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 ✞ Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati ✞ Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit
FESTAL APOLYTIKION – ST MARY OF MAGDALA - TONE 1
Hristo Thou
Resurrection Vesper Hymns – 8th Sunday After Pentecost
to di’ imas, ek Parthenou followed Christ our Lord, Who
tehthenti, Semni Magdalini, ikolouthis was born of the Virgin for us, and
Maria, aftou ta Dikeomata, ke tous kept His Laws, and Thou lived by His
KINDLY USE THE SERVICE BOOK UNTIL THIS POINT, Nomous filattousa. Othen simeron, Statues, and thus as we celebrate
THEN CAREFULLY FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS WITH REGARD TO THESE HYMNS
tin Panagian Sou mnimin, Thine All Holy Memorial, O Mary
Eortazontes, anevfimoumen Se Pisti, Magdalene, today with Faith we extol
HYMN OF THE EVENING INCENSE ke potho gereromen. Thee, O Most Blessed Saint, and with
THE CONGREGATION MUST STAND
Divine Love and longing, we honour
Thy memory.
PSALM 140/141 – TONE 2
Ke nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton Now and ever, and to the Ages of
Kyrie ekekraxa pros Se, isakouson Lord, I cry out to Thee: hear me, O
eonon. ages.
mou. Isakouson mou, Kyrie. Lord! O Lord, when I cry out to
Kyrie, ekekraxa pros Se, Thee, hear me! Hear my voice, Amin Amen
isakouson mou, proshes ti foni when I cry out to Thee! Hear me, THEOTOKION – TONE 1
tis deiseos mou, en to kekragene O Lord!
me pros Se, isakouson mou
Tou Gavriil fthegxamenou Si Parthene When Gabriel had uttered “Hail!” to
Kyrie. to ‘Here!’ Sin ti foni esarkouto O ton Thee, O Virgin, then with the Voice,
olon Despotis, en Si ti Agia Kivoto, os became the Lord of all Incarnate in
Katevthinthito i prosevhi mou os Let my Prayer rise before Thee like efi O Dikeos David. Edihthis Platitera thee whom the Holy Ark of old
thimiama enopion Sou. Eparsis incense - the lifting up of my ton Ouranon, Vastasasa ton Ktistin prefigured, as Righteous David said.
ton hiron mou Thisia Esperini. hands as the Evening Sacrifice. Thou carried Thy Creator and
Isakouson mou Kyrie! Hear me, O Lord!
Sou.
Doxa to enikisanti en Si!

proved to be More Spacious than the
Doxa to proelthonti ek Sou!
Doxa
RESURRECTION STIHERA – TONE (7) VARYS/GRAVE
to Eleftherosanti imas, dia tou Tokou
Heavens!
Glory to Him Who Dwelt
Exagage ek filakis tin psihin mou, tou Bring out of prison my soul, to Sou! within Thee!
Glory to Him Who
Exomologisasthe to Onomati Sou. Confess Thy Name.
came forth from Thee!
Glory to
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Defte Agalliasometha to Kyrio, to Come, let us Rejoice in the Lord Who
DISMISSAL BLESSINGS 
Him Who through Thy Childbirth has
sintripsanti Thanatou to Kratos, ke destroyed the power of Death and set us free!
fotisanti anthropon to genos, meta Enlightened mankind. And let us cry
ton Asomaton kravgazontes. together with the Angels: O Creator
Dimiourge ke Sotir imon: ✞ Doxa Si! and our Saviour! ✞ Glory to Thee!
Eme ipomenousi Dikei, eos ou The Righteous shall wait for me, until
antapodos mi. Thou Reward me.
Stavro ipeminas Sotir, ke Tafin di’ imas,
Thanato de os Theos, Thanaton
Thou endured the Cross, O Saviour,
and the Tomb, for our sake. As God Elder Ephraim of Arizona
enekrosas. Dio proskinoumen tin Thou put to Death to Death by
Triimeron Sou Anastasin: ✞ Kyrie: Death. Wherefore, we worship Thy When God sees good intent on our part
Doxa Si! Third Day Resurrection: O Lord: ✞ He may help us.
Glory to Thee!
And He will make our small intentions great,
Ek vatheon ekekraxa Si, Kyrie. Kyrie, Out of the depths I have cried to
isakouson tis fonis mou. Thee, O Lord. O Lord, hear my so that the Wondrous Salvation of ou soul
voice.
will be achieved.
Apostoli idontes tin Egersin tou The Apostles, having beheld the
Dimiourgou, ethavmasan voontes tin Resurrection of our Creator, in awe
Ainesin tin Angelikin: Afti i Doxa tis sang Angelic songs of Praise: This is
Ekklisias! Outos O ploutos tis Vasilias! the Glory of the Church! These are
O Pathon di’ imas, Kyrie: ✞ Doxa Si! the Riches of the Kingdom! Having
suffered Death, O Lord: ✞ Glory to
Thee!

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 kravgazonta. ✞ Doxa ti Anastasi
Sou, Mone Filanthrope.
✞ Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati,
MENAION-FESTAL APOSTICHA – ST MARY
To ekousios ptohefsanti tin ptohian tin
emin, ipervoli Efsplaghnias, Hristo to
Theo, i Madalini Maria, os Mathitria
Pistos diakonisasa, epi zilou tathenta,
ke Tafo sigklisthenta, katidousa evoa
dakrirroousa. Ti to xenon theama?
O nekrous zoopion, pos nekros
logizete? Pia Myra komiso, to
apallaxanti me disodias to demonon?
Pia dakria heo, to dakroon tin emin
metamfiasanti promitora? All’ O tou
simpatos Anax, os aradisou filax
fanis, drosismo ton aftou rimaton ton
kafsona afanizi, lexas ros aftin. Tis
adelfis mou porevthisa, Evangelia
haras anavoison: “ Anaveno pros
ton Patera mou, ke Patera imon, ke
Theon mou ke Theon imon, opos
parasho to kosmo to Mega Eleos.”
Ke nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton
eonon.
Amin.
THEOTOKION – TONE (8) PLAGAL 4
Animfevte Parthene, i ton Theon
afrastos sillavousa sarki, Mitir Theou
tou ipsistou, Son iketon paraklisis
dehou Panamome, i pasi horigousa
katharismon ton ptesmaton, nin tas
imon ikesias prosdehomeni, disopi
Sothine pantas imas.
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RESURRECTION APOLYTIKION– TONE (7) VARYS/GRAVE
Katelisas to Stavro Sou ton Thanaton.
Ineoxas to listi ton Paradison. Ton
Miroforon ton thrinon metevales ke
tis sis Apostolis kirittin epetaxas, oti
Anestis, Hriste O Theos, parehon to
kosmo to Mega Eleos.
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who cried: ✞ Glory to Thy
Resurrection, O Only Loving God!
✞ Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit,
OF MAGDALA – TONE (8) PLAGAL 4
Having faithfully served Christ our God,
Who willingly made Himself poor
with my poverty in His surpassing
Compassion, when Mary Magdalene
beheld Him stretched on a Cross and
sealed in a Tomb, weeping, she cried
out: What is this strange sight? How
is He Who grants Life to the dead
numbered among the dead? What
Myrrh can I bring to Him Who freed
me from the foul stench of the
demons? What tears can I shed for
the one who stripped my Foremother
of her tears? But the Sovereign of
the Universe, Appearing like the
Guardian of Paradise, by the Dew of
His Words, banished the heat and
said to her: “Go to My Brethren and
loudly pronounce the Good Tidings
of Joy: I Am Ascending to My
Father and your Father, and My
God and Your God, that I may
grant the world My Great Mercy!”
Now and ever, and to the Ages of
ages.
Amen
O Unwed Virgin, who ineffably
Conceived God Incarnate, O Mother
of the Most High God: accept
Entreaties from Thy Supplicants, O
All Blameless One. To all Thou grant
Purification of their offences. We
Pray Thee now: accept our
Supplications and Entreat Him to
Save us all.
By Thy Cross Thou destroyed Death;
Thou opened Paradise to the Thief;
Thou changed the funeral wail of the
Myrrh-bearing Women, and
Commanded them to announce to
Thine Apostles that Thou had Risen
from the dead, O Christ our God,
Who bestows upon the world Great
Mercy.
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Genithito ta ota Sou prosehonta is tin Let
fonin tis Deiseos mou.
Kan sinelifthis Hriste, ipo anomon
andron, alla Si mou i Thos, ke ouk
eshinome, emastihthis ton noton, ouk
arnoume. Stavro prosilothis, ke ou
kripto. Is tin Egersin Sou kavhome.
O gar Thanatos Sou Zoi Mou.
Pantodiname ke Filanthrope, Kyrie: ✞
Doxa Si.
Ean anomias paratirisis, Kyrie, Kyrie,
tis ipostisete? Oti para Si O ilasmos
estin.
Davitikin profitian ekpliron, Hristos
megaliotita, en Sion, tin ikian
Mathites exekalipsen, eneton diknis
eafton, ke Doxazomenon ai, Sin Patri
te ke Pnevmati Agio, Proteron men
asarkon os Logon, isteron de di’ imas,
sesarkomenon, ke nekrothenta os
Anthropon, ke Anastanta kat’
ekousian os Filanthropon.
Eneken tou Onomatos Sou ipemina Se, Because
Kyrie; Ipeminen i psihi mou is ton
Logon Sou, ilpisen i psihi mou epi
ton Kyrion.
Katilthes en to Aidi Hriste os ivoulithis,
eskilefsas ton Thanaton, os Theos ke
Despotis, ke anestis Triimeros,
sinanastisas ton Adam, ek ton tou
Aidou desmon ke tis fthoras,
kravgazonta ke legonta: Doxa ti
Anastasi Sou, Mone Filanthrope!
MENAION - FESTAL PROSOMIA – ST MARY
Apo Filaktis proias mehri niktos, apo
filakis proias, elpisato Israil epi ton
Kyrion.
Myra prosekomisas Hristo, tethimeno
mnimati, ke tis nekris tin anastasin,
pasin empnonti, ke idousa touton,
proti prosekinisas, Maria Theofore
dakriousa. Dio iketeve, dorithine tes
psihes imon, tin Irinin, ke to Mega
Eleos.
Oti para to Kyrio to Eleos ke polli par For with
afto Litrosis. Ke aftos Litrosete ton
Israil ek pason ton anomion aftou.
VESPERS HYMNS – 8AP-8MATT-ST MARY
Thine Ears be attentive to the
voice of my Supplication.
Although Thou, O Christ, hast been
taken captive by evil men, Thou art
my God and I am not ashamed. I do
not deny that Thy Back was
scourged, nor will I hade that Thou
were nailed to the Cross. I boast of
Thy Resurrection, for Thy Death is
my Life! O Almighty and Loving
God: ✞ Glory to Thee!
If Thou, O Lord, should mark
transgression, O Lord, who would
stand? For there is Forgiveness
with Thee.
Fulfilling the Prophecy of David, Christ
revealed to His Disciples, the Majesty
of His Habitation in Zion. He
showed Himself Praised and
Glorified forever with the Father and
the Holy Spirit. Formerly, as the
Incorporeal Word, and then
Incarnate for our sake, and slain as
Man, He Rose in Power as our Loving
God.
of Thy Law, O Lord, I waited
for Thee; my soul waited for Thy
Word. My soul Hopes in the Lord.
As God and Master, O Christ, by Thy
Will Thou descended into Hades,
despoiling Death. And on the Third
Day, Thou Rose, raising with Thee
Adam, held captive by the chains of
Hades and of corruption, who cried,
and said: ✞ Glory to Thy
Resurrection O Only Loving God!
OF MAGDALA – TONE 1
From the morning watch until night;
from the morning watch until night
– let Israel Hope in the Lord.
Thou brought Myrrh to Christ Who had
lain in the Tomb and breathed
Resurrection on all the dead. Thou
were the first to see Him, O God-
bearing Mary, and weeping, Thou
worshipped Him. Wherefore,
Intercede for our souls to be granted
His Peace and Good Mercy.
the Lord there is Mercy, and
with Him is Abundant Redemption;
and He will Redeem Israel from all
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Myra prosekomisas Hristo, tethimeno
mnimati, ke tis nekris tin anastasin,
pasin empnonti, ke idousa touton,
proti prosekinisas, Maria Theofore
dakriousa. Dio iketeve, dorithine tes
psihes imon, tin Irinin, ke to Mega
Eleos.
Enite ton Kyrion panta ta Ethni!
Epenesate Afton pantes i Lai!
Stavron kathiloumenon Hriston,
kathorosa eklees, Magdalini ke
ekravgazes. Ti to oromenon, i Zoi
pos thniski, ke i Ktisis velpousa
klonite, ke fostires skotizonte? Dio
iketeve, dorithine tes psihes imon, tin
Irinin, ke to Mega Eleos.
Oti ekrateothi to Eleos Aftou ef’ imas, For
ke i alithia tou Kyriou meni is ton
eona.
Eplisthis sineseos pollis, alithous te
gnoseos, en to sinine to Ktisanti,
Maria Endoxe, ke aftou ta pathi, ke
tin sigkatavasin, ekirixas lais
panaidime. Dio iketeve, dorithine tes
psihes imon, tin Irinin, ke to Mega
Eleos.
✞ Doxa Patri, ke Io, ke Agio Pnevmati ✞ Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
MENAION - FESTAL PROSOMIA – ST MARY
Proti katidousa tin Thian anastasin,
Maria i Magdalini, tou protou ton
Agathon tiou, tou tin imeteran
Efsplaghnos fisin Theosantos, proti ke
Evangelistria edihthis, voosa tis
Apostolis: “Tin Athimian
apothemeni, tin evthimian analavete,
ke defte katoptefsate Hriston
exanastanta, ke kosmo parehonta to
Mega Eleos.”
Ke nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton
eonon.
Amin
THEOTOKION – TONE (7) VARYS/GRAVE
Mitir men egnosthis, iper fisin
Theotoke, eminas de Parthenos, iper
logon ke ennian, ke to Thavma tou
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his transgressions.
Thou brought Myrrh to Christ Who had
lain in the Tomb and breathed
Resurrection on all the dead. Thou
were the first to see Him, O God-
bearing Mary, and weeping, Thou
worshipped Him. Wherefore,
Intercede for our souls to be granted
His Peace and Good Mercy.
Praise the Lord, all Gentiles! Praise
Him, all you people!
As Thou watched, Christ being nailed
to the Cross, O Magdalene,. Thou
wept and cried: What is this sight?
How is Life dying? How is Creation
shaken, as it sees, and the Great
Light darkened?” Wherefore,
Intercede for our souls to be granted
His Peace and Great Mercy.
His Mercy rules over us; and the
Truth of the Lord endures forever.
Thou were filled with great
Understanding and True Knowledge
by Thy familiarity with our Creator,
O Glorious, All Revered Mary, and
Thou proclaimed His Sufferings, and
Condescension to all people.
Wherefore, Intercede for our souls to
be granted His Peace and Great
Mercy.
and to the Holy Spirit
OF MAGDALA – TONE (6) PLAGAL 2
First to see the Divine Resurrection of
the First Cause of Blessings, Who in
His Compassion made our nature
Divine Thou were revealed as also
the first Herald of the Gospel, Mary
the Magdalene, as Thou cried to the
Apostles: “Put away despair, regain
Good Cheer, and come, look now on
Christ Who has Risen again and
grant to the world His Great Mercy.”
Now and ever, and to the Ages of
ages.
Amen
Thou were known to be a Mother
surpassing nature, O Theotokos, and
yet Thou remained a Virgin, in a
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Tokou Sou, erminefse glossa ou
dinate. Paradoxou gar ousis tis
sillipseos Agni, akataliptos Estin O
tropos tis kiiseos. Opou gar voulete
Theos, nikate fiseos taxis. Dio Se
pantes Mitera tou Theou ginoskontes,
deometha Sou ektenos.
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RESURRECTION PROKEIMENON - SATURDAY EVENING – PSALM 92 – TONE
O Kyrios evasilefsen; Evprepian
Enedisato. (3)
1. Enedisato Kyrios Dinamin ke
periezosato.
2. Ke gar estereose tin ikoumenin, itis
ou salefthisete
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RESURRECTION APOSTICHA – TONE (7) VARYS/GRAVE
Anestis ek tou Tafou, Sotir tou Kosmou, Rising from the Tomb, O Saviour of the
ke sinigiras tous anthropous, Sin ti
Sarki Sou, Kyrie, ✞ Doxa Si!
O Kyrios evasilefsen, evprepian
Enediasto. Enedisato Kyrios
Dinamin ke perizosato.
Ton Anastanta ek Nekron, ke Fotisanta Him
tap anta, defte proskinisome! Ek tis
tou Aidou gar tyranidos, imas
ileftherose, dia tis aftou Triimerou
Egerseos, Zoin imin dorisamenos, ke
to Mega Eleos.
Ke gar estereose tin ikoumenin, i tis
ou salevthisete.
Ipo ton Aidin katelthon Hriste, Thanaton Thou
eskilefsas, ke Triimeros Anastas, ias
sinanestisas, Doxaontas tin Sin
Pantodinamon Egersin, Kyrie
Filanthrope.
To Iko Sou prepi Agiasma, Kyrie, is
makrotita imeron.
Foveros ofthis Kyrie, en Tafo Kimenos os O
O ipnon, anastas de Triimeros os
dinatos, ton Adam sinanestisas
VESPERS HYMNS – 8AP-8MATT-ST MARY
manner exceeding speech and
thought. And no language is capable
of explaining the Wonder of Thy
Childbirth! O Pure Maiden, Thy
Conception was Paradoxical, hence
the manner of Thy Child-bearing is
also Incomprehensible. For
whenever God so Wills, nature’s
order is over-ridden. Wherefore,
acknowledging Thee as the Mother
of God, to Thee we all intently pray:
Intercede for the Salvation of our
soul.
The Lord reigns; He is Vested with
Majesty (3)
1. The Lord is Vested and Girded with
Power
2. And He established the world,
which shall not be moved.
world, Thou hast, together with Thy
Flesh, Raised up mankind. O Lord: ✞
Glory to Thee!
The Lord reigns; He clothed Himself
with Majesty. The Lord clothed and
girded Himself with Power.
Who Rose from the Dead and
Enlightened all, come, let us worship!
For by His Resurrection on the Third
Day, He set us free from the tyranny
of Hades, granting us Life and Great
Mercy.
And He established the world, which
shall not be moved.
hast descended into Hades, O
Christ, despoiling Death. Rising on
the Third Day, Thou hast also raised
us up, and we Glorify Thine
Almighty Resurrection, O Lord, and
Loving God.
Holiness is proper to Thy House, O
Lord, unto length of days.
Lord, what a Fearful Sight it was to
behold Thee lying as if asleep in the
Tomb! Yet Thou Arose on the Third
Day in Power, also Raising Adam,
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