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 St Theodore the Studite
Elder Ephraim Vatopedinos
Are you not afraid of Death,
Our Lord Jesus Christ came to Earth
which we shall all face in a little while?
in two capacities – Human and Divine.
How are we to look at the fearsome Angels, At His Passion, His Body suffered,
as they come to take us from the body? He was crucified and,

How are we to Journey despite knowng that He would Rise,

He overcame the temptation to descend from the Cross
on that long and unending road,
so that people would know that He is God.
if we have not obtained the necessities
Today, we are Saved through His Life-giving Cross,
for the Journey?”
through Prayer.
,
When told “I do not know how to pray,”
I advise: “Take a komboskini (Prayer Rope)
and recite the Jesus Prayer.”
Thereby our mind is Enlightened.

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 Festal Vespers Hymns - St Theodosios the Cenobiarch
AFTERFEAST OF THEOPHANY
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INSTRUCTIONS WITH REGARD TO THESE HYMNS

HYMN OF THE EVENING INCENSE

THE CONGREGATION MUST STAND
PSALM 140/141 – TONE 2
Kyrie ekekraxa pros Se, isakouson mou. Lord, I cry out to Thee: hear me,
Isakouson mou, Kyrie. Kyrie, O Lord! O Lord, when I cry
ekekraxa pros Se, isakouson mou, out to Thee, hear me! Hear
proshes ti foni tis deiseos mou, en to my voice, when I cry out to
kekragene me pros Se, isakouson Thee! Hear me, O Lord!

St Theodore the Studite mou Kyrie.

Katevthinthito i prosevhi mou os Let
thimiama enopion Sou. Eparsis ton
Shall we say: hiron mou Thisia Esperini. Isakouson
‘Since it is lawful for an Archbishop mou Kyrie!
together with his associates FESTAL PROSOMIA – ST THEODOSIOS -
my Prayer rise before Thee
like incense - the lifting up of
my hands as the Evening Sacrifice.
Hear me, O Lord!
TONE (5) PLAGAL 1

to do as he pleases,
let him be for the duration of his Archbishopric
a new Evangelist, another Apostle, a different Law-giver?’
Certainly not!
For we have an injunction from the Apostle himself:
If anyone preaches a doctrine,
or urges you to do something
against what you have received,
against what is prescribed
by the Canons of the Universal and local Synods
held at various times,
he is not to be received,
or to be reckoned among the number of the Faithful.
And I forbear even to mention the terrible JudgEment
with which the Apostle concludes!” (GALATIANS 1:8)
Ean anomias paratirisis, Kyrie, Kyrie,
tis ipostisete? Oti para Si O ilasmos
estin.
Osie Pater, Theofore Theodosie, megalos O
igoniso en ti proskero zoi, en imnis ke
nisties ke agripnies, typos genomenos
ton Son fititon, nin de sighorevis
meta ton Asomaton, Hriston apafstos
Doxologon, ton ek Theou Theon
Logon ke Litrotin, ton ipoklinanta tin
karan to Prodromo, ke Agiasanta tin
isin ton idaton. Afton iketeve, afton
disopi Osie, dorithine ti Ekklisia,
Omonian, Irinin, ke Mega Eleos.
Eneken tou Onomatos Sou ipemina Se, Because
Kyrie; Ipeminen i psihi mou is ton
Logon Sou, ilpisen i psihi mou epi
ton Kyrion.
Osie Pater, Theofore Theodosie, megalos O
igoniso en ti proskero zoi, en imnis ke
nisties ke agripnies, typos genomenos
ton Son fititon, nin de sighorevis
meta ton Asomaton, Hriston apafstos
Doxologon, ton ek Theou Theon
Logon ke Litrotin, ton ipoklinanta tin
karan to Prodromo, ke Agiasanta tin
If Thou, O Lord, should mark
transgression, O Lord, who would
stand? For there is Forgiveness
with Thee.
Venerable Father, God-bearing
Theodosios, valiantly Thou Struggled
in this temporary life, by Hymns and
Fasts and Vigils became a Model for
Thy Disciples, while now thou dance
with the Bodiless Powers, as Thou
ceaselessly Gloriy Christ, God of
God, Word and Redeemer, Who
bowed down His Head to the
Forerunner and Sanctified the nature
of the waters. Entreat Him, implore
Him, O Venerable Father, that the
Church may be granted Harmony,
Peace and Great Mercy.
of Thy Law, O Lord, I waited
for Thee; my soul waited for Thy
Word. My soul Hopes in the Lord.
Venerable Father, God-bearing
Theodosios, valiantly Thou Struggled
in this temporary life, by Hymns and
Fasts and Vigils became a Model for
Thy Disciples, while now thou dance
with the Bodiless Powers, as Thou
ceaselessly Gloriy Christ, God of
God, Word and Redeemer, Who

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 isin ton idaton. Afton iketeve, afton
disopi Osie, dorithine ti Ekklisia,
omonian, Irinin, ke Mega Eleos.
Apo Filaktis proias mehri niktos, apo
filakis proias, elpisato Israil epi ton
Kyrion.
Osie Pater, Theofore Theodosie.
Evrousa os epothi, tin katharan Sou
psihin, tou Pnevmatos i Haris tou
Panagiou, Si eneskinosen os ahranton
Fos, ou ti energia fedros iglaismenos,
Hriston apafstos Doxologis, ton en
disi tes Ousies ena Iion, ton
Vaptizomenon Hiri ti tou Prodromou,
ke martiroumenon ti Foni ti Patroa.
Afton iketeve, afton disopi Oise,
dorithine ti ikoumeni, Omonian,
Irinin, ke Mega Eleos.
Oti para to Kyrio to Eleos ke polli par’
afto Litrosis. Ke aftos Litrosete ton
Israil ek pason ton anomion aftou.
Osie Pater, Theofore Theodosie.
Evrousa os epothi, tin katharan Sou
psihin, tou Pnevmatos i Haris tou
Panagiou, Si eneskinosen os ahranton
Fos, ou ti energia fedros iglaismenos,
Hriston apafstos Doxologis, ton en
disi tes Ousies ena Iion, ton
Vaptizomenon Hiri ti tou Prodromou,
ke martiroumenon ti Foni ti Patroa.
Afton iketeve, afton disopi Oise,
dorithine ti ikoumeni, Omonian,
Irinin, ke Mega Eleos.
Enite ton Kyrion, panta ta Ethni,
epenesate aftn, pantes i lai.
Osie Pater, Theofore Theodosie. Ikotos
ixiothis tis Makarias Zois, agnia ke
Askisi taftin evron. Zon gar metestis
pros ton Ano Zoin, pasi herin ipon, ke
Sin tis Asomatis, hroston apafstos
Doxologon, ton ek parthenou afrastos
sarka lavonta, ke katadisanta tas
imon amartias, en to Vaptismati, en
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bowed down His Head to the
Forerunner and Sanctified the nature
of the waters. Entreat Him, implore
Him, O Venerable Father, that the
Church may be granted Harmony,
Peace and Great Mercy.
From the morning watch until night;
from the morning watch until night
– let Israel Hope in the Lord.
O Venerable Father, God-bearing
Theodosios, the Grace of the All
Holy Spirit, finding Thy Pure Sou, as
He desired, Dwelt within Thee as an
Immaculate Light. By His Action
Thou became Radiantly Bright and
ceaselessly Glorify Christ, the One
Son in two Natures, Who was
Baptised by the hand of the
Forerunner and Testified to by the
Voice of the Father. Entreat Him,
implore Him, O Venerable Father,
that the inhabited world may be
granted Harmony, Peace and Great
Mercy.
For with the Lord there is Mercy, and
with Him is abundant Redemption.
And He will Redeem Israel from all
his transgressions.
O Venerable Father, God-bearing
Theodosios, the Grace of the All
Holy Spirit, finding Thy Pure Sou, as
He desired, Dwelt within Thee as an
Immaculate Light. By His Action
Thou became Radiantly Bright and
ceaselessly Glorify Christ, the One
Son in two Natures, Who was
Baptised by the hand of the
Forerunner and Testified to by the
Voice of the Father. Entreat Him,
implore Him, O Venerable Father,
that the inhabited world may be
granted Harmony, Peace and Great
Mercy.
Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles;
praise Him, all you peoples.
O Venerable Father, God-bearing
Theodosios, rightly thou were
counted worthy of the Blessed Life,
having found it by Purity and Ascetic
Practise, for while living Thou
passed over to the Life on High,
bidding all things farewell, and with
the Bodiless Powers ceaselessly
✞ Doxa Patri, ke Io, ke Agio Pnevmati
MENAION- APOSTIHA IDIOMELON – ST THEODOSIOS - TONE (8) PLAGAL 4
Ton Monaston ta plithi, ton kathigitin Se We,
timomen, Patir imon Theodosie. Dia
Sou gar tin trivon, tin ontos evthian,
poevesthe egnomen. Makarios i, to
Hristo doulefsas, ke ehthrou
thriamvefsas tin dinamin, Angelon
sinomile, Osion omoskine ke Dikeon.
Meth’ on Presveve to Kyrio, Eleithine
tas psihas imon.
Ke nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton
eonon.
Amin
MENAION - THEOPHANY - TONE (8) PLAGAL 4
Ta ton Angelon Stratevmaa existanto,
oronta Se simeron en Iordani,
gymnon estotat Sotir en tis idasi, ke
tin ahranton korifin Sou ipoklinanta,
Vaptisthine ipo Ioannou. Sou gar
ptohefsantos ekousios, O kosmos
eploutisthi, Kyrie, ✞ Doxa Si!
“NIN APOLIIS TON DOULON SOU...” –
TRISAGION PRAYERS & OUR LORD’S
PRAYER➜
FESTAL APOLYTIKION - ST THEODOSIOS
Tes ton dakrion Sou roes, tis erimou to
agonon egeorgisas, ke tis ek vathous
stenagmis, is ekaton tous ponous
ekarpoforisas, ke gegonas Fostir ti
Ikoumeni, lampoon tis Thamasin. Osie
Patir imon Theodosie, Presveve Hristo
to Theo, Sothine tas psihas imon.
✞ Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati,
ke nin ke ai ke is tous Eonas ton
eonon.
Amin
FESTAL APOLYTIKION – THEOPHANY - TONE 1
En Iordani Vaptizomenou Sou, Kyrie, i
tis Triados Efanerothi proskinisis.
Tou gar Gennitoros i Foni
prosemartyri Si, Agapiton Se Iion
Onomazousa, ke to Pnevma en idi
peristeras, eveveou tou logou to
safales. O Epifanis Hriste O Theos, ke
ton kosmon Fotisas: ✞ Doxa Si!
DISMISSAL PRAYERS & BLESSINGS
Thee!
FESTAL VESPERS HYMNS – ST THEODOSIOS THE CENOBIARCH – 11 JANUARY
✞ Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit
the multitudes of Monastics,
honour Thee, our Father Theodosios,
for through Thee we have learnt to
walk the truly Straight Path. Blessed
art Thou, for thou became Christ’s
Servant and Triumphed over the
power of the foe, O Companion of
Angels, Colleague of the Venerable
and Righteous. With them Intercede
with our Lord for Mercy on our soul.
Now and ever, and to the Ages of ages.
Amen
The Angelic Hosts were amazed,
beholding Thee today in the Jordan,
O Saviour, standing naked in the
water, and inclining Thine
Immaculate Head to be Baptised by
John. When Thou voluntarily
became impoverished, the world
became enriched, O Lord: ✞ Glory to
Thee!
– TONE (8) PLAGAL 4
With the rivers of Thy Tears Thou
made the barren desert bloom; and
with Thy Sighs from deep within,
Thou made Thy Labours bear their
Fruits a hundredfold, and Thou
became a Star, Illuminating the
world by Thy Miracles, O
Theodosios, our Holy Father.
Intercede with Christ our God, for
the Salvation of our soul.
✞ Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit, now and
forever, and to the Ages of ages.
Amen
In the Jordan as Thou were Baptised, O
Lord, the Worship fo the Trinity was
manifested, for the Voice of the
Father bore witness to Thee, naming
Thee His Beloved Son, and the Spirit
descended like a dove, confirming
the certainty of the Word. O Christ
our God Who Appeared and
Illumined the world: ✞ Glory to
9.
Vaskania gar favlotitos amavroi ta Kala, For
ke remvasmos epithimias metallevi
noun akakon.
Teliothis en oligo, eplirose hronous
Makrous. Aresti gar in Kyrio i psihi
aftou.
Dia touto espefsen ek mesou panirias.
I de lai idontes ke mi noisantes, mide
thentes epi diania to tiouton, oti Haris
ke Eleos en tis Osiis Aftou, ke episkopi
en tis Eklektis Aftou.
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FESTAL APOSTIHA IDIOMELON – ST THEODOSIOS - TONE 4
Ide pos perikime, tin Sin ikona in eplasa, Behold how I wear Thou image, which I
iper noun tapinoumenos, O Kyrios
efise. Ti oun xenon file, i
kathipokipto, ti dexias Sou os per is,
ton Son sindoulon ke perivallome,
gimnoumenos tai data? Tous
gimnothentas gar voulome, ependise
os Efsplaghnos, aftharsian Eonion.
I Thalassa ide ke efigen, O Iordanis
estrafi is ta opiso.
Ofthis Somatoumenos, alla nidis Se
edexato, akataflektos minasa.
Kaminos gar porrothen, taftin
ikonizi, mi flexasa Pedas, ego de
hortos on piri, pos epithiso hiras Si
Despota? On fritti ta Ourania, ke ta
epigia apanta? Iisou Pantodiname, O
Sotir ton psihin imon.
Ti Si esti, Thalassa, oti efiges, ke Si,
Iourdani, oti estrafis is ta opiso?
Si me en tis idasi, tou Iordanou
apoplinon, ripon olos mi ehonta, O
Kyrios efise. Ke i ripothisa, fisi ton
anthropon, ti paravasi tou Adam,
apoplithisa keni genisete. Emou
Vaptizomenou gar, i anagennisis
apasi, tis anthropis di’ Idatos, ke tou
Pnevmatos ginete.
envy arising from lack of
Judgement obscures what is Good,
and a whirling of desire undermines
an innocent heart.
He was made Perfect, for in a short
time, he fulfilled long years, for his
soul was pleasing to the Lord.
Wherefore, He took him early from the
midst of evil.
People saw this but did not understand,
nor take such a thing to heart, that
the Lord’s Grace and Mercy are with
His Holy Ones, and that He watches
over His Elect.
fashioned, humbling Myself beyond
understanding, said the Lord, What
is strange then, My Friend, if I bow
low beneath Thy right hand, like one
of Thy fellow servants, and stripped
naked, wrap Myself in the waters?
For I wish to clothe those who have
been stripped naked with Everlasting
Incorruption.
The sea beheld them and fled; the
Jordan turned back.
Thou Appeared in a Body, but a Womb
received Thee and yet remained
Unconsumed by fire, for the furnace
of old, which did not burn the
Youths was its image. While I who
am grass to fire, how may I place my
hands upon Thee, O Master, before
Whom tremble all things in Heaven
and on Earth? O Jesus, All Powerful,
Saviour of our soul!
What is it to you, O Sea, that you fled,
and you, O Jordan, that you turned
back?
Wash Me Who Am wholly without stain
in the waters of the Jordan, said our
Lord, and human nature, stained by
Adam’s transgression, when Washed
will become Renewed. For when I
Am Baptised, there is the Rebirth of
every human being through Water
and the Spirit.
rithris Iodanou. Afton iketeve, afton
disopi Osie, dorithine ti ikoumeni,
Omonian, Irinin, ke Mega Eleos.
Oti ekrateothi to Eleos Aftou ef’ imas, For
ke i alithia tou Kyriou men ii ton
eona.
Osie Pater, Theofore Theodosie. Ikotos
ixiothis tis Makarias Zois, agnia ke
Askisi taftin evron. Zon gar metestis
pros ton Ano Zoin, pasi herin ipon, ke
Sin tis Asomatis, hroston apafstos
Doxologon, ton ek parthenou afrastos
sarka lavonta, ke katadisanta tas
imon amartias, en to Vaptismati, en
rithris Iodanou. Afton iketeve, afton
disopi Osie, dorithine ti ikoumeni,
Omonian, Irinin, ke Mega Eleos.
✞ Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati
MENAION – FESTAL STIHERA – ST THEODOSIOS – TONE 2
Osie Pater, os polin zontos Theou,
evfranan tin Ieran Sou psihin, tou
potamou ta ormimata, tou idatos tis
afeseos, tou dielthontos ton Iordanin,
ke pasi tis perasi, tis efsevias ton
Loon pigasanto, Hristou tou Theou
imon, on iketeve pammakar
Theodosie, tou Sothine tas psihas
imon.
Ke nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton
eonon.
Amin
MENAION – FESTAL STIHERA – THEOPHANY – TONE 2
Ipeklinas karan to Prodromo, sinethlasas Thou
aras ton drakonton, epestis en tis
rithris, Efotisas ta simpanta, tou
Doxazin Se Sotir, ton Fotismon ton
psihon imon.
P R O K E I M E N O N - THURSDAY EVENING - PSALM 120 – TONE (6) PLAGAL 2
I voithia mou para Kyriou, tou piisantos My Help comes from the Lord, Who has
ton Ouranon ke tin Gin.
Glorifying Christ Who took Flesh
Ineffably from a Virgin and sunk our
sins by Baptism in Jordan’s streams.
Entreat Him, Implore Him, O
Venerable Father, that the inhabited
world may be granted Harmony,
Peace and Great Mercy.
His Mercy Rules over us; and the
Truth of the Lord endures forever.
O Venerable Father, God-bearing
Theodosios, rightly thou were
counted worthy of the Blessed Life,
having found it by Purity and Ascetic
Practise, for while living Thou
passed over to the Life on High,
bidding all things farewell, and with
the Bodiless Powers ceaselessly
Glorifying Christ Who took Flesh
Ineffably from a Virgin and sunk our
sins by Baptism in Jordan’s streams.
Entreat Him, Implore Him, O
Venerable Father, that the inhabited
world may be granted Harmony,
Peace and Great Mercy.
✞ Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit
O Venerable Father, They hail Thy
Holy soul like a City of the Living
God, the torrents of the river, of the
Waters of Forgiveness, of the One
Who passed thorugh the Jordan, and
for all the ends of the Earth became
a Source of the Message of True
Faith, Christ our God. Implore Him,
O Most Blessed Theodosios for the
Salvation of our soul.
Now and ever, and to the Ages of
ages.
Amen
bowed Thy Head before the
Forerunner, Thou crushed the heads
of dragons, Thou went to the River
and Thou Enlightened the Universe
to Glorify Thee, O Saviour, the
Illumination of our soul!
made Heaven and Earth.

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STIHOS Ira tous opsthalmous mou is ta ori, VERSE I lifted up my eyes to the Endisete thoraka, Dikeosinin, ke He will wear Righteousness as a
othen izi i Voitheia mou. mountains, from whence my Help perithisete Koritha, Krisin Breastplate, and put on Impartial
shall come. Anipokriton. Judgement as a Helmet.
I voithia mou para Kyriou, tou piisantos My Help comes from the Lord, Who has Lipsete aspida akatamahiton, osiotita, He will take Holiness as an
ton Ouranon ke tin Gin. made Heaven and Earth. oxini de apotomon Orgin is Romfean Unconqueralble Shield and sharpen
THE PROPHECY OF THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON 3 : 1 – 9 . His Relentless Wrath for a Sword.
Dikeon psihe en Hiri Theou, ke ou mi READER Righteous souls are in Sinekpolemisi afto O Kosmos epi tous Creation will fight with Him against the
apsite afton vasanos. the Hand of God, and no torture will parafronas. senseless.
ever touch them. Porefsonte efstoki holides astrapon, ke Well-aimed flashes of Lightning will
Edoxan en ofthalmis afronon tethnane. In the eyes of the undiscerning, they os apo ekiklou toou ton nefon, epi strike and leap to their object as
seemed to have died. skopon alounte, ke ek petrovolou from a well-drawn Bow of Clouds,
thimou pliris rifisonte halaze. and angry hailstones will be hurled
Ke elogisthi kakosis i exodos afton, ke i And their departure was considered to as though from an engine of war.
af’ imon poria sintrimma, i de isin en be misfortune, and the passage from
Irini. us, to be their destruction, yet they Aganaktisi kat’ afton idor thalassis, The waters of the sea will be vexed with
are at Peace. potami de sigklisousin apotomos. them, and the rivers will wash over
them severely.
Ke gar en opsi anthropon ean And although in mankind’s view they
kolasthosin, i Elpis afton Athanasia were punished, their Hope is full of Antistisete aftis Pnevma Dinameos, ke os A Powerful Wind will oppose them, and
pliris. Immortality. lailaps eklikmisi aftous. like a storm, it will winnow them
away.
Ke oliga pedefthentes, Megala And although chastened in a few
Evergetithisonte, oti O Theos epirasen things, Great Kindness will be shown Ke erimosi pasan tin Gin anomia, ke i Lawlessness will lay waste all the Earth,
aftous, ke evren aftous Axious Eaftou. to them, for God tested them, and kakopragia peritrepsi thonous and wrongdoing will overturn the
found them Worthy of Himself. dinaston. thrones of Rulers.
Os hrison en honevtirio edokimasen He tested them like gold in a furnace, Akousate oun, Vasilis, ke Sinete. Listen, therefore, O Kings, and
aftous, ke os olokaopoma Thisias and accepted them as a Whole Burnt Understand.
prosedexato aftous. Offering. Mathete, Dikaste peraton Gis! Learn, O Judges of the ends of the
Ke en kero Episkopis afton And at the time of their Visitation, they Earth.
analampsousi, ke os spinthires en will shine forth, and they will run Enotisasthe i kratountes plithous! Hear, O you who rule over multitudes!
kalami diadramounte. about like sparks through straw.
Krinousin Ethni, ke kratisousi laon ke They will Judge Nations, and rule over
Ke gegavromeni epi ohlis Ethnon, oti And take pride in yourselves over a
edothi para Kyriou i kratisis imin, ke i multude of Nations, for Power was
vasilefsi afton Kyrios is tous eonas. peoples, and the Lord shall reign
dinastia para Ipsistou. granted to you from the Lord, and
over them unto the Ages.
your lordship from the Most High!
I pepithotes ep’ afton, sinisousin Alithian, Those who trust in Him will THE PROPHECY OF THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON 4 : 7 - 15
ke i Pisti en Agapi prosmenousin Afto, understand Truth, and the Faithful
oti Haris ke Eleos en tis Osiis Aftou, ke shall continue with Him in Love, Dikeos ean fthasi teleftise, en anapafsi READER Although a Righteous man
Episkopi en tis Eklektis Aftou. because Grace and Mercy are upon este. may die before his time, he shall be
His Elect. Gyras gar timion, ou to polihronion, at rest.
THE PROPHECY FROM THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON 5 : 15 – 6 : 3A oude arithmo eton memetrite. For old age is not honoured for its
length of existence, nor measured by
Dikei is ton eona zosi, ke en Kyrio O RE AD ER: The Righteous live forever, its number of years.
misthos afton, ke i frontis afton para and their Reward is with the Lord,
ipisto. and their Care is by the Most High. Olia de esti fronisis anthropis, ke ilikia Discernment is grey hair for mankind,
giros, vios akilidotos. and the maturity of old age is a
Dia touto liponte to Vasilion tis Therefore, they shall receive a Royal
spotless Life.
evprepias, ke to Diadima tou Kallous Dwelling of Dignity and a Diadem of
ek Hiros Kyriou, oti ti Dexia Aftou Beauty from the Hand of the Lord, Evarestos Theo genomenos, igapithi, ke There was once a man pleasing to God,
skepasi aftous, ke to vrahioni for He will shelter them with His zon metaxi amartolon, metetethi. and Loved by Him, and while living
Iperaspii Afton. Right Hand, and Protect them with among sinners, he was taken up.
His Arm. Irpagi, mi kakia allaxi sinesin aftou, i He was up lest evil change his
Lipsete panoplian, ton Zilon Aftou, ke He will take His Zeal as His Full dolos apatisi psihin aftou. understanding or deceit deceive his
oplopiisi tin Ktisin is aminan Armour, and will turn His Creation soul.
ehthron. into Weapons against His enemies.

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