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Menaion - November 16

Μνήμη τοῦ Ἁγίου Εὐαγγελιστοῦ Ματθαίου

Memory of the Holy Evangelist Matthew

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Ἦχος γʹ.

Mode 3.

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.

Ἀπολυτίκιον. Τοῦ Εὐαγγελιστοῦ.

Apolytikion. For the Evangelist.

Ἦχος γʹ.

Mode 3.

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- c1211 - SDedes
- c2001 - NewByz

Ἀπόστολε Ἅγιε καὶ Εὐαγγελιστὰ Ματθαῖε, πρέσβευε τῷ ἐλεήμονι Θεῷ, ἵνα πταισμάτων ἄφεσιν, παράσχῃ ταῖς ψυχαῖς ἡμῶν.

O holy Apostle and Evangelist Matthew, make intercession to our merciful God, that He grant our souls forgiveness of offenses. [SD]

Δόξα. Τὸ αὐτό.

Glory. Repeat.

Καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.

Both now. Theotokion.

Τῆς Ὀκτωήχου - - -

From Octoechos - - -

Ἦχος γʹ.

Mode 3.

Σὲ τὴν μεσιτεύσασαν τὴν σωτηρίαν τοῦ γένους ἡμῶν, ἀνυμνοῦμεν Θεοτόκε Παρθένε· ἐν τῇ σαρκὶ γὰρ τῇ ἐκ σοῦ προσληφθείσῃ, ὁ Υἱός σου καὶ Θεὸς ἡμῶν τὸ διὰ σταυροῦ καταδεξάμενος πάθος, ἐλυτρώσατο ἡμᾶς, ἐκ φθορᾶς ὡς φιλάνθρωπος.

Virgin Theotokos, we sing hymns extolling you, through whom came humanity’s salvation. For your Son and our God, who is benevolent, accepted the Passion and the crucifixion, in the flesh that He assumed from you, and thus from destruction He rescued us. [GOASD]

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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

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.

Τοῦ Μηναίου - - -

From Menaion - - -

Ἦχος δʹ. Ταχὺ προκατάλαβε.

Mode 4. N/M (Come quickly.)

Ταχὺ προκατάλαβε.

Ματθαῖε ἀπόστολε πιστῶς ὑμνοῦμέν σε, καὶ πόθῳ τμῶμέν σε ὡς ὑπηρέτην Χριστοῦ, αὐτόπτην καὶ κήρυκα, πρῶτόν τε συγγραφέα τῶν ἐκείνου λογίων, μέγιστόν τε φωστῆρα Ἐκκλησίας καὶ στῦλον, καὶ μνήμν τὴν πανίερον σοῦ νῦν γεραίρομεν.

O Apostle Matthew, we faithfully extol you, and with love and longing we honor you as a servant of Christ, an eye-witness and preacher, and as the first writer of His sayings. You are a great luminary and pillar of the Church. And now we honor your all-sacred memory. [SD]

Δόξα· καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.

Glory. Both now. Theotokion.

Ἦχος δʹ. Ταχὺ προκατάλαβε.

Mode 4. Come quickly.

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Ταχὺ δέξαι Δέσποινα, τὰς ἱκεσίας ἡμῶν, καὶ ταύτας προσάγαγε, τῷ σῷ Υἱῷ καὶ Θεῷ, Κυρία πανάχραντε· λῦσον τὰς περιστάσεις, τῶν εἰς σὲ προστρεχόντων, σκέδασον τὰς ἐνέδρας, καὶ τὰ θράση Παρθένε, τῶν νῦν ἐφοπλιζομένων, κατὰ τῶν δούλων σου.

Be swift to accept our fervent prayers, O Lady and Queen, * and take them, O all-pure Maiden, and present them for us * before your own Son and God. * Rescue from every trouble * those who run to your shelter, * O Virgin Theotokos, and frustrate the scheming * of those who against your servants have shamelessly taken arms. [SD]

Κάθισμα Βʹ.

Kathisma II.

Τοῦ Μηναίου - - -

From Menaion - - -

Ἦχος πλ. δʹ. Τὴν Σοφίαν καὶ Λόγον.

Mode pl. 4. N/M (By conceiving the wisdom.)

Τὴν Σοφίαν καὶ Λόγον.

Οὓς ἐχάραξας λόγους οἱ εὐσεβεῖς, εὐσεβείας θεμέλιον ἀῤῥαγῆ καὶ ῥίζαν τῆς πίστεως κεκτημένοι ὑμνοῦμέν σε· τοὺς γὰρ θείους λόγους Χριστοῦ καὶ τὰ θαύματα, καὶ τὰ θεῖα πάθη, ταφὴν καὶ ἀνάστασιν, ἀπὸ σῆς ἀπαύστως ἀκροώμενοι γλώσσης, Ματθαῖε ἀπόστολε, τὰς ψυχὰς φωτιζόμεθα, καὶ πιστῶς ἐκβοῶμέν σοι· Πρέσβευε Χριστῷ τῷ Θεῷ, τῶν πταισμάτων ἄφεσιν δωρήσασθαι, τοῖς ἑορτάζουσι πόθῷ τὴν ἁγίαν μνήμην σου.

We Orthodox Christians possess your word you wrote as the unbroken foundation of right belief and the root of faith, and for this we sing your praise. From you, O Apostle Matthew, we unceasingly hear the divine words of Christ, His miracles, the divine Passion, burial and resurrection, and our souls are illumined. Therefore we faithfully pray to you. Intercede with Christ our God that He grant forgiveness of offenses to us who celebrate your holy memory with faith and love. [SD]

Δόξα· καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.

Glory. Both now. Theotokion.

Ἦχος πλ. δʹ. Τὴν Σοφίαν καὶ Λόγον.

Mode pl. 4. N/M (By conceiving the wisdom.)

Τὴν εἰκόνα, Παρένε, τὴν ἑαυτοῦ, συντριβεῖσαν ὁ πλάστης ἀναλαβών, ἐκ σοῦ, Θεονύμφευτε, συμπαθῶς ἀνεμόρφωσε· τῇ γὰρ θείᾳ φύσει ἑνώσας ὡς ἔσπλαγχνος, θεϊκαῖς ἀκτῖσιν αὐτὴν κατεκάλλυνεν· ὅθεν τὸν λαβόντα τὴν μορφὴν τῆς εἰκόνος, καί σάρκα γενόμενον εἰκονίζοντες Κύριον, προσκυνοῦμεν θεάνθρωπον, τῆς σαρκὸς τὸ εἶδος πιστῶς, ὡς θεῖον τιμῶντές τε καί γράφοντες, καί τό σόν, Θεοτόκε, ψυχὰς φωτιζόμενοι.

O Virgin, from you our Fashioner assumed his own image, that had been broken, and He sympathetically refashioned it, O Bride of God. For being compassionate, he united it to divine nature and adorned it with rays of divinity. Therefore as we depict in icons the Lord who took the form of His image and became flesh, we worship the God-man, and we faithfully honor and inscribe the divine picture of Him in the flesh, as well as yours, O Theotokos, and our souls are thus illumined. [SD]

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Ψαλμὸς Nʹ (50).

Psalm 50 (51).

Ἐλέησόν με, ὁ Θεός, κατὰ τὸ μέγα ἔλεός σου, καὶ κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν οἰκτιρμῶν σου ἐξάλειψον τὸ ἀνόμημά μου. Ἐπὶ πλεῖον πλῦνόν με ἀπὸ τῆς ἀνομίας μου, καὶ απὸ τῆς ἁμαρτίας μου καθάρισόν με. Ὅτι τὴν ἀνομίαν μου ἐγὼ γινώσκω, καὶ ἡ ἁμαρτία μου ἐνώπιόν μού ἐστι διὰ παντός. Σοὶ μόνῳ ἥμαρτον, καὶ τὸ πονηρὸν ἐνώπιόν σου ἐποίησα· ὅπως ἂν δικαιωθῇς ἐν τοῖς λόγοις σου, καὶ νικήσῃς ἐν τῷ κρίνεσθαί σε. Ἰδοὺ γὰρ ἐν ἀνομίαις συνελήφθην, καὶ ἐν ἁμαρτίαις ἐκίσσησέ με ἡ μήτηρ μου. Ἰδοὺ γὰρ ἀλήθειαν ἠγάπησας· τὰ ἄδηλα καὶ τὰ κρύφια τῆς σοφίας σου ἐδήλωσάς μοι. Ῥαντιεῖς με ὑσσώπῳ, καὶ καθαρισθήσομαι· πλυνεῖς με καὶ ὑπὲρ χιόνα λευκανθήσομαι. Ἀκουτιεῖς μοι ἀγαλλίασιν καὶ εὐφροσύνην· ἀγαλλιάσονται ὀστέα τεταπεινωμένα. Ἀπόστρεψον τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἀπὸ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν μου, καὶ πάσας τὰς ἀνομίας μου ἐξάλειψον. Καρδίαν καθαρὰν κτίσον ἐν ἐμοί, ὁ Θεός, καὶ πνεῦμα εὐθὲς ἐγκαίνισον ἐν τοῖς ἐγκάτοις μου. Μὴ ἀποῤῥίψῃς με ἀπὸ τοῦ προσώπου σου, καὶ τὸ Πνεῦμά σου τὸ ἅγιον μὴ ἀντανέλῃς ἀπ᾽ ἐμοῦ. Ἀπόδος μοι τὴν ἀγαλλίασιν τοῦ σωτηρίου σου καὶ πνεύματι ἡγεμονικῷ στήριξόν με. Διδάξω ἀνόμους τὰς ὁδούς σου, καὶ ἀσεβεῖς ἐπὶ σὲ ἐπιστρέψουσι. Ῥῦσαί με ἐξ αἱμάτων, ὁ Θεός, ὁ Θεὸς τῆς σωτηρίας μου· ἀγαλλιάσεται ἡ γλῶσσά μου τὴν δικαιοσύνην σου. Κύριε, τὰ χείλη μου ἀνοίξεις, καὶ τὸ στόμα μου ἀναγγελεῖ τὴν αἴνεσίν σου. Ὅτι εἰ ἠθέλησας θυσίαν, ἔδωκα ἄν· ὁλοκαυτώματα οὐκ εὐδοκήσεις. Θυσία τῷ Θεῷ πνεῦμα συντετριμμένον· καρδίαν συντετριμμένην καὶ τεταπεινωμένην ὁ Θεὸς οὐκ ἐξουδενώσει. Ἀγάθυνον, Κύριε, ἐν τῇ εὐδοκίᾳ σου τὴν Σιών, καὶ οἰκοδομηθήτω τὰ τείχη Ἰερουσαλήμ. Τότε εὐδοκήσεις θυσίαν δικαιοσύνης, ἀναφορὰν καὶ ὁλοκαυτώματα. Τότε ἀνοίσουσιν ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριόν σου μόσχους.

Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your great mercy; and according to the abundance of Your compassion, blot out my transgression. Wash me thoroughly from my lawlessness and cleanse me from my sin. For I know my lawlessness, and my sin is always before me. 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. For behold, I was conceived in transgressions, and in sins my mother bore me. Behold, You love truth; You showed me the unknown and secret things of Your wisdom. You shall sprinkle me with hyssop, and I will be cleansed; You shall wash me, and I will be made whiter than snow. You shall make me hear joy and gladness; my bones that were humbled shall greatly rejoice. Turn Your face from my sins, and blot out all my transgressions. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and uphold me with Your guiding Spirit. I will teach transgressors Your ways, and the ungodly shall turn back to You. Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue shall greatly rejoice in Your righteousness. O Lord, You shall open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise. For if You desired sacrifice, I would give it; You will not be pleased with whole burnt offerings. A sacrifice to God is a broken spirit, a broken and humbled heart God will not despise. Do good, O Lord, in Your good pleasure to Zion, and let the walls of Jerusalem be built; then You will be pleased with a sacrifice of righteousness, with offerings and whole burnt offerings; then shall they offer young bulls on Your altar. [SAAS]

Κοντάκιον.

Kontakion.

Τοῦ Μηναίου - - -

From Menaion - - -

Ἦχος δʹ. Ὁ ὑψωθεὶς ἐν τῷ Σταυρῷ.

Mode 4. You who were lifted.

Ὁ ὑψωθεὶς ἐν τῷ Σταυρῷ.

Τοῦ τελωνείου τὸν ζυγὸν ἀποῤῥίψας, δικαιοσύνης τῷ ζυγῷ προσηρμόσθης, καὶ ἀνεδείχθης ἔμπορος πανάριστος, πλοῦτον κομισάμενος, τὴν ἐξ ὕψους σοφίαν· ὅθεν ἀνεκήρυξας, ἀληθείας τὸν λόγον, καὶ τῶν ῥαθύμων ἤγειρας ψυχάς, καθυπογράψας, τὴν ὥραν τῆς κρίσεως.

When you had shed the yoke of being a publican and took instead the yoke of justice and virtue, you proved yourself to be a clever merchant and most wise, gaining for yourself the wealth of the wisdom from heaven. Thus you preached the word of truth, O Evangelist Matthew. And you have roused from slothfulness our souls, clearly describing the hour of Judgment Day. [SD]

Ὁ Οἶκος.

Oikos.

Ἡ τοῦ ἐχθροῦ με τυραννὶς βιάζεται ἀπλήστως, καὶ τῆς ψυχῆς μου ὅλον τὸν σπόρον καθαρπάζει, Ματθαῖε φίλε τοῦ Χριστοῦ· ἀλλʼ αὐτὸς τὸν σπόρον τῶν εὐχῶν σου δεδωκώς, πρὸς σὴν δουλείαν κάρπωσον, καὶ δεῖξον ὑμνῳδόν σου σμικρότατον, καὶ ὑφηγητὴν με τῶν πολλῶν σου καὶ μεγάλων κατορθωμάτων, καὶ τῆς πρὸς Χριστὸν σου σχέσεως, τὰ πάντα παρευθὺς ἐγκαταλείψας, ἠκολούθησας θερμῶς τῷ κεκληκότι, πρῶτος γεγονὼς Εὐαγγελιστὴς ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ, καθυπογράψας τὴν ὥραν τῆς κρίσεως.

The enemy’s tyranny rapaciously overpowers me, and he snatches away every seed from my soul, O Matthew friend of Christ. I pray you, plant for me the seed of your prayers, and bring forth fruit for your service, and allow me to sing of you, though I be very small. Make me a narrator of your many and great accomplishments, and of your relationship with Christ. You immediately left everything behind, and ardently followed Him who called you, becoming the first Evangelist in the world, clearly describing the hour of Judgment Day. [SD]

Ὁ λαὸς ἵσταται διὰ τὴν ἀνάγνωσιν τοῦ Συναξαρίου.

Stand for the reading of the Synaxarion.

Συναξάριον

Synaxarion

Τοῦ Μηναίου.

From the Menaion.

Τῇ ΙϚʹ τοῦ αὐτοῦ μηνὸς μνήμη τοῦ ἁγίου Ἀποστόλου καὶ Εὐαγγελιστοῦ Ματθαίου.

On November 16 we commemorate the holy Apostle and Evangelist Matthew.

Ταῖς αὐτοῦ ἁγίαις πρεσβείαις, ὁ Θεός, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς. Ἀμήν.

By the intercessions of your Saint, O God, have mercy on us. Amen.

ΧΟΡΟΣ

CHOIR

ᾨδὴ ηʹ. Ὁ Εἱρμός. Ἦχος δʹ.

Ode viii. Heirmos. Mode 4.

Παῖδας εὐαγεῖς.

Αἰνοῦμεν, εὐλογοῦμεν καὶ προσκυνοῦμεν τὸν Κύριον.

We praise and we bless and we worship the Lord.

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]

Ὁ λαὸς ἵσταται διὰ τὴν Θʹ Ὠδήν.

Stand for the singing of Ode ix.

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

DEACON

Τὴν Θεοτόκον καὶ μητέρα τοῦ φωτὸς ἐν ὕμνοις τιμῶντες μεγαλύνωμεν.

Let us honor and magnify in song the Theotokos and the Mother of the light.

ΧΟΡΟΣ

CHOIR

ᾨδὴ θʹ.

Ode ix.

Μεγαλυνάριον. Ἦχος δʹ.

The Magnificat. Mode 4.

Στίχ. Μεγαλύνει ἡ ψυχή μου τὸν Κύριον, καὶ ἠγαλλίασε τὸ πνεῦμά μου ἐπὶ τῷ Θεῷ τῷ σωτῆρί μου.

Verse: My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior. [NKJV]

Τὴν τιμιωτέραν τῶν Χερουβείμ, καὶ ἐνδοξοτέραν, ἀσυγκρίτως τῶν Σεραφείμ, τὴν ἀδιαφθόρως, Θεὸν Λόγον τεκοῦσαν, τὴν ὄντως Θεοτόκον, σὲ μεγαλύνομεν.