2014 - 6 Dec - Div Lit - ST Nicholas

Aftos
Evlogison ke tous artous toutous,

ton siton ton inon ke to eleon, ke
plithinon afta en ti poli, hora ke
kinotiti tafti, tis ikis tis prosenegkoasi
ta dora tafta, ke is ton kosmon Sou
apanta,
ke
tous
ex
afton
metalamvanontas pistous doulous
Sou Agiason.
Oti
Si i O Evlogon ke Agiazon ta
simpanta, 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.
Amin
Do
Thou, the same Lord, Bless these

loaves, the wheat, the wine and the
olive oil, and multiply them in this
city, country and Parish, in the
homes of those who have brought
these gifts and in all Thy World; and
Sanctify all Thy Faithful Servants
who partake of them.
For
it is Thee, O Christ our God, Who

Bless and Sanctify all things, and
to Thee we ascribe Glory, together
with Thy Beginningless Father and
Thine All Holy and Good and Lifegiving Spirit, now and ever, and to
the ages of ages.
PEOPLE
THE PRIEST
Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria

& All Africa
Amen
Advent Divine Liturgy
6 December
KISSES ONE OF THE LOAVES BEFORE PRESENTING IT TO THE DONOR
Plousii
eptohefsan ke epinasan, i de
ekzitountes
ton
Kyrion,
ouk
elattothrisonte pantos agathou
R E T U R N T O
PAGE 102
Wealthy
ones went bankrupt and met

starvation; but all those who seek
the Lord, shall never be in want of
any good thing
FOR THE DISMISSAL PRAYERS &
BLESSINGS
St Nicholas of Myra
100 F E S T A L D I V I N E L I T U R G Y S T N I C H O L A S
OF
MYRA- 6 DECEMBER
Liturgy of
the
ke
Catechumens
Evlogimeni i Vasilia tou Patros ke tou
Tou
Blessed be the Kingdom of the

Father, and of the Son, and of the
Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to the
Ages of ages.
PEOPLE
THE LITANY
En Irini tou Kyriou deithomen

Kyrie Eleison
Iper tis Anothen Irinis ke tis Sotirias ton
OF
Kyrie Eleison
Iper tou Agiou Ikou toutou ke ton meta
In Peace let us pray to the Lord

P E O P L E Lord have Mercy
P R I E S T For the Peace from Above and for
the Salvation of our souls, let us
pray to the Lord.
PRIEST
PEOPLE
Lord have Mercy

For this Holy Temple,
and for
those
who
enter
with
Faith,
Reverence and the Fear of God, let us
pray to the Lord.
PRIEST
PEOPLE
imon Papa ke Patriarhi
Lord have Mercy

For the Peace of the whole world,
for the stability of the Holy Churches

of God, and for the Union of all
mankind, let us pray to the Lord.
Pisteos, evlavias ke Fovou Theou

isionton
en
afto,
tou
Kyriou
deithomen...
Kyrie Eleison
Iper tou Patros
PEACE
PEOPLE
tou simpantos kosmou,

efstathias ton Agion tou Theou
Ekklision ke tis ton panton enoseos
tou Kyriou deithomen...
Amen
PRIEST
psihon imon, tou Kyriou deithomen...
Kyrie Eleison
Iper tis Irinis
AND RESPONDING IN
PRIEST
Iou ke tou Agiou Pnevmatos, nin ke

Ai ke is tous eonas ton eonon.
Amin
CHOIR
PRIEST
Lord have Mercy

For our Father, Pope
& Patriarch
( T H E O D O R O S ) and for our Archbishop

(...NAME
...)
for the Venerable
tis en Hristo Diakonias, pantos tou

Klirou ke tou laou tou Kyriou
deithomen...
Priesthood of the Diaconate in

Christ, for all the Clergy and the
laity, let us pray to the Lord.
PEOPLE
imon ethrous, pasis

arhis ke exousias en afto ke to
Filohristo
Stratou
tou
Kyriou
deithomen...
Kyrie Eleison
Lord have Mercy

For the pious President
of this
country, and for our Nation and all
our leaders and government and for
the Christ-loving Armed Forces: let
us pray to the Lord.
PRIEST
PEOPLE
Agiou (...NAME/S...) ou .... ke tin

mnimin epiteloumen, ke panton Sou
ton Agion...
Lord have Mercy
WHEN
A BISHOP CELEBRATES THE DIVINE LITURGY,

BISHOP. (AND WE QUIETLY PRAY FOR THEM BOTH.)
HE PRAYS FOR OUR
OF
PATRIARCH,
WHILE THE
MYRA- 6 DECEMBER
Of the Holy and Righteous Ancestors of

our Lord God Joachim and Anna...
Of
Saint/s (...NAME/S...) whose memory

we celebrate, and of all Thy Saints...
transgressions...
imon
Amin
Skepason
PEOPLE
imas en ti Skepi ton Pterigon
Amin
Apodioxon
PEOPLE
af imon panta ehthron ke

polemion,
Amin
Irinefson imon tin Zoin
Amin
Kyrie Eleison imas ke ton kosmon Sou ke
PRIEST
BLE
from us ever foe and
Amen
P R I E S T Make our Life peaceful
P E O P L E Amen
P R I E S T Lord, have Mercy on us and Thy
PEOPLE
world, and Save our souls, for Thou

art a Good God Who Lovest
mankind.
PEOPLE
THE PRIEST CENSES THE TA
Amen
Banish
adversary
Soson tas psihas imon os Agathos ke

Filanthropos.
Amin
Amen
Shelter
us under the Shelter of

Thy Wings...
PRIEST
Sou
Amen
WITH THE OFFERINGS
Parthene, here,
Keharitomeni Maria, O
Kyrios
meta
Sou.
Evlogimeni Si en Ginexi,
ke Evlogimenos O Karpos
tis Kilias Sou. Oti Sotira
etekes ton psihon imon.
Tou Kyriou deithomen
Hail, O Virgin
Theotokos, Mary Full of
Grace, the Lord is with
Thee; Blessed art Thou
among
women
and
Blessed is the Fruit of
Thy Womb; for Thou
hast Borne the Saviour
of our souls.
PRIEST
Let us pray to the

Lord.
PRIEST
Kyrie eleison
PEOPLE
Lord have mercy
THE PRIEST BLESSES THE LOAVES
Iisou Hriste, O Theos imon, O eflogisas
PRIEST
and
Make our Petition acceptable to Thee...

Evprosdekton piison tin deisin imon
P E O P L E Amen
Amin
Dorise imin tin afesin ton paraptomaton P R I E S T Grant us the Remission of our
tous penteartous en ti erimo ke ex

afton
pentakishiliou
andras
hortasas
1
Martyrs
Charalambos
Eleftherios...
Theotoke
1
( T H E O D O R O U ) ke Arhiepiskopou imon
( . . . N A M E . . . ) tou Timiou Presviteriou,
Kyrie Eleison
Iper tou efsevous
ke
Osion ke Theoforon Pateron imon,

on Agion ke Dikeon Theopatoron
Ioakim ke Annis
THE CONGREGATION MUST STAND

BY SINGING ALONG WITH THE
Haralambous
Ton
THE BEGINNING OF THE DIVINE LITURGY THE FIRST SECTION
THE CONGREGATION MAY PARTICIPATE

UNISON TO THE PRAYERS.
Ieromartiron
Eleftheriou...
O Lord Jesus Christ our God,

Who Blessed the five loaves in the
wilderness and with them fed the
five thousand families
PRIEST
PRAYS FOR OUR
FESTAL DIVINE LITURGY ST NICHOLAS OF MYRA- 6 DECEMBER
99.
mercy on us.
Kyrie Eleison (3)

Epakouson imon, O Theos, O Sotir imon
PEOPLE
PRIEST
i Elpis panton ton peraton tis gis ke

ton en thalassi makran, ke ileos, ileos,
genou imin, Despota, epi tes amarties
imon ke eleison imas.
Kyrie Eleison
Eleimon gar
Amin
Irini pasi!
Ke meta tou pnevmatos sou
Tas kefalas imon to Kyrio Klinomen
MA
Hope of all the ends of the earth,

and of those who sail the distant
seas; and, O Master, to us sinners, be
gracious and merciful.
PEOPLE
ke Filanthropos Theos
iparhis,
ke
Si
tin
Doxan
anapempomen, to Patri ke to Iio ke
to Agio Pnevmati, nin ke ai, ke is tous
eonas ton eonon.
KE
Lord have Mercy (3)

Hear us, O God, our Saviour, the
PRIEST
Lord have Mercy

For Thou art a Merciful God Who
Lovest mankind, and to Thee we

ascribe Glory: to the Father, and to
the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now
and ever, and to the ages of ages.
Amen
P R I E S T Peace be to all.
P E O P L E And to thy spirit
P R I E S T Let us bow our heads to the Lord
PEOPLE
THE SIGN OF THE CROSS & BOWN D
Si Kyrie
Despota Polielee, Kyrie
Iisou Hriste O
Theos imon, Presvies tis Panahranton
Despinis
imon
Theotokou
ke
Aiparthenou Marias,
Dinami tou
Timiou
ke
Zoopiou
Stavrou,
prostasies ton Timion Epouranion
Dinameon Asomaton...
PEOPLE
To Thee, O Lord
O Most Merciful
Through
Ton
Of
en Agiis Pateron imon Megalon

Ierarhon ke Ikoumenikon Didaskalon,
Vasiliou tou Megalou, Grigoriou tou
Theologou ke
Ioannou tou
Hrisostomou;
Athanasiou
ke
Kyrillou, Ioannou tou Eleimonos,
Patriarchon Alexandrias. Tou en
Agiis
Patros
imon
Nikolaou,
Episkopou Myron tis Lukias, tou
Thavmatourgou. ..
Ton
Agion, Endoxon Megalomartiron

Georgiou tou Tropeoforou, Dimitriou
tou
Mirovlitou,
Theodorou
tou
Tirionos
ke
Theodorou
tou
Stratilatou, Mina tou Thavmatourgou
TO GOD
Master, Lord
Jesus Christ our God, through the
Intercessions of our Most Pure Lady
Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, by
the Power of the Precious and Lifegiving Cross; through the Protection
of the Venerable Bodiless Powers in
Heaven...
PRIEST
Ikesies
tou Timiou, Endoxon Profitou,

Prodromou ke Vaptistou Ioannou, ton
Agion Evdoxon ke
Panevfimon
Apostolon, ton Agion, Evdoxon ke
Kallinikon Martiron, ton Osion ke
Theoforon Pateron imon ...
OWN
the Prayers of the Venerable

and
Glorious
Prophet
and
Forerunner John the Baptist; of the
Holy, Glorious and All-praised
Apostles; of the Holy, Glorious and
Victorious Martyrs; of our Righteous
and God-bearing Fathers...
our Fathers among the Saints the
Great Hierarchs and Ecumenical
Teachers: Basil the Great, Gregory
the
Theologian
and
John
Chrysostom; Athanasios, Cyril and
John the Almsgiver, Patriarchs of
Alexandria; of our Father among the
Saints, Nicholas, Bishop of Myra of
Lycia the Miracle-worker...
Of the Holy and Glorious Great Martyrs:
George the Victorious, Demetrios the

Myrrh-flowing, Theodore Tyron and
Theodore the General, Menas the
Miracle-worker,
and the Priest
OF
MYRA- 6 DECEMBER
Iper
tis koinotita, poleos taftis, pasis

poleos, horas, ke ton pisti ikounton en
aftes tou Kyriou deithomen...
Kyrie Eleison
Iper efkrasias aeron, eforias ton karpon
tis gis ke keron irinikon tou Kyriou
deithomen.
Kyrie Eleison
Iper pleonton, odiporounton,
For this city and for this

Community,
and
for
every
Community, city and country, and
for the Faithful who dwell therein,
let us pray to the Lord
PRIEST
PEOPLE
for the
abundance of the fruits of the Earth,
and for peaceful times, let us pray to
the Lord
PRIEST
PEOPLE
nosounton,
kamnonton, ehmaloton ke tis sotirias
afton tou Kyriou deithomen.
Kyrie Eleison
Iper tou Risthine
Kyrie Eleison
Antilavou Soson,
Amin
Tis
Lord have Mercy

For our Deliverance
from all
affliction,
wrath,
danger
and
necessity, let us pray to the Lord
PRIEST
PRIEST
Lord have Mercy

Help us, Save us,
PEOPLE
Amen
PEOPLE
Eleison ke Diafilaxon
imas O Theos, ti Si Hariti.
Lord have Mercy

For those at sea,
and those who

travel by land or air, for the sick and
the suffering, for captives and for
their Salvation, let us pray to the
Lord
PRIEST
PEOPLE
imas apo pasis

thlipseos, orgis, kindinou ke anangis,
tou Kyriou deithomen
Lord have Mercy

For seasonable weather,
have Mercy on
us, and Protect us, O God, by Thy
Grace.
Panagias, Ahrantou, Ipere P R I E S T Commemorating our All Holy,

Vlogimenis, Endoxou Despinis imon
Pure, Most Blessed and Glorious
Theotokou ke Aiparthenou Marias
Lady, Theotokos and Ever Virgin
meta
panton
ton
Agion
Mary, with all the Saints, let us
Mnimonefsantes, eaftous ke allilous
commit ourselves and one another
ke pasan tin zoin imon Hristo to Theo
and our whole Life to Christ our
parathometha.
God.
MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS & BOW DOWN
Si Kyrie
Oti prepi
PEOPLE
Si
pasa
Doxa
Timi
ke
Proskinisis to Patri ke to Io ke to
Agio Pnevmati nin ke ai ke is tous
eonas ton eonon.
Amin
THE
FIRST ANTIPHON
IS BEING
all Glory,
Honour and Worship, to the

Father, and to the Son, and to the
Ages of Ages.
PEOPLE
PRAYER
WHILE
To Thee, O Lord!
For to Thee belong
PRIEST
OF THE FIRST
CHANTED , THE PRIEST
Amen
ANTIPHON
SILENTLY PRAYS:
O Lord our God, Whose Dominion is inconceivable, and Whose

Glory is incomprehensible; Whose Mercy is infinite, and Whose
Love for mankind is ineffable, do Thou Thyself, O Master, in
Thy tender Compassion look down upon us, and upon this Holy
Temple, and grant us and those who pray with us, Thine
abundant Mercies and Compassions.
59.
FIRST ANTIPHON
STIHOS
Evlogi i psihi mou ton Kyrion, ke
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all

that is within me, Bless His Holy
Name.
Tes
Presvies tis Theotokou, Soter,

Soson imas.
Evlogi i psihi mou ton Kyrion, ke

mi
epilavthanou
pasias
tas
Antapodosis Aftou
STIHOS
Tes

Soson imas.
Kyrios en to Ourano itimase ton

Thronon Aftou, ke i Vasilia Aftou
panton despozi.
STIHOS
Through
the Intercessions of the

Theotokos, O Saviour, Save us.
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and

forget none of His Benefits
Through

The Lord has prepared His

Throne in Heaven, and His Kingdom
rules over 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

eonon.
and to the Holy Spirit, now and

forever, and to the Ages of ages.
tis Theotokou,
Soter,

Amen
Through

Soson imas.
SMALL LITANY
Eti ke eti en Irini tou Kyriou deithomen.

Kyrie eleison
Antilavou Soson,
Eleison Ke Diafilaxon
Amen
Tis
Again and again, in Peace, let us

pray to the Lord.
PRIEST
Lord, have mercy

H e l p us, Save us, have Mercy on
PEOPLE
PRIEST
us, and Preserve us, O God, by Thy

Grace
Amen
PRIEST
Commemorating
PEOPLE
Panagias, Ahrantou, Ipere

meta
panton
ton
Agion
parathometha.
our Most
Holy, Pure, Most Blessed and
Glorious Lady Theotokos, and Ever
Virgin Mary with all the Saints, let us
commit ourselves and one another,
and all our Life to Christ our God.
MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS & BOW DOWN TO GOD
Si Kyrie
Oti Son to
PRIEST
ke i Dinamis ke i Doxa tou Patros

ke tou Iou ke tou Agiou Pnevmatos,
nin ke ai ke is tous eonas ton eonon.
Amin
To Thee, O Lord
F o r Thine is the Dominion,
PEOPLE
Kratos ke Sou estin i Vasilia
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.
PEOPLE
OF
Amen
MYRA- 6 DECEMBER
and
the
the
the
the
OF THE OFFERINGS OF BREAD
&
Eleison
imas O Theos, kata to Mega

Eleos Sou, deometha Sou epakouson
ke Eleison.
VERSE
Through
Amin
Tes Presvies
BLESSING
VERSE
Tes

Soson imas.
Artoklasia
VERSE
panta ta entos mou to Onoma to

Agion Aftou
Kyrie Eleison (3
Eti deometha iper
ton efsevon
Orthodoxon Hristianon ...
Kyrie eleison
Eti deometha
iper ton Arhiepiskopou

imon (...N A M E... ) ke pasis tis en
Hristo imon adelfotitos.
Kyrie Eleison
Eti deometha
iper Eleous, Zois, irinis,

Igias,
Sotirias,
episkepseos,
Singhoriseos ke Afeseos ton Amartion
ton
doulon
tou
Theou,
ton
epitelounton tin Agian eortin taftin ...
(HE MENTIONS THEM BY NAME) ...
meta ton sizigon, teknon, goneon,
adelfon, singenon afton, igias ke
Sotirias iper afton ipomen.
Kyrie Eleison
Eti deometha
iper tou diafilahthine tin

Agian Ekklisian ke polin, ke Kinotita
taftin, ke pasan polin ke horan, apo
orgis,
limu,
limou,
sismou,
katapontismou,
piros,
maheras,
epidromis allofilon, emfiliou polemou
ke efnidiou thanetou, ke iper tou
ileon, efmeni ke efdialakton genesthe
ton agathon ke filanthropon Theon
imon, tou apostrepse ke diaskedase
pasan orgin ke noson tin kath imon
kinoumenin, ke risasthe imas ek tis
epikimenis dikeas aftou apilis ke
eleise imas.
Kyrie Eleison
Eti deometha
ke iper tou isakouse

Kyrion ton Theon fonis tis deiseos
imon ton amartolon, ke eleise imas.
WINE
Have mercy on us, O God,

according to Thy Great Mercy, we
pray to Thee, hear us and have
Mercy on us.
PRIEST
PEOPLE
ke
[ARTO],
OLIVE OIL
PRIEST
Lord have Mercy (3)

Again we pray for all
Pious and
Orthodox Christians....
PEOPLE
Lord have mercy

Again we pray
for our
Archbishop (...N A M E... ) and all our
brothers and sisters in Christ.
PRIEST
Lord have Mercy

Again we pray for
PEOPLE
Mercy, Life,
Peace, Health, Salvation, Visitation,
Forgiveness and Remission of sins of
the servants of God who celebrate
this Sacred Feast ... (HE MENTIONS
THEM BY NAME) ...together with their
spouses, children, parents, brothers
and sisters and relatives, and let us
ask for their health and Salvation.
PRIEST
PEOPLE
Lord have Mercy

Again we pray
for the
preservation of this Holy Church,
and this city and Parish, and every
city and land, from the Wrath of
God, pestilence, famine, earthquake,
flood fire, the sword, invasion by
enemies, civil war and sudden death,
and that our God Who Loves
mankind will be merciful, gracious
and favourable toward us, and will
fend off and turn away all the wrath
and every illness that threatens us,
and will deliver us from His Righteous
Chastisement impending against us,
and will have Mercy on us.
PRIEST
PEOPLE
PRIEST
Lord have Mercy

Again we pray that the Lord our
God will hear the voice of the

Petition of us sinners, and have
97.
but rather pass through me for the right ordering of my members, into
all my joints, my affections, and my heart.
Burn up the thorns of all my offences; Purify my soul; Sanctify my mind;
make strong my knees and my bones; Enlighten the simplicity of my
five senses; nail down the whole of me with Thy Fear.
Always Protect, Guard and Watch over me, and keep me from every
soul-destroying deed and word.
Sanctify and Purify and order me; make me clean, give me
Understanding and Enlighten me; make me worthy to be the
habitation of the Only Holy Spirit, and no longer a habitation of sin; so
that as Thine Abode from the Entrance of Thy Holy Communion, every
evil deed and passion may flee from me like fire.
As supplicants I bring to Thee all those whom Thou hast Sanctified: the
Leaders of the Angelic Powers; Thy Forerunner; Thine Enlightened
Apostles; and further, Thy Pure and Spotless Mother.
Receive the Prayers of these, O Merciful Christ, and make Thy slave a
Child of Light.
For Thou art our Sanctification and our only Good, and the Illumination
of our souls, and unto Thee as our God and Master each day as is
fitting, we ascribe all Glory, Honour and Worship.
Amen
Lord Jesus Christ, our God, may Thy Holy Body be unto me for Everlasting
Life and Thy Precious Blood for the Forgiveness of sins. And may this
Holy Eucharist be Joy, Health and Gladness for me and at Thine awful
Second Coming make me, a sinner, worthy to stand at the right hand
of Thy Glory, through the Intercessions of Thy Pure Mother and of all
Thy Saints. Amen.
SECOND FESTAL ANTIPHON
Eni
i psihi mou ton Kyrion.

Eneso Kyrion en ti zoi mou. Psalo to
Theo mou, eos iparho!
STIHOS
Soson
imas, Iie Theou, O E N A GIIS

T HAVMASTOS , psallontas Si: Allilouia!
Makarios, ou O Theos, Iakob

voithos aftou, i elpis aftou epi Kyrion
ton Theon Aftou.
STIHOS
Soson

Vasilefsi Kyrios is ton eona, O

Theos sou, Sion, is genean ke genean
Praise the Lord, O my soul;

while I live I will praise the Lord;
while I have any being, I will praise
my God!
VERSE
O Son of God, W HO
ART E XT OLLED BY T HY
S AINTS , Save us who sing to Thee:
Alleluia!
Blessed are those whose Helper

is the God of Jacob; whose Hope is
the Lord their God.
VERSE
O Son of God, W HO
Alleluia!
The Lord will be King forever; thy

God, O Zion, will reign from
generation to generation.
STIHOS
VERSE
Soson
O Son of God, W HO

PRAYER
WHILE
THIS
HYMN
Alleluia!
OF THE SECOND ANTIPHON

PRIEST PRAYS SILENTLY:
IS BEING CHANTED, THE
O Master, Lord our God: Save Thy people and Bless Thine Inheritance. Protect the
whole Body of Thy Church, and Sanctify those who Love the Beauty of Thy
Temple. Endow them with Thy Divine Power, and do not forsake us who have
set our Hope in Thee.
Doxa Patri ke Iio ke Agio Pnevmati.
Glory to the Father, and to

and ever, and to the ages of ages.
PEOPLE
Ke nin ke ai ke is tous eonas ton

eonon.
TO
THE
MOST HOLY & EVER BLESSED THEOTOKOS
All Holy Lady, Theotokos, the Light of my darkened soul, my Hope and
Protection, my Refuge and Consolation and my Joy: I give Thee
thanks that Thou has made me, who am unworthy, worthy to receive
the Holy Body and the Precious Blood of Thy Son.
Enlighten the Spiritual Eyes of my heart, O Thou Who bore the True Light;
Thou Who engendered the Fountain of Immortality grant Life to me
who is dead in sin; Thou the Compassionate Mother of the Merciful
God have mercy on me and grant me compunction and contrition of
heart, Humility in my thoughts, and the recall of my reasoning powers
from their captivity.
And make me worthy until my last breath, uncondemned to receive the
Sanctification of the Divine Mysteries for the Healing of my soul and
body, and grant me Tears of Repentance and Confession so that I
may praise and glorify Thee all the days of my life for Thou art
Blessed and glorified unto the Ages.
Amen.
OF
MYRA- 6 DECEMBER
TONE 2
Amen
Amin
THIRD ANTIPHON
Monogenis Ios ke Logos tou Theou

Athanatos Iparhon ke katadexamenos
dia tin imeteran Sotirian Sarkothine
ek tis Agia Theotokou ke Aiparthenou
Marias,
atreptos
enanthropisas,
Stavrothis te, Hriste O Theos, Thanato
Thanaton patisas, is on tis Agias
Triados Sindoxazomenos to Patri ke to
Agio Pnevmati, Soson imas.
TONE 1
O Only Begotten Son and Word of God,

Who being Immortal, yet deigned for
our Salvation to be Incarnate
through the Holy Theotokos and
Ever-Virgin Mary, and without
change
became
Man;and
was
Crucified, O Christ our God,
trampling down Death by Death;
Thou, Who art One of the Holy
Trinity and art Glorified with the
Father and the Holy Spirit, Save us.
SMALL LITANY
Eti ke eti en Irini tou Kyriou deithomen

Kyrie Eleison
Antilavou Soson,
Again and again, in Peace, let us

pray to the Lord.
PRIEST
PEOPLE
Lord, have Mercy

Help us, Save us, have
Mercy on
us, and Preserve us, O God, by Thy
Grace
PRIEST
61.
Amin
Tis
PEOPLE
Panagias, Ahrantou, Ipere

meta
panton
ton
Agion
parathometha.
Amen
Commemorating
our Most
Holy, Pure, Most Blessed and
Glorious Lady Theotokos, and Ever
Virgin Mary together with all the
Saints, let us commit ourselves and
one another, and all our Life to
Christ our God.
PRIEST
Si Kyrie
PEOPLE
PRAYER
OF THE
To Thee, O Lord
THIRD ANTIPHON
THE PRIEST QUIETLY PRAYS WHILE THE ABOVE HYMN IS CHANTED:
Thou Who has granted us Grace at this time with one accord to make our
common Supplications to Thee, and Who promises, that when two or three are
gathered together in Thy Name, Thou will grant their Petitions: fulfil now, O
Lord, the Petitions of Thy servants, as may be the most expedient for us;
granting us in this world Knowledge of Thy Truth, and in the world to come,
Life Everlasting
Oti
PRIEST
Amin
PEOPLE
Agathos ke Filanthropos Theos

iparhis
ke
Si
tin
Doxan
anapempomen to Patri ke to Iio ke
to Agio Pnevmati, nin ke ai ke is tous
eonas ton eonon.
For Thou, O God, art Good and

lovest mankind, and to Thee we
ascribe Glory, to the Father, and
to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
now and ever, and to the Ages of
ages.
Amen
THE SMALL ENTRANCE:

THE COMING OF CHRIST INTO THE WORLD
FESTAL APOLYTIKION ST NICHOLAS
Kanona
Pisteos ke Ikona
praotitos,
egkratias
Didaskalon,
anedixe
Se ti Pimni Sou, i ton
Pragmaton
Alithia.
Dia touto ektiso ti
tapinosi ta ipsila, ti
ptohia
ta
plousia,
Pater Ierarha Nikolae.
Presveve Hristo to
Theo,
Sothine
tas
psihas imon.
OF
Prayers of Thanksgiving
IMMEDIATELY AFTER HAVING PARTAKEN, we make the Sign of the Cross
and Bow low before the Lord our God, with Humility and
T h a n k s g i v i n g , p r a y i n g : GLORY TO THEE, O GOD; GLORY TO THEE! [3]
I thank Thee, O Lord my God, that Thou has not rejected me, a sinner,
but has deemed me worthy to be a Partaker of Thy Holy Things.
I thank Thee that Thou has deemed me, who am unworthy, worthy to
participate in Thy Sacred and Heavenly Gifts.
And, O Merciful Master, Who died for us and Who Arose again and Who
bestows upon us these Thy Fearful and Life-giving Mysteries for the
well-being and Sanctification of our souls and bodies, grant that these
may be to me for the healing of my soul and body, for the averting of
everything hostile, for the Enlightenment of the eyes of my heart, for
Peace to my Spiritual Powers, for Faith which does not shame us, for
Love unfeigned, for the plenitude of Wisdom, for the fulf ilment of Thy
Commandments, for the aid of Thy Divine Grace and the Inheritance
of Thy Kingdom; so that protected by Them in Thy Holiness I may ever
remember Thy Grace and never live for myself but only for Thee, our
Master and Saviour.
And so when I have departed from this existence in the hope of Eternal
Life, I may attain to Everlasting Rest, where the Song of those who
keep Festival is unceasing and the Joy is endless of those who behold
the Ineffable Beauty of Thy Countenance.
For Thou, O Christ our God, is that which is truly sought for, and the
unutterable Gladness of those who Love Thee; and all Creation
praises Thee forever.
Amen
MYRA
The
True Facts of Thy Life

manifested Thee to Thy
Flock as a Rule of Faith,
and
an
Icon
of
Gentleness, and a Teacher
of
Self-control.
By
Humility, therefore, Thou
acquired the Things on
High, and Riches through
poverty. O Father, Holy
Hierarch,
Nicholas:
Intercede with Christ our
God, Entreating Him to
Save our soul.
THANKSGIVING PRAYERS OF ST BASIL THE GREAT

O Christ our God and Master, King of the Ages and Creator of all, I thank
Thee for all the favours that Thou has granted to me and for the
participation in Thy Pure and Life-giving Mysteries.
I beseech Thee, therefore, O Gracious and Loving Lord, guard me under
Thy Protection and under the shadow of Thy Wings: and grant me a
clear conscience to my last breath, so that worthily I may receive Thy
Holy Things for the forgiveness of sins and Life Eternal.
For Thou art the Bread of Life, the Fountain of Holiness, the Giver of all
that is Good, and unto Thee we ascribe Glory with the Father and
the Holy Spirit, now and forever, and from all Ages to all Ages.
Amen
Thou Who grants me willingly nourishment of Thine own Flesh: Thou Who
art Fire and burns up the unworthy, do not scorch me, O my Maker,
OF
MYRA- 6 DECEMBER
95.
THE PRIEST
Doxa
CONCLUDES THE
DISMISSAL
DIVINE LITURGY :
Si O Theos, i Elpis imon, Doxa
PRAYERS
PRIEST
Si!
Glory to Thee, O God our Hope,
Glory to Thee!
O Hristos O Alithinos Theos imon,
tes
ke
May Christ, our True God, have Mercy
...Dinami tou Timiou ke Zoopiou

Stavrou...
...Prostasies ton timion Epouranion
Dinameon Asomaton ...
...ikesies tou Timiou Endoxou Profitou ke
Vaptistou Ioannou...
...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...
... and Save us, for He is Gracious and
Loves mankind.
Presvies
tis
Panahrantou
Panamomoou Agias Aftou Mitros...
... ton Agion Endoxon ke panefimon

Apostolon...
...ton Agion Evdoxon ke kallinikon
Martirion...
...ton Osion ke Theoforon Pateron imon...
...ton Agion ke Dikeon Theopatoron
Ioakim ke Annis...
... tou Agiou ... ou ke tin Mnimin
epiteloumen ke panton ton Agion...
.. eleise ke Sose imas, os Agathos ke
Filanthropos ke eleimon Theos.
Amin
I Agia Trias diafilaxi pantas imas.
on us, through the Intercession of

His Most Pure and Holy Mother
PEOPLE
PRIEST
PRAYER
WHILE
THE
FESTAL APOLYTIKION
OF THE
SMALL ENTRANCE
IS CHANTED THE
Evlogonta ke Agiazonta imas,

Kyrie, filatte is polla eti...
BEFORE THE ROYAL GATES THE PRIEST SLOWLY LIFTS THE

HEAD AND MAKES THE SIGN OF THE CROSS
Sofia! Orthi!
PRIEST
PRIEST
Amin.
PEOPLE
evhon ton Agion Pateron imon,

Kyrie Isou Hriste, O Theos imon,
Eleison ke Soson imas.
Arise!
let us worship and bow down

before Christ. O Son of God, W H O
ART EXTOLLED BY THE SAINTS:
Save us who sing unto
Thee:
Alleluia!
FESTAL APOLYTIKION ST NICHOLAS
Kanona
OF
MYRA TONE 4
The
Pisteos ke Ikona praotitos,

egkratias Didaskalon, anedixe Se ti
Pimni Sou, i ton Pragmaton Alithia.
Dia touto ektiso ti tapinosi ta ipsila, ti
ptohia ta plousia, Pater Ierarha
Nikolae. Presveve Hristo to Theo,
Sothine tas psihas imon.
True Facts of Thy Life manifested

Thee to Thy Flock as a Rule of Faith,
and an Icon of Gentleness, and a
Teacher of Self-control. By Humility,
therefore, Thou acquired the Things
on High, and Riches through
poverty. O Father, Holy Hierarch,
Nicholas: Intercede with Christ our
God, Entreating Him to Save our
soul.
PARISH PATRONAL APOLYTIKION2

THE PA
TRONAL
HY
MN
IS
SUNG
BY
BOTH
CHOIR & CONGREGA
TION
(E.G.THE HOLY CHURCH OF THE DORMITION

EVER BLESSED THEOTOKOS)
Through
the Prayers of our

Holy Fathers, O Lord Jesus Christ,
our God, have Mercy on us and Save
us.
En ti Gennisi tin Parthenian efilaxas. In
Amen.
En ti Kimisi ton kosmon ou

katelipes Theotoke. Metestis pros
tin Zoin, Mitir iparhousa tis Zois.
Ke tes Presvies tes Ses Litromeni,
ek Thanatou tas psihas imon.
THE ANTIDORON
After the Priest has dismissed the
Congregation, we must quietly stand in a
queue to received the Antidoron from him.
Holding our right hand in our left hand, we
humbly receive the Antidoron and kiss the
Priests hand with all due respect for the Holy
Eternal Priesthood of Christ our Lord and
Saviour.
After everyone has received Antidoron and departed, the Priest enters the Prothesis and after
reciting certain Prayers, he consumes the remaining Contents of the Holy Chalice, which
is then wiped clean and put aside for the next Holy Communion.
Again with Prayers and reverence, the Priest removes his Liturgical Vestments.
Wisdom!
ABOVE HIS
Come,
proskinisomen, ke prospesomen
Hristo. Soson imas, Iie Theou, O E N
A G I I S T H A V M A S T O S , psallontas Si.
Allilouia!
PEOPLE
Di
HOLY GOSPEL
Defte
Amen
May the Holy Trinity Bless you
O Lord, protect the one who

Blesses us and Sanctifies us, for
many years
QUIETLY RECITES:
STANDING
and protect you.
Ton
PRIEST
O Master, Lord our God, Who hast appointed in Heaven Legions and Hosts of
Angels and Archangels for the Service of Thy Glory, grant that with our
Entrance there may be an Entrance of Holy Angels, serving with us and
glorifying Thy Goodness; for to Thee are due all Glory, Honour and Worship, to
the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; now and ever, and unto ages
of ages. Amen
T HE P ATRONAL A POLYTIKION
OF THE
giving Birth, O Theotokos, Thou hast

retained Thy Virginity, and in Falling
Asleep, Thou hast not forsaken the
world. Thou who art the Mother of Life,
hast passed over into Life, and by Thy
Prayers Thou Delivers our soul from
Death.
Wherefore,
by
Thine
Intercessions, Deliver our soul from
Death.
IS CHANTED AT THIS POINT OF THE DIVINE LITURGY. FIND OUT WHICH IS YOUR PARISH
PATRON SAINT AND INCLUDE THE HYMN HERE.
OF
MYRA- 6 DECEMBER
63.
PATRIARCHAL APOLYTIKION - ST MARK

TONE
THE
3
APOSTLE & EVANGELIST
Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati
Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
Holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark,

Intercede with our Merciful God to
grant Remission of sins to our
souls.
Parthenos simeron, ton proeonion

Logon, en Spileo erhete, apotekin
aporritos.
Horeve i ikoumeni
akoutisthisa, doxason meta Angelon
ke ton Pimenon, voiithenta epofthine,
Pedion Neon, to Pro Eonon Theon.
WHILE
THE
RECITED
OF
MYRA
On
this day, the Virgin went to the

Grotto to give Birth to the PreEternal Word in an ineffable manner.
Dance for Joy, all the inhabited
Earth, on hearing. Glorify along with
Angels and with the Shepherds Him
Who Willed His Appearance as a New
Born Child the Pre-Eternal God.
THE PRAYER OF THE TRISAGION

CHOIR CHANTS THE TRISAGION HYMN
BY THE PRIEST:
HYMN
THIS
PRAY
ER
IS
SILENTLY
O Holy God, Who rests among Thy Saints, Who art Glorified by the Cherubim, and
Praised by the Seraphim with a Thrice-Holy Voice, and Worshipped by all the
Hosts of Heaven - Thou Who has brought all things out of nothingness into being;
Thou Who has created mankind in Thine Own Image and Likeness, and has
adorned him with all Thy Favours; Thou Who grant to the suppliant Wisdom
and Prudence, and does not neglect the sinner, but has set forth the Way of
Repentance unto Salvation; Thou Who has accounted us, Thy humble and
unworthy servants, worthy to stand at this time before the Glory of Thy Holy Altar,
and to bring to Thee due Adoration and Praise; do Thou, O Master, accept even
from the mouth of us sinners, the Thrice-Holy Hymn and Visit us in Thy
Righteousness.
Forgive us all our transgressions - voluntary and involuntary. Sanctify our souls and
bodies, and grant, that we may worship Thee in Holiness all the days of our life,
through the Intercessions of the Holy Theotokos and all the Saints, who from the
beginning of time have pleased Thee; for Thou, our God, art Holy, and to Thee
we ascribe Glory, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and
ever, and unto ages of ages.
Amen.
THE TRISAGION
OR
THRICE HOLY
Ton Kyriou deithomen

Kyrie eleison
Oti Agios i O Theos imon ke si tin Doxan
anapempomen, to Patri ke to Io ke
Amin
3
HYMN
Let us pray to the Lord

P E O P L E Lord have mercy
PRIEST
For Thou our God art Holy, and
unto Thee we ascribe Glory, to
PRIEST
to Agio Pnevmati, nin ke ai ke is tous

eonas ton eonon.
the Father, and to the Son, and to the

Ages of ages
PEOPLE
HOLY ICON
OF OUR
LORD & SAVIOUR, JESUS CHRIST,
Evlogon tou Evlogontas Se, Kyrie, ke

Agiazon tous epi Si pepithotas, Soson
ton Laon Sou ke Evlogison tin
Klironomian Sou.
To
pliromas tis Ekklisias Sou filaxon,

Agiason
tou
Agapontas
tin
Evprepeian tou Ikou Sou.
Protect the whole Body
Si
aftous antidoxason ti Thiki Dinami

Sou ke mi egkatalipis imas tous
elpizontas epi Se.
Glorify
and to the Holy Spirit
FESTAL KONTAKION ST NICHOLAS
STANDS BEFORE THE
AND PRAYS
ALOUD
Apostole
Agie, ke Evangelista Marke,

Presveve to Eleimoni Theo, ina
ptesmaton afesin, parashi tes psihes
imon.
THE PRIEST
Lord, Who Blesses those who Bless

Thee, and Sanctifies those who put
their trust in Thee, Save Thy people
and Bless Thine Inheritance.
of Thy Church,
and Sanctify those who Love the
Beauty of Thy House.
them by Thy Divine Power and
do not forsake us who set our hope
in Thee.
Erinin to kosmo Sou dories, tes Ekklisies Grant
Peace to Thy world, to Thy

Churches, to the Priesthood, to our
Rulers, to the Armed Forces and to
all Thy people.
Sou, tis Ierefsi, tis Vasilefsin imon, to

Strato ke panti to lao Sou.
Oti
pasa dosis agathi ke pan Dorima

Telion anothen esti katavenon ek Sou
tou Patros ton Foton. Ke Si tin Doxan
ke
Efharistian
ke
Proskinisin
anapempomen, to Patri ke to Io, ke to
Agio Pnevmati, nin, ke ai, ke is tous
eonas ton eonon.
Amin
Ii to
For
every measure of Blessing, and

every Perfect Gift is from Above, and
descends from Thee, the Father of
Light; and to Thee we ascribe Glory
and Thanksgiving and Worship: to
Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto
the Ages of Ages.
Amen
Blessed be
PEOPLE
Onoma Kyriou Evlogimenon apo

tou nin ke eos tou eonos.[3]
Tou Kyriou deithomen...

Kyrie eleison
THE PRIEST BLESSES
THE
PRIEST
L e t us pray to the Lord.

Lord have mercy
PEOPLE
CONGREGATION
WHO BOW THEIR HEAD
Evlogia
PRIEST
Amin
PEOPLE
Kyriou ke Eleos
elthi ef imas ti Aftou Thia
Hariti ke Filanthropia,
Pantote, nin ke ai ke is
tous eonas ton eonon.
the Name of the Lord,

from this time forth, and for
evermore. [3]
May the Blessing of the

Lord and His Mercy come upon
you through His Divine Grace
and Love for mankind always,
now and ever, and unto the
Ages of Ages.
Amen
AT THIS POINT THE PRIEST MAY PERFORM THE

ARTOKLASIA- THE BLESSING OF THE BREAD, OLIVE
O I L A N D W I N E G O T O P AG E
97
Amen
S T M ARK T HE A POSTLE & E VANGELIST

OUR FIRST POPE & PATRIARCH OF
IS THE FOUNDER OF THE HOLY CHURCH OF CHRIST IN AFRICA AND THUS HE IS

ALEXANDRIA & ALL AFRICA (MOST PRIESTS EXCLUDE THIS HYMN)
OF
MYRA- 6 DECEMBER
93.
THANKSGIVING PRAYERS
THE PRIEST
INSTRUCTS THE WORSHIPPERS TO GIVE
THANKS
Orthi.
Metalavontes ton Thion,

Agion,
Ahranton,
Athanaton,
Epouranion ke Zoopion Frikton tou
Hristou
Mystirion,
axios
Efharistisomen to Kyrio.
Soson, Eleison ke Diafilaxon

PEOPLE
Si Kyrie!
PEOPLE
Amin
Agios Athanatos, eleison imas.
Amen
Holy Immortal, have mercy upon us
Oti
BLESSES
Si i O Agiasmos imon, ke Si tin
PRIEST
Doxan anapebomen, to Patri ke to

Iio, ke to Agio Pnevmati, nin, ke ai, ke
is tous eonas ton eonon.
Amen
For
PEO PLE
PRIEST
Let
GOSPEL WITH WHICH HE MAKES
THE CONGREGATION
EPISTLE IS READ
Pros
EVREOUS EPISTOLIS
anagnosma.
Pater Agie Evlogison
Holy
give
OF
THE REA
THE
DER
ALTA
READS
4
OF
ST PAUL
THE
EPISTLE
TO THE
OF
THE
PEW WHILE
THE
The reading is from S T P A U L S

EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS
READER
L e t us attend
OF
ST PA
pithesthe tis igoumenis imon,

ke ipikete. Afti gar agripnousin iper
ton
psihon
imon,
os
Logon
apodosontes.
Ina
HEBREWS 13 : 17 - 21
UL
WHILE
THE
PRIEST
CENSES
R.
Adelphi,
meta Haras touto piosin, ke mi

stenazontes. Alisiteles gar imin touto.
the
MYRA- 6 DECEMBER
EDGE
THE TEACHING OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
to
THE
PRIEST
THE EPISTLE
[3]
Father,
Blessing
PAVLOU
ON
Wisdom!
THE APOSTOLOS THE EPISTLE
Peace.
Let us beseech the Lord.

P E O P L E Lord have mercy
SIT
Proshomen
us go forth in
Tou Kyriou deithomen

Kyrie eleison [3]
I give
back to the Lord for all
He rendered to me?
READER
PRIEST
MAY
Let us attend
What shall
PRIEST
Sofia!
Amen
AMBON PULPIT
Precious in the Sight

of the Lord is the Death
of His Holy One.
READER
to Kyrio
peri
panton,
on
antapedoke mi?
Thou art our Sanctification
THE
With Strength!
With Strength!
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy
Immortal, have mercy on us
Proshomen!
Ti antapodoso
and unto Thee we ascribe Glory, to

Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto
Ages of Ages.
DISMISSAL BLESSING & PRAYER BEHIND
En irini proelthomen
HOLY
PEOPLE
enantion Kyriou
O Thanatos ton Osion
Aftou.
To Thee, O Lord!
IT WITH THE
CHOIR
Timios
TO GOD
We thank Thee, O Merciful Master and Benefactor of our souls, that Thou hast this
day vouchsafed to give us Thy Heavenly and Immortal Mysteries.
Direct us into the right way; Strengthen all of us in Thy Fear; watch over our Life;
make safe our Endeavours, through the Prayers and Supplications of the
Glorious Theotokos, and Ever Virgin Mary, and of all Thy Saints...
AND
PRIEST
ND
THE PROKEIMENON PSALM 115/116

TONE (7) VARYS/GRAVE
QUIETLY PRAYS:
THE PRIEST FOLDS THE ANTIMENSION

THE SIGN OF THE CROSS OVER IT
MUST STA
Athanatos, eleison imas
THANKSGIVING
OF
to the Father, and to the Son,

and to the Holy Spirit, Now and
forever, and to the Ages of ages.
ONGREGATION
Dynamis!
Dynamis!
Agios O Theos, Agios Ishiros, Agios
Amen
Entreating
OWN
Glory
THE C
Amen
Help us,
THE SIGN OF THE CROSS & BOW D
Doxa
God, Holy Mighty, Holy

Immortal, have mercy upon us [3]
Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati.

Ke nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton
eonon.
the Lord that this

whole day may be Perfect, Holy,
Peaceful and sinless, let us commit
ourselves and one another and our
whole Life to Christ our God.
PRIEST
ke anamartiton etisameni, eaftou ke

allilous ke pasan tin Zoin imon,
Hristo to Theo parathometha.
THE PRAYER
HOLY COMMUNION:
Save us, have Mercy

upon us, and Protect us, O God, by
Thy Grace.
PRIEST
Amin
Tin imeran pasan Telian, Agian, Irinikin
KE
FOR THE
us rise, having duly

received the Divine, Holy, Pure,
Immortal, Heavenly, Life-giving and
Awesome
Mysteries
of
Christ,
worthily let us give Thanks unto the
Lord.
PEOPLE
MA
GOD
Holy
O Theos, Agios Ishiros, Agios

Athanatos, eleison imas. [3]
Let
PRIEST
Amin
Antilavou
THE PRIEST
TO
Agios
Brethren: obey your Leaders and submit

to them; for they are keeing watch
over your soul, as men who will have
to give account.
Let them do so Joyfully, and not sadly,

for that would be of no advantage to
THE INCENSE
SYMBOLISES THE FRAGRANCE OF OUR LORDS TEACHINGS AND HOW OUR PRAYERS RISE UP TO GOD JUST
LIKE THE SMOKE OF THE FRAGRANT INCENSE.
65.
THE COMMUNION HYMN PSALM 111/12
you.
Prosevhesthe peri imon: Pepithamen gar Pray
for us, for we are sure that we

have a clear conscience, desiring to
act honourably in all things.
oti kalin sinidisin ehomen, en pasin

kalos thelontes anastrefesthe.
Perissoteros de parakalo touto piise, ina I
urge you the more earnestly to do this

in order that I may be resotred to
you the sooner.
tahion apokatastatho imin.
de Theos tis irinis, O anagagon ek

nekron ton pimena ton provaton ton
megan en emati diathikis eoniou, ton
kyrion imon Iisoun, katartise imas en
panti ergo agatho is to piise
toThelima aftou, pion en imin to
evareston enopion aftou, dia Iisou
Hristou. O i Doxa is tou enonas ton
eonon.
Amin.
Allilouia [3]
AFTERWARDS
THE
Now,
may the God of Peace Who

brought again from the dead our
Lord Jesus, the Great Shepherd of
the Sheep, by the Blood of the
Eternal Covenant, equip you with
everythinggood that you may do His
Will, working in you that which is
pleasing in His Sight, through jesus
Christ, to Whom be Glory for ever
and ever.
Amen.
Alleluia [3]
READER RECEIVES
APOSTOLOS TO
HE RETURNS THE
THE
THE
PRIEST
P e a c e be to the
RIGHT HAND AS
Reader
THE HOLY GOSPEL

THE C
ONGREGATION
PRAYER
MUST STAND FOR THE HOLY

GOSPEL
OF THE
Orthi! Akousomen
Evangeliou...
Irini pasi
Ke to pnevmati sou
tou
Agiou
Dikeos.
The
Righteous will be remembered

forever. Alleluia!
WHEN ALL HAVE PARTAKEN, THE PRIEST RAISES THE HOLY CHALICE
CROSS WITH IT, HE BLESSES THE CONGREGATION:
Soson
O Theos ton laon Sou ke

Evlogison tin Klironomian Sou
THE PRIEST
ALTAR
RE-ENTERS THE
HOLY SANCTUARY
AND MAKING THE
SIGN
OF THE
God, Save Thy People and Bless

Thine Inheritance
AND ALL THE
COMMUNCANT
TURN TOWARDS THE
HOLY
COMMUNION HYMN TONE 2

THE
CHOIR
SINGS ON BEHALF OF THOSE WHO HAVE PARTAKEN OF THE
Idomen
to Fos to Alithinon, elavomen

Pnevma Epouranion, evromen Pistin
Alithi, adiereton Triade proskinountes.
Afti gar imas esosen.
HOLY EUCHARIST:
We
have seen the True Light, we have

received the Heavenly Spirit, we
have
found
the
True
Faith,
worshipping the Undivided Trinity,
Who has saved us.
Wash away, O Lord, by Thy Holy Blood, the sins of all those who
are Commemorated, through the Intercessions of the
Theotokos and of all Thy Saints.
Amen
Be Thou exalted, O God, above the Heavens and Thy Glory above
all the earth. [3]
Blessed is our God...
Pantote nin ke ai ke is tous eonas ton
RECITE THIS
THE
WORD
FROM
Wisdom! Rise!
Holy Gospel.
now and ever, and to the

Ages of ages.
AFTER
Amen
BOWING
TOWARDS
OURSELVES WITH THE
THE
SIGN
HOLY EUCHARIST
CROSS
THAT
IS
HELD
ALOFT
BY
THE
PRIEST,
WE
BLESS
OF THE
BEFORE RETURNING TO OUR PEWS WE MUST STAND BEFORE THE HOLY ALTAR AND MAKING THE
SIGN OF THE CROSS, BOW LOW BEFORE THE LORD OUR GOD IN GRATITUDE FOR HIS GREAT
MERCY AND IN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF HIS DIVINE PRESENCE.
THE PRIEST CARRIES THE REMAINDER OF
HOLY EUCHARIST TO THE PROTHESIS
OBLATION TABLE THEN HE RETURNS TO
ALTAR
WHERE
HE
FOLDS
UP
ANTIMENSION/CORPORAL AND PLACES
HOLY GOSPEL UPON IT.
THE
OR
THE
THE
THE
Let us hear the
Peace be unto all.

OF
Always,
eonon..
Amin
PRIEST
este
THE PRIEST TURNS TOWARDS THE CONGREGATION TO BESTOW THE BLESSING
Shine in our hearts, O Merciful Master, Who Loves

mankind, the Pure Light of Thy Divine Knowledge,
and open the eyes of our minds to the
Understanding of Thy Gospel Teachings. Implant
in
us
also
the
Fear
of
Thy
Blessed
Commandments, so that trampling down all
desires of the flesh, we may enter upon a Spiritual
Manner of living, both thinking and doing the things that are well-pleasing to
Thee; for Thou art the Illumination of our soul and body, O Christ our God,
and to Thee we ascribe Glory together with Thine Eternal Father, and Thine All
Holy Good and Life-giving Spirit, now and ever, and unto Ages of ages. Amen
Sofia!
eonion
THE COMMUNICANTS WAIT PATIENTLY UNTIL THE PRIEST ONCE AGAIN EXITS
THE HOLY SANCTUARY IN ORDER TO BESTOW THE DISMISSAL BLESSING.
HOLY GOSPEL
EVERY FAITHFUL, STRIVING CHRISTIAN SHOULD ALSO

PRAYER BECAUSE ONLY BY DIVINE GRACE CAN
OF GOD CAN BEAR FRUIT IN OUR HEARTS!!
mnimosinon
Allilouia!
THE PRIEST QUIETLY PRAYS BEFORE THE HOLY ALTAR:
BLESSING OF THE PRIEST, AND KISSES HIS

PRIEST WHO KEEPS IT ON THE HOLY ALTAR.
Irini tou anagnostou
Is
MYRA- 6 DECEMBER
WE MUST READ THE SPECIAL PRAYERS

AFTER
HOLY COMMUNION SEE END
OF DIVINE LITURGY
91.
Wash away, O Lord, the sins of all those here commemorated, by Thy
Precious Blood; through the Prayers of the Holy Theotokos and of all Thy
Saints. Amen.
PROCEDURE

FOR
Ek
TOU
KATA
LOUKAN
E V A N G E L I O U to anognosma
READ THE PRAYERS BEFORE COMMUNION, HAVING DONE A PRIVATE AND SINCERE
SELF EXAMINATION OF OUR SOUL BEFOREHAND OR EVEN BETTER, HAVE HAD HOLY
CONFESSION WITH OUR SPIRITUAL FATHER.
DO NOT RUSH UP BEFORE BEING INVITED TO PARTAKE.
WHEN THE COMMUNION HYMN IS CONCLUDED, THE PRIEST
HOLDING THE CHALICE, TURNS TOWARDS THE WORSHIPPERS
AND INTONES THE INVITATION TO COMMUNION
WHILE WAITING, CONTINUE TO PRAY UNTIL JUST BEFORE PARTAKING,
THEN MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS, HOLD
THE COMMUNION CLOTHE JUST BENEATH
YOUR BOTTOM LIP, OPEN YOUR MOUTH
WIDE ENOUGH FOR THE PRIEST TO
ADMINISTER THE HOLY COMMUNION, DAB YOUR LIPS WITH
THE CLOTH, HAND IT TO THE NEXT COMMUNICANT, MAKE THE SIGN
OF THE CROSS AND BOW
BACK AWAY FROM THE HOLY CHALICE MEVER TURN YOUR BACK
TO THE HOLY CHALICE WHICH CONTAINS THE MOST PRECIOUS BODY
AND BLOOD OF CHRIST.
CONTINUE TO PRAY.
IF THE PRIEST DOES NOT KNOW YOU, PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF
WITH YOUR ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN/BAPTISM NAME.
Let us attend!
MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS & BOW DOWN IN HUMBLE GRATITUDE
Doxa Si, Kyrie, Doxa Si!
HOLY COMMUNION,
OUR THOUGHTS ARE FOCUSED IN
I approach for Holy Communion, O Creator, burn me not as I

partake, for Thou art a Fire which burns the unworthy, wherefore do
Thou Cleanse me from every stain.
To Thy Mystic Supper receive me today, O Son of God, as a Partaker; for I

will not speak of the Mystery to Thine enemies; I will not kiss Thee as did
Judas; but as the Thief, i will confess Thee: Lord, Remember me in Thy
Kingdom!
AFTER
THE PRIEST
HOLY COMMUNION, WE STAND

BRETHREN RECEIVE COMMUNION.
RECEIVING
WHILE OUR
INVITES US TO PARTAKE OF THE
TO ONE SIDE, FACING THE
GREAT BANQUET
THE
HOLY CHALICE
HOLY EUCHARIST
WHICH WE
SHOULD NOT REFUSE!
Ke
i ohloumeni apo pnevmaton

akatharton, ke etherapevonto.
And
Ke
pas O ohlos eziti aptesthe aftou, oti

dinamis par aftou exirheto ke iato
pantas.
And all the crowd sought to touch Him,
aftos eparas tous ofthalmous aftou is

tou Mathitas aftou elege: Makarii i
ptohi, oti imetera estin i Vasilia tou
Theou.
And
i
penontes
hortasthisesthe.
WHILE ADMINISTERING THE

THE
PRIEST PROCLAIMS
FEAR OF GOD,
WITH
FAITH,
AND
WITH LOVE draw near.
HOLY COMMUNION,
FOR
EACH
CO
MMUNICANT:
The Servant of God ... (NAME) ...

receives the Body and Blood of Christ
for Forgiveness of sins and Eternal
Life.
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MYRA- 6 DECEMBER
nin,
oti
At that time our Lord Jesus stood

on a level place, with a great crowd
of His Disciples and a great
multitude of people from all Judea
and Jerusalem and the coast of Tyre
and Sidon, who came to hear Him,
and to be Healed of their diseases.
PRIEST
those who were troubled with

unclean spirits were Cured.
for Power went forth from Him and
Healed them all.
He lifted up His Eyes to His
Disciples, and said: Blessed art you
who are poor, for yours is the
Kingdom of God.
Blessed art you who hunger now, for

you shall be satisfied.
Makarii i kleontes nin, oti gelasete.
Blessed art you who weep, for you

shall laugh.
Makarii este otan misisosin imas i

anthropi, ke otan aforisosin imas
ke onidisosi ke ekvalosi to Onoma
imon os pniron eneka tou iiou tou
anthropou.
Blessed art you when men hat you,

and when they exclude you and
revile you, and cast out your name
as evil, on account of the Son of
Man!
Harite en ekini ti imera ke skirtisate.

Idou gar O misthos imon polis en to
Ourano.
Rejoice in that day, and leap for Joy,

for behold, your Reward is Great in
Heaven.
Doxa Si, Kyrie, Doxa Si!
PEOPLE
Meta FOVOU THEOU, With

PISTEOS KE AGAPIS
proselthete
ST LUKE 6 : 17 - 23
kero ekino, esti O Iisous epi topou

pedinou, ke ohlos Mathiton aftou, ke
plithos poli tou laou apo pasis tis
Ioudeas ke Ierousalim ke tis paraliou
Tyriou ke Sidonos, i ilthon akouse
aftou ke iathine apo ton noson afton.
PRAYER:
Behold,
TO
To
Makarii
WAITING TO RECEIVE
Glory to Thee, O Lord; Glory

to Thee!
PEOPLE
THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING
Ke
WHILE
The reading from the Holy Gospel

ACCORDING
TO
ST
LUKE
THE
EVANGELIST
PRIEST
Proshomen!
PARTAKING HOLY EUCHARIST
PLEASE NOTE: IN THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH AND OTHER SLAVIC CHURCHES, THE HOLY
MYSTERY OF CONFESSION IS ESSENTIAL BEFORE PARTAKING OF HOLY COMMUNION. SO PLEASE
CONSULT WITH THE PARISH PRIEST ACCORDINGLY.
AGIOU
Glory to Thee, O Lord, Glory

to Thee!
MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS & BOW

A FTER THE R EADINGS AND THE S ERMON ( USUALLY DELIVERED AT TH IS P OINT ) A SE RIE S OF S UPPL ICATIONS
E KTENIA ( LONG PRAYE R ) ARE READ AFTER WHICH P RAYERS FO R THE C ATECHUMENS ARE RE AD .
WHEN THE PRAYERS FOR THE CATECUMENS ARE OMITTED, GO TO
Kratous Sou... Page

AT
THE COMPLETION OF THE
P RAYE RS
THE
TO
...Opos
G OD ,
THE
ipo tou
71
C ATECHUMENS
HAD TO LEAVE THE
N AVE
B UT REMAIN IN THE
P O RTICO . T HIS
NO LONGER APPLI ES .
67.
T HIS IS THE END OF THE L ITURGY OF THE C ATECHUMENS .

T HE E KTENIA AND THE P RAYERS FOR THE C ATECHUMENS AS WELL AS FO R THE F AITHFUL , ARE NOW
READ BY THE P RIEST WH ILE THE C HOI R CHANTS .
THE FOLLOWING PRAYERS ARE OFTEN LIMITED OR EXCLUDED IN ORDE R TO SHORTEN
LITANY
OF
L ITU RGY !
Let us say, with all our soul and

with all our mind, let us say:
PRIEST
tis dianias imon ipomen
Kyrie Eleison
Kyrie Pantokrator, O Theos, ton Pateron
PEOPLE
Kyrie Eleison
Eleison imas,
PEOPLE
O Theos, kata to Mega

Eleos Sou deometha Sou, epakouson
ke Eleison
PRIEST
imon (...N A M E ...)
Kyrie Eleison [3]

Eti deometha iper tis....
Kyrie Eleison [3]
Eti deometha iper
Eleous, Zois, Irinis,

Igias,
Sotirias,
episkepseos,
sighoriseos ke afeseos ton amartion
ton doulon tou Theou, panton ton
efsevon ke Orthodoxon Hristianon,
ton katikounton ke parepidimounton
en ti poli ke enopia tafti, ton
epitropon ke sindromiton tis Ieras
Ekklisias taftis sin tis singenesin
afton...
Kyrie Eleison [3]

Eti deometha iper
ton Makarion ke
Aoidimon Ktitoron tis Agias Ekklisias
taftis, ke iper panton ke pason ton
proanapafsamenon Adelfon imon,
ton evthade efsevos kimenon, ke
apantahou Orthodoxon...
ton karpoforounton
ke kalliergounton en to Agio ke
pansepo Nao touto, kopionton,
psallonton ke iper tou periestotos
laou, tou apekdehomenou to para
Sou Mega ke Plousion Eleos...
Lord have Mercy

Have Mercy on
us, O God,
according to Thy Great Mercy...
PRIEST
PEOPLE
tou Arhipiskopou
Lord have mercy

Lord Almighty, the
God of our
Fathers, we pray Thee, hear and have
Mercy
PRIEST
imon, deometha Sou, epakouson ke

Eleison
Kyrie Eleison [3]

Eti deometha iper
THE
FERVENT SUPPLICATION
Ipomen pantes ex olis tis psihis, ke exolis
Kyrie Eleison [3]

Eti deometha iper
USU ALLY SIL ENTLY
Lord have mercy

Also we pray for our
Archbishop
(...N A M E ...)
PEOPLE
Lord have Mercy [3]

Also we pray for our
rulers, our
government and all in authority....
PRIEST
PEOPLE
Lord have Mercy [3]

Also we pray for
Mercy, Life,
Peace, Health, Salvation, Visitation,
Pardon and Forgiveness of sins for
the servants of God, all devout and
Orthodox Christians, those who
dwell in or visit this city and Parish,
the Wardens and members of this
Parish and their families and all who
have asked for our Prayers, as
unworthy as we are...
PRIEST
PEOPLE
PRIEST
Lord have mercy [3]

Also we pray for the Blessed and
Ever-Remembered Founders of this

Holy Church, and for all our
Brethren who have gone to their rest
before us, and for the Orthodox
everywhere, and that they may be
pardoned all their offences, both
voluntary and involuntary.
PEOPLE
PRIEST
Kyrie Eleison [3]

Lord have Mercy [3]

Also we pray for those who bring
offerings, those who care for the

Beauty of this Holy and Venerable
House, for those who labour in its
service, for those who sing, and for
the people here present, who await
Thy Great and Abundant Mercy...
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MYRA- 6 DECEMBER
committed. But to set against this knowledge other Knowledge

have I also not the number of offences, nor the greatness of my
sinning, can surpass my Gods Forebearance and the Height of
His Compassion.
Yea, by Mercy of Thy Kindness Thou Cleanses and renders shining
all who warmly turn Repentant Thine own Light bestowing on
them, and Communion of Thy Godhead, working with a Love
ungrudging. And a marvel for the Angels and for human
understanding Thou hast converse with them often, as one
does when friends are trusted.
These are thoughts that give me boldness, O my Christ, and wings
for soaring. And encouraged by the Riches of Thy Benefactions
towards us, with rejoicing yet with trembling, of Thy Fire am I
partaker, although but straw and how amazing! sprinkled
with Thy Dew from Heaven I am like that Bush that the Prophet
saw, which unconsumed was Burning.
Wherefore, with a mind most grateful, and a heart most grateful
also, and with thanks in all the members of my soul and of my
body, I adore and Magnify Thee, O my God, and Glorify Thee,
and acclaim Thee as Most Blessed, now and always and
forever!
Amen
THE PRIEST
CONTINUES TO PRAY:
Behold, I draw near to Christ, our Immortal King and God.

THE PRIEST
PARTAKES OF HOLY COMMUNION, BY FIRST

EATING A PIECE OF THE BODY OF CHRIST THE SECOND
[CHRIST]:
To me ... [name], the unworthy Priest :, is given
the Most Holy and Precious Body of our Lord
and God and Saviour, Jesus Christ, for the
remission of my sins, and for Eternal Life.
QUARTER WITH THE LETTER XC
AND
THEN HE DRINKS OF THE
PRECIOUS LIFEGIVING BLOOD
OF
CHRIST
The Most Holy and Precious Blood of our Lord, and God
and Saviour, Jesus Christ is granted to me ...[name], the
unworthy Priest : for the Remission of my sins, and for
Eternal Life.
... AFTER WHICH HE KISSES THE
CHALICE AND REPEATS THE WORDS
OF ST ISAIAH WHO HEARD THEM
FROM THE SERAPHIM:
This has touched my lips, and shall take away

mine iniquities, and purge away my sins.
THE PRIEST
LAMB INTO
PLACES THE REMAINING PORTIONS OF THE

THE CHALICE, AS WELL AS THE OTHER
PORTIONS IN MEMORY OF THE EVER BLESSED THEOTOKOS
AND OF ALL THE

MEMORY OF THE
CHURCH MILITANT
SAINTS,
LIVING
AND THE
AS WELL AS THE PARTICLES IN

AND DEPARTED SOULS THE
CHURCH TRIUMPHANT:
89.
And as she was not rejected when with all her heart she sought
Thee, shun not me, O Word, with loathing.
Nay! Let me like her approach Thee to embrace Thy Feet and
kiss Them, and to dare to lave them, spending streaming tears,
which Thou awakens, and accept as Myrrh most precious.
Wash me with the tears Thou granted, O Word of God, and with
them Cleanse me; grant Remission of my stumblings, and
bestow on me Forgiveness.
All my many ills Thou knowest; all my wounds Thou knowest also,
and my bruises Thou beholdest.
But my Faith Thou knowest likewise; and my Zeal Thine Eye
beholdeth, and my groanings, too, Thou hearest. Not by Thee is
left unnoticed, O God my Maker and Redeemer, any tear
although singly falling, nor of single tears one fraction.
With Thine Eyes hast Thou beheld me, and has learnt mine
imperfection. On the Book of Thy Remembrance can be seen,
inscribed already, even deeds not yet committed.
Look on me abased before Thee; see the soreness of my grieving;
and, O God of All, Forgive me all my manifold transgressions
that a heart washed clean of evil and a mind with Awe
atremble and a spirit of contrition I may bring to this Partaking
of Thy Pure and Holy Mysteries, which impart both Life and
godship unto all whose heart sincerely longs to eat Thee and to
drink Thee. For Thou said, O my Master, Everyone who eats My
Body and receives My Blood to drink it, he shall be in Me
forever; and in him shall I be also.
Perfect Truth, my God and Master, is that Word by Thee once
spoken for whoever shares Thy Graces, which Divinely bring
us godship, surely he is alone no longer but with Thee, my
Christ, he abideth Radiant Light of Triple Daystar, on the world
with splendour shining.
And that I may not live lonely and apart from Thee, O Lifegiver
Thou art Breath to me, and Living; Thou for me art all my
Gladness; for the world art Thou Salvation I have therefore
come to seek Thee. See the tears, which Thou hast wakened,
and my spirit of contrition.
I implore Thee Who art Ransom for my stumblings, to accept me
and to let me be partaker of Thy Quickening Blameless
Mysteries, and not to suffer Condemnation.
Bide with me, as Thou Promised; in my wretchedness Protect me
so that never that Deceiver having found me undefended by
Thy Grace may seize upon me with his wiles, to snare and
coax me from Thy Words that make me godlike.
Therefore I fall down before Thee, and with fervour call upon Thee
as the Prodigal was welcome, and the Woman who
approached Thee, so in Mercy also welcome me a prodigal
and a sinner - for behold, I now approach Thee humble and
contrite of spirit.
O Saviour, well I know that no one has offended more by stumbling
than have I; and that no other did such deeds as I have
OF
MYRA- 6 DECEMBER
PEOPLE
PRAYER
THE PRIEST
OF
Lord have Mercy [3]
SUPPLICATION
CONTINUES IN A LOW VOICE:
O Lord, our God, accept this Fervent Supplication from Thy servants, and have
Mercy on us according to the multitude of Thy Mercy; and send down Thy
Compassion on us and on all Thy people, who await Thy Great Mercy...
THE PRIEST
CONTINUES ALOUD
Oti
Eleimon ke Filanthropos Theos

iparhis,
ke
Si
tin
Doxan
anapempomen to Patri, ke to Io, ke
to Agio Pnevmati, nin ke ai, ke is tous
eonas ton eonon.
Amin
For Thou, O God, art Merciful and

Lovest mankind, and unto Thee we
give Glory: to the Father, and to
and ever, and to the Ages of Ages.
PRIEST
PEOPLE
PRAYER
FOR THE
Amen
CATECHUMENS
[BEFORE THE UNFOLDING OF THE ANTIMENSION]

THE PRIEST
PRAYS QUIETLY:
O Lord, our God, dwelling on High and beholding things below, Who for the
Salvation of mankind sent forth Thine Only Begotten Son, our Lord and God,
Jesus Christ, look upon Thy servants the Catechumens, who have bowed their
necks to Thee; and count them worthy in due time of the Washing of Rebirth,
the Forgiveness of sins and the Garment of Incorruption; unite them to Thy
Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church, and number them with Thy choice
Flock...
THE PRIEST
CONTINUES ALOUD:
... ina ke afti sin imin Doxazosi to

pantimon ke megaloprepes Onoma
Sou tou Patros, ke tou Iou, ke tou
Agiou Pnevmatos, nin ke ai, ke is tous
eonas ton eonon.
Amin
... that with us they too may

Glorify Thine Honoured and Majestic
Name, of the Father, and of the
Son, and of the Holy Spirit, now and
ever, and unto Ages of Ages.
PRIEST
PEOPLE
Amen
THE PRIEST UNFOLDS THE ANTIMENSION ON THE HOLY ALTAR
Osi Katihoumeni,
proelthete,
i Katihoumeni, proelthete,
osi
Katihoumeni,
proelthete.
Mi tis ton Katihoumenon!
As many as are
Catechumens, depart;
Catechumens, depart;
as
many
as
are
Catechumens, depart.
PRIEST
None of
Catechumens!
PEOPLE
the
IN ANCIENT TIMES ALL CATECHUMENS & VISITORS NON-CHRISTIANS WOULD HAVE TO

EXIT THE CHURCH BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE LITURGY OF THE FAITHFUL THE HOLY
MYSTERY OF COMMUNION OR EUCHARIST.
THIS PRACTISE IS NO LONGER APPLIED ALTHOUGH THOSE WHO ARE NOT BAPTISED,
CHRISMATED EASTERN ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS CANNOT PARTAKE OF HOLY
COMMUNION.
69.
The Liturgy of the Faithful

THE FUNERA
OF OUR LORD
Osi
As many as are believers: again and

again, let us pray to the Lord
Pisti, eti ke eti en Irini, tou Kyriou

deithomen
PRIEST
Kyrie eleison
Antilavon, Soson,
PEOPLE
Eleison, ke Diafilaxon
imas, O Theos, ti Si Hariti.
Amin
Sofia!
Amen
PRIEST Wisdom!
FIRST PRAYER
THE
OF
FAITHFUL
OF THE
UNFOLDING
THE
ANTIMENSION]
PRAYS QUIETLY:
We thank Thee, Lord, God of the Powers of Heaven, for counting us worthy to stand
even now before Thy Holy Altar and humbly to seek Thy Compassion for our sins
and for those committed in ignorance by the people.
Receive our Supplications, O God; make us worthy to offer Thee Prayers and
Entreaties and bloodless Sacrifices for all Thy people.
And enable us, whom Thou has appointed to this Thy Ministry by the Power of Thy
Holy Spirit, to invoke Thee at every time and place without blame and without
condemnation, with the witness of a pure conscience, so that Thou may hear us
and be merciful to us in the abundance of Thy Goodness...
THE PRIEST
PEOPLE
[AFTER
THE PRIEST
Lord have mercy

Help us, Save us,
and have Mercy

on us, and protect us, O God, by Thy
Grace.
PRIEST
CONTINUES ALOUD:
...oti prepi Si pasa Doxan, Timi ke
...for to Thee belong all Glory,

Honour and Worship, to the
Father, and to the Son, and to the
Ages of Ages.
PRIEST
proskinisis, to Patri, ke to Io, ke to

Agio Pnevmati, nin ke ai, ke is tous
eonas ton eonon.
Amin
Eti ke eti, en Irini, tou Kyriou deithomen
Kyrie eleison
Antilavou, Soson,
Eleison, Ke Diafilaxon
imas, O Theos ti Si Hariti
PEOPLE
Amen
Again
and again, in Peace, let us

pray to the Lord
PRIEST
PEOPLE
PRIEST
Lord have mercy

Help us, Save us, have Mercy upon
us, and Protect us, O God by Thy

Grace
Amen
PRIEST Wisdom!
Amin
Sofia!
PEOPLE
THE SECOND PRAYER
OF THE
FAITHFUL
THE PRIEST ENTERS THE SANCTUARY AND CONTINUES TO PRAY QUIETLY:
Again and many times we fall down before Thee and beseech Thee, Who art Good
and the Lover of mankind, that heeding our Prayer, Thou will cleanse our souls
and bodies from every defilement of flesh and spirit, and will grant us to stand
without guilt or condemnation before Thy Holy Altar.
Grant also to those who pray with us the Grace of progress in right living, in Faith
and Spiritual Understanding.
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voluntary and involuntary, in word, deed and thought, both

known and unknown - and make me worthy to partake of Thy
Sacred Mysteries, for the Remission of sins and for Life Eternal.
Amen.
BEHOLD, I APPROACH FOR HOLY COMMUNION. O Creator, burn
me not as I partake; for Thou art Fire, which burns the
unworthy. Wherefore, Cleanse me from every stain.
RECEIVE ME TODAY, O SON OF GOD, as a Partaker of Thy
Mystical Feast; for I will not speak of the Mystery to Thine
enemies; I will not kiss Thee as did Judas, but as the Thief, I will
confess Thee: Lord, remember me in Thy Kingdom!
TREMBLE, O MORTAL, BEHOLDING THE DIVINE BLOOD. For it is
like a lit coal - burning the unworthy. It is Gods Body and
Deifies and Nourishes me. It Deifies my soul, and wondrously
Nourishes my mind.
THOU HAS SMITTEN ME WITH YEARNING, O CHRIST, and with
Thy Divine Love Thou has changed me; but burn away with
Spiritual Fire my sins, and make me worthy to be filled with the
Joy of Thee; so that rejoicing in Thy Goodness, I may magnify
Thy Two Presences.
INTO THE MAGNIFICENCE OF THY SAINTS, HOW SHALL I, THE
UNWORTHY, ENTER? For should I dare to enter the Festal
Chamber, my Robe betrays me, for it is not a Festal Garment,
and I shall be bound and cast out by the Angels. Cleanse my
soul, O Lord, from pollution, and by Thy Compassion Save me.
O MERCIFUL MASTER, LORD JESUS CHRIST MY GOD, LET NOT
THESE HOLY GIFTS BE JUDGEMENT FOR ME THROUGH MY
UNWORTHINESS, but rather for the Purification and
Sanctification of my soul and body, and as an Earnest of the Life
and Kingdom to come. For it is good for me to cleave to God
and to place in our Lord hope of my Salvation.
RECEIVE ME TODAY, O SON OF GOD, as a Partaker of Thy
Mystical Feast; for I will not speak of the Mystery to Thine
enemies; I will not kiss Thee as did Judas, but as the Thief I
confess Thee: Lord, remember me in Thy Kingdom!
PRAYER OF ST SYMEON THE NEW THEOLOGIAN

Although my lips with sin are filthy; although my heart is foul with
evil; although my tongue is all unclean; although my soul with
dirt is blackened, yet, dear Christ, accept my Pleading.
O despise not me, I pray Thee nor my words so poorly chosen, as I
come with shameless boldness but, my Christ, let me with
freedom tell Thee my hearts intention.
No! I cannot! Thou must teach me what to do and what to utter!
I confess myself a sinner worse than that poor Fallen Woman, who
had learnt where Thou wast staying, and with myrrh that love
had purchased, laved Thy Feet, O Christ, my Master and my
God, not lacking boldness.
87.
Tas Agia tis Agiis!

Is Agios, is Kyrios,
The Holy Things unto the Holy!

P E O P L E One is Holy, One is Lord, Jesus
Isous Hristos, is
Doxan Theou Patros.
Christ, to the Glory of God the

Father
Amin
F R O M P A G E 6 7
Amen.
THE
FESTAL KINONIKON - FESTAL COMMUNION HYMN

SYNAXIS OF THE HOLY ARCHANGELS & HEAVENLY HOSTS
Grant that always worshipping Thee with fear and Love, they may partake of Thy
Holy Mysteries without guilt or condemnation, and be counted worthy of Thy
Heavenly Kingdom...
He
pion tous Angelous aftou pnevmata

ke tous Litourgous Aftou Piros Floga:
Alliluia [3]
PRIEST CONTINUES ALOUD:
Opos
ipo tou Kratous Sou pantote

filattomeni, Si Doxan anapempomen
to Patri ke to Iio ke to Agio
Pnevmati, nin ke ai ke is tous Eonas
ton Eonon.
makes His Angels spirita and His

Ministers Flames of Fire. Alleluia
Amin
THE PRIEST DIVIDES THE CONSECRATED
HOST INTO 4 CUBES.
THIS IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE IT REFERS
TO
THE
BODY
FOR
SUFFERING
OF
THIS
AND
CHRIST ON
REASON
THE
PATEN
CROSS.
PRIEST
IN THE FORM OF
The Lamb of God is broken and distributed; broken but not divided; always
eaten, yet never consumed, but Sanctifying those who partake
WITH THE PORTION MARKED IC [JESUS] HE MAKES THE SIGN OF THE CROSS OVER THE
CHALICE, AND AS A SYMBOL OF THE REUNITING OF OUR LORDS SOUL AND BODY AT HIS
RESURRECTION, HE PLACES IT IN THE CHALICE AND PRAYS:
The fullness of the Cup, of Faith, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
HE BLESSES
BOILING
FERVOUR
THE
ZEON -
WATER
THAT
THE CONTAINER OF
SYMBOLISES
FAITH WITH WHICH

HOLY COMMUNION,
CHALICE:
OF
APPROACH
IT INTO THE
THE
WE SHOULD
AND POURS
The ardour of Faith, full of the Holy

Spirit. Amen.
Communion Prayers
THE PRIEST AND THE FAITHFUL
QUIETLY READ THE
COMMUNION PRAYERS:
I BELIEVE, O LORD, AND I CONFESS, that Thou art verily the

Christ, the Son of the Living God, Who came into the world to
Save sinners, of whom I am the first. Also I believe, that This is
Thy Sacred Body, and This Thy Precious Blood. Therefore I pray
to Thee: have mercy on me and pardon all my transgressions -
THESE COMMUNION PRAYERS SHOULD BE READ BY ALL THE FAITHFUL ESPECIALLY

THOSE
WHO INTEND TO PARTAKE OF HOLY COMMUNION AND WHO HAVE
PREPARED
THEMSELVES
PHYSICALLY
AND
SPIRITUALLY
TO
DO
SO
BY
CONFESSION-REPENTANCE AND PRAYERS
OF
Amen
CHERUBIC HYMN
ARRANGES THE FOUR PIECES OF THE
LAMB ON
CROSS
OF THE
For being always guarded by Thy
Power, to Thee we ascribe Glory:

to the Father, and to the Son, and to
the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to
the Ages of Ages.
PEOPLE
PRAYER
BRUISED
THE
THE
PRIEST
MYRA- 6 DECEMBER
READ THE FOLLOWING PRAYER, WHICH IS QUIETLY READ BY THE PRIEST WHILE THE
CHERUBIC HYMN IS CHANTED AND AS HE REVERENTLY CARRIES THE HOLY GIFTS TO THE
HOLY ALTAR
No one who is bound with the desires and pleasures of the flesh is
worthy to approach, or draw near, or to serve Thee, O King of
Glory;
for to serve Thee is gr eat and aweso me, even to the
Heavenly Powers.
Yet, through Thine ineffable and boundless Love towards mankind,
Thou unchangeably and immutably became Man, and served as
our High Priest, and as Lord of All, has committed to us the
celebration of this Liturgical and bloodless Sacrifice.
For Thou alone, O Lord our God, rules over all things in Heaven
and Earth, Who art borne upon the Throne of the Cherubim, Who
art the Lord of the Seraphim and King of Israel, Who alone art
Holy and rest amongst Thy Saints.
Wherefore, I implore Thee, Who alone art Good, and ready to listen:
Look down upon me, Thy sinful and unprofitable servant, and
cleanse my soul and my heart from an evil conscience; and
enable me by the Power of Thy Holy Spirit, Vested with the Grace
of the Priesthood, to stand before this, Thy Holy Altar, and
Consecrate Thy Holy and Immaculate Body and Precious Blood.
For to Thee I come, having bowed my head, and beseech Thee:
Turn not Thy Face away from me, nor reject me from among Thy
Children; but make me worthy, Thy sinful and unworthy servant,
to offer these Gifts to Thee.
For Thou art the Offerer and the Offered,
the Accepted and the Distributed, O
Christ our God, and unto Thee we
ascribe glory, together with Thine
Eternal Father, and Thine All Holy,
Good, and Life-giving Spirit; now and
ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
THE CHERUBIC HYMN
T H E C H E R U B I C H Y M N UNITES US WITH THE HEAVENLY HOSTS WHEN WE SING CERTAIN SACRED HYMNS THAT
ARE SUNG IN THE PRESENCE OF ALMIGHTY GOD IN HEAVEN. THESE HYMNS HAVE BEEN TAUGHT TO US BY THE
ANGELS OF GOD.
71.
I ta Herouvim mistikos ikonizontes, ke ti
PEOPLE
Zoopio Triadi ton Trisagion imnon

prosadontes, pasan tin viotikin
apothometha merimnan os ton
Vasilea to olon ipodexomeni...
AFTER RECITING
CHERUBIC HYMN
THE PRIEST
THE
PRAYER
OF
Cherubim, and who sing the ThriceHoly Hymn to the Life-giving Trinity,
put away all worldly care, that we may
receive the King of all
CHERUBIC HYMN, THE PRIEST

PROSTRATION AT THE END OF EACH
THE
THRICE, MAKING A
Ton Arton imon ton epiousion dos

simeron.
Ke afes imin ta
ofilimata imon, os ke imis afiemen
tis ofiletes imon. Ke mi isenengis
imas is pirasmon, alla rise imas
apo tou ponirou.
Let us who mystically represent the
ALSO
RECITES THE
REPETITION.
THE HOLY SANCTUARY, ETC, QUIETLY RECITING O COME, LET

AND PSALM 50.
ON SUNDAY HE RECITES THE
RESURRECTION PRAYER: WE HAVE SEEN THE RESURRECTION OF
CHRIST AND PSALM 50 UNTIL ... O GOD, THOU WILT NOT
DESPISE...
CENSES
Oti Sou Estin i Vasilia ke i Dynamis ke

i Doxa tou Patros, ke tou Iou, ke tou
Agiou Pnevmatos, nin ke ai ke is tous
eonas ton eonon.
US
WORSHIP...
RETURNING TO STAND BEFORE THE HOLY ALTAR

PROSTRATIONS WHILE RECITING:
THE
PRIEST
MAKES TWO LOW
O Saviour, I have sinned before Thee as the Prodigal Son

accept me, O Father, as a Penitent, and have Mercy on
me, O God!
THE PRIEST
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 abundance of

Thy Compassion, blot out my
transgressions.
Epi
Wash
Oti
For I know my lawlessness, and my sin
plion plinon me apo tis anomias

mou, ke apo tis amartias mou
Katharison me.
tin anomian mou ego ginosko, ke i
amartia mou enopion mou esti
diapantos.
me thoroughly
from
my
lawlessness, and Cleanse me of my
sin.
is always before me.

Thee only have I sinned and
done evil in Thy Sight that Thou
may be Justified in Thy Words, and
overcome when Thou art Judged.
Idou
gar en anomies sinelifthin, ke en

amarties ekissise me i mitir mou.
Idou gar Alithian Igapisas.
Ta adila ke
ta krifia tis Sofias Sou edilosas mi.
Behold,
I
was
conceived
transgressions, and in sins
mother bore me.
in
my
Behold,
Thou Love Truth Thou

showed me the unknown and secret
things of Thy Wisdom.
Randiis me issopo, ke katharisthisome.
Thou
Plinis me, ke iper hiona levkanthisome.
Thou shall wash me, and I will be made
Akoutiis
Thou
shall sprinkle me with hyssop,

and I will be Cleansed.
whiter than snow.
mi agalliasin ke evfrosinin,
agaliasonte ostea tetapinomena.
shall make me hear Joy and

Gladness my bones that were
humbled shall greatly Rejoice.
OF
MYRA- 6 DECEMBER
PRIEST
For
Thine is the Kingdom, and
the Power, and the Glory, of the

Father, and of the Son, and of the
Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto
Ages of Ages.
Amen
P R I E S T Peace be to all.
PEOPLE
PRIEST
Let us bow our heads to the Lord
THE SIGN OF THE CROSS & BOW DOWN TO GOD

PEOPLE
To Thee, O Lord
QUIETLY PRAYS:
We thank Thee, O King Invisible, Who by Thine

Infinite Power has created all things, and by the
fullness of Thy Mercy has brought forth all things
out of nothing into being; do Thou Thyself, O
Master, look down from Heaven upon those, who
have bowed their heads before Thee; for they
have not bowed before flesh and blood but before
Thee, our Almighty God.
Do Thou, therefore, O Master, administer these
Offerings to all of us of the good, according to the
special need of each of us; and do Thou, Who art
the Physician of our souls and bodies, heal the
sick.
THE PRIEST
Si mono imarton, ke to poniron enopion Against

Sou epiisa. Opos an Dikeothis en tis
Logis Sou, ke nikisis en to krinesthe
Se.
AKE
Si Kyrie
PSALM 50/51
THE PSALM OF REPENTANCE
READ AND CONTEMPLATE
Amin
Irini pasi!
Ke to pnevmati sou
Tas kefalas imon to Kyriou klinate
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.
CONTINUES ALOUD
Hariti
ke iktirmis ke Filanthropia tou

Monogenous Sou Iou, met ou
Evlogitos i, sin to Panagio ke Agatho
ke Zoopio Sou Pnevmati, nin ke ai ke
is tous eonas ton eonon.
Amin
Through
the Grace and Mercy and

Love for mankind, of Thine Only
Begotten Son, with Whom Thou art
Blessed, together with Thine All Holy
and Good and Life Giving Spirit, now
and ever, and unto ages of ages.
P E O P L E Amen
HOLY COMMUNION
THE PRIEST QUIETLY PRAYS:
Hearken, O Lord Jesus Christ our God, from Thy Holy Dwelling-place, and from the
Throne of Glory of Thy Kingdom, and come to Sanctify us; Thou Who sits Above
with the Father, yet art here invisibly present with us; do Thou also deign by
Thy Mighty Hand to grant us of Thy Sacred Body and of Thy Precious Blood,
and through us to all the people.
THE
PRIEST
ELEVATES
THE
CONSECRATED LAMB
TO THE CHOSEN
ADMINISTERED TO THE HOLY
Proshomen!
AND
DECLARES
THAT
THE
HOLY
GIFTS
ARE
TO THOSE WHO ARE REALLY FAITHFUL
PRIEST
Let us attend!
85.
Grace...
Amin
PEOPLE
PRIEST
ke anamartiton para tou Kyriou

etisometha...
Parashou Kyrie
Angelon Irinis, Piston Odigon, Filaka ton
psihon ke ton somaton imon
tou Kyriou etisometha...
Perfect, Holy, Peaceful and sinless,

let us ask of the Lord...
PEOPLE
Grant this, O Lord

PRIEST
For the forgiveness,
PEOPLE
and
remission
of
our
sins
and
transgressions, let us ask of the Lord
plimelimaton imon para tou Kyriou

etisometha...
Parashou Kyrie
Ta kala ke simferonta tes psihes imon ke
irini to kosmo
etisometha.
para
tou
Grant this, O Lord

P R I E S T For things that are
PEOPLE
good and
profitable to our souls, and for peace
in the world, let us ask of the Lord
Kyriou
Parashou Kyrie
Ton ipolipon hronon
PEOPLE
tis zois imon en

Irini ke Metania ektelese, para tou
Kyriou etisometha
Parashou Kyrie
Hristiana ta
Parashou Kyrie
PEOPLE
ONGREGATION MUST
STAND
&
RECITE
Tin enotita tis Pisteos ke tin Kinonian
KE
imas, Despota, meta

parrisias
akatakritos
tolman
epikalisthe Se ton Epouranion Theon
Patera ke legin:
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.
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and
aporripsis me apo tou Prosopou Sou,

ke to Pnevma Sou to Agion mi
antanelis ap emou.
Do
Apodos
mi tin Agalliasin tou Sotiriou

Sou, ke Pnevmati Igemoniko stirixon
me.
Didaxo
anomous tas Odous Sou, ke

asevis epi Se epistrepsousi.
Grant this, O Lord
OUR
LORDS PRAY
ER
IN
UNISON
Let us who have prayed for the

Unity of the Faith and for the
Fellowship of the Holy Spirit, commit
ourselves, and one another, and our
whole Life to Christ our God.
OWN
TO GOD
To Thee, O Lord.
P R I E S T And deem us worthy,
PEOPLE
O Master,
that we may boldly, without
Condemnation dare to call upon
Thee, the Heavenly God as Father,
and to say:
OF
not cast me away from Thy

Presence, and taken not Thy Holy
Spirit from me.
Restore to me the Joy of Thy Salvation,

and uphold me with Thy Guiding
Spirit.
I will teach transgressors Thy Ways, and

the ungodly shall return to Thee.
Rise me ex ematon, O Theos, O Theos tis Deliver
me from blood guiltiness, O

God, the God of my Salvation, and
my tongue shall greatly rejoice in
Thy Righteousness.
Sotirias mou, agalliasete i glossa mou

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

mou aanangeli tin Enesin Sou, oti i
ithelisas
thisian,
edoka
an
Olokaftomata ouk evdokisis.
Kardian
sintetrimmenin
tetapinomenin
exoudenosi.
Theos
ke
ouk
Agathinon,
Kyrie, en ti evdokia Sou tin

Sion,
ke
ikodomithito
ta
tihi
Ierousalim, tote eudokisis Thisian
Dikeosinis,
anaforan
ke
Olokaftomata - tote aniisousin epi to
Thisiastirion Sou moshous.
Lord, Thou shall open my lips, and

my mouth will declare Thy Praise,
for if Thou desired Sacrifice, I would
give it Thou will not be pleased
with Whole Burnt Offerings.
broken and humbled heart God will
not despise.
Do Good, O Lord, in Thy Good Pleasure

to Zion, and let the walls of
Jerusalem be built, then Thou will be
pleased
with
a
Sacrifice
of
Righteousness, with Offerings and
Whole Burnt Offerings - then shall
they offer young bullocks on Thine
Altar.
Have mercy on me, O God!
Eleison me, O Theos!

THE PRIEST
THE ANTIMENSION/CORPORAL, WHICH HAS BEEN LAID

HOLY ALTAR, BEFORE TURNING TO THE CONGREGATION, TO
WHOM HE BOWS, HUMBLY ASKING FOR FORGIVENESS IN CASE ANYONE HOLDS A
GRUDGE AGAINST HIM:
OPEN
ON
KISSES
THE
May God forgive those who hate us and

those who Love us...
HE
RETURNS TO THE
PROSKOMIDI/CREDENCE:
O God, be Gracious to me, a sinner, and have Mercy on me.

KISSING
THE
HOLY GIFTS,
THE
PRIEST
PRAYS:
Our
O Holy God, the Father Eternal, Holy and Strong, the Son, CoEternal, Holy and Immortal, the All Holy Spirit: Holy Trinity:
Glory to Thee!
MYRA- 6 DECEMBER
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
PEOPLE
Renew a right spirit within me.
Thisia to Theo, pnevma sintetrimmenon - A Sacrifice to God is a broken spirit a
THE SIGN OF THE CROSS & BOW D
Si Kyrie
Ke kataxioson
Mi
out all my transgressions.
katharan ktison en emi, O

Theos, ke pnevma evthes Engenison
en tis engatis mou.
PRIEST
tou Agiou pnevmatos etisameni,

eaftous ke allilous ke pasan tin Zoin
imon Hristo to Theo parathometha.
MA
Kardian
Turn Thy Sight from my sins, and blot
Grant this, O Lord

That the end of our
OUR LORDS PRAYER

THE C
to Prosopon Sou apo ton

amartion mou, ke pasas tas anomias
mou exalipson.
Kyrie
lives may
be Christian, without pain, blameless
and peaceful, and for a good account
at the fearful Judgement Seat of
Christ, let us ask of the Lord
PRIEST
Apostrepson
Grant this, O Lord

That we may complete
the
remainder of our lives in Peace and
Penitence, let us ask of the Lord
PRIEST
PEOPLE
teli tis Zois imon,

anondina, anepeshinta, irinika ke
kalin apologian tin epi tou foverou
Vimatos tou Hristou etisometha.
Grant this, O Lord

For an Angel of Peace,
a Faithful
Guide, a Guardian of our souls and
bodies; let us ask of the Lord...
PRIEST
para
Parashou Kyrie
Signomin ke afesin ton amartion ke ton
Amen
For this whole day, that it may be
73.
BEFORE THE PRIEST PUTS THE AER, WHICH

SHROUD OF CHRIST, ON HIS SHOULDERS, HE
SYMBOLISES
ALOUD
THE
Ke
CENSES IT:
Lift up thy hands in the Sanctuary, and Bless the Lord!

THE PRIEST
ALSO CENSES HIS HANDS BEFORE TOUCHING THE
AND THE
PATEN
HOLY CHALICE:
God is gone up with a shout the Lord with the sound

of a Trumpet!
WITH
THE DISKOS/PATEN UPON WHICH

THE ASTERISK OR STAR THAT KEEPS
THE SMALL VEIL FROM TOUCHING THE
HOLY LAMB A PORTION OF OBLATION
THE AER & THE VEILS
BREAD THAT WILL MYSTICALLY BY THE
CONSECRATION AND TRANSUBSTATION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT BECOME
THE LIFE-GIVING BODY OF CHRIST AND SOME SMALLER PORTIONS THAT
REPRESENT THE ALL PURE, EVER BLESSED THEOTOKOS, THE
SAINTS AND THE CHURCH MILITANT AND TRIUMPHANT IE
THOSE WHO ARE LIVING AND THOSE WHO HAVE REPOSED IN
CHRIST.
WITH HIS RIGHT HAND THE PRIEST HOLDS THE DISKOPOTIRO/CHALICE, WHICH IS
COVERED WITH A SMALL VEIL AND WHICH CONTAINS WINE, WHICH AR THE
DIVINE CONSECRATION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT BECOMES THE LIFE-GIVING BLOOD
OF CHRIST OUR SAVIOUR.
HIS LEFT HAND HE HOLDS
THE
PRIEST
PRAYS:
dos imin en eni stomati ke mia

kardia Doxazin ke animnin to
Pantimon ke Megaloprepes Onoma
Sou, tou Patros ke to Iou ke tou
Agiou Pnevmatos, nin ke ai ke is tous
eonas ton eonon.
Amin
And grant us that with one mouth and

one heart we may glorify and praise
Thine All Honourable and Majestic
Name, of the Father, and of the
Son, and of the Holy Spirit, now and
ever, and to the ages of ages.
Amen
PEOPLE
IS
THE GREAT INTROIT
OR
ENTRANCE
imon mnisthii Kyrios O

Theos, en ti Vasilia Aftou, pantote,
nin ke ai, ke is tous eonas ton eonon.
Amin
PRIEST
us all in His Kingdom, now and for

ever, until the Ages of ages.
Amen
Ke este ta elei tou Megalou Theou
And the mercies of our Great God

and Saviour Jesus Christ shall be with
you all.
PRIEST
ke Sotiros imon Iisou Hristou meta

panton imon.
Ke
meta tou pnevmatos sou
PEOPLE
Kyrie eleison
Iper ton
Proskomisthenton
Agiasthenton Timion Doron
Kyriou deithomen.
Kyrie eleison
Opos Filanthropos
A T T H E G R E A T E N T R A N C E , WE RECALL OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST WHO OF HIS OWN FREE WILL SUFFERED AND DIED
AWE
AND
REVERENCE
AND MAKE THE SIGN OF THE
O LORD, REMEMBER ME IN THY KINGDOM!

OF
MYRA- 6 DECEMBER
Having Commemorated all the

Saints, again and again in Peace, let
us pray to the Lord
PRIEST
Lord, have mercy

For these Precious
Gifts, which
have been offered and Sanctified, let
us pray to the Lord
PRIEST
PRIEST
Lord, have mercy

That our Merciful
PEOPLE
Lord, have mercy
PEOPLE
God, Who has

received Them on His Holy and
Celestial, and invisible Altar, unto a
scent of spiritual fragrance, may
send down upon us Divine Grace and
the Gift of the Holy Spirit, let us
pray.
SOME PRIESTS MAY OFFER ONLY A FEW OF THE FOLLOWING PETITIONS, WHILE OMITTING
OTHERS IF SO PLEASE GO TO TIN ENOTITA TIS PISTEOS . . .
Iper
tou Risthine imas apo pasis

thlipseos, orgis, kindinou ke anagkis
ON THE CROSS FOR OUR SINS. WE STAND WITH OUR HEADS BOWED IN
CROSS WHILE RECITING THE PRAYER OF THE PENITENT THIEF:
And with thy spirit
PEOPLE
ke
tou
Kyrie eleison
THRICE:
WHICH ALSO SPRINGS FROM

BESTOWED UPON US ALL.
Theos imon, O
prosdexamenos afta is to Agion ke
Iperouranion,
ke
noeron
aftou
Thisiastirion,
is
osmin
evodias
pnevmatikis antikatapempsi imin tin
Thian Harin ke tin Dorean tou Agiou
Pnevmatos, deithomen.
Down from the Tree Joseph, a

Godly man, took Thy Most Pure Body, and wound It in linen
with the spices, and laid, and closed It in a new Sepulchre.
HOLY GIFTS
CONGREGATION WHO BOW THEIR HEAD AND

HIS SACRIFICE ON THE CROSS AND
THIS SACRIFICE OF THE HOLY EUCHARIST, BE
THE
PRAYING THAT THAT WHICH SPRANG FROM
ton Agion Mnimonefsantes, eti

ke eti en Irini tou Kyriou deithomen
HE PLACES THE HOLY GIFTS ON THE ALTAR,

WHICH SYMBOLISES OUR LORDS TOMB, AND
AFTER
REMOVING
THE
SMALL VEILS, HE
COVERS THE HOLY GIFTS WITH THE AER,
SYMBOLISING THE BURIAL OF OUR LORD JESUS
CHRIST:
CENSES THE
THE CELEBRANT PRIEST BLESSES
ND
Panton
AFTER RECITING CERTAIN PRAYERS BEFORE THE ROYAL GATES, THE

PRIEST ENTERS THE SANCTUARY THROUGH THE ROYAL DOORS/GATES
THE PRIEST
MUST STA
OF THE LORDS PRAYER

PREPARATION FOR HOLY COMMUNION
May the Lord our God remember
PEOPLE
ONGREGATION
LITANY
THE CHERUBIC HYMN IS INTERRUPTED AS THE

PRIEST EXITS THE SANCTUARY, PRECEDED BY A
PROCESSION OF ALTAR BOYS CARRYING THE
CROSS AND THE PROCESSIONAL FANS LIT
CANDLES AND THE CENSER.
Panton
THE BLESSING
THE C
Kyrie eleison
Antilavou, Soson,
imas O Theos ti Si Hariti....
For our Deliverance from all

affliction,
wrath,
danger
and
necessity, let us pray to the Lord...
PRIEST
PEOPLE
Lord, have mercy

Help us, Save us, have
Mercy on
us and Protect us, O God, by Thy
PRIEST
83.
ALOUD HE CONTINUES:
Exeretos
tis
Panagias,
Ahrantou
Iperevlogimenis Endoxou Despinis imon
Especially for our Most Holy,

Pure, Most Blessed, Glorious
Lady, Theotokos, and Ever
Virgin Mary.
PRIEST

IF BOWING DEEP
LY
OR KNEELING, THE FAITHFUL WILL NOW STA
MAGNIFICAT
TO THE
estin os Alithos Makarizin Se

tin 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.
TO
MAGNIFICAT
PRAY QUIETLY:
THE
TO THE
UP.
EVER BLESSED THEOTOKOS
Axion
WHILE
ND
Truly
it is worthy to Bless Thee, O

Theotokos - Ever Blessed and Pure,
and the Mother of our God - Thou
Who art more honourable than the
Cherubim, and incomparably more
glorious than the Seraphim - Who
incorruptibly bore God the Word,
truly Theotokos: Thee we Magnify.
EVER BLESSED THEOTOKOS
IS BEING CHANTED THE
PRIEST
CONTINUES
En
CONTINUES ALOUD:
protis
mnisthiti,
Kyrie,
tou
Arhiepiskopou imon (...N A M E ...) on
harise tes Agies Sou Ekklisies en Irini,
soon
entimon
igia
makroimerevonta ke orthotomounta
ton Logon tis
Sis Alithias...Ke on
ekastos ehi kata dianian KE PANTON
Above all, remember, O Lord, our

Archbishop (...N A M E ...) whom
grant unto Thy Holy Churches in
Peace, Safety, Honour, Health and
length of days, to teach aright the
Word of Thy Truth... AND ALL THOSE
PRIEST
OF WHOM WE ARE MINDFUL
KE PASON
Ke panton ke pason!
THE PRIEST
THE CONGREGATION MAY NOW SIT IF NECESSARY,

EDGE OF THE PEWS - LEGS UNCROSSED
THE CHERUBIC HYMN IS COMPLETED:
Tes
Invisibly
Angelikes
aoratos
doriforoumenon Taxesin.
Allelouia!
LITANY
BUT ONLY ON THE
attended by
the Angelic Hosts,
Alleluia.
OF THE
PRECIOUS GIFTS
Plirosomen tin deisin imon to Kyrio...
Let us complete our Supplication

to the Lord...
PRIEST
Kyrie Eleison
Iper ton protethenton Timion Doron tou
PEOPLE
And all those of whom we are

mindful !
Kyrie Eleison
Iper tou Agiou Ikou toutou ke ton meta
Pisteos, evlavias ke
isionton
en
afto
deithomen...
PEOPLE
Kyrie Eleison
Iper tou Risthine
PRIEST
Lord have Mercy

For our Deliverance
PEOPLE
Lord have Mercy
PEOPLE
imas apo pasis

thlipseos, orgis, kindinou ke anangkis
from all
affliction,
wrath,
danger,
and
necessity, let us pray to the Lord.
Kyrie Eleison
THE PRIEST
Lord have Mercy

For this Holy House,
and for
those who enter it with Faith,
Reverence, and Fear of God, let us
pray to the Lord...
PRIEST
fovou Theou
tou
Kyriou
THE PRAYER
Lord have Mercy

For the Precious
Gifts here
presented, let us pray to the Lord....
PRIEST
Kyriou deithomen...
For the Holy Prophet and Forerunner, John the Baptist, for the Holy, Glorious and
Most Lauded Apostles, for St .. [of the day] whose memory we celebrate, and
for all Thy Saints, by whose Supplications do Thou, O God, visit us.
Remember also, O Lord, those who have fallen asleep in the hope of a
Resurrection to Life Eternal. [THE PRIEST COMMEMORATES VARIOUS FAITHFUL
SOULS WHO HAVE REPOSED]
Grant them rest, O God, where the Light of Thy Countenance shines.
Furthermore, we entreat Thee: Remember O Lord, the Orthodox Episcopate, who
rightly teach the Word of Thy Truth, all the Priests of the Diaconate in Christ,
and all Priestly and Monastic Orders.
Furthermore, we offer to Thee this reasonable Worship for the World, for the Holy,
Catholic and Apostolic Church, for those living in purity and temperance, for
our faithful Civil Authorities.
Grant them, O Lord, peaceful government, that we in their tranquillity may live a
serene life in all piety and temperance....
THE PRIEST
Do Good, O Lord, in Thy Good Pleasure to Zion, and let the walls of Jerusalem be
built, then Thou will be pleased with a Sacrifice of Righteousness, with
Offerings and Whole Burnt Offerings - then shall they offer young bullocks on
Thine Altar.
OF
OFFERING
QUIETLY CONTINUES TO PRAY:
O Lord, God Almighty, Who alone art Holy; Who receives

the Sacrifice of Praise from those who call upon Thee
with all their heart, receive also the Supplication of
us sinners, and accept it at Thy Holy Altar, and
enable us to offer to Thee Gifts and Spiritual
Sacrifices, for our sins and for the omissions of the
people; and make us worthy to find Grace in Thy
Sight, so that our sacrifice may be well pleasing to
Thee, and that the Good Spirit of Thy Grace may
dwell upon us, and upon these Gifts presented here,
and upon all Thy people.
PEOPLE
Remember, O Lord, this city in which we dwell, and every city and land, and the
faithful living in them.
Remember, O Lord, those who travel by land, by sea and by air; the sick, the
suffering, the captives, and their Salvation.
Remember, O Lord, those who serve and bring forth fruit in Thy Holy Churches,
and those who remember the poor; and upon all of us, send forth Thy
Mercies...
EKTENIA
OF THE
PROTHESIS
(PRAYERS OF THE PREPARATIONS FOR THE OFFERING OF HOLY EUCHARIST)
PRAYS QUIETLY:
OF
MYRA- 6 DECEMBER
Antilavou
Soson, Eleison ke Diafilaxon

imas O Theos, ti Si Hariti...
Amin
ke anamartiton para tou Kyriou
etisometha...
Help us, Save us, have Mercy on

us, and Protect us, O God, by Thy
Grace...
PRIEST
PEOPLE
PRIEST
Amen
For this whole day, that it may be
Perfect, Holy, Peaceful and sinless,

let us ask of the Lord...
75.
Parashou Kyrie
Angelon Irinis, Piston Odigon, Filaka ton
PEOPLE
a Faithful
Guide, a Guardian of our souls and
bodies; let us ask of the Lord...
PRIEST
psihon ke ton somaton imon, para

tou Kyriou etisometha...
Parashou Kyrie
Signomin ke afesin ton amartion ke ton
PEOPLE
Parashou Kyrie
Ta Kala ke Simferonta
PEOPLE
tes psihes imon

ke Irini to kosmo para tou Kyriou
etisometha...
PEOPLE
tis zois imon en

Irini ke Metania ektelese, para tou
Kyriou etisometha
PEOPLE
teli tis Zois imon,

anondina, anepeshinta, irinika ke
kalin apologian tin epi tou Foverou
Vimatos tou Hristou etisometha.
PRIEST
PEOPLE
Grant this, O Lord

Commemorating
our All Holy,

Pure, Most Blessed and Glorious
Lady, Theotokos and Ever Virgin
Mary, with all the Saints, let us
commit ourselves and one another
and our whole Life to Christ our
God.
Ahrantou, Ipere
meta
panton
ton
Agion
ke pasan tin Zoin imon Hristo to Theo
parathometha.
C
Grant this, O Lord

That the end of our Life may be
Christian, without pain, blameless

and peaceful, and for a Good
Account at the Fearful Judgement
Seat of Christ, let us ask of the Lord
Parashou Kyrie
Tis Panagias,
OF THE
Grant this, O Lord

That we may complete
the
remainder of our lives in Peace and
Repentance, let us ask of the Lord
PRIEST
Parashou Kyrie
Hristiana ta
SIGN
Grant this, O Lord

For things that are
Good and
Profitable to our souls, and for Peace
in the world, let us ask of the Lord
PRIEST
Parashou Kyrie
Ton ipolipon hronon
THE
Grant this, O Lord

For the Forgiveness,
and
Remission
of
our
sins
and
transgressions, let us ask of the
Lord...
PRIEST
plimelimaton imon para tou Kyriou

etisometha...
MAKE
Grant this, O Lord

For an Angel of Peace,
PRIEST
ROSS
Si Kyrie
Dia ton iktirmon tou Monogenous Sou
PEOPLE
BOW DOWN
TO
GOD
To Thee, O Lord!
Through the Mercies
of Thine
Only Begotten Son, with Whom Thou
art Blessed, together with Thine All
Holy, Good and Life-giving Spirit,
now and ever, and to the ages of
ages.
PRIEST
Iou meth ou Evlogitos i, Sin to

Panagio ke Agatho ke Zoopio Sou
Pnevmati, nin ke ai ke is tous eonas
ton eonon
Amin
&
PEOPLE
Amen
THE NICENE CREED

THE CONFESSION
7
IN
OF
OF FAITH
7
OUR FAITH
ALOUD,
THE
PRIEST
REPEATS THE
DIVINE COMMANDMENT
Piete ex aftou pantes: TOUTO ESTI
CHRIST
OUR
LORD & SAVIOUR:
Drink of it, you all; THIS IS MY

BLOOD OF THE NEW COVENANT,
Which is SHED FOR YOU AND FOR
MANY, FOR THE REMISSION OF
SINS.
PRIEST
TO EMA MOU, TO TIS KENIS

DIATHIKIS, to IPER IMON KE
POLLON
EKHINOMENON
IS
AFESIN AMARTION.
Amin
OF
PEOPLE
The Consecration
Amen
THIS MOMENT IS THE LOFTIEST AND THE MOST SACRED

MOMENT OF THE DIVINE LITURGY BECAUSE THE HOLY
EUCHARIST IS CONSUMMATED AND TRANSUBSTANTIATED BY
THE HOLY SPIRIT.
THE PRIEST
QUIETLY PRAYS:
Therefore, remembering this Command of our Saviour, and

all that He endured for us, the Cross, the Tomb, the
Resurrection on the third day, the Ascension into
Heaven, the Sitting at the Right Hand, the Second and
Glorious Coming again
THE PRIEST ELEVATES THE HOLY GIFTS
Ta Sa ek ton son Si prosferomen kata

panta ke dia panta.
Se
Imnoumen, Se Evlogonmen, Si
Efharistomen, Kyrie, ke Deometha
Sou, O Theos imon.
Thy Gifts, of what is Thine, we

offer unto Thee, on behalf of all,
and for all.
PRIEST
We Praise Thee, we Bless Thee,

we give Thanks unto Thee, O Lord,
and we Entreat Thee, our God.
PEOPLE
Again we offer to Thee this Rational and Bloodless Worship, and we beseech Thee,
and pray, and supplicate Thee: send down Thy Holy Spirit upon us, and upon
these Gifts here presented.
May God have mercy on me, a sinner. [3]
THE PRIEST BLESSES THE OBLATION THE ALTAR BREAD:
And make this Bread the Precious Body of Thy Christ.

THE PRIEST BLESSES THE HOLY CHALICE:
And that which is in this Cup, the Precious Blood of Thy Christ.
THE PRIEST BLESSES BOTH THE ELEMENTS:
Changing them by Thy Holy Spirit. Amen. Amen. Amen.

So that They may be to those who receive Them for the Purification of the soul, for
the Remission of sins, for the Fellowship of Thy Holy Spirit, for the Fulfilment of
the Kingdom of Heaven and for the Boldness to approach Thee, neither unto
Judgement nor unto Condemnation.
Again we offer unto Thee this reasonable Worship for those who have fallen
asleep in the Faith, the Forefathers, Fathers, Patriarchs, Prophets, Apostles,
Preachers, Evangelists, Martyrs, Confessors, Ascetics, and every Righteous spirit
made Perfect in Faith...
T H E C O N F E S S I O N O F O U R F A I T H I N T H E T R I U N E G O D , IS OF NO VALUE, AND OUR PRESENCE DURING THE
DIVINE LITURGY IS USELESS IF WE ARE EMPTY OF LOVE, AND IF WE CHOOSE NOT TO REPENT EVERY THOUGHT OF REVENGE
AND TO RECONCILE WITH OUR ENEMIES.
THIS RECONCILIATION, WHICH SPRINGS FROM DIVINE, UNCONDITIONAL LOVE AGAPE - THE PRIEST EXHORTS US, TO
CONFESS WORTHILY OUR FAITH IN THE TRIUNE GOD AND TO OBTAIN FORGIVENESS OF OUR SINS, WHICH WE RECEIVE
THROUGH OUR LORDS HOLY, LIFE-GIVING CROSS AND EMPTY TOMB THROUGH THE ULTIMATE AND FINAL BLOOD
SACRIFICE OF CHRIST AND THROUGH HIS GLORIOUS, VICTORIOUS RESURRECTION INTO ETERNAL LIFE.
OF
MYRA- 6 DECEMBER
81.
It is proper and right to Praise Thee, to Glorify Thee, to Bless Thee, to thank Thee, to
Worship Thee, in all places of Thy Dominion; for Thou art God Ineffable,
Incomprehensible, Invisible, Inconceivable, existing always, as Thou does
exist; Thou and Thine Only Begotten Son, and Thy Holy Spirit.
Thou has brought us from nothingness into being, and when we fell away Thou
raised us up again, and Thou does not cease until Thou
has done everything to bring us to Heaven, and grant
us Thy Kingdom to come.
For all these things we thank Thee, and Thine Only
Begotten Son, and Thy Holy Spirit; for the visible and
invisible Bounties, which have been bestowed upon us.
We thank Thee also for this Liturgy, which Thou deigns to
receive from our hands, even though Thou art
surrounded by thousands of Archangels and myriads of
Angels, by the Cherubim and Seraphim, which are sixwinged, many-eyed and soar aloft on their wings ...
THE PRIEST CONTINUES ALOUD:
Ton
PRIEST
Agios,
PEOPLE
epinikion imnon adonta, voonta,

kekragota ke legonta:
Agios, Agios Kyrios Savaoth,
pliris O Ouranos ke i gi tis Doxis Sou.
Osana en tis Ipsistis!

Evlogimenos O erhomenos
en Onomati
Singing, exclaiming, proclaiming

the Triumphal Hymn and saying:
Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord of

Sabaoth, Heaven and Earth art full of
Thy Glory.
Hosanna in the Highest!

Blessed is He Who comes
Kyriou
ONGREGATION
MUST STA
ND
WITH HEA
MUST
STAND
WE BOW OUR HEA
Ke to pnevmati sou
Agapisomen allilous,
DS
TO
NICENE C
REED
OF
FA
ITH
IN
ina en omonia
Ion ke Agion Pnevma,

Triada Omoousion ke Ahoriston.
THE
HYMN
BLESSING
And to thy spirit

P R I E S T Let us Love one another, that with
one mind we may Confess:
Patera,
WHILE
Peace be to all
RECEIVE THE PRIESTS
Omologisomen
IS CHANTED, THE
PRIEST
I will Love Thee, O my Strength.

Support and my Deliverer.
The Father, Son and Holy Spirit,

Trinity, one in Essence and
Undivided.
PEOPLE
MAKES THREE
PROSTRATIONS:
The Lord is my Firm
THE PRIEST KISSES THE COVERED PATEN AND THE EDGE OF THE HOLY
ALTAR.
IF THERE ARE OTHER CONCELEBRANT PRIESTS, THEY LIKEWISE KISS THE
HOLY THINGS AND THEN EMBRACE AND KISS EACH OTHER WITH THE
KISS OF PEACE FIRST ON THE LEFT, THEN ON THE RIGHT, AND
THEN EACH OTHERS RIGHT HANDS.
O N E P R I E S T D E C L A R E S : Christ is in our midst!
AND THE OTHER RESPONDS:
He is indeed, and ever shall be!
THE RESURRECTION
THE PRIEST
UNCOVERS THE
HOLY GIFTS
Take, eat; THIS IS MY BODY,

which is BROKEN FOR YOU, FOR
THE REMISSION OF SINS.
AS A
OF OUR LORD
SIGN OF OUR LORDS RESURRECTION
I N H ER E ARLY D AYS , THE C HURCH DID N OT ALLOW

THE C ATECHUMENS , HERETICS O R SINNE RS [ THO SE
DOING P ENANCE ] TO ATTEND THE D IVINE L ITURGY
FROM THI S MOMENT ON [ BECAUSE O F ITS EXTREME
SACREDNESS .]
T HE RE WERE D OO RKEEP ERS WHO
WERE INST RUCTED BY THE D EACON OR P RIE ST TO
CLOSE AND EVEN LOCK THE DOORS . H OW EVER , THIS
IS NOT LONGER P RACTI SED AND THE C HURCH
D OORS ARE ALW AYS LEFT OPEN AND AL L VIS ITORS
ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND OUR H OLY S ERVI CES .
BOWED
THE FOLLOWING EXCLAMAT ION IS ADDRESSED TO

ALL WORSHIP PERS TO GUARD THE DOORS OF
OUR SOUL, AND TO REJECT ANY WORDS,
THOUGHTS OR DEEDS THAT ARE IMPROPER

OR INAPPROPRIATE TO THE HOLINES S OF THE
GREAT SACRAMENT OF EUCHARIST .
ALOUD, THE PRIEST REPEATS THE DIVINE COMMANDMENT OF CHRIST OUR LORD:
Amin
THE
PEOPLE
QUIETLY PRAYS:
fagete: TOUTO MOU ESTI

TO
SOMA,
to
iper
imon
KLOMENON IS AFESIN AMARTION.
RECITE
PRIEST
With these Blessed Powers, O Master, Who lovest mankind, we also cry and say:
Holy art Thou and All-Holy; Thou, and Thine Only Begotten Son, and Thy Holy
Spirit. Holy art Thou, and All Holy and Magnificent is Thy Glory.
Who so Loved Thy world, as to give Thine Only Begotten Son, that whosoever
believes in Him should not perish, but have Eternal Life; Who, having come, and
having fulfilled all the Dispensation for us, in the night that He was Betrayed, or
rather, surrendered Himself for the Life of the world, having taken bread in His
Holy, and Immaculate, and Blameless Hands, and having Thanked, Blessed and
Sanctified and broken it, He gave to His Holy Disciples and Apostles saying...
Lavete,
TO
Irini pasi
of the Lord.
TION
UNISON
in the Name
Hosanna in the Highest!
Osana O en tis Ipsistis

THE PRIEST
THE CONGREGA
PRIEST
PEOPLE
Amen
Tas thiras! Tas thiras!

En Sofia proshomen!
DURING
THE PRIEST CONTINUES QUIETLY:
Likewise also after the Supper, He took the Cup,

saying...
OF
MYRA- 6 DECEMBER
The doors!
The doors!
In Wisdom let us attend!

THE RECITATION OF THE
CREED
THE
PRIEST
RAISES THE
AER
AND SHAKES IT GENTLY OVER THE HOLY GIFTS, WHICH DEPICTS THE
EARTHQUAKE AT THE TIME OF OUR LORDS RESURRECTION THAT
REVEALED THE EMPTY TOMB, WHICH HAD BEEN SO TIGHTLY SEALED
AND GUARDED BY ROMAN SOLDIERS. [IF THERE ARE TWO OR MORE
PRIESTS,
PRIEST
EACH HOLDS A CORNER OR PART OF THE
AER.]
77.
AT
THE WORDS
THE
AER
...
OFF
LAYING IT ASIDE
COVERS
THE PRIEST
CLOTH.
ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN... THE PRIEST LIFTS

HOLY GIFTS, FOLDS IT AND KISSES IT BEFORE
WITH THE OTHER VEILS.
THE HOLY CHALICE WITH A FOLDED COMMUNION
AND
THE
THE NICENE CREED

ALL FAITHFUL CHRISTIANS MUST RECITE THE TWELVE ARTICLES
THE NICENE CREED OR SYMBOL OF FAITH ALOUD:
Pistevo
is
ENA
THEON,
PATERA,
PANTOKRATORA,
Piitin Ouranou ke gis,

oraton te panton ke aoraton.
OF
THE HOLY EUCHARIST

FAITHFUL WORSHIPPERS BUERY IN OUR LORDS GRAVE
EVERY ENMITY AND ARE RECONCILED WITH EACH
OTHER.
WE HAVE SALUTED THE RISEN CHRIST WITH
THE SAME CONFESSION OF FAITH.
BEING THUS
UNITED, WE OFFER, THROUGH THE PRIEST THE HOLY
EUCHARIST (THANKSGIVING) TO ALMIGHTY GOD, FOR
OUR ETERNAL SALVATION IN JESUS CHRIST, IN WHICH
WE PARTAKE BY MEANS OF HOLY COMMUNION.
THE HOLY ANAPHORA/ OBLATION
believe in ONE GOD, THE FATHER

ALMIGHTY, Maker of Heaven and
earth, and of all things visible and
invisible;
Stomen
PRIEST
Eleos Irinis, Thisian Eneseos.
PEOPLE
I Haris tou Kyriou imon Iisou
PRIEST
kalos! Stomen meta

fovou! Proshomen tin Agian
Anaforan en Irini Prosferin!
Ke is ENA KYRION, IISOUN HRISTON TON ION And in ONE LORD JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLYTOU THEOU, TO MONOGENI,
ton ek tou
Patros Gennithenta pro panton ton
eonon. Fos ek Fotos, Theon alithinon,
ek Theou alithinou gennithenta, ou
piithenta, Omoousion to Patri, di Ou
ta Panta egeneto.
Ton
di imas tous anthropous ke dia tin

imeteran Sotirian katelthonta ek ton
Ouranon,
ke
sarkothenta,
ek
Pnevmatos Agiou ke Marias tis
Parthenou ke Enanthropisanta.
BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD,
Begotten of
the Father before all ages; Light of
Light, True God of True God,
Begotten, not made; one in Essence
with the Father, by Whom all things
were made:
- bcame down from Heaven, and was

Incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the
Virgin Mary, and became Man
Stavrothenta
te iper imon epi Pontiou

Pilatou ke panthonta ke tafenta...
And
Ke
Anastanta ti triti imera kata tas

Grafas.
And
Ke
anelthonta is tous Ouranous ke

Kathezomenon ek dexion tou Patros;
And ascended into Heaven, and sits at
Ke
palin erhomenon meta Doxis krine

zontas ke nekrous, Ou tis Vasilias ouk
este telos.
And He shall come again with Glory to
was crucified also for us under

Pontius Pilate, and suffered and was
buried
on the third day He rose again,
according to the Scriptures
the right Hand of the Father
Judge the living and the dead;
Whose Kingdom shall have no end.
Ke meta tou pnevmatos
sou
to
Ekporevomenon,
ZOOPION,
ek
tou
Patros
TO SIN PATRI KE IO
SIMPROSKINOUMENON KE SINDOXAZOMENON
to lalisan dia ton Profiton.
Is
MIAN,
AGIAN,
KATHOLIKIN
APOSTOLIKIN EKKLISIAN.
Omologo
EN
VAPTISMA
is
KE
afesin
And
The Grace of our Lord

Jesus Christ, and the Love
of God the Father, and the
Communion of the Holy
Spirit be with you all
PEOPLE
And with thy spirit
THE
PRIEST
BLESSES
THE
CONGREGATION
WITH
THE
APOSTOLIC
BENEDICTION/BLESSING, ASKING FOR THEM THE SPECIAL SPIRITUAL GIFT FROM
EACH OF THE DIVINE PERSONS OF THE HOLY TRINITY.
THE HOLY EUCHARIST IS A HEAVENLY AND DIVINE MYSTERY (SACRAMENT) AND FOR THIS
REASON WE MUST LIFT UP OUR MINDS AND OUR HEARTS IN SINCERE AND
DEVOUT WORSHIP OF ALMIGHTY GOD
HOLY EUCHARIST IS ABOUT TO BEGIN AND AS OUR LORD, AT THE LAST SUPPER, OFFERED
THANKS TO HIS HEAVENLY FATHER BEFORE BREAKING BREAD, SO DOES THE PRIEST
BEFORE THE CONSUMMATION OF HOLY EUCHARIST.
Let us lift up our hearts

PEOPLE
We have them lifted
Ano shomen tas kardias!

Ehomen pros ton Kyrion
Efharistisomen to Kyrio
PRIEST
A K E
Let us GIVE THANKS to the

Lord
PRIEST
THE SIGN OF THE C
Axion ke Dikeon
THE CONSUMMATION
up to
the Lord.
Ke is to PNEVMA TO AGION, TO KYRION, TO And
I believe in THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE

LORD, AND GIVER OF LIFE, Who
Proceeds from the Father, Who
with the Father and the Son
together
is
Worshipped
and
Glorified; Who spoke by the
Prophets.
A Mercy of Peace, a
Sacrifice of Praise.
Hrisou ke i Agapi tou Theou

ke Patros ke i Kinonia tou
Agiou Pnevmatos ii meta
panton imon.
Who - for us men and for our Salvation
Let us stand aright! Let

us stand with awe! Let us
attend, that we may present
the Holy Offering in Peace!
ROSS
PEOPLE
OF
& BOW DEEPLY
TO
GOD
It is Worthy and Right
HOLY EUCHARIST
I believe in ONE HOLY CATHOLIC

AND APOSTOLIC CHURCH.
I Confess ONE BAPTISM for the remission
amartion.
of sins.
Prosdoko ANASTASIN nekron.
Ke ZOIN TOU MELLONTOS EONOS.

Amin
And THE LIFE OF THE AGE TO COME.
look for THE RESURRECTION of the

dead.
Amen
OF
MYRA- 6 DECEMBER
79.

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Aftos

Evlogison ke tous artous toutous,

Thou, the same Lord, Bless these

it is Thee, O Christ our God, Who

Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria

Advent Divine Liturgy

KISSES ONE OF THE LOAVES BEFORE PRESENTING IT TO THE DONOR

ones went bankrupt and met

FOR THE DISMISSAL PRAYERS &

Evlogimeni i Vasilia tou Patros ke tou

Blessed be the Kingdom of the

En Irini tou Kyriou deithomen

In Peace let us pray to the Lord

Lord have Mercy

imon Papa ke Patriarhi

Lord have Mercy

for the stability of the Holy Churches

Pisteos, evlavias ke Fovou Theou

tou simpantos kosmou,

psihon imon, tou Kyriou deithomen...

Iou ke tou Agiou Pnevmatos, nin ke

Lord have Mercy

( T H E O D O R O S ) and for our Archbishop

tis en Hristo Diakonias, pantos tou

Priesthood of the Diaconate in

imon ethrous, pasis

Lord have Mercy

Agiou (...NAME/S...) ou .... ke tin

Lord have Mercy

A BISHOP CELEBRATES THE DIVINE LITURGY,

HE PRAYS FOR OUR

Of the Holy and Righteous Ancestors of

Saint/s (...NAME/S...) whose memory

imas en ti Skepi ton Pterigon

af imon panta ehthron ke

from us ever foe and

world, and Save our souls, for Thou

THE PRIEST CENSES THE TA

Soson tas psihas imon os Agathos ke

us under the Shelter of

WITH THE OFFERINGS

Tou Kyriou deithomen

Let us pray to the

Lord have mercy

THE PRIEST BLESSES THE LOAVES

Iisou Hriste, O Theos imon, O eflogisas

Make our Petition acceptable to Thee...

tous penteartous en ti erimo ke ex

Osion ke Theoforon Pateron imon,

THE CONGREGATION MUST STAND

THE BEGINNING OF THE DIVINE LITURGY THE FIRST SECTION

THE CONGREGATION MAY PARTICIPATE

O Lord Jesus Christ our God,

PRAYS FOR OUR

FESTAL DIVINE LITURGY ST NICHOLAS OF MYRA- 6 DECEMBER

Kyrie Eleison (3)

i Elpis panton ton peraton tis gis ke

Hope of all the ends of the earth,

Lord have Mercy (3)

Lord have Mercy

Lovest mankind, and to Thee we

THE SIGN OF THE CROSS & BOWN D

en Agiis Pateron imon Megalon