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Ἦχος βαρύς. Τῇ Πέμπτῃ Πρωΐ	Grave Mode. On Thursday Morning
Τῇ Πέμπτῃ Εʹ Ἑβδομάδος Πρωΐ	On Thursday of the Fifth Week Morning
Ἀκολουθία τοῦ Μεγάλου Κανόνος	The Service of the Great Canon
Μηναῖον - Τῌ Γʹ ΑΠΡΙΛΙΟΥ	Menaion - April 3
Μνήμη τοῦ Ὁσίου Πατρὸς ἡμῶν καὶ Ὁμολογητοῦ Νικήτα	Memory of our Devout Father Nikitas the Confessor
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ΟΡΘΡΟΣ	MATINS
ΧΟΡΟΣ	CHOIR
Ἦχος βαρύς.	Grave Mode.
	c1211 - SDedes/
Στίχ. αʹ. Ἐκ νυκτὸς ὀρθρίζει τὸ πνεῦμά μου πρὸς σέ, ὁ Θεός, διότι φῶς τὰ προστάγματά σου ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.	Verse 1: My spirit rises early in the morning to You, O God, for Your commands are a light upon the earth. [SAAS]
Ἀλληλούϊα. Ἀλληλούϊα. Ἀλληλούϊα.	Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.
Στίχ. βʹ. Δικαιοσύνην μάθετε, οἱ ἐνοικοῦντες ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.	Verse 2: Learn righteousness, you who dwell on the earth.
Ἀλληλούϊα. Ἀλληλούϊα. Ἀλληλούϊα.	Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.
Στίχ. γʹ. Ζῆλος λήψεται λαὸν ἀπαίδευτον, καὶ νῦν πῦρ τοὺς ὑπεναντίους ἔδεται.	Verse 3: Jealousy will seize an untaught people; and now fire will devour the adversaries.
Ἀλληλούϊα. Ἀλληλούϊα. Ἀλληλούϊα.	Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.
Στίχ. δʹ. Πρόσθες αὐτοῖς κακά, Κύριε, πρόσθες αὐτοῖς κακά, τοῖς ἐνδόξοις τῆς γῆς.	Verse 4: Bring more evils on them, O Lord, bring more evils on them, on the glorious of the earth.
Ἀλληλούϊα. Ἀλληλούϊα. Ἀλληλούϊα.	Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.
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Ὕμνοι Τριαδικοί	Triadic Hymns
Ἦχος βαρύς.	Grave Mode.
Ὁ ὑψίστῃ δυνάμει χερουβικῶς ἀνυμνούμενος, καὶ θεϊκῇ δόξῃ ἀγγελικῶς προσκυνούμενος, πρόσδεξαι καὶ ἡμᾶς τοὺς ἁμαρτωλούς, ἀναξίως τολμῶντας κραυγάζειν σοι· Ἅγιος, Ἅγιος, Ἅγιος εἶ ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν. Πρεσβείαις τῶν Ἀποστόλων σῶσον ἡμᾶς.	O Lord, in Your highest power You are extolled by the cherubim, and in Your divine glory You are worshiped by the angels. Accept us sinners also, who dare unworthily to cry to You: Holy, holy, holy are You, our God! By the intercessions of the Apostles save us. [SD]
Δόξα.	Glory.
Ὡς ὕπνον τὸν ὄκνον, ἀποθεμένη ψυχή, διόρθωσιν πρὸς ἔγερσιν, δεῖξον τῷ Κριτῇ, καὶ ἐν φόβῳ βόησον· Ἅγιος, Ἅγιος, Ἅγιος εἶ ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν. Πρεσβείαις τοῦ Ἱεράρχου σῶσον ἡμᾶς.	O my soul, cast off laziness as if it were sleep, and show the Judge that you have woken and are mending your ways, and with fear cry aloud: Holy, holy, holy are You, our God! By the intercessions of the Hierarch save us. [SD]
Καὶ νῦν.	Both now.
Τῇ ἀπροσίτῳ Θεότητι, τῇ ἐν Μονάδι Τριάδι, τῶν Σεραφεὶμ τὸν Τρισάγιον ἀναπέμποντες αἶνον, μετὰ φόβου βοήσωμεν· Ἅγιος, Ἅγιος, Ἅγιος εἶ ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν. Διὰ τῆς Θεοτόκου ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς.	To the unapproachable Godhead, the Trinity in Unity, let us send up the Thrice-Holy Hymn of the Seraphim; and with fear cry aloud: Holy, holy, holy are You, our God! Through the Theotokos have mercy on us. [SD]
Ἐὰν ὁ Μέγας Κανὼν ψάλλεται τῇ Τετάρτῃ εἰς τὸ Ἀπόδειπνον, ἀναγινώσκονται τα οἰκεία Καθίσματα τοῦ Ψαλτηρίου, ἤτοι Καθίσματα Ϛʹ, Ζʹ, καὶ Ηʹ. Μεθʼ ὃ ἡ μικρὰ Συναπτή.	If the Great Canon is on Wednesday at Compline, the appointed Kathismata are read, i.e. Kathismata 6, 7, and 8. Then the short litany.
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Ἔτι καὶ ἔτι ἐν εἰρήνῃ τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.	Again and again in peace let us pray to the Lord.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Κύριε, ἐλέησον.	CHOIR: Lord, have mercy.
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ	PRIEST
Ἀντιλαβοῦ, σῶσον, ἐλέησον καὶ διαφύλαξον ἡμᾶς, ὁ Θεός, τῇ σῇ χάριτι.	Help us, save us, have mercy on us, and protect us, O God, by Your grace.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Κύριε, ἐλέησον.	CHOIR: Lord, have mercy.
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ	PRIEST
Τῆς παναγίας, ἀχράντου, ὑπερευλογημένης, ἐνδόξου, δεσποίνης ἡμῶν Θεοτόκου καὶ ἀειπαρθένου Μαρίας μετὰ πάντων τῶν ἁγίων μνημονεύσαντες, ἑαυτοὺς καὶ ἀλλήλους καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν ζωὴν ἡμῶν Χριστῷ τῷ Θεῷ παραθώμεθα.	Remembering our all-holy, immaculate, most blessed, and glorious Lady, the Theotokos and ever-virgin Mary, with all the saints, let us commend ourselves and one another and our whole life to Christ our God.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Σοί, Κύριε.	CHOIR: To You, O Lord.
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ	PRIEST
Ὅτι σὸν τὸ κράτος καὶ σοῦ ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία καὶ ἡ δύναμις καὶ ἡ δόξα, τοῦ Πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.	For Yours is the dominion, and Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory, of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and to the ages of ages.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Ἀμήν.	CHOIR: Amen.
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ΧΟΡΟΣ	CHOIR
Κάθισμα Αʹ.	Kathisma I.
Ἦχος βαρύς.	Grave Mode.

Γεωργοὺς τοῦ ἀγροῦ σου ἀνέδειξας, τοὺς Ἀποστόλους σου Κύριε, ἐκτεμόντας τὰ εἴδωλα· διό σε τὸν Σωτῆρα, εἰς τὰ ἔθνη κηρύξαντες, εὐσεβῶς ἐμεγάλυναν.	O Lord, You showed Your Apostles to be husbandmen of Your field, who weeded out the idols. Therefore they preached to the Gentiles that You are the Savior, and they magnified You with correct belief. [SD]
Στίχ. Θαυμαστὸς ὁ Θεὸς ἐν τοῖς ἁγίοις αὐτοῦ.	Verse: God is wondrous in His saints. [SAAS]

Τῶν πανευφήμων Ἀποστόλων μνημόσυνα, τῆς Ἐκκλησίας οἱ τρόφιμοι ποιούμενοι, ᾠδαῖς ᾀσμάτων ὑμνήσωμεν Χριστόν· αὐτοὶ γὰρ τοὺς ὑπευθύνους τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ ἔσωσαν, κηρύξει τῆς μετανοίας, οἱ τῆς πλάνης διῶκται, καὶ τοῦ Κόσμου λαμπτῆρες, καὶ πρεσβευταὶ τῆς Οἰκουμένης.	O children of the Church, as we commemorate the all-lauded Apostles, let us extol Christ in songs and hymns. They saved those guilty of sin, by preaching repentance. They drove away deceitful error, they shined light on the world, and they intercede on behalf of our nation. [SD]
Στίχ. Τοῖς ἁγίοις τοῖς ἐν τῇ γῇ αὐτοῦ ἐθαυμάστωσεν ὁ Κύριος.	Verse: To the saints on His earth, in them the Lord magnified all His will. [SAAS]
Μαρτυρικόν.	For the Martyrs.

Ἅγιοι πρεσβεύσατε, ἄφεσιν δωρηθῆναι ἡμῖν, τῶν πλημμελημάτων ἡμῶν, καὶ τῶν προσδοκωμένων, δεινῶν ῥυσθῆναι ἡμᾶς, καὶ πικροῦ θανάτου δεόμεθα.	O Saints, we pray you to intercede for us, that we be granted forgiveness for our offenses, and that we be delivered form impending evils and from bitter death. [SD]
Δόξα· καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.	Glory. Both now. Theotokion.

Χαῖρε ἐξ ἧς ἀτρέπτως ὁ Λόγος σάρξ ἐγένετο, καὶ ἐσκήνωσεν ἐν ἡμῖν, χαῖρε σεμνή, τῶν Ἀποστόλων καὶ Μαρτύρων τὸ ἀγαλλίαμα, καὶ πιστῶν σωτηρία, χαῖρε Μήτηρ Χριστοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ.	O Mother of Christ our God, we salute you and say: Rejoice! From you the Logos became flesh without alteration, and He dwelt among us. Rejoice, noble Lady! You are the exultation of the Apostles and Martyrs, and the salvation of the faithful. [SD]
Κάθισμα Βʹ.	Kathisma II.
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Ἦχος πλ. δʹ. Ἀνέστης ἐκ νεκρῶν.	Mode pl. 4. N/M (O Life of all, You rose.)

Φωστῆρες θεαυγεῖς, τοῦ Σωτῆρος αὐτόπται, φωτίσατε ἡμᾶς, τοὺς ἐν σκότει τοῦ βίου, ὅπως ὡς ἐν ἡμέρᾳ, νῦν εὐσχημόνως περιπατήσωμεν, φέγγει τῆς ἐγκρατείας, νυκτώδη πάθη ἀποδιώκοντες, καὶ τὰ λαμπρὰ κατίδωμεν Χριστοῦ Παθήματα χαίροντες.	Divinely-shining lights, eyewitnesses of the Saviour, illuminate us in the darkness of this life, that we may now walk honestly as in the day; with the torch of abstinence may we drive out the passions of the night, and behold with joy the splendour of Christ’s Passion. [KW]
Δόξα. Ἕτερον.	Glory. Another.
Ἦχος πλ. δʹ. Τὸ προσταχθέν.	Mode pl. 4. N/M (When he perceived.)
Τῶν Ἀποστόλων δωδεκὰς ἡ θεόλεκτος, ἱκετηρίαν τῷ Χριστῷ νῦν προσάγαγε, τὸ Νηστείας στάδιον πάντας διανύσαι, τελοῦντας ἐν κατανύξει τὰς προσευχάς, ποιοῦντας ἐν προθυμίᾳ τὰς ἀρετάς, ὅπως οὕτω προφθάσωμεν, ἰδεῖν Χριστοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ τὴν ἔνδοξον Ἀνάστασιν, δόξαν αἶνον, προσάγοντες.	O company of the twelve apostles, chosen by God, offer now to Christ your supplications, that we may all complete the course of the Fast, saying our prayers with compunction and practising the virtues with an eager heart; and so may we attain the glorious Resurrection of Christ our God, bringing to Him praise and glory.
Καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.	Both now. Theotokion.
Ἦχος πλ. δʹ. Τὸ προσταχθέν.	Mode pl. 4. N/M (When he perceived.)

Τὸν ἀπερίληπτον Θεοῦ Υἱὸν καὶ Λόγον, ἀνερμηνεύτως ὑπὲρ νοῦν ἐκ σοῦ τεχθέντα, Θεοτόκε ἱκέτευε σὺν τοῖς Ἀποστόλοις, εἰρήνην τῇ Οἰκουμένῃ εἰλικρινῆ, βραβεῦσαι, καὶ τῶν πταισμάτων δοῦναι ἡμῖν, πρὸ τοῦ τέλους συγχώρησιν, καὶ Βασιλείας οὐρανῶν, διʼ ἄκραν ἀγαθότητα, ἀξιῶσαι τοὺς δούλους σου.	The son and Word of God whom nothing can contain, in ways past speech and understanding was born from thee, O Theotokos. With the apostles pray to Him, that He may bestow true peace upon the inhabited earth and grant to us before the end forgiveness of our sins, in His boundless love counting thy servants worthy of the heavenly Kingdom. [KW]
ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ	READER
Κύριε, ἐλέησον. (3)	Lord, have mercy. (3)
Δόξα· καὶ νῦν.	Glory. Both now.
Ψαλμὸς Nʹ (50).	Psalm 50 (51).
Ἐλέησόν με, ὁ Θεός, κατὰ τὸ μέγα ἔλεός σου, καὶ κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν οἰκτιρμῶν σου ἐξάλειψον τὸ ἀνόμημά μου. Ἐπὶ πλεῖον πλῦνόν με ἀπὸ τῆς ἀνομίας μου, καὶ απὸ τῆς ἁμαρτίας μου καθάρισόν με. Ὅτι τὴν ἀνομίαν μου ἐγὼ γινώσκω, καὶ ἡ ἁμαρτία μου ἐνώπιόν μού ἐστι διὰ παντός. Σοὶ μόνῳ ἥμαρτον, καὶ τὸ πονηρὸν ἐνώπιόν σου ἐποίησα· ὅπως ἂν δικαιωθῇς ἐν τοῖς λόγοις σου, καὶ νικήσῃς ἐν τῷ κρίνεσθαί σε. Ἰδοὺ γὰρ ἐν ἀνομίαις συνελήφθην, καὶ ἐν ἁμαρτίαις ἐκίσσησέ με ἡ μήτηρ μου. Ἰδοὺ γὰρ ἀλήθειαν ἠγάπησας· τὰ ἄδηλα καὶ τὰ κρύφια τῆς σοφίας σου ἐδήλωσάς μοι. Ῥαντιεῖς με ὑσσώπῳ καὶ καθαρισθήσομαι· πλυνεῖς με καὶ ὑπὲρ χιόνα λευκανθήσομαι. Ἀκουτιεῖς μοι ἀγαλλίασιν καὶ εὐφροσύνην· ἀγαλλιάσονται ὀστέα τεταπεινωμένα. Ἀπόστρεψον τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἀπὸ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν μου καὶ πάσας τὰς ἀνομίας μου ἐξάλειψον. Καρδίαν καθαρὰν κτίσον ἐν ἐμοί, ὁ Θεός, καὶ πνεῦμα εὐθὲς ἐγκαίνισον ἐν τοῖς ἐγκάτοις μου. Μὴ ἀποῤῥίψῃς με ἀπὸ τοῦ προσώπου σου καὶ τὸ Πνεῦμά σου τὸ ἅγιον μὴ ἀντανέλῃς ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ. Ἀπόδος μοι τὴν ἀγαλλίασιν τοῦ σωτηρίου σου καὶ πνεύματι ἡγεμονικῷ στήριξόν με. Διδάξω ἀνόμους τὰς ὁδούς σου καὶ ἀσεβεῖς ἐπὶ σὲ ἐπιστρέψουσι. Ῥῦσαί με ἐξ αἱμάτων, ὁ Θεός, ὁ Θεὸς τῆς σωτηρίας μου· ἀγαλλιάσεται ἡ γλῶσσά μου τὴν δικαιοσύνην σου. Κύριε, τὰ χείλη μου ἀνοίξεις καὶ τὸ στόμα μου ἀναγγελεῖ τὴν αἴνεσίν σου. Ὅτι εἰ ἠθέλησας θυσίαν, ἔδωκα ἄν· ὁλοκαυτώματα οὐκ εὐδοκήσεις. Θυσία τῷ Θεῷ πνεῦμα συντετριμμένον· καρδίαν συντετριμμένην καὶ τεταπεινωμένην ὁ Θεὸς οὐκ ἐξουδενώσει. Ἀγάθυνον, Κύριε, ἐν τῇ εὐδοκίᾳ σου τὴν Σιὼν καὶ οἰκοδομηθήτω τὰ τείχη Ἰερουσαλήμ. Τότε εὐδοκήσεις θυσίαν δικαιοσύνης, ἀναφορὰν καὶ ὁλοκαυτώματα. Τότε ἀνοίσουσιν ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριόν σου μόσχους.	Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your great mercy; and according to the abundance of Your compassion, blot out my transgression. Wash me thoroughly from my lawlessness and cleanse me from my sin. For I know my lawlessness, and my sin is always before me. Against You only have I sinned and done evil in Your sight; that You may be justified in Your words, and overcome when You are judged. For behold, I was conceived in transgressions, and in sins my mother bore me. Behold, You love truth; You showed me the unknown and secret things of Your wisdom. You shall sprinkle me with hyssop, and I will be cleansed; You shall wash me, and I will be made whiter than snow. You shall make me hear joy and gladness; my bones that were humbled shall greatly rejoice. Turn Your face from my sins, and blot out all my transgressions. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and uphold me with Your guiding Spirit. I will teach transgressors Your ways, and the ungodly shall turn back to You. Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue shall greatly rejoice in Your righteousness. O Lord, You shall open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise. For if You desired sacrifice, I would give it; You will not be pleased with whole burnt offerings. A sacrifice to God is a broken spirit, a broken and humbled heart God will not despise. Do good, O Lord, in Your good pleasure to Zion, and let the walls of Jerusalem be built; then You will be pleased with a sacrifice of righteousness, with offerings and whole burnt offerings; then shall they offer young bulls on Your altar. [SAAS]
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Σῶσον ὁ Θεὸς τὸν λαόν σου καὶ εὐλόγησον τὴν κληρονομίαν σου· ἐπίσκεψαι τὸν κόσμον σου ἐν ἐλέει καὶ οἰκτιρμοῖς· ὕψωσον κέρας χριστιανῶν ὀρθοδόξων καὶ κατάπεμψον ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς τὰ ἐλέη σου τὰ πλούσια·	O God, save Your people and bless Your inheritance. Look upon Your world with mercy and compassion. Raise the Orthodox Christians in glory, and send down upon us Your rich mercies:
πρεσβείαις τῆς παναχράντου δεσποίνης ἡμῶν Θεοτόκου καὶ ἀειπαρθένου Μαρίας, δυνάμει τοῦ τιμίου καὶ ζωοποιοῦ Σταυροῦ, προστασίαις τῶν τιμίων ἐπουρανίων δυνάμεων ἀσωμάτων, ἱκεσίαις τοῦ τιμίου ἐνδόξου προφήτου προδρόμου καὶ βαπτιστοῦ Ἰωάννου, τῶν ἁγίων ἐνδόξων καὶ πανευφήμων ἀποστόλων, τῶν ἐν ἁγίοις πατέρων ἡμῶν μεγάλων ἱεραρχῶν καὶ οἰκουμενικῶν διδασκάλων Βασιλείου τοῦ Μεγάλου, Γρηγορίου τοῦ Θεολόγου καὶ Ἰωάννου τοῦ Χρυσοστόμου, Ἀθανασίου καὶ Κυρίλλου, Ἰωάννου τοῦ Ἐλεήμονος πατριαρχῶν Ἀλεξανδρείας· Νικολάου τοῦ ἐν Μύροις, Σπυρίδωνος ἐπισκόπου Τριμυθοῦντος, καὶ Νεκταρίου Πενταπόλεως τῶν θαυματουργῶν· τῶν ἁγίων ἐνδόξων μεγαλομαρτύρων Γεωργίου τοῦ τροπαιοφόρου, Δημητρίου τοῦ μυροβλήτου, Θεοδώρου τοῦ τήρωνος, Θεοδώρου τοῦ στρατηλάτου, Μηνᾶ τοῦ θαυματουργοῦ· τῶν ἱερομαρτύρων Χαραλάμπους καὶ Ἐλευθερίου, τῆς ἁγίας ἐνδόξου μεγαλομάρτυρος καὶ πανευφήμου Εὐφημίας· τῶν ἁγίων ἐνδόξων μαρτύρων Θέκλας, Βαρβάρας, Ἀναστασίας, Αἰκατερίνης, Κυριακῆς, Φωτεινῆς, Μαρίνης, Παρασκευῆς καὶ Εἰρήνης· τῶν ὁσίων καὶ θεοφόρων πατέρων ἡμῶν· (τοῦ ἁγίου τοῦ ναοῦ)· τῶν ἁγίων καὶ δικαίων θεοπατόρων Ἰωακεὶμ καὶ Ἄννης, καὶ πάντων σου τῶν ἁγίων·	through the intercessions of our all-immaculate Lady Theotokos and ever-virgin Mary, by the power of the precious and life-giving Cross, the protection of the honorable, heavenly, bodiless powers, the supplications of the honorable, glorious prophet and forerunner John the Baptist, the holy, glorious, and praiseworthy apostles, our fathers among the saints, the great hierarchs and ecumenical teachers Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom; Athanasius, Cyril, and John the Merciful, patriarchs of Alexandria, Nicholas, bishop of Myra, Spyridon, bishop of Trimythous, Nektarios of Pentapolis, the wonderworkers; the holy, glorious, great martyrs George the triumphant, Demetrios the myrrh-streamer, Theodore the soldier, and Theodore the general; Menas the wonderworker; Charalampus and Eleutherius, the hieromartyrs; the holy, glorious, and victorious martyrs; the glorious great Martyr and all-laudable Euphemia; the holy and glorious Martyrs Thecla, Barbara, Anastasia, Catherine, Kyriaki, Photini, Marina, Paraskevi and Irene; our venerable and God-bearing fathers; (local patron saint); the holy and righteous ancestors of God Joachim and Anna; and all Your saints:
ἱκετεύομέν σε, μόνε πολυέλεε Κύριε, ἐπάκουσον ἡμῶν τῶν ἁμαρτωλῶν δεομένων σου καὶ ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς.	We beseech you, only merciful Lord, hear us sinners who pray to you and have mercy on us.
ΧΟΡΟΣ	CHOIR
Κύριε, ἐλέησον. (ιβʹ)	Lord, have mercy. (12)
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Ἐλέει καὶ οἰκτιρμοῖς καὶ φιλανθρωπίᾳ τοῦ μονογενοῦς σου Υἱοῦ, μεθʼ οὗ εὐλογητὸς εἶ, σὺν τῷ παναγίῳ καὶ ἀγαθῷ καὶ ζωοποιῷ σου Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.	Through the mercy, compassion, and love for humankind of Your only-begotten Son, with whom You are blessed, and Your all-holy, good and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and to the ages of ages.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Ἀμήν.	CHOIR: Amen.
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ΧΟΡΟΣ	CHOIR
Κανὼν τοῦ Ἁγίου.	Canon for the Saint.
ᾨδὴ αʹ. Ἦχος βʹ. Ὁ Εἱρμός.	Ode i. Mode 2. Heirmos.
	Ἐν βυθῷ κατέστρωε.
Στίχ. Τῷ Κυρίῳ ᾄσωμεν· ἐνδόξως γὰρ δεδόξασται.	Verse: Let us sing to the Lord, for He is greatly glorified.
Ἐν βυθῷ κατέστρωσέ ποτε, τὴν φαραωνίτιδα, πανστρατιὰν ἡ ὑπέροπλος δύναμις, σαρκωθεὶς ὁ Λόγος δέ, τὴν παμμόχθηρον ἁμαρτίαν ἐξήλειψεν, ὁ δεδοξασμένος Κύριος· ἐνδόξως γὰρ δεδόξασται.	Long ago the overwhelming Force * utterly destroyed the chariots and army of Pharaoh within the Sea. * Now the Logos put on flesh * and He wiped out malignant sin and its burdens all. * He is Lord, forever glorious, and He is greatly glorified. [SD]
Τροπάρια.	Troparia.
Ὅσιε τοῦ Θεοῦ, πρέσβευε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.	Devout Saint of God, intercede for us.
Τῷ φωτὶ τῆς θείας ἀστραπῆς, Πάτερ αὐγαζόμενος, σοῦ τὴν ζωὴν τῷ Θεῷ καθιέρωσας, ἐκ παιδὸς ἑλόμενος, παρθενίας τὴν φωσφόρον λαμπρότητα, διʼ ἧς ὡμοιώθης, τῇ τῶν Ἀσωμάτων καθαρότητι.	Illumined by the light of the divine lightning, Father, you devoted your life to God, having preferred from childhood the light-bearing brightness of virginity, through which you resembled the purity of the bodiless. [VPA]
Στίχ. Κύριος βασιλεύων τῶν αἰώνων, καὶ ἐπʼ αἰῶνα, καὶ ἔτι. Ὅτι εἰσῆλθεν ἵππος Φαραὼ σὺν ἅρμασι καὶ ἀναβάταις εἰς θάλασσαν.	Verse: The Lord reigns forever and ever and ever. For Pharaoh’s horses went with his chariots and horsemen into the sea. [SAAS]
Ὁδηγῷ τῷ θείῳ καὶ σεπτῷ, Πνεύματι χρησάμενος, θεοειδεῖ τῶν μοναζόντων σχήματι, καθαρῶς ὡμίλησας, καὶ διέμεινας πολυφώτῳ πυρσούμενος, αἴγλῃ θεοφόρε, βίον καθαρώτατον κτησάμενος.	By the guiding, divine, and pure Spirit you were made golden, and by the monastic garb which is divine in appearance, you lived in purity. And having been enkindled by the many-lighted ray, God-bearer, you steadfastly continued building a most-pure life. [VPA]
Στίχ. Οἱ δὲ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ ἐπορεύθησαν διὰ ξηρᾶς ἐν μέσῳ τῆς θαλάσσης.	Verse: But the children of Israel walked on dry ground in the midst of the sea. [SAAS]
Νευρωθεὶς δυνάμει τοῦ Σταυροῦ, πάθη κατεμάρανας, τὰ τῆς σαρκός, καὶ τὸν νοῦν κατελάμπρυνας, ὦ Νικήτα πάνσοφε, τῇ μελέτῃ τῶν διδαγμάτων τοῦ Πνεύματος, θείας θεωρίας, πλοῦτον ἀδαπάνητον καρπούμενος.	Strengthened by the power of the Cross, you utterly quenched the passions of the flesh, O all-wise Niketas, and illumined your mind by meditating on the teachings of the Spirit and you were made to enjoy the unspendable riches of divine visions. [VPA]
Δόξα.	Glory.
Σωφροσύνῃ μάκαρ λαμπρυνθείς, καὶ τῇ καθαρότητι, πρὸς ἱερὰν ἀνηνέχθης ἀκρότητα· τῆς ἱερωσύνης γάρ, λαμπροτάτῳ κατεκοσμήθης ἐνδύματι, θείων μυστηρίων, Ὅσιε μεσίτης γνωριζόμενος.	You were made to shine with soundness of mind, blessed one, and through purity you ascended to holy self-control, since you were adorned with the most bright garment of the priesthood, being known as a mediator of divine mysteries, Venerable one. [VPA]
Καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.	Both now. Theotokion.
Ὑπερτέρα πέφηνας Ἁγνή, πάσης ἀοράτου τε, καὶ ὁρατῆς ἀειπάρθενε κτίσεως· τὸν γὰρ κτίστην τέτοκας, ὡς ηὐδόκησε σαρκωθῆναι ἐν μήτρᾳ σου, ᾧ σὺν παῤῥησίᾳ πρέσβευε, σωθῆναι τὰς ψυχὰς ἡμῶν.	Unto the Creator you gave birth, * when in His good pleasure He became incarnate, O Maid, in your virgin womb. * Hence you are superior * to creation all, invisible and visible. * Intercede with Him with confidence, entreating Him to save our souls. [SD]
Τοῦ Μηναίου - - -	From Menaion - - -
Κανὼν τοῦ Ἁγίου.	Canon for the Saint.
ᾨδὴ γʹ. Ἦχος βʹ. Ὁ Εἱρμός.	Ode iii. Mode 2. Heirmos.
	Ἐξήνθησεν ἡ ἔρημος.
Στίχ. Ἅγιος εἶ, Κύριε, καὶ σὲ ὑμνεῖ τὸ πνεῦμά μου.	Verse: Holy are You, O Lord, and my spirit praises You.
Ἐξήνθησεν ἡ ἔρημος, ὡσεὶ κρίνον Κύριε, ἡ τῶν ἐθνῶν στειρεύουσα, Ἐκκλησία τῇ παρουσίᾳ σου, ἐν ᾗ ἐστερεώθη ἡ καρδία μου.	The gentile church was formerly like the barren wilderness; * and then it blossomed as the rose * and the lily, when You appeared on earth. * My heart is established in Your Advent, O Lord. [SD]
Τροπάρια.	Troparia.
Ὅσιε τοῦ Θεοῦ, πρέσβευε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.	Devout Saint of God, intercede for us.
Οὐράνιον κτησάμενος, πολιτείαν ἔνδοξε, φωτοειδὴς καὶ ἔκλαμπρος, εὐσεβείας φωστὴρ γεγένησαι, διαπρέπων ἐνθέοις σου χαρίσμασι.	Having acquired a heavenly manner of life, glorious one, you became a beacon of the light of piety, luminous and very bright, eminent with your divine gifts. [VPA]
Στίχ. Κύριος ἀνέβη εἰς οὐρανούς, καὶ ἑβρόντησεν, αὐτὸς κρινεῖ ἄκρα γῆς, δίκαιος ὢν.	Verse: The Lord went up into the heaven and thundered. The Lord judges the ends of the earth. [SAAS]
Νεκρώσας τὰ φρονήματα, τῆς σαρκός σου πάνσοφε, διʼ ἀρετῆς ἐζώωσας, θεοφρόνως ψυχῆς τὸ ἔνθεον, καὶ ζωῆς τῆς ἀφθάρτου κατηξίωσαι.	You put to death the thoughts of your flesh, all-wise one and through the virtues you made the divine part of the soul to live and became worthy of the undecaying life. [VPA]
Στίχ. Καὶ δώσει ἰσχὺν τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν ἡμῶν, καὶ ὑψώσει κέρας χριστῶν αὐτοῦ.	Verse: He gives strength to our leaders, and He will exalt the horn of His Christ. [SAAS]
Γηθόμενος διήνυσας, σοῦ τὸν βίον Ὅσιε, πεποικιλμένος κάλλεσι, καὶ ὡραίοις πλουτῶν χαρίσμασιν, ἐν οἷς ἐστερεώθη ἡ καρδία σου.	You completed your life rejoicing, Venerable one, adorned with beauty and the gracefulness of many gifts, in which your heart was established. [VPA]
Δόξα.	Glory.
Ἐξέλαμψας ὡς ἥλιος, μοναζόντων τάγμασι, ταῖς ἀρεταῖς κοσμούμενος, ὦ Νικήτα θεόφρον Ὅσιε· διό σε γεγηθότες μακαρίζομεν.	Adorned by virtues, you shone as the sun for the ranks of monastics, Venerable, godly-minded Niketas. Therefore, rejoicing, we bless you. [VPA]
Καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.	Both now. Theotokion.
Ὡς μήτηρ κεκτημένη σύ, παῤῥησίαν Δέσποινα, πρὸς τὸν Υἱόν σου αἴτησαι, ἐπαμῦναι λαῷ καὶ ποίμνῃ σου, τῶν ἀνόμων δὲ θραῦσαι τὰ φρυάγματα.	Having boldness as His Mother, O Lady, towards your Son, ask Him to come to the aid of your people and your flock and shatter the insolence of the lawless. [VPA]
Ὁ Εἱρμός.	Heirmos.
Ἐξήνθησεν ἡ ἔρημος, ὡσεὶ κρίνον Κύριε, ἡ τῶν ἐθνῶν στειρεύουσα, Ἐκκλησία τῇ παρουσίᾳ σου, ἐν ᾗ ἐστερεώθη ἡ καρδία μου.	The gentile church was formerly like the barren wilderness; * and then it blossomed as the rose * and the lily, when You appeared on earth. * My heart is established in Your Advent, O Lord. [SD]
Ode 3: Short Litany	Ode 3: Short Litany
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ	PRIEST
Ἔτι καὶ ἔτι ἐν εἰρήνῃ τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.	Again and again in peace let us pray to the Lord.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Κύριε, ἐλέησον.	CHOIR: Lord, have mercy.
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ	PRIEST
Ἀντιλαβοῦ, σῶσον, ἐλέησον καὶ διαφύλαξον ἡμᾶς, ὁ Θεός, τῇ σῇ χάριτι.	Help us, save us, have mercy on us, and protect us, O God, by Your grace.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Κύριε, ἐλέησον.	CHOIR: Lord, have mercy.
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ	PRIEST
Τῆς παναγίας, ἀχράντου, ὑπερευλογημένης, ἐνδόξου, δεσποίνης ἡμῶν Θεοτόκου καὶ ἀειπαρθένου Μαρίας μετὰ πάντων τῶν ἁγίων μνημονεύσαντες, ἑαυτοὺς καὶ ἀλλήλους καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν ζωὴν ἡμῶν Χριστῷ τῷ Θεῷ παραθώμεθα.	Remembering our all-holy, immaculate, most blessed, and glorious Lady, the Theotokos and ever-virgin Mary, with all the saints, let us commend ourselves and one another and our whole life to Christ our God.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Σοί, Κύριε.	CHOIR: To You, O Lord.
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ	PRIEST
Ὅτι σὺ εἶ ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν καὶ σοὶ τὴν δόξαν ἀναπέμπομεν, τῷ Πατρὶ καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ καὶ τῷ ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.	For You are our God, and to You we offer up glory, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and to the ages of ages.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Ἀμήν.	CHOIR: Amen.

ΧΟΡΟΣ	CHOIR
Κάθισμα.	Kathisma.
Τοῦ Μηναίου - - -	From Menaion - - -
Ἦχος δʹ. Ταχὺ προκατάλαβε.	Mode 4. Come quickly.
	Ταχὺ προκατάλαβε.

Ηὐλίσθης ἐν ὄρεσι, τῆς ἡσυχίας σοφέ, ἐτράφης ἐν πόλεσι, τῆς ἐγκρατείας σαφῶς, ὑψώθης ἀμφοτέρωθεν, ἔλιπες χαμαιζήλου, ἡδονῆς πολιτείαν, ἔφθασας οὐρανίου, τὴν μονὴν κατοικίας, ἐν ᾗ καθικετεύεις ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν τὸν Θεόν.	You took your abode in the mountains of silence, wise one, and manifestly grew in the cities of self-control. You were lifted up on both, you left the life of earth-bound pleasures and you reached the heavenly dwelling, in which entreat God for us. [VPA]
Δόξα· καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.	Glory. Both now. Theotokion.
Ἦχος δʹ. Ταχὺ προκατάλαβε.	Mode 4. Come quickly.

Πολλοῖς πλημμελήμασιν, ἐγὼ ὁ ἄσωτος, τὸν νοῦν σκοτιζόμενος, ἐπιβοῶμαι τὴν σήν, βεβαίαν ἀντίληψιν. Φώτισον Θεοτόκε, τῆς ψυχῆς μου τὰς κόρας, λάμψον μοι μετανοίας, τὸ λαμπρότατον φέγγος, καὶ ἔνδυσόν με ὅπλα τοῦ φωτὸς Πανάμωμε.	I, the prodigal, having darkened my mind with many transgressions, call upon your true support. Illumine, O Theotokos, the face of my soul, shine the most bright light of repentance upon me and robe me in the weapons of light, all-blameless one. [VPA]
Τοῦ Μηναίου - - -	From Menaion - - -
Κανὼν τοῦ Ἁγίου.	Canon for the Saint.
ᾨδὴ δʹ. Ἦχος βʹ. Ὁ Εἱρμός.	Ode iv. Mode 2. Heirmos.
	Ἐλήλυθας ἐκ Παρθένου.
Στίχ. Δόξα τῇ δυνάμει σου, Κύριε.	Verse: Glory to Your strength, O Lord.
Ἐλήλυθας, ἐκ Παρθένου οὐ πρέσβυς οὐκ Ἄγγελος, ἀλλʼ αὐτὸς ὁ Κύριος, σεσαρκωμένος καὶ ἔσωσας, ὅλον με τὸν ἄνθρωπον· διὸ κραυγάζω σοι· Δόξα τῇ δυνάμει σου Κύριε.	You came, O Lord, * not an elder nor angel, but You yourself, * God incarnate, being born of a pure Virgin, thus saving me * and all of humanity. * Therefore I sing to You: * Glory to Your strength, O Lord! [SD]
Τροπάρια.	Troparia.
Ὅσιε τοῦ Θεοῦ, πρέσβευε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.	Devout Saint of God, intercede for us.
Ῥιζοτόμος, τῶν παθῶν θεοφόρε δεικνύμενος, ψυχῆς καθαρότητι, τῶν θεομάχων ἀνέσπασας, ἅπασαν ψυχόλεθρον, Ἱερομύστα ἀπάτην πανσεβάσμιε.	O God-bearer, You were shown to be one who severs the roots of the passions by the purity of your soul, and you pulled up all the soul-killing fraudulent teaching of those who warred against God, all-venerable teacher of sacred things. [VPA]
Στίχ. Κύριε, εἰσακήκοα τὴν ἀκοήν σου, καὶ ἐφοβήθην, Κύριε, κατενόησα τὰ ἔργα σου, καὶ ἐξέστην.	Verse: Lord, I have heard Your report and was afraid; I considered Your works and was greatly astonished. [SAAS]
Ῥιζοτόμος, τῶν παθῶν θεοφόρε δεικνύμενος, ψυχῆς καθαρότητι, τῶν θεομάχων ἀνέσπασας, ἅπασαν ψυχόλεθρον, Ἱερομύστα ἀπάτην πανσεβάσμιε.	O God-bearer, You were shown to be one who severs the roots of the passions by the purity of your soul, and you pulled up all the soul-killing fraudulent teaching of those who warred against God, all-venerable teacher of sacred things. [VPA]
Στίχ. Ἐν τῷ ταραχθῆναι τὴν ψυχήν μου ἐν ὀργῇ, ἐλέους μνησθήσῃ.	Verse: When my soul is troubled, You will in wrath remember mercy. [SAAS]
Ἀράμενος, τὸν τῆς νίκης πανόλβιε στέφανον, σκηναῖς οὐρανίοις νῦν, ἐπαναπαύῃ μακάριε, πάθη τιναξάμενος, καὶ τὴν ἀπάθειαν Πάτερ ἐνδυσάμενος.	Having received the crown of victory, you now rest in the heavenly dwellings, having shaken off the passions and been clothed in dispassion, O all-happy and blessed Father. [VPA]
Στίχ. Ὁ Θεὸς ἀπὸ Θαιμὰν ἥξει, καὶ ὁ Ἅγιος ἐξ ὄρους κατασκίου δασέος.	Verse: God will come from Teman, the Holy One from the mount of shaded leafy trees. [SAAS]
Ἱερεῖον, ὥσπερ ἄμωμον Πάτερ τὸν βίον σου, Χριστῷ προσενήνοχας, θείας ἀγάπης ἀνάπλεων, καὶ τῷ τῆς ἀσκήσεως, ὡραϊζόμενον κάλλει παμμακάριστε.	You offered your life to Christ like a blameless sacrifice, full of divine love and adorned with the beauty of asceticism, all-blessed one. [VPA]
Στίχ. Ἐκάλυψεν οὐρανοὺς ἡ ἀρετὴ αὐτοῦ, καὶ τῆς αἰνέσεως αὐτοῦ πλήρης ἡ γῆ.	Verse: His excellence covered the heavens, and the earth was full of His praise. [SAAS]
Θεοτοκίον.	Theotokion.
Σὲ λιμένα, σωτηρίας καὶ τεῖχος ἀκράδαντον, Θεοτόκε Δέσποινα, πάντες πιστοὶ ἐπιστάμεθα· σὺ γὰρ ταῖς πρεσβείαις σου, ἐκ τῶν κινδύνων λυτροῦσαι τὰς ψυχὰς ἡμῶν.	All we, the faithful, know you, O Lady Theotokos, as a harbor of salvation and a wall unshaken, for, by your intercessions, you free our souls from dangers. [VPA]
(διαβαστά)	(read)
Στίχοι Ἐνδιάμεσοι Τετάρτης ᾨδῆς.	Intermediate Verses of Ode Four.
Καὶ φέγγος αὐτοῦ ὡς φῶς ἔσται, κέρατα ἐν χερσὶν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔθετο ἀγάπησιν κραταιὰν ἰσχύος αὐτοῦ.	His brightness will be like the light; horns will be in His hand, and He established a mighty love of His strength. [SAAS]
Πρὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ πορεύσεται λόγος, καὶ ἐξελεύσεται εἰς παιδείαν κατὰ πόδας αὐτοῦ.	Before His face a word will go forth; it will go out by the shoes of His feet.
Ἔστη, καὶ ἐσαλεύθη ἡ γῆ, ἐπέβλεψε, καὶ ἐτάκη ἔθνη.	The earth stood and was shaken to and fro; He looked and the nations melted away.
Διεθρύβη τὰ ὄρη βίᾳ, ἐτάκησαν βουνοὶ αἰώνιοι, πορείας αἰωνίους αὐτοῦ ἀντὶ κόπων εἶδον.	The mountains were shattered by force; the everlasting hills wasted away. In the place of distresses, I saw His eternal ways.
Σκηνώματα Αἰθιόπων, πτοηθήσονται καὶ αἱ σκηναὶ γῆς Μαδιάμ.	The tents of the Ethiopians will be dismayed, even the tents of the land of Midian.
Ὅτε διεμέριζεν ὁ Ὕψιστος ἔθνη, ὡς διέσπειρεν υἱοὺς ᾿Αδάμ, ἔστησεν ὅρια ἐθνῶν κατὰ ἀριθμὸν ἀγγέλων Θεοῦ,	When the Most High divided the nations, when He scattered the sons of Adam, He set the boundaries of the nations by the number of God’s angels.
Ἐντείνων ἐντενεῖς τὸ τόξον σου ἐπὶ σκῆπτρα, λέγει Κύριος, ποταμῶν ῥαγήσεται γῆ.	You will stretch your bow against scepters, says the Lord. The land of rivers shall be torn asunder.
Ὄψονταί σε καὶ ὠδινήσουσι λαοί, σκορπίζων ὕδατα πορείας, ἔδωκεν ἡ ἄβυσσος φωνὴν αὐτῆς, ὕψος φαντασίας αὐτῆς.	Many peoples will see you and be in travail, dispersing waters from its course. The abyss uttered its voice; raising its form on high.
Ἐπήρθη ὁ ἥλιος, καὶ ἡ σελήνη ἔστη ἐν τῇ τάξει αὐτῆς, εἰς φῶς βολίδες σου πορεύσονται, εἰς φέγγος ἀστραπῆς ὅπλων σου.	The sun arose, and the moon stood in its course; at the light of Your arrows they went forth, at the flashing of Your gleaming weapons.
Ἐν ἀπειλῇ ὀλιγώσεις γῆν, καὶ ἐν θυμῷ πατάξεις ἔθνη.	You will bring low the land with threatening; You will break the nations in wrath.
Ἐξῆλθες εἰς σωτηρίαν λαοῦ σου, τοῦ σῶσαι τὸν χριστόν σου ἐλήλυθας, ἔβαλες εἰς κεφαλὰς ἀνόμων θάνατον, ἐξήγειρας δεσμοὺς ἕως τραχήλου εἰς τέλος.	You went forth for the salvation of Your people, to save Your anointed ones. You brought death upon the heads of the lawless; You brought bonds upon their neck.
Διέκοψας ἐν ἐκστάσει κεφαλὰς δυναστῶν, σεισθήσονται ἐν αὐτοῖς, διανοίξουσι χαλινοὺς αὐτῶν, ὡς ὁ ἐσθίων πτωχὸς λάθρᾳ.	You cut off the heads of rulers in amazement; they shall tremble in it. They will break their bridles like a poor man eating secretly.
Καὶ ἐπεβίβασας εἰς θάλασσαν τοὺς ἵππους σου, ταράσσοντας ὕδατα πολλά.	You ran your horses into the sea, churning up the many waters.
Ἐφυλαξάμην, καὶ ἐπτοήθη ἡ καρδία μου, ἀπὸ φωνῆς προσευχῆς χειλέων μου, καὶ εἰσῆλθε τρόμος εἰς τὰ ὀστᾶ μου, καὶ ἐν ἐμοὶ ἐταράχθη ἡ ἰσχύς μου.	I kept watch, and my belly trembled from the sound of the prayer of my lips; and trembling penetrated into my bones. And my very frame of mind was troubled.
Ἀναπαύσομαι ἐν ἡμέρᾳ θλίψεώς μου, τοῦ ἀναβῆναί με εἰς λαὸν παροικίας μου.	I shall rest in the day of tribulation to go up to the people of my sojourn. [SAAS]
(ἐμμελῶς)	(sung)
Τοῦ Τριῳδίου - - -	From Triodion - - -
Κανὼν Aʹ τοῦ Τριῳδίου.	Canon 1 from the Triodion.
ᾨδὴ δʹ. Ἦχος πλ. δʹ. Εἰσακήκοα Κύριε.	Ode iv. Mode pl. 4. (NM) O Lord, I have heard the mystery
	Εἰσακήκοα Κύριε.
Στίχ. Διότι συκῆ οὐ καρποφορήσει, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται γεννήματα ἐν ταῖς ἀμπέλοις.	Verse: For though the fig tree will not bear fruit and there be no grapes on the vines. [SAAS]
Ἐγκρατείᾳ συζήσαντες, οἱ πεφωτισμένοι Χριστοῦ Ἀπόστολοι, ἐγκρατείας τὸν καιρὸν ἡμῖν, μεσιτείαις θείαις εὐμαρίζουσι.	Enlightened by God, the apostles of Christ lived in abstinence; and by their divine mediation they help us in this season of the Fast. [KW]
Στίχ. Ψεύσεται ἔργον ἐλαίας, καὶ τὰ πεδία οὐ ποιήσει βρῶσιν.	Verse: The labor of the olive tree fail and the fields yield no food. [SAAS]
Δωδεκάχορδον ὄργανον, μέλος ἐκελάδησε τὸ σωτήριον, Μαθητῶν χορὸς ὁ ἔνθεος, πονηρὰ συγχέων μελῳδήματα.	As an instrument of twelve strings, the divine choir of the disciples sang a hymn of salvation, confounding the music of evil. [KW]
Στίχ. Ἐξέλιπον ἀπὸ βρώσεως πρόβατα, καὶ οὐχ ὑπάρξουσι βόες ἐπὶ φάτναις.	Verse: Though the sheep have no pasture and there be no oxen in the cribs. [SAAS]
Ἑπομβρίαις τοῦ Πνεύματος, πᾶσαν τὴν ὑφήλιον κατηρδεύσατε, τὸν αὐχμὸν ἀποδιώξαντες, τῆς πολυθεΐας Παμμακάριστοι.	Driving away the drought of polytheism, O all-blessed apostles, with the rain of the Spirit ye have watered all the earth. [KW]
Στίχ. Ἐγὼ δὲ ἐν τῷ Κυρίῳ ἀγαλλιάσομαι, χαρήσομαι ἐπὶ τῷ Θεῷ τῷ Σωτῆρί μου.	Verse: Yet I will glory in the Lord; I will rejoice in God my Savior. [SAAS]
Θεοτοκίον.	Theotokion.
Ταπεινώσασα σῶσόν με, τὸν ὑψηλοφρόνως πολιτευσάμενον, ἡ τεκοῦσα τὸν ὑψώσαντα, τὴν ταπεινωθεῖσαν φύσιν Πάναγνε.	I have passed my life in arrogance: make me humble and save me, all-pure Lady, for thou hast borne the Lord who has exalted our humiliated nature. [KW]
Κανὼν Bʹ τοῦ Τριῳδίου.	Canon 2 from the Triodion.
ᾨδὴ δʹ. Ἦχος πλ. δʹ. Εἰσακήκος Κύριε, τὴν ἀκοήν.	Ode iv. Mode pl. 4. (NM) O Lord, I have heard
	Εἰσακήκος Κύριε, τὴν ἀκοήν.
Στίχ. Κύριος ὁ Θεός μου δύναμίς μου, καὶ τάξει τοὺς πόδας μου εἰς συντέλειαν.	Verse: The Lord God is my strength; He will direct my feet to the end. [SAAS]
Ἀποστόλων ἡ πάνσεπτος, χοροστασία τῷ πάντων Κτίστῃ, δυσωποῦσα παρακλήθητι, ἐλεῆσαι ἡμᾶς τοὺς ἀνευφημοῦντάς σε.	O honoured choir of the apostles, in your intercessions to the Maker of all, ask that He have mercy on us who sing your praises. [KW]
Στίχ. Καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ ὑψηλὰ ἐπιβιβᾷ με, τοῦ νικῆσαί με ἐν τῇ ᾠδῇ αὐτοῦ.	Verse: He will set me upon high places, so to conquer by His song. [SAAS]
Ὡς ἐργάται ὑπάρχοντες, Χριστοῦ Ἀπόστολοι πάντα Κόσμον θείῳ λόγῳ γεωργήσαντες, προσηγάγετε καρποὺς αὐτῷ πάντοτε.	As Christ’s husbandmen, O apostles, ye have tilled the whole world with the word of God, and ye bring Him fruit at all times. [KW]
Δόξα. Τριαδικόν.	Glory. For the Trinity.
Ὑπεράρχιε σύμμορφε, πανσθενεστάτη Τριὰς ἁγία, Πάτερ Λόγε Πνεῦμα ἅγιον, Θεὲ φῶς καὶ ζωή, φύλαττε τὴν ποίμνην σου.	Trinity one in essence, without beginning and supreme in power, Father, Son and Holy Spirit: O God, Light and Life, guard Thy flock. [KW]
Καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.	Both now. Theotokion.
Χαῖρε θρόνε πυρίμορφε, χαῖρε λυχνία λαμπαδηφόρε, χαιρε ὄρος ἁγιάσματος, κιβωτὲ τῆς ζωῆς, Ἁγίων ἁγία σκηνή.	Hail, fiery Throne! Hail, Candlestick that bears the Light! Hail, Mountain of sanctification, Ark of life, Tabernacle and Holy of Holies! [KW]
Ὁ Εἱρμός. Ἦχος πλ. δʹ.	Heirmos (not metered). Mode pl. 4.
	Εἰσακήκος Κύριε, τὴν ἀκοήν.
Εἰσακήκοα Κύριε, τὴν ἀκοήν σου καὶ ἐφοβήθην, κατενόησα τὰ ἔργα σου, καὶ ἐδόξασα τὸ κράτος σου Δέσποτα.	Lord, I heard Your report and I was afraid. I considered Your works, and I glorified Your dominion, O Master. [SD]
Τοῦ Μηναίου - - -	From Menaion - - -
Κανὼν τοῦ Ἁγίου.	Canon for the Saint.
ᾨδὴ εʹ. Ἦχος βʹ. Ὁ Εἱρμός.	Ode v. Mode 2. Heirmos.
	Μεσίτης Θεοῦ.
Στίχ. Κύριε, ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, εἰρήνην δὸς ἡμῖν.	Verse: O Lord our God, grant us peace.
Μεσίτης Θεοῦ, καὶ ἀνθρώπων γέγονας, Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός· διὰ σοῦ γὰρ Δέσποτα, τὴν πρὸς τὸν ἀρχίφωτον Πατέρα σου, ἐκ νυκτὸς ἀγνωσίας, προσαγωγὴν ἐσχήκαμεν.	O Christ our God, * You are the mediator between God and men. * For through You, O Lord, we have access to Your Father, the Author of Light, * in the Spirit, as Paul said, out of the night of ignorance. [SD]
Τροπάρια.	Troparia.
Ὅσιε τοῦ Θεοῦ, πρέσβευε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.	Devout Saint of God, intercede for us.
Ὡς πρᾶος ἐν γῇ, τῶν πραέων ᾤκησας, Νικήτα σοφέ, μαχητὴς γενόμενος, ὑπὲρ ἀληθείας παναοίδιμε, καὶ τῆς ὁμολογίας, στέφει λαμπρῶς κοσμούμενος.	As a meek one you have made your dwelling in the land of the meek, having become a fighter for the truth, all-memorable one, and you were brightly adorned with the crown of confession. [VPA]
Στίχ. Ἀναστήσονται οἱ νεκροί, καὶ ἐγερθήσονται οἱ ἐν τοῖς μνημείοις, καὶ εὐφρανθήσονται οἱ ἐν τῇ γῇ	Verse: The dead shall rise up; and those in the tombs shall arise. Those in the earth shall be glad. [SAAS]
Ὡς πρᾶος ἐν γῇ, τῶν πραέων ᾤκησας, Νικήτα σοφέ, μαχητὴς γενόμενος, ὑπὲρ ἀληθείας παναοίδιμε, καὶ τῆς ὁμολογίας, στέφει λαμπρῶς κοσμούμενος.	As a meek one you have made your dwelling in the land of the meek, having become a fighter for the truth, all-memorable one, and you were brightly adorned with the crown of confession. [VPA]
Στίχ. Ἡ γὰρ δρόσος ἡ παρὰ σοῦ ἴαμα αὐτοῖς ἐστιν, ἡ δὲ γῆ τῶν ἀσεβῶν πεσεῖται.	Verse: For your dew is a healing for them, but the land of the ungodly shall come to an end. [SAAS]
Πρὸς ἔνθεον φῶς, νῦν μετέστης Ὅσιε, φωτὸς γεγονώς, υἱὸς ἐνδιάθετος, ἐν ἀγαλλιάσει καὶ τερπνότητι, σὺν χοροῖς τῶν Ἀγγέλων, χαρμονικῶς γηθόμενος.	You have now been translated to the divine light, having become a son of light truly in your heart, and you rejoice with gladness in joy and delight with the choirs of angels. [VPA]
Δόξα.	Glory.
Ἀφράστου τρυφῆς, Παραδείσου γέγονας νῦν μέτοχος· λιμὴν γὰρ πανεύδιος, τοῖς χειμαζομένοις ἀναδέδειξαι, καὶ λιμώττουσι μάκαρ, διατροφεὺς γεγένησαι.	You have become a partaker of the indescribable delight of Paradise; for you were shown to be an all-calm harbor to those made cold by winter and became a feeder of those who hunger, blessed one. [VPA]
Καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.	Both now. Theotokion.
Δυσώπει τὸν σόν, Υἱὸν καὶ Κύριον Παρθένε ἁγνή, αἰχμαλώτοις λύτρωσιν, τοῖς ἐξ ἐναντίας περιστάσεως, ἐπὶ σοὶ πεποιθόσιν, εἰρηνικὴν δωρήσασθαι.	Entreat your Son and Lord, pure Virgin, that a peaceful delivery from opponents be given to those in difficult circumstances who place their hope in you. [VPA]
Τοῦ Μηναίου - - -	From Menaion - - -
Κανὼν τοῦ Ἁγίου.	Canon for the Saint.
ᾨδὴ Ϛʹ. Ἦχος βʹ. Ὁ Εἱρμός.	Ode vi. Mode 2. Heirmos.
	Ἐν ἀβύσσῳ πταισμάτων.
Στίχ. Ὡς τὸν προφήτην Ἰωνᾶν, σῶσον ἡμᾶς, Κύριε.	Verse: Save us, O Lord, like You saved the Prophet Jonah.
Ἐν ἀβύσσῳ πταισμάτων κυκλούμενος, τὴν ἀνεξιχνίαστον τῆς εὐσπλαγχνίας σου, ἐπικαλοῦμαι ἄβυσσον· Ἐκ φθορᾶς ὁ Θεός με ἀνάγαγε.	Like a deep sea, my sins have encircled me. * I invoke the deep sea of Your ineffable * and unfathomable tender love. * Raise me up from corruption, O Lord my God. [SD]
Τροπάρια.	Troparia.
Ὅσιε τοῦ Θεοῦ, πρέσβευε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.	Devout Saint of God, intercede for us.
Μακαρίων ἐλπίδων ἐπέτυχες, Πάτερ παμμακάριστε, μακαριότητος, δεσποτικῆς γενόμενος, κληρονόμος καὶ θείας ἐλλάμψεως.	You held on to great hopes, all-blessed Father, having become an inheritor of the happiness of the Master and the divine illumination. [VPA]
Στίχ. Φυλασσόμενοι μάταια καὶ ψευδῆ, ἔλεον αὐτοῖς ἐγκατέλιπον.	Verse: Those who follow vanity and lies forsake their own mercy. [SAAS]
Μακαρίων ἐλπίδων ἐπέτυχες, Πάτερ παμμακάριστε, μακαριότητος, δεσποτικῆς γενόμενος, κληρονόμος καὶ θείας ἐλλάμψεως.	You held on to great hopes, all-blessed Father, having become an inheritor of the happiness of the Master and the divine illumination. [VPA]
Στίχ. Ὅσα ηὐξάμην ἀποδώσω σοι εἰς σωτηρίαν μου τῷ Κυρίῳ.	Verse: As much as I vowed, I shall offer up to You, to You, the Lord of Deliverance. [SAAS]
Φωτοφόρους λαμπάδας κατέχων διπλᾶς, τῆς ὁμολογίας σου, καὶ τῆς ἀσκήσεως, εἰς οὐρανοὺς ἐχώρησας, θεοφόρε Νικήτα πανάριστε.	Holding on to the double light-bearing lamp of your confession and your ascetic works, you went to the heavenly places, God-bearing, all-noble Niketas [VPA]
Δόξα.	Glory.
Ἀπολαύων ἀλήκτου καὶ θείας τρυφῆς, ἐν ἐπουρανίοις νῦν Πάτερ σκηνώμασιν, ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν δυσώπησον, τὸν τῶν ὅλων Δεσπότην καὶ Κύριον.	Enjoying the unending and divine delight from heavenly dwellings now, Father, entreat the Master and Lord of all for us. [VPA]
Καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.	Both now. Theotokion.
Ἀπειράνδρως Παρθένε ἐκύησας, καὶ διαιωνίζεις παρθένος ἐμφαίνουσα, τῆς ἀληθοῦς Θεότητος, τοῦ Υἱοῦ καὶ Θεοῦ σου τὰ σύμβολα.	You conceived without the help of man, O Virgin, and you ever-remain a Virgin, showing the true signs of the divinity of your Son and God. [VPA]
Ὁ Εἱρμός.	Heirmos.
Ἐν ἀβύσσῳ πταισμάτων κυκλούμενος, τὴν ἀνεξιχνίαστον τῆς εὐσπλαγχνίας σου, ἐπικαλοῦμαι ἄβυσσον· Ἐκ φθορᾶς ὁ Θεός με ἀνάγαγε.	Like a deep sea, my sins have encircled me. * I invoke the deep sea of Your ineffable * and unfathomable tender love. * Raise me up from corruption, O Lord my God. [SD]
Ode 6: Short Litany	Ode 6: Short Litany
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ	PRIEST
Ἔτι καὶ ἔτι ἐν εἰρήνῃ τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.	Again and again in peace let us pray to the Lord.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Κύριε, ἐλέησον.	CHOIR: Lord, have mercy.
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ	PRIEST
Ἀντιλαβοῦ, σῶσον, ἐλέησον καὶ διαφύλαξον ἡμᾶς, ὁ Θεός, τῇ σῇ χάριτι.	Help us, save us, have mercy on us, and protect us, O God, by Your grace.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Κύριε, ἐλέησον.	CHOIR: Lord, have mercy.
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ	PRIEST
Τῆς παναγίας, ἀχράντου, ὑπερευλογημένης, ἐνδόξου, δεσποίνης ἡμῶν Θεοτόκου καὶ ἀειπαρθένου Μαρίας μετὰ πάντων τῶν ἁγίων μνημονεύσαντες, ἑαυτοὺς καὶ ἀλλήλους καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν ζωὴν ἡμῶν Χριστῷ τῷ Θεῷ παραθώμεθα.	Remembering our all-holy, immaculate, most blessed, and glorious Lady, the Theotokos and ever-virgin Mary, with all the saints, let us commend ourselves and one another and our whole life to Christ our God.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Σοί, Κύριε.	CHOIR: To You, O Lord.
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ	PRIEST
Σὺ γὰρ εἶ ὁ βασιλεὺς τῆς εἰρήνης καὶ σωτὴρ τῶν ψυχῶν ἡμῶν, καὶ σοὶ τὴν δόξαν ἀναπέμπομεν, τῷ Πατρὶ καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ καὶ τῷ ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.	For You are the King of peace and the savior of our souls, and to You we offer up glory, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and to the ages of ages.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Ἀμήν.	CHOIR: Amen.

Τοῦ Τριῳδίου - - -	From Triodion - - -
ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ	READER
Μαρτυρικόν. Ἦχος βαρύς.	For the Martyrs. Grave Mode.
Ἅγιοι πρεσβεύσατε, ἄφεσιν δωρηθῆναι ἡμῖν, τῶν πλημμελημάτων ἡμῶν, καὶ τῶν προσδοκωμένων, δεινῶν ῥυσθῆναι ἡμᾶς, καὶ πικροῦ θανάτου δεόμεθα.	O Saints, we pray you to intercede for us, that we be granted forgiveness for our offenses, and that we be delivered form impending evils and from bitter death. [SD]
Ὁ λαὸς ἵσταται διὰ τὴν ἀνάγνωσιν τοῦ Συναξαρίου.	Stand for the reading of the Synaxarion.
Συναξάριον	Synaxarion
Τοῦ Μηναίου.	From the Menaion.
Τῇ Γʹ τοῦ αὐτοῦ μηνός, μνήμη τοῦ Ὁσίου Πατρὸς ἡμῶν Νικήτα τοῦ Ὁμολογητοῦ, Ἡγουμένου τῆς Μονῆς τοῦ Μηδικίου.	On April 3 we commemorate our devout father Niketas the confessor, Abbot of the Monastery of Medicium.
Τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ, μνήμη τοῦ Ὁσίου Πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ἰωσὴφ τοῦ Ὑμνογράφου.	On this day we also commemorate our devout father Joseph the Hymnographer.
Τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ, μνήμη τοῦ Ἁγίου Μάρτυρος Ἐλπιδοφόρου.	On this day we also commemorate the holy martyr Elpidophoros.
Τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ, μνήμη τοῦ Ἁγίου Μάρτυρος Δίου.	On this day we also commemorate the holy martyr Dius.
Τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ, μνήμη τοῦ Ἁγίου Μάρτυρος Βυθονίου.	On this day we also commemorate the holy martyr Bythonius.
Τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ, μνήμη τοῦ Ἁγίου Μάρτυρος Γαλύκου.	On this day we also commemorate the holy martyr Galycus.
Τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ, μνήμη τοῦ Ὁσίου Πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ἰλλυριοῦ, τοῦ ἐν τῷ ὄρει τοῦ Μυρσιῶνος.	On this day we also commemorate our devout father Illyrios of Mount Myrsion.
Τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ, ὁ ἅγιος νεομάρτυς Παῦλος ὁ Ρῶσος, ὁ ἀπελεύθερος, ὁ κατὰ τὸ ᾳχπγʹ (1683) ἐν Κων/πόλει μαρτυρήσας, ξίφει τελειοῦται.	On this day the holy new martyr Paul the Russian, the freedman, who witnessed in Constantinople in the year 1683, died by the sword.
Τοῦ Τριῳδίου.	From the Triodion.
Τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ, Πέμπτῃ τῆς πέμπτης Ἑβδομάδος τῶν Νηστειῶν, κατὰ τὴν ἀρχαίαν παράδοσιν, ψάλλομεν τὴν Ἀκολουθίαν τοῦ Μεγάλου καὶ κατανυκτικοῦ Κανόνος.	On this day, Thursday of the fifth week of Lent, according to ancient tradition, we chant the service of the Great and compunctious Canon.
Στίχοι	Verses
Τρόπους, Ἰησοῦ, κατανύξεως δίδου,	Jesus, give the habit of compunction
ᾌδουσι νυνὶ Κανόνα σοι τὸν Μέγαν.	to us who now sing the Great Canon.
Ταῖς τοῦ ἁγίου Ἀνδρέου πρεσβείαις, ὁ Θεὸς ἐλέησον καὶ σῶσον ἡμᾶς. Ἀμήν.	By the intercessions of Saint Andrew, O God, have mercy on us and save us. Amen.
Τοῦ Μηναίου - - -	From Menaion - - -
ΧΟΡΟΣ	CHOIR
Κανὼν τοῦ Ἁγίου.	Canon for the Saint.
ᾨδὴ ζʹ. Ἦχος βʹ. Ὁ Εἱρμός.	Ode vii. Mode 2. Heirmos.
	Ἀντίθεον πρόσταγμα.
Στίχ. Τῶν Πατέρων καὶ ἡμῶν Θεός, εὐλογητὸς εἶ.	Verse: Blessed are You, the God of our fathers.
Ἀντίθεον πρόσταγμα παρανομοῦντος, τυράννου μετάρσιον, τὴν φλόγα ἀνεῤῥίπισε, Χριστὸς δὲ ἐφήπλωσε, θεοσεβέσι παισί, δρόσον τὴν τοῦ Πνεύματος, ὁ ὢν εὐλογημένος καὶ ὑπερένδοξος.	The godless decree of the unlawful tyrant * commanded the stoking of the furnace’s fiery flame. * But Christ joined His pious Servants, and He covered them * with the Spirit’s dewy breeze. * He is praised and blessed and exceedingly glorious. [SD]
Τροπάρια.	Troparia.
Ὅσιε τοῦ Θεοῦ, πρέσβευε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.	Devout Saint of God, intercede for us.
Ἡ σὴ ἐπιείκεια διαφερόντως, εἰς χοῦν ἐταπείνωσε τυράννου τὴν ὠμότητα, συντόνοις δεήσεσι τοῦτον νεκρώσασα· οἶδε γὰρ τὸ θέλημα ποιεῖν τῶν φοβουμένων αὐτόν ὁ Κύριος.	Your virtuousness greatly humbled to the ground the cruelty of the tyrant, putting him to death with intense entreaties, for the Lord knows how to do the will of those who fear him. [VPA]
Στίχ. Εὐλογημένος εἶ ὁ ἐπὶ θρόνου δόξης τῆς βασιλείας σου, ὁ ὑπερύμνητος καὶ ὑπερυψούμενος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.	Verse: Blessed are You on the throne of Your kingdom, and You are praised and exalted beyond measure unto the ages. [SAAS]
Ἡ σὴ ἐπιείκεια διαφερόντως, εἰς χοῦν ἐταπείνωσε τυράννου τὴν ὠμότητα, συντόνοις δεήσεσι τοῦτον νεκρώσασα· οἶδε γὰρ τὸ θέλημα ποιεῖν τῶν φοβουμένων αὐτόν ὁ Κύριος.	Your virtuousness greatly humbled to the ground the cruelty of the tyrant, putting him to death with intense entreaties, for the Lord knows how to do the will of those who fear him. [VPA]
Στίχ. Εὐλογημένος εἶ ἐν τῷ στερεώματι τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, ὁ ὑπερύμνητος καὶ ὑπερυψούμενος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.	Verse: Blessed are You in the firmament of heaven, for You are praised and glorified unto the ages. [SAAS]
Βροντὴ τῶν δογμάτων σου, καὶ ἡ φωσφόρος, ἀστραπὴ τοῦ βίου σου, τὸν κόσμον κατεφαίδρυνε, πιστοὺς καταυγάζουσα θεοφεγγέσι πυρσοῖς, λόγοις τε καὶ πράξεσι φαιδραῖς, Ἱερομύστα θεομακάριστε.	The thunder of your dogmas and the light-bearing lightning flash of your life illumined the world, shining upon the faithful with God-illumined torches and with bright words and deeds, God-blessed teacher of sacred things. [VPA]
Δόξα.	Glory.
Ἰσχύι νευρούμενος τοῦ Παρακλήτου, δαιμόνων τὰς φάλαγγας καὶ βρόχους τῶν αἱρέσεων, θεόφρον διέφυγες καὶ πρὸς οὐράνιον, ὕψος ἀνελήλυθας, χοροῖς τῶν Ἀσωμάτων νῦν αὐλιζόμενος.	Strengthened by the might of the Paraclete you escaped the ranks of the demons and the nooses of the heresies, godly-minded one, and went up to the heavenly height, dwelling now with the choirs of the bodiless. [VPA]
Καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.	Both now. Theotokion.
Ἁγίων Ἁγίαν σε κατανοοῦμεν, ὡς μόνην κυήσασαν, Θεὸν τὸν ἀναλλοίωτον, Παρθένε ἀμόλυντε, Μήτηρ ἀνύμφευτε· πᾶσι γὰρ ἐπήγασας πιστοῖς, τὴν ἀφθαρσίαν τῷ θείῳ τόκῳ σου.	We know you as the holy of holies, as the only one who bore the unchanging God, O unstained Virgin, unwedded Mother, for you spring up incorruptibility for all the faithful through your divine birth-giving. [VPA]
ᾨδὴ ηʹ.	Ode viii.
Τοῦ Μηναίου - - -	From Menaion - - -
Κανὼν τοῦ Ἁγίου.	Canon for the Saint.
ᾨδὴ ηʹ. Ἦχος βʹ. Ὁ Εἱρμός.	Ode viii. Mode 2. Heirmos.
	Κάμινός ποτε.
Στίχ. Τὸν Κύριον ὑμνεῖτε τὰ ἔργα, καὶ ὑπερυψοῦτε εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.	Verse: O you works, to the Lord sing a hymn, and exalt Him beyond measure unto the ages.
Κάμινός ποτέ, πυρὸς ἐν Βαβυλῶνι, τὰς ἐνεργείας διεμέριζε, τῷ θείῳ προστάγματι, τοὺς Χαλδαίους καταφλέγουσα, τοὺς δὲ πιστοὺς δροσίζουσα ψάλλοντας· Εὐλογεῖτε πάντα τὰ ἔργα Κυρίου τὸν Κύριον.	Heeding the divine decree, the fiery furnace * of old in Babylon distributed its actions and energy; * for it burned up the Chaldean men, * but it refreshed the faithful young men who sang, * saying, “Bless the Lord, all you works of the Lord. Sing a hymn to Him.” [SD]
Τροπάρια.	Troparia.
Ὅσιε τοῦ Θεοῦ, πρέσβευε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.	Devout Saint of God, intercede for us.
Ὅλην ὑπερβάς, τὴν αἴσθησιν Τρισμάκαρ, τῷ νοητῷ νῦν προσωμίλησας, φωτὶ πανσεβάσμιε, θεοπτίας ἀξιούμενος, καὶ φωτισμοῦ πληρούμενος, κράζων· Ὑπερυψοῦτε, πάντα τὰ ἔργα τὸν Κύριον.	Having gone beyond all things of the senses, thrice-blessed one, you have now drawn near to the noetic light, all-venerable one, having been made worthy of divine visions and crying out, full of illumination: All the works of the Lord, exalt Him beyond measure. [VPA]
Στίχ. Εὐλογεῖτε, πάντα τὰ ἔργα Κυρίου, τὸν Κύριον· ὑμνεῖτε καὶ ὑπερυψοῦτε αὐτὸν εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.	Verse: Bless the Lord, all you works of the Lord, and exalt Him beyond measure, unto all the ages. [SAAS]
Νέκρωσιν παθῶν, σαφῶς ἐνδεδυμένος, πρὸς ζωηφόρον ἐπεδήμησας, χορείαν Πανόλβιε, εὐσεβείᾳ πυρπολούμενος, καὶ ἀρεταῖς λαμπόμενος, κράζων· Ὑπερυψοῦτε, πάντα τὰ ἔργα τὸν Κύριον.	Having manifestly put on the mortification of the passions, you went towards the life-bearing choruses, all-blessed one, aflame with piety and alight with virtues, crying out: All the works of the Lord, exalt Him beyond measure. [VPA]
Στίχ. Εὐλογεῖτε, Ἄγγελοι Κυρίου, οὐρανοὶ Κυρίου, τὸν Κύριον· ὑμνεῖτε καὶ ὑπερυψοῦτε αὐτὸν εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.	Verse: Bless the Lord, all you works of the Lord, you heavens of the Lord, and exalt Him beyond measure, unto all the ages. [SAAS]
Πᾶσαν ἀρετήν, ἐκ βρέφους ἐξασκήσας, ἐπὶ τῷ τέλει τῶν ἀγώνων σου, στεφάνῳ κοσμούμενος, τῶν χαρίτων ἀναδέδειξαι, καὶ τὸ βραβεῖον εἴληφας, ψάλλων· Ὑπερυψοῦτε, πάντα τὰ ἔργα τὸν Κύριον.	Having toiled from infancy with all virtue, at the end of your struggles you were shown to be adorned with a crown of graces and you gained the prize, chanting: All the works of the Lord, exalt Him beyond measure. [VPA]
Στίχ. Εὐλογεῖτε, ὕδατα πάντα τὰ ὑπεράνω τῶν οὐρανῶν, πᾶσαι αἱ Δυνάμεις Κυρίου, τὸν Κύριον· ὑμνεῖτε καὶ ὑπερυψοῦτε αὐτὸν εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.	Verse: Bless the Lord, all you waters above the heaven, all you powers of the Lord, and exalt Him beyond measure, unto all the ages. [SAAS]
Ἀνωθεν ἡμᾶς, νῦν ἐποπτεύεις Πάτερ, τῷ σῷ Δεσπότῃ παριστάμενος, Νικήτα φερώνυμε, παῤῥησίᾳ πολλῇ χρώμενος, καὶ ψυχικὴν αἰτούμενος, ἔνδοξε σωτηρίαν, ἱεροφάντορ τῇ Ποίμνῃ σου.	Look upon us now from on high, Father, as you stand by your Master, Nikitas who bear the name of victory, as you have great boldness and ask for the salvation of souls for your flock, glorious revealer of sacred things. [VPA]
Στίχ. Εὐλογεῖτε, ἥλιος καὶ σελήνη, ἄστρα τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, τὸν Κύριον· ὑμνεῖτε καὶ ὑπερυψοῦτε αὐτὸν εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.	Verse: Bless the Lord, you sun and moon, you stars of heaven, and exalt Him beyond measure, unto all the ages. [SAAS]
Θεοτοκίον.	Theotokion.
Σὺ τὸν τοῦ Πατρός, ἀχώριστον ἐν μήτρᾳ, θεανδρικῶς πολιτευσάμενον, ἀσπόρως συνέλαβες, καὶ ἀφράστως ἀπεκύησας, Θεογεννῆτορ ἄχραντε· ὅθεν σε σωτηρίαν, πάντων ἡμῶν ἐπιστάμεθα.	You conceived without seed the one who is not separated from the Father, who dwelt in your womb as God and man, and you gave birth to him in a manner beyond telling, O spotless birth-giver of God. Therefore we know you as the salvation of all. [VPA]
(διαβαστά)	(read)
Στίχοι Ἐνδιάμεσοι Ὀγδόης ᾨδῆς.	Intermediate Verses of Ode Eight.
Εὐλογεῖτε, πᾶς ὄμβρος καὶ δρόσος, πάντα τὰ πνεύματα, τὸν Κύριον· ὑμνεῖτε καὶ ὑπερυψοῦτε αὐτὸν εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.	Bless the Lord, every shower and dew, all you winds, and exalt Him beyond measure, unto all the ages. [SAAS]
Εὐλογεῖτε, πῦρ καὶ καῦμα, ψῦχος καὶ καύσων, τὸν Κύριον· ὑμνεῖτε καὶ ὑπερυψοῦτε αὐτὸν εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.	Bless the Lord, you fire and heat, you winter cold and summer heat, and exalt Him beyond measure, unto all the ages.
Εὐλογεῖτε δρόσοι καὶ νιφετοί, πάγοι καὶ ψῦχος, τὸν Κύριον· ὑμνεῖτε καὶ ὑπερυψοῦτε αὐτὸν εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.	Bless the Lord, you dews and snows, you frost and cold, and exalt Him beyond measure, unto all the ages.
Εὐλογεῖτε, πάχναι καὶ χιόνες, ἀστραπαὶ καὶ νεφέλαι τὸν Κύριον· ὑμνεῖτε καὶ ὑπερυψοῦτε αὐτὸν εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.	Bless the Lord, you hoarfrosts and snows, you lightning and clouds, and exalt Him beyond measure, unto all the ages.
Εὐλογεῖτε, φῶς καὶ σκότος, νύκτες καὶ ἡμέραι, τὸν Κύριον· ὑμνεῖτε καὶ ὑπερυψοῦτε αὐτὸν εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.	Bless the Lord, you light and darkness, you night and day, and exalt Him beyond measure, unto all the ages.
Εὐλογεῖτε, γῆ, ὄρη καὶ βουνοί, καὶ πάντα τὰ φυόμενα ἐν αὐτῇ, τὸν Κύριον· ὑμνεῖτε καὶ ὑπερυψοῦτε αὐτὸν εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.	Bless the Lord, you earth, you mountains and hills, and all you things growing on the earth, and exalt Him beyond measure, unto all the ages.
Εὐλογεῖτε, πηγαί, θάλασσα, καὶ ποταμοί, κήτη, καὶ πάντα τὰ κινούμενα ἐν τοῖς ὕδασι, τὸν Κύριον· ὑμνεῖτε καὶ ὑπερυψοῦτε αὐτὸν εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.	Bless the Lord, you springs, you seas and rivers, you sea-monsters and everything that moves in the waters, and exalt Him beyond measure, unto all the ages. [SAAS]
(ἐμμελῶς)	(sung)
Τοῦ Τριῳδίου - - -	From Triodion - - -
Κανὼν Aʹ τοῦ Τριῳδίου.	Canon 1 from the Triodion.
ᾨδὴ ηʹ. Ἦχος πλ. δʹ. Τὸν ἄναρχον Βασιλέα.	Ode viii. Mode pl. 4. (NM) The eternal King of glory
	Τὸν ἄναρχον Βασιλέα.
Στίχ. Εὐλογεῖτε, πάντα τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, τὰ θηρία καὶ πάντα τὰ κτήνη, τὸν Κύριον· ὑμνεῖτε καὶ ὑπερυψοῦτε αὐτὸν εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.	Verse: Bless the Lord, all you birds of heaven, all you wild animals and cattle, and exalt Him beyond measure, unto all the ages. [SAAS]
Ὡς ἄνθρακες τοῦ πυρὸς τοῦ ἀΰλου, συμφλέξατε τὰ ὑλώδη μου πάθη, ἀνάπτοντές μοι νῦν, τὸν ἔρωτα τῆς θείας, Ἀπόστολοι ἀγάπης.	As coals of immaterial fire, O apostles, burn up my material passions and kindle within me now a longing for divine love. [KW]
Στίχ. Εὐλογεῖτε, υἱοὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, εὐλογείτω Ἰσραὴλ τὸν Κύριον· ὑμνεῖτε καὶ ὑπερυψοῦτε αὐτὸν εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.	Verse: Bless the Lord, O children of men. Bless the Lord, O Israel, and exalt Him beyond measure, unto all the ages. [SAAS]
Τὰς σάλπιγγας τὰς εὐήχους τοῦ Λόγου, τιμήσωμεν, διʼ ὧν πέπτωκε τείχη, ἀνίδρυτα ἐχθροῦ, καὶ τῆς θεογνωσίας, ἑδράσθησαν ἐπάλξεις.	Let us honour the well-tuned trumpets of the Word, which have caused the ill-founded walls of the enemy to fall, and have firmly established the ramparts of the knowledge of God. [KW]
Στίχ. Εὐλογεῖτε, Ἱερεῖς Κυρίου, δοῦλοι Κυρίου, τὸν Κύριον· ὑμνεῖτε καὶ ὑπερυψοῦτε αὐτὸν εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.	Verse: Bless the Lord, O priests of the Lord, O servants of the Lord, and exalt Him beyond measure, unto all the ages. [SAAS]
Ἰνδάλματα ἐμπαθῆ τῆς ψυχῆς μου, συντρίψατε οἱ ναούς τε καὶ στήλας, συντρίψαντες ἐχθροῦ, Ἀπόστολοι Κυρίου, ναοὶ ἡγιασμένοι.	Break in pieces the passionate idols of my soul, as ye brake in pieces the temples and pillars of the enemy, O apostles of the Lord, consecrated temples. [KW]
Στίχ. Εὐλογεῖτε, πνεύματα καὶ ψυχαὶ Δικαίων, ὅσιοι καὶ ταπεινοὶ τῇ καρδίᾳ, τὸν Κύριον· ὑμνεῖτε καὶ ὑπερυψοῦτε αὐτὸν εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.	Verse: Bless the Lord, O spirits and souls of the righteous, O holy ones and humble in heart, and exalt Him beyond measure, unto all the ages. [SAAS]
Θεοτοκίον.	Theotokion.
Ἐχώρησας τὸν ἀχώρητον φύσει, ἐβάστασας τὸν βαστάζοντα πάντα, ἐθήλασας Ἁγνή, τὸν τρέφοντα τὴν Κτίσιν, Χριστὸν τὸν ζωοδότην.	O pure Virgin, thou hast contained Him who by nature cannot be contained; thou hast held Him who upholds all things; thou hast given suck to Him who sustains the creation, Christ the Giver of Life. [KW]
Κανὼν Bʹ τοῦ Τριῳδίου.	Canon 2 from the Triodion.
ᾨδὴ ηʹ. Ἦχος πλ. δʹ. Τὸν ἄναρχον Βασιλέα.	Ode viii. Mode pl. 4. (NM) The eternal King of glory
	Τὸν ἄναρχον Βασιλέα.
Στίχ. Εὐλογεῖτε, Ἀνανία, Ἀζαρία, καὶ Μισαήλ, τὸν Κύριον· ὑμνεῖτε καὶ ὑπερυψοῦτε αὐτὸν εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.	Verse: Bless the Lord, O Hananiah, Azariah, and Mishael, and exalt Him beyond measure, unto all the ages. [SAAS]
Τοῦ Πνεύματος τῇ ἀρχιτεκτονίᾳ, δειμάμενοι πᾶσαν τὴν Ἐκκλησίαν, Ἀπόστολοι Χριστοῦ, ἐν ταύτῃ εὐλογεῖτε, Χριστὸν εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.	O apostles of Christ, with the Spirit as architect ye have built the whole Church, within it ye bless Christ for ever. [KW]
Στίχ. Εὐλογεῖτε, Ἀπόστολοι, Προφῆται, καὶ Μάρτυρες Κυρίου, τὸν Κύριον· ὑμνεῖτε καὶ ὑπερυψοῦτε αὐτὸν εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.	Verse: Bless the Lord, O Apostles, Prophets, and Martyrs, and exalt Him beyond measure, unto all the ages. [SAAS]
Σαλπίσαντες σάλπιγξι τῶν δογμάτων, κατέστρεψαν οἱ Ἀπόστολοι πᾶσαν, πλάνην εἰδωλικήν, Χριστὸν ὑπερυψοῦντες, εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἰῶνας.	Sounding the trumpets of the dogmas, the apostles have overthrown all the error of idolatry, exalting Christ above all for ever. [KW]
Στίχ. Εὐλογοῦμεν Πατέρα, Υἱὸν καὶ Ἅγιον Πνεῦμα, τὸν Κύριον· ὑμνοῦμεν, καὶ ὑπερυψοῦμεν αὐτὸν εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.	Verse: We bless the Lord: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; we sing a hymn to Him and exalt Him beyond measure unto the ages. [SAAS]
Τριαδικόν.	For the Trinity.
Τρισήλιε παμφαὴς θεαρχία, ὁμόδοξε καὶ ὁμόθρονε φύσις, Πατὴρ ὁ παντουργός, Υἱὲ καὶ θεῖον Πνεῦμα, ὑμνῶ σε εἰς αἰῶνας.	O threefold Sun, all-radiant Sovereignty of God, O Nature one in glory, one in throne: Father all-creating, Son and Spirit of God, I praise Thee for ever. [KW]
Καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.	Both now. Theotokion.
Ὡς ἔντιμον καὶ ὑπέρτατον θρόνον, ὑμνήσωμεν τοῦ Θεοῦ τὴν Μητέρα, ἀπαύστως οἱ λαοί, τὴν μόνην μετὰ τόκον, Μητέρα καὶ Παρθένον.	As a throne honoured and most high, let us praise in ceaseless song the Mother of God, O ye peoples, for she alone is both a Mother and a Virgin after childbirth. [KW]
Αἰνοῦμεν, εὐλογοῦμεν καὶ προσκυνοῦμεν τὸν Κύριον.	We praise and we bless and we worship the Lord.
Ὁ Εἱρμός. Ἦχος πλ. δʹ.	Heirmos. Mode pl. 4.
	Τὸν ἄναρχον Βασιλέα.
Τὸν ἄναρχον Βασιλέα τῆς δόξης, ὂν φρίττουσι στρατιαὶ τῶν Ἀγγέλων, ὑμνεῖτε ἱερεῖς, λαὸς ὑπερυψοῦτε, εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἰῶνας.	The regiments of the Angels all shudder * at the unoriginate King of glory. * O priest and people praise and exalt Him beyond measure, * unto all the ages. [GOASD]
Ὁ λαὸς ἵσταται διὰ τὴν Θʹ Ὠδήν.	Stand for the singing of Ode ix.
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ	DEACON
Τὴν Θεοτόκον καὶ μητέρα τοῦ φωτὸς ἐν ὕμνοις τιμῶντες μεγαλύνωμεν.	Let us honor and magnify in song the Theotokos and the Mother of the light.
ΧΟΡΟΣ	CHOIR
ᾨδὴ θʹ.	Ode ix.
Μεγαλυνάριον. Ἦχος βʹ.	The Magnificat. Mode 2.
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Στίχ. Μεγαλύνει ἡ ψυχή μου τὸν Κύριον, καὶ ἠγαλλίασε τὸ πνεῦμά μου ἐπὶ τῷ Θεῷ τῷ σωτῆρί μου.	Verse: My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior. [NKJV]
Τὴν τιμιωτέραν τῶν Χερουβείμ, καὶ ἐνδοξοτέραν, ἀσυγκρίτως τῶν Σεραφείμ, τὴν ἀδιαφθόρως, Θεὸν Λόγον τεκοῦσαν, τὴν ὄντως Θεοτόκον, σὲ μεγαλύνομεν.	Greater in honor than the Cherubim, and in glory greater beyond compare than the Seraphim; you without corruption gave birth to God the Word, and are truly Theotokos. You do we magnify. [GOASD]
Στίχ. Ὅτι ἐπέβλεψεν ἐπὶ τὴν ταπείνωσιν τῆς δούλης αὐτοῦ· ἰδού γάρ, ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν μακαριοῦσί με πᾶσαι αἱ γενεαί.	Verse: For He has regarded the lowly state of His maidservant; for behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed. [NKJV]
Τὴν τιμιωτέραν τῶν Χερουβείμ, καὶ ἐνδοξοτέραν, ἀσυγκρίτως τῶν Σεραφείμ, τὴν ἀδιαφθόρως, Θεὸν Λόγον τεκοῦσαν, τὴν ὄντως Θεοτόκον, σὲ μεγαλύνομεν.	Greater in honor than the Cherubim, and in glory greater beyond compare than the Seraphim; you without corruption gave birth to God the Word, and are truly Theotokos. You do we magnify. [GOASD]
Στίχ. Ὅτι ἐποίησέ μοι μεγαλεῖα ὁ Δυνατός, καὶ ἅγιον τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, καί το ἔλεος αὐτοῦ εἰς γενεάν, καὶ γενεὰν τοῖς φοβουμένοις αὐτόν.	Verse: For He who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is His name. And His mercy is on those who fear Him from generation to generation. [NKJV]
Τὴν τιμιωτέραν τῶν Χερουβείμ, καὶ ἐνδοξοτέραν, ἀσυγκρίτως τῶν Σεραφείμ, τὴν ἀδιαφθόρως, Θεὸν Λόγον τεκοῦσαν, τὴν ὄντως Θεοτόκον, σὲ μεγαλύνομεν.	Greater in honor than the Cherubim, and in glory greater beyond compare than the Seraphim; you without corruption gave birth to God the Word, and are truly Theotokos. You do we magnify. [GOASD]
Στίχ. Ἐποίησε κράτος ἐν βραχίονι αὐτοῦ, διεσκόρπισεν ὑπερηφάνους διανοίᾳ καρδίας αὐτῶν.	Verse: He has shown strength with His arm; He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. [NKJV]
Τὴν τιμιωτέραν τῶν Χερουβείμ, καὶ ἐνδοξοτέραν, ἀσυγκρίτως τῶν Σεραφείμ, τὴν ἀδιαφθόρως, Θεὸν Λόγον τεκοῦσαν, τὴν ὄντως Θεοτόκον, σὲ μεγαλύνομεν.	Greater in honor than the Cherubim, and in glory greater beyond compare than the Seraphim; you without corruption gave birth to God the Word, and are truly Theotokos. You do we magnify. [GOASD]
Στίχ. Καθεῖλε δυνάστας ἀπὸ θρόνων, καὶ ὕψωσε ταπεινούς, πεινῶντας ἐνέπλησεν ἀγαθῶν, καὶ πλουτοῦντας ἐξαπέστειλε κενούς.	Verse: He has put down the mighty from their thrones, and exalted the lowly. He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich He has sent away empty. [NKJV]
Τὴν τιμιωτέραν τῶν Χερουβείμ, καὶ ἐνδοξοτέραν, ἀσυγκρίτως τῶν Σεραφείμ, τὴν ἀδιαφθόρως, Θεὸν Λόγον τεκοῦσαν, τὴν ὄντως Θεοτόκον, σὲ μεγαλύνομεν.	Greater in honor than the Cherubim, and in glory greater beyond compare than the Seraphim; you without corruption gave birth to God the Word, and are truly Theotokos. You do we magnify. [GOASD]
Στίχ. Ἀντελάβετο Ἰσραὴλ παιδὸς αὐτοῦ, μνησθῆναι ἐλέους, καθὼς ἐλάλησε πρὸς τοὺς Πατέρας ἡμῶν, τῷ Ἀβραάμ, καὶ τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ ἕως αἰῶνος.	Verse: He has helped His servant Israel, in remembrance of His mercy, as He spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his seed forever. [NKJV]
Τὴν τιμιωτέραν τῶν Χερουβείμ, καὶ ἐνδοξοτέραν, ἀσυγκρίτως τῶν Σεραφείμ, τὴν ἀδιαφθόρως, Θεὸν Λόγον τεκοῦσαν, τὴν ὄντως Θεοτόκον, σὲ μεγαλύνομεν.	Greater in honor than the Cherubim, and in glory greater beyond compare than the Seraphim; you without corruption gave birth to God the Word, and are truly Theotokos. You do we magnify. [GOASD]
Τοῦ Μηναίου - - -	From Menaion - - -
Κανὼν τοῦ Ἁγίου.	Canon for the Saint.
ᾨδὴ θʹ. Ἦχος βʹ. Ὁ Εἱρμός.	Ode ix. Mode 2. Heirmos.
	Ἀνάρχου Γεννήτορος.
Ἀνάρχου γεννήτορος, Υἱὸς Θεὸς καὶ Κύριος, σαρκωθεὶς ἐκ Παρθένου, ἡμῖν ἐπέφανε, τὰ ἐσκοτισμένα φωτίσαι, συναγαγεῖν τὰ ἐσκορπισμένα· διὸ τὴν πανύμνητον, Θεοτόκον μεγαλύνομεν.	To us was revealed the unoriginate Begetter’s Son, * from a Virgin incarnated. He is God and Lord, * coming to those sitting in darkness to give them light, * to gather the scattered. * And therefore the all-extolled Theotokos should be magnified. [SD]
Τροπάρια.	Troparia.
Ὅσιε τοῦ Θεοῦ, πρέσβευε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.	Devout Saint of God, intercede for us.
Τῆς θείας λαμπρότητος, ὡς καθαρὸς ἠξίωσαι, ἀρετῶν ταῖς ἰδέαις ἐξαστραπτόμενος, καὶ ὁμολογίας στεφάνῳ, διαπαντὸς ἐκλελαμπρυσμένος· διὸ τὴν πανένδοξον, ἑορτήν σου νῦν γεραίρομεν.	Being pure you were made worthy of divine illumination shining brightly with the shapes of the virtues and always shining out with the crown of confession. Therefore we now honor your all-glorious feast. [VPA]
Στίχ. Εὐλογητὸς Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς τοῦ Ἰσραήλ, ὅτι ἐπεσκέψατο καὶ ἐποίησε λύτρωσιν τῷ λαῷ αὐτοῦ.	Verse: Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people. [RSV]
Τῆς θείας λαμπρότητος, ὡς καθαρὸς ἠξίωσαι, ἀρετῶν ταῖς ἰδέαις ἐξαστραπτόμενος, καὶ ὁμολογίας στεφάνῳ, διαπαντὸς ἐκλελαμπρυσμένος· διὸ τὴν πανένδοξον, ἑορτήν σου νῦν γεραίρομεν.	Being pure you were made worthy of divine illumination shining brightly with the shapes of the virtues and always shining out with the crown of confession. Therefore we now honor your all-glorious feast. [VPA]
Στίχ. Καὶ ἤγειρε κέρας σωτηρίας ἡμῖν, ἐν οἴκῳ Δαυῒδ τοῦ παιδὸς αὐτοῦ.	Verse: And has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David. [RSV]
Ἐμφρόνως μακάριε, σοῦ τὴν ζωὴν διήνυσας, προσταγαῖς τοῦ Σωτῆρος διευθυνόμενος, νῦν δὲ τῆς σκιᾶς παρηγμένης, περιχαρῶς ζωῆς αἰωνίου, ἀξίως τετύχηκας, θεοῤῥῆμον ἱερώτατε.	Blessed one, you lived your life with soundness of mind, guided by the commands of the Savior. And now, the shadow having passed away, you have worthily gained with joy the unending life, most sacred speaker of divine things. [VPA]
Στίχ. Καθὼς ἐλάλησε διὰ στόματος τῶν ἁγίων, τῶν ἀπʼ αἰῶνος Προφητῶν αὐτοῦ. Σωτηρίαν ἐξ ἐχθρῶν ἡμῶν, καὶ ἐκ χειρὸς πάντων τῶν μισούντων ἡμᾶς.	Verse: As he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old. That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all who hate us. [RSV]
Ῥεόντων ὀξύτατα, παρέδραμες τὸν τάραχον, γαληνῷ δὲ Νικήτα τῆς βασιλείας Χριστοῦ, χαίρων προσωρμίσθης λιμένι, πρὸς ὃν ἡμᾶς ὁδήγησον Πάτερ, τοὺς σὲ μακαρίζοντας, καὶ τὴν μνήμην σου γεραίροντας.	You quickly passed the sharp agitation of changeable things and were brought to the calm harbor of the kingdom of Christ rejoicing, O Niketas. To him, O Father, guide those who bless you and honor your memory. [VPA]
Στίχ. Ποιῆσαι ἔλεος μετὰ τῶν Πατέρων ἡμῶν, καὶ μνησθῆναι διαθήκης ἁγίας αὐτοῦ.	Verse: To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant. [RSV]
Θεοτοκίον.	Theotokion.
Ὡς πόκος Πανάμωμε, τὸν ὄμβρον τὸν οὐράνιον, ἐν γαστρὶ δεξαμένη, ἡμῖν ἐκτέτοκας, τὸν τὴν ἀμβροσίαν διδοῦντα, πᾶσι βροτοῖς αὐτὸν προσκυνοῦσι, καὶ σὲ τὴν πανύμνητον, Θεοτόκον μεγαλύνουσι.	Having received the heavenly rain in your womb like wool, you bore for us the one who gives immortality to all mortals who worship him and magnify you, the all-hymned Theotokos. [VPA]
Τοῦ Τριῳδίου - - -	From Triodion - - -
Κανὼν Aʹ τοῦ Τριῳδίου.	Canon 1 from the Triodion.
ᾨδὴ θʹ. Ἦχος πλ. δʹ. Κυρίως Θεοτόκον.	Ode ix. Mode pl. 4. (NM) Saved through thee, pure Virgin
	Κυρίως Θεοτόκον.
Στίχ. Ὅρκον, ὃν ὤμοσε πρὸς Ἀβραὰμ τὸν πατέρα ἡμῶν, τοῦ δοῦναι ἡμῖν ἀφόβως, ἐκ χειρὸς τῶν ἐχθρῶν ἡμῶν ῥυσθέντας.	Verse: The oath which he swore to our father Abraham, to grant us that we, be[ing] delivered from the hand of our enemies. [RSV]
Πηγαὶ τοῦ σωτηρίου, νάματος δειχθέντες, τὴν ἐκτακεῖσαν ψυχήν μου, Ἀπόστολοι, τῆς ἁμαρτίας τῇ δίψῃ, καταδροσίσατε.	Ye were revealed, O apostles, as fountains of the water of salvation: bring refreshment to my soul that faints from the thirst of sin. [KW]
Στίχ. Λατρεύειν αὐτῷ ἐν ὁσιότητι καὶ δικαιοσύνῃ ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ, πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς ζωῆς ἡμῶν.	Verse: [That we] might serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life. [RSV]
Νηχόμενον πελάγει, τῷ τῆς ἀπωλείας, καὶ ὑποβρύχιον ἤδη γενόμενον, σῇ δεξιᾷ, ὡς τὸν Πέτρον, Κύριε σῶσόν με.	I am swimming in the deep waters of destruction and have come near to drowning: with Thy right hand, O Lord, save me as Thou hast saved Peter. [KW]
Στίχ. Καὶ σύ, Παιδίον, Προφήτης Ὑψίστου κληθήσῃ· προπορεύσῃ γὰρ πρὸ προσώπου Κυρίου ἑτοιμάσαι ὁδοὺς αὐτοῦ.	Verse: And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways. [RSV]
Ὡς ἅλας τῶν νοστίμων, ὄντες διδαγμάτων, τὴν σηπεδόνα νοός μου ξηράνατε, καὶ τῆς ἀγνοίας τὸ σκότος, ἀποδιώξατε.	Ye are the salt that gives savour to the teachings of salvation: dry up the rottenness of my mind and dispel the darkness of my ignorance. [KW]
Στίχ. Τοῦ δοῦναι γνῶσιν σωτηρίας τῷ λαῷ αὐτοῦ, ἐν ἀφέσει ἁμαρτιῶν αὐτῶν, διὰ σπλάγχνα ἐλέους Θεοῦ ἡμῶν.	Verse: To give knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins, through the tender mercy of our God. [RSV]
Θεοτοκίον.	Theotokion.
Χαρὰν ὡς τετοκυῖα, πένθος μοι παράσχου, διʼ οὗ τὴν θείαν παράκλησιν Δέσποινα, ἐν τῇ μελλούσῃ ἡμέρᾳ εὐρεῖν δυνήσομαι.	O Lady, thou hast brought forth our Joy: grant me the spirit of mourning that in the coming Day of Judgement I may be comforted by God. [KW]
Κανὼν Bʹ τοῦ Τριῳδίου.	Canon 2 from the Triodion.
ᾨδὴ θʹ. Ἦχος πλ. δʹ. Σὲ τὴν οὐρανοῦ.	Ode ix. Mode pl. 4. (NM) With all generations we magnify thee
	Σὲ τὴν οὐρανοῦ.
Στίχ. Ἐν οἷς ἐπεσκέψατο ἡμᾶς ἀνατολὴ ἐξ ὕψους, ἐπιφᾶναι τοῖς ἐν σκότει καὶ σκιᾷ θανάτου καθημένοις.	Verse: When the day shall dawn upon us from on high to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death. [RSV]
Σὲ τὸ εὐκλεὲς τῶν Ἀποστόλων, σύστημα ᾠδαῖς μεγαλύνομεν· τῆς οἰκουμένης φωστῆρες γὰρ φαιδροί, ἐδείχθητε τὴν πλάνην ἐκδιώκοντες.	We magnify you in our hymns, O glorious company of the apostles: for ye have been revealed as shining lights of the inhabited earth, driving out error. [KW]
Στίχ. Τοῦ κατευθῦναι τοὺς πόδας ἡμῶν εἰς ὁδὸν εἰρήνης.	Verse: To guide our feet into the way of peace. [RSV]
Εὐαγγελικὴ ὑμῶν σαγήνη, λογικοὺς ἰχθύας ἀγρεύοντες, αὐτοὺς προσφέρετε πάντοτε Χριστῷ, ὀψώνιον Ἀπόστολοι μακάριοι.	O blessed apostles, catching rational fish with the net of the Gospel, bring them always as an offering to Christ. [KW]
Δόξα. Τριαδικόν.	Glory. For the Trinity.
Σὲ τὴν τρισυπόστατον Μονάδα, Πάτερ, καὶ Υἱὲ σὺν τῷ Πνεύματι, ἕνα Θεὸν ὁμοούσιον ὑμνῶ, Τριάδα ὁμοδύναμον καὶ ἄναρχον.	I sing Thy praises, Unity in three Persons, Father, Son and Spirit, one God, consubstantial Trinity, equal in power and without beginning. [KW]
Καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.	Both now. Theotokion.
Σὲ τὴν παιδοτόκον καὶ Παρθένον, πᾶσαι γενεαὶ μακαρίζομεν, ὡς διὰ σοῦ λυτρωθέντες τῆς ἀρᾶς· χαρὰν γὰρ ἡμῖν ἔτεκες τὸν Κύριον.	With all generations we call thee blessed, O Mother and Virgin: through thee we are delivered from the curse, for thou hast borne the Lord our Joy. [KW]
Ὁ Εἱρμός. Ἦχος πλ. δʹ.	Heirmos (not metered). Mode pl. 4.
	Σὲ τὴν οὐρανοῦ.
Σὲ τὴν οὐρανοῦ καὶ γῆς μεσῖτιν, πᾶσαι γενεαὶ μεγαλύνομεν· σωματικῶς γὰρ ἐσκήνωσεν ἐν σοί, τὸ πλήρωμα Παρθένε τῆς Θεότητος.	We, all generations, magnify you, the mediator between heaven and earth. Indeed, O Virgin, the fullness of the Godhead dwelt in you physically. [GOASD]
Ἄξιόν ἐστιν ὡς ἀληθῶς μακαρίζειν σε τὴν Θεοτόκον, τὴν ἀειμακάριστον καὶ παναμώμητον καὶ μητέρα τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν. Τὴν τιμιωτέραν τῶν Χερουβείμ, καὶ ἐνδοξοτέραν, ἀσυγκρίτως τῶν Σεραφείμ, τὴν ἀδιαφθόρως, Θεὸν Λόγον τεκοῦσαν, τὴν ὄντως Θεοτόκον, σὲ μεγαλύνομεν.	It is truly right to bless you, Theotokos, ever blessed, most pure, and Mother of our God. Greater in honor than the Cherubim, and in glory greater beyond compare than the Seraphim; you without corruption gave birth to God the Word, and are truly Theotokos. You do we magnify. [GOASD]
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ	PRIEST
Ἔτι καὶ ἔτι ἐν εἰρήνῃ τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.	Again and again in peace let us pray to the Lord.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Κύριε, ἐλέησον.	CHOIR: Lord, have mercy.
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ	PRIEST
Ἀντιλαβοῦ, σῶσον, ἐλέησον καὶ διαφύλαξον ἡμᾶς, ὁ Θεός, τῇ σῇ χάριτι.	Help us, save us, have mercy on us, and protect us, O God, by Your grace.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Κύριε, ἐλέησον.	CHOIR: Lord, have mercy.
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ	PRIEST
Τῆς παναγίας, ἀχράντου, ὑπερευλογημένης, ἐνδόξου, δεσποίνης ἡμῶν Θεοτόκου καὶ ἀειπαρθένου Μαρίας μετὰ πάντων τῶν ἁγίων μνημονεύσαντες, ἑαυτοὺς καὶ ἀλλήλους καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν ζωὴν ἡμῶν Χριστῷ τῷ Θεῷ παραθώμεθα.	Remembering our all-holy, immaculate, most blessed, and glorious Lady, the Theotokos and ever-virgin Mary, with all the saints, let us commend ourselves and one another and our whole life to Christ our God.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Σοί, Κύριε.	CHOIR: To You, O Lord.
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ	PRIEST
Ὅτι σὲ αἰνοῦσι πᾶσαι αἱ δυνάμεις τῶν οὐρανῶν καὶ σοὶ τὴν δόξαν ἀναπέμπουσι, τῷ Πατρὶ καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ καὶ τῷ ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.	For all the powers of heaven praise You, and to You they offer up glory, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and to the ages of ages.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Ἀμήν.	CHOIR: Amen.
Φωταγωγικά	Photagogic Hymns
Τοῦ Ὡρολογίου - - -	From Horologion - - -
Ἦχος βαρύς.	Grave Mode.
Διέγειρόν με Κύριε, πρὸς τὴν σὴν ὑμνῳδίαν, καὶ δίδαξόν με τοῦ ποιεῖν τὸ θέλημά σου, πρεσβείαις τῶν Ἀποστόλων, καὶ σῶσόν με.	Awaken me, O Lord, that I may sing Your praises; and teach me to do Your will, by the intercessions of the Apostles, and save me. [SD]
Διέγειρόν με Κύριε, πρὸς τὴν σὴν ὑμνῳδίαν, καὶ δίδαξόν με τοῦ ποιεῖν τὸ θέλημά σου, πρεσβείαις τοῦ Ἱεράρχου, καὶ σῶσόν με.	Awaken me, O Lord, that I may sing Your praises; and teach me to do Your will, by the intercessions of the Hierarch, and save me. [SD]
Διέγειρόν με Κύριε, πρὸς τὴν σὴν ὑμνῳδίαν, καὶ δίδαξόν με τοῦ ποιεῖν τὸ θέλημά σου, πρεσβείαις τῆς Θεοτόκου, καὶ σῶσόν με.	Awaken me, O Lord, that I may sing Your praises; and teach me to do Your will, by the intercessions of the Theotokos, and save me. [SD]
ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ	READER
Οἱ Αἶνοι. (διαβαστά)	Lauds. (read)
Ψαλμὸς ΡΜΗʹ (148).	Psalm 148.
Αἰνεῖτε τὸν Κύριον ἐκ τῶν οὐρανῶν· αἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν ἐν τοῖς ὑψίστοις. Αἰνεῖτε αὐτόν, πάντες οἱ ἄγγελοι αὐτοῦ· αἰνεῖτε αὐτόν, πᾶσαι αἱ δυνάμεις αὐτοῦ. Αἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν ἥλιος καὶ σελήνη, αἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν πάντα τὰ ἄστρα καὶ τὸ φῶς. Αἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν οἱ οὐρανοὶ τῶν οὐρανῶν καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ τὸ ὑπεράνω τῶν οὐρανῶν. Αἰνεσάτωσαν τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου, ὅτι αὐτὸς εἶπε, καὶ ἐγενήθησαν, αὐτὸς ἐνετείλατο, καὶ ἐκτίσθησαν. Ἔστησεν αὐτὰ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα καὶ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ αἰῶνος· πρόσταγμα ἔθετο, καὶ οὐ παρελεύσεται. Αἰνεῖτε τὸν Κύριον ἐκ τῆς γῆς, δράκοντες καὶ πᾶσαι ἄβυσσοι· πῦρ, χάλαζα, χιών, κρύσταλλος, πνεῦμα καταιγίδος, τὰ ποιοῦντα τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ· τὰ ὄρη καὶ πάντες οἱ βουνοί, ξύλα καρποφόρα καὶ πᾶσαι κέδροι· τὰ θηρία καὶ πάντα τὰ κτήνη, ἑρπετὰ καὶ πετεινὰ πτερωτά· βασιλεῖς τῆς γῆς καὶ πάντες λαοί, ἄρχοντες καὶ πάντες κριταὶ γῆς· νεανίσκοι καὶ παρθένοι, πρεσβύτεροι μετὰ νεωτέρων· αἰνεσάτωσαν τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου, ὅτι ὑψώθη τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ μόνου· ἡ ἐξομολόγησις αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ γῆς καὶ οὐρανοῦ. Καὶ ὑψώσει κέρας λαοῦ αὐτοῦ· ὕμνος πᾶσι τοῖς ὁσίοις αὐτοῦ, τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραήλ, λαῷ ἐγγίζοντι αὐτῷ.	Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise Him in the highest. Praise Him, all you His angels; praise Him, all you His hosts. Praise Him, sun and moon; praise Him, all you stars and light. Praise Him, you heavens of heavens, and you waters above the heavens. Let them praise the Lord’s name, for He spoke, and they were made; He commanded, and they were created. He established them forever and unto ages of ages; He set forth His ordinance, and it shall not pass away. Praise the Lord from the earth, you dragons and all the deeps, Fire and hail, snow and ice, stormy wind, which perform His word, mountains and all the hills, fruitful trees and all cedars, wild animals and all cattle, creeping things and flying birds, kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all judges of the earth, young men and maidens, elders with younger, let them praise the Lord’s name, for His name alone is exalted; His thanksgiving is in earth and heaven. And He shall exalt the horn of His people, a hymn for all His saints, for the children of Israel, a people who draw near to Him. [SAAS]
Ψαλμὸς ΡΜΘʹ(149).	Psalm 149.
Ἄσατε τῷ Κυρίῳ ᾆσμα καινόν, ἡ αἴνεσις αὐτοῦ ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ ὁσίων. Εὐφρανθήτω Ἰσραὴλ ἐπὶ τῷ ποιήσαντι αὐτόν, καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ Σιὼν ἀγαλλιάσθωσαν ἐπὶ τῷ βασιλεῖ αὐτῶν. Αἰνεσάτωσαν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ἐν χορῷ, ἐν τυμπάνῳ καὶ ψαλτηρίῳ ψαλάτωσαν αὐτῷ, ὅτι εὐδοκεῖ Κύριος ἐν τῷ λαῷ αὐτοῦ καὶ ὑψώσει πραεῖς ἐν σωτηρίᾳ. Καυχήσονται ὅσιοι ἐν δόξῃ καὶ ἀγαλλιάσονται ἐπὶ τῶν κοιτῶν αὐτῶν. Αἱ ὑψώσεις τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν τῷ λάρυγγι αὐτῶν, καὶ ῥομφαῖαι δίστομοι ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτῶν τοῦ ποιῆσαι ἐκδίκησιν ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, ἐλεγμοὺς ἐν τοῖς λαοῖς, τοῦ δῆσαι τοὺς βασιλεῖς αὐτῶν ἐν πέδαις καὶ τοὺς ἐνδόξους αὐτῶν ἐν χειροπέδαις σιδηραῖς, τοῦ ποιῆσαι ἐν αὐτοῖς κρῖμα ἔγγραπτον· δόξα αὕτη ἔσται πᾶσι τοῖς ὁσίοις αὐτοῦ.	Sing to the Lord a new song, His praise in the assembly of His holy ones. Let Israel be glad in Him who made him, and let the children of Zion greatly rejoice in their King. Let them praise His name with dance; with tambourine and harp let them sing to Him; for the Lord is pleased with His people, and He shall exalt the gentle with salvation. The holy ones shall boast in glory, and they shall greatly rejoice on their beds; the high praise of God shall be in their mouth and a two-edged sword in their hand, to deal retribution to the nations, reproving among the peoples, to shackle their kings with chains and their nobles with fetters of iron, to fulfill among them the written judgment: This glory have all His holy ones. [SAAS]
Ψαλμὸς ΡΝʹ (150).	Psalm 150.
Αἰνεῖτε τὸν Θεὸν ἐν τοῖς ἁγίοις αὐτοῦ, αἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν ἐν στερεώματι τῆς δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ· αἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν ἐπὶ ταῖς δυναστείαις αὐτοῦ, αἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῆς μεγαλωσύνης αὐτοῦ. Αἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν ἐν ἤχῳ σάλπιγγος, αἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν ἐν ψαλτηρίῳ καὶ κιθάρᾳ· αἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν ἐν τυμπάνῳ καὶ χορῷ, αἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν ἐν χορδαῖς καὶ ὀργάνῳ· αἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν ἐν κυμβάλοις εὐήχοις, αἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν ἐν κυμβάλοις ἀλαλαγμοῦ. Πᾶσα πνοὴ αἰνεσάτω τὸν Κύριον. Ἀλληλούϊα.	Praise God in His saints; praise Him in the firmament of His power; praise Him for His mighty acts; praise Him according to the abundance of His greatness. Praise Him with the sound of a trumpet; praise Him with the harp and lyre; praise Him with timbrel and dance; praise Him with strings and flute; praise Him with resounding cymbals; praise Him with triumphant cymbals; let everything that breathes praise the Lord. Alleluia. [SAAS]
Δόξα Πατρὶ καὶ Υἱῷ καὶ ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι. Καὶ νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.	Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Both now and ever and to the ages of ages. Amen.
Ὁ λαὸς ἵσταται διὰ τὴν ἀνάγνωσιν τῆς Δοξολογίας.	Stand for the reading of the Doxology.
Δοξολογία (διαβαστά)	Doxology (read)
ΠΡΟΕΣΤΩΣ ἢ ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ	HIERARCH or READER
Σοὶ δόξα πρέπει, Κύριε, ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, καὶ σοὶ τὴν δόξαν ἀναπέμπομεν, τῷ Πατρί, καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ, καὶ τῷ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν, καὶ ἀεί, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.	To you belongs glory, O Lord our God, and to you we send up glory, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of ages.
ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ: Ἀμήν.	READER: Amen.
ΠΡΟΕΣΤΩΣ ἢ ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ	HIERARCH or READER
Δόξα ἐν ὑψίστοις Θεῷ, καὶ ἐπὶ γῆς εἰρήνη ἐν ἀνθρώποις εὐδοκία. Ὑμνοῦμέν σε, εὐλογοῦμέν σε, προσκυνοῦμέν σε, δοξολογοῦμέν σε, εὐχαριστοῦμέν σοι, διὰ τὴν μεγάλην σου δόξαν. Κύριε Βασιλεῦ, ἐπουράνιε Θεέ, Πάτερ παντοκράτορ· Κύριε Υἱὲ μονογενές, Ἰησοῦ Χριστέ, καὶ Ἅγιον Πνεῦμα. Κύριε ὁ Θεός, ὁ Ἀμνὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ, ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ Πατρός, ὁ αἴρων τὴν ἁμαρτίαν τοῦ κόσμου, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς, ὁ αἴρων τὰς ἁμαρτίας τοῦ κόσμου. Πρόσδεξαι τὴν δέησιν ἡμῶν, ὁ καθήμενος ἐν δεξιᾷ τοῦ Πατρός, καὶ ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς. Ὅτι σὺ εἶ μόνος Ἅγιος, σὺ εἶ μόνος Κύριος, Ἰησοῦς Χριστός, εἰς δόξαν Θεοῦ Πατρός. Ἀμήν. Καθʼ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν εὐλογήσω σε, καὶ αἰνέσω τὸ ὄνομά σου εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, καὶ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ αἰῶνος. Κύριε, καταφυγὴ ἐγενήθης ἡμῖν ἐν γενεᾷ καὶ γενεᾷ. Ἐγὼ εἶπα· Κύριε, ἐλέησόν με· ἴασαι τὴν ψυχήν μου, ὅτι ἥμαρτόν σοι. Κύριε, πρὸς σὲ κατέφυγον· δίδαξόν με τοῦ ποιεῖν τὸ θέλημά σου, ὅτι σὺ εἶ ὁ Θεός μου. Ὅτι παρὰ σοὶ πηγὴ ζωῆς· ἐν τῷ φωτί σου ὀψόμεθα φῶς. Παράτεινον τὸ ἔλεός σου τοῖς γινώσκουσί σε. Καταξίωσον, Κύριε, ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ταύτῃ ἀναμαρτήτους φυλαχθῆναι ἡμᾶς. Εὐλογητὸς εἶ, Κύριε, ὁ Θεὸς τῶν Πατέρων ἡμῶν, καὶ αἰνετὸν καὶ δεδοξασμένον τὸ ὄνομά σου εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. Ἀμήν. Γένοιτο, Κύριε, τὸ ἔλεός σου ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς, καθάπερ ἠλπίσαμεν ἐπὶ σέ. Εὐλογητὸς εἶ, Κύριε· δίδαξόν με τὰ δικαιώματά σου. Εὐλογητὸς εἶ, Δέσποτα· συνέτισόν με τὰ δικαιώματά σου. Εὐλογητός εἶ, Ἅγιε· φώτισόν με τοῖς δικαιώμασί σου. Κύριε, τὸ ἔλεός σου εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα· τὰ ἔργα τῶν χειρῶν σου μὴ παρίδῃς. Σοὶ πρέπει αἶνος, σοὶ πρέπει ὕμνος, σοὶ δόξα πρέπει, τῷ Πατρί, καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ, καὶ τῷ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν, καὶ ἀεί, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.	Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will to men. We praise you, we bless you, we worship you, we glorify you, and we thank you, for your great glory. Lord, King, Heavenly God, Father Almighty; only-begotten Son, Lord Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit. Lord God, the Lamb of God, the Son of the Father, who take away the sin of the world, have mercy on us, you who take away the sins of the world. Accept our supplication, you who sit at the right of the Father, and have mercy on us. For you are the only Holy One, you are the only Lord, Jesus Christ, to the glory of God the Father. Amen. Every day I shall bless you, and I shall praise your name forever, and unto the ages of ages. Lord, you have become for us a refuge from generation to generation. I have said: Lord, have mercy on me, heal my soul, for I have sinned against you. Lord, to you I have fled; teach me to do your will, for you are my God. For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we shall see light. Extend your mercy to those who know you. Grant, O Lord, that in this day we may be kept without sin. Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of our Fathers, and praised and glorified is your name unto the ages. Amen. Let your mercy, Lord, come upon us, just as we have hoped in you. Blessed are you, O Lord, teach me your commandments. Blessed are you, O Master, make me understand your commandments. Blessed are you, O Holy One, enlighten me with your commandments. Lord, your mercy remains forever, do not turn away from the works of your hands. To you belongs praise, to you belongs a hymn, to you belongs glory, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and to the ages of ages. Amen.
ΤΑ ΠΛΗΡΩΤΙΚΑ	LITANY OF COMPLETION
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ	DEACON
Πληρώσωμεν τὴν ἑωθινὴν δέησιν ἡμῶν τῷ Κυρίῳ.	Let us complete our morning prayer to the Lord.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Κύριε, ἐλέησον.	CHOIR: Lord, have mercy.
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ	DEACON
Ἀντιλαβοῦ, σῶσον, ἐλέησον καὶ διαφύλαξον ἡμᾶς, ὁ Θεός, τῇ σῇ χάριτι.	Help us, save us, have mercy on us, and protect us, O God, by Your grace.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Κύριε, ἐλέησον.	CHOIR: Lord, have mercy.
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ	DEACON
Τὴν ἡμέραν πᾶσαν τελείαν, ἁγίαν, εἰρηνικὴν καὶ ἀναμάρτητον παρὰ τοῦ Κυρίου αἰτησώμεθα.	That the whole day may be perfect, holy, peaceful, and sinless, let us ask the Lord.
ΧΟΡΟΣ (μεθʼ ἑκάστην δέησιν)	CHOIR (after each petition)
Παράσχου, Κύριε.	Grant this, O Lord.
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ	DEACON
Ἄγγελον εἰρήνης, πιστὸν ὁδηγόν, φύλακα τῶν ψυχῶν καὶ τῶν σωμάτων ἡμῶν παρὰ τοῦ Κυρίου αἰτησώμεθα.	For an angel of peace, a faithful guide, a guardian of our souls and bodies, let us ask the Lord.
Συγγνώμην καὶ ἄφεσιν τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν καὶ τῶν πλημμελημάτων ἡμῶν παρὰ τοῦ Κυρίου αἰτησώμεθα.	For pardon and remission of our sins and transgressions, let us ask the Lord.
Τὰ καλὰ καὶ συμφέροντα ταῖς ψυχαῖς ἡμῶν καὶ εἰρήνην τῷ κόσμῳ παρὰ τοῦ Κυρίου αἰτησώμεθα.	For that which is good and beneficial for our souls, and for peace for the world, let us ask the Lord.
Τὸν ὑπόλοιπον χρόνον τῆς ζωῆς ἡμῶν ἐν εἰρήνῃ καὶ μετανοίᾳ ἐκτελέσαι παρὰ τοῦ Κυρίου αἰτησώμεθα.	That we may complete the remaining time of our life in peace and repentance, let us ask the Lord.
Χριστιανὰ τὰ τέλη τῆς ζωῆς ἡμῶν, ἀνώδυνα, ἀνεπαίσχυντα, εἰρηνικὰ καὶ καλὴν ἀπολογίαν τὴν ἐπὶ τοῦ φοβεροῦ βήματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ αἰτησώμεθα.	And let us ask for a Christian end to our life, peaceful, without shame and suffering, and for a good defense before the awesome judgment seat of Christ.
Τῆς παναγίας, ἀχράντου, ὑπερευλογημένης, ἐνδόξου, δεσποίνης ἡμῶν Θεοτόκου καὶ ἀειπαρθένου Μαρίας μετὰ πάντων τῶν ἁγίων μνημονεύσαντες, ἑαυτοὺς καὶ ἀλλήλους καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν ζωὴν ἡμῶν Χριστῷ τῷ Θεῷ παραθώμεθα.	Remembering our all-holy, immaculate, most blessed, and glorious Lady, the Theotokos and ever-virgin Mary, with all the saints, let us commend ourselves and one another and our whole life to Christ our God.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Σοί, Κύριε.	CHOIR: To You, O Lord.
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ	PRIEST
Ὅτι Θεὸς ἐλέους, οἰκτιρμῶν, καὶ φιλανθρωπίας ὑπάρχεις, καὶ σοὶ τὴν δόξαν ἀναπέμπομεν, τῷ Πατρὶ καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ καὶ τῷ ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.	For You are the God of mercy and compassion and love for humankind, and to You we offer up glory, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and to ages of ages.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Ἀμήν.	CHOIR: Amen.
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ: Εἰρήνη πᾶσι.	PRIEST: Peace be with all.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Καὶ τῷ πνεύματί σου.	CHOIR: And with your spirit.
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ	DEACON
Τὰς κεφαλὰς ἡμῶν τῷ Κυρίῳ κλίνωμεν.	Let us bow our heads to the Lord.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Σοί, Κύριε.	CHOIR: To You, O Lord.
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ (χαμηλοφώνως)	PRIEST (in a low voice)
Κύριε ἅγιε, ὁ ἐν ὑψηλοῖς κατοικῶν καὶ τὰ ταπεινὰ ἐφορῶν καὶ τῷ παντεφόρῳ σου ὄμματι ἐπιβλέπων ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν κτίσιν, σοὶ ἐκλίναμεν τὸν αὐχένα τῆς ψυχῆς καὶ τοῦ σώματος καὶ δεόμεθά σου, ἅγιε ἁγίων· Ἔκτεινον τὴν χεῖρά σου τὴν ἀόρατον ἐξ ἁγίου κατοικητηρίου σου καὶ εὐλόγησον πάντας ἡμᾶς· καὶ εἴ τι ἡμάρτομεν ἑκουσίως ἢ ἀκουσίως, ὡς ἀγαθὸς καὶ φιλάνθρωπος Θεὸς συγχώρησον, δωρούμενος ἡμῖν τὰ ἐγκόσμια καὶ ὑπερκόσμια ἀγαθά σου.	Holy Lord, who dwell in the highest and look upon the humble and observe all creation with Your all-seeing eye, to You we bow the neck of soul and body, and we pray You, Holy of holies: Extend Your invisible hand from Your holy heavens and bless us all. And as good and benevolent God, forgive us any misdeeds we committed voluntarily or involuntarily, and grant us Your blessings in this world and in the next.
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ (ἐκφώνως)	PRIEST (aloud)
Σὸν γάρ ἐστι τὸ ἐλεεῖν καὶ σώζειν ἡμᾶς, ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, καὶ σοὶ τὴν δόξαν ἀναπέμπομεν, τῷ Πατρὶ καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ καὶ τῷ ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.	For Yours it is to show mercy and to save us, O our God, and to You we offer up glory, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and to ages of ages.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Ἀμήν.	CHOIR: Amen.
Ἀπόστιχα. Τοῦ Τριῳδίου.	Aposticha. From the Triodion.
Τοῦ Τριῳδίου - - -	From Triodion - - -
Ἰδιόμελον. Ἦχος πλ. δʹ.	Idiomelon. Mode pl. 4.

Ταῖς λῃστρικαῖς ἐφόδοις, περιπεσοῦσα ψυχή μου, δεινῶς τετραυμάτισαι, ἐξ οἰκείων πταισμάτων, παραδοθεῖσα ἀνοήτοις ἐχθροῖς, ἀλλʼ ὡς ἔχουσα καιρόν, ἐν κατανύξει βόησον· Ἐλπὶς ἀπηλπισμένων, ζωὴ ἀπεγνωσμένων, Σωτὴρ ἀνάστησον, καὶ σῶσόν με.	Into the ambushes of thieves thou hast fallen, O my soul, and thou art sorely wounded, delivered through thine own sins into the hands of enemies without reason. But while thou still hast time, cry out with compunction: O hope of the hopeless, life of the despairing, raise me up, O Saviour, and save me. [KW]
Στίχ. Ἐνεπλήσθημεν τὸ πρωΐ τοῦ ἐλέους σου, Κύριε, καὶ ἠγαλλιασάμεθα καὶ εὐφράνθημεν ἐν πάσαις ταῖς ἡμέραις ἡμῶν· εὐφρανθείημεν ἀνθʼ ὧν ἡμερῶν ἐταπείνωσας ἡμᾶς, ἐτῶν, ὧν εἴδομεν κακά. Καὶ ἴδε ἐπὶ τοὺς δούλους σου καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ ἔργα σου καὶ ὁδήγησον τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτῶν.	Verse: We were filled with Your mercy in the morning, and in all our days we greatly rejoiced and were glad; gladden us in return for the days You humbled us, for the years we saw evil things. And behold Your servants and Your works, and guide their sons. [SAAS]
Ταῖς λῃστρικαῖς ἐφόδοις, περιπεσοῦσα ψυχή μου, δεινῶς τετραυμάτισαι, ἐξ οἰκείων πταισμάτων, παραδοθεῖσα ἀνοήτοις ἐχθροῖς, ἀλλʼ ὡς ἔχουσα καιρόν, ἐν κατανύξει βόησον· Ἐλπὶς ἀπηλπισμένων, ζωὴ ἀπεγνωσμένων, Σωτὴρ ἀνάστησον, καὶ σῶσόν με.	Into the ambushes of thieves thou hast fallen, O my soul, and thou art sorely wounded, delivered through thine own sins into the hands of enemies without reason. But while thou still hast time, cry out with compunction: O hope of the hopeless, life of the despairing, raise me up, O Saviour, and save me. [KW]
Μαρτυρικόν.	For the Martyrs.
Ἦχος πλ. δʹ.	Mode pl. 4.

Στίχ. Καὶ ἔστω ἡ λαμπρότης Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς, καὶ τὰ ἔργα τῶν χειρῶν ἡμῶν κατεύθυνον ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς, καὶ τὸ ἔργον τῶν χειρῶν ἡμῶν κατεύθυνον.	Verse: And let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us, and prosper for us the works of our hands. [SAAS]
Τὸν θώρακα τῆς πίστεως, ἐνδυσάμενοι καλῶς, καὶ τῷ τύπῳ τοῦ Σταυροῦ, καθοπλίσαντες ἑαυτούς, στρατιῶται εὐσθενεῖς ἀνεδείχθητε, τοῖς τυράννοις ἀνδρείως ἀντικατέστητε, καὶ διαβόλου τὴν πλάνην κατηδαφίσατε, νικηταὶ γενόμενοι, τῶν στεφάνων ἠξιώθητε· Πρεσβεύσατε, τοῦ σωθῆναι τὰς ψυχὰς ἡμῶν.	When you put on the breastplate of righteousness and faith, and you fully armed yourselves with the sign of the cross, you became the Lord’s mighty soldiers, you bravely confronted the tyrants, and you blunted the deceit of the devil. And you were awarded medals as victors. We pray you intercede for the salvation of our souls. [GOASD]
Δόξα· καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.	Glory. Both now. Theotokion.
Ἦχος πλ. δʹ.	Mode pl. 4.


Δέχου τὰς φωνὰς τῶν οἰκετῶν σου, πάναγνε Παρθένε Θεοτόκε, καὶ πρέσβευε ἀπαύστως, πλημμελημάτων λύσιν, καὶ εἰρήνην δωρηθῆναι ἡμῖν.	O all-pure Virgin Theotokos, accept the supplications of thy servants, and pray without ceasing that we may be given peace and the remission of our sins. [KW]
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ	PRIEST
Ἀγαθὸν τὸ ἐξομολογεῖσθαι τῷ Κυρίῳ καὶ ψάλλειν τῷ ὀνόματί σου, Ὕψιστε· τοῦ ἀναγγέλλειν τῷ πρωΐ τὸ ἔλεός σου καὶ τὴν ἀλήθειάν σου κατὰ νύκτα.	It is good to give thanks to the Lord and to sing to Your name, O Most High, to proclaim Your mercy in the morning and Your truth at night. [SAAS]
ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ	READER
Τρισάγιον.	Trisagion Prayers.
Ἅγιος ὁ Θεός, ἅγιος Ἰσχυρός, ἅγιος Ἀθάνατος, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς. (3)	Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (3)
Δόξα Πατρὶ καὶ Υἱῷ καὶ ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι. Καὶ νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.	Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Both now and ever and to the ages of ages. Amen.
Παναγία Τριάς, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς. Κύριε, ἱλάσθητι ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις ἡμῶν. Δέσποτα, συγχώρησον τὰς ἀνομίας ἡμῖν. Ἅγιε, ἐπίσκεψαι καὶ ἴασαι τὰς ἀσθενείας ἡμῶν, ἕνεκεν τοῦ ὀνόματός σου.	All-holy Trinity, have mercy on us. Lord, forgive our sins. Master, pardon our transgressions. Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities for Your name’s sake.
Κύριε, ἐλέησον. Κύριε, ἐλέησον. Κύριε, ἐλέησον.	Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Δόξα Πατρὶ καὶ Υἱῷ καὶ ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι. Καὶ νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.	Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Both now and ever and to the ages of ages. Amen.
Πάτερ ἡμῶν ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς, ἁγιασθήτω τὸ ὄνομά σου. Ἐλθέτω ἡ βασιλεία σου. Γενηθήτω τὸ θέλημά σου, ὡς ἐν οὐρανῷ καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς. Τὸν ἄρτον ἡμῶν τὸν ἐπιούσιον δὸς ἡμῖν σήμερον. Καὶ ἄφες ἡμῖν τὰ ὀφειλήματα ἡμῶν, ὡς καὶ ἡμεῖς ἀφίεμεν τοῖς ὀφειλέταις ἡμῶν. Καὶ μὴ εἰσενέγκῃς ἡμᾶς εἰς πειρασμόν, ἀλλὰ ῥῦσαι ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τοῦ πονηροῦ.	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 evil.
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ	PRIEST
Ὅτι σοῦ ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία καὶ ἡ δύναμις καὶ ἡ δόξα τοῦ Πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.	For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and to ages of ages.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Ἀμήν.	CHOIR: Amen.
ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ	READER
Ἐν τῷ Ναῷ ἑστῶτες τῆς δόξης σου, ἐν οὐρανῷ ἑστάναι νομίζομεν· Θεοτόκε, πύλη ἐπουράνιε, ἄνοιξον ἡμῖν τὴν θύραν τοῦ ἐλέους σου.	Standing in your glorious church, O Theotokos, we think we are standing in heaven. O heavenly Gate, open to us the door of your mercy.
Κύριε, ἐλέησον. (μʹ)	Lord, have mercy. (40)
Δόξα Πατρὶ καὶ Υἱῷ καὶ ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι. Καὶ νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.	Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Both now and ever and to the ages of ages. Amen.
Τὴν τιμιωτέραν τῶν Χερουβείμ, καὶ ἐνδοξοτέραν, ἀσυγκρίτως τῶν Σεραφείμ, τὴν ἀδιαφθόρως, Θεὸν Λόγον τεκοῦσαν, τὴν ὄντως Θεοτόκον, σὲ μεγαλύνομεν.	Greater in honor than the Cherubim, and in glory greater beyond compare than the Seraphim; you without corruption gave birth to God the Word, and are truly Theotokos. You do we magnify.
Ἐν ὀνόματι Κυρίου εὐλόγησον, πάτερ.	In the name of the Lord, Father, bless!
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ	PRIEST
Ὁ ὢν εὐλογητὸς Χριστὸς ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν πάντοτε, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.	Blessed is Christ our God, the One who is, always, now and ever and to the ages of ages.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Ἀμήν.	CHOIR: Amen.
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ	PRIEST
Ἐπουράνιε βασιλεῦ, τοὺς πιστοὺς βασιλεῖς ἡμῶν στερέωσον· τὴν πίστιν στήριξον· τὰ ἔθνη πράυνον· τὸν κόσμον εἰρήνευσον· τὴν ἁγίαν ἐκκλησίαν καὶ τὴν πόλιν (ἢ τὴν ἁγίαν μονὴν) ταύτην καλῶς διαφύλαξον· τοὺς προαπελθόντας πατέρας καὶ ἀδελφοὺς ἡμῶν ἐν σκηναῖς δικαίων τάξον· καὶ ἡμᾶς ἐν μετανοίᾳ καὶ ἐξομολογήσει παράλαβε ὡς ἀγαθὸς καὶ φιλάνθρωπος.	O heavenly King, uphold our rulers, strengthen the Faith, calm the nations, give peace to the world. Protect this holy Church (or, Monastery); grant our departed fathers and brethren that they may dwell with the righteous, and accept us in repentance and confession; for You are good and benevolent.
Καὶ ποιοῦμεν Μετανοίας τρεῖς μεγάλας, λέγοντες μυστικῶς ἐν ἑκάστῃ Μετανοίᾳ ἀνὰ Στίχον τῆς ἑπομένης Εὐχῆς τοῦ Ὁσίου Ἐφραίμ.	We now make three prostrations: i.e. we recite the Prayer of St. Ephrem (quietly or mentally), and with each verse we make a bow or prostration.
Ἄν καὶ συνηθίζεται ἡ εὐχὴ αὕτη νὰ λέγεται ἐκφώνως, ὅμως ἡ ὀρθὴ πράξις εἶναι νὰ λέγεται μυστικῶς καὶ νοερῶς ὑπὸ πάντων, κλήρου τε καὶ λαοῦ, ποιούντων τῶν μετανοιῶν κτλ.	While it has become customary for this prayer to be recited by someone aloud, nevertheless the indicated practice is that it be recited inaudibly and mentally by everyone, clergy and congregants alike, with the accompanying bows etc.
Εὐχὴ τοῦ Ἁγίου Ἐφραίμ	Prayer of St. Ephrem
Κύριε καὶ Δέσποτα τῆς ζωῆς μου, πνεῦμα ἀργίας, περιεργίας, φιλαρχίας καὶ ἀργολογίας μή μοι δῷς.	O Lord and Master of my life, do not permit the spirit of laziness and meddling, the lust for power and idle talk to come into me.
Πνεῦμα δὲ σωφροσύνης, ταπεινοφροσύνης, ὑπομονῆς καὶ ἀγάπης χάρισαί μοι τῷ σῷ δούλῳ.	Instead, grant me, Your servant, the spirit of prudence, humility, patience and love.
Ναί, Κύριε βασιλεῦ, δώρησαί μοι τοῦ ὁρᾶν τὰ ἐμὰ πταίσματα, καὶ μὴ κατακρίνειν τὸν ἀδελφόν μου. Ὅτι εὐλογητὸς εἶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.	Yes, Lord and King, give me the power to see my own faults and not to judge my brother. For You are blessed unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Μετὰ δὲ ταύτας, ἑτέρας μικρὰς ιβ Μετανοίας, λέγοντες καθʼ ἑκάστην, «Ὁ Θεός, ἱλάσθητί μοι τῷ ἁμαρτωλῷ, καὶ ἐλέησόν με». Εἶ αὖθις Μετάνοιαν μεγάλην μίαν, λέγοντες πάλιν τὸν τελευταῖον στίχον τῆς ἀνωτέρω Εὐχῆς.	Then we make the sign of the cross 12 times, each time saying, “God, be gracious to me a sinner and have mercy on me.” Then we repeat the third verse of the Prayer (quietly or mentally) and make a final bow or prostration.
Ναί, Κύριε βασιλεῦ, δώρησαί μοι τοῦ ὁρᾶν τὰ ἐμὰ πταίσματα, καὶ μὴ κατακρίνειν τὸν ἀδελφόν μου. Ὅτι εὐλογητὸς εἶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.	Yes, Lord and King, give me the power to see my own faults and not to judge my brother. For You are blessed unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Ἀναστάντες δέ ἀρχόμεθα· «Δεῦτε προσκυνήσωμεν…» καὶ ψάλλομεν τὴν Αʹ Ὥραν.	Then we begin the First Hour, saying: “Come let us worship…”
ἤ·	or:
ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ	READER
Δόξα Πατρὶ καὶ Υἱῷ καὶ ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι. Καὶ νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.	Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Both now and ever and to the ages of ages. Amen.
Κύριε, ἐλέησον. (3) Εὐλόγησον.	Lord, have mercy. (3) Father, bless!
Dismissal	Dismissal
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ	PRIEST
Δόξα σοι ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, δόξα σοι.	Glory to You, our God, glory to You.
Χριστὸς ὁ ἀληθινὸς Θεὸς ἡμῶν, ταῖς πρεσβείαις τῆς παναχράντου καὶ παναμώμου ἁγίας αὐτοῦ Μητρός, δυνάμει τοῦ τιμίου καὶ ζωοποιοῦ Σταυροῦ, προστασίαις τῶν τιμίων ἐπουρανίων δυνάμεων ἀσωμάτων, ἱκεσίαις τοῦ τιμίου, ἐνδόξου, προφήτου, προδρόμου καὶ βαπτιστοῦ Ἰωάννου, τῶν ἁγίων ἐνδόξων καὶ πανευφήμων ἀποστόλων, τῶν ἁγίων ἐνδόξων καὶ καλλινίκων μαρτύρων· τῶν ὁσίων καὶ θεοφόρων πατέρων ἡμῶν· (τοῦ ἁγίου τοῦ ναοῦ)· τῶν ἁγίων καὶ δικαίων θεοπατόρων Ἰωακεὶμ καὶ Ἄννης, καὶ πάντων τῶν ἁγίων, ἐλεήσαι καὶ σώσαι ἡμᾶς, ὡς ἀγαθὸς καὶ φιλάνθρωπος καὶ ἐλεήμων Θεός.	May Christ our true God, through the intercessions of His all-pure and all-immaculate holy Mother, the power of the precious and life-giving Cross, the protection of the honorable, bodiless powers of heaven, the supplications of the honorable, glorious prophet and forerunner John the Baptist, of the holy, glorious, and praiseworthy apostles, of the holy, glorious, and triumphant martyrs, of our righteous and God-bearing fathers, (local patron saint); of the holy and righteous ancestors of God Joachim and Anna, and of all the saints, have mercy on us and save us, as He is good, benevolent, and merciful God.

Conclusion, i.e. “Through the prayers…”	Conclusion, i.e. “Through the prayers…”
Διʼ εὐχῶν τῶν ἁγίων πατέρων ἡμῶν, Κύριε Ἰησοῦ Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς.	Through the prayers of our holy fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Ἀμήν.	CHOIR: Amen.