Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria & All Africa

Archdiocese of Good Hope

Sunday Matins Hymns

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22 February 2015

By the Grace of God

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Cheesefare or Forgiveness Sunday

37TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
4TH SUNDAY OF TRIODION
EXPULSION OF ADAM & EVE FROM PARADISE
Also the Feast of the Holy Martyrs at the Gate of
Eugenios, Constantinople, Uncovering of their Holy
Relics St Maurice, St Photinos, his son, & 70
Christian Soldiers of Apamea, Syria St Thalassios,
St Limnaeus & St Baradates, Holy Hermits of Syria
St Athanasios the Confessor of Constantinople - 9
Martyred little Brothers of Kola: St Guram, St
Adarnase, St Vache, St Bardzim, St Dachi, St
Juansher, St Ramaz & St Pharsman

Tone 4
RESURRECTION
THE HOLY MYRRHBEARERS WITNESS

GOSPEL 4 LUKE 24 : 1 - 12
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EOTHINON 4
KATAVASIS

OF

SUNDAY

OF

ORTHODOXY

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Translators elsewhere for the original Greek & English texts and for
making our Worship a little easier to understand, to participate and to
appreciate.
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SUNDAY

OF THE

TRIUMPH

OF

ORTHODOXY

Thou Love mankind.

Ke
Sunday of the Triumph of Orthodoxy is celebrated on the First Sunday of Great Lent
and it is the joyous Commemoration of the Victory of the Iconodules over the
Iconoclasts by the confirmed decision of the Seventh Ecumenical Council.
The Hymns of Vespers, Matins and the Divine Liturgy pay tribute to the rightful
restoration of Orthodox Icons as being essential to the worship and Devotional
Life of all Faithful Christians.
To remind us of the great significance of the restoration of Holy Icons as an essential
part of our Orthodox Worship of God and veneration of His Holy Saints and
Heavenly Hosts, the Clergy and the Faithful process around the church holding
a variety of Holy Icons.
The procession is halted every so often while certain hymns are chanted and the
Priest pronounces the anathemas against the enemies of Divine Truth.
Each Sunday of Great Lent has its own special historical and Spiritual Theme and
this period was especially significant for Catechumens who were preparing for
their Holy Baptism and thus, Entry into the Holy Church of Christ.
The theme of Sunday of the Triumph of Orthodoxy concerns the great Victory of the
True Faith the Divine Truth of Almighty God, which is ... the Victory that
overcomes the world... (1 JOHN 5 : 4)
Furthermore the Holy Icons of our Saviour and His Holy Saints bear witness to the
Divine Truth that we are ... created in the Image and Likeness of God. (GENESIS

nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton

eonon.

Amin

Now

and ever, and to the Ages of

ages.

Amen

THEOTOKION GREA

OXOLOGY

RESURRECTION AP

OLYTIKION

1:26)

We become Sanctified and restored to our original God-Likeness through our

constant Spiritual Struggles, Fasting and Purification (Repentance-Confession
and Holy Eucharist) as Gods living Image.
The connection of the great Victory over the heretical iconoclasm with Lent is purely
historical because the first Triumph of Orthodoxy occurred on this particular
First Sunday of Great Lent.
The First Sunday of Great Lent originally commemorated the Holy Prophets of God
such as St Moses, St Aaron and St Samuel.
The Divine Liturgy Alleluia verses and Sacred Readings/Lessons that are
appointed for this day reflect this older purpose.
The Epistle of St Paul is a completion of his Epistle to the Hebrews 11: 24-26 & 11: 32
12: 2. The Catechumens of the early Church heard the Epistle concerning the
Old Covenant men who lived by their unwavering Faith in a Divine Promise, the
eventual Fulfilment of which they themselves did not live to witness.
After the Righteous Faithful of the Old Covenant are mentioned, St Paul wrote: ...
and all these, having obtained a Good Testimony through Faith, did not
receive the Promise God having provided Something better for us, that they
should not be made Perfect apart from us.
The Sacred Gospel Lesson is from the Holy Gospel according to St John the Divine
and Beloved Theologian (JOHN 1 : 43 51), which ends with an explanation of the
Something better that is mentioned by St Paul.
Our Lord Jesus Christ told His Faithful Disciples and Apostles that they and we, too would ... see greater Things than these... (meaning His Great Divine Miracles).
He continued: ... Truly, truly, I say to you: hereafter you shall see Heaven open,
and the Angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man...
The Catechumens of the early Church and the Faithful Disciples of Christ past and
present, who were and are preparing for Holy Pascha will all eventually see
the inauguration of the New Age, which is the Fulfilment of all Divine Promises,
and the Glorious Manifestation of the Eternal Kingdom of God through the
Incarnation of Christ in His Holy Church.
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agona. I gar nomimos athlountes,

Dikeos Stefanounte. Ke analavontes
tin panoplian tou Stavrou to ehtho
antimahisometha, os tihos arritkton
katehontes tin Pistin ke os Thoraka
tin prosevhin ke perikefalean tin
eleimosinin.
Anti maheras tin
nistian, itis ektemni apo kardias
pasan kakian. O Pion tafta alithinon
komizete
Stefanon
para
tou
pamvasileos Hristou en ti imera tis
Kriseos.

of Lent, for those who compete

according to the Rules shall worthily
receive their Just Crowns. Taking up
the full Armour of the Cross, let us
do battle against the Enemy. As an
Impregnable Wall, we have the Faith,
Prayer as our Breastplate, and Acts
of Mercy as our Helmet. Instead of
sword, there is Fasting, which cuts
every evil from the heart. He who
does this shall attain a True Crown
from Christ, the King of all, on
Judgement Day.

TRIODION CHEESEFARE SUNDAY - TONE (6) PLAGAL 2

Exomologisome Si, Kyrie, en oli kardia I

mou, diigisome panta ta Thavmasia
Sou.

Adam

tou Paradisou diokete, trifis

metalavon os parikoos.
Mosis
Theoptis
ehrimatise,
nistia
ta
ommata tis psihis kathiramenos. Dio
tou Paradisou ikitores genesthe
epipothountes,
apallagomen
tis
alisitelous trifis ke, Theon Kathoran
efiemeni, Mosaikos tin tetrada tis
dekados nistefsomen. Prosevhi ke ti
deisi
ilkrinos
proskarterountes,
katevnasomen
tis
psihis
ta
Pathimata, aposovisomen tis sarkos
ta idimata. Koufi pros tin ano porian
metiomen, opou e tonAngelon horie
asigitis fones tin adiareton animnousi
Triada, kathoran to amihanon kallos
ke despotikon. Eki axioson imas, Iie
Theou Zoodota, tous epi si pepithotas,
sighorefse tes ton Angelon Straties,
tes tis tekousis Se Mitros, Hriste,
Presvies ke apostolon ke ton
Martyron ke panton ton Agion.

will give Thee thanks, O Lord, with

my whole heart: I will tell of all
Thy Wonders.
disobedient, after partaking of its
luxury.
Moses beheld God, after
Cleansing the eyes of his soul by
Fating.
Hence, if we desire to
become Residents of Paradise, let us
separate ourselves from baleful
delights, and, desiring to see God as
did Moses, let us Fast the Four time
Ten!. By sincerely persevering in
Prayer and Supplication, let us
suppress the passions of our souls;
let us avert the swellings of flesh;
thus lightened, let us set off on the
Journey to Things Above, where the
Choir of Angels in unbroken song
sing Praise to the Undivided Trinity,
to behold the Irresistible Beauty of
our Master. O Son of God and Giver
of Life: we who set our Hope on
Thee Entreat: Make us worthy of
dancing with the Hosts of Angels, O
Christ, at the Intercessions of Thy
Mother, the Apostles, Martyrs and all
the Saints.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

Efthase

The

14.

Theos

Kyrios ke
Evlogimenos O
Onomati Kyriou!

1 : Exomologisthe to Kyrio, oti

agathos, oti is ton eona to eleos aftou!

Theos

Kyrios ke
Evlogimenos O
Onomati Kyriou!

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Epefanen imin.
erhomenos en

Panta

ta ethni ekiklosan me,

ke to Onomati Kyriou inamin aftous.

STIHO S

2 :

Theos

Kyrios ke
Evlogimenos O
Onomati Kyriou!

Epefanen imin.
erhomenos en

3 : Para Kyriou egeneto afti, ke

esti thavmasti en ofthalmis imon.

STIHO S

Theos

Kyrios ke
Evlogimenos O
Onomati Kyriou!

Epefanen imin.
erhomenos en

The Lord is God, and has Appeared to

us. Blessed is He Who comes in the
Name of the Lord!
1 :
Give thanks to the Lord, for
He is Good;
His Mercy endures
forever!

VE RSE

The Lord is God, and has Appeared to

us. Blessed is He Who comes in the
Name of the Lord!
2 : All the nations surrounded
me, but in the Name of the Lord I
drove them back.

VE RSE

The Lord is God, and has Appeared to

us. Blessed is He Who comes in the
Name of the Lord!
3 : This is the Lords doing, and
it is marvellous in our eyes.

VE RSE

The Lord is God, and has Appeared to

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

RESURRECTION APOLYTIKION TONE 4

To fedron tis Anastaseos Kirigma ek tou When the Women Disciples of the Lord
Angelou mathouse e tou Kyriou
mathitrie ke tin progonikin apofasin
aporipsase, tis Apostolis kafhomene
elegon. Eskilefte O thanatos, igerthi
Hristos O Theos, doroumenos to
kosmo to Mega Eleos.

had learnt from the Angels the Glad

Tidings of the Resurrection that had
cast away the condemnation of their
Forefather, they spoke exultingly to
the Apostles: Death is no more:
Christ-God is Risen, granting to the
world Great Mercy.

Doxa Patri, ke Io, ke Agio Pnevmati

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

To fedron tis Anastaseos Kirigma ek tou

When the Women Disciples of the Lord

Angelou mathouse e tou Kyriou

mathitrie ke tin progonikin apofasin
aporipsase, tis Apostolis kafhomene
elegon. Eskilefte O thanatos, igerthi
Hristos O Theos, doroumenos to
kosmo to Mega Eleos.

had learnt from the Angels the Glad

Tidings of the Resurrection that had
cast away the condemnation of their
Forefather, they spoke exultingly to
the Apostles: Death is no more:
Christ-God is Risen, granting to the
world Great Mercy.

and to the Holy Spirit

time has come the start of our

Spiritual Contests, the Victory over
demons, the full Armour of Selfcontrol, the Angels dignity, the
Confidence before God.
Thereby
Moses became conversant with the
Creator, and heard the Invisible
Voice.
O Lord, through Fasting,
make us worthy to worship Thy
Passion and Holy Resurrection, as

Epefanen imin.
erhomenos en

STIHO S

Adam was evicted from Paradise as one

Doxa Patri, ke Io, ke Agio Pnevmati

keros - i ton pnevmatikon
agonon arhi, i kata ton demonon
Niki, i panoplos egkratia, i ton
Angelon evprepia, i pros Theos
parrisia. Di aftis gar Moisis gegone
to Ktisti sinomilos ke Fonin aoratos en
tes akoes ipedexato. Kyrie, di aftis
axioson ke imas proskinise Sou ta
Pathi ke tin Agian Anastasin, os
Filanthropos.

PSALM 117 /118

PRAISE TO GOD FOR HIS EVERLASTING MERCY

Ke

nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton

eonon.

and to the Holy Spirit

Now and ever, and to the Ages of ages.

Amen

Amin.

THEOTOKION TONE 4

To

ap eonos Apokrifon ke Angelis

Agnoston
Mystirion,
dia
Sou
Theotoke tis epi gis pefanerote.
Theos en asighito enosi sarkoumenos.

Theotokos, through Thee was

revealed to us on earth, the Mystery,
which was hidden from Eternity, and
which the Angels themselves knew

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3.

Ke Stavron ekousios iper imon

katadexamenos. Di ou Anastisas ton
Protoplaston, esosen ek Thanatou tas
psihas imon.

not: that God, uniting Natures

without confusion, became Man and
accepted crucifixion voluntarily for
our Salvation; by virtue of which
Resurrecting mankind whom He had
first created, He Saved our souls
from Death.

SMALL LITANY

FIRST RESURECTION KATHISMA

Anavlepsase tou Tafou tin isodon, ke tin As

floga tou Angelou mi ferouse, e
Mirofori sin tromo existanto, legouse:
Ara eklapi, O to Listi anixa
Paradison? Ara igerthi, O ke pro
pathous kirixas tin egersin? Alithos
anesti Hristo O Theos, tis en Adi
parehon, Zoin ke Anastasin.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

Ekousia

Sou vouli, Stavron ipeminas

Sotir, ke en Mnimati keno, Anthropi
ethento thniti, ton dia Logou ta
perata
sistisamenon:
othen
desmevthis O allotrios, Thanatos
dinos eskileveto, ke i en Adi apantes
ekravgzon, ti zoiforo Egersi Sou:
Hristos Anesti, O zoodotis, menon is
tous eonos.

Of

nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton

eonon.

Now and ever, and to the ages of ages.

Amin

Ton

Patrikon Sou kolpon, mi horisthis

Monogenes Loge tou Theou, ilthes epi
gis dia Filanthropian, anthropos
genomenos atreptos, ke Stavron ke
thanaton ipeminas sarki, O apathis ti
Theotiti anastas de ek nekron,
athanasian pareshes to geni ton
Anthropon, os monos Pantodinamos.

- TONE 4

they looked at the entrance of the

Tomb and were unable to endure the
bright Flame of the Angel, the
Myrrhbearers
trembled
with
amazement and said: Can the One
Who opened Paradise to the Thief
have been stolen?
Can He Who
before His Passion proclaimed His
Rising, having been Raised? Truly
Christ God has Risen, granting those
in Hades Life and Resurrection.

Doxa Patri, ke Io, ke Agio Pnevmati

Ke

harp

Enite afton en timpano ke horo.

Thanaton

katedexo
sarki,
imin
athanasian pragmatefsamenos Sotir:
ke en tafo okisas, ina imas tou Adou
elevtherosis,
sinanastisas
eafto,
pathon men os anthropos, all
anastas os Theos dia touto voomen:
Doxa Si Zoodota Kyrie, Mone
Filanthrope!

and to the Holy Spirit

Thine own Will, O Saviour, Thou

endured the Cross, and mortals laid
in a new tomb the One Who
established the ends of earth
through a Word; therefore, the alien
was bound, Death terribly despoiled
and all those in Hades cried aloud at
Thy Life-bearing Rising: Christ, the
Giver of Life, has Risen and abides
unto the Ages!

Anestis

os Athanatos, apo tou Adou

Sotir: sinigiras ton kosmon Sou, ti
Anastasi ti Si, Hriste O Theos imon:
ethrafsas en ishii, tou Thanatou to
kratos, edixas Eleimon, tin Anastasion

4.

Thou Arose from Hades as Immortal, O

Saviour, and raised Thy world with
Thee by Thy Resurrection, Christ our
God. With Strength Thou broke the
might of Death, and revealed the

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Him with timbrel and dance;

praise Him with strings and pipe

Thou

accepted death in the Flesh, so

ensuring us Immortality; and Thou
dwelt in a Tomb, so that Thou might
free us from Hades, raising us with
Thyself, having suffered as a Man,
but rising as God. Therefore, we cry
unto Thee: Glory to Thee, Life-giving
Lord, Only Lover of Mankind!

Praise

Imi! O Adam en thrino kekragen, oti ofis

Woe is me! cried Adam in lament, ...a

serpent and a Woman have deprived
me of intimate Communion with
God. And eating from the Tree has
estranged me from the Paradise of
Delight. Woe is me! For I cannot
bear the disgrace! Once the King of
all Gods Creation, I am now a
hostage because of one piece of
illicit advice; and although once
Vested
with
the
Glory
of
Immortality, as mortal, I now
lamentably carry about the skin of
deadness.
Woe is me!
Which
lamentation
shall I enlist to
collaborate with me. But Thee, O
Friend of mankind, Who fashioned
me from earth, and Who donned
Compassion;
recall
me
from
servitude to the enemy and Save
me.

Afton en kimvalis evihis. Enite

Afton en kimvalis
alalagmou.
Pasa pnoi inesato ton Kyrion.

ke gini Thikis parrisias me exosan, ke

Paradisou tis trifis xilou vrosis
illotriosen. Imi! Our fero lipon to
onidox. O pote Vasilefs ton epigion
panton
Ktismaton
Theou,
nin
ehmalotos ofthin ipo mias athesmou
simvoulis.
Ke O pote doxan
athanasias imfiesmenos, tis nekroseos
tin doran os thnitos eleinos perifero.
Imi!
Tina ton thrinon sinergatin
piisome? Alla Si, Filanthrope, O ek
gis dimiourgisas me, Evsplaghnian
foresas tis doulias tou ehthrou
anakalese ke Soson me.

Theotokos, through Thee became

manifest to us on Earth the Mystery,
which was hidden from Eternity, and
which the Angels themselves knew
not;
that God, Uniting Natures
without confusion, became Man and
voluntarily accepted crucifixion for
our Salvation.
By Virtue of this,
resurrecting mankind whom He had
first created, He Saved our soul from
Death.

SECOND RESURRECTION KATHISMA - TONE 4

Praise

Enite

Amen

ap eonos apokrifon, ke Angelis

agnoston mystirion, dia Sou Theotoke
tis epi gis pefanerote.
Theos en
asighito enosi sarkoumenos, ke
Stavron
ekousios
iper
imon
katadexamenos. Id ou anastisas ton
protoplaston, esosen ek Thanatou tas
psihas imon.

Begotten Word of God: without

being parted from the Fathers
Bosom, Thou came on earth through
Love for mankind, becoming Man
without
change,
and
althou
impassible in Thy Godhead, Thou
endured Cross and Death in the
Flesh; but Risen from the dead, Thou
granted the human race Immortality,
as Thou alone art All Powerful!

TRIODION IDIOMELON CHEESEFARE SUNDAY - TONE (5) PLAGAL 1

THEOTOKION

To

Enite

afton en hordes ke organo.

Only

Him with tuneful cymbals;

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

Anastithi,

Kyrie O Theos mou,

ipsothito i Hir Sou, mi epilathi ton
peniton Sou is telos.

Arise,

To

Stadion ton areton ineokte.

I
voulomeni
Athlise,
iselthete,
anazosameni ton kalon tis nistias

The

O Lord, my God, lift up Thy

Hand:
do not forget Thy poor
forever.

Stadium of Virtue is now open:

those who wish to compete, enter
therein, girded for the Good Contest

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13.

pasi: dio Se ke Doxazomen, Mone

Filanthrope!

TRIODION THEOTOKION- CHEESEFARE SUNDAY TONE 2

Apikisthentas,

Kyrie, Paradisou to
Proton,
dia tis xilou
vroseos,
antisigages palin, dia Stavrou ke tou
pathous, Sou Sotir ke Thee mou. Di
ou imas shiroson tin nistian plirose
agnoprepos, ke tin Thian Egersin
Proskinise, to Pasha to Sotirion, Se
Tekousis Presvies.

We

were expelled of old, O Lord, from

Paradise, for wrongly eating from
the Tree, yet through Thy Cross and
Passion, Thou Renewed us, O my
Saviour and God.
So, O Master,
fortify and enable us to finish Lent
in purity and to worship Thy Divine
Resurrection, O Pascha, our Saving
Passover,
by
Thy
Mothers
Intercessions.

Doxa Patri, ke Io, ke Agio Pnevmati

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

Ek

ton ano katelthon, ton ipsomaton

Gavriil, ke ti petra proselthon, entha i
Petra
tis
Zois,
lefhimonon
anekravgaze tes kleouses: Pafsasthe
imis, tis thrinodous kravgis! Ehouse
ai, to efsimpathiton: on gar zitite
kleouse tharsite, os alithos exegigerte!
Dio voate, tis Apostolis, oti Anesti O
Kyrios!

Coming down from

Ke

nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton

eonon.

Now

LAUDS: THE PRAISES

ALL CREA

TION

TO GOD - PSALM 148

PRAISES THE LORD OUR GOD

Pasa

pnoi enesato ton Kyrion. Enite

ton Kyrion ek ton Ouranon. Enite
Afton en tis ipsistis. Si prepi imnos
to Theo.

Enite

Afton, pantes i Angelli Aftou.

Enite Afton, pase e Dinamis Aftou.
Si prepi imnos to Theo.

Let

everything that has breath praise

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

Praise Him, all His Angels; praise Him,

all His Powers. To Thee praise is
due, O God.

RESURRECTION STICHERA- TONE 4

Tou

piise en Aftis frima engrapton.

Doxa afti este pasi tis Osiis Aftou.

To

Stavron ipominas ke Thanaton, ke

Anastas ek ton nekron, Pantodiname
Kyrie, Doxazomen Sou tin Anastasin.

All

Praise

En

to Stavro Sou Hriste, tis arheas

kataras, ileftherosas imas, ke en to
thanato Sou, ton tin fisin imon
tirannisanta, diavolon katirgisas: en
de ti egersi Sou, Haras ta panta
eplirosas: Dio voomenSi: O Anastas
ek ton nekron, Kyrie Doxa Si!

By Thy Cross, O Christ, Thou hast freed

Afton epi tes Dinasties Afton.

Enite Afton kata to plithos tis
Megalosinis Aftou.

God in His Saints; praise Him

in the Firmament of His Power.

us from the ancient Curse, and by

Thy Death Thou hast destroyed the
devil who tyrannised over our
nature, by Thy Rising Thou hast
filled all things with Joy: Therefore
we cry unto Thee: Lord, Risen from
the dead: Glory to Thee!

Praise

Him for His Mighty Acts;

praise Him according to the
Greatness of His Majesty.

To so Stavro Hristte Sotir, odigison imas, With

epi tin alithian Sou, ke rise imas, ton
pagidon tou ehthrou: O Anastas ek
ton nekron, Anastison imas, pesontas
ti amartia, ektinas tin hira Sou,
Filanthrope Kyrie, ti presvia ton
Agion Sou.

Enite

Afton en iho salpingos. Enite

Afton en psaltirio ke kithara.

12.

Thy Cross, Christ Saviour, guide

us to Thy Truth, and deliver us from
the snares of the foe; Risen from the
dead, raise us who have fallen
through sin by stretching our Thy
Hand, O Lord, at the Prayers of Thy
Saints.

Praise

Him with the sound of the

trumpet; praise Him with lute and

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and to the Holy Spirit

the Heights Above,

Gabriel approached the rock where
the Rock of Life had lain, and
clothed in white he cried aloud to
the weeping women: Cease your
cries of lamentation! Now your have
Compassion forever! Take courage,
for the One you seek weeping has
truly Risen! Therefore, proclaim to
the Apostles that the Lord had Risen!
and ever, and to the ages of
ages.

Amen
THEOTOKION

Kateplagisan

Agni, pantes Angelon i

hori, to Mystirion tis sis kioforias to
frikton: pos O ta panta sinehon
nevmati mono, agkales os vrotos, tes
ses sinehete, ke dehete arhin, O
proeonios, ke galouhite simpasan O
trefon, pnoin afato hristotiti? Le se os
ontos, Theou Mitera, evfimountes
Doxazousi!

Powerful Lord Who endured the

Cross and Death, and Arose from the
dead, we Glorify Thy Resurrection!

ton Theon en tis Agiis Afton.

Enite Afton en Stereomati tis
Dinameos Aftou.

Enite

Amin

execute upon them the Judgement

that is decreed; such Glory will be
for all His Holy Ones.

Enite

Resurrection to all, O Merciful:

therefore, we also Glorify Thee, Only
Lover of mankind!

RESURRECTION EVLOGITARIA TRISAGION

THEOTOKION SMALL LITANY

- TONE 4

All

the Choirs of Angels were struck

with wonder, Pure Virgin, at the
dread Mystery of Thy Conceiving:
How the One Who holds all things
fast with only a nod, is held fast in
Thine Arms as a mortal; how the
Eternal accepts a beginning; how the
One Who nourishes everything that
breathes by His ineffable Goodness,
is suckeled at the breast: and with
Hymns they Glorify Thee as truly
Mother of God!

RESURRECTION IPERKOI

Ta

tis
sis
paradoxou
egerseos,
prodramouse e Mirofori, tis Apostolis
ekiritton Hriste, oti Anestis os Theos,
parehon to kosmo to Mega Eleos!

TONE 4

The

Myrrhbearers proclaimed to the

Apostles the news of Thy wondrous
Rising, O Christ: that as God Thou
hast Risen, granting the world Thy
Great Mercy!

RESURRECTION ANABATHMI TONE 4

A
Ek neotitos mou polla
polemi me pathi. All aftos antilavou
ke Soson, Sotir mou.

1
Since my youth, many are
the passions that trouble me, but
Thou, my Saviour, come help and
save me.

A N TIFONO N

A N TIPH ON

You

misountes Sion, eskinthite apo tou

Kyriou, os hortos gar piri esesthe
apexirameni.

who hate Zion depart in shame

before the Lord, for you shall be as
grass withered by fire.

Doxa

Glory

Amin
Agio

Amen
By the Holy Spirit shall every soul be

Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati.

Ke nin ke ai ke is tous eonas ton
eonon.
Pnevmati, pasa psihi zooute, ke

to the Father, and to the Son

and to the Holy Spirit. Now and
ever, and unto the Ages of Ages

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katharsi ipsoute, lamprinete,

Triadiki Monadi Ierokrifios.

ti

B
Ekekraxa Si, Kyrie,
thermos ek vathous psihis mou, kami
genestho, pros ipakoin ta thia Sou
ota.

A N TIFONO N

given Life and be elevated through

purification, and be made radiant
through the Mystery of the Triune
Unity.
2
To Thee, O Lord, have I
fervently cried from the depths of
my soul. Let Thy Divine Hearing
hearken unto me.

A N TIPH ON

evdio limeni Sou prosdramon, voo Si

Anagage ek fthoras tin zoin mou,
polielee!
ODI 7

ODE 7

Drosovolon

Verily,

ODI 8

ODE 8

men tin kaminon irgasato

Angelos tis Osiis Pesi, tous Kaldeous
de kataflegon prostagma Theou, ton
tirannou epise voan: Evlogitos I, O
Theos, O ton Pateron imon!

Epi ton Kyrion elpida pas tis kektimenos, All

who have placed their trust in the

Lord shall transcend all sorrows.

ipsiloteros esti, panton ton lipounton

Doxa

Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati.

Ke nin ke ai ke is tous eonas ton
eonon.

Amin
Agio

Pnevmati anavlizi ta tis Haritos

Rithra, ardevonta, apasan tin ktisin
pros Zoogonian.

I kardia mou pros Se,

Loge, ipothito, ke ouden thelixi me
ton tou kosmou terpnon, pros
hamezilian.

A N TIFONO N

Glory

to the Father, and to the Son,

and to the Holy Spirit, now and
ever, and to the Ages of Ages.

Amen
The Holy Spirit overflows the Streams
of Grace and waters all Creation with
Regenerating Life.

3
Let my heart rise to Thee,
O Logos. Let not the pleasures of
the world lead me to be of this
earthly life.

A N TIPH ON

Epi tin mitera aftou os ehi tis storgin, epi As

to
Kyrio
Thermoteron
hreostoumen

filtron

each of us has love for his mother,

even more so should we love the
Lord with fervour.

Doxa

Glory

Amin
Agio

Amen
Through

Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati.

Ke nin ke ai ke is tous eonas ton
eonon.
Pnevmati Theognosias plountos,
Theorias ke Sofias. Panta gar ta
Patroa Dogmata O Logos ekkalipti.

to the Father, and to the Son,

and to the Holy Spirit. Now and
ever, and unto Ages of Ages.
the Holy Spirit comes the
wealth of Divine Vision and Wisdom,
for the Logos reveals the Fathers
Teaching.

RESURRECTION PROKEIMENON - TONE 4

Anastithi

Kyrie, Voithison imin ke

Litrose imas, eneken tis Doxis tou
Onamatos Sou.[2]

STIHOS

Theos en tis osin imor

ikoosamer.

Anastithi

Kyrie, voithison imin ke

litrose imas, eneken tis doxis tou
Onamatos Sou

SMALL
LITANY

ALMIGHTY GOD

6.

PRA

ISES

Arise,

O Lord, and Help us, and

Deliver us, for the Glory of Thy
Name. [2]

O God, we have heard with our

ears, and our fathers have told us.

VERSE

Arise,

O Lord, and help us, and deliver

us, for the Glory of Thy Name.

TO

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temptations, I hastened to Thy Quiet

Haven, crying: Raise my life from
corruption!

Enoumen,

Evlogoumen
Prokinoumen ton Kyrion.

Ek

ke

flogos tis osiis droson epigasas ke

Dikeou Thisian idati eflexas. Apant
gar dras, Hriste, mono to voulesthe.
Se iperipsoumen is pantas tous eonas!

THE MAGNIFICA

anthropis idin adinaton ON OU

TOLMA Angelon atenise ta tagmata;
DIA
SOU DE, PANAGNE, orathi
vrotis Logos Sesarkomenos; ON
MEGALINONDES sin tes Ouranies
Straties Se Makarizomen
&

the Lord!

Thou

sprang forth from the flames as

Dew for those Righteous Ones and
Thou consumed with Water the
sacrifice of the Righteous One, for
Thou dost all things only by Thy
Will, O Christ. Wherefore, we exalt
Thee still more throughout all ages!

PRAISES

TO

THE

9TH ODE - CHEESEFARE

OF THE

Theon

LITANY

We Praise, we Bless and we Worship

TRIODION KATAVASIA

SMALL

the Angel made the furnace

overflow with Dew for the Righteous
Youths, burning the Chaldeans by
the
Command
of
God,
and
compelling the usurper to shout:
Blessed art Thou, God of our
Fathers!

Verily, the God Whom no man can see,

nor the Ranks of Angels dare look
upon: through Thee, O Pure One,
was seen among men as Incarnate
Word. Wherefore with the Heavenly
Hosts, we magnify Him and Thee do
we Bless.

LORD

FOURTH RESURRECTION EXAPOSTEILARION

Tes

aretes
astrafantes,
idomen
epistantes, en Zoiforo Mnimati,
Andras en astraptouses, esthisesi
Myroforis, klinouses is gin ofin. Tou
Ouranou d e s p o z o n t o s , E g e r s i n
didahdomen, ke pros Zoin, en
mnimio dramomen sin to Petro, ke to
prahthen Thavmasantes, minomen
Hriston vlepse.

Let

us gleam - shining with Virtues and behold the Man standing in

brilliant clothes inside the Tomb,
granting Life to the downcast Myrrhbearers. Let us learn of the
Resurrection of the Lord of Heaven
and hasten with Peter to the Tomb
and wonder at the Great Happening waiting to behold Christ the Life.

TRIODION EXAPOSTEILARION CHEESEFARE SUNDAY - TONE 2

Tis

entolis Sou, Kyrie, parikousa O

Athlios. Ke gimnothis tis Sis Doxis,
eshinis peplisme, imi! Ke tis trifis
ekvevlime tou Paradisou. Evsplaghne:
Eleimon, eleison ton sterithenta
Dikeos tis Agathotitos tis Sis.

Wretched

as I am, I disobeyed Thy

Good Commandment, O my Lord.
And being stripped of Thy Glory
Alas! I am laden with shame! And I
have been evicted from the Pure
Delights
of
Paradise.
O
Compassionate One: have Mercy on
me who rightly have been deprived
of Thy Goodness.

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RESURRECTION GOSPEL 4: LUKE

THE HOLY MYRRHBEARERS SEE THE EMPTY TOMB OF

Limneos.

Ti

afti imera, athlisis tou Agiou

Ieromartyros Telesforou, Episkopou
Romis.

On

Ti

afti imera, mnimi tou Osiou Patros

imon Varadatou.

On this day we Commemorate our Holy

Ti

afti imera, anamnisin pioumetha tis

apo tou Paradisou tis trifis exorias
tou Protoplastou Adam.

On this day we remember the Expulsion

of the First Formed Adam from the
Garden of Eden.

STIHI

VERSE

Let the world now bitterly mourn with Eve and

Adam,
For it fell together with those who fell by sweet
eating.

afato Sou Evsplaghnia, Hriste O

Theos imon, tis trifis tou Paradisou
imas kataxioson, ke Eleison, os Monos
Philanthropos.

Amin.

Ke

Father, St Baradatos.

Kosmos genarhes pikra sinthrinisato.

Vrosi glikia, simpeson peptokosi

Ti

this day the Contest of the Holy

Hieromartyr, St Telephoros, Bishop
of Rome.

By

Thine Ineffable Compassion, O

Christ our God, make us worthy of
the Delights of Paradise and have
Mercy, as Thou alone Love mankind.

Amen
ODE 1

Os

When

en ipiro pezefsas O Israil en aviso

ihnesi ton thioktin Farao kathoron
pon doumenon: Theo epinikion othin
evoa asomen!

Israel walked on foot at the

bottom of the sea as though as on
dry land and beheld Pharaoh the
persecutor drowned, they shouted:
Let us praise our God for He has
triumphed!

ODI 3

ODE 3

Ouk

There

estin Agios, O Si, Kyrie O Theos

mou, O ipsosas to keras ton Piston
Sou, Agathe, ke stereosas imas en ti
Petra tis Omologias Sou.

is none Holy like Thee, O Lord

my God, Who exalted the horn of
those who believe in Thee, O Good
One, and established them on the
Rock of Thy Confession.

ODI 4

ODE 4

Hristos

Christ

ODI 5

ODE 5

To

mou dinamis, Theos ke Kyrios, i

septi
Ekklisia
Theoprepos
melpi
anakrazousa, ek dianias katharas en
Kyrio eortazousa.

Theo fengi Sou, Agathe, tas ton

orthrizonton
Si
psihas
potho
katavgason, deome, Se ithene, Loge
Theo, ton ontos Theon ek zofou ton
ptesmaton anakaloumenon.

is my Might, my Lord and my

God. The Venerable Church raises
Her Voice in song to God, as is meet,
celebrating to the Lord with a pure
conscience.

Good One, Lighten with Thy Divine

Light the souls of those who come to
Thee early and eagerly that they may
know Thee, O Word of God, the True
God Who Call us from the darkness
of iniquities.

ODI 6

ODE 6

Tou

viou tin thalassan ipsoumenin

kathoron ton pirasmon to klithoni, to

10.

Merciful One, when I saw the sea of

this life agitated with the tumult of

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RESURRECTED LORD

Now on the first day of the week, very

early in the morning, they, and
certain other women with them,
went to the Tomb with the spices
that they had prepared.

Evron de

ton lithon apokekilismenon apo

tou Mnimiou, ke iselthouse ouh evron
to Soma tou Kyriou Isou.

They

Ke

egeneto en to diaporisthe aftas peri

toutou ke idou Andres dio epestisan
avtes en esthisesin Astraptouses.

And,

found the stone rolled away

from the Tomb. And entering, they
did not see the Body of Lord Jesus.
while
they
were
greatly
perplexed about this, behold: two
Men stood by them in shining
Garments.

Emfovon

Then,

Mnisthite

os elalisen imin eti on en ti

Galilea, legon: Oti di ton Ion tou
Anthropou paradothine is hiras
anthropon amartolon ke stavrothine,
ke ti Triti Imera Anastine.

Remember

Ke

emnisthisan ton Rimaton Aftou, ke

ipostrepsase
apo
tou
Mnimiou
apingilan tafta panta tis Endeka ke
pasi tis lipis.

And they remembered His Words, and

de genomenon afton ke
klinouson to prosopon is tin gin ipon
pros aftas: Ti Zitite ton zonta meta
ton nekron? Ouk estin ode, all igerthi.

TRIODION KATAVASIAS CHEESEFARE SUNDAY

TONE (6) PLAGAL 2
ODI 1

to men Savvaton isihasan kata tin

entolinti de mia ton Savvaton orthrou
vatheos ilthon epi to Mnima ferouse a
itimasan aromata, ke tines sin aftes.

24:1 12
OUR

Isan

Ke
O

how He spoke to you

when He was still in Galilee, saying:
The Son of Man must be
delivered into the hands of sinful
men, and be crucified, and the
Third Day Rise again.
returning from the Tomb they told
all these things to the Eleven and to
all the rest.

de i Magdalini Maria ke Ioanna ke

Maria Iakovou ke e lipe sin aftes, e
elegon pros tous Apostolou tafta.

It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary,

efanisan enopion afton osi lipos ta

rimata afton, ke ipistoun aftes.

And their words seemed to them like

de Petros anasta edramen epi to

Mnimion, ke parakipsas vlepi ta
Othonia Kimena mona, ke apilthe pros
eafton, thavmazon to gegonos.

But

MA

KE

THE

SIGN

OF THE

ROSS

Doxa Si, Kyrie, Doxa Si!

RESURREC

as they were afraid and bowed

their faces to the earth, they said to
them:Why do you seek the Living
among the dead? He is not here,
but is Risen!

TION

PRAYER PSA

the Mother of James, and the other

women with them, who told these
things to the Apostles.
idle tales, and they did not believe
them.
Peter rose up and ran to the
Tomb; and stooping down, he saw
the
Linen
Cloths
lying
by
themselves;
and he departed,
marvelling to himself at what had
happened.

& BOW D

OWN BEFORE

P EOPLE

Glory

GOD

to Thee, O Lord:

Glory to Thee!
LM

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MARY, THE MOTHER OF JAMES IS AN OBLIQUE REFERENCE TO THE EVER BLESSED THEOTOKOS.

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TRIODION IDIOMELONS

Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati

Glory

I HO S

TO NE

PLA GAL

Tis

Metanias anixon mi Pilax, Zoodota.

Arthrixi gar to pnevma mou pros
Naon ton Agion Sou, Naon feron tou
somatos olon esplomenon. All os
iktirmon Katharon Evsplaghno Sou
Elei.

Ke

nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton

eonon.

Amin
Tis Sotirias

evthinon mi trivous,
Theotoke; eshres gar katerriposa tin
ihin amarties, os rathimos ton vion
mou olon ekdapanisas; tes ses
Presvies rise me pasis akatharsias.

Eleison

me, O Theos, kata to Mega

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

I HO S

Ta

(6)

PLA GA

PRAYER

OF

to the Father, and to the Son,

and to the Holy Spirit
PLA GAL

SALVATION

Ti

Open to me the Gates of Repentance, O

Life-giver; for my soul goes early to
the Temple of Thy Holiness, coming
in the temple of my body, wholly
polluted.
But because Thou art
Compassionate, Cleanse me by
Compassion of Thy Mercies

Now and ever, and to the Ages of Ages

Theotokos; for I have profaned

myself with coarse sins, and
consumed my whole life with
procrastination.
But by Thine
Intercessions Purify me from all
abominations.

Have mercy on me, O God,

according
to Thy Great Mercy; according to
the multitude of Thy Mercies take
away my offences.
(6 )

PLA GAL

Idon

Beholding the Angel expelling him, and

Adam ton Angelon othisanta, ke

klisanta tin tou Thiou kipou Thiran,
anestenaxe
mega,
ke
elegon.
ELEIMON,
ELEISON
ME
TON
PARAPESONTA.

Sinaligison,

Paradise,
to
ktitori
ptohefsanti, ke to iho Sou ton Fillon,
iketefson ton Plastin mi klisi Se.
ELEIMON,
ELEISON
ME
TON
PARAPESONTA.

My

Saviour and Deliverer, from the

Tomb as God raised from their
bonds those born of earth and
smashed the Gates of Hades and, as
Master, Arose on the third day.

RESURRECTION IKOS

Ton

anastanta ek nekron, Hriston ton

zoodotin, triimeron ek tafou, ke pilas
tou Thanatou simeron sinthlasanta, ti
dinami ti aftou, ton Adin te
nekrosanta, ke to kentron tou
Thanatou sintripsanta, ke ton Adam
sin ti Eva eleftherosanta, imnisomen
pantes i gigenis, evharistos voontes
enon ektenos: Aftos gar os monos
krateos, Theos ke Despotis, Anesti
triimeros.

8.

di Adam pefitevmenos, ke dia tin

Evan keklismenos, iketefson Theon
dia ton parapesonta.
ELEIMON,
ELEISON ME TON PARAPESONTA.

the praises of Christ the Giver of Life

Who Rose from the dead on the
Third Day from the Tomb, and by
His Power today smashed the Gates
of Death, put Hades to death and
crushed the sting of Death, set Adam
free with Eve, as with thanksgiving
we cry aloud our fervent praise: For
He as alone the Mighty God and
Master, Arose on the third day.

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closing the Gate of the Holy Garden,

Adam wailed mightily: O MERCIFUL
LORD, HAVE MERCY ON MEWHO
HAS FALLEN.

Paradise, how sympathise with thy

owner who was pauperised, and by
the rustling of your leaves, beg the
Maker not close you, please:
O
MERCIFUL LORD, HAVE MERCY ON
ME WHO HAS FALLEN.
Most Radiant, for Adam you were
planted, because of Eve you were
disbanded, beseech God for the
fallen: O MERCIFUL LORD, HAVE
MERCY ON ME WHO HAS FALLEN.

SYNAXARION 22 FEBRUARY

Ti KB tou minos, mnimi tis evreseos ton On

lipsanon ton Agion Martyron ton en
tis Evgeniou, itis sinevi en tis hronis
Arkadiou tou Vasileos.

TONE 4

Let all of us who are born of earth sing

times of old Adam sat and cried in

sorrow opposite the Delights he had
in Paradise his hands struck his
forehead as he said: O MERCIFUL
LORD, HAVE MERCY ON ME WHO
HAS FALLEN!

Paradise Panarete, Panagie, Panolvie, O Paradise Most Excellent, Most Holy and

Sotir ke ristis mou, apo tou tafou, os

Theos Anestisen, ek ton desmon tous
gigenis, ke pilas Adou sinetripse, ke
os Despotis, anesti trimeros.

Guide to Wisdom, Provider of

Prudence, Disciplinarian of fools,
and Defender of the poor fortify
and discipline my heart, O Master.
Grant me a Word, O Word of the
Father. For behold, I will not hinder
my lips from crying to Thee: O
MERCIFUL LORD, HAVE MERCY ON
ME WHO HAS FALLEN.

In

Adam tote, ke eklafse

apenanti tis trifis tou Paradisou, hersi
tipton tas opsis, ke elegen. ELEIMON,
ELEISON ME TON PARAPESONTA.

RESURRECTION KONTAKION TONE 4

Ekathisen

When

I think of the multitude of my

evil deeds, I tremble for the terrible
Day of Judgement. But trusting the
Compassion of Thy Mercy, I shout to
Thee like David: Have Mercy upon
me, O God, according to Thy Great
Mercy!

Sofias Odige, froniseos horige, ton

afronon
pedefta,
ke
ptohon
iperaspista, stirixon, sinetison tin
kardian mou, Despotata, si didou mi
logon, O tou Patros Logos. Idou gar
ta hili mou, ou mi koliso en to krazin
Si. ELEIMON, ELEISON ME TON
PARAPESONTA.

FESTAL IKOS FORGIVENESS SUNDAY

Amen
Prepare for me the Ways of Salvation, O

TO NE

plithi ton pepragmenon mi dinon

ennoon O talas, tremo tin foveran
Imeran Tis Kriseos. Alla tharron is to
Eleos tis Evsplaghnias Sou, os O
David voo Si: Eleison me O Theos
kata to Mega Sou Eleos.

FESTAL KONTAKION FORGIVENESS SUNDAY

Ti
Ti

this 22nd day of this month, we

Comemmorate the finding of the
Holy Relics of the Holy Martyrs in
the Quarter of Evgenios, which took
place during the reign of Emperor
Arcadios.

afti imera, mnimi tou Osiou Patros

imon ke Omologitou Athanasiou, tou
en to Pavlopetrio.

On this day we Commemorate our Holy

afti imera, i Agia Anthousa, ke i

dodeka aftis ikete, xifi teliounte.

On

Father, St Athanasios the Confessor

of Pavlopetrion.
this day, St Anthousa and her 12
servants were Perfected by sword.

Ti afti imera, O Agios Martys Sinetos xifi On this day the Holy Martyr, St Synetos,
telioute.

Ti

was Perfected by sword.

afti imera, mnimi ton Osion Pateron

imon Thalassiou ke Limneou.

On this day we Commemorate our Holy

Fathers,

St

Thalassios

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and
9.

St