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egenithimen, anton peripsima eos

arti.

the offscourings of all things unto

this day.

Ouk

Ean

Although

entrepon imas grafo tafta, all os

Tekna mou Agapita noutheto.

gar mirious pedagogous ehite en

Hristo, all ou pollous Pateras.

En

gar Hristo Iisou dia tou Evangeliou

ego imas egennisa.

Parakalo

oun
ginesthe.

imas

mimite

mou

THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING

THE CALLING

OF

write not these things to shame you,

but as my Beloved Children, I warn
you.

Festal Matins Hymns St Matthew Levi, Apostle

you have ten thousand

instructors in Christ, yet have you
not many Fathers.

In
I

Christ Jesus through the Gospel I

have begotten you.

beseech you, therefore - be imitators

of me.
TO

PSALM 117 /118

PRAISE

*Theos

Kyrios ke
Evlogimenos O
Onomati Kyriou!

O de Iisous akousas, ipen aftis: Ou

hrian ehousin i ishiontes Iatrou, all
i kakos ehontes.
Porevthentes de Mathete ti estin:
...Eleon thelo, ke ou Thisian... Ou
gar ilthon kalese Dikeous, alla
amartolous is Metanian!

At that time, as Jesus passed by, He saw

a man named Matthew sitting at the
customs house, and he sait to him:
Follow me.
And he arose, and followed Him.
And it came to pass, Jesus sat eating in
the house, and behold: many
Publicans and sinners went and sat
down with Him and His Disciples.
And when the Pharisees beheld them,
they said to His Disciples: Why does
your Master eat with Publicans and
sinners?
When Jesus heard, He said to them:
Those who are whole do not need
a Physician, but those who are sick
do.
Go, learn what it means: ...I desire
Mercy, and not Sacrifice... I have
not come to Call the Righteous, but
sinners to Repentance!

GOD

FOR

HIS EVERLASTING MERCY

Epefanen imin.
erhomenos en

1 : Exomologisthe to Kyrio, oti

Agathos, oti is ton eona to Eleos

STIHO S

ST MATTHEW 9 : 9 13

*The

Lord is God, and has Appeared

to us. Blessed is He Who comes in
the Name of the Lord!
1 :
Good;

VE RSE

Aftou!*

ST MATTHEW LEVI, TAX COLLECTOR

To kero ekino, paragon O Iisous, iden

anthropon
kathimenon
epi
to
telonion, Matheon legomenon.
Ke legi afto: Akolouthi Mi.
Ke anastas, ikolouthi Afto.
Ke egeneto, Aftou anakimenou en ti ikia,
ke idou, polli Telone ke amartoli
elthontes sinanekinto to Iisou, ke tis
Mathites Aftou.
Ke idontes i Pharisei, ipon tis Mathites
Aftou: Dia ti meta ton Telonon ke
amartolon esthii O Didaskos imon?

TO

STIHO S

2:

3:

for

the Lord, for He is

His Mercy endures

forever!*

Panta

ta Ethni ekiklosan me,

2 : All the Nations surrounded

me, but in the Name of the Lord I

VE RSE

ke to Onomati Kyriou inamin aftous.*

STIHO S

Confess

Para

Kyriou egeneto afti, ke

drove them back.*

VE RSE

esti Thavmasti en ofthalmis imon.*

This is the Lords doing, and

it is Marvellous in our eyes.*

FESTAL APOLYTIKION ST MATTHEW LEVI - TONE 3

Apostole

Agie ke Evangelista Mathee,

Presveve to Eleimoni Theo, ina
ptesmaton afesin, parashi tes psihes
imon.

THEOTOKION -

Se

tin mesitefsasan tin Sotirian tou

genous imon, animnoumen Theotoke
Parthene. En ti Sarki gar ti ek Sou
proslifthisi, O Iios Sou ke Theos imon,
to dia Stavrou katadexamenos pathos,
elitrosato imas, ek fthoras os
Filanthropos.

Holy Apostle and Evangelist,

Matthew, make Intercessions to our
Merciful God, that He grant our soul
forgiveness of offences.
TONE 4

Unto Thee Who mediated the Salvation

of our race, we sing praises, O Virgin
Theotokos. For Thy Son and our
God in the Flesh that He assumed
from Thee, accepted Suffering by
means of Crucifixion and has
thereby set us free from corruption,
in His Love for mankind.

SMALL LITANY

FIRST FESTAL KATHISMA ST MATTHEW LEVI - TONE 4

Matthee

Apostole Pistos imnoumen Se,

ke potho timomen Se os ipiretin
Hristou, aftoptin ke kirika, proton te
singrafea ton ekinou logion, megiston
te Fostira Ekklisias ke stilon, ke
mnimin tin panieron Sou nin
gereromen.

O Apostle Matthew, we Faithfully extol

Thee, and with Love and Longing we
honour Thee as a servant of Christ,
an eye-witness and Preacher, and as
the first writer of His Sayings. Thou
art a Great Luminary and Pillar of
the Church. And now we honour
Thine All Holy Memory.

Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati, Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
ke nin ke ai ke is tous Eonas ton
eonon.

Amin

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and to the Holy Spirit, now and

forever, and to the Ages of ages.

Amen

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THEOTOKION TONE 4

Taxi

dexe Despina, tas ikesias imon, ke

taftas prosagage, to So Iio ke theo,
Kyria Panahrante.
Lison tas
peristalsis, ton is Se protstrehonton,
skedason tas enedras, ke ta thrasi
Parthene, ton nin efoplizomenon,
kata ton doulon Sou.

Immaculate Lady,

be quick to hear and

receive our Fervent Entreaties, and
Deliver them to our Lord, to Christ
Thy Son and God. Rescue from
every trouble those who run to Thy
Shelter, O Virgin Theotokos, and
frustrate the scheming of those who
against
Thy
servants
have
shamelessly taken arms.

16 November St Matthew Levi, Holy Apostles

FESTAL DIVINE LITURGY HYMNS & READINGS
FESTAL APOLYTIKION ST MATTHEW LEVI, HOLY APOSTLE -

Apostole

Agie ke Evangelista Mathee,

Presveve to eleimoni Theo, ina
ptesmaton afesin, parashi tes psihes
imon.

SECOND FESTAL KATHISMA ST MATTHEW LEVI TONE (8) PLAGAL 4

Ous

eharaxas logous i efsevis, evsevias

themelion arragi ke rizan tis Pisteos
kektimeni imnoumen Se. Tous gar
Thious Logous Hristou ke ta
Thavmata, ke ta Thia pathi, Tafin ke
anastasin,
apo
sis
apafstos
akroomeni glossis., Mathee Apostole,
tas psihas fotizometha, ke istos
ekvoomen Si.
Presveve Hristo to
Theo,
ton
ptesmaton
afesin
dorisasthe, tis eortazousi potho tin
Agian Mnimin Sou.

We

Orthodox Christians possess Thy

word, which Thou wrote as the
Unbroken Foundation of right Belief,
and the Root of Faith, and for this we
sing Thy Praise.
From Thee, O
Apostle Matthew, we unceasingly
hear the Divine Words of Christ, His
Miracles, the Divine Passion, Burial
and Resurrection, and our soul is
Illumined. Therefore, we faithfully
pray to Thee. Intercede with Christ
our God that He grant Forgiveness of
offences to us who celebrate Thy
Holy Memory with Faith and Love.

Amin

and to the Holy Spirit, now and

forever, and to the Ages of ages.

O Holy Apostle and Evangelist Matthew,

Intercede with our Merciful God that
He grant our soul Forgiveness of
offences.

SEASONAL FESTAL KONTAKION - ENTRY INTO THE TEMPLE OF THE

EVER BLESSED THEOTOKOS

Katharotatos Naos tou Sotiros i

Politimitos Pastas ke Parthenos, to
Ieron Thisavrisma tis Doxis tou
Theou, simeron isagete en to iko
Kyriou, tin Harin sinisagousa, tin en
Pnevmati Thio, in animnousin Angeli
Theou: Afti iparhi Skini Epouranios.
FESTAL PROKEIMENON SONG

Megalini

i psihi mou ton Kyrion, ke

igalliase to Pnevma moue pi to Theo
to Sotiri mou.

Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati, Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
ke nin ke ai ke is tous Eonas ton
eonon.

The

Most Pure Temple of the Saviour,

the Precious Bridal Chamber and
Virgin, the Sacred Treasure of God,
today enters the House of the Lord,
bringing the Grace of the Divine
Spirit. The Angels of God praise her.
She is the Heavenly Tabernacle.

OF THE

soul magnifies our Lord, and my

spirit has rejoiced in God my
Saviour.

aftou.
Idou gar, apo tou
Makariousi me pase e genee.

nin

His
Handmaiden,
for
behold,
henceforth, all generation will call
me Blessed.

THEOTOKION TONE (8) PLAGAL 4

Ikona, Parthene, tin eaftou,

sintrivisan O plastis analavon, ek
Sou,
Theonimfevte,
simpathos
anemorfose. Ti gar Thia fisi enosas
os esplaghnos, Theikes aktisin aftin
katekallinen. Othen ton lavonta tin
morphin tis ikonos, ke sarka
genomenon
ikonizontes
Kyrion,
proskinoumen
Theanthropon,
tis
Sarkos to idos Pistos, os Thion
Timontes te ke grafontes, ke to Son,
Theotoke, psihas Fotizomeni.

PSALM 50 & PRAYERS

OF

SALVATION

Virgin, from Thee, our Fashioner

assumed His own Image from that
which had been broken, and He
sympathetically refashioned it, O
Bride
of
God.
For,
being
Compassionate, He United it to
Divine Nature, and adorned it with
Rays of Divinity. Therefore, as we
depict in Icons our Lord Who took
the form of His Image and became
Flesh, we worship the God-Man, and
we Faithfully honour and inscribe
the Divine Image of Him Incarnate,
as well as Thine, O Theotokos, and
our souls are thus Illumined.

FIRST EPISTLE

OF

ST PAUL

TO THE

Adelphi:

O Theos imas tous Apostolous

eshatous apedixen, os Epithanatiou,
oti thatron egenithimen to kosmo, ke
Angelis ke anthopis.

teloniou ton zigon aporripsas,

Dikeosinis o zigo prosirmosthis, ke
anedihthis
emporos
panaristos,
plouton komisamenos, tin ex Ipsous
Sofian. Othen anekirixas, Alithias
ton Logon, ke ton rathimon igiras
psihas, kathiporapsas, tin oran tis

4.

When Thou had shed the Yoke of being

a Publican and took instead the Yokd
of Justice and Virtue, Thou proved
Thyself to be a clever merchant and
Most Wise, gaining for Thyself the
Heavenly Wisdom.
Thus Thou
preached the Word of Truth, O

FESTAL MATINS & DIV LIT HYMNS ST MATTHEW LEVI 16 NOVEMBER

CORINTHIANS 4 : 9 16

Brethren,

God has set forth us, the

Apostles, last, as it were appointed
to Death, for we are made a
spectacle unto the world, and to
Angels, and to men.

Imis mori dia Hriston, imis de fronimi en We are fools for Christs sake, but you
Hristo; imis asthenis, imis de ishiri;
imis endoxi, imis de atimi.

Ahri

tis arti oras ke pinomen

dipsomen, ke gimnitevomen,
kolafizometha ke astatoumen.

ke
ke

FESTAL KONTAKION ST MATTHEW LEVI APOSTLE TONE 4

Tou

THEOTOKOS TONE 3

My

Oti epevlepsenepi tin tapinosin tis doulis For He has regarded the lowly estate of

Amen

Tin

TONE 3

are wise in Christ; we are weak, but

you are strong; you are honourable,
but we are despised.

Even

unto this present hour, we both

hunger and thirst, and are naked,
and are buffeted, and have no
dwellingplace.

Ke kopiomen, ergazomeni tes idies hersi. And

we labour, working with our own

hands.

Lidoroumeni

evlogoumen, diokomeni
anehometha,
vlasfimoumeni
parakaloumen.

Os

perikatharmata

tou

kosmou

Being

reviled,
we
Bless;
persecuted, we suffer it;
defamed, we Entreat.

being
being

We are made as the filth of the world -

FESTAL MATINS & DIV LIT HYMNS ST MATTHEW LEVI 16

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9.

Enite

Praise

Evrontiss

Thou thundered the Sacred Teachings on

Afton en kimvalis evihis! Enite

Afton en kimbalis Allalagmou. Pasa
pnoi enesato ton Kyrion!
Pansofe,
ti
Ikoumeni
Didagmata, iera ke sotiria, ke pasan
ekathiras idolomanias, tin Ktisin
Mathee,
ke
katefotisas
laous,
Evangeliou tes epilampsesin, idolon ta
temeni de, katastrpsamenos Hariti,
Ekklisias
is
enesin,
tou
Theou
okodomisas.

Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati

kriseos.

Him with resounding cymbals!

Praise Him with triumphant cymbals!
Let everything that has breath praise
the Lord!

Salvation throughout the world, O

Evangelist Matthew. Thou purged all
Creation of the madness of idols.
Thou, O All Wise Apostle, Illmined
every race on Earth with the
Enlightenment of the Gospel of Christ.
And once thou had destroyed the
temples of the idols, by Divine Grace,
Thou built churches in place of them,
for the Glory and Praise of God.

Glory

to the Father, and to the Son,

and to the Holy Spirit

Evangelist Matthew. And Thou hast

roused from slothfulness our soul,
clearly describing the Hour of
Judgement Day.
FESTAL IKOS ST MATTHEW LEVI, HOLY APOSTLE

tou ehthrou me tyrannis viazete

aplistos, ke tis psihis mou olon ton
sporon katharpaxi, Mathee file tou
Hristou. All aftos ton sporon ton
evhon Sou dedokos, pros sin doulian
karposon, ke Dixon imnosdon Sou
smikrotaton, ke ifigitin me ton pollon
Sou ke Megalon katorthomaton, ke tis
pros Hriston Sou sheseos, tap anta
parevthis egkatalipsas, ikolouthisas
thermos to keklikoti, protos gegonos
Evangelistis
en
to
kosmo,
kathipograpsas tin oran tis Kriseos.

The

enemys
tyrnny
rapaciously
overpowers me, and he snatches
away every seed from my soul, O
Matthew, Friend of Christ. I pray
Thee, plant for me the Seed of Thy
Prayers, and bring forth Fruit for
Thy Service, and allow me to sing of
Thee, although I be very small. Make
me a narrator of Thy many and great
accomplishments,
and
of
Thy
Relationship with Christ.
Thou
immediately left everything behind,
and ardently followed Him Who
Called Thee, become the First
Evangelist in the world, clearly
describing the Hour of Judgement
Day.

ST MATTHEW LEVI, HOLY APOSTLE TONE (8) PLAGAL 4

Krotisomen en asmasi simeron Pisti, epi ti With

songs let us applaud today, O

Faithful, on the occasion of the
Memorial of the Divine Apostle and
Evangelist Matthew. For he threw off
the yok and wealth of being a Tax
Collector, and he followed Christ; and
he became a Divine Preacher of the
Gospel. Thus, as the Psalm foretold,
his Proclamation went forth into all
the Earth. And he Intercedes that our
soul be Saved.

mnimi tou septou Apostolou, ke

Evangelistou Matheou.
Outos gar
ripsas ton zigon, ke ton hrison tou
teloniou, ikolouthise Hristo, ke kirix tou
Evangeliou Thios ehrimatisen. Othen
exilthe profitikos O fthongos aftou, is
tin ikoumenin, ke presvevi sothine tas
psihas imon.

Ke nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton eonon.

Amin

Now and ever, and to the Ages of ages.

Amen

FESTAL THEOTOKION
THE C

ONGREGATION

Despina

Prosdexe, tas deisis ton

doulon Sou, ke Litrose imas, apo pasis
anagkis ke thlipseos.

MUST STAND

O Lady, receive the Supplications of

Thy servants, and Deliver us from
all necessity and affliction.

SYNAXARION

FESTAL APOLYTIKION ST MATTHEW LEVI, HOLY APOSTLE -

Apostole

Agie ke Evangelista Mathee,

Presveve to eleimoni Theo, ina
ptesmaton afesin, parashi tes psihes
imon.

TONE 1

O Holy Apostle and Evangelist Matthew,

Intercede with our Merciful God that
He grant our soul Forgiveness of
offences.

this 16th day of the month, we

Commemorate the Holy Apostle and
Evangelist, St Matthew.

Tes

aftou Agiis Presvies,

eleison imas.

O Theos,

Amin
OF

THE

the Intercessions of Thy Saint, O

God, have Mercy on us.

EVER BLESSED VIRGIN - TONE 4

1
Anixo to stoma mou ke
plirothisete Pnevmatos ke logon
erevxome ti Vasilidi mitri.
Ke
ofthisome fedros Panigirizon ke aso
gnothomenos TAFTIS TIN ISODON.

ODI

I shall open my mouth and the

Spirit will inspire it, and I shall utter
the words of my song to the Queen
and Mother: I shall be seen radiantly
keeping Feast and I SHALL REJOICE

ODE 1

IN HER ENTRANCE.

Tous

sous imnologous,
Theotoke, izosa ke afthonos pigi,
thiason sigkrotisantas pnevmatikon,
stereoson. KAN TI SEPTI ISODO SOU
Stefanon Doxis axioson.
3

3 O Theotokos, Thou living and

plentiful Fount: give strength to
those united in Spiritual Fellowship,
who sing hymns of praise to Thee:

ODE

AND

IN

THY

SOLEMN

ENTRANCE

vouchsafe unto them Crowns of

Glory.
4 Tin anexihniaston thian voulin
tis ek tis Parthenou sarkoseos sou to
ipsistou
O
profitis
Abbakoum
katanoon ekravgaxe. Doxa ti dinami
Sou, Kyrie.

ODI

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By

Amen
KATAVASIE - ENTRY

ODE 5
xesti ta simpanta en TI SEPTI
ISODO SOU
si gar, apirogame
parthene, EVDON ISILTHES EN TO
NAO
TOU
THEOU
OSPER

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Apostolou ke Evangelistou Mattheou.

ODI
THE GREAT DOXOLOGY

OF

Ti I tou aftou minos mnimi tou Agiou On

4 Perceiving the unsearchable

Purpose of God concerning Thine
Incarnation from a Virgin, O Most
High, the Prophet Habakkuk cried:
Glory to Thy Power, O Lord!

ODE

5 The whole world was amazed

at THY HOLY ENTRANCE for Thou, O
Virgin, WENT INTO THE INTERIOR OF

ODE

THE TEMPLE AS AN ALL PURE TEMPLE,

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KATHAROTATOS NAOS, PASI

TIS
IMNOUSI SE SOTIRIAN VRAVEVOUSA..

Tin

Thian taftin ke pantimon

telountes Eortin i Theofrones tis
Theomitoros,
defte
tas
hiras
krotisomen, ton ex aftis tehthenta
Theon Doxazontes.

ODI

7
Ouk elatrefsan ti ktisi i
theoforones para ton ktisanta. Alla
piros apilin andrios patisantes,
herontes epsallon. Iperimnite, O ton
Pateron Kyrios ke Theos, Evlogitos I.

ODI

8 Enoumen, Evlogoumen ke
Proskinoumen ton Kyrios.

ODI

Pedas

evagis en ti kamino O Tokos tis

Theotokou
diesosato,
tote men
tipoumenos, nin de
energoumenos
tin
ikoumenin
apasan
agiri
psallousan. Ton Kyrion imnite ta
Erga ke iperipsoute is pantas tous
eonas.

MAGNIFICAT

KATAVASIA

OF THE

bestowing Salvation upon all who

sing Thy praises.

As

we celebrate this Sacred

and Solemn Feast of the Theotokos,
let us come, clapping our hands, O
people of the Lord, and give Glory to
God Who was Born of Her.

ODE

7 The Holy Children bravely

trampled upon the threatening fire,
preferring not to worship created
things rather than the Creator, and
they sang in Joy: Blessed art Thou
and praised above all: O Lord God of
our Fathers!

ODE

8 We Praise, we Bless and we

Worship the Lord!

ODE

The

Offspring of the Theotokos saved

the Holy Children in the furnace. He
Who was then prefigured has since
been born on earth, and He gathers
together all Creation to sing: O ye
Works of the Lord: Bless ye the Lord
and exalt Him above all forever!

9TH ODE ENTRY

Apas

gigenis skiratato to pnevmati

lampadouhoumenos. Panigirizeto de
ailon noon fisis, gererousa TA IRA
ISODIA tis theomitoros ke voato.
Heris, pammakariste Theotoke Agni,
Aiparthene.

INTO

TEMPLE

Let every mortal born on earth, carrying

his torch, in spirit leap for Joy; and
let the Order of the Angelic Powers
celebrate and honour THE HOLY
ENTRANCE of the Theotokos, and let
them
cry:
Hail,
All
Blessed
Theotokos, Pure and Ever Virgin!

SMALL LITANY

FESTAL EXAPOSTEILARION ST MATTHEW LEVI, HOLY APOSTLE - TONE 3

Tou

teloniou ton igon, aporripsas

emfronos, Hristo katikolouthisas, O
Matthee Theofron, tis ihnesi de tis
aftou, Thavmasstos epomenos, en
metohi egegonis, tis aftou Vasilias, ke
tis Doxis kinonos, ke mystis ton
aporriton.

Judiciously

Thou shed the Yoke of

being a Tax Collector, and from that
time Thou followed Christ, O Godly
Minded Matthew.
And, as Thou
marvellously tread in the steps of
the Master, Thou became a Partaker
and Sharer in His Glory, and His
Uncreated Rule, and Mystic of
Hidden Mysteries.

FESTAL THEOTOKION

Tas

Panagias hiras Sou, Theotoke

Parthene, es ton Ktistin evastasas,
eparon is presvian, iper imon
diopousa, opos risite imas, pasis piras
Demonon, ke tou tihin Panamome,
ton mellonton ekinon, Agathon
Axiosi.

6.

TONE

Lift up Thine All Holy hands

that once
held our Creator, and Intercede on
our behalf, O Virgin Theotokos, and
earnestly importune Him to Deliver
us each time we are troubled by
demons, and count us worthy to
obtain the Blessings of the Age to

FESTAL MATINS & DIV LIT HYMNS ST MATTHEW LEVI 16 NOVEMBER

come, O Immaculate Lady.

LAUDS: THE PRAISES

TO

GOD

- PSALM 148

All Creation 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 STIHERA PROSOMIA ST MATTHEW LEVI, APOSTLE -

TONE 1

Enite

Praise Him for His Mighty Acts!

Elampsas

Thou

Afton epi tes dynasties Aftou!

Enite Afton kata to plithos tis
Megalosinis Aftou!
Apostole, Fotoidis osper ilios,
tes aktisi tou Pnevmatos, ke pasan
katiigasas,
ikoumenin
Makar,
ti
Theognosia,
ke
apedioxas
ahlin,
polithias Mathee Pnasofe. Dio Sou tin
iperfoton, ke axiagaston simeron,
ekteloumen
panigirin,
os
pigin
Agiasmatos.

Enite

Afton en iho salpingos!

Afton en psaltirio ke kithara!

Enite

Elampsas Apostole, Fotoidis osper ilios, tes

aktisi tou Pnevmatos, ke pasan
katiigasas,
ikoumenin
Makar,
ti
Theognosia,
ke
apedioxas
ahlin,
polithias Mathee Pnasofe. Dio Sou tin
iperfoton, ke axiagaston simeron,
ekteloumen
panigirin,
os
pigin
Agiasmatos.

Praise
Him according to the abundance of
His Magnificence!

sone with the Spirits Rays,

becoming as Radiant as the sun, O All
Holy and Blessed One.
With
Knowledge of God Thou shone Light
into the whole world, and dispelled the
Darkness of Polytheism thereby,
Apostle Matthew, All Wise Evangelist.
And, therefore, we observe this day of
Thy Most Honoured memorial with a
Radiant Festival, whereby we may be
Sanctified.

Praise

Him with the sound of the

trumpet! Praise Him with the harp
and lyre.

Thou

sone with the Spirits Rays,

becoming as Radiant as the sun, O All
Holy and Blessed One.
With
Knowledge of God Thou shone Light
into the whole world, and dispelled the
Darkness of Polytheism thereby,
Apostle Matthew, All Wise Evangelist.
And, therefore, we observe this day of
Thy Most Honoured memorial with a
Radiant Festival, whereby we may be
Sanctified.

Enite

Afton en timpano ke horo. Enite

Afton en hordes ke organo.

Praise

En ipsi kathimenos, Theognosias Apostole,

Sitting

iperdexo tou Pnevmatos, tin eglin

fanisan Si, tou piros en idi, ke glossi
pirini, pasan kateflexas safos, tis
asevias ilin politheon.
Dio Se os
Apostolon, ke Theigoron gereromen,
tin Agian Sou simeron, ektelountes
Panigyrin.

Him with timbrel and dance!

Praise Him with strings and flute!

in the Upper Room, and in the

Height of the Knowledge of God, Thou
received the Enlightenment of the
Spirit, which appeared to Thee as
Tongues of fire. With Thy tongue on
fire, Thou manifestly burnt away the
false religion of polytheism.
O
Matthew, we all honour Thee as an
Apostle who spoke of God, and today
we observe the Feast of Thy Holy
Memorial.

FESTAL MATINS & DIV LIT HYMNS ST MATTHEW LEVI 16

NOVEMBER

7.