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Festal Matins Hymns

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16.

FESTAL MATINS HYMNS ST JOHN

THE

DIVINE 8 MAY

THE HOLY GOSPEL

OF ST JOHN 19: 25-28 & 21: 24-25

THE CARE OF THE EVER BLESSED THEOTOKOS & CONFIRMATION OF THE TRUTH
OF ST JOHNS HOLY GOSPEL

To kero ekino,istikisan de para to Stavro

tou Iisou i Mitir Aftou, ke i Adelphi tis
Mitros Aftou, Maria i tou Klopa ke
Maria i Magdalini.
Iisous oun idon tin Mitera ke ton Mathitin
parestota on igapa, legi ti Mitri Aftou:
Gyne, ide O Iios Sou!
I ta legi to Mathiti: Idou i Mitir Sou!
Ke ap ekinis tis oras elaven O Mathitis
Aftin is ta idia.
Meta touto idos O Iisous - oti panta idi
teteleste - ina teliothi i graphi - legi:
Dipso!
...Outos estin O Mathitis O martyron peri
touton ke grasps tafta, ke idamen oti
Alithis estin i martyria aftou.
Esti de ke alla polla osa epiisen O Iisous,
atina ean grafite kath en, oude afton
ime ton kosmon horise ta grafomena
vivlia.
Amin

2.

FESTAL MATINS HYMNS ST JOHN

THE

DIVINE 8 MAY

At that time there stood by the Cross of

Jesus His Mother, and His Mothers
sister, Mary, the wife of Cleopas, and
Mary of Magdala.
When Jesus therefore saw His Mother,
and the Disciple whom He Loved
standing by, He said to His Mother:
Woman: behold Thy Son!
He said to the Disciple: Behold, thy
Mother!
And from that hour that Disciple took
her into his own home.
After this, Jesus knowing that all
things are now accomplished that
the Scripture might be fulfilled, said:
I thirst!
...This is the Disciple who testifies to
these things, and wrote these things;
and we know that his testimony is
True.
There are also many other things that
Jesus did, which, if they were written
one by one, I suppose that even the
world itself could not contain the
books that would be written.
Amen

FESTAL MATINS HYMNS ST JOHN

THE

DIVINE 8 MAY

15.

ekvoomen.
dorise imin.
Zois imon.

Tous Iktirmous Sou

Si gar iparhis Pigi tis

draw from Me the Water of

Immortality. Hence, with Faith, we
cry to Thee as we prostrate ourselves
before Thee. Thy tender Mercies
grant to us, we pray. Thou art the
Fountain and Source of our Life, O
Lord!

FESTAL PROKEIMENON ST JOHN

Is

THE

the Earth, and His Words to the

ends of the world. (2)

The Heavens declare the Glory

of God! The Firmament shows the
Creation of His Hands!

STIHOS:

I Ourani diigounte Doxan Theou

piisin de Hiron Aftou anagelli to
Steroma.

VERSE:

Is

pasan tin gin exilthen O fthongos

afton ke is ta perata tis ikoumenis
ta Rimata Afton.

His

THE FIRST UNIVERSAL EPISTLE

THE INCARNATION

DIVINE THEOLOGIAN

His Proclamation went forth into all

pasan tin Gin exilthen O fthongos

Afton ke is ta perata tis ikoumenis
ta Rimata Afton. (2)

Proclamation went forth into all

the earth, and His Words to the
ends of the world.

OF ST JOHN THE DIVINE

WORD & SON OF GOD

1:1 7

OF THE

in ap arhis, O akikoamen, O
eorakamen tis ofthalmis imon, O
etheasametha ke e hires imon
epsilafisan, peri tou Logou tis Zois.

Brethren, that which was from the

beginning, which we have heard,
which we have seen with our own
eyes, which we have looked upon,
and with our hands have touched,
concerning the Word of Life.

(Ke i Zoi efanerothi, ke eorakamen ke

martyroumen ke apangellomen imin
tin Zoin tin Eonion, i tis in pros ton
Patera ke efanerothi imin.)

(And the Life was manifested, and we

have seen, and bear witness, and
declare to you that Eternal Life that
was with the Father and which was
manifested to us)
That which we have seen and heard, we
declare to you, so that you also may
have Fellowship with us.
And our Fellowship, truly, is with the
Father and with His Son, Jesus
Christ.
And these things we write to you so that
your Joy may be full.
And this is the Message that we have
heard from Him and declare to you,
for God is Light and in Him is no
darkness at all.
If we say that we have Fellowship with
Him, and walk in darkness, we lie
and do not practise the Truth.

eorakamen
ke
akikoamen,
apangellomen imin, ina ke imis
Kinonian ehite meth imon.
Ke i Kinonia de i imetera meta tou
Patros ke meta tou Iiou Aftou Iisou
Hristou.
Ke tafta grafomen imin, ina i Hara imon
i pepliromeni.
Ke afti estin i Epangelia in akikoamen
ap Aftou ke anangellomen imin, oti
O Theos Fos esti ke skotia en Afto ouk
estin oudemia.
Ean ipomen oti Kinonia ehomen met
Aftou, ke en to skoti peripatomen,
psevdometha ke ou pioumen tin
Alithian.
Ean de en to Foti peripatomen, os Aftos
estin en to Foti, Kinonian ehomen
met allilon, ke to Ema Iisou Hristou
tou Iou Aftou Katharizi imas apo
pasis amartias.

14.

ST JOHN

THE

DIVINE APOSTLE

OF CHRIST

St John was called "the Theologian" because of his lofty Teaching concerning the
Eternal, Only Begotten Son and Word of God.
His father was a Galilean fisherman Zebedee and his mother was Salome a
daughter of St Joseph the Betrothed and his late wife, Salome, a sister of St Anna
and thus the cousin of our Lady Theotokos.
His brother was St James (the Younger.)
Our Lord Jesus Christ Loved all His Disciples, but He had a particular Love for St
John, who was the youngest of the Apostles, and who was a devout, pious,
innocent, pure and chaste young man, aflame with boundless Love and
deepest respect for his Divine Teacher, which is why he is referred to as "...the
Disciple whom Jesus Loved."
By Divine Grace, St John shone longer than all the other Apostles on the horizon of
the Apostolic Age, finally Reposing in Peace at the beginning of the second
century.
Our Lord powerfully and clearly expressed His particular Love of and trust in St John
during the final moments of His Earthly Life, when, from the Cross, He honoured
him with the protection and care of His Most Pure and Holy Mother, and then He
presented St John to Her as a trustworthy and respectful son, thereby confirming
His great respect for St John, as though saying: "Only to thy Love, My Beloved
Disciple, do I entrust My Most Precious Treasure. Care for Her as a son, for Thou
art worthy of that Kinship."
By taking upon himself that great and Holy Task of a son's care for the Ever Blessed
Virgin Mary, St John wholly devoted himself to the fulfilment of that lofty
responsibility.
St John left Palestine only after the Dormition of our Lady, Theotokos (circa 47).
EDITED & ADAPTED BY MP
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If we walk in the Light as He is in the

Light, we have Fellowship with one
another, and the Blood of Jesus
Christ His Son Cleanses us from all
sin.

FESTAL MATINS HYMNS ST JOHN

THE

DIVINE 8 MAY

FESTAL MATINS HYMNS ST JOHN

THE

DIVINE 8 MAY

3.

PSALM 117 /118

PRAISE

Theos

Kyrios ke
Evlogimenos O
Onomati Kyriou!

TO

GOD

FOR

HIS EVERLASTING MERCY

Epefanen imin.
erhomenos en

1: Exomologisthe to Kyrio, oti

Agathos, oti is ton eona to Eleos
Aftou!

STIHOS

Theos

Kyrios ke
Evlogimenos O
Onomati Kyriou!

Epefanen imin.
erhomenos en

Panta ta Ethni ekiklosan me, ke

to Onomati Kyriou inamin aftous.

S T I H O S 2:

Theos

Kyrios ke
Evlogimenos O
Onomati Kyriou!

Epefanen imin.
erhomenos en

Para Kyriou egeneto afti, ke esti

Thavmasti en ofthalmis imon.

S T I H O S 3:

Theos

Kyrios ke
Evlogimenos O
Onomati Kyriou!

Epefanen imin.
erhomenos en

The Lord is God, and has Appeared to

us. Blessed is He Who comes in the
Name of the Lord!

Give thanks to the Lord, for He

is Good; His Mercy endures forever!

V E R S E 1:

The Lord is God, and has Appeared to

us. Blessed is He Who comes in the
Name of the Lord!

All the Nations surrounded me,

but in the Name of the Lord I drove
them back.

V E R S E 2:

The Lord is God, and has Appeared to

us. Blessed is He Who comes in the
Name of the Lord!

This is the Lords doing, and it is

Marvellous in our eyes.

V E R S E 3:

The Lord is God, and has Appeared to

Hristo to Theo igapimene,

epitahinon, rise laon anapologiton.
Dehete Se prospiptonta, O epipesonta
to stithi katadexamenos. On iketeve
Theologe, ke epimonon nefos ethnon
diaskedase, etoumenos imin Irinin,
ke to Mega Eleos.

Apostle, the Beloved of Christ God,

hasten to deliver us, a people who
have no excuse. He accepts Thy
Supplications for He condescended
at the Supper to allow Thee to lean
upon Him.
Entreat Him, O
Theologian, that He scatter the
persistent cloud of hostile nations,
and pray for us, for Peace and Great
Mercy.

Doxa Patri, ke Io, ke Agio Pnevmati

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

Apostole,

Ke

Now and ever, and to the Ages of ages.

Amin

Amen

Hristo to Theo igapimene,

epitahinon, rise laon anapologiton.
Dehete Se prospiptonta, O epipesonta
to stithi katadexamenos. On iketeve
Theologe, ke epimonon nefos ethnon
diaskedase, etoumenos imin Irinin,
ke to Mega Eleos.

nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton

eonon.

4.

nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton

eonon.

Amin.

and to the Holy Spirit

Apostle, the Beloved of Christ God,

hasten to deliver us, a people who
have no excuse. He accepts Thy
Supplications for He condescended
at the Supper to allow Thee to lean
upon Him.
Entreat Him, O
Theologian, that He scatter the
persistent cloud of hostile nations,
and pray for us, for Peace and Great
Mercy.

FESTAL MATINS HYMNS ST JOHN

Now

and ever, and to the Ages of

ages.

Amen
FESTAL STIHERA MID PENTECOST TONE (8) PLAGAL 4

Mesousis

tis eortis, dipsosan mou tin

psihin, evsevias potison namata. Oti
pasi Sotir evoisas. O dipson, erhestho
pros me ke pineto. I Pigi tis Zois,
Hriste O Theos, Doxa Si!

THE GREAT DOXOLOGY

FESTAL APOLYTIKION - ST JOHN

Apostole

Hristo to Theo igapimene,

epitahinon, rise laon anapologiton.
Dehete Se prospiptonta, O epipesonta
to stithi katadexamenos, on iketeve,
Theologe, ke epimonon nefos ethnon
diaskedase, etoumenos imin irinin, ke
to Mega Eleos.

us. Blessed is He Who comes in the

Name of the Lord!

RESURRECTION APOLYTIKION TONE 2

Apostole,

Ke

THE DIVINE LITURGY

OF

ST JOHN

Lord, midway through the Feast,

grant drink to my Thirsty soul from
the Waters of True Religion. For to
all Thou, our Saviour, cried aloud:
Let whosoever is Thirsty, come to Me
and drink! As the Fountain of Life, O
Christ our God, Glory to Thee!

THE

THEOLOGIAN TONE

Apostle, the Beloved of Christ God,

hasten to Deliver us, a people who
have no excuse. He accepts Thee
supplicating
Him,
for
He
condescended at the Supper to let
Thee lean on Him. Entreat Him, O
Theologian, that He scatter the
persistent cloud of hostile nations,
and pray for us for Peace and Great
Mercy.
CHRYSOSTOM BEGINS IMMEDIATELY

DIVINE LITURGY FESTAL HYMNS & READINGS

FESTAL APOLYTIKION MID PENTECOST

Mesousis

tis eortis, dipsosan mou tin

psihin, evsevias potison namata. Oti
pasi Sotir evoisas. O dipson, erhestho
pros me ke pineto. I Pigi tis Zois,
Hriste O Theos, Doxa Si!

FESTAL APOLYTIKION - ST JOHN

Apostole

Hristo to Theo igapimene,

epitahinon, rise laon anapologiton.
Dehete Se prospiptonta, O epipesonta
to stithi katadexamenos, on iketeve,
Theologe, ke epimonon nefos ethnon
diaskedase, etoumenos imin irinin, ke
to Mega Eleos.

Lord, midway through the Feast,

grant drink to my Thirsty soul from
the Waters of True Religion. For to
all Thou, our Saviour, cried aloud:
Let whosoever is Thirsty, come to Me
and drink! As the Fountain of Life, O
Christ our God, Glory to Thee!

THE

THEOLOGIAN TONE

Apostle, the Beloved of Christ God,

hasten to Deliver us, a people who
have no excuse. He accepts Thee
supplicating
Him,
for
He
condescended at the Supper to let
Thee lean on Him. Entreat Him, O
Theologian, that He scatter the
persistent cloud of hostile nations,
and pray for us for Peace and Great
Mercy.

FESTAL KONTAKION MID PENTECOST

TONE 4

Tis Eortis tis Nomikis mesazousis, O ton The

apanton Piitis ke Despotis, pros tous
parontas eleges, Hriste O Theos.
Defte ke arisasthe, idor Athanasias.
Othen Si prospiptomen, ke Pistos
THE

DIVINE 8 MAY

Feast according to the Law at its

Mid-point, O Christ our God, as the
Creator and Master of everything,
Thou said to all those who were
present: Come, so that you might

FESTAL MATINS HYMNS ST JOHN

THE

DIVINE 8 MAY

13.

Enite

Afton en iho salpingos. Enite

Afton en psaltirio ke kithara.

Makar,

Ioanni Pansofe, periousia

thermis, tis Hristou agapiseos, pleon
panton
pefinas,
Mathiton
agapomenos, to panepopti Logo ke
krinonti, Dikeis pasan tn ikoumenin
zigis, tis thatharotitos, ke Agnias
kallesi katavgasthis, soma ke dianian
Theomakariste.

Enite Afton en timpano ke horo.

Enite

Him with the sound of the

trumpet; praise Him with lute and
harp

Blessed

and All Wise Evangelist, in

being Loved by the Word Who sees
all things, and using Just Scales, will
Judge the Universe, Thou surpassed
all the Disciples in the abundance of
Thy Most Ardent Love for Christ our
Lord, O Divine Apostle John; for
Thou were Radiant in both mind and
body with the handsome traits of
Purity and Chastity, in being Blessed
by God.

Praise

Him with the sound of the

trumpet; praise Him with lute and
harp.

Afton en hordes ke organo.

To Parthenias anathisma, to ton septon Let us now extol the Divine St John with
Spiritual Songs as a Servant of Christ
our King, Garland of Virginity and
Luminous
Mouth
of
Grace,
Habitation most worthy to receive
the Divine Virtures, the Churchs
brightest Eye; and let us honour him
as the Holy Spirits Sacred Temple
and Instrument of Divine Wisdom.

areton, dektikon endietima, tis Sofias

organon, to tou Pnevmatos temenos,
to fotoforon stoma tis Haritos, tis
Ekklisias to fainotaton, omma ton
pansepton,
Ioannin
asmasi
pnevmatikis, nin anevfimisomen, os
ipiretin Hristou.

Enite

Praise

Theologias

afton en kimbalis evihis, enite

afton en kimvalis alalagmou. Pasa
pnoi enesato ton Kyrion.
ta namata, epi tou stithous
peson, tis Sofias exintlisas, ke ton
kosmon irdefsas, Ioanni Panariste, ti
tis Triados gnosi tin thalassan,
kataxiranas tis atheotitos, Stilos
genomenos, ke Nefeli empsihos
kathodigon, pros tin Epouranion,
Klirodosian imas.

Him with tuneful cymbals;

praise Him with loud cymbals. Let
everything that has breath praise
the Lord.

John, when Thou leaned upon the

Bosom of Divine Wisdom Himself,
Thou drew out as if from a Well,
Waters of Theology, and Thou
watered the world with them. And
with the knowledge about the
Trinity, Thou dried the ocean of
pagan godlessness; Thou were an
animate Pillar of both Cloud and
Fire, guiding us towards our
Heavenly Inheritance.

Doxa Patri, ke Io, ke Agio Pnevmati

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

Evangelista

and to the Holy Spirit

Ioanni, isangele Parthene,

Theologe Theodidakte, Orthodoxos to
kosmo, tin ahranton plevran, to ema
ke to idor vlizousan ekirixas, en O tin
Eonion Zoin, porizometha tes psihes
imon.

12.

FESTAL APOLYTIKION OF THE FEAST MID PENTECOST

TONE (8) PLAGAL 4

Praise

Evangelist John, peer of the Angels

and Virgin, Theologian taught by
God, Thou correctly proclaimed to
the world the Immaculate Side,
which spouted Blood and Water,
whereby we obtain Life Eternal for
our souls.

FESTAL MATINS HYMNS ST JOHN

THE

DIVINE 8 MAY

Mesousis

tis Eortis, dipsosan mou tin

psihin, evsevias potison namata. Oti
pasi Sotir evoisas. O dipson, erhestho
pros me ke pineto. I Pigi tis Zois,
Hriste, O Theos: Doxa Si!

SMALL LITANY

Lord, midway through the Feast,

grant drink to my thirsty soul from
the Waters of True Religion. For to
all the Saviour cries aloud:
let
whoever is thirsty come to Me and
drink. As the Fountain of Life, O
Christ our God: Glory to Thee!

FIRST PASCHAL KATHISMA TONE 3

To

akatalipton to tis Stavroseos, ke

anerminevton
to
tis
Egerseos,
Theologoumen i Pisti, aporriton
Mystyrion. Simeron gar Thanatos, ke
O
Edis
eskilevte,
genos
de
anthropinon aftharsian endedite.
Dio ke evharistos kravgazomen.
Doxa Hriste ti Anastasi Sou.

We the Believers now Theologise about

the inexplicable, incomprehensible,
unspoken Mystery of Thy Crucifixion
and Resurrection.
For today the
Realm of Death and of Hades has
been despoiled, and vested is the
human race with incorruptibility.
And therefore in Thanksgiving we

cry aloud:
 Glory
Resurrection, O God.

to

Thy

Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati,

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

Amin

Amen

and to the Holy Spirit, now and

forever, and to the Ages of ages.

ke nin ke ai ke is tous Eonas ton

eonon.

THEOTOKION TONE 3

Ravdon

Dinameos
kektimeni,
ton
Stavron tou Iiou Sou Theotoke, en
afto katavaloumen, ton ehthron ta
fragmata, i potho Se apafstos
Megalinontes.

We have obtained the Cross of Thy Son,

O Theotokos, as a Rod of Power. By
it we subdue the insolence of the
enemies. And with Love we Magnify
Thee unceasingly.

SECOND FESTAL KATHISMA ST JOHN THE DIVINE EVANGELIST

TONE (8) PLAGAL 4

Anapeson en to stithi tou Iisou, parrisias As

tighanon os Mathitis, irotisas, Tis
estin, O prodotis Sou Kyrie? Ke os
igapimeno, iparhonti endoxe, dia tou
artou outos, safos ipedihthi Si. Othen
ke os mystis, gegonos ton arriton, tou
Logou tin sarkosin, ekdidaskis ta
perata, Theologe Apostole. Presveve
Hristo to Theo, ton ptesmaton afesin
dorisasthe, tis eortazousi potho, tin
Agian mnimin Sou.

a Disciple with close access to the

Lord, at the Supper Thou leaned
close upon His Breast, and asked
Jesus: Who is it, O Lord who will
betray Thee? And with the bread
He clearly indicated him unto Thee,
for Thou were His Beloved Disciple,
O Glorious One.
Therefore, O
Apostle Theologian and Mystic of
Mysteries ineffable, Thou teach the
Incarnation of the Word to the whole
wide world. Intercede with Christ
our God that He grant Forgiveness of
offences to those who with longing,
observe Thy Holy Memory.

Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati,

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

Amin

Amen

ke nin ke ai ke is tous Eonas ton

eonon.

and to the Holy Spirit, now and

forever, and to the Ages of ages.

FESTAL MATINS HYMNS ST JOHN

THE

DIVINE 8 MAY

5.

SECOND FESTAL KATHISMA MID PENTECOST TONE (8) PLAGAL 4

Estikos en to meso tou Ierou, mesazousis At

entheos tis Eortis: O dipson,
anekrazes. Erhestho pros Me ke
pineto. O gar pinon ek toutou: Tou
Thiou Namatos, Potamous ek kilias,
ekrefsi Dogmaton Mou, ostis de
Pistevi, is Eme ton stalenta, ek
Thiou Gennitoros, met Emou
Doxasthisee. Dia touto voomen Si.

Doxa Si, Hriste O Theos, oti

plousios exeheas ta Namata, tis Sis
Filanthropias tis doulis Sou.

the middle, O Lord, of the Sacred

Feast, as Thou stood in the Temple
amid the crowd, Thou proclaimed:
If anyone thirst, let him come to
Me and drink. Thou said: He who
drinks this Divine Drink that I
provide, from his heart will My
Dogmas like Rivers flow out of him.
Whoever believes in God the Father,
Who sent Me, will truly be Glorified
together with Me by Him. Let us

mnimin timisomen, tou Apostolou

Pisti. Epesti gar simeron, pasi tis
perasi, fotizousa apantas. Outos gar
tou Kyriou, alithis Theologos, ke en
Evangelio, anadedikte filos. Dio ke tis
timosin afton, vrii iamata.

Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati,

ke nin ke ai ke is tous Eonas ton

eonon.

Amin

THE

is the Memorial of the Apostle,

Saint John throughout the entire
world, and it Illumines us all. So let
us now honour it.
It is clearly
apparent in the Gospel he authored
that he was our Lords Friend and a
True Theologian.
Therefore, he
pours out Healings to all who
honour him.

I Ourani diigounte doxan Theou

piisin de hiron aftou anagelli to
steroma.

STIHOS:

6.

Theologon

evrontisas.
En arhiin O
Logos, ke pros Theon O Logos in, ke
Theos in O Logos, Apostole Ioanni.
Tou Hristou gar to stithi, epipeson
kakithen de, plires Thelogias, rithron
zois, makar arisamenos Theologe, tin
ktisin ardis apasan, itis Se ke gereri.

As

Thou make the Water of Wisdom

and Life well up for the world, Thou
invite all, O Saviour, to draw the
Steams of Salvation; for one who
accepts Thy Divine Law, by it
quenches the Burning Coals of Error;
and so they will never Thirst, no ever
have their fill of Thee, O Master,
Heavenly King. Therefore, we Glorify
Thy Might, O Christ God, as we ask
Thee to send down richly on Thy
servants Forgiveness of Offences.

THE

DIVINE THEOLOGIAN

His Proclamation went forth into all

the earth, and His Words to the
ends of the world. (2)

The Heavens declare the Glory

of God! The Firmament shows the
Creation of His Hands!

VERSE:

FESTAL MATINS HYMNS ST JOHN

THE

DIVINE 8 MAY

THE

DIVINE - TONE 2

Theologising

Thou cried out that the

Logos the Word was in the
beginning; and the Word was with
God, and the Logos was God, O John
the Apostle. When Thou fell upon
the Bosom of Christ the Logos, Thou
imbibed Streams of Life that were
full
of
Theology,
O
Blessed
Theologian, and with this Godly
Water Thou irrigate the world, which
today honours Thee.

PASCHAL EXAPOSTEILARION MID PENTECOST TONE 3

ton kratira ehon, ton akenoton

doreon, do mi arisasthe idor, is afesin
amartion.
Oti sinehome dipsi,
evsplanghne mone Iktirmon. (2)

and to the Holy Spirit, now and

forever, and to the Ages of ages.

FESTAL PROKEIMENON ST JOHN

pasan tin gin exilthen O fthongos

afton ke is ta perata tis ikoumenis
ta rimata afton. (2)

is an alien state to mothers,

and childbirth is foreign to those
who are virgins. Yet in Thee, O
Theotokos, both of these have been
accomplished! And therefore, we of
every race on earth unceasingly
pronounce Thee Blessed!

SMALL LITANY & PRAISES TO THE LORD

FESTAL EXAPOSTILARION ST JOHN

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

SMALL LITANY & FESTAL ANTIPHON

Is

Virginity

Today

Amen

Ior ke tis Zois anavrizon

to kosmo, pantas Sotir, kalis tou
arisasthe, sotirias to Namata. Ton
gar Thion Nomon Sou, dehomenos
anthropos, en afto svennii, tis planis
tous anthraks. Othen is eonas, ou
dipsisi, ou lipsi, tou korou Sou
Despota Vasilef epouranie. Dia touto
Doxazomen, to Kratos Sou, Hriste O
Theos,
ton
ptesmaton
afesin
etoumeni, katapempse plousios tis
doulis Sou.

ton miteron i parthenia, ke

xenon tes parthenis i pedopiia. Epi Si
Theotoke, amfotera okonomithi. Dio
Se pase e file tis gis, apafstos
Makarizomen.

DIVINE - TONE 4

THIRD FESTAL KATHISMA MID PENTECOST TONE (8) PLAGAL 4

Tis Sophias to

Allotrion

therefore, cry aloud:  Glory to

Thee, O Christ God, for Thou poured
out to Thy servants abundantly the
Waters of Thy Love for humanity.

THIRD FESTAL KATHISMA ST JOHN

Tin

FESTAL KATAVASIA- MID PENTECOST TONE (8) PLAGAL 4

LAUDS: THE PRAISES

ALL CREA

TION

TO

Lord, possessing the Chalice of

Inexhaustible Free Gifts, grant me to
draw out the Water of Forgiveness
for my sins. A mighty Thirst has
constrained
me,
O
Only
Compassionate Saviour. (2)

GOD

- PSALM 148

PRAISES THE LORD OUR GOD

Pasa

Let

Enite

Praise Him, all His Angels; praise Him,

pnoi enesato ton Kyrion. Enite

ton Kyrion ek ton Ouranon. Enite
Afton en tis ipsistis. Si prepi imnos
to Theo.
Afton, pantes i Angelli Aftou.
Enite Afton, pase e Dinamis Aftou.
Si prepi imnos to Theo.

everything that has breath praise

the Lord. Praise the Lord from the
Heavens; praise Him in the Highest.
To Thee praise is due, O God.

all His Powers. To Thee praise is

due, O God.

FESTAL IDIOMELA ST JOHN

THE

DIVINE - TONE 4

Enite

Praise Him for His Mighty Acts;

Makar,

Blessed

Afton epi tes Dinasties Afton.

Enite Afton kata to plithos tis
Megalosinis Aftou.
Ioanni
Pansofe,
periousia
thermis, tis Hristou agapiseos, pleon
panton
pefinas,
Mathiton
agapomenos, to panepopti Logo ke
krinonti, Dikeis pasan tn ikoumenin
zigis, tis thatharotitos, ke Agnias
kallesi katavgasthis, soma ke dianian
Theomakariste.

praise
Him according to the Greatness of
His Majesty.

and All Wise Evangelist, in

being Loved by the Word Who sees
all things, and using Just Scales, will
Judge the Universe, Thou surpassed
all the Disciples in the abundance of
Thy Most Ardent Love for Christ our
Lord, O Divine Apostle John; for
Thou were Radiant in both mind and
body with the handsome traits of
Purity and Chastity, in being Blessed
by God.

FESTAL MATINS HYMNS ST JOHN

THE

DIVINE 8 MAY

11.

KATAVASIA

OF

MID PENTECOST TONE (8) PLAGAL 4

Thalassan

epixas, vithisas sin

armasi ton alazona Farao, ke laon
diesosas avrohos Kyrie, ke isigages
aftous is Oros Agiasmatos, voontas.
Asomen Si to Theo imon, odin
epinikion, to en polemis krateo.

ODI

3
Estereothi i kardia mou en
Kyrio, ipsothi keras mou en Theo
mou, eplatinthi ep ehthrous mou to
stoma mou evfranthin en Sotirio Sou.

ODE

4:
O Profitis Avvakoum, tis
noeris ofthalmis proeora Kyrie, tin
Parousian Sou. Dio ke anekrazen.
Apo Theman ixi O Theos. Doxa ti
Doxi Sou Hriste, Doxa ti sigkatavasi
Sou.

ODE

Kyrie O Theos, Irinin dos imin.

Kyrie O Theos imon, ktise imas.
Kyrie ektos Sou allon ouk idamen, to
Onoma Sou Onomazomen.

ODE 5:

Os idata thalassis filanthrope,

ta kimata tou viou himazi me. Dio,
os Ionas Si kravgazo Loge. Anagage
ek fthoras tin Zoin mou, evsplaghne
Kyrie.

ODE 6:

Ton

Haldeon i kaminos, piri

flogizomeni, edrosizeto pnevmati,
Theou epistasia, i Pedes ipepsallon.
Evlogitos O Theos, O ton Pateron
imon.

ODE

7:

Enoumen,

Evlogoumen
proskinoumen ton Kyrion!

Angeli

ke

ke Ourani, ton epi

Thronou Doxis epohoumenon, ke os
Theon
apafstos
Doxazomenon,
Evlogite, Imnite, ke Iperipsoute is
pantas tous eona.

ODE

8:

THE MAGNIFICAT

10.

Is

Lord, Thou congealed the

sea, and Pharaoh the arrogant with
all his chariots, Thou drowned. And
Thou saved Thy people who did not
get wet at all. And Thou led them to
the Mountain of Sanctification as
they shouted: We will sing to Thee,
O Lord our God, a Victory Canticle,
to Thee the Mighty One in war.

ODE

3:
My heart exults and in the
Lord firmly is estalished; and in my
God is my horn exalted; and my
mouth is open wide at my enemies,
and in Thy Salvation I rejoice.
4:
With his Spiritual Eyes, the
Prophet Habakkuk saw in the future
Thine Appearance on the earth, O
Lord. And therefore he cried out
and said that God from Themain
would surely come. Glry to Thy
Glory, O Christ!
Glory to Thy
Condescension, O Lord!

O Lord our God: grant Peace

to us, for Thou hast rendered all. O
Lord our God: we pray: take
possession of us. Lord, O Lord, we
do not know any other God except
for Thee and we name Thy Name.

ODE 5:

The waves of life are tossing

me like the waters of the sea, O
Friend of humanity. I cry to Thee, O
Logos, as once did Jonah, to raise my
life from corruption, O Lord and
only Compassionate One.

ODE 6:

All

ablaze with a raging fire

was the Chaldeans furnace. Then,
by Gods own Authority, it was
Bedewed with a Spirit. The Three
Youths were chanting : Thou art the
God of our Fathers, and Blessed art
Thou!

ODE

7:

We

Praise, we Bless,
Worship the Lord!

All

and

we

you Angels and the

Heavens: Bless the One Who rides
on a Throne of Glory, and Who as
God is Glorified unceasingly. Ever
Bless Him as Lord, and praise Him
and supremely exalt Him unto all
Ages.

ODE

FESTAL MATINS HYMNS ST JOHN

8:

THE

DIVINE 8 MAY

Proclamation went forth into all

the earth, and His Words to the
ends of the world.

SMALL LITANY & PRAISES TO GOD

HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING

TO

ST JOHN 21 : 14 24

OUR LORD JESUS RESTORES AND COMMISSIONS ST PETER

Touto

The

Legi afto: Ne Kyrie, Si idas oti filo Se.

He said

Legi Afto: Voske ta Arnia Mou.

Legi Afto palin defteron: Simon

He said to him: Feed My Lambs.

He said to him again a second time:

ide triton efanerothi O Iisous tis

Mathites Aftou egerthis ek nekron,
ote oun iristisan legi to Simoni Petro
O IIisous:Simon Iona Agapas Me
plion touto?

ODE

ODE

His

pasan tin gin exilthen O fthongos

afton ke is ta perata tis ikoumenis
ta rimata afton.

Iona,

Agapas Me?

Legi afto:

third time our Lord Jesus showed

Himself to His Disciples after He was
Risen from the dead, when they had
eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon
Peter: Simon, son of Jonah, do you
Love Me more than these?
to Him: Yes, Lord, Thou know
that I love Thee.

Simon, son of Jonah, do you Love

Me?

Ne Kyrie, Si idas oti Filo Se.

He said to Him:, Yes Lord; Thou know

that I Love Thee.

He said to him: Tend My sheep.

Legi afto: Pimene ta Provata Mou.
Legi afto to triton: Simon Iona, filis He said to him the third time: Simon,
Me?

son of Jonah, do you love Me?

Elipithi

O Petros oti ipen Afto to triton:

Filis Me?

Peter was grieved because He asked him

Ke

ipen Afto: Kyrie, Si panta idas Si

ginoskis oti filo Se.

And he said to Him, Lord, Thou know

a third time: Do you love Me?

all things;
Thee.

Thou know that I love

Legi

Jesus said to him:, Feed My sheep.

Amin,

Truly,

afto O Isous: Voske ta Provata

Mou.
amin, lego si: ote is neoteros
ezonies ke periepatis opou itheles;
otan the girasis, ektenis tas hiras
sou, ke alos se zosi, ke isi opou ou
thelis.

truly, I say to you: when you

were younger, you girded yourself
and walked where you wished; but
when you are old, you will stretch
out your hands, and another will
gird you and carry you where you
do not wish to go.

Touto de ipe simenon pio thanato doxasi This He spoke, signifying by what death
he would glorify God.

ton Theon.

Ke touto ipon legi Afto: Akolouthi Mi!

And when He had spoken this, He said

to him: Follow Me!

Epistrafis de O Petros vlepi ton Mathitin Then

on Igapa O IIisous akolouthounta, ( os
ke anepesen en to dipno epi to Stithos
Aftou ke ipe:
Kyrie, tis estin O
paradidous Se?)

Peter, turning around, saw the

Disciple
whom
Jesus
Loved
following, (who also had leaned on
His Breast at the Supper and asked:
Lord, who is the one who betrays
Thee?)

FESTAL MATINS HYMNS ST JOHN

THE

DIVINE 8 MAY

7.

Touton

idon O Petros legi to Iisou:

Kyrie, outos de ti?

Seeing

him, Peter said to Jesus: Lord,

what about this man?

Legi

Jesus

Exilthen

oun O logos outos is tous

Adelfous oti O Mathitis ekinos ouk
apothniski.

Then

Ke

ouk ipen afto O IIisous oti ouk

apothniski, al ean afton:
Thelo
minin eos erhome, ti pros se?

Yet

afto O IIisous: Ean afto thelo

menin eos erhome, ti pros se? Si
akolouthi Mi!

Jesus did not say to him that he

would not die, but: If I Will that he
remain until I come, what is that to
you?

Esti

And there are also many other things

Amin

Eleison

me, O Theos, kata to Mega

Eleos Sou ke kata to lithos ton
iktirmon Sou Exalipson to anomima
mou.

Tin

ton
Apostolon
akrotita,
tis
Theologias
tin
salpinga,
ton
pnevmatikon stratigon, ton tin
ikoumenin
Theo
kathipotaxanta,
defte i Pisti makarisomen, Ioannin
ton aidimon, ek gis methistamenon,
ke gis ouk afistamenon, alla onta ke
menonta, tin foveran tou Despotou
defteran elefsin, is in akatakritos
ipantise imas, etise file mystike,
Hristou epistithie, tous ek pothou
telountas tin mnimin Sou.

8.

that Jesus did, which if they were

written one by one, I suppose that
even the world itself could not
contain the books that would be
written.

FESTAL KONTAKION ST JOHN

Ta

OF

SALVATION

THE

Megalia Sou Parthene tis diigisete?

Vriis gar Thavmata, ke pigazis
iamata, ke presvevis iper ton psihon
imon, os Thelogos ke filos Hristou.

Ourania ekmanthanin, ke thalassis

ta vathi erevnan, tolmiron iparhi ke
aktalipton.
Osper oun astra
exarithmise, ke paralion psammon
ouk estin olos, outos oute ta tou
Theologou ipin ikanon, tosoutis afton
stefanis O Hristos, on igapisen
estepsen! Ou to stithi anepese, ke en
to Mystiko dipno sinistiathi, OS
THELOGOS KE FILOS HRISTOU.

DIVINE APOSTLE- TONE 2

Have

mercy upon me, O God,

according to Thy Great Mercy;
according to the multitude of Thy
Mercies do away mine offences.

He

is the Paramount of the Apostles,

the Trumpet of Theology, the
Spiritual General, who made the
civilized world subject to God: that
celebrated Evangelist John. Come, O
Faithful, let us call him Blessed. He
was translated from earth, yet not
withdrawn from earth; he is alive
and waiting for the Fearful Second
Coming of Our Master. May Thou
meet it uncondemned, O Mystical
Bosom Friend of Christ, as Thou
pray for us who lovingly observe Thy
memory.

FESTAL MATINS HYMNS ST JOHN

THE

DIVINE 8 MAY

THE

DIVINE TONE 2

Who can recount all Thy Mighty Deeds,

O Virgin? Thou pour out Miracles
and Thou overflow with Cures, and
Thou Intercede on behalf of our
souls, as a Theologian and Friend of
Christ.

FESTAL IHOS ST JOHN

Ipsi

Amen

RESURRECTION PRAYER PSALM 50/51INTERCESSORY HYMNS FOR

DIVINE
MERCY
FESTAL IDIOMELON ST JOHN

PRAYERS

is the Disciple who testifies to

these things, and wrote these things;
and we know that his Testimony is
True.

Feast according to the Law at its

Mid-point, O Christ our God, as the
Creator and Master of everything,
Thou said to all who present: Come,
that you might draw from Me the
Water of Immortality! Hence, with
Faith we cry to Thee as we prostrate
before Thee. Thy tender mercies
grant to us, we pray. Thou art the
Fountain and Source of our Life, O
Lord.

apanton Piitis ke Despotis, pros tous

parountas eleges, Hriste O Theos.
Deft eke arisasthe, idor athanasias.
Othen Si prospiptomen, ke Pistos
ekvoomen. Tous iktirmous Sou dories
imin. Si gar iparhis Pigi tis Zois imon

this saying went out among the

Brethren that this Disciple would not
die.

This

de ke alla polla osa epiisen O

Iisous, atina ean grafite kath en,
oude afton ime ton kosmon horise
ta grafomena vivlia.

Tis Eortis tis nomikis mesazousis, O ton The

said to him: If I Will that he

remain until I come, what is that to
you? You follow Me!

Outos

estin O Mathitis O martiron peri

touton ke grapsas tafta; ke idamen
oti Alithis estin i Martiria aftou.

PASCHAL KONTAKION MID PENTECOST TONE 4

THE

DIVINE

Daring

and incomprehensible it is to
search out Celestial Heights, and
the depths of the sea as well. So
just as it is wholly impossible to
number the stars and the sand
upon the shore, so no one is able
to tell about the Theologian, so
many are the Crown with which
Christ has Crowned His Beloved
who leaned against His Chest and
ate with Hym at the Mystical
Supper, AS A THEOLOGIAN AND
FRIEND OF CHRIST.

SYNAXARION 8 MAY

Ti H tou aftou minos, Mnimi tou Agiou On

Endoxou Apostolou ke Evangelistou,
epistithiou, Filou, igapimenou ke
Parthenou, Ioannou tou Theologou,
iti, i sinaxis tis Agias koneos, tis
ekpempomenis ek tou Tafou Aftou,
igoun tou Manna.

Ti

the 8th day of this month we

celebrate the Synaxis of the Holy
Dust that is, the Manna that issued
from the Grave of the Holy and
Glorious Apostle and Evangelist,
John the Theologian, the Virgin
and Beloved Friend of Christ.

On

this day we Commemorate our

Righteous Father, St Arsenios the
Great.

Tes

By

their Holy Intercessions, O Christ

God, have Mercy on us.

Amin

Amen

afti imera, Mnimi tou Osiou Patros

imon Arseniou tou Megalou.
afton Agiis Presvies, O Theos,
eleison imas.

FESTAL MATINS HYMNS ST JOHN

THE

DIVINE 8 MAY

9.