Thou should be praised by voices propitious, O Son of God, the Giver of Life. For which cause the universe Glorifies Thee!

F e s t a l P r o k e i m e n o n – N a t i v i t y o f C h r i s t – T O N E 1

Esperas Prokeimenon...

Kyrios ipe pros Me: Ios Mou i Si, Ego

simeron gegennika Se

STIHOSSTIHOSSTIHOSSTIHOS:::: Etise par emou, ke doso Si ethni tin Klironomian Sou.

Sofia! Proshomen!

PRIEST The Prokeimenon of the FIRST TONE

READER The Lord said to Me: Thou art My

Son; today I have Begotten Thee.

VERSE Ask of Me, and I will give Thee

Nations as Thine Inheritance

PRIEST Wisdom! Let us attend!

T h e P r o p h e c y o f G e n e s i s 1 : 1 – 1 3

En arhi epiisen O Theos ton Ouranon ke

tin gin.

I de gi in aoratos ke akataskefastos - ke skotos epano tis avissou, ke Pnevma Theou epefereto epano tou idatos.

Ke ipen O Theos. Genithito fos! Ke

egeneto fos.

Ke iden O Theos to fos, oti kalon.

Ke dihorisen O Theos ana meson tou

fotos, ke anameson to skotous.

Ke ekalesen O Theos to fos ‘Imeran’ ke to

skotos ekalese ‘Nikta’.

Ke egeneto espera, ke egento proi - imera

mia.

Ke ipen O Theos. Genithito stereoma en

meso tou idatos, ke esto diahorizon ana meson idatos ke idatos!

Ke egeneto outo.

Ke epiisen O Theos to steroma.

READER In the beginning God created Heaven and earth.

And the earth was invisible and

unfinished - and darkness was over the deep, and the Spirit of God hovered over the face of the water.

And God said: “Let there be light!” and there was light.

And God saw the light, for it was good. And God divided the light from the

darkness.

And God called the light ‘Day’ and the darkness He called ‘Night.’

And there was evening and morning – one day.

And God said: “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the water, and let it divide the water from the water.”

And it was so. And God made the firmament.


pasan tin Zoin imon Hristo to Theo parathometha.

>Si Kyrie >Dia ton iktirmon tou Monogenous Sou

Iou meth ou Evlogitos i, sin to Panagio ke Agatho ke Zoopio Sou Pnevmati, nin ke ai ke is tous eonas ton eonon.

Amin

whole Life to Christ our God.

PEOPLEPEOPLEPEOPLEPEOPLE >To Thee, O Lord!

PRIEST >Through the Mercies of Thine Only Begotten Son, with Whom Thou art Blessed, together with Thine All Holy, Good and Life-giving Spirit, now and ever, and to the ages of ages.

PEOPLE Amen

THE PRIEST PRAYS QUIETLY:

Our God – the God of Salvation – teach us how we may worthily give Thanks to Thee for all

Thy Benefits, which Thou hast begotten and which Thou begets for us. Do Thou, O God,

having accepted these Gifts, Cleanse us from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, and teach

us to Perfect Holiness in Thy Fear; that with the Testimony of a Pure Conscience, and

receiving a portion of Thy Holy Things, we may be United with the Sacred Body and

Blood of Thy Christ. And, having received them worthily, we may have Christ dwelling in

our heart, and may become the Temple of Thy Holy Spirit. Yea, O God, let none of us be

made guilty by reason of these Awesome and Heavenly Mysteries, or weak in soul or

body through the unworthy Partaking of the same. And grant us even to our last breath,

worthily to receive a Portion of Thy Hallowed Things, for Provision for the Way of Eternal

Life and an Acceptable Defence at the Dread Judgement Seat of Christ. That we also, with

all the Saint Who have been well-pleasing to Thee since the world began, may be

Partakers of Thine Eternal Good Things, which Thou hast prepared for those who Love

Thee, O Lord.

O u r L o r d ’ s P r a y e r THE CONGREGATION MUST STAND & RECITE OUR LORD’S PRAYER IN UNISON

> Tin enotita tis Pisteos ke tin Kinonian

tou Agiou Pnevmatos etisameni, eaftous ke allilous ke pasan tin zoin imon Hristo to Theo parathometha.

>Si Kyrie

PRIEST > Let us who have prayed for the Unity of the Faith and for the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, commend ourselves, and one another, and our whole life to Christ our God.

PEOPLE>To Thee, O Lord.

THE PRIEST QUIETLY PRAYS :

O our God – the God Who Saves: Thou taught us justly to thank Thee for the Good Things

that Thou hast done and still do for us. Thou art our God Who has accepted these Gifts.

Cleanse us from every defilement of flesh and spirit, and teach us how to live in Holiness by

Thy Fear, so that, receiving the Portion of Thy Holy Gifts with a clear conscience, we may

be united with the Holy Body and Blood of Thy Christ. Having received them worthily,

may we have Christ dwelling in our hearts, and may we become Temples of Thy Holy

Spirit.

Yea, O our God: let none of us be guilty before these, Thine Awesome and Heavenly

Mysteries, nor be infirm in body and soul by partaking of them unworthily.

And enable us, even up to our last breath, to receive a Portion of Thy Holy Gifts worthily, as

Provision for Eternal Life and as an acceptable Defense at the Awesome Judgement Seat

of Thy Christ. So that we also, together with all the Saints who through the ages have

pleased Thee, may become Partakers of Thine Eternal Good Things, which Thee, O Lord,

have prepared for those who Love Thee.

MAKE THE S IGN OF THE CROSS & BOW DOWN TO 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


Opos Filanthropos Theos imon, O

prosdexamenos afta is to Agion ke iperouranion, ke noeron aftou Thisiastirion, is osmin Evodias Pnevmatikis, antikatapempsi imin tin Thian Harin ke tin Dorean tou Agiou Pnevmatos, deithomen.

Kyrie Eleison

Iper tou risthine imas apo pasis thlipseos,

orgis, kindinou ke anangkis tou Kyriou deithomen.

Kyrie eleison

PRIEST That our Merciful God, Who has received Them on His Holy and Heavenly and Spiritual Altar, as an Offering of Spiritual Fragrance, may in return, send down upon us Divine Grace and the Gift of the Holy Spirit, let us pray.

PEOPLE Lord, have Mercy PRIEST For our Deliverance from all

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

PEOPLE Lord have mercy E k t e n i a o f t h e P r o t h e s i s



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 > Tis Panagias, Ahrantou, Ipere

Vlogimenis, Endoxou Despinis imon Theotokou ke Aiparthenou Marias meta panton ton Agion Mnimonefsantes, eaftous ke allilous ke

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


PRIEST > Remembering our All Holy, Pure, Most Blessed and Glorious Lady, Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary, with all the Saints, let us entrust ourselves and one another and our


Ke dihorisen O Theos ana meson tou

idatos tou epano tou stereomatos.

Ke ana meson tou idatos, tou ipokato tou

steromatos.

Ke ekalese O Theos to stereoma,

‘Ouranon,’ ke iden O Theos, oti kalon.

Ke egeneto epera, ke egeneto proi, imera

deftera.

Ke ipen O Theos: Sinahthito to idor to

ipokato tou Ouranou is sinagogin mian, ke ofthito i xira.

Ke egeneto outo.

Ke sinihthi to idor to ipokato tou Ouranou

is tas sinagogas afton, ke ofthi i xira.

Ke ekalesen O Theos tin xiran, ‘Gin.’ Ke

ta sistimata ton idaton ekalese, ‘Thalassas.’

Ke iden O Theos, oti kalon.

Ke ipen O Theos: “Vlastisato i gi Votanin

hortou, spiron sperma kata genos ke kath omiotita, ke xilon karpimon pioun karpon, ou to sperma aftou en afto, kata genos epi tis gis.”

Ke egeneto outo.

Ke exinegken i gi votnin hortou, spiron

sperma kata genos ke kath omiotita ke xilon karpimon pioun karpon, ou to sperma aftou en afto, kata genos epi tis gis.

Ke iden O Theos, oti kalon.

Ke egeneto espera, ke egenet proi, imera

triti.

And God divided the water under the firmament from the water above the firmament.

And the water under the firmament was separated from the water above the firmament.

And God called the firmament ‘Heaven’ and God saw that it was Good.

And there was evening and morning – the second day.

And God said: “Let the water under Heaven be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.”

And it was so. And the water under Heaven was

gathered into its places, and the dry land appeared.

And God called the dry land ‘Earth,’ and the gathering together of the waters He called ‘Seas.’

And God saw, for it was good. And God said: “Let the earth bring forth

the herb of grass, bearing seed according its kind and likeness. Let the fruit tree bear fruit, whose seed is in itself acocrding to its kind on earth.”

And it was so. And the earth brought forth the herb of

grass, bearing seed according to its kind and likeness, and the fruit tree bore fruit, whose seed is in itself according to its kind on earth.

And God saw, for it was good. And evening and morning were the third

day.

E k e t e n e - T h e A u g m e n t e d L i t a n y

Ipomen pantes ex olis tis psihis, ke ex olis

tis dianias imon ipomen:

Kyrie Eleison

Kyrie Pantokrator, O Theos, ton Pateron

imon, deometha Sou epakouson ke Eleison.

Kyrie Eleison

PRIEST Let us say, with all our soul and with all our mind let us say:

PEOPLE Lord have Mercy. PRIEST O Lord Almighty, the God of our

Fathers, we beseech Thee, hearken and have Mercy.

PEOPLE Lord have Mercy


Eleison imas O Theos, kata to Mega Eleos

Sou deometha Sou epakouson ke eleison

Kyrie Eleison

Eti deometha iper ton efsevon ke

Orthodoxon Hristianon.

Kyrie Eleison

Eti deometha iper tou Papa ke Patriarhi

imon THEODOROU ke Arhiepiskopou imon SERGIOU, ...

Kyrie Eleison

Eti deometha iper ton Adelphon imon,

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

Kyrie Eleison

Eti deometha iper Eleous, Zois, Irinis

igias, Sotirias, Episkepseos, sighoriseos ke afeseos ton amartion ton doulon tou Theou, ton efsevon ke Orthodoxon Hristainon, ke evriskomenon en ti poli ... [.....] tafti, ton enoriton, epitropon, sindromiton ke afironton tis Agias Ekklisias taftis...

Kyrie Eleison

Eti deometha iper ton Makarion ke

Aidimon ktitoron tis Agia Ekklisias taftis, ke iper panton ton proanapafsamenon Pateron ke Adelfon imon, ton enthade kimenon ke apantahou Orthodoxon.

Kyrie Eleison

Eti deometha iper ton karpoforounton ke

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

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.

Amin

PRIEST Have Mercy on us, O God, according to Thy Great Mercy, we beseech Thee; hearken, and have Mercy.

PEOPLE Lord have Mercy PRIEST Again we pray for all Orthodox

Christians.

PEOPLE Lord have Mercy PRIEST Furthermore we pray for our Pope

and Patriarch THEODOROS and our Archbishop (SERGIOS), ...

PEOPLE Lord have Mercy PRIEST Furthermore we pray for our

Brothers of the Priesthood, the Hieromonks, the Hierodeacons and Monks and for our all our Brethren in Christ.

PEOPLE Lord have Mercy PRIEST Furthermore we pray for Mercy, Life,

Peace, health, Salvation, Visitation, forgiveness and remission of sins for the servants of God, our Brethren of this Holy Temple....

PEOPLE Lord have Mercy PRIEST Furthermore we pray for the Blessed

and Ever Memorable Founders of this Holy Temple; and for all our devout Fathers and Brethren in Christ, Orthodox Believers, departed this life before us, who here and in all the world lie asleep in the Lord.

PEOPLE Lord have Mercy Furthemore we pray for all those who

bring Offerings, those who care for the beauty of this Holy and Venerable House, for those who labour in Her Service, for those who sing, and for the people here present, who await Thy Great and Rich Mercy.

PRIEST For Thou art a Merciful God, Who Loves mankind, and to Thee we

ascribe Glory: > to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now, and ever, and unto ages of ages.

PEOPLE Amen


Ke on ekastos ehi kata dianian ke panton

ke pason

Ke panton ke pason!

Remember also, O Lord, those whom each of us calls to mind and all Thy People

PEOPLE And all Thy People!

THE PRIEST QUIETLY CONTINUES TO PRAY:

Remember, O Lord, all Orthodox Bishops who rightly teach the Word of Thy Truth.

Remember, O Lord, my unworthiness according to the multitude of Thy Mercies; forgive my

every transgression, both voluntary and involuntary. Do not take away the Grace of Thy

Holy Spirit from these Gifts because of my sins.

Remember, O Lord, the Presbyters, the Diaconate in Christ, and every Order of the Clergy, and

do not confound any of us who stand about Thy Holy Altar.

Visit us with Thy Goodness, O Lord; manifest Thyself to us through Thy Rich Compassion.

Grant us seasonable weather and fruitful seasons; send gentle showers upon the earth so that

it may bear fruit; Bless the Crown of the Year of Thy Goodness.

Prevent Schism in Thy Holy Church; pacify the raging of the heathen. Quickly stop the

uprisings of heresies by the Power of Thy Holy Spirit.

Receive us all into Thy Kingdom..

Declare us to be Sons and Daughters of the Light and of the Day.

Grant us Thy Peace and Love, O Lord our God, for Thou hast given all things to us.

THE PRIEST CONTINUES ALOUD:

Ke dos imin en eni stomati ke mia kardia

doxazin ke animnin to Pantimon ke

Megaloprepes Onoma Sou, > tou

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

Amin

And grant us that with one voice and one heart we may Glorify and Praise Thine

All Honourable and Majestic Name, > of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to the Ages of Ages.

Amen

T h e A p o s t o l i c B l e s s i n g

THE CONGREGATION MUST STAND

THE PRIEST BLESSES THE CONGREGATION WHO BOW THEIR HEADS AND PRAYING THAT THE

GIFTS OF THE MERCIES OF OUR ALMIGHTY GOD AND OUR SAVIOUR, JESUS CHRIST,

WHICH SPRANG FROM HIS SACRIFICE ON THE CROSS AND WHICH ALSO SPRING FROM

THIS SACRIFICE OF THE HOLY EUCHARIST, BE BESTOWED UPON US ALL.

> Ke este ta Elei tou Megalou

Theou ke Sotiros imon Iisou Hristou meta panton imon.

Ke to pnevmato sou

PRIEST > And the Mercies of our Great God and Saviour Jesus Christ shall be with you all.

PEOPLE And with thy spirit

L i t a n y o f t h e L o r d ’ s P r a y e r P REP ARAT ION FO R HOLY COMMUN ION

Panton ton Agion mnimonefsantes, eti ke

eti en irini tou Kyriou deithomen

Kyrie Eleison

Iper ton proskomisthenton ke

Agiasthenton Timion Doron tou Kyriou deithomen.

Kyrie Eleison

PRIEST Having Commemorated all the Saints, again and again in Peace, let us pray to the Lord

PEOPLE Lord, have Mercy PRIEST For these Precious Gifts, which have

been offered and Sanctified, let us pray to the Lord

PEOPLE Lord, have Mercy


WHILE THE MAGNIFICAT TO THE EVER BLESSED THEOTOKOS IS CHANTED, THE PRIEST

CONTINUES IN PRAYER AS HE CENSES THE HOLY ALTAR, THE HOLY SANCTUARY AND THE

CHURCH.

For the Holy Prophet and Forerunner, John the Baptist, for the Holy, Glorious

and Most Lauded Apostles, for St .. [of the day] whose memory we celebrate,

and for all Thy Saints, by whose Supplications do Thou, O God, visit us.

Remember also, O Lord, those who have fallen asleep in the hope of a

Resurrection to Life Eternal. [ T HE PR I E S T COMMEMORA T E S VA R I O U S F A I TH F U L

SOU L S WHO HA V E R E PO S E D ] And grant them rest, O God, where the Light of Thy

Countenance shines.

Furthermore, we entreat Thee: Be mindful of Thy Holy, Catholic and

Apostolic Church, which is from one end of the inhabited earth to the other.

Grant Peace to Her, which Thou hast obtained with the Precious Blood of Thy Christ.

Strengthen also this Holy House to the end of the ages.

Remember, O Lord, those who have brought Thee these Gifts, and for whom and through

whom and the intentions for which they were offered.

Remember, O Lord, those who bear Fruit and do Good Works in Thy Holy Church, and those

who remember the poor. Reward them with Thy rich and Heavenly Gifts. Grant them

Heavenly Things instead of earthly; Eternal Things instead of temporal; Incorruptible

Things instead of corruptible.

Remember, O Lord, those who are in the deserts, on mountains, in caverns, and in the

chambers of the earth.

Remember, O Lord, those living in Chastity and Godliness, in Asceticism and Holiness of life.

Remember, O Lord, this country and all those who are in authority whom Thou hast allowed

to govern on earth. Grant them profound and lasting Peace. Speak to their hearts Good

Things concerning Thy Church and all Thy People that through the faithful conduct of their

duties we may live peaceful and serene lives in all Piety and Holiness.

Sustain the Good in their goodness; make the wicked good through Thy Goodness.

Remember, O Lord, the people here present and those who are absent with good cause.

Have Mercy on them and on us according to the multitude of Thy Mercy. Fill their

Treasuries with every Good Thing; preserve their Marriages in Peace and Harmony;

nurture the infants; instruct the youth; strengthen the aged; give courage to the faint-

hearted; reunite those separated; bring back those in error and unite them to Thy Holy,

Catholic and Apostolic Church.

Free those who are held captive by unclean spirits; sail with those who sail; travel with those

who travel; defend the widows; protect the orphans; liberate the captives; heal the sick.

Remember, O Lord, those who are in mines, in exile, in harsh labour, and those in every kind

of affliction, necessity or distress; those who entreat Thy Loving Kindness; those who

Love us and those who hate us; those who have asked us to pray for them, unworthy as

we are.

Remember, O Lord our God, all Thy People, and pour out Thy rich Mercy on them, granting

them their Petitions for Salvation.

Remember, O God, all those whom we have not remembered through ignorance, forgetfulness

or because of their multitude since Thou know the name and age of each, even from their

mother’s womb.

For Thou, O Lord, are the Helper of the helpless, the Hope of the hopeless, the Saviour of the

afflicted, the Haven of the voyager, and the Physician of the sick.

Be all things to all, Thou Who know all souls – their requests, their households, and their

needs.

Deliver this Community and city, O Lord, and every city and town, from famine, plague,

earthquake, flood, fire, sword, invasion of foreign enemies, and civil war.


En protis mnisthiti, Kyrie, tou

Arhiepiskopou imon SERGIOU on harise tes agies Sou Ekklisies en Irini, soon entimon igia makroimerevonta ke orthotomounta ton Logon tis Sis Alithias...

PRIEST Above all, remember, O Lord, our Archbishop (SERGIOS) Grant that he may serve Thy Holy Church in Peace. Keep him Safe, Honourable, and Healthy for many years, rightly teaching the Word of Thy Truth...


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

Lathon etegthis ipo to Spylion, all

Ouranos Se pasin ekirizen, osper stoma, ton Astera provallomenos Sotir. Ke Magous Si prosinegken, en Piste proskinountas Se. Meth on Eleison imas!

Disguised, O Saviour, Thou was Born in a Cave; but Heaven proclaimed Thee to all, taking for its mouth a Star. And it offered Thee the Magi worshipping Thee in Faith. Wherefore, with them, have Mercy on us!

F e s t a l S t i h i – P s a l m 8 6 – T h e N a t i v i t y

STIHOS 1 I themelii Aftou en tis oresi tis a

giis. Agapa Kyrios tas pilas Zion, iper panta ta skinomata Iakov.

Ke Magous Si prosinegken, en Piste

proskinountas Se. Meth on Eleison imas!

STIHOS 2. Dedoxasmena elalithi peri Sou, is

Polis tou Theou. Mnisthisome Raav ke Vavilonos, tis ginoskofsi Me.



STIHOS 3. Ke idou allofili, ke Tyros, ke laos

ton Ethiopon.



STIHOS 4. Ofti egennithisan eki. Mitir Zion,

eri enthropos, ke anthropos, egennithi en afti, ke aftos ethemeliosen aftin O Ipsistos.



STIHOS 5. Kyrios diigisete en grafi laon, ke

Arhonton touton ton gegennimenon en afti. Os evfrenomenon panton i katikia en Si.



>>>>Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati. Ke

nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton eonon.

Amin

VERSE 1. Whose foundation is in the Holy

Mountains. The Lord Loves the Gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

And it offered Thee the Magi

worshipping Thee in Faith. With them, have Mercy on us!

VERSE 2. Glorious things are said of Thee, O City of God. I will be mindful of Rahab and Babylon knowing Me.



VERSE 3. Behold strange Nations, and Tyre and Ethiopia.



VERSE 4. Those were born there. And of the Mother Zion it shall be said, this man and that man is born in her, and the Highest Himself has founded her.



VERSE 5. The Lord shall tell in His Writing of peoples and of princes of them that have been in her, the Dwelling in Thee as it were of all rejoicing.




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

Amen


Lathon etegthis ipo to Spilion, all Ouranos

Se pasin ekirizen, osper stoma, ton Astera provallomenos Sotir.

Ke Magous Si prosinegken, en Pisti

proskinountas Se. Methon Eleison imas!

Disguised, O Saviour, Thou wast Born in a Cave; but Heaven proclaimed Thee to all, taking for its mouth a Star.


worshipping Thee in Faith. Wherefore, with them, have Mercy upon us!

T h e P r o p h e c y o f I s a i a h 9 : 6 – 7

Sofia! Proshomen!

Pedion egennithi imin, Iios, ke edothi

imin, ou i arhi egennithi epi tou imou aftou, Megalis Voulis Angelos, Thavmastos Simvoulos, Theos Ishiros, Exousiastis, Arhon Irinis, Patir tou Mellontos Eonos, Axo gar Irinin epi tous arhontas, Irinin ke Igian Afto.

Megali i Arhi Aftou, ke tis Irinis Aftou

ouk estin orion. Epi ton Thronon David, ke epi tin Vasilian Aftou, Katarthose Aftin, ke Antilavesthei Aftis en Krimati ke Dikeosini, apo tou nin ke is ton eona.

O Zilos Kyriou Savvaoth piise tafta.

Wisdom! Let us attend!

A Child is Born to us – to us a Son is granted: and the Goverment shall be upon His Shoulder; and His Name shall be called Angel of Great Counsel, Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father and Prince of Peace, for I shall bring Peace upon the Rulers - Peace and Health by Him.

Great shall be His Reign and of His Peace there shall be no end. His Peace shall be upon the Throne of David, and over His Kingdom - to order it, and to establish it with Righteousness and Judgement from that time forward, unto Ages of ages.

The Zeal of the Lord of Hosts will perform this.

F e s t a l S t i h o i - P s a l m 9 2 & T r o p a r i o n o f t h e N a t i v i t y T O N E ( 6 ) P L A G A L 2

Anetilas Hriste ek Parthenou noite Ilie tis

Dikeosinis. Ke Astir Se ipedixen, en Spileo horoumenon ton ahoriton.

Magous odigisas is Proskinisin Sou,

meth on Se Megalinomen, Zoodota. > Doxa Si!

STIHOS 1: O Kyrios evasilefsen, evprepian

enedisato, enedisato Kyrios Dinamin, ke perizosato.


meth on Se Megalinomen, Zoodota. Doxa Si!

STIHOS 2: Ke gar estereose tin ikoumenin, it is

ou salefthisete. Etimos O Thronos Sou apo tote.



Thou has shone forth from the Virgin, O Christ, Supersensual Sun of Justice. And a Star pointed to Thee, O Uncontainable One, Who was contained in a Cave.

The Magi were led to Thy Worship. With

them, we Magnify Thee, O Thou Giver of Life. > Glory to Thee!

VERSE 1: The Lord reigns; He clothed Himself with Majesty. The Lord clothed and girded Himself with Power.



VERSE 2: And He established the world, which shall not be moved. Thy Throne is prepared from of old.




>Se Imnoumen, Se Evlogoumen, Si

Efharistomen, Kyrie, ke deometha Sou, O Theos imon.

PEOPLE >We praise Thee, we Bless Thee, we

give thanks unto Thee, O Lord, and we entreat Thee, our God.

THE PRIEST QUIETLY PRAYS, WHILE ELEVATING THE HOLY GIFTS :

Therefore, Most Holy Master, we also, Thy sinful and unworthy servants, whom Thou hast

made worthy to serve at Thy Holy Altar, not because of our own Righteousness (for we

have not done anything good upon the earth), but because of Thy Mercy and

Compassion, which Thou hast so richly poured upon us, we dare to approach Thy Holy

Altar, and bring forth the exact representation of the Holy Body and Blood of Thy Christ.

We pray to Thee and call upon Thee, O Holy of Holies, that by the favour of Thy Goodness,

Thy Holy Spirit may come upon us and upon the Gifts here presented, to Bless, to

Sanctify ....

THE PRIEST BLESSES THE OBLATION – THE ALTAR BREAD:

...And to make this Bread to be the Precious Body of our Lord and God and Saviour,

Jesus Christ. Amen

HE BLESSES THE HOLY CHALICE:

And that which is in this Cup, the Precious Blood of Thy Christ. Amen

HE BLESSES BOTH THE ELEMENTS:

Shed for the Life and Salvation of the world. Amen. Amen. Amen.

And unite us all to one another who become Partakers of the One Bread and the Cup in the

Communion of the One Holy Spirit.

Grant that none of us may partake of the Holy Body and Blood of Thy Christ unto Judgement

or Condemnation; but that we may find Mercy and Grace with all the Saints who, through

the ages have pleased Thee: Forefathers, Fathers, Patriarchs, Prophets, Apostles,

Preachers, Evangelists, Martyrs, Confessors, Teachers, and every Righteous spirit made

Perfect in Faith.

THE PRIEST TAKES THE CENSER AND WHILE CENSING BEFORE THE HOLY ALTAR THRICE, HE SAYS ALOUD:

>Exeretos tis Panagias, Ahrantou

iperevlogimenis endoxou Despinis imon Theotokou ke Aiparthenou Marias.

PRIEST >Especially for our Most Holy, Pure, Most Blessed, Glorious Lady, Theotokos, and Ever Virgin Mary.

T H E F A I T H F U L S T A N D

M a g n i f i c a t t o t h e E v e r B l e s s e d T h e o t o k o s

Epi Si Heri, Keharitomeni, pasa i ktisis,

Angelon to sistima ke anthropon to genos: igiasmene Nae ke Paradise Logike, Parthenikon kavhima, ex is Theos Esarkothi ke Pedion gegonen O Pro Eonon Iparhon Theos imon; tin gar Sin Mitran Thronon epiise ke tin Sin Gastera Platiteran Ouranon apirgasato. Epi Si Heri, Keharitomeni, pasa i Ktisis: Doxa Si!

All Creation rejoices in Thee, O Thou Who art Full of Grace: both in the Assembly of the Angels and the human race. Thou art a hallowed Temple, and a Spiritual Paradise: the Glory of Virgins, when God had taken Flesh and became a little Child: He Who is from Eternity our God. For He made Thy Womb His Throne, and formed Thy Body to be broader than the Heaven. All Creation rejoices in Thee: O Thou Who art Full of Grace: Glory to Thee!


Death, wherein we were held – sold under sin. And by the Cross having descended into

Hades that He might fill all things with Himself, He loosened the the pains of Death; and

being Resurrected the Third Day, He made way for all flesh unto the Resurrection of the

dead, for since it was not possible that the Author of Life should be held by corruption, He

beame the First-fruit of those who had fallen asleep - the Firstborn from the dead – that in

all things He might have pre-eminence.

And Ascending into Heaven He sat down at the right Hand of Thy Majesty on High, from

whence He shall come again to render to every person according to His Deeds. Who also

has left to us for a Remembrance of His Saving Passion these things, which we here set

forth according to His Commandments.

For when He was about to go forth to His voluntary and Ever-memorable and Life-giving

Death, in the night that He gave Himself for the Life of the world, took bread in His Sacred

and Most Pure Hands, and when He had shown it to Thee, O God and Father, and having

given Thanks, He Blessed it, Hallowed it and broke it...

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

T H E P R I E S T C O N T I N U E S A L O U D :

...Ke edoke tis Agiis Aftou Mathites ke

Apostolis ipon:

>Lavete, fagete, tuto Mou esti to Soma, to

iper imon klomenon is afesin amartion�

Amin

PRIESTPRIESTPRIESTPRIEST ...And gave it to His Holy Disciples and Apostles, saying:

>Take, eat; This is My Body, which is broken for you, for the remission of sins.

PEOPLEPEOPLEPEOPLEPEOPLE Amen

Omios ke to Potirion ektou Gennimatos tis

Ampelou lavon, kerasas Efharistisas, Evlogisas ke Agiasas, edoke tis Agiis aftou Mathites ke Apostolis, ipon ...

> Piete ex Aftou pantes, touto esti to Ema

Mou, to tis Kenis Diathikis, to iper imon ke pollon ekhinomenon is Afesin amartion.

Amin

PRIESTPRIESTPRIESTPRIEST Likewise, He took the Cup of the Fruit of the Vine, and when He had mingled it, given Thanks, Blessed and Hallowed it, He gave It to His Holy Disciples and Apostles saying...

> Drink ye all of It; This is My Blood of the New Testament, Which is shed for you and for many, for the Remission of sins.

PEOPLEPEOPLEPEOPLEPEOPLE Amen

T h e C o n s e c r a t i o n

THIS MOMENT IS THE LOFTIEST AND THE MOST SACRED MOMENT OF THE DIVINE LITURGY

BECAUSE THE HOLY MYSTERY OF THE HOLY EUCHARIST IS ACTUALLY CONSUMMATED BY

THE HOLY SPIRIT

THE FAITHFUL STAND WITH HEADS DEEPLY BOWED ON A SATURDAY OR SUNDAY, BEING THE CELEBRATION OF

OUR LORD’S RESURRECTION. DURING THE WEEK, ALL FAITHFUL WOULD KNEEL IN DEEP WORSHIP AT THIS

POINT.

THE PRIEST CONTINUES TO PRAY QUIETLY:

Do this in Remembrance of Me. For as often as you partake of this Bread and drink of this

Cup, you proclaim My Death, and you Confess My Resurrection.

Therefore, O Master, we also, remembering His Saving Passion and Life-giving Cross, His

Three-day Burial and Resurrection from the dead, His Ascension into Heaven and

Enthronement at Thy right Hand, O God and Father, and His Glorious and Awesome

Second Coming...

THE PRIEST ELEVATES THE HOLY GIFTS

>Ta Sa ek ton Son Si Prosferomen kata

panta ke dia panta.

PRIEST >We offer to Thee these Gifts from

Thine own Gifts, in all and for all..


STIHOS 3:3:3:3: Epiran i potami Kyrie, epiran i

potami fonas afton. Arousin i potami epitripsis afton, apo fonon idaton pollon.



STIHOS 4:4:4:4: Thavmasti i meteorismi tis

thalassis. Thavmastos en Ipsilis O Kyrios. Ta Martiria Sou epistothisan sfodra.



STIHOS 5: To Iko Sou prepi Agiasma, Kyrie, is

makrotita imeron.





Amin

Anetilas Hriste ek Parthenou noite Ilie tis

Dikeosinis. Ke Astir Se ipedixen, en Spileo horoumenon ton ahoriton.

VERSE 3333:::: The rivers lift up, O Lord; the rivers lift up their voices. The rivers lift up their voices of many waters.



VERSE 4444:::: Marvellous are the billows of the

sea; wondrous is the Lord on High. Thy Testimonies are profoundly believed.



VERSE 5: Holiness is proper to Thy House, O Lord, unto length of days.



> Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

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

Amen

Thou has shone forth from the Virgin, O Christ, Supersensual Sun of Justice. And a Star pointed to Thee, O Uncontainable One, Who was contained in a Cave

P r o p h e c y o f I s a i a h t h e P r o p h e t 7 : 1 0 – 1 6 ; 8 : 1 - 4 ; 9 - 1 0

Sofia! Proshomen!

Prosetheto Kyrios lalise to Ahaz, legon:

Etise seafto Simion para Kyriou tou Theou Sou is Vathos is is Ipsos.

Ke ipen Ahaz: Ou mi etiso, oud ou mi

piraso Kyrion.

Ke epen (Isais). Akousate di Ikos David.

Mi mikron imin agona parehin anthropis? Ke pos Kyrio parehete agona?

Dia touto dosi Kyrios aftos imin Simeion:

Idou i Parthenos en gastri exi, ke texete Iion, ke kalesi to Onoma aftou Emmanouil.

Voutiron ke meli fagete, prin i gnose

afton, i proelesthe ponira, eklexete to agathon. Dioti prin i gnone to Pedion agatho i kakon, apithi poniria, tou eklexasthe to agathon.

Wisdom! Let us attend!

The Lord said to Achaz: Ask for thyself a Sign of the Lord thy God, in the depth or in the Height Above.

And Achaz said: I will not ask neither will

I tempt the Lord.

And Isaiah said: Hear now, O House of

David, is it a small thing for you to weary men yet willyou weary the Lord also?

Therefore the Lord Himself shall give you

a Sign: Behold! a Virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and you shall call His Name Emmanuel.

Butter and honey He shall eat before He

knows to prefer evil or choose the good. For before the Child knows good or evil, He refuses the evil to choose the good...


Ke ipe Kyrios pros me: . Lave seafto

tomon kenon megan, ke irapson is afton irafidi anthropou, Tou oxeos pronomin piise skilon. Paresti gar.

Ke martiras mi piison Pistous anthropous:

ton Ourian ton Ierea, ke Zaharian, iion Varahiou.

Ke prosilthon pros tin Profitin, ke en

gastri elave, ke estken iion.

Ke ipe mi Kyrios: “Kaleson to Onoma

aftou ‘Taheos Skilefson, Oxeos Pronomefson.’ Dioti prin i gnone to Pedion kalin patera i mitera, lipsete dinamin Damaskou, ke ta skila Zamarias enanti Vasileos Assyrion.

Meth imon O Theos. Gnote Ethni ke

ittasethe!

Epakousate eos eshatou tis gis: ishikotes

ittasthe - ean gar palin ishisite, ke palin ittithisesthe!

Ke in an voulin voulefsisthe, diaskedasi

Kyrios.

Ke Logon on eas lalisite, ou mi emmini en

imin, oti meth imon O Theos!

And the Lord said to me: “Take for thyself a large new book, and write in it with a man’s pen concerning making a swift plunder of spoils; for it is near at hand.

“And make witnesses for Me of Faithful

men: Uriah the Priest and Zechariah, the son of Berechiah.” 1

And I went to the Prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son.

And the Lord said to me: “Call his name ‘Quickly Despoil, Swiftly Plunder.’ For before the child shall know how to call for his father and mother, one shall take the power of Damascus and the spoils of Samaria in the presence of the King of Assyria.”

God is with us: Know this, O Gentiles, and be defeated!

Hearken, all of you to the very ends of the earth: be defeated although you are strong, for even if you should be strong again, you will be defeated again!

And whatever counsel you take, the Lord will scatter it abroad.

And whatever word you shall speak, it will not continue among you for the Lord God is with us!

Sm a l l L i t a n y

Tou Kyriou deithomen

Kyrie eleison


imas O Theos, ti Si Hariti. Amin

> 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

PRIEST 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, Pure, Most Blessed and Glorious Lady Theotokos, and Ever Virgin Mary with all the Saints, let us commit ourselves and one another, and all our life to Christ our God.


1 BERECHIAH IS ALSO KNOWN AS BARUCH



indescribable, immutable, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, our Great God and Saviour,

Who is our Hope, Who is the Image of Thy Goodness, the equal Imprint of Thy Likeness,

showing in Himself Thee, the Father, the Living Word, True God, the Pre-Eternal Wisdom,

Life, Sanctification, Power, the True Light through Whom was manifest the Holy Spirit;

the Spirit of Truth, the Gift of Adoption, the Earnest of our Inheritance to come, the First-

fruit of Eternal Good Things, the Lifegiving Power, the Fountain of Sanctification, Who

enables every creature having reason, and understanding, to serve Thee and to ascribe to

Thee Everlasting Glory, for all are Thy servants: Angels, Archangels, Thrones, Dominions,

Principalities, Authorities, Powers and the many-eyed Cherubim, praise Thee. Round

about Thee stand the Seraphim, six wings hath the one and six wings hath the other: with

two they cover their face and with two they cover their feet, and with two they fly, crying

to each other with incessant voices unstilled Hymns of Glory...


Ton epinikion imnon adonta, voonta,

kekragota ke legonta:

> Agios, Agios, Agios Kyrios Savaoth,

pliris O Ouranos ke i gi tis Doxis Sou.

Osana en tis Ipsistis!

Evlogimenos O erhomenos en Onomati

Kyriou

Osana O en tis Ipsistis�

PRIEST Singing, exclaiming, proclaiming the Triumphal Hymn and saying:

PEOPLE > Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord of Hosts, Heaven and Earth art full of Thy Glory.

Hosanna in the Highest! Blessed is He Who comes in the Name of

the Lord.

Hosanna in the Highest!

WHILE THE HYMNS ARE BEING CHANTED, THE PRIEST QUIETLY PRAYS:

And with these Blessed Powers, O Master and Lover of mankind, we also cry aloud and say:

Holy indeed and Most Holy art Thou, and no bounds are there to the Majesty of Thy

Holiness; and Just art Thou in all Thy Works, for in Righteousness and True Judgement

hast Thou ordered all things for us. For after Thou had formed man of the clay of the

earth, and honoured him, O God, with Thine own Image, Thou set him in the Paradise of

Delight, and promised him Immortal Life and the enjoyment of Eternal Good Things in the

keeping of Thy Commandments. And when he disobeyed Thee, His True God, Who had

created him, and was allured by the deceit of the serpent, and slain by his own trespasses,

Thou, O Lord, in Righteous Judgement casted him out of Paradise into this world, and

returned him to the earth from whence he was taken: dispensing for him Salvation by

Regeneration, which is in Thy Christ Himself.

For Thou, O Good One, did not wholly forsake Thy creature, which Thou had made, neither

did Thou forget the Works of Thy Hands, but because of Thy Tender Mercy in diverse

manners, visited him.

Prophets Thou sent, Mighty Works Thou hast performed through Thy Saints, Who have been

well-pleasing to Thee in every generation: Thou hast spoken to us by the mouth of Thy

servants, the Prophets, foretelling us of the Salvation to come.

The Law Thou granted to help us, Angels Thou appointed to Guard us. And when the Fullness

of the time came, Thou spoke to us dy Thy Son Himself, by Whom also Thou created the

worlds – Who, being the Brightness of Thy Glory, and the express Image of Thy Person,

and upholding all things by the Word of His Power, thought it not robbery to be Eqyal with

Thee, God and Father. And being God Pre-Eternal, He showed Himself upon earth, and

conversed with mankind: and being Incarnate of the Holy Virgin, He emptied Himself and

took upon Himself the form of a servant, becoming the likeness of the body of our

humility that He might fashion us like the Image of His Glory.

For inasmuch as by one man sin entered our world, and Death by sin, so it seemed good to

Thine Only Begotten Son, Who is in the Bosom of Thee, O God and Father, made of a

Woman, the Holy Mother of God and Ever Virgin Mary, made under the Law, to condemn

sin in His Flesh, that they who die in Adam may be quickened in Thy Christ Himself, Who,

dwelling in this world granted Saving Commandments and having turned us from the

deceits of idols, brought us to the Knowledge of Thee, the True God and Father, having

possessed us to Himself for a Chosen People, a Royal Priesthood, a Holy Nation; Who has

Cleansed us with Water and Sanctified us by the Holy Spirit, giving Himself as a Ransom to


T h e H o l y E u c h a r i s t

FAITHFUL WORSHIPPERS PUT DOWN UPON THE LORD’S GRAVE EVERY ENMITY

AND ARE RECONCILED WITH EACH OTHER. WE HAVE SALUTED THE RISEN

CHRIST WITH THE SAME CONFESSION OF FAITH. BEING THUS UNITED, WE

OFFER, THROUGH THE PRIEST THE EUCHARIST (THANKSGIVING) TO

ALMIGHTY GOD, FOR OUR SALVATION IN JESUS CHRIST, IN WHICH WE

PARTAKE BY MEANS OF THE HOLY COMMUNION.

T h e H o l y A n a p h o r a / O b l a t i o n

Stomen kalos! Stomen meta fovou!

Proshomen tin Agian Anaforan en irini prosferin!

Eleos irinis, thisian eneseos.

>I Haris tou Kyriou imon Iisou Hrisou ke i

Agapi tou Theou ke Patros ke i Kinonia tou Agiou Pnevmatos ii meta panton imon.

Ke meta tou pnevmatos sou

Ano shomen tas kardias!

Ehomen pros ton Kyrion

Efharistisomen to Kyrio

PRIEST Let us stand aright! Let us stand with awe! Let us attend, that we may present the Holy Offering in Peace!

PEOPLE A Mercy of Peace, a Sacrifice of Praise.

PRIEST > The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the Love of God the Father, and the Communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all

PEOPLE And with thy spirit PRIEST Let us lift up our hearts PEOPLE We have them lifted up to the Lord.

PRIEST Let us give thanks to the Lord


> Axion ke dikeon PEOPLE > It is proper and right

THE PRIEST BLESSES THE CONGREGATION WITH THE APOSTOLIC BLESSING, ASKING FOR THEM THE SPECIAL

SPIRITUAL GIFT FROM EACH OF THE DIVINE PERSONS OF THE HOLY TRINITY.

THE HOLY EUCHARIST IS A HEAVENLY AND DIVINE MYSTERY AND FOR THIS REASON WE MUST LIFT UP OUR

MINDS AND OUR HEARTS IN SINCERE AND DEVOUT WORSHIP OF ALMIGHTY GOD.

HOLY EUCHARIST IS ABOUT TO BEGIN AND AS OUR LORD, AT THE LAST SUPPER, OFFERED THANKS TO HIS

HEAVENLY FATHER BEFORE BREAKING BREAD, SO DOES THE PRIEST BEFORE THE CONSUMMATION OF HOLY

EUCHARIST

T h e C o n s u m m a t i o n o f H o l y E u c h a r i s t THE PRIEST QUIETLY PRAYS:

O Thou Who art, O Master and Lord, God the Father, Almighty and proper to be worshipped: it is truly meet, and right and befitting the magnificence of Thy Holiness that we should

Praise Thee, Hymn Thee, Bless Thee, Worship Thee, give Thanks to Thee, and Glorify Thee,

for truly Thou art the One True God, and to offer, with a contrite heart and a humble

spirit, this our reasonable worship: for Thou it is Who granted us the Knowledge of Thy

Truth. And who can utter Thy Mighty Acts? Who shall cause all Thy Praises to be heard,

to tell of Thy Wondrous Works at all times? O Master of all: Lord of Heaven and earth,

and all Creation: visible and invisible: Thou Who sits upon the Throne of Glory, and

beholds the depths, Who art without beginning, invisible,incomprehensible,


Oti Agios i O Theos imon, 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

PRIEST 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 Ages of Ages.

PEOPLE Amen

T r i s a g i o n ( T h r i c e - H o l y ) P r a y e r s T H E C O N G R E G A T I O N M U S T S T A N D

> 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,

ilasthiti 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

>Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have Mercy upon us [3]


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

Amen

> All Holy Trinity, have Mercy on us. Lord, cleanse us from our sins. Master, pardon our iniquities. Holy God, visit and heal our infirmities for Thy Name’s sake.

Lord, Have Mercy (3) >Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

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

Amen

O u r L o r d ’ s P r a y e r T H E C O N G R E G A T I O N R E C I T E S T H I 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 simeron. Ke afes imin ta ofilimata imon, os ke imis afiemen tis ofiletes imon. Ke mi isenengis imas is pirasmon, alla rise imas apo tou ponirou.

> Oti Sou Estin i Vasilia ke i Dynamis ke i

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

Amin

PEOPLE 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, and the Power, and the Glory, > of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto Ages of Ages.

PEOPLE Amen

P r o k e i m e n o n o f t h e N a t i v i t y o f C h r i s t o u r S a v i o u r – T O N E 1

Kyrios ipe pros Me: Ios Mou i Si, Ego

simeron gegennika Se

STISTISTISTIHOS:HOS:HOS:HOS: Etise par emou, ke doso Si ethni tin

Klironomian Sou.

READERREADERREADERREADER The Lord said to Me: Thou art My

Son; today I have Begotten Thee.

VERSEVERSEVERSEVERSE Ask of Me, and I will give Thee

Nations as Thine Inheritance


E p i s t l e o f S t P a u l t o t h e H e b r e w s 1 : 1 – 1 2

Proshomen!

Sofia! Pros Evreous Epistolis Pavlou to anagnosma

Proshomen!

Adelphi: Polimeros ke politropos pale O

Theos, lalisas tis Patrasin en tis Profites, ep eshatou imeron touton elalisen imin en Iio, On ethike Klironomon panton, di ou ke tous eonas epiisen; Os on apavgasma tis Doxis, ke haratir tis ipostaseos aftou, feron te ta panta to rimati tis Dinameos Aftou, di eaftou katharismon piisamenos ton amartion imon, ekathisen en dexia tis megalosinis en ipsilis, tosouto kritton genomenos ton Angelon, oso diaforoteron par aftous keklironomiken Onoma.

Tini gar ipe pote ton Angelon: “Iios Mou

is Si, Ego simeron Gegennika Se?”

Ke palin: "Ego esome Afto is Patera, ke

Aftos este Mi is Iion?”

Otan de palin isagagi ton Prototokon is tin

ikoumenin, legi: “Ke Proskinisatosan Afto pantes Angeli Theou!”

Ke pros men tou Angelous legi: “O pion

tou Angelous Aftou pnevmata, ke tous Litourgous Aftou Piros Floga?”

Pros de ton Iion: “O Thronos Sou, O

Theos, is ton eona tou eonos; Ravdos evthititos, i Ravdos tis Vasilias Sou.

“Igapisas Dikeosinin, ke emisisas

anomian; Dia touto ehrise Se, O Theos, O Theos Sou, Eleon Agaliaseos para tous metohous Sou.

Ke: “Si kat’ arhas, Kyrie, tin gin

ethemeliosas, ke Erga ton Hiron Sou isin i Ourani.

PRIEST Let us attend! Wisdom!

READER The Reading from the Epistle of St Paul to the Hebrews [1:1-12]

PRIEST Let us attend! READER Brethren: God Who, at various times

and in various ways spoke in time past to the Fathers by the Prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, Whom He has appointed Heir of all things; through Whom also He made the worlds; Who being the Brightness of His Glory and the express Image of His person, and upholding all Things by the Word of His Power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right Hand of the Majesty on High, having become so much better than the Angels, as He has by Inheritance obtained a more excellent Name than they.

For to which of the Angels did He ever say: “Thou art My Son; today I have Begotten Thee.”?

And again: “I will be to Him a Father, and He shall be to Me a Son.”

But when He again brings the Firstborn into the world, He says: “Let all the Angels of God worship Him!”

And of the Angels He says: “Who makes His Angels spirits and His Ministers a Flame of Fire?”

But to the Son He says: “Thy Throne, O God, is forever and ever; a Sceptre of Righteousness is the Sceptre of Thy Kingdom.

“Thou hast Loved Righteousness and

hated lawlessness; therefore God, Thy God, has Anointed Thee with the Oil of Gladness more than Thy Companions.”

And: “Thou, O Lord, in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth, and the Heavens are the Work of Thy Hands.


Tas thiras! Tas thiras!

En Sofia proshomen!

PRIEST The doors! The doors! In Wisdom let us attend!

THE PRIEST RAISES THE AER FROM THE PATEN AND CHALICE AND SHAKES IT

GENTLY OVER THE HOLY G IFTS . THIS MOVEMENT DEPICTS THE EARTHQUAKE AT

THE T IME OF OUR LORD ’S RESURRECTION AND REVEALED THE SEALED AND

GUARDED TOMB TO BE EMPTY !

THE PRIEST COVERS THE HOLY CHALICE WITH THE FOLDED COMMUNION VEIL UNTIL

HE SERVES THE HOLY EUCHARIST TO THE FAITHFUL

T h e N i c e n e C r e e d ] ALL WORSHIPPERS RECITE THE CREED OR SYMBOL OF FAITH IN UNISON:

Pistevo is ena Theon, Patera,

Pantokratora, Piitin Ouranou ke gis, oraton te panton ke aoraton.

Ke is ena Kyrion, Iisoun Hriston ton Ion

tou Theou, to Monogeni, ton ek tou Patros gennithenta pro panton ton eonon. Fos ek Fotos, Theon alithinon, ek Theou alithinou gennithenta, ou piithenta, Omoousion to Patri, di Ou ta Panta egeneto.

Ton di imas tous anthropous ke dia tin

imeteran Sotirian katelthonta ek ton Ouranon, ke sarkothenta, ek Pnevmatos Agiou ke Marias tis Parthenou ke Enanthropisanta.

Stavrothenta te iper imon epi Pontiou

Pilatou ke panthonta ke tafenta;

Ke Anastanta ti triti imera kata tas

Grafas.

Ke anelthonta is tous Ouranous ke

Kathezomenon ek dexion tou Patros;

Ke palin erhomenon meta doxis krine

zontas ke nekrous, Ou tis Vasilias ouk este telos.

Ke is to Pnevma to Agion, to Kyrion, to

Zoopion, to ek tou Patros

ekporevomenon, > to sin Patri ke Io

simproskinoumenon ke sindoxazomenon to lalisan dia ton Profiton.

Is Mian, Agian, Katholikin ke Apostolikin

Ekklisian.

Omologo en Vaptisma is afesin amartion.

Prosdoko Anastasin nekron.

Ke Zoin tou mellontos eonos.

Amin

I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible;

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only-begotten Son of God, Begotten of the Father before all ages, Light of Light, True God of True God, Begotten, not made; of one Essence with the Father, by Whom all things were made:

Who for us men and for our Salvation

came down from Heaven, and was Incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, and became Man;

And was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered and was buried;

And on the third day He rose again, according to the Scriptures;

And ascended into Heaven, and sits at the right Hand of the Father;

And He shall come again with Glory to Judge the living and the dead; Whose Kingdom shall have no end.

And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, and Giver of Life, Who proceeds from the

Father, > Who with the Father and the Son together is Worshipped and Glorified; Who spoke by the Prophets.

And I believe in One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church.

I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins.

I look for the Resurrection of the dead. And the Life of the Age to come.

Amen


>Si Kyrie PEOPLEPEOPLEPEOPLEPEOPLE >To Thee, O Lord!

T h e P r a y e r o f O f f e r i n g

THE PRIEST QUIETLY CONTINUES TO PRAY :

O Lord, our God, Thou created us and brought us into this life. Thou hast shown us the Way to

Salvation and hast bestowed upon us the Revelation of Heavenly Mysteries. Thou has

appointed us to this Service by the Power of Thy Holy Spirit.

Grant, therefore, O Lord, that we may be accepted as Servants of Thy New Covenant and

Ministers of Thy Holy Mysteries.

Accept us as we draw near to Thy Holy Altar, according to the multitude of Thy Mercy, that we

may be worthy to offer Thee this Spiritual Sacrifice without the shedding of blood, for our

sins and for the transgressions of Thy People.

Grant that, having accepted this Sacrifice upon Thy Holy, Heavenly and Spiritual Altar as an

Offering of Spiritual Fragrance, Thou may in return send down upon us the Grace of Thy

Holy Spirit.

Look upon us, O God, and consider our worship; and accept it as Thou accepted the gifts of

Abel, the sacrifices of Noah, the burnt offerings of Abraham, the Priestly Offices of Moses

and Aaron, and the Peace Offerings of Samuel.

As Thou accepted this True Worship from Thy Holy Apostles, accept also in Thy Goodness, O

Lord, these gifts from the hands of us sinners, that being deemed worthy to serve at Thy

Holy Altar without blame, we may obtain the Reward of Faithful Stewards on the Fearful

Day of Thy Just Judgement.

T H E P R I E S T C O N T I N U E S A L O U D :

>Dia ton iktirmon tou Monogenous Sou

Iou meth ou Evlogitos i, sin to Panagio ke Agatho ke Zoopio Sou Pnevmati, nin

ke ai ke is tous eonas ton eonon�

Amin

PRIEST >Through the Mercies of Thine Only Begotten Son, with Whom Thou art Blessed, together with Thine All Holy, Good and Life-giving Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.

PEOPLE Amen

T h e C o n f e s s i o n o f o u r F a i t h THE CONGREGATION MUST STAND TO RECITE THE NICENE CREED OF FAITH IN UNISON

> Irini pasi

Ke to pnevmati sou

Agapisomen allilous, ina en omonia

omologisomen:

> Patera, Ion ke Agion Pnevma, Triada

Omoousion ke ahoriston

PRIEST > Peace be unto all

PEOPLE And to thy spirit PRIEST Let us Love one another, that with

one mind we may confess:

PEOPLE >The Father, Son and Holy Spirit, Trinity, one in Essence and Undivided.

WHILE THIS HYMN IS BEING SLOWLY & REVERENTLY CHANTED , THE PRIEST K ISSES THE HOLY G IFTS AND

QUIETLY SAYS

I Love Thee, O Lord: my Strength. The Lord is my Rock, and my Fortress, and my Deliverer!

T h e R e s u r r e c t i o n o f o u r L o r d THE PRIEST UNCOVERS THE HOLY G IFTS AS A S IGN OF OUR LORD ’S RESURRECTION .

IN HER EARLY DAYS , THE CHURCH DID NOT ALLOW THE CATECHUMENS , HERET ICS OR S INNERS [THOSE

DOING PENANCE] TO ATTEND THE D IV INE L ITURGY FROM THIS MOMENT ON [BECAUSE OF ITS

SACREDNESS . ] THERE WERE DOORKEEPERS WHOM THE DEACON OR PRIEST INSTRUCTED TO LOCK THE

DOORS .

THE FOLLOWING EXCLAMATION IS ADDRESSED TO ALL WORSHIPPERS TO GUARD THE DOORS OF OUR SOULS ,

AND TO REJECT ANY WORDS , THOUGHTS OR DEEDS THAT ARE IMPROPER OR INAPPROPRIATE TO THE

HOLINESS OF THE GREAT MYSTERY OF EUCHARIST .

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


“Afti apolounte, Si de dimenis; ke

pantes os imation paleothisonte, ke osi perivoleon elixis aftous, ke allagisonte; Si de O aftos is, ke ta Eti Sou ouk eklipsousin.”

Irini si to anagnonti...

Allelouia! * [3]

They will perish but Thou remain; and

they will all grow old like a garment; like a cloak Thou will fold them up, and they will be changed, but Thou art the same, and Thy years will not fail.”

PRIEST Peace be to you, the Reader... and to all the people.

CHOIR Alleluia! * [3]

T H E

H o l y G o s p e l A c c o r d i n g t o S t L u k e 2 : 1 – 2 0

C O N G R E G A T I O N M U S T S T A N D

Sofia! Orthi akousomen tou Agiou

Evangeliou...

Irini pasi! Ke to pnevmati sou

En tou kata LOUKA Agiou Evangeliou to

anagnosma

Proshomen!

> Doxa Si, Kyrie, Doxa Si!

Egeneto de en tes imeres ekines exilthe

dogma para Kesaros Avgoustou apografesthe pasan tin ikoumenin.

Afti i Apografi proti egenetoi

igemonevontos tis Syrias Kiriniou.

Ke eporevonto pantes apografesthe,

ekastos is tin idian polin.

Anevi de ke Iosif apo tis Galileas ek poleos

Nazaret is tin Ioudean is polin David, itis kalite Vithleem, dia to ine afton ex ikou ke patrias David, apograpsasthe sin Mariam ti memnistefmeni afto gineki, ousi Engio.

Egeneto de en to ine aftous eki eplisthisan

e imere tou tekin aftin.

Ke eteketon ton Ion aftis ton Prototokon,

ke esparganosen afton ke aneklinen afton en ti fatni, dioti ouk in aftis topos en to katalimati.

Ke Pimenes isan en ti hora ti afti

agravlountes ke filasontes filakas tis niktos epi tin Pimnin afton.

PRIEST Wisdom! Let us stand and listen to

the Holy Gospel.

Peace be with you all. PEOPLE And with thy spirit PRIEST The Lesson from the Holy Gospel

according to ST LUKE [21-20]

Let us attend! PEOPLE> Glory to Thee, O Lord, Glory to

Thee!

PRIEST And it came to pass in those days that a Decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered.

That Census first took place while Quirinius was governing Syria.

So all went to be registered, everyone to his own city.

Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the City of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the House and Lineage of David, to be registered with Mary, his Betrothed wife, who was with Child.

So it was, that while they were there, the days were completed for Her to be delivered.

And she brought forth her Firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger because there was no room for them at the inn.

Now there were in the same country Shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over the flock by night.

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 B E F O R E G O D


Ke idou Angelos Kyriou epesti aftis ke

doxa Kyriou perielampsen aftous, ke efovithisan fovon megan.

Ke ipen aftis O Angelos: “Mi fovisthe, idou

gar Evangelizome imin Haran Megalin, itis este panti to lao.

Oti etehthi imin simeron Sotir, os esti

Hristos Kyrios, en Poli David.

Ke toutoimin to Simion: evrisete Vrefos

esparganomenon, kimenon en fatne.”

Ke exefnis egeneto sin to Angelo plithos

Stratias Ouraniou enounton ton Theon ke legonton: Doxa en Ipsistis Theo! Ke epi gis Irini, en anthropis evdokia!”

Ke egeneto os apilthon ap afton is ton

Ouranon i Angeli, ke i anthropi i Pimenes ipon: Pros alilous dielthomen di eos Vithleem ke idomen to rima touto to gegonos, O Kyrios egnorisen imin.

Ke ilthon spevsantes, ke anevron tin te

Mariam ke ton Iosif ke to Vrefos kimenon en ti fatni.

Idontes de diegnorisan peri tou rimatos

tou lalithentos aftis peri tou Pediou toutou, ke pantes i akousantes ethavmasan peri ton lalithenton ipo ton Pimenon pros aftous.

I de Mariam panta sinetiri ta rimata tafta

simvalousa en ti kardia aftis.

Ke ipestrepsan i Pimenes doxazontes ke

enountes ton Theon epi pasin is ikousan ke idon kathos elelithi pros aftous.

> Doxa Si, Kyrie, Doxa Si!

And behold, an Angel of the Lord stood before them, and the Glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid.

Then the Angel said to them: “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you Good Tidings of Great Joy, which will be to all people.

For there is Born to you this day in the

City of David, a Saviour Who is Christ the Lord.

And this will be the Sign to you: You will

find an Infant wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger.”

And suddenly there was with the Angel a multitude of the Heavenly Hosts praising God and saying: Glory to God in the Highest, and on earth, Peace, Goodwill towards men!”

So it was, when the Angels had gone away from them into Heaven, that the Shepherds said to one another: “Let us now go to Bethlehem and see this Thing that has come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us.”

And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the Infant lying in a manger.

Now when they had seen Him, they made widely known the saying that was told them concerning this Child, and all those who heard it marvelled at those things that were told them by the Shepherds.

But Mary kept all those Things and pondered them in her heart.

Then the Shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the Things that they had heard and seen, as it was told them.

PEOPLE > Glory to Thee, O Lord, Glory to

Thee BOW DOWN B E FO RE GOD & M AK E T H E S I GN O F TH E CROSS


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 Risthine imas apo pasis thlipseos,

orgis, kindinou ke anangkis tou Kyriou deithomen.

Kyrie eleison

PEOPLE Lord have Mercy PRIEST For this Holy House, and for those

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

PEOPLE Lord have Mercy PRIEST For our Deliverance from all

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

PEOPLE Lord have Mercy E k t e n i a o f t h e P r o t h e s i s

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 > 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.

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


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


PRIESTPRIESTPRIESTPRIEST > Remembering our All Holy, Pure, Most Blessed and Glorious Lady, Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary, with all the Saints, let us entrust ourselves and one another and our whole 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


THE PRIEST PROCEEDS TO THE OFFERTORY TABLE – THE PROTHESIS – QUIETLY RECIT ING :

O God, be Gracious to me, a sinner, and have Mercy on me. THE PRIEST K ISSES THE HOLY G IFTS AND SAYS :

> O Holy God, the Father Eternal, Holy and Strong, the Son Co-Eternal, Holy and

Immortal, the All Holy Spirit, Holy Trinity: Glory to Thee! THE PRIEST , HAV ING CENSED THE AER , PLACES IT UPON H IS SHOULDERS .

(THIS REPRESENTS THE SHROUD IN WHICH THE MOST PRECIOUS BODY OF

CHRIST OUR LORD WAS WRAPPED . )

Lift up thy hands in the Sanctuary, and Bless the Lord! AFTER CENSING H IS HANDS , THE PRIEST TAKES UP THE PATEN (UPON WHICH

IS THE LAMB AND SMALLER PORTIONS OF OBLATION

BREAD THAT REPRESENT OUR LADY THEOTOKOS , THE

SAINTS , THE HEAVENLY HOSTS – I .E . THE CHURCH

TRIUMPHANT AS WELL AS FOR THOSE ST ILL STRUGGLING –

THE CHURCH M I L ITANT ) AND THE HOLY CHALICE , WHICH

CONTAINS THE WINE THAT BECOMES , THROUGH THE CONSECRATION OF THE HOLY

SPIRIT , THE MOST PRECIOUS , L IFE -GIV ING BLOOD OF CHRIST :

God is gone up with a shout! The Lord with the sound of a trumpet!

T h e G r e a t I n t r o i t o r E n t r a n c e T H E C O N G R E G A T I O N M U S T S T A N D W I T H H E A D S B O W E D

THE CHERUBIC HYMN IS INTERRUPTED AS THE PRIEST EXITS THE SANCTUARY THROUGH THE NORTH

DOOR , PRECEDED BY A PROCESSION OF ALTAR BOYS CARRYING THE CROSS AND THE PROCESSIONAL

FANS , L IT CANDLES AND THE CENSER .

THE PRIEST LOUDLY BUT REVERENTLY INTONES THE WORDS OF THE GOOD , REPENTANT THIEF :

AFTER REC ITING CERTAIN PRAYERS BEFORE THE ROYAL GATES , THE PRIEST ENTERS THE SANCTUARY

THROUGH THE ROYAL DOORS AND PLACES THE HOLY G IFTS UPON THE ALTAR , WHICH REPRESENTS

OUR LORD ’S TOMB –( AND THRONE ).

HE COVERS THE HOLY G IFTS WITH THE AER . THIS COVERING RECALLS THE BURIAL OF OUR LORD .

THE CHOIR AND THE CONGREGATION COMPLETES THE CHERUBIC HYMN ::::

Tes Angelikes aoratos doriforoumenon

Taxesin. Allelouia!

Invisibly attended by the Angelic Hosts, Alleluia.

THE CONGREGATION MAY NOW S IT IF NECESSARY , BUT ONLY ON THE EDGE OF THE PON THE EDGE OF THE PON THE EDGE OF THE PON THE EDGE OF THE P EWSEWSEWSEWS ,,,, LEGS LEGS LEGS LEGS

UNCROSSEDUNCROSSEDUNCROSSEDUNCROSSED

THE PRIEST PLACES THE PATEN AND HOLY CHALICE UPON THE HOLY ALTAR . AND HAVING REMOVED THE

AER FROM HIS SHOULDERS AND CENSING IT , HE CAREFULLY COVERS THE HOLY G IFTS , SAY ING :

Down from the Tree Joseph, a Godly man, took Thy Most Pure Body, and wound it in linen

clothes with the spices, and laid and closed it in a new Sepulchre. THE PRIEST CENSES THE HOLY G IFT THRICE , SAY ING :

Do Good in Thy Good Pleasure unto Zion: build Thou the walls of Jerusalem. Then shalt Thou

be pleased with the Sacrifices of Righteousness, with Burnt Offerings and Whole Burnt

Offerings: then shall they offer bullocks upon Thine Altar.

L i t a n y o f t h e P r e c i o u s G i f t s

Plirosomen tin deisin imon to Kyrio

Kyrie eleison

Iper ton protethenton timion Doron tou

Kyriou deithomen

PRIEST Let us complete our supplication to the Lord.

PEOPLE Lord have Mercy PRIEST For the Precious Gifts here

presented, let us pray to the Lord.

> Panton imon mnisthii Kyrios O Theos,

en ti Vasilia Aftou, pantote, nin ke ai, ke is tous eonas ton eonon.

Amin

PRIESTPRIESTPRIESTPRIEST > May the Lord our God remember

us all in His Kingdom, now and for ever, and to the Ages of ages.

PEOPLE Amen


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ooo fff SSS ttt BBBaaa sss iii lll ttt hhh eee GGGrrr eee aaa ttt T h e L i t u r g y o f t h e F a i t h f u l

F i r s t P r a y e r THE PRIEST ENTERS THE SANCTUARY AND CONTINUES TO PRAY QUIETLY:

Thou, O Lord, has made known unto us this Great Mystery of Salvation. Thou hast counted

us – Thine humble and unmeritable servants – worthy to be Ministers of Thy Sacred Alar.

Do Thou, through the Power of the Holy Spirit, make us able for this Ministry, that

standing without Condemnation before Thy Holy Glory we may offer unto Thee the

Sacrifice of Praise; for Thou it is Who workest all in all. Grant, O Lord, that this our

Sacrifice, may be acceptable to Thee, both for our sins and for the errors of the people,

and well-pleasing to Thee.

For unto Thee belong all Glory, Honour and Worship: > to the Father, and to the Son, and to

the Holy Spirit, now and forever, and unto Ages of ages. Amen

Sm a l l L i t a n y T H E P R I E S T O R D E A C O N S A Y S A L O U D :

Eti ke eti en irini tou Kyriou deithomen

Kyrie eleison

Antilavou Soson, Eleison Ke Diafilaxon


Amen

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

PEOPLE Lord, have mercy PRIESTHelp us, Save us, have Mercy on us,

and Preserve us, O God, by Thy Grace

PEOPLE Amen

S e c o n d P r a y e r o f t h e F a i t h f u l THE P R I E S T Q U I E T LY P R AYS :

O God, Who with Loving-Kindness and Tender Mercies hast visited our lowly estate; Who hast set us,

Thy humble, sinful and unworthy servants, before Thy Holy Glory to Minister at Thy Sacred Altar:

do Thou, through the Power of the Holy Spirit, Strengthen us for this Ministry, and grant us

utterance that our mouths may be opened to Invoke the Grace of Thy Holy Spirit upon the Gifts

that we would lay before Thee.

THE P R I E S T C ONT IN UES A LO UD :

Opos ipo tou Kratous Sou pantote

filattomeni, Si Doxan

anapempomen > to Patri ke to Iio

ke to Agio Pnevmati, nin ke ai ke is tous Eonas ton Eonon.

Amin

PRIESTPRIESTPRIESTPRIEST And grant that being always guarded by Thy Power, to Thee we

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

PEOPLE Amen

P r a y e r o f t h e C h e r u b i c H y m n WHILE THE CHERUBIC HYMN IS CHANTED, THE PRIEST BOWS HIS HEAD AND RECITES THE FOLLOWING PRAYER

ON BEHALF OF HIMSELF. THIS PRAYER SHOULD ALSO BE READ BY THE CONGREGATION FOR THEIR

ENLIGHTENMENT AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE GREAT SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HOLY EUCHARIST THAT

FOLLOWS SHORTLY.

None is worthy among those who are held fast in fleshly desires and pleasures to approach,

to to draw nigh, or to minister to Thee, O King of Glory, for to minister to Thee is a great

and fearful thing, even for the Heavenly Powers themselves. Notwithstanding, through

Thine Ineffable and Immeasurable Love for mankind, Thou became Man, suffering no

change nor altering, and art our High Priest and has Thyself bestowed upon us the


Ministry of this Divine Office and Bloodless Sacrifice as Master of all. For Thou only, O

Lord our God, hast Dominion over all things in Heaven and on earth, Who art borne upon

a Throne of Cherubim, Who art Lord of the Seraphim and King of Israel; Who alone art

Holy and rest in the Holies. Therefore, I beseech Thee, Who alone art Good and ready to

hear: look down upon me, Thy sinful and unprofitable servants, and Cleanse my soul and

my heart from an evil conscience. And by the Power of the Holy Spirit, enable me, who

am invested with the Grace of Priesthood, to stand before this Thy Holy Table, and to

administer Thy Most Pure and Sacred Body and Thy Precious Blood. For unto Thee I

come, to Thee I bow my head, and I beseech Thee: turn not Thy Sight from me, neither

reject me from among Thy servants, but account it fitting for these Gifts to be offered to

Thee by me, Thy sinful and unworthy servant. For Thou art He Who Offers and He Who is

Offered, and He Who receives and Who is given, O Christ our God, > and to Thee we

ascribe Glory, together with Thine Eternal Father, and Thine All Holy,

Good and Life-giving Spirit, now and forever, and to the Ages of Ages.

Amen.

TH E PR I E S T R E C I T E S T H E CH E R U B I C H YMN TH R I C E , M A K I N G A PROS TR A T I ON A T T H E

E N D O F E A CH R E P E T I T I ON .

T h e C h e r u b i c H y m n I ta Herouvim mystikos ikonizontes, ke ti

Zoopio Triadi ton Trisagion imnon prosadontes, pasan tin viotikin apothometha merimnan os ton Vasilea to olon ipodexomeni...

PEOPLE Let us who mystically represent the Cherubim, and who sing the Thrice-Holy Hymn to the Life-giving Trinity, put away all worldly care, that we may receive the King of all

P s a l m 5 0 / 5 1 T H E P S A L M O F R E P E N T A N C E

THE PR I E S T C E N SE S T HE A LT A R , T HE PROTHE S I S , T HE HO LY I CON S O F T HE I CONOSTA S I ON A N D T HE WORSH I P P E RS , WH I L E

R E C I T I NG “O COME , L E T U S WORSH I P . . . ” A N D PSA LM 50/ 51 – T HE PSA LM O F R E P EN TAN CE – WH I CH WE MU S T A L SO

QU IETLY READ AND CONTEMPLATE

Eleison me, O Theos kata to Mega Eleos Sou, ke kata to plithos ton iktrmon Sou

exalipson to anomima mou.

Epi plion plinon me apo tis anomias mou, ke apo tis amartias mou katharison me

Oti tin anomie 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 sovelifthin, ke en amarties ekissise me i mitir mou.

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

Pantiis me Issopo, ke katharisthisome - plinies me, ke iper hiona

levkanthisome.

Akoutiis mi Agalliasin ke Evfrosinin,

Agaliasonte ostea tetapinomena.

Have mercy on me, O God, according to

Thy Great Mercy. And according to the

abundance of Thy Compassion blot out

my transgression.

Wash me thoroughly from my lawlessness,

and cleanse me from 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 may

overcome when Thou art judged.

For 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 shalt sprinkle me with Hyssop, and I

will be cleansed - Thou shalt wash me,

and I will be made whiter than snow.

Thou shalt make me hear Joy and

Gladness – my bones that were humbled

shalt greatly Rejoice.


Apostrepson to Prosopon Sou apo tin amartion mou, ke pasas tas anomias

mou exalipson. Kardian katharan ktison en emi, O Theos,

ke pvevma evthes egkenison en tis

egkatis 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.

Didazo anomous tas Odous Sou, ke asevis api Se apistrepsousi.

Rise me ex ematon, O Theos - O Theos tis Sotirias mou, Agalliasete i glossou mou

tin Dikeosinin Sou.

Kyrie ta hili mou anixis, ke to stoma mou aanangeli tin Enesin Sou.

Oti i ithelisas thisian, edoxa an:

Olokaftomata ouk evdoxisis.

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 Evdoisis Thisian Dieosinis,

Anaforan ke Olokaftomata - tote

anisousin epi to Thisiastirion Sou

moshous.

Turn Thy Sight away from my sins, and

blot out all my transgressions.

A clean heart create in me, O God, and

renew a right spirit within me.

Do not cast me away from Thy Presence,

and do not take 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 turn back to Thee.

Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God -

the God of my Salvation, and my tongue

shall greatly Rejoice in Thy

Righteousness.

O Lord, Thou will open my lips, and my

mouth will declare Thy Praise.

For if Thou had 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 on Thine Altar

young bullocks.

ON ENTERING THE HOLY SANCTUARY , THE PRIEST AGAIN CENSES THE HOLY ALTAR , THE PROTHESIS AND

ALL THE SANCTUARY , BEFORE REPLACING THE CENSER ON ITS STAND . THEN , STANDING BEFORE THE

HOLY ALTAR , THE PRIEST MAKES TWO LOW PROSTRATIONS WHILE REC IT ING :

O Saviour, I have sinned before Thee as the Prodigal Son. Accept me, O Father, as a

penitent, and have Mercy on me, O God.

With the voice of the Publican I cry unto Thee, O Christ

Saviour: be Gracious to me, as Thou was with him,

and have Mercy on me, O God. THE PRIEST K ISSES THE ANTIMENSION AND AGAIN MAKE A LOW

PROSTRATION BEFORE TURNING AND BOWING HUMBLY TO THE

CONGREGATION , SAYING IN A LOW VOICE :

May God forgive those who hate us and those who Love

us.

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2012 - 24 Dec - Vespers and Divine Liturgy of St Basil -Nativity of Christ