Service of Matins: Sunday, February 10, 2013

Service of Matins
Sunday, February 10, 2013

Mode 3. Eothinon III.
St. Haralambos
Katavasias of Theotokos
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SERVICE OF MATINS, Sunday, February 10, 2013

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Mode 3.
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God is the Lord, and He revealed
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Verse: Give thanks to the Lord and call

upon His holy name.
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Verse: All the nations surrounded me, but

in the name of the Lord I defended myself
against them.
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Verse: This came about from the Lord, and

it is wonderful in our eyes.
Resurrectional Apolytikion
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everything on earth be glad. For with

His Arm the Lord has worked power.
He trampled death under foot by
means of death; and He became the
firstborn from the dead. From the maw
of Hades He delivered us; and He
granted the world His great mercy.
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Glory. For the Saint.

Mode 4. Come quickly.
Himself to us. Blessed is he who comes

in the name of the Lord.
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A pillar unshakable are you in Christ's
holy Church, * and, as your own name

denotes, an ever radiant lamp, * allblessed Haralambos, * shining
throughout the whole world * by your
feats as a martyr, * driving away the
darkness of the worship of idols. * With
confidence, therefore, pray to Christ, *
entreating Him to save our souls.
Both now. Theotokion.
O Theotokos, through you became
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manifest to us on earth the mystery,

which was hid from eternity, and
which the Angels themselves knew
not: that God, uniting natures without
confusion, becomes a man and accepts
crucifixion for our salvation voluntarily. By virtue of this, resurrecting man
whom He had first created, He saved
our souls from death.
PRIEST
In peace let us again pray to the Lord.
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Help us, save us, have mercy upon us

and protect us, O God, by your grace.
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Remembering our most holy, pure,

blessed, and glorious Lady, the Theotokos
and ever-virgin Mary, with all the saints,
let us commit ourselves and one another
and our whole life to Christ our God.
CHOIR
To You, O Lord.
PRIEST

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For yours is the dominion, the kingdom, the power, and the glory of the
Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,
now and forever and to the ages of ages.
CHOIR
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Amen.
Kathisma I. Mode 3.
Christ has risen from the dead, the
first of those who have fallen asleep.

The Artificer of all things that were
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made was first born before all creation;

now He has renewed the corrupted
nature of our human race in himself. O
Death, no longer have you dominion,
for the Master of all has destroyed your
power.
Glory.
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When You had physically tasted
death, O Lord, You curtailed its bitterness by Your resurrection, and You
strengthened humanity against it, by
reversing the failure related to the
primal curse, O Defender of our life.
Glory to You, O Lord.
Unto you who mediated the salvation
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Kathisma II. Seeing how beautiful.
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of our race we sing praises, O Virgin

Theotokos. For your Son and our God
in the flesh that He assumed from you
accepted suffering by means of
crucifixion and has thereby set us free
from corruption, in His love for man.
At Your Divinity's immutability,* and

at Your suffering's intentionality, *
amazed was Hades, Lord, and thus
lamented to itself and said:* I tremble
at this human frames uncorrupted
hypostasis.* I see the invisible One
waging war on me secretly.* Hence
those whom I am holding are crying
out: * Glory to Your resurrection, O
Christ.
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Glory. Same Melody.
We the believers now theologize
about* the inexplicable, incomprehensible* unspoken mystery of Your

crucifixion and resurrection.* For today
the realm of death and of Hades has
been despoiled,* and vested is the
human race with incorruptibility.* And
therefore in thanksgiving we cry aloud:
* Glory to Your resurrection, O Christ.
Both now. Theotokion. Same Melody.
You carried mystically within your
womb the One* incomprehensible,

uncircumscribable,* and coessential
with the Father and the Spirit, O
Mother of God.* By your giving birth,
we know that the Trinitys energy,*
singular and unconfused, in the world
should be glorified.* And therefore in
thanksgiving we cry to you: * Rejoice,
O Lady full of grace.
Kathisma III. For the Saint.
Mode 3. Seeing how beautiful.
Seeing the purity, O Martyr, of your
life, * and how resplendently shone

forth your martyrdom, * O Saint
Haralambos, amazed was Greece, and
with joy she calls out: * "On this day we
venerate * and we honor your holy
skull. * Crush the prideful insolence *
of our arrogant enemies; * deliver us
from all kinds danger * and from
diseases, as we sing your praise."

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Glory. Both now.

Theotokion. Original Melody.
Let us sing hymns in praise * of her who
knew no man * and yet gave birth to

God, * and held within her womb * the
One whom nothing can contain, * the allholy Theotokos. * Only she was capable *
of redeeming the human race * from the
curse by giving birth * to the Savior and
God of all. * And let us say to her all
together: * "Rejoice, O Lady full of grace."
Evlogetaria. Mode pl. 1a.
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Blessed are You, O Lord, teach me Your

statutes.
When the hosts of the Angels saw
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statutes.
"Why do you mingle the ointments
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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.
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with your tears full of pity, O women

disciples?" Thus the Angel who was
shining in the tomb cried to the myrrhbearing women. "See for yourselves the
empty tomb and understand, that the
Savior has risen from the sepulcher."
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statutes.
Very early in the morning, the myrrh-
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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."
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statutes.
When the myrrh-bearing women had
Glory to the Father and the Son, and the

Holy Spirit.
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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."
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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.

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Both now and ever, and to the ages of ages.

Amen.
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Giving birth to the Giver of life, O
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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.
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You, O God. (3)

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PRIEST / DEACON
Let us again in peace pray to the Lord.
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Help us, save us, have mercy upon us,

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let us commit ourselves and one another,
CHOIR
To You, O Lord.
PRIEST
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For blessed is your name, and

glorified is your kingdom, of the Father
and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and
forever and to the ages of ages.
READER
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Hypakoe
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Astounding in appearance, refreshing

by the words he spoke, the flashing Angel
said to the myrrh-bearing women: Why do
you look in a tomb for the Living One? He
is risen and has emptied the tombs. Know
Him, the unchanging Changer of
corruption. Say to God: How awesome are
Your works! For You have saved the
human race.
CHOIR

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Anavathmoi
Antiphon I. Mode 3.
You rescued the captivity of Zion out
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of Babylon, O Logos; do also draw me

up from the passions to life.
Those who sow shedding godly tears
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when the south wind is blowing,

joyously will harvest ears of life everlasting.
Glory. Both now.
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the Son, radiates intrinsically every gift

of goodness. And in Him all things
both live and move.
Antiphon .
Unless the Lord build the house of the
O Christ the Fruit of the womb, by the
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virtues, in vain do we labor. But if He

protect the soul, no one can conquer
our city.
Spirit are the saints forever as adopted

sons to You as to a father.
Glory. Both now.
In the Holy Spirit are perceived all
holiness and wisdom, for He gives

substance to all creation. Since He is
God, let us worship Him, as we do the
Father and Logos.
Antiphon III.
Those who fear the Lord are blessed:

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they will walk in the ways of the commandments; for they will eat every
kind of vivifying produce.
Gazing on your offspring round about
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your table bearing branches of good

works, be glad, O arch-pastor.
Glory. Both now.
With the Holy Spirit is all the wealth
of glory. From Him issue grace and life

to all creation, for He is extolled with
the Father and the Logos.
Prokeimenon
Say among the Gentiles, The Lord is

King, for He established the world,
which shall not be shaken. (2)
Verse: Oh, sing a new song to the Lord.
Say among the Gentiles, The Lord is
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King, for He established the world,

which shall not be shaken.
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Kontakion. For the Saint.

Mode 4. You appeared.
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Since the holy Church of Christ is in

possession of your highly honored skull as
priceless treasure, she is glad, O
Hieromartyr Haralambos. Therefore she
praises the Maker of all with joy.

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Let us come together and extol
Haralambos, the all-glorious great Martyr,
the steadfast warrior and soldier of Christ.
He contended splendidly for Christ and
the truth. He openly preached the
Orthodox faith, and put an end to the
error of idolatry. He rebuked the most
unlawful king, and with joy and exultation
he was beheaded. Therefore he received
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the crown from the right hand of the Most

High, and he became a fellow citizen of
the Angels. This is why the Orthodox
Church venerates his all-honored skull,
and crowns it with praises. By it she is
freed from many hardships and diseases,
and she praises the Maker of all with joy.
Resurrectional Kontakion.
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From the tomb You rose today, O

Lord of tender compassion, also from the
gates of death You led us out, O our
Savior. On this day is Adam dancing and
Eve rejoices, and with them together
Patriarchs and the Prophets are
unceasingly extolling the divine power of
Your authority.
Oikos

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Let heaven and earth dance for joy

today, and in oneness of mind extol Christ
God, for He resurrected the prisoners from
their tombs. All creation rejoices together,
offering worthy songs to the Creator of all
and our Redeemer, for today as the Giver
of Life, having drawn mortals up from
Hades, He exalts them to heaven together,
and lays a curse on the enemy's
haughtiness, and smashes the gates of
Hades, by the divine power of His authority.
Synaxarion
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On the tenth of this month we commemorate the holy Hieromartyr Haralampus of

Magnesia.
On this day the holy Martyrs Baptus
and Prphyrius, the former torturers of
Saint Haralampus, were perfected in
martyrdom by the sword.
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On this day the Three Holy Women

who believed through Saint Haralampus
were perfected in martyrdom by the sword.
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On this day we commemorate the holy

Martyrs and Virgins Ennatha, Valentina,
and Paul in Caesarea of Palestine.
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On this day we commemorate our

Father among the Saints Anastasius, Archbishop of Jerusalem.
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On this day we commemorate our

righteous Father Zeno the Imperial
Courier, from Caesarea in Cappadocia,
who led the ascetical life in Antioch.
By the intercessions of Your Saints, O
God, have mercy on us. Amen.
CHOIR
Katavasias
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Ode i. Mode 4e.
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will thus be with Spirit filled.* A word

shall I then pour out* unto the Mother
and Queen.* I will joyously* attend the
celebration* and sing to her merrily, *
lauding her miracles.
Ode iii.
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
crowns of glory graciously* in your
divine glory grant to them.
Ode iv.
When the Prophet Habakkuk heard

the divine* and incomprehensible
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counsel of * Your Incarnation from the

Virgin, O Most High, * considering, he
cried aloud: * Glory to Your power, O
Lord my God.
Ode v.
Amazed was the universe * by your
divine magnificence.* For while never

consummating wedlock,* you held, O
Virgin, the God of all in your womb,*
and gave birth unto a timeless Son*
Who awards salvation to* all who
chant hymns of praise to you.
Ode vi.
Let us possessed of a godly mind,*
observing this divine and all-venerable

feast in honor of* the Theotokos, come
clap our hands,* while glorifying God
who was truly born of her.
Ode vii.
Godly-minded three* did not adore
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We praise, and we bless, and we worship

the Lord.
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created things * in the Creator's stead,*

but bravely trampling upon* the threat
of the furnace fire chanted joyfully:* "O
supremely praised* and most exalted
Lord and God* of the fathers, You are
blessed."
Ode viii.
Pious children stood within the fur-
nace.* The Child of the Theotokos went

and rescued them.* He who was
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prefigured then,* manifestly active

now,* is gathering together the entire
universe* to sing the hymn:* "O praise
and supremely* exalt the Lord, O all
you His works, unto the ages."
PRIEST / DEACON
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Let us pray to the Lord.

CHOIR
Lord have mercy.
PRIEST

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For you are holy, our God, who rest

among the Saints, and to you we give
glory, to the Father and the Son and the
Holy Spirit, now and forever and to the
ages of ages.
CHOIR
Amen.
Let everything that breathes praise the
PRIEST / DEACON
Let us pray to the Lord, our God that

we may be made worthy to hear the holy
Gospel.
CHOIR
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Lord. (3)
Lord have mercy. (3)
PRIEST / DEACON
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Wisdom! Arise! Let us hear the Holy

Gospel.
PRIEST
Peace be to you all.
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And with your spirit.
PRIEST
The reading is from the Holy Gospel

according to Mark.
DEACON
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Let us be attentive!
CHOIR
Glory to you, O Lord, glory to you.

PRIEST
9 - 20
Mark 16:9-20

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When Jesus rose early on the first day

of the week, He appeared first to Mary
Magdalene, from whom He had cast out
seven demons. She went and told those
who had been with Him, as they mourned
and wept. But when they heard that He
was alive and had been seen by her, they
would not believe it. After this he appeared
in another form to two of them, as they were
walking into the country. And they went back
and told the rest, but they did not believe
them. After this He appeared to the eleven
themselves as they sat at table and He
upbraided them for their unbelief and
hardness of heart, because they had not
believed those who saw Him after He had
risen. And He said to them, Go into all
the world and preach the gospel to the
whole creation. He who believes and is
baptized will be saved; but he who does
not believe will be condemned. And these
signs will accompany those who believe:
in My name they will cast out demons;
they will speak in new tongues; they will
pick up serpents, and if they drink any
deadly thing, it will not hurt them; they
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will lay their hands on the sick, and they

will recover. So then the Lord Jesus, after
He had spoken to them, was taken up into
heaven, and sat down at the right hand of
God. And they went forth and preached
everywhere, while the Lord worked with
them and confirmed the message by the
signs that attended it. Amen.
CHOIR
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Glory to you, O Lord, glory to you.
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Having seen the Resurrection of

Christ, let us worship the Holy Lord Jesus,
the only sinless one. Your Cross do we
worship, O Christ, and Your holy
Resurrection do we hymn and glorify. For
You are our God, we know no other but
You, we call upon Your name. Come all
the faithful, let us worship the holy
Resurrection of Christ; for behold through
the Cross, joy has come in all the world.
Ever blessing the Lord, we extol His
Resurrection. For enduring the Cross for
us, He destroyed death by death.
CHOIRS
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Psalm 50.
Mode 2g (or the Mode of the week)
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Have mercy on me, O God, according

to Your great mercy; and according to the
abundance of Your compassion, blot out
my transgression.
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Wash me thoroughly from my

lawlessness and cleanse me from my sin.
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For I know my lawlessness, and my

sin is always before me.
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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.
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For behold, I was conceived in

transgressions, and in sins my mother bore
me.
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Behold, You love truth; You showed

me the unknown and secret things of Your
wisdom.
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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.
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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.
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I will teach transgressors Your ways,

and the ungodly shall turn back to You.
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Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God,

the God of my salvation, and my tongue
shall greatly rejoice in Your righteousness.
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O Lord, You shall open my lips, and

my mouth will declare Your praise.
For if You desired sacrifice, I would
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burnt offerings.
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broken and humbled heart God will not
despise.
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Do good, O Lord, in Your good

pleasure to Zion, and let the walls of
Jerusalem be built;
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Then you will be pleased with a

sacrifice of righteousness, with offerings
and whole burnt offerings;
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Then shall they offer young bulls on

Your altar. And have mercy on me, O God.
Glory.
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At the intercession of the Apostles, O

Lord of mercy, blot out my many
offences.
Both now.
At the intercession of the Theotokos,
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O Lord of mercy, blot out my many

offences.
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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
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and great mercy.
PRIEST / DEACON
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
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the intercessions of our most pure Lady

the Theotokos and ever-Virgin Mary; the
power of the precious and life-giving
Cross; the protection of the honorable,
bodiless Powers of heaven; the
supplications of the honorable and
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, Athanasios, Cyril, and John
the Merciful, patriarchs of Alexandria;
Nicholas, bishop of Myra, Spyridon,
bishop of Trimythous, Nektarios of
Pentapolis, the wonder workers; the holy,
glorious great Martyrs George the
Victorious, Demetrios the Myrobletes,
Theodore the Teron, and Theodore the
General, Menas the Wonderworker and
Charalambos the Hieromartyr; the holy,
glorious, and victorious martyrs; the
glorious great Martyr and all-laudable
Euphemia; [the holy and glorious Martyrs
Thecla, Barbara, Anastasia, Katherine,
Kyriak, Foten, Marina, Paraskev and
Irene;] of our holy God-bearing Fathers;
(the patron saint of the church); the holy and
righteous ancestors of God Joachim and
Anna; the holy and glorious Hieromartyr
Haralambos, whose memory we celebrate;
and of all your Saints; we beseech you,
only merciful Lord, hear us sinners who
pray to you and have mercy on us.
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Lord have mercy. (12)
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Through the mercy, compassion, and

love of mankind of your only begotten Son,
with whom you are blessed, together with
your all holy, good and life-giving Spirit,
now and forever and to the ages of ages.
CHOIRS
Amen.
PRIEST / DEACON
Let us honor and magnify in song the

Theotokos and the Mother of light.
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The Magnificat. Mode 4e.
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Verse: My soul magnifies the Lord, and

my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior.
Greater in honor than the Cherubim,
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Verse: For He has regarded the lowly

state of His maidservant; for behold, henceforth
all generations will call me blessed.
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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.

magnify.
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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.
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, .
Verse: He has shown strength with His

arm; He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
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,

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Verse: He 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.
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magnify.

magnify.

magnify.
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Verse: He has helped His servant Israel,

in remembrance of His mercy, as He spoke to
our fathers, to Abraham and his seed forever.
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magnify.
Ode ix. Katavasia. Same Mode.
All you born on earth,* with festival
, ,
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lamps in hand, in spirit leap for joy;*

heavenly intelligences* of incorporeal
Angels, celebrate* and honor thus the
sacred feast of the Mother of God,*
crying loudly:* O rejoice, allblessed
one,* evervirgin and pure, who gave
birth to God.
PRIEST / DEACON
Let us again in peace pray to the Lord.
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Help us, save us, have mercy upon us,

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let us commit ourselves and one another,
CHOIRS
To You, O Lord.
PRIEST
For all the powers of heaven praise
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you and give you glory, to the Father and

the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and
forever and to the ages of ages.
CHOIRS
Amen.
. (3)
Holy is the Lord our God. (3)
Exalt the Lord our God, and worship

, .
at the footstool of His feet, for He is

holy.
Exaposteilarion
. .
Mode 2g. On the mountain.
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Let no one doubt and disbelieve * that
Christ was resurrected. * For unto

Mary He appeared; * Afterwards by
those walking * in the field was He
seen clearly. * To the eleven Mystics *
reclining, He appeared again. * When
He sent them to baptize, He did ascend
* into heaven from which He had
descended, * and with abundant
miracles * He did confirm their
preaching.
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For the Saint.

Mode 2. O Women, hearken.
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Your flame of love was lit by God; * and

longing for the King of all, * O blessed
Saint, very bravely * you threw down
the prideful serpent; * and you rebuked
the inhumane * and brutal tyrant
Severus, * O Hieromartyr Haralambos. *
And you received worthy honor * and
your reward from the Master.

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O . .
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Theotokion. Same Melody.
O Mary, as the place we go * for refuge,

pride of Christians all, * guard and
protect us your servants * from harm
and keep us uninjured. * With longing
we extol you now. * We pray you to
deliver us * from dangerous
predicaments, * through your intense
intercession * and prayers to your Son
and our God.
Lauds. Mode 3.
Let everything that breathes praise the
Praise Him, all you His angels; praise
To fulfill among them the written judgment: this glory have all His holy ones.
O come, all you nations. Know the
Praise God in His saints, praise Him in

the firmament of His power.
Those who guarded You reported all the

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Lord. Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the highest. It is
fitting to sing a hymn to You, O God.
Him, all you His hosts. It is fitting to
sing a hymn to You, O God.
power of the awe-inspiring mystery.

For Christ our Savior, the Logos who
was in the beginning, voluntarily for us
was crucified and buried, and He rose
from the dead to save the universe. Let
us worship Him.
marvelous events, O Lord. However the
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Sanhedrin of futility filled their hands

with gifts, thinking that in this way they
could hide Your resurrection, which the
world glorifies. Have mercy on us.
Praise Him for His mighty acts, praise

Him according to the abundance of His greatness.
The universe was filled with joy in the

,
,
,

, , , .
experience of Your resurrection. Mary

Magdalene came unto the tomb and
found an Angel sitting upon the stone.
With his garments flashing like
lightning, he said to her, "Why do you
seek among the dead the One who is
alive? He is not here, but has risen as He
said, and is going before you to Galilee."
Praise Him with the sound of trumpet,

praise Him with the harp and lyre.
In Your light we will see light, O

,
,
,
. .
Master who loves humanity; for You

have risen from the dead, and You
granted salvation to the human race, so
that all creation may glorify You, only
sinless One. Have mercy on us.
.
. o .
Prosomoia for the Saint.

Mode 1. For the celestial orders.
Praise Him with timbrel and dance, praise

Him with strings and flute.
Come all you children of Greece now, *
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and you who love the Saints, * let us give

rightful honor * to the skull of the Martyr
* Haralambos, saluting it with a kiss; * for
he preached in the stadium * that Christ
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is God and Creator, and he rebuked * the

deception of the impious.
Praise Him with resounding cymbals,

praise Him with triumphant cymbals. Let everything that breathes praise the Lord.
Come all you children of Greece now, *
, ,
,
, ,
, ,
.
and you who love the Saints, * let us give

rightful honor * to the skull of the Martyr
* Haralambos, saluting it with a kiss; * for
he preached in the stadium * that Christ
is God and Creator, and he rebuked * the
deception of the impious.
,
.
The righteous shall flourish like a palm

tree; he shall be multiplied like the cedar in
Lebanon.
Thrice-blessed Saint, you are
To the saints on His earth, in them the

Lord magnified all His will.
In all of Greece has the festive * and
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numbered * with the celestial hosts, *

and as you stand in honor * near the
Trinity, Father, * you pray for us who
honor your precious skull * with
devout faith and reverence. * O
Hieromartyr Haralambos, we entreat *
that you keep us safe from any harm.
bright memorial * of holy Hieromartyr

Saint Haralambos risen * most glorious
and splendid; for she is blest * to possess
his most honored skull, * which had
proclaimed Christ the Savior, both God
and man. * Hence she celebrates it
festively.
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Glory. Mode 3.
The 3rd Eothinon Doxasticon.
When Mary Magdalene announced
the good news of the Savior's

resurrection from the dead and His
appearance, the Disciples would not
believe. So they were upbraided for
their hardness of heart. But once they
were fully equipped with the signs and
miracles, they were sent out to preach.
So then You, O Lord, were taken up to
Your Father, the Source of Light; and
they went and preached the word
everywhere, and were confirmed by
the miracles. Therefore we, who have
been enlightened by them, glorify Your
resurrection from the dead, O Lord
who loves humanity.
You are supremely blessed, O Virgin

, ,
, , , , .
, , .
Theotokos. For through Him who from

you became incarnate, was Hades
taken prisoner, and Adam has been
summoned back, and the curse has
been neutralized, and Eve has been
liberated; death has been put to death,
and we have been brought to life.
Therefore extolling we cry out: O
Christ our God, You are blessed, for so
was Your good pleasure. Glory to You.
The Doxology follows immediately.
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Copyright 2012 by Fr. Seraphim Dedes

SERVICE OF MATINS, Sunday, February 10, 2013

God is the Lord, and He revealed

Verse: Give thanks to the Lord and call

Verse: All the nations surrounded me, but

Verse: This came about from the Lord, and

everything on earth be glad. For with

Glory. For the Saint.

Himself to us. Blessed is he who comes

, - Let the heavens sing for joy, and let

A pillar unshakable are you in Christ's

holy Church, * and, as your own name

O Theotokos, through you became

manifest to us on earth the mystery,

In peace let us again pray to the Lord.

Help us, save us, have mercy upon us

Remembering our most holy, pure,

Christ has risen from the dead, the

first of those who have fallen asleep.

SERVICE OF MATINS, Sunday, February 10, 2013

made was first born before all creation;

When You had physically tasted

Unto you who mediated the salvation

Kathisma II. Seeing how beautiful.

of our race we sing praises, O Virgin

At Your Divinity's immutability,* and

Glory. Same Melody.

We the believers now theologize

about* the inexplicable, incomprehensible* unspoken mystery of Your

You carried mystically within your

womb the One* incomprehensible,

Seeing the purity, O Martyr, of your

life, * and how resplendently shone

SERVICE OF MATINS, Sunday, February 10, 2013

Glory. Both now.

Let us sing hymns in praise * of her who

knew no man * and yet gave birth to

Blessed are You, O Lord, teach me Your

When the hosts of the Angels saw

Blessed are You, O Lord, teach me Your

"Why do you mingle the ointments

how You were accounted among the

with your tears full of pity, O women

Blessed are You, O Lord, teach me Your

Very early in the morning, the myrrh-

bearing women were hastening to Your

Blessed are You, O Lord, teach me Your

When the myrrh-bearing women had

Glory to the Father and the Son, and the

come with their spices to Your

- We bow down in worship to the

Father and His Son and the Holy Spirit,

Both now and ever, and to the ages of ages.

Giving birth to the Giver of life, O