THE BIRTH OF OUR MOST-HOLY LADY THE THEOTOKOS AND …

THE BIRTH OF OUR MOST-HOLY LADY

THE THEOTOKOS AND EVER-VIRGIN MARY

THE IDIOMELA HYMNS

Text from The Festal Menaion Translated by Met. Kallistos Ware

And Mother Mary

Composed by Samuel Herron Cantor and Composer of the Greek Orthodox Church

Vesperal Idiomela for the Birth of our

Most-holy Lady the TheotokosComposed by Samuel Herron - Translated by Met. Kallistos Ware & Mother Mary

Mode Πα

Verse:

ut

Πα

of the depths have I cried un- to Thee, O Lord:

Lord, hear_____ my voice.

Idiomelon #1 Σήµερον ὁ τοῖς νοεροῖς θρόνοις

o-

Πα

day ___ God who__ rests up- on the spir - - - it- ual

___ thrones has made read- y for Him- self a ho - - ly throne

up - on earth. He who made firm the __ heav- ens in

Δι

His wis - - dom has

Πα

pre - pared a liv- ing heav- en in

His love for man. For from a bar- ren ____ root

He has made a

Δι

life - - - giv -

Πα

ing ___ branch

Δι

spring

up ______ for us, ev

Πα

- - en His Moth

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- - - er. God of ___ won - - ders and hope ______ of

the__ hope - - less, glo- ry be to Thee, O

Lord.

Verse:

et

Πα

Thine ears be at- ten- tive to the voice of

my sup- pli- ca - - - tion.

Repeat Idiomelon #1

Verse:

f

Πα

Thou, Lord, should- est mark in- i- qui- ties, O Lord

who shall stand? But there is for- give - - ness_____ with

Thee.Idiomelon #2 Αὕτη ἡµέρα Κυρίου

his

Πα

is the day of the ___ Lord: re-

Δι

joice,

ye ______ peo - - ple. For

Πα

lo, the Brid- al Cham-ber of the

___ Light, the

Δι

Book of theWord of ____ Life, has

Πα

come forth

Vesperal Idiomela for the Birth of our Most-holy Lady the Theotokos

Composed by Samuel Herron - Translated by Met. Kallistos Ware and Mother Mary

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from____ the womb, and thē East Gate,__ new

Δι

- - - ly born, a-

Πα

waits thē __ en - trance of the

Great Priest. She a - lone brings in- to the world thē

one and on

Δι

- ly ________ Christ, for

Πα

the sal- va - - tion

of_______ our souls.

Verse:

or

Πα

Thy Nameʹs sake have I waited for Thee, O Lord: my

soul hath waited for Thy word, my soul hath hoped in

the Lord.Idiomelon #3 Εἰ καὶ θείῳ βουλήµατι

l- though by the will of____ God oth- er wom- en who were bar

- ren have__ brought_ forth fam - ous off - - - spring, yet

a - mong all such child - - renMar - - - - y has ____ shone

most bright - - - - - ly with di - vine glo - -



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- ry. For,

Δι

her- self born won - - - drous - - - ly of

Πα

a bar - - ren __ moth - - er, she bore in the ____ flesh the

God

Δι

of _______ all, in

Πα

_____ fash- ion sur - - pass - -

ing __ na - ture, from a womb with - out seed.

She

Κε

is thē on- ly gate - way of thē On- ly- be - got - ten

Son of God, who

Πα

passed through this ___

gate, yet kept it closed: and hav- ing or-

dered all ____ things in His

Δι

own wis - - dom He

Πα

has wrought sal -

va - tion for all man- - - kind.

Verse:

rom

Πα

the morn- ing watch un- til the night, from the morn-

ing watch let Is - - ra - el trust in

the Lord.



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Idiomelon #4 Σήµερον στειρωτικαὶ

o - day the bar- ren ___ gates are o - pened and the

virgin Door of God ____ comes_ forth. To- day grace be-

gins to bear its first____ fruits, mak-

Δι

ing man- i- fest to

Πα

the ___ world

the Moth - - er ______ of God, through whom things on __

earth are ______ joined

Δι

with heav - - en, for

Πα

the sal- va - - tion

of_______ our souls.

Verse:

or

Πα

with the Lord there is mer- cy, and with Him is

plent- eous re- demp- tion: and He shall re- deem Is- ra- el

from all ____ his in- iq - ui - - - ties.

Repeat Idiomelon #4

Verse:

Πα

praise the Lord, all ye na- tions: praise__ Him____

__ all ye ________ peo- - - ple.



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Idiomelon #5 Σήµερον τῆς παγκοσµίου χαρᾶς

o

Πα

- day is the be- gin - - - ning of ____ joy

Δι

for _____ all the ___ world;__ to-

Πα

day the __ winds blow

that bring__ tid - ings of sal- va - - - tion. The bar -

ren - ness of our__ na- ture has been ___ loosed: for

the bar- ren___wom - - an is re- vealed as moth - er of ___

her

Δι

who, af- ter bear- ing ___ the Mak - - er, still

Πα

re-

mained_____ Vir - - - gin. From her He ____ who

Κε

is God by

na - - ture takes what is a- li - en to ____ Him &

Δι

makes

it

Πα

His ___ own; through

Δι

her Christ____ works sal - va

- - tion for

Πα

those ___gone a- stray ______ in_______ the

flesh, He

Δι

who loves man- - - kind and

Πα

is the De- liv



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- er - er of our souls.

Verse:

or

Πα

His mer- ci- ful kind- ness is great towards us: and

the truth of the Lord en- dur - - - eth ___ for - ev

- - - er.Idiomelon #6 Σήµερον ἡ στεῖρα Ἄννα

o-

Πα

day ___ Ann the bar- ren__ gives

Δι

___ birth to

Πα

the Child of God, ___ fore- or - dained from all gen-

er- a - tions to be the hab- i- ta - - - tion___ of the

King

Δι

of ____ all and Mak - er, Christ our

God, in

Πα

ful- fil- ment of the di- vine _______ dis - pen - sa

- - - tion. Through

Κε

her we child- - - - ren of ____ earth have

Δι

been formed a

Μελ

- new,

Κε

and re

Δι

- stored from __ cor - rup - - tion

Πα

to life



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with - out end.

Vesperal DoxastikonFor a simpler version, use Idiomelon #1

Mode Πα

ε

Πα

ε Glo - - ry to the Fa -ther, & to the ___

Son, and to the Ho - ly Spir - - it.

oth now and for- ev - er & to

Δι

thē ____ ag - - es of

Πα

___

ag - es. A - - - men.

o-

Πα

day ___ God who __ rests up- on the ____ spir - - - it-

ual ___ thrones has

Δι

made read - y for ______ Him - -

self a

Πα

holy throne up - - - - - on ___earth.

He who made firm the __ heav- ens in

Δι

His wis - - dom

Πα

has pre

- pared a liv- ing___ heav - - en in His love



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for man. For from a bar- ren ____ root He has made

a

Δι

life - - - giv -

Πα

ing ___ branch

Δι

spring up

______ for us, ev-

Πα

en _______His Moth - - - er. ___

God of ____ won - - - - - ders ___ and hope ______ of

the

Δι

__ hope - - - less,

Πα

glo- ry be

to Thee, O Lord.



Lity for the Birth of our

Most-holy Lady the TheotokosComposed by Samuel Herron - Translated by Met. Kallistos Ware & Mother Mary

Mode Πα

Idiomelon #1 Ἡἀπαρχὴ

Πα

ye peo - - ple, to- day is come______ to__ pass the first

fruit of our ____ sal - va - - - tion. For lo,

she who was fore- or - dained from gen-er- a - - - tions

of ____ old as Moth- er ______ and___ Vir - gin and Re- ceiv - -

er of ____ God,___ comes forth in __ birth from

a bar - ren wom- - - an: a flow- er has blos -somed from

Jes - - se, and from his root ____ a branch has

sprung. Let Ad- am our fore- fath - er__ be ____ glad

and let Eve re- joice with_____ great joy. For

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be- hold, she who was made from the rib_______ of ___ Ad - am plain-

- ly de- clares her daugh- ter__ and de- scend - ant bless- -

- ed. ʹFor,ʹ says __ she, ʹun- to me is born de- liv- er - ance,

through which I shall be ____ set ____ free from the bonds

of hell.ʹ Let Da

Ζω

- - - vid re - joice,

Πα

strik-ing up -

on the __ harp, __ and let him bless God: ___ for lo, the

Vir - - gin comes__ forth from a bar- ren __ rock,___ for the sal-

va - - tion of ______ our souls.

Mode Δι

Idiomelon #2 Δεῦτε φιλοπάρθενοι πάντες

ome,

Δι

all ye who love vir - - gin- i - ty, and who are friends

of pur - - i- ty: come ye & wel-come with love

the boast

Β

of____ vir - - gins. She is the foun-tain

Δι

Lity for the Birth of our Most-holy Lady the Theotokos

Composed by Samuel Herron - Translated by Met. Kallistos Ware & Mother Mary

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of life that gush- es forth from the flint - y rock;

she is the Bush ___ spring - - - ing from bar - ren

Β

ground and burn

Μελ

- - ing

Δι

with thē im-ma- te- ri- al

fire that____cleans-es and en - light - - ens

our souls.

Idiomelon #3 Τὶς ὁ ἦχος

hat

Δι

is this sound of __ feast - ing that we ____ hear?__

Jo- a-chim and An - na mys - sti - ʹcly keep fes - ti

Β

-

- - val. ʹO Ad

Δι

- - - am and____ Eve,ʹ they cry, ʹre- joice

with us to- day: for if by your trans- gres - - - - sion

ye closed the gate of Par- a - - - dise to those of

Β

old, we

Δι

have now been_ giv - - en a glo - - -



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ri - ous fruit, Mar - y the

Γα

Child

of

Μελ

___ God,

Δι

who o -

pens its en - trance to_______ us all.ʹ

Idiomelon #4 Ἡπροορισθεῖσα παντάνασσα

he

Δι

who was pre- or - - dained to ___ be the Queen of all and hab-

i- ta - -

Β

- tion of God, has come___ forth

Δι

to- day ____ from __ the ___ bar- ren womb of joy - - - ful __

An - - na. She is the di- vine sanc- tu - ar - - y

of thē e- ter -

Δι

- nal ___ Es - - sence; through

Μελ

____ her

Δι

cruel

Γα

hell has

Νη

been tram - pled un - der foot, and

Δι

Eve with all her ____ line is es - tab - lished se- cure

in life. It is meet and right that we ____ should __



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cry a - - loud ______ to her: ʹBless - ed art

thou a - mong wom - - en, ___ and bless- ed is the

fruit of_______ thy womb.

Doxastikon of the Lity

Mode Νη

lo-

Νη

ry to the Fa - - ther, and to the ____ Son, and

to _____ the Ho- ly Spir - - - it.

oth

Νη

now and__ ev - er and to the ag - - es of

ag- es. A - - - men.

Ἐν εὐσήµῳ ἡµέρᾳ

n

Νη

this sol- emn __ day of ___ our __ feast ___ let us

strike the__ spir - - i - tual harp: for to - - day is

___ born __ of the seed of ___ Dav - - id the Moth - er



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of ___ Life, who__ de - - stroys the dark - - - -

ness. She is the res- tor- ra- tion

Δι

of Ad - - am and

Νη

the re-

call - - - ing of ____ Eve, the foun- tain ____ of

Δι

___ in - cor-

rup - - tion___ and

Νη

the re- lease from cor - rup - - tion: through

her we have been ____ made god - - - - like and de- liv

- - ered_____ from death. Let us, the faith-ful,

Δι

cry to

her ____ with Ga - - bri - - - el: ʹHail, thou

who art full of ___ who art full

of grace: the

Νη

Lord__ is with ___ thee, through

Πα

thee__grant-

ing

Νη

____ us great mer - - - cy.

Δι↓ Μελ



Aposticha for the Birth of ourMost-holy Lady the TheotokosComposed by Samuel Herron - Translated by Met. Kallistos Ware & Mother Mary

Mode Πα

Idiomelon #1 Ἡ παγκόσµιος χαρά

T he

Πα

Joy

Β

of all the world__ has ______ shone

Πα

forth

up - on us, the far- famed Vir - - gin sprung__ from right-

eous Jo- a- chim and______ An - - - - na. On

Β

ac- count of her

ex- ceed - - ing good - - ness she is be - come

the

Δι

liv - ing__ Tem - - ple _____ of God,__ and

Β

is in truth ac - knowl - - edged as thē on - ly The

Πα

- o -

to - - - kos. At her prayers, O _______ Christ ___ our

God, send

Β

down peace up - on the world and__ on our souls ___ great

mer - cy.____

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Verse: H eark-

Πα

en, O daugh- ter, and con- sid- er, and in-

cline thine ear.

Idiomelon #2 Δι᾿ Ἀγγέλου προρρήσεως

A s fore- told by thē an - - gel, to- day hast__ thou____

come forth, O Vir - - - gin, thē all- ho- ly off- spring of

right- eous Jo- a- chim and______ An - - - - na. Thou art a

heav- en and the throne of God,___ and a ves - - sel ___

of pur - i - - ty, pro- claim- ing joy ___ to __

all ____ the___world, O Pro- tec - - tor of ______ our

life. Thou dost de- stroy the ___ curse and giv- est bless - -

- - ing in its ____ place. There-fore on this feast of

thy ____birth, O Maid - en__ called by God,

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in- ter- cede that our ____ souls be giv - en peace and ___ great

mer - cy. ___

Verse: E v-

Πα

en the rich a- mong the peo- ple shall en-

treat thy ______ fa - - - - vour.

Idiomelon #3 Στεῖρα ἄγονος ἡ Ἄννα

T o- day let An- na, bar - - ren and child- -

- less, clap her ______ hands ____ with joy. Let things on

earth put on their bright ar - ray; let kings dance and priests make

__ glad in hymns__ of ____bless - - ing; let the whole

world____ keep feast. For lo, the Queen and__ spot - less

Bride of the Fa - ther has blos- somed_ from the root ____ of Jes

- - - se. No more shall wom- en ___ bear child- ren in ____ sor - -



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row: for joy ___has put ____forth its ____ flow - - er, and the Life

of ____ men has come to dwell in _______ the world.

No more are the gifts of Jo - a - chim turned a

- - - way: for the la- ment of An - - na is changed

to ____ joy. 'Let all the chos- en Is - - ra- el re- joice

with me,' she ___ says: 'for be- hold, the___Lord

has ___ giv- en ____ me the liv - - ing Pa - -

vil - - - - ion of His di - vine

glo - - - di- vine_____ glo - - ry, un- to the joy and __

glad - - ness of us ____ all and the sal - - va- tion__ of our

souls'.__



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Doxastikon of the ApostichaMode Νη

G lo-

Νη

ry to the Fa - - ther, and to the ____ Son, and

to _____ the Ho- ly Spir - - - it.

B oth

Νη

now and__ ev - er and to the ag - - es of

ag- es. A - - - men.

C ome,

Νη

all ye faith - ful, and let us run to the Vir

- - gin: for lo, to-day is ____ born she who was fore- or - dained

be-fore the womb as Moth

Δι↓

- - - er of our ____ God.

Νη

She

is the treas - ure

Δι

of virgin - - - i - - - ty,

the

Νη

rod of ___ Aa - - ron spring- ing from the root of

Jes - - se, the preach - ing __ of the proph - - - ets, ___

off- shoot of the right- eous __ Jo - a- chim and An



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- - - na. She is ____ born,___ and with her is the world

Πα

be-come new

Νη

a - - - gain. She is ____ born,___ and

the Church

Πα

__ clothes her- self in maj

Νη

- - - es - - - ty.

She is the ho - ly ___ Tem - - ple, the

Δι

Re- ceiv- er ___ of

the God - - head:__ thē

Νη

in- stru-ment of vir - - gin- i - ty,

the Brid- al CHam - ber of the ____ King, where-

Δι

in was ac- com

- - plished the mar- vel- ous__ mys - - ter - - - y

of

Νη

thē in- ef- fa- ble___ un - - ion of the na - - tures which

come to- geth - - er _______ in Christ. Wor - - -

ship- ping Him, ______

Δι

we sing ____ the ____ prais - - -

- - -

Νη

- - - - - - es of thē all-

Πα

spot - less___ birth

Νη

of the Vir - - -

Δι↓

gin.

Μελ



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Praises Doxastikon for the Birth of ourMost-holy Lady the TheotokosComposed by Samuel Herron - Translated by Met. Kallistos Ware & Mother Mary

Mode Πα

N ε

Πα

ε Glo - - ry to the Fa -ther, & to the ___

Son, and to the Ho - ly Spir - - it.

B oth now and__ ev - er & to

Δι

the ____ ag - - es of

Πα

___ ag

- es. A - - - men.

T his

Πα

is the day of the ____ Lord: re - -

joice, ye __ peo - - ple, For lo, the Brid- al Cham-ber___ of

the Light, ______

Δι

the Book of _________ the Word ofΠα

Life, has come forth from ____ the

womb, and

Δι

thē East ___ Gate, ___ new - ly ____ born, a-

Πα

waits thē

en - trance of the Great Priest. She a - lone

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___ bringsin- to the ___world thē one and on - - - ly ___ Christ,

Δι

Κε

for

Πα

the sal- va - tion of

Νη

our souls.

Πα

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