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Saturday Evening Vesper Hymns & Readings

29 January 2017
32nd Sunday After Pentecost
17th Sunday of St Matthew The Canaanite Woman

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OF ANTIOCH St Laurence the Recluse of Kiev
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Turon, Near Caves Monastery St
Gerasimos. St Pitirim & St Jonah, Bishops of
Perm New Martyrs & Confessors of All
Russia St Romanos, St James, St Philotheos,
St Hyperichios, St Habib, St Julian & St
Parigoreas of Samosata, Syria St Silvanos,
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Tone (7) Varys/Grave

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ton Evsplaghnon ses agkales ferousa,

Sis iketes splaghnisthiti, ke presveve
sothine tas psihas imon.

Vespers Hymns 32nd Sunday After Pentecost

17TH

SUNDAY

OF

HYMN

ST MATTHEW THE CANAANITE WOMAN

OF THE

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MUST STAND

Kyrie

Lord,

Katevthinthito

Let

ekekraxa pros Se, isakouson mou.

Isakouson
mou,
Kyrie.
Kyrie,
ekekraxa pros Se, isakouson mou,
proshes ti foni tis deiseos mou, en to
kekragene me pros Se, isakouson
mou Kyrie.
i prosevhi mou os
thimiama enopion Sou. Eparsis ton
hiron mou Thisia Esperini. Isakouson
mou Kyrie!

Katelisas

By

Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

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.

I cry out to Thee: hear me, O

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

my Prayer rise before Thee like

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

RESURRECTION STIHERA TONE (7) VARYS/GRAVE

Ke

out of prison my soul, to

Confess Thy Name.

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!

ipomenousi
antapodos mi.

Dikei,

eos

ou

ipeminas Sotir, ke Tafin di

imas, Thanato de os Theos, Thanaton
enekrosas.
Dio proskinoumen tin
Triimeron Sou Anastasin: Kyrie:
Doxa Si!

Ek vatheon ekekraxa Si, Kyrie.

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!

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!

and to the Holy Spirit

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!

Ke

ANTIOCH TONE 4

OF

tropon metohos, ke thronon

diadohos, ton Apostolon genomenos,
tin praxin evres Theopnefste, is
Theorias epivasin.
Dia touto ton
logon tis Alithias Orthotomon, ke ti
Pisti
enithlisas
mehris
ematos,
Ieromartys Ignatie. Presveve Hristo
to Theo, Sothine tas psihas imon.

Becoming a partner with the Apostles in

nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton

eonon.

Now and ever, and to the Ages of ages.

Way of Life and Successor to their

Thrones, O God-Inspired Saint, in the
active Life Thou found an Entrance
to contemplation.
Hence Thou
rightly expounded the Word of
Truth, and Thou shed Thy blood in
Streuggling
for
the
Faith,
O
Hieromartyr Ignatios. Intercede with
Christ our God, Beseeching Him to
Save our soul.

The Righteous shall wait for me, until

Thou Reward me.

Stavron

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
from the dead, O Christ our God,
Who bestows upon the world Great
Mercy.

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RESURRECTION APOLYTIKION TONE (7) VARYS/GRAVE

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EVENING INCENSE

PSALM 140/141 TONE 2

servants Entreaties, offered to thee

in
Thy
Temple;
but
have
Compassion for us, Thy servants
Thou who bore in Thine Arms the
Compassionate One. Entreat Him,
for the Salvation of our soul.

Amin

Amen
THEOTOKION - TONE 4

To

ap eonos Apokrifon ke Angelis

Agnoston Mystirion, dia Sou Theotoke
tis epi gis pefanerote.
Theos en
asighito enosi sarkoumenos.
Ke
Stavron
ekousios
iper
imon
katadexamenos. Di ou Anastisas ton
Protoplaston, esosen ek Thanatou tas
psihas imon.

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Theotokos, through Thee was

revealed to us on earth, the Mystery,
which was hidden from Eternity, and
which the Angels themselves knew
not: that God, uniting Natures
without confusion, became Man and
accepted crucifixion voluntarily for
our Salvation; by virtue of which
Resurrecting mankind whom He had
first created, He Saved our souls
from Death.

Genithito ta ota Sou prosehonta is tin Let

fonin tis Deiseos mou.

Kan

sinelifthis Hriste, ipo anomon

andron, alla Si mou i Thos, ke ouk

Thine Ears be attentive to the

voice of my Supplication.

Although

Thou, O Christ, hast been

taken captive by evil men, Thou art

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Dinamin ke perizosato.

girded Himself with Power.

Ton Anastanta ek Nekron, ke Fotisanta Him

Who Rose from the Dead and

Enlightened all, come, let us worship!
For by His Resurrection on the Third
Day, He set us free from the tyranny
of Hades, granting us Life and Great
Mercy.

tap anta, defte proskinisome! Ek tis

tou Aidou gar tyranidos, imas
ileftherose, dia tis aftou Triimerou
Egerseos, Zoin imin dorisamenos, ke
to Mega Eleos.

Ke

gar estereose tin ikoumenin, i tis

ou salevthisete.

And

He established the world, which

shall not be moved.

Ipo ton Aidin katelthon Hriste, Thanaton Thou

hast descended into Hades, O

Christ, despoiling Death. Rising on
the Third Day, Thou hast also raised
us up, and we Glorify Thine
Almighty Resurrection, O Lord, and
Loving God.

eskilefsas, ke Triimeros Anastas, ias

sinanestisas, Doxaontas tin Sin
Pantodinamon
Egersin,
Kyrie
Filanthrope.

To

Iko Sou prepi Agiasma, Kyrie, is

makrotita imeron.

Holiness

is proper to Thy House, O

Lord, unto length of days.

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.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati

ST IGNATIOS

OF

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,
Glory to Thy
who cried:
Resurrection, O Only Loving God!
and to the Holy Spirit

ANTIOCH TONE

O tis sterras ke adamantinou Sou psihis, We

axiomakariste Ignatie! Si gar pros
ton ontos Son erastin, anendoton
ehon tin efesin eleges. Ouk Estin en
emi, pir filoulon, idor de mallon zon,
ke laloun en emi, Endothen mi legon:
Devro pros ton Patera. Othen Thio
Pnevmati
pirpoloumenos,
thiras
irethisas kosmou Se thatton horise, ke
pros ton pothoumenon parapemse
Hriston.
Afton iketeve,sothine tas
psihas imon.

Ke

nin ke ai ke is tous Eonas ton

eonon.

Amin

marvel how Thy Soul was so

Steadfast
and
Adamant,
O
Praiseworthy Ignatios. Thou were so
firmly attached to Thy True Love,
that Thou said: there is no fire of
material longing within me, but only
Living Water, speaking in me, saying:
Come to the Father! thus, on fire
with the Holy Spirit, Thou provoked
the beasts to separate Thee from
this world, and to send Thee on to
Christ for Whom Thou yearned. And
now, Entreat Him for the Salvation of
our soul.

Now

and forever, and to the Ages of

ages.

Amen
THEOTOKION TONE 1

Idou

peplirote i tou Isaiou prorrisis.

Parthenos gar egennisas, ke meta
Tokon, os pro Tokou dieminas. Theos
gar in O tehthis.
Dio ke fisi
ekenotomsen.
All O Theomitor,
ikesias Son doulon, So temeni
prosferomenas Si, mi paridis. All os

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.

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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.

Eneken tou Onomatos Sou ipemina Se, Because

of Thy Law, O Lord, I waited

for Thee; my soul waited for Thy
Word. My soul Hopes in the Lord.

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!

As

FESTAL STIHERA ST IGNATIOS

Apo

Filaktis proias mehri niktos, apo

filakis proias, elpisato Israil epi ton
Kyrion.

Theologon

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,
Glory to Thy
and said:
Resurrection O Only Loving God!
OF

ANTIOCH TONE 4

From

the morning watch until night;

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

akrotitos
hrimatisas
diadohos,
tis
ekinon
ihnesin
ikolouthisas, Anatolis exormomenos,
ke Disi fenomenos, ke Fotizon
astrapes, tou entheou kirigmatos.
Entha Pansofe, ek tou Kosmou men
edis, is Theon de, exanetilas to fengi,
katestemmenos tis Haritos.

The successor of excellent Theologians

Oti para to Kyrio to Eleos ke polli par

For with the Lord there is Mercy, and

afto Litrosis. Ke aftos Litrosete ton

Israil ek pason ton anomion aftou.

with Him is Abundant Redemption;

and He will Redeem Israel from all
his transgressions.

Behold!

The Prophecy of Isaiah is

fulfilled.
As a Virgin Thou gave
Birth, and after giving Birth, Thou
remained as before. For it was God
Who was Born, and the nature of
mankind was thereby Restored. O
Mother of God, do not overlook Thy

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!

were Thee, O Saint, for Thou

followed Faithfully in their Holy
Steps. Having set out from the East,
Thou appeared in the West as well,
Illumining with the Rays of Thy
Divinely
Inspired
Preaching.
Therein, O All Wise, Thou sank from
the world just like the sunset, but to
God Thou hast Arisen, Crowned with
the Halo of Divine Grace.

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Ieros

apedothi Sou, ti Si poli ta lipsana,

Theofore
Pnasofe
di
athliseos,
Agiasthenta lamproteron, ke Hariti
stilvonta,
tin
epanodon
imin,
panigireos proxenon, apirgasato,
evfroninis plirounta Theopenefstou,
Thimidias empiplonta, tous efsevos Se
gererontas.

To Thy City with Sacred Pomp were Thy

Holy Relics returned, O All Wise
Ignatios, Holy God-bearer.
They
were through Martyrdom Sanctified,
and brightly they shine with Grace.
Their return has given us the
occasion
to
celebrate
these
Festivities, and they fill us with
Divinely Inspired Gladness, and
Spiritual Pleasure, as we piously
honour Thee.

Enite

Praise

Analampsas

When Thou shone brightly like the sun

ton Kyrion panta ta Ethni!

Epenesate Afton pantes i Lai!
os ilios, tes aktisi tou
Pnevmatos, ta tou kosmou perata
katefedrinas, tes lampidosi ton athlon
Sou,
thermos
proistamenos
ke
singrafon
Alithos,
efsevias
didagmata. Othen gegonas, ke trofi
to Despoti to tap anta, diatrefonti
Pammakar, adialipto hristotiti.

the Lord, all Gentiles!

Him, all you people!

Ke

Amin

His Mercy rules over us; and the

Truth of the Lord endures forever.

Ex Eoas men proteron, Eosforos Ignatie,

O Ignatios, Morning Star, from the East

en Dismes diigasas fainotatos. Nin de

ton Thion lipsanon Sou , en ti
epanodo fedras, tas aktinas epi Gis,
af esperas efiplosas. Dio Presveve, ek
fthoras ke kindinon litrothine, tous en
Pisti ektelountas, tin aisevaston
Mnimin Sou.

Thou had once risen, also in the

West Thou Shone most Brilliantly.
But in the final return of Thy Divine
Relics Thou hast spread the bright
shining Rays of Joy from the West
over all the Earth.
Wherefore,
Interede so that we may be Delivered
from corruption and perils, for
observing this, Thy time-honoured
Memorial.

Doxa Patri, ke Io, ke Agio Pnevmati

FESTAL STIHERA ST IGNATIOS

Theofore Ignatie,

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

and to the Holy Spirit

OF

ton Son Erota Hriston

ensternisamenos, misthon ekomiso,
tis Ierourgias tou Evangeliou tou
Hristou, to teliothine di ematos. Dio
sitos genomenos tou Athanatou
Georgiou, di odonton thirion ilesthis,
ke artos idis afto anedichthis,
presvevon iper imon, Athlita Makarie.

ANTIOCH TONE (8) PLAGAL 4

men egnosthis, iper fisin

Theotoke, eminas de Parthenos, iper
logon ke ennian, ke to Thavma tou
Tokou Sou, erminefse glossa ou
dinate.
Paradoxou gar ousis tis
sillipseos Agni, akataliptos Estin O
tropos tis kiiseos. Opou gar voulete
Theos, nikate fiseos taxis. Dio Se
pantes Mitera tou Theou ginoskontes,
deometha Sou ektenos.

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Thou

were known to be a Mother

surpassing nature, O Theotokos, and
yet Thou remained a Virgin, in a
manner exceeding speech and
thought. And no language is capable
of explaining the Wonder of Thy
Childbirth!
O Pure Maiden, Thy
Conception was Paradoxical, hence
the manner of Thy Child-bearing is
also
Incomprehensible.
For
whenever God so Wills, natures
order is over-ridden.
Wherefore,
acknowledging Thee as the Mother
of God, to Thee we all intently pray:
Intercede for the Salvation of our
soul.

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FESTAL PROKEIMENON SATURDAY EVENING - PSALM 92:

TONE (6) PLAGAL 2

Kyrios evasilefsen,
enedisato

Enedisato

evprepeian

The

Lord reigns - He vested Himself

with Majesty.

ke

1.

The Lord vested and girded Himself

Ke gar estereose tin ikoumenin, it is

2.

And

Kyrios

Dinamin,

perizosato.
1.

with Power
He established the world ,
which shall not be moved.

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Ii to Kratos tis Vasilias Sou Evlogimenon

ke Dedoxasmenon, tou Patros, ke

tou Iiou, ke tou Agiou Pnevmatos, nin

ke ai ke is tous eonas ton eonon.

O God-bearing Ignatios, Thou were held

in the Bosom of Christ, the Object of
Thy Love, for from Thy Sacred Work
of spreading the Gospel of Christ,
Thou received Thy Reward of Death
by blood. Thou were ground by the
teeth of wild beasts, and thus Thou
became the Wheat of the Immortal
Farmer, and became His Pure Sweet
Breat. And now Thou intercede on
our behalf, O Blessed Athlete.

Amen

Mitir

Oti ekrateothi to Eleos Aftou ef imas, For

ke i alithia tou Kyriou meni is ton
eona.

Now and ever, and to the Ages of ages.

THEOTOKION TONE (7) VARYS/GRAVE

Praise

with Rays of the Grace of the Holy

Spirit, Thou brought Light and Joy to
the corners of the Earth, and with
the Glow of Thy Martyrdom, Thou
zealously let the Church and wrote
the Saving Truth of the Doctrines of
Piety. Wherefore, Thou become even
Food for our Master Who Nourishes
us all, O Blessed Ignatios, with His
Unceasing Benevolence.

nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton

eonon.

Amin

Blessed and Glorified is

Power of Thy Kingdom, of
Father, and of the Son, and of
Holy Spirit, now and forever,
unto the Ages of Ages.

PRIEST

the
the
the
and

Amen
RESURRECTION APOSTICHA TONE (7) VARYS/GRAVE

Anestis ek tou Tafou, Sotir tou Kosmou, Rising from the Tomb, O Saviour of the
ke sinigiras tous anthropous, Sin ti
Sarki Sou, Kyrie, Doxa Si!

Kyrios
evasilefsen,
evprepian
Enediasto.
Enedisato
Kyrios

world, Thou hast, together with Thy

Flesh, Raised up mankind. O Lord:
Glory to Thee!

The

Lord reigns; He clothed Himself

with Majesty. The Lord clothed and

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