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Octoechos - Grave Mode.

Τῇ Κυριακῇ Πρωΐ

On Sunday Morning

Μηναῖον - Τῌ ΙΕʹ ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΟΥ

Menaion - August 15

Κυριακὴ μετὰ τὴν Ἑορτήν

Sunday after the Feast

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Ἦχος βαρύς.

Grave Mode.

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 βαρύς.

Grave Mode.

Κατέλυσας τῷ Σταυρῷ σου τὸν θάνατον· ἠνέῳξας τῷ λῃστῇ τὸν Παράδεισον· τῶν Μυροφόρων τὸν θρῆνον μετέβαλες, καὶ τοῖς σοῖς Ἀποστόλοις κηρύττειν ἐπέταξας, ὅτι ἀνέστης Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός, παρέχων τῷ κόσμῳ τὸ μέγα ἔλεος.

You destroyed death by Your Cross, You opened Paradise to the Robber. You turned the Myrrh-bearing Women’s lament into joy, and You commanded Your Apostles to preach that You rose, O Christ God, granting the world the great mercy. [GOASD]

Δόξα. Τὸ αὐτό.

Glory. Repeat.

Καὶ νῦν.

Both now.

Ἀπολυτίκιον τῆς Ἑορτῆς.

Apolytikion of the Feast.

Τοῦ Μηναίου - - -

From Menaion - - -

Ἦχος αʹ.

Mode 1.

- c1011 - Peter Petropoulos
- c1012 - B Kiamilidis

Ἐν τῇ Γεννήσει, τὴν παρθενίαν ἐφύλαξας. Ἐν τῇ Κοιμήσει, τὸν κόσμον οὐ κατέλιπες Θεοτόκε. Μετέστης πρὸς τὴν ζωήν, Μήτηρ ὑπάρχουσα τῆς ζωῆς, καὶ ταῖς πρεσβείαις ταῖς σαῖς λυτρουμένη, ἐκ θανάτου τὰς ψυχὰς ἡμῶν.

You gave birth yet preserved your virginity. You fell asleep in death yet did not desert the world, O Theotokos. You were transported to life, as you are Mother of Life and, by virtue of your intercessions, deliver our souls from death. [SD]

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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.

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

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.

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

PRIEST

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 βαρύς.

Grave Mode.

Ἡ ζωὴ ἐν τῷ τάφῳ ἀνέκειτο, καὶ σφραγὶς ἐν τῷ λίθῳ ἐπέκειτο· ὡς βασιλέα ὑπνοῦντα, στρατιῶται ἐφύλαττον Χριστόν, καὶ Ἄγγελοι ἐδόξαζον, ὡς Θεὸν ἀθάνατον· γυναῖκες δὲ ἐκραύγαζον· Ἀνέστη ὁ Κύριος, παρέχων τῷ κόσμῳ τὸ μέγα ἔλεος.

Life was placed in the sepulcher, and a seal was placed on the stone. The soldiers were guarding Christ like a sleeping king. The Angels glorified Him as their immortal God. And the women cried aloud, “The Lord has risen, and He has granted to the world the great mercy.” [GOASD]

Δόξα.

Glory.

Ἦχος βαρύς.

Grave Mode.

- c1012 - Petros-Ioannis | JM Boyer

Τῇ τριημέρῳ ταφῇ σου σκυλεύσας τὸν θάνατον, καὶ φθαρέντα τὸν ἄνθρωπον, τῇ ζωηφόρῳ ἐγέρσει σου, ἀναστήσας Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός, ὡς φιλάνθρωπος· δόξα σοι.

While You were buried for three days, You devastated death. You brought life to humanity, which had been destroyed; and when You rose, You resurrected it, O Christ God, as the benevolent Savior. Glory to You! [GOASD]

Τοῦ Μηναίου - - -

From Menaion - - -

Καὶ νῦν. Τῆς Ἑορτῆς.

Both now. For the Feast.

Ἦχος δʹ. Κατεπλάγη Ἰωσήφ.

Mode 4. Joseph marveled.

Κατεπλάγη Ἰωσήφ.

- c1011 - JVelon

- c1211 - SDedes

Ἀναβόησον Δαυΐδ, τίς ἡ παροῦσα Ἑορτή; Ἣν ἀνύμνησα φησίν, ἐν τῷ βιβλίῳ τῶν Ψαλμῶν, ὡς θυγατέρα θεόπαιδα καὶ Παρθένον, μετέστησεν αὐτήν, πρὸς τὰς ἐκεῖθεν μονάς, Χριστὸς ὁ ἐξ αὐτῆς, ἄνευ σπορᾶς γεννηθείς· καὶ διὰ τοῦτο χαίρουσι, μητέρες καὶ θυγατέρες, καὶ νύμφαι Χριστοῦ, βοῶσαι· Χαῖρε, ἡ μεταστᾶσα, πρὸς τὰ ἄνω βασίλεια.

Prophet David, tell us please, what do we celebrate today? * “The Assumption of the one, whom in the Psalms I extolled * as daughter and Virgin and the Mother of God, * when Christ, who without seed was born of her, himself * transported her to heaven, to the mansions there. * And on this day especially mothers, * daughters, and brides of Christ salute her with joy, * ‘Rejoice, O Lady! You were transported * to the royal courts on high!’” [SD]

Τῆς Ὀκτωήχου - - -

From Octoechos - - -

Κάθισμα Βʹ.

Kathisma II.

Ἦχος βαρύς.

Grave Mode.

Ἐσφραγισμένου τοῦ μνήματος, ἡ ζωὴ ἐκ τάφου ἀνέτειλας Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός· καὶ τῶν θυρῶν κεκλεισμένων, τοῖς Μαθηταῖς ἐπέστης, ἡ πάντων ἀνάστασις· Πνεῦμα εὐθὲς διʼ αὐτῶν ἐγκαινίζων ἡμῖν, κατὰ τὸ μέγα σου ἔλεος.

The tomb being sealed, You rose from the sepulcher, O Christ God, the Life. And the doors being shut, You came to the disciples, O resurrection of all. Through them You renew a right spirit within us, according to Your great mercy. [GOASD]

Δόξα.

Glory.

Ἦχος βαρύς.

Grave Mode.

- c1012 - Petros-Ioannis | JM Boyer

Ἐπὶ τὸ μνῆμα ἔδραμον γυναῖκες, μετὰ δακρύων μύρα φέρουσαι, καὶ στρατιωτῶν φυλασσόντων σε, τὸν τῶν ὅλων Βασιλέα, ἔλεγον πρὸς ἑαυτάς· Τίς ἀποκυλίσει ἡμῖν τὸν λίθον; καὶ φωνῆς Ἀσωμάτων ἤκουον λεγούσης. Ἀνέστη ὁ μεγάλης βουλῆς Ἄγγελος, πατήσας τὸν θάνατον. Παντοδύναμε Κύριε, δόξα σοι.

In tears, the women ran to the tomb, bringing ointments. And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us?” For You, the King of all, were guarded by soldiers. Then they heard the angelic voice addressing them, “The Angel of great Counsel has trampled death, and He has risen!” O almighty Lord, glory to You! [GOASD]

Τοῦ Μηναίου - - -

From Menaion - - -

Καὶ νῦν. Τῆς Ἑορτῆς.

Both now. For the Feast.

Ἦχος αʹ. Τὸν τάφον σου Σωτήρ.

Mode 1. The soldiers keeping watch.

Τὸν τάφον σου Σωτήρ.

- c1011 - JVelon

- c1211 - SDedes

Ὁ πάντιμος χορός, τῶν σοφῶν Ἀποστόλων, ἠθροίσθη θαυμαστῶς, τοῦ κηδεῦσαι ἐνδόξως, τὸ σῶμά σου τὸ ἄχραντον, Θεοτόκε Πανύμνητε· οἷς συνύμνησαν, καὶ τῶν Ἀγγέλων τὰ πλήθη, τὴν Μετάστασιν, τὴν σὴν σεπτῶς εὐφημοῦντες· ἣν πίστει ἑορτάζομεν.

The honorable choir of the all-wise Apostles * miraculously came, O august Theotokos, * to bury your immaculate holy body with dignity. * Joining them, the hosts of holy Angels extolled you. * With solemnity they sang and praised your Assumption, * which we faithfully celebrate. [SD]

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.

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 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 βαρύς.

Hypakoe. Grave Mode.

Ὁ ἡμετέραν μορφὴν ἀναλαβών, καὶ ὑπομείνας Σταυρὸν σωματικῶς, σῶσόν με τῇ ἀναστάσει σου, Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός, ὡς φιλάνθρωπος.

O Christ God, who took our form and bodily endured the Cross, save me by Your resurrection, O benevolent Lord. [GOASD]

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CHOIR

Οἱ Ἀναβαθμοί.

Anavathmoi.

Ἀντίφωνον Αʹ. Ἦχος βαρύς.

Antiphon 1. Grave Mode.

Τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν Σιών, ἐκ πλάνης ἐπιστρέψας, κᾀμὲ Σωτὴρ ζώωσον, ἐξαίρων δουλοπαθείας.

You returned the captives of Zion from their wandering. As for me, enliven me, and free me from captivity to passions. [GOASD]

Ἐν τῷ νότῳ ὁ σπείρων θλίψεις, νηστείας μετὰ δακρύων, οὗτος χαρᾶς δρέψεται, δράγματα ἀειζωοτροφίας.

In the south those who sow afflictions with tears and with fasting will reap the sheaves of joy, the staff of life everlasting. [GOASD]

Δόξα· καὶ νῦν.

Glory. Both now.

Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, πηγὴ τῶν θείων θησαυρισμάτων, ἐξ οὗ σοφία, σύνεσις, φόβος· αὐτῷ αἴνεσις, δόξα, τιμή, καὶ κράτος.

In the Holy Spirit is the source of divine treasures. From Him is wisdom, understanding, and fear. To Him praise is due, glory, honor and dominion. [GOASD]

Ἀντίφωνον Βʹ.

Antiphon 2.

Ἐὰν μὴ Κύριος οἰκοδομήσῃ οἶκον τὸν τῆς ψυχῆς, μάτην κοπιῶμεν· πλὴν γὰρ αὐτοῦ, οὐ πρᾶξις, οὐ λόγος τελεῖται.

Unless the Lord builds the house of the soul, we labor in vain; for without Him no action or word is accomplished. [GOASD]

Τοῦ καρποῦ τῆς γαστρός, οἱ Ἅγιοι πνευματοκινήτως, ἀναβλαστοῦσι, πατρῷα δόγματα υἱοθεσίας.

Moved by the Spirit, the saints produce the Father’s dogmas about the sonship of the fruit of the womb. [GOASD]

Δόξα· καὶ νῦν.

Glory. Both now.

Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, τὰ σύμπαντα τὸ εἶναι ἔχει· πρὸ πάντων γὰρ Θεός, τῶν ὅλων κυριότης, φῶς ἀπρόσιτον, ζωὴ τῶν πάντων.

In the Holy Spirit, the universe has its existence. For He is God before all, universal lordship, unapproachable light, and the life of all. [GOASD]

Ἀντίφωνον Γʹ.

Antiphon 3.

Οἱ φοβούμενοι τὸν Κύριον, ὁδοὺς ζωῆς εὑρόντες, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ μακαριοῦνται, δόξῃ ἀκηράτῳ.

Those who fear the Lord and find the ways of life, both now and ever will be called blessed, for having immortal glory. [GOASD]

Κύκλῳ τῆς τραπέζης σου, ὡς στελέχη βλέπων τὰ ἔκγονά σου, χαῖρε εὐφραίνου, προσάγων ταῦτα, τῷ Χριστῷ ποιμενάρχα.

As you see your offspring like olive trees around your table, rejoice and be glad, chief shepherd, as you bring them to Christ. [GOASD]

Δόξα· καὶ νῦν.

Glory. Both now.

Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, βυθὸς χαρισμάτων, πλοῦτος δόξης, κριμάτων βάθος μέγα· ὁμόδοξον Πατρὶ καὶ Υἱῶ, λατρευτὸν γάρ.

In the Holy Spirit is an ocean of divine gifts, a wealth of glory, a great depth of judgments; He is identical in glory to the Father and the Son, and therefore to be worshiped. [GOASD]

Προκείμενον.

Prokeimenon.

Ἀνάστηθι, Κύριε ὁ Θεός μου, ὑψωθήτω ἡ χείρ σου, μὴ ἐπιλάθῃ τῶν πενήτων σου εἰς τέλος. (δίς)

Arise, O Lord my God, let Your hand be lifted high, and do not forget Your poor to the end. (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, ὑψωθήτω ἡ χείρ σου, μὴ ἐπιλάθῃ τῶν πενήτων σου εἰς τέλος.

Arise, O Lord my God, let Your hand be lifted high, and do not forget Your poor to the end. [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.

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

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 Ἰωάννην ἁγίου Εὐαγγελίου τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα.

The reading is from the holy Gospel according to John.

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 Ηʹ

Eothinon 8

Ἰωάννην 20:11 – 18

John. 20:11 – 18

Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, Μαρία εἱστήκει πρὸς τῷ μνημείῳ κλαίουσα ἔξω. ὡς οὖν ἔκλαιε, παρέκυψεν εἰς τὸ μνημεῖον καὶ θεωρεῖ δύο ἀγγέλους ἐν λευκοῖς καθεζομένους, ἕνα πρὸς τῇ κεφαλῇ καὶ ἕνα πρὸς τοῖς ποσίν, ὅπου ἔκειτο τὸ σῶμα τοῦ Ἰησοῦ. καὶ λέγουσιν αὐτῇ ἐκεῖνοι· γύναι, τί κλαίεις; λέγει αὐτοῖς· ὅτι ἦραν τὸν Κύριόν μου, καὶ οὐκ οἶδα ποῦ ἔθηκαν αὐτόν. καὶ ταῦτα εἰποῦσα ἐστράφη εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω, καὶ θεωρεῖ τὸν Ἰησοῦν ἑστῶτα, καὶ οὐκ ᾔδει ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ἐστι. λέγει αὐτῇ ὁ Ἰησοῦς· γύναι, τί κλαίεις; τίνα ζητεῖς; ἐκείνη δοκοῦσα ὅτι ὁ κηπουρός ἐστι, λέγει αὐτῷ· κύριε, εἰ σὺ ἐβάστασας αὐτόν, εἰπέ μοι ποῦ ἔθηκας αὐτόν, κἀγὼ αὐτὸν ἀρῶ. λέγει αὐτῇ ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Μαρία. στραφεῖσα ἐκείνη λέγει αὐτῷ· ῥαββουνί, ὃ λέγεται, διδάσκαλε. λέγει αὐτῇ ὁ Ἰησοῦς· μή μου ἅπτου· οὔπω γὰρ ἀναβέβηκα πρὸς τὸν πατέρα μου· πορεύου δὲ πρὸς τοὺς ἀδελφούς μου καὶ εἰπὲ αὐτοῖς· ἀναβαίνω πρὸς τὸν πατέρα μου καὶ πατέρα ὑμῶν, καὶ Θεόν μου καὶ Θεὸν ὑμῶν. ἔρχεται Μαρία ἡ Μαγδαληνὴ ἀπαγγέλλουσα τοῖς μαθηταῖς ὅτι ἑώρακε τὸν Κύριον, καὶ ταῦτα εἶπεν αὐτῇ.

At that time, Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb, and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus has lain, one at the head and one at the feet. They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.” Saying this, she turned round and saw Jesus standing, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.” Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him in Hebrew, “Rabboni,” which means Teacher. Jesus said to her, “Do not touch me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brethren and say to them, I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.” Mary Magdalene went and said to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord,” and she told them that he had said these things to her. [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

Τῆς Ὀκτωήχου - - -

From Octoechos - - -

ΧΟΡΟΣ

CHOIR

Κανὼν ὁ Ἀναστάσιμος.

Canon for the Resurrection.

ᾨδὴ αʹ. Ἦχος βαρύς. Ὁ Εἱρμός.

Ode i. Grave Mode. Heirmos.

Νεύσει σοῦ πρὸς γεώδη.

Νεύσει σοῦ πρὸς γεώδη, ἀντιτυπίαν μετήχθη, ἡ πρὶν εὐδιάχυτος, ὑδάτων φύσις Κύριε· ὅθεν ἁβρόχως πεζεύσας, ᾄδει Ἰσραήλ σοι, ᾠδὴν ἐπινίκιον.

Lord, at Your divine signal, the fluid streams of the Red Sea * became solid walls, as they were held back by a mighty wind. * Israel passed over dry-shod; * and they sang the victory song unto You, O God. [SD]

Τροπάρια.

Troparia.

Δόξα τῇ ἁγίᾳ ἀναστάσει σου, Κύριε.

Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Κέκριται τοῦ θανάτου, ἡ τυραννὶς διὰ ξύλου, ἀδίκῳ θανάτῳ σου, κατακριθέντος Κύριε· ὅθεν ὁ ἄρχων τοῦ σκότους, σοῦ μὴ κατισχύσας, δικαίως ἐκβέβληται.

The tyranny of death has been judged through a tree, O Savior, * for You, Lord, had been condemned to unjust death and crucified. * Therefore the ruler of darkness * justly was cast out, having no power over You. [SD]

Δόξα τῇ ἁγίᾳ ἀναστάσει σου, Κύριε.

Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

ᾍδης σοι προσπελάσας, καὶ τοῖς ὁδοῦσι μὴ σθένων, συντρῖψαι τὸ σῶμά σου, τὰς σιαγόνας τέθλασται· ὅθεν Σωτὴρ τὰς ὀδύνας, λύσας τοῦ θανάτου, ἀνέστης τριήμερος.

Hades with death assaulted You, but its teeth had no power * to shatter Your sinless body, but instead its jaws were crushed. * When You, O Lord, loosed and ended * pangs of death, You rose within three days, O Savior Christ. [SD]

Ὑπεραγία Θεοτόκε, σῶσον ἡμᾶς.

Most-holy Theotokos, save us.

Θεοτοκίον.

Theotokion.

Λέλυνται αἱ ὀδύναι, αἱ τῆς προμήτορος Εὔας· ὠδῖνας λαθοῦσα γάρ, ἀπειρογάμως τέτοκας· ὅθεν σαφῶς Θεοτόκον, Πάναγνε εἰδότες, σὲ πάντες δοξάζομεν.

Loosed are the pain and sorrow of Eve our ancestral mother. * For you without seed conceived and gave birth without labor pains. * Knowing from this, O all-pure one, * that you are the Mother of God, we all glorify you. [SD]

Ode 1: Menaion: Canon-1

Κανὼν Βʹ τῆς Ἑορτῆς.

Canon 2 of the Feast.

Τοῦ Μηναίου - - -

From Menaion - - -

Ὁ Εἱρμός. Ἦχος δʹ.

Heirmos. Mode 4.

Ἀνοίξω τὸ στόμα μου, καὶ πληρωθήσεται Πνεύματος, καὶ λόγον ἐρεύξομαι, τῇ Βασιλίδι Μητρί, καὶ ὀφθήσομαι, φαιδρῶς πανηγυρίζων, καὶ ᾄσω γηθόμενος, ταύτης τὴν Κοίμησιν.

I open my mouth and pray the Spirit fill it, like David said, * to pour out a good word to the Queen and Mother of God. * I will celebrate * her feast with joy and gladness * and sing to her merrily, lauding her Dormition. [SD]

Ὑπεραγία Θεοτόκε, σῶσον ἡμᾶς.

Most-holy Theotokos, save us.

Παρθένοι νεάνιδες, σὺν Μαριὰμ τῇ Προφήτιδι, ᾠδὴν τὴν ἐξόδιον νῦν ἀλαλάξατε· ἡ Παρθένος γάρ, καὶ μόνη Θεοτόκος, πρὸς λῆξιν οὐράνιον διαβιβάζεται.

O virgins and maidens come, and with the prophetess Miriam * sing a funeral anthem now and cry aloud with joy. * For the virgin Maid * and only Theotokos * is being conveyed unto * a heavenly repose. [SD]

Δόξα.

Glory.

Καὶ νῦν.

Both now.

Ἀξίως ὡς ἔμψυχον, σὲ οὐρανὸν ὑπεδέξαντο, οὐράνια Πάναγνε, θεῖα σκηνώματα, καὶ παρέστηκας, φαιδρῶς ὡραϊσμένη, ὡς νύμφη πανάμωμος, τῷ Βασιλεῖ καὶ Θεῷ.

Divine and celestial dwellings received you befittingly, * since you are the animate heaven, O Lady pure. * And you stood adorned * and gorgeously appareled * as a wholly blameless bride * beside our King and God. [SD]

Ode 1: Katavasia

ᾨδὴ αʹ. Καταβασία. Ἦχος αʹ.

Ode i. Katavasia. Mode 1.

Πεποικιλμένη τῇ θείᾳ δόξῃ, ἡ ἱερὰ καὶ εὐκλεὴς Παρθένε μνήμη σου, πάντας συνηγάγετο, πρὸς εὐφροσύνην τοὺς πιστούς, ἐξαρχούσης Μαριάμ, μετὰ χορῶν καὶ τυμπάνων τῷ σῷ, ᾄδοντας Μονογενεῖ, ἐνδόξως ὅτι δεδόξασται.

Adorned with glory divine, O Virgin, * is your most sacred and illustrious memorial, * gathering the faithful all together joyfully to sing * in processions led by Mariam, with timbrels and dancing, * to your Only-begotten Son. * For He has been greatly glorified. [GOASD]

Ode 3: Octoechos: Canon-1

Τῆς Ὀκτωήχου - - -

From Octoechos - - -

Κανὼν ὁ Ἀναστάσιμος.

Canon for the Resurrection.

ᾨδὴ γʹ. Ἦχος βαρύς. Ὁ Εἱρμός.

Ode iii. Grave Mode. Heirmos.

Ὁ κατʼ ἀρχὰς τοὺς οὐρανούς.

Ὁ κατʼ ἀρχὰς τοὺς οὐρανούς, παντοδυνάμῳ σου Λόγῳ, στερεώσας Κύριε Σωτήρ, καὶ τῷ παντουργῷ καὶ θείῳ Πνεύματι, πᾶσαν τὴν δύναμιν αὐτῶν, ἐν ἀσαλεύτῳ με πέτρᾳ, τῆς ὁμολογίας σου στερέωσον.

First You established by Your Word, by Your omnipotent Logos, * the heavens, O Savior, and You made * all their host by Your divine omnificent Spirit, as the breath of Your mouth. * I pray You, on the unshaken rock of Your confession, Lord, establish me. [SD]

Τροπάρια.

Troparia.

Δόξα τῇ ἁγίᾳ ἀναστάσει σου, Κύριε.

Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Σὺ ἀνελθὼν ἐπὶ ξύλου, ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ὀδυνᾶσαι, ἑκουσίως εὔσπλαγχνε Σωτήρ, καὶ φέρεις πληγὴν εἰρήνης πρόξενον, καὶ σωτηρίας τοῖς πιστοῖς, διʼ ἧς τῷ σῷ Ἐλεῆμον, πάντες κατηλλάγημεν Γεννήτορι.

Merciful Savior, You went up onto the Cross and You suffered * pains and sorrows willingly for us. * The wound that You bore became the cause of peace and of salvation for us all; * and by it we the believers have been reconciled to Your Father, O Christ. [SD]

Δόξα τῇ ἁγίᾳ ἀναστάσει σου, Κύριε.

Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Σύ με καθῇρας τῆς πληγῆς, τὸν τῇ ψυχῇ τετρωμένον, δρακοντίῳ δήγματι Χριστέ, καὶ ἔδειξας φῶς ἐν σκότει πάλαι μοι, κατῳκισμένῳ καὶ φθορᾷ· διὰ Σταυροῦ γάρ εἰς ᾅδην, καταβεβηκώς με συνανέστησας.

The dragon bit my soul of old; it caused a wound that had festered. * You have disinfected it, O Christ. * When I had been dwelling in the darkness and corruption, You showed me the light; * for You descended to Hades through the Cross, and with yourself You raised me up. [SD]

Ὑπεραγία Θεοτόκε, σῶσον ἡμᾶς.

Most-holy Theotokos, save us.

Θεοτοκίον.

Theotokion.

Τῆς ἀπειράνδρου σου Μητρός, ταῖς ἱκεσίαις τῷ κόσμῳ, τὴν εἰρήνην βράβευσον Σωτήρ, καὶ τῷ βασιλεῖ τὴν νίκην δώρησαι, κατὰ βαρβάρων δυσμενῶν, καὶ τῆς ἀφράστου σου δόξης, τοὺς δοξολογοῦντάς σε ἀξίωσον.

O Savior Christ, at the entreaties of Your ever-virgin Mother, * give the world the precious prize of peace; * keep our country safe from foreign enemies and from ungodliness within; * grant Your ineffable glory to us who extol You and sing glory to You. [SD]

Ode 3: Menaion: Canon-1

Κανὼν Βʹ τῆς Ἑορτῆς.

Canon 2 of the Feast.

Τοῦ Μηναίου - - -

From Menaion - - -

Ὁ Εἱρμός. Ἦχος δʹ.

Heirmos. Mode 4.

Τοὺς σοὺς ὑμνολόγους Θεοτόκε, ὡς ζῶσα καὶ ἄφθονος πηγή, θίασον συγκροτήσαντας πνευματικόν, στερέωσον· καὶ ἐν τῇ θείᾳ μνήμῃ σου, στεφάνων δόξης ἀξίωσον.

Establish your servants who extol you, * O Mother of God, for they have formed * a spiritual choir for you * the living and abundant fount; * in your august Dormition now also give glorious crowns to them. [SD]

Ὑπεραγία Θεοτόκε, σῶσον ἡμᾶς.

Most-holy Theotokos, save us.

Θνητῆς ἐξ ὀσφύος προαχθεῖσα, τῇ φύσει κατάλληλον Ἁγνή, τὴν ἔξοδον διήνυσας, τεκοῦσα δὲ τὴν ὄντως ζωήν, πρὸς τὴν ζωὴν μεθέστηκας, τὴν θείαν καὶ ἐνυπόστατον.

You sprang forth from mortal loins, O pure one, * and therefore your subsequent decease * was naturally appropriate. * But since you had yourself brought forth * true Life Himself, you therefore passed * unto divine, hypostatic life. [SD]

Δόξα.

Glory.

Καὶ νῦν.

Both now.

Δῆμος θεολόγων ἐκ περάτων, ἐξ ὕψους Ἀγγέλων δὲ πληθύς, πρὸς τὴν Σιὼν ἠπείγοντο, παντοδυνάμῳ νεύματι, ἀξιοχρέως Δέσποινα, τῇ σῇ ταφῇ λειτουργήσοντες.

By virtue of the almighty summons, * the choir of Divines from all the earth, * O Lady, and the multitude * of Angels from the heavens hied * to Zion, there to minister * at your interment, by duty bound. [SD]

Ode 3: Katavasia

ᾨδὴ γʹ. Καταβασία. Ἦχος αʹ.

Ode iii. Katavasia. Mode 1.

Ἡ δημιουργική, καὶ συνεκτικὴ τῶν ἁπάντων, Θεοῦ σοφία καὶ δύναμις, ἀκλινῆ ἀκράδαντον, τὴν Ἐκκλησίαν στήριξον Χριστέ· μόνος γὰρ εἶ ἅγιος, ὁ ἐν ἁγίοις ἀναπαυόμενος.

O Wisdom of our God and His Power that has created * and is sustaining the universe, * reinforce Your Church, O Christ, * preserving her unshaken and unmoved. * For You alone are holy, * O Lord, and You repose in Your holy ones. [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.

Secondary Kontakion

ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ

READER

Τοῦ Μηναίου - - -

From Menaion - - -

Κοντάκιον τῆς Ἑορτῆς.

Kontakion of the Feast.

Ἦχος πλ. βʹ. Αὐτόμελον.

Mode pl. 2. Automelon.

Τὴν ἐν πρεσβείαις.

Τὴν ἐν πρεσβείαις ἀκοίμητον Θεοτόκον, καὶ προστασίαις ἀμετάθετον ἐλπίδα, τάφος καὶ νέκρωσις οὐκ ἐκράτησεν· ὡς γὰρ ζωῆς Μητέρα, πρὸς τὴν ζωὴν μετέστησεν, ὁ μήτραν οἰκήσας ἀειπάρθενον.

The Theotokos is undying in intercession.* Immovable is our hope in her for protection. * Neither death nor burial prevailed over her. * As she is Mother of Life, she was removed to life by Him, * the Lord who lived in her ever-virgin womb. [SD]

Mid-Ode Kathisma or Hypakoe

ΧΟΡΟΣ

CHOIR

Κάθισμα.

Kathisma.

Τοῦ Μηναίου - - -

From Menaion - - -

Ἦχος δʹ. Κατεπλάγη Ἰωσήφ.

Mode 4. Joseph marveled.

Ἐν χερσὶ τοῦ διʼ ἡμᾶς, ἐνανθρωπήσαντος ἐκ σοῦ, παραθεμένην τὴν ψυχήν, ὡς πλαστουργός σου καὶ Θεός, πρὸς τὴν ἀκήρατον μετέστησεν εὐφροσύνην· ὅθεν σε σεπτῶς μακαρίζομεν, τὴν μόνην καθαρὰν καὶ ἀμόλυντον, καὶ Θεοτόκον ἅπαντες κυρίως, ὁμολογοῦντες κραυγάζομεν· Χριστὸν δυσώπει, πρὸς ὃν μετέστης, σῶσαι τὰς ψυχάς ἡμῶν.

You have given up your soul into the hands of your God * and Creator who for us became incarnate from you. * And He transported it from earth to immortal life. * Thus with due respect we pronounce you blest, * for you alone are pure and immaculate. * And as we all confess that you are truly * the Theotokos, we cry aloud: * To Christ, to whom you have been transported, * pray that He will save our souls. [SD]

Ode 4: Octoechos: Canon-1

Τῆς Ὀκτωήχου - - -

From Octoechos - - -

Κανὼν ὁ Ἀναστάσιμος.

Canon for the Resurrection.

ᾨδὴ δʹ. Ἦχος βαρύς. Ὁ Εἱρμός.

Ode iv. Grave Mode. Heirmos.

Ὁ Πατρικοὺς κόλπους.

Ὁ πατρικούς, κόλπους μὴ λιπών, καὶ καταβὰς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός, τὸ μυστήριον ἀκήκοα, τῆς οἰκονομίας σου, καὶ ἐδόξασά σε Φιλάνθρωπε.

O Christ our God, You did not depart * Your Father’s bosom when You descended to the earth. * I have heard about the mystery of Your plan to save us all, * and I glorify You, O benevolent Lord. [SD]

Τροπάρια.

Troparia.

Δόξα τῇ ἁγίᾳ ἀναστάσει σου, Κύριε.

Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Τὸν ἑαυτοῦ, νῶτον δεδωκώς, ὁ ἐκ Παρθένου σαρκωθεὶς εἰς μάστιγας, δούλου πταίσαντος αἰκίζεται, Δεσπότης ἀνεύθυνος, διαλύων μου τὰ ἐγκλήματα.

Giving His back willingly to whips, * the Lord, incarnate of the Virgin, physically felt * painful torments, being innocent, * as Master dismissing all accusations of sin against me His slave. [SD]

Δόξα τῇ ἁγίᾳ ἀναστάσει σου, Κύριε.

Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Παρεστηκώς, βήματι κριτῶν, παρανομούντων ὡς κριτὸς εὐθύνεται, καὶ ῥαπίζεται πηλίνῃ χειρί, ὁ πλάσας τὸν ἄνθρωπον, ὡς Θεὸς καὶ κρίνων δικαίως τὴν γῆν.

The One who stood trial and was judged * guilty by judges who were not keeping their own laws, * and was also struck with a hand of clay, * is the One who fashioned man, * being God, who righteously judges the earth. [SD]

Ὑπεραγία Θεοτόκε, σῶσον ἡμᾶς.

Most-holy Theotokos, save us.

Θεοτοκίον.

Theotokion.

Ὡς ἀληθῶς, Μήτηρ τοῦ Θεοῦ, τὸν ποιητήν σου καὶ Υἱὸν ἱκέτευε, πρὸς σωτήριον ἰθῦναί με, λιμένα Πανάμωμε, τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐνδόξου θελήματος.

Being in truth Mother of our God, * implore your Maker and your Son on my behalf, * that He steer me to His glorious will, * my soul to an anchorage, * that is my salvation, O all-blameless one. [SD]

Ode 4: Menaion: Canon-1

Κανὼν Βʹ τῆς Ἑορτῆς.

Canon 2 of the Feast.

Τοῦ Μηναίου - - -

From Menaion - - -

Ὁ Εἱρμός. Ἦχος δʹ.

Heirmos. Mode 4.

Τὴν ἀνεξιχνίαστον θείαν βουλήν, τῆς ἐκ τῆς Παρθένου σαρκώσεως, σοῦ τοῦ Ὑψίστου, ὁ Προφήτης, Ἀββακούμ, κατανοῶν ἐκραύγαζε· Δόξα τῇ δυνάμει σου Κύριε.

When the Prophet Habakkuk heard the divine * and incomprehensible counsel of Your Incarnation * from the Virgin, O Most High, * considering, he cried aloud: * Glory to Your strength, O Lord my God. [SD]

Ὑπεραγία Θεοτόκε, σῶσον ἡμᾶς.

Most-holy Theotokos, save us.

Θάμβος ἦν θεάσασθαι τὸν οὐρανόν, τοῦ Παμβασιλέως τὸν ἔμψυχον, τοὺς κενεῶνας, ὑπερχόμενον τῆς γῆς. Ὡς θαυμαστὰ τὰ ἔργα σου· Δόξα τῇ δυνάμει σου Κύριε.

It was quite amazing for one to behold * the animate heaven of the King of all * descending into the recesses of the earth. * How wondrous are Your works indeed! * Glory to Your strength, O Lord our God. [SD]

Δόξα.

Glory.

Ἐν τῇ Μεταστάσει σου Μῆτερ Θεοῦ, τὸ εὐρυχωρότατον σῶμά σου καὶ θεοδόχον, τῶν Ἀγγέλων στρατιαί, ἱερωτάταις πτέρυξι, φόβῳ καὶ χαρᾷ συνεκάλυπτον.

During your Assumption, O Mother of God, * regiments of Angels in fear and joy * together spread out their most sacred wings above * your body that was known to be * most capacious, for it had hosted God. [SD]

Καὶ νῦν.

Both now.

Εἰ ὁ ἀκατάληπτος ταύτης καρπός, διʼ ὃν οὐρανὸς ἐχρημάτισε, ταφὴν ὑπέστη, ἑκουσίως ὡς θνητός, πῶς τὴν ταφὴν ἀρνήσεται, ἡ ἀπειρογάμως κυήσασα;

If her inconceivable Offspring, for whom * she was made a heaven, did willingly * submit to burial as a mortal, then how * can she, who knew no man and yet * gave birth unto Him, reject burial? [SD]

Ode 4: Katavasia

ᾨδὴ δʹ. Καταβασία. Ἦχος αʹ.

Ode iv. Katavasia. Mode 1.

Ῥήσεις Προφητῶν καὶ αἰνίγματα, τὴν σάρκωσιν ὑπέφηναν, τὴν ἐκ Παρθένου σου Χριστέ, φέγγος ἀστραπῆς σου, εἰς φῶς ἐθνῶν ἐξελεύσεσθαι, καὶ φωνεῖ σοι ἄβυσσος, ἐν ἀγαλλιάσει, τῇ δυνάμει σου δόξα Φιλάνθρωπε.

Sayings of the Prophets and mysteries * revealed Your incarnation from a Virgin mystically, O Christ: * that Your lightning’s brightness as light for Gentiles would emanate. * The abyss calls out to You with a voice of gladness: * To Your strength be glory, benevolent Lord! [GOASD]

Ode 5: Octoechos: Canon-1

Τῆς Ὀκτωήχου - - -

From Octoechos - - -

Κανὼν ὁ Ἀναστάσιμος.

Canon for the Resurrection.

ᾨδὴ εʹ. Ἦχος βαρύς. Ὁ Εἱρμός.

Ode v. Grave Mode. Heirmos.

Νὺξ ἀφεγγής.

Νὺξ ἀφεγγὴς τοῖς ἀπίστοις Χριστέ, τοῖς δὲ πιστοῖς φωτισμός, ἐν τῇ τρυφῇ τῶν θείων λόγων σου· διὰ τοῦτο πρὸς σὲ ὀρθρίζω, καὶ ἀνυμνῶ σου τὴν θεότητα.

For unbelievers, delight is dark night; * but for believers, the light is in delighting in Your words, O Christ. * And so I rise early in the morning to sing in praise of Your divinity. [SD]

Τροπάρια.

Troparia.

Δόξα τῇ ἁγίᾳ ἀναστάσει σου, Κύριε.

Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Ὑπὲρ σῶν δούλων πιπράσκῃ Χριστέ, καὶ ῥαπισμὸν καρτερεῖς, ἐλευθερίας πρόξενον, τοῖς μελῳδοῦσι· Πρὸς σὲ ὀρθρίζω, καὶ ἀνυμνῶ σου τὴν θεότητα.

For us Your slaves, You were paid for, O Christ, * and You endured to be struck, * which led to liberty for us who sing, * “I rise early in the morning to sing in praise of Your divinity.” [SD]

Δόξα τῇ ἁγίᾳ ἀναστάσει σου, Κύριε.

Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Τῇ θεϊκῇ σου δυνάμει Χριστέ, διʼ ἀσθενείας σαρκός, τὸν ἰσχυρὸν κατέβαλες, καὶ νικητήν με θανάτου Σῶτερ, διʼ ἀναστάσεως ἀνέδειξας.

O Savior Christ, by Your power as God, * and through the weakness of flesh, You beat the strong man, namely the devil; * and You have shown that I am victorious over death, by resurrecting me. [SD]

Ὑπεραγία Θεοτόκε, σῶσον ἡμᾶς.

Most-holy Theotokos, save us.

Θεοτοκίον.

Theotokion.

Θεὸν ἐγέννησας Μήτηρ ἁγνή, σεσαρκωμένον ἐκ σοῦ, θεοπρεπῶς Πανύμνητε, ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἔγνως ἄῤῥενος εὐνήν, ἀλλʼ ἐξ ἁγίου κύεις Πνεύματος.

O Mother pure, you gave birth to our God. * He was incarnate of you in a manner befitting God. * You knew no man, O all-lauded Virgin, yet by the Holy Spirit you conceived. [SD]

Ode 5: Menaion: Canon-1

Κανὼν Βʹ τῆς Ἑορτῆς.

Canon 2 of the Feast.

Τοῦ Μηναίου - - -

From Menaion - - -

Ὁ Εἱρμός. Ἦχος δʹ.

Heirmos. Mode 4.

Ἐξέστη τὰ σύμπαντα, ἐπὶ τῇ θείᾳ δόξῃ σου· σὺ γὰρ ἀπειρόγαμε Παρθένε, γῆθεν μετέστης πρὸς αἰωνίους μονάς, καὶ πρὸς ἀτελεύτητον ζωήν, πᾶσι τοῖς ὑμνοῦσί σε, σωτηρίαν βραβεύουσα.

Amazed was the universe by your divine magnificence. * For you were from earth below translated, * O unwed Virgin, to the eternal abodes, * and carried to never ending life, * awarding salvation to * all who chant hymns of praise to you. [SD]

Ὑπεραγία Θεοτόκε, σῶσον ἡμᾶς.

Most-holy Theotokos, save us.

Κροτείτωσαν σάλπιγγες, τῶν θεολόγων σήμερον, γλῶσσα δὲ πολύφθογγος ἀνθρώπων, νῦν εὐφημείτω, περιηχείτω ἀήρ, ἀπείρῳ λαμπόμενος φωτί· Ἄγγελοι ὑμνείτωσαν, τῆς Παρθένου τὴν Κοίμησιν.

Today, let the clarions of the divine Apostles ring; * and let all the languages of mankind * sing in laudation; and let the air resound, * aglow with illimitable light; * and let Angels chant the praise * of the Virgin’s august repose. [SD]

Δόξα.

Glory.

Καὶ νῦν.

Both now.

Τὸ σκεῦος διέπρεπε, τῆς ἐκλογῆς τοῖς ὕμνοις σου, ὅλος ἐξιστάμενος Παρθένε, ἔκδημος, ὅλως, ἱερωμένος Θεῷ, τοῖς πᾶσι θεόληπτος καὶ ὢν, ὄντως καὶ δεικνύμενος, Θεοτόκε πανύμνητε.

O Virgin, that chosen vessel, consecrated unto God, * wholly rapt and totally ecstatic, * in weaving hymns unto you outdid himself, * all-laudable Mother of our God, * and proved to be God-inspired * both in fact and appearances. [SD]

Ode 5: Katavasia

ᾨδὴ εʹ. Καταβασία. Ἦχος αʹ.

Ode v. Katavasia. Mode 1.

Τὸ θεῖον καὶ ἄῤῥητον κάλλος, τῶν ἀρετῶν σου Χριστὲ διηγήσομαι· ἐξ ἀϊδίου γὰρ δόξης συναΐδιον, καὶ ἐνυπόστατον λάμψας ἀπαύγασμα, παρθενικῆς ἀπὸ γαστρός, τοῖς ἐν σκότει καὶ σκιᾷ, σωματωθεὶς ἀνέτειλας ἥλιος.

O Christ, I shall tell of Your virtues * and of their beauty, divine and ineffable: * As coeternal and hypostatic radiance * you shone from glory eternal; and coming forth * incarnate from the Virgin’s womb, * You have risen as a Sun * on those in darkness and in the shadow of death. [GOASD]

Ode 6: Octoechos: Canon-1

Τῆς Ὀκτωήχου - - -

From Octoechos - - -

Κανὼν ὁ Ἀναστάσιμος.

Canon for the Resurrection.

ᾨδὴ Ϛʹ. Ἦχος βαρύς. Ὁ Εἱρμός.

Ode vi. Grave Mode. Heirmos.

Ναυτιῶν τῷ σάλῳ.

Ναυτιῶν τῷ σάλῳ, τῶν βιοτικῶν μελημάτων, συμπλόοις ποντούμενος ἁμαρτίαις, καὶ ψυχοφθόρῳ θηρὶ προσριπτούμενος, ὡς ὁ Ἰωνᾶς Χριστὲ βοῶ σοι· Ἐκ θανατηφόρου με βυθοῦ ἀνάγαγε.

I was feeling nauseous from mundane tempestuous worries. * My sins, as if shipmates, threw me overboard into the maw of the beast that devours souls. * Now, like Prophet Jonah, I am praying, * “From this deathly Pit bring up my life, O Christ my God.” [SD]

Τροπάρια.

Troparia.

Δόξα τῇ ἁγίᾳ ἀναστάσει σου, Κύριε.

Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Ἐμνημόνευόν σου, αἱ κατακλεισθεῖσαι τῷ ᾅδῃ, ψυχαὶ καὶ ἐκλείπουσαι τῶν δικαίων, καὶ παρὰ σοῦ σωτηρίαν προσηύχοντο· ἣν διὰ Σταυροῦ Χριστὲ παρέσχες, τοῖς καταχθονίοις ἐπιβὰς ὡς εὔσπλαγχνος.

The souls of the righteous, shut up in the belly of Hades, * remembered You, even as they were fainting. * Like Prophet Jonah they prayed for deliverance, * which, being compassionate, You granted, * when You went yourself into the netherworld, O Christ. [SD]

Δόξα τῇ ἁγίᾳ ἀναστάσει σου, Κύριε.

Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Πρὸς τὸν ἔμψυχόν σου, καὶ ἀχειροποίητον δόμον, λυθέντα παθήμασιν ἐπιβλέψαι, πάλιν χορὸς Ἀποστόλων ἀπήλπισεν· ἀλλʼ ὑπὲρ ἐλπίδα προσκυνήσας, ἀνεγηγερμένον πανταχοῦ ἐκήρυξε.

Your Apostles lost hope that they would again see the living * temple of Your body not made by human hands, * which, as they thought, was destroyed by Your sufferings. * Then beyond all hope they saw You risen; * and when they had worshiped You, they preached You everywhere. [SD]

Ὑπεραγία Θεοτόκε, σῶσον ἡμᾶς.

Most-holy Theotokos, save us.

Θεοτοκίον.

Theotokion.

Τοῦ ἀφράστου τόκου, σοῦ τῆς παναμώμου τὸν τρόπον, Παρθένε θεόνυμφε τοῦ διʼ ἡμᾶς, τίς ἑρμηνεῦσαι ἀνθρώπων δυνήσεται; ὅτι ὁ Θεὸς ἀπεριγράπτως, Λόγος ἑνωθείς σοι σὰρξ ἐκ σοῦ ἐγένετο.

Bride of God and Virgin, no human is able to explain * the manner of your all blameless childbirth * for our salvation, for it is ineffable. * Uniting with you, the divine Logos * became flesh from you and yet remained uncircumscribed. [SD]

Ode 6: Menaion: Canon-1

Κανὼν Βʹ τῆς Ἑορτῆς.

Canon 2 of the Feast.

Τοῦ Μηναίου - - -

From Menaion - - -

Ὁ Εἱρμός. Ἦχος δʹ.

Heirmos. Mode 4.

Τὴν θείαν ταύτην καὶ πάντιμον, τελοῦντες ἑορτὴν οἱ θεόφρονες, τῆς Θεομήτορος, δεῦτε τὰς χεῖρας κροτήσωμεν, τὸν ἐξ αὐτῆς τεχθέντα Θεὸν δοξάζοντες.

O godly-minded believers, come * and celebrate this sacred and venerable feast and thus extol * the Theotokos, and clap our hands, * and glorify our God who was truly born of her. [SD]

Ὑπεραγία Θεοτόκε, σῶσον ἡμᾶς.

Most-holy Theotokos, save us.

Ἐκ σοῦ ζωὴ ἀνατέταλκε, τὰς κλεῖς τῆς παρθενίας μὴ λύσασα· πῶς οὖν τὸ ἄχραντον, ζωαρχικόν τε σου σκήνωμα, τῆς τοῦ θανάτου πείρας γέγονε μέτοχον;

O Lady, Life had from you sprung forth * without disrupting seals of virginity. Therefore, how was it that * your spotless body, the source of life, * participated in the experience of death? [SD]

Δόξα.

Glory.

O Lady, Life had from you sprung forth * without disrupting seals of virginity. Therefore, how was it that * your spotless body, the source of life, * participated in the experience of death? [SD]

Καὶ νῦν.

Both now.

Ζωῆς ὑπάρξασα τέμενος, ζωῆς τῆς ἀϊδίου τετύχηκας· διὰ θανάτου γάρ, πρὸς τὴν ζωὴν μεταβέβηκας, ἡ τὴν ζωὴν τεκοῦσα τὴν ἐνυπόστατον.

Being the temple of life itself, * you therefore have obtained everlasting life, O Mother of our God. * For you have passed on to life through death, * O Lady who gave birth unto hypostatic Life. [SD]

Ode 6: Katavasia

ᾨδὴ Ϛʹ. Καταβασία. Ἦχος αʹ.

Ode vi. Katavasia. Mode 1.

Ἅλιον ποντογενές, κητῷον ἐντόσθιον πῦρ, τῆς τριημέρου ταφῆς σοῦ ἦν προεικόνισμα, οὗ Ἰωνᾶς ὑποφήτης ἀναδέδεικται·σεσωσμένος γὰρ ὡς καὶ προυπέποτο, ἀσινὴς ἐβόα, θύσω σοι μετὰ φωνῇς αἰνέσεως Κύριε.

Briny and born of the deep, * the fire in the maw of the whale * was a prefiguring of Your three-daylong burial; * and of this figure was Jonah the interpreter. * For, preserved unscathed as before he was swallowed up, he cried out: * I shall sacrifice to You with a voice of praise, O Lord. [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

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Τῆς Ὀκτωήχου - - -

From Octoechos - - -

Κοντάκιον Ἀναστάσιμον.

Resurrectional Kontakion.

Οὐκέτι τὸ κράτος τοῦ θανάτου, ἰσχύσει κατέχειν τοὺς βροτούς· Χριστὸς γὰρ κατῆλθε συντρίβων, καὶ λύων τὰς δυνάμεις αὐτοῦ· δεσμεῖται ὁ ᾅδης, Προφῆται συμφώνως ἀγάλλονται· Ἐπέστη, λέγοντες, Σωτὴρ τοῖς ἐν σκότει· ἐξέρχεσθε οἱ πιστοὶ εἰς τὴν ἀνάστασιν.

No longer will the power of death be able to detain human beings. For Christ went down and crushed it and destroyed all its forces. Hades is shackled, and the Prophets in unison rejoice and proclaim, “The Savior has come to those in darkness. Come out now, believers, to the resurrection!” [GOASD]

Ὁ Οἶκος.

Oikos.

Ἔτρεμε κάτωθεν τὰ καταχθόνια σήμερον, ὁ ᾅδης καὶ ὁ θάνατος τὸν Ἕνα τῆς Τριάδος· ἡ γῆ ἐκλονεῖτο, πυλωροὶ δὲ ᾅδου ἰδόντες σε ἔπτηξαν· ἡ κτίσις δὲ πᾶσα σὺν τοῖς Προφήταις χαίρουσα ψάλλει σοι, ἐπινίκιον ᾠδὴν τῷ λυτρωτῇ ἡμῶν Θεῷ, τῷ καταλύσαντι νῦν θανάτου τὴν δύναμιν. Ἀλαλάξωμεν καὶ βοήσωμεν τῷ Ἀδάμ, καὶ τοῖς ἐξ Ἀδάμ· Ξύλον τοῦτον εἰσήγαγεν· ἐξέρχεσθε οἱ πιστοὶ εἰς τὴν ἀνάστασιν.

The netherworld below was trembling today, Hades and death, before One of the Trinity. Earth shook, and when they saw You, the doorkeepers of Hades quaked. Now all creation, along with the Prophets, rejoices and sings You an ode of triumph, O God our redeemer, who now destroyed the force of death. And let us shout aloud to Adam and his descendants, “A tree brought him in. Come out now, believers, to the resurrection!” [GOASD]

Ὁ λαὸς ἵσταται διὰ τὴν ἀνάγνωσιν τοῦ Συναξαρίου.

Stand for the reading of the Synaxarion.

Συναξάριον

Synaxarion

Τοῦ Μηναίου.

From the Menaion.

Τῇ ΙΗʹ τοῦ αὐτοῦ μηνός μνήμη τῶν ἁγίων Μαρτύρων Φλώρου καὶ Λαύρου.

On August 18, we commemorate the holy Martyrs Florus and Laurus.

Ταῖς τῶν ἁγίων σου πρεσβείαις, ὁ Θεός, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς. Ἀμήν.

By the intercessions of Your Saints, O God, have mercy on us. Amen.

Ode 7: Octoechos: Canon-1

Τῆς Ὀκτωήχου - - -

From Octoechos - - -

ΧΟΡΟΣ

CHOIR

Κανὼν ὁ Ἀναστάσιμος.

Canon for the Resurrection.

ᾨδὴ ζʹ. Ἦχος βαρύς. Ὁ Εἱρμός.

Ode vii. Grave Mode. Heirmos.

Κάμινον Παῖδες.

Κάμινον παῖδες, πυρίφλεκτον πάλαι, δροσοβολοῦσαν ὑπέδειξαν, ἕνα Θεὸν ἀνυμνοῦντες καὶ λέγοντες· Ὁ ὑπερυψούμενος, τῶν πατέρων Θεὸς καὶ ὑπερένδοξος.

The fiery furnace turned moist and dew-laden, when the Servants were cast therein, * and they extolled the one God, and they sang to Him, * “O highly exalted God of our fathers and exceedingly glorious.” [SD]

Τροπάρια.

Troparia.

Δόξα τῇ ἁγίᾳ ἀναστάσει σου, Κύριε.

Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Ξύλῳ νεκροῦται, Ἀδὰμ ἑκουσίως, παρακοὴν ἐργασάμενος, ὑπακοῇ δὲ Χριστοῦ ἀναπέπλασται· διʼ ἐμὲ σταυροῦται γάρ, ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ ὁ ὑπερένδοξος.

Adam was slain through a tree, for he acted in disobedience willfully. * He was refashioned by Christ’s full obedience; * for the highly glorified Son of God was crucified on a tree for me. [SD]

Δόξα τῇ ἁγίᾳ ἀναστάσει σου, Κύριε.

Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Σὲ ἀναστάντα, Χριστὲ ἐκ τοῦ τάφου, ἡ κτίσις πᾶσα ἀνύμνησε· σὺ γὰρ ζωὴν τοῖς ἐν ᾅδῃ ἐξήνθησας, τοῖς νεκροῖς ἀνάστασιν, τοῖς ἐν σκότει τὸ φῶς ὁ Ὑπερένδοξος.

When You arose from the tomb, all creation extolled You, Christ, highly glorified. * To those in Hades You brought forth eternal life, * resurrection to the dead; and on those who sat in darkness You shined the light. [SD]

Ὑπεραγία Θεοτόκε, σῶσον ἡμᾶς.

Most-holy Theotokos, save us.

Θεοτοκίον.

Theotokion.

Χαῖρε θυγάτηρ, Ἀδὰμ τοῦ φθαρέντος· χαῖρε ἡ μόνη θεόνυμφος· χαῖρε διʼ ἧς ἡ φθορὰ ἐξωστράκισται, ἡ Θεὸν κυήσασα· ὃν δυσώπει Ἁγνὴ σωθῆναι πάντας ἡμᾶς.

Rejoice, O daughter of Adam the mortal! Rejoice, unique virgin Bride of God! * Rejoice! Through you has corruption been ostracized. * Truly you gave birth to God. O pure Lady, implore your Son to save us all. [SD]

Ode 7: Menaion: Canon-1

Κανὼν Βʹ τῆς Ἑορτῆς.

Canon 2 of the Feast.

Τοῦ Μηναίου - - -

From Menaion - - -

Ὁ Εἱρμός. Ἦχος δʹ.

Heirmos. Mode 4.

Οὐκ ἐλάτρευσαν τῇ κτίσει οἱ θεόφρονες, παρὰ τὸν Κτίσαντα, ἀλλὰ πυρὸς ἀπειλήν, ἀνδρείως πατήσαντες, χαίροντες ἔψαλλον. Ὑπερύμνητε, ὁ τῶν Πατέρων Κύριος, καὶ Θεὸς εὐλογητὸς εἶ.

Godly-minded three * did not adore created things in the Creator’s stead; * rather, disdaining the threat * of fire, they trampled it, and joyfully they sang: * “O supremely praised * and most exalted Lord and God * of the fathers, You are blessed.” [SD]

Ὑπεραγία Θεοτόκε, σῶσον ἡμᾶς.

Most-holy Theotokos, save us.

Νεανίσκοι καὶ παρθένοι τῆς Παρθένου τε, καὶ Θεομήτορος, τὴν μνήμην σέβοντες, πρεσβῦται καὶ ἄρχοντες, καὶ βασιλεῖς σὺν κριταῖς, μελῳδήσατε· ὁ τῶν Πατέρων Κύριος, καὶ Θεὸς εὐλογητὸς εἶ.

O kings of the earth * with princes and the judges all, * young men and virgins too, * along with elders, come * and honor the mem’ry of the virgin Mother of God, * and melodiously * together sing: O Lord and God * of the fathers, You are blessed. [SD]

Δόξα.

Glory.

Σαλπισάτωσαν τῇ σάλπιγγι τοῦ Πνεύματος, ὄρη οὐράνια, ἀγαλλιάσθωσαν νῦν, βουνοὶ καὶ σκιρτάτωσαν θεῖοι, Ἀπόστολοι, ἡ Βασίλισσα, πρὸς τὸν Υἱον μεθίσταται, σὺν αὐτῷ ἀεὶ κρατοῦσα.

With the trumpets of * the Spirit, let celestial * mountains now trumpet forth; * and let the heavenly hills * exult now; and let divine Apostles leap for joy. * For the Queen of all * is going over to her Son, * there to reign with Him forever. [SD]

Καὶ νῦν.

Both now.

Ἡ πανίερος Μετάστασις τῆς θείας σου, καὶ ἀκηράτου Μητρός, τὰ ὑπερκόσμια, τῶν ἄνω Δυνάμεων, ἤθροισε τάγματα, συνευφραίνεσθαι, τοῖς ἐπὶ γῆς σοι μέλπουσιν· ὁ Θεὸς εὐλογητὸς εἶ.

The all-sacred day * of the Assumption of Your own * divine and undefiled * Mother, O Lord, has convened * the extraterrestrial orders of hosts on high * to rejoice with them * who sing to You on earth: O God * of the fathers, You are blessed. [SD]

Ode 7: Katavasia

ᾨδὴ ζʹ. Καταβασία. Ἦχος αʹ.

Ode vii. Katavasia. Mode 1.

Ἰταμῷ θυμῷ τε καὶ πυρί, θεῖος ἔρως ἀντιταττόμενος, τὸ μὲν πῦρ ἐδρόσιζε, τῷ θυμῷ δὲ ἐγέλα, θεοπνεύστῳ λογικῇ, τῇ τῶν ὁσίων τριφθόγγῳ λύρᾳ ἀντιφθεγγόμενος, μουσικοῖς ὀργάνοις ἐν μέσῳ φλογός, ὁ δεδοξασμένος, τῶν Πατέρων καὶ ἡμῶν Θεὸς εὐλογητὸς εἶ.

Counterposed against audacious ire * and the furnace’s fire, the love for God * made the fire cool as dew, * while the ire it derided, * counteracting in the midst * of flames the musical organs with the three-toned, rational, * God-inspired lyre, * the three holy Servants chanting: Lord our God, * You are glorified, O 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 βαρύς. Ὁ Εἱρμός.

Ode viii. Grave Mode. Heirmos.

Ἄφλεκτος πυρί.

Ἄφλεκτος πυρὶ ἐν Σινᾷ προσομιλοῦσα, βάτος Θεὸν ἐγνώρισε, τῷ βραδυγλώσσῳ καὶ δυσήχῳ Μωσεῖ· καὶ Παῖδας ζῆλος Θεοῦ, τρεῖς ἀναλώτους τῷ πυρὶ ὑμνῳδοὺς ἔδειξε· Πάντα τὰ ἔργα τὸν Κύριον ὑμνεῖτε, καὶ ὑπερυψοῦτε εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἰῶνας.

Unconsumed by fire was the burning bush on Sinai, * revealing God to Prophet Moses, who was weak in speech and slow of tongue. * And zeal for God kept the three Young Men unscathed by fire and led them to compose the hymn: * “O all you works of the Lord, sing a hymn to the Lord, * and exalt Him beyond measure unto all the ages.” [SD]

Τροπάρια.

Troparia.

Δόξα τῇ ἁγίᾳ ἀναστάσει σου, Κύριε.

Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Ἄχραντος Ἀμνός, λογικὸς ὑπὲρ τοῦ κόσμου, σφαγιασθεὶς κατέπαυσε, τὰ κατὰ νόμον προσφερόμενα, καθάρας τοῦτον χωρίς, παραπτωμάτων ὡς Θεός, τὸν ἀεὶ κράζοντα· Πάντα τὰ ἔργα Κυρίου, τὸν Κύριον ὑμνεῖτε, καὶ ὑπερυψοῦτε, εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἰῶνας.

When the Lamb of God, who is rational and spotless, * was slaughtered for the world, He ended sacrifice according to the Law, * for He is God without sin, and thus He purified the world, which now forever sings: * “O all you works of the Lord, sing a hymn to the Lord, * and exalt Him beyond measure unto all the ages.” [SD]

Δόξα τῇ ἁγίᾳ ἀναστάσει σου, Κύριε.

Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Ἄφθαρτος οὐκ οὖσα, πρὸ πάθους ἡ ληφθεῖσα, ὑπὸ τοῦ Κτίστου σάρξ ἡμῶν, μετὰ τὸ πάθος καὶ τὴν ἔγερσιν, ἀπρόσιτος τῇ φθορᾷ, κατεσκευάσθη καὶ θνητούς, καινουργεῖ κράζοντας· Πάντα τὰ ἔργα Κυρίου, τὸν Κύριον ὑμνεῖτε, καὶ ὑπερυψοῦτε, εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἰῶνας.

Prior to His Passion, our flesh that our Creator assumed was not incorruptible. * After His suffering and rising, it was rendered inaccessible to corruption; * it renews mortals who sing to Him: * “O all you works of the Lord, sing a hymn to the Lord, * and exalt Him beyond measure unto all the ages.” [SD]

Ὑπεραγία Θεοτόκε, σῶσον ἡμᾶς.

Most-holy Theotokos, save us.

Θεοτοκίον.

Theotokion.

Σοῦ τὸ καθαρόν, καὶ πανάμωμον Παρθένε, τὸ ῥυπαρὸν καὶ ἔμμυσον, τῆς οἰκουμένης ἀπεκάθηρε, καὶ γέγονας τῆς ἡμῶν, πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν καταλλαγῆς, αἰτία Πάναγνε· πάντες διό σε Θεοτόκε, Παρθένε εὐλογοῦμεν, καὶ ὑπερυψοῦμεν, εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἰῶνας.

Since you were most pure and all-blameless, holy Virgin, * the Lord was born of you, and He washed away the unsightly filth of the world. * All-pure Mother, therefore we call you the cause of our reconciliation to God. * All generations now bless you, O Virgin Theotokos, * and exalt you beyond measure, unto all the ages. [SD]

Ode 8: Menaion: Canon-1

Κανὼν Βʹ τῆς Ἑορτῆς.

Canon 2 of the Feast.

Τοῦ Μηναίου - - -

From Menaion - - -

Ὁ Εἱρμός. Ἦχος δʹ.

Heirmos. Mode 4.

Παῖδας εὐαγεῖς ἐν τῇ καμίνῳ, ὁ τόκος τῆς Θεοτόκου διεσώσατο, τότε μὲν τυπούμενος, νῦν δὲ ἐνεργούμενος, τὴν οἰκουμένην ἅπασαν, ἀγείρει ψάλλουσαν. Τὸν Κύριον ὑμνεῖτε τὰ ἔργα, καὶ ὑπερυψοῦτε, εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἰῶνας.

Guiltless were those Servants in the furnace. * The Son of the Theotokos went and rescued them. * He who was prefigured then, * having been incarnate now, * is gathering the whole wide world into His Church to sing: * “O all you works of the Lord, to all ages * sing praises to the Lord and exalt Him beyond measure.” [SD]

Ὑπεραγία Θεοτόκε, σῶσον ἡμᾶς.

Most-holy Theotokos, save us.

Τὴν μνήμην σου ἄχραντε Παρθένε, Ἀρχαί τε καὶ Ἐξουσίαι σὺν Δυνάμεσιν, Ἄγγελοι, Ἀρχάγγελοι, Θρόνοι, Κυριότητες, τὰ Χερουβὶμ δοξάζουσι, καὶ τὰ φρικτὰ Σεραφίμ, ἀνθρώπων δὲ τὸ γένος ὑμνοῦμεν, καὶ ὑπερυψοῦμεν εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἰῶνας.

Angels, O pure Virgin, and Dominions, * Archangels and Thrones and Principalities, * Powers and Authorities * glorify your memory * together with the Cherubim and awesome Seraphim; * and we, the race of mankind, supremely * exalting it extol you in hymns unto the ages. [SD]

Δόξα.

Glory.

Ὁ ξένως οἰκήσας Θεοτόκε, ἐν τῇ ἀχράντῳ νηδύϊ σου σαρκούμενος, οὗτος τὸ πανίερον, πνεῦμά σου δεξάμενος, ἐν ἑαυτῷ κατέπαυσεν, ὡς ὀφειλέτης Υἱός· διὸ σε τὴν Παρθένον ὑμνοῦμεν, καὶ ὑπερυψοῦμεν εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἰῶνας.

He, O Theotokos, who had strangely * abode in your purest womb as He was taking flesh, * now as an indebted Son, * having come himself, received * your wholly sacred soul, and He reposed it with himself. * And therefore, we supremely exalt you, * O Virgin, and extol you in hymns unto the ages. [SD]

Καὶ νῦν.

Both now.

Ὢ τῶν ὑπὲρ ἔννοιαν θαυμάτων, τῆς ἀειπαρθένου καὶ Θεομήτορος! τάφον γὰρ οἰκήσασα, ἔδειξε Παράδεισον, ᾧ παρεστῶτες σήμερον, χαίροντες ψάλλομεν· τὸν Κύριον ὑμνεῖτε τὰ ἔργα, καὶ ὑπερυψοῦτε εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἰῶνας.

Beyond understanding are the wonders * of God’s ever-virgin Mother, and ineffable! * For she made a paradise * of the tomb wherein she lay. * And as we stand thereat today, we all are filled with joy * and sing the hymn: O praise and supremely * exalt the Lord, O all you His works, unto the ages. [SD]

Ode 8: Katavasia

ᾨδὴ ηʹ. Καταβασία. Ἦχος αʹ.

Ode viii. Katavasia. Mode 1.

Αἰνοῦμεν, εὐλογοῦμεν καὶ προσκυνοῦμεν τὸν Κύριον.

We praise and we bless and we worship the Lord.

Φλόγα δροσίζουσαν Ὁσίους, δυσσεβεῖς δὲ καταφλέγουσαν, Ἄγγελος Θεοῦ ὁ πανσθενής, ἔδειξε Παισί, ζωαρχικὴν δὲ πηγὴν εἰργάσατο τὴν Θεοτόκον, φθορὰν θανάτου, καὶ ζωὴν βλυστάνουσαν τοῖς μέλπουσι, τὸν Δημιουργὸν μόνον ὑμνοῦμεν, οἱ λελυτρωμένοι, καὶ ὑπερυψοῦμεν εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἰῶνας.

Unto the Servants in the furnace, * God’s almighty Angel showed a flame * burning the impious, but the saints * cooling as with dew. * Into a life-welling fountain He has made the Theotokos, * gushing destruction upon death, but life to those who sing the hymn: * We who have been redeemed chant in praise of the only Creator, * exalting Him supremely unto all the ages. [GOASD]

Kontakia and Synaxarion

ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ

READER

Τοῦ Μηναίου - - -

From Menaion - - -

Κοντάκιον τῆς Ἑορτῆς.

Kontakion of the Feast.

Ἦχος πλ. βʹ. Αὐτόμελον.

Mode pl. 2. Automelon.

Τὴν ἐν πρεσβείαις.

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.

Τῇ ΙΗʹ τοῦ αὐτοῦ μηνός μνήμη τῶν ἁγίων Μαρτύρων Φλώρου καὶ Λαύρου.

On August 18, we commemorate the holy Martyrs Florus and Laurus.

Ταῖς τῶν ἁγίων σου πρεσβείαις, ὁ Θεός, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς. Ἀμήν.

By the intercessions of Your Saints, O God, have mercy on us. Amen.

Katavasias Odes 1-8

ΧΟΡΟΣ

CHOIR

Καταβασίαι τῆς Κοιμήσεως

Katavasias of Dormition

ᾨδὴ αʹ. Ἦχος αʹ.

Ode i. Mode 1.

ᾨδὴ γʹ.

Ode iii.

ᾨδὴ δʹ.

Ode iv.

ᾨδὴ εʹ.

Ode v.

ᾨδὴ Ϛʹ.

Ode vi.

ᾨδὴ ζʹ.

Ode vii.

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 Ἰωάννην ἁγίου Εὐαγγελίου τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα.

The reading is from the holy Gospel according to John.

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 Ηʹ

Eothinon 8

Ἰωάννην 20:11 – 18

John. 20:11 – 18

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