Theou epi Aviathar tou Arhiereos,

ke tous Artous tis protheseos

efagen, ous ouk exesti fagin, i mi tis
Ierefsi, ke edoke ke tis Sin afto
ousi?

Ke

elegen aftis: To Savvaton dia ton

anthropon
egeneto,
ouh
O
anthropos dia to Savvaton!

Oste Kyrios estin O Iios

Anthropou ke tou Savvatou.

Ke isilthe palin is tin Synagogin.

Ke in eki anthropos exirammenin

tou

ehon

into the House of God in the days of

Abiathar the High Priest, and ate
the Showbread, which is not lawful
to eat except for the Priests and
also gave some to those who were
with him?
He said to them: The Sabbath
was made for mankind, not
mankind for the Sabbath!

Therefore, the Lord is the Son of Man

and also of the Sabbath.

And He entered the Synagogue again.

And there was a man who had

withered hand.

Ke

paretiroun Afton i tis Savvasi

therapefsi afton - ina katigorisosin
Aftou.

And

Ke

legi to anthropo to exirammenin

ehonti tin hira: Egire is to meson.

And

Ke

legi aftis:
Exesti tis Savvasin
agathopiise, i kakopiise?
Psihin
sose, i apoktine?

And He

- epi ti porosi tis

kardias afton - legi to anthropo:
Ektinon tin hira sou.

Ke exetine - ke apokatestathi i hir aftou

igiis - os i alli.

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they watched Him closely if He

would Heal him on the Sabbath - so
that they might accuse Him.
He said to the man with the
withered hand: Step forward.
said to them: Is it Lawful on
the Sabbath to do good, or evil ?
to save life or to kill?

They were silent.

And when He had

looked around at
them - being grieved by the hardness
of their hearts - He said to the man:
Stretch out your hand.
And he stretched it out - and his hand
was restored - as whole as the other.

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tou Sotiros imon Iisou Hristou,

katargisantos men ton Thanaton,
Fotisantos de Zoin ke aftharsian dia
tou Evangeliou, is O etethin ego Kirix
ke Apostolos ke Didaskalos Ethnon.

Di in etian ke tafta pasho.

For

All ouk epeshinome.

Ida gar O pepistevka,

Nevertheless, I am not ashamed.

I know whom I have believed, and

Ipotiposin

Hold

Tin

That good thing that was committed to

this reason, I also suffer these

things.

ke pepisme oti
dinatos esti tin parathikin mou filaxe
is ekinin tin Imeran.
exe igienonton logon on par
emou ikousas, en Pisti ke Agapi, ti en
Hristo Iisou.

kalin parathikin, filaxon dia

Pnevmatos Agiou tou enikountos en
imin.

fast the pattern of sound words

you have heard from me in Faith and
Love, which are in Christ Jesus.

you, keep by the Holy Spirit Who

dwells in us.

This

Doi

The Lord grant Mercy to the household

Eleos O Kyrios to Onisiphorou iko,

oti pollakis me anepsixe ke tin alisin
mou ouk epeshinthi.

you know, that all those in Asia

have turned away from me, among
whom
are
Phygellos
and
Hermogenes.
of Onesiphoros, for he often
refreshed me, and was not ashamed
of my chains.

Alla

But

Doi

afto O Kyrios evrin Eleos para

Kyriou en ekini ti Imera.

The Lord grant to him that he may find

osa en Epheso diikonise, veltion si

ginoskis.

And

genomenos en Romi, spoudeoteron

exitise me ke evre.

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am
persuaded that He is able to keep
what I have committed to Him until
that Day.

Idas

touto, oti apestrafisan me pantes i

en ti Asia, on esti Phygellos ke
Ermogenis.

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time began and now been revealed

by the Appearing of our Saviour,
Jesus Christ, Who has abolished
Death, and brought Life and
Immortality to Light through the
Gospel to which I was appointed as a
Preacher, and Apostle and a Teacher
of the Gentiles.

Ke

THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING

OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST TRANSCENDS

THE

when he arrived in Rome, he

sought me out very zealously and
found me.

Mercy from the Lord in that Day.

how many ways he ministered to
me at Ephesos, you know very well.

TO

ST MARK 2 : 23 3 : 5

SABBATH DAY & HEALS

WITHERED

ARM

To kero ekino, eporeveto O Iisous en tis At that time, our Lord Jesus Christ went
Savvasi dia ton sporimon, ke irxanto i
Mathite Aftou odon piin, tillontes tous
stahias.

through the grain fields on the

Sabbath; and, as they went, His
Disciples began to pluck the heads
of grain.

Ke

i Pharasei elegon Afto: Ide! Ti

piiousin - en tis Savvasin - O ouk
exesti?

And the Pharisees

Ke

Aftos elegen aftis: Oudepote

anegnote ti epiise David, ote hrian
eshe, ke epinasen aftos ke i met
Aftou? Pos isilthen is ton Ikon tou

And He said to them: Have you never

said to Him: Look!

Why do they - on the Sabbath - do
what is unlawful?
read what David did when he was
in need and hungry? he and those
who were with him how he went

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Iereon

podiri katakosmoumenos, ke
ematon tis rithris epistazomenos, to
Despoti
Sou
Hristo
Makar
anedrames, Eleftherie Sofe, kathereta
tou Satan. Dio mi pafsi presvevon,
iper ton Pisti Timonton, tin Makarian
Sou Athlisin.

Thou

were fully adorned with the

Sacred Priestly roes.
Thou were
dripping with streams of Thine Own
Martyric Blood. In this state, Thou
ran to Christ our Master, O Blessed
Eleftherios, Destroyer of Satan;
Thou art Wise. Therefore, cease not
Interceding for us who loyally
Honour Thy Blessed Contest of
Martyrdom.

PSALM 117 /118

PRAISE

TO

GOD

FOR

HIS EVERLASTING MERCY

*Theos

Kyrios ke Epefanen imin.

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

STIHO S

Divine Liturgy Hymns & Readings

FESTAL APOLYTIKION ST ELEFTHERIOS

Ieron

ILLYRIA

TONE (5) PLAGAL 1

Being adorned with a Priests gown that

podiri katakosmoumenos, ke
ematon tis rithris epistazomenos, to
Despoti Sou Hristo Makar anedrames,
Eleftherie Sofe, kathereta tou Satan.
Dio mi pafsi Presvevon iper ton Pisti
Timonton, tin Makarian Sou Athisin.

SEASONAL KONTAKION

OF

reached the ground, and immersed

in the streams of Martyrs Blood,
Thou hastened to Christ Thy Lord, O
Eleftherios, the Blessed and Wise
One, Destroyer of Satan. Hence, do
not cease Interceding for those who
honour in Faith Thy Blessed
Martyrdom.

OF THE

Parthenos simeron, ton Proeonion

Logon, en Spileo ethete apotekin
aporritos.
Horeve, i ikoumeni,
akoutisthisa; Doxason meta Angelon
ke
ton
Pimenon,
voilithenta
apofthine, Pedion Neon, ton Pro
Eonon Theon.

EVER BLESSED THEOTOKOS

Today the Virgin comes to the Cave to

give Birth Ineffably to the Word PreEternal. Hearing this, be of good
cheer, O Earth and its people: Glorify
Him with the Angels and the
Shepherds, Whose Will it was to be
made manifest as a young Child
the Pre-Eternal God.

Osion Aftou.

Ti

Death of His Saints.

antapodoso to Kyrio peri panton, on

antapedoke imin?
THE SECOND EPISTLE

OF

Iereon

Thou

Doxa Patri, ke Io, ke Agio Pnevmati

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

Iereon

Thou

Ke

Now and ever, and to the Ages of ages.

podiri katakosmoumenos, ke
ematon tis rithris epistazomenos, to
Despoti Sou Hristo akar anedrames,
Eleftherie Sofe, kathereta tou Satan.
Dio mi pafsi presvevon, iper ton Pisti
timonton, tin Makarian Sou Athlisin.

podiri katakosmoumenos, ke
ematon tis rithris epistazomenos, to
Despoti Sou Hristo akar anedrames,
Eleftherie Sofe, kathereta tou Satan.
Dio mi pafsi presvevon, iper ton Pisti
timonton, tin Makarian Sou Athlisin.

all His Benefits toward us?

nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton

eonon.

Amin.

IS THE

Teknon

Timothee, ...mi epeshinthis to

Martyrion tou Kyriou imon mide eme
ton desmion Aftou.
sigkakopathison to Evangelio kata
Dinamin Theou, tou Sosantos imas ke
kalesantos Klisi Agia - ou kata ta
erga imon, alla kat idian Prothesin
ke Harin, tin dothisan imin en Hristo
Iisou
pro
hronon
eonion,
fanerothisan de nin dia tis Epifanias

POWER

OF

GOD

Timothy, my Son: ... do not be ashamed

of the Testimony of our Lord, or of
me, His prisoner.

But

share in the sufferings for the

Gospel according to the Power of
God, Who has Saved us and Called us
with a Holy Calling not according
to our works, but according to His
own Purpose and Grace, which was
given to us in Christ Jesus before

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were fully adorned with the

Sacred Priestly robes. Thou were
dripping with streams of Thine own
Martyric Blood. In this state, Thou
ran to Christ Thy Master, O Blessed
Eleftherios, Destroyer of Satan;
Thou art Wise. Therefore, cease not
Interceding for us who loyally
honour Thy Blessed Contest of
Martyrdom.

and to the Holy Spirit

were fully adorned with the

Sacred Priestly robes. Thou were
dripping with streams of Thine own
Martyric Blood. In this state, Thou
ran to Christ Thy Master, O Blessed
Eleftherios, Destroyer of Satan;
Thou art Wise. Therefore, cease not
Interceding for us who loyally
honour Thy Blessed Contest of
Martyrdom.

Amen
THEOTOKION TONE (5) PLAGAL 1

ST PAUL TO ST TIMOTHY 1 : 8 18

ST TIMOTHYS GIFT

Alla

What shall we render unto the Lord for

Lord is God, and has Appeared

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

FESTAL APOLYTKION ST ELEUTHERIOS TONE (5) PLAGAL 1

PROKEIMENON PSALM 115 TONE (7) VARYS-GRAVE

Timios enantion Kyriou O Thanatos ton Precious in the Sight of the Lord is the

*The

Here,

Pili Kyriou i adiodevtos!. Here,

Tihos ke Skepi ton prostrehonton is
Se! Here, Ahimaste Limin ke
Apirogame! I tekousa en Sarki ton
piiton Sou ke Theon, Presvevousa mi
Ellipis iper ton animnounton ke
Proskinounton ton Tokon Sou.

SMA

LL

LITA

NY

Hail,

O Impassable Gate of the Lord!

Hail, Wall and Shelter of those who
take refuge in Thee! Hail, O
Stormless Haven and Unwedded One
who brought forth in the Flesh Thy
Maker and Thy God! Ceaselessly
Intercede on behalf of those who
extol and worship the Son Thou
Bore.

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Parikousa

en ti Gi, psihi mou

metanoison, hous en tafo ouh imni,
ptesmaton ou litroute, voison Hristo
to Theo. Kardiogosta imarton, prin
me atadikasis, fise mou O Theos, ke
eleison me.

As

Thou sojourn on Earth, my soul,

Repent; dust in tomb does not sing
Hymns, is not Delivered from faults;
cry out to God. Knower of hearts, I
have sinned. Before Thee Condemn
me, spare me, O God, and have
Mercy on me.

Kyrie,

Eos

For how long, my soul, will Thou remain

mi to Thimo Sou elegxis me,

mide ti orgi Sou Pedefsis me.

pote psihi mou, epimenis tis

ptesmasin,
eos tinos lamvanis,
metanias iperthesin lave kata noun
tin Krisin tin mellousan, ke voison
Hristo to Theo, Krdiognosta imarton,
anamartite Kyrie, eleison me.

with Thy faults? Until when will

Thou delay Repentance?
Call to
mind the Judgement to come, cry out
to Christ God: O Knower of hearts, I
have sinned; Sinless Lord: have
Mercy on me!

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

Amin

Amen

ke Dinamis imon Theotoke, i

kratea voithia tou kosmou, tes
presvies Sou Skepe tous doulous Sou,
apo pasis anagkis, Moni Evlogimeni.

vithon ton ptesmaton mou, Si

ginoskis Kyrie, dos mi hira os to
Petro, ke Soson me.

To

psevdos Sis en logis Sofe, elegxas

Eleftherie, ti Athlisi, ton tou psevdous
evretin, apektinas ke touton, tethikas
ipo
podas,
ton
prin
mealos
frattomenon.

Enite

afton en kimvalis evihis. Enite

afton en kimvalis alalagmou. Pasa
pnoi inesato ton Kyrion.

Kriseos eperhomenis, ke tou

Kritou ton olon Dikazontos, pian
apologian dosis psihi mou? Imi pro
tou telous voisis. Imarton O Theos,
ke Eleison me!

Amin

Amen

ke nin ke ai ke is tous Eonas ton

eonon.

and to the Holy Spirit, now and

forever, and to the Ages of ages.

THEOTOKION

Theomakariste,

Mitir animfevte, tin

asthenousan
mou,
psihin
therapefson, oti sinehome pollis, en
ptesmasi Theotoke.
Othen ke

Maiden Blessed of God, Unwed

Mother, come and cure my ailing
soul, I earnestly pray Thee, for I am
held fast by many offences, O

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Praise

Him with tuneful cymbals;

praise Him with loud cymbals. Let
everything that has breath praise
the Lord.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

and to the Holy Spirit

Os

tis Thias Eleftherias eponimos, tis

Ieras diplidos, Pater katixiose, ke
evtharsos tin evsevian didaskon, ton
prakteon
tous
logous
imas
exepedefsas. Othen ke tin martyrikin
enstasin neanikos ektelesas, en
amfoteris dieprepsas, ke diploun
ilifas to stefos para Hristou tou
Theou, on kathiketeve, Ieromartys
Eleftherie, Sothine tas psihas imon.

As

Ke

nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton

eonon.

Now and ever, and to the Ages of ages.

When

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

Wise Eleftherios, the lie Thou

rebuked by Thy words;
by Thy
Contest,
Thou
hast
trampled
underfoot and put to death the
Inventor of lies, that is the Devil,
who had been full of mighty
insolence.

FESTAL STICHERA ST ELEFTHERIOS - TONE 2

of

Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati,

Thine All Holy Blood irrigates us

who with Faith and Love observe the
solemn Commemoration in Honour
of Thy Contest, and thereby magnify
the Saviour Christ.

TONE 4

the Just Judgement comes upon

Thee, and the Judge of all is passing
sentence, what Defence will Thou
give, my soul, unless before the end
Thou cry: I have sinned O God, and
have Mercy on me!

Him with timbrel and dance!

Praise Him with strings and flute!

O Hierarch, noetically with showers of

Epivlepson ep eme ke Eleison me kata Look upon me, and have Mercy on me,
Dikeas

Praise

imas noitos, Ierarha, tous timontas Se

Pistos, ke mnimin ektelountas, tin
Thian Sou ek pothou, ke ton Sotira
Megalinontas.

Thou know the depth of my

faults; give me Thy Hand as Thou
did Peter, and Save me.
according to the Judgement
those who Love Thy Name.

Thou eagerly finished the same race

them. And so in fitting manner, we
now extol Thee, O Eleftherios.

Tis omvris ton ematon Sou, katardefson

Lord,

to Krima ton Agaponton to Onoma

Sou.

Enite

Doxa Patri, ke Io, ke Agio Pnevmati

Mother of God, our Refuge and

Power, the Mighty Help of the world,
by Thine Intercessions protect Thy
servants from every constraint, O
Only Blessed One.

SECOND FESTAL KATHISMA ST ELEFTHERIOS -

Ton

axian,

Afton en hordes ke organo.

and to the Holy Spirit, now and

forever, and to the Ages of ages.

THEOTOKION

Katafigi

Enite Afton en timpano ke horo.

Lord, do not rebuke me in Thy

Wrath, nor Chasten me in Thine
Anger.

Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati,

ke nin ke ai ke is tous Eonas ton

eonon.

prothimos.
Dio Se kat
anevfimoumen Eleftherie.

Amin

the namesake of liberty, O Father,

Thou were counted worthy of
Sacerdotal Vestments;
and Thou
boldly taught the True Faith, and
likewise Thou instructed us in the
reasons for what we should do.
When Thou demonstrated a Martyrs
resistance, even as a young man,
Thou became Illustrious in both
Martyrdom and Priesthood, and
Thou received a Double Crown from
Christ our God.
O Hieromartyr
Eleftherios, earnestly Entreat Him to
Save our soul.

Amen
FESTAL THEOTOKION TONE 2
THE CONGREGATION MUST STAND

Tin pasan elpida

mou, is Se anatithimi,
Mitir tou Theou, filaxon me ipo tin
skepin Sou.

O Mother of God, I have committed my

every Hope wholly to Thee. Keep me
under Thy Shelter.

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9TH ODE- NATIVITY

Megalinon

psihi mou, tin Timioteran,

ke
Evdoxoteran
ton
ano
Stratevmaton.

Mystirion Xenon, oro ke

paradoxon:
Ouranon to Spyleon!
Thronon Herouvikon, tin Parthenon!
Tin fatnin horion! En O aneklithi O
ahoritos, Hristos O Theos!
On
Animvountes Megalinomen!

IRMOS

OF

CHRIST

kravgazo Si, stenagmo tis kardias

mou. Dexe me panahrante, ton polla
amartisanta,
ina
en
parrisia
kravgazo Si. Here, i Keharitomeni

Magnify, O my soul, Her who is more

Honourable and more
than the Heavenly Hosts.

Glorious

A Strange and Most

Wonderful Mystery do I see: The
Cave is Heaven! The Virgin is the
Throne of the Cherubim!
The
Manger is a Grand Space, in which
Christ, the God Whom nothing can
contain, is laid! Him do we Praise
and Magnify!

HEIRMOS

THE SMALL LITANY

THIRD FESTAL KATHISMA ST ELEFTHERIOS TONE 3

En

ti Skepi Sou, prospefevgotes, Pisti

krazomen,
psihis
ek
athous,
Theomakariste Profita ke Prodrome,
ton pirasmon ke kindinon ton
tarahon, ke nosimaton ton salon
katevnason, ke mateoson ehthron
dismenon voulevmata, etoumenos
imin to Mega Eleos.

FESTAL EXAPOSTEILARION ST ELEFTHERIOS TONE 3

Hristo prosigages Pater, Piston agalas os

Father Eleftherios, Thou, as a

Shepherd brought to Christ Flocks of
Believers, and Thy Mother, like a
Heifer, clung to Thee, her Calf, and
she was slaughtered along with Thee.
Now to You both, I sing Praises.

pimin, Si de prosfisa to mosho, os

damalis i tekousa, sinanirethi. Meth
is Se, nin Eleftherie melpo.

THEOTOKION

Ke

Se mesitrian Kori, provallome

Pnagia, pros ton ek Sou gennithenta,
opos kolaseos pasis, apallago ke
vasanon, ton eonion O talas.

TO GOD PSALM 1
ALL CREATION PRAISES THE LORD OUR GOD

pnoi enesato ton Kyrion. Enite

ton Kyrion ek ton Ouranon. Enite
Afton en tis Ipsistis. Si prepi imnos
to Theo.

Enite

Afton, pantes i Angelli Aftou.

Enite Afton, pase e Dinamis Aftou.
Si prepi imnos to Theo.

FESTAL VERSES - PSALM 150

Thavmastos

everything that has breath praise

the Lord. Praise the Lord from the
Heavens; praise Him in the Highest.
To Thee praise is due, O God.

Praise Him, all His Angels; praise Him,

all His Powers. To Thee praise is
due, O God.

- ST ELEFTHERIOS -

Afton epi tes Dinasties Afton.

Enite Afton kata to plithos tis
Megalosinis Aftou.

As

Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati,

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

Amin

Amen

Athloforon Sou, tin mnimin Kyrie,

iperefedrinas, os pantodinamos, oti
enishisas aftous, ta pathi Sou
mimisasthe, enikisan andrios de, tou
Veliar tin Dinamin.
Othen ke
apelavon, iamaton harismata. Afton
tes ikesies iktirmo, Irinin Paraskou to
lao Sou.

ke nin ke ai ke is tous Eonas ton

eonon.

Tin

Harin ton Sofon Mathiton, lavon

para Hristou tou Theou, Ierarha, ke
ton dromon ton afton, diinisas
prothimos.
Dio Se kat axian,
anevfimoumen Eleftherie.

Ekastos

opou Sozete, eki Dikeos ke

prostrehi, ke pia alli tiafti kataigi, os
Si Theotoke, skepousa tas psihas
imon?

Enite

afton en iho salpingos. Enite

afton en psaltirio ke kithara.

Tin

Harin ton Sofon Mathiton, lavon

para Hristou tou Theou, Ierarha, ke
ton dromon ton afton, diinisas

Praise Him for His Mighty Acts;

O

Hierarch, when Thou received the

Grace of the Disciples Most Wise
from our Master, Christ our God,
Thou eagerly finished the same race
them. And so in fitting manner, we
now extol Thee, O Eleftherios.

Praise

Him with the sound of the

trumpet; praise Him with lute and
harp.

Hierarch, when Thou received the

Grace of the Disciples Most Wise
from our Master, Christ our God,

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All Powerful Thou hast made the

memory
of
Thy
Champions
Radiantly Bright, O Lord, for Thou
gave Them Strength to imitate Thy
Sufferings; bravely, they conquered
the Power of Beliar; Therefore, they
have received Gifts of Healings. At
their Supplications, O Merciful, grant
peace to Thy People.
and to the Holy Spirit, now and
forever, and to the Ages of ages.

FESTAL THEOTOKION

TONE (6) PLAGAL 2

praise
Him according to the greatness of
His Majesty.

God is Wondrous in His Saints.

Ton

LET ALL THINGS PRAISE THE LORD!

Enite

with Faith from the depth of the

soul:
Prophet and Forerunner,
Blessed by God, calm the tumult of
trials and dangers, and the swell of
vices, and bring to naught the plans
of foes, as Thou Intercede for us for
Gods Great Mercy.

THE HOLY MARTYRS

48

Let

O Theos en tis Agiis

As we flee to Thy Protection we cry out

Aftou.

bring Thee as Mediatrix before Our

Lord Who was Born of Thee, O All
Holy Maiden, so that I, who am
wretched, may be spared from all
punishment
and
also
Eternal
Torments.

LAUDS: THE PRAISES

Pasa

Theotokos. Therefore, I cry out to

Thee with profound sighing of my
heart, O Lady All Immaculate, accept
me having greatly sinned that I
may cry aloud to Thee with
confidence: Rejoice, O Maiden Full
of Grace!

PSA

LM

Wherever

each is Saved, there, rightly

too, he runs; and what other such
Refuge have we as Thee, O Mother of
God, who Protects our souls?

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FESTAL KONTAKION ST ELEFTHERIOS -

Os Kallonin ton Iereon Osie, ke protropin O

ton
Athlophoron
apantes,
evfimoumen
ke
etoumen
Se,
Ieromarys Eleftherie. Tou potho Sou
tin mnimin Eortazontas, kindinon
politropon eleftheroson, presvevon
apafstos, iper panton imon.

TONE 2

Thou, the Adornment of the

Priesthood, O Righeous One, and the
Encouragement of Prize-winning
Martyrs are extolled to all. To Thee
we pray, O Hieromartyr Eleftherios,
to free us who with Love observe
Thy Memory from every kind of
dangerous
predicament,
and
unceasingly Intercede on behalf of
us all.

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FESTAL OIKOS ST ELEFTHERIOS

Epide

Efsplaghne
Zoodota,
os
Filanthropos Monos ke iktirmon
Theos, tin tis psihis mou skotomenan,
ke panstheni dexia Sou Loge, ton
pathon eleftheroson tis eshinis, opos
ton Son Ierarhin imniso Eleftherion.
Aftos gar ontos ek mitras egnoristhi
Si, ke kathigiaste, ke anetethi Si, os
Samouil, apo Mitros Ieras Si to
Ktisanti, presvevon apafstos iper
panton imon.

3 To pro ton eonon, ek Patros

Gennithenti arrefstos Iio, ke ep
Eshaton ek Parthenou, Sarkothenti
asporos, Hristo to Theo Voisomen; O
anipsosas to keras imon! Agios i
Kyrie!

ODI

Compassionate Giver of Life, as the

Only One Who Loves mankind and
Tender-loving God, look upon the
darkness of my soul, and by Thine
Almighty Right Hand, O Word, free
me from the shameful passions so
that I may extol Thy Hierarch
Eleftherios. Truly he was known to
Thee from the womb, and like
Samuel, he was Sanctified and
Dedicated to Thee, our Creator, by a
Holy Mother. And he unceasingly
Intercedes on behalf of us all.

4 Ravdos ek tis Rizis, Iesse, ke

Anthos ex aftis, Hriste, ek tis
Parthenou anevlostisas. Ex Orous O
enetos,
kataskiou daseos, ilthes
sarkothis es apirandrou, O ailos ke
Theos. Doxa ti Dinami Sou Kyrie!

ODI

SYNAXARION 15 DECEMBER

Ti IE tou Aftou minos athlisis tou Agiou On this 15

th
day of the month, was the
Contest of the Holy Hieromartyr, St
Eleutherios.

Ieromartyros Eleftheriou.

Ti

afti imera i Agia Anthia, i Mitir tou

Agiou Eletheriou, perihithisa to tou
iiou nekro, xifi telioute.

On

Ti

afti imera O Agios Karemmon, O

eparhos, Pistefsas to Hristo ke
Vaptisthis, ifi telioute.

On

this day, St Anthia, Mother of St

Eleftherios, was Perfected by sword
as she held her sons dead body.

this day St Coremmon the Eparch

was Perfected by sword after he
believed in Christ and was Baptised.

Ti afti imera i Dio Dimii, i Pistefsantes to On

this day the Twins who believed in

Christ were Perfected by sword.

Hristo, xifi teliounte.

Ti

afti imea athlisis

Osiomartyros Sosannis.

tis

Agias

On this day was the Contest of the Holy

Martyr, St Susanna.

5 Theos on Irinis, Patrir iktirmon,

tis Megalis Voulis Sou ton Angelon,
Irinin parehomenon, apestilas imin.
Othen
Theognosias,
pros
Fos
Odigithentes, ek niktos orthrizontes,
Doxologoumen Se Filanthrope!

ODI

6 Splaghnon
Ionan
emvrion
apimesen, enalios thir, ion edexato.
Ti Partheno de, enikisas O Logos, ke
Sarka
lavon,
dililithe
psilaxas
adiafthoron. Is gar ouhipesti pefseos,
tin tekousan kateshen apimanton.

ODI

Ti afti imera mnimi tou Agiou Martyros On

Eleftheriou
tou
(Thalamipolou).

Koubikoulariou

this day we Commemorte the Holy

Martyr,
St
Eleftherios
the
Chamberlain.

Ti afti imera mnimi tou Agiou Martyros On this day we Commemorate the Holy
Vakhou tou Neou.

Ti

afti imera mnimi tou Osiou Patros

imon Pavlou tou Neou, askisantos en
tis hronis tou Porfirogennitou, en to
Ori Latou.

Tes

afton Agies Presvies, O Theos,

eleison ke Soson imas.

Amin.

Martyr, St Bacchos the New.

On this day we Commemorate our Holy

Father, St Paul the New, the Ascetic
of Mount Latros in the days of
Emperor
Constantine
Porphyrogenitos.

By their Holy Intercessios, O God, have

Mercy on us and Save us.

Amen
NATIVITY KATHISMA 1 - TONE 1 THE ODES

1 Hristos
Gennate, Doxasate!
Hristos ex Ouranon, apantisate!
Hristos epi gis, Ipsothite! Asate to
Kyrio, pas i gi, ke en evfrosini
animnisate, lai, oti Dedoxaste!

ODI

1 Christ is Born: Glorify Him!

Christ has descended from Heaven:
Receive Him! Christ is on earth:
Elevate Him! O all the earth: sing to
the Lord! Sing praises in gladness, O
ye people, for He has been Glorified!

ODE

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7I
Pedes efsevia sintrafentes,
dissevous,
prostagmatos
katafronisantes, piros apilin ouk
eptoithisan, all en meso tis flogos,
estotes epsallon.
O Ton Pateron
Theos Evlogitos i!

ODI

Enoumen,

Evlogoumen
Proskinoumen ton Kyrion!

ODI

Thavmatos

ke

iperfious i Drosovolos,
exikonise kaminos tipon. Ou gar ous
edexato flegi neous, os oude pir tis
Theotitos, Parthenou in ipedi nidin.
Dio animnountes anamelpsomen.
Evlogito is ktisis pasa ton Kyrion, ke
iperpsouto, is pantas tous eonas!

THE MAGNIFICAT

3 To the Son Who was Begotten of

the Father without change before all
ages, and in the Last Times, without
seed, became Flesh of the Virgin: to
Christ our God let us cry aloud:
Thou hast raised up our horn! Holy
art Thou, O Lord!

ODE

4 Rod of the Root of Jesse, and

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

ODE

5 As Thou art God of Peace and

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

ODE

6 The sea monster spat forth

Jonah as it had received him - like a
babe from the womb - while the
Word, having dwelt in the Virgin and
taken Flesh, came forth from Her yet
kept Her uncorrupted. For being
Himself not subject to decay, He
preserved His Mother free from
harm.

ODE

Scorning the impious Decree, the

Children brought up together in
Godliness feared not the threat of
fire - while standing in the midst of
the flames, they sang O God of our
Fathers, Blessed art Thou!

ODE 7

8 We Praise, we Bless and we

Worship the Lord!

ODE

The furnace - moist with Dew - was the

image and figure of a Wonder
beyond nature. For it burnt not the
Children whom it had received, even
as the Fire of the Godhead
consumed not the Virgins Womb
into which It had descended.
Therefore in praise let us sing: Let
the whole Creation Bless the Lord
and Exalt Him above all forever!

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