Seraphim, tin Adiafothoros, Theon beyond compare than the Seraphim,

Logon tekousan, tin ontos Theotokon, Thou who without corruption gave
Se Megalinomen. Birth to God the Word, and who art
truly Theotokos, we magnify.
✞ Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati, ✞ Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
ke nin ke ai ke is tous Eonas ton and to the Holy Spirit, now and
Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria & All Africa
eonon.
Amin Amen
forever, and to the Ages of ages.
Archdiocese of Good Hope
Kyrie eleison (3) Lord, have mercy. (3)
Pater Evlogison! Father, Bless!
O ek ton Patrikon
eafton, ke tin
kolpon Kenosas
imeteran
anthropian proslavomenos fisin, ke
Theosas aftin, meta de tafta is
olin
May Christ, our True God, Who Emptied
Himself, leaving the Bosom of the
Father to assume our mortal nature
and Deify it, then Ascended into
Holy Pentecost Sunday
Ouranous afthis anelthon, ke en Heaven to sit at the Right Hand of

The Kneeling Vespers Service

dexia kathisas tou Theou ke Patros, to
te Thion ke Agion, ke Oomoousion, ke
omodinamon, ke omodoxon, ke
sinaidion Pnevma katapempsas epi
tous Agious aftou Mathitas ke
Apostolous, ke dia toutou fotisas men
aftous, di afton de pasan tin
Ikoumenin, Hristos O Alithinos Theos
imon, tes Presvies tis panahrantou, ke
panamomou Agias Aftou Mitros, ton
Agion, Endoxon, Panevfimon,
Theokirikon ke pnevmatoforon
Apostolon, ke panton ton Agion,
Eleise ke Sose imas dia tin eaftou
Agathotita.
Amin
✞ Di evhon ton Agion Pateron imon,
Kyrie Iisou Hriste, O Theos imon,
eleison ke soson imas
Amin
our God and Father; Who sent the
Holy Spirit, Co-Eternally Divine and
of Equal Power and Glory, upon His
Holy Disciples and Apostles, thus
Illuminating them, and through
them, the whole universe, through
the Prayers of His All Holy and
Blameless Most, the Holy, Glorious
Illustrious, Divine Heralds and Spirit-
bearing Apostles, and of all the
Saints, have Mercy on us and Save us
in His Goodness.
P EO P LE Amen
P RIE ST ✞Through the Prayers of our
Holy Fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our
God, have mercy on us and Save us.
P EO P LE Amen

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32. HOLY PENTECOST – THE KNEELING VESPERS SERVICE

 Standing and Kneeling on Sundays eonas ton eonon. Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to the
Ages of Ages.
Amin P EO P LE Amen
F E STAL A P OLY TIKION – P ENTE COST – T ONE (8) P L AGAL 4

As is evident from the Holy Scriptures, bows, kneeling and prostrations were Evlogitos i, Hriste O Theos imon, O Blessed art Thou, O Christ our God.
employed during Prayer even according to the Old Covenant. Pansofous tous aliis anadixas, Thou made the Fishermen All Wise,
The Holy Prophet, Psalmist and King, St David, referred to bowing down to God or katapampsas aftis to Pnevma to by sending down upon them the
towards His Temple in many of the Psalms: "...Bow down to the Lord in His Holy Agion, ke di’ afton tin ikoumenin Holy Spirit, and through them Thou
Court..." ( P S A L M 2 8 : 2 ) ; "...I shall bow down toward Thy Holy Temple in Fear of saginefsas, Filanthrope, ✞ Doxa Si! drew the world into Thy Net. O
Thee..." ( P S A L M 5 : 8 ) ; "...O come, let us worship and fall down before Him..." Lover of mankind: ✞ Glory to Thee
( P S A L M 9 4 : 6 ) ; "...Let us go forth into His Tabernacles, let us bow down at the (3)
Place where His Feet have stood..." ( P S A L M 1 3 1 : 7 ) , etc. D ISM ISSAL BL E SSINGS
The Holy Prophet, St Daniel, thrice daily "...knelt upon his knees, and prayed and
gave thanks before his God." ( D A N I E L 6 : 1 0 ) . Sofia! P R I E S T Wisdom!

Full prostrations are also mentioned in the Books of the Old Testament: the Holy ✞O on Evlogitos, Hristos O Theos imon, ✞Christ our God, the Eternal is Blessed,
Prophets, St Moses and St Aaron besought God, "...having fallen on their faces..." Pantote, nin ke ai, ke is tous eonas now and always, and to the ages of
( N U M B E R S 1 6 : 2 2 ) , to be merciful to the Children of Israel who had grievously
ton eonon. ages.
sinned.
In the New Testament also, the custom of performing kneelings, prostrations and, of Amin P EO P LE Amen
course, bows had been preserved and still had a place at the time of the Earthly Stereose Kyrios O Theos tin Agian ke P RIE ST Preserve,
O God, the Holy and
Life of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who Sanctified this Old Covenant Tradition by His Orthodoxon Pistin ton Efsevon ke Orthodox Faith of Pious and
own Example, praying on bended knees and failing down upon His Face. Orthodoxon Hristianon sin ti Agia Orthodox Christians, together with
Before His Passion, in the Garden of Gethsemane, Christ "...knelt down, and tafti Ekklisia ke ti Poli tafti is eonas this Church, and this city until the
prayed..." and He "...fell on the ground and prayed..." (MATTHEW 26:39 & MARK 14:35). eonon. Ages of ages.
After our Lord Jesus Christ’s Ascension, during the time of His Holy Apostles, this Holy
Tradition of which Holy Scriptures also speak, existed unchanged. Amen. P EO P LE Amen
The Holy Protomartyr and Archdeacon, St Stephen "...knelt down..." and prayed for Tin Timioteran ton Herouvim ke RE AD ER Greaterin Honour than the
his enemies who were stoning him to death. ( A C T S 7 : 6 0 ) Endoxoteran asigkritos ton Seraphim, Cherubim, and in Glory greater
The Holy Apostle, St Peter, before raising St Tabitha from the dead, "...knelt down, tin adiafthoros Theon Logon beyond compare than the Seraphim,
and prayed." ( A C T S 9 : 4 0 ) tekousan, tin ontos Theotokon, Se O Thou Who without corruption gave
It is an indisputable fact that, as under the first successors of the Apostles, so even in Megalinomen. Birth to God the Word and Who art
much later periods of the existence of the Church of Christ, kneeling, bowing truly Theotokos: we Magnify Thee.
and prostrations upon the ground were always employed by True Believers in
their private Prayers and at the Divine Services. Besides other bodily activities, ✞ Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati, ✞ Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
kneeling was considered the outward manifestation of humble Prayer, whch ke nin ke ai ke is tous Eonas ton and to the Holy Spirit, now and
was most pleasing to God. Thus, St Ambrose of Milan said: "...Beyond the rest of eonon. forever, and to the Ages of ages.
the Ascetic Labours, kneeling has the power to assuage the Wrath of God and Amin P EO P LEAmen
to evoke His Mercy" ( B O O K V I O N T H E S I X D A Y S O F C R E A T I O N , C H . 9 ) .
The Canons of the Orthodox Christian Church concerning bowing and kneeling are
Kyrie eleison (3) Lord, have mercy. (3)
set forth in the Books of the Divine Services, and particularly in the Church Pater Evlogison! Father, Bless!
Typicon, and are strictly observed in Monasteries.
However, in general, zealous Orthodox Christians are, of course, permitted to pray
O on Evlogitos, Hristos O Theos imon, P RIE ST Blessed art Thou, O Christ our
on their knees in Church and to make full Prostrations whenever they wish, pantote, nin, ke ai, ke is tous eonas God, always, now, and forever and to
except when the Holy Gospel, the Epistle, the Old Testament Prophecies, the Six ton eonon. the Ages of Ages.
Psalms and the Sermon are read. Amin P EO P LE Amen
The Holy Church lovingly regards such people, and does not constrain their sincere
devotion to God.
Stereose, Kyrios O Theos, tin Agian ke P RIE ST Make firm, O Lord our God, the
amomiton Pistin ton Evsevon ke Holy and Pure Faith of the Pious
Nevertheless, the exceptions with regard to Sundays and the days between Pascha
Orthodoxan Hristanon, Sin ti Agia Orthodox Christians, together with
and Pentecost apply generally to everyone.
aftou Ekklisia ke ti plie tafti is eonas the Holy Church and this City,
According to Ancient Holy Tradition and a clear Church Law, kneeling is forbidden
eonon. forever.
on these Festal days of Holy Pascha ( I . E . T H E D A Y S O N W H I C H T H E R E S U R R E C T I O N I S
COMMEMORATED – EVERY SUNDAY & FROM PASCHA TO PENTECOST SUNDAY.) Amin P EO P LE Amen.
The brilliant solemnity of the Events that the Holy Church commemorates
throughout the period of Pentecost and on Sundays precludes, in and of itself,
Tin Timioteran ton Herouvim, ke ✞ Greater in Honour than the
any external manifestation of sorrow or lamentation over one's sins: for ever Endoxoteran, Asigkritos ton Cherubim, and in Glory greater

2. HOLY PENTECOST – THE KNEELING VESPERS SERVICE HOLY PENTECOST – THE KNEELING VESPERS SERVICE 31.
 Iiou, sinergia tou Agiou Pnevmatos,
Agios Ishiros, di’ ou ton Patera
egnokamen, ke to Pnevma to Agion
epedimisen en kosmo, Agios
Athanatos, to Parakliton Pnevma, to
ek Patros ekporevomenon, ke en Iio
anapavomenon, Trias Agia: ✞ Doxa
Si!
D ISM ISSAL P RAYE R OF S T
Nin apoliis ton doulon Sou Despota, kata
to rima Sou en Irini. Oti idon I
ofthalmi mou to Sotirion Sou, O
itimasas kata Prosopon panton ton
laon; Fos is apokalipsin Ethnon ke
Doxan Laou Sou Israil.
T RISAGION
THE CONGREGATION MUST STAND
✞ Agios O Theos, Agios Ishiros, Agios
Athanatos, Eleison imas
✞ Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati. ✞Glory
Ke nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton
eonon.
Amin
✞Panagia Trias Eleison imas. Kyrie,
ilasthiti tes amarties imon. Despota,
singhorison tas anomias imin. Agie
Ipiskepse, ke iase tas asthenias imon,
eneken tou Onomatos Sou.
Kyrie Eleison
✞ Doxa Patri, ke Io, ke Agio Pnevmati
ke nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton
eonon.
Amin
O U R LO RD
THE CONGREGATION RECITES OUR LORD’S PRAYER ALOUD AND IN UNISON:
Pater imon O en tis Ouranis, Agiasthito
to Onoma Sou, eltheto i Vasilia Sou,
genithito to Thelima Sou, os en
Ourano ke epi tis gis. Ton Arton
imon ton epiousion dos simeron.
Ke afes imin ta ofilimata imon, os
ke imis afiemen tis ofiletes imon. Ke
mi isenengis imas is pirasmon, alla
rise imas apo tou ponirou.
Oti Sou Estin i Vasilia ke i Dynamis ke i
Doxa ✞ tou Patros, ke tou Iou, ke tou
Agiou Pnevmatos, nin ke ai ke is tous
30. HOLY PENTECOST – THE KNEELING VESPERS SERVICE
Worship and say: “Holy God: Thou
Created all things through the Son by
the Cooperation of the Holy Spirit.
Holy Mighty: through Thee we came
to know the Father and the Holy
Spirit came to our world. Holy
Immortal, the Comforter Spirit: Thou
proceeds from the Father and Rests
in the Son. O Holy Trinity: ✞ Glory
to Thee!”
S Y ME ON THE G OD -R EC EIVE R
P RIE ST Lord, let Thy servant now depart
in Peace, according to Thy Word. For
my eyes have seen Thy Salvation,
which Thou hast prepared before the
sight of all Nations; a Light to
Lighten the Gentiles, and the Glory
of Thy people Israel.
P RAYE RS
✞Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy
Immortal, have mercy on us [3]
to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit, now and
ever, and to the Ages of Ages.
Amen
✞ All Holy Trinity, have Mercy on us.
Lord, Cleanse us from our sins.
Master, Pardon our iniquities. Holy
God, Visit and Heal our infirmities
for Thy Name’s sake.
Lord, have mercy
✞Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit, now and
ever, and to the Ages of Ages.
Amen
’ S P RAYE R
P EO P LE Our Father, Who art in Heaven:
Hallowed be Thy Name. Thy
Kingdom come. Thy Will be done, on
Earth, as it is in Heaven. Give us this
day our Daily Bread and Forgive us
our trespasses as we forgive those
who trespass against us. And Lead
us not into temptation, but Deliver
us from the evil one.
P RIE ST For Thine is the Kingdom, and
the Power, and the Glory, ✞ of the
Father, and of the Son, and of the
since Jesus Christ, "...blotting out the handwriting of the ordinances that was
against us, ... nailing it to His Cross; and having spoiled principalities and
powers, He made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it..." — ever
since then "...there is, therefore, no condemnation to them who are in Jesus
Christ." ( C O L O S S I A N S 2 : 1 4 - 1 5 & R O M A N S 8 : 1 )
For this reason, the practice was observed in the Holy Church from the earliest times
-beyond a doubt handed down by the Apostles - whereby on all these days, due
to being Consecrated to the Commemoration of the Glorious Victory of Jesus
Christ over sin and Death, it was required to perform the public Divine Service
brightly and with solemnity, and in particular without kneeling, which is a Sign
of Repentant Grief for one's sins.
Tertullian testified: "...On the Lord's Day (i.e. Sunday) we consider it improper to
Fast or to kneel; and we also enjoy this freedom from Pascha until Pentecost."
(ON THE CROWN, CH. 3)
St Peter of Alexandria ( 3 R D C E N T U R Y — C F . H I S C A N O N X V I N “ T H E R U D D E R ” ) , and the
“Apostolic Constitutions” ( B O O K I I , C H . 5 9 ) also declare the same thing.
Subsequently, the First Ecumenical Council found it necessary to make this legally
binding by a special Canon obligatory for the entire Church: "...Since there are
some people who kneel in Church on Sundays and on the days of Pentecost,
with a view to preserving uniformity in all Parishes, it has seemed best to the
Holy Council for Prayers to be offered to God while standing." ( C A N O N X X ) .
Pointing out this Canon, St Basil the Great explained the rationale and meaning of
the practice: "We stand up when praying on the first of the week, although not
all of us know the reason. For it is not only that it serves to remind us that
when we have Risen from the dead together with Christ, but that we ought to
seek the Things Above, in the Day of Resurrection of the Grace given us, by
standing at Prayer, but that it also seems to serve in a way as a picture of the
Expected Age.
“Wherefore, being also the starting point of days, although not the first with
Moses, yet it has been called ‘the first.’ For it says: ‘The evening and the
morning were the first day’ ( G E N E S I S 1 : 5 ) , on the ground that it returns again
and again.
“The ‘eighth,’ therefore, is also the first, especially as respects that really first and
true Eighth Day, which the Psalmist too has mentioned in some of the
superscriptions of his Psalms, serving to exhibit the state which is to succeed
this period of time, the Unceasing Day, the Day without a night that follows,
the Day without successor, the Never-ending and Unaging Age.
“Of necessity, therefore, the Church teaches Her Children to fulfill their
obligations to pray therein while standing up, in order by constantly
reminding them of the Deathless Life to prevent them from neglecting the
Provisions for the Journey thither.
“And every Pentecost is a reminder of the expected Resurrection in the Age to
come.
“For that one First Day, being multiplied seven times over, constitutes the seven
weeks of the Holy Pentecost.
“For by starting from the first day of the week, one arrives on the same day…
“The Laws of the Church have taught us to prefer the upright posture at Prayer,
thus transporting our mind, so to speak, as a result of a vivid and clear
suggestions, from the present age to the things come in the future.
“And during each kneeling and standing up again we are in fact showing by our
actions that is was through sin that we fell to Earth, and that through the
Kindness of the One Who created us we have been called back to Heaven…"
(CANON XCI OF ST. BASIL THE GREAT).
The three well-known Kneeling Prayers of Pentecost composed by this Great Holy
Church Father are thus not read at Third Hour, when the Holy Spirit descended
HOLY PENTECOST – THE KNEELING VESPERS SERVICE 3.
 upon the Apostles, nor at Divine Liturgy on Pentecost Sunday, but at Vespers, Pnevmati stirihthentes, Sotiri
which is already part of the following day, after the Entrance. psihon imon.
St Basil was determined not to break the ancient Holy Tradition of the Church.
Canon XC of the Council of Trullo, held in conjunction with the Sixth Ecumenical
Council, states: "...We have received it Canonical from our God-bearing
Fathers not to bend the knee on Sundays when honouring the Resurrection of
Christ.
Kardian Katharan Ktison en emi, O
“Since this observation may not be clear to some of us, we are making it plain to Theos, ke Pnevma evthes egkenison
the Faithful, that after the Entrance of those in Holy Orders into the Sacrificial en tis egkatis mou.
Altar on the evening of the Saturday in question, let none of them bend the Nin to Parakliton Pnevma, is pasan
knee until the evening of the following Sunday, when, following the Entrance sarka ekkehite. Apostlon gar horias
after the lamps have been lit, again bending knees, we thus begin to offer our arxamenon, ex afton kata methexin
Prayers to the Lord. tis Pistis tin Harin efiplose, ke Pistoute
“For, inasmuch as we have received it that the night succeeding Saturday was aftou tin Kratean epifitisin, en pirino
the precursor of our Saviour’s Rising, we commence our Hymns at this point in to idi tis Mathites dianemon tas
a Spiritual Manner, ending the Festival by passing out of Darkness into Light, Glossas, is imnodian ke Doxan Theou.
in order that we may hence celebrate the Resurrection together for a whole Dio tas kardias noeros ellampomeni,
day and a whole night." en Pisti stirihthentes to Agio
John Zonaras, explained the Canon: "Various Canons have made it a Law not to Pnevmati, disopoumen sothine tas
kneel on Sundays or during the Fifty Days of Pentecost, and Basil the Great psihas imon.
also supplied the reasons for which this was forbidden.
“This Canon decrees only with regard to Sunday, clearly indicates from what
Hour and until Hour to kneel, and says: ‘On Saturday, after the Entrance of the Mi aporripsis me apo tou Prosopou
Celebrants into the Altar at Vespers, no one may bend the knee until Vespers Sou ket to Pnevma Sou to Agion mi
on Sunday itself, when, again, the Entrance of the Celebrants takes place: for antanelis ap’ emou.
we do not transgress by bending the knee and praying in such a manner from
that time on. Nin pervallonte kratos, i Hristou af
“For Saturday night is considered the night of the Day of Resurrection, which, ipsous, Apostoli. Egkenizi gar aftous
according to the words of this Canon, we must pass in the chanting of Psalms, O Paraklitos en aftis kenizomenos,
carrying the Feast over from Darkness to Light, and in such manner celebrate Mystiki kenotiti gnoseos, in tes xenes
the Resurrection for the entire night and day" ( B O O K O F T H E C A N O N S W I T H fones, ke ipsigoris kirittontes, tin
INTERPRETATIONS, P. 729). aidion fisin te ke aplin, trsipostaton
The Church Typicon instructs how the Priest must approach and kiss the Holy Gospel sevin tou evergetou ton olon Theou,
after reading it during the All-Night Vigil for the Resurrection: "...Do not make imas ekdidaskousi. Dio fotisthentes
Prostrations to the ground, but small bows, until the hand touches the ground. tis ekinon didagmasi, patera
For on Sunday and Feasts of the Lord and during the entire Fifty Days proskinisomen, Sin Iio ke Pnevmati,
between Pascha and Pentecost the knee is not bent." ( T Y P I C O N , C H . 2 ) . disopountes Sothine tas psihas imon.
Nevertheless, standing at the Divine Services on Sunday and on the days between
Pascha and Pentecost was the privilege of those who were in full Communion
with the Church; but the so-called "Penitents" were not dispensed from kneeling
even on those days.
Theodore Balsamon, Patriarch of Antioch cautioned us: "Preserve the Canonical ✞ Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati, ✞ Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
Decrees, whereever and however they should be phrased; and say not that ke nin ke ai ke is tous Eonas ton
there are contradictions among them, for the All-holy Spirit has worded them eonon.
all." ( I N T E R P R E T A T I O N O F C A N O N X C O F T H E C O U N C I L O F T R U L L O ) .
Amin
ORTHODOX LIFE, VOL. 27, NO. 3 (MAY-JUNE, 1977), PP. 47-50. F E STAL A P OSTIHA – I
HTTP://ORTHODOXINFO.COM/PRAXIS/KNEELING.ASPX
Defte Lai, tin trioupostaton Theotita
proskinisomen, Iion en to Patris, Sin
Agio Pnevmat. Patir gar ahronos
egennisen Iion, Sinaidion ke
sinthronon, ke Pnevma Agion in en to
Patri, Sin Iio Doxazomenon, mia
Dinamis, Mia Ousia, Mia Theotis, in
proskinountes pantes legomen. Agios
O Theos, O ta panta dimiourgisas di
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ton all. Let us join them, and bend our
hearts along with our knees, and
Strengthened by the Holy Spirit, let
us in Faith Worship Him, the Saviour
of our soul.
Create in me a clean heart, O God,
and Renew a Right Spirit within me.
Now the Spirit, the Comforter, is
poured out on all flesh. It started
with the Host of the Apostles, and
from them It spread out the Grace to
Believer by participation. Its Mighty
Coming is confirmed by distributing
the Tongues in the form of Fire to
the Disciples, to extol and Glorify
God. So, now that our hearts are
noetically Illumined, and we are
Fortified in Faith by the Holy Spirit,
let us earnest pray for the Salvation
of our soul.
Do not cast me away from Thy
Presence nor take Thy Holy Spirit
from me.
Now the Apostles of Christ are clothed
with Power from on High; for the
Comforter Renews them and is
Renewd in them, by a Mystical
Renewal of Knowledge. And
preaching in those strange and
exalted words, they instruct us to
worship the Eternal and simple
Nature in three Hypostases of God
the Benefactor of all. Therefore,
since we have been Illumined by
their Teachings, let us worship the
Father, and the Son, and the Holy
Spirit, and let us earnestly pray for
the Salvation of our soul.
and to the Holy Spirit, now and
forever, and to the Ages of ages.
Amen
D IOME LA – TO NE (8) P L AGAL 4
Come, all you people: let us Worship
the One God in three Hypostases:
the Son in the Father and the Holy
Spirit. The Father, outside of time,
begat the Son, Co-Eternal and
sharing the Throne, and the Holy
Spirit was in the Father, Glorified
with the Son. One Power, One
Essence, One Godhead, which we all
29.
✞Si Kyrie
Oti Agathos ke Filanthropos Theos
iparhis ke Si tin Doxan
anapempomen ✞ to Patri ke to Io ke
to Agio Pnevmati, nin ke ai ke is tous
eonas ton eonon.
Amin
Irini pasi!
Ke meta tou pnevmatos Sou
Tas kefalas imon to Kyrou klinate
MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS & BOW DOWN LOW TO GOD
✞ Si Kyrie
Kyrie, O Theos imon, O klinas Ouranous
ke katavas epi Sotiria tou genous ton
anthropon, epide epi tous doulous
Sou ke epi tin Klironomian Sou.
Si gar to Fovero ke Filanthropo Kriti I Si For
douli ipeklinan tas kefalas, tous de
afton ipetaxan avhenas, ou tin ex
anthropon anamenontes voithian,
alla to Son perimenontes Eleos ke tin
Sin apekdehomeni Sotirian. Ous
diafilaxon en panti kero ke kata tin
parousan esperan ke tin prosiousan
nikta, apo pantos ehthrou, apo pasis
antikimenis energias diavolikis, ke
dialogismon mateon ke enthimiseon
poniron.
Ii to Kratos tis Vasilias Sou Evlogimenon Blessed and Glorified is the Power of
ke Dedoxasmenon, ✞ tou Patros, ke
tou Iiou, ke tou Agiou Pnevmatos, nin
ke ai ke is tous eonas ton eonon.
Amin
F E STAL A P OSTIHA – I
Nin is Symion tis pasin, emfanos e
Glosse gegonasin. Ioudei gar, ex on
kata sarka Hristos, apistia nosisantes,
Theikis exepeson Haritos, ke tou
Theou Fotos i ex Ethnon ixiothimen,
stirihthentes tis Logis ton Mathiton,
fthengomenon tin Doxan tou
evergetou ton olon Theou. Meth’ on
tas kardias Sin tis gonasi klinantes,
en Pisti proskinisomen, to Agio
P EO P LE ✞To Thee, O Lord
P RIE ST For Thou art a Good and Loving
God, and to Thee we ascribe Glory:
✞ to the Father, and to the Son, and
to the Holy Spirit, now and always,
and to the ages of ages.
P EO P LE Amen
P R I E S T Peace be to all.
P E O P L E And to your spirit
P R I E S T Let us bow our heads to the Lord
P EO P LE ✞ To Thee, O Lord
P RIE ST O Lord our God, Who bows the
Heavens and descends for the
Salvation of mankind: look upon
Thy Servants and upon Thine
Inheritance.
unto Thee, the Formidable and
Loving Judge, have Thy Servants
bowed their heads, and submissively
inclined their necks, expecting not
help from men, but awaiting Thy
Mercy and hoping for Thy Salvation,
with which Thou preserve them at all
times, during this present evening,
and in the approaching night, from
every enemy, from all adverse
powers of the evil one, from vain
thoughts and from wicked
imaginations.
Thy Kingdom, ✞ of the Father, and
of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,
now and forever, and unto the Ages
of Ages.
Amen
D IOME LA – P E NTEC OST - T ONE 3 epi ton oreon stisonte idata.
Now the Tongues have become
apparent, as a Sign for all. The Jews,
from whom Christ came in the Flesh,
were sick with unbelief and thus
they fell out of Divine Grace. We
who are from the Gentiles, have been
counted worthy of the Divine Light,
for we were Strengthened by the
Words of the Disciples, who declared
the Glory of God the Benefactor of
The Kneeling Vespers - Pentecost
P RAYE RS T O
THE CONGREGATION MUST STAND
✞ Evlogimeni O Theos imon, pantote,
nin ke ai, ke is tous eonas ton eonon.
Amin
MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS AND BOW DOWN EACH TIME TO OUR LORD GOD
AS FOLLOWS
✞Defte proskinisomen ke prospesomen
to Vasili imon Theo.
✞Defte proskinisomen ke prospesomen
Hristo to Vasili imon Theo.
✞Defte proskinisomen ke prospesomen
Afto, Hristo to Vasili ke Theo imon.
T H E S U NSE T P SAL M
A PSALM OF CREATION
Evlogi, I psihi mou, ton Kyrion.
Kyrie O
Theos mou, emegalinthis sfodra.
Exomologisin ke megloprepian enediso,
anavallomenos fos os imartion.
Ektinon ton Ouranon osi derrin, O
stegazon en idasi ta iperoa aftou. To
tithis nefi tin epivasin aftou, O
peripaton epi pterigon anemon.
O pion tou Angelous aftou pnevmata, ke Who
tous litourgous aftou piros floga.
O themelion tin gin ep tin asfalian aftis, Who
ou klithisete is ton eona tou eonos.
Avissos os imation to perivoleon aftou,
Apos epitimiseos sou fevxonte, apo fonis At
vrontis sou diliasousin.
Anavenousin ori ke katavenousi pedia,
is ton topon, on ethemeliosas afta.
Orion ethou, O ou parelevsonte, oude
epistrepsousi kalipse tin gin.
T HE H OLY T RINITY
PR IEST ✞Blessed is our God, now and
ever, and unto ages of ages.
PEO PLE Amen
✞O come let us worship and bow down
to our King and God.
✞O come let us worship and bow down
to Christ, our King and God.
✞O come let us worship and bow down
before Christ Himself, our King and
our God.
- P SALM 103/104
Bless the Lord, O my soul: O Lord my
God, Thou art exceedingly great.
Thou hast put on praise and beauty:
and art clothed with Light as with a
Garment -
Who stretches out the Heaven like a
pavilion; Who covers the higher
rooms thereof with water; Who
makes the clouds Thy Chariot; Who
walks upon the wings of the winds;
makes Thy Angels spirits;: and
Thy Ministers a Burning Fire;
has founded the Earth upon its
own bases - it shall not be moved
forever and ever.
The deep like a garment is its clothing -
above the mountains shall the
waters stand.
Thy Rebuke they shall flee - at the
Voice of Thy thunder they shall fear.
The mountains ascend, and the plains
descend into the place, which Thou
hast founded for them.
Thou hast set a boundary which they
shall not pass over; neither shall
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O exapostellon pigas en faragxin, ana
meson ton oreon dilevsonte idata.
Potiousi
panta ta thiria tou agrou,
prosdexonte onagri is dipsan
afton.
Ep’ afta ta petina tou Ouranou
kataskinosi - ek mesou ton petron
dosousi fonin.
Potizon ori ek ton iperoon aftou. Apo
karpou ton ergon sou hortasthisete i
gi. O exantellon horton tis ktinesi, ke
hloin ti doulia ton anthropon.
Tou exagagin arton ek tis gis. Ke inos
evfreni kardian anthropou.
Tou ilarine prosopon en eleo. Ke artos
kardian anthropou stirizi.
Hortasthisonte ta xila tou mediou, e
kedri tou Livavou, as efitevsas. Eki
strouthia annosevsousi, tou erodiou I
katikia igite afton.
Ori ta ipsila tes elafis - petra katafigi tis
lagois.
Epiise selinin is herous.
O ilios egno tin disin aftou.
Ethou skotos ke egeneto nix - en afti
dilefsonte panta ta thiria tou drimou.
Skimni oriomeni tou arpase, ke zitise
para to Theo vrosin aftis.
Anetilen O ilios ke sinihthisan, ke is tas
mandras afton kitasthisonte.
Exelfsete anthropos epi to ergon aftou,
ke epi tin ergasian aftou eos esperas.
Os emegalinthi ta Erga Sou, Kyrie!
Panta en Sofia epiisas - Eplrothi I gi
tis ktiseos sou.
Afti I thalassa I megali ke evrihoros.
Eki
erpeta, on ouk estin arithmos, Zoa
mikra meta megalon.
6. HOLY PENTECOST – THE KNEELING VESPERS SERVICE
Ages.
Thou send forth springs in the vales - Amin PEOPLE Amen
between the midst of the hills the L ITANY OF FE RVE NT S U PP L IC ATIONS
waters shall pass.
Plirosomen tin Esperinin Deisin imon to P RIE STLet us complete our Evening
All the beasts of the field shall drink - Kyrio. Prayer to the Lord.
the wild asses shall expect in their
Kyrie Eleison P EO P LE Lord, have Mercy!
thirst.
Over them the birds of the air shall Antilavou, Soson, Eleison ke Diafilaxon P RIE ST Help us, Save us, have Mercy on
dwell - from the midst of the rocks imas O Theos ti Si Hariti. us, and protect us, O God, by Thy
Grace.
they shall give forth their voices.
Thou waters the hills from Thine Upper Amin P EO P LE Amen
Rooms - the Earth shall be filled with Tin esperan Pasan Telian, Agian, P RIE ST That the whole evening may be
the Fruit of Thy Works - bringing Irinikin ke anamartiton, para tou Perfect, Holy, Peaceful and sinless,
forth grass for cattle, and herb for Kyriou etisometha. let us ask of the Lord
the service of mankind.
Parashou Kyrie P EO P LE Grant this, O Lord
That Thou may bring bread out of the
Earth, and that wine may cheer the Angelon Irinis, Piston Odigon, filaka ton P RIE ST For an Angel of Peace, a Faithful
psihon ke ton somaton imon, para Guide, a Guardian of our souls and
heart of mankind.
tou Kyriou etisometha. bodies, let us ask of the Lord
That he may make the face cheerful
with oil - and that bread may Parashou Kyrie P EO P LE Grant this, O Lord
strengthen man’s heart. Signomin ke afesin ton amartion ke ton P RIE ST For forgiveness and remission of
The trees of the field shall be filled, and plimelimaton imon, para tou Kyriou our sins and transgressions, let us
the Cedars of Lebanon, which He etisometha. ask of the Lord
hath planted - there the Sparrows Parashou Kyrie P EO PLE Grant this, O Lord
shall make their nests - the highest
of them is the house of the Heron. Ta Kala ke Simferonta tes psihes imon P RIE ST For what is Good and Profitable
ke Irini to kosmo, para tou Kyriou to our souls, and for the Peace of the
The high hills are a refuge for the harts etisometha. world, let us ask of the Lord
- the rock for the hares.
Parashou Kyrie P EO P LE Grant this, O Lord
He hath made the moon for seasons.
✞Ton ipolipon hronon tis zois imon en P RIE ST ✞That the rest of our life may be
The sun knows its going down. irini ke metania ektelese, para tou spent in Peace and Repentance, let
Thou hast appointed darkness, and it Kyriou etisometha. us ask of the Lord.
is night - in it shall all the beasts of Parashou Kyrie P EO P LE Grant this, O Lord
the woods go about -
✞Hristiana ta teli tis zois imon, anodina, P RIE ST ✞That the end of our
Life may
The young lions roaring after their anepeshinta, Irinika ke kalin be Christian, painless, without
pray, and seeking their meat from apologian tin epi tou Foverou shame, peaceful and that we may
God. Vimatos tou Hristou etisometha. have a good Defence before the
The sun rises, and they are gathered Awesome Judgement Seat of Christ,
together: and they shall lie down in let us ask of the Lord.
their dens. Parashou Kyrie P EO P LE Grant this, O Lord
Man shall go forth to his work, and to ✞Tis Panagias, Ahrantou,
his labour until the evening. Iperevlogimenis, Endouxou Despinis P RIE ST ✞ Commemorating our
How great art Thy Works, O Lord! imon Theotokou ke Aiparthenou All-Holy, Pure, Most Blessed
Thou hast made all things in Marias meta panton ton Agion and Glorious Lady, Theotokos
Wisdom - the Earth is filled with Thy mnimonefsantes, eaftous ke allilous and ever-Virgin Mary, with all
ke pasan tin Zoin imon Hristo to Theo the Saints, let us commit
Riches.
parathometha ourselves and one another,
So is this great sea, which stretches and our whole Life, to Christ our
wide its arms - there are creeping God.
things without number - creatures
MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS & BOW DOWN TO GOD
HOLY PENTECOST – THE KNEELING VESPERS SERVICE 27.
Parashou de imin tin Parousan esperan, Grant
ke tin epiousan nikta Irinikin, evdison
imas opla Fotos, Rise imas apo Fovou
Nikterinou, ke apo pantos pragmatos
en skoti diaporevomenou.
Ke dorise imin ton ipnon, on is
anapafsin ti asthenia imon edoriso,
pasis diavolikis fantasias
apillagmenon.
Ne, Despotat ton apanton, ton Agathon
horige, ina, ke en tes kites imon
katanigomeni, mnimonevomen ke en
nikti tou Panagiou Onomatos Sou.
Ke ti meleti ton Son Entolon
katavgazomeni, en agalliasi psihis
dianistomen pros Doxologian tis Sis
Agathotitos, Deisis ke Ikesias ti Si
Evsplaghnia Prosagontes, iper ton
Idion Amartion, ke pantos tou Laou
Sou, on tes Presvies tis Agias
Theotokou en Elei episkepse.
Amin
S M ALL
Eti ke eti, en Irini tou Kyriou deithomen.
Kyrie Eleison
Antilavou Soson, Eleison ke Diafilaxon
imas O Theos, ti Si Hariti.
Amin
✞ Tis Panagias, Ahrantou, Ipere
Flogimenis, Endoxou Despinis imon
Theotokou ke Aiparthenou Marias
meta panton ton Agion
Mnimonefsantes, eaftous ke allilous
ke pasan tin Zoin imon Hristo to Theo
parathometha.
MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS & BOW DOWN
✞Si Kyrie
✞ Si gar i i anapafsis ton psihon ke ton
Somaton imon, ke Si tin Doxan
anapempomen, to Patri, ke to Iio, ke
to Agio Pnevmati, nin, ke ai, ke is tous
eonas ton eonon.
26. HOLY PENTECOST – THE KNEELING VESPERS SERVICE
that this evening and the Eki plia diaporevonte. Drakon outos, on small and great.
approaching night may be Peaceful eplasas empezin aftin. There the ships shall go - the sea
and Serene for us. Clothe us with the dragon which Thou hast formed - to
Armour of Light, and Deliver us play therein.
from nightly fears and from
Panta pros se prosdokosi doune tin
everything that walks in darkness.
trofin afton is evkeron. All expect of Thee that Thou grant
Donttos Sou aftis, sillexousin them food in season.
Vouchsafe that the slumber, which
What Thou give to them they shall
Thou grants us for rest from our
Anixantos Sou tin Hira, ta simpanta gather up:
weakness, be also free from every
diabolical fantasies. plisthisonte hristotitos. When Thou open Thy Hand, all things
Yea, O Master, Who provides Good Apostrepsantos de Sou to Prosopon, shall be filled with Thy Goodness.
Things for all, grant that in our tarahthisonte. But when Thou turn away Thy Face,
lodgings, amid the night, we may Antanelis to pnevma afton ke eklipsousi, they shall be troubled.
with fervour recall Thy Most Holy When Thou take away their breath,
ke is ton houn afton epistrepsousin.
Name.
they shall perish and return again to
And grant that being Enlightened by
Exapostelis to Pnevma Sou ke the Earth.
the Teachings of Thy Thou shalt send forth Thy Spirit, and
kitisthisonte, ke anakeniis to
Commandments, we will rise up in
prosopon tis gis. they shall be created, and Thou shall
Spiritual Joy to Glorify Thy
Ito I doxa Kyriou is tous eona. renew the face of the Earth.
Goodness - offering for Thy
Compassion Petitions and May the Glory of the Lord endure
Supplications for our sins and those Evfranthisete Kyrios epi tis Ergis Aftou. forever!
of all people, for which Thou, T he Lord shall rejoice in His Works.
through the Intercessions of the O epivlepon epi tin gin ke pion aftin
Holy Theotokos, visits upon us with tremin. He looks upon the Earth, and makes it
Mercy! O aptomenos ton oreon ke kapnizonte. tremble.
Amen He touches the mountains and they
LI TANY
Aso to Kyrio en ti Zoi mou; psalo to smoke.
PRIEST Again, yet again, in Peace let us Theo mou eos iparho. I will sing to the Lord all my life; I will
pray to the Lord Idinthii afto I dialogimou - ego de sing to my God as long as I exist!
PEOPLE Lord have mercy! evfranthisome epi to Kyrio. May my words be pleasing to Him - I
Eklipien amartolis apo tis gis - ke anomi shall be glad in the Lord.
PRIEST Help us, Save us,
have Mercy on
us, and Preserve us, O God, by Thy - oste mi iparhin aftous. M ay sinners cease from the Earth - and
Grace Evlogi, I psihi mou, ton Kyrion. the lawless - so as to be no more.
PEOPLE Amen O ilios egno tin disin aftou. Ethou B less the Lord, O my soul!
PRIEST ✞Commemorating our Most Holy, skotos ke egeneto nix... The sun knows its going down. Thou
All Pure, Most Blessed and Glorious hast appointed darkness, and it is
Lady, Theotokos and Ever Virgin Os emegalinthi ta Erga Sou, Kyrie! night...
Maria, with all the Saints, let us Panta en Sofia epiisas... How great art Thy Works, O Lord!
commit ourselves and one another Thou hast made all things in
and our whole Life to Christ our Wisdom...
God.
✞ Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati,
ke nin ke ai ke is tous Eonas ton ✞ Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
eonon. and to the Holy Spirit, now and
PEOPLE ✞To Thee, O Lord! forever, and to the Ages of ages.
Amin
PRIEST For Thou art the Reposeof our Amen
soul and body, and to Thee do we Allilouia! Allilouia! Allilouia! ✞ Doxa
ascribe Glory: ✞ to the Father, and
Si, O Theos! (3) PEOPLE Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! ✞
I Elpis imon, Kyrie: ✞ Doxa Si! Glory to Thee O God! (3)
to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
now and ever, and unto the Ages of Our Hope, O Lord:✞ Glory to Thee!
HOLY PENTECOST – THE KNEELING VESPERS SERVICE 7.
 Thimidestera, ke Anapafsis ke Hara. Joy.
T H E L ITANY OF P EACE
I de ke ti imartomen is Se, ileos genou And if they have sinned (in any respect)
En Irini tou Kyriou deithomen. P RIE ST In Peace let us pray to the Lord imin te ke aftis, dioti oudis katharos against Thee, forgive them, and be
Kyrie Eleison P EO P LE Lord have mercy apo ripou enopion Sou, oud’ an mia Thou Compassionate to them and
imera i i Zoi Aftou, imi monos Si, O us; for there is none without stain
Iper tis Anothen Irinis ke tis Sotirias ton P RIE ST For the Peace from Above, and epi gis fanis anamartitos, O Kyrios before Thee, even though our life be
psihon imon, tou Kyriou deithomen the Salvation of our souls, let us imon Iisous Hristos, di’ ou pantes but a day - save Thou alone, Jesus
pray to the Lord elpizomen eleous tihin, ke afeseos Christ our God, Who appeared on
Kyrie Eleison P EO P LE Lord have mercy amartion. Earth without sin, and because of
Thee we all trust in attaining Thy
Iper tis Irinis tou simpantos Kosmou, P RIE ST For the Peace of the whole Mercy and the Remission of sins.
efstatias ton Agion tou Theou world, the stability of the Holy
Ekklision ke tis ton panton enoseaos Churches of God, and for the Union Dia touto imin te ke aftis, os Agathos ke Therefore, O God, through Thy Grace
tou Kyriou deithomen. of all, let us pray to the Lord Filanthropos Theos, anes, afes, and Love of mankind, weaken, remit
sghorison ta paraptomata imon, ta and forgive our sins and theirs;
Kyrie Eleison P EO P LE Lord have mercy ekousia ke ta akousia, ta en gnosi ke overlook both our voluntary and
Iper tou Agiou Ikou toutou ke ton meta P RIE ST For this Holy House,
and for en Agnia, ta prodila, ta lanthnonta, involuntary offences, which we have
Pisteos, Evlavias ke Fovou Theou those who enter it with Faith, ta en praxi, en ta diania, ta en logo, committed either wilfully or through
isionton en afto, tou Kyriou Reverence and the Fear of God, let ta en pases imon tes anastrofes, ke tis ignorance, openly or in secret
deithomen. us pray to the Lord. kinimasi, ke tis men prolavousin whether by word, deed, or thought
eleftherian ke anesin dorise. and all our wrathful dealings which
Kyrie Eleison P EO P LE Lord have mercy we have committed during our
Iper tou Papa ke Patriarhou imon P RIE ST For our Pope and Patriarch lifetime.
T H E O D O R O U ke tou Arhiepiskopou (T H E O D O R O S ) and our Imas de tous periestotas Evlogison, telos As for those who have preceded us,
imon (N A M E ), tou Timiou Archbishop (N A M E ), for the Agathon ke Irinikon parehomenos grant them Emancipation and
Presviteriou, tis en Hristo Honourable Presbytery, the imin te, ke panti to Lao Sou, ke Eleos Repose. To those of us who are here,
Diakonias, pantos tou Klirou ke tou Diaconate in Christ, for all the Splaghna ke Filanthropias dianigon Bless us, and grant us and all Thy
laou tou Kyriou deithomen. Clergy and the people, let us pray to imin. People a Blessed and Peaceful End to
the Lord this life.
Kyrie Eleison P EO P LE Lord have mercy En ti frikti ke fovera Sou Parousia, ke tis At Thy Fearsome and Dreadful Coming
Iper tis poleos taftis, pasis poleos, horas, P RIE ST For this city, for every
city and Vasilias Sou Axious imas piison. open to us Thy fathomless Love of
ke ton Pisti ikounton en aftes tou land, and for the Faithful who dwell mankind, making us worthy of Thy
Kyriou deithomen. in them, let us pray to the Lord Kingdom.
A D DITIONAL P RAYE RS
Kyrie Eleison P EO P LE Lord have mercy
Iper efkrasias aeron,eforias ton karpon P RIE ST For temperate weather, for
O Theos O Megas ke Ipsistos, O Monos O Thou Most Exalted God, Who alone
Ehon Athanasian, Fos ikon aprositon, possesses Immortality, Who dwells
tis gis ke keron irinikon tou Kyriou abundance in the Earth’s yield and
O pasan tin Ktisin en Sofia in the Unapproachable Light, Who in
deithomen. for peaceful times, let us pray to the
Dimiourgisas. Wisdom brings into being all
Lord.
Creation,
Kyrie Eleison P EO P LE Lord have mercy O diahorisas ana meson tou Fotos, ke Who separated the light and the
Iper pleonton, odiporounton, nosounton, P RIE ST For travellers by sea,
land, and anameson tou skotous, ke ton ilion darkness, setting the sun to rule the
kamnonton, ehmalonton ke tis air; for the sick and the afflicted; themenos is exousian tis imera, day, and the moon and stars to rule
Sotirias afton tou Kyriou deithomen. for captives; and for their Salvation, selinin de ke asteras is exousian tis the night, Who on this Day
let us pray to the Lord. niktos, O kataxiosas imas tous vouchsafed us sinners as worthy
Kyrie Eleison P EO P LE Lord have mercy amartolous, ke epi tis Parousis imeras through Confession to present
profthase to prosopon Sou en ourselves before Thy Sight and to
Iper tou risthine imas apo pasis thlipseos, P RIE ST For our Deliverance from all exolologisi, ke tin esperinin Si latrian offer to Thee our Evening Prayers.
orgis, kindinou ke anangis, tou tribulation, wrath, danger and prosagagin.
Kyriou deithomen. necessity, let us pray to the Lord.
Aftos, Filanthrope Kyrie, katevthinon tin O Philanthropic God, set our Prayers
Kyrie Eleison P EO P LE Lord have mercy prosevhin imon, os Thimiama like Incense before Thee, and receive
Antilavou, Soson, Eleison ke Diafilaxon P RIE ST Help us, Save us, have Mercy on enopion Sou. Ke prosdexe aftin is them as a sweet Fragrance.
osmin evodias.
imas O Theos ti Si Hariti. us, and Preserve us, O God, by Thy
Grace.

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 parrisia doxasomen epi pasi, se ton
monon alithinon ke Filanthropon
Theon.
Son gar os Alithos, ke mega ontos
Mystirion, Despota ton apanton ke
piita, i te proskeros lisis ton Sin
ktismaton, ke i meta tafta sinafia, ke
anapafsis i is eonas.
Si Harin epi pasin Omologoumen, epi tes In
Isodis imon tes is ton kosmon touton,
ke tes Exodis, e tas Elpidas imon tis
Anastaseos, ke tis Akiratou Zois, dia
tis Sis apsevdous epangelias
promnistevonte, is apolafsemen en ti
defter mellousi Parousia Sou.
Si gar i ke tis Anastaseos imon arhigos, For
ke ton veviomenon adekastos, ke
Filanthropos Kritis, ke tis
Misthapodosias Despotis ke Kyrios
O ke kinonisas imin paraplisios sarkos
ke ematos, dia sigkatavasin akran, ke
ton imeteron adiavliton pathon, en to
ekousios is piran katastine,
proslavomenos splagna iktirmon, ke
en O peponthas pirasthis aftos, tis
perazomenis imin genomenos
aftepangeltos voithos. Dio ke
sinigages imas is tin Sin apathian.
Dexe Sin, Despota, Deisis ke Ikesias
imeteras, ke anapafson pantas tous
Pateras ekastou, ke miteras, ke
Adelphous, ke Adelphas ket tekna, ke
i ti allo Omogeneske Omofilon, ke
pasas tas proanapafsamenas pishas
ep Elpidi Anastaseos Zois Eoniou, ke
katatazon ta pnevmata afton
Ke to onomata en Vivlo Zois, en kolpis
Avraam, Isaak ke Iakov, en hora
zonton, is Vasilian Ouranon, en
Paradiso trifis, dia ton fotinon
Angelon Sou isagon apantas is tas
Agias Sou monas, sinegiron ke t
smata imon en imera, i Orisas, kata
tas Agias Sou ke apsevdis epangelias.
Ouk estin oun, Kyrie, tis doulis Sou
Thanatos, ekdimounton imon apo tou
somatos, ke pros Se ton Theon
endimounton, alla metastasis apo ton
lipiroteron epi ta hristotera ke
24. HOLY PENTECOST – THE KNEELING VESPERS SERVICE
all things, O Only True God and
Lover of mankind.
For in Truth, O Master and Creator of
all, Thine is the Great and Original
Mystery - the temporary death of
Thy Creatures, and their Restoration
thereafter unto Eternal Repose.
all things we acknowledge Thy
Favour, at our Entrance into this
world and at our Departure, O Thou
Who by Thy unfailing Promises
offers us the Hope of Everlasting
Life, Resurrection, and Incorruptible
Life, which shall be ours to enjoy at
Thy Second Coming.
Thou, O Lord Christ, art the
Fountain of our Resurrection, the
Mankind-Loving and Incorruptible
Judge of the deceased and those
worthy of Reward.
Thou hast assumed, with Utmost
Condescension, our flesh and blood,
and through Thine undying Love for
us, did not dismiss Thy Suffering -
willingly submitting to torture - so
that, having been tempted, Thou, as
Promised, became the Helper to
those who are tempted, Elevating us
to Thy Dispassion.
Wherefore, O Master, accept our
Prayers and Supplications, and grant
Repose to our Fathers, Mothers,
Brothers, Sisters, Children, Blood
Relatives, and Kinsfolk, and all those
who have gone to their final rest
with the Hope of Resurrection and
Life Everlasting.
Inscribe their names in the Book of Life;
in the Bosoms of Abraham, Isaac and
Jacob; in the Land of the Living, the
Kingdom of Heaven, in the Paradise
of Delight - leading all into Thy Holy
Dwelling Places by Thy Radiant
Angels - and raise their bodies on
the Day that Thou hast Appointed -
according to Thine unfailing Holy
Promises.
For there is no Death, O Lord, to Thy
departing servants who cast off their
bodies and come to Thee, O God, but
a transition from sorrowful things to
pleasant and benign, to Repose and
Amin P EO P LE Amen
✞Tis Panagias, Ahrantou, P RIE ST ✞Commemorating our All-Holy,
Iperevlogimenis, Endoxou Despinis Pure, Most Blessed and Glorious
imon Theotokou ke Aiparthenou Lady, the Mother of God and ever-
Marias meta panton ton Agion Virgin Mary, with all the Saints, let
mnimonefsantes, eaftous ke allilous us commit ourselves and one
ke pasan tin zion imon Hristo to Theo another, and all our whole Life to
parathometha. Christ, our God.
MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS & BOW D OWN TO GOD
✞ Si Kyrie P EO P LE ✞ To Thee, O Lord
Oti prepi Si pasa Doxa, Timi ke P R I E S T For to Thee is due all Glory,
Proskinisis ✞ to Patri ke to Io ke to Honour and Worship: ✞ to the
Agio Pnevmati nin ke ai ke is tous Father, and to the Son, and to the
eonas ton eonon. Holy Spirit, now and forever, and to
the Ages of ages.
Amin P EO P LE Amen
P RAYE RS OF THE EVE NING I NCE NSE
THE CONGREGATION MUST STAND UP
P SALM 140/141 – T ONE 2
Kyrie ekekraxa pros Se, isakouson Lord, I cry out to Thee: hear
mou. Isakouson mou, Kyrie. me, O Lord! O Lord, when
Kyrie, ekekraxa pros Se, I cry out to Thee, hear me!
isakouson mou, proshes ti foni tis Hear my voice, when I cry
deiseos mou, en to kekragene me out to Thee! Hear me, O
pros Se, isakouson mou Kyrie. Lord!
Katevthinthito i prosevhi mou os
thimiama enopion Sou. Eparsis Let my Prayer rise before
ton hiron mou Thisia Esperini. Thee like incense - the lifting up
Isakouson mou Kyrie! of my hands as the Evening
Sacrifice. Hear me, O Lord!
P RAYE R OF THE E NTRANC E
THE PRIEST CENSES AS BEFORE WHILE PRAYING:
At evening, at morning and at midday we Praise, Bless and give thanks, and we pray to
Thee, O Master of all things, O Lord Who Loves mankind: Direct our Prayer before
Thee like incense, and do not incline our hearts to words or thoughts of evil, but
Deliver us from all who hunt down our souls. For our eyes look to Thee, O Lord, our
Lord, and we have hoped in Thee.
✞For to Thee belong all Glory, Honour and Worship: to the Father, and to the Son, and to
the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the Ages of Ages.
Amen
P ROSOM IA - P E NTE C OST – T ONE 4
Ean anomias paratirisis, Kyrie, Kyrie, If Thou, O Lord, should mark
tis ipostisete? Oti para Si O ilasmos transgression, O Lord, who would
estin. stand? For there is Forgiveness
with Thee.
Paradoxa simeron idon ta Ethni panta Today, all the Nations in the City of
en poli David, ote to Pnevma katilthe David saw paradoxical things, when
to Agion en Pyrines glosses, kathos O the Holy Spirit descended in fiery
HOLY PENTECOST – THE KNEELING VESPERS SERVICE 9.
 Theigoros Loukas apefthegxato. Fisi
gar. Sinigmenon ton Mathiton tou
Hristou, egeneto ihos kathaper
feromenis vieas pnois, ke aplirose ton
ikon, ou isan kathimeni, ke pantes
irxanto fthengesthe, xenis rimasi,
xenis dogmasi, xenis didgmasi, tis
Agias Triados.
Eneken tou Onomatos Sou ipemina Se, Because
Kyrie; Ipeminen i psihi mou is ton
Logon Sou, ilpisen i psihi mou epi
ton Kyrion.
Paradoxa simeron idon ta Ethni panta
en poli David, ote to Pnevma katilthe
to Agion en Pyrines glosses, kathos O
Theigoros Loukas apefthegxato. Fisi
gar. Sinigmenon ton Mathiton tou
Hristou, egeneto ihos kathaper
feromenis vieas pnois, ke aplirose ton
ikon, ou isan kathimeni, ke pantes
irxanto fthengesthe, xenis rimasi,
xenis dogmasi, xenis didgmasi, tis
Agias Triados.
Apo Filaktis proias mehri niktos, apo
filakis proias, elpisato Israil epi ton
Kyrion.
To Pnevma to Agion, in menai, ke esti ke The Holy Spirit forever was, and is and
este, oute arxamenon, oute
pafsomenon, all’ ai Patri ke Iio
sintetagmenon, ke
sinarithmoumenon? Zoi, ke
Zoopioun, Fos, ke Fotos Horigon;
aftagathon, ke Pigi Agathotitos. Di
ou Patir gnorizete, ke Iios Doxazete,
ke para panton ginoskete, mia
dinamis, mia sintaxis, mia proskinisis,
tis Agias Triados.
Oti para to Kyrio to Eleos ke polli par For with
afto Litrosis. Ke aftos Litrosete ton
Israil ek pason ton anomion aftou.
To Pnevma to Agion, in menai, ke esti ke The Holy Spirit forever was, and is and
este, oute arxamenon, oute
pafsomenon, all’ ai Patri ke Iio
sintetagmenon, ke
sinarithmoumenon? Zoi, ke
Zoopioun, Fos, ke Fotos Horigon;
aftagathon, ke Pigi Agathotitos. Di
ou Patir gnorizete, ke Iios Doxazete,
10. HOLY PENTECOST – THE KNEELING VESPERS SERVICE
tongues, according to the utterance
of Luke the Theologian. For he said:
“... when the Disciples of Christ were
gathered together, a Sound came like
the rush of a Mighty Wind, and it
filled all the house where they were
sitting.” And they all began to speak
with strange words, strange Dogmas,
strange Teachings of the Holy
Trinity.
of Thy Law, O Lord, I waited
for Thee; my soul waited for Thy
Word. My soul Hopes in the Lord.
Today, all the Nations in the City of
David saw paradoxical things, when
the Holy Spirit descended in fiery
tongues, according to the utterance
of Luke the Theologian. For he said:
“... when the Disciples of Christ were
gathered together, a Sound came like
the rush of a Mighty Wind, and it
filled all the house where they were
sitting.” And they all began to speak
with strange words, strange Dogmas,
strange Teachings of the Holy
Trinity.
From the morning watch until night;
from the morning watch until night
– let Israel Hope in the Lord.
will be, never beginning, never
ending, but forever ranked and
numbered with the Father and the
Son. It is Life and Life-giving Light,
and Giver of Light; Goodness Itself,
and the Source of Goodness;
through Whom the Father is known
and the Son is Glorified, and by all is
known the One Power, One Order,
One Worship of the Holy Trinity.
the Lord there is Mercy, and
with Him is Abundant Redemption;
and He will Redeem Israel from all
his transgressions.
will be, never beginning, never
ending, but forever ranked and
numbered with the Father and the
Son. It is Life and Life-giving Light,
and Giver of Light; Goodness Itself,
and the Source of Goodness;
through Whom the Father is known
Glosson, epi tous Agious Sou
Apostlous ekheas, ke Evangelistas
aftous themenos tis evsevous imon
Pisteos, ke Omologitas ke kirikas tis
alithou anadexas Theologias, O ke en
afti ti pantelio Eorti ke Sotiriodi,
ilasmous ikesious, iper ton
katehomenon en Edi, kataxiosas
dehesthe, magalas te parehon imin
elpidas, anesin tis katihomenis ton
katehonton aftou aniaron, ke
parapsihin para Sou katapemposthe.
Epakouson imon ton tapinon, iktiron
deomenon Sou, ke anapafson tas
psihas ton doulon Sou ton
prokekimimenon, en topo fotino, en
topo hloero, en topo anapsixeos,
Entha apedra pasa odini, lipi, ke
stenagmos, kin nekri enesousie
katataxon ta pnevmata afton en
skines Dikeon, ke Irinis ke aneseos
axioson aftous, oti ouh i nekri
enesousi Se, Kyrie, oude i en Edi
exomologisin parrisiazonte prosferin
Si, all’ imis i zontes Evlogoumen Se ke
iketevomen, ke tas ilastrious evhas ke
Thisias prosagomen Si iper ton
psihon afton.
A D DITIONAL
O Theos O Megas ke Eonios, O Agios ke O
Filanthropos, O kataxiosas imas ke en
tafti ti ora stine enopion tis aprositou
Sou Doxis, is imnon ke enon ton
Thavmasion Sou, ilasthiti imin tis
anaxiis doulis Sou, ke parashou
Harin, tou meta sintetrimmenis
kardias ameteoristos prosenegkin Si
tin Trisagion Doxologian, ke tin
evharistian ton Megalon Sou Doreon,
on epiisas ke piis pantote is imas.
Mnisthiti, Kyrie, tis asthenias imon, ke
mi sinaplesis imas tes anomies imon,
alla piison Mega Eleos meta tis
tapinoseos imon, ina to tis amartias
skotos diafigontes, en imera
dikeosinis peripatisomen, ke
endisameni ta opla tou Fotos,
anepivouleftos diatelesomen apo
pasis epirias tou panirou, ke meta
HOLY PENTECOST – THE KNEELING VESPERS SERVICE
Spirit in the form of Tongues of Fire
on His Holy Apostles, revealing them
as Proclaimers of our God-fearing
Faith, making of them True
Confessors and Preachers of the
Word of God, Who makes us worthy,
so that our propitiatory Prayers of
this All-Perfect Day of Salvation be
acceptable for those who are
imprisoned in Hades, and Who
grants those imprisoned therein a
Great Hope in receiving from Thee
Consolation and Relief of their
confining grief.
Hear us - disconsolate and wretched -
who beseech Thee, and grant Rest to
the souls who have formerly
departed, and let them repose in a
Resplendent Place - a Place of
Verdure and Coolness - where there
are no ills nor sorrow nor sighs.
Array their souls in the Tabernacles of
the Righteous, and make them
worthy of Peace and Repose; for it is
not the dead who praise Thee, O
Lord, nor do those who are in Hades
venture to offer Thee Confession,
but we - the living - Bless Thee and
Supplicate Thee, O Lord, and offer
unto Thee Prayers of Purification
and Sacrifices for their souls' sake.
P RAYE R
Great Eternal God, Holy and Loving
toward mankind, Who makes us
worthy to stand at this Hour before
Thine Unapproachable Glory,
praising and Glorifying Thy
Wonders: forgive us, unworthy
sinners, and grant us Grace that
from a humble and contrite heart we
may offer Thee the Thrice-Holy
Glorification and Gratitude for Thy
Great Gifts which Thou granted - and
still steadfastly grants to us.
Remember, O Lord, our weakness and
destroy us not in our iniquities; but
in accordance with our Humility
show us Thy Great Mercy, that being
delivered from the darkness of sin,
we may walk in the Day of Truth,
equipped with the Armour of Light,
and freed from all the evil attacks of
the wicked one -Glorifying Thee in
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 vithian drakonta, Theosofo
deleasmati agkistrefsas, ke sires
Zofou desmefsas en tartaro, ke Piri
asvesto, ke Skoto Exotero, dia tis
apirodinamou Sou katasfalisamenos
ishios.
I Megalonimos Sofia tou Patros, O tis
epireazomenis Megas epikouros fanis,
ke Fotisas tous en skoti, ke skia
Thanatou Kathimenous - Si, Doxis
aenaou Kyrie, ke Patros Ipsistou Iie
Agapite, aidion Fos, ex aidiou Fotos,
Ilie Dikeosinis!
Epakouson imon deomenon Sou, ke
anapafson tas psihas ton doulon Sou,
ton prokekiminenon Pateron ke
Adelphon imon, ke ton lipon singenon
kata sarka, ke panton ton ikion tis
Pisteos, peri on ke tin mnimin
pioumetha nin, oti en Si panton to
kratos, ke en ti hiri Sou katehis panta
ta perata tis gis.
Despota Pantokrator, Thee Pateron, ke
Kyrie tou Eleous, genous Thnitou te
ke Athanatou, ke pasis fiseos
anthropinis dimiourge, sinistamenis
te ke palin liomenis, Zois te ke teleftis,
tis entavtha diagogis, ke tis ekithen
metastaseos, O hronous metron tis
Zosi, ke kerou Thanatou iston,
katagon is Edou ke anagon,
desmevon en asthenia, ke apolion en
dinastia, O ta paronta hrisimos
ikonomon, ke ta mellonta lisitelos
diikon, O tous Thanatou kentro
pligentas, Anastaseos Elpisi
Zoogonon.
Aftos Despota ton apanton, O Theos, O
Sotir imon, i Elpis panton ton peraton
tis gis, ke ton en Thalassi makran.
O ke ne tafti ti eshati, ke megali ke
Sotirio imera tis Pentikostis, to
Mystirion tis Agias, ke Omoousio, ke
sinaidiou, ke Adieretou, ke asighitou
Triados ipodixas imin, ke tin epifitisin
ke Parousian tou Agiou ke Zoopiou
Sou Pnevmatos, en idi pirinon
22. HOLY PENTECOST – THE KNEELING VESPERS SERVICE
were in the Lower Abode; Who with
the Lure of Divine Wisdom enticed
the dragon - the head of subtle evil -
and with Thy boundless Power
bound him in Abysmal Hell, in
Inextinguishable Fire, and Extreme
Darkness.
O Great Wisdom of the despairing!
Overcomer of misfortunes - eminent
Helper, Who came and lit the Way
for those who sit in darkness and in
the shadow of Death; Thou art the
Lord of Everlasting Glory, the
Beloved Son of the Most High Father,
Eternal Light of Eternal Light, Thou
Sun of Truth!
Hear us who beseech Thee, and lay to
rest the souls of Thy Servants - of
those who have died heretofore, and
those of our Fathers and Brothers
and other kinsmen in flesh and all
others through Faith - for whom we
now celebrate this Memorial; for
Thou hast Power over all, and in Thy
Hands all the boundaries of the
Earth are held.
O Almighty Master, God of our Fathers,
Lord of Mercy and Creator of all the
nations of mankind - the living and
the dead - and of all nature -
animate and inanimate - Who
appeared and resided here on Earth
and again departed into the other
world - Who sets the years for the
living and appoints the time for the
dead, Who brings down to Hades
and raises to Bliss; Who binds with
weakness and looses with Power;
Who arranges the present as is meet
and Who directs the future towards
usefulness, Who consoles with the
Hope of Resurrection those who feel
the sting of Death.
Thou art the Master of all - our God and
our Saviour - O Hope of all the
boundaries of the Earth and of those
who are away on the seas.
O Thou Who on this Last and Great
Day of Salvation - the Day of the
Feast of Pentecost - hast revealed to
us the Mystery of the Holy Trinity,
Consubstantial and Co-Eternal,
Indivisible and Immiscible, Who
sent down the Holy and Life-Giving
ke para panton ginoskete, mia and the Son is Glorified, and by all is
dinamis, mia sintaxis, mia proskinisis, known the One Power, One Order,
tis Agias Triados. One Worship of the Holy Trinity.
Enite ton Kyrion panta ta Ethni! Praise the Lord, all Gentiles! Praise
Epenesate Afton pantes i Lai! Him, all you people!
To Pnevma to Agion, Fos, ke Zoi, ke zosa The Holy Spirit is Light and Life, and a
Pigi Noera, Pnevma Sofias, Pnevma Living Noetic Fount. Spirit of
sineseos, Agathon, evthes, noeron, Wisdom, Spirit of Understanding;
igemonevon katheron ta ptesmata, Good, Upright, Noetic, Ruling,
Theos ke Theopioun, Pir, ek Pyros purging offences; God and Deifying;
proion, laloun, energoun, dieroun ta He is Fire issuing from Fire, uttering,
Harismata. Di ou Profite apantes, ke inciting, distributing the Gifts of
Theou Apostoli, meta Martyron Grace. Through Him the Prophets
estefthisan. Xenon akousma, xenon and the Apostles of God and the
theama, pir dieroumenon is nomas Martyrs all were Crowned. Strange
Harismaton. to hear, strange to see, Fire
distributed for the apportioning of
Gifts.
Oti ekrateothi to Eleos Aftou ef’ imas, For His Mercy rules over us; and the
ke i alithia tou Kyriou meni is ton Truth of the Lord endures forever.
eona.
To Pnevma to Agion, Fos, ke Zoi, ke zosa The Holy Spirit is Light and Life, and a
Pigi Noera, Pnevma Sofias, Pnevma Living Noetic Fount. Spirit of
sineseos, Agathon, evthes, noeron, Wisdom, Spirit of Understanding;
igemonevon katheron ta ptesmata, Good, Upright, Noetic, Ruling,
Theos ke Theopioun, Pir, ek Pyros purging offences; God and Deifying;
proion, laloun, energoun, dieroun ta He is Fire issuing from Fire, uttering,
Harismata. Di ou Profite apantes, ke inciting, distributing the Gifts of
Theou Apostoli, meta Martyron Grace. Through Him the Prophets
estefthisan. Xenon akousma, xenon and the Apostles of God and the
theama, pir dieroumenon is nomas Martyrs all were Crowned. Strange
Harismaton. to hear, strange to see, Fire
distributed for the apportioning of
Gifts.
✞ Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati, ✞ Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
ke nin ke ai ke is tous Eonas ton and to the Holy Spirit, now and
eonon. forever, and to the Ages of ages.
Amin Amen
P ROSOM IA - P E NTE C OST – T ONE 4
Vasilef Ouranie, Paraklite, to Pnevma tis O Heavenly King, Comforter, Spirit of
alithias, O pantahou paronke ta Truth, present in all places and
panta pliron, O Thisafros ton filling all things, Treasury of Good
Agathon ke Zois horigos, elthe ke Things and Giver of Life: come dwell
skinoson en imin ke Katharison imas in us and Cleanse us of every stain,
apo pasis kilidos ke Soson, Agathe, and Save our souls, O Good One.
tas psihas imon.
E ISODOS /E NTRANCE
THE CONGREGATION MUST STAND WHILE THE PRIEST QUIETLY PRAYS:
O Master, Lord our God, Who has appointed in Heaven Legions and Hosts of Angels and
Archangels for the Service of Thy Glory, grant that with our Entrance there may be
an Entrance of Holy Angels, serving with us and Glorifying Thy Goodness; for to
HOLY PENTECOST – THE KNEELING VESPERS SERVICE 11.
Thee are due all Glory, Honour and Worship; ✞ to the Father, and to the Son, and to T H E E VE NING P RAYERS
the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to the Ages of ages. Amen.
✞Kataxioson, Kyrie, en ti espera tafti ✞Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this
anamartitous filahthine imas. evening without sin.
✞Evlogitos i, Kyrie, O Theos ton Pateron ✞Blessed art Thou, O Lord, God of our
imon, ke eneton ke dedoxasmenon to Fathers, and Praised and Glorified be
Onoma Sou is tous eonas. Thy Name forever.
Amen. Amen.
✞Genito, Kyrie, to Eleos Sou ef’ imas, ✞Let Thy Mercy come upon us, O Lord,
kathaper Ilpisamen epi Se. even as we have set our hope on
Thee.
✞Evlogitos i, Kyrie - didaxon me ta ✞Blessed art Thou O Lord - teach me
Dikeomata Sou. Thy Commandments
✞Evlogitos i, Despota, sinetison me ta ✞Blessed are Thou, O Master – grant
Dikeomata Sou. me Understanding of Thy
Commandments
✞Evlogitos i, Agie, Fotison me tis ✞Blessed art Thou, O Holy One -
Dikeomasi Sou. Enlighten me with Thy
Commandments.
Kyrie, to Eleos Sou is ton eona. Ta Erga Thy Mercy, O Lord, is forever - Do not
ton Hiron Sou mi paridis. forget the Works of Thy Hands.
Si prepi enos, Si prepi imnos, Si Doxa To Thee belongs praise; to Thee is due
prepi, ✞ to Patri ke to Iio ke to Agio song; to Thee is due Glory - ✞ to the
Pnevmati, nin ke ai is tous eonas ton Father, and to the Son, and to the
eonon Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to the
ages of ages.
Amin. Amen
T H IRD P E NTE COST P RAYE R

Eti ke eti klinantes ta gonata, tou Kyriou P RIE ST: Again, on bended knees, let us
deithomen. pray to the Lord.
Kyrie eleison. PEOPLE: Lord have Mercy
T H E P RIE ST & TH E C ONGRE GATION KNEE L

I aenaos Vriousa Zotiki ke Fotistiki Pigi, i
synaidios tou Patros dimiourgiki
Dinamis, O pasan tin ikonomian, dia
tin ton vroton Sotirian, iperkallos
plirosas, Hriste, O Theos imon. O
Thanatou desmous alitou, ke klithra
Edou diarrias, moniron de
pnevmaton plithi katapatisas, O
prosagagon seafton amomon iper
imon ierion, to soma dous to
ahranton is Thisian, to pasis
amartias apsafston te ke avaton, ke
dia tis friktis taftis, ke anekdiigitou
ierourgias, Zoin imin Eonion
Harisamenos.
O is Edou katavas, ke mhlous Eonious
sintripsas, ke tis kato kathimenis
anodox ipodixas, ton de arhekakon ke
12. HOLY PENTECOST – THE KNEELING VESPERS SERVICE HOLY PENTECOST – THE KNEELING VESPERS SERVICE
P RIE ST: O Christ our God, the Ever-
flowing Spring, Life-Giving,
Illuminating, Creative Power, Co-
Eternal with the Father, Who Divinely
Achieved the Deed of Saving
mankind, and Who tore apart the
indestructible bonds of Death, Who
broke asunder the bolts of Hades,
and trod down the multitude of evil
spirits, offering Thyself as a
Blameless Sacrifice and offering us
Thy Pure, Spotless and Sinless Body:
Who, by this Fearsome, Inscrutable
Divine Service grants us Life
Everlasting.
O Thou Who descended into Hades,
and demolished the Eternal Bars,
revealing an Ascent to those who
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 eparsis. hands as an Evening Offering. THE PRIEST EXITS THE SANCTUARY THROUGH THE NORTH
Kataxioson de imas ke nikterinon Consider us worthy to pass the night DOOR IN PROCESSION, HOLDING THE HOLY GOSPEL
BEFORE HIS FACE
stadion amemptos dielthin. blamelessly - to experience no evil –
Apirastous akon, ke Litrose imas apo and to deliver us from the devil - Evlogimeni i Isodos ton P RIE ST Blessed is the
pasis tarahis ke dilias, tis ek tou Free us from all confusion and fear. Agion Sou. Entrance of Thy Saints
Diavolou imin prosginomenis. Sofia! Orthi. Wisdom! Rise!
Harise tes psihes imon katanixin, ke tis Grant our souls Great Joy, and our
T H E E VE NING HY MN
logismis imon merimnan, tis en ti thoughts concern for our BY ST SOPHRONIOS, PATRIARCH OF JERUSALEM
fovera ke Dikea Sou Krisi etaseos. accountability at Thy Just and
Terrible Judgment. Fos Ilaron Agias Doxis, Athanatou O Gladsome Radiance of the Holy Glory
Patros, Ouraniou, Agiou, Makaros, of the Father Immortal, Heavenly,
Kathiloson ek tou Fovou Sou tas sarkas Transfix our flesh with Thy Fear, and
Iisou Hriste! Elthondes epi tin iliou Holy, Blessed Jesus Christ. Now that
imon, ke nekroson ta meli imon ta epi mitigate our members while on
disin, idontes Fos Esperinon, we have come to the setting of the
tis gis, ina, ke en ti kath’ ipnon isihia, Earth, that in the tranquillity of sleep
amfedrinometha ti Theoria ton we may be Enlightened by the imnoumen ✞ Patera, Ion ke Agion sun and have seen the Evening Light,
Krimaton Sou. Meditation of Thy Precepts. Pnevma, Theon. Axion Se en we praise ✞ Father, Son and Holy
(Teachings) pasi keris imnisthe fones esies, Ie Spirit. For it is worthy that at all
Theou, Zoin O didous dio O kosmos times Thou should be praised by
Apostison de af’ imon pasan fantasian Drive from us every evil fancy and Se Doxazi! voices encouraging, O Son of God,
aprepi, ke epithimian vlaveran. lasciviousness. the Giver of Life. For which cause the
Dianastison de imas en to kero tis Elevate us during our Prayers, Universe Glorifies Thee!
prosevhis estirigmenous en ti Pisti, ke strengthened in Faith and enriched P ROKE IME NON – P E NTE COST – T ONE (7) V ARYS /G RAVE

prokoptontas en tis Parangelmasi by Thy Commandments.

Sou.
Tis Theos Megas os O Theos imon? Si Who is as Great a God, as our God?
i O Theos, O pion Thavmasia Thou alone art the God Who does
S M ALL LI TANY
Monos! Wonders!
Eti ke eti, en Irini tou Kyriou deithomen. PRIEST Again, yet again, in Peace let us 1. Egnorisas en tis lais tin Dinamin Sou. 1. Thou made known Thy Power
pray to the Lord ✶ among the people. ✶
Kyrie Eleison PEOPLE Lord have mercy! 2. Ke ipa: Nin irxamin, afti i alliosis tis 2. I said: Now I am beginning to see;
Antilavou Soson, Eleison ke Diafilaxon PRIEST Help us, Save us,
have Mercy on dexias tou Ipsistou.✶ this change is by the right Hand of
imas O Theos, ti Si Hariti. us, and Preserve us, O God, by Thy the Most High. ✶
Grace 3. Emnisthin ton ergon Kyriou, oti 3. I remembered the Lord’s Works, for
Amin PEOPLE Amen mnisthisome apo tis arhis ton I will remember Thy Wonders of old.
Thavmasion Sou.✶ ✶
✞ Tis Panagias, Ahrantou, Ipere PRIEST ✞Commemorating our

Pentecost Prayers
Flogimenis, Endoxou Despinis imon Most Holy, All Pure, Most
Theotokou ke Aiparthenou Marias Blessed and Glorious Lady,
meta panton ton Agion Theotokos and Ever Virgin
Mnimonefsantes, eaftous ke allilous Maria, with all the Saints, let Eti ke eti klinantes ta gonata, tou Kyriou PRIEST: Again, on bended knees, let us
ke pasan tin Zoin imon Hristo to Theo us commit ourselves and one deithomen. pray to the Lord.
parathometha. another and our whole Life to Christ
our God. Kyrie eleison. PEOPLE: Lord have Mercy
MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS & BOW DOWN F IRST P RAY ER OF P E NTEC OST
THE PRIEST AND THE WHOLE CONGREGATION KNEEL

✞Si Kyrie
✞ Evdokia ke Hariti ti Monogenous Sou
Iiou, meth’ ou Evlogitos i, Sin to
Panagio ke Agatho ke Zoopio Sou
Pnevmati, nin ke ai ke is tous eonas
ton eonon.
Amin
PEOPLE ✞To Thee, O Lord! Ahrante, amiante, anarhe, aorate, PRIEST: O Pure and Blameless Lord, Who
akatalipte, anexihniaste, analliote, is without beginning, invisible and
PRIEST By the Favour and Grace of Thine anipervlite, ametrite, anexikake incomprehensible, unchangeable,
Only Begotten Son, with Whom Thou Kyrie, O Monos ehon athanasian, Fos immeasurable, and unbounded, Who
art Blessed, together with Thine All Ikon aprositon, O piisas ton Ouranon, is without evil and Who alone is
Holy, Good and Life-giving Spirit, ke tin gin, ke tin thalassan, ke panta Immortal; Who dwells in the
now and forever, and to the Ages of ta dimiourgithenta en aftis, O pro tou Unapproachable Light; Maker of
ages. etisthe tis pasi tas etisis parehon. Heaven and Earth and the seas and
PEOPLE Amen all that was created therein;

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Sou deometha, ke Se parakaloumen,
Despota Filanthrope, ton Patera tou
Kyriou, ke Theou, ke Sotiros imon
Iisou Hristou, tou di’ imas tous
Anthropous, ke dia tin imeteran
sotirian katelthontos ek ton Ouranon,
ke sarkothentos ek Pnevmatos Agiou
ke Marias tis Aiparthenou, ke
endoxou, Theotokos, os proteron men
logis didaskon, isteron de ke ergis
ipodiknis, inika to Sotirion ifistato
pathos, pareshen imin ipogrammon
tis tapinis, ke amartolis, ke anaxiis
doulis Sou, deisis prosferin, en
avhenos ke gonaton klisesin, iper ton
idion amartimaton, ke ton tou laou
agnoimaton.
Aftos Sin, polielee ke Filanthrope,
epakouson imon, en i an imera
epikalesometha Se exeretos de, en ti
imera tafti tis Pnetikostis, en i, meta
to analifthine ton Kyrion imon, Iisoun
Hriston is tou Ouranous, ke
kathesthine en dexia Sou tou Theou
ke Patros, katepempse to Agion
Pnevma epi tous Agious aftou
Mathitas ke Apostolous, O ke
ekathisen ef’ ena ekaston afton ke
eplisthisan apantes tis akenotou
Haritos aftou, ke elalisan eteres
glosses ta Megalia Sou, ke
proefitefsan.
Nin oun deomenon epakouson imon, ke Hear
mnisthiti imon tontapinon, ke
katakriton, ke epistrepson tin
ehmalosian ton psihon imon, tin ikian
simpathian ehon iper imon
presvevousan.
Dexe imas prospiptontas Si, ke voontas
to Imartomen.
Epi Se eperrifimen ek mitras, apo
gastros mitros imon, Theos imon Si i.
All’ oti exelipon en mateotiti e imere
imon, gegimnosmetha tis Sis voithias,
esterimetha apo pasis apologias.
Alla tharrountes tis iktirmis Sou,
krazomen.
Amartias neotitos imon, ke agnias mi
mnisthis, ke ek ton krifion imon
katharison imas.
14. HOLY PENTECOST – THE KNEELING VESPERS SERVICE
Thou Who grants to all their Petitions
even before asking: to Thee we pray
and of Thee we ask, O Philanthropic
Master, the Father of our Lord and
God and Saviour Jesus Christ, Who
for us men and for our Salvation
came down from Heaven and was
Incarnate of the Holy Spirit and of
the Ever-Virgin Mary, the Noble
Theotokos; Who first taught by
Word, and then testified by Deed
while bearing the Saving Passion,
teaching us - Thine unworthy, sinful,
and miserable servants - to offer
Thee our Supplications with bent
head and knee, for our sins and
human ignorance.
Wherefore, O Most Merciful and
Philanthropic Lord, hear us on
whatever day we call upon Thee -
and especially on this Day of
Pentecost, whereon - after our Lord
Jesus Christ had Ascended into
Heaven and sat at Thy right Hand, O
God and Father - He sent down the
Holy Spirit to His Disciples, the Holy
Apostles, Who alighted on each of
them and filled them all with His
Inexhaustible and Divine Grace; and
they spoke in strange tongues -
prophesying Thy Great Deeds.
us who beseech Thee, and
remember us - wretched and
condemned – and Deliver us from
the (sinful) captivity of our souls by
Thy Loving Intercession.
Accept us, who kneel down before Thee
and cry out: we have sinned.
From birth - from the womb of our
mother - we are Thine, O Lord - Thou
art our God.
But as our life passes in vanity, we have
therefore been stripped of Thine
Aid, and have become silent.
Yet do we trust in Thy Compassion and
cry unto Thee:
Remember not the sins of our youth
and ignorance; cleanse us of our
secret sins.
mi paridis me tis fthiromenis tou be obliged to give an account for our
kosmou enapatasthi terpnis, alla ton deeds.
mellonton oregesthe tis apolafseos
enishison Thisavron.
Si gar ipas, Despota, oti per, osa an tis Let me not be led astray by the
etisite en to onomati Sou, akolitos corrupting pleasures of this world,
para tou Sou lamvani sinaidiou but Strengthen me to delight in the
Theou ke Patros. Treasures to come. For Thou, O
Master, said: "Whatever you ask in
My Name you shall receive..." from
God the Father Co-Eternal with Thee.
Dio kago O Amartolos, en ti epifitise tou Therefore, I a sinner, implore Thy
Agiou Sou Pnevmatos, tin Sin iketevo Goodness on the Day of the Descent
Agathotita. of Thy Holy Spirit.
Osa iixamin, apodos mi is Sotirian. Grant my Request for Salvation.
Ne, Kyrie, O pasis evergesias Yea, O Good Lord, Who grants all riches
plousioparohos dotir Agathos, oti Si i and Benevolence; for Thou art He -
O didous iperekperissou, on the Merciful and Pitying One Who
etoumetha. Si i O simpathis, O grants us more than we ask - Who
eleimon, O anamartitos gegonos tis has become a Partaker with us in the
sarkos imon kononos, ke tis Flesh, yet Without Sin. Thou art He
kamptousi pros Se goni, Who, for His Love for mankind, has
peikamptomenos filefsplaghnos, Compassion for those who bend
ilasmos te genomenos ton Amartion their knee before Thee, having
imon. become an Offering for our sins.
Dos di, Kyrie, to Lao Sou tous iktirmous Grant, O Lord, Thy Compassion to Thy
Sou, epakouson imon ex Ouranou people, and incline Thine Ear to us
Agiou Sou. from Thy Holy Heaven.
Agiason aftous ti Dinami tis Sotiriou Sanctify us by the Saving Might of Thy
Dexias Sou. right Hand.
Skepason aftous en ti Skepi ton pterigon Cover us with the Shelter of Thy Wings
Sou, mi paridis ta Erga ton Hron Sou. and turn not away from the Work of
Thy Hands.
Si mono Amartanomen, alla ke Si mono Against Thee only do we sin, yet Thee
latevomen, ouk idamen proskinin only do we serve. We know not how
theo allotrio, oude dapetazin pros to bow to a strange god, nor how to
eternon theon tas eafton, Despota, reach out to a different god.
hiras.
Afes imin ta paraptomata, ke Pardon our iniquities, O Master, and -
prosdehomenos imon tas gonipetis accepting our Requests on bended
Deisis, ektinon pasin imin Hira knee - extend to us all a helping
Voithias, prosdexe tin evhin panton, Hand, and accept the Prayers of all
os Thimiama dekton, as fragrant Incense acceptable to
analamvanomenon Enopion tis Sis Thy Most Righteous Kingdom.
Iperagathou Vasilias.
A D DITIONAL P RAYE RS
Kyrie, Kyrie! O Risamenos imas apo O Lord, Lord! Thou Who hast Delivered
pantos velous petomenou imeras, us from every arrow (obstacle) that
Rise imas ke apo pantos pragmatos comes by day: Save us from
en skoti diaporevomenou. Prosdexe everything that walks in darkness,
Thisian Esperinin, tas ton hiron imon and accept the lifting up of our
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 klironomian anafereton tis Pistis ai
parehon, emfanesteron de taftin tin
Harin tis Sis Mathites ke Apostolis
simeron katapempsas, ke ta touton
hili pirines stomosas glosses, di’ on
pan genos anthropon tin
Theognosian, idia dialekto, is akoin
otiou dexameni, Foti tou Pnevmatos
efotisthimen, ke tis planis os ek
skotous apillagimen, ke ti ton esthiton
ke pyrinon glosson dianomi, ke iperfii
energia, tin is Se Pistin
emathitevthimen, ke Se Theologin,
Sin to Patri ke to Agio Pnevmati, en
Mia Theotiti, ke Dinami, ke exousia
katiigasthimen.
Si oun to apavgasma tou Patros, O tis
ousias ke tis fiseos aftou aparallaktos,
ke ametakinitos haraktir, i pigi tis
Sotirias ke tis Haritos.
Dianixon kamou tou amartolou ta hili,
ke didaxon me pos di, ke iper on hri
prosevhesthe.
Si gar i, O ginoskon to poli ton amartion For Thou
mou plithos, all’ i Si Evsplaghnia
Nikisi touton to ametron.
Idou gar fovo paristame Si, is to pelagos Behold,
tou Eleous Sou tin apognosin
aporripsas tis psihis mou.
Kivernison mou tin zoin, O pasan rimati
tin ktisin arrito Sofias Dinami
kivernon.
O evdios ton himazomenon limin, ke
gnorison mi Odon, en i porefsome.
Pnevma Sofias Sou, tis emis parashou
dialogismis, Pnevma sineseos ti
afrosini mou doroumenos.
Pnevma fovou Sou tis emis episkiason
ergis ke Pnevma evthes egkenison en
tis egkatis mou, ke Pnevmati
Igemoniko to tis dianias mou stirixon
olisthiron, ina kath’ ekastin imeran,
to Pnevmati Sou to Agatho, pros to
simferon odigoumenos, kataxiotho
piin tas Entolas Sou, ke tis Sis ai
mnimonevin endoxou, ke erevnitikis
ton pepragmenon imin parousias, ke
18. HOLY PENTECOST – THE KNEELING VESPERS SERVICE
True Gift of the Holy Spirit - this
Blessing Thou hast sent down more
fully to Thy Disciples and Apostles
and hast dispensed into their
mouths the Fire of Tongues, so that
through them all mankind may
receive Knowledge of God and be
Enlightened by the Light of the Spirit
- being emancipated from seduction
as from darkness - and by their
Supernatural Action, learning to
believe in the Son of God and to
Praise Him with the Father and the
Holy Spirit as one Godhead, Power
and Authority.
Wherefore, O Splendour of the Father,
the Likeness of his Essence, His
immutable and unchangeable
Nature: Thou art the Fountain of
Salvation and Grace.
Open my lips - sinner that I am - and
teach me how and for what I should
pray.
knows the multitude of my
sins - yet the enormity thereof is
overcome by Thine unbounded
Compassion.
I come and stand before Thee
in fear and dismay, casting my soul's
despair into the depth of Thy Mercy.
Ordain my Life, O Thou Who rules the
whole Creation with ineffable
Wisdom.
O Tranquil Haven to those who are
caught in the rages of winter, make
known to me the Way in which I
should walk.
Grant to my thoughts the Spirit of Thy
Wisdom, and bestow upon my
ignorance the Spirit of Thy
Understanding.
Overshadow my acts with the Spirit of
Thy Fear, and a Just Spirit Renew
Thou within me, and by Thy
Sovereign Spirit Strengthen my
unstable mind, that I may be worthy
each day to do Thy Commandments
- being Guided by Thy Righteous
Spirit into that which is Profitable -
ever mindful of Thy Glorified
(Second) Coming, when we shall all
Mi aporripsis imas is keron giros, en to Reject
eklipin tin ishin imon, mi egkatalipis
imas,
Prin imas is tin gin apostrepse, axioson
pros Se epistrepse, ke prosehes imin
en evmenia ke Hariti. Epimetrison
tas anomias imon tis iktirmis Sou,
antithes tin avisson ton iktirmon Sou,
to plithi ton plimmelimaton imon.
Epivlepson exipsous Agiou Sou, Kyrie,
epi ton laon Sou ton periestota, ke
apekdehomenon to para Sou plousion
Eleos.
Episkepse imas en ti hristoti Sou, Rise
imas ek tis katadinastias tou
Diavolou, asfalise tin Zoin imon tis
Agiis ke Iris Nomis Sou.
Angelo Pisto filaki parakatathou ton
Laon Sou,pantas imas Sinagage is tin
Vasilian Sou, dos singnomin tis
elpizousin epi Se, afes aftis e imin ta
amartimata, Katharison imas ti
Energia tou Agiou Sou Pnevmatos,
dialison tas kath’ imon mihanas tou
ehthrou.
A D DITIONAL
Evlogitos i, Kyrie, Despota Pantokrator,
O Fotisas tin imeran to Foti to iliako,
ke tin nikta fedrinas tes avges tou
Piros, O to mikos tis imeras dielthin
imas kataxiosas, ke prosengise tes
arhes tis niktos, epakouson tis Deiseos
imon, ke pantos to Laou Sou:
Pasin imin sighorisas ta ekousia ke ta
akousia amartimata, prosdexe tas
Esperinas imon Ikesias, ke
katapempson to plithos tou Eleous
Sou ke ton Iktirmon Sou epi tin
Klironomian Sou.
Tihison imas Agiis Angelis Sou, oplison
imas oplis dikeosinis Sou,
periharakoson imas ti Alithia Sou,
frourison imas ti Dinami Sou, Rise
imas ek pasis peristaseos, ke pasis
epivoulis tou antikimenou.
Parashou de imin ke tin parousan
esperan, sin ti eperhomeni nikti,
telian, Agian, Irinikin, Anamartiton,
askandaliston, afantaston, ke pasas
tas imeras tis Zois imon Presvies tis
HOLY PENTECOST – THE KNEELING VESPERS SERVICE
us not in our old age, nor
forsake us when our strength fails.
Before we return to the Earth, prepare
us to return to Thee. Measure our
lawlessness with a Measure of Thy
Generosity, and erect against our
many transgressions a bottomless
Abyss of these Generosities.
Look down from the height of Thy
Holiness upon Thy people who stand
and await Abundant Mercy from
Thee.
Visit us with Thy Goodness and Deliver
us from the force of Satan and
preserve our Life with Thy Holy and
Solemn Laws.
Commit Thy People unto a Faithful
Guardian Angel; Gather us all unto
Thy Kingdom; Forgive those who put
their trust in Thee, relinquish us and
them from sin; Purify us by the
Operation of Thy Holy Spirit and
remove from us the wiles of the
adversary.
P RAYE R
Blessed art Thou, O Lord, Almighty
Master, Who Illumines the day with
the light of the sun and the night
with the glow of the moon; Who has
made us worthy to pass the course
of the day and draw near to the
onset of the night; hear our Petitions
and those of all Thy people:
Forgive us all our sins - both voluntary
and involuntary - and accept our
Evening Supplications and send
down the multitude of Thy Mercies
and Compassions upon Thy People.
Protect us with Thy Holy Angels. Arm
us with the Weapons of Thy Truth.
Envelop us with Thy Righteousness.
Preserve us by Thy Power, and
Deliver us from every oppression
and from every conspiracy of the
cunning one.
Grant us that this evening and the
approaching night and all the days
of our Life may be Perfect, Holy,
Peaceful, Sinless, without doubt and
vain imaginings, by the Intercessions
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 Agias Theotokou, ke panton ton of the Holy Theotokos and all the Eti deometha iper ton Adelfon imon, ton PRI EST Let us pray for our Brethren,
Agion ton ap’ eonos Si Saints who have done Thy Will from
Iereon, Ieromonahon, Ierodiakonon Priests, Hieromonks, Deacons, and
evarestisanton. the beginning of time.
ke Monahon, ke Pasis tis en Hristo Monastics, and all our Brotherhood
S M ALL LI TANY
imon Adelfotitos in Christ
Eti ke eti, en Irini tou Kyriou deithomen. PRIEST Again, yet again, in Peace let us Kyrie eleison [3] PE OPLE Lord have mercy [3]
pray to the Lord
Eti deometha iper Eleous, Zois, Irinis, PRI EST Also we pray for Mercy, Life,
Kyrie Eleison PEOPLE Lord have mercy! igias, Sotirias, episkepseos, Peace, health, Salvation, Visitation,
Antilavou Soson, Eleison ke Diafilaxon PRIEST Help us, Save us,
have Mercy on sighoriseos ke afeseos ton amartion pardon and forgiveness of sins for
imas O Theos, ti Si Hariti. us, and Preserve us, O God, by Thy ton doulon tou Theou, panton ton the servants of God, all devout and
Grace efsevon ke Orthodoxon Hristianon, Orthodox Christians, those who
ton katikounton ke parepidimounton dwell in or visit this city and Parish,
Amin PEOPLE Amen en ti poli ke enopia tafti, ton the Wardens and members of this
✞ Tis Panagias, Ahrantou, Ipere PRIEST ✞Commemorating our Most epitropon ke sindromiton tis ieras Parish and their families and all who
Flogimenis, Endoxou Despinis imon Holy, All Pure, Most Blessed Ekklisias taftis sin tis singenesin have asked for our Prayers,
Theotokou ke Aiparthenou Marias and Glorious Lady, Theotokos afton... unworthy though we are
meta panton ton Agion and Ever Virgin Maria, with all Kyrie eleison [3] PE OPLE Lord have mercy [3]
Mnimonefsantes, eaftous ke allilous the Saints, let us commit
ke pasan tin Zoin imon Hristo to Theo ourselves and one another Eti deometha iper ton Makarion ke PRI EST Also we pray for theBlessed
parathometha. and our whole Life to Christ Aoidimon Ktitoron tis Agias Ekklisias and Ever-Remembered Founders of
our God. taftis, ke iper panton ke pason ton this Holy Church, and for all our
MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS & BOW DOWN proanapafsamenon Adelfon imon, Brethren who have gone to their rest
ton evthade efsevos kimenon, ke before us, and for the Orthodox
apantahou Orthodoxon... everywhere, and that they may be
✞Si Kyrie PEOPLE ✞To Thee, O Lord! pardoned all their offences, both
✞ Oti Son gar esti to elein ke Sozin imas, PRIEST For Thine it is to show mercy and voluntary and involuntary.
O Theos imon, ke Si tin Doxan to Save us,O our God, and to Thee Kyrie eleison [3] PE OPLE Lord have mercy [3]
anapempomen to Patri, ke to Iio, ke we give Glory ✞ to the Father, and to
to Agiou Pnevmati, nin ke ai ke is tous Eti deometha iper ton karpoforounton PRI EST Also we pray for those who
the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now
Eonas ton Eonon. ke kalliergounton en to Agio ke bring offerings, those who care for
and ever, and to the Ages of Ages.
pansepo Nao touto, kopionton, the beauty of this Holy and
Amin PEOPLE Amen psallonton ke iper tou periestotos Venerable House, for those who
L ITANY OF FE RVE NT S U PP L IC ATION laou, tou apekdehomenou to para labour in its service, for those who
Sou Mega ke Plousion Eleos. sing, and for the people here
Ipomen pantes ex olis tis psihis, ke exolis PRI EST Let us say, with all our soul and present, who await Thy Great and
tis dianias imon ipomen with all our mind, let us say: Abundant Mercy.
Kyrie eleison PE OPLE Lord have mercy Kyrie eleison [3] PE OPLELord have mercy [3]
Kyrie Pantokrator, O Theos, ton Pateron PRI EST Lord Almighty, the God of our Oti Eleimon ke Filanthropos Theos For Thou art a Merciful and Loving God
imon, deometha Sou, epakouson ke Fathers, we pray Thee, hear and have iparhis, ke Si tin Doxan and to Thee we ascribe Glory: ✞ to
eleison Mercy anapempomen, ✞to Patri ke to Iio ke the Father, and to the Son, and to the
Kyrie eleison PE OPLE Lord have mercy to Agio Pnevmati, nin ke ai ke is tous Holy Spirit, now and forever, and
eonas ton eonon. unto the Ages of Ages.
Eleison imas, O Theos, kata to Mega PRI EST Have Mercy on us, O God,
Eleos Sou deometha Sou, epakouson according to Thy Great Mercy, hear Amin Amen
ke eleison us and have Mercy S EC OND P E NTEC OST P RAYE R

Kyrie eleison [3] PE OPLE Lord have mercy Eti ke eti klinates ta gonata, tou Kyriou Again, on bended knees, let us pray to
Eti deometha iper ton Evsevon ke PRI EST Let us pray for Pious and deithomen. the Lord.
Orthodoxon Hristianon Orthodox Christians. Kyrie, eleison Lord, have mercy
Kyrie eleison [3] PE OPLE Lord have mercy T H E P RIE ST & TH E C ONGRE GATION KNEE L

Eti deometha iper tou Arhipiskopou PRI EST Let us pray for our Archbishop Kyrie Iisou Hriste, O Theos imon, O tin P RIE ST:O Lord Jesus Christ our God,
imon (N A M E ) (N A M E ) Sin Irinin dedokos tis anthropis, ke tin Who resides with us in this life, and
tou Panagiou Pnevmatos dorean, eti Who grants mankind the world, and
Kyrie eleison [3] PE OPLE Lord have mercy [3] to vio ke imin simparon, is in Thine inalienable Rule bestows the

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