2016-25 Dec-Royal Hours Nativity

Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria & All Africa
24 December
Royal Hours
Nativity of Jesus Christ our Lord & Saviour
By the Grace of God

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GREEK ORTHODOX PATRIARCHATE OF ALEXANDRIA & ALL AFRICA
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52. N A T I V I T Y O F O U R L O R D & S A V I O U R , J E S U S C H R I S T R O Y A L H O U R S
Christ is Born!
Let us Worship
and Adore Him!
N A T I V I T Y O F O U R L O R D & S A V I O U R , J E S U S C H R I S T R O Y A L H O U R S 51.
May the Joy, Peace

and Divine Blessings
remain in all hearts & souls
throughout this New Year
of our Lord!
And may God keep us in
His Sight Forever!
Let us keep in our Prayers all the little children

who are suffering the devastation, bereavement
and destitution of warfare as well as so much other
brutality, pain and suffering.
May our Loving Heavenly Father
keep them in His Sight, Love and Embrace
forever.
TRISAGION PRAYERS
Evlogitos
O Theos imon, pantote nin

ke ai ke is tous eonas ton eonon.
Amin
Vasili
Blessed is our God always now

and ever, and unto Ages of Ages.
PRIEST
PEOPLE
Ouranie, Paraklite, to Pnevma

tis Aklithias, O Panatahou paron ke
ta panta pliron, O Thisavros ton
Agathon ke Zois Korigos elthe ke
skinoson en imin ke katharison imas
apo pasis kilidos ke Soson, Agathe,
tas psihas imon.
Agios
O Theos, Agios Ishiros, Agios

Athanatos, Eleison imas. [3]
Amen
Heavenly King, O Comforter, the

Spirit of Truth, Who art in all places
and Who fillest all things; Treasury
of Good Things and Giver of Life:
come and dwell in us and cleanse us
from every stain, and Save our souls,
O Gracious Lord.
.. Eleise ke Sose imas, os Agathos ke

Filanthropos ke eleimon Theos.
... have Mercy and Save us, for He is a

Gracious, Merciful and Loving God.
Amin
Di efhon
Amen
Through
Amin
Amen
ton Agion Pateron imon,

Kyrie Iisou Hriste O Theos imon,
eleison ke soson imas.
the Prayers of our Holy

Fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God,
have Mercy on us and Save us.
Holy
God,
Holy
Mighty,
Holy
Immortal, have mercy upon us. [3]
Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati. Glory

Ke nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton
eonon.
Amin
Panagia
Trias Eleison imas. Kyrie,

elasthiti tes amarties imon. Despota,
singhorison tas anomias imin. Agie
Ipiskepse, ke iase tas asthenias imon,
eneken tou Onomatos Sou.
Kyrie Eleison [3]

Doxa Patri ke
Io ke Agio Pnevmati.
eonon.
Amin
to the Father, and to the Son,

and to the Holy Spirit, now and
ever, and to the Ages of Ages.
Amen
All Holy
Trinity have mercy on us.

Lord:
cleanse us from our sins.
Master: pardon our iniquities. Holy
God: visit and heal our infirmities for
Thy Names sake.
Lord have mercy [3]

Glory to the Father, and to the
Son,
Amen
First Hour
THE PROSTRATIONS
MAKE
THE
SIGN
OF THE
CROSS
AND BOW DOWN EACH TIME TO OUR
LORD GOD
Defte
O come let us worship and bow down
Defte
Defte
proskinisomen ke prospesomen
to Vasili imon Theo.
Hristo to Vasili imon Theo.
Afto, Hristo to Vasili ke Theo imon
to our King and God.
to Christ, our King and God.
before Christ Himself, our King and

our God.
Exelou
Si
imas tis tou antikimenou hiros,

ke afes imin ta amartimata, ke
nekroson to sarkikon imon fronima,
ina
ton
paleon
apothemevi
anthropon, ton Neon endisometha, ke
Si Zisomen to imetero Despoti ke
kidemoni,
ke
outo
tis
Sis
Akolouthountes prostagmasin, is tin
eonton
anapafsin
katantisomen,
eftha panton esti ton evfrenomenon i
katikia.
Pluck
gar i i ontos Alithini Evfrosini ke

Agalliasis ton Agaponton Se, Hriste O
Theos imon.
Ke Si tin Doxan
anapempomen, sin to anarho Sou
Patri, ke to Panagio, ke Agatho, ke
Zoopio Sou Pnevmati, nin ke ai, ke is
tous eonas ton eonon.
For Thou, O Christ our God, are indeed
Amin
us from the hand of the

adversary, forgive us our sins, and
destroy our fleshly lusts, that
putting off the old man, we may put
on the New, and may live for Thee,
our Master and Protector; and so,
following Thine Ordinances, we may
attain to Eternal Rest, in the Place
where all the Joyful dwell.
the True Joy and Gladness of those

who Love Thee, and unto Thee we
ascribe Glory, together with Thy
Father Who is without beginning,
and Thy Most Holy, Good and Lifegiving Spirit, now and ever, and to
the Ages of Ages.
Amen.
Doxa Si O Theos, i Elpis imon, doxa Si! Glory to Thee, O God our Hope, 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
forever, and to the Ages of ages.
Amin
Kyrie eleison [3]
Pater Agie Evlogison
Amen
Lord have mercy [3]
Holy Father, give the Blessing
Thou
en Spyleo Gennitiheis kai en Fatni

anaklitheis dia tin imeteran Sotirian,
Hristos, O Alithinos Theos imon, tes
Presvies
tis
Panahrantou
ke
Panamomoou Agias Aftou Mitros...
...Dinami tou Timiou ke Zoopiou
Stavrou...
...Prostasies ton timion Epouranion
Dinameon Asomaton ...
...ikesies tou Timiou Endoxou Profitou ke
Vaptistou Ioannou...
... ton Agion endoxon ke panefimon
Apostolon...
...ton Agion evdoxon ke kallinikon
Martirion...
...ton Osion ke Theoforon Pateron imon...
...ton Agion ke Dikeon
Ioakim ke Annis...
Theopatoron
...tou Agiou ... ou ke tin mnimin

epiteloumen ke panton ton Agion...
Ta
rimata mou enotise Kyrie, sines tis

kravgis mou.
Hear my words, O Lord, hear my cry.
Proshes
Hearken
Oti
For to Thee will I pray,
To proi parastisome Si, ke epopsi me.
In the morning I will stand before Thee,
ti foni tis Deiseos mou, O

Vasilefs mou ke O Theos mou.
pros Se prosefxome Kyrie - to proi
isakousi tis fonis mou.
to the voice of my Prayer, O

my King and my God.
O Lord - in the
morning Thou shalt hear my voice.
and I will watch.
THE APOLISIS THE DISMISSAL
eonon.
PSALM 5
A PRAYER OF GUIDANCE A MORNING PRAYER
Who was Born of the Virgin and

lay in the Manger for our Salvation,
Christ our God, through the
Intercessions of our Most Pure Lady
Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary...
...through the Power of the Precious and
Life-giving Cross...
...the Protection of the sublime Spiritual
Powers in Heaven;
...the Supplications of the Precious,
Glorious Prophet and Forerunner
John the Baptist...
...
of
the
Holy,
Glorious
and
Praiseworthy Apostles...
...of the Holy, Glorious and Victorious
Martyrs...
...of our Saintly and God-Inspired
Fathers...
...of the Holy and Righteous Ancestors
Joachim and Anna...
...of whose memory we
Commemorate today, and of all the
Saints...
Oti ouhi Theos thelon anomian Si i.
For
Ou parikisi Si ponirevomenos.
Oude diamenousi paranomi,
Nor shall the evildoer dwell with Thee.

The Lawless shall not stand before
katenanti
Thou art not a God Who wills

Lawlessness.
ton Ofthalmon Sou!
Emisisas
pantas tous ergazomenous tin

anomian.
Thine Eyes!
All workers of iniquity Thou despise.
Apolis pantas tous lalountas to psevdos. Thou shall destroy all who speak lies.
Andra ematon ke dolion idelissete The man of violence and deceit the
Kyrios.
Ego
de en to plithi tou Eleos Sou,

iselevsome is ton Ikon Sou.
Proskiniso pros Naon Agion Sou en Fovo
Lord abhors.
As
I
Sou.
Kyrie,
Odigison me en ti Dikeosini Sou,

eneka ton ehthron mou.
for me, in the multitude of Thy

Mercy, I will enter Thy House.
will worship towards
Temple in Fear of Thee.
Thy
Holy
Lord, Guide me in Thy Righteousness

because of my enemies.
Katevthinon Enopion Sou tin odon mou. Make straight Thy Way before me.
Oti ouk estin en to stomati afton Alithia, For in their mouths there is no Truth i kardia afton matea.
their hearts are vain.
Tafos anogmenos O larigx afton.

Their throats are like open graves.
Tes glosses afton edoliousan.
Their tongues are deceitful.
Krinon aftous, O Theos.
Judge them, O God.
Apopesatosan apo ton diavoulion afton Let them fall by their false accusations
- kata to plithos ton asevion afton,
exoson aftous, oti parepikranan Se
Kyrie.
Ke
evfranthiisan pantes i elpizontes epi

Se Is eona agalliasonte, ke
kataskinosis en aftis, ke kavhisonte
en Si i Agapontes to Onoma Sou, oti
Si Evlogisis Dikeon.
Kyrie,
os Oplo Evdokias Estefanosas

imas.
cast them out in the multitude of

their ungodliness, for they provoked
Thee, O Lord.
And
gladden all those who hope in

Thee - they shall rejoice for ever,
and Thou shalt dwell in them, and
all those who Love Thy Name shall
Glory in Thee, for Thou will Bless the
Righteous.
O Lord, Thou hast Crowned us as with

a Shield of Thy Good Will.
pasis thlipseos kakon ke odinis.
PSALM 44/45
A WEDDING HYMN - THE MESSIAH/CHRIST THE BRIDEGROOM & HIS HOLY CHURCH -THE BRIDE
Exirevxato i kardia mou Logon Agathon. My

glossa mou
oxygrafou.
kalamos
kalli para
anthropon.
grammateos
tous
vious
ton
My tongue is the pen of a scrivener who

Thou art more beautiful
than the sons
of men.
Exehithi i Haris en Hilesi Sou.
Dia touto
Evlogise Se O Theos is ton eona.
Grace
is poured abroad in Thy Lips.

Therefore, God has Blessed Thee
forever.
Perizose
tin Romfean Sou epi ton Iiron

Sou, Dynate.
Gird
Ti
Oreotiti Sou ke to Kalli Sou. Ke

entine, ke katevodou, ke Vasileve,
eneken Alithias ke Praotitos ke
Dikeosinis.
With
Thy Sword upon Thy Thigh, O

Thou Most Mighty.
Thy Comeliness and Thy Beauty
set out, proceed prosperously, and
Reign
because of Truth
and
Meekness and Justice.
Ke odigisi Se Thavmastos i Dexia Sou.
And
Ta
Thine arrows are sharp and under Thee,
eonos. Ravdos Evthititos i Ravdos tis

Vasilias Sou.
Dikeosinin,
anomian.
ke
emisisas
the Sceptre of Thy Kingdom is a

Sceptre of Uprightness.
Thou
has Loved Justice, and hated

iniquity.
Dia
Therefore God,
Smyrna
Myrrh
Paresti
The Queen stood at Thy right Hand, in
touto ehrise Se, O Theos, O Theos

Sou Eleon agaliaseos para tous
metohous Sou.
ke stakti ke kasia apo ton

imation Sou - apo vareon elefantinon,
ex on efranan Se thigateres
Vasileon - en ti Timi Sou.
i Vasilissa ek Dexion Sou, en
imatismo
diahriso
perivevlimeni,
pepikilmeni.
Akouson
Thigater, ke ide, ke klinon to

ous Sou, ke epilathou tou laou sou, ke
tou ikou tou Patros Sou.
Ke
Sou,
TO
Hearken,
O Daughter, and behold, and

incline Thine Ear, and forget Thy
people and Thy Fathers house.
ke
thigatir Tyrou en doris, to Prosopon

Sou litanevsousi i plousii tou laou.
the King shall greatly desire Thy

Beauty, for He is the Lord Thy God,
and they shall worship Him.
And
the daughters of Tyre shall

worship Him with gifts; Thy Favour
shall be entreated by the rich among
the people.
us with Thy Holy Angels,

that Guided and Guarded by them,
we may attain to the Unity of the
Faith and to the Knowledge of Thine
Unapproachable Glory, for Thou art
Blessed to the Ages of Ages.
and to the Son,

ever, and to the Ages of ages.
Amen.
EVER BLESSED THEOTOKOS
It is truly worthy to Bless Thee,

O Theotokos, Who art Ever Blessed
and All Blameless, and the Mother of
our God. More Honourable than the
Cherubim,
and
more
Glorious
beyond compare than the Seraphim,
Thou Who without stain bore God
the Word, and art truly Theotokos:
we Magnify Thee.
READER
Theotokon tin Aimakariston ke

Panamomiton ke Mitera tou
Theou
imon. Tin Timioteran ton Herouvim
ke
Endoxoteran
asingritos
ton
Serafim, tin adiafthoros Theo Logon
tekousan, tin ontos Theotokon, Se
Megalinomen.
BLESSING
Theos Iktirise imas ke Evlogise

imas epifane to Prosopo Aftou ke
Eleise imas
THE PRAYER
OF
O God be Merciful to us and

Bless us, and cause His Face to shine
upon us, and be Merciful to us.
PRIEST
ST BASIL
Despota
PRIEST
All
For
Kyrie Iisou Hriste, O Theos

imon, O Makrothimisas epi tis imon
plimmelimasi, ke ahri tis parousis
oras agagon imas, en i epi tou
Zoopiou
xilou
kremamenos,
to
efgnomoni listi tin is ton Paradison
odopiisas Isodon, ke Thanato ton
Thanaton olesas: ilasthiti imin tis
tpinis, ke amartolis ke anaxiis doulis
Sou.
and stacte and cassia perfume

Thy Garments; from the ivory
palaces from which they gladdened
Thee - daughters of Kings - in Thine
Honour.
apparel interwoven with gold, and

adorned and embroidered with
various colours.
THE
Axion estin os Alithis Makarizin Se tin
Thy God, has Anointed

Thee with the Oil of Gladness above
Thy fellows.
Ke epithimisi O Vasilefs tou kallous sou, And

Kyrios

eonon.
Amin
O Mighty One, people shall fall - into

the hearts of the Kings enemies.
O Thronos Sou, O Theos, is ton eona tou Thy Throne, O God is forever and ever;
Encompass
Amin.
PEOPLE Amen.
Kyrie Eleison [3]
Lord have mercy [3]
Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati. Glory to the Father,
Thy right Hand shall Guide Thee

wonderfully.
veli Sou ikonimena, Dynate, lai

ipokato Sou pesounte - en kardia ton
ehthron tou Vasileos.
oti Aftos esti

Proskinisis Afto.
imas Agiis Sou Angelis, ina, ti

paremvoli afton frurumeni ke O di
goumeni katantisomen is tin enotita
tis Pisteos ke is tin epignosin tis
aprosito Sou Doxis, oti Evlogitos i is
tous eonas ton eonon.
writes swiftly.
Oreos
Igapisas
Tihison
heart has uttered a Good Word; I

speak of my Works to the King.
Lego ego ta Erga mou to Vasili.
tribulation, evil and distress.
iketefomen tin sin anikaston

agathotita,
imartomen
gar
ke
inomisamen, ke ouk esmen axii are ta
ommata imon ke vlepse is to Ipsos
tou Ouranon, dioti katelipomen tin
odon
tis
Dikeosinis
Sou,
ke
eporefthimen en tis thelimasi ton
kardion imon.
Fise
imon, Kyrie kata to plithos tou

Eleous Sou: ke Soson imas dia to
Onoma Sou to Agion, oti exelipon en
maeotiti e imere imon.
THE
GREAT
O Master and Lord, Jesus Christ

our God, Who is Long-suffering
towards our faults and has brought
us even to this present hour, in
which, hanging upon the Life-giving
Cross, Thou opened the Way into
Paradise for the Repentant Thief,
and destroyed Death by Death: be
Merciful to us, Thy humble and
sinful and unworthy servants.
we have sinned and transgressed,

and we are not worthy to lift up our
eyes to behold the Height of Heaven,
since we have forsaken the Path of
Thy Righteousness and have walked
according to the desires of our own
hearts.
But
we
beseech
Thine
Infinite
Goodness:
spare us, O Lord,
according to the abundance of Thy
Mercy, and Save us for Thy Holy
Names sake, for our days have been
consumed in vanity.
imin. Agie Ipiskepse, ke iase tas

asthenias
imon,
eneken
tou
Onomatos Sou.
God, Visit and Heal our infirmities

for Thy Names sake.
Pasa
i Doxa tis Thigatros tou Vasileos

esothen;
en
krossotis
hrisis,
perivevlimeni.
All Her Glory as the Kings Daughter is

within - adorned and embroidered
with golden tassels.
Kyrie eleison [3]

Lord have mercy [3]
Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati. Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
Apenehthisonte
Amin
Apenehthisonte en Evfrosini ke Agalliasi. They

eonon.

Amen.
Pater imon O en tis Ouranis, Agiasthito Our
Oti Sou Estin i Vasilia ke i Dinamis ke i

Doxa tou Patros, ke tou Iou, ke tou
Father, Who art in Heaven,

Hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy
Kingdom come, Thy Will be done, on
earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this
day our Daily Bread and Forgive us
our trespasses as we forgive those
who trespass against us. And lead
us not into temptation, but deliver
us from the evil one.
For Thine is the Kingdom, and

Power, and the Glory, of
Father, and of the Son, and of
Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to
Ages of ages.
PRIEST
Agiou Pnevmatos, nin ke ai ke is tous

eonas ton eonon.
Amin.
PEOPLE
FESTAL KONTAKION - NATIVITY
Parthenos simeron, ton Proeonion

Logon, en Spyleo erhete, apotekein
aporritos.
Horeve i ikoumeni
akoutisthisa. Doxason meta Angelon
ke
ton
Pimenon,
Voulithenta
epofthine, Pedion Neon, ton Pro
Eonon Theon.
OF
OUR
the
the
the
the
Today the Virgin comes to the Cave to

give Birth Ineffably to the Pre-Eternal
Word.
Hearing this, be of good
cheer, O inhabited earth, and with
the Angels and the Shepherds,
Glorify Him Whose Will it is to be
made manifest as a young Child, the
Pre-Eternal God.
O en Panti kero ke pasi ora en Ourano

ke epi gis Proskinoumenos ke Doxa
zomenos Hristos O Theos, O
Makrothimos,
O
Polyeleos,
O
Polyevsplahnos; O tous Dikeous
Agapon ke tous amartolous Eleon; O
pantas kalon pros Sotirian dia tis
epangelias ton melonton Agathon:
aftos Kyrie pros dekse ke imon en ti
ora tafti tas entefxis ke ithinon tin
zoin imon pros tas Endolas Sou.
Tas
psihas imon Agiason; ta somata

Agnison; tous logismous Diorthoson;
tas enias Katharon; ke Rise imas apo
PEOPLE
Lord have mercy (40)
O Christ our God, Who at all times

and in every hour, in Heaven and on
earth, art Worshipped and Glorified;
Who are Long-suffering, Merciful and
Compassionate; Who Lovest the Just
and showest Mercy on the sinner;
Who Callest all to Salvation through
the Promise of Blessings to come: O
Lord, in this hour, receive our
Supplications, and direct our lives
according to Thy Commandments.
PRIEST
Sanctify
our souls, Hallow our bodies,

Correct our thought, Cleanse our
minds, and Deliver us from all
shall be brought with Gladness

and Rejoicing - they shall be led into
the Temple of the King.
In
Mnithisome
They
Dia
Therefore
ton Pateron Sou egennithisan i ii

Sou - katastesis aftous arhontas epi
pasan tin Gin.
tou Onomatos Sou en pasi
genea ke genea.
touto lai exomologisonte Si is ton

eona, ke is ton eona tou eonos
place of Thy Fathers, sons shall be

born to Thee - Thou shalt make them
Rulers over all the earth.
shall remember Thy Name from
generation to generation.
people shall Confess Thee

forever and to the Ages of Ages.
PSALM 45/46
GOD DWELLS WITHIN HIS PEOPLE
Theos imon Katafigi ke Dynamis:

voithos en thlipsei tes evrouses imas
sfodra.
God is our Refuge and Power;
a Help in
afflictions that severely befall us.
Dia
Therefore
Ithisan
Their waters roared and were troubled;
touto, ou fovithisometha en to
tarassesthe tin Gin, ke metatithesthe
ori en kardies thalasson.
LORD - TONE 3
PRAYERS
Kyrie eleison (40)
Virgins behind Her shall be

brought to the King - Her neighbours
shall be brought to Thee.
Anti
Amen.
CHRIST
The
Ahthisonte is Naon Vasileos.
OUR LORDS PRAYER

THE CONGREGATION RECITES THIS PRAYER IN UNISON
to Onoma Sou, eltheto i Vasilia Sou,

genithito to Thelima Sou, os en
Ourano ke epi tis gis. Ton Arton
imon ton epiousion dos imin simeron.
Ke afes imin ta ofelimata imon, os ke
imis afiement tis ofiletes imon. Ke mi
isenengis imas is pirasmon, alla rise
imas apo tou ponirou.
to Vasili Partheni opiso

Aftis, e plision Aftis apenehthisonte
Si.
ke etarahthisan ta idata afton;

etarahthisan ta ori en ti Krateotiti
Aftou.
we will not fear when the

Earth is troubled, and when the
mountains are removed into the
heart of the seas.
the mountains were troubled by His
Might.
Tou
potamou ta ormimata evfrenousi

tin Polin tou Theou; Igiase to skinoma
Aftou O Ipsistos.
The
Theos en meso Aftis, ke ou

salefthisete. Voithisi Afti O Theos to
pros proi proi.
God is in Her midst so She shall not be
torrents of the river gladden the

City of God; the Most High Sanctified
His Tabernacle.
shaken. God shall help Her early in
the morning.
Etarhthisan Ethin; eklinan Vasilie; edoke Nations

Fonin Aftou O Ipsistos, esalefthi i Gi.
were troubled; Kingdoms fell;

He uttered His Voice and the Earth
shook.
Kyrios
The
Defte
Come and behold the Works of the Lord
ton Dinameon meth imon;

Antiliptor imon O Theos Iakov.
ke idete ta Erga tou Theou - a

etheto terata epi Gis.
Lord of Hosts is with us; our

Protector is the God of Jacob.
- the Wonders He wrought on the
Earth.
Antaneron polemous, mehri ton peraton When He makes wars cease to the ends
tis Gis, toxon sintripsi, ke sinthlasi
oplon; ke oureous katakafsi en piri.
of the Earth, He will break the bow

and shatter the weapon; and He will
burn up the shields in fire.
Eholasate ke gnote, oti Ego Imi O Theos. Be still and know that I Am God;
Ipsothisome
en
tis
Ethnesin,
I will
be exalted among the Nations, and I
ipsothisome en ti Gi.
will be exalted in the Earth.
Kyrios
ton Dinameon meth imon.

Antiliptor imon O Theos Iakov.
The Lord of Hosts is with us; the God of
Magi.
Tote eplirothi to rithen ipo Ieremiou tou Then was fulfilled what was spoken by
Jacob is our Protector.
Profitou legontos: Foni en Rama

ikousthi, thrinos ke klavthmos ke
odirmos polis - Rahil kleousa ta tekna
aftis, ke ouk ithele paraklithine, oti
ouk isin.
eonon.
Amin.
Alleluia [3]
Kyrie eleison [3]
Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati
and to the Holy Spirit, now and for

Amen.
Alleluia [3]
Lord, have mercy [3]
Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
pote sin to presviti Iosif os

ek Spermatos David en Vithlehem i
Mariam kioforousa tin asporon
kioforian. Epesti de keros O tis
Geniseos ke topos in oudis to
katalimati; al os terpnon Palation to
Spyleon ti Vasilidi ediknito. Hristos
Gennate, tin prin pesousan anastison
Ikona.
TONE 4
Mary,
once with aged Joseph, went to

be enrolled in Bethlehem, for they
were of Davids Lineage; and she
bore in her Womb the Fruit that had
not been sown. The time for the
Birth was at hand, and there was no
room at the inn; but the Cave proved
a fair Palace for the Queen. Christ is
Born so that He may raise up again
the Image that before was fallen!
Ke
Now
Amin
Amen
nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton

eonon.
de tou Ierodou idou!

Angelos Kyriou kat onar fenete to
Iosif en Egypto legon:
Egerthis
paralave to Pedion ke tin Mitera
Aftou ke porevou is gin Israel.
Tethnikasi gar i zitountes tin psihin
tou Pediou.
and to the Holy Spirit
FESTAL APOLYTIKION - FOREFEAST OF THE NATIVITY -
Apegrafeto
Teleftisantos
and ever, and to the Ages of

Ages.
Se Kalesomen O Keharitomeni?
Ouranon? Oti anetilas ton Ilion tis
Dikeosinis;
Paradison?
Oti
evlastisas to Anthos tis aftharsias;
Parthenon? Oti eminas afthoros;
Agnin Mitera? Oti eshes ses Agies
Angales Ion, ton Panton Theon.
Afton iketeve Sothine tas psihas
imon!
FESTAL IDIOMELONS ST SOPHRONIOS
Vithlehem,
etimazou! Eftrepizestho i
Fatni! To Spyleon dehestho! i Alithia
ilthen! I skia paredrame ke O Theos
anthropis ek Parthenou pefanerote,
morforthis to kath imas, ke Theosas
to proslima. Dio Adam ananeoute sin
ti Eva krazontes: Epi Gis Evdokia
epefani Sose to genos imon!
Theos apo Theman ixi ke O

Agios ex Orous kataskiou Daseos.
STIHOS
JERUSALEM- TONE (8) PLAGAL 4
OF
Bethlehem, make ready!

Let the
Manger be prepared! Let the Cave
welcome! The Truth has come! The
shadow has passed away and God
has appeared to mankind, formed as
we are, and making Divine what He
has put on.
Therefore Adam is
renewed with Eve as they cry: On
Earth Gods Good Pleasure has
appeared to Save our kind!
VERSE
God
and the
Mountain
Forest.
comes from Thiman,

Holy One from the
overshadowed by the
Herod was dead, behold! an

Angel of the Lord appeared in a
dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying:
Arise, take the Child and His Mother,
and go to the land of Israel. Those
who sought the Childs Life are
dead.
Mitera Aftou ke ilthen is gin Israel.
arose, took the Child and His

Mother, and went into the land of
Israel.
Akousas
Hearing
Hrimatisthis
de kat onar anehorisen is

ta mesi tis Galileas.
Being
Ke
elthon katokisen is polin legomenin

Nazaret, opos plirothi to rithen dia
ton
Profiton:
Oti
Nazoreos
klithisete.
And he went and dwelt in a city called
de oti Arhelaos Vasilevi epi tis

Ioudeas anti tou patros Aftou,
Ierodou, efvithi eki apelthin.
What
shall we call Thee, O Full of

Grace? Heaven? for Thou made
the Sun of Righteousness shine
forth; Paradise, for Thou made
the Flower of Incorruption blossom;
Virgin, for Thou remained without
corruption;
Pure Mother? for
Thou held in Thy Holy Embrace a
Son Who is God of all. Pray to Him
to Save our souls!
When
O de egerthis parelave to Pedion ke tin He
THEOTOKION
Ti
Jeremiah the Prophet: A voice was

heard
in
Ramah,
lamentation,
weeping and great mourning Rachel weeping for her children,
refusing to be comforted, because
they are no more.
Doxa Si, Kyrie, Doxa Si!
that Archelaus was reigning

over Judea instead of his father,
Herod, he was afraid to go there.
warned by God in a dream, he

turned aside into the region of
Galilee.
Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled

which was spoken by the Prophets:
He shall be called a Nazarene.
PEOPLE
Glory to Thee, O Lord, Glory to
Thee!
MAKE
Mi
THE
SIGN
OF THE
CROSS &
di paradois imas is telos, dia to

Onoma Sou to Agion.
Ke mi
diaskedasis tin Diathikin Sou. Ke mi
apostisis to Eleos Sou af imon, dia
Avraam ton igapimenon ipo Sou, ke
dia Isaak ton doulon Sou ke Israel ton
Agion Sou.
BOW
DOWN
BEFORE
GOD
Forsake
us not utterly, for Thy Holy

Names sake, and destroy not Thy
Covenant.
Take not Thy Mercies
from us, for the sake of Abraham
Beloved of Thee, and for the sake of
Isaac Thy Servant, and of Israel Thy
Holy One.
TRISAGION
Agios

Athanatos, eleison imas
Holy
God, Holy Mighty,

Immortal; have Mercy on us [3]
Holy
eonon.
Amin
Panagia
Trias eleison imas. Kyrie,

elas thiti tes amarties imon.
Despota, singhorison tas anomias
and to the Holy Spirit, Now and

forever, and to the Ages of Ages.
Amen.
All Holy
Trinity have Mercy on us.

Lord, Cleanse us from our sins.
Master, Pardon our iniquities. Holy
Thanatou, dia pantos tou Zin, enohi

isan doulias.
who through fear of Death were all

their lifetime subject to bondage.
Ou
For
Othen
Therefore,
gar dipou Angelon epilamvantete,

alla
Spermatos
Abraam
epilamvanete.
ofile kata panta Tis Adelfis
omiothine, ina Eleimon genite, ke
Pistos Arhirefs ta pros ton Theon, is
to ilaskesthe tas amartias tou laou.
En
O gar peponthen Aftos pirasthis,

Dinate tis pirzomenis voithise.
Irini si to anagnonti
Alleluia! [3]
indeed, He does not give Aid to

Angels, but He does give Aid to the
Seed of Abraham.
in all things He had to be
made like His Brethren, that He might
be a Merciful and Faithful High Priest
in Things pertaining to God, to make
propitiation for the sins of the
people.
For
in that He Himself has suffered,

being tempted, He is able to aid those
who are tempted.
PRIEST
Peace be to thee, the Reader

Alleluia! [3]
PEOPLE
HOLY GOSPEL OF ST MATTHEW 2: 13 - 23

THE CONGREGATION MUST STAND
Sofia!
Orthi!
Evangeliou
Akousomen tou Agiou
Wisdom! Arise!
the Holy Gospel
PRIEST
Let us listen to
Irini pasi!
Ke pnevmati sou
En tou kata Mattheou to anagnosma
Peace be with you all.

PEOPLE And with thy spirit
PRIEST The Lesson from the
PEOPLE
de afton idou! Angelos

Kyriou fenete kat onar to Iosif legon:
Egerthis paralave to Pedion ke ti
Mitera Aftou ke fevge is Egypton, ke
isthi eki eos an epo si; melli gar
Ierodis zitin to Pedion tou apolese
Afto.
Holy Gospel
according to St Matthew
Thee!
When they had departed, behold!

an Angel of the Lord appeared to
Joseph in a dream, saying: Arise,
take the young Child and His Mother,
flee to Egypt and stay there until I
bring Thee word; for Herod will seek
the Child to destroy Him.
PRIEST
O de agerthis parelave to Pedion ke tin When

Mitera Aftou niktos ke anehorisen is
Egypton, ke ni eki eos tis teleftis
Ierodou, ina plirothi to rithen ipo tou
Kyriou dia tou Profitou legontos: Ex
Egyptou ekalesa ton Ion Mou.
he arose, he took the Child and

His Mother by night and departed
for Egypt, and was there until the
death of Herod, that it might be
fulfilled which was spoken by the
Lord through the Prophets: Out of
Egypt I called My Son.
Tote Ierodis - idon oti enepehthi ipo ton Then Herod - when he saw that he was
Magon ethimothi lian; ke apostilas
anile pantos tous pedas tous en
Vithleem ke en pasi tis oriis aftis apo
dietous ke katotero, kata ton hronon
on ikrivose para ton Magon.
etimazou! Eftrepizestho i
Fatni! To Spyleon dehestho! i Alithia
ilthen! I skia paredrame ke O Theos
anthropis ek Parthenou pefanerote,
morforthis to kath imas. Ke Theosas
to proslima. Dio Adam ananeoute sin
ti Eva krazontes: Epi gis Evdokia
epefani Sose to genos imon!
deceived by the Magi - was

exceedingly angry; and he sent forth
and put to death all the male
children who were in Bethlehem and
in all its districts, from two years old
and under, according to the time,
which he had determined from the
Bethlehem, make ready!

Let the
Manger be prepared! Let the Cave
welcome! The Truth has come! The
shadow has passed away and God
has appeared to mankind, formed as
we are, and making Divine what He
has put on.
Therefore Adam is
Renewed with Eve as they cry: On
earth Gods Good Pleasure has
appeared to Save our kind!
Nin
Profitiki prorisis, plirothine epigete,

Mystikos i faskousa: Ke si Vithleem
gi Iouda, oudamos iparhis elahisti en
tis Igemosi, proevtrepizousa to
Spylion. Ek sou gar mi exelefsete,
Igoumenos ton Ethnon dia Sarkos, ek
Parthenou Koris Hristos O Theos, os
Pimane ton Laon Aftou, ton Neon
Israel.
Domen apantes. Afto
Megalosinin!
STIHOS
MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS & BOW DOWN BEFORE GOD
Anahorisanton
Vithlehem,
Kyrie isakikoa tin akin Sou!
OF
JERUSALEM
- TONE 3
Now
the Prophecy draws near to its

fulfilment, which Mystically said:
And Thou, O Bethlehem, Land of
Judah, who prepares the Cave, are
not the least among Princes, for out
of Thee shall come forth to Me in the
Flesh, a Governor of the Nations:
Christ our God born of a Virgin
Maiden, and as a Shepherd He shall
tend His People, the New Israel. Let
us all Glorify Him!
O Lord, I heard Thy Report and

was afraid!
VERSE
Nin
Now
Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati.
Profitiki prorisis, plirothine epigete,

Mystikos i faskousa: Ke si Vithleem
gi Iouda, oudamos iparhis elahisti en
tis Igemosi, proevtrepizousa to
Spylion. Ek sou gar mi exelefsete,
Igoumenos ton Ethnon dia Sarkos, ek
Parthenou Koris Hristos O Theos, os
Pimane ton Laon Aftou, ton Neon
Israel.
Domen apantes. Afto
Megalosinin!
Tade
legi Iosif pros tin Parthenon:

Maria, ti to drama touto, O en Si
tethiame? Aporo ke existame, ke ton
noun kataplitome! Lathra tinin ap
emou, genou en taxi. Maria ti to
drama touto, O en si tethiame? Afti
timis, ishinin!
Anti evfrosinis tin
liptin! Anti tou epenisthe, ton psogon
mi prosigages! Ouk eti fero lipon, to
onidos anthropon. Ipo gar Iereon ek
tou Nou, os amempton
Kyrie Se
parelavon. Ke ti to oromenon?
the Prophecy draws near to its

fulfilment, which Mystically said:
And you, O Bethlehem, Land of
Judah, who prepares the Cave, are
not the least among Princes, for out
of you shall come forth to Me in the
flesh, a Governor of the Nations:
Christ our God born of a Virgin
Maiden, and as a Shepherd He shall
tend His People, the New Israel. Let
us all glorify Him!
OF
JERUSALEM- TONE (8) PLAGAL 4
Joseph spoke thus to the Virgin:
Mary,
what is this that I behold in Thee? I
fail to understand and am amazed
and my mind is struck with dismay!
Go from my sight, therefore, with all
speed. What is this, O Mary, that I
behold in Thee? Instead of honour,
Thou hast brought me shame!
Instead of gladness, sorrow! Instead
of praise, reproof! No longer shall I
bear the reproach of men! I received
Thee from the Priests of the Temple
as One Blameless before the Lord,
and what is this that I now behold?
Ke

eonon.
Amin
Tade
legi Iosif pros tin Parthenon:

Maria, ti to drama touto, O en Si
tethiame? Aporo ke existame, ke ton
noun kataplitome! Lathra tinin ap
emou, genou en taxi. Maria ti to
drama touto, O en si tethiame? Afti
timis, ishinin!
Anti evfrosinis tin
liptin! Anti tou epenisthe, ton psogon
mi prosigages! Ouk eti fero lipon, to
onidos anthropon. Ipo gar Iereon ek
tou Nou, os amempton
Kyrie Se
parelavon. Ke ti to oromenon?
PROKEIMENON
OF THE

ages.
Amen.
Joseph spoke thus to the Virgin:
Mary,
what is this that I behold in Thee? I
fail to understand and am amazed
and my mind is struck with dismay!
Go from my sight, therefore, with all
speed. What is this, O Mary, that I
behold in Thee? Instead of honour,
Thou hast brought me shame!
Instead of gladness, sorrow! Instead
of praise, reproof! No longer shall I
bear the reproach of men! I received
Thee from the Priests of the Temple
as One Blameless before the Lord,
and what is this that I now behold?
PROPHECY - PSALM 2:
Kyrios ipe pros Me:
Iios Mou i Si, Ego

simeron Gegenika Se.
Etise gar emou, ke doso Si Ethni tin

Klironomian Sou.
STIHOS
STIHOS
PROPHECY
Now
OF
MICAH
7 8
- TONE 4
The
Lord said to Me: Thou art

My Son; today I have Begotten
Thee.
READER
Tade legi Kyrios:

...Ke si Vithleem, Ikos tou Efratha, mi
These things the Lord said:

...And Thou, O Bethlehem,
touto dosi aftous eos kerou

tiktousis, texete.
Ke i epilipi ton
Adelfon aftou epistrepsiousin epi
tous Ious Israel.
Ke
strisete, ke opsete, ke pimane to

Pimnin Aftou en ishi Kyrios, ke en ti
Doxi tou Onomatos Kyriou tou Theou
aftou
iparxousi.
Dioti
nin
Megalinthisonte eos akron tis Gis.
STIHOS
READER
Sofia!
And
He shall stand and see, and

shepherd His Flock in the Strength
of the Lord, and they will dwell in
the Glory of the Name of the Lord
their God, for now they will be
magnified unto the ends of the
Earth.
is our Mother, a man shall say:

and such a Man was born in Her.
His Foundations are in the Holy

Mountains
Themelii Aftou en tis Oresi tis
VERSE
ISAIAH 9: 6-7
OF
Proshomen!
Wisdom! Let us attend!
PRIEST
Pedion
READER
Ke
And
Egennithi imin, Ios, ke edothi

imin, ou i arhi egennithi epi tou
Omou Aftou.
kalite to Onoma Aftou Megalis,
Voulis,
Angelos,
Thavmastos
Simvoulos, Theos Ishiros exousiastis,
arhon Irinis Patir tou mellontos
eonos.
For a Child is Born to us, and a

Son is granted to us, and the
Sovereignty is upon His Shoulders.
His Name shall be called

Messenger
of
Great
Counsel,
Wonderful Cousellor, Mighty God,
Potentate, Prince of Peace, Father of
the Age to Come.
Axo gar Irini epi tous arhontas. Irinin ke
Igian Afto.
Megali
i arhi Aftou, ke tis Irinis Aftou

ouk Estin orton. Epi ton Thronon
David, ke epi tin Vasilian Aftou,
katorthose aftin, ke antilavesthe aftis
en Krimati ke Dikeosini, apo tou nin
ke is ton eona.
O Zilos Kyriou
Savaoth piisi tafta
EPISTLE
OF
ST PAUL
Sofia!
Proshomen!
O Agiazon ke i Agiazomeni ex
enos pantes.
Di in etian ouk
epeskinete Adelfous' aftous kalin,
legon: Apangelo to Onoma Sou tis
Adelfis Mou, en meso Ekklisias
imniso Se.
palin:
afto.
Ego esome pepithos ep
Ke
palin: Idou Ego ke ta Pedia, a

Mi edoken O Theos.
Epi
Empire shall be great, and there

shall be no end of His Peace - upon
the Throne of David, and upon His
Kingdom, to establish it and support
it
with
Judgement
and
with
Righteousness, from henceforth and
forever - the Zeal of the Lord of
Sabaoth will perform this.
HEBREWS 2 : 11 - 18
The Reading from the Epistle of

St Paul to the Hebrews
READEr
PRIEST
Adelphi:
Ke
will bring Peace upon the Princes

Peace and Health unto Him.
His
TO THE
Pros Evreous Epistolis Pavlou...
Therefore,
shall He give them up until

the appointed time for Her to give
Birth, and then the Remnant of the
Brothers will return to the Sons of
Israel.
Zion
ke
THE PROPHECY
The Prophecy of Micah

House of
Ephrata, although Thou art fewest in
number among the thousands of
Judah, yet out of Thee shall come
forth to Me the One to be Ruler of
Israel. His goings forth were since
the beginning, from Eternity
PROPHECY TONE 4
Agiis
PROPHET 5 :1-3
PRIEST
Dia
Zion
eri
anthropos,
Anthropos, egennithi en Afti.
Ask of Me and I will give Thee the

Gentiles, for Thine Inheritance.
THE
OF THE
Mitir
VERSE
Profitias Miheou to anagnosma

Sofia! Proshomen
oligostos i en hiliasin Iouda. Ek sou

gar mi exelefsete, tou ine is arhonta
en to Israel, ke i exodi aftou ap arhis,
ix imeron eonos.
PROKEIMENON
oun ta pedia kekinonike Sarkos ke

Ematos, ke Aftos paraplisios meteshe
ton Afton, ina dia tou Thanatou
katargisi ton to kratos ehonta tou
Thanatou - toutesti ton diavolon - ke
apallaxi toutous,
osi fovo
Wisdom!
Let us attend!
Brethren: both He Who Sanctifies

and they who are Sanctified are all
one, and therefore He is not ashamed
to call them Brethren, saying: I will
declare Thy Name to My Brethren;
in the midst of the Church will I
praise Thee.
READER
And again:
I will put my trust in Him.
And
again:
Behold: Me and My
Children, whom God has given Me.
Inasmuch
then as the Children have

partaken of Flesh and Blood, He
Himself likewise shared in the same,
that through Death He might destroy
him who had the power of Death
that is, the devil - and release those
He is Born; and filled with Joy Thou

shalt worship Him as Thy Creator.
Him the Angels praise without
ceasing in song, and Glorify with the
Father and the Holy Spirit.
STIHOS
Kyrie isakikoa tin akoin Sou!
Lord, I heard Thy Report and

was afraid!
VERSE
Ote Iosif, Parthene, lipi etitrosketo, pros When

Vithleem aperon, evoas pros afton:
Ti oron me engion, stignazis ke
tarattese, agnoon olos, to en emi
Frikton Mystirion? Lipon apothou
fovon apanta, to paradoxon ennoon.
Theos katisi gar epi gis di Eleon, en ti
emi Mitra nin, ke Sarka proselaveto.
Onper tiktomenon, opsi os idokise, ke
tis Haras Plisthis, proskinisis os
Ktistin sou. On Angeli imnousin
apafstos, ke Doxazousi, sin Patri ke
Agio Pnevmati.
Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati,
ke nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton

eonon.
Amin.
IDIOMELONS - NATIVITY
OF
Joseph, O Virgin, wounded by

sorrow, went up to Bethlehem, Thou
cried to him:
Why art Thou
downcast and troubled, seeing me
great with Child? Why art Thou
wholly ignorant of the Fearful
Mystery that comes to pass in me?
Henceforth, cast every fear aside and
understand this Strange Marvel: for
in my Womb God now descends upon
Earth for Mercys sake, and He has
taken on Flesh. Thou shalt see Him
according to His Good Pleasure, when
He is Born; and filled with Joy Thou
shalt worship Him as Thy Creator.
Him the Angels praise without
ceasing in song, and Glorify with the
Father and the Holy Spirit.
and to the Holy Spirit, now and for

Amen.
CHRIST TONE (6) PLAGAL 2
THE FOLLOWING IS CHANTED BY THE READER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SOLEAS, REPEATING THE
FIRST AND LAST SENTENCES THRICE. THE CHOIR THEN SINGS IT TWICE
Simeron, Gennate ek Parthenou, O draki Today,
Born of the Virgin, is He Who

holds all Creation in the hollow of
His Hand! [3]
tin pasan ehon tisi. [3]
EPISTLE
Proshomen!
Sofia!
Pros Evreous
OF
ST PAUL
TO THE
HEBREWS: 1 : 1 12
PRIEST
Epistolis
Pavlou
to
anagnosma
READER
St Paul to the Hebrews
Proshomen!
PRIEST
Adelphi: Polimeros ke politropos pale O
READER
Theos, lalisas tis Patrasin en tis

Profites, ep eshatou imeron
touton
elalisen imin en Iio,
On ethike
Klironomon panton, di ou ke tous
eonas epiisen; Os on apavgasma tis
Doxis, ke haratir tis ipostaseos aftou,
feron te ta panta to rimati tis
Dinameos
Aftou,
di
eaftou
katharismon
piisamenos
ton
amartion imon, ekathisen en dexia
tis megalosinis en ipsilis, tosouto
kritton genomenos ton Angelon, oso
diaforoteron
par
aftous
keklironomiken Onoma.
Tini
gar ipe pote ton Angelon. Iios

Mou is Si, Ego simeron Gegennika
Se?
Let us attend!
Wisdom!
The Reading from the Epistle of
Let us attend!
Brethren: God Who, at various

times and in various ways spoke in
time past to the Fathers by the
Prophets, has in these last days
spoken to us by His Son, Whom He
has appointed Heir of all things;
through Whom also He made the
worlds; Who being the Brightness of
His Glory and the express Image of
His person, and upholding all Things
by the Word of His Power, when He
had by Himself purged our sins, sat
down at the right Hand of the Majesty
on High, having become so much
better than the Angels, as He has by
Inheritance obtained a more excellent
Name than they.
For to which of the Angels did He ever

say: Thou art My Son; today I have
Begotten Thee.?
Ke
And again:
Otan de palin isagagi ton Prototokon is
But when He again brings the Firstborn
tin
ikoumenin,
legi:
Ke
Proskinisatosan Afto pantes Angeli
Theou!
into the world, He says: Let all the

Angels of God worship Him!
palin: Ego esome Afto is Patera,

ke Aftos este Mi is Iion?
I will be to Him a Father,

and He shall be to Me a Son.
Wrapped
Ke pros men tou Angelous legi:
And
Theos
en fatni anaklinete, O stereosas

tous Ouranous pale ke arhas.
God lies in a manger, Who founded the
Pros
But to the Son He says:
Ek
mazon gala trefete, O en ti erimo

Manna omvrisas to lao.
Fed
Igapisas
Thou hast Loved Righteousness and

hated lawlessness; therefore God,
Thy God, has Anointed Thee with
the Oil of Gladness more than Thy
Companions.
Ke:
And:
Raki kathaper Vrotos sparganoute,
O ti
Ousia anafis.
Magous
proskalete,
Ekklisias.
Nimfios
tis
Dora touton eri, O Ios tis Parthenou

.
Proskinoumen Sou tin Gennan Hriste.

Dixon imin ke ta Thia Sou Theofania
in swaddling clothes as an
Infant is He Whom in Essence none
can touch.
Heavens in the beginning.

on milk from His Mothers Breast,
is He Who rained Manna down in the
wilderness on the people.
He
is
Their gifts are accepted by the
Son of
Who Called the Magi

Bridegroom of the Church.
the
the Virgin.
We worship Thy Nativity, O Christ. [3]

Show us also Thy Divine Theophany.
O pion
tou Angelous Aftou pnevmata, ke
tous Litourgous Aftou Piros Floga?
de ton Iion: O Thronos Sou, O

Theos, is ton eona tou eonos;
Ravdos evthititos, i Ravdos tis
Vasilias Sou.
Dikeosinin, ke emisisas
anomian; Dia touto ehrise Se, O
Theos, O Theos Sou, Eleon
Agaliaseos para tous metohous
Sou.
Si kat arhas, Kyrie, tin gin

ethemeliosas, ke Erga ton Hiron
Sou isin i Ourani.
of the Angels He says:

Who
makes His Angels spirits and His
Ministers a Flame of Fire?
Thy Throne, O
God, is forever and ever; a Sceptre
of Righteousness is the Sceptre of
Thy Kingdom.
Thou, O Lord, in the beginning

laid the foundation of the earth, and
the Heavens are the Work of Thy
Hands.
Afti apolounte, Si de dimenis;

pantes os imation paleothisonte,
osi perivoleon elixis aftous,
allagisonte; Si de O aftos is, ke
Eti Sou ouk eklipsousin.
ke
ke
ke
ta
They will perish but Thou remain;

and they will all grow old like a
garment; like a cloak Thou will fold
them up, and they will be changed,
but Thou art the same, and Thy
years will not fail.
Irini si to anagnonti...
PRIEST
Peace be to you, the Reader...

and to all the people.
Allelouia! [3]
CHOIR
HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING
Alleluia!
PRIEST
Irini pasi!
Ke meta tou pnevmatos sou
Ek tou kata Mattheou Agiou Evangeliou
PEOPLE
Orthi akousomen tou Agiou

Evangeliou...
Peace be to all!
And to thy spirit
PRIEST The Lesson from the
THE
SIGN
Let us attend!
PEOPLE
Glory to Thee, O Lord, Glory
OF
CROSS &
Mnistevthisis gar tis Mitros Aftou

Marias to Iosif, prin i sinelthin aftous
evrethi en Gastri ehousa ek
Pnevmatos Agiou.
Iosif
de O Anir Aftis, Dikeos on ke mi

thelon Aftin paradigmatise, evoulithi
lathra apolise Aftin.
Tafta
de aftou enthimithentos, idou!

Angelos Kyriou kath onar efani afto
legon: Iosif, Iios David, mi fovithis
paralavin Mariam tin gineka sou. To
gar en afti Gennithen ek Pnevmatos
estin Agiou.
Texete de Ion, ke kaleseis to Onoma

Aftou Iisoun. Aftos gar Sose ton
Laon Aftou apo ton amartion afton.
de olon gegonen ina plirothi to
rithen ipo tou Kyriou dia tou Profitou
legontos: Idou! i Parthenos en
Gastri exi ke texete Ion, ke
kalesousi
to
Onoma
Aftou
Emmanouil,
O
esti
methrminevomenon: Meth imon O
Born
of a Virgin and having endured

Crucifixion for our sake, O Good
One, Thou despoiled Death through
Death, and, as God, revealed
Resurrection. Despise not those
whom Thou has created with Thine
own Hand.
Show Thy Love for
mankind, O Merciful One. Accept
the Intercessions the Theotokos, for
us, and Save, O our Saviour, Thy
despairing people.
CHRIST-TONE (7) VARYS/GRAVE
Exeplitteto
O Ierodis, oron ton Magon

tin.
Efsevian.
Ke to Thimo
nikomenos, tou etous ikrivologi to
diastima. Miteres iteknounto, ke i
aoros ilikia ton vrefon, pikros
katetherizeto mazi ehirenonto, ke
pori galaktos sinestellonto. Mega in
to dinon!
Dio evsevos Pisti
sinelthontes,
proskinisomen
tou
Hristou tin Gennisin. [2]
to Thee!
OF THE
Tou de Iisou Hristou i Gennisis outos in:
Touto
Holy Gospel
according to St Matthew
Proshomen!
MAKE
Wisdom!
Arise! Let us listen to

the Holy Gospel.
to anagnosma
di imas Gennithis ek Parthenou, ke

Stavrosin ipomenas Agathe, O
Thanato ton Thanaton skilefsas, ke
egersin dixas os Theos, mi paridis
ous eplasas ti Heri Sou. Dixon tin
Filanthropian Sou Eleimon. Dexe tin
tekousan
Se
Theotokon,
Presvevousan iper imon, ke Soson,
Sotir, imon, laon apegnosmenon.
FESTAL IDIOMELONS - NATIVITY
Sofia!
[3]
ST MATTHEW 1:18-25
TO
THEOTOKION
BOW DOWN BEFORE
GOD
The Birth of Jesus Christ was as

follows: After His Mother, Mary, was
Betrothed to Joseph, before they
came together, she was found with
Child of the Holy Spirit.
PRIEST
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 fear to
take unto Thee Mary, Thy Wife, for
That which is Conceived in Her, is of
the Holy Spirit.
She shall bring forth a Son and Thou

shalt name Him Jesus. For He will
Save His People from their sins.
All
this was done that it might be

fulfilled, which was spoken by the
Lord through the Prophet, saying:
Behold! the Virgin shall be with
Child, and bear a Son, and they
shall call His Name
Emmanuel,
which is translated as: God with
O Theos apo Theman ixi ke O

Agios ex orous kata skiou daseos.
Herod
was struck with amazement on

beholding the Piety of the Magi. And
overcome with wrath, he inquired
closely when the Child was born.
Mothers were bereft of their infants,
and by an untimely death their babes
were bitterly harvested. Paps grew
dry and sources of milk were
stopped. Great was this calamity!
Therefore let us, the Faithful,
gathered in Godliness, worship the
Nativity of Christ. [2]
God shall come from Teman, and

the Holy One from the Mountain
overshadowed by the Forest.
STIHOS
VERSE
Exeplitteto
Herod
O Ierodis, oron ton Magon

tin.
Evsevian.
Ke to Thimo
nikomenos, tou etous ikrivologi to
diastima. Miteres iteknounto, ke i
aoros ilikia ton vrefon, pikros
katetherizeto mazi ehirenonto, ke
pori galaktos sinestellonto. Mega in
to dinon!
Dio evsevos Pisti
sinelthontes,
proskinisomen
tou
Hristou tin Gennisin.
FESTAL IDIOMELONS - NATIVITY
was struck with amazement on

beholding the Piety of the Magi. And
overcome with wrath, he inquired
closely when the Child was born.
Mothers were bereft of their infants,
and by an untimely death their babes
were bitterly harvested. Paps grew
dry and sources of milk were
stopped. Great was this calamity!
Therefore let us, the Faithful,
gathered in Godliness, worship the
Nativity of Christ.
OF
CHRIST TONE 2
Ote Iosif, Parthene, lipi etitrosketo, pros When

Vithleem aperon, evoas pros afton:
Ti oron me engion, stignazis ke
tarattese, agnoon olos, to en emi
Frikton Mystirion? Lipon apothou
fovon apanta, to Paradoxon Ennoon.
Theos katisi gar epi gis di Eleon, en ti
emi Mitra nin, ke Sarka proselaveto.
Onper tiktomenon, opsi os idokise, ke
tis Haras Plisthis, proskinisis os
Ktistin sou. On Angeli imnousin
apafstos, ke Doxazousi, sin Patri ke
Agio Pnevmati.
Joseph, O Virgin, wounded by

sorrow, went up to Bethlehem, Thou
cried to him:
Why art Thou
downcast and troubled, seeing me
great with Child? Why art Thou
wholly ignorant of the Fearful
Mystery that comes to pass in me?
Henceforth, cast every fear aside and
understand this Strange Marvel: for
in my Womb God now descends upon
Earth for Mercys sake, and He has
taken on Flesh. Thou shalt see Him
according to His Good Pleasure, when
Odigison
me Kyrie en ti Odo Sou, ke

porefsome en ti Alithia Sou.
Guide me in Thy Way, O Lord, and I will

walk in Thy Truth.
Evfranthito i kardia mou, tou fovisthe to Gladden

Onoma Sou.
Exomologisome
Si, Kyrie O Theos mou,

en oli kardia mou, ke Doxaso to
Onoma Sou is ton eona.
Theos.
de O Iosif apo tou ipnou
epiisen os prosetazen afto O Angelos
Kyriou ke parelave tin gineka aftou.
Then Joseph, being aroused from sleep,
Ke ouk eginosken aftin eos ou eteke ton
And he knew her not until she brought
my heart so as to fear Thy
Name.
will Confess Thee, O Lord my God,

with my whole heart, and I shall
Glorify Thy Name forever.
ion aftis ton Prototokon, ke ekalese to

Onoma Aftou Iisoun.
Oti to Eleos Sou Mega ep eme, ke erriso For Great is Thy Mercy to me, and Thou
tin psihin mou ex Adou katotatou.
rescued my soul from the lowest

Hades.
O Theos, paranomi epanestisan ep eme, O

ke sinagogi krateon ezitisan tin
psihin mou, ke ou proethento Se
enopion afton.
Ke
Si Kyrie, O Theos mou, Iktirmon ke

Eleimon, Makrothimos, ke Polyeleos,
ke Alithinos.
God, transgressors rose up against

me, and an assembly of violent men
sought my soul, and have not set
Thee before them.
Thou,
O
my
Lord,
art
Compassionate
and
Merciful,
Longsuffering and Most Merciful,
and Truthful.
ton Iion tis Pediskis Sou.
Save the Son of Thy Child.
Piison met emou Simeon is Agathon, ke Work a Sign in my midst for Good, and
idetosan
i
misountes
me,
ke
eskinthitosan, oti Si Kyrie evoithisas
mi, ke parekalesas me.
let those who hate me see it and be

disgraced, for Thou, O Lord, helped
me, and comforted me.
Amen
Alleluia (3)
FESTAL APOLYTIKION - FOREFEAST
Apegrafeto
pote sin to presviti Iosif os

ek spermatos David en Vithlehem i
kioforian. Epesti de keros O tis
Ikona.
Ke
nin ke Ai ke is tous
eonas ton eonon.
Amin
OF THE
NATIVITY TONE 4
Mary,
with aged Joseph, went to be

enrolled in Bethlehem, for they were
of Davids lineage; and She bore in
Her Womb the Fruit that had not
been sown. The time for the Birth
was at hand, and there was no room
at the inn; but the Cave proved a fair
Palace for the Queen. Christ is Born
so that He may raise up again the
Image that before was fallen!
Now and for ever, and to the
Ages of
ages.
Amen
forth her First-born Son

called His Name Jesus.
and he
PEOPLE
Ta diavimata
Glory to Thee, O Lord, Glory
Order my steps according to Thy Words
to Thee!
mou katefthinon kata to

Logion Sou ke mi katakiriefsato mou
pasa anomia.
and let not any

dominion over me.
iniquity
have
Litrose
Deliver me from the oppression of man:
To
Make
me apo sikofantias anthropon

ke filaxo tas endolas Sou.
Prosopon Sou epifanon epi ton
doulon Sou ke didaxon me ta
Dikeomata Sou.
Plirothito
to stoma mou Eneseos Sou

Kyrie, opos imniso tin Doxan Sou olin
tin imeran tin megaloprepian Sou.
eonon.
did as the Angel of the Lord had

commanded him, and took to him his
wife.
THE PRIEST RAISES THE HOLY GOSPEL AND MAKES THE SIGN OF THE CROSS WITH IT, SIGNIFYING THAT THE WORDS OF THE HOLY GOSPEL
ARE INDEED THE WORDS OF HIM WHO DIED UPON THE CROSS AND THE DIVINE POWER OF WHICH CONVERTED THE WORLD TO
CHRISTIAN FAITH.
WE EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE TO GOD BY MAKING THE SIGN OF THE CROSS AND BOWING DOWN TO GOD
And
Epivlepson ep eme ke Eleison me.

Look upon me and have Mercyon me.
Dos to Kratos Sou to Pedi Sou, ke Soson Grant Thy Strength to Thy Child, and
Amin
Alleluia [3]
Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati.
us.
Diegerthis
FESTAL KONTAKION -
THE
so will I keep Thy Commandments.

Thy Face to shine upon Thy
servant; and teach me Thy Statutes.
Let my mouth be filled with Thy Praise,

O Lord, that I may sing Thy Glory
and Majesty all the day long.
NATIVITY

Logon, en Spyleo erhete, apotekin
aporritos.
Horeve i ikoumeni
akoutisthisa, Doxason meta Angelon
ke
ton
Pimenon,
voulithenta
Eonon Theon.
OF
CHRIST TONE 3

Word.
cheer, O inhabited Earth, and with
made manifest as a young Child - the
Pre-Eternal God.
TRISAGION PRAYERS
Kyrie eleison (40)

Lord, have Mercy (40)
O en panti kero ke pasi ora en Ourano O Christ our God, Who at all times and
ke epi gis proskinoumenos ke doxa
zomenos Hristos O Theos; O
Makrothimos,
O
Polyeleos,
O
Agapon ke tous Amartolous Eleon; O
pantas Kalon pros Sotirian dia tis
epangelias ton melonton Agathon.
Aftos Kyrie pros dekse ke imon en ti
zoin imon pros tas Endolas Sou:
in every hour, in Heaven and on

Earth, art worshipped and glorified;
Who art Long-suffering, Merciful and
and showest Mercy upon the sinner;
Lord, in this Hour:
receive our
Supplications and direct our lives
Tas
Sanctify
Tihison
Encompass us with Thy Holy Angels so
psihas imon Agiason; a somata

Agnison; tous logismous diorthoson;
tas enias Katharon; ke rise imas apo
goumeni katantisomen is tin Enotita
tous Eonas ton eonon.
our souls; Hallow our bodies;

Correct our thoughts; Cleanse our
minds;
Deliver
us
from
all
Blessed unto the Ages of Ages.
Amin.
Amen
Kyrie Eleison [3]
eonon.
Amin.

ever and to the Ages of Ages.
Amen
THEOTOKION
Tin
Timoteran ton Herouvim, ke

Endoxoteran asingritos ton Serafim,
tin
adiafthoros
Theon
Logon
tekousan tin ontos Theotokon, Se
Megalinomen
Thou who art more Honourable

than the Cherubim, and more
Glorious beyond compare than the
Seraphim, who without corruption
bore the Word of God: truly Thou art
the Theotokos, and Thee we Magnify.
BLESSINGS
En Onomati Kyriou Evlogison Pater.
PEOPLE
O Theos iktirise imas ke Evlogise imas
PRIEST
epifane to Prosopo Aftou ke Eleise

imas.
Amin
Hriste, to Fos to Alithinon, to Fotizon
ke
Agiazon
Panta
anthropon
erhomenon is ton kosmon, simeothito
ef imas to Fos tou Prosopou Sou, ina
en afto opsiometha Fos to aprositon.
Ke katefthinon ta diavimata imon
pros ergasian ton Entolon Sou.
Presvies tis Panahrantou Sou Mitros,
ke Panton Sou ton Agion.
Amin.
In
the Name of the Lord, Bless,

Father.
Eleimon
Merciful
Erga Hiron Aftou Alithia ke Krisis.
The Works of His Hands are Truth and
ke Iktirmon O Kyrios, trofin

edoke tis fovoumenis Afton mnisthisete is ton eona Diathikis
Aftou, ishin Ergon Aftou aningile to
lao
Aftou,
tou
doune
aftis
Klironomian Ethnon.
Piste
pase e Entole Aftou, estirigmene is
ton Eona tou eonos, pepiimene en
Alithia, ke Efthiriti.
Litrosin apestile to lao Aftou.

Enetilato is ton eona Diathikin Aftou.
Agion ke Foveron to Onoma Aftou.
Arhi Sofias Fovos Kyriou.
PEOPLE
Amen
O Christ,
the True Light Who

Enlightens and Sanctifies all who
come into the world: let the Light of
Thy Countenance be marked upon
us so that in It we may see the
Unapproachable Light. And direct
our steps in Thy Commandments, at
the Prayers of Thine Undefiled
Mother and of all Thy Saints.
PRIEST
PEOPLE
Amen
Third Hour
Defte
Defte
He sent Redemption to His people.

He Commanded His Covenant forever.
Holy and Awesome is His Name.
The beginning of Wisdom is the Fear of
Sinesis de, agathi pasi tis piousin aftin.
His
enesis Aftou meni is ton Eona tou

eonos.
good Understanding is in all who

practise it.
praise continues to the Ages of
ages.
PSALM 85/86
A PRAYER FOR MERCY & A PROPHECY OF THE INCARNATION OF THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD
Klinon
Kyrie to ous Sou, ke epakouson

mou, oti ptohos ke pevis imi ego.
Filazon
tin psihin mou, oti Osios imi.

Soson ton doulon Sou O Theos mou
ton Elpizonta epi de.
Incline Thine Ear, O Lord, and hear me,

for I am poor and needy.
Guard my soul, for I am Holy. Save Thy

servant, O my God, who hopes in
Thee.
Eleison me Kyrie, oti pros Se kekraxome Have Mercy on me, O Lord, for I cry to
olin tin imeran.
Evfranon
tin psihin tou doulou Sou, oti

pros Se ira tin psihin mou.
Thee all day long.
Gladden the soul of Thy servant, for to

Thee I lift up my soul.
Oti
For
Enotise,
Kyrie, tin Prosefhin mou, ke

proshes ti foni tis Diseos mou.
Hear,
En
imera thlipseos mou ekekraxa pros

Se, oti epikousas mou.
In
Si, Kyrie, Hristos ke Epiikis, ke

Polyeleos pasi tis epikaloumenis Se.
Thou, O Lord, Christ, art Kind and

Reasonable, and Most Merciful to all
who call upon Thee.
O Lord, my Petitions, and heed
the sound of my Prayers.
the day of my affliction, I cried to

Thee, for Thou heard me.
Ouk estin omios Si en theis Kyrie! Ke ouk There

esti kata ta Erga Sou!
THE PROSTRATIONS
Defte
Judgement.
Faithful are all His
Commandments, established to the
Ages of ages, made in Truth and
Uprightness.
the Lord.
O God be Merciful to us and Bless
us, and cause His Face to shine upon

us, and be Merciful to us.
and Compassionate is the

Lord, nourishing those who fear Him
remembering forever His Covenant,
the Strength of His Works to His
people, so as to give them the
Inheritance of the Nations.
Panta
ta Ethni, osa epiisas, ixousi, ke

proskinisousin enopion Sou Kyrie, ke
Doxasousi to Onoma Sou.
is none like Thee among the

godless, O Lord! And there are no
works like Thy Works!
All the Gentiles Thou made shall come

and worship before Thee, O Lord,
and they shall Glorify Thy Name.
Oti Megas is Si, ke pion Thavmasia, Si i For

Theos monos.
Thou art Great, and do Wonders only Thou art God.

our God.
THE PROSTRATIONS
MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS AND BOW D
OWN
PSALM 66/67
SALVATION FOR THE GENTILES
AS FOLLOWS:
Defte
O Theos iktirise imas, ke Evlogise imas.
Defte
Epifane to Prosopon Aftou ef imas - tou May He cause His Face to shine upon us
Defte

our God.
PSALM 109/110
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE MESSIAHS REIGN THE MESSIANIC AGE
Ipen O Kyrios to Kyrio mou.
The
Ravdon
The
Kathou ek
Dexion Mou, eos in Theo tous
egthrous Sou Ipopodion ton Podon
Sou.
Dinameos exaposteli Si Kyrios

ek Sion, ke katakiriefe en meso ton
ehthron Sou.
Lord said to my Lord: Sit at My

right Hand, until I make Thine
enemies the Footstool of Thy Feet.
Lord shall send forth the Rod of
Thy Power from Zion, and rule in the
midst of Thine enemies.
Meta Sou i arhi en Imera tis Dinameos With
Thee is the beginning in the Day

of Thy Power, in the Brightness of
Thy Saints.
Sou, en tes lamprotisi ton Agion Sou.
Ek
I have Begotten Thee from the Womb

before the Morning Star.
Omose
The
gastros pro Eosforou Egennisa

Se.
Kyrios, ke ou metamelithisete:
Si Ierefs is ton eona, kata tin Taxin
Melihisedek.
Lord swore and will not repent:

Thou
art
a
Priest
forever
according
to
the
Order
of
Melchizedek.
Kyrios
The Lord at Thy right Hand in the Day
Krini
He shall Judge among the Nations.
Dia touto ipsosi kefalin.
Therefore, He shall raise His Head high.
ek Dexion Sou, sinethlasen en

Imera Orgis Aftou Vasilis.
en tis Ethnesi. Plirosi ptomata.
Sinthlasi kefalas epi Gis pollon. Ek
himarrou en odo piete.
of His Wrath crushed Kings.

He
shall fill them with dead bodies. He
shall crush the heads of many on
Earth. He shall drink from the brook
on the way.
PSALM 110/111
PRAISE TO GOD FOR HIS FAITHFULNESS & DIVINE JUSTICE
Megala
Great are the Works of the Lord, sought
Si Kyrie en oli kardia

mou, en vouli eftheon ke Sinagogi.
ta Erga Kyriou, exezitimena is
panta ta Thelimata Aftou.
will Confess Thee, O Lord, with my

whole heart, in the Council of the
Upright and in the Assembly.
out in all things with regard to His
Will.
Exomologisis ke
Confession
Mnian epiisato ton Thavmasion Aftou.
He
Megaloprepia to Ergon
Aftou, ke i Dikeosini Aftou meni is ton
Eona tou eonos.
and Majesty are His Work,

and His Righteousness continues to
the Ages of ages.
made a
Wonder.
remembrance
of
His
God be Gracious to us and Bless

us.
gnone en ti Gi tin Odon Sou - en

pasin ethnesin to Sotirion Sou.
- that we may know His Way on the

earth may Thy Salvation be among
all the Gentiles.
Exomologisasthosan
Let
Evfranthitosan
Let
Exomologisasthosan
Let
Si Lai, O Theos,
exomologisasthosan Si Lai pantes.
ke agalliasthosan Ethni,
oti Krinis laous en evthititi, ke Ethni
en ti gi Odigisis.
Si Lai, O Theos,
exomologisasthosan Si Lai pantes.
Thy People Confess Thee, O God.

All the people shalt Confess Thee.
the Gentiles be glad and greatly

rejoice, for Thou shalt Judge the
people in Righteousness, and Guide
the Gentiles on the Earth.
Thy People Confess Thee, O God all Thy People shalt Confess Thee.
Gi edoke ton karpon aftis - Evlogise imas The Earth yielded her fruit - Bless us, O
O Theos, O Theos imon.
God, our God.
Evlogise
imas O Theos, ke fovithitosan

afton panta ta perata tis gis.
Bless us, O God, and let all the ends of

the Earth fear Him.
PSALM 86/87
THE
CITY OF
GOD -
THE
REGISTRY
BY
GOD
OF
HIS PEOPLE
IN
HEAVEN
I Themelii Aftou en tis Oresin tis Agiis.
His
Agapa Kyrios tas Pilas Sion, iper panta
The Lord Loves the Gates of Zion more
ta skinomata Iakov.
Dedoxasmena
Foundations
Mountains.
are
in
the
Holy
than all the dwellings of Jacob.
elalithi peri Sou, I Polis
tou Theou.
Glorious
things were said concerning

Thee, O City of God.
Mnisthisome
Remember
Mitir Sion, eri Anthropos.
Mother Zion, a Man will say.
Raav ke Vavilonos tis

ginoskousin me - ke idou! Allofili, ke
Tyros, ke laos ton Ethiopon. Outi
egennithisan eki.
Ke Anthropos egennithi en Afti, ke aftos
Exomologisome
May
ethemeliosen aftin O Ipsistos.
Rahab and Babylon those

who know Me and behold!
Foreigners, and those of Tyre and
the people of Ethiopia - those were
born there.
And
a Man was born in Her, and the

Most High founded it.
The
Kyrios
diigisete en grafi laon, ke

arhonton touton - ton gegennimenon
en Afti.
Os evfrenomenon panton i katikia en Si.
Lord shall describe it in a written

account of the people and of the
rulers - of those who were born in
Her.
How
glad are all who have their

dwelling in Thee.
PSALM 50/51
Eleison me, O Theos kata to Mega Eleos Have Mercy on me, O God, according to
Sou, ke kata to plithos ton iktirmon
Sou exalipson to anomima mou.
Thy Great Mercy, and according to

the multitude of Thy Tender Mercies
blot out my iniquity.
Epi
plion plinon me apo tis anomias

mou, ke apo tis amartias mou
Katharison me. Oti tin anomie mou
ego ginosko, ke i amartia mou
enopion mou esti diapantos.
Wash
me yet more from my iniquity,

and from my sin Cleanse me. For I
know my iniquity, and my sin is
always before me.
Si mono imarton, ke to poniron enopion To

Sou epiisa. Opos an dikeothis en tis
logis Sou, ke nikisis en to krinesthe
Se.
Idou!
gar en anomies sovelifthin, ke en

amarties ekissise me i mitir mou.
Idou
gar Alithian Igapisas - ta adila ke

ta krifia tis Sofias Sou edilosas mi.
Pantiis
me issopo, ke katharisthisome.
Plinies
me,
ke
iper
hiona
levkanthisome.
Akoutiis
mi agalliasin ke evfrosinin,
agaliasonte ostea tetapinomena.
Apostrepson
to Prosopon Sou apo tin

amartion mou, ke pasas tas anomias
mou exalipson.
Kardian
katharan ktison en emi, O

Theos, ke pnevma evthes egkenison
en tis egkatis mou.
Thee only have I sinned, and have

done evil before Thee: that Thou
may be Justified in Thy Words, and
Victorious when Thou art judged.
Behold!
For I was conceived in

iniquities; and in sins did my mother
conceive me.
Behold! For Thou has Loved Truth - the

uncertain and hidden things of Thy
Wisdom Thou has revealed to me.
Sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be

Cleansed. Wash me, and I shall be
made whiter than snow.
To my hearing Thou shalt give Joy and

Gladness: and the bones that have
been humbled shall rejoice.
Turn away Thy Sight from my sins, and

blot out all my iniquities.
Create a clean heart in me, O God:
and
Renew a right spirit within my
bowels.
Mi aporripsis me apo tou Prosopou Sou, Cast me not away from Thy Sight;
and
take not Thy Holy Spirit from me.
ke to Pnevma Sou to Agion mi

antanelis ap emou.
Apodos
mi tin agalliasin tou Sotiriou

Sou, ke Pnevmati Igemoniko Stirixon
me.
Didazo
anomous tas odous Sou, ke

asevis api Se apistrepsousi.
Restore to me the Joy of Thy Salvation,

and with a Perfect Spirit Strengthen
me.
Teach
the unjust Thy Ways: and the

wicked shall be converted to Thee.
Rise me ex ematon, O Theos, O Theos tis Deliver
me from bloodguiltiness, O
God, Thou God of my Salvation: my
tongue shall greatly rejoice in Thy
Righteousness.
Sotirias mou: agalliasete i glossou

mou tin Dikeosinin Sou.
Kyrie,
ta hili mou anixis, ke to stoma

mou aanangeli tin Enesin Sou.
Oti
i ithelisas thisian, edoxa

Olokaftomata ouk evdoxisis.
an:
kardian
sintetrimmenin
tetapinomenin
O
Theos
exoudenosi.
ke
ouk
Lord, my lips Thou will open: and

my mouth shall declare Thy Praise.
For
Thisia to Theo, pnevma sintetrimmenon: A
ke
Endoxoteran
asingritos
ton
Serafim, tin adiafthoros Theo Logon
tekousan, tin ontos Theotokon, Se
Megalinomen.
if Thou had desired sacrifice, I

would indeed have given it: whole
burnt offerings shall not please
Thee.
Cherubim,
and
more
Glorious
beyond compare than the Seraphim,
Thou Who without stain bore God
the Word, and art truly Theotokos:
we Magnify Thee.
The Ninth Hour

TRISAGION PRAYERS
(THESE FIRST TRISAGION PRAYERS MAY BE OMITTED)
Agios

Athanatos, Eleison imas.
Holy
God,
Holy
Mighty,
Holy
Immortal, have mercy on us. [3]

eonon.

Amin
Panagia
Amen
All Holy
Kyrie Eleison [3]

Doxa Patri ke
Lord have mercy [3]


elas thiti tes amarties imon. Despota,
eonon.
Amin
Trinity have mercy on us.

Lord, cleanse us from our sins.
Master, pardon our iniquities. Holy
God, visit and heal our infirmities for
Thy Names sake.
Son,
Amen
OUR LORDS PRAYER
EVERYONE PRAYS IN UNISON
Pater
imon O en tis Ouranis,

agiasthito to Onoma Sou, eltheto i
Vasilia Sou, genithito to Thelima
Sou, os en Ourano ke epi tis gis.
Ton arton imon ton epiousion dos
imin simeron.
Ke afes imin ta
ofelimata imon, os ke imis afiement
tis ofiletes
imon. Ke mi isenengis
imas is pirasmon, alla rise imas apo
tou ponirou.

eonas ton eonon.
Amin
Our
Father Who art in Heaven:

hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy
Kingdom come. Thy Will be done
on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us
this day our daily Bread, and
forgive us our trespasses as we
forgive those who trespass against
us. And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.
PRIEST
For Thine is the Kingdom, and the
of the
Power and the Glory:
Father, and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to the
Ages of Ages.
PEOPLE
Amen
sacrifice to God is an afflicted spirit:

a heart contrite and humbled, O God
Thou will not despise.
THEOTOKION
Tin

tin
adiafthoros
Theon
Logon
Megalinomen

than the Cherubim, and beyond
compare more Glorious than the
bore the Word of God, truly Thou art
the Theotokos, and Thee we
magnify.
BLESSINGS
En Onomati Kyriou Evlogison Pater.
In the Name of the Lord, Bless,

Father.
PEOPLE
Theos iktirise imas ke Evlogise

imas epifane to Prosopo Aftou ke
eleise imas
Amin
THE PRAYER
OF
God be merciful to us and Bless

us, and cause His Face to shine upon
us, and be merciful to us.
PEOPLE Amen
Theo, ke Kyrie ton Dinameon, ke

pasis Ktiseos Dimiourge, O dia
splaghna anekastou eleous Sou, ton
Monogeni Sou Iion, ton Kyrion imon
Hriston, katapempsas epi Sotiria tou
genous imon, ke dia tou Timiou Aftou
Stavrou to herografon ton amartion
imon diarixas, ke thriamvesas en afto
tas arhos ke exousias tou skotous.
Kethiloson
ek tou fovou Sou tas sarkas

imon, ke mi ekklinis tas kardias imon
is logous, i is logismous ponirias. Alla
to potho Sou troson imon tas psihas.
Ina dia pantos prosse atenizontes, ke
to para Sou Foti odigoumeni, se to
aprositon ke edion katoptevontes Fos,
akatpavston Si tin exomologisin, ke
efharisian anapempomen,
to
Anarho Patri, sin to Monogeni Sou Iio,
ke to Panagiou ke Agatho ke Zoopio
Sou Pnevmati, nin ke ai, ke is tous
Eonas ton eonon.
Amin
Axion
Thou, O Master, Who Loves

mankind, accept these Prayers of
Thanksgiving and Supplication even
from us sinners, and Deliver us from
every deadly and dark transgression
and from all the visible and invisible
enemies that seek to do us harm.
Nail our flesh with the fear of Thee, and

let not our hearts incline towards
evil words or thoughts, but wound
our souls with Thy Love so that ever
gazing upon Thee, Guided by Thy
Light and beholding Thee, the
Eternal Light that no one can
approach, we may send up unceasing
Praises and Thanks to Thee, the
Father Without Beginning, together
with Thine Only Begotten Son, and
Thy Most Holy, Good and Life Giving
Spirit, now and ever, and to the Ages
of ages.
PEOPLE
TO
THE
Amen
EVER BLESSED THEOTOKOS
estin os Alithis Makarizin Se tin

Theotokon tin Aimakariston ke
Panamomiton ke Mitera tou
Theou
imon. Tin Timioteran ton Herouvim
Then
Doxa Patri, ke Io, ke Agio Pnevmati
eudoisis
Thisian
Dieosinis,
Anaforan ke Olokaftomata:
Tote
anisousin epi to thisiastirion Sou
moshous.
It is truly worthy to Bless Thee,

O Theotokos, Who art Ever Blessed
and All Blameless, and the Mother of
our God. More Honourable than the
READER
shalt Thou be pleased with a

Sacrifice of Righteousness, with
offering and whole burnt offerings
then shalt they offer young calves
upon Thine Altar.
FESTAL APOLYTIKION -
NATIVITY
OF
CHRIST
Apegrafeto pote sin to presviti Iosif os ek Mary,

be enrolled in Bethlehem, for he was
of Davids Lineage; and She bore in
Her Womb the Fruit that had not
been sown; the time for the Birth
at the inn but the Cave proved a fair
to raise up His Image that had fallen.
spermatos David en Vithlehem i

kioforian. Epesti de keros o tis
Ikona.
GREAT
O God, the Lord of Hosts, and

Author of all Creation, Who in Thine
ineffable tender Mercy has sent
down Thine Only Begotten Son, our
Lord Jesus Christ, for the Salvation
of our kind, and through His Holy
Cross has torn up the hand-writing
of our sins and thereby triumphed
over the princes and dominions of
darkness:
Zion; and let the walls of Jerusalem

be built.
Tote
READER
Aftos Despota Filanthrope, prosedexe ke Do

imon ton amartolon tas efharistirious
taftas, ke iketirious entefxis, ke rise
imas apo pantos olethriou ke skotinou
praptomatos, ke panton ton kakose
imas zitounton oraton ke aoraton
ehthron.
THE
Do good, O Lord, in Thy Good Will with
Kyrie, en ti evdokia Sou tin

Sion,
ke
ikodomithito
ta
tihi
Ierousalim.
PRIEST
ST BASIL
Agathinon,
Ke
Now

eonon.

Ages.
Amin
Amen
THEOTOKION
Theotoke,
ou i Ampelos i Alithini, i
vlastisasa ton Karpon tis Zois. Se
iketefomen, presveve Despina, meta
ton Apostolon, ke Panton ton Agion,
Eleithine tas psihas imon
FESTAL IDIOMELONS NATIVITY
Outos
O Theos imon, ou logisthisete

eteros pros Afton, O tehthis ek
Parthenou,
ke
tis
anthropis
sinanastrafis.
Fatni penihra, Iios
Monogenis, kimonos orate Vrotos. Ke
sparganis plekete, O tis Doxis Kyrios.
Ke Magous Astir minii, is Aftou
Proskinisin.
Ke imis melodoumen:
Trias Agia, Soson tas psihas imon. [2]

Agios ex orous kataskiou daseos.
OF
Theotokos, Thou art the True Vine,

who has put forth the Fruit of Life.
We pray Thee, O Lady, Intercede
together with the Apostles and all
the Saints, that Mercy may be
granted to our souls.
CHRIST
is our God: and none other shall

be accounted of in comparison with
Him. Born of a Virgin, He comes to
dwell among men. Laid in a poor
manger, the Only Begotten Son
appears as a mortal Man and the
Lord of Glory is wrapped in
swaddling clothes. A Star guides the
Magi to come and worship Him; and
we sing: O Holy Trinity: Save our
souls. (2)
God will come from Theman, and

STIHOS
VERSE:
Outos
This

eteros pros Afton, O tehthis ek
Parthenou,
ke
tis
anthropis
sinanastrafis.
Fatni penihra, Iios
Monogenis, kimonos orate Vrotos. Ke
sparganis plekete, O tis Doxis Kyrios.
TONE (6) PLAGAL 2
This
is our God: and none other shall

be accounted of in comparison with
Him. Born of a Virgin, He comes to
dwell among men. Laid in a poor
manger, the Only Begotten Son
appears as a mortal Man and the
Lord of Glory is wrapped in
Pro
tis Genniseos tis sis, tromo orose to

Mystirion Kyrie, i noere stratei kate
plitonto.
Os gar Vrefos nipiase
ifdoisas, O ton polon kosmisas tis
astrasi.
Ke fatni ton alogon
anakeklise, O draki sinehon panta gis
ta perata.
Tiafti gar Ikonomia
Egnosthi Sou i evsplaghnia. Hriste, to
Mega Eleos, Doxa Si.
STIHOS
Kyrie isakikoa tin akoin Sou
Pro
tis Genniseos tis sis, tromo orose to

Mystirion Kyrie, i noere stratei kate
plitonto.
Os gar Vrefos nipiase
ifdoisas, O ton polon kosmisas tis
astrasi.
Ke fatni ton alogon
anakeklise, O draki sinehon panta gis
ta perata.
Tiafti gar Ikonomia
Egnosthi Sou i evsplaghnia. Hriste, to
Mega Eleos, Doxa Si.
Doxa Patri, ke Io, ke Agio Pnevmati.
OF
CHRIST TONE (8) PLAGAL 4
Before
Thy Birth, O Lord, the Angelic

Hosts looked with trembling on this
Mystery and were struck with
wonder: for Thou Who has adorned
the vault of Heaven with stars has
been well pleased to be Born as an
Infant; and Thou Who holds all the
ends of the Earth in the hollow of
Thy Hand, is laid in a manger of
dumb beasts.
For by such a
Dispensation has Thy Compassion
been made known, O Christ, and Thy
Great Mercy: Glory to Thee!
O Lord, I have heard the report of

Thee and was afraid... (2)
VERSE:
Ke
Thy Birth, O Lord, the Angelic

Hosts looked with trembling on this
Mystery and were struck with
wonder: for Thou Who has adorned
the vault of Heaven with stars has
been well pleased to be Born as an
Infant; and Thou Who holds all the
ends of the Earth in the hollow of
Thy Hand, is laid in a manger of
dumb beasts.
For by such a
Dispensation has Thy Compassion
been made known, O Christ, and Thy
Great Mercy: Glory to Thee!

OF
CHRIST TONE
ipe imin, pos ek ton Agion in

parelaves Korin, egkion feris en
Vithleem?
Ego fisi, tous Profitas
erevnisas,
ke
hrimatisthis
ipo
Angelou, pepisme, oti Theon Gennisi i
Maria
anermineftos.
Ou
is
proskinisin, Magi ex anatolon ixousi,
sin doris timiis latrevontes.
O
sarkothis di imas: Kyrie Doxa Si!

eonon.
Now and ever and to the Ages of Ages.
Amin.

Joseph, tell us, how is it that Thou

took to Bethlehem, great with Child,
the Maiden whom Thou had received
from the Sanctuary?
I have
searched the Prophets, said he, and
have been warned by an Angel: and I
am persuaded that Mary shall give
Birth to God, in Ways surpassing all
interpretation. Magi from the East
shall come to worship Him with
precious gifts. O Lord, Who for our
sake has taken Flesh: Glory to
Thee!
Amen
Bread, and forgive us our trespasses

as we forgive those who trespass
against us. And lead us not into
temptation, but deliver us from the
evil one.
Amin
Power and the Glory:

of the
Ages of Ages.
PEOPLE
For Thine is the Kingdom, and the
PRIEST

eonas ton eonon.

aporritos.
Horeve i ikoumeni
ke
ton
Pimenon,
Voulithenta
Eonon Theon.
Before
Iosif,
ton epiousion dos imin simeron. Ke

afes imin ta ofelimata imon, os ke
imis afiement tis ofiletes
imon. Ke
mi isenengis imas is pirasmon, alla
rise imas apo tou ponirou.
swaddling clothes. A Star guides the

Magi to come and worship Him; and
we sing: O Holy Trinity: Save our
souls.
Ke Magous Astir minii, is Aftou

Proskinisin.
Ke imis melodoumen:
Trias Agia, Soson tas psihas imon
PRAYERS
OF
Kyrie eleison (40)
Amen
OF
CHRIST - TONE 3

Word.
Pre-Eternal God.
SUPPLICATION
Makrothimos,
O
Polyeleos,
O
Agapon ke tous Amartolous Eleon O
zoin imon pros tas Endolas Sou.

Earth, art Worshipped and Glorified;
and showest Mercy upon the sinner;
Lord, in this Hour:
receive our
Tas
Sanctify
Tihison


minds;
Deliver us from all
Amin.
Amen
Kyrie Eleison [3]
eonon.
Amin.

Amen
Ke
idou! O Astir on idon en ti Anotoli

proigen aftous, eos elthon esti epano
ou in to Pedion.
And
behold! The Star that they had

seen in the East went before them,
until it was over the young Child.
Idontes
de ton Astera eharisan haran

Megalin Sfodra.
When
Ke
elthontes is tin ikian idon to Pedion

meta Marias tis Mitros Aftou, ke
pesontes Proskinisan Afto.
And
Ke
anixantes tous thisavrous afton

prosinegkan Afto Dora: hrison ke
livanon ke smyrnan.
And
when they went into the house,

they saw the young Child with Mary,
His Mother, and fell down and
Worshipped Him.
when they had opened their
treasures, they presented gifts to
Him: gold, frankincense and myrrh.
odou

MAKE
THE
SIGN
that they should not return to Herod,

they departed another way for their
own country.
PEOPLE
Thee!
OF THE
Tahi
prokatalavetosan imas i iktirmi

Sou, Kyrie, oti eptohefsamen sfodra,
voithison imin O Theos O Sotir imon
eneken tis Doxis tou Onomatos Sou.
Kyrie Rise imas ke ilasthiti tes
amartias
imon,
eneken
tou
Onomatos Sou.
ROSS
& BOW D
OWN
TO
Let Thy tender Mercies, O Lord, speedily

go before us, for we have become
exceedingly poor. Help us, O God of
our Salvation: for the Glory of Thy
Name. O Lord, Deliver us and purge
away our sins, for Thy Names sake.

Athanatos, Eleison imas.
Holy
God,
Holy
Mighty,
Holy
Immortal, have mercy on us. [3]
Joseph, tell us, how is it that Thou

took to Bethlehem, great with Child,
the Maiden whom Thou had received
from the Sanctuary?
I have
searched the Prophets, said he, and
have been warned by an Angel: and I
am persuaded that Mary shall give
Birth to God, in Ways surpassing all
interpretation. Magi from the East
shall come to worship Him with
precious gifts. O Lord, Who for our
sake has taken Flesh: Glory to
Thee!
FESTAL PROKEIMENON NATIVITY
Sofia!
Irini pasi!
Ke pnevmati sou!
Sofia!
Proshomen!
PROKEIMENON
GOD
TRISAGION PRAYERS
Agios
ipe imin, pos ek ton agion in

parelaves Korin, egkion feris en
Vithleem;
Ego fisi, tous Profitas
erevnisas,
ke
hrimatisthis
ipo
Angelou, pepisme, oti Theon gennisi i
Maria
anermineftos.
Ou
is
proskinisin, Magi ex anatolon ixousi,
sin doris timiis latrevontes.
O
sarkothis di imas: Kyrie Doxa Si!
they saw the Star, they rejoiced

with exceedingly Great Joy.
Ke hrimatisthentes kat onar mi anakam And, being Divinely warned in a Vision

pase pros Ierodin, di allis
anehorisan is tin horan afton.
Iosif,
OF
CHRIST TONE 4
Wisdom!
Peace be unto all!
PEOPLE And to thy spirit.
PRIEST
Wisdom!
Let us attend!
PRIEST
PROPHECY NATIVITY
OF THE
Oti
Pedion egennithi imin, Ios ke

edothi imin.
Ou i arhi egennithi epi tou Omou

Aftou.
OF
CHRIST TONE 4
For a Child is born to us,
and a Son is
given to us,
Whose government is upon His

shoulders.
STIHOS
VERSE
Profitias Iseou to anagnosma

Sofia!
Proshomen!
The Prophecy of Isaiah

PRIEST
Wisdom!
Let us attend!
PROPHECY
OF
READER
JEREMIAH
BARUCH 3: 36 4: 4
Outos
This

eonon.
Amin

Amen
Exevre pasan odon epistimis,
He found the whole Way of Knowledge
Panagia
All
Meta
Afterwards,
Afti
She is the Book of the Commandments

Holy Trinity have Mercy on us.

for Thy Names sake.

eteros pros Afton.
ke edoken
aftin Iakov to pedi Aftou, ke Israel to
igapimeno ip Aftou.
de tafta epi tis gis ofthi ke tis
anthropis sinanestrafi.
i Vivlos ton Prostagmaton tou

Theou, ke O Nomos O Iparhon is ton
eona.
is our God; no other shall be

compared to Him.
and gave it to Jacob, His servant, and
to Israel, His Beloved.
He was seen upon the
Earth and lived among men.
of God and the Law that endures

forever.
Kyrie Eleison [3]

Doxa Patri ke
Lord have mercy [3]

Pantes is kratountes aftin, is Zoin.
Amin
Amen
Epistrafou Iakov, ke epilavou aftis.

Return, O Jacob, and take hold of Her.
Diodefson pros tin Lampsin katenanti Walk toward the Radiance of the
eonon.
Son,
OUR LORDS PRAYER

Pater
imon O en tis Ouranis, agiasthito

Ourano ke epi tis gis. Ton arton imon
Our Father Who art in Heaven: hallowed

be Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come.
Thy Will be done on earth as it is in
Heaven. Give us this day our daily
I de
kataleipontes aftin, apothanounte.
tou
Mi
dos etero tin doxan sou, ke ta

simferonta si Ethni allotrio.
All
those who keep Her will live, but

those forsaking Her will die.
Presence of Her Light.
Do not give your glory to another or the

things that are profitable to you, to a
foreign Nation.
Makarii
esmen Israel. Oti ta aresta to

Theo, imin gnosta Estin.
EPISTLE
Pros
Evreous
anagnosma.
OF
ST PAUL
Epistolis
Pavlou
TO THE
to
Sofia! Proshomen!
Israel, we are Blessed, for what is

pleasing to our God is known to us.
GALATIANS 3: 23 29
The Reading from the Epistle of St

Paul to the Galatians
READER
PRIEST
Adelphi:
pro tou elthin tin Pistin, ipo

Nomon efrouroumetha, sigkeklismeni
is tin mellousan Pistin apokalifthine.
Brethren, before the Faith came,

we were kept under guard by the
Law, kept for the Faith that would
afterwards be revealed.
READER
Oste O Nomos Pedagogos imon gegonen Therefore,

is
Hriston,
Dikeothomen.
ina
ek
Pisteos
Elthousis
de tis Pisteos, ouk eti ipo

Pedagogon esmen.
the Law was our Tutor to

bring us to Christ, so that we might
be Justified by Faith.
But
after Faith has come, we are no

longer under a Tutor.
Pantes gar ii Theou este dia tis Pistos en For you are all Children of God by Faith
Hristo Iisou.
Irini si to anagnonti
Alleluia! [3]
HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST MATTHEW [2: 1-12]

Sofia!
PRIEST
Irini pasi!
Ke pnevmati sou
PEOPLE

Evangeliou...
Proshomen!
There is neither Jew nor Greek;
de imis Hristou, ara tou Abraam

sperma este, ke kat Epangelian
Klironomi.
And if you are Christs then are you the
there is
neither slave nor free;
there is
neither male nor female - for you are
all one in Christ Jesus.
seed of Abraham, and
according to the Promise.
Irini si to anaginoskondi
PRIEST
Allelouia!
PEOPLE
Heirs
Alleluia!
[3]
PRIEST
Irini pasi!
Ke to pnevmati sou
En tou kata L O U K A A G I O U
PEOPLE

Evangeliou...
to anagnosma
Proshomen!
EVANGELIOU
ACCORDING TO
HOLY GOSPEL
ST LUKE [21-20]
Let us attend!
PEOPLE Glory to Thee, O Lord, Glory to
OWN
BEFORE GOD
Now after Jesus was born in

Bethlehem of Judea in the days of
Herod the King, behold! Magi from
the East came to Jerusalem, saying:
Where is He Who has been born King
of the Jews? For we have seen His
Star in the East and have come to
Worship Him.
Ke
And when he had gathered all the Chief
sinagagon pantas tous Arhiris ke

Grammatis tou laou epinthaneto par
afton pou O Hristos Gennate.
Herod the King heard this, he

was troubled, and all Jerusalem with
him.
Priests and Scribes of the people

together, he enquired of them where
the Christ was to be Born.
I de ipon afto: En Vithleem tis Ioudeas. They

Onto gar gegrapte dia tou Profitou:
Ke Si Vithleem, gi Iouda, oudamos
elhisti i en tis igemosin Iouda. Ek
Sou gar exelefsete Igoumenos, ostis
pimani ton laon Mou to Israel..
said to him: In Bethlehem of

Judea, for thus it is written by the
Prophet: And Thee, O Bethlehem, in
the land of Judah, are not the least
among the Rulers of Judah; for out
of Thee shall come a Ruler Who will
shepherd My people Israel.
Tote
Then
Ke
tempsas aftous is Vithleem ipe:

Porefthentes akrivos exetasate peri
tou Pediou, epan de evrite, apangilate
mi, opos kago elthon proskiniso Afto.
And
de
akousantes
eporefthisan.
Ierodis lathra kalesas tous Magou,

ikrivose gar afton ton hronon tou
fenomenou Asteros.
Thee!
MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS AND BOW D
PRIEST
When
de Ierodis O Vasilefs etarahthi

ke pasa Ierosolima met aftou.
Wisdom! Let us stand and listen to

the Holy Gospel.

And with thy spirit
PRIEST The Lesson from T H E
Thee, O Lord, Glory
to Thee
Akousas
THE HOLY GOSPEL

Sofia!
Let us attend!
Glory to
Iisou genithentos en Vithleem tis

Ioudeas en imeres Ierodou 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.
Peace be to thee, the Reader, and
to all the people.

[3]
The Lesson from the Holy

Gospel according to St Matthew
PRIEST
PEOPLE
Tou
as many of you as have been

Baptised in Christ, have put on
Christ.
eni Ioudeos, oude Ellin; Ouk eni

doulos, oude eleftheros; ouk eni arsen
ke thili - pantes gar imis is este en
Hristo Iisou.
Let us listen to the

And with thy spirit
En tou kata Mattheou to anagnosma
in Christ Jesus.
Ouk
Wisdom!
Holy Gospel.
MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS & BOW DOWN BEFORE GOD
Osi gar is Hriston Evaptisthite, Hriston For

enedisasthe.
Peace be to thee, the Reader

PEOPLE Alleluia! [3]
PRIEST
tou
Vasileos
Herod, when he had secretly

called the Magi, determined from
them what time the Star appeared.
he sent them to Bethlehem and

said: Go and search carefully for the
young Child, and when you have
found Him, bring back word to me, so
that I may go and Worship Him also.
When
they
departed.
heard
the
King,
they
Gnote Ethni ke ittasthe.

Epakousate eos eshatou
Know
tis
Ishikotes ittasthe.
Ean
gar palin
ittithisesthe.
ishisite
palin
Ke
in an Voulefsisthe, diaskedasi
Kyrios, ke Logon on ean lalisite, ou
mi emmini en imin, oti meth imon
O Theos.
THE EPISTLE
OF
this, O Gentiles, and be

defeated. Listen, to the very ends of
the Earth: Be defeated!
Gis:
ST PAUL
whatever counsel you take, the

Lord will scatter it abroad; and
whatever word you shall speak, it
will not continue among you, for
the Lord God is with us.
HEBREWS 1:10 2: 3
TO THE
Afti
That
Ke
And all went to be registered - everyone
Anevi
Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of
i
Apografi
proti
egenetoi
igemonevontos tis Syrias Kiriniou.
eporevonto pantes apografesthe ekastos is tin idian polin.
de ke Iosif apo tis Galileas ek

poleos Nazaret is tin Ioudean is polin
David, itis kalite Vithleem, dia to ine
afton ex
ikou ke patrias David,
apograpsasthe
sin
Mariam
ti
memnistefmeni afto gineki, ousi
Engio.
Let us attend!
READER The Reading from the Epistle of St
PRIEST
Epistolis
Pavlou
to
anagnosma
Paul to the Hebrews
Sofia. Proshomen
Kat arhas Si,
ethemelIosas.
PRIEST
Kyrie,
tin
Gin
Wisdom! Let us attend
Thou, O Lord, in the beginning laid the

foundation of the Earth.
Ke Erga ton Hiron Sou isin i Ourani.
And the Work of Thy Hands art the

Heavens.
Afti apolounte - Si de diamenis.
They will perish - Thou will remain.
Ke pantes os imation paleothisonte, ke

osi perivoleon elixis aftous, ke
allagisonte.
And everything will grow old like a

garment, and like a cloak Thou will
fold them up, and they will be
changed.
Si de O aftos i, ke ta eti Sou ouk

eklipsousi.
Pros
tina de ton Angelon irike pote:

Kathou ek dixion mou, eos an tho
tous ehthrous Sou ipopodion ton
Podon Sou?
Thou art the same, and Thy years will

not fail.
To which of the Angels did He ever say:
diakonian apostellomena, dia tous

mellontas klironomin Sotirian?
we must give the more

earnest heed to the things we have
heard, lest we drift away.
I gar O di Angelon lalithis Logos egeneto For if the Word spoken through Angels
veveos, ke pasa paravasis ke parakon
elaven endikon mithapodosian, pos
imis
ekfevxometha,
tilikaftis
amelisantes Sotiria, itis arhin lavousa
lalisthei dia tou Kyriou, ipo ton
akousanton is imas eveveothi?
THE
de en to ine aftous eki

eplisthisan e imere tou tekin aftin.
proved
steadfast,
and
every
transgression
and
disobedience
received a Just Reward, how shall we
escape if we neglect so great a
Salvation, which at first began to be
spoken by the Lord, and was
confirmed to us by those who heard
Him?
READER
And it came to pass in those days

that a Decree went out from Caesar
Augustus that all the world should
be registered.
Census first took place while

Quirinius was governing Syria.
to his own city.
the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to

the City of David, which is called
Bethlehem, because he was of the
House and Lineage of David, to be
registered with Mary, his Betrothed
Wife, who was with Child.
So
it was, that while they were there,

the days were completed for Her to
be delivered.
Ke eteketon ton Ion aftis ton Prototokon, And

ke esparganosen afton ke aneklinen
afton en ti fatni,
dioti ouk in aftis
topos en to katalimati.
She brought forth Her Firstborn

Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling
clothes, and laid Him in a manger
because there was no room for them
at the inn.
Ke
Pimenes isan en ti hora ti afti

agravlountes ke filasontes filakas tis
niktos epi tin Pimnin afton.
Now
Ke
idou! Angelos Kyriou epesti aftis ke

doxa Kyriou perielampsen aftous, ke
efovithisan fovon megan.
And behold! an Angel of the Lord stood
ipen aftis O Angelos: Mi fovisthe!

Idou gar! Evangelizome imin Haran
Megalin, itis este panti to lao.
And
Ke
forth to minister to those who will

inherit Salvation?
Dia touto di perissoteros imas prosehin Therefore

tis akousthisi, mi pote pararriomen.
Egeneto
Sit at My right Hand until I make

Thine enemies Thy Footstool?
Ouhis pantes isi Litourgika Pnevmata, is Are they not all Ministering Spirits sent
THE PRIEST BLESSES
PRIEST
de en tes imeres ekines exilthe

dogma para Kesaros Avgoustou
apografesthe pasan tin ikoumenin.
you are strong - you will

be defeated again.
And
ST LUKE 2: 1 20
TO
Egeneto
Although
OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST IS WITHOUT BEGINNING & THE CREATOR OF ALL
Proshomen!
Pros Evreous
HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING
there were in the same country

Shepherds living out in the fields,
keeping watch over the flock by
night.
before them, and the Glory of the
Lord shone around them, and they
were greatly afraid.
the Angel said to them: Do not
fear! For behold! I bring you Good
Tidings of Great Joy, which will be to
all people.
Oti etehthi imin simeron Sotir, os esti

Hristos Kyrios, en Poli David.
For there is Born to you this day, a

Saviour Who is Christ the Lord, in the
City of David.
Ke toutoimin to Simion: evrisete Vrefos
And this will be the Sign to you: You

will find an Infant wrapped in
swaddling cloths, lying in a manger.
esparganomenon, kimenon en fatne.
Ke exefnis egeneto sin to Angelo plithos And suddenly there was with the Angel
Stratias Ouraniou enounton ton
Theon ke legonton: Doxa en Ipsistis
Theo! Ke epi gis Irini, en anthropis
evdokia!
Ke
egeneto os apilthon ap afton is ton

Ouranon i Angeli, ke i anthropi i
a multitude of the Heavenly Hosts

praising God and saying: Glory to
God in the Highest, and on earth,
Peace, Goodwill towards men!
And
when the Angels had gone from

them into Heaven, the Shepherds
Pimenes
ipon:
Pros
alilous
dielthomen di eos Vithleem ke idomen
to rima touto to gegonos, O Kyrios
egnorisen imin.
Ke
ilthon spevsantes, ke anevron tin te

Mariam ke ton Iosif ke to Vrefos
kimenon en ti fatni.
Idontes
said to one another: Let us now go

to Bethlehem and see this Thing that
has come to pass, which the Lord has
made known to us.
And
they went with haste and found

Mary and Joseph, and the Infant
lying in a manger.
de diegnorisan peri tou rimatos

tou lalithentos aftis peri tou Pediou
toutou, ke pantes i akousantes
ethavmasan peri ton lalithenton ipo
ton Pimenon pros aftous.
When
de Mariam panta sinetiri ta rimata

tafta simvalousa en ti Kardia Aftis.
Mary
they had seen Him, they made

widely known the saying that was
told them concerning this Child, and
all those who heard it marvelled at
those things that were told them by
the Shepherds.
kept all those words
pondered them in Her heart.

MAKE
THE
SIGN
and Praising God for all the Things

that they had heard and beheld, as it
had been told them.
PEOPLE
Ke
ROSS
PRAISES
Kyrios
O Theos Evlogitos: Evlogitos

Kyrios
imeran
kath
imeran,
katefodose imin O Theos ton Sotirion
imon: O Theos imon, O Theos tou
Sozin.
TO
& BOW D
OWN
TO
GOD

Athanatos, Eleison imas. [3]
Holy
God,
Holy
Mighty,
Holy
Immortal, have Mercy on us. [3]

eonon.

Amin
Panagia
Amen
All Holy
Kyrie Eleison [3]

Doxa Patri ke
Lord have mercy [3]


eonon.
Amin
Trinity have Mercy on us.

for Thy Names sake.
Son,
Amen
the Lord spoke to Ahaz, saying:

Ask a Sign for Thyself from the
Lord Thy God either in the depth or
in the height above.
ipen (Isaias):
Akousate di ikos
David:
Mi mikron imin agona
parehin anthropis?
Ke pos Kyrio
parehete agona?
And Isaiah said:
I will not ask, nor will I

tempt the Lord.
Hear now, O House of
David: is it a small thing for Thee to
weary men? And wilt Thou weary
the Lord also?
Dia
Therefore,
Voutiron
Butter
Ke
katalifthisete i gi in si fovi
apoprosopou ton dio Vasileon...
And the land Thou fear because of the

presence of the two kings will be
abandoned....
Ke
ipe Kyrios pros me: Lave seafto

tomon kenou megan ke grapson is
afton grafidi anthropou, tou oxeos
pronomin piise skilon. Paresti gar.
And
touto dosi Kyrios Aftos imin

Simion: Idou! I Parthenos en gastri
lipsete, ke texete Ion, ke kalesis to
Onoma aftou Emmanouil.
ke meli fagete prini gnone

Afton, i proelesthe ponira, eklexasthe
to Agathon, dioti prini gnone to
Pedion Agathon i kakon, apithi
poniria, tou eklexasthe to Agathon.
the Lord Himself will give

Thee a Sign: Behold! The Virgin shall
Conceive and bear a Son, and Thou
shall call His Name Emmanuel.
and honey He shall eat before

He knows to prefer evil or choose
Good, because before the Child
knows Good or evil, He refuses the
evil to choose the Good.
the Lord said to me: Take for

Thyself a large new Book, and write
on it with a mans pen concerning
making a swift plunder of spoils,
for it is near at hand.
Ke
martyras mi piison Pistous

anthropous:
ton
Ourian,
ke
Zaharian ion Varahiou.
And make witnesses for Me of

Faithful
men:
Uriah,
and
Zechariah, the son of Berechiah.
Ke
prosilthon pros tin Profitin, ke en

gastri elave, ke eteken Ion.
And
Ke
ipe Kyrios mi: Kaleson to Onoma

aftou, Taheos Skilefson, Oxeos
Pronomefson, dioti prini gnone to
pedion kalin patera i miter, lipsete
dinamin Damaskou, ke ta skila
Samarias
enanti
Vasileos
Assirion...
And
...Ke afeli apo tis Ioudeas anthropon,

os thiniisete kefalin are i thinaton
sindelesasthe ti.
I went to the Prophetess, and she

conceived and bore a son.
the Lord said to me: Call his

name Quickly Despoil, Swiftly
Plunder, for before the child shall
know how to call for his Father and
Mother, one shall take the power of
Damascus and the spoils of
Samaria in the presence of the King
of Assyria...
...And take away from Judah every

man able to raise his head or
accomplish anything.
Ke este i paremvoli aftou oste plirose His

to platos tis horas Sou, meth imon
O Theos.
Again
Ke
TRISAGION PRAYERS
Agios
PRIEST
The Prophecy of Isaiah

And Ahaz said:
Blessed
is the Lord God: Blessed be

the Lord from day to day, and may
the God of our Salvation grant us
prosperity, for He is our God: the
God of Salvation.
prosetheto Kyrios lalise to Ahaz,

legon: Etise seafto simion para
Kyriou Theou sou is Vathos, i is
ipsos.
READER
ipen Ahaz: Ou mi etiso, oude mi

piraso Kyrion.
GOD
ISAIAH 7:10-16; 8: 1-4: 8-10
Ke
Thee
OF THE
OF
Profitias Iseou to anagnosma

Sofia! Proshomen!
and
Ke ipestrepsan i Pimenes doxazontes ke And the Shepherds returned, Glorifying

enountes ton Theon epi pasin is
ikousan ke idon kathos elelithi pros
aftous.
PROPHECY
encampment will fill the breadth

of Thy Land, O God with us.
STIHOS
Kyrie isakikoa tin akoin Sou
Hearken, O Heaven, and listen, O Earth.
Akouge
Ourane, ke enotizou i Gi.

Salefthito ta Themelia, epilaveto
tromos ta katahthonia. Oti O Theos
te ke Ktisis, sarkos isedi plasin. Ke O
Kratea Ktisas Heri tin Ktisin,
splaghnon orate plasmatos.
O
Vathos ploutou, ke Sofias ke Gnoseos
Theou! Os anexerevnita ta Krimata
Aftou, ke anexihniasti i Odi Aftou.
Let the foundations be shaken, and

let trembling lay hold upon the
nethermost parts of the world. For
our God and Creator has clothed
Himself in created flesh, and He Who
with His strong Arm fashioned the
Creation reveals Himself in the
Womb of her whom He formed. O
the depth of the riches of the
Wisdom and Knowledge of God!
How
unsearchable
are
His
Judgements, and His Ways past
comprehension!
Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati..

OF
CHRIST -
pasan enian, ekpliton ke sinehon. Ke

evsevos
proskinountes,
Pisti
animnisomen.
Simeron
pros
Vithleem,
egkimonousa
Kori
paraginete, tou gennise ton Kyrion.
Hori de Angelon protrehousi.
Ke
tafta vlepon evoa, Iosif O Mnistor. Ti
to en Si xenon Mystirion Parthene? Ke
pos mellis lohefse, i apirozigos
damalis?
Ke

eonon.
Amin
let us behold Wonders that strike

and hold fast every mind with
amazement: and in reverent worship,
let us sing praises with Faith. Today
a Maiden, great with Child, comes to
Bethlehem to give Birth to the Lord:
and Choirs of Angels go before Her.
Seeing these things, cried Joseph,
Her Betrothed: What is this strange
Mystery in Thee, O Virgin? And how
shalt Thou bring forth Child, O Calf
who has never been Yoked?
Now

ages.
Amen
Defte Hristofori lai katidomen, Thavma Come ye people, Bearers of Christ, and
pasan enian, ekpliton ke sinehon. Ke
evsevos
proskinountes,
pisti
animnisomen.
Simeron
pros
Vithleem,
egkimonousa
Kori
paraginete, tou gennise ton Kyrion.
Hori de Angelon protrehousi.
Ke
tafta vlepon evoa, Iosif o Mnistor. Ti
to en si xenon Mystirion Parthene; ke
pos mellis lohevse, i apirozigos
damalis?
OF THE
Ipen O Kyrios to Kyrio mou.

Kathou ek dexion mou
STIHOS
let us behold Wonders that strike

and hold fast every mind with
amazement: and in reverent worship,
let us sing praises with Faith. Today
a Maiden, great with Child, comes to
Bethlehem to give Birth to the Lord:
and Choirs of Angels go before Her.
Seeing these things, cried Joseph,
Her Betrothed: What is this strange
Mystery in Thee, O Virgin? And how
shalt Thou bring forth Child, O Calf
who has never been Yoked?
PROPHECY - TONE (8) PLAGAL 4
Ek gastros pro Eosforou egenisa Se.
Pater imon O en tis Ouranis, Agiasthito Our

Ourano ke epi tis Gis. Ton Arton
imon ton Epiousion dos imin simeron.
Ke afes imin ta ofelimata imon, os ke
imis afiement tis ofiletes imon. Ke mi
isenengis imas is pirasmon, alla Rise
imas apo tou ponirou.
Oti Sou Estin i Vasilia ke i Dinamis ke
i Doxa tou Patros, ke tou Iou, ke tou

eonas ton eonon.
Amin
From the womb before the

morning star I bore Thee.
VERSE Said the Lord to my Lord, Sit Thou
on My right Hand.
READER
Father Who art in Heaven:

Hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy
Kingdom come. Thy Will be done on
Earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this
day our Daily Bread, and forgive us
our trespasses as we forgive those
who trespass against us. And lead
us not into temptation, but Deliver
us from the evil one.
PRIEST
PEOPLE

aporritos.
Horeve i ikoumeni
ke
ton
Pimenon,
Voulithenta
Eonon Theon.
PRAYERS
OF
For
Thine is the Kingdom, the
Power and the Glory,

of the
Ages of Ages.
TONE (5) PLAGAL 1
Defte Hristofori lai katidomen, Thavma Come ye people, Bearers of Christ, and
PROKEIMENON
OUR LORDS PRAYER

O Lord,
I have heard the report

of Thee, and was afraid
VERSE:
Amen
OF
CHRIST TONE 3

Word.
Pre-Eternal God.
SUPPLICATION & MERCY
Kyrie eleison (40)
Makrothimos,
O
Polyeleos,
O
Agapon ke tous Amartolous Eleon O
zoin imon pros tas Endolas Sou:

earth, art Worshipped and Glorified;
Compassionate; Who Loves the Just
and shows Mercy to the sinner; Who
Calls all to Salvation through the
Promise of Blessings to come: O
Lord, in this Hour:
receive our
Tas
Sanctify
Tihison

pasis thlipseos, kakon ke odinis.
paremvoli afton frurumeni ke o di
aprosito sou doxis, oti Evlogitos i is
Amin.

minds;
Deliver
us
from
all
Amen
Kyrie Eleison [3]

eonon.
Amin.

amartolon ikesias i Pansemnos, oti

Eleimon esti, ke Sozin Dinamenos, O
ke pathin iper imon katadexamenos.
Amen
THEOTOKION
Tin

tin
adiafthoros
Theon
Logon
Megalinomen
FESTAL IDIOMELONS

than the Cherubim, and beyond
compare more Glorious than the
bore the Word of God, truly Thou art
the Theotokos, and we Magnify Thee.
BLESSINGS
En onomati Kyriou, Evlogison Pater
In the Name of the Lord, Bless,

Father
PEOPLE
O Theos iktirise imas ke Evlogise imas
O God be Merciful to us and

Bless us, and cause His Face to shine
upon us, and be Merciful to us.
PRIEST
epifane to Prosopo Aftou ef imas ke

Eleise imas.
Amin
Di
PEOPLE
efhon ton Agion Pateron imon,

Kyrie Iisou Hriste O Theos imon,
Eleison ke Soson imas.
Amin
Despota
is epistase krimasi, Soson me ton

anaxion doulon Sou. Oti Evlogitos i is
Amin.
Amen
Through
the Prayers of our

Fathers and Saints, O Lord Jesus
Christ our God, have Mercy on us.
PRIEST
PEOPLE
Thee, Pater Pantokrator,

Kyrie, Ie Monogenes, Iisou Hriste, ke
Agion Pnevma, Mia Theotis, mia
Dinamis, Eleison me ton amartolon.
Ke
has Great Power to win the favour of

the Master.
Despise not, O All
Venerable Lady, the Prayers of
sinners, for He Who took upon
Himself to suffer for our sake is
Merciful and Strong to Save.
Amen.
O Master,
God Almighty, and

the Lord, the Only Son, Jesus Christ,
and the Holy Spirit, the One
Godhead and One Might, have Mercy
on me, a sinner.
PRIEST
And by the precepts which Thou teach,

Save me, Thine undeserving servant;
for Thou art Blessed to the Ages of
ages.
PEOPLE
Amen.
NATIVITY
OF THE
Defte
Pisti eparthomen Entheos, ke

katidomen.
Sigkatavasin Theikin
anothen, en Vithleem.
Pros imas
emfanos. Ke noun katharthentes, ton
vio prosenegkomen, aretas anti
mirou, proeftrepizontes Pistos, ton
Genethlion tas isodous, epi ton
psihikon thisavrismaton, krazontes.
En ipsistis Doxa, Theo to en Triadi, di
ou en anthropis evdokia epefani, ton
Adam eklitrosasthe, tis arhegonou
aras os filanthropos. [2]

Agios ex Orous kata skiou daseos.
Come,
O ye Faithful, Inspired by God,

let us arise and behold the Divine
Condescension from on High that is
made manifest to us in Bethlehem.
Cleansing our minds, let us offer,
throughout lives, Virtues instead of
Myrrh, preparing with Faith, our
entry into the Feast of the Nativity,
storing up Treasure in our souls and
crying: Glory in the Highest to God
in Trinity! Whose Good Pleasure is
not revealed to men, that in His Love
for mankind He may set Adam free
from the Ancestral Curse. (2)
God shall come from Teman, and

STIHOS
VERSE:
Defte
Come,
Pisti eparthomen entheos, ke

katidomen.
Sigkatavasin Theikin
anothen, en Vithleem.
Pros imas
emfanos. Ke noun katharthentes, ton
vio prosenegkomen, aretas anti
mirou, proeftrepizontes Pistos, ton
Genethlion tas isodous, epi ton
psihikon thisavrismaton, krazontes.
En Ipsistis Doxa, Theo to en Triadi, di
ou en anthropis Evdokia Epefani, ton
Adam eklitrosasthe, tis arhegonou
aras os filanthropos
O ye Faithful, Inspired by God,

let us arise and behold the Divine
Condescension from on High that is
made manifest to us in Bethlehem.
Cleansing our minds, let us offer,
throughout lives, Virtues instead of
Myrrh, preparing with Faith, our
entry into the Feast of the Nativity,
storing up Treasure in our souls and
crying: Glory in the Highest to God
in Trinity! Whose Good Pleasure is
not revealed to men, that in His Love
for mankind He may set Adam free
from the Ancestral Curse.
FESTAL IDIOMELONS OF THE NATIVITY
Sixth Hour
Akouge
THE PROSTRATIONS
MAKE
THE
SIGN
OF THE
ROSS
AND BOW
DOWN AS
FOLLOWS
Defte proskinisomen ke prospesomen
Defte proskinisomen ke prospesomen
Defte

our God.
Ourane, ke enotizou i Gi.

Salefthito ta Themelia, epilaveto
tromos ta katahthonia. Oti O Theos
te ke Ktisis, sarkos isedi plasin. Ke O
Kratea Ktisas Heri tin Ktisin,
splaghnon orate plasmatos.
O
Vathos ploutou, ke Sofias ke Gnoseos
Theou! Os anexerevnita ta Krimata
Aftou, ke anexihniasti i Odi Aftou.
TONE 1
TONE 4
Hearken, O Heaven, and listen, O Earth.

Let the foundations be shaken, and
let trembling lay hold upon the
nethermost parts of the world. For
our God and Creator has clothed
Himself in created flesh, and He Who
with His Strong Hand fashioned the
Creation, reveals Himself in the
Womb of Her whom He formed. O
the Depth of the riches of the
Wisdom and Knowledge of God!
How
unsearchable
are
His
Judgements, and His Ways past
comprehension!
Angelis aftou entelite peri Sou, tou

diafilaxe Se en pases tes Odis Sou.
He shall command His Angels

concerning Thee, to keep Thee in all
Thy Ways.
Epi
In their hands they shall
Epi
Thou shall tread upon the asp and the
hiron arousi Se, mi pote proskopsis

pros lithon ton Poda Sou.
aspida ke vasiliskon epivisi, ke
katapatisis leonta ke drakonta.
Oti ep Eme ilpise, ke Risome afton.

Skepaso afton, oti egno to Onoma
Mou.
Kekraxete pros Me, ke epakousome
aftou.
Met aftou Imi en thlipsi - Exeloume
afton, ke Doxaso afton.
Makrotita imeron empliso afton, ke
dixo afto to Sotirion Mou.
basilisk1, and Thou shall trample the

lion and the dragon.
For he hoped in Me, and I will Deliver
him. I will shelter him for he knew
My Name.
He shall call upon Me, and I will hear
him.
I Am with him in affliction - I will
Deliver him and Glorify him.
With length of days I will satisfy him
and show him My Salvation.

ever and unto the Ages of ages.
Amen
Amin.
Alleluia [3] Doxa Si, O Theos, Doxa Alleluia (3) Glory to Thee, O God,
Si! (3)
Glory to Thee! (3)
Kyrie Eleison [3]
Lord, have Mercy. (3)
FESTAL APOLYTIKION - NATIVITY
OF
CHRIST
Apegrafeto pote sin to presviti Iosif os ek Mary,

be enrolled in Bethlehem, for they
were of Davids lineage; and She bore
in Her Womb the Fruit that had not
been sown. The time for the Birth
at the inn; but the Cave proved a fair
so that He may raise up again the
Image that before was fallen!
spermatos David en Vithlehem i

kioforian. Epesti de keros o tis
geniseos ke topos in oudis to
katalimati; al os terpnon palation to
spyleon ti Vasilidi ediknito. Hristos
gennate, tin prin pesousan anastison
ikona.
Ke

eonon.
Amin
Now

Ages.
ouk ehomen parrisian dia ta polla

imon amartimata, Si ton ek Sou
gennithenta
disopison,
Theotoke
Parthene. Polla gar Ishii Deisis Mitros
pros evmenean Despotou. Mi paridis
As
there is no boldness in us because

of the multitude of our sins, do
Thou, O Virgin Theotokos, Intercede
with Thy Son Whom Thou hast
Borne, for the entreaty of a Mother
Theos, to Krima Sou to Vasili dos ke

tin Dikeosin Sou to Io tou Vasileos.
Krinin ton laon Sou en Dikeosini, ke
tous ptohous Sou en Krisi.
BASILISK = LIZARD
God, grant Thy Judgements to the

King and Thy Righteousness to the
Kings Son, so that He may Judge
Thy people in Righeousness and Thy
poor with Judgement.
the mountains raise up Peace for
Thy people and the hills in
Righteousness.
Dikeosinin.
Krini tous ptohous tou laou, ke sosi tous He shall Judge the
poor of the people,

and shall serve the sons of the poor.
iious ton peniton.
Ke
tapinosi sikofantin, ke simparameni

to ilio, ke pro tis selinis geneas
geneon.
Katavisete
os ietos epi pokon, ke osi

stagon i stazousa epi tin gin.
He shall humble the false accuser,
and
He shall continue as long as the sun
and
before
the
moon
from
generation to generation.
And He shall come down like rain upon

the fleece, like raindrops falling on
the Earth.
Anateli en tes imeres aftou Dikeosini, ke In

plithos Irinis, eos ou antanerethi i
selini.
Ke
katakyriefsi apo thalassis

thalassis, ke apo patamon
peraton tis ikoumenis.
eos
eos
His days, Righteousness and

abundance of Peace shall flourish,
until the moon is removed.
And He shall rule from sea to sea, and

from the river to the ends of the
inhabited Earth.
Enopion aftou propesounte Ethiopes, ke i The
Ethiopians shall bow down before

Him and His enemies shall lick the
dust.
ehthri aftou houn lixousi.
Vasilis Tharsis, ke nisi dora prosisousi.
The Kings of Tarshish and their islands

will come bearing gifts.
Vasilis Aravon ke Sava dora prosaxousi. The Kings of Arabia and Sava will bring
Ke Proskinisousin Afto pantes i Vasilis
tis gis, panta ta Ethni doulevsousin
Afto.
Oti
errisato ptohon ek dinastou, ke

penita, O ouh ipirhe voithos.
presents and all the Kings of the

Earth shall Worship Him; all the
Gentiles shall serve Him.
For He rescued the poor from the hand

of a strong man - and the needy, for
whom there was no helper.
Fisete
ptohou ke penitos, ke psihas

peniton Sosi.
He shall spare the poor and needy and
Ek
tokou ke ex adikias litrosete tas

psihas afton, ke entimon to Onoma
aftou Enopion Afton.
He shall Redeem their souls from usury
Ke
zisete, ke dothisete afto ek tou

hrysiou tis Aravias
He
Ke
prosefxonte peri aftou diapantos;

Olin tin imeran Evlogisousin Afton.
They
Este
1
Analaveto ta ori Irinin to lao, ke i vouni Let
Amen
THEOTOKION
Oti
bear Thee up,

lest Thou strike Thy Foot against a
stone.
eonon.
PSALM 71/72
A PROPHECY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST THE KING OF PEACE
stirigma en ti Gi ep akron ton

oreon.
He shall Save the souls of the needy.

and injustice, and precious shall be
their name in His Sight.
shall live, and there shall be given
Him from the gold of Arabia.
shall pray continually because of
Him; all the day long shall they Bless
Him.
He shall be a support on the Earth upon

the summits of the mountains.
Iperarthisete
His
Este
Let His Name be Blessed unto the Ages.
Pro
His Name shall remain
iper ton Livanon Okarpos

aftou, ke exanthisousin ek poleos osi
hortos tis Gis.
to Onoma Aftou Evlogimenon is
tous Eonas.
tou iliou diameni to Onoma Aftou.
Ke Enevlogithisonte en afto pase e file
tis Gis.
Panta ta Ethni makariousin afton.

Evlogitos Kyrios O Theos tou Israel,
pion Thavmasia monos.
Ke
Evlogimenon to Onoma tis Doxis

Aftou is ton eona, ke is ton eona tou
eonos.
All the Gentiles shall Bless Him.

Blessed is the Lord God, the God
of
Israel Who alone does Wondrous
Things.
And
Blessed is the Name of His Glory

forever and to the Ages of ages.
Mnisthiti
Kyrie tou David, ke pasis tis

praotitos aftou: Os omose to Kyrio,
iixato to Theo Iakov: I iselefsome is
Skinonoma ikou mou, i anavisome
epi klinis stromnis mou, i doso ipnon
tis ofthalmis mou, ke tis vlefaris mou
nistagmon, ke anapafsin tis krotafis
mou, eos ou evro topon to Kyrio,
Skinoma to Theo Iakob.
Idou
ikousamen aftin en Efratha,

evromen aftin en tis pediis tou
drimou.
Remember,
O Lord, David, and all his

meekness: how he swore to the
Lord; how he Vowed to the God of
Jacob: I shall not enter my dwelling.
I shall not recline on my bed. I shall
not close my eyes in sleep nor my
eyelids for dozing, nor give any rest
to my temples, until I find a place for
the Lord - a Tabernacle for the God
of Jacob.
Behold,
we heard of it in Ephratah; we
found it in the plains of the wood.
Iselefsometha is ta Skinomata Afton.

Let us enter into His Tabernacles.
Proskinisomen is ton Topon, ou estisan i Let us worship at the Place where
Podes Aftou.
His
Feet stood.
Anastithi, Kyrie, is tin anapafsin Sou, Si Arise, O Lord, into Thy Rest,
ke i Kivotos tou Agiasmatos Sou.
Thee and
the Ark of Thy Holiness.
I Ieries Sou endisonte Dikeosinin, ke i Osii Thy

Sou Agalliasonte.
Eneken
David tou doulou Sou, mi

apostepsis to prosopon tou Hristou
Sou.
Omose
Kyrios to David Alithian, ke ou

mi athetisi aftin: Ek karpou tis
kilias Sou thisome epi tou Thronou
For the Lord has chosen Zion;
Tin thiran aftis Evlogon Evlogiso tous

ptohous aftis hortaso arton. Tous
iris aftis endiso sotirian, ke i Osii
aftis agalliasi agalliasonte.
Blessing, I shall Bless her provision; I

shall satisfy her poor with bread;
and I shall clothe her Priests with
Salvation, and her Saints shall
rejoice exceedingly with Great Joy.
Eki exantelo keras to David. Itimasa

lihnon to Hristo Mou.
Tous
ehthrous aftou endiso eshinin. Epi
de afton exanthisi to agiasma mou.
There I shall cause to spring up a

horn for David. There I prepared a
Lamp for My Anointed.
His
enemies I shall clothe with shame.
Upon him shall My Sanctification
flourish.
exelexato Kyrios tin Sion, iretisato

aftin is katikian e afto: Afti i
katapafsis Mou is Eona eonos, ode
katikiso, oti iretisamin aftin.
Glory. Amen! Amen!
PSALM 131/132
A MESSIANIC PSALM: THE DWELLING PLACE OF GOD THE EVER BLESSED THEOTOKOS GIVES
US THE DIVINE FRUIT OF HER ALL PURE AND HOLY BODY OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR, JESUS
CHRIST
Priests shall clothe themselves in

Righteousness, and Thy Saints shall
greatly rejoice.
For
Thy servant, Davids sake, do not

turn away from the face of Thine
Anointed.
The Lord swore to David this Truth and

He shall not reject It: I shall set
upon thy throne One from the Fruit
of thy loins. If thy sons keep My

Covenant and these Testimonies I
shall teach them, then their sons
shall sit upon your throne forever.
Oti
before the sun,

and all the Tribes of the Earth shall
be Blessed in Him.
Ke plirothisete tis Doxis Aftou pasa i Gi. And all the Earth shall be filled with His
Genito! Genito!
Sou: Ean filaxonte i vii Sou tin

diathikin mou, ke ta martyria mou
tafta, a didaxo aftous, ke i vii afton
eos tou eonos kathiounte epi tou
thronou sou.
Fruit shall be exalted more than

Lebanon, and they shall flourish
from the city like the grass of the
Earth.
He chose
her for His Dwelling: This is My
Place of Rest unto Ages of ages.
Here I shall dwell, for I have chosen
her.
PSALM 90/91
A PRAYER FOR THE DEPARTED & OF CONFIDENCE IN ALMIGHTY GODS DIVINE PROTECTION
O
Eri
En
katikon en Voitheia tou Ipsistou, en

skepi tou Theou tou Ouranou
avlisthisete.
He Who dwells in the Help of the Most
to Kyrio: Antiliptor mou is, ke

Katafigi mou O Theos mou, ke Elpio
ep afton.
Oti aftos risete se ek
pagidos thirefton, ke apo logou
tarahodous.
He shall say to the Lord: Thou art my
tis metafrenis aftou episkiasi Si, ke

ipo tas Pterigas Aftou Elpiis.
He
High shall lodge in the Shelter of the

God of Heaven.
Protector and my Refuge, my God. I
will hope in Him, for He shall free me
from the snare of the hunters, and
from every troubling word.
shall overshadow Thee with His
Shoulders, and under His Wings
Thou shall hope.
Oplo kiklosi Se i Alithia Aftou.
With
Ou
Thou
fovithisi apo fovou nikterinou, apo

velous petomenou imeras,
apo
pragmatos en skoti diaporevomenou,
apo
simptomatos
demoniou
mesimvrinou.
a Shield His Truth shall encircle

Thee.
shall not be terrified by fear at

night, nor by an arrow that flies by
day, nor by things moving in
darkness, nor by mishap or demons
of noonday.
Pesite ek tou klitous Sou hilias, ke mirias A

ek dexion Sou, pros se de ouk engii.
Plin
tis ofthalmis Sou katanoisis, ke

antapodosin amartolon opsi.
thousand shall fall at Thy side and

then a thousand at Thy right hand,
yet it shall not come near Thee.
Thou shall observe with Thine eyes, and

Thou shall see the reward of sinners.
Oti Si Kyrie, i Elpis mou!

For Thou, O Lord, art my Hope!
Ton Ipsiston ethou katafigin Sou.
Thou made the Most High Thy Refuge.
Ou proselefsete pros Se kaka, ke mastix Evils shall not come to Thee, nor shall a
ouk engii en to skinomati Sou, oti tis
scourge draw near Thy dwelling, for

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Nativity of Jesus Christ our Lord & Saviour

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RE-EDITED & RE-PUBLISHED - 27 OCTOBER 2016

May the Joy, Peace

Let us keep in our Prayers all the little children

O Theos imon, pantote nin

Blessed is our God always now

Ouranie, Paraklite, to Pnevma

O Theos, Agios Ishiros, Agios

Heavenly King, O Comforter, the

.. Eleise ke Sose imas, os Agathos ke

... have Mercy and Save us, for He is a

ton Agion Pateron imon,

the Prayers of our Holy

Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati. Glory

Trias Eleison imas. Kyrie,

Kyrie Eleison [3]

to the Father, and to the Son,

Trinity have mercy on us.

Lord have mercy [3]

AND BOW DOWN EACH TIME TO OUR

O come let us worship and bow down

O come let us worship and bow down

O come let us worship and bow down

to our King and God.

to Christ, our King and God.

before Christ Himself, our King and

imas tis tou antikimenou hiros,

gar i i ontos Alithini Evfrosini ke

For Thou, O Christ our God, are indeed

us from the hand of the

the True Joy and Gladness of those

en Spyleo Gennitiheis kai en Fatni

...tou Agiou ... ou ke tin mnimin

rimata mou enotise Kyrie, sines tis

Hear my words, O Lord, hear my cry.

For to Thee will I pray,

To proi parastisome Si, ke epopsi me.

In the morning I will stand before Thee,

ti foni tis Deiseos mou, O

to the voice of my Prayer, O

and I will watch.

THE APOLISIS THE DISMISSAL

Who was Born of the Virgin and

Oti ouhi Theos thelon anomian Si i.

Nor shall the evildoer dwell with Thee.

Thou art not a God Who wills

ton Ofthalmon Sou!

pantas tous ergazomenous tin

All workers of iniquity Thou despise.

de en to plithi tou Eleos Sou,

Proskiniso pros Naon Agion Sou en Fovo

Odigison me en ti Dikeosini Sou,

for me, in the multitude of Thy

Lord, Guide me in Thy Righteousness

their hearts are vain.

Tafos anogmenos O larigx afton.

evfranthiisan pantes i elpizontes epi

os Oplo Evdokias Estefanosas

cast them out in the multitude of

gladden all those who hope in

O Lord, Thou hast Crowned us as with