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Τριῴδιον	Triodion
Ἦχος δʹ. Τῇ Δευτέρᾳ Πρωΐ	Mode 4. On Monday Morning
Τῇ Δευτέρᾳ Αʹ Ἑβδομάδος Πρωΐ	On Monday of the First Week Morning
Μηναῖον - Τῌ ΚΓʹ ΦΕΒΡΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ	Menaion - February 23
Μνήμη τοῦ Ἁγίου Πολυκάρπου, Ἐπισκόπου Σμύρνης	Memory of St. Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna
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ΟΡΘΡΟΣ	MATINS
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ΧΟΡΟΣ	CHOIR
Ἦχος δʹ.	Mode 4.
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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.
Τοῦ Ὡρολογίου - - -	From Horologion - - -
Ὕμνοι Τριαδικοί	Triadic Hymns
Ἦχος δʹ.	Mode 4.
Τῶν νοερῶν σου λειτουργῶν, προσφέρειν, οἱ θνητοὶ τὸν ὕμνον τολμῶντες, λέγομεν· Ἅγιος, Ἅγιος, Ἅγιος εἶ ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν. Προστασίαις τῶν Ἀσωμάτων σῶσον ἡμᾶς.	We mortals dare to offer You the hymn of Your noetic ministers, and we say: Holy, holy, holy are You our God. By the protection of the Bodiless Hosts have mercy on us. [SD]
Δόξα.	Glory.
Ὡς αἱ τάξεις νῦν τῶν Ἀγγέλων ἐν οὐρανῷ, καὶ στάσεις φόβῳ ἀνθρώπων ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ἐπινίκιον ὕμνον προσφέρομέν σοι Ἀγαθέ· Ἅγιος, Ἅγιος, Ἅγιος εἶ ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν. Πρεσβείαις τῶν ἁγίων σῶσον ἡμᾶς.	Now like the orders of Angels in heaven, and the ranks of people on earth, with fear we offer You a hymn of victory, O good One. Holy, holy, holy are You our God. By the intercessions of the Saints save us. [SD]
Καὶ νῦν.	Both now.
Τὸν ἄναρχόν σου Πατέρα, καὶ σέ, Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός, καὶ τὸ πανάγιόν σου Πνεῦμα, χερουβικῶς δοξολογεῖν τολμῶντες, λέγομεν· Ἅγιος, Ἅγιος, Ἅγιος εἶ ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν. Διὰ τῆς Θεοτόκου ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς.	Like the Cherubim we dare to glorify the unoriginate Father, and You, O Christ God, and Your all-holy Spirit, and we say: Holy, holy, holy are You our God. Through the Theotokos have mercy on us. [SD]
Ἀναγινώσκεται τὸ οἰκεῖον Κάθισμα τοῦ Ψαλτηρίου, ἤτοι Κάθισμα 4. Καὶ εὐθύς, ἄνευ μικρᾶς Συναπτῆς·	The appointed Kathisma of the Psalter may be read, i.e. Kathisma 4. There is no litany, but immediately the following:
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ΧΟΡΟΣ	CHOIR
Κάθισμα Αʹ.	Kathisma I.
Τοῦ Τριῳδίου - - -	From Triodion - - -
Κατανυκτικά.	For compunction.
Ἦχος δʹ.	Mode 4.

Τὴν ταπεινήν μου ψυχήν, ἐπίσκεψαι Κύριε, τὴν ἐν ἁμαρτίαις τὸν βίον ὅλον δαπανήσασαν, ὃν τρόπον τὴν πόρνην, δέξαι κᾀμέ, καὶ σῶσόν με.	O Lord, visit my humble soul, which as spent the entire time of this life in sins. Accept me and save me, as You once did the harlot. [SD]
Στίχ. Κύριε, μὴ τῷ θυμῷ σου ἐλέγξῃς με, μηδὲ τῇ ὀργῇ σου παιδεύσῃς με.	Verse: O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your wrath, nor chasten me in Your anger. [SAAS]

Διαπλέων τὸ πέλαγος τῆς παρούσης ζωῆς, ἐνθυμοῦμαι τὴν ἄβυσσον τῶν πολλῶν μου κακῶν, καὶ μὴ ἔχων τὸν κυβερνήτην λογισμόν, τὴν τοῦ Πέτρου σοι προσφθέγγομαι φωνήν. Σῶσόν με Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός, σῶσόν με ὡς φιλάνθρωπος.	As I sail across the ocean of the present life, I remember the abyss of my many vices. Since I have no good thought to pilot me, I shout to you the words of Peter: Save me, O Christ my God. Save me, O benevolent Lord. [SD]
Δόξα· καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.	Glory. Both now. Theotokion.

Τῇ ἀνατραφείσῃ ἐν τῷ Ναῷ, εἰς τὰ Ἅγια τῶν Ἁγίων, τῇ περιβεβλημένῃ τὴν πίστιν καὶ τὴν σοφίαν, καὶ τὴν ἄμεμπτον παρθενίαν, ὁ Ἀρχιστράτηγος Γαβριήλ, προσέφερεν οὐρανόθεν, τὸν ἀσπασμὸν καὶ τὸ χαῖρε. Χαῖρε εὐλογημένη, χαῖρε δεδοξασμένη, ὁ Κύριος μετὰ σοῦ.	To you who were raised in the Temple, in the Holy of Holies, and who were clothed in faith and wisdom and measureless virginity, the Supreme Commander Gabriel from heaven brought the salutation, “Rejoice”; “Rejoice, O blessed Maiden! Rejoice, O glorified one! The Lord is with you.” [SD]
Ἀναγινώσκεται τὸ οἰκεῖον Κάθισμα τοῦ Ψαλτηρίου, ἤτοι Κάθισμα 5. Μεθʼ ὃ ἡ μικρὰ Συναπτή.	The appointed Kathisma of the Psalter may be read, i.e. Kathisma 5. Then the short litany.
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ	DEACON
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.
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
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 ἀγαθὸς καὶ φιλάνθρωπος Θεὸς 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 good and benevolent 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
Τοῦ Τριῳδίου - - -	From Triodion - - -
Κάθισμα Βʹ. Τοῦ Τριῳδίου.	Kathisma II. From the Triodion.
Ἦχος βʹ. Εὐσπλαγχνίας ὑπάρχουσα.	Mode 2. N/M (Since you are the source.)
	Εὐσπλαγχνίας ὑπάρχουσα.

Τῆς Νηστείας τῇ θείᾳ ἀπαρχῇ, κατάνυξιν κτησώμεθα ψυχῆς, ἐκβοῶντες· Δέσποτα Χριστέ, τὴν προσευχὴν ἡμῶν δέξαι, ἐκλεκτὸν ὥσπερ θυμίαμα, καὶ ῥῦσαι δεόμεθα δυσώδους φθορᾶς ἡμᾶς, καὶ κολάσεως φρικτῆς, ὁ μόνος ὑπάρχων εὐδιάλλακτος.	Let us acquire compunction of soul ⁄ as God-given first-fruits of the fast. ⁄ Let us cry: Accept our prayer as pure incense, O Christ our Master. ⁄ Deliver us, we entreat you, from the stench of corruption ⁄ and from fearful torment. ⁄⁄ for you alone are ready to forgive! [OCA]
Δόξα· καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.	Glory. Both now. Theotokion.
Ἦχος βʹ. Αὐτόμελον.	Mode 2. Automelon (not metered).
	Εὐσπλαγχνίας ὑπάρχουσα.
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Εὐσπλαγχνίας ὑπάρχουσα πηγή, συμπαθείας ἀξίωσον ἡμᾶς, Θεοτόκε· βλέψον εἰς λαὸν τὸν ἁμαρτήσαντα· δεῖξον ὡς ἀεὶ τὴν δυναστείαν σου· εἰς σὲ γὰρ ἐλπίζοντες, τὸ χαῖρε βοῶμέν σοι, ὥς ποτε ὁ Γαβριήλ, ὁ τῶν ἀσωμάτων ἀρχιστράτηγος.	Grant us your mercy, Theotokos, fount of tender compassion. ⁄ Look upon the people who have sinned, ⁄ and manifest, as always your power. ⁄ For trusting in you, we cry out as once did Gabriel, chief of the bodiless hosts: ⁄⁄ Rejoice, full of grace, the Lord is with you! [OCA]
Ἀναγινώσκεται τὸ οἰκεῖον Κάθισμα τοῦ Ψαλτηρίου, ἤτοι Κάθισμα 6. Μεθʼ ὃ ἡ μικρὰ Συναπτή.	The appointed Kathisma of the Psalter may be read, i.e. Kathisma 6. Then the 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 ηὐλόγηταί σου τὸ ὄνομα καὶ δεδόξασταί σου ἡ βασιλεία, τοῦ Πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.	For blessed is Your name, and glorified is Your kingdom, of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and to the ages of ages.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Ἀμήν.	CHOIR: Amen.
ΧΟΡΟΣ	CHOIR
Τοῦ Τριῳδίου - - -	From Triodion - - -
Κάθισμα Γʹ. Τοῦ Τριῳδίου.	Kathisma III. From the Triodion.
Ἦχος βʹ. Τὴν ἄχραντον Εἰκόνα σου.	Mode 2.


Τὴν πάνσεπτον ἐγκράτειαν, ἐναρξώμεθα φαιδρῶς, ἀκτῖνας ἀπολάμποντες, τῶν ἁγίων ἐντολῶν, Χριστοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν, ἀγάπης τὴν λαμπρότητα, προσευχῆς τὴν ἀστραπήν, ἁγνείας καθαρότητα, εὐανδρείας τὴν ἰσχύν, ὅπως λαμπροφόροι προφθάσωμεν, εἰς τὴν ἁγίαν καὶ τριήμερον Ἀνάστασιν, τὴν καταλάμπουσαν ἀφθαρσίαν τῷ κόσμῳ.	Let us begin the all-holy season of fasting with joy; ⁄ let us shine with the bright radiance of the holy commandments of Christ our God: ⁄ with the brightness of love and the splendor of prayer, ⁄ the strength of good courage and the purity of holiness! ⁄ So, clothed in garments of light, ⁄ let us hasten to the holy resurrection on the third day, ⁄⁄ that shines on the world with the glory of eternal life! [OCA]
Δόξα· καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.	Glory. Both now. Theotokion.
Ἦχος βʹ. Τὴν ἄχραντον Εἰκόνα σου.	Mode 2.


Τὴν ἄμαχον πρεσβείαν σου, κεκτημένος ἐν δεινοῖς, λυτροῦμαι τῶν θλιβόντων με, παρʼ ἐλπίδα θαυμαστῶς, ὦ Μῆτερ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν· προφθάνεις γὰρ σὺ πάντοτε, τοῖς αἰτοῦσί σε πιστῶς, τὸν ζόφον ἐκδιώκουσα, τῶν πολλῶν ἁμαρτιῶν. Ὅθεν εὐχαρίστως βοῶμέν σοι· Δέξαι Δέσποινα, βραχέα χαριστήρια, ἀνθʼ ὧν ὑπάρχεις μοι ἐν πᾶσι βοήθεια.	Beyond all hope, I am wondrously set free, Mother of God, ⁄ from all that troubles me, ⁄ for I have obtained in my distress your invincible intercession! ⁄ You are always swift to help those who beseech you in faith, ⁄ dispelling the darkness of their many sins. ⁄ Therefore, with thanksgiving, I cry to you: ⁄ Accept, Lady, this small offering of grateful praise, ⁄⁄ and be my help in all things! [OCA]
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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: Κύριε, ἐλέησον. (ιβʹ)	CHOIR: 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.
	Δεῦτε λαοί.
Στίχ. Τῷ Κυρίῳ ᾄσωμεν· ἐνδόξως γὰρ δεδόξασται.	Verse: Let us sing to the Lord, for He is greatly glorified.
Δεῦτε λαοί, ᾄσωμεν ᾆσμα Χριστῷ τῷ Θεῷ, τῷ διελόντι θάλασσαν, καὶ ὁδηγήσαντι, τὸν λαὸν ὂν ἀνῆκε, δουλείας Αἰγυπτίων, ὅτι δεδόξασται.	Peoples, now come * and let us sing a song to Christ our God, * who by His prophet split the sea and through it led across * His people and possession, out of Egyptian bondage, * for He was glorified. [SD]
Τροπάρια.	Troparia.
Ἅγιε τοῦ Θεοῦ, πρέσβευε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.	Saint of God, intercede for us.
Τῇ τοῦ Χριστοῦ, φωτοχυσίᾳ λαμπόμενος, καὶ τῆς αὐτοῦ ἐλλάμψεως, Πάτερ πληρούμενος, τὴν ζοφώδη ψυχήν μου, καταύγασον θεόφρον, ταῖς ἱκεσίαις σου.	Illumined by Christ’s shining light and filed by his brightness, Father, wholly illumine my darkened soul, godly-minded one, by your entreaties. [VPA]
Στίχ. ᾌσωμεν τῷ Κυρίῳ· ἐνδόξως γὰρ δεδόξασται, ἵππον καὶ ἀναβάτην ἔῤῥιψεν εἰς θάλασσαν.	Verse: Let us sing to the Lord, for He is greatly glorified. Horse and rider He has thrown into the sea. [SAAS]
Τῇ τοῦ Χριστοῦ, φωτοχυσίᾳ λαμπόμενος, καὶ τῆς αὐτοῦ ἐλλάμψεως, Πάτερ πληρούμενος, τὴν ζοφώδη ψυχήν μου, καταύγασον θεόφρον, ταῖς ἱκεσίαις σου.	Illumined by Christ’s shining light and filed by his brightness, Father, wholly illumine my darkened soul, godly-minded one, by your entreaties. [VPA]
Στίχ. Βοηθὸς καὶ σκεπαστὴς ἐγένετό μοι εἰς σωτηρίαν, οὗτός μου Θεός, καὶ δοξάσω αὐτόν, Θεὸς τοῦ Πατρός μου, καὶ ὑψώσω αὐτόν.	Verse: The Lord became my helper and the shield of my salvation; He is my God, and I will glorify Him; my father’s God, and I will exalt Him. [SAAS]
Ὁ φωτισμός, τοῦ σωτηρίου κηρύγματος, τὴν καθαρὰν καρδίαν σου, καθάπερ ἔσοπτρον, ἀκηλίδωτον Πάτερ, ἀστράψας τὰς ἀκτῖνας, πᾶσιν ἐξέλαμψε.	The light of the preaching of salvation having flashed like lightning with its rays in your pure heart like a spotless mirror, illumined all. [VPA]
Στίχ. Κύριος συντρίβων πολέμους, Κύριος ὄνομα αὐτῷ. Ἅρματα Φαραὼ καὶ τὴν δύναμιν αὐτοῦ ἔῤῥιψεν εἰς θάλασσαν.	Verse: The Lord brings wars to nothing; the Lord is His name. Pharaoh’s chariots and army He cast into the sea. [SAAS]
Νόμου καινοῦ, στηλογραφία σὺ γέγονας, ἐγγεγραμμένον ἔχουσα, Πάτερ οὐ μέλανι, ἀλλὰ Πνεύματι θείῳ, τῆς χάριτος τῆς θείας, τὸ Εὐαγγέλιον.	You became an inscribed tablet of the new law, Father, having the Gospel of divine grace written not by black ink but by the Divine Spirit. [VPA]
Στίχ. Πόντῳ ἐκάλυψεν αὐτούς, κατέδυσαν εἰς βυθὸν ὡσεὶ λίθος.	Verse: The sea covered them; they sank to the bottom like a stone. [SAAS]
Θεοτοκίον.	Theotokion.
Θεὸν ἐκ σοῦ, σωματωθέντα γινώσκοντες, ἄνευ σαρκὸς θελήματος, τὸν πρὸ τῆς κτίσεως, καὶ πρὸ πάντων αἰώνων, κυρίως Θεοτόκον, ὁμολογοῦμέν σε.	Knowing that God who was before creation and before all ages took a body from you, without the will of the flesh, we confess you to be Theotokos. [VPA]
(διαβαστά)	(read)
Στίχοι Ἐνδιάμεσοι Πρώτης ᾨδῆς.	Intermediate Verses of Ode One.
Ἡ δεξιά σου, Κύριε, δεδόξασται ἐν ἰσχύϊ, ἡ δεξιά σου χείρ, Κύριε, ἔθραυσεν ἐχθρούς. Καὶ τῷ πλήθει τῆς δόξης σου συνέτριψας τοὺς ὑπεναντίους.	Your right hand, O God, is glorified in strength; Your right hand, O God, dashed the enemy in pieces. In the greatness of Your glory You broke the adversaries to pieces. [SAAS]
Ἀπέστειλας τὴν ὀργήν σου, κατέφαγεν αὐτοὺς ὡσεὶ καλάμην.	You sent forth Your wrath; it consumed them like stubble.
Καὶ διὰ πνεύματος τοῦ θυμοῦ σου διέστη τὸ ὕδωρ, ἐπάγη ὡσεὶ τεῖχος τὰ ὕδατα, ἐπάγη τὰ κύματα ἐν μέσῳ τῆς θαλάσσης.	By the Spirit of Your anger the waters were gathered together; the waves stood upright in the midst of the sea; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea.
Εἶπεν ὁ ἐχθρός· Διώξας καταλήψομαι, μεριῶ σκῦλα, ἐμπλήσω ψυχήν μου, ἀνελῶ τῇ μαχαίρᾳ μου, κυριεύσει ἡ χείρ μου.	The enemy said, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoils; I will satisfy my soul; I will destroy with my sword; my hand shall have dominion.’
Ἀπέστειλας τὸ πνεῦμά σου, ἐκάλυψεν αὐτοὺς θάλασσα, ἔδυσαν ὡσεὶ μόλυβδος ἐν ὕδατι σφοδρῷ.	You sent forth Your Spirit; the sea covered them; they sank like lead in the mighty waters.
Τίς ὅμοιός σοι ἐν θεοῖς, Κύριε; τίς ὅμοιός σοι; Δεδοξασμένος ἐν Ἁγίοις, θαυμαστὸς ἐν δόξαις, ποιῶν τέρατα.	Who is like You, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like You, glorified in holiness, marvelous in praises, doing wonders?
Ἐξέτεινας τὴν δεξιάν σου, κατέπιεν αὐτοὺς γῆ.	You stretched out Your right hand; the earth swallowed them up.
Ὡδήγησας τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ σου τὸν λαόν σου τοῦτον, ὃν ἐλυτρώσω, παρεκάλεσας τῇ ἰσχύϊ σου εἰς κατάλυμα ἅγιόν σου.	In righteousness You guided Your people whom You redeemed; in strength You called them to Your holy resting place.
Ἤκουσαν ἔθνη, καὶ ὠργίσθησαν, ὠδῖνες ἔλαβον κατοικοῦντας Φιλιστιείμ.	The nations heard and were angry; pangs seized the inhabitants of Philistia. [SAAS]
(ἐμμελῶς)	(sung)
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Κανὼν Aʹ τοῦ Τριῳδίου.	Canon 1 from the Triodion.
ᾨδὴ αʹ. Ἦχος βʹ. Δεῦτε λαοί.	Ode i. Mode 2. N/M (Peoples, now come.)
	Δεῦτε λαοί.
Στίχ. Τότε ἔσπευσαν ἡγεμόνες Ἐδώμ, καὶ ἄρχοντες τῶν Μωαβιτῶν, ἔλαβεν αὐτοὺς τρόμος, ἐτάκησαν πάντες οἱ κατοικοῦντες Χαναάν.	Verse: The princes of Edom and the chiefs of the Moabites were dismayed; trembling took hold of them; all the inhabitants of Canaan melted away. [SAAS]
Πῶς τὴν ἐμήν, νῦν ἀποκλαύσομαι ἔκπτωσιν, ποίαν ἀρχὴν ποιήσομαι, τῆς σωτηρίας μου, ὁ ἀσώτως βιώσας; Οἰκτίρμον οἷς περ οἶδας, κρίμασι, σῶσόν με.	How shall I begin to weep for my failures? ⁄ Where can I make a start for salvation? ⁄ I have lived as a Prodigal. ⁄ Save me by the ways that are Your, Bountiful One. [OCA]
Στίχ. Ἐπιπέσοι ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς φόβος καὶ τρόμος, μεγέθει βραχίονός σου ἀπολιθωθήτωσαν.	Verse: Fear and dread fell upon them; by the greatness of Your arm, let them become as stone. [SAAS]
Ἴδε καιρός, ἴδε ἡμέρα σωτήριος, ἡ τῆς Νηστείας εἴσοδος, ψυχὴ γρηγόρησον, καὶ παθῶν τὰς εἰσόδους, ἀπόκλεισον Κυρίῳ, ἐνατενίζουσα.	This is the time of repentance. ⁄ This is the day of salvation. ⁄ This is the beginning of the fast. ⁄ Be vigilant, my soul! ⁄ Close the door of your passions, and seek the Lord. [OCA]
Στίχ. Ἕως ἂν παρέλθῃ ὁ λαός σου, Κύριε, ἕως ἂν παρέλθῃ ὁ λαός σου οὗτος, ὃν ἐκτήσω.	Verse: Till Your people pass over, O Lord, till Your people pass over, whom You purchased. [SAAS]
Ἁμαρτιῶν, ἡ τρικυμία χειμάζουσα, ἐπὶ βυθὸν καθέλκει με τῆς ἀπογνώσεως, ἀλλὰ σοῦ τῷ πελάγει, προστρέχω τοῦ ἐλέους. Σῶσόν με Κύριε.	The tempest of my sins has drawn me to the depths of despair. ⁄ But I flee to the sea of Your mercy: ⁄ O Lord, save me! [OCA]
Στίχ. Ὃ κατειργάσω, Κύριε, ἁγίασμα, ὃ ἡτοίμασαν αἱ χεῖρές σου.	Verse: The sanctuary, O Lord, which Your hands established. [SAAS]
Θεοτοκίον.	Theotokion.
Ἡ τὴν πηγήν, τῆς ἀπαθείας κυήσασα, τραυματισθέντα πάθεσι, Κόρη θεράπευσον, καὶ πυρὸς αἰωνίου, ἐξάρπασόν με μόνη, θεοχαρίτωτε.	O Maiden, who gave birth to the source of dispassion, heal me who am wounded by the passions, and snatch me from the eternal fire, O Lady grace by God. [SD]
Κανὼν Bʹ τοῦ Τριῳδίου.	Canon 2 from the Triodion.
ᾨδὴ αʹ. Ἦχος βʹ. Δεῦτε λαοί.	Ode i. Mode 2. N/M (Peoples, now come.)
	Δεῦτε λαοί.
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]
Δεῦτε λαοί, σήμερον ὑποδεξώμεθα, τῶν Νηστειῶν τὸ χάρισμα, ὡς θεοδώρητον, καιρὸν τῆς μετανοίας, ἐν ταύτῃ τὸν Σωτῆρα, ἱλεωσόμεθα.	O peoples, come and let us welcome today the gift of Lent, as a God-given season of repentance; and during it, let us seek the Savior’s forgiveness. [SD]
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]
Ἔφθασε νῦν, εἰσῆκται ὁ τῶν ἀγώνων καιρός, τὸ τῆς Νηστείας στάδιον, προθύμως ἅπαντες, ἀπαρξώμεθα ταύτης, τὰς ἀρετὰς Κυρίῳ, ὡς δῶρα φέροντες.	This is the time of great spiritual efforts, ⁄ The course of the Fast. ⁄ Let us all begin with sincerity, ⁄ Bearing good works to the Lord as gifts. [OCA]
Δόξα. Τριαδικόν.	Glory. For the Trinity.
Μονὰς ἁπλή, τρίφωτε ἀρχικωτάτη Ἑνάς, πανσθενεστάτη πάνζωε, Θεὲ καὶ Κύριε, Πατὴρ ὁ παντοκράτωρ, ὁ Υἱὸς καὶ τὸ Πνεῦμα, σῷζε τοὺς σέβοντάς σε.	Let us praise the simple unity of three Lights, ⁄ The most powerful and ever-existing and ever-acting Lord and God: ⁄ The Father Almighty, the Son and the Spirit! [OCA]
Καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.	Both now. Theotokion.
Τὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἅγιον ὄρος ὑμνήσωμεν, Μαρίαν τὴν ἀμίαντον, ἐξ ἧς ἀνέτειλεν, ὁ τῆς δικαιοσύνης, Ἥλιος τοῖς ἐν σκότει, Χριστὸς ἡ πάντων ζωή.	Let us sing of the holy mount of God, ⁄ of the immaculate Mary, ⁄ From whom the Sun of Righteousness arose, ⁄ And shone light on those who were in darkness: ⁄ Christ the life of all. [OCA]
Δόξα σοι ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, δόξα σοι.	Glory to You, our God, glory to You.
Ἅρμα πυρός, ἔλαβεν Ἠλίαν τὸν θαυμαστὸν νηστείᾳ ὁπλισάμενον. Μωσῆν ἀνέδειξε θεατὴν τῶν ἀῤῥήτων, καὶ ἡμεῖς ταύτην ἑλόντες, ὀψόμεθα τὸν Χριστόν.	The fiery chariot received Elijah ⁄ who was strengthened by fasting. ⁄ By Fasting, Moses was a seer of ineffable things, ⁄ and by it, we shall see Christ. [OCA]
Δόξα σοι ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, δόξα σοι.	Glory to You, our God, glory to You.
Βρῶσιν Ἀδάμ, ἔφαγε, καὶ Παραδείσου αὐτόν, ἡ ἀκρασία ἔξωσεν, ἡμᾶς δὲ Κύριε, ἡ Νηστεία λαβοῦσα, ἀξίους μετανοίας, δείξει φιλάνθρωπε.	Adam ate the food ⁄ and was cast out of paradise for his indulgence. ⁄ But we receive the fast with joy, Lord: ⁄ Show us worthy of perfect repentance, Lover of mankind. [OCA]
Ὁ Εἱρμός. Ἦχος βʹ.	Heirmos (not metered). Mode 2.
	Δεῦτε λαοί.
Δεῦτε λαοί, ᾄσωμεν ᾆσμα Χριστῷ τῷ Θεῷ, τῷ διελόντι θάλασσαν, καὶ ὁδηγήσαντι, τὸν λαὸν ὂν ἀνῆκε, δουλείας Αἰγυπτίων, ὅτι δεδόξασται.	Come, people, let us sing a song to Christ our God ⁄ Who parted the sea and through it led His people ⁄ whom He had brought out of the bondage of Egypt: ⁄ For He has been glorified! [OCA]
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Κανὼν τοῦ Ἁγίου.	Canon for the Saint.
ᾨδὴ γʹ. Ἦχος βʹ. Ὁ Εἱρμός.	Ode iii. Mode 2. Heirmos.
	Στερέωσον ἡμᾶς ἐν σοὶ Κύριε.
Στίχ. Ἅγιος εἶ, Κύριε, καὶ σὲ ὑμνεῖ τὸ πνεῦμά μου.	Verse: Holy are You, O Lord, and my spirit praises You.
Στερέωσον ἡμᾶς ἐν σοὶ Κύριε, ὁ ξύλῳ νεκρώσας τὴν ἁμαρτίαν, καὶ τὸν φόβον σου ἐμφύτευσον, εἰς τὰς καρδίας ἡμῶν τῶν ὑμνούντων σε.	Establish us in You, Lord, we pray to You, * who mortified sin by Your crucifixion, * and implant in us the fear of You * within the hearts of Your servants who sing Your praise. [SD]
Τροπάρια.	Troparia.
Ἅγιε τοῦ Θεοῦ, πρέσβευε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.	Saint of God, intercede for us.
Ἐλαία ψαλμικῶς εἰπεῖν κατάκαρπος, ἐγένου Πολύκαρπε θεοφάντορ, ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ Κυρίου σου, ἱλαρότητα φέρων τοῦ κηρύγματος.	God-seeing Polycarp, you became the fruitful olive in the house of your Lord, as the Psalm says, bringing joy by your preaching. [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]
Ἐλαία ψαλμικῶς εἰπεῖν κατάκαρπος, ἐγένου Πολύκαρπε θεοφάντορ, ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ Κυρίου σου, ἱλαρότητα φέρων τοῦ κηρύγματος.	God-seeing Polycarp, you became the fruitful olive in the house of your Lord, as the Psalm says, bringing joy by your preaching. [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]
Ἰθύνας ἐμμελῶς θεομακάριστε, τὸν νοῦν σου προστάγμασι τοῦ Σωτῆρος, ἐπαξίως ἐχρημάτισας, τῆς αὐτοῦ Ἐκκλησίας ποιμὴν ἄριστος.	Having harmoniously directed your mind towards the commandments of the Savior, God-blessed one, you worthily became a great shepherd of His Church. [VPA]
Δόξα.	Glory.
Ὁλόκληρον σαυτὸν Χριστῷ προσήγαγες, ὡς ζῶσαν θυσίαν τῷ μαρτυρίῳ, συνειδήσεως μαρτύριον, προαθλήσας Παμμάκαρ διʼ ἀσκήσεως.	You directed yourself entirely towards Christ as a living sacrifice through martyrdom; having contested before in the martyrdom of the conscience in ascetic labors. [VPA]
Καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.	Both now. Theotokion.
Νεκρώσεως ἡμῶν τὸν χοῦν ἐτίναξας, τεκοῦσα τὴν ὄντως ἀθανασίαν, καὶ στολὰς ἡμῖν ἐξύφανας, ἀφθαρσίας Παρθένε τῇ γεννήσει σου.	You shook off the dust of our mortality having truly given birth to immortality and you weaved for us robes of incorruption, O Virgin, by your giving birth. [VPA]
Ὁ Εἱρμός.	Heirmos.
Στερέωσον ἡμᾶς ἐν σοὶ Κύριε, ὁ ξύλῳ νεκρώσας τὴν ἁμαρτίαν, καὶ τὸν φόβον σου ἐμφύτευσον, εἰς τὰς καρδίας ἡμῶν τῶν ὑμνούντων σε.	Establish us in You, Lord, we pray to You, * who mortified sin by Your crucifixion, * and implant in us the fear of You * within the hearts of Your servants who sing Your praise. [SD]
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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 πλ. δʹ. Τὴν Σοφίαν καὶ Λόγον.	Mode pl. 4. N/M (By conceiving the wisdom.)
	Τὴν Σοφίαν καὶ Λόγον.

Τὸν τῆς χάριτος βότρυν ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ, ἀληθῶς γεωργήσας Πάτερ σοφέ, ὡς οἶνον ἐξέβλυσας, τὸν τῆς πίστεως λόγον, τὸν εὐφραίνοντα πάντων, Πιστῶν τὴν διάνοιαν, καὶ θαυμάτων ὤφθης ἀπέραντον πέλαγος· ὅθεν καὶ Μαρτύρων, καλλονὴ ἀνεδείχθης, πυρὶ τελειούμενος, καὶ φωτὸς ἀξιούμενος, ἀϊδίου Πολύκαρπε· Πρέσβευε Χριστῷ τῷ Θεῷ, τῶν πταισμάτων ἄφεσιν δωρήσασθαι, τοῖς ἑορτάζουσι πόθῳ, τὴν ἁγίαν Μνήμην σου.	You truly cultivated the grapes of grace in your soul, wise father, and you gushed forth like wine the word of faith which makes glad the mind of all the faithful; and you were seen as a boundless sea of miracles. Therefore you were shown to be the beauty of martyrs, having been perfected by fire and having been made worthy of the eternal light, O Polycarp. Ever intercede with Christ God that remission of transgressions be granted to those who fervently celebrate your holy memory. [VPA]
Δόξα· καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.	Glory. Both now. Theotokion.
Ἦχος πλ. δʹ. Τὴν Σοφίαν καὶ Λόγον.	Mode pl. 4. By conceiving the Wisdom.

Τοῦ Ἠλίου νεφέλη τοῦ νοητοῦ, θείου φέγγους λυχνία χρυσοφαής, ἄσπιλε ἀμόλυντε, ὑπεράμωμε Δέσποινα, τὴν σκοτεινὴν ψυχήν μου, τυφλώττουσαν πάθεσι, τῆς ἀπαθείας αἴγλῃ, καταύγασον δέομαι, καὶ μεμολυσμένην τὴν καρδίαν μου πλῦνον, ῥοαῖς κατανύξεως, μετανοίας τε δάκρυσι, ἵνα πόθῳ κραυγάζω σοι· πρέσβευε τῷ σῷ Υἱῷ καὶ Θεῷ, τῶν πταισμάτων ἄφεσιν δοθῆναί μοι· σὲ γὰρ ἔχω ἐλπίδα, ὁ ἀνάξιος δοῦλός σου.	Living cloud of the spiritual Sun are you, * and the gold-shining lamp-stand of light divine. * Lady, all-immaculate, wholly blameless and undefiled, * because of shameful passions my soul is darkened and blind. * I pray you, shine the light of dispassion and restore its sight; * also I implore you, give me streams of compunction * and tears of repentance to purify my polluted heart, * and with love I will cry to you: * Intercede with your Son and God, * that He grant forgiveness of my sins to me. * I your unworthy servant have you as my only hope. [SD]
Τοῦ Μηναίου - - -	From Menaion - - -
Κανὼν τοῦ Ἁγίου.	Canon for the Saint.
ᾨδὴ δʹ. Ἦχος βʹ. Ὁ Εἱρμός.	Ode iv. Mode 2. Heirmos.
	Εἰσακήκοα Κύριε, τὴν ἀκοήν.
Στίχ. Δόξα τῇ δυνάμει σου, Κύριε.	Verse: Glory to Your strength, O Lord.
Εἰσακήκοα Κύριε, τὴν ἀκοὴν τῆς σῆς οἰκονομίας, καὶ ἐδόξασά σε μόνε φιλάνθρωπε.	I have heard the report, O Lord, * of your eternal plan for our salvation, * and I glorified You, the only Friend of man. [SD]
Τροπάρια.	Troparia.
Ἅγιε τοῦ Θεοῦ, πρέσβευε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.	Saint of God, intercede for us.
Πολυκαρπίαν φέρουσα, τῶν ἀρετῶν πολύκαρπος φυτεία, τῷ Δεσπότῃ ὤφθης, Πάτερ Πολύκαρπε.	You were seen to have brought the many-fruited, bountiful harvest of the virtues to the Master, Father Polycarp. [VPA]
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]
Ὁλοκαύτωμα τέλειον, καὶ καθαρὰ θυσία προσηνέχθης, τῷ Σωτῆρι πάντων, Πάτερ Πολύκαρπε.	You were brought as a perfect burnt-offering and a pure sacrifice to the Savior of all, Father, Polycarp. [VPA]
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]
Λαὸν εὐσεβῶς Ὅσιε, καθοδηγῶν πρὸς φῶς θεογνωσίας, τὸν τῆς ἀθεΐας ζόφον ἀπήλασας.	Piously leading the people to the light of the knowledge of God, Venerable one, you dispelled the darkness of godlessness. [VPA]
Δόξα.	Glory.
Ὑμνολογοῦμεν Ἔνδοξε, τὴν τῆς ψυχῆς στεῤῥάν σου καρτερίαν, καὶ τῶν σῶν ἀγώνων τὸ ἀκαθαίρετον.	Glorious one, we hymn the steadfast perseverance of your soul and the invincibility of your struggles. [VPA]
Καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.	Both now. Theotokion.
Καταλάμπρυνον Ἄχραντε, τὴν ζοφερὰν ψυχήν μου τῷ φωτί σου, ἡ τὸ φῶς τεκοῦσα τὸ ἐνυπόστατον.	Pure one who gave birth to the hypostatic light, wholly illumine my darkened soul by your light. [VPA]
Τοῦ Μηναίου - - -	From Menaion - - -
Κανὼν τοῦ Ἁγίου.	Canon for the Saint.
ᾨδὴ εʹ. Ἦχος βʹ. Ὁ Εἱρμός.	Ode v. Mode 2. Heirmos.
	Ὁ τοῦ φωτὸς χορηγός.
Στίχ. Κύριε, ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, εἰρήνην δὸς ἡμῖν.	Verse: O Lord our God, grant us peace.
Ὁ τοῦ φωτὸς χορηγός, καὶ τῶν αἰώνων ποιητὴς Κύριος, ἐν τῷ φωτὶ τῶν προσταγμάτων, ὁδήγησον ἡμᾶς· ἐκτός σοῦ γὰρ ἄλλον, Θεὸν οὐ γινώσκομεν.	Lord, the provider of light, * and the Creator of the ages, we pray * that You will guide us in the light of Your all-holy commands. * Except for You, we do not know any other God. [SD]
Τροπάρια.	Troparia.
Ἅγιε τοῦ Θεοῦ, πρέσβευε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.	Saint of God, intercede for us.
Αἴγλῃ τοῦ Πνεύματος σύ, καταλαμπόμενος τὸν νοῦν Ὅσιε, συμβολικῶς, πυρὶ φλεγομένῳ, σαφῶς ἐμυήθης, τὴν διὰ πυρός σου, θεόφρον τελείωσιν.	Wholly illumined in mind by the ray of the Spirit, Venerable one, and through the symbol of a flaming fire you clearly were instructed about your perfection through fire, godly-minded one. [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]
Αἴγλῃ τοῦ Πνεύματος σύ, καταλαμπόμενος τὸν νοῦν Ὅσιε, συμβολικῶς, πυρὶ φλεγομένῳ, σαφῶς ἐμυήθης, τὴν διὰ πυρός σου, θεόφρον τελείωσιν.	Wholly illumined in mind by the ray of the Spirit, Venerable one, and through the symbol of a flaming fire you clearly were instructed about your perfection through fire, godly-minded one. [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]
Ῥεῖθρον ἐδέξω ζωῆς, ὡς ἐκ χειμάῤῥου τῆς τρυφῆς Ὅσιε, τῷ μαθητῇ τῷ ἠγαπημένῳ, μεμαθητευμένος, τῷ ἀρυσαμένῳ, σοφίας τὴν ἄβυσσον.	You received a river of life, having been taught as from a flood of delicacies by the beloved disciple, who had drawn water from the depth of wisdom. [VPA]
Δόξα.	Glory.
Πλοῦτον καὶ δόξαν, λαμπρὰν καὶ μῆκος βίου, καὶ ζωὴν ἄφθαρτον, ἡ ἀληθὴς σοφία Χριστός σοι, δεδώρηται Πάτερ, ὡς διαφερόντως αὐτὸν ἀγαπήσαντι.	Riches and glory, brightness and length of life and an incorrupt life, were given to you, Father, from Christ the true wisdom, because you were preeminent in your love for Him. [VPA]
Καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.	Both now. Theotokion.
Ὁ παλαιὸς ἡμερῶν, ὡς ἐπὶ πόκον ὑετὸς Πάναγνε, ἐπὶ τὴν σήν, γαστέρα κατῆλθε, τὴν ἡγιασμένην, καὶ νέος ἐφάνη, Ἀδὰμ ὁ φιλάνθρωπος.	The ancient of days, as rain on fleece, all pure one, came down upon your sanctified womb and He, the lover of humanity, was seen as a new Adam. [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.
Ἅγιε τοῦ Θεοῦ, πρέσβευε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.	Saint of God, intercede for us.
Νεκρωθεὶς θεηγόρε τῷ κόσμῳ παντί, μόνῳ δὲ Χριστῷ ζῶν καὶ πολιτευόμενος, πρὸς τὸν Χριστὸν μεθέστηκας, ζωτικὴν ἀφθαρσίαν καρπούμενος.	God-seer, you were dead to the entire world, living only to Christ and conversing with Him, you were translated to Christ, bearing the fruit of living incorruption. [VPA]
Στίχ. Φυλασσόμενοι μάταια καὶ ψευδῆ, ἔλεον αὐτοῖς ἐγκατέλιπον.	Verse: Those who follow vanity and lies forsake their own mercy. [SAAS]
Νεκρωθεὶς θεηγόρε τῷ κόσμῳ παντί, μόνῳ δὲ Χριστῷ ζῶν καὶ πολιτευόμενος, πρὸς τὸν Χριστὸν μεθέστηκας, ζωτικὴν ἀφθαρσίαν καρπούμενος.	God-seer, you were dead to the entire world, living only to Christ and conversing with Him, you were translated to Christ, bearing the fruit of living incorruption. [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]
Εὐσχημόνως ὁδεύων Μακάριε, τέκνον τε φωτος καὶ εἰρήνης δεικνύμενος, τὸν τῆς νυκτὸς πρωτότοκον, καὶ πολέμιον ἔγνως Μαρκίωνα.	Walking honorably, blessed one, and being shown to be a child of light and peace, you recognized Marcion as an adversary and the first-born of darkness. [VPA]
Δόξα.	Glory.
Νουθετούμενοι Πάτερ τοῖς λόγοις σου, πᾶσαν ἐκτρεπόμεθα βέβηλον αἵρεσιν, καὶ πονηρὰ συνέδρια, τῶν διττὰς πρεσβευόντων ἀρχὰς δυσσεβῶς.	Having been admonished by your words, Father, we turn away from every profane heresy and evil council of those who impiously advocate two principles in God. [VPA]
Καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.	Both now. Theotokion.
Ἁμαρτίαν τοῦ κόσμου τὸν αἴροντα, ἄχραντον Ἀμνὸν συλλαβοῦσα Πανάμωμε, ἁμαρτιῶν συγχώρησιν, ἐκδυσώπει δοθῆναι τοῖς δούλοις σου.	All-blameless one, having conceived as a pure lamb the one who takes away the sin of the world, entreat that forgiveness of sins be granted to your servants. [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]
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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
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 δʹ.	For the Martyrs. Mode 4.
Σήμερον τὰ τῶν Ἀγγέλων στρατεύματα, ἐν τῇ μνήμῃ τῶν Ἀθλοφόρων παραγέγονε, τὰς τῶν πιστῶν διανοίας φωτίσαι, καὶ τὴν οἰκουμένην τῇ χάριτι φαιδρύναι· διʼ αὐτῶν ὁ Θεὸς δυσωπούμενος, δώρησαι ἡμῖν τὸ μέγα ἔλεος.	The hosts of the Angels are in attendance today, for the observance of the memory of the prize-winning martyrs, to illumine the minds of the faithful, and to brighten the civilized world with grace. O God, be importuned by them, and grant us Your great mercy. [SD]
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Ὁ λαὸς ἵσταται διὰ τὴν ἀνάγνωσιν τοῦ Συναξαρίου.	Stand for the reading of the Synaxarion.
Συναξάριον	Synaxarion
Τοῦ Μηναίου.	From the Menaion.
Τῇ ΚΓʹ τοῦ αὐτοῦ μηνός, μνήμη τοῦ Ἁγίου Ἱερομάρτυρος Πολυκάρπου, Ἐπισκόπου Σμύρνης.	On February 23, we commemorate the holy Hieromartyr Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna.
Τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ, μνήμη τῶν Ὁσίων Πατέρων ἡμῶν, Ἰωάννου, Μωϋσέως, Ἀντιόχου καὶ Ἀντωνίνου.	On this day we also commemorate our devout fathers John, Moses, Antiochus, and Antoninus.
Τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ, ἡ Ἁγία Γοργονία, ἡ ἀδελφὴ τοῦ Ἁγίου Γρηγορίου τοῦ Θεολόγου, ἐν εἰρήνῃ τελειοῦται.	On this day Saint Gorgonia, the sister of St. Gregory the Theologian, died in peace.
Τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ, ὁ Ἅγιος Μάρτυς Κλήμης ξίφει τελειοῦται.	On this day the holy Martyr Clement died by the sword.
Τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ, ἡ Ἁγία Μάρτυς Θεὴ ξίφει τελειοῦται.	On this day the holy Martyr Thea died by the sword.
Τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ, μνήμη τῶν Ὁσίων Πατέρων ἡμῶν Ζεβινᾶ, Πολυχρονίου, Μωσέως καὶ Δαμιανοῦ.	On this day we also commemorate our devout fathers Zebinas, Polychronios, Moses, and Damian.
Ὁ Ὅσιος Δαμιανός, ὁ ἐν τοῖς ὁρίοις τῆς κατὰ τὸν Ἄθω ἱερᾶς Μονῆς τοῦ Ἐσφιγμένου ἀσκήσας, ἐν εἰρήνῃ τελειοῦται ἐν ἔτει ᾳσπʹ (1280).	Devout St. Damian, who lived as an ascetic near the holy Monastery of Esphigmenou on Mt. Athos, died in peace in the year 1280.
Ταῖς αὐτῶν ἁγίαις πρεσβείαις, ὁ Θεός, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς. Ἀμήν.	By their holy intercessions, O God, have mercy on us. Amen.
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Τοῦ Μηναίου - - -	From Menaion - - -
ΧΟΡΟΣ	CHOIR
Κανὼν τοῦ Ἁγίου.	Canon for the Saint.
ᾨδὴ ζʹ. Ἦχος βʹ. Ὁ Εἱρμός.	Ode vii. Mode 2. Heirmos.
	Εἰκόνος χρυσῆς.
Στίχ. Τῶν Πατέρων καὶ ἡμῶν Θεός, εὐλογητὸς εἶ.	Verse: Blessed are You, the God of our fathers.
Εἰκόνος χρυσῆς, ἐν πεδίῳ Δεηρᾷ λατρευομένης, οἱ τρεῖς σου Παῖδες κατεφρόνησαν, ἀθεωτάτου προστάγματος, μέσον δὲ πυρὸς ἐμβληθέντες, δροσιζόμενοι ἔψαλλον· Εὐλογητὸς εἶ ὁ Θεός, ὁ τῶν Πατέρων ἡμῶν.	The image of gold * was in Babylon on Dura being worshiped. * But Your three Servants showed complete disdain * for that abominable decree. * Thrown into the fiery furnace, * in the midst of it they were bedewed, * singing: Blessed are You, O God of our Fathers. [SD]
Τροπάρια.	Troparia.
Ἅγιε τοῦ Θεοῦ, πρέσβευε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.	Saint of God, intercede for us.
Στεῤῥῷ λογισμῷ, καιομένης τῆς φλογὸς ἐπέβης Ἔνδοξε, ὡς οἱ τρεῖς Παῖδες οἱ τὴν κάμινον, πυρὶ ἀϋλῳ δροσίσαντες, μέσον δὲ πυρὸς ἀνακράζων, ἀκατάφλεκτος ἔμεινας· Εὐλογητὸς εἶ ὁ Θεός, ὁ τῶν Πατέρων ἡμῶν.	With firm thought you went upon the kindling of the flame, glorious one, like the three youths who sprinkled dew with immaterial fire in the furnace, crying out in the middle of the fire and remaining unburnt: Blessed are you, the God of our Fathers. [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]
Στεῤῥῷ λογισμῷ, καιομένης τῆς φλογὸς ἐπέβης Ἔνδοξε, ὡς οἱ τρεῖς Παῖδες οἱ τὴν κάμινον, πυρὶ ἀϋλῳ δροσίσαντες, μέσον δὲ πυρὸς ἀνακράζων, ἀκατάφλεκτος ἔμεινας· Εὐλογητὸς εἶ ὁ Θεός, ὁ τῶν Πατέρων ἡμῶν.	With firm thought you went upon the kindling of the flame, glorious one, like the three youths who sprinkled dew with immaterial fire in the furnace, crying out in the middle of the fire and remaining unburnt: Blessed are you, the God of our Fathers. [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]
Μακάριος εἶ, καὶ καλῶς σοι ἔσται νῦν κατασκηνώσαντι, ἔνθα Δικαίων τὰ σκηνώματα, ἔνθα Μαρτύρων στρατεύματα, ἔνθα τῶν σοφῶν Ἀποστόλων αἱ χορεῖαι κραυγάζουσιν· Εὐλογητὸς εἶ ὁ Θεός, ὁ τῶν Πατέρων ἡμῶν.	You are blessed and it is well with you now as you dwell in the dwellings of the righteous, where are the ranks of the martyrs and where the choirs of the wise apostles cry out: Blessed are you, the God of our Fathers. [VPA]
Δόξα.	Glory.
Ἀκάρπους τὸ πρίν, πολυκάρπους τῷ Χριστῷ ψυχὰς προσήνεγκας, γεωργίᾳ τῇ τοῦ Πνεύματος, καθομαλίσας καὶ εὔσταχυν, ταύταις καταθέμενος σπόρον, καὶ κραυγάζειν ἐπαίδευσας· Εὐλογητὸς εἶ ὁ Θεός, ὁ τῶν Πατέρων ἡμῶν.	By the tilling of the Spirit you led to Christ as richly fruitful souls that had been fruitless; you made them smooth having put in them a fruitful seed, and you taught them to cry out: Blessed are you, the God of our Fathers. [VPA]
Καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.	Both now. Theotokion.
Σὺ μόνη Θεοῦ, τοῦ τὰ σύμπαντα σοφῶς δημιουργήσαντος, Μήτηρ ἐδείχθης ἀπειρόγαμος, Παρθενομῆτορ Πανάχραντε· ὅθεν εὐσεβῶς σοι Παρθένε, ἀνακράζομεν λέγοντες· Εὐλογημένη ἡ Θεὸν σαρκὶ κυήσασα.	You alone were shown to be the unwedded mother of the God who created everything in wisdom, Virgin mother all pure. Therefore we piously cry out to you, Virgin, saying: Blessed are you who bore God in the flesh. [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.
	Τὸν ἐν καμίνῳ τοῦ πυρός.
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.
Τὸν ἐν καμίνῳ τοῦ πυρός, τῶν Ἑβραίων τοῖς Παισὶ συγκαταβάντα, καὶ τὴν φλόγα εἰς δρόσον, μεταβαλόντα Θεόν, ὑμνεῖτε τὰ ἔργα ὡς Κύριον, καὶ ὑπερυψοῦτε, εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἰῶνας.	When God went down into the fire * of the furnace with the holy Hebrew Servants, * He converted the flames there into dew refreshing them. * Extol Him as Lord, O you works of His, * and exalt Him beyond measure, * unto all the ages. [SD]
Τροπάρια.	Troparia.
Ἅγιε τοῦ Θεοῦ, πρέσβευε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.	Saint of God, intercede for us.
Ἱερουργήσας εὐσεβῶς, τοῦ Χριστοῦ τὴν μυστικὴν ἱερουργίαν, λογικὸν ἱερεῖον, αὐτὸς προσήχθης Θεῷ θυσία δεκτὴ καὶ εὐάρεστος, ὁλοκαρπουμένη, Πολύκαρπε τρισμάκαρ.	Having served piously as a priest the mystical sacrifice of Christ, a rational sacrifice, you brought yourself to God as an acceptable and pleasing sacrifice full of fruit, thrice-blessed Polycarp. [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]
Νεανικὴν ἐν πολιᾷ, βαθυτάτῃ τὴν ἀνδρείαν ἐπεδείξω, τοῦ Σταυροῦ τῇ δυνάμει, διαναστήσας σαυτοῦ, πρὸς θείους ἀγῶνας τὸ φρόνημα, Ἱερομαρτύρων, Χριστοῦ κλέος θεόφρον.	In the deepest old age you showed youthful manliness; by the power of the Cross you set your mind towards divine struggles, godly-minded glory of the martyrs of Christ. [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]
Ἐπερειδόμενος Σταυρῷ, καὶ τὸν ἱεραρχικὸν κόσμον ἀξίως, ἐνδυσάμενος Πάτερ, εἰς τὸν ναὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ εἰσῆλθες ἰδίῳ σου αἵματι, τῷ Ἀρχιποίμενι, Χριστῷ ἐμφανισθῆναι.	Having leaned on the Cross and being worthily vested with hierarchical beauty, Father, you went into the temple of God by your own blood, to appear before Christ the arch-shepherd. [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]
Ὑπὲρ Χριστοῦ σφαγιασθείς, ὡς ἐπίσημος κριὸς Ἱεροφάντορ, μιμητὴς ἀνεδείχθης, τῶν παθημάτων αὐτοῦ, καὶ δόξης ἐγένου συμμέτοχος, καὶ τῆς βασιλείας, αὐτοῦ συγκληρονόμος.	You were slaughtered for Christ as a marked lamb, O revealer of sacred things; you were shown an imitator of His passion and you became a partaker of glory and a co-inheritor of His kingdom. [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.
Φωτοειδὴς στῦλος πυρός, καὶ νεφέλη φωτεινὴ προηγουμένη, πρὸς οὐράνιον κλῆρον, Θεογεννῆτορ Ἁγνή, γενοῦ μοι Παρθένε πανάμωμε, τῷ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ τοῦ βίου πλανωμένῳ.	A light-emitting pillar of flame and a luminous cloud leading to the land of heaven, pure God-bearer, become for me, all-blameless virgin, who am wondering in the desert of life. [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 βʹ. Τὸν ἐν καμίνῳ τοῦ πυρός.	Ode viii. Mode 2. N/M (When God went down.)
	Τὸν ἐν καμίνῳ τοῦ πυρός.
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]
Πυρποληθέντα ἡδοναῖς, καὶ ψυχῆς τὸ ὀπτικὸν ἀμαυρωθέντα, τῷ πυρὶ τοῦ σοῦ φόβου, ἀνακαινίσας Χριστέ, φωτί με σωτηρίας αὔγασον, ἵνα σε δοξάζω, εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἰῶνας.	Christ, by the light of the fear of You, ⁄ renew my soul, ⁄ which is in darkness and burning with bitterness; ⁄ show me the light of salvation so that I may glorify You forever. [OCA]
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]
Κόρον μισήσασα παθῶν, ἑστιάθητι καλῶν τῇ καρυκείᾳ, καὶ ἡδύνθητι μᾶλλον, τῇ ἐκ νηστείας τρυφῇ, πικρίας ἡδονῶν ἐκκλίνουσα, ταπεινὴ ψυχή μου, καὶ ζῆθι εἰς αἰῶνας.	Having despised the fullness of passions, my humble soul, ⁄ be nourished by food of good deeds. ⁄ Take joy in the sweetness of fasting, ⁄ avoiding the woe of sweetness, ⁄ and be enriched forever. [OCA]
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]
Πεπωρωμένος τὴν ψυχήν, καὶ τῇ μέθῃ τῶν παθῶν ἐσκοτισμένος, οὐδαμῶς ἀτενίζω, πρὸς σὲ τὸν μόνον Θεόν· διό με οἴκτειρον καὶ φώτισον, καὶ τῆς μετανοίας ὑπάνοιξόν μοι πύλας.	My soul was blinded, darkened by the drunkenness of passions. ⁄ In no way can I look to You, O God. ⁄ Therefore, be bountiful to me and enlighten me ⁄ and open to me the gates of true repentance. [OCA]
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.
Ἡ οὐρανώσασα ἡμῶν, τὴν γεώδη καὶ φθαρτὴν Ἁγνὴ οὐσίαν, τῇ θερμῇ σου πρεσβείᾳ, κατευθυνθῆναι ἡμῶν, ἐντεύξεις καὶ δεήσεις ποίησον, πρὸς τὸν σὸν καὶ πάντων, Θεὸν καὶ Βασιλέα.	Pure Virgin, ⁄ you have transformed our earthly and corruptible existence ⁄ into a spiritual heaven. ⁄ By your prayers, direct our entreaties and supplications to your Son, ⁄ the God and King of all. [OCA]
Κανὼν Bʹ τοῦ Τριῳδίου.	Canon 2 from the Triodion.
ᾨδὴ ηʹ. Ἦχος βʹ. Τὸν πάλαι δροσίσαντα.	Ode viii. Mode 2. (N/M)
	Τὸν πάλαι δροσίσαντα.
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]
Φαιδρῶς εἰσδεξώμεθα, τῆς Νηστείας τὴν εἴσοδον πιστοί, καὶ μὴ σκυθρωπάσωμεν, ἀλλὰ νίψωμεν τὰ πρόσωπα ἡμῶν, ἀπαθείας τῷ ὕδατι, εὐλογοῦντες, καὶ ὑπερυψοῦντες, Χριστὸν εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.	Faithful, Let us enter the fast with joy! ⁄ Let us not be sad, ⁄ but let us clean our faces with the waters of passionlessness, ⁄ blessing and exalting Christ forever! [OCA]
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]
Ἐλαίῳ ἀλείψαντες, συμπαθείας ψυχῆς τὴν κεφαλήν, μὴ βαττολογήσωμεν, τῷ Πατρὶ ἡμῶν τῷ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς, προσευχὰς ἀναπέμποντες, εὐλογοῦντες, καὶ ὑπερυψοῦντες, αὐτὸν εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.	Anointing our heads with the oil of mercy, ⁄ let us not use many words ⁄ praying to our Father who is in heaven, ⁄ but let us bless and exalt Christ forever! [OCA]
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.
Ἀΐδιον ἄναρχον, τὸν Πατέρα ὑμνήσωμεν πιστοί, Υἱὸν δὲ συνάναρχον, καὶ Πνεῦμα συνεκλάμψαν ἐκ Πατρός, Ὁμοούσια Πρόσωπα, μιᾶς ὄντα, τῆς παντοδυνάμου, ἀρχῆς καὶ ἐξουσίας.	Faithful, let us hymn the Father, ⁄ ever-existing from before eternity; ⁄ the Son, who is equally without beginning ⁄ and the Spirit, shining forth from the Father: ⁄ the three consubstantial persons, ⁄ one aIl-powerful principle and Authority. [OCA]
Καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.	Both now. Theotokion.
Μαρία θεόκλητε, ἱλαστήριον ὄντως τῶν πιστῶν· ἐκ σοῦ γὰρ ἡ ἄφεσις, παροχεύεται τοῖς πᾶσι δαψιλῶς, τὸν Υἱόν σου καὶ Κύριον, μὴ ἐλλίπῃς, εὐμενιζομένη, ὑπέρ τῶν σὲ ὑμνούντων.	Mary, the chosen of God, ⁄ the true purification of the faithful: ⁄ from you, forgiveness is given to all in abundance. ⁄ Do not cease to intercede before your Son and Lord ⁄ for all who sing and magnify you! [OCA]
Δόξα σοι ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, δόξα σοι.	Glory to You, our God, glory to You.
Νηστεύσας ὁ Κύριος, τεσσαράκοντα μέτρον ἡμερῶν, τὰς νῦν ἀφιέρωσε, καὶ ἡγίασεν ἡμέρας ἀδελφοί, ἐν αἷς φθάσαντες κράζομεν· Εὐλογεῖτε, καὶ ὑπερυψοῦτε, Χριστόν εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.	The Lord consecrated and sanctified these Forty Days of the Fast ⁄ by fasting Himself for forty days. ⁄ Having entered into them, brethren, let us cry aloud: ⁄ Blessing and exalting Christ forever! [OCA]
Αἰνοῦμεν, εὐλογοῦμεν καὶ προσκυνοῦμεν τὸν Κύριον.	We praise and we bless and we worship the Lord.
Ὁ Εἱρμός. Ἦχος βʹ.	Heirmos (not metered). Mode 2.
	Τὸν πάλαι δροσίσαντα.
Τὸν πάλαι δροσίσαντα, τῶν Ἑβραίων τοὺς Παῖδας ἐν φλογί, καὶ φλέξαντα Κύριον, τοὺς Χαλδαίους παραδόξως ἐν αὐτῇ, ἀνυμνήσωμεν λέγοντες· Εὐλογεῖτε, καὶ ὑπερυψοῦτε, εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἰῶνας.	Let us sing with joy to the Lord ⁄ who sprinkled dew upon the Hebrew Youths of old ⁄ and marvelously burned the Chaldeans in the furnace: ⁄ bless and exalt him forever! [OCA]
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Ὁ λαὸς ἵσταται διὰ τὴν Θʹ Ὠδήν.	Stand for the singing of Ode ix.
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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.
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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.
	Τὸν ἐκ Θεοῦ Θεὸν Λόγον.
Τὸν ἐκ Θεοῦ Θεὸν Λόγον, τὸν ἀῤῥήτῳ σοφίᾳ, ἥκοντα καινουργῆσαι τὸν Ἀδάμ, βρώσει φθορᾷ πεπτωκότα δεινῶς, ἐξ ἁγίας Παρθένου, ἀφράστως σαρκωθέντα διʼ ἡμᾶς, οἱ πιστοὶ ὁμοφρόνως, ἐν ὕμνοις μεγαλύνομεν.	Being from God, God the Logos * with ineffable wisdom * came to make Adam new who fell through food * into corruption unhappily. * From an all-holy Virgin * ineffably He took on flesh for us. * We the faithful extol Him concordantly and magnify. [SD]
Τροπάρια.	Troparia.
Ἅγιε τοῦ Θεοῦ, πρέσβευε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.	Saint of God, intercede for us.
Ἡ φωτοφόρος σου μνήμη, ἀνατείλασα Πάτερ, φωτίζει τὰς ψυχὰς τῶν εὐσεβῶς, ταύτην τελούντων θεσπέσιε, καὶ μετόχους τῆς θείας, φωτοφανείας πάντας ἐκτελεῖ, ἥν ἀξίως θεόφρον, ἐν ὕμνοις μεγαλύνομεν.	Your light-bearing memory has risen, Father, and it illumines the souls of those who piously keep it, divinely-sweet one, and it makes all partakers of the divine illumination. We worthily magnify it in hymns, godly-minded one. [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]
Μετὰ τῆς ἄνω χορείας, τῶν ἁγίων Ἀγγέλων, τῷ θρόνῳ τοῦ Δεσπότου παρεστώς, τοῦτον δυσώπει τοῦ φθάσαι ἡμᾶς, τὸ σωτήριον πάθος, καὶ τὴν αὐτοῦ ἀνάστασιν φαιδρῶς, ἀρετῆς πολυτρόπους, ἰδέας ἐκτελέσαντας.	With the choirs of the holy angels above, standing by the throne of the Master, entreat Him that we reach the saving passion and His resurrection with brightness, having completed many kinds of virtuous deeds. [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]
Ἡ τῆς ἁγίας Τριάδος, κατανόησις Πάτερ, τρανῶς οὐκ ἐν αἰνίγμασιν ὡς πρίν, ὡς καθαρῷ τὴν καρδίαν σοι, διασχόντι τὴν ὕλην, καὶ τῶν δεσμῶν λυθέντι τῆς φθορᾶς, κατοπτεύεται μάκαρ, Πολύκαρπε πανόλβιε.	Your perception of the holy Trinity, Father, is seen clearly not in riddles as before, by your pure heart, which had kept away from the material and been loosed from the bonds of corruption, blessed and truly happy Polycarp. [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]
Στεφηφοροῦντά σε Πάτερ, καὶ βραβεῖον τῆς νίκης, δεξάμενον ἐκ θείας δεξιᾶς, καὶ τοὺς ἀγῶνας τελέσαντα, καὶ φωτὸς πληρωθέντα, πιστεύοντες Πολύκαρπε σοφέ, πρεσβευτὴν τῷ Χριστῷ σε, προθύμως προβαλλόμεθα.	Believing that you are wearing a crown and the trophy of victory, Father, which you received from the divine right hand have completed your contests, and are filled with light, we have acquired you as an eager intercessor with Christ, wise Polycarp. [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 Θεοτόκον σε Κόρη, καὶ Μητέρα τοῦ Λόγου, καὶ πρόξενον ὑπάρχουσαν ἡμῖν, τῆς ἀϊδίου καὶ θείας ζωῆς, ὡς τῆς δικαιοσύνης τὸν Ἥλιον ἐκλάμψασαν ἡμῖν, οἱ Πιστοὶ ὁμοφρόνως, ἐν ὕμνοις μεγαλύνομεν.	Having you, Maiden, as Theotokos and Mother of the Logos and an ambassador of the eternal and divine life, as you illumined us with the sun of righteousness, we, the faithful with one mind magnify you in hymns. [VPA]
Τοῦ Τριῳδίου - - -	From Triodion - - -
Κανὼν Aʹ τοῦ Τριῳδίου.	Canon 1 from the Triodion.
ᾨδὴ θʹ. Ἦχος βʹ. Τὸν ἐκ Θεοῦ Θεὸν Λόγον.	Ode ix. Mode 2. N/M (Being from God.)
	Τὸν ἐκ Θεοῦ Θεὸν Λόγον.
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]
Ἡ τῆς Νηστείας ἡμέρα, ἀποχὴ ἁμαρτίας, γενέσθω σοι ψυχή, καὶ πρὸς Θεὸν νεῦσις ὁμοῦ καὶ οἰκείωσις, ὅπως φύγῃς κακίας τὰ βάραθρα, καὶ μόνας τὰς ὁδούς, τὰς φερούσας ποθήσῃς, πρὸς τὴν ἐκεῖ κατάπαυσιν.	This is the first day of the Fast. ⁄ For you, soul, let it be the setting aside of sin, ⁄ the return to God; to life with Him. ⁄ Flee from the abyss of evil. ⁄ Love only those ways which lead to peace, ⁄ resting before and within God. [OCA]
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]
Καὶ λογισμοῖς ὀλισθήσας, καὶ σαρκὶ πλημμελήσας, ὀδύρομαι καὶ στένω καὶ βοῶ· Σῶσόν με Κύριε, σῶσόν με, ἀνεξίκακε μόνε, καὶ μὴ καταδικάσῃς με εἰς πῦρ, τῆς γεέννης ἐκείνης, τὸν καταδίκης ἄξιον.	Having been tempted by foul thoughts, ⁄ I have sinned in the flesh, ⁄ but yet I cry out: Save me, Lord; ⁄ save me, only gracious One. ⁄ Do not condemn me to the fires of Gehenna, ⁄ though I am fully worthy of such condemnation. [OCA]
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]
Τὸν φωτεινὸν τῆς Νηστείας, ἐνδυθέντες χιτῶνα, κραιπάλης σκοτεινὸν καὶ δυσαχθές, ἀποδυσώμεθα ἔνδυμα, καὶ φαιδροὶ γεγονότες, ταῖς θείαις ἀρεταῖς τὰ φωταυγῆ, τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἐν πίστει, ὀψόμεθα παθήματα.	Clothed with the radiant garments of the Fast, ⁄ let us shed the dark and grevious garments of debauchery, ⁄ so that, illumined by divine good works, ⁄ we may behold in faith the radiant Passion of the Savior. [OCA]
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.
Ἐξασθενήσασαν πάσαις, προσβολαῖς τῶν κακίστων, δαιμόνων τὴν ἀθλίαν μου ψυχήν, ἴασαι ἄχραντε Δέσποινα, ἰατρὸν τετοκυῖα, Χριστὸν τὴν ἀπολύτρωσιν ἡμῶν, τῶν εἰδότων σε Κόρην, Παρθένον ἀδιάφθορον.	Heal my wretched soul, ⁄ made weak by the attacks of the most evil devil, ⁄ most pure Queen, who gave birth to the healer, Christ, ⁄ the Redemption of us who know you, ⁄ undefiled Virgin and Handmaiden. [OCA]
Κανὼν Bʹ τοῦ Τριῳδίου.	Canon 2 from the Triodion.
ᾨδὴ θʹ. Ἦχος βʹ. Τὴν ὑπερφυῶς σαρκί.	Ode ix. Mode 2. (N/M You conceived.)
	Τὴν ὑπερφυῶς σαρκί.
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]
Νῦν ἐπέστη ὁ καιρός, τῶν ἁγίων Νηστειῶν, ἐναρξώμεθα ταύτης, ἐν καλαῖς ἀναστροφαῖς· εἰς κρίσεις γὰρ καὶ μάχας, μὴ νηστεύετε φησίν.	Now the time of the holy Fast has come. ⁄ Let us begin it with a return to good actions, ⁄ for it is written, In quarrels and fights, you shall not fast. [OCA]
Στίχ. Τοῦ κατευθῦναι τοὺς πόδας ἡμῶν εἰς ὁδὸν εἰρήνης.	Verse: To guide our feet into the way of peace. [RSV]
Ἐν τῷ ὄρει τῷ Χωρήβ, τῇ νηστείᾳ καθαρθείς, εἶδε Θεὸν Ἠλίας, καθαρθῶμεν καὶ ἡμεῖς, νηστείᾳ τὴν καρδίαν, καὶ ὀψόμεθα Χριστόν.	Cleansed by fasting on Mount Horeb, ⁄ Elijah saw God. ⁄ Let us also cleanse our hearts with fasting, ⁄ and we shall see Christ. [OCA]
Δόξα. Τριαδικόν.	Glory. For the Trinity.
Μίαν φύσιν προσκυνῶ, τρία Πρόσωπα ὑμνῶ, ἕνα Θεὸν τῶν ὅλων, τὸν Πατέρα καὶ Υἱὸν καὶ τὸ ἅγιον Πνεῦμα, τὴν ἀΐδιον ἀρχήν.	I bow down to the one Essence; ⁄ I sing to the three Persons: ⁄ the One God of all, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, ⁄ the ever-existing Life. [OCA]
Καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.	Both now. Theotokion.
Ἡ Ἁγνὴ παιδοποιεῖς, ἡ Παρθένος γαλουχεῖς, πῶς ἐν ταὐτῷ τὰ δύο, παρθενεύεις τίκτουσα; Θεός ἐστιν ὁ δράσας, μὴ ἐκζήτει μοι τὸ πῶς.	The pure One bears a Child; ⁄ the Virgin gives milk. How can this be? ⁄ The Virgin has borne; God has done it! ⁄ Do not ask me how this can be! [OCA]
Δόξα σοι ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, δόξα σοι.	Glory to You, our God, glory to You.
Ἡμέρα μία μὲν φησί, βίος ὅλος γηγενῶν, τοῖς κάμνουσιν ἐκ πόθου, τεσσαράκοντα εἰσίν, ἡμέραι τῆς Νηστείας, ἃς τελέσωμεν φαιδρῶς.	Only one day, he said, ⁄ is the life of those on earth. ⁄ For those who make the effort in love, ⁄ there are Forty Days of the Fast ⁄ for us to accomplish with joy! [OCA]
Ὁ Εἱρμός. Ἦχος βʹ.	Heirmos (not metered). Mode 2.
	Τὴν ὑπερφυῶς σαρκί.
Τὴν ὑπερφυῶς σαρκί, συλλαβοῦσαν ἐν γαστρί, τὸν ἐκ Πατρὸς ἀχρόνως, προεκλάμψαντα Λόγον, ἐν ὕμνοις ἀσιγήτοις, μεγαλύνωμεν πιστοί.	Faithful, let us magnify the Theotokos ⁄ who has ineffably given birth in the flesh to the Word of God ⁄ who shone from the Father before all ages! [OCA]
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.
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Φωταγωγικά	Photagogic Hymns
Τοῦ Ὡρολογίου - - -	From Horologion - - -
Ἦχος δʹ.	Mode 4.
Ὁ τὸ φῶς ἀνατέλλων τῷ κόσμῳ σου, τὴν ἐν σκότει ψυχήν μου ὑπάρχουσαν, ἀπὸ πάσης ἁμαρτίας καθάρισον, προστασίαις τῶν Ἀσωμάτων, καὶ σῶσόν με.	O Lord, who cause the light to rise on Your world, purify from every sin my soul, which is in the darkness; by the protection of the Bodiless Hosts, and save me. [SD]
Ὁ τὸ φῶς ἀνατέλλων τῷ κόσμῳ σου, τὴν ἐν σκότει ψυχήν μου ὑπάρχουσαν, ἀπὸ πάσης ἁμαρτίας καθάρισον, πρεσβείαις τῶν ἁγίων καὶ σῶσόν με.	O Lord, who cause the light to rise on Your world, purify from every sin my soul, which is in the darkness; by the intercessions of the Saints, and save me. [SD]
Ὁ τὸ φῶς ἀνατέλλων τῷ κόσμῳ σου, τὴν ἐν σκότει ψυχήν μου ὑπάρχουσαν, ἀπὸ πάσης ἁμαρτίας καθάρισον, πρεσβείαις τῆς Θεοτόκου, καὶ σῶσόν με.	O Lord, who cause the light to rise on Your world, purify from every sin my soul, which is in the darkness; by the intercessions of the Theotokos, and save me. [SD]
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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.
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Ὁ λαὸς ἵσταται διὰ τὴν ἀνάγνωσιν τῆς Δοξολογίας.	Stand for the reading of the Doxology.
ΠΡΟΕΣΤΩΣ ἢ ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ	HIERARCH or READER
Δοξολογία (διαβαστά)	Doxology (read)
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: Παράσχου, Κύριε.	CHOIR: 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.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Παράσχου, Κύριε.	CHOIR: Grant this, O Lord.
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ	DEACON
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.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Παράσχου, Κύριε.	CHOIR: Grant this, O Lord.
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ	DEACON
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.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Παράσχου, Κύριε.	CHOIR: Grant this, O Lord.
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ	DEACON
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.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Παράσχου, Κύριε.	CHOIR: Grant this, O Lord.
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ	DEACON
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.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Παράσχου, Κύριε.	CHOIR: Grant this, O Lord.
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ	DEACON
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. αʹ.	Idiomelon. Mode pl. 1.

Ἐλήλυθεν ἡ Νηστεία, ἡ μήτηρ τῆς σωφροσύνης, ἡ κατήγορος τῆς ἁμαρτίας, καὶ συνήγορος τῆς μετανοίας, ἡ πολιτεία τῶν Ἀγγέλων, καὶ σωτηρία τῶν ἀνθρώπων, οἱ πιστοὶ ἀνακράξωμεν· ὁ Θεὸς ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς.	The Fast is here, the mother of chastity, ⁄ the accuser of sins, the advocate of repentance ⁄ the life of angels and the salvation of men, ⁄ faithful, let us cry: ⁄⁄ O God, have mercy on us. [OCA]
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]
Ἐλήλυθεν ἡ Νηστεία, ἡ μήτηρ τῆς σωφροσύνης, ἡ κατήγορος τῆς ἁμαρτίας, καὶ συνήγορος τῆς μετανοίας, ἡ πολιτεία τῶν Ἀγγέλων, καὶ σωτηρία τῶν ἀνθρώπων, οἱ πιστοὶ ἀνακράξωμεν· ὁ Θεὸς ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς.	The Fast is here, the mother of chastity, ⁄ the accuser of sins, the advocate of repentance ⁄ the life of angels and the salvation of men, ⁄ faithful, let us cry: ⁄⁄ O God, have mercy on us. [OCA]
Μαρτυρικόν.	For the Martyrs.
Ἦχος πλ. αʹ.	Mode pl. 1.

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]
Εὐλογημένος ὁ στρατός, τοῦ Βασιλέως τῶν οὐρανῶν· εἰ γὰρ καὶ γηγενεῖς ὑπῆρχον οἱ Ἀθλοφόροι, ἀλλὰ ἀγγελικὴν ἀξίαν ἔσπευδον φθάσαι, τῶν σωμάτων καταφρονήσαντες, καὶ διὰ τῶν παθημάτων, τῆς τῶν Ἀσωμάτων ἀξιωθέντες τιμῆς. Εὐχαῖς αὐτῶν Κύριε, σῶσον τὰς ψυχὰς ἡμῶν.	Blessed is the army of the heavenly King! ⁄ Though on earth they endured great sufferings, ⁄ they achieved the rank of angels. ⁄ They did not care for the flesh ⁄ and became equals to the bodiless hosts. ⁄⁄ By their prayers, Lord, save our souls. [OCA]
Δόξα· καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.	Glory. Both now. Theotokion.
Ἦχος πλ. αʹ.	Mode pl. 1.


Σὲ τὴν τοῦ Θεοῦ Μητέρα καὶ Παρθένον ἁγνήν, καὶ τῶν Χερουβὶμ ἁγιωτέραν, ἐν φωναῖς ᾀσμάτων μεγαλύνομεν, ὅτι ψυχῇ καὶ σώματι, Θεοτόκον ὁμολογοῦμεν, ὡς κυρίως γεννήσασαν, Θεὸν σεσαρκωμένον· πρέσβευε Πάναγνε, ὑπὲρ τῶν ψυχῶν ἡμῶν.	We magnify you in song, Mother of God: ⁄ pure Virgin, more holy than the Cherubim, ⁄ for with souls and bodies we confess you to be the Theotokos ⁄ who truly gave birth to the incarnate God. ⁄⁄ Pure one, intercede for our souls. [OCA]
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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
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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.