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Hieratikon
Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
Octoechos - Mode 2.
On Sunday Morning
Menaion - September 8
The Nativity of our Most Holy Lady Theotokos
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LITURGY OF ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM
Antiphon 1. Mode 2. Psalms 131, 86, 45.
Verse 1: Remember David, O Lord, and all his meekness. [SAAS]
Through the intercessions of the Theotokos, Savior, save us.
Verse 2: Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah; we found it in the plains of the wood.
Through the intercessions of the Theotokos, Savior, save us.
Verse 3: Glorious things were said concerning you, O city of God.
Through the intercessions of the Theotokos, Savior, save us.
Verse 4: God is in her midst; she shall not be shaken.
Through the intercessions of the Theotokos, Savior, save us.
Glory. Both now.
Through the intercessions of the Theotokos, Savior, save us.
Antiphon 2. Mode 2. Psalm 131.
Verse 1: The Lord swore to David this truth, and He shall not reject it. [SAAS]
Save us, O Son of God, risen from the dead. We sing to You, Alleluia.
Verse 2: I shall set upon your throne one from the fruit of your loins.
Save us, O Son of God, risen from the dead. We sing to You, Alleluia.
Verse 3: There I shall cause to spring up a horn for David; there I prepared a lamp for my anointed.
Save us, O Son of God, risen from the dead. We sing to You, Alleluia.
Verse 4: The Lord has chosen Zion; He chose her for His dwelling.
Save us, O Son of God, risen from the dead. We sing to You, Alleluia.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Both now and ever and to the ages of ages. Amen.
Only-begotten Son and Logos of God, being immortal, You condescended for our salvation to take flesh from the holy Theotokos and ever-virgin Mary and, without change, became man. Christ, our God, You were crucified and conquered death by death. Being one of the Holy Trinity, glorified with the Father and the Holy Spirit: Save us.
Antiphon 3. Mode 4. Psalms 131, 45, 64.
Verse 1: Here I shall dwell, for I have chosen her. [SAAS]
Verse 2: The Most High sanctified His tabernacle.
Verse 3: Holy is Your temple, wondrous in righteousness.
Apolytikion of the Feast. Mode 4.
Your Nativity, O Theotokos, imparted joy to the entire earth, for out of you has risen the Sun of Righteousness, Christ our God. He nullified the curse and instead gave His blessing; and causing death to be neutralized, He granted us eternal life. [SD]
Entrance Hymn. Mode 2.
Come, let us worship and bow down before Christ. Save us, O Son of God, risen from the dead. We sing to You, Alleluia.
Hymns after the Entrance.
From Octoechos - - -
Resurrectional Apolytikion.
Mode 2.
When You descended unto Death, O Lord, You who are immortal Life put Hades to death, by the lightning of Your divinity. And when You raised the dead from the netherworld, all the hosts of heaven sang aloud to You, “O Christ God, Giver of life, glory to You!” [GOASD]
For the Feast.
From Menaion - - -
Mode 4.
Your Nativity, O Theotokos, imparted joy to the entire earth, for out of you has risen the Sun of Righteousness, Christ our God. He nullified the curse and instead gave His blessing; and causing death to be neutralized, He granted us eternal life. [SD]
From Menaion - - -
Kontakion.
Mode 4.
Both Joachim and Anna from their sterility’s stigma, and Adam and Eve from their mortality’s ruin have been set free, O immaculate Maid, by your holy nativity. For this do your people hold celebration, redeemed from the guilt of transgression as they cry to you, “The barren one bears the Theotokos, the nourisher of our Life.” [GKD]
Trisagios Hymn
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (3)
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Both now and ever and to the ages of ages. Amen.
Holy Immortal, have mercy on us.
The Epistle
Sunday Before the Elevation of the Cross
Prokeimenon. Mode pl. 2. Psalm 27.
O Lord, save Your people, and bless Your inheritance. [SAAS]
Verse: To You, O Lord, I cry; O my God. [SAAS]
The reading is from Paul’s Letter to the Galatians.
Gal. 6:11 – 18
Brethren, see with what large letters I am writing to you with my own hand. It is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh that would compel you to be circumcised, and only in order that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. For even those who receive circumcision do not themselves keep the law, but they desire to have you circumcised that they may glory in your flesh. But far be it from me to glory except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. Peace and mercy be upon all who walk by this rule, upon the Israel of God. Henceforth let no man trouble me; for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brethren. Amen. [RSV]
Alleluia. Mode 1. Psalm 88.
Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.
Verse 1: I raised up a chosen one from My people. [SAAS]
Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.
Verse 2: For My hand shall support him.
Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.
The Gospel
Sunday Before the Elevation of the Cross
The reading is from the holy Gospel according to John.
Jn. 3:13 – 17
The Lord said, “No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended from heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.” [RSV]
Hymn to the Theotokos.
Ode ix. Heirmos.
Mode pl. 4.
Virginity is a state alien to mothers, * and childbirth is foreign to those who are virgins. * But in you, Theotokos, have both of these been accomplished. * Indeed all generations everywhere * now call you blessed evermore. [SD]
Communion Hymn. Psalm 115.
I will take up the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord. [SAAS] Alleluia.
Show Selected Verses.
Selected Psalm Verses for the Birth of our Lady Theotokos
1. Remember David, O Lord, and all his meekness. [SAAS] (131:1)
2. How he swore to the Lord, how he vowed to the God of Jacob. [SAAS] (131:2)
3. I shall not enter my dwelling, I shall not recline on my bed. [SAAS] (131:3)
4. I shall not close my eyes in sleep nor my eyelids for dozing, nor give any rest to my temples. [SAAS] (131:4)
5. Until I find a place for the Lord, a tabernacle for the God of Jacob. [SAAS] (131:5)
6. Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah. [SAAS] (131:6)
7. We found it in the plains of the wood. [SAAS] (131:6)
8. This is the gate of the Lord; the righteous shall go in through it. [SAAS] (117:20)
9. Glorious things were said concerning you, O city of God. [SAAS] (86:3)
10. God is in her midst; she shall not be shaken. [SAAS] (45:6)
11. The Lord swore to David this truth, and He shall not reject it. [SAAS] (131:11)
12. I shall set upon your throne one from the fruit of your loins. [SAAS] (131:11)
13. For the Lord has chosen Zion; He chose her for His dwelling. [SAAS] (131:13)
14. Here I shall dwell, for I have chosen her. [SAAS] (131:14)
15. The Most High sanctified His tabernacle. [SAAS] (45:5)
16. Holiness and majesty are in His holy place. [SAAS] (95:6)
17. Holy is Your temple, wondrous in righteousness. [SAAS] (64:5)
18. Holiness is proper to Your house, O Lord, unto length of days. [SAAS] (92:5)
19. I will remember your name from generation to generation. [SAAS] (44:18)
20. Therefore, peoples shall give thanks to you forever and unto ages of ages. [SAAS] (44:18)
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Hymn after Holy Communion.
Mode 2.
We have seen the true light; we have received the heavenly Spirit; we have found the true faith, worshiping the undivided Trinity, for the Trinity has saved us.
DISMISSAL
Glory to You, O Christ our God. Glory to You.
May He who rose from the dead, Christ our true God, through the intercessions of His all-pure and all-immaculate holy Mother, whose nativity we celebrate; the power of the precious and life-giving Cross, the protection of the honorable, bodiless powers of heaven, the supplications of the honorable, glorious prophet and forerunner John the Baptist, of the holy, glorious, and praiseworthy apostles, of the holy, glorious, and triumphant martyrs, of our righteous and God-bearing fathers, (local patron saint); of the holy and righteous ancestors of God Joachim and Anna, and of all the saints, have mercy on us and save us, as He is good, benevolent, and merciful God.
Fasting Rule
Fast Free: All foods allowed.