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Βιβλία - Πηγαί	Books - Sources
Ὀκτώηχος - Ἦχος γʹ.	Octoechos - Mode 3.
Τῇ Κυριακῇ Πρωΐ	On Sunday Morning
Μηναῖον - Τῌ ΙΑʹ - ΙΖʹ ΔΕΚΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ	Menaion - December 11-17
Κυριακὴ τῶν Ἁγίων Προπατόρων.	Sunday of the Holy Forefathers
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ΧΟΡΟΣ	CHOIR
Ἦχος γʹ.	Mode 3.
c1012 - GTheodoridis/ c1013 - Petros-Ioannis \| JM Boyer/ c1011 - Roubanis/	c1111 - SDedes/ c1112 - GTheodoridis/ c1111 - SDedes/ c1111.a1 - SDedes/
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 γʹ.	Mode 3.
c1014 - GTheodoridis/ c1015 - Petros-Ioannis \| JM Boyer/ c1011 - Roubanis/ c1012 - SDedes/	c1211 - SDedes/ c2261 - Thyateira/ c1211 - SDedes/ c2261 - Thyateira/ c1211.a1 - SDedes/ c1211.a2 - SDedes/Eikona
Εὐφραινέσθω τὰ οὐράνια, ἀγαλλιάσθω τὰ ἐπίγεια, ὅτι ἐποίησε κράτος ἐν βραχίονι αὐτοῦ, ὁ Κύριος· ἐπάτησε τῷ θανάτῳ τὸν θάνατον· πρωτότοκος τῶν νεκρῶν ἐγένετο· ἐκ κοιλίας ᾅδου ἐῤῥύσατο ἡμᾶς, καὶ παρέσχε τῷ κόσμῳ τὸ μέγα ἔλεος.	Let everything in heaven rejoice, let everything on earth be glad, for the Lord has shown strength with his arm; by death he has trampled on death; he has become the first-born of the dead; from the bowels of Hades he has delivered us; and granted the world his great mercy. [Lash]
Δόξα. Τὸ αὐτό.	Glory. Repeat.
Εὐφραινέσθω τὰ οὐράνια, ἀγαλλιάσθω τὰ ἐπίγεια, ὅτι ἐποίησε κράτος ἐν βραχίονι αὐτοῦ, ὁ Κύριος· ἐπάτησε τῷ θανάτῳ τὸν θάνατον· πρωτότοκος τῶν νεκρῶν ἐγένετο· ἐκ κοιλίας ᾅδου ἐῤῥύσατο ἡμᾶς, καὶ παρέσχε τῷ κόσμῳ τὸ μέγα ἔλεος.	Let everything in heaven rejoice, let everything on earth be glad, for the Lord has shown strength with his arm; by death he has trampled on death; he has become the first-born of the dead; from the bowels of Hades he has delivered us; and granted the world his great mercy. [Lash]
Καὶ νῦν. Τῶν Προπατόρων.	Both now. For the Forefathers.
Ἦχος βʹ.	Mode 2.
c1011 - GStephanou/ c1012 - NewByz/	c1211 - SDedes/ c1211 - SDedes/
Ἐν πίστει τοὺς Προπάτορας ἐδικαίωσας, τὴν ἐξ Ἐθνῶν διʼ αὐτῶν προμνηστευσάμενος Ἐκκλησίαν. Καυχῶνται ἐν δόξῃ οἱ Ἅγιοι, ὅτι ἐκ σπέρματος αὐτῶν, ὑπάρχει καρπός εὐκλεής, ἡ ἀσπόρως τεκοῦσά σε. Ταῖς αὐτῶν ἱκεσίαις, Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός, σῶσον τὰς ψυχὰς ἡμῶν.	You justified the Forefathers by faith, through them betrothing in advance the Church from the nations. The Saints will exult in glory, for from their seed there is a glorious fruit, she who bore you without seed. At their intercessions, Christ God, save our souls. [Lash]
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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 keep 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.	Commemorating our all-holy, pure, most blessed and glorious Lady, Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary, with all the Saints, let us entrust 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, the power, and the glory of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of ages.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Ἀμήν.	CHOIR: Amen.
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Κάθισμα Αʹ.	Kathisma I.
Τῆς Ὀκτωήχου - - -	From Octoechos - - -
Ἦχος γʹ.	Mode 3.
c1013 - Petros-Ioannis \| JM Boyer/ c1011 - Roubanis/	c1211 - SDedes/ c1211 - SDedes/ c1211.a1 - SDedes/
Χριστὸς ἐκ νεκρῶν ἐγήγερται, ἡ ἀπαρχὴ τῶν κεκοιμημένων· ὁ Πρωτότοκος τῆς κτίσεως, καὶ δημιουργὸς πάντων τῶν γεγονότων, τὴν καταφθαρεῖσαν φύσιν τοῦ γένους ἡμῶν, ἐν ἑαυτῷ ἀνεκαίνισεν. Οὐκέτι θάνατε κυριεύεις· ὁ γὰρ τῶν ὅλων Δεσπότης, τὸ κράτος σου κατέλυσε.	Christ has risen from the dead, the first fruits of those that sleep. The First-born of creation and Creator of all that has come to be, has renewed in himself the corrupted nature of our race. Death, you are no longer lord, for the Master of all things has destroyed your might. [Lash]
Δόξα.	Glory.
c1013 - Petros-Ioannis \| JM Boyer/	c1211 - SDedes/ c1211 - SDedes/ c1211.a1 - SDedes/
Σαρκὶ τοῦ θανάτου γευσάμενος Κύριε, τὸ πικρὸν τοῦ θανάτου, ἐξέτεμες τῇ ἐγέρσει σου, καὶ τὸν ἄνθρωπον κατʼ αὐτοῦ ἐνισχύσας, τῆς ἀρχαίας κατάρας τὴν ἧτταν ἀνακαλούμενος. Ὁ ὑπερασπιστὴς τῆς ζωῆς ἡμῶν, Κύριε δόξα σοι.	Having tasted death in the flesh, Lord, you have cut out the bitterness of death by your Rising and given humankind strength against it, announcing the abolition of the ancient curse. Defender of our life, Lord, glory to you! [Lash]
Καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.	Both now. Theotokion.
c1015 - Petros-Ioannis \| JM Boyer/ c1011 - Roubanis/	c1211 - SDedes/ c1211 - SDedes/ c1211.a1 - SDedes/ c1211.a2 - SDedes/Eikona
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 Mother of God, we praise you as the means of the salvation of our race; for your Son and our God, who through the Cross accepted suffering in the flesh he had taken from you, has redeemed us from corruption, for he loves mankind. [Lash]
Τῆς Ὀκτωήχου - - -	From Octoechos - - -
Κάθισμα Βʹ.	Kathisma II.
Ἦχος γʹ. Τὴν ὡραιότητα.	Mode 3. You were so beautiful.
	Τὴν ὡραιότητα.
c1013 - Petros-Ioannis \| JM Boyer/ c1011 - Roubanis/	c1211 - SDedes/ c1211 - SDedes/ c1211.a1 - SDedes/
Τὸ ἀναλλοίωτον τὸ τῆς θεότητος, καὶ τὸ ἑκούσιον πάθος σου Κύριε, εἰς ἑαυτὸν καταπλαγείς, ὁ ᾅδης ἐπωδύρετο· Τρέμω τὴν τοῦ σώματος, μὴ φθαρεῖσαν ὑπόστασιν· βλέπω τὸν ἀόρατον, μυστικῶς πολεμοῦντά με· διὸ καὶ οὓς κατέχω κραυγάζουσι· Δόξα Χριστὲ τῇ ἀναστάσει σου.	Awed by your unchanging Godhead and your voluntary passion, Lord, Hell mourned, 'I tremble at your body’s substance, which is not corrupted. I see you, the invisible, mystically making war on me; and so those whom I hold cry out, Glory, O Christ, to your Resurrection!' [Lash]
Δόξα.	Glory.
Ἦχος γʹ. Τὴν ὡραιότητα.	Mode 3. You were so beautiful.
	Τὴν ὡραιότητα.
c1013 - Petros-Ioannis \| JM Boyer/	c1211 - SDedes/ c1211 - SDedes/ c1211.a1 - SDedes/
Τὸ ἀκατάληπτον τὸ τῆς σταυρώσεως, καὶ ἀνερμήνευτον τὸ τῆς ἐγέρσεως, θεολογοῦμεν οἱ πιστοί, ἀπόῤῥητον μυστήριον· σήμερον γὰρ θάνατος, καὶ ὁ ᾅδης ἐσκύλευται, γένος δὲ ἀνθρώπινον, ἀφθαρσίαν ἐνδέδυται· διὸ καὶ εὐχαρίστως κραυγάζομεν· Δόξα Χριστὲ τῇ ἀναστάσει σου.	We faithful contemplate an ineffable mystery: your Crucifixion that cannot be understood and your Rising that cannot be explained. For today Death and Hell have been despoiled, but the human race has put on incorruption. And so with thanksgiving we cry, 'Glory, O Christ, to your Resurrection!' [Lash]
Καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.	Both now. Theotokion.
Ἦχος γʹ. Τὴν ὡραιότητα.	Mode 3. You were so beautiful.
	Τὴν ὡραιότητα.
c1013 - Petros-Ioannis \| JM Boyer/	c1211 - SDedes/ c1211 - SDedes/ c1211.a1 - SDedes/
Τὸν ἀκατάληπτον καὶ ἀπερίγραπτον, τὸν ὁμοούσιον Πατρὶ καὶ Πνεύματι, ἐν τῇ γαστρί σου μυστικῶς, ἐχώρησας Θεομῆτορ· μίαν καὶ ἀσύγχυτον, τῆς Τριάδος ἐνέργειαν, ἔγνωμεν τῷ τόκῳ σου, ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ δοξάζεσθαι· διὸ καὶ εὐχαρίστως βοῶμέν σοι· Χαῖρε ἡ Κεχαριτωμένη.	Mystically you contained in your womb the Incomprehensible and the Uncircumscribable, consubstantial with the Father and the Spirit; and we acknowledge that in your Offspring one unconfused energy of the Trinity is glorified in the world. And so with thanksgiving we cry to you, 'Hail, full of grace!' [Lash]
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Εὐλογητάρια Ἀναστάσιμα.	Resurrectional Evlogetaria.
Ἦχος πλ. αʹ.	Mode pl. 1.
c1013 - Φωκαέως \| JM Boyer/ c1014 - SApostolou \| Long Melody/ c1011 - Roubanis/ c1012 - RBarrett/ c1015 - JVelon \| Long Melody/	c1211 - SDedes \| GCremeens/ c1212 - SDedes - Long Melody/ c1211 - SDedes/ c1212 - SDedes - Long Melody/ c1211.a1 - St Nektarios Choirs/ c1212.a1 - SDedes - Long Melody/
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 keep 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.	Commemorating our all-holy, pure, most blessed and glorious Lady, Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary, with all the Saints, let us entrust ourselves and one another and our whole life to Christ our God.
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 and glorified is your all-honoured and majestic name, of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit now and for ever, and to the ages of ages.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Ἀμήν.	CHOIR: Amen.
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Τῆς Ὀκτωήχου - - -	From Octoechos - - -
Ὑπακοή. Ἦχος γʹ.	Hypakoe. Mode 3.
Ἐκπλήττων τῇ ὁράσει, δροσίζων τοῖς ῥήμασιν, ὁ ἀστράπτων Ἄγγελος, ταῖς Μυροφόροις ἔλεγε· Τὸν ζῶντα τί ζητεῖτε ἐν μνήματι; ἡγέρθη κενώσας τὰ μνήματα· τῆς φθορᾶς ἀλλοιωτήν, γνῶτε τὸν ἀναλλοίωτον· εἴπατε τῷ Θεῷ· Ὡς φοβερὰ τὰ ἔργα σου! ὅτι τὸ γένος ἔσωσας τῶν ἀνθρώπων.	Causing amazement by his appearing, and refreshment by his words the dazzling Angel said the myrrh-bearing women, 'Why do you seek the living in a grave? He has risen, emptying the graves. Know that the unchanging has changed corruption. Say to God: How fearful are your works! For you have saved the human race.' [Lash]
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ΧΟΡΟΣ	CHOIR
Οἱ Ἀναβαθμοί.	Anavathmoi.
c1013 - Petros-Ioannis \| JM Boyer/ c1011 - Roubanis/	c1211 - SDedes/ c1211 - SDedes/
Ἀντίφωνον Αʹ. Ἦχος γʹ.	Antiphon 1. Mode 3.
	c1211 - SDedes/ c1211 - SDedes/ c1211.a1 - SDedes/
Τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν Σιών, σὺ ἐξείλου ἐκ Βαβυλῶνος, κᾀμὲ ἐκ τῶν παθῶν, πρός ζωήν ἕλκυσον Λόγε.	You delivered the captivity of Zion from Babylon, O Word. Draw me too from the passions to life. [Lash]

Ἐν τῷ νότῳ οἱ σπείροντες, δάκρυσιν ἐνθέοις, θεριοῦσι στάχυας, ἐν χαρᾷ ἀειζωΐας.	Those who sow in the South with tears inspired by God, will reap in joy sheaves that endure for ever. [Lash]
Δόξα· καὶ νῦν.	Glory. Both now.

Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, πᾶσα ἀγαθοδωρία, ὡς Πατρὶ καὶ Υἱῷ συναστράπτει· ἐν ᾧ τὰ πάντα ζῇ καὶ κινεῖται.	By the Holy Spirit comes the giving of all good things, as he shines with the Father and the Son. In him all things live and move. [Lash]
Ἀντίφωνον Βʹ.	Antiphon 2.
	c1211 - SDedes/ c1211 - SDedes/ c1211.a1 - SDedes/
Ἐὰν μὴ Κύριος οἰκοδομήσῃ οἶκον τῶν ἀρετῶν, μάτην κοπιῶμεν· τὴν δὲ ψυχὴν σκέποντος, οὐδεὶς ἡμῶν πορθεῖται τὴν πόλιν.	Unless the Lord build the house of the virtues, we labour in vain. While he protects the soul no one lays waste our city. [Lash]

Τοῦ καρποῦ τῆς γαστρός, τῷ Πνεύματι υἱοποιητῶς σοι τῷ Χριστῷ, ὡς Πατρὶ οἱ Ἅγιοι πάντοτε εἰσί.	By the Spirit of the fruit of the womb, the Saints are always as sons to you, O Christ, as to the Father. [Lash]
Δόξα· καὶ νῦν.	Glory. Both now.

Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, ἐνθεωρεῖται πᾶσα ἁγιότης, σοφία· οὐσιοῖ πᾶσαν γὰρ κτίσιν· αὐτῷ λατρεύσωμεν, Θεὸς γὰρ ὡς Πατρί τε καὶ Λόγῳ.	In the Holy Spirit is seen all holiness and wisdom; for he gives existence to every creature. Let us worship him as the Father and the Son, for he is God. [Lash]
Ἀντίφωνον Γʹ.	Antiphon 3.
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Οἱ φοβούμενοι τὸν Κύριον, μακάριοι, τρίβους βαδιοῦνται τῶν ἐντολῶν, φάγονται, ζωηρὰν γὰρ παγκαρπίαν.	Those who fear the Lord are blessed as they walk his paths; for they eat the living fruit of the commandments. [Lash]

Κύκλῳ τῆς τραπέζης σου εὐφράνθητι, καθορῶν σου ποιμενάρχα, τὰ ἔκγονα φέροντα, κλάδους ἀγαθοεργίας.	Be glad, Chief Shepherd, as you see around your table your offspring bearing branches of good works. [Lash]
Δόξα· καὶ νῦν.	Glory. Both now.

Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, ὁ πᾶς πλοῦτος τῆς δόξης, ἐξ οὗ χάρις καὶ ζωὴ πάσῃ τῇ κτίσει· σὺν Πατρὶ γάρ, ἀνυμνεῖται καὶ τῷ Λόγῳ.	In the Holy Spirit is all the wealth of glory; from him comes grace and life for all creation; for he is praised with the Father and the Word. [Lash]
Προκείμενον.	Prokeimenon.
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Εἴπατε ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν· Ὅτι Κύριος ἐβασίλευσε, καὶ γὰρ κατώρθωσε τὴν οἰκουμένην, ἥτις οὐ σαλευθήσεται. (δίς)	Say among the Gentiles, “The Lord is King, for He established the world, which shall not be shaken.” (2)
Στίχ. Ἄσατε τῷ Κυρίῳ ᾆσμα καινόν.	Verse: Oh, sing a new song to the Lord.

Εἴπατε ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν· Ὅτι Κύριος ἐβασίλευσε, καὶ γὰρ κατώρθωσε τὴν οἰκουμένην, ἥτις οὐ σαλευθήσεται.	Say among the Gentiles, “The Lord is King, for He established the world, which shall not be shaken.” [SAAS]
Eothinon Gospel (Not EP / GOA)	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 are holy, our God, who rest among the Saints, and to You we offer up glory, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of ages.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Ἀμήν.	CHOIR: Amen.
Ἦχος βʹ.	Mode 2.
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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. Stand upright. Let us listen to the Holy Gospel.
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ: Εἰρήνη πᾶσι.	PRIEST: Peace to all.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Καὶ τῷ πνεύματί σου.	CHOIR: And to your spirit.
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ΙΕΡΕΥΣ	PRIEST
Ἐκ τοῦ κατὰ Λουκᾶν ἁγίου Εὐαγγελίου τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα.	The reading is from the holy Gospel according to Luke.
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ: Πρόσχωμεν.	DEACON: Let us attend.
ΧΟΡΟΣ	CHOIR
Δόξα σοι, Κύριε, δόξα σοι.	Glory to you, O Lord, glory to you.
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ (ἀπὸ τῆς ἁγίας τραπέζης)	PRIEST (from the altar table)
Ἑωθινὸν Ϛʹ	Eothinon 6
Λουκᾶν 24:36 – 53	Luke. 24:36 – 53
Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἀναστὰς ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐκ νεκρῶν ἔστη ἐν μέσῳ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· εἰρήνη ὑμῖν. πτοηθέντες δὲ καὶ ἔμφοβοι γενόμενοι ἐδόκουν πνεῦμα θεωρεῖν. καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· τί τεταραγμένοι ἐστέ, καὶ διατί διαλογισμοὶ ἀναβαίνουσιν ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ὑμῶν; ἴδετε τὰς χεῖράς μου καὶ τοὺς πόδας μου, ὅτι αὐτὸς ἐγώ εἰμι· ψηλαφήσατέ με καὶ ἴδετε, ὅτι πνεῦμα σάρκα καὶ ὀστέα οὐκ ἔχει καθὼς ἐμὲ θεωρεῖτε ἔχοντα. καὶ τοῦτο εἰπὼν ἐπέδειξεν αὐτοῖς τὰς χεῖρας καὶ τοὺς πόδας. ἔτι δὲ ἀπιστούντων αὐτῶν ἀπὸ τῆς χαρᾶς καὶ θαυμαζόντων εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· ἔχετέ τι βρώσιμον ἐνθάδε; οἱ δὲ ἐπέδωκαν αὐτῷ ἰχθύος ὀπτοῦ μέρος καὶ ἀπὸ μελισσίου κηρίου, καὶ λαβὼν ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν ἔφαγεν. εἶπε δὲ αὐτοῖς· οὗτοι οἱ λόγοι οὓς ἐλάλησα πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἔτι ὢν σὺν ὑμῖν, ὅτι δεῖ πληρωθῆναι πάντα τὰ γεγραμμένα ἐν τῷ νόμῳ Μωϋσέως καὶ προφήταις καὶ ψαλμοῖς περὶ ἐμοῦ. τότε διήνοιξεν αὐτῶν τὸν νοῦν τοῦ συνιέναι τὰς γραφάς, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὅτι οὕτω γέγραπται καὶ οὕτως ἔδει παθεῖν τὸν Χριστὸν καὶ ἀναστῆναι ἐκ νεκρῶν τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ, καὶ κηρυχθῆναι ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ μετάνοιαν καὶ ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν εἰς πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, ἀρξάμενον ἀπὸ Ἱερουσαλήμ. ὑμεῖς δέ ἐστε μάρτυρες τούτων. καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἀποστέλλω τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν τοῦ πατρός μου ἐφ᾿ ὑμᾶς· ὑμεῖς δὲ καθίσατε ἐν τῇ πόλει Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἕως οὗ ἐνδύσησθε δύναμιν ἐξ ὕψους. Ἐξήγαγε δὲ αὐτοὺς ἔξω ἕως εἰς Βηθανίαν, καὶ ἐπάρας τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ εὐλόγησεν αὐτούς. καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ εὐλογεῖν αὐτὸν αὐτοὺς διέστη ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν καὶ ἀνεφέρετο εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν. καὶ αὐτοὶ προσκυνήσαντες αὐτὸν ὑπέστρεψαν εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ μετὰ χαρᾶς μεγάλης, καὶ ἦσαν διὰ παντὸς ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ αἰνοῦντες καὶ εὐλογοῦντες τὸν Θεόν. ἀμήν.	At that time, Jesus, having risen from the dead, stood in the midst of his disciples and said to them, “Peace to you!” But they were startled and frightened, and supposed that they saw a spirit. And he said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do questionings rise in your hearts? See my hands and feet, that it is I myself; handle me, and see; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see that I have.” And when he said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. And while they still disbelieved for joy, and wondered, he said to them, “Have you anything here to eat?” They gave him a piece of broiled fish and some honeycomb, and he took it and ate before them. Then he said to them, “These are my words which I spoke to you, while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled.” Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, and said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. And behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you; but stay in the city of Jerusalem, until you are clothed with power from on high.” Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands, he blessed them. While he blessed them, he parted from them, and was carried up into heaven. And they worshiped him, and they returned to Jerusalem with great joy, and were continually in the temple praising and blessing God. Amen. [RSV]
ΧΟΡΟΣ	CHOIR
Δόξα σοι, Κύριε, δόξα σοι.	Glory to you, O Lord, glory to you.
ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ	READER
Ἀνάστασιν Χριστοῦ θεασάμενοι, προσκυνήσωμεν Ἅγιον Κύριον Ἰησοῦν, τὸν μόνον ἀναμάρτητον. Τὸν Σταυρόν σου, Χριστέ, προσκυνοῦμεν καὶ τὴν ἁγίαν σου ἀνάστασιν ὑμνοῦμεν καὶ δοξάζομεν· σὺ γὰρ εἶ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, ἐκτός σου ἄλλον οὐκ οἴδαμεν, τὸ ὄνομά σου ὀνομάζομεν. Δεῦτε πάντες οἱ πιστοί, προσκυνήσωμεν τὴν τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἁγίαν ἀνάστασιν· ἰδοὺ γὰρ ἦλθε διὰ τοῦ Σταυροῦ χαρὰ ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ κόσμῳ. Διὰ παντὸς εὐλογοῦντες τὸν Κύριον, ὑμνοῦμεν τὴν ἀνάστασιν αὐτοῦ· Σταυρὸν γὰρ ὑπομείνας διʼ ἡμᾶς, θανάτῳ θάνατον ὤλεσεν.	Having seen the Resurrection of Christ…, [Lash]
ΧΟΡΟΣ	CHOIR
Ψαλμὸς Nʹ (50).	Psalm 50 (51).
Ἦχος βʹ. (ἢ τῆς ἑβδομάδος.)	Mode 2. (or the Mode of the week)
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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 Θεός, 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 Σιὼν 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 Ἀλεξανδρείας· 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 τῶν ἁγίων Προπατόρων, ὧν καὶ τὴν μνήμην ἐπιτελοῦμεν; καὶ πάντων σου τῶν ἁγίων·	through the prayers of our all-pure Lady, Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary; by the power of the precious and life-giving Cross; through the protection of the honoured Bodiless Powers of heaven; through the intercessions of the honoured, glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John; of the holy, glorious and all-praised 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 wonder-workers; the holy, glorious great Martyrs George the Victorious, Demetrios the Myrobletes, Theodore the Teron, and Theodore the General, Menas the Wonderworker, the Hieromartyrs Haralambos and Eleftherios; 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; of our holy God-bearing Fathers; (local patron saint); of the holy and righteous Forebears of God, Joachim and Anna, and the holy Forefathers, whose memory we observe; and of 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: Κύριε, ἐλέησον. (ιβʹ)	CHOIR: 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.	By the mercy and compassion and love for humankind of your only-begotten Son, with whom you are blessed, together with your all-holy, good and life-giving Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Ἀμήν.	CHOIR: Amen.

Ode 1: Octoechos: Canon-1	Ode 1: Octoechos: Canon-1
Ὁ Κανών	The Canon
Τῆς Ὀκτωήχου - - -	From Octoechos - - -
ΧΟΡΟΣ	CHOIR
Κανὼν ὁ Ἀναστάσιμος.	Canon for the Resurrection.
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ᾨδὴ αʹ. Ἦχος γʹ. Ὁ Εἱρμός.	Ode i. Mode 3. Heirmos.
	Ὁ τὰ ὕδατα.
Ὁ τὰ ὕδατα πάλαι, νεύματι θείῳ, εἰς μίαν συναγωγὴν συναθροίσας, καὶ τεμὼν θάλασσαν, Ἰσραηλίτῃ λαῷ, οὗτος ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, δεδοξασμένος ὑπάρχει· αὐτῷ μόνῳ ᾄσωμεν, ὅτι δεδόξασται.	He who of old assembled the waters into one gathering by his divine decree, and divided the sea for the people of Israel. He is our God and he is glorified. To him alone let us sing, for he has been glorified. [Lash]
Τροπάρια.	Troparia.
Δόξα τῇ ἁγίᾳ ἀναστάσει σου, Κύριε.	Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.
Ὁ τὴν γῆν κατακρίνας τῷ παραβάντι, ἱδρῶτος φέρειν καρπὸν τὰς ἀκάνθας, ἀκανθῶν στέφανον ἐκ παρανόμου χειρός, οὗτος ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, σωματικῶς δεδεγμένος, τὴν κατάραν ἔλυσεν, ὅτι δεδόξασται.	He who condemned the earth to bear thorns of sweat for the transgressor, accepted in the body a crown of thorns from a lawless hand. He is our God who abolished the curse, for he has been glorified. [Lash]
Δόξα τῇ ἁγίᾳ ἀναστάσει σου, Κύριε.	Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.
Νικητὴς τροπαιοῦχος κατὰ θανάτου, ὁ θάνατον δεδυκὼς ἀνεδείχθη· παθητὴν σάρκα γὰρ ἐμψυχωμένην λαβών, οὗτος ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, καὶ συμπλακεὶς τῷ τυράννῳ, πάντας συνανέστησεν, ὅτι δεδόξασται.	Triumphant victor he is over death — Death was exposed as full of fear — for, having take living flesh subject to suffering, our God wrestled with the tyrant and raised all with himself, for he has been glorified. [Lash]
Ὑπεραγία Θεοτόκε, σῶσον ἡμᾶς.	Most-holy Theotokos, save us.
Θεοτοκίον.	Theotokion.
Ἀληθῆ Θεοτόκον πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, δοξάζει σε τὴν ἀσπόρως τεκοῦσαν· ὑποδὺς μήτραν γὰρ ἡγιασμένην τὴν σήν, οὗτος ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, τὸ καθʼ ἡμᾶς οὐσιώθη, καὶ Θεός καὶ ἄνθρωπος, ἐκ σοῦ γεγέννηται.	All the nations glorify you as true Mother of God, who gave birth without seed; for, having come into your hallowed womb, our God, took that which was according to our nature, and as both God and man he was born from you. [Lash]

Ode 1: Menaion: Canon-2	Ode 1: Menaion: Canon-2
Τοῦ Μηναίου - - -	From Menaion - - -
Τῶν Προπατόρων.	For the Forefathers.
Ἦχος αʹ. Χριστὸς γεννᾶται.	Mode 1. N/M (Christ is born.)
	Χριστὸς γεννᾶται.

Ἅγιοι τοῦ Θεοῦ, πρεσβεύσατε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.	Saints of God, intercede for us.
Πατράσιν αἶνον προσάξωμεν, πρὸ Νόμου καὶ ἐν Νόμῳ ἐκλάμψασι, καὶ τὸν ἐκ Παρθένου λάμψαντα, Κύριον καὶ Δεσπότην, γνώμῃ ὀρθῇ, τεθεραπευκόσι, καὶ ἀδύτου φωτισμοῦ νῦν ἀπολαύουσιν.	Let us offer praise to the Fathers, ⁄ who shone forth both before and during the Law. ⁄ With righteous minds they served the Lord and Master ⁄ Who shone forth from the Virgin. ⁄⁄ Now they delight in the unending light! [OCA]
Ἅγιοι τοῦ Θεοῦ, πρεσβεύσατε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.	Saints of God, intercede for us.

Ἀδὰμ τὸν πρῶτον τιμήσωμεν, χειρὶ τετιμημένον τοῦ κτίσαντος, καὶ πάντων ἡμῶν Προπάτορα, ἤδη γεγενημένον, καὶ ἐν σκηναῖς, ταῖς ἐπουρανίαις, μετὰ πάντων ἐκλεκτῶν ἀναπαυόμενον.	Let us honor Adam, the first-formed man and fore-Father of us all, ⁄ who was honored by the hand of the Creator. ⁄ He rests in the heavenly mansions ⁄⁄ with all the chosen. [OCA]
Δόξα.	Glory.

Τὸν Ἄβελ δῶρα προσάγοντα, ψυχῇ εὐγενεστάτῃ προσήκατο, ὁ πάντων Θεὸς καὶ Κύριος, τοῦτον δὲ μιαιφόνῳ, πάλαι χειρί, τεθανατωμένον, ἀνεκόμισε πρὸς φῶς ὡς θεῖον Μάρτυρα.	You accepted Abel as he brought forward a gift ⁄ with a most noble soul, O God and Lord of all. ⁄ And when in days of old he was murdered by a blood-guilty hand, ⁄⁄ You brought him before the Light as a divine martyr. [OCA]
Καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.	Both now. Theotokion.

Ῥητῶν ἐνθέων ἀκούσωμεν, βοώντων τοῦ Χριστοῦ τὴν ἀνάδειξιν· ἰδοὺ γὰρ Σπηλαίῳ τίκτεται, Κόρης ἐξ ἀπειράνδρου, οὗ τὸν φρικτόν, τόκον προμηνύει, Ἀστρολόγοις ὁ ἀστὴρ ἐπιφαινόμενος.	Let us hear the divine words of those who cry aloud ⁄ telling of the appearance of Christ: ⁄ For behold, He is born in a cave of an unwedded Maiden, ⁄ and His awesome birth is foretold to the wisemen ⁄⁄ by the suddenly-appearing star. [OCA]

Ode 1: Katavasia	Ode 1: Katavasia
ᾨδὴ αʹ. Καταβασία. Ἦχος αʹ.	Ode i. Katavasia. Mode 1.
c1012 - GTheodoridis/ c1011 - Roubanis/ c1014 - KMarinakos/	c1211 - SDedes/ c1211 - SDedes/ c1211.a1 - Ode 1/ c1211.a3 - Ode 3/ c1211.a4 - Ode 4/ c1211.a5 - Ode 5/ c1211.a6 - Ode 6/ c1211.a7 - Ode 7/ c1211.a8 - Ode 8/
Χριστὸς γεννᾶται· δοξάσατε. Χριστὸς ἐξ οὐρανῶν· ἀπαντήσατε. Χριστὸς ἐπὶ γῆς· ὑψώθητε. ᾌσατε τῷ Κυρίῳ πᾶσα ἡ γῆ, καὶ ἐν εὐφροσύνῃ, ἀνυμνήσατε λαοί· ὅτι δεδόξασται.	Christ is born; glorify Him! * Christ is come from heaven; go and meet Him. * Christ is on earth; arise to Him. * Sing to the Lord, all you who dwell on the earth; * and in merry spirits, O you peoples, praise His birth. * For He is glorified. [SD]

Ode 3: Octoechos: Canon-1	Ode 3: Octoechos: Canon-1
Τῆς Ὀκτωήχου - - -	From Octoechos - - -
Κανὼν ὁ Ἀναστάσιμος.	Canon for the Resurrection.
	c1211 - SDedes/ c1211 - SDedes/
ᾨδὴ γʹ. Ἦχος γʹ. Ὁ Εἱρμός.	Ode iii. Mode 3. Heirmos.
	Ὁ ἐκ μὴ ὄντων.
Ὁ ἐκ μὴ ὄντων τὰ πάντα παραγαγών, τῷ Λόγῳ κτιζόμενα, τελειούμενα Πνεύματι, Παντοκράτορ ὕψιστε, ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ τῇ σῇ στερέωσόν με.	Almighty and Most High, who out of nothing bring all things, created by the Word, perfected by the Spirit, establish me in your love. [Lash]
Τροπάρια.	Troparia.
Δόξα τῇ ἁγίᾳ ἀναστάσει σου, Κύριε.	Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Διὰ Σταυροῦ σου ᾐσχύνθη ὁ ἀσεβής· εἰργάσατο βόθρον γάρ, ὃν ὀρύξας εἰσπέπτωκε· ταπεινῶν ὑψώθη δέ, Χριστὲ τὸ κέρας ἐν τῇ σῇ ἀναστάσει.	Through your Cross the impious has been shamed, for he has fallen into the pit which he dug out; while the horn of the humble, O Christ, has been exalted in your Resurrection. [Lash]
Δόξα τῇ ἁγίᾳ ἀναστάσει σου, Κύριε.	Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Τῆς εὐσεβείας τὸ κήρυγμα τῶν ἐθνῶν, ὡς ὕδωρ ἐκάλυψε τὰς θαλάσσας Φιλάνθρωπε· ἀναστὰς ἐκ τάφου γάρ, τὸ τῆς Τριάδος ἀπεκάλυψας φέγγος.	The preaching of true religion has covered like water the seas of the nations, Lover of mankind; for by rising from the tomb you have uncovered the light of the Trinity. [Lash]
Ὑπεραγία Θεοτόκε, σῶσον ἡμᾶς.	Most-holy Theotokos, save us.
Θεοτοκίον.	Theotokion.

Δεδοξασμένα λελάληνται περὶ σοῦ, ἡ πόλις ἡ ἔμψυχος, τοῦ ἀεὶ βασιλεύοντος· διὰ σοῦ γὰρ Δέσποινα, τοῖς ἐπὶ γῆς Θεὸς συνανεστράφη.	Glorious things are spoken of you, living city of him who is king for ever; for through you, Sovereign Lady, God lived among those on earth. [Lash]

Ode 3: Menaion: Canon-2	Ode 3: Menaion: Canon-2
Τοῦ Μηναίου - - -	From Menaion - - -
Τῶν Προπατόρων.	For the Forefathers.
Ἦχος αʹ. Τῷ πρὸ τῶν αἰώνων.	Mode 1. N/M (To the Son, begotten.)
	Τῷ πρὸ τῶν αἰώνων.

Ἅγιοι τοῦ Θεοῦ, πρεσβεύσατε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.	Saints of God, intercede for us.
ᾌδεται ἐν κόσμῳ, τὸ τοῦ Σὴθ πρὸς τὸν Κτίστην διάπυρον· ἐν γὰρ ἀμέμπτῳ πολιτείᾳ, καὶ ψυχῆς διαθέσει, αὐτὸν ὄντως ἐθεράπευσε, καὶ νῦν ἐν χώρᾳ τῶν ζώντων βοᾷ, ἅγιος εἶ Κύριε.	Seth’s fervor for the Creator is sung throughout the world, ⁄ for he served Him truly with a blameless life and disposition of soul. ⁄ Now in the land of the living, he cries aloud: ⁄⁄ Holy are You, O Lord! [OCA]
Ἅγιοι τοῦ Θεοῦ, πρεσβεύσατε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.	Saints of God, intercede for us.

Στόματι καὶ γλώσσῃ, καὶ καρδίᾳ Ἐνὼς ὁ θαυμάσιος, ἐπικαλεῖσθαι θεοφρόνως, τὸν τῶν ὅλων Δεσπότην, Θεὸν ἤλπισεν ἐν πνεύματι, καὶ εὐαρέστως βιώσας ἐν γῇ, κλέος ἐπηνέγκατο.	With his whole mouth and tongue, and heart, ⁄ the wonderful Enoch hoped that in the Spirit and with a Godly mind ⁄ he might call upon God the Master of all. ⁄ He lived on earth in a well-pleasing manner, ⁄⁄ and has been given glory. [OCA]
Δόξα.	Glory.

Ἱερολογίαις, ἱεραῖς τὸν Ἐνὼχ μακαρίσωμεν· εὐαρεστήσας γὰρ Κυρίῳ, μετετέθη ἐν δόξῃ, ὀφθεὶς κρείττων καθὼς γέγραπται, θανάτου οἷα Θεοῦ πεφηνώς, δοῦλος γνησιώτατος.	Let us again bless Enoch with holy words of praise, ⁄ for since he was well-pleasing to the Lord, ⁄ he was translated in glory: ⁄ As it is written, he was seen to be too great for death, ⁄⁄ since he was manifested as a most true servant of God. [OCA]
Καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.	Both now. Theotokion.

Νῦν ἡ προσδοκία, τῶν Ἐθνῶν ἐκ Παρθένου προέρχεται, καὶ Βηθλεὲμ τὴν κεκλεισμένην, ὑπανοίγει προσφόρως, Ἐδὲμ Λόγον σωματούμενον, εἰσδεδεγμένη καὶ φάτνῃ σαρκί, ἐπανακλινόμενον.	Now the expectation of the nations comes forth from a Virgin, ⁄ and in a mystery, ⁄ Bethlehem fittingly opens Eden which had been closed, ⁄ for it receives the Word Who has taken a body, ⁄⁄ and has lain in a manger in the flesh! [OCA]

Ode 3: Katavasia	Ode 3: Katavasia
ᾨδὴ γʹ. Καταβασία. Ἦχος αʹ.	Ode iii. Katavasia. Mode 1.
c1012 - GTheodoridis/ c1011 - JVelon/ c1014 - KMarinakos/	c1211 - SDedes/ c1211 - SDedes/ c1211.a1 - SDedes/
Τῷ πρὸ τῶν αἰώνων, ἐκ Πατρὸς γεννηθέντι ἀῤῥεύστως Υἱῷ, καὶ ἐπʼ ἐσχάτων ἐκ Παρθένου, σαρκωθέντι ἀσπόρως, Χριστῷ τῷ Θεῷ βοήσωμεν· Ὁ ἀνυψώσας τὸ κέρας ἡμῶν, ἅγιος εἶ Κύριε.	To the Son, begotten * without flux, of the Father, before the ages, * and who was lately made incarnate * of the Virgin without seed; * to Christ God now let us cry aloud: * You have exalted the horn of our strength. Only You are holy, O Lord. [SD]

Ode 3: Short Litany	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 keep 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.	Commemorating our all-holy, pure, most blessed and glorious Lady, Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary, with all the Saints, let us entrust ourselves and one another and our whole life to Christ our God.
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 give glory, to the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Ἀμήν.	CHOIR: Amen.

Mid-Ode Kathisma or Hypakoe	Mid-Ode Kathisma or Hypakoe
Τοῦ Μηναίου - - -	From Menaion - - -
ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ	READER
Ὑπακοή. Ἦχος βʹ.	Hypakoe. Mode 2.
Εἰς δρόσον τοῖς Παισί, τὸ πῦρ μετεβάλλετο, ὁ θρῆνος εἰς χαράν, ταῖς Γυναιξὶν ἐνηλλάττετο· Ἄγγελος γάρ, ἐν ἀμφοτέροις διηκόνει τοῖς θαύμασι, τοῖς μέν, εἰς ἀνάπαυσιν μεταποιήσας τὴν κάμινον, ταῖς δέ, τὴν ἀνάστασιν καταμηνύσας τριήμερον, ὁ ἀρχηγὸς τῆς ζωῆς ἡμῶν, Κύριε δόξα σοι.	The flame was changed to dew for the youths, ⁄ and grief was chanced to joy for the women: ⁄ An angel was minister to both the wonders, ⁄ changing the furnace into a place of rest for the youths, ⁄ and revealing the resurrection on the third day to the women! ⁄⁄ Lord, the author of our life, glory to You! [OCA]

Secondary Kontakion	Secondary Kontakion
ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ	READER
Τῆς Ὀκτωήχου - - -	From Octoechos - - -
Κοντάκιον Ἀναστάσιμον.	Resurrectional Kontakion.
Ἐξανέστης σήμερον, ἀπὸ τοῦ τάφου Οἰκτίρμον, καὶ ἡμᾶς ἐξήγαγες, ἐκ τῶν πυλῶν τοῦ θανάτου· σήμερον Ἀδὰμ χορεύει, καὶ χαίρει Εὔα, ἅμα δέ, καὶ οἱ Προφῆται, σὺν Πατριάρχαις, ἀνυμνοῦσιν ἀκαταπαύστως, τὸ θεῖον κράτος τῆς ἐξουσίας σου.	You arose today, O Merciful One, and led us out from the gates of death. Adam dances today, and Eve rejoices. Prophets too, along with Patriarchs, praise without ceasing the divine might of your authority. [Lash]
Ὁ Οἶκος.	Oikos.
Ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ σήμερον χορευέτωσαν, καὶ Χριστὸν τὸν Θεὸν ὁμοφρόνως ὑμνείτωσαν, ὅτι τοὺς δεσμίους ἐκ τῶν τάφων ἀνέστησε. Συγχαίρει πᾶσα ἡ κτίσις, προσφέρουσα ἐπάξια ᾄσματα, τῷ πάντων Κτίστῃ καὶ Λυτρωτῇ ἡμῶν· ὅτι τοὺς βροτοὺς ἐξ ᾅδου σήμερον, ὡς ζωοδότης συνανελκύσας, πρὸς οὐρανοὺς συνανυψοῖ, καὶ καταῤῥάσσει τοῦ ἐχθροῦ τὰς ἐπάρσεις, καὶ πύλας τοῦ ᾅδου διαθλάττει, τῷ θείῳ κράτει τῆς ἐξουσίας αὐτοῦ.	Let heaven and earth dance today, and in harmony sing the praise of Christ our God, for he raised the prisoners from the tombs. All creation rejoices together as it offers fitting songs to the Creator of all things and our Redeemer. For today, as Giver of life, he drew mortals out of Hell and raises them together to heaven. He lays low the uprisings of the foe and smashes the gates of hell by the divine might of his authority. [Lash]

Ode 4: Octoechos: Canon-1	Ode 4: Octoechos: Canon-1
Τῆς Ὀκτωήχου - - -	From Octoechos - - -
ΧΟΡΟΣ	CHOIR
Κανὼν ὁ Ἀναστάσιμος.	Canon for the Resurrection.
ᾨδὴ δʹ. Ἦχος γʹ. Ὁ Εἱρμός.	Ode iv. Mode 3. Heirmos.
	Ἔθου πρὸς ἡμᾶς.
Ἔθου πρὸς ἡμᾶς, κραταιὰν ἀγάπησιν Κύριε, τὸν μονογενῆ γὰρ σοῦ Υἱόν, ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν εἰς θάνατον δέδωκας· διό σοι κραυγάζομεν εὐχαριστοῦντες· Δόξα τῇ δυνάμει σου Κύριε.	You displayed mighty love for us, O Lord; for you gave your Only-begotten Son to death for our sake. Therefore with thanksgiving we cry to you, 'Glory to your power, O Lord!' [Lash]
Τροπάρια.	Troparia.
Δόξα τῇ ἁγίᾳ ἀναστάσει σου, Κύριε.	Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Στίγματα Χριστέ, συμπαθῶς καὶ μώλωπας ἤνεγκας, ὕβριν ῥαπισμάτων καρτερῶν, καὶ μακροθύμως φέρων ἐμπτύσματα, διʼ ὧν κατειργάσω μοι τὴν σωτηρίαν. Δόξα τῇ δυνάμει σου Κύριε.	In your compassion, O Christ, you bore marks and stripes, bravely enduring the insult of blows and with long-suffering accepting spitting. Through these you wrought salvation for me. Glory to your power, O Lord! [Lash]
Δόξα τῇ ἁγίᾳ ἀναστάσει σου, Κύριε.	Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Σώματι θνητῷ, ἡ ζωὴ θανάτῳ ὡμίλησας, τῆς ταλαιπωρίας τῶν πτωχῶν, καὶ στεναγμοῦ πενήτων σου ἕνεκεν· καὶ φθείρας τὸν φθείραντα δεδοξασμένε, πάντας συνανέστησας, μόνε Φιλάνθρωπε.	In a mortal body, O Life, you were acquainted with death, for the sake of the wretchedness of your poor and the groans of your needy ones, and having destroyed the destroyer and been glorified you raised all with you, only Lover of mankind. [Lash]
Ὑπεραγία Θεοτόκε, σῶσον ἡμᾶς.	Most-holy Theotokos, save us.
Θεοτοκίον.	Theotokion.

Μνήσθητι Χριστέ, ἧς ἐκτήσω ποίμνης τῷ πάθει σου, τῆς δεδοξασμένης σου Μητρός, τὰς συμπαθεῖς ἐντεύξεις δεξάμενος, καὶ ἐπισκεψάμενος, κεκακωμένην ῥῦσαι, τῇ δυνάμει σου Κύριε.	Remember, O Christ, the flock which you have gained by your Passion. Accepting the compassionate entreaties of your glorious Mother and watching over it in its affliction, deliver it by your power, O Lord. [Lash]

Ode 4: Menaion: Canon-2	Ode 4: Menaion: Canon-2
Τοῦ Μηναίου - - -	From Menaion - - -
Τῶν Προπατόρων.	For the Forefathers.
Ἦχος αʹ. Ῥάβδος ἐκ τῆς ῥίζης.	Mode 1. N/M (A rod has come forth .)
	Ῥάβδος ἐκ τῆς ῥίζης.

Ἅγιοι τοῦ Θεοῦ, πρεσβεύσατε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.	Saints of God, intercede for us.
Αἶνον προσαγάγωμεν Θεῷ, τιμῶντες μελῳδήμασι, Νῶε τὸν ὄντως ὄντα δίκαιον· ἐν πάσαις γὰρ ἐντολαῖς, θείαις καλλυνόμενος, ὤφθη τῷ Χριστῷ εὐαρεστήσας, ᾧ μελῳδοῦμεν πιστῶς· Δόξα τῇ δυνάμει σου Κύριε.	Let us offer praise to God ⁄ as we venerate the truly righteous Noah. ⁄ He was made beautiful in all the divine commands, ⁄ and seen to be well-pleasing to Christ. ⁄ Let us sing to Him with faith: ⁄⁄ Glory to Your power, O Lord! [OCA]
Ἅγιοι τοῦ Θεοῦ, πρεσβεύσατε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.	Saints of God, intercede for us.

Ἰδών σου Θεὸς τὸ εὐγενές, τῆς γνώμης τὸ ἀκέραιον, καὶ κατὰ πάντα Νῶε τέλειον, δευτέρου κόσμου σαφῶς, ἀρχηγόν σε δείκνυσι, σώσαντα αὐτῷ παντὸς ἐκ γένους, κατακλυσμοῦ αἰσθητοῦ, σπέρμα, ὡς αὐτὸς διετάξατο.	Noah, as He saw your nobility, ⁄ the purity of your character and perfection in all things, ⁄ God manifested you openly as the founder of the second world. ⁄ You preserved for it the seed of every kind, as He Himself decreed, ⁄⁄ from the overwhelming flood. [OCA]
Δόξα.	Glory.

Νῶε τὸν φυλάξαντα Θεοῦ, τὸν νόμον ἀπαράτρωτον, καὶ εὑρεθέντα τότε δίκαιον, τῇ γενεᾷ ἑαυτοῦ, καὶ ξυλίνῃ σώσαντα, πάλαι Κιβωτῷ ἀλόγων γένη, προστάξει παντουργικῇ, ὕμνοις εὐσεβῶς μακαρίσωμεν.	Let us bless Noah with reverence and songs of praise, ⁄ for he kept inviolate the law of God. ⁄ He was found a righteous man in his generation in days of old, ⁄ and long ago by the command of Him Who does all things ⁄⁄ he preserved earth’s animals in a wooden Ark. [OCA]
Καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.	Both now. Theotokion.

Νῦν ἡ ἀπολύτρωσις ἡμῶν, ἐν φάτνῃ ἀνακλίνεται, καὶ σπαργανοῦται ὥσπερ νήπιον, καὶ Μάγοι ἀνατολῶν, Βασιλεῖς ἀφίκοντο, τοῦτον ὡς Θεὸν καὶ Βασιλέα, τεχθέντα ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, βλέψαι καὶ λατρεῦσαι σὺν δώροις πιστῶς.	Now our Redemption lies in a manger ⁄ and is swaddled as an infant; ⁄ and Magi, Kings of the east, ⁄ come to see Him Who as God and King has been born on earth, ⁄⁄ and they faithfully worship Him with their gifts. [OCA]

Ode 4: Katavasia	Ode 4: Katavasia
ᾨδὴ δʹ. Καταβασία. Ἦχος αʹ.	Ode iv. Katavasia. Mode 1.
c1012 - GTheodoridis/ c1011 - JVelon/ c1014 - KMarinakos/	c1211 - SDedes/ c1211 - SDedes/ c1211.a1 - SDedes/
Ῥάβδος ἐκ τῆς ῥίζης Ἰεσσαί, καὶ ἄνθος ἐξ αὐτῇς Χριστέ, ἐκ τῆς Παρθένου ἀνεβλάστησας, ἐξ ὄρους ὁ αἰνετός, κατασκίου δασέος, ἦλθες σαρκωθεὶς ἐξ ἀπειράνδρου, ὁ ἄϋλος καὶ Θεός. Δόξα τῇ δυνάμει σου Κύριε.	Jesse's root produced a branch, O Christ, * and You its flower blossomed forth, * from the Virgin who by Habakkuk prophetically once was called * overshadowed, dense mountain. * From her who knew not man You came incarnate, * the immaterial God. * Glory to Your power, O Lord. [SD]

Ode 5: Octoechos: Canon-1	Ode 5: Octoechos: Canon-1
Τῆς Ὀκτωήχου - - -	From Octoechos - - -
Κανὼν ὁ Ἀναστάσιμος.	Canon for the Resurrection.
	c1211 - SDedes/ c1211 - SDedes/
ᾨδὴ εʹ. Ἦχος γʹ. Ὁ Εἱρμός.	Ode v. Mode 3. Heirmos.
	Πρὸς σὲ ὀρθρίζω.
Πρός σε ὀρθρίζω, τὸν τοῦ παντὸς Δημιουργόν, τὴν ὑπερέχουσαν πάντα νοῦν εἰρήνην· διότι φῶς τὰ προστάγματά σου, ἐν οἷς με καθοδήγησον.	I rise to you at dawn, Creator of all, Peace which passes all understanding; for your commandments are light. O guide me by them. [Lash]
Τροπάρια.	Troparia.
Δόξα τῇ ἁγίᾳ ἀναστάσει σου, Κύριε.	Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Κριτῇ ἀδίκῳ, Ἑβραίων φθόνῳ προδοθεὶς ὁ Παντεπόπτης, καὶ ἅπασαν δικαίως, κρίνων τὴν γῆν, τὸν Ἀδὰμ τῆς πάλαι, ἐῤῥύσω κατακρίσεως.	Handed over by the envy of the Hebrews to an unjust judge, you, the All-seeing, who judge the whole earth with justice, delivered Adam from the ancient condemnation. [Lash]
Δόξα τῇ ἁγίᾳ ἀναστάσει σου, Κύριε.	Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Τὴν σὴν εἰρήνην, ταῖς Ἐκκλησίαις σου Χριστέ, τῇ ἀηττήτῳ δυνάμει τοῦ Σταυροῦ σου, ὁ ἐκ νεκρῶν ἀναστὰς παράσχου, καὶ σῶσον τὰς ψυχὰς ἡμῶν.	O Christ, who rose from the dead, grant peace to your Churches by the invincible power of your Cross and save our souls. [Lash]
Ὑπεραγία Θεοτόκε, σῶσον ἡμᾶς.	Most-holy Theotokos, save us.
Θεοτοκίον.	Theotokion.

Σκηνὴ ἁγία, καὶ Πλατυτέρα οὐρανῶν, ὡς τὸν ἐν πάσῃ ἀχώρητον τῇ κτίσει, Λόγον Θεοῦ δεξαμένη, μόνη ἐδείχθης Ἀειπάρθενος.	Holy Tabernacle, and wider then the Heavens, for you received the Word of God, whom all creation cannot contain, you alone have been revealed as ever virgin. [Lash]

Ode 5: Menaion: Canon-2	Ode 5: Menaion: Canon-2
Τοῦ Μηναίου - - -	From Menaion - - -
Τῶν Προπατόρων.	For the Forefathers.
Ἦχος αʹ. Θεὸς ὢν εἰρήνης.	Mode 1. N/M (O God of peace.)
	Θεὸς ὢν εἰρήνης.

Ἅγιοι τοῦ Θεοῦ, πρεσβεύσατε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.	Saints of God, intercede for us.
Ἐπαίνοις τιμάσθω, ἐνθέοις ὁ Σήμ, πατρικὴν εὐλογίαν καρπούμενος, καὶ ἔναντι εὐάρεστος, δεικνύμενος Θεοῦ, καὶ τοῖς τῶν Προπατόρων, χοροῖς κατειλεγμένος, καὶ ἐν χώρᾳ τῶν ζώντων, περιχαρῶς ἀναπαυόμενος.	Shem, you are honored with inspired praises, ⁄ for you reaped the fruits of your Father’s blessing. ⁄ You were revealed to be well-pleasing in the presence of God. ⁄ and were chosen for the choirs of the forefathers: ⁄⁄ You rest joyfully in the land of the living! [OCA]
Ἅγιοι τοῦ Θεοῦ, πρεσβεύσατε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.	Saints of God, intercede for us.

Ἰδεῖν ἠξιώθη, ὡς φίλος Θεοῦ, Ἀβραὰμ τὴν ἡμέραν τοῦ Κτίστου αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔμπλεως ἐγένετο, χαρᾶς Πνευματικῆς· τοῦτον οὖν διανοίας, εὐθύτητι τιμῶντες, μακαρίσωμεν πάντες, ὡς τοῦ Θεοῦ πιστὸν θεράποντα.	Abraham, as a friend of God, ⁄ was made worthy to see the day of his Lord ⁄ and was filled with the joy of the Spirit. ⁄ Let us all honor him with true understanding, ⁄⁄ blessing him as the faithful servant of God. [OCA]
Δόξα.	Glory.

Κατεῖδες ὡς θέμις, ἀνθρώπῳ ἰδεῖν, τὴν Τριάδα, καὶ ταύτην ἐξένισας, ὡς φίλος γνησιώτατος, παμμάκαρ Ἀβραάμ· ὅθεν μισθὸν κομίζῃ, τῆς ξένης ξεναγίας τὸ γενέσθαι ἀπείρων, Ἐθνῶν Πατὴρ διὰ τῆς πίστεως.	You beheld the Trinity in a manner fitting for the sight of mankind ⁄ when you received a guest as a most-faithful friend. ⁄ Therefore you gained the reward of the awesome hospitality ⁄ becoming the Father of countless gentiles ⁄⁄ through your faith, O Abraham! [OCA]
Καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.	Both now. Theotokion.

Ὁ Πλήρης κενοῦται, σαρκὶ διʼ ἡμᾶς, καὶ ἀρχὴν ὁ προάναρχος δέχεται, πτωχεύει δὲ ὁ πλούσιος, καὶ Λόγος ὢν Θεοῦ, ἐν φάτνῃ τῶν ἀλόγων, προσκλίνεται ὡς βρέφος, τὴν ἀνάπλασιν πάντων, τῶν ἀπʼ αἰῶνος ἐργαζόμενος.	He Who is full empties Himself for our sake through the flesh; ⁄ the unoriginate One accepts a beginning! ⁄ The rich one becomes poor; ⁄ The Word of God lies in a manger of dumb beasts! ⁄⁄ As an infant, He accomplishes the recreation of all from eternity! [OCA]

Ode 5: Katavasia	Ode 5: Katavasia
ᾨδὴ εʹ. Καταβασία. Ἦχος αʹ.	Ode v. Katavasia. Mode 1.
c1012 - GTheodoridis/ c1011 - JVelon/ c1014 - KMarinakos/	c1211 - SDedes/ c1211 - SDedes/ c1211.a1 - SDedes/
Θεὸς ὢν εἰρήνης, Πατὴρ οἰκτιρμῶν, τῆς μεγάλης Βουλῆς σου τὸν Ἄγγελον, εἰρήνην παρεχόμενον, ἀπέστειλας ἡμῖν· ὅθεν θεογνωσίας, πρὸς φῶς ὁδηγηθέντες, ἐκ νυκτὸς ὀρθρίζοντες, δοξολογοῦμέν σε Φιλάνθρωπε.	God of peace and Father of mercies, Your Son * You have sent unto us as Your messenger, * the Angel of great counsel who is granting peace to all. * Therefore having been guided to the light of godly knowledge, * waking from the night to dawn, we sing Your glory, O Lover of man. [SD]

Ode 6: Octoechos: Canon-1	Ode 6: Octoechos: Canon-1
Τῆς Ὀκτωήχου - - -	From Octoechos - - -
Κανὼν ὁ Ἀναστάσιμος.	Canon for the Resurrection.
	c1211 - SDedes/ c1211 - SDedes/
ᾨδὴ Ϛʹ. Ἦχος γʹ. Ὁ Εἱρμός.	Ode vi. Mode 3. Heirmos.
	Ἄβυσσος ἐσχάτη.
Ἄβυσσος ἐσχάτη ἁμαρτιῶν, ἐκύκλωσέ με, καὶ ἐκλείπει τὸ πνεῦμά μου, ἀλλʼ ἐκτείνας Δέσποτα, σὸν ὑψηλὸν βραχίονα, ὡς τὸν Πέτρον με, κυβερνῆτα διάσωσον.	The final abyss of sins has surrounded me and my spirit fails; but, Master, stretch out your upraised arm and like Peter save me, O my Pilot. [Lash]
Τροπάρια.	Troparia.
Δόξα τῇ ἁγίᾳ ἀναστάσει σου, Κύριε.	Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Ἄβυσσος ἐλέους καὶ οἰκτιρμῶν, ἐκύκλωσέ με, τῇ εὐσπλάγχνῳ καθόδῳ σου· σαρκωθεὶς γὰρ Δέσποτα, καὶ γεγονὼς ἐν δούλου μορφῇ, ἐθεούργησας, καὶ σεαυτῷ συνεδόξασας.	An abyss of mercy and pity has surrounded me by your compassionate descent; for becoming incarnate and being in the form of a servant, Master, you have made me divine and glorified me together with yourself. [Lash]
Δόξα τῇ ἁγίᾳ ἀναστάσει σου, Κύριε.	Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Νέκρωσιν ὑπέστη ὁ νεκρωτής, τὸν νεκρωθέντα ζωωθέντα θεώμενος· τῆς σῆς ἀναστάσεως, ταῦτα Χριστὲ τὰ σύμβολα, καὶ τοῦ πάθους σου, τοῦ ἀχράντου τὰ ἔπαθλα.	The death-dealer underwent death when he saw the one who had been put to death restored to life. These are the tokens of your Resurrection, O Christ, and the rewards of your immaculate Passion. [Lash]
Ὑπεραγία Θεοτόκε, σῶσον ἡμᾶς.	Most-holy Theotokos, save us.
Θεοτοκίον.	Theotokion.

Πάναγνε ἡ μόνη τῷ Πλαστουργῷ, καὶ τοῖς ἀνθρώποις, ὑπὲρ νοῦν μεσιτεύσασα, τὸν Υἱόν σου ἵλεων, τοῖς ἐπταικόσι δούλοις σου, καὶ ὑπέρμαχον, χρηματίσαι δυσώπησον.	O All-pure, the only mediatrix beyond understanding between the Fashioner and humankind, beseech your merciful Son on behalf of your stumbling servants and be our champion. [Lash]

Ode 6: Menaion: Canon-2	Ode 6: Menaion: Canon-2
Τοῦ Μηναίου - - -	From Menaion - - -
Τῶν Προπατόρων.	For the Forefathers.
Ἦχος αʹ. Σπλάγχνων Ἰωνᾶν.	Mode 1. N/M (Jonah long ago.)
	Σπλάγχνων Ἰωνᾶν.

Ἅγιοι τοῦ Θεοῦ, πρεσβεύσατε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.	Saints of God, intercede for us.
Τύπωσις Χριστοῦ, τοῦ πάθους γεγένησαι, σαφῶς Ἰσαὰκ μακαριώτατε, ἀναγόμενος, πατρικῇ εὐπειθείᾳ τοῦ θύεσθαι· διὰ τοῦτο μεμακάρισαι, καὶ φίλος Θεοῦ, ὤφθης ὄντως γνησιώτατος, μετὰ πάντων Δικαίων σκηνούμενος.	You clearly became a figure of Christ’s Passion, ⁄ most blessed Isaac, ⁄ as you were raised up to be sacrificed ⁄ through your Father’s ready obedience. ⁄ Therefore you are blessed, and revealed as a true friend of God, ⁄⁄ and you dwell with all the righteous. [OCA]
Ἅγιοι τοῦ Θεοῦ, πρεσβεύσατε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.	Saints of God, intercede for us.

Ὤφθη Ἰακώβ, θεράπων πιστότατος, τοῦ πάντων Θεοῦ· ὅθεν ἐπάλαισε, μετʼ Ἀγγέλου νοῦς, καθορῶν τὸν Θεὸν μετωνόμασται· καὶ καθεύδων θείαν κλίμακα τεθέαται, ᾕπερ Θεὸς ἐπεστήρικτο, ὁ σαρκὶ προσπλακεὶς ἀγαθότητι.	Jacob was seen to be a most faithful servant of the God of all: ⁄ He wrestled with an angel; ⁄ his name was changed as he beheld God with his mind, ⁄ and as he slept, he beheld the divine ladder upon which our God came down ⁄⁄ Who in His goodness was united with the flesh. [OCA]
Δόξα.	Glory.

Στέργων Ἰωσήφ, πατρὸς τὴν εὐπείθειαν, ἐν λάκκῳ βληθείς, προσαπεμπόληται, εἰς προτύπωσιν, τοῦ τυθέντος ἐν λάκκῳ βληθέντος Χριστοῦ, σιτοδότης τε Αἰγύπτου ἐχρημάτισε, σώφρων γεγονὼς καὶ δίκαιος, Βασιλεύς τε παθῶν ἀληθέστατος.	Joseph as a lover of obedience to his Father, ⁄ was cast into a pit and sold. ⁄ Thus he prefigured Christ Who was sacrificed and went down into the pit. ⁄ He was appointed to feed Egypt with corn, ⁄⁄ for in chastity and righteousness he truly ruled over the passions. [OCA]
Καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.	Both now. Theotokion.

Νέον ἐπὶ γῆς, παιδίον γνωρίζεται, ὁ ὢν σὺν Πατρὶ ἀεὶ καὶ Πνεύματι, σπαργανοῦται δέ, ὁ τὴν γῆν σπαργανώσας ὁμίχλῃ σαφῶς, καὶ ἐν φάτνῃ τῶν ἀλόγων ἀνακέκλιται· τούτου νῦν προεορτάσωμεν, γεγηθότες τὴν ἄσπορον γέννησιν.	The Existing One, eternally with the Father and the Spirit, ⁄ is known as a little child on earth. ⁄ He Who was revealed clothing the earth with clouds ⁄ is wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in a manger of dumb beasts. ⁄ Now let us rejoice in the prefeast ⁄⁄ as we celebrate His seedless Nativity! [OCA]

Ode 6: Katavasia	Ode 6: Katavasia
ᾨδὴ Ϛʹ. Καταβασία. Ἦχος αʹ.	Ode vi. Katavasia. Mode 1.
c1012 - GTheodoridis/ c1011 - JVelon/ c1014 - KMarinakos/	c1211 - SDedes/ c1211 - SDedes/ c1211.a1 - SDedes/
Σπλάγχνων Ἰωνᾶν, ἔμβρυον ἀπήμεσεν, ἐνάλιος θήρ, οἷον ἐδέξατο· τῇ Παρθένῳ δέ, ἐνοικήσας ὁ Λόγος καὶ σάρκα λαβών, διελήλυθε, φυλάξας ἀδιάφθορον· ἧς γάρ, οὐχ ὑπέστη ῥεύσεως, τὴν τεκοῦσαν κατέσχεν ἀπήμαντον.	Such as it received * Jonah as an embryo, the sea beast disgorged him from its bowels intact. * With the Virgin, though, when the Logos had dwelt in her taking on flesh, * He came forth from her preserving her yet incorrupt. * For from her no fluxion suffered He, * and He kept her unaltered in childbirth. [SD]

Ode 6: Short Litany	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 keep 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.	Commemorating our all-holy, pure, most blessed and glorious Lady, Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary, with all the Saints, let us entrust ourselves and one another and our whole life to Christ our God.
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 Saviour of our souls, and to you we give glory, to the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Ἀμήν.	CHOIR: Amen.

Principal Kontakion and Synaxarion	Principal Kontakion and Synaxarion
ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ	READER
Κοντάκιον. Τῶν Προπατόρων.	Kontakion. For the Forefathers.
Τοῦ Μηναίου - - -	From Menaion - - -
Ἦχος βʹ. Αὐτόμελον.	Mode 2. (not metered)
Χειρόγραφον εἰκόνα μὴ σεβασθέντες, ἀλλʼ ἀγράφῳ οὐσίᾳ θωρακισθέντες τρισμακάριοι, ἐν τῷ σκάμματι τοῦ πυρὸς ἐδοξάσθητε, ἐν μέσῳ δὲ φλογὸς ἀνυποστάτου ἱστάμενοι, Θεὸν ἐπεκαλεῖσθε· Τάχυνον ὁ Οἰκτίρμων, καὶ σπεῦσον ὡς ἐλεήμων, εἰς τὴν βοήθειαν ἡμῶν, ὅτι δύνασαι βουλόμενος.	Because you did not honour an image formed by human hand, but were armed with the breastplate of uncreated being, you were glorified, thrice-blest Youths in the arena of the fire; but standing in the midst of the immaterial flame you called on God: Come swiftly in your pity, hasten in your mercy to come to our aid, for you can accomplish whatever you will. [Lash]
Ὁ Οἶκος.	Oikos.
Ἔκτεινόν σου τὴν χεῖρα, ἧς πάλαι ἔλαβον πεῖραν Αἰγύπτιοι πολεμοῦντες, καὶ Ἑβραῖοι πολεμούμενοι· μὴ καταλίπῃς ἡμᾶς, καὶ καταπίῃ ἡμᾶς ὁ θάνατος, ὁ διψῶν ἡμᾶς, καὶ Σατᾶν ὁ μισῶν ἡμᾶς· ἀλλʼ ἔγγισον ἡμῖν, καὶ φεῖσαι τῶν ψυχῶν ἡμῶν, ὡς ἐφείσω ποτὲ τῶν Παίδων σου τῶν ἐν Βαβυλῶνι, ἀπαύστως ἀνυμνούντων σε καὶ βληθέντων ὑπὲρ σοῦ εἰς τὴν κάμινον, καὶ ἐκ ταύτης κραυγαζόντων σοι. Τάχυνον ὁ οἰκτίρμων, καὶ σπεῦσον ὡς ἐλεήμων εἰς τὴν βοήθειαν ἡμῶν, ὅτι δύνασαι βουλόμενος.	Extend Your hand, which of old the Egyptians, making battle, and the Hebrews, then embattled, had experienced. Do not forsake us, that Death, who thirsts after us, and Satan, who hates us, may drink us down. But be near us and spare our souls, as You once spared Your lads in Babylon as they ceaselessly sang Your praises, and were for You thrown into the furnace, and from thence called to You, “Make haste, O Compassionate one, and hurry as the Merciful one, unto our aid, for You can do what You will.” [SD]
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Ὁ λαὸς ἵσταται διὰ τὴν ἀνάγνωσιν τοῦ Συναξαρίου.	Stand for the reading of the Synaxarion.
Συναξάριον	Synaxarion
Τοῦ Μηναίου.	From the Menaion.
Τῇ ΙΓʹ τοῦ αὐτοῦ μηνὸς ἄθλησις τῶν ἁγίων καὶ ἐνδόξων τοῦ Χριστοῦ Μαρτύρων Εὐστρατίου, Αὐξεντίου, Εὐγενίου, Μαρδαρίου, καὶ Ὀρέστου.	On December 13, we commemorate the contest of Christ’s holy martyrs, Eustratius, Auxentius, Eugene, Mardarius, and Orestes.
Τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ μνήμη τῆς ἁγίας Μάρτυρος Λουκίας τῆς Παρθένου.	On this day we also commemorate the holy martyr Lucia the virgin.
Τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ μνήμη τοῦ ὁσίου Πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ἀρσενίου τοῦ ἐν τῷ Λάτρῳ.	On this day we also commemorate our devout father Arsenios of Latro.
Μνήμη τοῦ ἁγίου νέου Ἱερομάτυρος Γαβριήλ, Ἀρχιεπισκόπου Σερβίας, τοῦ ἐν Προύσῃ μαρτυρήσαντος κατὰ τὸ ἔτος ͵αχνθʹ (1659).	We also commemorate the holy new hieromartyr Gabriel, Archbishop of Serbia, who witnessed in Prousa in the year 1659.
Τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ Κυριακὴ τῶν ἁγίων Προπατόρων.	Today is also the Sunday of the holy Forefathers.
Ταῖς τῶν σῶν Ἁγίων πρεσβείαις, ὁ Θεός, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς. Ἀμήν.	By the intercessions of Your saints, O God, have mercy on us. Amen.
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Ode 7: Octoechos: Canon-1	Ode 7: Octoechos: Canon-1
Τῆς Ὀκτωήχου - - -	From Octoechos - - -
ΧΟΡΟΣ	CHOIR
Κανὼν ὁ Ἀναστάσιμος.	Canon for the Resurrection.
	c1211 - SDedes/ c1211 - SDedes/
ᾨδὴ ζʹ. Ἦχος γʹ. Ὁ Εἱρμός.	Ode vii. Mode 3. Heirmos.
	Ὡς πάλαι τοὺς εὐσεβεῖς.
Ὡς πάλαι τοὺς εὐσεβεῖς, τρεῖς παῖδας ἐδρόσισας, ἐν τῇ φλογὶ τῇ χαλδαϊκῇ, τῷ φωτιστικῷ τῆς θεότητος πυρί, καὶ ἡμᾶς καταύγασον, εὐλογητὸς εἶ κράζοντας, ὁ Θεὸς ὁ τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν.	As of old you refreshed with dew the three godly Youths in the Chaldean flame, so shine with the enlightening fire of your Godhead upon us who cry, 'Blessed are you, the God of our fathers!' [Lash]
Τροπάρια.	Troparia.
Δόξα τῇ ἁγίᾳ ἀναστάσει σου, Κύριε.	Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Ἐῤῥάγη τὸ τοῦ ναοῦ, φαιδρὸν καταπέτασμα, ἐν τῷ Σταυρῷ τοῦ Δημιουργοῦ, τὴν ἐγκεκρυμμένην τῷ γράμματι δηλοῦν, τοῖς πιστοῖς ἀλήθειαν, εὐλογητὸς εἶ κράζουσιν, ὁ Θεὸς ὁ τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν.	The shining veil of the Temple was rent by the Cross of the Creator, revealing the truth hidden in the letter to the faithful who cry, 'Blessed are you, the God of our fathers!' [Lash]
Δόξα τῇ ἁγίᾳ ἀναστάσει σου, Κύριε.	Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Νυγείσης σου τῆς πλευρᾶς, ῥανίδες θεόῤῥυτοι, ζωοποιοῦ αἵματος Χριστέ, οἰκονομικῶς ἀποστάζουσαι εἰς γῆν, τοὺς ἐκ γῆς ἀνέπλασαν, εὐλογητὸς εἶ κράζοντας, ὁ Θεὸς ὁ τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν.	When your side was pierced, O Christ, drops of your life-bearing blood, flowing from God by divine dispensation, fell upon the earth and refashioned those who cry, 'Blessed are you, the God of our fathers!' [Lash]
Ἁγία Τριάς, ὁ Θεός, ἐλέησον καὶ σῶσον ἡμᾶς.	Holy Trinity, our God, have mercy on us and save us.
Τριαδικόν.	For the Trinity.

Τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἀγαθόν, Πατρὶ συνδοξάσωμεν, καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ τῷ μονογενεῖ, μίαν ἐν τρισὶ πιστοὶ σέβοντες ἀρχήν, καὶ μίαν θεότητα, εὐλογητὸς εἶ κράζοντες, ὁ Θεὸς ὁ τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν.	Let us believers glorify the good Spirit with the Father and the only-begotten Son, as we honour one Principle and one Godhead in three Persons as we cry, 'Blessed are you, the God of our fathers!' [Lash]

Ode 7: Menaion: Canon-2	Ode 7: Menaion: Canon-2
Τοῦ Μηναίου - - -	From Menaion - - -
Τῶν Προπατόρων.	For the Forefathers.
Ἦχος αʹ. Οἱ Παῖδες εὐσεβείᾳ.	Mode 1. N/M (Brought up together.)
	Οἱ Παῖδες εὐσεβείᾳ.

Ἅγιοι τοῦ Θεοῦ, πρεσβεύσατε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.	Saints of God, intercede for us.
Ὑμνείσθω Ἀνανίας, Ἀζαρίας, Μισαὴλ σὺν τῷ Δανιήλ, κάμινον σβέσαντες πυρός, καὶ λεόντων χαλινώσαντες, τὰς ὁρμὰς καὶ τῷ Χριστῷ, συμφώνως ψάλλοντες· ὁ τῶν Πατέρων, Θεὸς εὐλογητὸς εἶ.	Ananiah, Azariah, and Mishael, ⁄ you are praised together with Daniel, ⁄ for you quenched the fiery furnace and tamed the ragings of lions, ⁄ singing in harmony to Christ: ⁄⁄ Blessed are You, O God of our fathers! [OCA]
Ἅγιοι τοῦ Θεοῦ, πρεσβεύσατε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.	Saints of God, intercede for us.

Νομίμως ἐναθλήσας, πειρασμοῖς καὶ ἀνενδότοις θλίψεσι, θεράπων κέκληται Ἰώβ, τοῦ Θεοῦ παναληθέστατος, πρᾶος, ἄκακος, εὐθύς, τέλειος, ἄμεμπτος, ἀναβοῶν· ὁ Θεός εὐλογητὸς εἶ.	Job, you struggled righteously in temptations, ⁄ and in unceasing afflictions ⁄ you were called a wholly faithful servant of God. ⁄ You were gentle, meek, perfect, upright and blameless, ⁄⁄ crying: Blessed are You, O God of our fathers! [OCA]
Δόξα.	Glory.

Ἐν πίστει Μωϋσέα, Ἀαρών τε καὶ τὸν Ὢρ τιμήσωμεν, ἀνευφημοῦντες, Ἰησοῦν, καὶ Λευῒ τὸν ἱερώτατον, Γεδεών τε καὶ Σαμψών, καὶ ἀνακράζοντες· ὁ τῶν Πατέρων, Θεὸς εὐλογητὸς εἶ.	Let us honor Moses and Aaron in faith, ⁄ let us praise Joshua and the most holy Levi ⁄ together with Gideon and Sampson, ⁄⁄ crying: Blessed are You, O God of our fathers! [OCA]
Καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.	Both now. Theotokion.

Ἰδοὺ καθὼς προεῖπεν ὁ Προφήτης, ἐν γαστρὶ συνέλαβεν, ἡ ἀπειρόγαμος, Θεὸν καὶ τεκεῖν σαφῶς ἐπείγεται, ἐν Σπηλαίῳ Βηθλεέμ, ᾧ πάντες ψάλλομεν· ὁ τῶν Πατέρων, Θεὸς εὐλογητὸς εἶ.	Behold, as the prophet foretold, ⁄ the unwedded one conceived God in her womb! ⁄ She hastens to give birth to Him in a cave in Bethlehem. ⁄ We all sing to Him: ⁄⁄ Blessed are You, O God of our fathers! [OCA]

Ode 7: Katavasia	Ode 7: Katavasia
ᾨδὴ ζʹ. Καταβασία. Ἦχος αʹ.	Ode vii. Katavasia. Mode 1.
c1012 - GTheodoridis/ c1011 - JVelon/ c1014 - KMarinakos/	c1211 - SDedes/ c1211 - SDedes/ c1211.a1 - SDedes/
Οἱ Παῖδες εὐσεβείᾳ συντραφέντες, δυσσεβοῦς προστάγματος καταφρονήσαντες, πυρὸς ἀπειλὴν οὐκ ἐπτοήθησαν, ἀλλʼ ἐν μέσῳ τῆς φλογὸς ἑστῶτες ἔψαλλον· Ὁ τῶν Πατέρων Θεὸς εὐλογητὸς εἶ.	The Youths brought up together in piety, despising the impious decree, did not fear the threat of the fire, but standing in the middle of the flames they sang, 'God of our fathers, blessed are you!' [Lash]

Ode 8: Octoechos: Canon-1	Ode 8: Octoechos: Canon-1
Τῆς Ὀκτωήχου - - -	From Octoechos - - -
Κανὼν ὁ Ἀναστάσιμος.	Canon for the Resurrection.
	c1211 - SDedes/ c1211 - SDedes/
ᾨδὴ ηʹ. Ἦχος γʹ. Ὁ Εἱρμός.	Ode viii. Mode 3. Heirmos.
	Ἀστέκτῳ πυρί.
Ἀστέκτῳ πυρὶ ἑνωθέντες, οἱ θεοσεβείας προεστῶτες Νεανίαι, τῇ φλογὶ δὲ μὴ λωβηθέντες, θεῖον ὕμνον ἔμελπον· Εὐλογεῖτε πάντα τὰ ἔργα τὸν Κύριον, καὶ ὑπερυψοῦτε, εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἰῶνας.	Unharmed were the young men, who were champions * of belief in God, when they were thrown into the furnace * and they faced unbearable fire; and they sang a hymn to God: * “All you works of the Lord, bless 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.

Ἐῤῥάγη ναοῦ ἡ φαιδρότης, ὅτε ὁ Σταυρός σου ἐπάγη ἐν Κρανίῳ, καὶ ἡ κτίσις συνεκλονεῖτο, φόβῳ ἀναμέλπουσα· Εὐλογεῖτε πάντα τὰ ἔργα τὸν Κύριον, καὶ ὑπερυψοῦτε εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἰῶνας.	The radiance of the Temple was shattered when your Cross was fixed on Calvary, and all creation was shaken as it sang in fear, 'All you works of the Lord bless the Lord, and highly exalt him to all the ages.' [Lash]
Δόξα τῇ ἁγίᾳ ἀναστάσει σου, Κύριε.	Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Ἀνέστης Χριστὲ ἐκ τοῦ τάφου, καὶ τὸν πεπτωκότα τῇ ἀπάτῃ, διὰ ξύλου ἀνωρθώσω θείᾳ δυνάμει, κράζοντα καὶ λέγοντα· Εὐλογεῖτε πάντα τὰ ἔργα τὸν Κύριον, καὶ ὑπερυψοῦτε εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἰῶνας.	You rose from the tomb, O Christ, and by your divine power set upright the one who had fallen by deceit through a tree as he cried and said, 'All you works of the Lord bless the Lord, and highly exalt him to all the ages.' [Lash]
Ὑπεραγία Θεοτόκε, σῶσον ἡμᾶς.	Most-holy Theotokos, save us.
Θεοτοκίον.	Theotokion.

Ναὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ ἀνεδείχθης, ἔμψυχον χωρίον κιβωτός τε· τὸν ποιητήν, τοῖς βροτοῖς γὰρ Θεογεννῆτορ, ἄχραντε κατήλλαξας, καὶ ἀξίως πάντα τὰ ἔργα ὑμνοῦμέν σε, καὶ ὑπερυψοῦμεν εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἰῶνας.	You have been declared Temple of God, spiritual place and Ark; for you reconciled the Creator to mortals, most pure Mother of God, and fittingly all we his works praise you and highly exalt you to all the ages. [Lash]

Ode 8: Menaion: Canon-2	Ode 8: Menaion: Canon-2
Τοῦ Μηναίου - - -	From Menaion - - -
Τῶν Προπατόρων.	For the Forefathers.
Ἦχος αʹ. Θαύματος ὑπερφυοῦς.	Mode 1. N/M (Babylon’s bedewing furnace.)
	Θαύματος ὑπερφυοῦς.

Ἅγιοι τοῦ Θεοῦ, πρεσβεύσατε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.	Saints of God, intercede for us.
Σήμερον τῶν ἀπʼ αἰῶνος θείαν μνήμην, ἐκτελέσωμεν θείων Πατέρων, τοῦ Ἀδὰμ τοῦ Ἄβελ τε, Σὴθ καὶ Νῶε καὶ τοῦ Ἐνώς, καὶ Ἐνὼχ καὶ Ἀβραάμ, Μελχισεδὲκ καὶ Ἰώβ, καὶ τοῦ Ἰσαὰκ σὺν τῷ πιστῷ Ἰακώβ· Εὐλογείτω ἡ κτίσις βοῶντες τὸν Κύριον, καὶ ὑπερυψούτω, εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἰῶνας.	Today let us celebrate the divine memory ⁄ of the divine fathers of ancient days: ⁄ Adam and Abel, Seth, Noah and Enos, ⁄ Enoch, Abraham, Melchizedek and Job, ⁄ with Isaac and the faithful Jacob. ⁄ Let creation cry out and bless the Lord, ⁄⁄ and exalt Him throughout all ages! [OCA]
Ἅγιοι τοῦ Θεοῦ, πρεσβεύσατε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.	Saints of God, intercede for us.

Φάλαγγα θεοτερπῆ θείων Πατέρων, εὐφημήσωμεν Βαρὰκ καὶ Νάθαν, καὶ τὸν Ἐλεάζαρον, Ἰωσίαν καὶ τὸν Δαυΐδ, Ἰεφθάε Σαμουήλ τε τὸν τὰ ἔμπροσθεν ὁρῶντα, σεπτῶς καὶ ἀνακράζοντα· Εὐλογείτω ἡ κτίσις πᾶσα τὸν Κύριον, καὶ ὑπερυψούτω, εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἰῶνας	Let us praise the ranks of divine fathers who were pleasing to God: ⁄ Barak, Nathan and Eleazar, ⁄ Josiah, David, Jephthah and Samuel ⁄ who in reverence beheld the things to come and raised the cry: ⁄ Let all creation bless the Lord ⁄⁄ and exalt Him throughout all ages! [OCA]
Δόξα.	Glory.

Ἔπαινον μελῳδικῶς Θεοῦ Προφήταις, προσαγάγωμεν ἀνευφημοῦντες, Ὠσηέ, Μιχαίαν τε, Σοφονίαν καὶ Ἀββακούμ, Ζαχαρίαν, Ἰωνᾶν, Ἀγγαῖόν τε καὶ Ἀμμώς, καὶ τὸν Ἀβδιοὺ καὶ Μαλαχίαν, Ναούμ, Ἠσαΐαν καὶ Ἱερεμίαν καὶ Ἰεζεκιήλ, ἅμα Δανιήλ, Ἠλιοὺ καὶ Ἐλισσαῖον.	Let us offer songs of praise to the prophets of God: ⁄ we praise Hosea and Micah, ⁄ Zephaniah and Habbakkuk, ⁄ Zachariah, Jonah, Haggai and Amos, ⁄ Obadiah and Malachai, ⁄ Nahum, Isaiah and Jeremiah, ⁄⁄ and Ezekiel, with Daniel, Elijah and Elisha! [OCA]
Καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.	Both now. Theotokion.

Ὤφθης ἐκ Παρθενικῶν Χριστὲ αἱμάτων, σωματούμενος ἀῤῥήτῳ λόγῳ, καὶ ὡς βρέφος τέλειον, ἐν Σπηλαίῳ ὑπερβολῇ, εὐσπλαγχνίας Ἰησοῦ ἀποτικτόμενος· ἀστὴρ δέ σε πόῤῥωθεν ἐμήνυσεν, ἀστρολόγοις· Ὑμνεῖτε πίστει κραυγάζουσι, καὶ ὑπερυψοῦτε, Χριστὸν εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.	You were seen taking flesh from the blood of a Virgin ⁄ by an ineffable word, O Christ. ⁄ You were born as a perfect babe in a cave, ⁄ through the greatness of compassion. ⁄ A star revealed You to the magi from afar, who cry in faith: ⁄⁄ Praise and greatly exalt Christ throughout all ages! [OCA]

Ode 8: Katavasia	Ode 8: Katavasia
ᾨδὴ ηʹ. Καταβασία. Ἦχος αʹ.	Ode viii. Katavasia. Mode 1.
c1012 - GTheodoridis/ c1011 - JVelon/ c1014 - KMarinakos/	c1211 - SDedes/ c1211 - SDedes/ c1211.a1 - SDedes/
Αἰνοῦμεν, εὐλογοῦμεν καὶ προσκυνοῦμεν τὸν Κύριον.	We praise and we bless and we worship the Lord.
Θαύματος ὑπερφυοῦς ἡ δροσοβόλος, ἐξεικόνισε κάμινος τύπον· οὐ γὰρ οὓς ἐδέξατο φλέγει νέους, ὡς οὐδὲ πῦρ τῆς Θεότητος, Παρθένου ἢν ὑπέδυ νηδύν· διὸ ἀνυμνοῦντες ἀναμέλψωμεν· Εὐλογείτω ἡ κτίσις πᾶσα τὸν Κύριον, καὶ ὑπερυψούτω, εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἰῶνας.	Babylon's bedewing furnace bore the image * of an extraordinary wonder. * For it did not burn the youths it accepted, * nor did the fire of Divinity consume the Virgin's womb wherein it went. * So let us melodiously chant in praise: * Let all creation bless and extol the Lord, * and let it exalt Him supremely to the ages. [SD]

Kontakia and Synaxarion	Kontakia and Synaxarion
ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ	READER
Τῆς Ὀκτωήχου - - -	From Octoechos - - -
Κοντάκιον Ἀναστάσιμον.	Resurrectional Kontakion.
Ἐξανέστης σήμερον, ἀπὸ τοῦ τάφου Οἰκτίρμον, καὶ ἡμᾶς ἐξήγαγες, ἐκ τῶν πυλῶν τοῦ θανάτου· σήμερον Ἀδὰμ χορεύει, καὶ χαίρει Εὔα, ἅμα δέ, καὶ οἱ Προφῆται, σὺν Πατριάρχαις, ἀνυμνοῦσιν ἀκαταπαύστως, τὸ θεῖον κράτος τῆς ἐξουσίας σου.	You arose today, O Merciful One, and led us out from the gates of death. Adam dances today, and Eve rejoices. Prophets too, along with Patriarchs, praise without ceasing the divine might of your authority. [Lash]
Ὁ Οἶκος.	Oikos.
Ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ σήμερον χορευέτωσαν, καὶ Χριστὸν τὸν Θεὸν ὁμοφρόνως ὑμνείτωσαν, ὅτι τοὺς δεσμίους ἐκ τῶν τάφων ἀνέστησε. Συγχαίρει πᾶσα ἡ κτίσις, προσφέρουσα ἐπάξια ᾄσματα, τῷ πάντων Κτίστῃ καὶ Λυτρωτῇ ἡμῶν· ὅτι τοὺς βροτοὺς ἐξ ᾅδου σήμερον, ὡς ζωοδότης συνανελκύσας, πρὸς οὐρανοὺς συνανυψοῖ, καὶ καταῤῥάσσει τοῦ ἐχθροῦ τὰς ἐπάρσεις, καὶ πύλας τοῦ ᾅδου διαθλάττει, τῷ θείῳ κράτει τῆς ἐξουσίας αὐτοῦ.	Let heaven and earth dance today, and in harmony sing the praise of Christ our God, for he raised the prisoners from the tombs. All creation rejoices together as it offers fitting songs to the Creator of all things and our Redeemer. For today, as Giver of life, he drew mortals out of Hell and raises them together to heaven. He lays low the uprisings of the foe and smashes the gates of hell by the divine might of his authority. [Lash]
Τοῦ Μηναίου - - -	From Menaion - - -
Κοντάκιον. Τῶν Προπατόρων.	Kontakion. For the Forefathers.
Χειρόγραφον εἰκόνα μὴ σεβασθέντες, ἀλλʼ ἀγράφῳ οὐσίᾳ θωρακισθέντες τρισμακάριοι, ἐν τῷ σκάμματι τοῦ πυρὸς ἐδοξάσθητε, ἐν μέσῳ δὲ φλογὸς ἀνυποστάτου ἱστάμενοι, Θεὸν ἐπεκαλεῖσθε· Τάχυνον ὁ Οἰκτίρμων, καὶ σπεῦσον ὡς ἐλεήμων, εἰς τὴν βοήθειαν ἡμῶν, ὅτι δύνασαι βουλόμενος.	Because you did not honour an image formed by human hand, but were armed with the breastplate of uncreated being, you were glorified, thrice-blest Youths in the arena of the fire; but standing in the midst of the immaterial flame you called on God: Come swiftly in your pity, hasten in your mercy to come to our aid, for you can accomplish whatever you will. [Lash]
Ὁ Οἶκος.	Oikos.
Ἔκτεινόν σου τὴν χεῖρα, ἧς πάλαι ἔλαβον πεῖραν Αἰγύπτιοι πολεμοῦντες, καὶ Ἑβραῖοι πολεμούμενοι· μὴ καταλίπῃς ἡμᾶς, καὶ καταπίῃ ἡμᾶς ὁ θάνατος, ὁ διψῶν ἡμᾶς, καὶ Σατᾶν ὁ μισῶν ἡμᾶς· ἀλλʼ ἔγγισον ἡμῖν, καὶ φεῖσαι τῶν ψυχῶν ἡμῶν, ὡς ἐφείσω ποτὲ τῶν Παίδων σου τῶν ἐν Βαβυλῶνι, ἀπαύστως ἀνυμνούντων σε καὶ βληθέντων ὑπὲρ σοῦ εἰς τὴν κάμινον, καὶ ἐκ ταύτης κραυγαζόντων σοι. Τάχυνον ὁ οἰκτίρμων, καὶ σπεῦσον ὡς ἐλεήμων εἰς τὴν βοήθειαν ἡμῶν, ὅτι δύνασαι βουλόμενος.	Extend Your hand, which of old the Egyptians, making battle, and the Hebrews, then embattled, had experienced. Do not forsake us, that Death, who thirsts after us, and Satan, who hates us, may drink us down. But be near us and spare our souls, as You once spared Your lads in Babylon as they ceaselessly sang Your praises, and were for You thrown into the furnace, and from thence called to You, “Make haste, O Compassionate one, and hurry as the Merciful one, unto our aid, for You can do what You will.” [SD]
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Ὁ λαὸς ἵσταται διὰ τὴν ἀνάγνωσιν τοῦ Συναξαρίου.	Stand for the reading of the Synaxarion.
Συναξάριον	Synaxarion
Τοῦ Μηναίου.	From the Menaion.
Τῇ ΙΓʹ τοῦ αὐτοῦ μηνὸς ἄθλησις τῶν ἁγίων καὶ ἐνδόξων τοῦ Χριστοῦ Μαρτύρων Εὐστρατίου, Αὐξεντίου, Εὐγενίου, Μαρδαρίου, καὶ Ὀρέστου.	On December 13, we commemorate the contest of Christ’s holy martyrs, Eustratius, Auxentius, Eugene, Mardarius, and Orestes.
Τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ μνήμη τῆς ἁγίας Μάρτυρος Λουκίας τῆς Παρθένου.	On this day we also commemorate the holy martyr Lucia the virgin.
Τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ μνήμη τοῦ ὁσίου Πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ἀρσενίου τοῦ ἐν τῷ Λάτρῳ.	On this day we also commemorate our devout father Arsenios of Latro.
Μνήμη τοῦ ἁγίου νέου Ἱερομάτυρος Γαβριήλ, Ἀρχιεπισκόπου Σερβίας, τοῦ ἐν Προύσῃ μαρτυρήσαντος κατὰ τὸ ἔτος ͵αχνθʹ (1659).	We also commemorate the holy new hieromartyr Gabriel, Archbishop of Serbia, who witnessed in Prousa in the year 1659.
Τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ Κυριακὴ τῶν ἁγίων Προπατόρων.	Today is also the Sunday of the holy Forefathers.
Ταῖς τῶν σῶν Ἁγίων πρεσβείαις, ὁ Θεός, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς. Ἀμήν.	By the intercessions of Your saints, O God, have mercy on us. Amen.
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Katavasias Odes 1-8	Katavasias Odes 1-8
ΧΟΡΟΣ	CHOIR
Καταβασίαι τῆς Χριστοῦ Γεννήσεως Αʹ	Katavasias of Christmas I
c1012 - GTheodoridis/ c1011 - Roubanis/ c1014 - KMarinakos/	c1211 - SDedes/ c1211 - SDedes/ c1211.a1 - Ode 1/ c1211.a3 - Ode 3/ c1211.a4 - Ode 4/ c1211.a5 - Ode 5/ c1211.a6 - Ode 6/ c1211.a7 - Ode 7/ c1211.a8 - Ode 8/
ᾨδὴ αʹ. Ἦχος αʹ.	Ode i. Mode 1.
Χριστὸς γεννᾶται· δοξάσατε. Χριστὸς ἐξ οὐρανῶν· ἀπαντήσατε. Χριστὸς ἐπὶ γῆς· ὑψώθητε. ᾌσατε τῷ Κυρίῳ πᾶσα ἡ γῆ, καὶ ἐν εὐφροσύνῃ, ἀνυμνήσατε λαοί· ὅτι δεδόξασται.	Christ is born; glorify Him! * Christ is come from heaven; go and meet Him. * Christ is on earth; arise to Him. * Sing to the Lord, all you who dwell on the earth; * and in merry spirits, O you peoples, praise His birth. * For He is glorified. [SD]
ᾨδὴ γʹ.	Ode iii.
Τῷ πρὸ τῶν αἰώνων, ἐκ Πατρὸς γεννηθέντι ἀῤῥεύστως Υἱῷ, καὶ ἐπʼ ἐσχάτων ἐκ Παρθένου, σαρκωθέντι ἀσπόρως, Χριστῷ τῷ Θεῷ βοήσωμεν· Ὁ ἀνυψώσας τὸ κέρας ἡμῶν, ἅγιος εἶ Κύριε.	To the Son, begotten * without flux, of the Father, before the ages, * and who was lately made incarnate * of the Virgin without seed; * to Christ God now let us cry aloud: * You have exalted the horn of our strength. Only You are holy, O Lord. [SD]
ᾨδὴ δʹ.	Ode iv.
Ῥάβδος ἐκ τῆς ῥίζης Ἰεσσαί, καὶ ἄνθος ἐξ αὐτῇς Χριστέ, ἐκ τῆς Παρθένου ἀνεβλάστησας, ἐξ ὄρους ὁ αἰνετός, κατασκίου δασέος, ἦλθες σαρκωθεὶς ἐξ ἀπειράνδρου, ὁ ἄϋλος καὶ Θεός. Δόξα τῇ δυνάμει σου Κύριε.	Jesse's root produced a branch, O Christ, * and You its flower blossomed forth, * from the Virgin who by Habakkuk prophetically once was called * overshadowed, dense mountain. * From her who knew not man You came incarnate, * the immaterial God. * Glory to Your power, O Lord. [SD]
ᾨδὴ εʹ.	Ode v.
Θεὸς ὢν εἰρήνης, Πατὴρ οἰκτιρμῶν, τῆς μεγάλης Βουλῆς σου τὸν Ἄγγελον, εἰρήνην παρεχόμενον, ἀπέστειλας ἡμῖν· ὅθεν θεογνωσίας, πρὸς φῶς ὁδηγηθέντες, ἐκ νυκτὸς ὀρθρίζοντες, δοξολογοῦμέν σε Φιλάνθρωπε.	God of peace and Father of mercies, Your Son * You have sent unto us as Your messenger, * the Angel of great counsel who is granting peace to all. * Therefore having been guided to the light of godly knowledge, * waking from the night to dawn, we sing Your glory, O Lover of man. [SD]
ᾨδὴ Ϛʹ.	Ode vi.
Σπλάγχνων Ἰωνᾶν, ἔμβρυον ἀπήμεσεν, ἐνάλιος θήρ, οἷον ἐδέξατο· τῇ Παρθένῳ δέ, ἐνοικήσας ὁ Λόγος καὶ σάρκα λαβών, διελήλυθε, φυλάξας ἀδιάφθορον· ἧς γάρ, οὐχ ὑπέστη ῥεύσεως, τὴν τεκοῦσαν κατέσχεν ἀπήμαντον.	Such as it received * Jonah as an embryo, the sea beast disgorged him from its bowels intact. * With the Virgin, though, when the Logos had dwelt in her taking on flesh, * He came forth from her preserving her yet incorrupt. * For from her no fluxion suffered He, * and He kept her unaltered in childbirth. [SD]
ᾨδὴ ζʹ.	Ode vii.
Οἱ Παῖδες εὐσεβείᾳ συντραφέντες, δυσσεβοῦς προστάγματος καταφρονήσαντες, πυρὸς ἀπειλὴν οὐκ ἐπτοήθησαν, ἀλλʼ ἐν μέσῳ τῆς φλογὸς ἑστῶτες ἔψαλλον· Ὁ τῶν Πατέρων Θεὸς εὐλογητὸς εἶ.	The Youths brought up together in piety, despising the impious decree, did not fear the threat of the fire, but standing in the middle of the flames they sang, 'God of our fathers, blessed are you!' [Lash]
ᾨδὴ ηʹ.	Ode viii.
Αἰνοῦμεν, εὐλογοῦμεν καὶ προσκυνοῦμεν τὸν Κύριον.	We praise and we bless and we worship the Lord.
Θαύματος ὑπερφυοῦς ἡ δροσοβόλος, ἐξεικόνισε κάμινος τύπον· οὐ γὰρ οὓς ἐδέξατο φλέγει νέους, ὡς οὐδὲ πῦρ τῆς Θεότητος, Παρθένου ἢν ὑπέδυ νηδύν· διὸ ἀνυμνοῦντες ἀναμέλψωμεν· Εὐλογείτω ἡ κτίσις πᾶσα τὸν Κύριον, καὶ ὑπερυψούτω, εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἰῶνας.	Babylon's bedewing furnace bore the image * of an extraordinary wonder. * For it did not burn the youths it accepted, * nor did the fire of Divinity consume the Virgin's womb wherein it went. * So let us melodiously chant in praise: * Let all creation bless and extol the Lord, * and let it exalt Him supremely to the ages. [SD]

Eothinon Gospel (EP / GOA)	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.
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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 are holy, our God, who rest among the Saints, and to You we offer up glory, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of ages.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Ἀμήν.	CHOIR: Amen.
Ἦχος βʹ.	Mode 2.
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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. Stand upright. Let us listen to the Holy Gospel.
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ: Εἰρήνη πᾶσι.	PRIEST: Peace to all.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Καὶ τῷ πνεύματί σου.	CHOIR: And to your spirit.
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ΙΕΡΕΥΣ	PRIEST
Ἐκ τοῦ κατὰ Λουκᾶν ἁγίου Εὐαγγελίου τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα.	The reading is from the holy Gospel according to Luke.
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ: Πρόσχωμεν.	DEACON: Let us attend.
ΧΟΡΟΣ	CHOIR
Δόξα σοι, Κύριε, δόξα σοι.	Glory to you, O Lord, glory to you.
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ (ἀπὸ τῆς ἁγίας τραπέζης)	PRIEST (from the altar table)
Ἑωθινὸν Ϛʹ	Eothinon 6
Λουκᾶν 24:36 – 53	Luke. 24:36 – 53
Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἀναστὰς ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐκ νεκρῶν ἔστη ἐν μέσῳ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· εἰρήνη ὑμῖν. πτοηθέντες δὲ καὶ ἔμφοβοι γενόμενοι ἐδόκουν πνεῦμα θεωρεῖν. καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· τί τεταραγμένοι ἐστέ, καὶ διατί διαλογισμοὶ ἀναβαίνουσιν ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ὑμῶν; ἴδετε τὰς χεῖράς μου καὶ τοὺς πόδας μου, ὅτι αὐτὸς ἐγώ εἰμι· ψηλαφήσατέ με καὶ ἴδετε, ὅτι πνεῦμα σάρκα καὶ ὀστέα οὐκ ἔχει καθὼς ἐμὲ θεωρεῖτε ἔχοντα. καὶ τοῦτο εἰπὼν ἐπέδειξεν αὐτοῖς τὰς χεῖρας καὶ τοὺς πόδας. ἔτι δὲ ἀπιστούντων αὐτῶν ἀπὸ τῆς χαρᾶς καὶ θαυμαζόντων εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· ἔχετέ τι βρώσιμον ἐνθάδε; οἱ δὲ ἐπέδωκαν αὐτῷ ἰχθύος ὀπτοῦ μέρος καὶ ἀπὸ μελισσίου κηρίου, καὶ λαβὼν ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν ἔφαγεν. εἶπε δὲ αὐτοῖς· οὗτοι οἱ λόγοι οὓς ἐλάλησα πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἔτι ὢν σὺν ὑμῖν, ὅτι δεῖ πληρωθῆναι πάντα τὰ γεγραμμένα ἐν τῷ νόμῳ Μωϋσέως καὶ προφήταις καὶ ψαλμοῖς περὶ ἐμοῦ. τότε διήνοιξεν αὐτῶν τὸν νοῦν τοῦ συνιέναι τὰς γραφάς, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὅτι οὕτω γέγραπται καὶ οὕτως ἔδει παθεῖν τὸν Χριστὸν καὶ ἀναστῆναι ἐκ νεκρῶν τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ, καὶ κηρυχθῆναι ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ μετάνοιαν καὶ ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν εἰς πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, ἀρξάμενον ἀπὸ Ἱερουσαλήμ. ὑμεῖς δέ ἐστε μάρτυρες τούτων. καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἀποστέλλω τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν τοῦ πατρός μου ἐφ᾿ ὑμᾶς· ὑμεῖς δὲ καθίσατε ἐν τῇ πόλει Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἕως οὗ ἐνδύσησθε δύναμιν ἐξ ὕψους. Ἐξήγαγε δὲ αὐτοὺς ἔξω ἕως εἰς Βηθανίαν, καὶ ἐπάρας τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ εὐλόγησεν αὐτούς. καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ εὐλογεῖν αὐτὸν αὐτοὺς διέστη ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν καὶ ἀνεφέρετο εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν. καὶ αὐτοὶ προσκυνήσαντες αὐτὸν ὑπέστρεψαν εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ μετὰ χαρᾶς μεγάλης, καὶ ἦσαν διὰ παντὸς ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ αἰνοῦντες καὶ εὐλογοῦντες τὸν Θεόν. ἀμήν.	At that time, Jesus, having risen from the dead, stood in the midst of his disciples and said to them, “Peace to you!” But they were startled and frightened, and supposed that they saw a spirit. And he said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do questionings rise in your hearts? See my hands and feet, that it is I myself; handle me, and see; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see that I have.” And when he said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. And while they still disbelieved for joy, and wondered, he said to them, “Have you anything here to eat?” They gave him a piece of broiled fish and some honeycomb, and he took it and ate before them. Then he said to them, “These are my words which I spoke to you, while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled.” Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, and said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. And behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you; but stay in the city of Jerusalem, until you are clothed with power from on high.” Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands, he blessed them. While he blessed them, he parted from them, and was carried up into heaven. And they worshiped him, and they returned to Jerusalem with great joy, and were continually in the temple praising and blessing God. Amen. [RSV]
ΧΟΡΟΣ	CHOIR
Δόξα σοι, Κύριε, δόξα σοι.	Glory to you, O Lord, glory to you.
ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ	READER
Ἀνάστασιν Χριστοῦ θεασάμενοι, προσκυνήσωμεν Ἅγιον Κύριον Ἰησοῦν, τὸν μόνον ἀναμάρτητον. Τὸν Σταυρόν σου, Χριστέ, προσκυνοῦμεν καὶ τὴν ἁγίαν σου ἀνάστασιν ὑμνοῦμεν καὶ δοξάζομεν· σὺ γὰρ εἶ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, ἐκτός σου ἄλλον οὐκ οἴδαμεν, τὸ ὄνομά σου ὀνομάζομεν. Δεῦτε πάντες οἱ πιστοί, προσκυνήσωμεν τὴν τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἁγίαν ἀνάστασιν· ἰδοὺ γὰρ ἦλθε διὰ τοῦ Σταυροῦ χαρὰ ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ κόσμῳ. Διὰ παντὸς εὐλογοῦντες τὸν Κύριον, ὑμνοῦμεν τὴν ἀνάστασιν αὐτοῦ· Σταυρὸν γὰρ ὑπομείνας διʼ ἡμᾶς, θανάτῳ θάνατον ὤλεσεν.	Having seen the Resurrection of Christ…, [Lash]
ΧΟΡΟΣ	CHOIR
Ψαλμὸς Nʹ (50).	Psalm 50 (51).
Ἦχος βʹ. (ἢ τῆς ἑβδομάδος.)	Mode 2. (or the Mode of the week)
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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 Θεός, 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 Σιὼν 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 Ἀλεξανδρείας· 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 τῶν ἁγίων Προπατόρων, ὧν καὶ τὴν μνήμην ἐπιτελοῦμεν; καὶ πάντων σου τῶν ἁγίων·	through the prayers of our all-pure Lady, Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary; by the power of the precious and life-giving Cross; through the protection of the honoured Bodiless Powers of heaven; through the intercessions of the honoured, glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John; of the holy, glorious and all-praised 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 wonder-workers; the holy, glorious great Martyrs George the Victorious, Demetrios the Myrobletes, Theodore the Teron, and Theodore the General, Menas the Wonderworker, the Hieromartyrs Haralambos and Eleftherios; 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; of our holy God-bearing Fathers; (local patron saint); of the holy and righteous Forebears of God, Joachim and Anna, and the holy Forefathers, whose memory we observe; and of 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: Κύριε, ἐλέησον. (ιβʹ)	CHOIR: 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.	By the mercy and compassion and love for humankind of your only-begotten Son, with whom you are blessed, together with your all-holy, good and life-giving Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Ἀμήν.	CHOIR: Amen.

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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
Magnificat: Mode of Canon	Magnificat: Mode of Canon
ᾨδὴ θʹ.	Ode ix.
Μεγαλυνάριον. Ἦχος γʹ.	The Magnificat. Mode 3.
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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.	Greater in honour than the Cherubim * and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim, * without corruption * you gave birth to God the Word; * truly the Mother of God, * we magnify you. [Lash]
Στίχ. Ὅτι ἐπέβλεψεν ἐπὶ τὴν ταπείνωσιν τῆς δούλης αὐτοῦ· ἰδού γάρ, ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν μακαριοῦσί με πᾶσαι αἱ γενεαί.	Verse: For He has regarded the lowly state of His maidservant; for behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed. [NKJV]
Τὴν τιμιωτέραν τῶν Χερουβείμ, καὶ ἐνδοξοτέραν, ἀσυγκρίτως τῶν Σεραφείμ, τὴν ἀδιαφθόρως, Θεὸν Λόγον τεκοῦσαν, τὴν ὄντως Θεοτόκον, σὲ μεγαλύνομεν.	Greater in honour than the Cherubim * and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim, * without corruption * you gave birth to God the Word; * truly the Mother of God, * we magnify you. [Lash]
Στίχ. Ὅτι ἐποίησέ μοι μεγαλεῖα ὁ Δυνατός, καὶ ἅγιον τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, καί το ἔλεος αὐτοῦ εἰς γενεάν, καὶ γενεὰν τοῖς φοβουμένοις αὐτόν.	Verse: For He who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is His name. And His mercy is on those who fear Him from generation to generation. [NKJV]
Τὴν τιμιωτέραν τῶν Χερουβείμ, καὶ ἐνδοξοτέραν, ἀσυγκρίτως τῶν Σεραφείμ, τὴν ἀδιαφθόρως, Θεὸν Λόγον τεκοῦσαν, τὴν ὄντως Θεοτόκον, σὲ μεγαλύνομεν.	Greater in honour than the Cherubim * and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim, * without corruption * you gave birth to God the Word; * truly the Mother of God, * we magnify you. [Lash]
Στίχ. Ἐποίησε κράτος ἐν βραχίονι αὐτοῦ, διεσκόρπισεν ὑπερηφάνους διανοίᾳ καρδίας αὐτῶν.	Verse: He has shown strength with His arm; He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. [NKJV]
Τὴν τιμιωτέραν τῶν Χερουβείμ, καὶ ἐνδοξοτέραν, ἀσυγκρίτως τῶν Σεραφείμ, τὴν ἀδιαφθόρως, Θεὸν Λόγον τεκοῦσαν, τὴν ὄντως Θεοτόκον, σὲ μεγαλύνομεν.	Greater in honour than the Cherubim * and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim, * without corruption * you gave birth to God the Word; * truly the Mother of God, * we magnify you. [Lash]
Στίχ. Καθεῖλε δυνάστας ἀπὸ θρόνων, καὶ ὕψωσε ταπεινούς, πεινῶντας ἐνέπλησεν ἀγαθῶν, καὶ πλουτοῦντας ἐξαπέστειλε κενούς.	Verse: He has put down the mighty from their thrones, and exalted the lowly. He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich He has sent away empty. [NKJV]
Τὴν τιμιωτέραν τῶν Χερουβείμ, καὶ ἐνδοξοτέραν, ἀσυγκρίτως τῶν Σεραφείμ, τὴν ἀδιαφθόρως, Θεὸν Λόγον τεκοῦσαν, τὴν ὄντως Θεοτόκον, σὲ μεγαλύνομεν.	Greater in honour than the Cherubim * and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim, * without corruption * you gave birth to God the Word; * truly the Mother of God, * we magnify you. [Lash]
Στίχ. Ἀντελάβετο Ἰσραὴλ παιδὸς αὐτοῦ, μνησθῆναι ἐλέους, καθὼς ἐλάλησε πρὸς τοὺς Πατέρας ἡμῶν, τῷ Ἀβραάμ, καὶ τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ ἕως αἰῶνος.	Verse: He has helped His servant Israel, in remembrance of His mercy, as He spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his seed forever. [NKJV]
Τὴν τιμιωτέραν τῶν Χερουβείμ, καὶ ἐνδοξοτέραν, ἀσυγκρίτως τῶν Σεραφείμ, τὴν ἀδιαφθόρως, Θεὸν Λόγον τεκοῦσαν, τὴν ὄντως Θεοτόκον, σὲ μεγαλύνομεν.	Greater in honour than the Cherubim * and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim, * without corruption * you gave birth to God the Word; * truly the Mother of God, * we magnify you. [Lash]

Ode 9: Octoechos: Canon-1	Ode 9: Octoechos: Canon-1
Τῆς Ὀκτωήχου - - -	From Octoechos - - -
Κανὼν ὁ Ἀναστάσιμος.	Canon for the Resurrection.
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ᾨδὴ θʹ. Ἦχος γʹ. Ὁ Εἱρμός.	Ode ix. Mode 3. Heirmos.
	Καινὸν τὸ θαῦμα.
Καινὸν τὸ θαῦμα καὶ θεοπρεπές· τῆς Παρθένου γὰρ τὴν κεκλεισμένην πύλην, σαφῶς διοδεύει Κύριος, γυμνὸς ἐν εἰσόδῳ, καὶ σαρκοφόρος ὤφθη ἐν ἐξόδῳ Θεός, καὶ μένει ἡ πύλη κεκλεισμένη· ταύτην ἀφράστως, ὡς Θεομήτορα μεγαλύνομεν.	New the wonder and fitting God: for the Lord clearly passes through the closed gate of the Virgin: naked at his going in and God bearing flesh at his coming out, while the gate remains closed. As ineffably Mother of God we magnify her. [Lash]
Τροπάρια.	Troparia.
Δόξα τῇ ἁγίᾳ ἀναστάσει σου, Κύριε.	Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Φρικτὸν ἰδέσθαι σὲ τὸν Ποιητήν, ἐπὶ ξύλου ἀναρτηθέντα Λόγε Θεοῦ, σαρκικῶς δὲ πάσχοντα, Θεὸν ὑπὲρ δούλων, καὶ ἐν μνημείῳ ἄπνουν κατακείμενον, νεκροὺς δὲ τοῦ ᾅδου λελυκότα· ὅθεν Χριστέ σε, ὡς παντοδύναμον μεγαλύνομεν.	Fearful it is, O Word of God, to see you the Maker destroyed on a Tree, suffering in the flesh, God on behalf of slaves, and lying lifeless in a grave, but releasing the dead from Hell. Therefore, O Christ, as all-powerful we magnify you. [Lash]
Δόξα τῇ ἁγίᾳ ἀναστάσει σου, Κύριε.	Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Φθορᾶς θανάτου ἔσωσας Χριστέ, τοὺς προπάτορας, κατατεθεὶς ἐν τάφῳ νεκρός, καὶ ζωὴν ἐξήνθησας, νεκροὺς ἀναστήσας, χειραγωγήσας φύσιν τὴν βροτείαν πρὸς φῶς, καὶ θείαν ἐνδύσας ἀφθαρσίαν· ὅθεν πηγήν σε, φωτὸς ἀειζώου μεγαλύνομεν.	By being placed as a corpse in a tomb, O Christ, you saved the Forefathers from the corruption of death, and you made life blossom by rising from the dead, leading mortal nature to the light and clothing it with divine incorruption. Therefore as source of ever-living light we magnify you. [Lash]
Ὑπεραγία Θεοτόκε, σῶσον ἡμᾶς.	Most-holy Theotokos, save us.
Θεοτοκίον.	Theotokion.

Ναὸς καὶ θρόνος ὤφθης τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἐν ᾧ ᾤκησεν ὁ ἐν ὑψίστοις πέλων, τεχθεὶς ἀπειράνδρως Πάναγνε, σαρκὸς μὴ ἀνοίξας ὅλως σου πύλας· ὅθεν ταῖς ἀλήκτοις σεμνὴ λιταῖς σου, τὰ φῦλα τῶν βαρβάρων, θᾶττον εἰς τέλος, τῷ βασιλεῖ ἡμῶν καθυπόταξον.	You were revealed, All-pure, as Temple and throne of God, in which he who lives in the highest took his dwelling, born without man, and in no way opening the gates of your flesh. Therefore by your unceasing prayers, O Holy One, finally defeat the tribes of barbarians and subject them to our King. [Lash]

Ode 9: Menaion: Canon-2	Ode 9: Menaion: Canon-2
Τοῦ Μηναίου - - -	From Menaion - - -
Τῶν Προπατόρων.	For the Forefathers.
Ἦχος αʹ. Μυστήριον ξένον.	Mode 1. N/M (I see here.)
	Μυστήριον ξένον.

Ἅγιοι τοῦ Θεοῦ, πρεσβεύσατε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.	Saints of God, intercede for us.
Ἰσχύϊ σου πάλαι, δυνάμεις ἐποίησαν, θυγατέρες Κύριε, Ἄννα καὶ Ἰουδὶθ καὶ Δεβόῤῥα, Ὀλδά, Ἰαήλ τε, Ἐσθήρ, Σάῤῥα Μαριὰμ Μωσέως καὶ Ῥαχήλ, καὶ Ῥεβέκκα καὶ ἡ Ῥοὺθ αἱ μεγαλόφρονες.	You made Your daughters strong in days of old ⁄ by the might of Your strength, O Lord: ⁄ Hannah, Judith and Deborah, ⁄ Hulda, Jael, Esther and Sarah, ⁄ Miriam the sister of Moses, ⁄⁄ Rachel, Rebecca, and Ruth, the noble-minded ones. [OCA]
Ἅγιοι τοῦ Θεοῦ, πρεσβεύσατε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.	Saints of God, intercede for us.

Ὡς σβέσαντες Παῖδες, Ἁγίους τὴν κάμινον, ἱερῶς τιμήσωμεν, ἅμα τῷ Δανιὴλ τῷ Προφήτῃ, πᾶσι δικαίοις σαφῶς, τοῖς πρὸ Νόμου διαλάμψασι καλῶς, καὶ ἐν Νόμῳ τὸν Δεσπότην θεραπεύσασιν.	Let us honor the holy Youths, ⁄ for they quenched the flaming furnace, ⁄ together with the prophet Daniel, ⁄ and all the righteous ones who shone forth before the Law, ⁄⁄ together with those who served the Master under the Law. [OCA]
Δόξα.	Glory.

Σοφώτατοι θεῖοι, Προφῆται γεγένηνται, Ἀβραὰμ ἀπόγονοι, τὸν ἐκ τοῦ Ἀβραάμ, καὶ Ἰούδα τικτόμενον Λόγον, θερμῶς προαναγγείλαντες ἐν Πνεύματι· αὐτῶν ἱκεσίαις, Ἰησοῦ πάντας οἰκτείρησον.	The sons of Abraham ⁄ became divine and most wise prophets, ⁄ for they foretold with fervor in the Spirit ⁄ of the Word born from Abraham and Judah. ⁄⁄ By their prayers, Jesus, have compassion on all mankind! [OCA]
Καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.	Both now. Theotokion.

Φορέσας με ἐκ τῆς Παρθένου προέρχεται, καὶ Σπηλαίῳ τίκτεται, Λόγος ὁ τοῦ Πατρὸς ἀσυγχύτως· χόρευε ἡ κτίσις, φωναῖς εὐχαρίστοις μεγαλύνουσα, αὐτοῦ τὴν διʼ οἶκτον, παναγίαν συγκατάβασιν.	The Word of the Father comes forth from the Virgin ⁄ and without change is born in a cave for my sake. ⁄ Let creation dance with joy, ⁄⁄ and with thankful voice magnify His all-holy condescension and compassion! [OCA]

Magnificat: Mode of Katavasia	Magnificat: Mode of Katavasia
ᾨδὴ θʹ.	Ode ix.
Μεγαλυνάριον. Ἦχος αʹ.	The Magnificat. Mode 1.
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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.	Greater in honour than the Cherubim * and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim, * without corruption * you gave birth to God the Word; * truly the Mother of God, * we magnify you. [Lash]
Στίχ. Ὅτι ἐπέβλεψεν ἐπὶ τὴν ταπείνωσιν τῆς δούλης αὐτοῦ· ἰδού γάρ, ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν μακαριοῦσί με πᾶσαι αἱ γενεαί.	Verse: For He has regarded the lowly state of His maidservant; for behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed. [NKJV]
Τὴν τιμιωτέραν τῶν Χερουβείμ, καὶ ἐνδοξοτέραν, ἀσυγκρίτως τῶν Σεραφείμ, τὴν ἀδιαφθόρως, Θεὸν Λόγον τεκοῦσαν, τὴν ὄντως Θεοτόκον, σὲ μεγαλύνομεν.	Greater in honour than the Cherubim * and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim, * without corruption * you gave birth to God the Word; * truly the Mother of God, * we magnify you. [Lash]
Στίχ. Ὅτι ἐποίησέ μοι μεγαλεῖα ὁ Δυνατός, καὶ ἅγιον τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, καί το ἔλεος αὐτοῦ εἰς γενεάν, καὶ γενεὰν τοῖς φοβουμένοις αὐτόν.	Verse: For He who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is His name. And His mercy is on those who fear Him from generation to generation. [NKJV]
Τὴν τιμιωτέραν τῶν Χερουβείμ, καὶ ἐνδοξοτέραν, ἀσυγκρίτως τῶν Σεραφείμ, τὴν ἀδιαφθόρως, Θεὸν Λόγον τεκοῦσαν, τὴν ὄντως Θεοτόκον, σὲ μεγαλύνομεν.	Greater in honour than the Cherubim * and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim, * without corruption * you gave birth to God the Word; * truly the Mother of God, * we magnify you. [Lash]
Στίχ. Ἐποίησε κράτος ἐν βραχίονι αὐτοῦ, διεσκόρπισεν ὑπερηφάνους διανοίᾳ καρδίας αὐτῶν.	Verse: He has shown strength with His arm; He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. [NKJV]
Τὴν τιμιωτέραν τῶν Χερουβείμ, καὶ ἐνδοξοτέραν, ἀσυγκρίτως τῶν Σεραφείμ, τὴν ἀδιαφθόρως, Θεὸν Λόγον τεκοῦσαν, τὴν ὄντως Θεοτόκον, σὲ μεγαλύνομεν.	Greater in honour than the Cherubim * and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim, * without corruption * you gave birth to God the Word; * truly the Mother of God, * we magnify you. [Lash]
Στίχ. Καθεῖλε δυνάστας ἀπὸ θρόνων, καὶ ὕψωσε ταπεινούς, πεινῶντας ἐνέπλησεν ἀγαθῶν, καὶ πλουτοῦντας ἐξαπέστειλε κενούς.	Verse: He has put down the mighty from their thrones, and exalted the lowly. He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich He has sent away empty. [NKJV]
Τὴν τιμιωτέραν τῶν Χερουβείμ, καὶ ἐνδοξοτέραν, ἀσυγκρίτως τῶν Σεραφείμ, τὴν ἀδιαφθόρως, Θεὸν Λόγον τεκοῦσαν, τὴν ὄντως Θεοτόκον, σὲ μεγαλύνομεν.	Greater in honour than the Cherubim * and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim, * without corruption * you gave birth to God the Word; * truly the Mother of God, * we magnify you. [Lash]
Στίχ. Ἀντελάβετο Ἰσραὴλ παιδὸς αὐτοῦ, μνησθῆναι ἐλέους, καθὼς ἐλάλησε πρὸς τοὺς Πατέρας ἡμῶν, τῷ Ἀβραάμ, καὶ τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ ἕως αἰῶνος.	Verse: He has helped His servant Israel, in remembrance of His mercy, as He spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his seed forever. [NKJV]
Τὴν τιμιωτέραν τῶν Χερουβείμ, καὶ ἐνδοξοτέραν, ἀσυγκρίτως τῶν Σεραφείμ, τὴν ἀδιαφθόρως, Θεὸν Λόγον τεκοῦσαν, τὴν ὄντως Θεοτόκον, σὲ μεγαλύνομεν.	Greater in honour than the Cherubim * and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim, * without corruption * you gave birth to God the Word; * truly the Mother of God, * we magnify you. [Lash]

Ode 9: Katavasia	Ode 9: Katavasia
ᾨδὴ θʹ. Καταβασία. Ἦχος αʹ.	Ode ix. Katavasia. Mode 1.
c1012 - GTheodoridis/ c1011 - Roubanis/ c1014 - Concise \| NewByz/	c1211 - SDedes/ c1211 - SDedes/ c1211.a1 - SDedes/
Μεγάλυνον ψυχή μου, τὴν τιμιωτέραν, καὶ ἐνδοξοτέραν τῶν ἄνω στρατευμάτων.	O my soul, magnify her who is greater in honor and in glory than the armies of heaven
Μυστήριον ξένον, ὁρῶ καὶ παράδοξον! οὐρανὸν τὸ σπήλαιον· θρόνον Χερουβικόν, τὴν Παρθένον· τὴν φάτνην χωρίον· ἐν ᾧ ἀνεκλήθη ὁ ἀχώρητος, Χριστὸς ὁ Θεός· ὃν ἀνυμνοῦντες μεγαλύνομεν.	I see here a strange and paradoxical mystery. * For, behold, the grotto is heaven; * cherubic throne is the Virgin; * the manger a grand space * in which Christ our God the uncontainable reclined as a babe; * Whom in extolling do we magnify. [SD]

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 keep 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.	Commemorating our all-holy, pure, most blessed and glorious Lady, Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary, with all the Saints, let us entrust ourselves and one another and our whole life to Christ our God.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Σοί, Κύριε.	CHOIR: To you, O Lord.
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ	PRIEST
Ὅτι σὲ αἰνοῦσι πᾶσαι αἱ δυνάμεις τῶν οὐρανῶν καὶ σοὶ τὴν δόξαν ἀναπέμπουσι, τῷ Πατρὶ καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ καὶ τῷ ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.	For all the Powers of heaven praise you and to you we give glory, to the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Ἀμήν.	CHOIR: Amen.
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Ἦχος βʹ.	Mode 2.
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Ἅγιος Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν. (δίς)	Holy is the Lord our God. (2)
Ὑψοῦτε Κύριον τὸν Θεὸν ἡμῶν καὶ προσκυνεῖτε τῷ ὑποποδίῳ τῶν ποδῶν αὐτοῦ.	Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at the footstool of His feet.
Ὅτι ἅγιός ἐστι.	For He is holy. [SAAS]
Τῆς Ὀκτωήχου - - -	From Octoechos - - -
Ἐξαποστειλάριον.	Exaposteilarion.
Τὸ Ϛʹ Ἑωθινόν.	Eothinon 6.
Ἦχος βʹ. Τοῖς Μαθηταῖς συνέλθωμεν.	Mode 2. Let us in faith.
	Τοῖς Μαθηταῖς συνέλθωμεν.
c1012 - GStephanou/ c1011 - Roubanis/	c1211 - SDedes/ c1211 - SDedes/
Δεικνύων ὅτι ἄνθρωπος, Σῶτερ εἶ κατʼ οὐσίαν, ἀναστὰς ἐκ τοῦ μνήματος, βρώσεως συμμετέσχες, καὶ μέσον στὰς ἐδίδασκες, μετάνοιαν κηρύσσειν· εὐθὺς δὲ πρὸς οὐράνιον, ἀνελήφθης Πατέρα, καὶ Μαθηταῖς, πέμπειν τὸν Παράκλητον ἐπηγγείλω. Ὑπέρθεε, Θεάνθρωπε, δόξα τῇ σῇ ἐγέρσει.	Demonstrating that You are man * essentially, O Savior, * after Your rising from the grave, * in the midst You did stand and partake of food, and You taught them * baptism of repentance. * You, being forthwith taken up * to the heavenly Father, promised to send * the Paraclete Spirit to Your disciples. * O God, beyond divine, and man, * glory to Your arising. [SD]
Τοῦ Μηναίου - - -	From Menaion - - -
Τῶν Προπατόρων.	For the Forefathers.
Ἦχος βʹ. Γυναῖκες ἀκουτίσθητε.	Mode 2. O Women, hearken.
	Γυναῖκες ἀκουτίσθητε.
	c1211 - SDedes/
Πατέρων μνήμην σήμερον, σκιρτῶντες φιλοπάτορες, τοῦ Ἀβραὰμ συνελθόντες, καὶ Ἰσαὰκ κατὰ χρέος, καὶ Ἰακὼβ ὑμνήσωμεν· ἐξ ὧν Χριστὸς ὁ Κύριος, τὸ κατὰ σάρκα ὡράθη, διὰ πολλὴν εὐσπλαγχνίαν.	Come all who love our ancestors, * and duty-bound exultantly * let us assemble and honor * the memory of the Fathers * Jacob, Isaac and Abraham, * from whom descended Christ the Lord * when He became incarnate * in His abundant compassion. [SD]
Ἕτερον. Ὅμοιον.	Another. Same Melody.
	c1211 - SDedes/
Ἀδὰμ ἀνευφημήσωμεν, Ἄβελ, Σὴθ καὶ τὸν Ἐνώς, Ἐνὼχ καὶ Νῶε Ἀβραάμ, Ἰσαὰκ καὶ τὸν Ἰακώβ, Μωσῆν, Ἰὼβ καὶ τὸν Ἀαρών, Ἐλεάζαρ, Ἰησοῦν, Βαράκ, Σαμψών, Ἰεφθάε, Δαυΐδ καὶ τὸν Σολομῶντα.	O faithful let us sing in praise * of Adam, Abel and of Seth, * of Enos and Enoch and Noah, * of Abraham and of Isaac * and Jacob, Moses, and of Job, * and Aaron and Eleazar, * of Joshua and of Barak, * of Sampson and of Jephtha, * of Solomon and of David. [SD]
Θεοτοκίον. Ὅμοιον.	Theotokion. Same Melody.
	c1211 - SDedes/
Ἁγνὴ Παρθένε ἄχραντε, Μαρία Θεονύμφευτε, ἐν ὥρᾳ τῇ φοβερᾷ μοι, πρόστηθι καὶ μεσῖτις, πρὸς τὸν Υἱόν σου φάνηθι, τῷ ταπεινῷ καὶ ῥῦσαί με, τῆς καταδίκης ἐκείνης, καὶ τῶν κολάσεων πάντων.	O Virgin pure, immaculate* all-holy Mary, Bride of God, * in that frightening hour * stand before me the lowly * and mediate with your own Son; * and thus, I pray, deliver me * from final condemnation * and punishments of perdition. [SD]
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Οἱ Αἶνοι. Ἦχος γʹ.	Lauds. Mode 3.
c1011 - Petros-Ioannis \| JM Boyer/ c1013 - Petros-Ioannis - concise \| JM Boyer/ c1015 - Roubanis/	c1111 - SDedes/ c1111 - SDedes/ c1211.a1 - SDedes/
Πᾶσα πνοὴ αἰνεσάτω τὸν Κύριον. Αἰνεῖτε τὸν Κύριον ἐκ τῶν οὐρανῶν· αἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν ἐν τοῖς ὑψίστοις. Σοὶ πρέπει ὕμνος τῷ Θεῷ.	Let everything that breathes praise the Lord. Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the highest. It is fitting to sing a hymn to You, O God. [SAAS]
	c1111 - SDedes/ c1111 - SDedes/ c1211.a1 - SDedes/
Αἰνεῖτε αὐτόν, πάντες οἱ ἄγγελοι αὐτοῦ· αἰνεῖτε αὐτόν, πᾶσαι αἱ δυνάμεις αὐτοῦ. Σοὶ πρέπει ὕμνος τῷ Θεῷ.	Praise Him, all you His angels; praise Him, all you His hosts. It is fitting to sing a hymn to You, O God. [SAAS]
c1011 - Petros Byzantios \| JM Boyer/
Αἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν ἥλιος καὶ σελήνη, αἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν πάντα τὰ ἄστρα καὶ τὸ φῶς.	Praise Him, sun and moon; praise Him, all you stars and light.
Αἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν οἱ οὐρανοὶ τῶν οὐρανῶν καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ τὸ ὑπεράνω τῶν οὐρανῶν. Αἰνεσάτωσαν τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου.	Praise Him, you heavens of heavens, and you waters above the heavens. Let them praise the Lord’s name.
Ὅτι αὐτὸς εἶπε, καὶ ἐγενήθησαν, αὐτὸς ἐνετείλατο, καὶ ἐκτίσθησαν.	For He spoke, and they were made; He commanded, and they were created.
Ἔστησεν αὐτὰ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα καὶ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ αἰῶνος· πρόσταγμα ἔθετο, καὶ οὐ παρελεύσεται.	He established them forever and unto ages of ages; He set forth His ordinance, and it shall not pass away.
Αἰνεῖτε τὸν Κύριον ἐκ τῆς γῆς, δράκοντες καὶ πᾶσαι ἄβυσσοι.	Praise the Lord from the earth, you dragons and all the deeps.
Πῦρ, χάλαζα, χιών, κρύσταλλος, πνεῦμα καταιγίδος, τὰ ποιοῦντα τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ.	Fire and hail, snow and ice, stormy wind, which perform His word.
Τὰ ὄρη καὶ πάντες οἱ βουνοί, ξύλα καρποφόρα καὶ πᾶσαι κέδροι.	Mountains and all the hills, fruitful trees and all cedars.
Τὰ θηρία καὶ πάντα τὰ κτήνη, ἑρπετὰ καὶ πετεινὰ πτερωτά.	Wild animals and all cattle, creeping things and flying birds.
Βασιλεῖς τῆς γῆς καὶ πάντες λαοί, ἄρχοντες καὶ πάντες κριταὶ γῆς.	Kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all judges of the earth.
Νεανίσκοι καὶ παρθένοι, πρεσβύτεροι μετὰ νεωτέρων· αἰνεσάτωσαν τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου, ὅτι ὑψώθη τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ μόνου.	Young men and maidens, elders with younger, let them praise the Lord’s name, for His name alone is exalted.
Ἡ ἐξομολόγησις αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ γῆς καὶ οὐρανοῦ. καὶ ὑψώσει κέρας λαοῦ αὐτοῦ.	His thanksgiving is in earth and heaven. And He shall exalt the horn of His people.
Ὕμνος πᾶσι τοῖς ὁσίοις αὐτοῦ, τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραήλ, λαῷ ἐγγίζοντι αὐτῷ.	A hymn for all His saints, for the children of Israel, a people who draw near to Him.
Ἄσατε τῷ Κυρίῳ ᾆσμα καινόν, ἡ αἴνεσις αὐτοῦ ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ ὁσίων.	Sing to the Lord a new song, His praise in the assembly of His holy ones.
Εὐφρανθήτω Ἰσραὴλ ἐπὶ τῷ ποιήσαντι αὐτόν, καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ Σιὼν ἀγαλλιάσθωσαν ἐπὶ τῷ βασιλεῖ αὐτῶν.	Let Israel be glad in Him who made him, and let the children of Zion greatly rejoice in their King.
Αἰνεσάτωσαν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ἐν χορῷ, ἐν τυμπάνῳ καὶ ψαλτηρίῳ ψαλάτωσαν αὐτῷ.	Let them praise His name with dance; with tambourine and harp let them sing to Him.
Ὅτι εὐδοκεῖ Κύριος ἐν τῷ λαῷ αὐτοῦ καὶ ὑψώσει πραεῖς ἐν σωτηρίᾳ.	For the Lord is pleased with His people, and He shall exalt the gentle with salvation.
Καυχήσονται ὅσιοι ἐν δόξῃ καὶ ἀγαλλιάσονται ἐπὶ τῶν κοιτῶν αὐτῶν.	The holy ones shall boast in glory, and they shall greatly rejoice on their beds.
Αἱ ὑψώσεις τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν τῷ λάρυγγι αὐτῶν, καὶ ῥομφαῖαι δίστομοι ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτῶν.	The high praise of God shall be in their mouth and a two-edged sword in their hand.
Τοῦ ποιῆσαι ἐκδίκησιν ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, ἐλεγμοὺς ἐν τοῖς λαοῖς.	To deal retribution to the nations, reproving among the peoples.
Τοῦ δῆσαι τοὺς βασιλεῖς αὐτῶν ἐν πέδαις καὶ τοὺς ἐνδόξους αὐτῶν ἐν χειροπέδαις σιδηραῖς.	To shackle their kings with chains and their nobles with fetters of iron.

Τῆς Ὀκτωήχου - - -	From Octoechos - - -
Στιχηρὰ Ἀναστάσιμα.	Resurrectional Stichera.
Ἦχος γʹ.	Mode 3.
c1011 - GTheodoridis/ c1012 - Petros-Ioannis \| JM Boyer/ c1013 - Petros-Ioannis - concise \| JM Boyer/ c1015 - Roubanis/	c1211 - SDedes/ c1211 - SDedes/ c1211.a1 - SDedes/
Τοῦ ποιῆσαι ἐν αὐτοῖς κρῖμα ἔγγραπτον· δόξα αὕτη ἔσται πᾶσι τοῖς ὁσίοις αὐτοῦ.	To fulfill among them the written judgment: this glory have all His holy ones. [SAAS]
Δεῦτε πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, γνῶτε τοῦ φρικτοῦ μυστηρίου τὴν δύναμιν· Χριστὸς γὰρ ὁ Σωτὴρ ἡμῶν, ὁ ἐν ἀρχῇ Λόγος, ἐσταυρώθη διʼ ἡμᾶς, καὶ ἑκὼν ἐτάφη, καὶ ἀνέστη ἐκ νεκρῶν, τοῦ σῶσαι τὰ σύμπαντα. Αὐτὸν προσκυνήσωμεν.	Come all you nations, acknowledge the power of the dread mystery; for Christ our Saviour, the Word in the beginning, was crucified for us and willingly buried and rose from the dead to save the whole universe. Let us worship him. [Lash]
Ἦχος γʹ.	Mode 3.
c1011 - GTheodoridis/ c1012 - Petros-Ioannis \| JM Boyer/ c1013 - Petros-Ioannis - concise \| JM Boyer/ c1015 - Roubanis/	c1211 - SDedes/ c1211 - SDedes/ c1211.a1 - SDedes/
Αἰνεῖτε τὸν Θεὸν ἐν τοῖς ἁγίοις αὐτοῦ, αἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν ἐν στερεώματι τῆς δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ.	Praise God in His saints; praise Him in the firmament of His power. [SAAS]
Διηγήσαντο πάντα τὰ θαυμάσια, οἱ φύλακές σου Κύριε· ἀλλὰ τὸ συνέδριον τῆς ματαιότητος, πληρῶσαν δώρων τὴν δεξιὰν αὐτῶν, κρύπτειν ἐνόμιζον τὴν ἀνάστασίν σου, ἣν ὁ κόσμος δοξάζει. Ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς.	Your guards recounted all the marvels, Lord, but, by filling their right hand with gifts, the Sanhedrin of folly thought to conceal your Resurrection, which the world glorifies. Have mercy on us. [Lash]
Ἦχος γʹ.	Mode 3.
c1011 - GTheodoridis/ c1012 - Petros-Ioannis \| JM Boyer/ c1013 - Petros-Ioannis - concise \| JM Boyer/ c1015 - Roubanis/	c1211 - SDedes/ c1211 - SDedes/ c1211.a1 - SDedes/
Αἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν ἐπὶ ταῖς δυναστείαις αὐτοῦ, αἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῆς μεγαλωσύνης αὐτοῦ.	Praise Him for His mighty acts; praise Him according to the abundance of His greatness. [SAAS]
Χαρᾶς τὰ πάντα πεπλήρωται, τῆς ἀναστάσεως τὴν πεῖραν εἰληφότα· Μαρία γὰρ ἡ Μαγδαληνή, ἐπὶ τὸ μνῆμα ἦλθεν, εὗρεν Ἄγγελον ἐπὶ τὸν λίθον καθήμενον, τοῖς ἱματίοις ἐξαστράπτοντα καὶ λέγοντα· Τί ζητεῖτε τὸν ζῶντα μετὰ τῶν νεκρῶν; οὐκ ἔστιν ᾧδε, ἀλλʼ ἐγήγερται, καθὼς εἶπε, προάγων ἐν τῇ Γαλιλαίᾳ.	All things have been filled with joy on receiving proof of the Resurrection. For Mary Magdalen came to the grave, found an Angel seated on the stone and dazzling in shining raiment, who said, 'Why do you seek the living with the dead? He is not here, but he has risen, as he said, and goes before you into Galilee.' [Lash]
Ἦχος γʹ.	Mode 3.
c1011 - GTheodoridis/ c1012 - Petros-Ioannis \| JM Boyer/ c1013 - Petros-Ioannis - concise \| JM Boyer/ c1015 - Roubanis/	c1211 - SDedes/ c1211 - SDedes/ c1211.a1 - SDedes/
Αἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν ἐν ἤχῳ σάλπιγγος, αἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν ἐν ψαλτηρίῳ καὶ κιθάρᾳ.	Praise Him with the sound of trumpet; praise Him with the harp and lyre. [SAAS]
Ἐν τῷ φωτί σου Δέσποτα, ὀψόμεθα φῶς φιλάνθρωπε· ἀνέστης γὰρ ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν, σωτηρίαν τῷ γένει τῶν ἀνθρώπων δωρούμενος, ἵνα σε πᾶσα κτίσις δοξολογῇ, τὸν μόνον ἀναμάρτητον. Ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς.	In your light, O Master who love mankind, we shall see light. For you rose from the dead, granting salvation to the human race, that all creation may glorify you, the only sinless one. Have mercy on us. [Lash]
Τῶν Προπατόρων.	For the Forefathers.
c1011 - GStephanou/	c1211 - SDedes/
Ἦχος βʹ. Οἶκος τοῦ Ἐφραθᾶ.	Mode 2. O House of Ephratha.
	Οἶκος τοῦ Ἐφραθᾶ.
Αἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν ἐν τυμπάνῳ καὶ χορῷ, αἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν ἐν χορδαῖς καὶ ὀργάνῳ.	Praise Him with timbrel and dance; praise Him with strings and flute. [SAAS]
Πάντες τὴν τῶν σεπτῶν, νῦν Προπατόρων μνήμην, τελέσωμεν ὑμνοῦντες, τὴν τούτων πολιτείαν, διʼ ἧς ἐμεγαλύνθησαν.	Let all of us observe * now the august Forefathers’ * memorial, extolling * their way of life, by virtue of which they have been magnified. [SD]
Αἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν ἐν κυμβάλοις εὐήχοις, αἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν ἐν κυμβάλοις ἀλαλαγμοῦ. Πᾶσα πνοὴ αἰνεσάτω τὸν Κύριον.	Praise Him with resounding cymbals; praise Him with triumphant cymbals; let everything that breathes praise the Lord. [SAAS]
Πάντες τὴν τῶν σεπτῶν, νῦν Προπατόρων μνήμην, τελέσωμεν ὑμνοῦντες, τὴν τούτων πολιτείαν, διʼ ἧς ἐμεγαλύνθησαν.	Let all of us observe * now the august Forefathers’ * memorial, extolling * their way of life, by virtue of which they have been magnified. [SD]
Στίχ. Εὐλογητὸς εἶ Κύριε ὁ Θεὸς τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν, καὶ αἰνετὸν καὶ δεδοξασμένον τὸ ὄνομά σου εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.	Verse: Blessed are You, O Lord God of our fathers, for You are praiseworthy and exalted beyond measure unto the ages. [SAAS]
Ἔσβεσαν τοῦ πυρός, τὴν δύναμιν οἱ Παῖδες, χορεύοντες ἐν μέσῳ καμίνου καὶ ὑμνοῦντες, Θεὸν τὸν παντοδύναμον.	Praising almighty God, * the Servants sang in chorus * while standing in the furnace, * and thereby they extinguished the force of the engulfing fire. [SD]
Στίχ. Ὅτι δίκαιος εἶ ἐπὶ πᾶσιν, οἷς ἐποίησας ἡμῖν.	Verse: For You are righteous in all You did for us. [SAAS]
Λάκκῳ κατακλεισθείς, θηρσὶ συνῳκισμένος, Δανιὴλ ὁ Προφήτης, ἀμέτοχος τῆς τούτων, ἐδείκνυτο κακώσεως.	Shut up inside the den, * the holy Prophet Daniel * was dwelling with the lions, * and he was manifestly preserved from any injury. [SD]
Τοῦ Μηναίου - - -	From Menaion - - -
Δόξα. Τῶν Προπατόρων.	Glory. For the Forefathers.
Ἦχος βαρύς.	Grave Mode.
	c1211 - SDedes/ c1211 - SDedes/
Δεῦτε ἅπαντες, πιστῶς πανηγυρίσωμεν, τῶν πρὸ νόμου Πατέρων, Ἀβραὰμ καὶ τῶν σὺν αὐτῷ, τὴν ἐτήσιον μνήμην, τοῦ Ἰούδα τὴν φυλήν, ἀξίως τιμήσωμεν, τοὺς ἐν Βαβυλῶνι Παῖδας, τοὺς σβέσαντας τὴν ἐν καμίνῳ φλόγα, ὡς τῆς Τριάδος τύπον, σὺν τῷ Δανιὴλ εὐφημήσωμεν, τῶν Προφητῶν τὰς προῤῥήσεις ἀσφαλῶς κατέχοντες, μετὰ τοῦ Ἠσαΐου μεγαλοφώνως βοήσωμεν· ἰδοὺ ἡ Παρθένος, ἐν γαστρὶ λήψεται, καὶ τέξεται Υἱὸν τὸν Ἐμμανουήλ· ὃ ἐστι μεθʼ ἡμῶν ὁ Θεός.	Come now, one and all, in faith let us celebrate the annual memorial of the Fathers before the Law, Abraham and those with him. Let us honor as is right the tribe of Judah, and let us extol the Servants in Babylon, the Trinity’s image, who extinguished the fire in the furnace, and also Daniel. As we unerringly cling to the predictions of the Prophets, together with Isaiah we cry out in a loud voice, Behold the Virgin will conceive in the womb, and she will bear a Son, Emmanuel, which means God is with us. [SD]
Τῆς Ὀκτωήχου - - -	From Octoechos - - -
Καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.	Both now. Theotokion.
c1011 - GStephanou/ c1013 - GStephanou/ c1014 - GStephanou/ c1015 - GStephanou/ c1016 - GStephanou/ c1017 - GStephanou/ c1018 - GStephanou/ c1011 - Mode 1 - Roubanis/ c1012 - Mode 2 \| Roubanis/ c1013 - Mode 3 \| Roubanis/ c1014 - Mode 4 \| Roubanis/ c1015 - Mode pl. 1 \| Roubanis/ c1016 - Mode pl. 2 \| Roubanis/ c1017 - Grave Mode \| Roubanis/ c1018 - Mode pl. 4 \| Roubanis/	c1211 - SDedes/ c1211 - SDedes/
Ὑπερευλογημένη ὑπάρχεις, Θεοτόκε Παρθένε· διὰ γὰρ τοῦ ἐκ σοῦ σαρκωθέντος, ὁ ᾅδης ἠχμαλώτισται, ὁ Ἀδὰμ ἀνακέκληται, ἡ κατάρα νενέκρωται, ἡ Εὔα ἠλευθέρωται, ὁ θάνατος τεθανάτωται, καὶ ἡμεις ἐζωοποιήθημεν· διὸ ἀνυμνοῦντες βοῶμεν· Εὐλογητὸς Χριστὸς ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, ὁ οὕτως εὐδοκήσας δόξα σοι.	You are supremely blessed, O Virgin Theotokos. For through Him who from you became incarnate was Hades taken prisoner, and Adam has been summoned back; the curse has been neutralized, and Eve has been liberated; death has been put to death, and we have been brought to life. Therefore extolling we cry out: O Christ our God, You are blessed, for so was Your good pleasure. Glory to You! [SD]
Ὁ λαὸς ἵσταται διὰ τὴν Μ. Δοξολογίαν.	Stand for the Great Doxology.
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Ἡ Μεγάλη Δοξολογία	Great Doxology
c1 - Μεγάλη Δοξολογία \| Byzantine/ c1 - Μεγάλη Δοξολογία \| Staff/	c1 - Great Doxology \| Byzantine/ c1 - Great Doxology \| Staff/
Δόξα σοι τῷ δείξαντι τὸ φῶς. Δόξα ἐν ὑψίστοις Θεῷ καὶ ἐπὶ γῆς εἰρήνη, ἐν ἀνθρώποις εὐδοκία.	Glory to you who have shown us the light. Glory in the highest to God. His peace is on earth, His good pleasure in mankind. [Lash]
Ὑμνοῦμέν σε, εὐλογοῦμέν σε, προσκυνοῦμέν σε, δοξολογοῦμέν σε, εὐχαριστοῦμέν σοι, διὰ τὴν μεγάλην σου δόξαν.	We praise you, * we bless you, * we worship you, * we glorify you, * we give you thanks * for your great glory.
Κύριε βασιλεῦ, ἐπουράνιε Θεέ, Πάτερ παντοκράτορ· Κύριε Υἱὲ μονογενές, Ἰησοῦ Χριστέ, καὶ Ἅγιον Πνεῦμα.	Lord, King, * God of heaven, * Father, Almighty, * Lord, only-begotten Son, * Jesus Christ * and holy Spirit.
Κύριε ὁ Θεός, ὁ ἀμνὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ, ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ Πατρός, ὁ αἴρων τὴν ἁμαρτίαν τοῦ κόσμου, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς, ὁ αἴρων τὰς ἁμαρτίας τοῦ κόσμου.	Lord God, * Lamb of God, * Son of the Father, * who takes away the sin of the world, * have mercy on us; * you take away the sins of the world.
Πρόσδεξαι τὴν δέησιν ἡμῶν, ὁ καθήμενος ἐν δεξιᾷ τοῦ Πατρός, καὶ ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς.	Receive our prayer, * you who sit at the right hand of the Father, * and have mercy on us.
Ὅτι σὺ εἶ μόνος Ἅγιος, σὺ εἶ μόνος Κύριος, Ἰησοῦς Χριστός, εἰς δόξαν Θεοῦ Πατρός. Ἀμήν.	For you alone are holy, * you alone are Lord, * Jesus Christ, * to the glory of God the Father. Amen.
Καθʼ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν εὐλογήσω σε καὶ αἰνέσω τὸ ὄνομά σου εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα καὶ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ αἰῶνος.	Every day I will bless You, and Your name will I praise to eternity, and to the ages of ages.
Καταξίωσον, Κύριε, ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ταύτῃ, ἀναμαρτήτους φυλαχθῆναι ἡμᾶς.	Grant, Lord, * this day * to keep us without sin.
Εὐλογητὸς εἶ, Κύριε, ὁ Θεὸς τῶν Πατέρων ἡμῶν, καὶ αἰνετὸν καὶ δεδοξασμένον τὸ ὄνομά σου εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. Ἀμήν.	Blessed are You, O Lord, the God of our fathers, and praised and glorified is Your name to the ages. Amen.
Γένοιτο, Κύριε, τὸ ἔλεός σου ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς, καθάπερ ἠλπίσαμεν ἐπὶ σέ.	Let Your mercy be on us, O Lord, as we have set our hope on You.
Εὐλογητὸς εἶ Κύριε, δίδαξόν με τὰ δικαιώματά σου.	Blessed are You, O Lord. Teach me Your statutes.
Εὐλογητὸς εἶ Κύριε, δίδαξόν με τὰ δικαιώματά σου.	Blessed are You, O Lord. Teach me Your statutes.
Εὐλογητὸς εἶ Κύριε, δίδαξόν με τὰ δικαιώματά σου.	Blessed are You, O Lord. Teach me Your statutes.
Κύριε, καταφυγὴ ἐγενήθης ἡμῖν ἐν γενεᾷ καὶ γενεᾷ. Ἐγὼ εἶπα· Κύριε, ἐλέησόν με, ἴασαι τὴν ψυχήν μου, ὅτι ἥμαρτόν σοι.	Lord, You have been our refuge from generation to generation. I said: Lord, have mercy on me. Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You.
Κύριε, πρὸς σὲ κατέφυγον. Δίδαξόν με τοῦ ποιεῖν τὸ θέλημά σου, ὅτι σὺ εἶ ὁ Θεός μου.	Lord, I have fled to You. Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God.
Ὅτι παρὰ σοὶ πηγὴ ζωῆς, ἐν τῷ φωτί σου ὀψόμεθα φῶς.	For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we shall see light.
Παράτεινον τὸ ἔλεός σου τοῖς γινώσκουσί σε.	Continue Your mercy to those who know You.
Ἅγιος ὁ Θεός, Ἅγιος Ἰσχυρός, Ἅγιος Ἀθάνατος, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς. (3)	Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (3)
Δόξα Πατρὶ καὶ Υἱῷ καὶ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι.	Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Καὶ νῦν καὶ ἀεί, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.	Both now and ever and to the ages of ages. Amen.
Ἅγιος Ἀθάνατος, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς.	Holy Immortal, have mercy on us.
	c2004 - Asmatic Mode 4 \| GTheodoridis/ c1212 - Mode 2 \| SDedes/ c1211.a1 - Mode 1 \| SDedes/ c1212.a1 - SDedes/ c1216.a1 - Mode Pl. 2 \| SDedes/ c1218.a1 - Mode Pl. 4 \| SDedes/
Ἅγιος ὁ Θεός, Ἅγιος Ἰσχυρός, Ἅγιος Ἀθάνατος, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς.	Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us.
Μετὰ τὸ τέλος τῆς Δοξολογίας λέγομεν Τροπάριον Ἀναστάσιμον.	After the Doxology, sing the following Resurrectional Troparion.
Ἦχος δʹ. (ἢ τῆς ἑβδομάδος.)	Mode 4. (or the Mode of the week)
c1011 - Mode 1 - Roubanis/ c1012 - Mode 2 - Roubanis/ c1013 - Mode 3 - Roubanis/ c1014 - Mode 4 - Roubanis/ c1015 - Mode pl. 1 - Roubanis/ c1016 - Mode pl. 2 - Roubanis/ c1017 - Grave Mode - Roubanis/ c1018 - Mode pl. 4 - Roubanis/	c1211 - Mode 1 \| SDedes/ c1212 - Mode 2 \| SDedes/ c1213 - Mode 3 \| SDedes/ c1214 - Mode 4 \| SDedes/ c1215 - Mode pl. 1 \| SDedes/ c1216 - Mode pl. 2 \| SDedes/ c1217 - Grave Mode \| SDedes/ c1218 - Mode pl. 4 \| SDedes/ c1211.a1 - Mode 1 \| SDedes/ c1212.a1 - Mode 2 \| SDedes/ c1213.a1 - Mode 3 \| SDedes/ c1214.a1 - Mode 4 \| SDedes/ c1215.a1 - Mode pl. 1 \| SDedes/ c1216.a1 - Mode pl. 2 \| SDedes/ c1217.a1 - Grave Mode \| SDedes/ c1218.a1 - Mode pl. 4 \| SDedes/
Σήμερον σωτηρία τῷ κόσμῳ γέγονεν. ᾌσωμεν τῷ ἀναστάντι ἐκ τάφου καὶ ἀρχηγῷ τῆς ζωῆς ἡμῶν· καθελὼν γὰρ τῷ θανάτῳ τὸν θάνατον, τὸ νῖκος ἔδωκεν ἡμῖν, καὶ τὸ μέγα ἔλεος.	Today salvation has come to the world. * Let us sing to him who rose from the tomb, the Author of our life. * For destroying death by death, * he has given us the victory * and his great mercy. [Lash]
Litanies, End, no Dismissal	Litanies, End, no Dismissal
Η ΕΚΤΕΝΗΣ	LITANY OF FERVENT SUPPLICATION
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ	DEACON
Ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς, ὁ Θεός, κατὰ τὸ μέγα ἔλεός σου, δεόμεθά σου, ἐπάκουσον καὶ ἐλέησον.	Have mercy on us, O God, according to your great mercy, we pray you, hear and have mercy.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Κύριε, ἐλέησον. (3)	CHOIR: Lord, have mercy. (3)
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ	DEACON
Ἔτι δεόμεθα ὑπὲρ τῶν εὐσεβῶν καὶ ὀρθοδόξων χριστιανῶν.	Let us pray for pious and Orthodox Christians.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Κύριε, ἐλέησον. (3)	CHOIR: Lord, have mercy. (3)
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ	DEACON
Ἔτι δεόμεθα ὑπὲρ τοῦ Ἀρχιεπισκόπου ἡμῶν (δεῖνος).	Also we pray for our Archbishop (name).
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Κύριε, ἐλέησον. (3)	CHOIR: Lord, have mercy. (3)
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ	DEACON
Ἔτι δεόμεθα ὑπὲρ τῶν ἀδελφῶν ἡμῶν τῶν ἱερέων, ἱερομονάχων, διακόνων καὶ μοναχῶν καὶ πάσης τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ ἡμῶν ἀδελφότητος.	Let us pray for our brethren, priests, hieromonks, deacons, and monastics, and all our brotherhood in Christ.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Κύριε, ἐλέησον. (3)	CHOIR: Lord, have mercy. (3)
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ	DEACON
Ἔτι δεόμεθα ὑπὲρ ἐλέους, ζωῆς, εἰρήνης, ὑγείας, σωτηρίας, ἐπισκέψεως, συγχωρήσεως καὶ ἀφέσεως τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν τῶν δούλων τοῦ Θεοῦ, πάντων τῶν εὐσεβῶν καὶ ὀρθοδόξων χριστιανῶν τῶν κατοικούντων καὶ παρεπιδημούντων ἐν τῇ πόλει ταύτῃ, τῶν ἐνοριτῶν, ἐπιτρόπων, συνδρομητῶν καὶ ἀφιερωτῶν τῆς ἁγίας Ἐκκλησίας ταύτης.	Again we pray for mercy, life, peace, health, salvation, visitation, forgiveness and remission of the sins of all pious and Orthodox Christians living and visiting in this city, the parishioners, the members of the Parish Council and every Ministry of this Parish, and the donors and benefactors of this holy church.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Κύριε, ἐλέησον. (3)	CHOIR: Lord, have mercy. (3)
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ	DEACON
Ἔτι δεόμεθα ὑπέρ τῶν μακαρίων καὶ ἀειμνήστων κτιτόρων τῆς ἁγίας Ἐκκλησίας (ἢ τῆς ἁγίας μονῆς) ταύτης καὶ ὑπὲρ πάντων τῶν προαναπαυσαμένων πατέρων καὶ ἀδελφῶν ἡμῶν, τῶν ἐνθάδε εὐσεβῶς κειμένων καὶ ἁπανταχοῦ ὀρθοδόξων.	Let us again pray for the blessed and ever-memorable founders of this holy church, and for all our fathers, mothers, brothers, and sisters who are asleep here in the Lord and for the Orthodox everywhere.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Κύριε, ἐλέησον. (3)	CHOIR: Lord, have mercy. (3)
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ	DEACON
Ἔτι δεόμεθα ὑπὲρ τῶν καρποφορούντων καὶ καλλιεργούντων ἐν τῷ ἁγίῳ καὶ πανσέπτῳ ναῷ τούτῳ, κοπιώντων, ψαλλόντων καὶ ὑπὲρ τοῦ περιεστῶτος λαοῦ, τοῦ ἀπεκδεχομένου τὸ παρὰ σοῦ μέγα καὶ πλούσιον ἔλεος.	Also we pray for those who bring offerings, those who care for the beauty of this holy and venerable house, for those who labour in its service, for those who sing, and for the people here present, who await your great and rich mercy.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Κύριε, ἐλέησον. (3)	CHOIR: Lord, have mercy. (3)
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ	PRIEST
Ὅτι ἐλεήμων καὶ φιλάνθρωπος Θεὸς ὑπάρχεις, 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, O God, are merciful, and love mankind, and to you we give glory, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Ἀμήν.	CHOIR: Amen.
ΤΑ ΠΛΗΡΩΤΙΚΑ	LITANY OF COMPLETION
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ	DEACON
Πληρώσωμεν τὴν ἑωθινὴν δέησιν ἡμῶν τῷ Κυρίῳ.	Let us complete our morning prayer to the Lord.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Κύριε, ἐλέησον.	CHOIR: Lord, have mercy.
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ	DEACON
Ἀντιλαβοῦ, σῶσον, ἐλέησον καὶ διαφύλαξον ἡμᾶς, ὁ Θεός, τῇ σῇ χάριτι.	Help us, save us, have mercy on us, and keep us, O God, by your grace.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Κύριε, ἐλέησον.	CHOIR: Lord, have mercy.
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ	DEACON
Τὴν ἡμέραν πᾶσαν τελείαν, ἁγίαν, εἰρηνικὴν καὶ ἀναμάρτητον παρὰ τοῦ Κυρίου αἰτησώμεθα.	That the whole day may be perfect, holy, peaceful and sinless, let us ask of the Lord.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Παράσχου, Κύριε.	CHOIR: Grant this, O Lord.
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ	DEACON
Ἄγγελον εἰρήνης, πιστὸν ὁδηγόν, φύλακα τῶν ψυχῶν καὶ τῶν σωμάτων ἡμῶν παρὰ τοῦ Κυρίου αἰτησώμεθα.	An angel of peace, a faithful guide, a guardian of our souls and bodies, let us ask of the Lord.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Παράσχου, Κύριε.	CHOIR: Grant this, O Lord.
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ	DEACON
Συγγνώμην καὶ ἄφεσιν τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν καὶ τῶν πλημμελημάτων ἡμῶν παρὰ τοῦ Κυρίου αἰτησώμεθα.	Pardon and forgiveness of our sins and offences, let us ask of the Lord.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Παράσχου, Κύριε.	CHOIR: Grant this, O Lord.
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ	DEACON
Τὰ καλὰ καὶ συμφέροντα ταῖς ψυχαῖς ἡμῶν καὶ εἰρήνην τῷ κόσμῳ παρὰ τοῦ Κυρίου αἰτησώμεθα.	Those things that are good and profitable for our souls, and peace for the world, let us ask of the Lord.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Παράσχου, Κύριε.	CHOIR: Grant this, O Lord.
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ	DEACON
Τὸν ὑπόλοιπον χρόνον τῆς ζωῆς ἡμῶν ἐν εἰρήνῃ καὶ μετανοίᾳ ἐκτελέσαι παρὰ τοῦ Κυρίου αἰτησώμεθα.	That we may live out the rest of our days in peace and repentance, let us ask of the Lord.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Παράσχου, Κύριε.	CHOIR: Grant this, O Lord.
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ	DEACON
Χριστιανὰ τὰ τέλη τῆς ζωῆς ἡμῶν, ἀνώδυνα, ἀνεπαίσχυντα, εἰρηνικὰ καὶ καλὴν ἀπολογίαν τὴν ἐπὶ τοῦ φοβεροῦ βήματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ αἰτησώμεθα.	A Christian end to our life, painless, unashamed and peaceful, and a good defence before the dread judgement seat of Christ, let us ask.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Παράσχου, Κύριε.	CHOIR: Grant this, O Lord.
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ	DEACON
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.	Commemorating our all-holy, pure, most blessed and glorious Lady, Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary, with all the Saints, let us entrust ourselves and one another and our whole life to Christ our God.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Σοί, Κύριε.	CHOIR: To you, O Lord.
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ	PRIEST
Ὅτι Θεὸς ἐλέους, οἰκτιρμῶν, καὶ φιλανθρωπίας ὑπάρχεις, 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 God of mercy, compassion, and benevolence, and to You we give glory, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to ages of ages.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Ἀμήν.	CHOIR: Amen.
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ: Εἰρήνη πᾶσι.	PRIEST: Peace to all.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Καὶ τῷ πνεύματί σου.	CHOIR: And to your spirit.
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ	DEACON
Τὰς κεφαλὰς ἡμῶν τῷ Κυρίῳ κλίνωμεν.	Let us bow our heads to the Lord.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Σοί, Κύριε.	CHOIR: To you, O Lord.
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ (χαμηλοφώνως)	PRIEST (in a low voice)
Κύριε ἅγιε, ὁ ἐν ὑψηλοῖς κατοικῶν καὶ τὰ ταπεινὰ ἐφορῶν καὶ τῷ παντεφόρῳ σου ὄμματι ἐπιβλέπων ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν κτίσιν, σοὶ ἐκλίναμεν τὸν αὐχένα τῆς ψυχῆς καὶ τοῦ σώματος καὶ δεόμεθά σου, ἅγιε ἁγίων· Ἔκτεινον τὴν χεῖρά σου τὴν ἀόρατον ἐξ ἁγίου κατοικητηρίου σου καὶ εὐλόγησον πάντας ἡμᾶς· καὶ εἴ τι ἡμάρτομεν ἑκουσίως ἢ ἀκουσίως, ὡς ἀγαθὸς καὶ φιλάνθρωπος Θεὸς συγχώρησον, δωρούμενος ἡμῖν τὰ ἐγκόσμια καὶ ὑπερκόσμια ἀγαθά σου.	Holy Lord, dwelling on high and beholding things below and, with your eye that observes all, keeping watch over the whole creation, to you we have bowed the neck of our soul and body, and we beseech you, O Holy of Holies: Stretch forth your invisible hand from your holy dwelling and bless us all. And, as you are good and love humankind, pardon us if we have sinned in anything, voluntarily or involuntarily, granting us your blessings both of this world and of the world above.
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ (ἐκφώνως)	PRIEST (aloud)
Σὸν γάρ ἐστι τὸ ἐλεεῖν καὶ σώζειν ἡμᾶς, 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 yours it is to have mercy and to save us, O our God, and to you we give glory, to the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Ἀμήν.	CHOIR: Amen.
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ: Σοφία.	PRIEST: Wisdom.
ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ: Εὐλόγησον.	READER: Father, bless!
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ	PRIEST
Ὁ ὢν εὐλογητὸς Χριστὸς ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν πάντοτε, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.	Blessed are You, Christ our God, always now and forever and to the ages of ages.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Ἀμήν.	CHOIR: Amen.
ΠΡΟΕΣΤΩΣ ἢ ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ	HIERARCH or READER
Στερεώσαι Κύριος ὁ Θεός τὴν ἁγίαν καὶ ἀμώμητον πίστιν τῶν εὐσεβῶν καὶ ὀρθοδόξων χριστιανῶν σὺν τῇ ἁγίᾳ αὐτοῦ Μεγάλῃ Ἐκκλησίᾳ, τῇ ἱερᾷ ἡμῶν Ἀρχιεπισκοπῇ, [τῇ ἱερᾷ Μητροπόλει ταύτῃ] καὶ τῇ πόλει ταύτῃ εἰς αἰῶνας αἰώνων.	Make firm, Lord our God, the holy and pure faith of the pious Orthodox Christians, together with the Holy Church and this city forever.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Ἀμήν.	CHOIR: Amen.
Τὴν τιμιωτέραν τῶν Χερουβείμ, καὶ ἐνδοξοτέραν, ἀσυγκρίτως τῶν Σεραφείμ, τὴν ἀδιαφθόρως, Θεὸν Λόγον τεκοῦσαν, τὴν ὄντως Θεοτόκον, σὲ μεγαλύνομεν.	Greater in honor than the Cherubim, and in glory greater beyond compare than the Seraphim; you without corruption gave birth to God the Word, and are truly Theotokos. You do we magnify.

Litanies and Dismissal	Litanies and Dismissal
Η ΕΚΤΕΝΗΣ	LITANY OF FERVENT SUPPLICATION
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ	DEACON
Ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς, ὁ Θεός, κατὰ τὸ μέγα ἔλεός σου, δεόμεθά σου, ἐπάκουσον καὶ ἐλέησον.	Have mercy on us, O God, according to your great mercy, we pray you, hear and have mercy.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Κύριε, ἐλέησον. (3)	CHOIR: Lord, have mercy. (3)
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ	DEACON
Ἔτι δεόμεθα ὑπὲρ τῶν εὐσεβῶν καὶ ὀρθοδόξων χριστιανῶν.	Let us pray for pious and Orthodox Christians.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Κύριε, ἐλέησον. (3)	CHOIR: Lord, have mercy. (3)
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ	DEACON
Ἔτι δεόμεθα ὑπὲρ τοῦ Ἀρχιεπισκόπου ἡμῶν (δεῖνος).	Also we pray for our Archbishop (name).
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Κύριε, ἐλέησον. (3)	CHOIR: Lord, have mercy. (3)
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ	DEACON
Ἔτι δεόμεθα ὑπὲρ τῶν ἀδελφῶν ἡμῶν τῶν ἱερέων, ἱερομονάχων, διακόνων καὶ μοναχῶν καὶ πάσης τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ ἡμῶν ἀδελφότητος.	Let us pray for our brethren, priests, hieromonks, deacons, and monastics, and all our brotherhood in Christ.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Κύριε, ἐλέησον. (3)	CHOIR: Lord, have mercy. (3)
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ	DEACON
Ἔτι δεόμεθα ὑπὲρ ἐλέους, ζωῆς, εἰρήνης, ὑγείας, σωτηρίας, ἐπισκέψεως, συγχωρήσεως καὶ ἀφέσεως τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν τῶν δούλων τοῦ Θεοῦ, πάντων τῶν εὐσεβῶν καὶ ὀρθοδόξων χριστιανῶν τῶν κατοικούντων καὶ παρεπιδημούντων ἐν τῇ πόλει ταύτῃ, τῶν ἐνοριτῶν, ἐπιτρόπων, συνδρομητῶν καὶ ἀφιερωτῶν τῆς ἁγίας Ἐκκλησίας ταύτης.	Again we pray for mercy, life, peace, health, salvation, visitation, forgiveness and remission of the sins of all pious and Orthodox Christians living and visiting in this city, the parishioners, the members of the Parish Council and every Ministry of this Parish, and the donors and benefactors of this holy church.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Κύριε, ἐλέησον. (3)	CHOIR: Lord, have mercy. (3)
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ	DEACON
Ἔτι δεόμεθα ὑπέρ τῶν μακαρίων καὶ ἀειμνήστων κτιτόρων τῆς ἁγίας Ἐκκλησίας (ἢ τῆς ἁγίας μονῆς) ταύτης καὶ ὑπὲρ πάντων τῶν προαναπαυσαμένων πατέρων καὶ ἀδελφῶν ἡμῶν, τῶν ἐνθάδε εὐσεβῶς κειμένων καὶ ἁπανταχοῦ ὀρθοδόξων.	Let us again pray for the blessed and ever-memorable founders of this holy church, and for all our fathers, mothers, brothers, and sisters who are asleep here in the Lord and for the Orthodox everywhere.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Κύριε, ἐλέησον. (3)	CHOIR: Lord, have mercy. (3)
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ	DEACON
Ἔτι δεόμεθα ὑπὲρ τῶν καρποφορούντων καὶ καλλιεργούντων ἐν τῷ ἁγίῳ καὶ πανσέπτῳ ναῷ τούτῳ, κοπιώντων, ψαλλόντων καὶ ὑπὲρ τοῦ περιεστῶτος λαοῦ, τοῦ ἀπεκδεχομένου τὸ παρὰ σοῦ μέγα καὶ πλούσιον ἔλεος.	Also we pray for those who bring offerings, those who care for the beauty of this holy and venerable house, for those who labour in its service, for those who sing, and for the people here present, who await your great and rich mercy.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Κύριε, ἐλέησον. (3)	CHOIR: Lord, have mercy. (3)
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ	PRIEST
Ὅτι ἐλεήμων καὶ φιλάνθρωπος Θεὸς ὑπάρχεις, 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, O God, are merciful, and love mankind, and to you we give glory, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Ἀμήν.	CHOIR: Amen.
ΤΑ ΠΛΗΡΩΤΙΚΑ	LITANY OF COMPLETION
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ	DEACON
Πληρώσωμεν τὴν ἑωθινὴν δέησιν ἡμῶν τῷ Κυρίῳ.	Let us complete our morning prayer to the Lord.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Κύριε, ἐλέησον.	CHOIR: Lord, have mercy.
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ	DEACON
Ἀντιλαβοῦ, σῶσον, ἐλέησον καὶ διαφύλαξον ἡμᾶς, ὁ Θεός, τῇ σῇ χάριτι.	Help us, save us, have mercy on us, and keep us, O God, by your grace.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Κύριε, ἐλέησον.	CHOIR: Lord, have mercy.
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ	DEACON
Τὴν ἡμέραν πᾶσαν τελείαν, ἁγίαν, εἰρηνικὴν καὶ ἀναμάρτητον παρὰ τοῦ Κυρίου αἰτησώμεθα.	That the whole day may be perfect, holy, peaceful and sinless, let us ask of the Lord.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Παράσχου, Κύριε.	CHOIR: Grant this, O Lord.
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ	DEACON
Ἄγγελον εἰρήνης, πιστὸν ὁδηγόν, φύλακα τῶν ψυχῶν καὶ τῶν σωμάτων ἡμῶν παρὰ τοῦ Κυρίου αἰτησώμεθα.	An angel of peace, a faithful guide, a guardian of our souls and bodies, let us ask of the Lord.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Παράσχου, Κύριε.	CHOIR: Grant this, O Lord.
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ	DEACON
Συγγνώμην καὶ ἄφεσιν τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν καὶ τῶν πλημμελημάτων ἡμῶν παρὰ τοῦ Κυρίου αἰτησώμεθα.	Pardon and forgiveness of our sins and offences, let us ask of the Lord.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Παράσχου, Κύριε.	CHOIR: Grant this, O Lord.
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ	DEACON
Τὰ καλὰ καὶ συμφέροντα ταῖς ψυχαῖς ἡμῶν καὶ εἰρήνην τῷ κόσμῳ παρὰ τοῦ Κυρίου αἰτησώμεθα.	Those things that are good and profitable for our souls, and peace for the world, let us ask of the Lord.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Παράσχου, Κύριε.	CHOIR: Grant this, O Lord.
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ	DEACON
Τὸν ὑπόλοιπον χρόνον τῆς ζωῆς ἡμῶν ἐν εἰρήνῃ καὶ μετανοίᾳ ἐκτελέσαι παρὰ τοῦ Κυρίου αἰτησώμεθα.	That we may live out the rest of our days in peace and repentance, let us ask of the Lord.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Παράσχου, Κύριε.	CHOIR: Grant this, O Lord.
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ	DEACON
Χριστιανὰ τὰ τέλη τῆς ζωῆς ἡμῶν, ἀνώδυνα, ἀνεπαίσχυντα, εἰρηνικὰ καὶ καλὴν ἀπολογίαν τὴν ἐπὶ τοῦ φοβεροῦ βήματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ αἰτησώμεθα.	A Christian end to our life, painless, unashamed and peaceful, and a good defence before the dread judgement seat of Christ, let us ask.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Παράσχου, Κύριε.	CHOIR: Grant this, O Lord.
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ	DEACON
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.	Commemorating our all-holy, pure, most blessed and glorious Lady, Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary, with all the Saints, let us entrust ourselves and one another and our whole life to Christ our God.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Σοί, Κύριε.	CHOIR: To you, O Lord.
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ	PRIEST
Ὅτι Θεὸς ἐλέους, οἰκτιρμῶν, καὶ φιλανθρωπίας ὑπάρχεις, 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 God of mercy, compassion, and benevolence, and to You we give glory, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to ages of ages.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Ἀμήν.	CHOIR: Amen.
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ: Εἰρήνη πᾶσι.	PRIEST: Peace to all.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Καὶ τῷ πνεύματί σου.	CHOIR: And to your spirit.
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ	DEACON
Τὰς κεφαλὰς ἡμῶν τῷ Κυρίῳ κλίνωμεν.	Let us bow our heads to the Lord.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Σοί, Κύριε.	CHOIR: To you, O Lord.
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ (χαμηλοφώνως)	PRIEST (in a low voice)
Κύριε ἅγιε, ὁ ἐν ὑψηλοῖς κατοικῶν καὶ τὰ ταπεινὰ ἐφορῶν καὶ τῷ παντεφόρῳ σου ὄμματι ἐπιβλέπων ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν κτίσιν, σοὶ ἐκλίναμεν τὸν αὐχένα τῆς ψυχῆς καὶ τοῦ σώματος καὶ δεόμεθά σου, ἅγιε ἁγίων· Ἔκτεινον τὴν χεῖρά σου τὴν ἀόρατον ἐξ ἁγίου κατοικητηρίου σου καὶ εὐλόγησον πάντας ἡμᾶς· καὶ εἴ τι ἡμάρτομεν ἑκουσίως ἢ ἀκουσίως, ὡς ἀγαθὸς καὶ φιλάνθρωπος Θεὸς συγχώρησον, δωρούμενος ἡμῖν τὰ ἐγκόσμια καὶ ὑπερκόσμια ἀγαθά σου.	Holy Lord, dwelling on high and beholding things below and, with your eye that observes all, keeping watch over the whole creation, to you we have bowed the neck of our soul and body, and we beseech you, O Holy of Holies: Stretch forth your invisible hand from your holy dwelling and bless us all. And, as you are good and love humankind, pardon us if we have sinned in anything, voluntarily or involuntarily, granting us your blessings both of this world and of the world above.
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ (ἐκφώνως)	PRIEST (aloud)
Σὸν γάρ ἐστι τὸ ἐλεεῖν καὶ σώζειν ἡμᾶς, 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 yours it is to have mercy and to save us, O our God, and to you we give glory, to the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Ἀμήν.	CHOIR: Amen.
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ: Σοφία.	PRIEST: Wisdom.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Δέσποτα ἅγιε, εὐλόγησον.	CHOIR: Holy Master, bless.
Ὁ ὢν εὐλογητὸς Χριστὸς ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν πάντοτε, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.	Blessed are You, Christ our God, always now and forever and to the ages of ages.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Ἀμήν.	CHOIR: Amen.
ΠΡΟΕΣΤΩΣ ἢ ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ	HIERARCH or READER
Στερεώσαι Κύριος ὁ Θεός τὴν ἁγίαν καὶ ἀμώμητον πίστιν τῶν εὐσεβῶν καὶ ὀρθοδόξων χριστιανῶν σὺν τῇ ἁγίᾳ αὐτοῦ Μεγάλῃ Ἐκκλησίᾳ, τῇ ἱερᾷ ἡμῶν Ἀρχιεπισκοπῇ, [τῇ ἱερᾷ Μητροπόλει ταύτῃ] καὶ τῇ πόλει ταύτῃ εἰς αἰῶνας αἰώνων.	Make firm, Lord our God, the holy and pure faith of the pious Orthodox Christians, together with the Holy Church and this city forever.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Ἀμήν.	CHOIR: Amen.
Τὴν τιμιωτέραν τῶν Χερουβείμ, καὶ ἐνδοξοτέραν, ἀσυγκρίτως τῶν Σεραφείμ, τὴν ἀδιαφθόρως, Θεὸν Λόγον τεκοῦσαν, τὴν ὄντως Θεοτόκον, σὲ μεγαλύνομεν.	Greater in honor than the Cherubim, and in glory greater beyond compare than the Seraphim; you without corruption gave birth to God the Word, and are truly Theotokos. You do we magnify.
Δόξα Πατρὶ καὶ Υἱῷ καὶ ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι. Καὶ νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.	Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. Both now and for ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.
Κύριε, ἐλέησον. (3) Εὐλόγησον.	Lord, have mercy. (3) Father, bless!

Dismissal	Dismissal
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ	PRIEST
Δόξα σοι ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, δόξα σοι.	Glory to you, our God, glory to you.
Ὁ ἀναστὰς ἐκ νεκρῶν, Χριστὸς ὁ ἀληθινὸς Θεὸς ἡμῶν, ταῖς πρεσβείαις τῆς παναχράντου καὶ παναμώμου ἁγίας αὐτοῦ Μητρός, 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 ἁγίων ἐνδόξων καὶ καλλινίκων μαρτύρων· τῶν ὁσίων καὶ θεοφόρων πατέρων ἡμῶν· (τοῦ ἁγίου τοῦ ναοῦ)· τῶν ἁγίων καὶ δικαίων θεοπατόρων Ἰωακεὶμ καὶ Ἄννης, καὶ τῶν ἁγίων Προπατόρων, ὧν καὶ τὴν μνήμην ἐπιτελοῦμεν; καὶ πάντων τῶν ἁγίων, ἐλεήσαι καὶ σώσαι ἡμᾶς, ὡς ἀγαθὸς καὶ φιλάνθρωπος καὶ ἐλεήμων Θεός.	May He who rose from the dead, 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 the holy Forefathers, whose memory we observe; and of all the saints, have mercy on us and save us, as He is good, benevolent, and merciful God.

Conclusion, i.e. “Through the prayers…”	Conclusion, i.e. “Through the prayers…”
Διʼ εὐχῶν τῶν ἁγίων πατέρων ἡμῶν, Κύριε Ἰησοῦ Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς.	Through the prayers of our holy fathers, Lord Jesus Christ, our God, have mercy upon us.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Ἀμήν.	CHOIR: Amen.