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Hieratikon
Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
Menaion - September 12
Leave-taking of the Feast of the Nativity of the 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, who are wondrous in the saints. 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, who are wondrous in the saints. 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, who are wondrous in the saints. We sing to You, Alleluia.
Verse 4: The Lord has chosen Zion; He chose her for His dwelling.
Save us, O Son of God, who are wondrous in the saints. 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, who are wondrous in the saints. We sing to You, Alleluia.
Hymns after the Entrance.
Apolytikion of the Feast.
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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]
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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
Thursday of the 12th Week
Prokeimenon. Mode pl. 4. Psalm 18.
Their proclamation went forth into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world. [SAAS]
Verse: The heavens declare the glory of God; the firmament shows the creation of His hands. [SAAS]
The reading is from Paul’s Second Letter to the Corinthians.
2 Cor. 7:1 – 10
Brethren, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of flesh and spirit, and make holiness perfect in the fear of God. Make room for us; we have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have taken advantage of no one. I do not say this to condemn you, for I said before that you are in our hearts, to die together and to live together. I have great confidence in you; I have great pride in you; I am filled with comfort. With all our affliction, I am overjoyed. For even when we came into Macedonia, our bodies had no rest but we were afflicted at every turn — fighting without and fear within. But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus, and not only by his coming but also by the comfort with which he was comforted in you, as he told us of your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced still more. For even if I made you sorry with my letter, I do not regret it (though I did regret it), for I see that that letter grieved you, though only for a while. As it is, I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because you were grieved into repenting; for you felt a godly grief, so that you suffered no loss through us. For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation and brings no regret, but worldly grief produces death. [RSV]
Alleluia. Mode 1. Psalm 88.
Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.
Verse 1: The heavens shall confess Your wonders, O Lord. [SAAS]
Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.
Verse 2: God is glorified in the counsel of saints.
Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.
The Gospel
For the Forefeast.
The reading is from the holy Gospel according to John.
Jn. 11:47 – 54
At that time, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the council, and said, “What are we to do? For this man performs many signs. If we let him go on thus, every one will believe in him, and the Romans will come and destroy both our place and our nation.” But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all; you do not understand that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation should not perish.” He did not say this of his own accord, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation, and not for the nation only, but to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad. So from that day on they took counsel how to put him to death. Jesus therefore no longer went about openly among the Jews, but went from there to the country near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim; and there he stayed with the disciples. [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)
Hide Selected Verses.
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 Christ our true God, through the intercessions of His all-pure and all-immaculate holy Mother, 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.