Ἑσπερινὸς καὶ Θεία Λειτουργία Προηγιασμένων Δώρων. Vesper Service and Divine Liturgy of Presanctified Gifts. Α Ἐβδομάδος Νηστειῶν

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1 Saint Sophia The Holy Wisdom of God Greek Orthodox Cathedral Washington, D.C. Ἑσπερινὸς καὶ Θεία Λειτουργία Προηγιασμένων Δώρων Vesper Service and Divine Liturgy of Presanctified Gifts Α Ἐβδομάδος Νηστειῶν 1 st Week of the Fast Office of Music Arts

2 Copyright 2015 Office of Music Arts Saint Sophia The Holy Wisdom of God Greek Orthodox Cathedral th St & Mass. Ave, NW Washington, DC Web: All scriptural readings are taken from the Orthodox Study Bible, New King James Version. The petitions of the Hierarch, Priest and Deacon are taken from the Web Site of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. Metered English translations of hymns are taken from the publications of the Holy Transfiguration Monastery in Boston, MA, as well as from the AGES Initiative of Fr. Seraphim Dedes. Some hymns have been modified for the purpose of worship by Georgios Theodoridis, Master Chanter and Director of the Office of Music Arts, Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral.

3 Εὐλογημένη ἡ Βασιλεία τοῦ Πατρὸς καί τοῦ Υἱοῦ καί τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος, νῦν καὶ ἀεί τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Blessed is the kingdom of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, now and forever and unto the ages of ages. ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ Ἀμήν. Δεῦτε, προσκυνήσωμεν καὶ προσπέσωμεν τῷ βασιλεῖ ἡμῶν Θεῷ. Δεῦτε, προσκυνήσωμεν καὶ προσπέσωμεν Χριστῷ, τῷ βασιλεῖ ἡμῶν Θεῷ. Δεῦτε, προσκυνήσωμεν καὶ προσπέσωμεν αὐτῷ Χριστῷ, τῷ βασιλεῖ καὶ Θεῷ ἡμῶν. Ψαλμός ργ Εὐλόγει ἡ ψυχή μου, τὸν Κύριον Κύριε ὁ Θεός μου ἐμεγαλύνθης σφόδρα. Ἐξομολόγησιν καὶ μεγαλοπρέπειαν ἐνεδύσω, ἀναβαλλόμενος φῶς ὡς ἱμάτιον. Ἐκτείνων τὸν οὐρανὸν ὡσεὶ δέρριν, ὁ στεγάζων ἐν ὕδασι τὰ ὑπερῷα αὐτοῦ. Ὁ τιθεὶς νέφη τὴν ἐπίβασιν αὐτοῦ, ὁ περιπατῶν ἐπὶ πτερύγων ἀνέμων. Ὁ ποιῶν τοὺς Ἀγγέλους αὐτοῦ πνεύματα, καὶ τοὺς λειτουργοὺς αὐτοῦ πυρὸς φλόγα. Ὁ θεμελιῶν τὴν γῆν ἐπὶ τὴν ἀσφάλειαν αὐτῆς, οὐ κλιθήσεται εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ αἰῶνος. Ἄβυσσος ὡς ἱμάτιον τὸ περιβόλαιον αὐτοῦ, ἐπὶ τῶν ὀρέων στήσονται ὕδατα. Ἀπὸ ἐπιτιμήσεώς σου φεύξονται, ἀπὸ φωνῆς βροντῆς σου δειλιάσουσιν. Ἀναβαίνουσιν ὄρη, καὶ καταβαίνουσι πεδία εἰς τόπον, ὃν ἐθεμελίωσας αὐτά. Ὅριον ἔθου, ὃ οὐ παρελεύσονται, οὐδὲ ἐπιστρέψουσι καλύψαι τὴν γῆν. Ὁ ἐξαποστέλλων πηγὰς ἐν φάραγξιν, ἀνάμεσον τῶν ὀρέων διελεύσονται ὕδατα. Ποτιοῦσι πάντα τὰ θηρία τοῦ ἀγροῦ, προσδέξονται ὄναγροι εἰς δίψαν αὐτῶν. Ἐπ αὐτὰ τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ κατασκηνώσει, ἐκ μέσου τῶν πετρῶν δώσουσι φωνήν. Ποτίζων ὄρη ἐκ τῶν ὑπερῴων αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ καρποῦ τῶν ἔργων σου χορτασθήσεται ἡ γῆ. Ὁ ἐξανατέλλων χόρτον τοῖς κτήνεσι, καὶ χλόην τῇ δουλείᾳ τῶν ἀνθρώπων. 1 READER Amen. O come, let us worship and fall down before our King and God. O come, let us worship and fall down before Christ, our King and God. O come, let us worship and fall down before Him, Christ the King and our God. Psalm 103 (104) Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, You are very great: You are clothed with honor and majesty, Who cover Yourself with light as with a garment. Who stretch out the heavens like a curtain. He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters. Who makes the clouds His chariot, Who walks on the wings of the wind. Who makes His angels spirits, His ministers a flame of fire. You who laid the foundations of the earth, So that it should not be moved forever. You covered it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. At Your rebuke they fled; at the voice of Your thunder they hastened away. They went up over the mountains; they went down into the valleys, to the place which You founded for them. You have set a boundary that they may not pass over, that they may not return to cover the earth. He sends the springs into the valleys; they flow among the hills. They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst. By them the birds of the heavens have their home; they sing among the branches. He waters the hills from His upper chambers; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of Your works. He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, and vegetation for the service of man.

4 Τοῦ ἐξαγαγεῖν ἄρτον ἐκ τῆς γῆς καὶ οἶνος εὐφραίνει καρδίαν ἀνθρώπου. Τοῦ ἱλαρῦναι πρόσωπον ἐν ἐλαίῳ καὶ ἄρτος καρδίαν ἀνθρώπου στηρίζει. Χορτασθήσεται τὰ ξύλα τοῦ πεδίου, αἱ κέδροι τοῦ Λιβάνου, ἃς ἐφύτευσας. Ἐκεῖ στρουθία ἐννοσσεύσουσι, τοῦ ἐρῳδιοῦ ἡ κατοικία ἠγεῖται αὐτῶν. Ὄρη τὰ ὑψηλὰ ταῖς ἐλάφοις, πέτρα καταφυγὴ τοῖς λαγωοῖς. Ἐποίησε σελήνην εἰς καιρούς ὁ ἥλιος ἔγνω τὴν δύσιν αὐτοῦ. Ἔθου σκότος, καὶ ἐγένετο νύξ ἐν αὐτῇ διελεύσονται πάντα τὰ θηρία τοῦ δρυμοῦ. Σκύμνοι ὠρυόμενοι τοῦ ἁρπάσαι, καὶ ζητῆσαι παρὰ τῷ Θεῷ βρῶσιν αὐτοῖς. Ἀνέτειλεν ὁ ἥλιος, καὶ συνήχθησαν, καὶ εἰς τὰς μάνδρας αὐτῶν κοιτασθήσονται. Ἐξελεύσεται ἄνθρωπος ἐπὶ τὸ ἔργον αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν ἐργασίαν αὐτοῦ ἕως ἑσπέρας. Ὡς ἐμεγαλύνθη τὰ ἔργα σου, Κύριε πάντα ἐν σοφίᾳ ἐποίησας ἐπληρώθη ἡ γῆ τῆς κτίσεώς σου. Αὕτη ἡ θάλασσα ἡ μεγάλη καὶ εὐρύχωρος ἐκεῖ ἑρπετὰ ὧν οὐκ ἔστιν ἀριθμός, ζῷα μικρὰ μετὰ μεγάλων. Ἐκεῖ πλοῖα διαπορεύονται δράκων οὗτος, ὃν ἔπλασας ἐμπαίζειν αὐτῇ. Πάντα πρὸς σὲ προσδοκῶσι, δοῦναι τὴν τροφὴν αὐτῶν εἰς εὔκαιρον δόντος σου αὐτοῖς συλλέξουσιν. Ἀνοίξαντός σου τὴν χεῖρα, τὰ σύμπαντα πλησθήσονται χρηστότητος, ἀποστρέψαντος δέ σου τὸ πρόσωπον, ταραχθήσονται. Ἀντανελεῖς τὸ πνεῦμα αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐκλείψουσι, καὶ εἰς τὸν χοῦν αὐτῶν ἐπιστρέψουσιν. Ἐξαποστελεῖς τὸ πνεῦμα σου, καὶ κτισθήσονται, καὶ ἀνακαινιεῖς τὸ πρόσωπον τῆς γῆς. Ἤτω ἡ δόξα Κυρίου εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας, εὐφρανθήσεται Κύριος ἐπὶ τοῖς ἔργοις αὐτοῦ. Ὁ ἐπιβλέπων ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, καὶ ποιῶν αὐτὴν τρέμειν ὁ ἁπτόμενος τῶν ὀρέων, καὶ καπνίζονται. That he may bring forth food from the earth, and wine that makes glad the heart of man. Oil to make his face shine, and bread which strengthens man s heart. The trees of the Lord are full of sap, the cedars of Lebanon which He planted. Where the birds make their nests; the stork has her home in the fir trees. The high hills are for the wild goats; the cliffs are a refuge for the rock badgers. He appointed the moon for seasons; the sun knows its going down. You make darkness, and it is night, in which all the beasts of the forest creep about. The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God. When the sun rises, they gather together and lie down in their dens. Man goes out to his work and to his labor until the evening. O Lord, how manifold are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all. The earth is full of Your possessions. This great and wide sea, in which are innumerable teeming things, living things both small and great. There the ships sail about; there is that Leviathan, which You have made to play there. These all wait for You, that You may give them their food in due season. What You give them they gather in; You open Your hand, they are filled with good. You hide Your face, they are troubled; You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust. You send forth Your Spirit, they are created; and You renew the face of the earth. May the glory of the Lord endure forever; may the Lord rejoice in His works. He looks on the earth, and it trembles; He touches the hills, and they smoke. 2

5 Ἀσω τῷ Κυρίῳ ἐν τῇ ζωῇ μου, ψαλῶ τῷ Θεῷ μου ἕως ὑπάρχω. Ἡδυνθείη αὐτῷ ἡ διαλογή μου, ἐγὼ δὲ εὐφρανθήσομαι ἐπὶ τῷ Κυρίῳ. Ἐκλείποιεν ἁμαρτωλοὶ ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἄνομοι, ὥστε μὴ ὑπάρχειν αὐτούς. Εὐλόγει, ἡ ψυχή μου, τὸν Κύριον. Καὶ πάλιν Ὁ ἥλιος ἔγνω τὴν δύσιν αὐτοῦ, ἔθου σκότος, καὶ ἐγένετο νύξ. Ὡς ἐμεγαλύνθη τὰ ἔργα σου, Κύριε πάντα ἐν σοφίᾳ ἐποίησας. Δόξα... Καὶ νῦν... Ἀλληλούϊα, Ἀλληλούϊα, Ἀλληλούϊα. Δόξα σοι ὁ Θεός. (Ἐκ γ') Ἡ ἐλπὶς ἡμῶν, Κύριε, δόξα σοι. Μετὰ τὸν Προοιμιακὸν ψαλμὸν, Συναπτὴ μεγάλη ὑπὸ τοῦ Διακόνου. Ὁ χορός τὸ «Κύριε Ἐλέησον» εἰς ἐκάστην δέησιν μέχρι καὶ τῆς «Ἀντιλαβοῦ, σῶσον...». ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ Ἐν εἰρήνῃ τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν. I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. May my meditation be sweet to Him; I will be glad in the Lord. May sinners be consumed from the earth, and the wicked be no more. Bless the Lord, O my soul! And again The sun knows its going down. You make darkness, and it is night. O Lord, how manifold are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all. Glory Both now Allelouia, Allelouia, Allelouia. Glory to you, O God. (Thrice) Our hope, O Lord, glory to you. After the 103 rd Psalm, the Deacon says the Great Synapti. The choir responds with Lord have mercy to every petition until Commemorating our All- Holy. DEACON In peace, let us pray to the Lord. Ὑπέρ της ἄνωθεν εἰρήνης, καί της σωτηρίας τῶν ψυχῶν ἡμῶν, τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν. For the peace of God and the salvation of our souls, let us pray to the Lord. Ὑπέρ της εἰρήνης τοῦ σύμπαντος κόσμου, εὐσταθείας τῶν ἁγίων τοῦ Θεοῦ Ἐκκλησιῶν, καί τῆς τῶν πάντων ἑνώσεως, τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν. For peace in the whole world, for the stability of the holy churches of God, and for the unity of all, let us pray to the Lord. Ὑπέρ τοῦ ἁγίου οἴκου τούτου, καί τῶν μετὰ πίστεως, εὐλαβείας, καὶ φόβου Θεοῦ εἰσιόντων ἐν αὐτῷ, τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν. Ὑπέρ τῶν εὐσεβῶν καὶ ὀρθοδόξων χριστιανῶν, τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν. For this holy house and for those who enter it with faith, reverence, and the fear of God, let us pray to the Lord. For all the pious and Orthodox Christians, let us pray to the Lord. 3

6 Ὑπέρ τοῦ Ἀρχιεπισκόπου ἡμῶν, [ ], τοῦ τιμίου πρεσβυτερίου, τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ διακονίας, παντός τοῦ Κλήρου καί τοῦ Λαοῦ, τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν. Ὑπέρ τοῦ προέδρου της χώρας ταύτης, σύμπαντος τοῦ Ἀμερικανικοῦ Λαοῦ, τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν. Ὑπέρ τῆς πόλεως ταύτης, πάσης πόλεως καὶ χώρας καί τῶν πίστει οἰκούντων ἐν αὐταῖς, τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν. Ὑπὲρ εὐκρασίας ἀέρων, εὐφορίας τῶν καρπῶν τῆς γῆς καὶ καιρῶν εἰρηνικῶν, τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν. Ὑπὲρ πλεόντων, ὁδοιπορούντων, νοσούντων, καμνόντων, αἰχμαλώτων καί τῆς σωτηρίας αὐτῶν, τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν. Ὑπέρ τοῦ ῥυσθῆναι ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ πάσης θλίψεως, ὀργῆς, κινδύνου καὶ ἀνάγκης, τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν. Ἀντιλαβοῦ, σῶσον, ἐλέησον καὶ διαφύλαξον ἡμᾶς ὁ Θεὸς τῇ σῇ χάριτι. 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. For our Archbishop [ ], the honorable presbyters, the deacons in the service of Christ, and all the clergy and laity, let us pray to the Lord. For the president of this country, and for all the American people, let us pray to the Lord. For this parish and city, for every city and town, and for the faithful who live in them, let us pray to the Lord. For favorable weather, an abundance of the fruits of the earth, and temperate seasons, let us pray to the Lord. For travelers by land, sea and air, for the sick, the suffering, for captives, and for their salvation, let us pray to the Lord. For our deliverance from all affliction, wrath, danger, and distress, let us pray to the Lord. Help us, save us, have mercy upon us and protect us, O God, by your grace. Remembering our most holy, pure, blessed, and glorious Lady, the Theotokos and ever virgin Mary, with all the saints, let us commit ourselves and one another and our whole life to Christ our God. ΧΟΡΟΣ Σοὶ Κύριε. Ὅτι πρέπει σοι πᾶσα δόξα, τιμὴ καὶ προσκύνησις, τῷ Πατρὶ καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ καὶ τῷ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. CHOIR To You, O Lord For to You belong all glory, honor, and worship, to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and forever and unto the ages of ages. ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ Ἀμήν. 4 CHOIR Amen.

7 Μεθ' ὃ κλείεται ἐντελῶς ἡ Ὡραία Πύλη, ὁ Ἀναγνώστης ἀναγινώσκει μεγαλοφώνως τά "Πρὸς Κύριον" ἤτοι τὸ ιη' Κάθισμα τοῦ ψαλτηρίου. After the petitions, the Royal Gates close. and the Reader with a strong voice reads the In mine affliction I cried unto the Lord i.e. the 18 th Kathisma of the Psalter. Καθ' ὃν χρόνον ἀναγινώσκεται τὸ Πρῶτον Κάθισμα τοῦ Ψαλτηρίου, ὁ Ἱερεὺς κάμνει τρεῖς μετανοίας πρὸ τῆς Ἁγίας Τραπέζης, ἀνοίγει τὸ Ἀρτοφόριον, καὶ θυμιάσας τὰ Δῶρα, ἁπλώνει τὸ Ἀντιμήνσιον καὶ θέτει τὸ Δισκάριον ἐπ Αὐτοῦ. Ἀφοῦ μεταφέρῃ τὸν Ἀμνὸν ἐπ Αὐτοῦ, καλύπτει μὲ τὸν Ἀστερίσκον καὶ ἕνα κάλυμμα, τότε, προηγουμένου τοῦ θυμιατοῦ, ἀπέρχεται εἰς τὴν Πρόθεσιν, καὶ ἐναποθέτει τὸ Δισκάριον, φέρον τὸν Ἀμνόν. While the first in order Kathisma is being read, the Priest makes three prostrations in front of the Altar, openes the Artophorion, and after sensing the Holy Gifts, he unfolds the Antimension and puts the Diskarion on it. After he places the Amnon on top, he covers with the Asterisk and the Aera, then censes and returns to the Prothesi placing there the Diskarion that carries the Amnon. Κατόπιν βάζει οἶνον καὶ ὕδωρ εἰς τὸ Ἅγιον Ποτήριον καὶ καλύπτει αὐτό, καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα, διὰ τοῦ Ἀέρος ἀμφότερα τὰ σκεύη. Εἰς κάθε πρᾶξιν λέγει ἁπλῶς τό: "Δι Εὐχῶν τῶν Ἁγίων Πατέρων ἡμῶν, Κύριε Ἰησοῦ Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός, ἐλέησον καὶ σῶσον ἡμᾶς." Afterwards he puts wine and water in the Holy Chalice and covers it, after that, with the Aera he covers both Holy Vessels. For every act he says simple: Through the prayers of our holy Fathers, Lord Jesus Christ, our God, have mercy on us and save us. 5

8 ΠΡΩΤΗ ΣΤΑΣΙΣ ΤΟΥ ΚΑΘΙΣΜΑΤΟΣ Ψαλμὸς ριθ Πρὸς Κύριον ἐν τῷ θλίβεσθαί με ἐκέκραξα, καὶ εἰσήκουσέ μου, Κύριε, ῥῦσαι τὴν ψυχήν μου ἀπὸ χειλέων ἀδίκων καὶ ἀπὸ γλώσσης δολίας. Τὶ δοθείη σοι, καὶ τὶ προστεθείη σοι πρὸς γλῶσσαν δολίαν; Τὰ βέλη τοῦ δυνατοῦ ἠκονημένα, σὺν τοῖς, ἄνθραξι τοῖς ἐρημικοῖς. Οἴμοι! ὅτι ἡ παροικία μου ἐμακρύνθη, κατεσκήνωσα μετὰ τῶν σκηνωμάτων Κηδάρ, πολλὰ παρῴκησεν ἡ ψυχή μου. Μετὰ τῶν μισούντων τὴν εἰρήνην ἤμην εἰρηνικός, ὅταν ἐλάλουν αὐτοῖς, ἐπολέμουν με δωρεάν. THE FIRST SET OF THE PSALTER Psalm 119 (120) In my distress I cried to the Lord, and He heard me. Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips and from a deceitful tongue. What shall be given to you, or what shall be done to you, you false tongue? Sharp arrows of the warrior, with coals of the broom tree! Woe is me, that I dwell in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar! My soul has dwelt too long with one who hates peace. I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war. Ψαλμὸς ρκ Ἦρα τοὺς ὀφθαθμούς μου εἰς τὰ ὄρη, ὅθεν ἤξει ἡ βοήθειά μου. Ἡ βοήθειά μου παρὰ Κυρίου τοῦ ποιήσαντος τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν. Μὴ δῴης εἰς σάλον τὸν πόδα σου, μηδὲ νυστάξει ὁ φυλάσσων σε. Ἰδοὺ οὐ νυστάξει, οὐδὲ ὑπνώσει ὁ φυλάσσων τόν Ἰσραήλ Κύριος φυλάξει σε, Κύριος σκέπη σοι ἐπὶ χεῖρα δεξιάν σου. Ἡμέρας ὁ ἥλιος οὐ συγκαύσει σε, οὐδὲ ἡ σελήνη τὴν νύκτα. Κύριος φυλάξει σε ἀπὸ παντὸς κακοῦ, φυλάξει τὴν ψυχήν σου ὁ Κύριος, Κύριος φυλάξει τὴν εἴσοδόν σου, καὶ τὴν ἔξοδόν σου, ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν καὶ ἕως τοῦ αἰῶνος. Psalm 120 (121) I will lift up my eyes to the hills from whence comes my help? My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth. He will not allow your foot to be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, He who keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade at your right hand. The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul. The Lord shall preserve your going out and your coming in from this time forth, and even forevermore. Ψαλμὸς ρκα Εὐφράνθην ἐπὶ τοῖς εἰρηκόσι μοι. Εἰς οἶκον Κυρίου πορευσόμεθα. Ἑστῶτες ἦσαν οἱ πόδες ἡμῶν ἐν ταῖς αὐλαῖς σου, Ἱερουσαλήμ, Ἱερουσαλὴμ οἰκοδομουμένη ὡς πόλις, ἧς ἡ μετοχὴ αὐτῆς ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό. Ἐκεῖ γὰρ ἀνέβησαν αἱ φυλαί, φυλαὶ Κυρίου, μαρτύριον τῷ Ἰσραήλ, τοῦ ἐξομολογήσασθαι τῷ ὀνόματι Κυρίου. Ὅτι ἐκεῖ ἐκάθισαν θρόνοι εἰς κρίσιν, θρόνοι ἐπὶ οἶκον Δαυΐδ. Ἐρωτήσατε δὴ τὰ εἰς εἰρήνην τὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ εὐθηνία τοῖς ἀγαπῶσί σε. Γενέσθω δὴ εἰρήνη ἐν τῇ δυνάμει σου, καὶ εὐθηνία ἐν ταῖς πυργοβάρεσί σου. Ἕνεκα τῶν ἀδελφῶν μου καὶ τῶν πλησίον μου, ἐλάλουν 6 Psalm 121 (122) I was glad when they said to me, Let us go into the house of the Lord. Our feet have been standing within your gates, O Jerusalem! Jerusalem is built as a city that is compact together, where the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, to the Testimony of Israel, to give thanks to the name of the Lord. For thrones are set there for judgment, the thrones of the house of David. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: May they prosper who love you. Peace be within your walls, prosperity within your palaces. For the sake of my brethren and companions, I will now say, Peace be within you. Because of the house

9 δὴ εἰρήνην περὶ σοῦ. Ἕνεκα τοῦ οἴκου Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν, ἐξεζήτησα ἀγαθὰ σοι. Ψαλμὸς ρκβ Πρὸς σὲ ἦρα τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς μου, τὸν κατοικοῦντα ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ. Ἰδοὺ ὡς ὀφθαλμοὶ δούλων εἰς χεῖρας τῶν κυρίων αὐτῶν ὡς ὀφθαλμοὶ παιδίσκης εἰς χεῖρας τῆς κυρίας αὐτῆς, οὕτως οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ ἡμῶν πρὸς Κύριον τὸν Θεὸν ἡμῶν, ἕως οὗ οἰκτερῆσαι ἡμᾶς. Ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς, Κύριε, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς, ὅτι ἐπὶ πολὺ ἐπλήσθημεν ἐξουδενώσεως. Ἐπὶ πλεῖον ἐπλήσθη ἡ ψυχὴ ἡμῶν, τὸ ὄνειδος τοῖς εὐθηνοῦσι, καὶ ἡ ἐξουδένωσις τοῖς ὑπερηφάνοις. Ψαλμὸς ρκγ Εἰ μὴ ὅτι Κύριος ἦν ἐν ἡμῖν, εἰπάτω δὴ Ἰσραήλ, εἰ μὴ ὅτι Κύριος ἦν ἐν ἡμῖν, ἐν τῷ ἐπαναστῆναι ἀνθρώπους ἐφ' ἡμᾶς, ἄρα ζῶντας ἂν κατέπιον ἡμᾶς. Ἐν τῷ ὀργισθῆναι τὸν θυμὸν αὐτῶν ἐφ' ἡμᾶς, ἄρα τὸ ὕδωρ ἂν κατεπόντισεν ἡμᾶς. Χείμαρρον διῆλθεν ἡ ψυχὴ ἡμῶν, ἄρα διῆλθεν ἡ ψυχὴ ἡμῶν τὸ ὕδωρ τὸ ἀνυπόστατον. Εὐλογητὸς Κύριος, ὃς οὐκ ἔδωκεν ἡμᾶς εἰς θήραν τοῖς ὁδοῦσιν αὐτῶν, Ἡ ψυχὴ ἡμῶν ὡς στρουθίον ἐρρύσθη ἐκ τῆς παγίδος τῶν θηρευόντων. Ἡ παγὶς συνετρίβη, καὶ ἡμεῖς ἐρρύσθημεν. Ἡ βοήθεια ἡμῶν ἐν ὀνόματι Κυρίου τοῦ ποιήσαντος τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν. of the Lord our God I will seek your good. Psalm 122 (123) Unto You I lift up my eyes, O You who dwell in the heavens. Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the Lord our God, until He has mercy on us. Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us! For we are exceedingly filled with contempt. Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorn of those who are at ease, with the contempt of the proud. Psalm 123 (124) If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, Let Israel now say If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us, then they would have swallowed us alive, when their wrath was kindled against us; then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul; then the swollen waters would have gone over our soul. Blessed be the Lord, who has not given us as prey to their teeth. Our soul has escaped as a bird from the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we have escaped. Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth. Δόξα Πατρὶ καὶ Υἱῷ καὶ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι. Καὶ νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν. Glory to thefather and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. Both now and forever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen. Ἀλληλούϊα, Ἀλληλούϊα, Ἀλληλούϊα, δόξα σοι ὁ Θεός. (τρίς) Κύριε, ἐλέησον, Κύριε, ἐλέησον, Κύριε, ἐλέησον. Allelouia, Allelouia, Allelouia, Glory to You, O God. (thrice) Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy. 7

10 Δόξα Πατρὶ καὶ Υἱῷ καὶ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι. (εμμελῶς) Ο ἰερεύς λέγει τὴν μικρή Συναπτή, ὁ δὲ χορός το «Κύριε Ἐλέησον» εἰς ἐκάστην δέησιν μέχρι καὶ τῆς «Ἀντιλαβού, σώσον...». Ἔτι καὶ ἔτι ἐν εἰρήνῃ τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν. Ἀντιλαβοῦ, σῶσον, ἐλέησον καὶ διαφύλαξον ἡμᾶς, ὁ Θεός, τῇ σῇ χάριτι. 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. Glory to the Father and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit (entoned) Τhe Priest says the short Synapti and the Choir answers with Lord have mercy to every petition until Commemorating our all holy. Again and again, in peace let us pray to the Lord. Help us, save us, have mercy upon us, and protect us, O God by Your grace. Remembering our most holy, pure, blessed, and glorious Lady, the Theotokos and ever virgin Mary, with all the saints, let us commit ourselves and one another and our whole life to Christ our God. ΧΟΡΟΣ Σοὶ Κύριε. (μυστκώς) Κύριε, μὴ τῷ θυμῷ σου ἐλέγξῃς ἡμᾶς, μηδὲ τῇ ὀργῇ σου παιδεύσῃς ἡμᾶς, ἀλλὰ ποίησον μεθ' ἡμῶν κατὰ τὴν ἐπιείκειάν σου, ἰατρὲ καὶ θεραπευτὰ τῶν ψυχῶν ἡμῶν, ὁδήγησον ἡμᾶς ἐπὶ λιμένα θελήματός σου, φώτισον τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς τῶν καρδιῶν ἡμῶν, εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν τῆς σῆς ἀληθείας, καὶ δώρησαι ἡμῖν τὸ λοιπὸν τῆς παρούσης ἡμέρας εἰρηνικὸν καὶ ἀναμάρτητον, καὶ πάντα τὸν χρόνον τῆς ζωῆς ἡμῶν, πρεσβείαις τῆς ἁγίας Θεοτόκου, καὶ πάντων τῶν Ἁγίων σου. (ἐκφώνως) 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. CHOIR To You, O Lord. (inaudibly) O Lord, do not rebuke us in Your anger; do not chastise us in Your wrath; but deal with us according to Your loving kindness, as Healer and Physician of our souls. Guide us to the harbor of Your will; enlighten the eyes of our hearts that we may know Your truth; and grant that the rest of this day may be peaceful and without sin, as may our whole life, through the prayers of the Theotokos and of all tile saints. (aloud) For Yours is the dominion, and Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory, of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, now and forever and unto the ages of ages. 8

11 ΧΟΡΟΣ Ἀμήν. Καὶ νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν. ΣΤΑΣΙΣ ΔΕΥΤΕΡΑ ΤΟΥ ΚΑΘΙΣΜΑΤΟΣ Ψαλμός ρκδ Οἱ πεποιθότες ἐπὶ Κύριον, ὡς ὄρος Σιών, οὐ σαλευθήσεται εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ὁ κατοικῶν Ἱερουσαλήμ, Ὄρη κύκλῳ αὐτῆς, καὶ ὁ Κύριος κύκλῳ τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν καὶ ἕως τοῦ αἰῶνος. Ὅτι οὐκ ἀφήσει Κύριος τὴν ῥάβδον τῶν ἁμαρτωλῶν ἐπὶ τὸν κλῆρον τῶν δικαίων, ὅπως ἂν μὴ ἐκτείνωσιν οἱ δίκαιοι ἐν ἀνομίαις χεῖρας αὐτῶν. Ἀγάθυνον, Κύριε, τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς καὶ τοῖς εὐθέσι τῇ καρδίᾳ. Τοὺς δὲ ἐκκλίνοντας εἰς τὰς στραγγαλιὰς ἀπάξει Κύριος μετὰ τῶν ἐργαζομένων τὴν ἀνομίαν, εἰρήνη ἐπὶ τὸν Ἰσραήλ. Ψαλμός ρκε Ἐν τῷ ἐπιστρέψαι Κύριον τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν Σιών, ἐγενήθημεν καὶ ὡσεὶ παρακεκλημένοι. Τότε ἐπλήσθη χαρᾶς τὸ στόμα ἡμῶν, ἡ γλῶσσα ἡμῶν ἀγαλλιάσεως. Τότε ἐροῦσιν ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν Ἐμεγάλυνε Κύριος τοῦ ποιῆσαι μέτ' αὐτῶν. Ἐμεγάλυνε Κύριος τοῦ ποιῆσαι μεθ' ἡμῶν, ἐγενήθημεν εὐφραινόμενοι. Ἐπίστρεψον, Κύριε, τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν ἡμῶν, ὡς χειμάρρους ἐν τῷ νότῳ. Οἱ σπείροντες ἐν δάκρυσιν, ἐν ἀγαλλιάσει θεριοῦσι. Πορευόμενοι ἐπορεύοντο καὶ ἔκλαιον, βάλλοντες τὰ σπέρματα αὐτῶν. Ἐρχόμενοι δὲ ἥξουσιν ἐν ἀγαλλιάσει, αἴροντες τὰ δράγματα αὐτῶν. CHOIR Amen. Both now and forever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen. THE SECOND SET OF THE PSALTER Psalm 124 (125) Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever. As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds His people from this time forth and forever. For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest on the land allotted to the righteous, lest the righteous reach out their hands to iniquity. Do good, O Lord, to those who are good, and to those who are upright in their hearts. As for such as turn aside to their crooked ways, the Lord shall lead them away with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel! Psalm 125 (126) When the Lord brought back the captivity of Zion, we were like those who dream. Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, The Lord has done great things for them. The Lord has done great things for us, and we are glad. Bring back our captivity, O Lord, as the streams in the South. Those who sow in tears Shall reap in joy. He who continually goes forth weeping, bearing seed for sowing, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. Ψαλμός ρκς Ἐὰν μὴ Κύριος οἰκοδομήσῃ οἶκον, εἰς μάτην ἐκοπίασαν οἱ οἰκοδομοῦντες. Ἐὰν μὴ Κύριος φυλὰξῃ πόλιν, εἰς μάτην ἠγρύπνησεν ὁ φυλάσσων. Εἰς μάτην ὑμῖν ἐστι τὸ ὀρθρίζειν. Ἐγείρεσθε μετὰ τὸ καθῆσθαι οἱ ἐσθίοντες ἄρτον ὀδύνης. Ὅταν δῷ τοῖς ἀγαπητοῖς αὐτοῦ ὕπνον, ἰδοὺ ἡ κληρονομία Κυρίου, υἱοί, ὁ μισθὸς τοῦ καρποῦ τῆς γαστρός. Ὡσεὶ βέλη ἐν χειρὶ 9 Psalm 126 (127) Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it; unless the Lord guards the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, To eat the bread of sorrows; for so He gives His beloved sleep. Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the

12 δυνατοῦ, οὕτως οἱ υἱοὶ τῶν ἐκτετιναγμένων. Μακάριος ὃς πληρώσει τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν αὐτοῦ ἐξ αὐτῶν, οὐ καταισχυνθήσονται, ὅταν λαλῶσι τοῖς ἐχθροῖς αὐτῶν ἐν πύλαις. Ψαλμός ρκζ Μακάριοι πάντες οἱ φοβούμενοι τὸν Κύριον, οἱ πορευόμενοι ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς αὐτοῦ. Τοὺς πόνους τῶν καρπῶν σου φάγεσαι, καὶ καλῶς σοι ἔσται. Ἡ γυνή σου ὡς ἄμπελος μακάριος εἶ, εὐθηνοῦσα ἐν ταῖς κλίτεσι τῆς οἰκίας σου. Οἱ υἱοί σου ὡς νεόφυτα ἐλαιῶν κύκλῳ τῆς τραπέζης σου. Ἰδοὺ οὕτως εὐλογηθήσεται ἄνθρωπος ὁ φοβούμενος τὸν Κύριον. Εὐλογήσαι σε Κύριος ἐκ Σιών, καὶ ἴδοις τὰ ἀγαθὰ Ἱερουσαλὴμ πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς ζωῆς σου.καὶ ἴδοις υἱοὺς τῶν υἱῶν σου. Εἰρήνη ἐπὶ τὸν Ἰσραήλ. Ψαλμός ρκη Πλεονάκις ἐπολέμησάν με ἐκ νεότητός μου, εἰπάτω δὴ Ἰσραήλ. Πλεονάκις ἐπολέμησάν με ἐκ νεότητός μου καὶ γὰρ οὐκ ἠδυνήθησάν μοι. Ἐπὶ τὸν νῶτόν μου ἐτέκταινον οἱ ἁμαρτωλοί, ἐμάκρυναν τὴν ἀνομίαν αὐτῶν, Κύριος δίκαιος συνέκοψεν αὐχένας ἁμαρτωλῶν. Αἰσχυνθήτωσαν καὶ ἀποστραφήτωσαν εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω πάντες οἱ μισοῦντες Σιών. Γενηθήτωσαν ὡσεὶ χόρτος δωμάτων, ὃς πρὸ τοῦ ἐκσπασθῆναι ἐξηράνθη, οὗ οὐκ ἐπλήρωσε τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ὁ θερίζων, καὶ τὸν κόλπον αὐτοῦ ὁ τὰ δράγματα συλλέγων. Καὶ οὐκ εἶπον οἱ παράγοντες Εὐλογία Κυρίου ἐφ' ὑμᾶς, εὐλογήκαμεν ὑμᾶς ἐν ὀνόματι Κυρίου. Δόξα Πατρὶ καὶ Υἱῷ καὶ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, καὶ νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν. Ἀλληλούϊα, Ἀλληλούϊα, Ἀλληλούϊα, δόξα σοι ὁ Θεός. (τρίς) Κύριε, ἐλέησον, Κύριε, ἐλέησον, Κύριε, ἐλέησον. children of one s youth. Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them; they shall not be ashamed, but shall speak with their enemies in the gate. Psalm 127 (128) Blessed is every one who fears the Lord, who walks in His ways. When you eat the labor of your hands, you shall be happy, and it shall be well with you. Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine in the very heart of your house, your children like olive plants all around your table. Behold, thus shall the man be blessed who fears the Lord. The Lord bless you out of Zion, and may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life. Yes, may you see your children s children. Peace be upon Israel! Psalm 128 (129) Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth, let Israel now say Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth; yet they have not prevailed against me. The plowers plowed on my back; they made their furrows long. The Lord is righteous; He has cut in pieces the cords of the wicked. Let all those who hate Zion be put to shame and turned back. Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up, with which the reaper does not fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his arms. Neither let those who pass by them say, The blessing of the Lord be upon you; we bless you in the name of the Lord! Glory to thefather and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. Both now and forever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen. Allelouia, Allelouia, Allelouia, Glory to You, O God. (thrice) Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy. 10

13 Δόξα Πατρὶ καὶ Υἱῷ καὶ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι. (εμμελῶς) Ο ἰερεύς λέγει τὴν μικρή Συναπτή, ὁ δὲ χορός το «Κύριε Ἐλέησον» εἰς ἐκάστην δέησιν μέχρι καὶ τῆς «Ἀντιλαβού, σώσον...». Ἔτι καὶ ἔτι ἐν εἰρήνῃ τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν. Ἀντιλαβοῦ, σῶσον, ἐλέησον καὶ διαφύλαξον ἡμᾶς, ὁ Θεός, τῇ σῇ χάριτι. 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. ΧΟΡΟΣ Σοὶ Κύριε. (μυστικῶς) Κύριε, ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, μνήσθητι ἡμῶν τῶν ἁμαρτωλῶν καὶ ἀχρείων δούλων σου, ἐν τῷ ἐπικαλεῖσθαι ἡμᾶς τὸ ἅγιον καὶ προσκυνητὸν ὄνομά σου, καὶ μὴ καταισχύνῃς ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τῆς προσδοκίας τοῦ ἐλέους σου, ἀλλὰ χάρισαι ἡμῖν, ὁ Θεός, πάντα τὰ πρὸς σωτηρίαν αἰτήματα, καὶ ἀξίωσον ἡμᾶς ἀγαπᾶν, καὶ φοβεῖσθαί σε ἐξ ὅλης τῆς καρδίας ἡμῶν, καὶ ποιεῖν ἐν πᾶσι τὸ θέλημά σου. (ἐκφώνως) Ὅτι ἀγαθὸς 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. ΧΟΡΟΣ Ἀμήν. Καὶ νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν. Glory to the Father and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit (entoned) Τhe Priest says the short Synapti and the Choir answers with Lord have mercy to every petition until Commemorating our all holy. Again and again, in peace let us pray to the Lord. Help us, save us, have mercy upon us, and protect us, O God by Your grace. Remembering our most holy, pure, blessed, and glorious Lady, the Theotokos and ever virgin Mary, with all the saints, let us commit ourselves and one another and our whole life to Christ our God. CHOIR To You, O Lord. (inaudibly) O Lord, our God, be mindful of us Your sinful and useless servants as we call upon Your holy name. Let us not be shamed for expecting Your mercy, but grant us, O Lord, all our petitions which lead to salvation. Make us woryour to love and fear You with all our heart, and to do Your will in all things. Amen. (aloud) For Yours is the dominion, and Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory, of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of ages. CHOIR Amen. Both now and forever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen. 11

14 ΣΤΑΣΙΣ ΤΡΙΤΗ ΤΟΥ ΚΑΘΙΣΜΑΤΟΣ Ψαλμός ρκθ Ἐκ βαθέων ἐκέκραξά σοι, Κύριε, Κύριε, εἰσάκουσον τῆς φωνῆς μου. Γενηθήτω τὰ ὦτά σου προσέχοντα εἰς τὴν φωνὴν τῆς δεήσεώς μου.ἐὰν ἀνομίας παρατηρήσῃς, Κύριε, Κύριε, τὶς ὑποστήσεται; Ὅτι παρὰ σοὶ ὁ ἱλασμὸς ἐστιν. Ἕνεκεν τοῦ ὀνόματός σου ὑπέμεινά σε, Κύριε, ὑπέμεινεν ἡ ψυχή μου εἰς τὸν λόγον σου, ἤλπισεν ἡ ψυχὴ μου ἐπὶ τὸν Κύριον. Ἀπὸ φυλακῆς πρωΐας μέχρι νυκτός, ἀπὸ φυλακῆς πρωΐας, ἐλπισάτω Ἰσραὴλ ἐπὶ τὸν Κύριον. Ὅτι παρὰ τῷ Κυρίῳ τὸ ἔλεος, καὶ πολλὴ παρ' αὐτῷ λύτρωσις, καὶ αὐτὸς λυτρώσεται τὸν Ἰσραὴλ ἐκ πασῶν τῶν ἀνομιῶν αὐτοῦ. Ψαλμός ρλ Κύριε, οὐχ ὑψώθη ἡ καρδία μου, οὐδὲ ἐμετεωρίσθησαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου, οὐδὲ ἐπορεύθην ἐν μεγάλοις, οὐδὲ ἐν θαυμασίοις ὑπὲρ ἐμέ. Εἰ μὴ ἐταπεινοφρόνουν, ἀλλὰ ὕψωσα τὴν ψυχήν μου, ὡς τὸ ἀπογεγαλακτισμένον ἐπὶ τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ, ὡς ἀνταποδώσεις ἐπὶ τὴν ψυχήν μου. Ἐλπισάτω Ἰσραὴλ ἐπὶ τὸν Κύριον ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν καὶ ἕως τοῦ αἰῶνος. THE THIRD SET OF THE PSALTER Psalm 129 (130) Out of the depths I have cried to You, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice! Let Your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. If You, Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? But there is forgiveness with You, that You may be feared. I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in His word I do hope. My soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning, Yes, more than those who watch for the morning. O Israel, hope in the Lord; for with the Lord there is mercy, and with Him is abundant redemption. And He shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. Psalm 130 (131) Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor my eyes lofty. Neither do I concern myself with great matters, nor with things too profound for me. Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with his mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me. O Israel, hope in the Lord from this time forth and forever. Ψαλμός ρλα Μνήσθητι, Κύριε, τοῦ Δαυΐδ, καὶ πάσης τῆς πραότητος αὐτοῦ. Ὡς ὤμοσε τῷ Κυρίῳ, ηὔξατο τῷ Θεῷ Ἰακώβ. Εἰ εἰσελεύσομαι εἰς σκήνωμα οἴκου μου, εἰ ἀναβήσομαι ἐπὶ κλίνης στρωμνῆς μου. Εἰ δώσω ὕπνον τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς μου, καὶ τοῖς βλεφάροις μου νυσταγμόν, καὶ ἀνάπαυσιν τοῖς κροτάφοις μου. Ἕως οὗ εὕρω τόπον τῷ Κυρίῳ, σκήνωμα τῷ Θεῷ Ἰακώβ. Ἰδοὺ ἠκούσαμεν αὐτὴν ἐν Ἐφραθᾷ, εὕρομεν αὐτὴν ἐν τοῖς πεδίοις τοῦ δρυμοῦ. Εἰσελευσόμεθα εἰς τὰ σκηνώματα αὐτοῦ, προσκυνήσομεν εἰς τὸν τόπον, οὗ ἔστησαν οἱ πόδες αὐτοῦ. Ἀνάστηθι, Κύριε, εἰς τὴν ἀνάπαυσίν σου, σύ, καὶ ἡ κιβωτὸς τοῦ ἁγιάσματός σου. Οἱ ἱερεῖς σου ἐνδύσονται 12 Psalm 131 (132) Lord, remember David and all his afflictions; how he swore to the Lord, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob: Surely I will not go into the chamber of my house, or go up to the comfort of my bed; I will not give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids, until I find a place for the Lord, a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob. Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of the woods. Let us go into His tabernacle; let us worship at His footstool. Arise, O Lord, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your strength. Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness, and let Your saints shout for joy. For Your servant David s sake, do not turn away the face

15 δικαιοσύνην, καὶ οἱ ὅσιοί σου ἀγαλλιάσονται. Ἕνεκεν Δαυῒδ τοῦ δούλου σου μὴ ἀποστρέψῃς τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ χριστοῦ σου. Ὤμοσε Κύριος τῷ Δαυῒδ ἀλήθειαν, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀθετήσει αὐτήν. Ἐκ καρποῦ τῆς κοιλίας σου θήσομαι ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου σου. Ἐὰν φυλάξωνται οἱ υἱοί σου τὴν διαθήκην μου, καὶ τὰ μαρτύριά μου ταῦτα, ἃ διδάξω αὐτούς, καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτῶν ἕως τοῦ αἰῶνος καθιοῦνται ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου σου. Ὅτι ἐξελέξατο Κύριος τὴν Σιών, ᾑρετίσατο αὐτὴν εἰς κατοικίαν ἑαυτῷ. Αὕτη ἡ κατάπαυσίς μου εἰς αἰῶνα αἰῶνος, ὧδε κατοικήσω, ὅτι ᾑρετισάμην αὐτήν. Τὴν θύραν αὐτῆς εὐλογῶν εὐλογήσω, τοὺς πτωχοὺς αὐτῆς χορτάσω ἄρτων. Τοὺς ἱερεῖς αὐτῆς ἐνδύσω σωτηρίαν, καὶ οἱ ὅσιοι αὐτῆς ἀγαλλιάσει ἀγαλλιάσονται. Ἐκεῖ ἐξανατελῶ κέρας τῷ Δαυΐδ, ἡτοίμασα ἐπὶ λύχνον τῷ χριστῷ μου. Τοὺς ἐχθροὺς αὐτοῦ ἐνδύσω αἰσχύνην, ἐπὶ δὲ αὐτόν ἐξανθήσει τὸ ἁγίασμά μου. Ψαλμός ρλβ Ἰδοὺ δὴ τὶ καλόν, ἢ τὶ τερπνόν, ἀλλ' ἢ τὸ κατοικεῖν ἀδελφοὺς ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό. Ὡς μύρον ἐπὶ κεφαλῆς τὸ καταβαῖνον ἐπὶ πώγωνα, τὸν πώγωνα τοῦ Ἀαρών, τὸ καταβαῖνον ἐπὶ τὴν ὤαν τοῦ ἐνδύματος αὐτοῦ. Ὡς δρόσος Ἀερμών, ἡ καταβαίνουσα ἐπὶ τὰ ὄρη Σιών, ὅτι ἐκεῖ ἐνετείλατο Κύριος τὴν εὐλογίαν, ζωὴν ἕως τοῦ αἰῶνος. Ψαλμός ρλγ Ἰδοὺ δὴ εὐλογεῖτε τὸν Κύριον, πάντες οἱ δοῦλοι Κυρίου, οἱ ἑστῶτες ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου, ἐν αὐλαῖς οἴκου Θεοῦ ἡμῶν. Ἐν ταῖς νυξὶν ἐπάρατε τὰς χεῖρας ὑμῶν εἰς τὰ ἅγια, καὶ εὐλογεῖτε τὸν Κύριον. (ἐμμελῶς) Εὐλογήσαι σε Κύριος ἐκ Σιών, ὁ ποιήσας τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν. Δόξα Πατρὶ καὶ Υἱῷ καὶ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι καὶ νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν. of Your Anointed. The Lord has sworn in truth to David; He will not turn from it: I will set upon your throne the fruit of your body. If your sons will keep My covenant and My testimony which I shall teach them, their sons also shall sit upon your throne forevermore. For the Lord has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling place: This is My resting place forever; here I will dwell, for I have desired it. I will abundantly bless her provision; I will satisfy her poor with bread. I will also clothe her priests with salvation, and her saints shall shout aloud for joy. There I will make the horn of David grow; I will prepare a lamp for My Anointed. His enemies I will clothe with shame, but upon Himself His crown shall flourish. Psalm 132 (133) Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious oil upon the head, running down on the beard, the beard of Aaron, running down on the edge of his garments. It is like the dew of Hermon, descending upon the mountains of Zion; for there the Lord commanded the blessing life forevermore. Psalm 133 (134) Behold, bless the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, who by night stand in the house of the Lord! Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the Lord. (entoned) The Lord who made heaven and earth bless you from Zion! Glory to the Father and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now and forever and unto the ages of ages. Amen. 13

16 Ἀλληλούϊα, Ἀλληλούϊα, Ἀλληλούϊα, δόξα σοι ὁ Θεός, (γ ) Ἡ ἐλπὶς ἡμῶν, Κύριε, δόξα Σοι. Ο ἰερεύς λέγει τὴν μικρή Συναπτή, ὁ δὲ χορός το «Κύριε Ἐλέησον» εἰς ἐκάστην δέησιν μέχρι καὶ τῆς «Ἀντιλαβού, σώσον...». Ἔτι καὶ ἔτι ἐν εἰρήνῃ τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν. Ἀντιλαβοῦ, σῶσον, ἐλέησον καὶ διαφύλαξον ἡμᾶς, ὁ Θεός, τῇ σῇ χάριτι. 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. ΧΟΡΟΣ Σοὶ Κύριε. (μυστκώς) Ὁ τοῖς ἀσιγήτοις ὕμνοις καὶ ἀπαύστοις δοξολογίαις ὑπὸ τῶν ἁγίων δυνάμεων ἀνυμνούμενος, πλήρωσον τὸ στόμα ἡμῶν τῆς αἰνέσεώς σου, τοῦ δοῦναι μεγαλωσύνην τῷ ὀνόματί σου τῷ ἁγίῳ, καὶ δὸς ἡμῖν μερίδα καὶ κλῆρον μετὰ πάντων τῶν φοβουμένων σε ἐν ἀληθείᾳ καὶ φυλασσόντων τὰς ἐντολάς σου, πρεσβείαις τῆς ἁγίας Θεοτόκου καὶ πάντων τῶν ἁγίων σου. (ἐκφώνως) Ὅτι σὺ εἶ ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, Θεὸς τοῦ ἐλεεῖν καὶ σῴζειν, καὶ σοὶ τὴν δόξαν ἀναπέμπομεν, τῷ Πατρὶ καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ καὶ τῷ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ΧΟΡΟΣ Ἀμήν. 14 Allelouia, Allelouia, Allelouia. Glory to You o God. (Thrice) Our Hope, O Lord, glory to You. Τhe Priest says the short Synapti and the Choir answers with Lord have mercy to every petition until Commemorating our all holy. Again and again, in peace let us pray to the Lord. Help us, save us, have mercy upon us, and protect us, O God by Your grace. Remembering our most holy, pure, blessed, and glorious Lady, the Theotokos and ever virgin Mary, with all the saints, let us commit ourselves and one another and our whole life to Christ our God. CHOIR To You, O Lord. (inaudibly) Praised by the heavenly powers with hymns that are never silent and doxologies that never cease, fill our lips with praise of You, that we may fitly magnify Your holy name. And grant us a portion and share with all who truly fear You and keep Your commandments; at the intercession of the holy Theotokos and of all the saints. (aloud) For You are our God, a God Who shows mercy and saves, and unto You we ascribe glory, to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and forever and unto the ages of ages. CHOIR Amen.

17 Κατόπιν ψάλλομεν το «Κύριε ἐκέκραξα» εἰς τον ἧχον τῆς ἡμέρας καὶ τα λοιπά τοῦ Ἑσπερινού. ΟΙ ΕΠΙΛΥΧΝΟΙ ΨΑΛΜΟΙ Ψαλμός ρμ Κύριε εκέκραξα πρός σέ, εισάκουσόν μου, εισάκουσόν μου, Κύριε. Κύριε, εκέκραξα πρός σέ, εισάκουσόν μου πρόσχες τή φωνή τής δεήσεώς μου, εν τώ κεκραγέναι με πρός σέ εισάκουσόν μου, Κύριε. Κατευθυνθήτω η προσευχή μου, ως θυμίαμα ενώπιόν σου έπαρσις τών χειρών μου θυσία εσπερινή εισάκουσόν μου, Κύριε. Εἴτα ψάλλομεν την ὑπόλοιπην στιχολογίαν μετά χρόνου γοργού ἔως τοῦ πρῶτου ψαλησομένου τροπαρίου τῆς ἡμέρας καὶ ὁ Ἱερεὺς ἢ ὁ Διάκονος (ἐὰν ἦ) ἐξερχόμενος θυμιᾷ κατὰ τὴν τάξιν ὅλον τὸν ναόν. 1. Θοῦ, Κύριε, φυλακὴν τῷ στόματί μου, καὶ θύραν περιοχῆς περὶ τὰ χείλη μου. 2. Μὴ ἐκκλίνῃς τὴν καρδίαν μου εἰς λόγους πονηρίας, τοῦ προφασίζεσθαι προφάσεις ἐν ἁμαρτίαις. 3. Σὺν ἀνθρώποις ἐργαζομένοις τὴν ἀνομίαν, καὶ οὐ μὴ συνδυάσω μετὰ τῶν ἐκλεκτῶν αὐτῶν. 4. Παιδεύσει με δίκαιος ἐν ἐλέει, καὶ ἐλέγξει με, ἔλαιον δὲ ἁμαρτωλοῦ μὴ λιπανάτω τὴν κεφαλήν μου. 5. Ὅτι ἔτι καὶ ἡ προσευχή μου ἐν ταῖς εὐδοκίαις αὐτῶν κατεπόθησαν ἐχόμενα πέτρας οἱ κριταὶ αὐτῶν. 6. Ἀκούσονται τὰ ῥήματά μου, ὅτι ἡδύνθησαν ὡσεὶ πάχος γῆς ἐῤῥάγη ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, διεσκορπίσθη τὰ ὀστᾶ αὐτῶν παρὰ τὸν ᾅδην. 7. Ὅτι πρὸς σέ, Κύριε, Κύριε, οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ μου ἐπὶ σοὶ ἤλπισα, μὴ ἀντανέλῃς τὴν ψυχήν μου. Then we sing the opening verses of Psalm 140/141 in the appointed Mode and continue with the Vesper Service. THE THE CANDLE PSALM Psalm 140 Lord, I have cried out to You, hear me. Hear me, O Lord. Lord, I have cried out to You, hear me. Receive the voice of my prayer when I cry out to You. Hear me, O Lord. Let my prayer be set forth as incense before You, the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice. Hear me, O Lord. Istantly we continue with the rest of the Psalm until the first Troparion. and the Priest or the Deacon (if there is one) censes in the usual manner the whole Church. 1. Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth, a door of enclosure about my lips. 2. Incline not my heart to evil words, to make excuses in sins. 3. With men who work lawlessness; and I will not join with their choice ones. 4. The righteous man shall correct me with mercy, and he shall reprove me; but let not the oil of the sinner anoint my head. 5. For my prayer shall be intense in the presence of their pleasures. Their judges are swallowed up by the rock. 6. They shall hear my words, for they are pleasant. As a clod of ground is dashed to pieces on the earth, so [their] bones were scattered beside the grave. 7. For my eyes, O Lord, O Lord, are toward You; in You I hope; take not my soul away. 15

18 8. Φύλαξόν με ἀπὸ παγίδος ἧς συνεστήσαντό μοι, καὶ ἀπὸ σκανδάλων τῶν ἐργαζομένων τὴν ἀνομίαν. 9. Πεσοῦνται ἐν ἀμφιβλήστρῳ αὐτῶν οἱ ἁμαρτωλοί, κατὰ μόνας εἰμὶ ἐγώ, ἕως ἂν παρέλθω. Ψαλμὸς ρμα 10. Φωνῇ μου πρὸς Κύριον ἐκέκραξα, φωνῇ μου πρὸς Κύριον ἐδεήθην. 11. Ἐκχεῶ ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ τὴν δέησίν μου, τὴν θλῖψίν μου ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ ἀπαγγελῶ. 12. Ἐν τῷ ἐκλείπειν ἐξ ἐμοῦ τὸ πνεῦμά μου, καὶ σὺ ἔγνως τὰς τρίβους μου. 13. Ἐν ὁδῷ ταύτῃ, ᾗ ἐπορευόμην, ἔκρυψαν παγίδα μοι. 14. Κατενόουν εἰς τὰ δεξιά, καὶ ἐπέβλεπον, καὶ οὐκ ἦν ὁ ἐπιγινώσκων με. 15. Ἀπώλετο φυγὴ ἀπ' ἐμοῦ καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ ἐκζητῶν τὴν ψυχήν μου. 16. Ἐκέκραξα πρὸς σέ, Κύριε εἶπα Σὺ εἶ ἡ ἐλπίς μου, μερίς μου εἶ ἐν γῇ ζώντων. 17. Πρόσχες πρὸς τὴν δέησίν μου, ὅτι ἐταπεινώθην σφόδρα. 18. Ῥῦσαί με ἐκ τῶν καταδιωκόντων με, ὅτι ἐκραταιώθησαν ὑπὲρ ἐμέ. Ἐξάγαγε ἐκ φυλακῆς τὴν ψυχήν μου, τοῦ ἐξομολογήσασθαι τῷ ὀνόματί σου. 8. Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, and from the stumbling blocks of the workers of iniquity. 9. The wicked shall fall into their own net; I am alone, until that I pass hence. Psalm I cried unto the Lord with my voice; with my voice unto the Lord did I make supplication. 11. I will pour out my supplication before Him; I will show before Him my trouble. 12. When my spirit was fainting within me, then You know my paths; 13. In this way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me. 14. I looked on my right hand, and beheld; but there was none that knew me. 15. Flight failed me, and there is none that watches for my soul. 16. I cried unto You, O Lord; I said, You are my hope, my portion in the land of the living. 17. Attend unto my supplication, for I am brought very low. 18. Deliver me from my persecutors, for they are stronger than I. Bring my soul out of prison that I may confess Your name. Στιχηρὸν Ιδιόμελον Ἦχος πλ. δ' Νηστεύοντες ἀδελφοὶ σωματικῶς, νηστεύσωμεν καὶ πνευματικῶς, λύσωμεν πάντα σύνδεσμον ἀδικίας, διαρρήξωμεν στραγγαλιάς, βιαίων συναλλαγμάτων πᾶσαν συγγραφήν ἄδικον διασπάσωμεν, δώσωμεν πεινῶσιν ἄρτον, καὶ πτωχοὺς ἀστέγους εἰσαγάγωμεν εἰς οἴκους, ἵνα λάβωμεν παρὰ Χριστοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ, τὸ μέγα ἔλεος. Sticheron Idiomelon Mode pl. 4th Come, faithful ones, as we fast bodily, let us also fast in spirit. Let us undo every tie to injustice; let us break all stifling covenants with violence; let us burst every wrongful contract; let us give bread to the hungry and bring the poor and homeless into our houses, that we may receive from Christ His great mercy. Ἐμὲ ὑπομενοῦσι δίκαιοι, ἕως οὐ ἀνταποδῷς μοι. (To αὐτό) The righteous shall await me, until You shall reward me. (Repeat the same) 16

19 Ἐκ βαθέων ἐκέκραξά σοι, Κύριε, Κύριε εἰσάκουσον τῆς φωνῆς μου. Μαρτυρικὸν Εἴ τις ἀρετή, καὶ εἴ τις ἔπαινος, πρέπει τοῖς Ἁγίοις ξίφεσι γὰρ ἔκλιναν τοὺς αὐχένας, διὰ σὲ τὸν κλίναντα οὐρανούς, καὶ καταβάντα, ἐξέχεαν τὸ αἷμα αὐτῶν, διὰ σὲ τὸν κενώσαντα σαυτόν, καὶ μορφὴν δούλου λαβόντα, ἐταπεινώθησαν ἕως θανάτου, τὴν πτωχείαν σου μιμούμενοι ὧν ταῖς εὐχαῖς, κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν οἰκτιρμῶν σου ὁ Θεός, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς. Out of the depths I cry to you O Lord. Lord, hear my voice. Martyrikon If there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, it is due to the Saints. For they inclined their necks to the sword for You who made the heavens incline and descended. They shed their blood for You who emptied Yourself and took on the form of a servant. They were humbled even to death, imitating Your humility. Εἶτα τα προσόμοια Γενηθήτω τὰ ὦτά σου προσέχοντα εἰς τὴν φωνὴν τῆς δεήσεώς μου. Ἦχος β Ὡς ὡράθης Χριστὲ. Φεγγοβόλους ὑμᾶς, ὡς ἀστραπὰς εἰς πάντα Κόσμον, Ἰησοῦς ὁ νοητὸς ὄντως ἥλιος ἐξαποστείλας, ἀπεμείωσε ταῖς λαμπρότησι, τοῦ ὑμῶν ἐνθέου κηρύγματος, πλάνης τὸ σκότος, θεόπται Ἀπόστολοι, καὶ ἐφώτισε τοὺς ἐν ζόφῳ, τῆς ἀγνωσίας κεκρατημένους πονηρῶς, ὅνπερ ἐκδυσωπήσατε, καταπέμψαι καὶ ἡμῖν τὸν φωτισμόν, καὶ τὸ μέγα ἔλεος. Then the Prossomoia Let Your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication. Mode 2 nd As you have shown Christ. Sending you forth as flashes of light into all the world, Jesus the true Sun dispelled the darkness of error by the brilliance of your spiritual preaching, God-witnessing Apostles; and He enlightened those who were caught in the miserable gloom of ignorance. Implore Him, therefore, to send us light in His great mercy. Ἐὰν ἀνομίας παρατηρήσῃς, Κύριε, Κύριε τὶς ὑποστήσεται; ὅτι παρὰ σοὶ ὁ ἱλασμὸς ἐστιν. Ἀρετῶν Ἠλιού, προσεπιβὰς ἅρματι θείῳ, τῇ νηστείᾳ λαμπρυνθεὶς ἀνεφέρετο, ἐπὶ τὸ ὕψος τὸ οὐράνιον. Τοῦτον ζήλωσον, ταπεινὴ ψυχή μου καὶ νήστευσον, πάσης κακίας, καὶ φθόνου καὶ ἔριδος, καὶ τρυφῆς ἀπορρεούσης, καὶ ἐνηδόνου, ὅπως ὀδύνην χαλεπὴν ἐκφύγῃς, διαιωνίζουσαν, τῆς γεέννης ἐκβοῶσα τῷ Χριστῷ. Κύριε δόξα σοι. If You, O Lord, should mark iniquities, Lord who could stand? For there is forgiveness with You. The virtuous Elijah, mounting a divine chariot and made transparent by fasting, was raised to heavenly heights. Envy him, my poor soul, and fast from all evil, envy and discord, and from the fruits of pleasure, that you may escape the torment of eternal hell-fire, crying out to Christ, "Lord, glory to You!" 17

20 Ἕτερον Ἕνεκεν τοῦ ὀνόματός σου ὑπέμεινά σε, Κύριε, ὑπέμεινεν ἡ ψυχή μου εἰς τὸν λόγον σου, ἤλπισεν ἡ ψυχή μου ἐπὶ τὸν Κύριον. Ἦχος πλ. α Ὅσιε Πάτερ. Ἀπόστολοι θεῖοι, τοῦ Κόσμου θερμότατοι πρεσβευταί, καὶ τῶν ὀρθοδόξων προασπισταί, ἔχοντες παρρησίας τὸ κράτος, πρὸς Χριστὸν τὸν Θεὸν ἡμῶν, ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν αἰτήσασθε, δεόμεθα πανσεβάσμιοι, ἵνα τῶν Νηστειῶν, τὸν ἀγαθὸν καιρόν, εὐμαρῶς ποιησώμεθα, καὶ τῆς ὁμοουσίου Τριάδος, τὴν χάριν δεξώμεθα. Μεγαλοκήρυκες ἔνδοξοι, εὔχεσθε ὑπὲρ τῶν ψυχῶν ἡμῶν. Καὶ τοῦ Μηναίου Προσόμοια εἰς στίχους δ καὶ Δόξα... Καὶ νῦν... Ἀπὸ φυλακῆς πρωΐας μέχρι νυκτός, ἀπὸ φυλακῆς πρωΐας, ἐλπισάτω Ἰσραὴλ ἐπὶ τὸν Κύριον. Ὅτι παρὰ τῷ Κυρίῳ τὸ ἔλεος καὶ πολλὴ παρ' αὐτῷ λύτρωσις καὶ αὐτὸς λυτρώσεται τὸν Ἰσραὴλ ἐκ πασῶν τῶν ἀνομιῶν αὐτοῦ. Αἰνεῖτε τὸν Κύριον πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, ἐπαινέσατε αὐτὸν πάντες οἱ λαοί. Ὅτι ἐκραταιώθη τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ ἐφ' ἡμᾶς, καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια τοῦ Κυρίου μένει εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα. Δόξα... Καὶ νῦν... Θεοτοκίον. Ψαλλομένου τοῦ Δοξαστικοῦ, ἀνοίγονται τὰ Βημόθυρα καὶ ἐξέρχονται τῆς βορείου Πύλης ὁ Διάκονος καὶ ὁ Ἱερεύς, μετὰ θυμιατοῦ, καὶ προηγουμένου λαμπαδούχου γίνεται ἡ μικρὰ Εἴσοδος. Another For Your name s sake I have waited for You, O Lord; my soul has waited for Your word, my soul has hoped in the Lord. Mode pl.1 st Righteous Father. Divine Apostles, fervent intercessors for the world and champions of the Orthodox, having the advantage of boldness before Christ our God, ask for us, we pray you most venerable ones, that we may make good use of the time of fasting, and so receive the grace of the consubstantial Trinity. Glorious great preachers, pray for our souls. And of the Menaion, four Prosomoia with the following verses and Glory Both now From the morning watch until night; from the morning watch until night, let Israel hope in the Lord. For with the Lord there is mercy, and with Him is abundant redemption; and He will redeem Israel from all his transgressions. Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles; praise Him, all you peoples. For His mercy rules over us; and the truth of the Lord endures forever. Glory Both now Theotokion. As the dogmatic hymn (doxastikon) is sung, the Royal Doors are opened. The Deacon and Priest exit the Sanctuary from the north door and come to the Soleas (chancel) carrying the censer, and the Entrance takes place. 18

21 ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ Σοφία, Ὀρθοί. Φῶς ἱλαρὸν ἁγίας δόξης, ἀθανάτου Πατρός, οὐρανίου, ἁγίου, μάκαρος, Ἰησοῦ Χριστέ, ἐλθόντες ἐπὶ τὴν ἡλίου δύσιν, ἰδόντες φῶς ἑσπερινόν, ὑμνοῦμεν Πατέρα, Υἱόν, καὶ ἅγιον Πνεῦμα Θεόν. Ἄξιόν σε ἐν πᾶσι καιροῖς, ὑμνεῖσθαι φωναῖς αἰσίαις, Υἱὲ Θεοῦ, ζωὴν ὁ διδούς, Διὸ ὁ κόσμος σὲ δοξάζει. ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ Ἑσπέρας. ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ Προκείμενον Ἦχος πλ. α', Ψαλμὸς ια' ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ Σοφία. ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ Σύ, Κύριε, φυλάξαις ἡμᾶς, καὶ διατηρήσαις ἡμᾶς. Στίχ. Σῶσόν με, Κύριε, ὅτι ἐκλέλοιπεν ὅσιος. Γενέσεως τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα. ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ Πρόσχωμεν. DEACON Wisdom! Let us stand. O joyful light of the holy glory of the immortal Father, the heavenly, holy, blessed Jesus Christ. Now that we have reached the setting of the sun and behold the evening light, we sing to God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. It is fitting at all times to praise you with cheerful voices, O Son of God, the Giver of life. Behold, the world sings your glory. DEACON The evening. READER Prokeimenon Mode pl. 1 st, Psalm 11 th DEACON Wisdom. READER You shall keep us, O Lord, You shall preserve us. Verse: Save me, O Lord, for there is not one godly man left. The Reading is from Genesis. DEACON Let us attend. (Γένεσις, Κεφ. Α', 24 - Β', 3) Εἶπεν ὁ Θεός Ἐξαγαγέτω ἡ γῆ ψυχὴν ζῶσαν κατὰ γένος, τετράποδα, καὶ ἑρπετά, καὶ θηρία τῆς γῆς, κατὰ γένος, καὶ ἐγένετο οὕτω. Καὶ ἐποίησεν ὁ Θεὸς τὰ θηρία τῆς γῆς, κατὰ γένος αὐτῶν, καὶ τὰ κτήνη, κατὰ γένος αὐτῶν, καὶ πάντα τὰ ἑρπετὰ τῆς γῆς, κατὰ γένος αὐτῶν. Καὶ εἶδεν ὁ Θεὸς ὅτι καλά. Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ Θεός Ποιήσωμεν ἄνθρωπον, κατ' εἰκόνα ἡμετέραν, καὶ καθ' ὁμοίωσιν, καὶ ἀρχέτωσαν τῶν ἰχθύων τῆς θαλάσσης, καὶ τῶν πετεινῶν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ τῶν κτηνῶν, καὶ πάσης τῆς γῆς, καὶ πάντων τῶν ἑρπετῶν, τῶν ἑρπόντων ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς. Καὶ ἐποίησεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν ἀνθρωπον, κατ' εἰκόνα Θεοῦ ἐποίησεν αὐτόν, ἄρσεν 19 (Gen. 1:24-31, 2:1-3) Then God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind: cattle and creeping thing and beast of the earth, each according to its kind ; and it was so. And God made the beast of the earth according to its kind, cattle according to its kind, and everything that creeps on the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. Then God said, Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He