Struggler, Thou crushed the snares

of the demons. Wherefore, O John,

Chrsit has Glorified Thee worthily.

Ke

nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton

eonon.

Amin

Now

and ever, and to the Ages of

ages.

Amen

Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria & All Africa

THEOTOKION - TONE 4

To

ap eonos Apokrifon ke Angelis

Agnoston Mystirion, dia Sou Theotoke
tis epi gis pefanerote.
Theos en
asighito enosi sarkoumenos.
Ke
Stavron
ekousios
iper
imon
katadexamenos. Di ou Anastisas ton
Protoplaston, esosen ek Thanatou tas
psihas imon.

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Theotokos, through Thee was

revealed to us on earth, the
Mystery, which was hidden from
Eternity, and which the Angels
themselves knew not: that God,
uniting Natures without confusion,
became
Man
and
accepted
crucifixion voluntarily for our
Salvation; by virtue of which
Resurrecting mankind whom He
had first created, He Saved our
souls from Death.

Festal Vespers Hymns & Readings

14-15 January 2017

30TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
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Tone (5) Plagal 1

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Grievous Iniquities, and Save us, O

Loving God.

Filanthrope, ke Soson imas.

th

Vespers Hymns 30 Sunday After Pentecost

12

T H

SUNDAY

ST LUKE

OF

- TEN LEPERS

Kindly use the Vespers Service Book until this point

then carefully follow instructions pertaining to the
following Hymns, etc
HYMN

OF THE

MUST STAND

PSALM 140/141 TONE 2

ekekraxa pros Se,

isakouson
mou.
Isakouson mou, Kyrie.
Kyrie, ekekraxa pros
Se, isakouson mou,
proshes ti foni tis
deiseos mou, en to
kekragene me pros Se,
isakouson mou Kyrie.

Katevthinthito

i prosevhi
mou
os
thimiama
enopion Sou. Eparsis
ton hiron mou Thisia
Esperini.
Isakouson
mou Kyrie!

Lord,

I cry out to Thee:

hear me, O Lord! O
Lord, when I cry out to
Thee, hear me! Hear my
voice, when I cry out to
Thee! Hear me, O Lord!

my Prayer rise before

Thee like incense - the
lifting up of my hands
as
the
Evening
Sacrifice. Hear me, O
Lord!

Exagage ek filakis tin psihin mou, tou Bring

Dia

tou Timiou Sou Stavrou Hriste,

diavolon
ishinas,
ke
dia
tis
Anastaseos Sou, to Kentron tis
amartias ivlinas, ke esosas imas, ek
ton Pilon tou Thanatou. Doxazomen
Se Monogenes.

Dikei,

eos

THE

SAINT TONE (6) PLAGAL 2

Osie

Pater, is pasan tin Gin exilthen O

fthongos ton katorthomaton Sou, di
on en tis Ouranis, evres miston ton
kamaton Sou. Ton demonon olesas
tas falangas, ton Angelos efthasas ta
tagmata, on ton vion amemptos
ezilosas. Parrisian ehon pros Hriston
ton Theon, Irinin etise tes psihes
imon.

Ke

nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton

eonon.

Now and ever, and to the Ages of ages.

Amin

ou

tin Anastasin didous to geni ton

anthropon, os Provaton epi sfagin
ihthi, efrixan touton i arhontes tou
Edou, ke epirthisan pile odonire.
Iselilithe gar O Vasilefs tis Doxis
Hristos,
legon
tis
en
desmis.
Exelthete, ke tis en to skoti,

2. V E S P E R S H Y M N S 3 0 A P - 1 2 L U K E S T P A U L

Amen

O Piitis ke Litrotis mou Panagne, Hristos O

O Kyrios, ek tis Sis nidios proelthon,
eme endisamenos, tis proin kataras,
ton Adam ileftherose.
Dio Si
Panagne, os tou Theou Mitri te ke
Partheno Alithos, voomen asigitos, to
Here tou Angelou. Here, Despina,
Prostasia ke Skepi, ke Sotiria ton
psihon imon!

Ton

sinanarhon Logon Patri ke

Pnevmati,
ton
ek
Parthenou
Tehthenta
is
Sotirian
imon,
animnisomen, Pisti, ke Proskinisomen.
Oti ivdokise sarki anelthin en to
Stavro ke Thanaton ipomine ke egire
tous tethneotas en ti Evdoxo Anastasi
Aftou.

Doxa Patri, ke Io, ke Agio Pnevmati

The Word, Who with the Father and the

Spirit has no beginning, and Who,
for our Salvation, was born of a
Virgin, let us faithful believers hymn
and adore. For it was His Good
Pleasure to ascend the Cross in the
Flesh, and to Suffer Death, and
through
His
own
Glorious
Resurrection to raise the dead.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

and to the Holy Spirit

The Righteous shall wait for me, until

Thou Reward me.

He

Who
granted
mankind
Resurrection, was led like a Lamb to
the slaughter. The princes of Hades
trembled before Him, and the Gates
of Agony were opened, for Christ the
King of Glory entered in, declaring to
those in bondage: Go forth! and to

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Most Holy Virgin, Christ our Lord,

Creator and Redeemer, proceeded
from Thy Womb, and vesting
Himself in me, set me free from the
Ancient Curse of Adam. Wherefore,
O Most Pure Virgin, we praise Thee
unceasingly as Mother of God and
True virgin, with the Greeting of the
Angel: Hail! O Lady, Advocate,
Defender, and Salvation of our soul!

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RESURRECTION APOLYTIKION - TONE (5) PLAGAL 1

By Thy Precious Cross, O Christ, Thou

hast put the devil to shame, and by
Thy
Resurrection,
Thou
hast
annihilated the sting of sin, and
Thou hast Saved us from the Gates
of Death. We Glorify Thee, O Only
Begotten!

Holy Father, the Proclamation of

Thine Achievements went forth into
all the Earth. For Thy Labours Thou
found the Reward in Heaven. Thou
destroyed the arrays of demons, and
Thou attained to the Orders of the
Angels,
whose
Lifestyle
Thou
blamelessly emulated. Since thou
hast confidence before our Lord,
Entreat Him to grant Peace to our
soul.

THEOTOKION TONE (6) PLAGAL 2

out of prison my soul, to

Confess Thy Name.

Exomologisasthe to Onomati Sou.

ipomenousi
antapodos mi.

and to the Holy Spirit

FOR

Let

RESURRECTION STIHERA TONE (5) PLAGAL 1

Eme

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

EVENING INCENSE

THE CONGREGATION

Kyrie

Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati

FESTAL APOLYTIKION ST JOHN

Ek

vrefous ton Kyrion, epipothisas

thermos, ton kosmon katelipes, ke ta
en kosmo terpna, ke iskisas arista.
Epixas tin kalivin, pro pilonSon
goneon, ethrafsas ton demonon, tas
enedras Pammakar. Dio Se Ioanni
Hristos, axios edoxasen.

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CALYBITE -

TONE 4

From infancy fervently Thou Loved and

longed for the Lord; Thou therefore
renounced the world and every
worldly delight, and excelled in
Ascetic Feats. Thou set the hut
Thou dwelt in before the gates of
Thy parents. Therein All Blessed
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THE PRIEST CONTINUES ALOUD:

Ii to Kratos tis Vasilias Sou Evlogimenon

ke Dedoxasmenon, tou Patros, ke

PRIEST

and Glorified is the

Power of Thy Kingdom, of the

Father, and of the Son, and of the
Holy Spirit, now and forever, and
unto the Ages of Ages.

tou Iiou, ke tou Agiou Pnevmatos, nin

ke ai ke is tous eonas ton eonon.

Amin

Blessed

anakaliptesthe.

Amen
RESURRECTION APOSTICHA TONE (5) PLAGAL

Se ton Sarkothenta Sotira Hriston, ke ton We lift up our voices in song to Magnify
Ouranon mi horisthenta, en fones
asmaton Megalinomen, oti Stavron ke
Thanaton katedexo, dia to genos
imon,
os
Filanthropos
Kyrios,
skilefsas
Edou
pilas,
Triimeros
Anestis, Sozon tas psihas imon.

Kyrios
evasilefsen,
evprepian
Enediasto.
Enedisato
Kyrios
Dinamin ke perizosato.

Nigisis

Ke

The

Lord reigns; He clothed Himself

with Majesty. The Lord clothed and
girded Himself with Power.

Soy tis plevras Zoodota,

krounous afeseos pasin exevlisas, zois
ke Sotirias, sarki de Thanatn katexo,
Athanasian imin doroumenos, ikisas
afo de, imas ileftherosas, sinanastisas
eato Endoxos os Theos, dia touto
voomen. Filanthrpe Kyrie: Doxa Si!

Thy

gar estereose tin ikoumenin, i tis

ou salevthisete.

And

Xeni

To

Thee, O Christ our Saviour, Who

became Incarnate yet were never
separeated from Heaven, for Thou, O
Lord Who Love us all, suffered the
Cross and Death for our sake; and,
destroying the Gates of Hades, Thou
Rose on the Third Day and Saved our
soul.

pierced Side, O Giver of Life,

poured Streams of Remission, Life,
and Salvation upon us all.
By
accepting Death in the Flesh, Thou
hast granted us Immortality;
by
taking up Thine Abode in the Tomb,
Thou hast set us all free, and as God
Thou hast raised us up with Thee in
Glory: Wherefore we cry aloud: O
Lord and Loving God: Glory to
Thee!
He established the world, which
shall not be moved.

Sou i Stavrosis, ke i en Adou

kathodos,
Filanthrope
Iparhi.
Skilefsas gar afton, ke tous pale
desmious sinanastisas eafto, Endoxos
os Theos, ton Paradison anixas,
apolavin toutou ixiosas. Dio ke imin
tis Doxazousi tin Sin Triimeron
Egersin, dorise ilasmon amartion,
Pardisou ikitoras kataxion, os monos
Efsplaghnos.

Strange

Iko Sou prepi Agiasma, Kyrie, is

makrotita imeron.

Holiness

were Thy Crucifixion and

Descent into Hades, O Loving God,
for after despoiling hades, as God,
Thou raised up in Glory with Thyself
those held captive in times of old,
and Thou opened Paradise which
Thou permitted them to enjoy.
Cleanse us therefore, from sin, who
Glorify Thy Resurrection on the
Third Day, and make us Worthy to
dwell in Paradise, for Thou alone art
Compassionate.
is proper to Thy House, O
Lord, unto length of days.

O di imas sarki parthos dexamenos, ke For our sake Thou accepted Suffering in
Trimeros ek nekron anastas, tis
sarkos imon ta pathi therapefson, ke
anastison ek ptesmaton halepon,
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the Flesh, and Rose from the dead

on the Third Day. Heal the passions
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Ek vatheon ekekraxa Si, Kyrie.

those in Darkness: Show yourselves!

Let Light surround you.

Out

Kyrie,

of the depths I have cried to

Thee, O Lord. O Lord, hear my
voice.

isakouson tis fonis ou.

Mega

What a Mighty Wonder!

Thavma! O ton aoraton Ktistis,

dia Filanthropian sarki Pathon, anesti
O Athanastos.
Defte Patrie ton
Ethnon, touton prokinisomen. Ti gar
aftou
Efsplaghnia
ek
planis
risthentes, en trisin ipostasesn, ena
Theon imnin memathikamen.

In His Love for

mankind, the Creator of Invisible
Things, suffered in the Flesh, and He
Who is Immortal, Rose. Come, all
you Nations, and let us worship Him.
We have learnt to praise One God in
Three
Persons
Who
in
His
Compassion, Delivered us from
error.

Genithito ta ota Sou prosehonta is tin Let

Thine Ears be attentive to the

voice of my Supplication.

fonin tis Deiseos mou.

Esperinin

O Light Who never fades, we offer Thee

proskinisin prosferomen Si to
anespero Foti, to epi teli ton Eonon os
en esoptro dia sarkos, lampsanti to
kosmo, ke mehris Edou katelthonti, ke
to ekise skotos lisanti, ke to Fos tis
Anastaseos
tis
ethnesi
dixanti,
Fotodota Kyrie, Doxa Si!

this Evening Worship, for in the

Fullness of time Thou filled the
world with Light, Thy Flesh being a
mirror of Thy Splendour.
Thou
descended into Hades, dispelled the
Darkness, and manifested to all
Nations the Light of Resurrection. O
Lord, Giver of Light: Glory to
Thee!

FESTAL STIHERA ST PAUL

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THEBES TONE 2

Ean

If

Thou, O Lord, should mark

transgression, O Lord, who would
stand?
For there is Forgiveness
with Thee.

Ote,

Father, by Divine Encouragement,

prudently Thou left behind every
mundane anxiety, ad proceeded to
the Labours of Ascetic Life. From
that time Thou were happy to
inhavit the desert, for the Love of
God and His Affection burnt in Thee.
Then Thou lived on Earth like an
Angel, for, by Thy persistence in
Virtue, Thou obliterated all sinful
passions.

anomias paratirisis, Kyrie, Kyrie,

tis ipostisete? Oti para Si O ilasmos
estin.
epinefsi Theiki, Pater tas tou viou
frontidas, emfronos elipes, ke pros
tous askiseos, pnous ehorisas, tote
heron katelaves, avatous erimous,
eroti piroumenos tis tou Kyriou
storgis. Othen erimosas ta pathi, ti
epimoni ton krittonon, Angelos
kathaper epeviosas.

Eneken tou Onomatos Sou ipemina Se, Because

of Thy Law, O Lord, I waited

for Thee; my soul waited for Thy
Word. My soul Hopes in the Lord.

Kyrie; Ipeminen i psihi mou is ton

Logon Sou, ilpisen i psihi mou epi
ton Kyrion.

Pasis, anthropinis seafton, ater sinousias O

horisas, apo neotitos, protos tin
panerimon, Pavle katelaves, iper
panta monazonta, ke viou di olou,
ofthis
agnooumenos.
Othen
Antonios, everen epinefsi Se Thia,
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Father, since Thy youth, having

isolated Thyself from all human
relationships, Thou were first to
dwell alone in the Egyptian Desert, in
Ascetical Discipline surpassing all
other.
All Thy Life Thou were

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osper thisafron kekrimmenon, ke ti

ikoumeni efanerose.

unknown, until St Anthony, Guided

by Divine Revelation, found Thee, O
Paul, a Great Hidden Treasure.
Whereupon he made Thee known to
the world

Apo

From

Xeni,

Filaktis proias mehri niktos, apo

filakis proias, elpisato Israil epi ton
Kyrion.

Feron,

the morning watch until night;

from the morning watch until night
let Israel Hope in the Lord.

epi Gis diagogin, epitidefsamenos

Pavle, thirsi sinokisas, di orneou
Osie,
diakonoumenos,
Theikes
epinefsesi, ke touto os iden, ote Se O
Megistos evren Antonios, thamvous
peplismenos ton panton, ke pronoitin
ke Despotin, os Theon apafstos
emegalinen.

FESTAL STIHERA ST JOHN

Father Paul, Thou practised a

Paradoxical way of Life on Earth, coexisting in Peace with wild beasts.
By
Divine Command,
a
bird
ministered to Thy needs, O Holy
One. And Anthony the Great, when
he found Thee, witnessed to this
himself, and was filled with Awe and
Joy. Wherefore, in amazement, he
Glorified God, our Provider and
Master of all things, unceasingly.

THE

Ote,

epinefsi Theiki, kosmou tin

terpnotita Pater, heron exefiges, tote
proetimisas, tis evrihorou Odou, tin
stenin ke epodinon, ke lian trahian.
Othen frontistirion, psihon katelaves,
Thion endisamenos shima, ti apofigi
ke gimnosi, panton ton pathon
Theomakariste.

and to the Holy Spirit

Enite

ton Kyrion panta ta Ethni!

Epenesate Afton pantes i Lai!

Praise

the Lord, all Gentiles!

Him, all you people!

kosmon, ke ta en kosmo
Osie, Evangelion lavon, Evangelikos
afto ikolouthisas, ke ti kalivi
dietomenos, os en Paradiso mystikos,
ti akra skliragogia tis sarkos, ton
vrotoktonon drakonta apektinas. Dio
en Ouranis avlizomenos, Ioanni
Makarie, etise imin to Mega Eleos.

Thou

Ke

nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton

eonon.

Now

Amin
En

Praise

devised a Paradoxical Life, and

novel practise, enraptures with
Thine affection for Christ. Gladly
Thou accepted His Amazing Poverty.
Thou were homeless, and Thou
endured with sighs and affliction,
living thus outside the gates of Thine
own parents home. Wherefore Thou
were filled with Divine Gifts, and
Thou hast inherited Great Wealth in
Haven, which no one can take away.

ke i alithia tou Kyriou meni is ton

eona.
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renounced the world and

everything in the world, O Devout
Saint. Thou took the Holy Gospel
and Evangelically followed our Lord.
Thou dwelt in Thy hut, but
Mystically as though in Paradise. By
extreme physical hardships, Thou
killed the man-killing Dragon. Now,
as Thou dwell in Heaven, O Blessed
John, pray that we may obtain His
Great Mercy.

and ever, and to the Ages of

ages.

Amen

ti Erithra Thalassi tis Apirogamou

Nymfis ikon diegrafi pote. Eki Moisis
dieretis tou idatos, enthade Gavriil
ipiretis tou Thavmatos, tote ton
vithon epezefsen avrohos, Israil, nin
de ton Hriston egennisen asporos i
Parthenos, i thalassa meta tin
paradon tou Israil, eminen avatos, i
amemptos meta tin kiisin tou
Emmanouil, eminen afthoros, O on ke
proon, ke fanis os Anthropos, Theos
Eleison imas.

PRAYER OF THE
ILARON...

ENTRANCE

&

In

FOS

Kyrios evasilefsen,
enedisato

evprepeian

The

Lord reigns - He vested Himself

with Majesty.

1.

Enedisato

ke

1.

The Lord vested and girded Himself

2.

Ke gar estereose tin ikoumenin, it is

2.

And

Kyrios
perizosato.

Dinamin,

with Power

ou salevthisete.
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the Red Sea, an Image of the Bride

who knew not Wedlock, was
depicted once. For there, of old, did
Moses sever the water; and here is
Gabriel, the Server of the Wonder.
At that time Israel traversed the
deep, without getting wet; and now,
the Virgin gave Birth to Christ,
without seed. The sea, after the
passage
of
Israel,
remained
impassable;
the blameless Maid
remained
incorrupt
after
the
Conception of Emmanuel. O God,
the One Who is and ever was and
Appeared as Man: have Mercy on us.

PROKEIMENON SATURDAY EVENING PSALM 92

Oti ekrateothi to Eleos Aftou ef imas, For

His Mercy rules over us; and the

Truth of the Lord endures forever.

THEBES TONE 2

THEOTOKION TONE (5) PLAGAL 1

Xenin, epenoisas Zoin, xenon epitidevma Thou

filtro, Hristou nittomenos, ou tinos tin
afaton ptohian esterxas. Ke pilosin
anestios, ton Son gennitoron, Pater
ekarterisas,
stenon
thlivomenos.
Othen harimsaton eplisthis, ke ton
anafereton plouton, ton en Ouranis
eklironomisas.

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Arisamenos

CALYBITE TONE 2

Father, by Divine Encouragement,

joyfully
Thou
fled
from
the
pleasures and delights of the world.
From that time onwards, Thou
selected and preferred the Narrow
and Straight Way indeed painful
and rugged. Then Thou found Thy
Way to the Monastic School of the
soul.
Donning the Divine, Holy
Habit, Thou avoided all sinful
passions, and stripped Thyself of
them, O Blessed.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

FESTAL STIHERA ST PAUL

the Lord there is Mercy, and

with Him is Abundant Redemption;
and He will Redeem Israel from all
his transgressions.

Book of the Holy Gospel; and truly

Thou hast fulfilled it all.
Thou
renounced the property and wealth
of Thy parents, and lived Thine
entire Life with tears and hardships.
Wherefore, O Holy One whom God
has Glorified, Thou now art forever
enjoying the Comfort and Divine
Consolation, and Great Joy and
Blissfulness continually.

Doxa Patri, ke Io, ke Agio Pnevmati

Oti para to Kyrio to Eleos ke polli par For with

afto Litrosis. Ke aftos Litrosete ton
Israil ek pason ton anomion aftou.

O Father, in Thy hands Thou held the

en hersi to Ieron, Pater

Evangelion toutou, plirotis gegonas,
iparxin gennitoros aparnisamenos,
Ioanni ke dakrisi, ke stenohoria, olon
dinisas Sou, ton vion Osie. Othen
parakliseos Thias, ke diinekous
evfrosinis,
nin
epapolavis
Theodoxaste.

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He established the world ,

which shall not be moved.

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