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Ὀκτώηχος - Ἦχος πλ. αʹ.

Octoechos - Mode pl. 1.

Τῇ Κυριακῇ Πρωΐ

On Sunday Morning

Μηναῖον - Τῌ Δʹ ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΟΥ

Menaion - August 4

Μνήμη τῶν Ἁγίων Ἑπτὰ Παίδων τῶν ἐν Ἐφέσῳ

Memory of the Holy Seven Youths of Ephesus

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Ἦχος πλ. αʹ.

Mode pl. 1.

Θεὸς Κύριος καὶ ἐπέφανεν ἡμῖν. Εὐλογημένος ὁ ἐρχόμενος ἐν ὀνόματι Κυρίου.

God is the Lord, and He revealed Himself to us. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. [SAAS]

Στίχ. αʹ. Ἐξομολογεῖσθε τῷ Κυρίῳ καὶ ἐπικαλεῖσθε τὸ ὄνομα τὸ ἅγιον αὐτοῦ.

Verse 1: Give thanks to the Lord and call upon His holy name.

Στίχ. βʹ. Πάντα τὰ ἔθνη ἐκύκλωσάν με, καὶ τῷ ὀνόματι Κυρίου ἠμυνάμην αὐτούς.

Verse 2: All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the Lord I defended myself against them.

Στίχ. γʹ. Παρὰ Κυρίου ἐγένετο αὕτη καὶ ἔστι θαυμαστὴ ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς ἡμῶν.

Verse 3: And this came about from the Lord, and it is wonderful in our eyes.

Τῆς Ὀκτωήχου - - -

From Octoechos - - -

Ἀπολυτίκιον Ἀναστάσιμον.

Resurrectional Apolytikion.

Ἦχος πλ. αʹ. Αὐτόμελον.

Mode pl. 1. Automelon.

Τὸν συνάναρχον Λόγον.

Τὸν συνάναρχον Λόγον Πατρὶ καὶ Πνεύματι, τὸν ἐκ Παρθένου τεχθέντα εἰς σωτηρίαν ἡμῶν, ἀνυμνήσωμεν πιστοὶ καὶ προσκυνήσωμεν· ὅτι ηὐδόκησε σαρκί, ἀνελθεῖν ἐν τῷ Σταυρῷ, καὶ θάνατον ὑπομεῖναι, καὶ ἐγεῖραι τοὺς τεθνεῶτας, ἐν τῇ ἐνδόξῳ ἀναστάσει αὐτοῦ.

As the Father and Spirit are unoriginate, * so the Word, who was born from the Virgin for us. * Let us praise Him, O believers, and let us worship Him. * For our salvation He was pleased * to be crucified in the flesh, * and to undergo death, * and to resurrect the dead, by His glorious resurrection. [GOASD]

Δόξα. Τὸ αὐτό.

Glory. Repeat.

Καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.

Both now. Theotokion.

Τῆς Ὀκτωήχου - - -

From Octoechos - - -

Ἦχος πλ. αʹ. Τὸν συνάναρχον Λόγον.

Mode pl. 1. As the Father and Spirit.

Τὸν συνάναρχον Λόγον.

Χαῖρε πύλη Κυρίου ἡ ἀδιόδευτος· Χαῖρε τεῖχος καὶ σκέπη τῶν προστρεχόντων εἰς σέ· Χαῖρε ἀχείμαστε λιμήν, καὶ ἀπειρόγαμε· ἡ τεκοῦσα ἐν σαρκὶ τὸν ποιητήν σου καὶ Θεόν, πρεσβεύουσα μὴ ἐλλείπῃς, ὑπὲρ τῶν ἀνυμνούντων, καὶ προσκυνούντων τὸν τόκον σου.

Hail, gate of the Lord, through which no man has passed! * Wall and shelter of all who rely on you, rejoice! * Port and haven undisturbed by any tempest, rejoice! * You gave birth to your Creator and God in the flesh, * ever remaining a virgin. * Never cease interceding for us who worship and extol your Son. [GOASD]

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Ἔτι καὶ ἔτι ἐν εἰρήνῃ τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

Again and again in peace let us pray to the Lord.

ΧΟΡΟΣ· Κύριε, ἐλέησον.

CHOIR: Lord, have mercy.

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PRIEST

Ἀντιλαβοῦ, σῶσον, ἐλέησον καὶ διαφύλαξον ἡμᾶς, ὁ Θεός, τῇ σῇ χάριτι.

Help us, save us, have mercy on us, and protect us, O God, by Your grace.

ΧΟΡΟΣ· Κύριε, ἐλέησον.

CHOIR: Lord, have mercy.

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

PRIEST

Τῆς παναγίας, ἀχράντου, ὑπερευλογημένης, ἐνδόξου, δεσποίνης ἡμῶν, Θεοτόκου καὶ ἀειπαρθένου Μαρίας μετὰ πάντων τῶν ἁγίων μνημονεύσαντες, ἑαυτοὺς καὶ ἀλλήλους καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν ζωὴν ἡμῶν Χριστῷ τῷ Θεῷ παραθώμεθα.

Remembering our all-holy, immaculate, most blessed, and glorious Lady, the Theotokos and ever-virgin Mary, with all the saints, let us commend ourselves and one another and our whole life to Christ our God.

ΧΟΡΟΣ· Σοί, Κύριε.

CHOIR: To You, O Lord.

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Ὅτι σὸν τὸ κράτος καὶ σοῦ ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία καὶ ἡ δύναμις καὶ ἡ δόξα, τοῦ Πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

For Yours is the dominion, and Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory, of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and to the ages of ages.

ΧΟΡΟΣ· Ἀμήν.

CHOIR: Amen.

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CHOIR

Κάθισμα Αʹ.

Kathisma I.

Τῆς Ὀκτωήχου - - -

From Octoechos - - -

Ἦχος πλ. αʹ. Τὸν συνάναρχον Λόγον.

Mode pl. 1. As the Father and Spirit.

Τὸν συνάναρχον Λόγον.

Τὸν Σταυρὸν τοῦ Κυρίου ἐγκωμιάσωμεν, τὴν ταφὴν τὴν ἁγίαν ὕμνοις τιμήσωμεν, καὶ τὴν ἀνάστασιν αὐτοῦ ὑπερδοξάσωμεν· ὅτι συνήγειρε νεκρούς, ἐκ τῶν μνημάτων ὡς Θεός, σκυλεύσας κράτος θανάτου, καὶ ἰσχὺν διαβόλου, καὶ τοῖς ἐν ᾅδῃ φῶς ἀνέτειλε.

Let us honor the Cross of the Lord with solemn praise. * Let us sing hymns extolling His holy burial. * Let us highly glorify His resurrection from the dead. * For, being God, He raised the dead from the graves with himself. * He shined light on those in Hades, annihilating the power of death and the devil’s might. [GOASD]

Δόξα.

Glory.

Ἦχος πλ. αʹ.

Mode pl. 1.

- c1013 - Petros-Ioannis | JM Boyer

Κύριε, νεκρὸς προσηγορεύθης, ὁ νεκρώσας τὸν θάνατον· ἐν μνήματι ἐτέθης, ὁ κενώσας τὰ μνήματα· ἄνω στρατιῶται τὸν τάφον ἐφύλαττον, κάτω τοὺς ἀπʼ αἰῶνος νεκροὺς ἐξανέστησας. Παντοδύναμε καὶ ἀκατάληπτε, Κύριε δόξα σοι.

Lord, You who deadened death were described as being dead. You who emptied tombs had been buried in a tomb. Above, soldiers guarded the sepulcher; below, You resurrected the dead of all ages. Lord almighty and incomprehensible, glory to You! [GOASD]

Καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.

Both now. Theotokion.

Ἦχος πλ. αʹ. Τὸν συνάναρχον Λόγον.

Mode pl. 1. As the Father and Spirit.

Τὸν συνάναρχον Λόγον.

- c1013 - Petros-Ioannis | JM Boyer

Χαῖρε ἅγιον ὄρος καὶ θεοβάδιστον· χαῖρε ἔμψυχε βάτε καὶ ἀκατάφλεκτε· χαῖρε ἡ μόνη πρὸς Θεὸν κόσμου γέφυρα, ἡ μετάγουσα θνητούς, πρὸς τὴν αἰώνιον ζωήν· χαῖρε ἀκήρατε Κόρη, ἡ ἀπειράνδρως τεκοῦσα, τὴν σωτηρίαν τῶν ψυχῶν ἡμῶν.

Holy Mountain, like that on which God once walked, rejoice! * Metaphorical bush that was not consumed, rejoice! * Only bridge connecting the world to God * and conveying mortal humans to everlasting life, * rejoice, immaculate Lady! * Ever remaining a virgin, you gave birth to Him who saves our souls. [GOASD]

Τῆς Ὀκτωήχου - - -

From Octoechos - - -

Κάθισμα Βʹ.

Kathisma II.

Ἦχος πλ. αʹ.

Mode pl. 1.

Κύριε, μετὰ τὴν τριήμερόν σου ἀνάστασιν, καὶ τὴν τῶν Ἀποστόλων προσκύνησιν, ὁ Πέτρος ἐβόα σοι· Γυναῖκες ἀπετόλμησαν, κᾀγὼ ἐδειλίασα· Λῃστὴς ἐθεολόγησε, κᾀγὼ ἠρνησάμην σε· ἆρα καλέσεις με τοῦ λοιποῦ μαθητήν; ἢ πάλιν δείξεις με ἁλιέα βυθοῦ; ἀλλὰ μετανοοῦντά με δέξαι, ὁ Θεὸς καὶ σῶσόν με.

After You had risen on the third day, O Lord, and the Apostles had worshiped You, Peter said to You, “The women were courageous, but I was afraid. The robber stated Your divinity, but I denied knowing You. Will You ever call me Your disciple again, or will you send me back to be a fisher of the sea? I pray You to receive me in repentance, O God, and save me.” [GOASD]

Δόξα.

Glory.

Ἦχος πλ. αʹ.

Mode pl. 1.

- c1013 - Petros-Ioannis | JM Boyer

Κύριε, ἐν μέσῳ σε προσήλωσαν, οἱ παράνομοι τῶν καταδίκων, καὶ λόγχῃ τὴν πλευράν σου ἐξεκέντησαν, ὦ Ἐλεῆμον· ταφὴν δὲ κατεδέξω, ὁ λύσας ᾅδου τὰς πύλας, καὶ ἀνέστης τριήμερος· ἔδραμον γυναῖκες ἰδεῖν σε, καὶ ἀπήγγειλαν Ἀποστόλοις τὴν ἔγερσιν. Ὑπερυψούμενε Σωτήρ, ὃν ὑμνοῦσιν Ἄγγελοι, εὐλογημένε Κύριε δόξα σοι.

The villains had You crucified between the convicts. And they pierced Your side with a spear, O merciful Master. You accepted burial. You destroyed the gates of Hades, and You rose on the third day. The Women ran to see You, and they announced Your resurrection to the Apostles. Supremely exalted Savior, whom the Angels extol, O blessed Lord, glory to You! [GOASD]

Καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.

Both now. Theotokion.

Ἦχος πλ. αʹ. Τὸν συνάναρχον Λόγον.

Mode pl. 1. As the Father and Spirit.

Τὸν συνάναρχον Λόγον.

- c1013 - Petros-Ioannis | JM Boyer

Ἀπειρόγαμε νύμφη θεογεννήτρια, ἡ τῆς Εὔας τὴν λύπην χαροποιήσασα, ἀνυμνοῦμεν οἱ πιστοὶ καὶ προσκυνοῦμέν σε, ὅτι ἀνήγαγες ἡμᾶς ἐκ τῆς ἀρχαίας ἀρᾶς· καὶ νῦν δυσώπει ἀπαύστως, πανύμνητε Παναγία, εἰς τὸ σωθῆναι ἠμας.

Bride unwedded and Mother of God, you are the one * who turned Eve’s pain and sorrow into exultant joy. * We the faithful sing your praises and we honor you; * for you have lifted us up from the ancient curse. * All-lauded, all-holy Virgin, * never cease interceding with your Son and God to save our souls. [GOASD]

Εὐλογητάρια Ἀναστάσιμα.

Resurrectional Evlogetaria.

Ἦχος πλ. αʹ.

Mode pl. 1.

Εὐλογητὸς εἶ, Κύριε, δίδαξόν με τὰ δικαιώματά σου.

Blessed are You, O Lord, teach me Your statutes.

Τῶν Ἀγγέλων ὁ δῆμος, κατεπλάγη ὁρῶν σε, ἐν νεκροῖς λογισθέντα, τοῦ θανάτου δὲ Σωτήρ, τὴν ἰσχὺν καθελόντα, καὶ σὺν ἑαυτῷ τὸν Ἀδὰμ ἐγείραντα, καὶ ἐξ ᾍδου πάντας ἐλευθερώσαντα.

When the hosts of the Angels saw how You were accounted among the dead, they all marveled. You, O Savior, are the One who destroyed the might of death; and when You arose You raised Adam with yourself and from Hades liberated everyone. [SD]

Εὐλογητὸς εἶ, Κύριε, δίδαξόν με τὰ δικαιώματά σου.

Blessed are You, O Lord, teach me Your statutes.

Τί τὰ μύρα, συμπαθῶς τοῖς δάκρυσιν, ὦ Μαθήτριαι κιρνᾶτε; ὁ ἀστράπτων ἐν τῷ τάφῳ Ἄγγελος, προσεφθέγγετο ταῖς Μυροφόροις· Ἴδετε ὑμεῖς τὸν τάφον καὶ ᾔσθητε· ὁ Σωτὴρ γὰρ ἐξανέστη τοῦ μνήματος.

“Why do you mingle the ointments with your tears full of pity, O women disciples?” Thus the Angel who was shining in the tomb cried to the myrrh-bearing women. “See for yourselves the empty tomb and understand, that the Savior has risen from the sepulcher.”

Εὐλογητὸς εἶ, Κύριε, δίδαξόν με τὰ δικαιώματά σου.

Blessed are You, O Lord, teach me Your statutes.

Λίαν πρωΐ, Μυροφόροι ἔδραμον, πρὸς τὸ μνῆμά σου θρηνολογοῦσαι· ἀλλʼ ἐπέστη, πρὸς αὐτὰς ὁ Ἄγγελος, καὶ εἶπε· θρήνου ὁ καιρὸς πέπαυται, μὴ κλαίετε, τὴν Ἀνάστασιν δέ, Ἀποστόλοις εἴπατε.

Very early in the morning, the myrrh-bearing women were hastening to Your tomb lamenting. But the Angel appeared to them and uttered, “The time for lamentation has ended; weep no more. Go announce the Resurrection to the Apostles.”

Εὐλογητὸς εἶ, Κύριε, δίδαξόν με τὰ δικαιώματά σου.

Blessed are You, O Lord, teach me Your statutes.

Μυροφόροι γυναῖκες, μετὰ μύρων ἐλθοῦσαι, πρὸς τὸ μνῆμά σου, Σῶτερ ἐνηχοῦντο. Ἀγγέλου τρανῶς, πρὸς αὐτὰς φθεγγομένου· Τί μετὰ νεκρῶν, τὸν ζώντα λογίζεσθε; ὡς Θεὸς γάρ, ἐξανέστη τοῦ μνήματος.

When the myrrh-bearing women had come with their spices to Your sepulcher, O Savior, they heard the voice of an Angel clearly speaking to them, “Why do you account among the dead the One who lives? For as God, He has risen from the sepulcher.”

Δόξα.

Glory.

Προσκυνοῦμεν Πατέρα, καὶ τὸν τούτου Υἱόν τε, καὶ τὸ Ἅγιον Πνεῦμα, τὴν Ἁγίαν Τριάδα, ἐν μιᾷ τῇ οὐσίᾳ, σὺν τοῖς Σεραφείμ, κράζοντες τό· Ἅγιος, Ἅγιος, Ἅγιος εἶ, Κύριε.

We bow down in worship to the Father and His Son and the Holy Spirit, the Holy Trinity, one in essence; and we cry aloud with the Seraphim: Holy, Holy, Holy are You, O Lord.

Καὶ νῦν.

Both now.

Ζωοδότην τεκοῦσα, ἐλυτρώσω Παρθένε, τὸν Ἀδὰμ ἁμαρτίας, χαρμονὴν δὲ τῇ Εὔᾳ, ἀντὶ λύπης παρέσχες, ῥεύσαντα ζωῆς, ἴθυνε πρὸς ταύτην δέ, ὁ ἐκ σοῦ σαρκωθείς Θεὸς καὶ ἄνθρωπος.

Giving birth to the Giver of life, O Virgin, you delivered Adam from sin, and to Eve you have rendered joy in place of sorrow. He who from you became incarnate, God and man, has directed to life him who fell from it.

Ἀλληλούϊα. Ἀλληλούϊα. Ἀλληλούϊα. Δόξα σοι, ὁ Θεός. (3)

Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia. Glory to You, O God. (3)

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Ἔτι καὶ ἔτι ἐν εἰρήνῃ τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

Again and again in peace let us pray to the Lord.

ΧΟΡΟΣ· Κύριε, ἐλέησον.

CHOIR: Lord, have mercy.

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Ἀντιλαβοῦ, σῶσον, ἐλέησον καὶ διαφύλαξον ἡμᾶς, ὁ Θεός, τῇ σῇ χάριτι.

Help us, save us, have mercy on us, and protect us, O God, by Your grace.

ΧΟΡΟΣ· Κύριε, ἐλέησον.

CHOIR: Lord, have mercy.

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ΧΟΡΟΣ· Σοί, Κύριε.

CHOIR: To You, O Lord.

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Ὅτι ηὐλόγηταί σου τὸ ὄνομα καὶ δεδόξασταί σου ἡ βασιλεία, τοῦ Πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

For blessed is Your name, and glorified is Your kingdom, of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and to the ages of ages.

ΧΟΡΟΣ· Ἀμήν.

CHOIR: Amen.

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Τῆς Ὀκτωήχου - - -

From Octoechos - - -

Ὑπακοή. Ἦχος πλ. αʹ.

Hypakoe. Mode pl. 1.

Ἀγγελικῇ ὁράσει τὸν νοῦν ἐκθαμβούμεναι, καὶ θεϊκῇ ἐγέρσει τὴν ψυχὴν φωτιζόμεναι, αἱ Μυροφόροι τοῖς Ἀποστόλοις εὐηγγελίζοντο· Ἀναγγείλατε ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι, τὴν ἀνάστασιν τοῦ Κυρίου, συνεργοῦντος τοῖς θαύμασι, καὶ παρέχοντος ἡμῖν τὸ μέγα ἔλεος.

Mentally amazed by the angelic apparition, inwardly illumined by the divine resurrection, the Myrrh-bearing Women brought good tidings to the Apostles. “Proclaim the resurrection of the Lord among the Gentiles, as He works with you by signs and miracles, and He grants to us the great mercy.” [GOASD]

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Οἱ Ἀναβαθμοί.

Anavathmoi.

Ἀντίφωνον Αʹ. Ἦχος πλ. αʹ.

Antiphon 1. Mode pl. 1.

Ἐν τῷ θλίβεσθαί με δαυϊτικῶς, ᾄδω σοι Σωτήρ μου· Ῥῦσαί μου τὴν ψυχὴν ἐκ γλώσσης δολίας.

In my affliction, like David, I sing to You, my Savior. Deliver my soul from a deceitful tongue. [GOASD]

Τοῖς ἐρημικοῖς, ζωὴ μακαρία ἐστί, θεϊκῷ ἔρωτι πτερουμένοις.

Blessed is the life of those who dwell in the desert, as they mount up with wings of the intense love of God. [GOASD]

Δόξα· καὶ νῦν.

Glory. Both now.

Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, περικρατεῖται πάντα τὰ ὁρατά τε, σὺν τοῖς ἀοράτοις· αὐτοκρατὲς γὰρ ὄν, τῆς Τριάδος ἕν ἐστιν ἀψεύστως.

By the Holy Spirit are all things maintained, both seen and unseen; for He is inseparably one of the Trinity with full authority. [GOASD]

Ἀντίφωνον Βʹ.

Antiphon 2.

Εἰς τὰ ὄρη ψυχὴ ἀρθῶμεν· δεῦρο ἐκεῖσε, ὅθεν βοήθεια ἥκει.

O my soul, let us be lifted to the mountains. Come to the One, from whom help comes. [GOASD]

Δεξιά σου χεὶρ κᾀμέ, Χριστὲ ἱπταμένη, σκαιωρίας πάσης περιφυλαξάτω.

O Christ, let Your soaring right hand keep me from every kind of mischief. [GOASD]

Δόξα· καὶ νῦν.

Glory. Both now.

Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, θεολογοῦντες φῶμεν· Σὺ εἶ Θεός, ζωή, ἔρως, φῶς, νοῦς, σὺ χρηστότης, σὺ βασιλεύεις εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.

To the Holy Spirit we say, theologizing, “You are God, life and intense love, light and mind. You are goodness, and You reign forever.” [GOASD]

Ἀντίφωνον Γʹ.

Antiphon 3.

Ἐπὶ τοῖς εἰρηκόσι μοι· Εἰς τὰς αὐλὰς προσβῶμεν Κυρίου· χαρᾶς πολλῆς πλησθείς, εὐχὰς ἀναπέμπω.

When they say to me, “Let us go into the courts of the Lord,” I am filled with great joy, and I send up my prayers. [GOASD]

Ἐπὶ οἶκον Δαυΐδ, τὰ φοβερὰ τελεσιουργεῖται· πῦρ γὰρ ἐκεῖ φλέγον, ἅπαντα αἰσχρὸν νοῦν.

Over the house of David fearful things will be accomplished; a fire will be there, burning every shameful thought. [GOASD]

Δόξα· καὶ νῦν.

Glory. Both now.

Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, ζωαρχικὴ ἀξία, ἐξ οὗ πᾶν ζῶον ἐμψυχοῦται, ὡς ἐν Πατρί, ἅμα τε καὶ Λόγῳ.

In the Holy Spirit, as in the Father and the Logos, is the principle of life; and by Him every living being is animated. [GOASD]

Προκείμενον.

Prokeimenon.

Ἀνάστηθι, Κύριε ὁ Θεός μου, ὅτι σὺ βασιλεύεις εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. (δίς)

Arise, O Lord my God, for You reign unto the ages. (2)

Στίχ. Ἐξομολογήσομαί σοι, Κύριε, ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ μου.

Verse: I will give thanks to You, O Lord, with my whole heart.

Ἀνάστηθι, Κύριε ὁ Θεός μου, ὅτι σὺ βασιλεύεις εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.

Arise, O Lord my God, for You reign unto the ages. [SAAS]

Eothinon Gospel (Not EP / GOA)

Ὁ λαὸς ἵσταται διὰ τὴν ἀνάγνωσιν τοῦ Εὐαγγελίου.

Stand for the Gospel reading.

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ· Τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

DEACON: Let us pray to the Lord.

ΧΟΡΟΣ· Κύριε, ἐλέησον.

CHOIR: Lord, have mercy.

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PRIEST

Ὅτι ἅγιος εἶ, ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, καὶ ἐν ἁγίοις ἐπαναπαύῃ, καὶ σοὶ τὴν δόξαν ἀναπέμπομεν, τῷ Πατρὶ καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ καὶ τῷ ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

For You, our God, are holy, and You rest among the holy ones, and to You we offer up glory, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and to the ages of ages.

ΧΟΡΟΣ· Ἀμήν.

CHOIR: Amen.

Ἦχος βʹ.

Mode 2.

- c1011 - Roubanis

Πᾶσα πνοὴ αἰνεσάτω τὸν Κύριον. (δίς) Αἰνεσάτω πνοή πᾶσα τὸν Κύριον.

Let everything that breathes praise the Lord. (2) Let everything that breathes praise the Lord. [SAAS]

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

DEACON

Καὶ ὑπέρ τοῦ καταξιωθῆναι ἡμᾶς τῆς ἀκροάσεως τοῦ ἁγίου Εὐαγγελίου, Κύριον τὸν Θεὸν ἡμῶν ἱκετεύσωμεν.

Let us pray to the Lord our God that we may be made worthy to hear the holy Gospel.

ΧΟΡΟΣ· Κύριε, ἐλέησον. (3)

CHOIR: Lord, have mercy. (3)

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

DEACON

Σοφία. Ὀρθοί. Ἀκούσωμεν τοῦ ἁγίου Εὐαγγελίου.

Wisdom. Arise. Let us hear the holy Gospel.

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ· Εἰρήνη πᾶσι.

PRIEST: Peace be with all.

ΧΟΡΟΣ· Καὶ τῷ πνεύματί σου.

CHOIR: And with your spirit.

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

PRIEST

Ἐκ τοῦ κατὰ Λουκᾶν ἁγίου Εὐαγγελίου τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα.

The reading is from the holy Gospel according to Luke.

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ· Πρόσχωμεν.

DEACON: Let us be attentive.

ΧΟΡΟΣ

CHOIR

Δόξα σοι, Κύριε, δόξα σοι.

Glory to You, O Lord, glory to You.

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ (ἀπὸ τῆς ἁγίας τραπέζης)

PRIEST (from the altar table)

Ἑωθινὸν Ϛʹ

Eothinon 6

Λουκᾶν 24:36 – 53

Luke. 24:36 – 53

Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἀναστὰς ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐκ νεκρῶν ἔστη ἐν μέσῳ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· εἰρήνη ὑμῖν. πτοηθέντες δὲ καὶ ἔμφοβοι γενόμενοι ἐδόκουν πνεῦμα θεωρεῖν. καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· τί τεταραγμένοι ἐστέ, καὶ διατί διαλογισμοὶ ἀναβαίνουσιν ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ὑμῶν; ἴδετε τὰς χεῖράς μου καὶ τοὺς πόδας μου, ὅτι αὐτὸς ἐγώ εἰμι· ψηλαφήσατέ με καὶ ἴδετε, ὅτι πνεῦμα σάρκα καὶ ὀστέα οὐκ ἔχει καθὼς ἐμὲ θεωρεῖτε ἔχοντα. καὶ τοῦτο εἰπὼν ἐπέδειξεν αὐτοῖς τὰς χεῖρας καὶ τοὺς πόδας. ἔτι δὲ ἀπιστούντων αὐτῶν ἀπὸ τῆς χαρᾶς καὶ θαυμαζόντων εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· ἔχετέ τι βρώσιμον ἐνθάδε; οἱ δὲ ἐπέδωκαν αὐτῷ ἰχθύος ὀπτοῦ μέρος καὶ ἀπὸ μελισσίου κηρίου, καὶ λαβὼν ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν ἔφαγεν. εἶπε δὲ αὐτοῖς· οὗτοι οἱ λόγοι οὓς ἐλάλησα πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἔτι ὢν σὺν ὑμῖν, ὅτι δεῖ πληρωθῆναι πάντα τὰ γεγραμμένα ἐν τῷ νόμῳ Μωϋσέως καὶ προφήταις καὶ ψαλμοῖς περὶ ἐμοῦ. τότε διήνοιξεν αὐτῶν τὸν νοῦν τοῦ συνιέναι τὰς γραφάς, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὅτι οὕτω γέγραπται καὶ οὕτως ἔδει παθεῖν τὸν Χριστὸν καὶ ἀναστῆναι ἐκ νεκρῶν τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ, καὶ κηρυχθῆναι ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ μετάνοιαν καὶ ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν εἰς πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, ἀρξάμενον ἀπὸ Ἱερουσαλήμ. ὑμεῖς δέ ἐστε μάρτυρες τούτων. καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἀποστέλλω τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν τοῦ πατρός μου ἐφ᾿ ὑμᾶς· ὑμεῖς δὲ καθίσατε ἐν τῇ πόλει Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἕως οὗ ἐνδύσησθε δύναμιν ἐξ ὕψους. Ἐξήγαγε δὲ αὐτοὺς ἔξω ἕως εἰς Βηθανίαν, καὶ ἐπάρας τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ εὐλόγησεν αὐτούς. καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ εὐλογεῖν αὐτὸν αὐτοὺς διέστη ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν καὶ ἀνεφέρετο εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν. καὶ αὐτοὶ προσκυνήσαντες αὐτὸν ὑπέστρεψαν εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ μετὰ χαρᾶς μεγάλης, καὶ ἦσαν διὰ παντὸς ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ αἰνοῦντες καὶ εὐλογοῦντες τὸν Θεόν. ἀμήν.

At that time, Jesus, having risen from the dead, stood in the midst of his disciples and said to them, “Peace to you!” But they were startled and frightened, and supposed that they saw a spirit. And he said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do questionings rise in your hearts? See my hands and feet, that it is I myself; handle me, and see; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see that I have.” And when he said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. And while they still disbelieved for joy, and wondered, he said to them, “Have you anything here to eat?” They gave him a piece of broiled fish and some honeycomb, and he took it and ate before them. Then he said to them, “These are my words which I spoke to you, while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled.” Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, and said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. And behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you; but stay in the city of Jerusalem, until you are clothed with power from on high.” Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands, he blessed them. While he blessed them, he parted from them, and was carried up into heaven. And they worshiped him, and they returned to Jerusalem with great joy, and were continually in the temple praising and blessing God. Amen. [RSV]

ΧΟΡΟΣ

CHOIR

Δόξα σοι, Κύριε, δόξα σοι.

Glory to You, O Lord, glory to You.

ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ

READER

Ἀνάστασιν Χριστοῦ θεασάμενοι, προσκυνήσωμεν Ἅγιον Κύριον Ἰησοῦν, τὸν μόνον ἀναμάρτητον. Τὸν Σταυρόν σου, Χριστέ, προσκυνοῦμεν καὶ τὴν ἁγίαν σου ἀνάστασιν ὑμνοῦμεν καὶ δοξάζομεν· σὺ γὰρ εἶ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, ἐκτός σου ἄλλον οὐκ οἴδαμεν, τὸ ὄνομά σου ὀνομάζομεν. Δεῦτε πάντες οἱ πιστοί, προσκυνήσωμεν τὴν τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἁγίαν ἀνάστασιν· ἰδοὺ γὰρ ἦλθε διὰ τοῦ Σταυροῦ χαρὰ ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ κόσμῳ. Διὰ παντὸς εὐλογοῦντες τὸν Κύριον, ὑμνοῦμεν τὴν ἀνάστασιν αὐτοῦ· Σταυρὸν γὰρ ὑπομείνας διʼ ἡμᾶς, θανάτῳ θάνατον ὤλεσεν.

Having beheld the Resurrection of Christ, let us worship the holy Lord Jesus, the only sinless one. Your Cross, O Christ, we venerate, and Your holy Resurrection we praise and glorify. For You are our God; apart from You we know no other; we call upon Your name. Come, all faithful, let us venerate the holy Resurrection of Christ; for behold, through the Cross, joy has come to the whole world. Ever blessing the Lord, let us praise His Resurrection; for having endured the Cross for us, He destroyed death by death. [GOA]

ΧΟΡΟΣ

CHOIR

Ψαλμὸς Nʹ (50).

Psalm 50 (51).

Ἦχος βʹ. (ἢ τῆς ἑβδομάδος.)

Mode 2. (or the Mode of the week)

- c1112 - Mode 2 - SDedes
- c1118 - Mode pl. 4 - SDedes

Ἐλέησόν με, ὁ Θεός, κατὰ τὸ μέγα ἔλεός σου καὶ κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν οἰκτιρμῶν σου ἐξάλειψον τὸ ἀνόμημά μου.

Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your great mercy; and according to the abundance of Your compassion, blot out my transgression.

Ἐπὶ πλεῖον πλῦνόν με ἀπὸ τῆς ἀνομίας μου καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς ἁμαρτίας μου καθάρισόν με.

Wash me thoroughly from my lawlessness and cleanse me from my sin.

Ὅτι τὴν ἀνομίαν μου ἐγὼ γινώσκω, καὶ ἡ ἁμαρτία μου ἐνώπιόν μού ἐστι διαπαντός.

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

Σοὶ μόνῳ ἥμαρτον, καὶ τὸ πονηρὸν ἐνώπιόν σου ἐποίησα· ὅπως ἂν δικαιωθῇς ἐν τοῖς λόγοις σου, καὶ νικήσῃς ἐν τῷ κρίνεσθαί σε.

Against You only have I sinned and done evil in Your sight; that You may be justified in Your words, and overcome when You are judged.

Ἰδοὺ γὰρ ἐν ἀνομίαις συνελήφθην, καὶ ἐν ἁμαρτίαις ἐκίσσησέ με ἡ μήτηρ μου.

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

Ἰδοὺ γὰρ ἀλήθειαν ἠγάπησας· τὰ ἄδηλα καὶ τὰ κρύφια τῆς σοφίας σου ἐδήλωσάς μοι.

Behold, You love truth; You showed me the unknown and secret things of Your wisdom.

Ῥαντιεῖς με ὑσσώπῳ, καὶ καθαρισθήσομαι· πλυνεῖς με καὶ ὑπὲρ χιόνα λευκανθήσομαι.

You shall sprinkle me with hyssop, and I will be cleansed; You shall wash me, and I will be made whiter than snow.

Ἀκουτιεῖς μοι ἀγαλλίασιν καὶ εὐφροσύνην· ἀγαλλιάσονται ὀστέα τεταπεινωμένα.

You shall make me hear joy and gladness; my bones that were humbled shall greatly rejoice.

Ἀπόστρεψον τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἀπὸ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν μου, καὶ πάσας τὰς ἀνομίας μου ἐξάλειψον.

Turn Your face from my sins, and blot out all my transgressions.

Καρδίαν καθαρὰν κτίσον ἐν ἐμοί, ὁ Θεός, καὶ πνεῦμα εὐθὲς ἐγκαίνισον ἐν τοῖς ἐγκάτοις μου.

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

Μὴ ἀποῤῥίψῃς με ἀπὸ τοῦ προσώπου σου, καὶ τὸ Πνεῦμά σου τὸ ἅγιον μὴ ἀντανέλῃς ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ.

Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.

Ἀπόδος μοι τὴν ἀγαλλίασιν τοῦ σωτηρίου σου καὶ πνεύματι ἡγεμονικῷ στήριξόν με.

Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and uphold me with Your guiding Spirit.

Διδάξω ἀνόμους τὰς ὁδούς σου, καὶ ἀσεβεῖς ἐπὶ σὲ ἐπιστρέψουσι.

I will teach transgressors Your ways, and the ungodly shall turn back to You.

Ῥῦσαί με ἐξ αἱμάτων, ὁ Θεὸς ὁ Θεὸς τῆς σωτηρίας μου· ἀγαλλιάσεται ἡ γλῶσσά μου τὴν δικαιοσύνην σου.

Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue shall greatly rejoice in Your righteousness.

Κύριε, τὰ χείλη μου ἀνοίξεις, καὶ τὸ στόμα μου ἀναγγελεῖ τὴν αἴνεσίν σου.

O Lord, You shall open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.

Ὅτι εἰ ἠθέλησας θυσίαν, ἔδωκα ἄν· ὁλοκαυτώματα οὐκ εὐδοκήσεις.

For if You desired sacrifice, I would give it; You will not be pleased with whole burnt offerings.

Θυσία τῷ Θεῷ πνεῦμα συντετριμμένον· καρδίαν συντετριμμένην καὶ τεταπεινωμένην ὁ Θεὸς οὐκ ἐξουδενώσει.

A sacrifice to God is a broken spirit, a broken and humbled heart God will not despise.

Ἀγάθυνον, Κύριε, ἐν τῇ εὐδοκίᾳ σου τὴν Σιών, καὶ οἰκοδομηθήτω τὰ τείχη Ἰερουσαλήμ.

Do good, O Lord, in Your good pleasure to Zion, and let the walls of Jerusalem be built.

Τότε εὐδοκήσεις θυσίαν δικαιοσύνης, ἀναφορὰν καὶ ὁλοκαυτώματα.

Then You will be pleased with a sacrifice of righteousness, with offerings and whole burnt offerings.

Τότε ἀνοίσουσιν ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριόν σου μόσχους. Καὶ ἐλέησόν με, ὁ Θεός.

Then shall they offer young bulls on Your altar. And have mercy on me, O God. [SAAS]

Δόξα.

Glory.

Ταῖς τῶν Ἀποστόλων πρεσβείαις, Ἐλεῆμον, ἐξάλειψον τὰ πλήθη τῶν ἐμῶν ἐγκλημάτων.

At the intercession of the Apostles, O Lord of mercy, blot out my many offenses. [SD]

Καὶ νῦν.

Both now.

Ταῖς τῆς Θεοτόκου πρεσβείαις, Ἐλεῆμον, ἐξάλειψον τὰ πλήθη τῶν ἐμῶν ἐγκλημάτων.

At the intercession of the Theotokos, O Lord of mercy, blot out my many offenses. [SD]

Στίχ. Ἐλέησόν με, ὁ Θεός, κατὰ τὸ μέγα ἔλεός σου, καὶ κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν οἰκτιρμῶν σου ἐξάλειψον τὸ ἀνόμημά μου.

Verse: Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your great mercy; and according to the abundance of Your compassion, blot out my transgression.

Ἀναστὰς ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἀπὸ τοῦ τάφου, καθὼς προεῖπεν, ἔδωκεν ἡμῖν τὴν αἰώνιον ζωήν, καὶ μέγα ἔλεος.

Jesus, having risen from the grave as He foretold, has granted us eternal life and great mercy. [SD]

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

PRIEST

Σῶσον ὁ Θεὸς τὸν λαόν σου καὶ εὐλόγησον τὴν κληρονομίαν σου· ἐπίσκεψαι τὸν κόσμον σου ἐν ἐλέει καὶ οἰκτιρμοῖς· ὕψωσον κέρας χριστιανῶν ὀρθοδόξων καὶ κατάπεμψον ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς τὰ ἐλέη σου τὰ πλούσια·

O God, save Your people and bless Your inheritance. Look upon Your world with mercy and compassion. Raise the Orthodox Christians in glory, and send down upon us Your rich mercies:

πρεσβείαις τῆς παναχράντου δεσποίνης ἡμῶν Θεοτόκου καὶ ἀειπαρθένου Μαρίας, δυνάμει τοῦ τιμίου καὶ ζωοποιοῦ Σταυροῦ, προστασίαις τῶν τιμίων ἐπουρανίων δυνάμεων ἀσωμάτων, ἱκεσίαις τοῦ τιμίου ἐνδόξου προφήτου προδρόμου καὶ βαπτιστοῦ Ἰωάννου, τῶν ἁγίων ἐνδόξων καὶ πανευφήμων ἀποστόλων, τῶν ἐν ἁγίοις πατέρων ἡμῶν μεγάλων ἱεραρχῶν καὶ οἰκουμενικῶν διδασκάλων Βασιλείου τοῦ Μεγάλου, Γρηγορίου τοῦ Θεολόγου καὶ Ἰωάννου τοῦ Χρυσοστόμου, Ἀθανασίου καὶ Κυρίλλου, Ἰωάννου τοῦ Ἐλεήμονος πατριαρχῶν Ἀλεξανδρίας· Νικολάου τοῦ ἐν Μύροις, Σπυρίδωνος ἐπισκόπου Τριμυθοῦντος, καὶ Νεκταρίου Πενταπόλεως τῶν θαυματουργῶν· τῶν ἁγίων ἐνδόξων μεγαλομαρτύρων Γεωργίου τοῦ τροπαιοφόρου, Δημητρίου τοῦ μυροβλήτου, Θεοδώρου τοῦ τήρωνος, Θεοδώρου τοῦ στρατηλάτου, Μηνᾶ τοῦ θαυματουργοῦ· τῶν ἱερομαρτύρων Χαραλάμπους καὶ Ἐλευθερίου, τῆς ἁγίας ἐνδόξου μεγαλομάρτυρος καὶ πανευφήμου Εὐφημίας· τῶν ἁγίων ἐνδόξων μαρτύρων Θέκλας, Βαρβάρας, Ἀναστασίας, Αἰκατερίνης, Κυριακῆς, Φωτεινῆς, Μαρίνης, Παρασκευῆς καὶ Εἰρήνης· τῶν ὁσίων καὶ θεοφόρων πατέρων ἡμῶν· (τοῦ ἁγίου τοῦ ναοῦ)· τῶν ἁγίων καὶ δικαίων θεοπατόρων Ἰωακεὶμ καὶ Ἄννης, καὶ πάντων σου τῶν ἁγίων·

through the intercessions of our all-immaculate Lady Theotokos and ever-virgin Mary, by the power of the precious and life-giving Cross, the protection of the honorable, heavenly, bodiless powers, the supplications of the honorable, glorious prophet and forerunner John the Baptist, the holy, glorious, and praiseworthy apostles, our fathers among the saints, the great hierarchs and ecumenical teachers Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom; Athanasios, Cyril, and John the Merciful, patriarchs of Alexandria, Nicholas, bishop of Myra, Spyridon, bishop of Trimythous, Nektarios of Pentapolis, the wonderworkers; the holy, glorious, great martyrs George the triumphant, Demetrios the myrrh-streamer, Theodore the soldier, and Theodore the general; Menas the wonderworker; Charalambos and Eleutherios, the hieromartyrs; the holy, glorious, and victorious martyrs; the glorious great Martyr and all-laudable Euphemia; the holy and glorious Martyrs Thecla, Barbara, Anastasia, Katherine, Kyriake, Fotene, Marina, Paraskeve and Irene; our venerable and God-bearing fathers; (local patron saint); holy and righteous ancestors of God Joachim and Anna; and all Your saints:

ἱκετεύομέν σε, μόνε πολυέλεε Κύριε, ἐπάκουσον ἡμῶν τῶν ἁμαρτωλῶν δεομένων σου καὶ ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς.

We beseech you, only merciful Lord, hear us sinners who pray to you and have mercy on us.

ΧΟΡΟΣ

CHOIR

Κύριε, ἐλέησον. (ιβʹ)

Lord, have mercy. (12)

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

PRIEST

Ἐλέει καὶ οἰκτιρμοῖς καὶ φιλανθρωπίᾳ τοῦ μονογενοῦς σου Υἱοῦ, μεθʼ οὗ εὐλογητὸς εἶ, σὺν τῷ παναγίῳ καὶ ἀγαθῷ καὶ ζωοποιῷ σου Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

Through the mercy, compassion, and love for humankind of Your only-begotten Son, with whom You are blessed, and Your all-holy, good and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and to the ages of ages.

ΧΟΡΟΣ· Ἀμήν.

CHOIR: Amen.

Ode 1: Octoechos: Canon-1

Ὁ Κανών

The Canon

Τῆς Ὀκτωήχου - - -

From Octoechos - - -

ΧΟΡΟΣ

CHOIR

Κανὼν ὁ Ἀναστάσιμος.

Canon for the Resurrection.

ᾨδὴ αʹ. Ἦχος πλ. αʹ. Ὁ Εἱρμός.

Ode i. Mode pl. 1. Heirmos.

Ἵππον καὶ ἀναβάτην.

Ἵππον καὶ ἀναβάτην, εἰς θάλασσαν Ἐρυθράν, ὁ συντρίβων πολέμους, ἐν ὑψηλῷ βραχίονι, Χριστὸς ἐξετίναξεν, Ἰσραὴλ δὲ ἔσωσεν, ἐπινίκιον ὕμνον ᾄδοντα.

He who brings wars to nothing with arm exalted is Christ. * Horse and rider of Egypt He shook off; and He threw them in the midst of the Red Sea * and delivered Israel, * who were singing a song of victory. [SD]

Τροπάρια.

Troparia.

Δόξα τῇ ἁγίᾳ ἀναστάσει σου, Κύριε.

Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Σὲ ἡ ἀκανθηφόρος, Ἑβραίων συναγωγή, οὐ στοργὴν Εὐεργέτα, πρὸς σὲ φυλάξασα μητρικήν, Χριστὲ ἐστεφάνωσε, τὸν γενάρχην λύοντα, τῆς ἀκάνθης τὸ ἐπιτίμιον.

Thorn-bearing, the assembly of the leaders of the Jews, * did not show You, O Benefactor, tender maternal love. * O Christ, they berated You, * as You wore a crown of thorns * and released Adam from the curse of thorns. [SD]

Δόξα τῇ ἁγίᾳ ἀναστάσει σου, Κύριε.

Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Ἤγειράς με πεσόντα, τῷ βόθρῳ ἐπικλυσθείς, Ζωοδότα ἀπτώτως· καὶ τῆς ἐμῆς δυσώδους φθορᾶς, Χριστὲ ἀνασχόμενος, ἀπειράστως θείας οὐσίας, μύρῳ με εὐωδίασας.

Giver of life, not liable to fall, You came to the pit, * and You raised me who fell; and You endured my putrid decay, * without being touched by it; * and You made me fragrant, * with Your divine essence’s perfume, O Christ. [SD]

Ὑπεραγία Θεοτόκε, σῶσον ἡμᾶς.

Most-holy Theotokos, save us.

Θεοτοκίον.

Theotokion.

Λέλυται ἡ κατάρα, ἡ λύπη πέπαυται· ἡ γὰρ εὐλογημένη, καὶ Κεχαριτωμένη πιστοῖς, χαρὰν ἐξανέτειλεν, εὐλογίαν πᾶσιν, ἀνθηφοροῦσα Χριστὸν τοῖς πέρασι.

Loosed is the curse. The sentence of pain and sorrow at birth * is suspended; for Mary, who is blessed and is full of grace, * has caused joy to rise for all. * She gave birth to Christ our God, * and blossomed blessing for the whole wide world. [SD]

Ode 1: Menaion: Canon-1

Κανὼν τῶν Ἁγίων.

Canon for the Saints.

Τοῦ Μηναίου - - -

From Menaion - - -

Ἦχος βʹ. Δεῦτε λαοί.

Mode 2. N/M (Peoples, now come.)

Δεῦτε λαοί.

Ἅγιοι τοῦ Θεοῦ, πρεσβεύσατε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.

Saints of God, intercede for us.

Τοὺς ἀριθμῷ, λάμποντας τιμίους λίθους ἑπτά, δεῦτε πιστῶς τιμήσωμεν, ὅτι πυρσεύουσι τὴν Χριστοῦ Ἐκκλησίαν, τῆς ἑπταφώτου κρεῖττον λυχνίας τῆς νομικῆς.

Let us come and faithfully venerate those seven gleaming precious stones. They blaze upon the Church of Christ with a light greater than the seven-branched lampstand of the Law. [un]

Ἅγιοι τοῦ Θεοῦ, πρεσβεύσατε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.

Saints of God, intercede for us.

Οἱ τῆς σαρκός, πρότερον νεκρώσει ζῶντες Χριστῷ, Παῖδες ἑπτὰ ἀνέθορον, ὡς ὕπνον θάνατον, παραδόξως λαβόντες, κρατύνοντες τὸ δόγμα τῆς Ἀναστάσεως.

The Seven Youths had previously lived in Christ through the mortification of the flesh. They later confirmed the doctrine of the Resurrection by arising as though they had wondrously slept and not died. [un]

Δόξα.

Glory.

Ἱεριχώ, πέπτωκε βοῇ σαλπίγγων ἑπτά, ἡ δὲ τῆς πλάνης ἔπαρσις, τῇ ἑπταφώτῳ νῦν, πίστει τῶν Ἀθλοφόρων, κατῆλθεν ἕως ᾍδου καὶ διαλέλυται.

At the sound of seven trumpets Jericho fell. And now the elation of error has descended to Hades and is totally destroyed at the faith of the prizewinners of seven voices. [un]

Καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.

Both now. Theotokion.

Καινοπρεπῆ, τόκον καινίζεις Ἀνύμφευτε· ὁ γὰρ Πατρὶ συνάναρχος ἐν θείῳ Πνεύματι, συναΐδιος Λόγος, ἐκ σοῦ ἐσωματώθη, χωρὶς τροπῆς καὶ φυρμοῦ.

O unwedded Bride, you have inaugurated a new kind of birth. For the Logos received a body from you without suffering change or intermingling. In the Holy Spirit is He eternal and without beginning with the Father. [un]

Ode 1: Katavasia

ᾨδὴ αʹ. Καταβασία. Ἦχος δʹ.

Ode i. Katavasia. Mode 4.

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Χοροὶ Ἰσραήλ, ἀνίκμοις ποσί, πόντον ἐρυθρόν, καὶ ὑγρὸν βυθὸν διελάσαντες, ἀναβάτας τριστάτας, δυσμενεῖς ὁρῶντες ἐν αὐτῷ ὑποβρυχίους, ἐν ἀγαλλιάσει ἔμελπον· ᾌσωμεν τῷ Θεῷ ἡμῶν, ὅτι δεδόξασται.

When the hosts of Israel crossed the Red Sea, * passing through the midst of the sea on foot, and did not get wet, * they beheld Pharaoh’s army, * the horsemen and chosen captains, submerged beneath the waters. * With great rejoicing they sang this song, * “Let us sing to our God, for He is greatly glorified.” [GOASD]

Ode 3: Octoechos: Canon-1

Τῆς Ὀκτωήχου - - -

From Octoechos - - -

Κανὼν ὁ Ἀναστάσιμος.

Canon for the Resurrection.

ᾨδὴ γʹ. Ἦχος πλ. αʹ. Ὁ Εἱρμός.

Ode iii. Mode pl. 1. Heirmos.

Ὁ πήξας ἐπʼ οὐδενός.

Ὁ πήξας ἐπʼ οὐδενὸς τὴν γῆν τῇ προστάξει σου, καὶ μετεωρίσας ἀσχέτως βρίθουσαν, ἐπὶ τὴν ἀσάλευτον Χριστέ, πέτραν τῶν ἐντολῶν σου, τὴν Ἐκκλησίαν σου στερέωσον, μόνε ἀγαθὲ καὶ φιλάνθρωπε.

O Lord, You established earth on nothing by Your command, * and You made it free floating, heavy though it be. * Do likewise now establish Your Church on Your divine commandments, * as on a rock that is immovable. * You alone are good and humane, O Christ. [SD]

Τροπάρια.

Troparia.

Δόξα τῇ ἁγίᾳ ἀναστάσει σου, Κύριε.

Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Χολὴν μὲν οἱ ἐκ πέτρας τὸ μέλι θηλάσαντες, τῷ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ τερατουργήσαντι, σοὶ προσενηνόχασι Χριστέ, ὄξος δʼ ἀντὶ τοῦ μάννα, εὐεργεσίαν σοι ἠμείψαντο, παῖδες Ἰσραὴλ οἱ ἀγνώμονες.

Ungrateful towards You were the children of Israel, * for all the good You did them in the wilderness. * You performed a wonder, and a rock gave honey, which they suckled. * Now in return they give You gall, O Christ; * for the manna, they give You vinegar. [SD]

Δόξα τῇ ἁγίᾳ ἀναστάσει σου, Κύριε.

Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Οἱ πάλαι φωτοειδεῖ νεφέλῃ σκεπόμενοι, τὴν ζωὴν ἐν τάφῳ Χριστὸν κατέθεντο· ἀλλʼ αὐτεξουσίως ἀναστάς, πᾶσι πιστοῖς παρέσχε, τὴν μυστικῶς ἐπισκιάζουσαν, ἄνωθεν τοῦ Πνεύματος ἔλλαμψιν.

Descendants of those who were shielded by the shining cloud * laid inside a tomb Christ the Lord and life himself. * Since in His own power He rose, from on high He sent the Spirit’s * illumination that now mystically * overshadows all who believe in Him. [SD]

Ὑπεραγία Θεοτόκε, σῶσον ἡμᾶς.

Most-holy Theotokos, save us.

Θεοτοκίον.

Theotokion.

Σὺ Μήτηρ Θεοῦ ἀσυνδυάστως γεγένησαι, τοῦ ἐξ ἀκηράτου Πατρὸς ἐκλάμψαντος, ἄνευθεν ὠδίνων μητρικῶν· ὅθεν σε Θεοτόκον, σεσαρκωμένον γὰρ ἐκύησας, Λόγον ὀρθοδόξως κηρύττομεν.

You virginally and without labor gave birth to Him * who shone forth eternally from the undefiled * Father and became Mother of God. Therefore we orthodoxly * proclaim that you are Theotokos, for you * carried in your womb the incarnate Word. [SD]

Ode 3: Menaion: Canon-1

Κανὼν τῶν Ἁγίων.

Canon for the Saints.

Τοῦ Μηναίου - - -

From Menaion - - -

Ἦχος βʹ. Στερέωσον ἡμᾶς ἐν σοὶ Κύριε.

Mode 2. N/M (Establish us in You.)

Στερέωσον ἡμᾶς ἐν σοὶ Κύριε.

Ἅγιοι τοῦ Θεοῦ, πρεσβεύσατε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.

Saints of God, intercede for us.

Ἀστέρες ἀπλανεῖς ἑπτὰ ὤφθητε, τῇ πίστει ἀστράπτοντες, Ἀθλοφόροι, καὶ τοὺς πλάνης νηχομένους βυθῷ, πρὸς λιμένα σωτήριον ἰθύνατε.

O prizewinners, as seven unerring stars shining with faith, you guided them that were perishing on the sea of error to the harbor of salvation. [un]

Ἅγιοι τοῦ Θεοῦ, πρεσβεύσατε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.

Saints of God, intercede for us.

Πρὸ βήματος στεῤῥῶς ἑστῶτες Ἅγιοι, τυράννου ὡς πάλαι οἱ Μακκαβαῖοι, τῆς στρατείας διημείψατε, τὴν ἐπίκηρον δόξαν στρατευθέντες Χριστῷ.

O Saints, you stood fearlessly before the tyrant’s judgment seat like the Maccabees in ancient times. You traded temporary glory for warfare as soldiers of Christ. [un]

Δόξα.

Glory.

Ἀξίως τῷ Χριστῷ δεκτὴ ἐδείχθητε, θυσία προσευχῆς Ἅγιοι Παῖδες, καὶ ὀσμὴ πανευωδέστατος, τὸ δυσῶδες ἐλέγχοντες τῆς πλάνης στεῤῥῶς.

O holy Youths, you shone forth as a worthy sacrifice of prayer to Christ, and as an odor of the sweetest fragrance. You firmly repelled the foul stench of delusion. [un]

Καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.

Both now. Theotokion.

Ἡ βάτος ἐν Σινᾷ προδιετύπωσε, Παρθένε τὸ παράδοξον τοῦ σοῦ τόκου· τὸ γὰρ πῦρ τὸ τῆς Θεότητος, οὐκ ἐφλέχθης ἐν μήτρᾳ δεξαμένη πιστῶς.

O Virgin, the bush upon Sinai prefigured the uniqueness of your childbirth. You were not burned when you faithfully received the fire of the Godhead in your womb. [un]

Ode 3: Katavasia

ᾨδὴ γʹ. Καταβασία. Ἦχος δʹ.

Ode iii. Katavasia. Mode 4.

Τόξον δυνατῶν ἠσθένησε, καὶ οἱ ἀσθενοῦντες, περιεζώσαντο δύναμιν· διὰ τοῦτο ἐστερεώθη, ἐν Κυρίῳ ἡ καρδία μου.

Weakened is the bow of mighty men, * and those who are weak are girded with strength from our righteous God. * For this reason, as it is written, my heart is strengthened in the Lord. [GOASD]

Ode 3: Short Litany

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

PRIEST

Ἔτι καὶ ἔτι ἐν εἰρήνῃ τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

Again and again in peace let us pray to the Lord.

ΧΟΡΟΣ· Κύριε, ἐλέησον.

CHOIR: Lord, have mercy.

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

PRIEST

Ἀντιλαβοῦ, σῶσον, ἐλέησον καὶ διαφύλαξον ἡμᾶς, ὁ Θεός, τῇ σῇ χάριτι.

Help us, save us, have mercy on us, and protect us, O God, by Your grace.

ΧΟΡΟΣ· Κύριε, ἐλέησον.

CHOIR: Lord, have mercy.

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

PRIEST

ΧΟΡΟΣ· Σοί, Κύριε.

CHOIR: To You, O Lord.

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

PRIEST

Ὅτι σὺ εἶ ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν καὶ σοὶ τὴν δόξαν ἀναπέμπομεν, τῷ Πατρὶ καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ καὶ τῷ ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

For You are our God, and to You we offer up glory, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and to the ages of ages.

ΧΟΡΟΣ· Ἀμήν.

CHOIR: Amen.

Mid-Ode Kathisma or Hypakoe

ΧΟΡΟΣ

CHOIR

Κάθισμα.

Kathisma.

Τοῦ Μηναίου - - -

From Menaion - - -

Ἦχος δʹ. Ὁ ὑψωθεὶς ἐν τῷ Σταυρῷ.

Mode 4. N/M (You who were lifted.)

Ὁ ὑψωθεὶς ἐν τῷ Σταυρῷ.

Οἱ τὰ τοῦ κόσμου ὡς φθαρτὰ παριδόντες, καὶ τὰς ἀφθάρτους δωρεὰς εἰληφότες, ἀποθανόντες ἔμειναν ἐκτὸς καταφθορᾶς· ὅθεν ἐξανίστανται, μετὰ πλείονας χρόνους, ἅπασαν ἐνθάπτοντες, δυσμενῶν ἀπιστίαν, οὓς ἐν αἰνέσει σήμερον πιστοί, ἀνευφημοῦντες Χριστὸν ἀνυμνήσωμεν.

Let all the faithful venerate the Seven Youths with songs of praise on this day while we exalt Christ. For they that rejected all the things of the world as corrupted found the gifts that nothing can corrupt. Corruption did not touch them when they died. Thus after many years they again awoke and buried all the unbelief of the malicious. [un]

Δόξα· καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.

Glory. Both now. Theotokion.

Ἦχος δʹ. Ὁ ὑψωθεὶς ἐν τῷ Σταυρῷ.

Mode 4. N/M (You who were lifted.)

Φιλαμαρτήμων πεφυκὼς δυσωπῶ σε, τὸν ἀναμάρτητον Θεὸν τετοκυῖα, τὸν ἁμαρτίας αἴροντα τοῦ κόσμου Σεμνή, τὴν πολυαμάρτητον, οἰκτιρῆσαι ψυχήν μου, καὶ τὰς ἁμαρτίας μου, τὰς πολλὰς ἐξαλεῖψαι ἁμαρτωλῶν· αὕτη γὰρ ἱλασμός, καὶ σωτηρία πιστῶν καὶ ἀντίληψις.

O all-honorable Lady, who is forgiveness for sinners and the salvation and help of faithful souls, although I love sin, I beg you, who gave birth to the sinless God and Creator who takes away the sins` of the world. Have compassion on my soul which is full of iniquity and unrighteousness. Blot out all my many sins. [un]

Ode 4: Octoechos: Canon-1

Τῆς Ὀκτωήχου - - -

From Octoechos - - -

Κανὼν ὁ Ἀναστάσιμος.

Canon for the Resurrection.

ᾨδὴ δʹ. Ἦχος πλ. αʹ. Ὁ Εἱρμός.

Ode iv. Mode pl. 1. Heirmos.

Τὴν θείαν ἐννοήσας.

Τὴν θείαν ἐννοήσας σου κένωσιν, ἐξεστηκὼς ὁ Ἀββακούμ, Χριστὲ ἐν τρόμῳ ἐβόα σοι· Εἰς σωτηρίαν λαοῦ σου, τοῦ σῶσαι τοὺς χριστούς σου ἐλήλυθας.

Habakkuk as a prophet considered Your divine self-emptying, O Christ, and in astonishment said to You, * “For the salvation of Your people You have come, to save Your anointed ones.” [SD]

Τροπάρια.

Troparia.

Δόξα τῇ ἁγίᾳ ἀναστάσει σου, Κύριε.

Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Τῆς Μεῤῥᾶς τὰ πικρότατα νάματα, ὡς ἐν εἰκόνι προτυπῶν, τὸν ἄχραντόν σου Σταυρὸν Ἀγαθέ, τῆς ἁμαρτίας νεκροῦντα, τὴν γεῦσιν διὰ ξύλου ἐγλύκανας.

A type of Your immaculate Cross is seen, * when in the desert Moses made the bitter waters of Marah sweet * using a tree, O good Savior: * the tree is Your Cross that kills the taste of death. [SD]

Δόξα τῇ ἁγίᾳ ἀναστάσει σου, Κύριε.

Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Σταυρὸν κατὰ τοῦ ξύλου τῆς γνώσεως, κατὰ γλυκείας ἐδωδῆς, χολὴν Σωτήρ μου προσίεσαι· κατὰ φθορᾶς δὲ θανάτου, τὸ αἷμά σου τὸ θεῖον ἐξέχεας.

To remedy the failures in Paradise, * the tree of knowledge and the sweet forbidden fruit and destructive death, * O Lord, for us You accepted * the Cross and bitter gall, and You spilled Your blood. [SD]

Ὑπεραγία Θεοτόκε, σῶσον ἡμᾶς.

Most-holy Theotokos, save us.

Θεοτοκίον.

Theotokion.

Ἐκτὸς μὲν συναφείας συνέλαβες, ἀδιαφθόρως ἐν γαστρί, καὶ πρὶν ὠδινῆσαι τέτοκας, καὶ μετὰ τόκον παρθένος, Θεὸν σαρκὶ τεκοῦσα πεφύλαξαι.

O Lady, as a virgin remaining chaste * you still conceived within your womb, and you gave birth without laboring. * Giving birth to God incarnate, * after childbirth you remained a virgin still. [SD]

Ode 4: Menaion: Canon-1

Κανὼν τῶν Ἁγίων.

Canon for the Saints.

Τοῦ Μηναίου - - -

From Menaion - - -

Ἦχος βʹ. Εἰσακήκοα Κύριε, τὴν ἀκοήν.

Mode 2. N/M (I have heard.)

Εἰσακήκοα Κύριε, τὴν ἀκοήν.

Ἅγιοι τοῦ Θεοῦ, πρεσβεύσατε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.

Saints of God, intercede for us.

Ἱερώτατον σύνταγμα, τῷ ἀριθμῷ ἑπτὰ τετιμημένον, τοὺς ἑπτὰ τιμίους Παῖδας ὑμνήσωμεν.

Let us praise the Seven honorable Youths, who are a righteous company honored with the number seven. [un]

Ἅγιοι τοῦ Θεοῦ, πρεσβεύσατε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.

Saints of God, intercede for us.

Σοφιζόμενον μάταια, τὸν δυσσεβῆ τῆς πλάνης, βασιλέα, Ἐφεσίων Παῖδες ἔδειξαν ἄφρονα.

The Youths of Ephesus showed the impious and delusional king to be senseless when he contrived empty machinations. [un]

Δόξα.

Glory.

Ἱερεῖα πανάμωμα, ὡς ἀληθῶς καὶ θύματα Κυρίου, ἐν τῇ πίστει ὤφθητε Παῖδες ἅγιοι.

O holy Youths, you truly became all-spotless victims and sacrifices to the Lord by your faithfulness. [un]

Καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.

Both now. Theotokion.

Μὴ παρίδῃς πρεσβεύουσα, ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἀεὶ εὐλογημένη, λυτρωθῆναι πάσης θλίψεως Ἄχραντε.

O blessed and immaculate Virgin, do not disdain to constantly intercede on our behalf, so that we may be saved from every distress. [un]

Ode 4: Katavasia

ᾨδὴ δʹ. Καταβασία. Ἦχος δʹ.

Ode iv. Katavasia. Mode 4.

Εἰσακήκοα τὴν ἔνδοξον οἰκονομίαν σου Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός, ὅτι ἐτέχθης ἐκ τῆς Παρθένου, ἵνα ἐκ πλάνης ῥύσῃ τοὺς κραυγάζοντας· Δόξα τῇ δυνάμει σου Κύριε.

I have heard about Your glorious divine economy, O Christ my God, * that You were born of the virgin Maiden, * so as to free from error those who cry to You, * Glory to Your strength, O Lord my God. [GOASD]

Ode 5: Octoechos: Canon-1

Τῆς Ὀκτωήχου - - -

From Octoechos - - -

Κανὼν ὁ Ἀναστάσιμος.

Canon for the Resurrection.

ᾨδὴ εʹ. Ἦχος πλ. αʹ. Ὁ Εἱρμός.

Ode v. Mode pl. 1. Heirmos.

Ὁ ἀναβαλλόμενος.

Ὁ ἀναβαλλόμενος φῶς ὡς ἱμάτιον, πρὸς σὲ ὀρθρίζω καὶ σοὶ κραυγάζω· Τὴν ψυχήν μου φώτισον, τὴν ἐσκοτισμένην, Χριστὲ ὡς μόνος εὔσπλαγχνος.

Early do I rise to You, who cover yourself with light * as with a garment. O God, I cry out * to You, to illumine my soul that has been darkened, * O Christ, the only merciful Lord. [SD]

Τροπάρια.

Troparia.

Δόξα τῇ ἁγίᾳ ἀναστάσει σου, Κύριε.

Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Ὁ τῆς δόξης Κύριος ἐν ἀδοξίας μορφῇ, ἐπὶ τοῦ ξύλου ἠτιμωμένος, ἑκουσίως κρέμαται, τὴν θείαν μοι δόξαν, ἀφράστως προμηθούμενος.

Christ, the Lord of glory, who assumed inglorious form, * is voluntarily stripped of honor * and unjustly crucified, thus for me procuring * glory divine ineffably. [SD]

Δόξα τῇ ἁγίᾳ ἀναστάσει σου, Κύριε.

Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Σύ με μετημφίασας πρὸς ἀφθαρσίαν Χριστέ, φθορᾶς θανάτου ἀδιαφθόρως, τῇ σαρκὶ γευσάμενος, καὶ ἐξανατείλας, τοῦ μνήματος τριήμερος.

Tasting death’s destruction in the flesh without decay, * O Christ my Savior, and within three days * rising from the sepulcher, * You put the imperishable on my nature, O Lord. [SD]

Ὑπεραγία Θεοτόκε, σῶσον ἡμᾶς.

Most-holy Theotokos, save us.

Θεοτοκίον.

Theotokion.

Σὺ δικαιοσύνην τε καὶ ἀπολύτρωσιν, ἡμῖν τεκοῦσα Χριστὸν ἀσπόρως, ἐλευθέραν ἔδρασας, ἀρᾶς Θεοτόκε, τὴν φύσιν τοῦ προπάτορος.

You, O Theotokos, without seed gave birth to Christ, * who is our justice and our redemption; * in so doing you have freed * the nature of Adam, our forefather, from the curse. [SD]

Ode 5: Menaion: Canon-1

Κανὼν τῶν Ἁγίων.

Canon for the Saints.

Τοῦ Μηναίου - - -

From Menaion - - -

Ἦχος βʹ. Ὁ τοῦ φωτὸς χορηγός.

Mode 2. N/M (Lord, the provider of light.)

Ὁ τοῦ φωτὸς χορηγός.

Ἅγιοι τοῦ Θεοῦ, πρεσβεύσατε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.

Saints of God, intercede for us.

Ἀνεπαισθήτως τὸ πρίν, κοινὸν θανέντες ἐπὶ γῆς θάνατον, ὑπερφυῶς ἀνέστητε αὖθις, πιστούμενοι σαφῶς, Ἐφέσιοι Παῖδες, νεκρῶν τὴν Ἀνάστασιν.

O Ephesian Youths, first you died a normal death on earth. Then you wondrously rose again You demonstrably confirmed the Resurrection of the dead. [un]

Ἅγιοι τοῦ Θεοῦ, πρεσβεύσατε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.

Saints of God, intercede for us.

Ἱερωθέντες Θεῷ, ὁμολογίᾳ ἀληθεῖ πίστεως, ὡς ἀθληταὶ νόμιμοι Κυρίου, ἐῤῥύσθητε σοφοί, κλοιῶν καὶ μαστίγων, καὶ στέφανον ἤρασθε.

O wise Youths, you were sacrificed to God through your true statement of faith as the Lord’s righteous contenders. You were spared beatings and whippings and took the prize. [un]

Δόξα.

Glory.

Νενικηκότες στεῤῥῶς, εἰδώλων πλάνην, εὐκλεεῖς μάρτυρες, καὶ ἀσεβοῦς αἱρέσεως δόγμα, φυλάττετε ἀεί, τοὺς ὁμολογοῦντας, νεκρῶν τὴν Ἀνάστασιν.

O famous Martyrs, you have mightily defeated the deception of idols and the doctrine of ungodly heresy. You always guard those who confess the Resurrection of the dead. [un]

Καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.

Both now. Theotokion.

Ἐν δύο ταῖς φύσεσι, καὶ ὑποστάσει δὲ μιᾷ πέφηνας, τέλειος ὢν, βροτὸς ἀσυγχύτως, καὶ τέλειος Θεός, τεχθεὶς ἐξ Ἁγίας Μητρὸς Ὑπερούσιε.

Although transcendent in Essence, You were born of a holy Mother. You are now in two natures but one hypostasis. You are completely mortal and completely God without intermingling. [un]

Ode 5: Katavasia

ᾨδὴ εʹ. Καταβασία. Ἦχος δʹ.

Ode v. Katavasia. Mode 4.

Ὁ τοῦ φωτὸς διατμήξας τὸ πρωτόγονον χάος, ὡς ἐν φωτὶ τὰ ἔργα ὑμνεῖ σε Χριστέ, τὸν Δημιουργόν, ἐν τῷ φωτί σου, τὰς ὁδοὺς ἡμῶν εὔθυνον.

You divided the light from the primordial darkness, * so that Your works, in the light, may sing praises to You, * the Creator, O Christ. * We now entreat You: * In Your light make straight our ways. [GOASD]

Ode 6: Octoechos: Canon-1

Τῆς Ὀκτωήχου - - -

From Octoechos - - -

Κανὼν ὁ Ἀναστάσιμος.

Canon for the Resurrection.

ᾨδὴ Ϛʹ. Ἦχος πλ. αʹ. Ὁ Εἱρμός.

Ode vi. Mode pl. 1. Heirmos.

Μαινομένην κλύδωνι.

Μαινομένην κλύδωνι, ψυχοφθόρῳ Δέσποτα Χριστέ, τῶν παθῶν τὴν θάλασσαν κατεύνασον, καὶ ἐκ φθορᾶς, ἀνάγαγέ με ὡς εὔσπλαγχνος.

I implore You, Master Christ, that You quiet the furious sea * of the passions and the soul-destroying waves; * and from corruption raise me, O compassionate Lord. [SD]

Τροπάρια.

Troparia.

Δόξα τῇ ἁγίᾳ ἀναστάσει σου, Κύριε.

Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Εἰς φθορὰν κατώλισθεν, ὁ γενάρχης Δέσποτα Χριστέ, παρηκόου βρώσεως γευσάμενος, καὶ πρὸς ζωήν, ἀνῆκται διὰ τοῦ πάθους σου.

Master Christ, our ancestor in the garden ate forbidden fruit, * and he slipped and fell into decay and death. * Now he is raised to life again, by Your Passion, O Lord. [SD]

Δόξα τῇ ἁγίᾳ ἀναστάσει σου, Κύριε.

Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Ἡ ζωὴ κατήντησας, πρὸς τὸν ᾅδην Δέσποτα Χριστέ, καὶ φθορὰ τῷ φθείραντι γενόμενος, διὰ φθορᾶς, ἐπήγασας τὴν ἀνάστασιν.

Master Christ and Life itself, You went down to Hades and became * the destruction of the one destroying us. * You have gushed forth resurrection by dying for us. [SD]

Ὑπεραγία Θεοτόκε, σῶσον ἡμᾶς.

Most-holy Theotokos, save us.

Θεοτοκίον.

Theotokion.

Ἡ Παρθένος ἔτεκε, καὶ τεκοῦσα ἔμεινεν ἁγνή, ἐν χερσὶ τὸν φέροντα τὰ σύμπαντα, ὡς ἀληθῶς, παρθένος Μήτηρ βαστάσασα.

Virgin Mary bore a child; after childbirth she continued chaste. * As a truly virgin Mother, in her arms * she held the One who holds the whole wide world in His hands. [SD]

Ode 6: Menaion: Canon-1

Κανὼν τῶν Ἁγίων.

Canon for the Saints.

Τοῦ Μηναίου - - -

From Menaion - - -

Ἦχος βʹ. Ἐν ἀβύσσῳ πταισμάτων.

Mode 2. N/M (Like a deep sea, my sins.)

Ἐν ἀβύσσῳ πταισμάτων.

Ἅγιοι τοῦ Θεοῦ, πρεσβεύσατε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.

Saints of God, intercede for us.

Οἱ τῆς θείας σοφίας ἰσάριθμοι, στῦλοι εὐφημείσθωσαν Ἅγιοι Παῖδες ἑπτά, λόγοις ὡς λίθοις θλάσαντες, τῶν τυράννων τὸ ἄθεον πρόσταγμα.

The Seven Youths smashed the godless decree of the tyrants with words like stones. Let the pillars be acclaimed that are equal in number to those of the Divine Wisdom. [un]

Ἅγιοι τοῦ Θεοῦ, πρεσβεύσατε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.

Saints of God, intercede for us.

Νόμῳ θείας προνοίας φρουρούμενοι, σχέδιον ἐδέξασθε ταφὴν τὸ σπήλαιον, ἐν ᾧ νεκροὶ καὶ ἄφθαρτοι, πολυχρόνιοι Ἅγιοι ὤφθητε.

O Saints, watched over by divine providence, you received a cave as a hidden tomb. You lay dead and preserved for many years. [un]

Δόξα.

Glory.

Ἀφθαρσίᾳ συνέστιοι Μάρτυρες, πίστιν ἐκδιώκετε φθοροποιὸν καὶ νεκράν, καὶ τῷ Θεῷ πρεσβεύετε, ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐλπιζόντων Ἀνάστασιν.

O Martyrs, you drive away corrupting and dead faith as partakers of incorruption. You supplicate to God for those who hope in the Resurrection. [un]

Καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.

Both now. Theotokion.

Νῦν ἡ φύσις τοῦ θήλεος γέγηθε, νῦν ἡ λύπη πέπαυται, χαρὰ δὲ ἤνθησεν, ὅτι Μαρία τέτοκε, τὴν χαρὰν τὸν Σωτῆρα καὶ Κύριον.

Now is the woman’s nature joyful. Now has sorrow ended, and joy has flowered. For Mary has given birth to joy, Who is the Savior and Lord. [un]

Ode 6: Katavasia

ᾨδὴ Ϛʹ. Καταβασία. Ἦχος δʹ.

Ode vi. Katavasia. Mode 4.

Ἐν τῷ θλιβεσθαί με, ἐβόησα πρὸς Κύριον, καὶ ἑπήκουσέ μου, ὁ Θεὸς τῆς σωτηρίας μου.

When I was afflicted, I cried out to the Lord my God, * the Lord of Deliverance. I prayed and He heard my voice. [GOASD]

Ode 6: Short Litany

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

PRIEST

Ἔτι καὶ ἔτι ἐν εἰρήνῃ τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

Again and again in peace let us pray to the Lord.

ΧΟΡΟΣ· Κύριε, ἐλέησον.

CHOIR: Lord, have mercy.

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

PRIEST

Ἀντιλαβοῦ, σῶσον, ἐλέησον καὶ διαφύλαξον ἡμᾶς, ὁ Θεός, τῇ σῇ χάριτι.

Help us, save us, have mercy on us, and protect us, O God, by Your grace.

ΧΟΡΟΣ· Κύριε, ἐλέησον.

CHOIR: Lord, have mercy.

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

PRIEST

ΧΟΡΟΣ· Σοί, Κύριε.

CHOIR: To You, O Lord.

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

PRIEST

Σὺ γὰρ εἶ ὁ βασιλεὺς τῆς εἰρήνης καὶ σωτὴρ τῶν ψυχῶν ἡμῶν, καὶ σοὶ τὴν δόξαν ἀναπέμπομεν, τῷ Πατρὶ καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ καὶ τῷ ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

For You are the King of peace and the savior of our souls, and to You we offer up glory, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and to the ages of ages.

ΧΟΡΟΣ· Ἀμήν.

CHOIR: Amen.

Principal Kontakion and Synaxarion

ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ

READER

Τῆς Ὀκτωήχου - - -

From Octoechos - - -

Κοντάκιον Ἀναστάσιμον.

Resurrectional Kontakion.

Πρὸς τὸν ᾅδην Σωτήρ μου συγκαταβέβηκας, καὶ τὰς πύλας συντρίψας ὡς παντοδύναμος, τοὺς θανόντας ὡς κτίστης συνεξανέστησας, καὶ θανάτου τὸ κέντρον Χριστὲ συνέτριψας, καὶ Ἀδὰμ τῆς κατάρας ἐῤῥύσω Φιλάνθρωπε· διὸ πάντες σοι κράζομεν· Σῶσον ἡμᾶς Κύριε.

O my Savior, You descended into the netherworld, and You shattered its gates, for You are almighty God. O Creator, with yourself You raised the dead of all time, and You utterly destroyed the sting of death, O Christ. O benevolent Master, You freed Adam from the ancient curse. Therefore we all cry to You: Save us, O Lord. [GOASD]

Ὁ Οἶκος.

Oikos.

Ἀκούσασαι αἱ γυναῖκες τοῦ Ἀγγέλου τὰ ῥήματα, ἀπεβάλοντο τὸν θρῆνον, προσχαρεῖς γενόμεναι, καὶ σύντρομοι τὴν ἀνάστασιν ἔβλεπον, καὶ ἰδοὺ Χριστὸς προσήγγισεν αὐταῖς, λέγων τό· Χαίρετε, θαρσεῖτε, ἐγὼ τὸν κόσμον νενίκηκα, καὶ τοὺς δεσμίους ἐῤῥυσάμην· σπουδάσατε οὖν πρὸς τοὺς Μαθητάς, ἀπαγγέλλουσαι αὐτοῖς, ὅτι προάγω ὑμᾶς, ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ Γαλιλαίᾳ τοῦ κηρῦξαι· διὸ πάντες σοι κράζομεν· Σῶσον ἡμᾶς Κύριε.

When the women heard the Angel’s words, they put away their grief; and they rejoiced with trembling as they saw the resurrection. And behold, Christ came to them and said, “Rejoice! Take courage! I have overcome the world and have rescued the prisoners. Go quickly now to the Disciples and tell them that I am going before them to proclaim it in the region of Galilee.” Therefore we all cry to You: Save us, O Lord. [GOASD]

Ὁ λαὸς ἵσταται διὰ τὴν ἀνάγνωσιν τοῦ Συναξαρίου.

Stand for the reading of the Synaxarion.

Συναξάριον

Synaxarion

Τοῦ Μηναίου.

From the Menaion.

Τῇ Δʹ τοῦ αὐτοῦ μηνός μνήμη τῶν Ἁγίων ἑπτὰ Παίδων τῶν ἐν Ἐφέσῳ, Μαξιμιλιανοῦ, Ἑξακουστωδιανοῦ, Ἰαμβλίχου, Μαρτινιανοῦ, Διονυσίου, Ἰωάννου, καὶ Κωνσταντίνου, ὅτε ἐκ τοῦ ὕπνου ἐξανέστησαν.

On August 4, we commemorate the rising from sleep of the holy Seven Youths of Ephesus: Maximilian, Exacustodian, Jamblichus, Martinian, Dionysius, John, and Constantine.

Ταῖς αὐτῶν ἁγίαις πρεσβείαις, ὁ Θεός, ἐλέησον καὶ σῶσον ἡμᾶς. Ἀμήν.

By their holy intercessions, O God, have mercy and save us. Amen.

Ode 7: Octoechos: Canon-1

Τῆς Ὀκτωήχου - - -

From Octoechos - - -

ΧΟΡΟΣ

CHOIR

Κανὼν ὁ Ἀναστάσιμος.

Canon for the Resurrection.

ᾨδὴ ζʹ. Ἦχος πλ. αʹ. Ὁ Εἱρμός.

Ode vii. Mode pl. 1. Heirmos.

Ὁ ὑπερυψούμενος.

Ὁ ὑπερυψούμενος, τῶν πατέρων Κύριος, τὴν φλόγα κατέσβεσε, τοὺς παῖδας ἐδρόσισε, συμφώνως μελῳδοῦντας· Ὁ Θεὸς εὐλογητὸς εἶ.

Praiseworthy and beyond measure exalted Lord and God * extinguished the furnace fire, refreshing the three young men, * who sang to Him together, * “God of our fathers, You are blessed.” [SD]

Τροπάρια.

Troparia.

Δόξα τῇ ἁγίᾳ ἀναστάσει σου, Κύριε.

Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Σάρκα περιθέμενος, ὡς ἀγκίστρῳ δέλεαρ, τῇ θείᾳ δυνάμει σου, τὸν ὄφιν καθείλκυσας, ἀνάγων τοὺς βοῶντας· Ὁ Θεὸς εὐλογητὸς εἶ.

You assumed our flesh, O Lord, using it as bait to lure * and catch with Your hook the ancient snake, by Your might as God, * while raising those who cry out, * “God of our fathers, You are blessed.” [SD]

Δόξα τῇ ἁγίᾳ ἀναστάσει σου, Κύριε.

Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Ὁ τῆς γῆς τὴν ἄπλετον, οὐσιώσας σύστασιν, ἐν τάφῳ καλύπτεται, σαρκὶ ὁ Ἀχώρητος, ᾧ πάντες μελῳδοῦμεν· Ὁ Θεὸς εὐλογητὸς εἶ.

Lying in a tomb is He who is uncontainable, * the One who created earth and all of the universe. * Let us all extol Him, * “God of our fathers, You are blessed.” [SD]

Ὑπεραγία Θεοτόκε, σῶσον ἡμᾶς.

Most-holy Theotokos, save us.

Θεοτοκίον.

Theotokion.

Μίαν μὲν ὑπόστασιν, ἐν δυσὶ ταῖς φύσεσι, Πανάμωμε τέτοκας, Θεὸν σωματούμενον, ᾧ πάντες μελῳδοῦμεν· Ὁ Θεὸς εὐλογητὸς εἶ.

You, all-blameless Virgin, gave birth to God, when He became * incarnate, in natures two, yet one in hypostasis. * Let us all extol Him, * “God of our fathers, You are blessed.” [SD]

Ode 7: Menaion: Canon-1

Κανὼν τῶν Ἁγίων.

Canon for the Saints.

Τοῦ Μηναίου - - -

From Menaion - - -

Ἦχος βʹ. Εἰκόνος χρυσῆς.

Mode 2. N/M (The image of gold.)

Εἰκόνος χρυσῆς.

Ἅγιοι τοῦ Θεοῦ, πρεσβεύσατε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.

Saints of God, intercede for us.

Δοχεῖα Χριστοῦ, καθαρὰ καὶ ἐκλεκτὰ οἱ Παῖδες ὤφθησαν, διʼ ὧν τὸ δόγμα τῆς αἱρέσεως, τῆς Ἐκκλησίας διώκεται, καὶ Ὀρθοδοξία ἐκλάμπει· ὅτι ἔσται Ἀνάστασις, πάσης ψυχῆς τε καὶ σαρκὸς καθὰ γεγένηται.

The Youths became the pure and elected vessels of Christ, by which heretical teaching is expelled far from the Church, and by which Orthodoxy shines. There will later be the Resurrection of every soul and body as has already happened to them. [un]

Ἅγιοι τοῦ Θεοῦ, πρεσβεύσατε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.

Saints of God, intercede for us.

Ὡς ὄντως στεῤῥοί, πρὸ θανάτου ἀληθῶς ἐν τῇ ἀθλήσει ὑμῶν Ἅγιοι Παῖδες αὖθις ὤφθητε, καὶ μετὰ νέκρωσιν ζήσαντες, δόξῃ κραταιούμενοι θείᾳ, εὐσεβῶς πιστωσάμενοι, ἐν ἑαυτοῖς τὸ ἀληθὲς τῆς Ἀναστάσεως.

O holy Youths, as you were truly firm in your trial before death, you appeared again living even after death. You were made mighty with divine glory. You piously confirmed in yourselves the truth of the Resurrection. [un]

Δόξα.

Glory.

Πνευμάτων ὁμοῦ, καὶ σωμάτων αἰσθητῶν ἔσται ἀνάστασις· ὡς γὰρ οὐκ ἔφυ ἄνευ σώματος, ψυχὴ ἐν κόσμῳ προέρχεσθαι, οὕτως οὐδὲ σώματος πάρεξ, οἱ Πανεύφημοι ἔλεγον· ἢ δοξασθήσεται ψυχὴ ἢ ἐτασθήσεται.

The Resurrection will be of spirits and physical bodies together. Those who are of great acclaim have said that even as the soul did not spring forth without the body, to come forth without it into the world, neither will the soul be glorified or put to trial without the body. [un]

Καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.

Both now. Theotokion.

Τεκοῦσα Θεόν, τὸν Σωτῆρα τοῦ παντὸς Μαρία γέγονας, ἀπεγνωσμένων ἐπανόρθωσις, πεπλανημένων ἀντίληψις, καὶ ἀπηλπισμένων ἐλπίς τε, καὶ ψαλλόντων βοήθεια· Εὐλογημένος ὁ καρπὸς ὁ τῆς κοιλίας σου.

O Mary, in giving birth to God, the Savior of all, you became the one who sets the despairing upright, the help of those who have wandered, and the healing of those who chant: “Blessed is the Fruit of your womb.” [un]

Ode 7: Katavasia

ᾨδὴ ζʹ. Καταβασία. Ἦχος δʹ.

Ode vii. Katavasia. Mode 4.

Ἀβραμιαῖοί ποτε, ἐν Βαβυλῶνι Παῖδες, καμίνου φλόγα κατεπάτησαν, ἐν ὕμνοις κραυγάζοντες· ὁ τῶν Πατέρων Θεὸς εὐλογητὸς εἶ.

Servants in Babylon, of old, * those three descendants of Abraham, trampled on the furnace fire. * In hymns they cried out to You, * “O Lord and God of our fathers, You are blessed.” [GOASD]

Ode 8: Octoechos: Canon-1

Τῆς Ὀκτωήχου - - -

From Octoechos - - -

Κανὼν ὁ Ἀναστάσιμος.

Canon for the Resurrection.

ᾨδὴ ηʹ. Ἦχος πλ. αʹ. Ὁ Εἱρμός.

Ode viii. Mode pl. 1. Heirmos.

Σοὶ τῷ παντουργῷ.

Σοὶ τῷ παντουργῷ, ἐν τῇ καμίνῳ παῖδες, παγκόσμιον πλέξαντες, χορείαν ἔψαλλον· Πάντα τὰ ἔργα τὸν Κύριον ὑμνεῖτε, καὶ ὑπερυψοῦτε εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἰῶνας.

Summoning a worldwide chorus in the furnace, * Your Servants sang to You, O God who created all, * “All you works, to the Lord sing a hymn and praise Him; * exalt Him beyond measure unto all the ages.” [SD]

Τροπάρια.

Troparia.

Δόξα τῇ ἁγίᾳ ἀναστάσει σου, Κύριε.

Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Σὺ τὸ θελητόν, τοῦ σωτηρίου πάθους, ἀπηύξω ποτήριον, ὥσπερ ἀβούλητον· δύο θελήσεις δυσὶ γὰρ καταλλήλαις, φέρεις ταῖς οὐσίαις Χριστὲ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.

Praying that the cup You earnestly desired, * Your Passion, as if not voluntary, pass from You, * Christ, You exhibit the two wills corresponding * to the two essences You have unto the ages. [SD]

Δόξα τῇ ἁγίᾳ ἀναστάσει σου, Κύριε.

Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Σοῦ τοῦ παντουργοῦ, τῇ καταβάσει ᾅδης, Χριστὲ καταγέλαστος, γεγονὼς ἤμεσε, πάντας τοὺς πάλαι τῇ πλάνῃ νεκρωθέντας, σὲ ὑπερυψοῦντας εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἰῶνας.

Christ, by Your descent to Hades, You have mocked it; * for You, who created all, made it regurgitate * all who were dead because of ancient deception, * and who exalt You beyond measure unto all the ages. [SD]

Ὑπεραγία Θεοτόκε, σῶσον ἡμᾶς.

Most-holy Theotokos, save us.

Θεοτοκίον.

Theotokion.

Σὲ τὴν ὑπὲρ νοῦν, θεανδρικῶς τῷ λόγῳ, τεκοῦσαν τὸν Κύριον, καὶ παρθενεύουσαν, πάντα τὰ ἔργα Παρθένε εὐλογοῦμεν, καὶ ὑπερυψοῦμεν εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἰῶνας.

You, by word alone, humanly and divinely * gave birth in virginity to God ineffably. * We, all His works, ever blessing you, O Virgin, * exalt you beyond measure unto all the ages. [SD]

Ode 8: Menaion: Canon-1

Κανὼν τῶν Ἁγίων.

Canon for the Saints.

Τοῦ Μηναίου - - -

From Menaion - - -

Ἦχος βʹ. Τὸν ἐν καμίνῳ τοῦ πυρός.

Mode 2. N/M (When God went down.)

Τὸν ἐν καμίνῳ τοῦ πυρός.

Ἅγιοι τοῦ Θεοῦ, πρεσβεύσατε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.

Saints of God, intercede for us.

Ῥίζαν πικρίας ἀσεβῶν, ἀναφύουσαν δεινῶς οἱ θεῖοι Παῖδες, ἐκτεμόντες τῆς πλάνης, καὶ τῆς αἱρέσεως νῦν, κομῶσι καρπῷ τῷ τῆς πίστεως, ζῶντες καὶ ταφέντες, πιστῶς καὶ ἀναστάντες.

The divine Youths have now rooted out the bitter delusion and heresy of the godless that rose up in evil. By faith they live, were buried, and rose again, and so they are full of the fruit of the Faith. [un]

Ἅγιοι τοῦ Θεοῦ, πρεσβεύσατε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.

Saints of God, intercede for us.

Οἱ Ἐφεσίων ἀρχηγοί, Παῖδες Ἅγιοι ἑπτὰ καὶ ἀθλοφόροι, τῆς Χριστοῦ Ἐκκλησίας, καὶ βασιλείας πιστῶς, ἐνθέως ἐδείχθησαν στήριγμα, οὓς ὑπερυψοῦμεν εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἰῶνας.

The saintly Seven Youths and prizewinners, who are the chiefs of Ephesians, have manifested by faith and divine inspiration to be a staff of the Church and Kingdom of Christ. We supremely exalt them to all the ages. [un]

Δόξα.

Glory.

Στεῤῥοὶ φανέντες ἀθληταὶ καὶ ἰσάριθμοι δειχθέντες τῶν ἀστέρων, ἀπλανῆ τὴν πορείαν, τῆς εὐσεβείας ὁμοῦ οἱ Παῖδες ποιούμενοι ἔκραζον· Σὲ ὑπερυψοῦμεν Χριστὲ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.

Appearing as firm athletes, and equal in number to the planets, the Youths rid error from the path of correct religion as they cried: “You do we supremely exalt, O Christ, to the ages.” [un]

Καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.

Both now. Theotokion.

Οὐδεὶς ἀπώλετο ἁγνή, τὰς τῆς πίστεως ἐλπίδας κεκτημένος, ἐπὶ σοὶ ὀρθοδόξως, Παρθένε Μήτηρ Θεοῦ, ἢ μόνοι οἱ φθόνῳ ἀρνούμενοι, σοῦ μὴ προσκυνεῖν τὴν μορφήν τῆς ἐμφερείας.

O pure Virgin, Mother of God, no man has ever perished who in an Orthodox manner had the hope of his faith in you, except those alone who in envy refuse to venerate the image of your likeness. [un]

Ode 8: Katavasia

ᾨδὴ ηʹ. Καταβασία. Ἦχος δʹ.

Ode viii. Katavasia. Mode 4.

Αἰνοῦμεν, εὐλογοῦμεν καὶ προσκυνοῦμεν τὸν Κύριον.

We praise and we bless and we worship the Lord.

Οἱ ἐν Βαβυλῶνι Παῖδες, τῷ θείῳ πυρπολούμενοι ζήλῳ, τυράννου καὶ φλογὸς ἀπειλήν, ἀνδρείως κατεπάτησαν, καὶ μέσον πυρὸς ἐμβληθέντες, δροσιζόμενοι ἔψαλλον· Εὐλογεῖτε πάντα τὰ ἔργα Κυρίου τὸν Κύριον.

Once in Babylon, those Servants, * on fire with divine zeal and longing, * courageously defying the threat * of both the tyrant and the flame, * were thrown into the midst of the furnace. * As they were refreshed with dew, * they were singing, “O all you works of the Lord, praise and bless the Lord.” [GOASD]

Kontakia and Synaxarion

ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ

READER

Τῆς Ὀκτωήχου - - -

From Octoechos - - -

Κοντάκιον Ἀναστάσιμον.

Resurrectional Kontakion.

Ὁ Οἶκος.

Oikos.

Ὁ λαὸς ἵσταται διὰ τὴν ἀνάγνωσιν τοῦ Συναξαρίου.

Stand for the reading of the Synaxarion.

Συναξάριον

Synaxarion

Τοῦ Μηναίου.

From the Menaion.

On August 4, we commemorate the rising from sleep of the holy Seven Youths of Ephesus: Maximilian, Exacustodian, Jamblichus, Martinian, Dionysius, John, and Constantine.

Ταῖς αὐτῶν ἁγίαις πρεσβείαις, ὁ Θεός, ἐλέησον καὶ σῶσον ἡμᾶς. Ἀμήν.

By their holy intercessions, O God, have mercy and save us. Amen.

Katavasias Odes 1-8

ΧΟΡΟΣ

CHOIR

Καταβασίαι Θεριναί

Katavasias of Summer

- c1011 - Roubanis

ᾨδὴ αʹ. Ἦχος δʹ.

Ode i. Mode 4.

ᾨδὴ γʹ.

Ode iii.

Weakened is the bow of mighty men, * and those who are weak are girded with strength from our righteous God. * For this reason, as it is written, my heart is strengthened in the Lord. [GOASD]

ᾨδὴ δʹ.

Ode iv.

ᾨδὴ εʹ.

Ode v.

ᾨδὴ Ϛʹ.

Ode vi.

Ἐν τῷ θλιβεσθαί με, ἐβόησα πρὸς Κύριον, καὶ ἑπήκουσέ μου, ὁ Θεὸς τῆς σωτηρίας μου.

When I was afflicted, I cried out to the Lord my God, * the Lord of Deliverance. I prayed and He heard my voice. [GOASD]

ᾨδὴ ζʹ.

Ode vii.

Servants in Babylon, of old, * those three descendants of Abraham, trampled on the furnace fire. * In hymns they cried out to You, * “O Lord and God of our fathers, You are blessed.” [GOASD]

ᾨδὴ ηʹ.

Ode viii.

Αἰνοῦμεν, εὐλογοῦμεν καὶ προσκυνοῦμεν τὸν Κύριον.

We praise and we bless and we worship the Lord.

Eothinon Gospel (EP / GOA)

Ὁ λαὸς ἵσταται διὰ τὴν ἀνάγνωσιν τοῦ Εὐαγγελίου.

Stand for the Gospel reading.

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ· Τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

DEACON: Let us pray to the Lord.

ΧΟΡΟΣ· Κύριε, ἐλέησον.

CHOIR: Lord, have mercy.

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

PRIEST

For You, our God, are holy, and You rest among the holy ones, and to You we offer up glory, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and to the ages of ages.

ΧΟΡΟΣ· Ἀμήν.

CHOIR: Amen.

Ἦχος βʹ.

Mode 2.

- c1011 - Roubanis

Πᾶσα πνοὴ αἰνεσάτω τὸν Κύριον. (δίς) Αἰνεσάτω πνοή πᾶσα τὸν Κύριον.

Let everything that breathes praise the Lord. (2) Let everything that breathes praise the Lord. [SAAS]

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

DEACON

Καὶ ὑπέρ τοῦ καταξιωθῆναι ἡμᾶς τῆς ἀκροάσεως τοῦ ἁγίου Εὐαγγελίου, Κύριον τὸν Θεὸν ἡμῶν ἱκετεύσωμεν.

Let us pray to the Lord our God that we may be made worthy to hear the holy Gospel.

ΧΟΡΟΣ· Κύριε, ἐλέησον. (3)

CHOIR: Lord, have mercy. (3)

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

DEACON

Σοφία. Ὀρθοί. Ἀκούσωμεν τοῦ ἁγίου Εὐαγγελίου.

Wisdom. Arise. Let us hear the holy Gospel.

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ· Εἰρήνη πᾶσι.

PRIEST: Peace be with all.

ΧΟΡΟΣ· Καὶ τῷ πνεύματί σου.

CHOIR: And with your spirit.

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

PRIEST

Ἐκ τοῦ κατὰ Λουκᾶν ἁγίου Εὐαγγελίου τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα.

The reading is from the holy Gospel according to Luke.

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ· Πρόσχωμεν.

DEACON: Let us be attentive.

ΧΟΡΟΣ

CHOIR

Δόξα σοι, Κύριε, δόξα σοι.

Glory to You, O Lord, glory to You.

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ (ἀπὸ τῆς ἁγίας τραπέζης)

PRIEST (from the altar table)

Ἑωθινὸν Ϛʹ

Eothinon 6

Λουκᾶν 24:36 – 53

Luke. 24:36 – 53

ΧΟΡΟΣ

CHOIR

Δόξα σοι, Κύριε, δόξα σοι.

Glory to You, O Lord, glory to You.

ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ

READER

ΧΟΡΟΣ

CHOIR

Ψαλμὸς Nʹ (50).

Psalm 50 (51).

Ἦχος βʹ. (ἢ τῆς ἑβδομάδος.)

Mode 2. (or the Mode of the week)

- c1112 - Mode 2 - SDedes
- c1118 - Mode pl. 4 - SDedes