FESTAL APOSTIHA MEETING/PRESENTATION

TONE (5) PLAGAL 1

Erevnate

tas Grafas, kathos ipen en

Evangeliis Hristos O Theos imon. En
aftes
gar
evriskomen
afton,
tiktomenon ke sparganoumenon,
tithinoumenon
ke
galaktotrofoumenon,
peritomin
dehomenon,
ke
ipo
Symeon
Vastahthenta,
ou
dokisi
oude
fantasia, all Alithia to kosmo
fanenta, pros on voisomen. O pro
eonon Theos: Doxa Si!

OF

CHRIST

Search the Scriptures, as Christ our God

said in the Gospels, for in them we
find Him brought to Birth and
Wrapped in swaddling clothes,
nursed and suckled, accepting
Circumcision,
and
carried
by
Symenon, not in imagination, but in
Truth Appearing to the world. To
Him let us cry: God before the Ages:
Glory to Thee!

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Ex Ipsous katilthes O Efsplaghnos, Tafin Thou

katedexo
Triimeron,
ina
imas
Eleftherosis ton Pathon. I Zoi ke i
Anastasis imon, Kyrie: Doxa Si!

descended from on High, O

Compassionate, and Condescended
to be buried for Three Days, so that
from the passions Thy might set us
free. Our Life and Resurrection, O
Lord: Glory to Thee!!

Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati, Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
ke nin ke ai ke is tous Eonas ton
eonon.

Amin

Amen

Ek Sou gar anetilen O Ilios tis

Dikeosinis, Hristos O Theos imon,
Fotizon tous en Skoti. Eufrenou ke
ou Presvita Dikee, examenos en
agkales ton eleftherotin ton psihon
imon harizomenon imin ke tin
Anastasin (3)
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and to the Holy Spirit, now and

forever, and to the Ages of ages.

FESTAL APOLYTIKION MEETING/PRESENTATION

Here, Keharitomeni Theotoke Parthene!

4-5 February 2017

TONE

Rejoice,

O Lady Full of Grace, Virgin

Theotokos! For Christ our God, the
Sun of Righteousness has risen from
Thee and He Illumined those in
Darkness. And Thou, O Righteous
Elder, be glad in heart, receiving in
Thine embrace the One Who
Liberates our soul and bestows on us
Resurrection. (3)

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Anilthes epi Stavrou Iisou, O katavas ex Thou

Ouranou, ilthes epi Thanaton, i Zoi i
Athantos, pros tous en skoti, to Fos to
Alithinon, pros tous pesontas, i
panton Anastasis, O Fotismos, ke O
Sotir imon, Doxa Si!

Preparing for Great Lent

The centre of the Liturgical Year in the Orthodox Church is Holy Pascha - the
celebration of Christs Resurrection.
It is extolled in the Services as the Feast of Feasts and Triumph of triumphs.
Justifiably so, for as the Apostle, St Paul, declared: ... if Christ be not risen, then is
our Preaching vain, and your Faith is also vain. (1 CORINTHIANS 15:14).
Through His Redeeming Passion, Christ freed us from the tyranny of Death and
opened for us the Door to Paradise and Eternal Life.
This is the Goal of our life-long Spiritual Journey - a Journey from Death to Life from Darkness to Light.
It is a long Journey and we travellers get weary; we get distracted and wander
off or even lose sight of the road.
To help keep us focussed, the Church every year compresses for us this Journey as
it prepares us to greet the Feast of Christs Resurrection, which is a Foretaste of
that Eternal Pascha.
We usually think of this Preparatory Time as the Period of Great Lent, but in fact it
begins three weeks earlier with the Sundays of the Publican and Pharisee, the
Prodigal Son and the Last Judgment.
Since we are not Fasting yet, we tend to pay less attention to these Preparatory
Sundays than we do to the Sundays of Great Lent, and yet they are very
important, as they give us a map, as it were, of our Lenten Journey.
Already a week before the Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee, which opens The
Lenten Triodion, we hear intimations of the approaching period of Lent.
The Gospel Lesson for that Sunday relates the story of St Zacchaeus, who had been
... chief among the Publicans, a rich Tax-collector despised for his extortionist
practices.
He must have been a hard man, but the Voice of his conscience had not been
completely stifled, for he came to realize that he had taken the wrong path in
life.
But what could he do? Perhaps the Great Teacher people were talking about
could help him.
When he heard that our Lord Jesus Christ was to pass by, he climbed up into a
sycamore tree in order to catch sight of Him over the crowd, for Zacchaeus was
short of stature.
Any self-consciousness or concern that he - such a public figure - would be
laughed at and scorned, was overcome by his intense desire to see the Lord his desire to get help in order to set his life aright.
And what happened? Jesus Christ not only acknowledged him, He went to his
house.
Zacchaeus heart expanded in the Presence of this Divine Love and he resolved to
make amends to all those whom he had wronged.
In other words he immediately began his Journey to a New Life in Christ.
As we approach the Fast, we must have this same desire - the same state of mind
as St Zacchaeus.
If we genuinely desire to catch sight of our Lord Jesus Christ amidst the worldly
vanities that surround and overwhelm us, God will visit us. We must simply
have the desire to receive Him in the home of our heart.
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Kyrios
evasilefsen,
evprepian
Enediasto.
Enedisato
Kyrios
Dinamin ke perizosato.

ascended the Cross, O Jesus,

having descended from Heaven,
Thou went to Thy Death, O Life
Eternal. Thou art the True Light to
those
in
Darkness,
and
the
Resurrection of all who have fallen.
O Enlightener and Saviour: Glory
to Thee!

The

Lord reigns; He clothed Himself

with Majesty. The Lord clothed and
girded Himself with Power.

Hriston

Doxologisomen, ton Anastanta

ek Nekron.
Psihin ke soma gar
analavon, to pathi ap allilon
dieteme, tis ahrantou men psihis en
Aidi katalthousis, on ke eskilefse,
Tafo de diafthroran ouk ide to Agion
Soma, tou Litrotou ton psihon imon.

Praise

Ke

gar estereose tin ikoumenin, i tis

ou salevthisete.

And

Christ Who has Arisen from the

Dead, for He took upon Himself Soul
and Body, and by His Passion He
separated Them One from the Other.
He Despoiled Hades when His Pure
Soul descended there, yet the Holy
Body
of
our
Redeemer
lay
Incorrupted.
He established the world, which
shall not be moved.

Psalmis

ke imnis Doxologoumen Hriste,

tin ek nekron Sou Anastasin, di is
imas ileftherosas, tis tyannidos tou
Aidou, ke os Theos edoriso, oin
Eonion, ke to Mega Eleos.

With

To

Iko Sou prepi Agiasma, Kyrie, is

makrotita imeron.

Holiness

Despota ton apanton, akatlipte Piita

Ouranou ke Gis, dia Stavrou pathon,
emi apathian epigasas, Tafin de
katadexamenos, ke anastas en Doxi,
sinanestisas
ton
Adam
Hiri
Pantodinamo. Doxa ti Si Triimero
Egersi, di is deodorise imin, tin Eonion
Zoin, ke Ilasmon Amartion, os Monos
Efsplaghnos!

O Lord of all, Incomprehensible Creator

Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati,

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

ke nin ke ai ke is tous Eonas ton

eonon.

Amin

Psalms and Hymns we Glorify, O

Christ, Thy Resurrection from the
dead, whereby Thou hast freed us
from the Torments of Hades, and,
since Thou art God, Thou hast
granted us Eternal Life and Great
Mercy.

is proper to Thy House, O

Lord, unto length of days.

of Heaven and Earth, through Thy

Passion on the Cross Thou hast
Freed me from passion.
After
enduring Burial, Thou Rose in Glory,
Raising up Adam with Thine
Almighty Arm. Glory to Thy
Resurrection on the Third Day,
whereby Thou hast Endowed us with
Eternal Life, and granted us Pardon
of our sins, O Only Compassionate!
and to the Holy Spirit, now and
forever, and to the Ages of ages.

Amen

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ton Kyrion panta ta Ethni!

Epenesate Afton pantes i Lai!

Praise

the Lord, all Gentiles!

Him, all you people!

Dehou

Symeon, on ipo ton gnofon,

Mosis nomothetounta, proeora en
Sina, vrefos genomenon, Nomo
ipotattomenon. Outos estin, O dia
Nomou lalisas outos estin, O en
Profites rithis, O sarkothis di imas, ke
Sosas ton anthropon.
Afton
proskinisomen!

Oti ekrateothi to Eleos Aftou ef imas,

Praise

Symeon: receive the One Whom

Moses beheld in the Dark Cloud
giving the Law on Sinai, Who became
an Infant, submitting to the Law. He
is the One Who spoke through the
Law and Who was spoken of by the
Prophets, Who became Incarnate for
us and Saved humanity.
Let us
worship Him!

For His Mercy

rules over us; and the

Truth of the Lord endures forever.

ke i alithia tou Kyriou meni is ton

eona.

Defte

Let us also come!

ke imis, asmasin entheis, Hristo

sinantithomen, ke dexometha afton,
ou to Sotirion O Symeon eoraken.
Outos estin, on O David katangeli
outos estin, O en Profites lalisas, O
sarkothis
di
imas,
ke
Nomo
fthengomenos. Afton proskinisomen!

Let us Meet Christ

with Inspired Hymns, and let us
Receive Him, Whose Salvation was
beheld by Symeon! He is the One
Whom David proclaimed! He is the
One Who spoke through the
Prophets! He became Incarnate for
us, and spoke through the Law. Let
us Worship Him!

Doxa Patri, ke Io, ke Agio Pnevmati Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit

The Sacred Lesson for the following Sunday reminds us of the Parable of the
Publican and the Pharisee.
Both men were in the Temple praying. The Pharisee prayed: God, I thank Thee
that I am not as other men are - extortionists, unjust, adulterers, or even like
that Publican! .
Meanwhile, the Publican beat his breast, crying out from deep within his soul: O
God, be merciful to me, a sinner!
The Pharisee did well by Tithing and Fasting; he was undoubtedly an upright,
respectable citizen.
Any Virtue he possessed, however, was poisoned by his proud and arrogant
attitude. He was self-satisfied and expressed no desire to change.
As we enter upon the Lenten Struggle, we must beware of such complacency - of
being satisfied with keeping the Rule of the Fast while judging those who do
not.
Such a prideful attitude can ruin all our good efforts.
Instead, we should imitate the humble, contrite Publican, who was a man who
may have, like St Zacchaeus, led a bad life but finally acknowledged and
Repented the error of his ways.
He was trying now to please God, but found himself constantly falling into his old
habits and giving in to temptations.
The Publican saw that he possessed no Righteousness and that he was a
wretched sinner in desperate need of Gods Great Mercy.
O Lord, he cried, help me! Such Humility invites Gods Grace.
The Publican may not have Fasted according to the requirements of the Law and
he may have neglected other ordinances of the Law, but his Humility raised
him above the legalistic Pharisee, and he returned to his home completely
Justified.

THEOTOKION TONE (8) PLAGAL 4

Vasilefs
ton
Ouranon,
dia
Filanthropian, epi tis Gis ofthi, ke tis
anthropis sinanestrafi. Ek Parthenou
gar agnis, sarka proslavomenos ke ek
taftis proelthon meta tis proslipseos,
is Estin iios, diplous tin fisin, all ou
tin ipostasin. Dio telion afton Theon,
ke
telion
anthropon,
alithos
kirittontes, omologoumen Hriston ton
Theon imon, on iketeve Mitir
animfevte, eleithine tas psihas imon.

The

King of Heaven, out of Love for

mankind, Appeared on Earth, and
lived among mankind. He is One
Son, twofold in Nature, but not in
Hypostasis, for He took on flesh
from a Pure Virgin, and came forth
from Her with that which He had
assumed.
Therefore, we Confess
Christ our God, truly proclaiming
that He is One and the Same, Perfect
God and Perfect Man. Intently pray
to Him, O Unwed Mother, to have
Mercy on our soul.

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PROKEIMENON OF SATURDAY EVENING - PSALM 92:TONE (6) PLAGAL 2

Kyrios evasilefsen,
enedisato

evprepeian

The

Lord reigns - He vested Himself

with Majesty.

1.

Enedisato

ke

1.

The Lord vested and girded Himself

2.

Ke gar estereose tin ikoumenin, it is

2.

And

Kyrios
perizosato.

Dinamin,

with Power

ou salevthisete.

THERE

ARE

NO

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and Readings.

He established the world ,

which shall not be moved.

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st

Saturday Vespers Hymns 1 Sunday of Triodion

The Publican & the Pharisee
HYMN

OF THE

Ean

anomias paratirisis, Kyrie, Kyrie,

tis ipostisete? Oti para Si O ilasmos
estin.

If

Mi

prosevxometha Farisaikos, Adelphi.

O gar ipson eafton tapinothisete.
Tapinothomen enantion tou Theou
telonikos
dia
nisias
krazontes.
Ilasthiti imin, O Theos, tis amartolis.

Let us not offer Prayer like the Pharisee,

EVENING INCENSE - PSALM 140/141 TONE 2

Kyrie

ekekraxa pros Se, isakouson mou.

Isakouson
mou,
Kyrie.
Kyrie,
ekekraxa pros Se, isakouson mou,
proshes ti foni tis deiseos mou, en to
kekragene me pros Se, isakouson
mou Kyrie.

Katevthinthito

i prosevhi mou os
thimiama enopion Sou. Eparsis ton
hiron mou Thisia Esperini. Isakouson
mou Kyrie!

Lord,

I cry out to Thee: hear me, O

Lord! O Lord, when I cry out to
Thee, hear me! Hear my voice, when I
cry out to Thee! Hear me, O Lord!

Kyrie; Ipeminen i psihi mou is ton

Logon Sou, ilpisen i psihi mou epi
ton Kyrion.

Mi

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Exagage ek filakis tin psihin mou, tou Bring

my soul out of prison to give

Thanks to Thy Name, O Lord.

exomologisasthe to Onomati Sou.

Esperinon

imnon, ke logikin latrian, Si

Hriste prosferomen, oti iidokisas, tou
eleise imas, dia tis Anastaseos.

Eme

ipomenousi
antapodos mi.

Dikei,

eos

ou

Ek vatheon ekekraxa Si, Kyrie.

offer up to Thee, O Christ, our

Evening
Hymn
and
Spiritual
Worship, for it has pleased Thee to
have Mercy
on
us
by
Thy
Resurrection.

Kyrie,

Here

Sion Agia, Mitir ton Ekklision,

Theou katikitirion. Si gar edexo proti,
afesin amartion, dia tis Anastaseos.

The Righteous shall wait for me, until

Fariseos

of the depths I have cried to

Thee, O Lord. O Lord, hear my
voice.

Rejoice,

O Holy Zion, Mother of

Churches and Dwelling Place of God,
for Thou were the first to receive
remission
of
sins
by
the
Resurrection.

Thine Ears be attentive to the

voice of my Supplication.
before all Ages of God the
Father, the Word, Who in Latter
Times took Flesh of the Virgin,
willingly
endured
Death
by
Crucifixion,
and
by
His
Resurrection, Saved us who have
been subject to Death.

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the morning watch until night;

from the morning watch until night
let Israel Hope in the Lord.

kenodokia
nikomenos ke
Telonis
ti
metania
klinomnos,
prosilthon si to mono Despoti, All O
men kavhisamenos esterithi ton
Agathon, O de mi fthegxamenos
ixiothi ton doreon.
En toutis tis
stenagmis stirixon me, Hriste O
Theos, os Filanthropos.

Out

O ek Theou Patros Logos, pro ton Eonon Begotten

gennithis, ep eshaton de ton hronon,
O aftos ek tis Apirogamou sarkothis,
voulisi Stavrosin Thanatou ipemine,
ke ton pale nekrothenta anthropon
esose, dia tis eaftou Anastaseos.

O Brethren, for he who exalts

himself will be brought to Humility.
Let us humble ourselves in the
Presence of God, like the Publican,
and through Fasting, cry to Him: O
God, be Merciful to us sinners!

From

Filaktis proias mehri niktos, apo

filakis proias, elpisato Israil epi ton
Kyrion.

Presence, but be pleased to have

Mercy on us by Thy Resurrection.

Genithito ta ota Sou prosehonta is tin Let

fonin tis Deiseos mou.

Let us not offer Prayer like the Pharisee,

Apo

Thou Reward me.

isakouson tis fonis ou.

prosevxometha Farisaikos, Adelphi.

O gar ipson eafton tapinothisete.
Tapinothomen enantion tou Theou
telonikos
dia
nisias
krazontes.
Ilasthiti imin, O Theos, tis amartolis.

for Thee; my soul waited for Thy

Word. My soul Hopes in the Lord.

We

Kyrie, Kyrie, mi aporripsis imas apo tou Lord, Lord, cast us not away from Thy
Prosopou Sou, alla evdokison, tou
eleise imas, dia tis Anastaseos.

O Brethren, for he who exalts

himself will be brought to Humility.
Let us humble ourselves in the
Presence of God, like the Publican,
and through Fasting, cry to Him: O
God, be Merciful to us sinners!

Eneken tou Onomatos Sou ipemina Se, Because of Thy Law, O Lord, I waited

Let

my Prayer rise before Thee like

incense - the lifting up of my hands
as the Evening Sacrifice. Hear me, O
Lord!

Thou, O Lord, should mark

transgression, O Lord, who would
stand?
For there is Forgiveness
with Thee.

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Pharisee, by self-esteem dominated,

and a Publican, in Repentance
prostrated, both approached Thee
the Only Master. But the one after
boasting was deprived of Blessings,
while the other, not speaking, was
counted worthy of Thy Gifts.
Confirm me in such sighs like these,
O Christ God, since Thou Love
humanity.

OF

CHRIST TONE 1

Oti para to Kyrio to Eleos ke polli par For with

afto Litrosis. Ke aftos Litrosete ton
Israil ek pason ton anomion aftou.

Lege

Symeon, tina feron en agkales, en

to Nao Agalli? Tini krazis ke voas?
Nin plievtherome.
Idon gar ton
Sotira mou!
Outos estin, O ek
Parthenou tehthis, outos estin O ek
Theou Theos Logos, O Sarkothis di
dimas, ke Sosas ton anthropon.
Afton proskinisomen.

the Lord there is Mercy, and

with Him is Abundant Redemption;
and He will Redeem Israel from all
his transgressions.

Tell

us, O Symeon.
Who art Thou
holding in Thine arms, in the Temple
Rejoicing? Who art Thou speaking
to, and saying: Now I am set free,
for I have beheld my Saviour! He is
the One Born of a Virgin! He is God,
the Word of God, Who became
Incarnate
for
us
and
Saved
humanity! Let us worship Him!

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