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Octoechos - Mode pl. 1.

On Sunday Morning

Menaion - November 1

Memory of the Holy Unmercenaries Cosmas and Damian

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Mode pl. 1.

God is the Lord, and He revealed Himself to us. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. [SAAS]

Verse 1: Give thanks to the Lord and call upon His holy name.

Verse 2: All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the Lord I defended myself against them.

Verse 3: And this came about from the Lord, and it is wonderful in our eyes.

From Octoechos - - -

Resurrectional Apolytikion.

Mode pl. 1. Automelon.

Τὸν συνάναρχον Λόγον.

As the Father and Spirit are unoriginate, * so the Word, who was born from the Virgin for us. * Let us praise Him, O believers, and let us worship Him. * For our salvation He was pleased * to be crucified in the flesh, * and to undergo death, * and to resurrect the dead, by His glorious resurrection. [GOASD]

Glory. For the Saints.

From Menaion - - -

Mode pl. 4.

Holy Unmercenaries and Wonder-workers, visit our infirmities. Freely you received; freely give to us. [SD]

Both now. Theotokion.

From Octoechos - - -

Mode pl. 4.

You were born of a Virgin, and You endured crucifixion for us, O good Lord. By Your death You divested death of spoils, and You displayed resurrection, as God. Please do not despise us, the work of Your hand. Demonstrate Your loving kindness, O merciful Master. Defer to Your Mother, the Theotokos, when she intercedes on our behalf, and save us, Your people in despair, O Savior. [GOASD]

PRIEST

Again and again in peace let us pray to the Lord.

CHOIR: Lord, have mercy.

PRIEST

Help us, save us, have mercy on us, and protect us, O God, by Your grace.

CHOIR: Lord, have mercy.

PRIEST

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.

CHOIR: To You, O Lord.

PRIEST

For Yours is the dominion, and Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory, of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and to the ages of ages.

CHOIR: Amen.

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Kathisma I.

From Octoechos - - -

Mode pl. 1. As the Father and Spirit.

Τὸν συνάναρχον Λόγον.

Let us honor the Cross of the Lord with solemn praise. * Let us sing hymns extolling His holy burial. * Let us highly glorify His resurrection from the dead. * For, being God, He raised the dead from the graves with himself. * He shined light on those in Hades, annihilating the power of death and the devil’s might. [GOASD]

Glory.

Lord, You who deadened death were described as being dead. You who emptied tombs had been buried in a tomb. Above, soldiers guarded the sepulcher; below, You resurrected the dead of all ages. Lord almighty and incomprehensible, glory to You! [GOASD]

Both now. Theotokion.

Mode pl. 1. As the Father and Spirit.

Τὸν συνάναρχον Λόγον.

Hail, gate of the Lord, through which no man has passed! * Wall and shelter of all who rely on you, rejoice! * Port and haven undisturbed by any tempest, rejoice! * You gave birth to your Creator and God in the flesh, * ever remaining a virgin. * Never cease interceding for us who worship and extol your Son. [GOASD]

From Octoechos - - -

Kathisma II.

Mode pl. 1.

After You had risen on the third day, O Lord, and the Apostles had worshiped You, Peter said to You, “The women were courageous, but I was afraid. The robber stated Your divinity, but I denied knowing You. Will You ever call me Your disciple again, or will you send me back to be a fisher of the sea? I pray You to receive me in repentance, O God, and save me.” [GOASD]

Glory.

The villains had You crucified between the convicts. And they pierced Your side with a spear, O merciful Master. You accepted burial. You destroyed the gates of Hades, and You rose on the third day. The Women ran to see You, and they announced Your resurrection to the Apostles. Supremely exalted Savior, whom the Angels extol, O blessed Lord, glory to You! [GOASD]

Both now. Theotokion.

Mode pl. 1. As the Father and Spirit.

Τὸν συνάναρχον Λόγον.

Bride unwedded and Mother of God, you are the one * who turned Eve’s pain and sorrow into exultant joy. * We the faithful sing your praises and we honor you; * for you have lifted us up from the ancient curse. * All-lauded, all-holy Virgin, * never cease interceding with your Son and God to save our souls. [GOASD]

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Resurrectional Evlogetaria.

Mode pl. 1.

Blessed are You, O Lord, teach me Your statutes.

When the hosts of the Angels saw how You were accounted among the dead, they all marveled. You, O Savior, are the One who destroyed the might of death; and when You arose You raised Adam with yourself and from Hades liberated everyone. [SD]

Blessed are You, O Lord, teach me Your statutes.

“Why do you mingle the ointments with your tears full of pity, O women disciples?” Thus the Angel who was shining in the tomb cried to the myrrh-bearing women. “See for yourselves the empty tomb and understand, that the Savior has risen from the sepulcher.”

Blessed are You, O Lord, teach me Your statutes.

Very early in the morning, the myrrh-bearing women were hastening to Your tomb lamenting. But the Angel appeared to them and uttered, “The time for lamentation has ended; weep no more. Go announce the Resurrection to the Apostles.”

Blessed are You, O Lord, teach me Your statutes.

When the myrrh-bearing women had come with their spices to Your sepulcher, O Savior, they heard the voice of an Angel clearly speaking to them, “Why do you account among the dead the One who lives? For as God, He has risen from the sepulcher.”

Glory.

We bow down in worship to the Father and His Son and the Holy Spirit, the Holy Trinity, one in essence; and we cry aloud with the Seraphim: Holy, Holy, Holy are You, O Lord.

Both now.

Giving birth to the Giver of life, O Virgin, you delivered Adam from sin, and to Eve you have rendered joy in place of sorrow. He who from you became incarnate, God and man, has directed to life him who fell from it.

Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia. Glory to You, O God. (3)

PRIEST

Again and again in peace let us pray to the Lord.

CHOIR: Lord, have mercy.

PRIEST

Help us, save us, have mercy on us, and protect us, O God, by Your grace.

CHOIR: Lord, have mercy.

PRIEST

CHOIR: To You, O Lord.

PRIEST

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.

CHOIR: Amen.

READER

From Octoechos - - -

Hypakoe. Mode pl. 1.

Mentally amazed by the angelic apparition, inwardly illumined by the divine resurrection, the Myrrh-bearing Women brought good tidings to the Apostles. “Proclaim the resurrection of the Lord among the Gentiles, as He works with you by signs and miracles, and He grants to us the great mercy.” [GOASD]

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Anavathmoi.

Antiphon 1. Mode pl. 1.

In my affliction, like David, I sing to You, my Savior. Deliver my soul from a deceitful tongue. [GOASD]

Blessed is the life of those who dwell in the desert, as they mount up with wings of the intense love of God. [GOASD]

Glory. Both now.

By the Holy Spirit are all things maintained, both seen and unseen; for He is inseparably one of the Trinity with full authority. [GOASD]

Antiphon 2.

O my soul, let us be lifted to the mountains. Come to the One, from whom help comes. [GOASD]

O Christ, let Your soaring right hand keep me from every kind of mischief. [GOASD]

Glory. Both now.

To the Holy Spirit we say, theologizing, “You are God, life and intense love, light and mind. You are goodness, and You reign forever.” [GOASD]

Antiphon 3.

When they say to me, “Let us go into the courts of the Lord,” I am filled with great joy, and I send up my prayers. [GOASD]

Over the house of David fearful things will be accomplished; a fire will be there, burning every shameful thought. [GOASD]

Glory. Both now.

In the Holy Spirit, as in the Father and the Logos, is the principle of life; and by Him every living being is animated. [GOASD]

Prokeimenon.

Arise, O Lord my God, for You reign unto the ages. (2)

Verse: I will give thanks to You, O Lord, with my whole heart.

Arise, O Lord my God, for You reign unto the ages. [SAAS]

Eothinon Gospel (Not EP / GOA)

Stand for the Gospel reading.

DEACON: Let us pray to the Lord.

CHOIR: Lord, have mercy.

PRIEST

For You, our God, are holy, and You rest among the holy ones, 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.

CHOIR: Amen.

Mode 2.

Let everything that breathes praise the Lord. (2) Let everything that breathes praise the Lord. [SAAS]

DEACON

Let us pray to the Lord our God that we may be made worthy to hear the holy Gospel.

CHOIR: Lord, have mercy. (3)

DEACON

Wisdom. Arise. Let us hear the holy Gospel.

PRIEST: Peace be with all.

CHOIR: And with your spirit.

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PRIEST

The reading is from the holy Gospel according to John.

DEACON: Let us be attentive.

CHOIR

Glory to You, O Lord, glory to You.

PRIEST (from the altar table)

Eothinon 11

John. 21:14 – 25

At that time, Jesus revealed himself to the disciples after he was raised from the dead. And he said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.” A second time he said to him, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Tend my sheep.” He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, “Do you love me?” And he said to him, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep. Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were young, you girded yourself and walked where you would; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish to go.” (This he said to show by what death he was to glorify God.) And after this he said to him, “Follow me.” Peter turned and saw following them the disciple whom Jesus loved, who had lain close to his breast at the supper and had said, “Lord, who is it that is going to betray you?” When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, “Lord, what about this man?” Jesus said to him, “If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? Follow me!” The saying spread abroad among the brethren that this disciple was not to die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not to die, but, “If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you?” This is the disciple who is bearing witness to these things, and who has written these things; and we know that his testimony is true. But there are also many other things which Jesus did; were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. Amen. [RSV]

CHOIR

Glory to You, O Lord, glory to You.

READER

Having beheld the Resurrection of Christ, let us worship the holy Lord Jesus, the only sinless one. Your Cross, O Christ, we venerate, and Your holy Resurrection we praise and glorify. For You are our God; apart from You we know no other; we call upon Your name. Come, all faithful, let us venerate the holy Resurrection of Christ; for behold, through the Cross, joy has come to the whole world. Ever blessing the Lord, let us praise His Resurrection; for having endured the Cross for us, He destroyed death by death. [GOA]

CHOIR

Psalm 50 (51).

Mode 2. (or the Mode of the week)

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. And have mercy on me, O God. [SAAS]

Glory.

At the intercession of the Apostles, O Lord of mercy, blot out my many offenses. [SD]

Both now.

At the intercession of the Theotokos, O Lord of mercy, blot out my many offenses. [SD]

Verse: Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your great mercy; and according to the abundance of Your compassion, blot out my transgression.

Jesus, having risen from the grave as He foretold, has granted us eternal life and great mercy. [SD]

PRIEST

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:

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:

We beseech you, only merciful Lord, hear us sinners who pray to you and have mercy on us.

CHOIR: Lord, have mercy. (12)

PRIEST

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.

CHOIR: Amen.

Ode 1: Octoechos: Canon-1

The Canon

From Octoechos - - -

CHOIR

Canon for the Resurrection.

Ode i. Mode pl. 1. Heirmos.

Ἵππον καὶ ἀναβάτην.

He who brings wars to nothing with arm exalted is Christ. * Horse and rider of Egypt He shook off; and He threw them in the midst of the Red Sea * and delivered Israel, * who were singing a song of victory. [SD]

Troparia.

Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Thorn-bearing, the assembly of the leaders of the Jews, * did not show You, O Benefactor, tender maternal love. * O Christ, they berated You, * as You wore a crown of thorns * and released Adam from the curse of thorns. [SD]

Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Giver of life, not liable to fall, You came to the pit, * and You raised me who fell; and You endured my putrid decay, * without being touched by it; * and You made me fragrant, * with Your divine essence’s perfume, O Christ. [SD]

Most-holy Theotokos, save us.

Theotokion.

Loosed is the curse. The sentence of pain and sorrow at birth * is suspended; for Mary, who is blessed and is full of grace, * has caused joy to rise for all. * She gave birth to Christ our God, * and blossomed blessing for the whole wide world. [SD]

Ode 1: Menaion: Canon-1

Canon 1 for the Saints.

From Menaion - - -

Mode 1. N/M (All people, sing to the Lord.)

ᾌσωμεν πάντες λαοί.

Saints of God, intercede for us.

Illumined by the grace of the sovereign Trinity, the two marvelous and venerable Saints are ever overflowing with healings, which they grant to all who pray to them with faith. [GOASD]

Saints of God, intercede for us.

Instructed in the vivifying words, the all-blessed Saints shone in the world like stars, and with the heat of their faith they effortlessly dispelled the mist of the passions. [GOASD]

Glory.

Obeying the law of the Savior, the praiseworthy Saints turned away from every carnal pleasure. Through virtue they vividly brightened their souls and became illustrious throughout the world. [GOASD]

Both now. Theotokion.

O Mother of God, the Son, who is transcendent God and who shone forth from the Father outside of time, ineffably assumed the whole of human nature and resided in your womb. Let us extol Him, for He is greatly glorified. [GOASD]

Ode 1: Katavasia

Ode i. Katavasia. Mode 4.

I open my mouth and pray the Spirit fill it, like David said, * to pour out a good word to the Queen and Mother of God. * I will celebrate * her feast with joy and gladness * and sing to her merrily, lauding her miracles. [GOASD]

Ode 3: Octoechos: Canon-1

From Octoechos - - -

Canon for the Resurrection.

Ode iii. Mode pl. 1. Heirmos.

Ὁ πήξας ἐπʼ οὐδενός.

O Lord, You established earth on nothing by Your command, * and You made it free floating, heavy though it be. * Do likewise now establish Your Church on Your divine commandments, * as on a rock that is immovable. * You alone are good and humane, O Christ. [SD]

Troparia.

Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Ungrateful towards You were the children of Israel, * for all the good You did them in the wilderness. * You performed a wonder, and a rock gave honey, which they suckled. * Now in return they give You gall, O Christ; * for the manna, they give You vinegar. [SD]

Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Descendants of those who were shielded by the shining cloud * laid inside a tomb Christ the Lord and life himself. * Since in His own power He rose, from on high He sent the Spirit’s * illumination that now mystically * overshadows all who believe in Him. [SD]

Most-holy Theotokos, save us.

Theotokion.

You virginally and without labor gave birth to Him * who shone forth eternally from the undefiled * Father and became Mother of God. Therefore we orthodoxly * proclaim that you are Theotokos, for you * carried in your womb the incarnate Word. [SD]

Ode 3: Menaion: Canon-1

Canon 1 for the Saints.

From Menaion - - -

Mode 1. N/M (Establish me, O my Christ.)

Στερέωσόν με Χριστέ.

Saints of God, intercede for us.

Let us all worthily extol those pools of healing, those showers of divine gifts, and those illustrious vessels of immaterial light. [GOASD]

Saints of God, intercede for us.

O Saints revered by all, as physicians who treat the illnesses of body and soul, now you earnestly heal the infirmities of those who come to you, their benefactors. [GOASD]

Glory.

Adorned with genuine virtue, the Saints truly spurned every passing pleasure of life, for their gaze was focused on the divine beauty. [GOASD]

Both now. Theotokion.

O all-holy Bride of God who gave birth to God, He who previously was formless appeared in our form, when in your womb divinity came together with flesh. [GOASD]

Ode 3: Katavasia

Ode iii. Katavasia. Mode 4.

Establish your servants who extol you, * O Mother of God, for they have formed * a spiritual choir for you * the living and abundant fount; * and graciously in your divine glory give glorious crowns to them. [GOASD]

Ode 3: Short Litany

PRIEST

Again and again in peace let us pray to the Lord.

CHOIR: Lord, have mercy.

PRIEST

Help us, save us, have mercy on us, and protect us, O God, by Your grace.

CHOIR: Lord, have mercy.

PRIEST

CHOIR: To You, O Lord.

PRIEST

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.

CHOIR: Amen.

Mid-Ode Kathisma or Hypakoe

CHOIR

Kathisma.

From Menaion - - -

Mode pl. 4. By conceiving the Wisdom.

Τὴν Σοφίαν καὶ Λόγον.

Since from heaven you marvelously received * the divine gift of working wonders from Christ, * continually you cure every illness and malady. * For in you has the grace of the Spirit been manifest, * granting healings and cures by the power of God Most High. * For your ardent faith and unmercenary mindset * a wealth of immortal gifts was abundantly given you. * O God-bearing Unmercenaries, * intercede with Christ our God, that He grant forgiveness of offenses * to us who celebrate your holy memory with faith and love. [GOASD]

Glory. Another.

Mode pl. 4. By conceiving the Wisdom.

Τὴν Σοφίαν καὶ Λόγον.

By the grace of the Spirit you have been shown * to all people as miracle-working Saints, * bright torches of miracles, and the givers of many cures. * By faith you alleviate the fevers and aches and pains * of the faithful, providing them with comfort and peace of mind. * Those who have the good fortune to visit your holy * and all-sacred church have it as a spiritual hospital. * O God-bearing Unmercenaries, * intercede with Christ our God, that He grant forgiveness of offenses * to us who celebrate your holy memory with faith and love. [GOASD]

Both now. Theotokion.

Mode pl. 4. By conceiving the Wisdom.

Come, believers, and let us all praise the Queen * and the Mother of God the Maker of all, * and magnify her in song, and extol her and cry aloud, * “O all-lauded Virgin, you indeed are the cause of joy! * By your intercessions, protect and save us who honor you. * You can freely speak to God the Lord, as His Mother, * and ask Him to pity us and to heal our infirmities. * And we therefore sing to you: * Intercede with your Son and God, * that He grant forgiveness of offenses * to your servants who correctly extol your seedless childbirth.” [GOASD]

Ode 4: Octoechos: Canon-1

From Octoechos - - -

Canon for the Resurrection.

Ode iv. Mode pl. 1. Heirmos.

Τὴν θείαν ἐννοήσας.

Habakkuk as a prophet considered Your divine self-emptying, O Christ, and in astonishment said to You, * “For the salvation of Your people You have come, to save Your anointed ones.” [SD]

Troparia.

Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

A type of Your immaculate Cross is seen, * when in the desert Moses made the bitter waters of Marah sweet * using a tree, O good Savior: * the tree is Your Cross that kills the taste of death. [SD]

Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

To remedy the failures in Paradise, * the tree of knowledge and the sweet forbidden fruit and destructive death, * O Lord, for us You accepted * the Cross and bitter gall, and You spilled Your blood. [SD]

Most-holy Theotokos, save us.

Theotokion.

O Lady, as a virgin remaining chaste * you still conceived within your womb, and you gave birth without laboring. * Giving birth to God incarnate, * after childbirth you remained a virgin still. [SD]

Ode 4: Menaion: Canon-1

Canon 1 for the Saints.

From Menaion - - -

Mode 1. N/M (O almighty One.)

Κατενόησα Παντοδύναμε.

Saints of God, intercede for us.

O godly Unmercenaries, you did not possess burnished gold coins nor silver, clearly obeying the God's word. [GOASD]

Saints of God, intercede for us.

The Unmercenaries sparkle with divine miracles; the impart grace for the benefit of all. [GOASD]

Glory.

O Saints, you were adept physicians, using your hands to counteract painful illnesses. [GOASD]

Both now. Theotokion.

O all-pure Lady, anyone who does not profess you to be Theotokos should be slapped in the face. [GOASD]

Ode 4: Katavasia

Ode iv. Katavasia. Mode 4.

When the Prophet Habakkuk heard the divine * and incomprehensible counsel of Your Incarnation * from the Virgin, O Most High, * considering, he cried aloud: * Glory to Your strength, O Lord my God. [GOASD]

Ode 5: Octoechos: Canon-1

From Octoechos - - -

Canon for the Resurrection.

Ode v. Mode pl. 1. Heirmos.

Ὁ ἀναβαλλόμενος.

Early do I rise to You, who cover yourself with light * as with a garment. O God, I cry out * to You, to illumine my soul that has been darkened, * O Christ, the only merciful Lord. [SD]

Troparia.

Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Christ, the Lord of glory, who assumed inglorious form, * is voluntarily stripped of honor * and unjustly crucified, thus for me procuring * glory divine ineffably. [SD]

Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Tasting death’s destruction in the flesh without decay, * O Christ my Savior, and within three days * rising from the sepulcher, * You put the imperishable on my nature, O Lord. [SD]

Most-holy Theotokos, save us.

Theotokion.

You, O Theotokos, without seed gave birth to Christ, * who is our justice and our redemption; * in so doing you have freed * the nature of Adam, our forefather, from the curse. [SD]

Ode 5: Menaion: Canon-1

Canon 1 for the Saints.

From Menaion - - -

Mode 1. N/M ()

Ἐκ νυκτὸς ὀρθρίζοντες.

Saints of God, intercede for us.

Glorious Unmercenaries, when you cure the believersʼ diseases of soul and body, you are like fountains issuing waters of blessings from God. [GOASD]

Saints of God, intercede for us.

Holy Unmercenaries, you are an opening for the source of grace. As we now pray to you with faith and love, you provide us with good health. [GOASD]

Glory.

The Saints, as shining and intelligent luminaries, who make earth heavenly, in imitation of the luminous Angels, unceasingly illuminate us. [GOASD]

Both now. Theotokion.

Virgin Mother, you were exalted, when for the sake of the world you conceived and gave birth to the the Savior and Lord, who together with His Father is beginningless and the Maker of all. [GOASD]

Ode 5: Katavasia

Ode v. Katavasia. Mode 4.

Amazed was the universe by your divine magnificence. * You who were perpetually virgin * carried the heavenly God of all in your womb * and gave birth to the eternal Son, * who awards salvation to all who sing hymns of praise to you. [GOASD]

Ode 6: Octoechos: Canon-1

From Octoechos - - -

Canon for the Resurrection.

Ode vi. Mode pl. 1. Heirmos.

Μαινομένην κλύδωνι.

I implore You, Master Christ, that You quiet the furious sea * of the passions and the soul-destroying waves; * and from corruption raise me, O compassionate Lord. [SD]

Troparia.

Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Master Christ, our ancestor in the garden ate forbidden fruit, * and he slipped and fell into decay and death. * Now he is raised to life again, by Your Passion, O Lord. [SD]

Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Master Christ and Life itself, You went down to Hades and became * the destruction of the one destroying us. * You have gushed forth resurrection by dying for us. [SD]

Most-holy Theotokos, save us.

Theotokion.

Virgin Mary bore a child; after childbirth she continued chaste. * As a truly virgin Mother, in her arms * she held the One who holds the whole wide world in His hands. [SD]

Ode 6: Menaion: Canon-1

Canon 1 for the Saints.

From Menaion - - -

Mode 1. N/M (As You rescued the Prophet.)

Τὸν Προφήτην διέσωσας.

Saints of God, intercede for us.

Let us enthusiastically honor the Sts. Cosmas and Damian, our godly-minded benefactors and therapeutic physicians. [GOASD]

Saints of God, intercede for us.

Sts. Cosmas and Damian exercised self-restraint and adorned themselves with sobriety. And now they celebrate with Christ. [GOASD]

Glory.

O Saints, since you lived and practiced together in concord and unanimity, you have both been entrusted with granting cures to us. [GOASD]

Both now. Theotokion.

All-pure Virgin, you physically gave birth Him who is the unapproachable Light. He enlightens the entire world with the rays of His divinity. [GOASD]

Ode 6: Katavasia

Ode vi. Katavasia. Mode 4.

O godly-minded believers, come * and celebrate this sacred and venerable feast and thus extol * the Theotokos, and clap our hands, * and glorify our God who was truly born of her. [GOASD]

Ode 6: Short Litany

PRIEST

Again and again in peace let us pray to the Lord.

CHOIR: Lord, have mercy.

PRIEST

Help us, save us, have mercy on us, and protect us, O God, by Your grace.

CHOIR: Lord, have mercy.

PRIEST

CHOIR: To You, O Lord.

PRIEST

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.

CHOIR: Amen.

Principal Kontakion and Synaxarion

READER

From Octoechos - - -

Resurrectional Kontakion.

O my Savior, You descended into the netherworld, and You shattered its gates, for You are almighty God. O Creator, with yourself You raised the dead of all time, and You utterly destroyed the sting of death, O Christ. O benevolent Master, You freed Adam from the ancient curse. Therefore we all cry to You: Save us, O Lord. [GOASD]

Oikos.

When the women heard the Angel’s words, they put away their grief; and they rejoiced with trembling as they saw the resurrection. And behold, Christ came to them and said, “Rejoice! Take courage! I have overcome the world and have rescued the prisoners. Go quickly now to the Disciples and tell them that I am going before them to proclaim it in the region of Galilee.” Therefore we all cry to You: Save us, O Lord. [GOASD]

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Stand for the reading of the Synaxarion.

Synaxarion

From the Menaion.

On November 1 we commemorate the holy miracle-workers and unmercenaries Cosmas and Damian, the sons of Theodota of Asia.

On this day we also commemorate the holy women martyrs Kyriaina and Juliana.

On this day we also commemorate the holy martyrs Caesarius, Dasius, five others.

On this day we also commemorate the holy hieromartyrs John the bishop, and James the presbyter.

On this day we also commemorate the holy martyr Hermeningeld.

We also commemorate the holy new hieromartyr Iakovos, and his two disciples, Iakovos the deacon, and Dionysius the monk, who died by hanging in the year 1520.

Our devout father David, who lived as an ascetic in Evia, died in peace.

By the intercessions of Your saints, O God, have mercy on us. Amen.

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Ode 7: Octoechos: Canon-1

From Octoechos - - -

CHOIR

Canon for the Resurrection.

Ode vii. Mode pl. 1. Heirmos.

Ὁ ὑπερυψούμενος.

Praiseworthy and beyond measure exalted Lord and God * extinguished the furnace fire, refreshing the three young men, * who sang to Him together, * “God of our fathers, You are blessed.” [SD]

Troparia.

Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

You assumed our flesh, O Lord, using it as bait to lure * and catch with Your hook the ancient snake, by Your might as God, * while raising those who cry out, * “God of our fathers, You are blessed.” [SD]

Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Lying in a tomb is He who is uncontainable, * the One who created earth and all of the universe. * Let us all extol Him, * “God of our fathers, You are blessed.” [SD]

Most-holy Theotokos, save us.

Theotokion.

You, all-blameless Virgin, gave birth to God, when He became * incarnate, in natures two, yet one in hypostasis. * Let us all extol Him, * “God of our fathers, You are blessed.” [SD]

Ode 7: Menaion: Canon-1

Canon 1 for the Saints.

From Menaion - - -

Mode 1. N/M (We who believe know you.)

Σὲ νοητήν.

Saints of God, intercede for us.

All-glorious Unmercenaries, because of your godly mentality, you were wholly of God and wholly filled with God. For the love of God, you left the whole world and followed in the Saviorʼs footsteps; and in this godly manner, you honored the God of our fathers. [GOASD]

Saints of God, intercede for us.

Most excellent physicians, with mystical procedures you supernaturally heal all the injuries of your patients, producing saving remedies from the pharmacies on high, and praising God who is supremely glorious. [GOASD]

Glory.

O Christ our Master, You majestically adorned the Unmercenaries with the glowing halo and crown of Your kingdom, for they longed after Your extraordinary beauty and handsomeness. You have made them benefactors of the all the faithful. [GOASD]

Both now. Theotokion.

O all-pure Lady, when Orient from on high appeared on earth, you became His majestic and luminous gate. You brightened the world with sparkling rays of your purity, sending beams of miracles to all the faithful. [GOASD]

Ode 7: Katavasia

Ode vii. Katavasia. Mode 4.

Godly-minded three * did not adore created things in the Creator’s stead; * rather, disdaining the threat * of fire, they trampled it, and joyfully they sang: * “O supremely praised * and most exalted Lord and God * of the fathers, You are blessed.” [GOASD]

Ode 8: Octoechos: Canon-1

From Octoechos - - -

Canon for the Resurrection.

Ode viii. Mode pl. 1. Heirmos.

Σοὶ τῷ παντουργῷ.

Summoning a worldwide chorus in the furnace, * Your Servants sang to You, O God who created all, * “All you works, to the Lord sing a hymn and praise Him; * exalt Him beyond measure unto all the ages.” [SD]

Troparia.

Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Praying that the cup You earnestly desired, * Your Passion, as if not voluntary, pass from You, * Christ, You exhibit the two wills corresponding * to the two essences You have unto the ages. [SD]

Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord.

Christ, by Your descent to Hades, You have mocked it; * for You, who created all, made it regurgitate * all who were dead because of ancient deception, * and who exalt You beyond measure unto all the ages. [SD]

Most-holy Theotokos, save us.

Theotokion.

You, by word alone, humanly and divinely * gave birth in virginity to God ineffably. * We, all His works, ever blessing you, O Virgin, * exalt you beyond measure unto all the ages. [SD]

Ode 8: Menaion: Canon-1

Canon 1 for the Saints.

From Menaion - - -

Mode 1. N/M (Three young men of Israel.)

Ἐν καμίνῳ Παῖδες.

Saints of God, intercede for us.

O Unmercenaries, you became dead to worldly delights, and you cut off the disease of avarice. Therefore you are called wise by all who sing, “Bless the Lord, all you works; to the Lord sing a hymn and exalt Him beyond measure unto all the ages.” [GOASD]

Saints of God, intercede for us.

You left behind the delights of this ruined life, and you indeed became partakers of eternal life. And together you sing, “Bless the Lord, all you works; to the Lord sing a hymn and exalt Him beyond measure unto all the ages.” [GOASD]

Glory.

O Christ our Master, rescue everyone from serious illnesses, at the intercessions of the Unmercenaries. Make us ever worthy to sing together to You, “Bless the Lord, all you works; to the Lord sing a hymn and exalt Him beyond measure unto all the ages.” [GOASD]

Both now. Theotokion.

O virgin Mother, all we the faithful, who have been redeemed through your childbirth, rejoice for being made healthy by grace, and unceasingly we sing, “Bless the Lord, all you works; to the Lord sing a hymn and exalt Him beyond measure unto all the ages.” [GOASD]

Ode 8: Katavasia

Ode viii. Katavasia. Mode 4.

We praise and we bless and we worship the Lord.

Guiltless were those Servants in the furnace. * The Son of the Theotokos went and rescued them. * He who was prefigured then, * having been incarnate now, * is gathering the whole wide world into His Church to sing: * “O all you works of the Lord, to all ages * sing praises to the Lord and exalt Him beyond measure.” [GOASD]

Kontakia and Synaxarion