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TOGETHER WITH
SERVICE BOOKS
25 December
THE MAGI - THE FIRST FRUITS OF THE GENTILES - arrived in Bethlehem much later,
after the Holy Family had moved into a house, WORSHIPPED GOD AS THE NEW
COVENANT ISRAEL.
THE MAGI HONOURED CHRIST AS OUR GREATEST AND ONLY KING WITH SIGNIFICANT AND COSTLY
GIFTS:
Gold is for the King of Ages. Frankincense is for the God of All. Myrrh is
offered to the Immortal One Who shall be three days dead. (COMPLINE HYMN OF THE
NATIVITY OF CHRIST)
These Holy Services celebrating the Wonderful Nativity of our

Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ - the Eternal and the
Incarnate Son of God - are dedicated to all the little children
who suffer the devastation, bereavement and destitution caused by
warfare and the unbridled persecution of all innocent victims.
Let us keep them in our hearts and in our Prayers, and may our
Loving, Almighty God watch over them and keep them in
His Loving Embrace forever.
FESTAL MATINS & DIVINE LITURGY HYMNS & READINGS NATIVITY - 25 DECEMBER
23.
CHRIST IS THE STAR AND THE MAN WHO ROSE FROM THE DEAD ...out of Jacob... and
... out of Israel.
THE MAGI KNEW THIS PROPHESY, and when they saw His Star, they faithfully
followed it all the way to Him.
BEING BORN UNDER THIS WONDROUS STAR fulfilled the prophecy of the Psalms and
SHOWS ALL CREATION PARTICIPATING IN THE INCARNATION of the Son of God.
P S A L M 1 0 9 : 3 ... with Thee is the beginning in the Day of Thy Power, in the
brightness of Thy Saints; I have Begotten Thee from the Womb before the
morning star...
Psalm 109 is a Prophecy concerning THE MELCHIZEDEK PRIESTHOOD OF OUR LORD
JESUS CHRIST, which explains the True Meaning of the Nativity.
CHRIST IS THE SON OF DAVID ACCORDING TO THE FLESH, AND ALSO THE LORD OF KING
DAVID ACCORDING TO HIS DIVINITY.
P S A L M 1 8 : 2 The Heavens declare the Glory of God; the firmament shows
the Creation of His Hands...
Psalm 18 reveals God the Word the End becoming Man in the Womb of the
Most Holy Mother of God. For on His Nativity, ALL CREATION BORE WITNESS TO
THE GLORY OF GOD REVEALED IN HIS INCARNATION.
In His Birth from the Womb of the Blessed Virgin, CHRIST WAS LIKENED TO THE SUN
RISING FROM THE EAST, TO A BRIDEGROOM COMING FROM HIS CHAMBER, AND TO A
STRONG ATHLETE READY TO RUN A GREAT RACE, BRINGING SALVATION OF THE WORLD.
P S A L M 1 4 8 : 3 Praise the Lord from the Heavens; praise Him in the Highest;
praise Him, all you His Angels; praise Him, all your His Hosts; Praise Him, sun
and moon; Praise Him all you stars and Light...
Psalms 148 150 are THE PRAISES LAUDS which form the conclusion to the
Psalter, and which EXHORT ALL CREATION TO PRAISE THE MOST BLESSED HOLY
TRINITY.
The climax of the Psalter is when ALL HUMANITY AND CREATION EVERYWHERE AND IN
ALL CIRCUMSTANCES ARE CALLED UPON TO MAKE THIS DOXOLOGY TO GOD THE
FATHER, AND THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT OUR ONE, TRUE AND LIVING GOD
ALMIGHTY.
THE NATIVITY STAR WAS A SIGN OF THE MESSIAH HIMSELF, SIGNIFYING THE LIGHT HE WAS TO
SHED UPON THE WHOLE WORLD, THROUGHOUT TIME.
2 K I N G S 2 2 The water of Jericho was unusable until Elisha quoted God Who
said: "... I have healed these waters; from them there shall no longer be
death or barrenness... So the water was healed by the word Elisha spoke,
and so it remains to this day.
Just as our Lord God healed the waters of Jericho, so THE INCARNATE SON OF GOD
BRINGS RENEWAL OR REGENERATION TO ALL DAMAGED CREATION.
J E R E M I A H 3 6 : 1 0 ... thus said the Lord: When 70 years are about to be
fulfilled in Babylon, I will visit you and confirm My Words to you, to return
your people to this place.
St Jeremiah spoke historically for THERE WAS A RETURN OF EXILES UNDER CYRUS AFTER
70 YEARS, and
Mystically for CHRIST CHOSE 70 MEN AS HERALDS OF HIS HOLY GOSPEL. THEY LIVED A
GODLY LIFE OF OBEDIENCE TO CHRIST, SUFFERED MARTYRDOM AND SPREAD THE
KINGDOM OF GOD, WHICH IS OUR TRUE RETURN FROM SPIRITUAL EXILE IN THE FALLEN
WORLD.
J E R E M I A H 3 6 : 1 4 : I will appear to you... is a Prophecy of the Incarnation of
God the Son when GOD APPEARED TO US FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS FLESH IN HIS
HUMAN, VISIBLE NATURE.
The Hebrew Shepherds were the first to worship and adore Christ, having done
so shortly after His Birth, at the dark cave as OUR SAVIOUR WAS SENT INITIALLY
FOR OLD COVENANT ISRAEL.
3.
Dedication
Dearly Beloved
These compilations of Service Books for the Great Holy Feast
of the Nativity of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, are
dedicated to all the little children throughout the world, who
should be enjoying their growing years - being nurtured in
Peace with Love, Compassion, Kindness and all Gods
Divine Blessings so that they will mature as happy, healthy
and well balanced characters, who are worthy Citizens of Gods
Heavenly Kingdom of Eternal Love.
Tragically, the worst sins and atrocities are committed against these
little people by those who so wickedly indulge their darkest vices
and voluntarily enslave themselves to the evil one.
Our Lord Jesus Christ instructed us most clearly to have the
simple, confident Faith in God as that of the innocent children.
He also warned us that those who harm any of His beloved
infants will be Condemned forever!
Consequently, let us do everything possible to protect the innocent
and let us ceaselessly beseech Gods Great Mercy for the
Deliverance and Salvation of all His Holy Innocents who
suffer beyond measure in this life.
With Love in Christ
Marguerite Paizis
JESUS CHRIST IS OUR TRUE KING

I S A I A H 9 : 6 Great shall be His Government, and of His Peace there shall
be no end. His Peace shall be upon the Throne of David and over His
Kingdom, to order and establish It with Righteousness and Judgement, from
that time forward, and unto Ages of Ages. The Zeal of the Lord of Hosts shall
perform this.
M I C A H 5 : 1 . . . O Bethlehem, House of Ephrathah, although you are fewest
in number among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall come forth to
Me the One to be Ruler of Israel, Whose goings forth were from the
beginning, even from Eternity.
JESUS CHRIST IS OUR TRUE HIGH PRIEST
P S A L M 1 0 9 : 4 - The Lord swore, and will not repent: Thou art a Priest forever
according to the Order of Melchezedek.
Seated at the Right Hand of God the Father, OUR DIVINE AND ETERNAL HIGH PRIEST
RULES AND REIGNS OVER ALL THINGS, INCLUDING HIS ENEMIES, AND LEADS HIS HOLY
CHURCH IN HEAVENLY WORSHIP OF THE ALMIGHTY HOLY TRINITY.
H E B R E W S 4 : 1 4 Seeing then that we have a Great High Priest Who has
passed through the Heavens Jesus the Son of God let us hold fast our
Confession.
The expression passed through the Heavens refers to THE ASCENSION OF OUR
LORD JESUS CHRIST, WHICH IS SEEN IN THE CONTEXT OF THE SON OF GOD IS SEATED AT
THE HIGHEST PLACE OF HONOUR EQUALLY DIVINE - AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD THE
FATHER.
OUR ALMIGHTY LORD AND CREATOR HAS ACCOMPLISHED HIS DIVINE WORK ON EARTH AND
HAS ENTERED INTO HIS SABBATH REST.
L U K E 8 : 1 5 - God reveals His Truth to those ... who, having heard the Word
with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear Fruit with Patience.
Christ warned us against believing for a short while and then returning to our
sinful, ungodly ways.
HAVING BEEN TAUGHT GODS TRUTH, WHICH WE THEN REJECT, WE CONDEMN OURSELVES for
we cannot plead ignorance!
THE CHIEF PRIESTS OF THE TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM WERE THE POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS
OF THE HEBREWS, including the High Priest, who alone could enter the Holiest
Place of all YET THEY HAD NO IDEA THAT THE MESSIAH HAD ALREADY BEEN BORN. (HEBREWS 9:7)
THE SCRIBES - important officials - KNEW THAT THE MESSIAH WAS TO BE BORN AND WHERE HE
WOULD BE BORN, HOWEVER, THEY HAD NO DIVINE REVELATION THAT HE HAD ALREADY
ARRIVED.
St Matthew, who wrote for Jewish Christians, cited the Gentile Magi as the first
worshippers of our Lord Jesus Christ.
St Luke, who wrote for Gentile Christians, cited the Jewish poor the Righteous
Shepherds from surrounding fields - as the first worshippers. (LUKE 2:8-17)
OUR LORD JESUS CHRISTS DIVINE MISSION TO THE GENTILES WAS ANTICIPATED BY THE
"WISE MEN" OR MAGI, who journeyed all the way "from the East" outside Israel,
from Persia and elsewhere.
THEY WERE ERUDITE SCHOLARS of the time and in the Old Testament, BALAAM WAS
ONE OF THEIR GENTILE PREDECESSORS WHO ALSO ANTICIPATED THE MESSIAH. ( READ
NUMBERS 23; 24]
THE WORSHIP OF OUR LORD BY THE MAGI IS SYMBOLIC OF THE CHURCH, THE TRUE ISRAEL,
WHEREBY MEMBERSHIP IS DETERMINED BY FAITH AND NOT BY ETHNIC LINEAGE.
N U M B E R S 2 4 : 1 7 Barlaam prophesied: I will show Him, but not now; I Bless Him,
but He is not near. A Star shall rise out of Jacob; And a Man shall rise out of
Israel. He shall break in pieces the rulers of Moab and plunder all the sons of
Seth.
THE "STAR" SIGNIFIED THE EXTRAORDINARY IMPORTANCE OF THE NATIVITY OF THE CHRIST
CHILD. In ancient times an unusually bright star signified a God or a
Deified King.
21.
Herod, they departed for their own

country another way.
ST MATTHEW AND ST LUKE PLACED THE NATIVITY OF CHRIST IN THE REIGN OF KING HEROD THE
GREAT WHO WAS THE KING OF JUDEA 37 4 BC.
Herod was under Roman rule and although he was a great builder, he was a
dreadfully cruel ruler.
Due to his ignorance of the Messiah - and indeed of anything concerning God as well as his obsessive fear of being deposed, Herod summoned the Hebrew
leaders to enlighten him, and later instructed the Magi to report back to him.
An ancient Prophecy of St Jacob indicated that THE MESSIAH WOULD APPEAR WHEN A
GENTILE KING RULED i.e. not of the Hebrew Tribe of Judah.
G E N E S I S 4 9 : 1 0 The Sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a Lawgiver
from his loins, until Shiloh comes; and to Him shall be the Expectation of
the Nations...
This Prophecy relates to Christ in numerous ways since HE WOULD RISE FROM THE
DEAD AND HE IS THE DIVINE LAWGIVER BECAUSE EVERY LAW OR COMMANDMENT OF GOD
THE FATHER WHICH HAS BEEN GIVEN TO US, INCLUDING THE MOSAIC LAW, IS GIVEN IN
AND THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.
As HEROD WAS A GENTILE who called himself King of Judea, the Coming of the
Messiah Gods Christ was certainly at hand.
L U K E 1 : 2 0 - The Angel of God told St Zacharias: Behold! You will be mute
and unable to speak until the day these Things take place, because you
did not believe my words which shall be fulfilled in their own time.
ST ZACHARIAS WAS DISCIPLINED FOR HIS LACK OF FAITH, yet this also served as proof
that ARCHANGEL GABRIELS ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE ALWAYS TRUE GODS TRUTH.
Furthermore THE SILENCING OF THE HIGH PRIEST REVEALED A DEEPER MYSTERY.
THE MESSIAH WAS expected to fulfil three crucial roles held by various people of the
Old Covenant: PROPHET, PRIEST AND KING.
Only our Lord Jesus Christ fulfilled all three Holy Offices perfectly:
CHRIST JESUS IS THE TRUE PROPHET
D E U T E R O N O M Y 1 8 : 1 5 1 8 The Lord your God will raise up for you a
Prophet like Me from your Brethren. Him you shall hear, according to all
you asked from the Lord your God in Horeb in the day of the Assembly,
saying: Let us not hear again the Voice of the Lord our God, nor let us
see this Great Fire any more, lest we die. Then the Lord said to me:
What they have spoken is good. I will raise up for them a Prophet like
you from among their Brethren, and I will put My Word in His Mouth, and
He shall speak to them all I command Him...
It was first necessary for THE HEBREWS to be tested so as to fear the lord and not to
sin, for they WERE TOO SPIRITUALLY IMPERCEPTIVE TO HEAR ABOUT ANOTHER PROPHET.
Consequently, THEY FAILED THE TEST AND DIED IN THE DESERT BECAUSE THEY REFUSED TO OBEY
MOSES.
FORTY YEARS LATER HE SPOKE TO THEM CONCERNING THE GREAT PROPHET TO COME, USING THE
WORDS OF GOD FROM THEIR MEETING ON MOUNT SINAI.
THE NEW GENERATION WAS READY TO HEAR THE PROPHECY and learnt that He would be
similar to St Moses, BECAUSE THE SHORT-TERM PROPHECIES OF MOSES HAD ALL OCCURRED,
HIS LONG-TERM PROPHECIES THEREFORE WERE TO BE BELIEVED.
THIS WAS THE MARK OF A TRUE PROPHET OF GOD and the same would apply to THE
GREAT PROPHET WHO WOULD TELL THEM ALL THAT GOD THE FATHER COMMANDED HIM.
PSALM 117 /118
anehorisan is tin horan afton.
(BY THE WILL OF THE FATHER, THROUGH THE SON...)
That indicated that HE IS THE WORD OF GOD MADE FLESH INCARNATE - FOR NO OTHER
PROPHET, INCLUDING MOSES, WOULD EVER SPEAK IN SUCH A MANNER.
While all previous Prophets were ordinary human beings, THE GREAT PROPHET
WOULD BE GOD INCARNATE.
So it was that St Isaiah foretold how THE PEOPLE WOULD BE TAUGHT DIRECTLY BY GOD
HIMSELF.
PRAISE
TO
GOD
FOR
HIS EVERLASTING MERCY
*Theos
Kyrios ke Epefanen imin.

Evlogimenos O erhomenos en
Onomati Kyriou!
STIHO S
1 : Exomologisthe to Kyrio, oti
Agathos, oti is ton eona to Eleos
Aftou!*
S T I H O S 2 : Panta ta Ethni ekiklosan me,
ke to Onomati Kyriou inamin aftous.*
3 : Para Kyriou egeneto afti, ke
esti Thavmasti en ofthalmis imon.*
STIHO S
*The
Lord is God, and has Appeared

to us. Blessed is He Who comes in
the Name of the Lord!
VE RSE 1 :
Confess the Lord, for He is
Good;
for His Mercy endures
forever!*
VE RSE
2 : All the Nations surrounded
me, but in the Name of the Lord I
drove them back.*
V E R S E 3 : This is the Lords doing, and
it is Marvellous in our eyes.*
FESTAL APOLYTIKION NATIVITY
Gennisis Sou Hriste O Theos imon,

anetele to kosmo, to Fos to tis
Gnoseos.
En afti gar i tis astris
latrevontes, ipo Asteros edi daskonto,
Se Proskinin, ton Ilion tis Dikeosinis,
ke Se Ginoskin ex
Ipsous anatolin.
Kyrie Doxa Si! (3)
THE HOLY
CHANTED:
SANCTUARY,
THE
Defte
idomen Pisti, pou egennithi O

Hristos. Akolouthisomen lipon, entha
odevi O Astir, meta ton Magon
Anatolis ton Vasileon.
Angeli
imnousin, akatapafstos eki. Pimenes
agravlousin, odin epaxion: Doxa en
ipsitis legontes, to simeron en Spileo
tehthenti, ek tis Parthenou, ke
Theotokou, en Vithleem tis Ioudeas.
Doxa
Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati,

ke nin ke ai ke is tous eonas ton
eonon.
Amin
Defte
idomen Pisti, pou egennithi O

Hristos. Akolouthisomen lipon, entha
odevi O Astir, meta ton Magon
Anatolis ton Vasileon.
Angeli
imnousin, akatapavstos eki. Pimenes
agravlousin, odin epaxion, Doxa en
ipsitis legontes, to simeron en Spileo
tehthenti, ek tis Parthenou, ke
Theotokou, en Vithleem tis Ioudeas.
CHRIST
Thy
Nativity, O Christ our God, has

given rise to the Light of Knowledge
in the world; for they who
worshipped
the
Star
learnt
therefrom to worship Thee, O Sun of
Justice, and to know that from the
East of the Highest Thou came. O
Lord: Glory to Thee! (3)
SMALL LITANY
FIRST FESTAL KATHISMA NATIVITY
THE PRIEST CENSES
THE HYMNS ARE
OF
OF
HOLY ICONS
CHRIST TONE 4
AND THE
CONGREGATION
WHILE
Come, O ye Faithful, and let us behold

where Christ is Born! Let us join the
Magi, the Kings from the East, and
follow the Guiding Star. Angels sing
praises
without
ceasing,
and
Shepherds abiding in the fields offer
a fitting Hymn: Glory in the
Highest to Him Who in the Cave this
day is Born of the Virgin and
Theotokos, in Bethlehem of Judah!
Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

and to the Holy Spirit, now and
ever, and to the Ages of ages.
Amen
Come, O ye Faithful, and let us behold
where Christ is Born! Let us join the
Magi, the Kings from the East, and
follow the Guiding Star. Angels sing
praises
without
ceasing,
and
Shepherds abiding in the fields offer
a fitting Hymn: Glory in the
Highest to Him Who in the Cave this
day is Born of the Virgin and
Theotokos, in Bethlehem of Judah!
5.
SECOND FESTAL KATHISMA - NATIVITY
Ti
Thavmazis Mariam? Ti ekthamvise

to en Si? Oti ahronon Ion, hrono
egennisa fisi, tou tiktomenou tin
sillipsin mi diahthisa. Anandros imi,
ke pos texo Iion? Asporaon gonin tis
eoraken? Opou Theos de voulete,
nikate fiseos taxis, os gegrapte.
Hristos etehthi, ek tis Parthenou, en
Vithleem tis Ioudeas.
OF
CHRIST TONE 4
art Thou filled with Wonder, O

Mary? Why art Thou amazed at that
which is come to pass in Thee?
Because I have given Birth in time to
the Timeless Son, yet understand not
how I Conceived Him. I have not
known man: how then shall I bear a
Child? Who has ever seen a Birth
without seed? But, as it is written:
Where God so Wills, the order of
nature is overcome: Christ is Born of
the Virgin in Bethlehem of Judah.

eonon.
Mariam? Ti ekthamvise
to en Si? Oti ahronon Iion, hrono
egennisa fisi, tou tiktomenou tin
sillipsin mi diahthisa. Anandros imi,
ke pos texo Iion? Asporaon gonin tis
eoraken? Opou Theos de voulete,
nikate fiseos taxis, os gegrapte.
Hristos etehthi, ek tis Parthenou, en
Vithleem tis Ioudeas
THIRD KATHISMA
OF THE

ever, and to the Ages of ages.
Amen
Why art
Thou filled with Wonder, O

Mary? Why art Thou amazed at that
which is come to pass in Thee?
Because I have given Birth in time to
the Timeless Son, yet understand not
how I Conceived Him. I have not
known man: how then shall I bear a
Child? Who has ever seen a Birth
without seed? But, as it is written:
Where God so Wills, the order of
nature is overcome. Christ is Born of
the Virgin in Bethlehem of Judah.
NATIVITY
OF
CHRIST
After
Akousas
de Irodis O Vasilefs etarahthi,

ke pasa Ierosolima met aftou.
Having
Ke
sinagagon pantas tou Arhieris ke

Grammatis tou laou, epinthaneto
par afton, pou O Hristos Gennate.
And
Iisou Gennithentos en Bithleem tis

Ioudeas, en imeres Irodou tou
Vasileos, idou! Magi apo Anatolon
paregenonto is Ierosolima, legontes:
Pou estin O Tehthis Vasilefs ton
Ioudeon?
Idomen gar Aftou ton
Astera en ti Anatoli ke ilthomen
proskinise Afto.
...Ke Si,
Vithleem, Gi Iouda
oudamos elahisti i en tis igemosin
Iouda.
Ek sou gar exelefsete
Igoumenos, os tis pimani ton Laon
Mou ton Israil.
Amin

forever, and to the Ages of ages.
ikrivose par afton ton hronon tou

fenomenou Asteros.
Ke
he gathered all the Chief Priests

and Scribes of the people together to
question them as to where the Christ
was to be born.
...And you, O Bethlehem, in the

Land of Judah, are not the least
among the Rulers of Judah. Out of
you shall come a Ruler Who will
shepherd My people Israel.
Herod, when he had secretly
called the Magi, determined from
them what time the Star had
appeared.
pempsas aftou is Bithleem ipe:

Porevthentes, akrivos exetasate peri
tou
Pediou.
Epan
de
evrite,
apangilate mi, opos kago elthon
proskiniso Afto.
And he sent them to Bethlehem saying:
de
akousantes
eporevthisan.
When
Ke
idou! O Astir, on idon en ti Anatoi,

proigen aftous, eos elthon esti epano
ou in to Pedion.
tou
Vasileos,
"Go, search carefully for the Child.

When you have found Him, bring
back word to me, so that I may go
and worship Him also."
they had heard the King, they
departed.
And
behold! The Star that they had

seen in the East went before them,
until it stood over where the Child
was.
Idontes
de ton Astera, eharisan Haran

Megalin Sfodra.
Beholding
Ke
elthontes is tin ikian, idon to Pedion

meta Marias tis Mitros Aftou, ke
pesontes prosekinisan Afto.
And when they had entered the house,
Ke
Amen
Ke
heard, Herod the King was

troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
Tote Irodis, lathra kalesas tous Magous, Then
Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati, Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
eonon.
Jesus was born in Bethlehem of

Judea in the days of Herod the King,
behold! Magi from the East went to
Jerusalem, saying: "Where is He Who
has been born King of the Jews? We
have seen His Star in the East and
have come to worship Him."
I de ipon afto: En Vithleem tis Ioudeas. They told him: "In Bethlehem of Judea.
Outo gar gegrapte dia tou Profitou: For thus it is written by the Prophet:
TONE 4
nothing can contain? How can He

Who is in the Bosom of the Father be
held in the embrace of His Mother?
This is according to His Good
Pleasure, as He knows and Wills. For
being without flesh, of His own Will
He has become Flesh; and He Who is,
for our sake, has become that which
He was not. Without departing from
His own Nature, He has shared in
our substance. Desiring to fill the
world on High with citizens, Christ
has undergone a two-fold Birth.
ST MATTHEW 2 : 1 12
Tou
O ahoritos panti, pos ehorithi en gastri? How is He contained in a Womb, Whom

O en kolpis tou Patros, pos en agkales
tis Mitros: Pantos os iden os ithelise
ke os iidokisen.
Asarkos gar on,
esarkothi ekon. Ke gegonen O on, O
ouk in di imas; ke mi ekstas tis fiseos,
meteshe tou imeterou firamatos.
Deplous etehthi Hristos, ton ano
kosmon, Thelon anaplirose.
TO
THE GENTILE MAGI (ST CASPAR, ST MELCHIOR & ST BALTHAZAR) JOURNEYED

FROM A GREAT DISTANCE TO WORSHIP THE NEW BORN KING
Why
Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati, Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
Amin
Ti Thavmazis
THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING
anixantes tou thisavrous afton,

prosinegkan Afto dora - hrison, ke
livanon, ke smyrnan.
hrimatisthentes kat onar, mi
anakampse pros Irodin, di allis odou
the Star, they rejoiced with

exceedingly great Joy.
they saw the young Child with Mary

His Mother, and fell down and
worshipped Him.
And
when they had opened their

treasures, they presented gifts to
Him - gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
And being
Divinely warned in a dream

that they should not return to
19.
Oste ouketi i doulos, alla iios - i de iios, Therefore you are no longer a slave but
a son - if a son, then an Heir of God
through Christ.
His Son" refers to CHRIST AS GOD BY NATURE the Son of God.
THE INCARNATE SON OF GOD, IS "BORN OF A WOMAN," AND SO THE MOST BLESSED MARY
IS RIGHTLY CALLED THEOTOKOS - MOTHER OF GOD OR BEARER OF GOD.
SINCE JESUS CHRIST WAS "BORN UNDER THE LAW" HE COULD REDEEM THOSE WHO WERE
ALSO UNDER THE LAW HIS FELLOW HEBREWS, ACCORDING TO THE FLESH.
GOD "REDEEMS THOSE WHO WERE UNDER THE LAW" IN ORDER TO FULFIL HIS PROMISE
TO ABRAHAM AND CONSEQUENTLY, GOD PAID THE RANSOM, AS IT WERE, TO
HIMSELF, ACCORDING TO HIS OWN VOW.
ALMIGHTY GOD DOES NOT OWE ANYONE ANYTHING AND HE CERTAINLY DOES NOT
OWE US SALVATION !
JESUS CHRIST FULFILLED THE LAW AS AN INFANT BY BEING CIRCUMCISED on the eighth
day and He was Presented in the Temple 40 Days after His Birth.
Both of these Events are remembered in the Liturgical Cycle of the Orthodox
Church.
THE HOLY CEREMONIES OF THE EIGHT DAY BLESSING OF THE NEWBORN AND THE
40 DAY CHURCHING OF THE MOTHER ARE PERFORMED TO THIS DAY IN THE
ORTHODOX CHURCH.
After these special Services, THE HOLY MYSTERY OF BAPTISM AND CHRISMATION
IS CELEBRATED A FEW MONTHS LATER.

OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST - THE SON OF GOD IS GOD DIVINE - BY NATURE.
WE BECOME SONS (OR DAUGHTERS) OF GOD BY ADOPTION WHEN WE ARE BAPTISED IN
THE NAME OF THE TRIUNE GOD THE HOLY TRINITY.
WE CANNOT BECOME MEMBERS OF THE GODHEAD BY NATURE because WE ARE
HUMAN BY NATURE. BUT WE DO BECOME MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY BY HIS GRACE.

Through our Divine Adoption (Holy Baptism and Chrismation) WE
BECOME EVERYTHING GOD IS, EXCEPT IN NATURE WE REMAIN HUMAN BEINGS.
However, THIS IS NOT AUTOMATICALLY OUR PERMANENT STATE DUE TO OF OUR DESIRE
FOR WORLDLY THINGS [ I.E. THINGS OF THE FLESH, THE PASSIONS] and that CONCUPISCENCE
PREVENTS US FROM ATTAINING THEOSIS SPIRITUAL PERFECTION.
IT TAKES DEDICATION AND EFFORT ON OUR PART TO ATTAIN SPIRITUAL PERFECTION,
DEIFICATION OR THEOSIS LIKENESS TO GOD!
We have the possibility through the Grace of God, but IT DEPENDS ON OUR
LOVE AND OBEDIENCE TO ALMIGHTY GOD AND HIS COMMANDMENTS.
Because WE ARE GIVEN "NEW LIFE" our Adoption by God is also referred to
as "New Birth" WE ARE SPIRITUALLY REBORN RENEWED IN CHRIST!
EVERY TIME WE PARTAKE OF THE HOLY MYSTERIES OF REPENTANCE CONFESSION AND
EUCHARIST, WE ENJOY A REAFFIRMATION OF OUR ADOPTION AND THEREFORE OUR
NEW LIFE IN OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR, JESUS CHRIST.

THE ONGOING GROWTH INTO ADOPTION, BEING "AN HEIR OF GOD," IS CALLED
DEIFICATION. THIS MEANS THAT WE ARE BECOMING BY THE GRACE OF GOD WHAT
HE IS BY NATURE.
EACH DIVINE PERSON OF THE HOLY TRINITY: "SPIRIT, SON AND FATHER" IS INVOLVED IN
THIS PROCESS OF TRANSFORMATION. THEREFORE TO BECOME SONS OF GOD BY GRACE,
ONE MUST BELIEVE IN AND KNOW THE FATHER, THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT.
O ahoritos panti, pos ehorithi en gastri? How is He contained in a Womb, Whom
ke Klironomos Theou dia Hristou.
O en kolpis tou Patros, pos en agkales

tis Mitros: Pantos os iden os ithelise
ke os iidokisen.
Asarkos gar on,
esarkothi ekon. Ke gegonen O on, O
ouk in di imas; ke mi ekstas tis fiseos,
meteshe tou imeterou firamatos.
Deplous etehthi Hristos, ton ano
kosmon, Thelon anaplirose.
SMALL LITANY & FESTAL ANTIPHONS
FESTAL PROKEIMENON PSALM 109/110 - NATIVITY
Ek
Gastros pro Eosforou egennisa Se.

Omose
Kyrios,
ke
ou
metamelithisete.
OF
CHRIST
From
the Womb before the Morning

Star have I Begotten Thee: the Lord
has sworn and will not repent. (PSALM
109:3-4)
Ipen
O Kyrios to Kyrio mou.

Kathou ek dexion mou, eos an tho
tous ehthrous Sou ipopodion ton
Podon Sou
STIHO S:
Ek
Gastros pro Eosforou egennisa Se.

Omose
Kyrios,
ke
ou
metamelithisete.
The Lord said to my Lord: Sit at

My right-hand, until I make Thine
enemies Thy Footstool.
VER SE :
From
the Womb before the Morning

Star have I Begotten Thee: the
Lord has sworn and will not
repent
SMALL LITANY
PRAISES
TO
ALMIGHTY GOD
THE CONGREGATION MUST STAND
Pasa pnoi enesato ton Kyrion [2]
Let
Enesato pnoi ... Pasa ton Kyrion
Let
HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING
everything that has breath praise

the Lord. [2]
the Lord be praised
everything that has breath
TO
Now
Mnistevthisis
After
Iosif
So
Tafta
But
gar tis Mitros aftou

Marias to Iosif, prin i sinelthin aftous
evrethi
en
gastri
ehousa
ek
Pnevmatos Agiou.
de aftou enthimithentos idou

Angelos Kyriou kath onar efani afto
legon. Iosif Iios David, mi fovithis
paralavin Mariam tin gineka sou.
...
by
ST MATTHEW 1 : 18 - 25
Tou de Iisou Hristou i Gennisis outos in.
de O anir aftis, Dikeos on ke mi

thelon aftin paradigmatise, evoulithi
lathra apolise aftin.
nothing can contain? How can He

Who is in the Bosom of the Father be
held in the embrace of His Mother?
This is according to His Good
Pleasure, as He knows and Wills. For
being without flesh, of His own Will
He has become Flesh; and He Who is,
for our sake, has become that which
He was not. Without departing from
His own Nature, He has shared in
our substance. Desiring to fill the
world on High with citizens, Christ
has undergone a two-fold Birth.
the Birth of Jesus Christ was as

follows:
His Mother, Mary, was Betrothed
to Joseph, before they came
together, she was found with Child
of the Holy Spirit.
Joseph, her husband, being a

Righteous man, and not wanting to
make her a public example, was
minded to put her away secretly.
while he thought about these
things, behold, an Angel of the Lord
appeared to him in a dream, saying:
Joseph, son of David, do not be
7.
To gar en afti gennithen

Pnevmatos estin Agiou.
ek
afraid to take to you Mary your wife,

for that which is Conceived in her is
of the Holy Spirit.
de Iion ke kaleseis to Onoma

aftou Iisoun. Aftos gar Sose ton laon
Aftou apo ton amartion afton.
And she will bring forth a Son, and you
Texete
Touto
de olon gegonen ina plirothi to

rithen ipo tou Kyriou dia tou Profitou
legontos: Idou i Parthenos en gastri
exi ke texete Iion, ke
kalesousi to
Onoma Aftou Emmanouil, O esti
methrminevomenon Meth imon O
Theos.
Diegerthis
de O Iosif apo tou ipnou

epiisen os prosetazen afto O Anglos
Kyriou ke parelave tin gineka aftou,
ke ouk eginosken aftin eos ou eteke
ton Iion aftis ton Prototokon.
shall call His Name Jesus, for He

will Save His people from their sins.
Festal Divine Liturgy Hymns & Readings

25 DECEMBER NATIVITY OF CHRIST
ADORATION OF THE SHEPHERDS &
Ek
Ke
And he called His Name
ekalese to Onoma
Aftou Iisoun.
Jesus.
Doxa Si, Kyrie,
Glory to Thee, O
Lord: Glory to Thee!
PEOPLE
Doxa Si!
gastros pro eosforou egennisa Se.

Omose Kyrios ke ou metamelithisete.
Si ierefs is ton eona, kata tin taxin
Melihisedek. Soson imas, Ie Theou, O
EK PARTHENOU TEHTHIS, psallontas Si
allilouia!

anetile to kosmo to Fos to tis gnoseos.
En afti gar it is astris latrevontes, ipo
asters edidaskonto, Se prokinin, ton
Ilion tis Dikeosinis, ke Se ginoskin ex
ipsous anatolin. Kyrie, Doxa Si. (3)
FESTAL INTERCESSORY HYMNS NATIVITY
OF
I Parthenos simeron, ton iperousion tikti, Today
Ta
simpanta
simeron,
Haras
plirounte.
Hristos etehthi ek tis
Parthenou.
All things are filled with Joy today,
nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton

eonon.
Now
and to the Holy Spirit
Ke
Amin
Ta
simpanta
simeron,
Haras
plirounte.
Hristos etehthi ek tis
Partheno.
FESTAL IDIOMELON NATIVITY
Eleison
me, O Theos, kata to Mega

Eleos Sou ke kata to plithos ton
iktirmon Sou Exalipson to anomima
mou.
for Christ is Born of the Virgin.

.
and ever, and to the Ages of
Ages.
Amen
All things are filled with Joy today,

for Christ is Born of the Virgin.
OF
INSTEAD OF THE
Osi
is Hriston Evaptisthite,
enedisasthe: Allelouia!
Hriston
As many of you as were Baptised into

Christ, have put on Christ: Alleluia!
PROKEIMENON- PSALM 65 TONE (8) PLAGAL 4
Pasa
All
Alalaxate to Kyrio pasa i Gi.
Glorify
i Gi proskinisatosan Si ke
psalatosan Si. Psalatosan to Onomati
Sou.
Have mercy on me, O God,
according
to Thy Great Mercy; according to
the multitude of Thy Mercies do
away mine offences.
to God in the Highest, and on
earth, Peace!
Today Bethlehem
receives Him Who at all times ever
sits with the Father! Today Angels
Glorify with Holy Hymns the Babe
Who is Born! Glory to God in the
Highest, and on earth Peace - among
mankind, Good Will!
THE EPISTLE
WE
BECOME
OF
SONS
ST PAUL
OF
GOD
TO THE
THROUGH
Adelphi,
ote ilthen to pliroma tou

hronou, exapestilen O Theos ton Iion
Aftou, genomenon ek Gynekos,
genomenon ipo Nomon, ina tous ipo
Nomon exagorasi, ina tin Iiothesian
Apolavomen.
Oti
the world will worship Thee and

Glorify Thee. Let the sing to Thy
Name.
the Lord with
Hymns, all you lands.
CHRIST TONE (6) PLAGAL 2
Doxa en Ipsistis Theo ke epi gis Irini! Glory

Simeron dehete i Vithleem ton
kathimenon dia pandos sin Patri!
Simeron Angeli to Vrefos to tehthen
Theoprepos Doxologousi! Doxa en
Ipsistis Theo, ke epi gis Irini - en
anthropis Evdokia.
the Virgin gives Birth to Him

Who is above all being, and the earth
offers a Cave to Him Whom no man
can
approach.
Angels
with
Shepherds give Glory, and Magi
journey with a Star. For unto us is
Born a Young Child, the Pre-Eternal
God.
AGIOS O THEOS...
ke i gi to Spileon, to aprosito prosagi.

Angeli meta Pimenon Doxologousi.
Magi de meta Asteros odiporousi. Di
imas gar egennithi, Pedion Neon, O
Pro Eonon Theos.
CHRIST
Thy

caused the Light of Knowledge to
rise upon the world. For therein the
worshippers of the stars were by a
Star instructed to worship Thee, the
Sun of Righteousness, and to know
Thee as Orient from on High. O
Lord, Glory to Thee! (3)
FESTAL KONTAKION - NATIVITY OF CHRIST - TONE 3
PSALM 50/51
Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati
Out of the womb, before the Morning
Star have I Begotten Thee: the Lord

has sworn and will not repent:
Thou art a Priest forever, after the
Order of Melchezedek. Save us, O
Son of God, BORN OF THE VIRGIN,
who sing to Thee: Alleluia!
FESTAL APOLYTIKION OF THE NATIVITY OF CHRIST TONE 4
fulfilled, which was spoken by the

Lord through the Prophet, saying:
Behold, the Virgin shall be with
Child, and shall bear a Son, and they
shall call Him Emmanuel, which is
translated as God with us.
Joseph, being aroused from
sleep, did as the Angel of the Lord
Commanded him and took to him
his wife, and did not know until she
had brought forth her Firstborn Son.
& SAVIOUR
MAGI
FESTAL ISODIKON OF THE NATIVITY
So all this was done so that it might be
Then,
OUR LORD
THE THREE
de este Iiou Aftou is tas kardias

imon, krazon, Avva, O Patir.
Triumphal
GALATIANS 4 : 4 7
CHRIST &
THE
HOLY SPIRIT
Brethren, when the fullness of the time

had come, God sent forth His Son,
born of a Woman, born under the
Law, to Redeem those who were
under the Law, so that we might
receive the Adoption as sons.
For His Son is in your hearts, crying out:

"Abba! Father!"
17.
hrimatikin forologian, Erthodoxou

ploutismon Theologias, to Theo ke
Sotiri ton psihon imon!
Ke

eonon.
Amin
FESTAL HEIRMOLOGIC
we pay our earthly monetary tribute,

simultaneously we offer Thee the
Wealth of our Orthodox Faith, O God
and Saviour of our souls!
PRAYERS
Now

ages.
Amen
THE
NATIVITY - ST JOHN
THE
MONK
TONE 2
OF
SALVATION
FESTAL KONTAKION NATIVITY
Parthenos simeron, ton iperousion

tikti, ke i gi to Spileon, to aprosito
prosagi.
Angeli meta Pimenon
Doxologousi. Magi de meta Asteros
odiporousi. Di imas gar egennithi,
Pedion Neon, O pro eonon Theos.
Christ is Born of the Virgin in

Bethlehem. Today He Who has no
beginning now begins to be, and the
Word becomes Flesh. The Powers of
Heave greatly rejoice, and the earth
with mankind celebrates. The Magi
offer gifts, the Shepherds proclaim
the Marvel, and we cry aloud without
ceasing: Glory to god in the Highest,
and on earth, Peace and Good Will
among men!
the Virgin gives Birth to Him

Who is above all being, and the Earth
offers a Cave to Him Whom no man
can
approach.
Angels
with
Shepherds give Glory, and Magi
journey with a Star. For unto us is
Born a Young Child, the Pre-Eternal
God.
THE GREAT DOXOLOGY

FESTAL APOLYTIKION - NATIVITY

anetile to kosmo to Fos to tis gnoseos.
En afti gar it is astris latrevontes, ipo
asters edidaskonto, Se proskinin, ton
Ilion tis Dikeosinis, ke Se ginoskin ex
ipsous anatolin. Kyrie, Doxa Si. (3)
OF
FESTAL OIKOS NATIVITY
Tin Edem Vithleem inoixe, defte idomen.
Thy

caused the Light of Knowledge to
rise upon the world. For therein the
worshippers of the stars were by a
Star instructed to worship Thee, the
Sun of Righteousness, and to know
Thee as Orient from on High. O
Lord, Glory to Thee! (3)
CHRIST
has opened Eden: come,

and let us see. We have found Joy in
secret: come, let us take possession
of the Paradise that is within the
cave. There the unwatered Root has
appeared, from which forgiveness
flowers forth: there is found the
undug Well, whence David longed to
drink of old. There the Virgin has
Borne a Babe, and made the thirst of
Adam and David to cease instantly.
Therefore, let us hasten to this
SYNAXARION 25 DECEMBER
Ti
Ke tou aftou minos i kata sarka

Gennisis tou Kyriou ke Theou ke
Sotiros imon Iisou Hristou.
On
this 25th day of the month we

celebrate the Nativity according to
the Flesh of our Lord God and
Saviour, Jesus Christ.
Ti afti imera i Proskinisis ton Magon.
On
Ti
On
afti imera mnimi ton Thessamenon

Pimenon ton Kyrion.
Afto i Doxa is tous eonas ton eonon.

Amin
KATAVASIA
OD
OF THE
this day we Commemorate the

Adoration of the Magi.
this day we Commemorate the

Shepherds who beheld the newly
born Infant, Christ our Lord..
To Him be Glory, unto the Ages of ages.

Amen
NATIVITY -ODES & IAMBIC VERSES - TONE 1
Hristos
Gennate, Doxasate!
Hristos ex Ouranon, apantisate!
Hristos epi gis, ipsothite! Asate to
Kyrio, pas i gi, ke en evfrosini
animnisate, lai, oti Dedoxaste!
VERSE
Esose
laon,
thavmatourgon
Despotis,
iiron
thalassis kima hersosas pale. Ekon
de tehthis ek Koris, trivon Vatin,
Polou tithisin imin. On kat ousian,
Ison te Patri, ke Vrotis doxazoumen.
IAMBIC
OF
Bethlehem
Tin trifin en krifi evromen, defte

lavomen, ta tou Paradisou endon tou
Spileou.
Eki efani riza apotistos,
Vlastanousa afesin. Eki evrethi frear
anorikton, ou piin David prin
epethimisen. Eki Parthenos tekousa
Vrefos, tin dipsan epavsen evthis, tin
tou Adam ke tou David. Dia touto
pros touto epihthomen, ou etehthi,
Pedion Neon, O Pro Eonon Theos.
CHRIST TONE 4
TONE 3
Today
Simeron O Hristos, en Vithleem Gennate Today

ek Parthenou. Simeron O anarhos
arhete, ke O Logos sarkoute.
E
dinamis ton Ouranon agalonte, ke i
gi sin tis anthropis evfrenete. I Magi
ta dora prosferousin. I Pimenes to
Thavma kirittousin.
Imis de
akatapafstos voomen.
Doxa en
ipsistis Theo, ke epi gis irini, en
anthropis evdokia.
CHRIST -
OF
OD
1 Christ is Born: Glorify Him!

Christ has come from the Heavens:
receive Him!
Christ is on earth:
elevate Him! O all the earth: sing to
the Lord! Sing praises in gladness, O
ye people, for He as been Glorified!
V E R S E Of old the Master Who

works Wonders Saved His people,
making the watery wave of the sea
into dry land; and now of His own
Will has He been Born from a Virgin,
and so He establishes a Path for us
whereby we may mount to Heaven.
We glorify Him Who in Essence is
equal to the Father and to mortal
men.
IAMBIC
9.
OD
3 To pro ton eonon, ek Patros

gennithenti arrefstos Iio, ke ep
eschaton ek Parthenou, sarkothenti
asporos, Hristo to Theo Voisomen. O
anipsosas to keras imon, Agios i
Kyrie.
Nefson
pros imnous
iketon Energeta, Ehthrou tapinon tin
epirmenin ofrin. Feronte Pantepopta
tis amartias, Iperthen akloniton,
estirigmenous, Makar, melodous tin
Vasi tis Pisteos.
IAMBIC
OD
VERSE
4 Ravdos ek tis rizis, Iesse, ke

anthos ex aftis, Hriste, ek tis
Parthenou anevlostisas. Ex orous O
enetos,
kataskiou daseos, ilthes
sarkothis es apirandrou, O ailos ke
Theos. Doxa ti Dinami Sou Kyrie!
VERSE
Genous Vrotiou, tin
anaplasin
pale,
Adon
Profitis,
Avvakoum prominii, Idin afrastos,
axiothis ton tipon. Neon vrefos gar ex
orous tis Parthenou Exilthe laon is
anaplasin Logos.
IAMBIC
OD
Theos on Erinis, Patrir iktirmon,
OD
VERSE
Ek niktos ergon,
eskotismenis planis, Ilasmou imin
Hriste, tis egrigoros, nin Si telousin
imnon, os evergeti, elthis porizon
evheri te tin trivon.
Kath in
anatrehontes evrimen kleos.
OD
Splaghnon
Ionan emvrion
apimesen, enalIos thir, ion edexato.
Ti Partheno de, enikisas O Logos, ke
sarka
lavon,
dililithe
psilaxas
adiafthoron. Is gar ouhipesti pefseos,
tin tekousan kateshen apimanton.
Graciously
accept, O
Benefactor, the praises of Thy
servants, and bring down the spiteful,
haughty looks of the enemy.
O
Blessed Lord Who sees all, raise us up
far above sin, and
establish
Thy
singers firm and unshaken upon the
foundation of the Faith.
IAMBIC
OD
VERSE
4 Rod of the Root of Jesse, and

Flower that blossomed from his
stem, O Christ, Thou hast sprung
from
the Virgin. From the
Mountain
overshadowed by the
Forest Thou hast come, made Flesh
from her that knew not wedlock, O
God Who art not formed from
matter. Glory to Thy Power, O Lord!
V E R S E Of old Habakkuk the

Prophet was counted worthy to
behold ineffably the Figure and
Symbol of Christs Birth, and he
foretold in song the renewal of
mankind. For a Young Babe, the
Word, has now come forth from the
Mountain that is the Virgin, for the
Renewal of the people.
animnountes legousin. Akatalipte

Kyrie Doxa Si!
Enite
afton en iho salpingos. Enite

afton en psaltirio ke kithara.
Born Child! Magi offer gifts! Angels

sing praises, saying: O Lord past
understanding: Glory to Thee!
Praise
Him with the sound of the

trumpet; praise Him with lute and
harp.
O Patir evdokisen, O Logos sarx egeneto, The Father was
well-pleased: the Word

became Flesh; and the Virgin gave
Birth to God Who became Man. A
Star reveals Him!
Magi bow in
worship!
Shepherds marve! And
Creation rejoices!
ke
i
Parthenos
eteke,
Theon
enanthropisanta. Astir minii: Magi
proskinousi!
Pimenes Thamazousi!
Ke i Ktisis Agallete!
Enite afton en timpano ke horo.
Enite
Praise
Him with timbrel and dance;

praise Him with strings and pipe.
afton en hordes ke organo.
Theotoke Parthene, i tekousa ton Sotira, O

anetrepsas tin protin kataran tis
Evas. Oti Mitir gegonas, tis evdokias
tou Patros, Vastazousa en kolpis,
Theon Logon sarkothenta. Ou feri to
Mystirion erevnan. Pisti moni touto
pantes doxazomen, krazontes meta
Souk e legontes. Anerminefte Kyrie
Doxa Si!
IAMBIC
OD
tis Megalis Voulis Sou ton Angelon,

Erinin parehomenon, apestilas imin.
Othen
Theognosias,
pros
Fos
Odigithentes, ek niktos orthrizontes,
Doxologoumen Se Filanthrope.
IAMBIC
3 To the Son Who was Begotten

of the Father without change before
all ages, and in the last times was
without seed made flesh of the
Virgin, to Christ our God let us cry
aloud Thou hast raised up our horn,
Holy art Thou, O Lord!
5 As Thou art God of Peace and

Father of Mercies, Thou has sent to
us Thine Angel of Great Counsel,
granting us Peace. So we are guided
towards the Light of the Knowledge
of God, and watching by night, we
Glorify Thee, O Lover of mankind!
From the night of deeds

of dark error we watch vigilantly,
and sing to Thee, O Christ, as to our
Benefactor. Come to us and grant us
cleansing; make the Path easy for us,
whereby we may ascend and so
attain Glory.
IAMBIC VERSE
OD
The
sea monster spat forth

Jonah as it had received him, like a
babe from the womb
while the
Word, having dwelt in the Virgin and
taken Flesh, came forth from her yet
kept her uncorrupt.
For being
Virgin Theotokos who has borne our

Saviour, Thou hast overthrown the
ancient Curse of Eve. For Thou hast
become the Mother of Him in Whom
the Father is well-pleased, and hast
carried in Thy Bosom God the
Incarnate Word. We cannot fathom
this Mystery: but by Faith alone we
all Glorify It, crying with Thee and
saying: O Lord Incomprehensible,
Glory to Thee!
Enite
Praise
Defte
Doxa Patri, ke Io, ke Agio Pnevmati
Afton en kimvalis evihis. Enite

Afton en kimvalis alalagmou. Pasa
pnoi inesato ton Kyrion.
animnisomen, tin Mitera tou
Sotiros, tin meta tokon palin ofthisan
Parthenon. Heris Polis empsihe, tou
Vasileos ke Theou, en i Hristo ikisas,
sotirian irgasato. Meta tou Gavriil
animnoumen Se, meta ton pimenon
doxazomen krazontes.
Theotoke
Presveve, to ek Sou sarkothenti,
sothine imas.
Him with tuneful cymbals;

praise Him with loud cymbals. Let
everything that has breath praise
the Lord.
come, let us sing the praises of the

Mother of our Saviour, who, after
Child-bearing still remained Virgin.
Rejoice, Thou Living City of God the
King, in which Christ has dwelt,
bringing to pass our Salvation. With
Gabriel we sing Thy praises; with
the Shepherds we Glorify Thee,
crying: O Theotokos, Intercede for
our Salvation with Him Who took
Flesh from Thee!
FESTAL HEIRMOLOGIC THE NATIVITY ST GERMANOS

TONE (6) PLAGAL 2
Ote keros, tis epi gis parousias Sou, proti When it was time for Thy Coming upon
apografi ti ikoumeni egeneto tote
emelles ton anthropon apografesthe
ta Onomata, ton Pistevonton to took
Sou. Dia touto to tiouton dogma, ipo
kesaros exefonithi. Tis gar eoniou
Sou Vasilias to anarhon ekenourgithi.
Dio Si prosferomen ke imis, iper tin
earth, the first census of the world

was held; and then Thou began to
enrol the names of all who believed
in Thy Birth. For this cause, Caesar
published such a Decree, since Thy
timeless and Eternal Kingdom was
newly made manifest. Therefore, as
15.
Himself not subject to decay, He

preserved His Mother free from
harm.
FESTAL KATAVASIA - CANON 1- 9TH ODE NATIVITY TONE 1
Megalinon
psihi mou, tin Timioteran,

ke
Evdoxoteran
ton
ano
Stratevmaton.
Mystirion
Xenon, oro ke Paradoxon:

Ouranon to Spyleon!
Thronon
Herouvikon, tin Parthenon!
Tin
fatnin horion!
En O aneklithi O
ahoritos, Hristos O Theos!
On
animvountes Megalinomen!
Magnify, O my soul, Her who is more

Honourable and more
than the Heavenly Hosts.
do I see: The cave is Heaven! The

Virgin is the Throne of the
Cherubim!
The manger is a
grand space, in which Christ, the
God Whom nothing can contain, is
laid! Him do we praise and magnify!
Megalinon
Magnify,
Stergin
It
men imas, os akindinon fovo,

raon siopin. To potho de Parthene,
imnous ifenin, sintonos tethigmenous,
ergodes Estin. Alla ke Mitir sthenos,
osi pefiken, i proeresis didou.
THE SMALL LITANY & PRAISES
TO THE
LORD
O my soul, Her who has

Delivered us from the Curse.
would be easier for us, because free

from all danger, to keep silence in
fear while it is hard indeed, O Virgin,
in love to devise songs harmoniously
put together. But do Thou, O Mother,
give us Strength that so we may
fulfil our good intent
FESTAL EXAPOSTEILARION NATIVITY
Epeskiepsato
imas, ex ipsous O Sotir

imon, anatoli anatolon, ke i en skoti
ke skia, evromen tin alithian. Ke gar
ek tis Parthenou etehthi O Kyrios. (3)
OF
Saviour, the Dayspring from the

East, has visited us from on High,
and we who were in darkness and
shadow have found the Truth: for
the Lord is Born of the Virgin. (3)
TO GOD -PSALM 148

- TONE
ALL CREATION PRAISES THE LORD OUR GOD
Pasa pnoi enesato ton Kyrion. Enite ton Let everything that has breath praise
Enite
Afton, pantes i Angelli Aftou.

Enite Afton, pase e Dinamis Aftou.
Si prepi imnos to Theo.
PSALM 150
the Lord. Praise the Lord from the

Heavens; praise Him in the
Highest. To Thee praise is due, O
God.
Praise
Him, all His Angels; praise

Him, all His Powers. To Thee
praise is due, O God.
FESTAL HEIRMOLOGIC NATIVITY- TONE 4

BY ST ANDREW OF JERUSALEM
Enite
Praise
Evfrenesthe
Make
Afton epi tes Dinasties Afton.

Enite Afton kata to plithos tis
Megalosinis Aftou.
Dikei! Ourani agalliasthe,
skirtisate ta ori, Hristou Gennithentos.
Parthenos kathezete, ta Herouvim
mimoumeni, vastazousa en kolpis,
Theon Logon sarkothenta. Pimenes
ton tehtenta doxazousi.
Magi to
Despoti dora porsferousin.
Angeli
Him for His Mighty Acts;

praise Him according to the
greatness of His Majesty.
IAMBIC
7 I Pedes efsevia sintrafentes,

dissevous,
prostagmatos
katafronisantes, piros apilin ouk
eptoithisan, all en meso tis flogos,
estotes epsallon.
O Ton Pateron
Theos Evlogitos i.
OD
To
pantanaktos
exefavlisan potho, itahimenontos
igkistromeni,
Pedes
tirannou,
distheon glossalgian, Is ikathe gir
aspeton, to Despoti, legousin:
Is
eonas, Evlogitis I!
IAMBIC
CHRIST TONE 3
Our
LAUDS: THE PRAISES
Kyrion ek ton Ouranon. Enite Afton

en tis Ipsistis. Si prepi imnos to
Theo.
OD
TONE 1
OD
VERSE
Enclosed in the
uttermost depths of the sea, Jonah
entreated Thee to come and still the
storm. And I,
O Christ, pricked
by the dart of the tyrant, call upon
Thee, the Slayer of evil, beseeching
Thee to come quickly and deliver me
from my slothfulness.
V E R S E Neon Ionas, en mihis

thalattiis, Elthin edito ke zalin
aparkese.
Nigis
ego
de,
to
tirannountos
Veli,
Hriste
prosavdo,
ton
kakon
aneretin,
Thatton molin Se tis emis rathimias.
IAMBIC
A strange and most wonderful Mystery
FESTAL KATAVASIA CANON 1 IAMBIC VERSE NATIVITY
psihi
mou,
tin
Litrosamenin, imas ek tis Kataras.
Glorious
VERSE
8 Enoumen, Evlogoumen
Proskinoumen ton Kyrion
ke
Thavmatos
iperfious i drosovolos,
exikonise kaminos tipon. Ou gar ous
edexato flegi neous, os oude
pir
tis Theotitos, Parthenou in ipedi
nidin.
Dio
animnountes
anamelpsomen.
Evlogito is ktisis
pasa ton Kyrion, ke iperpsouto, is
pantas tous eonas.
Mitran aflektos, ikonizousi

Koris, i tis paleas pirpoloumeni nei,
YperfIos,
kiousan
esfragismenin,
amfo de drosa, Thavmatourgia mia
Laous pros imnon, exanistisi Haris.
IAMBIC VERSE
7 Scorning the impious decree,

the Children brought up together in
godliness feared not the threat of
fire, but, standing in the midst of the
flames, they sang O God of our
fathers, Blessed art Thou.
Caught and held fast by

Love for the King of all, the children
despised the impious threats of the
tyrant in
his boundless fury; and
as the terrible fire withdrew before
them, they said to the Master: Unto
all Ages Blessed art Thou!
IAMBIC VERSE
OD
8 We praise, we Bless and we

worship the Lord!
The
furnace moist with dew was the

image and figure of a Wonder past
nature.
For it burnt not the
Children whom it had received, even
as the Fire of the Godhead consumed
not the Virgins Womb into which It
had descended. Therefore in praise
let us sing: Let the whole Creation
Bless the Lord and Exalt Him above
all for ever!
V E R S E The Children of the Old
Covenent who walked in the fire, yet
were not burnt, prefigured the Womb
of the Maiden that remained sealed,
when she gave Birth in a fashion past
nature. By the same Divine Grace
both these Wonders were brought to
pass in a Miracle and rouses all
people to sing in praise.
IAMBIC
glad, O you Righteous! Greatly

rejoice, O you Heavens!
You
mountains, dance for Joy! Christ is
Born! And like the Cherubim, the
Vigin makes a Throne, carrying at
Her Bosom God the Word become
Flesh. Shepherds Glorify the New
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THE FESTAL MAGNIFICAT NATIVITY OF CHRIST

STANDING
BEFORE THE HOLY ICON OF THE EVER

FOLLOWING, AFTER WHICH HE CENSES THE
WHILE THE MAGNIFICAT HYMN IS CHANTED.
returned, not to Herod, but mocked

the wicked murderer of children.
BLESSED THEOTOKOS, THE PRIEST DECLARES THE

SANCTUARY, HOLY ICONS AND CONGREGATION
SECOND FESTAL IAMBIC CANON TONE 1
Tin Theotokon ke Miter to Fotos: en imnis The
Theotokos and Mother of the

Light: with hymns let us Magnify!
timontes Meglinomen!
THE BELLS ARE RUNG AT THIS POINT
Simeron
i
Parthenos,
tikti
Despotin, endon en to Spileo.
ton
OF
It
Simeron
Today, our Master is Born as an Infant
Stergin
It
Doxa Patri, ke Io, ke Agio Pnevmati

Raon siopin. To potho de, Parthene,
Imnous ifenin, sintonos tethigmenous
Ergodes estin. Alla ke, Mitir, sthenos,
Osi pefiken i proeresis, didou.
Megalinon
psihi mou, tin Timioteran,

ke
Evdoxoteran
ton
ano
Stratevmaton.
Mystirion Xenon, oro ke

paradoxon:
Ouranon to Spyleon!
Thronon Herouvikon, tin Parthenon!
Tin fatnin horion! En O aneklithi O
ahoritos, Hristos O Theos!
On
animvountes Megalinomen!
I RM OS
FESTAL TROPARIA - NATIVITY
CHRIST - CANON 1 TONE 1
Magnify,
O my soul, her who is more

Honourable and more Exalted in
Glory than the Heavenly Hosts.
A strange and most

wonderful Mystery do I see: The cave
is Heaven! The Virgin is the Throne
of the Cherubim! The manger is a
grand space, in which Christ, the
God Whom nothing can contain, is
laid! Him do we Praise and Magnify!
H EIR MO S
OF
CHRIST
OUR
SAVIOUR
Megalinon
Magnify,
Exesion
The Magi, beholding the strange course
psihi mou, ton ek tis

Parthenou, Theon Sarki tehthenta!
dromon, Orontes i Magi,

asinithous Neou Asteros artifaous,
Ouraniou iperlampontos, Hriston
Vasilea
etekmiranto,
en
gi
Gennithenta Vithleem, is Sotirian
imon.
O my soul, God Born in the

Flesh from the Virgin!
of an unknown and newly shining

Star that exceeded the brightness of
all Heavenly Light, learnt thereby
that Christ the King was Born on
earth in Bethlehem for our Salvation.
Megalinon psihi mou, ton en to Spileo, Magnify, O my soul, the King Born in
tehthenta Vasilea!
a cave!
Neigenes, Magon legonton, Pedion anax, The

ou Astir efani, pou estin, is gar
ekinou proskinisin ikomen, manis O
Ierodis etaratteto, Hriston anelin, O
Theomahos friattomenos.
Magi enquired: Where is the New

Born Infant King Whose Star we have
seen? For we have come to worship
Him. In his wild madness Herod, the
enemy of God, was troubled and
plotted to kill Christ.
Megalinon
Magnify,
Ikrivose
Herod ascertained the time the Guiding
psihi mou, ton ipo ton

Magon, Theon proskinithenta!
hronon Irodis asteros, ou tes

igesies
i
Magi
en
Vithleem,
proskinousi Hristo sin doris, if ou
pros Patrida odigoumeni, dinon
pedoktonon, egkatelipon pezomenon.
O my soul, God
worshipped by the Magi!
Who
the Virgin bears the Master

within the Cave
Stergin
O Despotis, tiktete os vrefos,

ipo Mitro Parthenou.
FESTAL 9TH ODE NATIVITY
Today

Raon siopin. To potho de, Parthene,
Imnous ifenin, sintonos tethigmenous
Ergodes estin. Alla ke, Mitir, sthenos,
Osi pefiken i proeresis, didou.
would be easier for us, being free

from all danger, to keep silent
through fear: while it is difficult
indeed, O Virgin, to devise songs
harmoniously with Love. But Thou,
O Mother, grant us strength to fulfil
our Good Intent.
to His Virgin Mother.
would be easier for us, being free
from all danger, to keep silent
through fear: while it is difficult
indeed, O Virgin, to devise songs
harmoniously with Love. But Thou,
O Mother, grant us strength to fulfil
our Good Intent.
Megalinon
mou,
tis
Adieretou,
Magnify, O my soul, the Power of the
afengis ke skias parigmenas, O

Miter Agni, tou Logou dedorkotes,
Neou fanentos, ek Pilis Keklismenis,
Doxoumeni te, tis Alithias Faos,
Epaxios sin Evlogoumen Gastera.
We have seen, O Pure Mother, the past
psihi
Trisipostatou,
ke
Theotitos to Kratos!
Tipous
Ke

eonon.
Three Hypostases and Undivided

Godhead!
obscure types and shadows of the
Word fulfilled, and now that He has
newly Appeared from the Closed
Gate, we who are counted worthy to
behold the Light of Truth, rightly
Bless Thy Womb.
Now

ages.
Amin
Amen
Megalinon psihi mou, tin litrosamenin, Magnify,
imas ek tis kataras.
Pothou tetevhos, ke
Theou Parousias, O
Hristoterpis Laos ixiomenos, nin
potniate
tis
palingenesias,
os
Zoopiou.
Tin Harin de Parthene,
nemis ahrante, Proskinise to Kleos.
O my soul, Her who has

delivered us from the Curse!
Having
been granted the longed for

experience of the Advent of God, the
Christ-pleasing people tearfully pray
to behold the Regeneration, the Lifegiving Baptism. O All Pure and Holy
Virgin, grant us the favour of
Venerating that Glory.
Star appeared, which led the Magi to

Bethlehem, there to worship Christ
with gifts. Led back to their own
land by that same Star, they
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JESUS CHRIST IS OUR TRUE KING

Herod, they departed for their own

PSALM 117 /118

anehorisan is tin horan afton.

(BY THE WILL OF THE FATHER, THROUGH THE SON...)

HIS EVERLASTING MERCY

Kyrios ke Epefanen imin.

Lord is God, and has Appeared

FESTAL APOLYTIKION NATIVITY

Gennisis Sou Hriste O Theos imon,

idomen Pisti, pou egennithi O

Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati,

idomen Pisti, pou egennithi O

Nativity, O Christ our God, has

Come, O ye Faithful, and let us behold

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

SECOND FESTAL KATHISMA - NATIVITY

Thavmazis Mariam? Ti ekthamvise

art Thou filled with Wonder, O

ke nin ke ai ke is tous eonas ton

and to the Holy Spirit, now and

Thou filled with Wonder, O

de Irodis O Vasilefs etarahthi,

sinagagon pantas tou Arhieris ke

Iisou Gennithentos en Bithleem tis

and to the Holy Spirit, now and

ikrivose par afton ton hronon tou

he gathered all the Chief Priests

...And you, O Bethlehem, in the

pempsas aftou is Bithleem ipe:

And he sent them to Bethlehem saying:

idou! O Astir, on idon en ti Anatoi,

"Go, search carefully for the Child.

behold! The Star that they had

de ton Astera, eharisan Haran

elthontes is tin ikian, idon to Pedion

And when they had entered the house,

heard, Herod the King was

Tote Irodis, lathra kalesas tous Magous, Then

Jesus was born in Bethlehem of

nothing can contain? How can He

O ahoritos panti, pos ehorithi en gastri? How is He contained in a Womb, Whom

THE GENTILE MAGI (ST CASPAR, ST MELCHIOR & ST BALTHAZAR) JOURNEYED

THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING

anixantes tou thisavrous afton,

the Star, they rejoiced with

they saw the young Child with Mary

when they had opened their

Divinely warned in a dream