Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria & All Africa

Archdiocese of Good Hope

Sunday Vespers Hymns

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1 December 2019
By the Grace of God
24TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
FOREFEAST OF THE NATIVITY OF CHRIST
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 from the dead, O Christ our God,
Who bestows upon the world Great
Mercy.
✞ Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati, ✞ Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
ke nin ke ai ke is tous Eonas ton and to the Holy Spirit, now and
eonon. forever, and to the Ages of ages.
Amin Amen
T H E OTOKION – T ONE (7) V ARYS /G RAV E

Os tis imon Anastaseos Thisavrisma, O All Praised Lady, our Resurrection’s

tous epi Si pepithotas Panimnite, ek
lakkou ke vithou ptesmaton anagage.
Si gar tous ipevthinous ti amartia,
esosas tekousa tin Sotirian, i pro
Tokou Parthenos, ke en Toko
Parthenos, ke meta Tokon palin ousa
Parthenos.
D ISM ISSAL BL E SSINGS
Treasury, do from the pit and the
deep of offences draw us up, as we
have put out Trust in Thee, For
Thou hast Saved us who were liable
for our sins, by giving Birth to our
Salvation. Virgin before Bearing, in
Bearing, Virgin, and after Bearing
still Virgin.

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 O KTOEH OS - A P OSTIC H A – T ONE (7) V ARY S /G RAV E

Anestis ek tou Tafou, Sotir tou Kosmou, Rising from the Tomb, O Saviour of the
ke sinigiras tous anthropous, Sin ti world, Thou hast, together with Thy
Sarki Sou, Kyrie, ✞ Doxa Si! Flesh, Raised up mankind. O Lord: ✞
Glory to Thee!
Sunday Vespers Hymns – 24th After Pentecost
O Kyrios evasilefsen, evprepian The Lord reigns; He clothed Himself KINDLY USE THE SERVICE BOOK UNTIL THIS POINT,
THEN CAREFULLY FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS WITH REGARD TO THESE HYMNS
Enediasto. Enedisato Kyrios with Majesty. The Lord clothed and
Dinamin ke perizosato. girded Himself with Power.
H EV I
Ton Anastanta ek Nekron, ke Fotisanta Him Who Rose from the Dead and Y MN OF THE
THE CONGREGATION
ENING
MUST STAND
NCE NSE

tap anta, defte proskinisome! Ek tis Enlightened all, come, let us worship! P SALM 140/141 – T ONE 2
tou Aidou gar tyranidos, imas For by His Resurrection on the Third
ileftherose, dia tis aftou Triimerou Day, He set us free from the tyranny Kyrie ekekraxa pros Se, isakouson mou. Lord, I cry out to Thee: hear me,
Egerseos, Zoin imin dorisamenos, ke of Hades, granting us Life and Great Isakouson mou, Kyrie. Kyrie, O Lord! O Lord, when I cry
to Mega Eleos. Mercy. ekekraxa pros Se, isakouson mou, out to Thee, hear me! Hear
Ke gar estereose tin ikoumenin, i tis And He established the world, which proshes ti foni tis deiseos mou, en to my voice, when I cry out to
ou salevthisete. shall not be moved. kekragene me pros Se, isakouson Thee! Hear me, O Lord!
mou Kyrie.
Ipo ton Aidin katelthon Hriste, Thanaton Thou hast descended into Hades, O
eskilefsas, ke Triimeros Anastas, ias Christ, despoiling Death. Rising on Katevthinthito i prosevhi mou os Let my Prayer rise before Thee
sinanestisas, Doxaontas tin Sin the Third Day, Thou hast also raised thimiama enopion Sou. Eparsis ton like incense - the lifting up of
Pantodinamon Egersin, Kyrie us up, and we Glorify Thine hiron mou Thisia Esperini. Isakouson my hands as the Evening Sacrifice.
Filanthrope. Almighty Resurrection, O Lord, and mou Kyrie! Hear me, O Lord!
Loving God. O KTOEH OS - R E SU RREC TION - T ONE (7) V ARY S /G RAVE

To Iko Sou prepi Agiasma, Kyrie, is
makrotita imeron.
Foveros ofthis Kyrie, en Tafo Kimenos os O
O ipnon, anastas de Triimeros os
dinatos, ton Adam sinanestisas
kravgazonta. ✞ Doxa ti Anastasi
Sou, Mone Filanthrope.
✞ Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati, ✞ Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
ke nin ke ai ke is tous Eonas ton
eonon.
Amin
THE OTOKION
Ipo tin Sin Despota skepin, pantes i
gigenis, prospefevgotes voomen Si.
Theotoke i Elpis imon, rise imas ex
ametron ptesmaton, ke Soson tas
psihas imon.
DISMISSAL HYMN OF ST SYMEON -
TRISAGION PRAYERS - OUR LORD’S
PRAYER

O KTOEH OS - AP OLY TIKION
Katelisas to Stavro Sou ton Thanaton.
Ineoxas to listi ton Paradison. Ton
Miroforon ton thrinon metevales ke
tis sis Apostolis kirittin epetaxas, oti
Anestis, Hriste O Theos, parehon to
kosmo to Mega Eleos.
Holiness is proper to Thy House, O
Lord, unto length of days.
Lord, what a Fearful Sight it was to
behold Thee lying as if asleep in the
Tomb! Yet Thou Arose on the Third
Day in Power, also Raising Adam,
who cried: ✞ Glory to Thy
Resurrection, O Only Loving God!
and to the Holy Spirit, now and
forever, and to the Ages of ages.
Amen
All of us who dwell on earth, taking
Refuge under Thy Protection, O
Lady, cry aloud to Thee: O Ek vatheon ekekraxa Si, Kyrie.
Theotokos, Thou art our Hope!
Deliver us from our countless sins
and Save us!
– T ONE (7) V ARY S /GR AVE
By Thy Cross Thou destroyed Death;
Thou opened Paradise to the Thief;
Thou changed the funeral wail of the
Myrrh-bearing Women, and
Commanded them to announce to
Thine Apostles that Thou had Risen
Exagage ek filakis tin psihin mou, tou Bring
Exomologisasthe to Onomati Sou.
Defte Agalliasometha to Kyrio, to
sintripsanti Thanatou to Kratos, ke
fotisanti anthropon to genos, meta
ton Asomaton kravgazontes.
Dimiourge ke Sotir imon: ✞ Doxa Si!
Eme ipomenousi Dikei, eos ou
antapodos mi.
Stavro ipeminas Sotir, ke Tafin di’ imas,
Thanato de os Theos, Thanaton
enekrosas. Dio proskinoumen tin
Triimeron Sou Anastasin: ✞ Kyrie:
Doxa Si!
Kyrie,
isakouson tis fonis mou.
Apostoli idontes tin Egersin tou
Dimiourgou, ethavmasan voontes tin
Ainesin tin Angelikin: Afti i Doxa tis
Ekklisias! Outos O ploutos tis Vasilias!
O Pathon di’ imas, Kyrie: ✞ Doxa Si!
Genithito ta ota Sou prosehonta is tin Let
fonin tis Deiseos mou.
out of prison my soul, to
Confess Thy Name.
Come, let us Rejoice in the Lord Who
destroyed the power of Death and
Enlightened mankind. And let us cry
together with the Angels: O Creator
and our Saviour! ✞ Glory to Thee!
The Righteous shall wait for me, until
Thou Reward me.
Thou endured the Cross, O Saviour,
and the Tomb, for our sake. As God
Thou put to Death to Death by
Death. Wherefore, we worship Thy
Third Day Resurrection: O Lord: ✞
Glory to Thee!
Out of the depths I have cried to
Thee, O Lord. O Lord, hear my
voice.
The Apostles, having beheld the
Resurrection of our Creator, in awe
sang Angelic songs of Praise: This is
the Glory of the Church! These are
the Riches of the Kingdom! Having
suffered Death, O Lord: ✞ Glory to
Thee!
Thine Ears be attentive to the
voice of my Supplication.

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 Kan sinelifthis Hriste, ipo anomon
andron, alla Si mou i Thos, ke ouk
eshinome, emastihthis ton noton, ouk
arnoume. Stavro prosilothis, ke ou
kripto. Is tin Egersin Sou kavhome.
O gar Thanatos Sou Zoi Mou.
Pantodiname ke Filanthrope, Kyrie: ✞
Doxa Si.
Ean anomias paratirisis, Kyrie, Kyrie,
tis ipostisete? Oti para Si O ilasmos
estin.
Davitikin profitian ekpliron, Hristos
megaliotita, en Sion, tin ikian
Mathites exekalipsen, eneton diknis
eafton, ke Doxazomenon ai, Sin Patri
te ke Pnevmati Agio, Proteron men
asarkon os Logon, isteron de di’ imas,
sesarkomenon, ke nekrothenta os
Anthropon, ke Anastanta kat’
ekousian os Filanthropon.
Eneken tou Onomatos Sou ipemina Se, Because
Kyrie; Ipeminen i psihi mou is ton
Logon Sou, ilpisen i psihi mou epi
ton Kyrion.
Katilthes en to Aidi Hriste os ivoulithis,
eskilefsas ton Thanaton, os Theos ke
Despotis, ke anestis Triimeros,
sinanastisas ton Adam, ek ton tou
Aidou desmon ke tis fthoras,
kravgazonta ke legonta: Doxa ti
Anastasi Sou, Mone Filanthrope!
Apo Filaktis proias mehri niktos, apo
filakis proias, elpisato Israil epi ton
Kyrion.
En Tafo katetethis, os O ipnon Kyrie, ke In the Tomb Thou wast laid as if asleep,
Anestis Triimeros, os dinatos en Ishii,
sinanastisas ton Adam, ek tis fthoras
tou Thanatou, os Pantodinamos.
M E NAION S TIHE RA
Oti para to Kyrio to Eleos ke polli par’
afto litrosis. Ke aftos litrosete ton
Israil ek pason ton anomion Aftou.
I Haris tou Agiou Pnevmatos skinosen,
en Si Theou Profita, ke tis idias Eglis,
Apirgasato, lampada perifanestati,
ke dia Sou Theopii, ta mellonta,
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Although Thou, O Christ, hast been
taken captive by evil men, Thou art
my God and I am not ashamed. I do
not deny that Thy Back was
scourged, nor will I hade that Thou
were nailed to the Cross. I boast of
Thy Resurrection, for Thy Death is
my Life! O Almighty and Loving
God: ✞ Glory to Thee!
If Thou, O Lord, should mark
transgression, O Lord, who would
stand? For there is Forgiveness
with Thee.
Fulfilling the Prophecy of David, Christ
revealed to His Disciples, the Majesty
of His Habitation in Zion. He
showed Himself Praised and
Glorified forever with the Father and
the Holy Spirit. Formerly, as the
Incorporeal Word, and then
Incarnate for our sake, and slain as
Man, He Rose in Power as our Loving
God.
of Thy Law, O Lord, I waited
for Thee; my soul waited for Thy
Word. My soul Hopes in the Lord.
As God and Master, O Christ, by Thy
Will Thou descended into Hades,
despoiling Death. And on the Third
Day, Thou Rose, raising with Thee
Adam, held captive by the chains of
Hades and of corruption, who cried,
and said: ✞ Glory to Thy
Resurrection O Only Loving God!
From the morning watch until night;
from the morning watch until night
– let Israel Hope in the Lord.
O Lord, and Thou Arose after Three
Days, in Mighty Strength, raising up
with Thee, as Almighty, Adam, from
the corruption of Death.
– S T N AHU M – T ONE 3 O
For with the Lord there is Mercy, and
with Him is abundant Redemption.
And He will Redeem Israel from all
his transgressions.
The Grace of the Holy Spirit Dwelt
within Thee, O Prophet of God,
making Thee a Radiantly Shining
Beacon with its Light! Through Thee,
Nevevi ti Megali. He preached to Nineveh the Great
Enite ton Kyrion, panta ta Ethni, Things that were to come!
epenesate afton, pantes i lai. Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles!
Praise Him, all your people!
Nefeli fotovolos ofthis apostaousa, As a Light Bearing Cloud were Thou
Naoum Theou Profita, Theognosias revealed, letting fall a shower of
omvron, ke epotisas to poma tis Divine Knowledge! O Prophet of
Theokrisias Nineviton tin polin, God, Thou delivered upon the City of
asevian, odinisasan avthis. Ninevah the Judgement of God to
drink, for it was sick with impiety!
Oti ekrateothi to Eleos Aftou ef imas, For His Mercy rules over us; and the
ke i Alithia tou Kyriou meni is ton Truth of the Lord endures forever.
eona.
Euklias akiratou metohos genomenos, Thou were a Partaker of Incorruptible
Naoum Theou Profita, ke aporritou Glory, and Ineffable Renown,
Doxis, ke Haras tis anekfrastou, ke Unutterable Joy and Divine
trifis entheou, iper imon disopi, Sweetness! O Divinely Inspired
Theopnefste, ton ton olon Despotin. Nahum, Prophet of God, pray for us
to the Master of all!
✞ Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati, ✞ Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
ke nin ke ai ke is tous Eonas ton and to the Holy Spirit, both now
eonon. and forever, and to the Ages of
ages.
Amin Amen
T H E OTOKION – T ONE (7) V ARYS /G RAV E
Mitir men egnosthis, iper fisin Thou were known to be a Mother
Theotoke, eminas de Parthenos, iper surpassing nature, O Theotokos, and
logon ke ennian, ke to Thavma tou yet Thou remained a Virgin, in a
Tokou Sou, erminefse glossa ou manner exceeding speech and
dinate. Paradoxou gar ousis tis thought. And no language is capable
sillipseos Agni, akataliptos Estin O of explaining the Wonder of Thy
tropos tis kiiseos. Opou gar voulete Childbirth! O Pure Maiden, Thy
Theos, nikate fiseos taxis. Dio Se Conception was Paradoxical, hence
pantes Mitera tou Theou ginoskontes, the manner of Thy Child-bearing is
deometha Sou ektenos. also Incomprehensible. For
whenever God so Wills, nature’s
order is over-ridden. Wherefore,
PRAYER OF THE ENTRANCE -
acknowledging Thee as the Mother
ISODOS – THE ENTRANCE - THE
of God, to Thee we all intently pray:
EVENING HYMN “ F O S
Intercede for the Salvation of our
ILARON...”
soul.
P ROKE IME NON - SATURDAY EVENING - PSALM 92:
Kyrios evasilefsen, evprepeian The Lord reigns - He vested Himself
enedisato with Majesty.
Enedisato Kyrios Dinamin, ke The Lord vested and girded Himself
perizosato.✶ with Power ✶
Ke gar estereose tin ikoumenin, it is ou And He established the world , which
salevthisete.✶ shall not be moved.✶
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