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Dormition of St Anna
THE

RIGHTEOUS MOTHER

OF OUR

LADY THEOTOKOS

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12.

DORMITION OF

ST ANNA, MOTHER

OF OUR

LADY THEOTOKOS - 25 JULY

ST ANNA RIGHTEOUS MOTHER

OF

THEOTOKOS

St Anna is the Righteous Mother of our Ever Blessed Lady Theotokos, and therefore,
the Grandmother of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ according to His
Incarnation.
St Anna was one of the daughters of Matthan, a Judean Priest of the Levite Tribe,
as was St Aaron, the ancient High Priest.
St Anna had two sisters.
Her sister, Mary, resided in Bethlehem with her husband and they had a
daughter, Salome, who married St Joseph the Betrothed and produced seven
children: St James, St Jude, St Simon, St Joses, (who became Holy Apostles)
and St Salome, Esther, and a third daughter whose name is unclear: Martha,
Lydia, Thamar or Assia.
One of their daughters, St Salome, was the mother of two Holy Apostles - St James
the Lesser and St John the Beloved Apostle and Theologian - and she was also
one of the Holy Myrrhbearers who accompanied our Lady Theotokos.
The eldest son of St Joseph and Salome (Mathan), St James, was devoted to God
and to Christ, having watched over our Lords early years and having
accompanied St Joseph, Theotokos and Christ to Egypt. He became known as
Jame Adelphotheos or Brother to our Lord and was the First Bishop of
Jerusalem who preached the Divine Truth and Reality of our Lord Jesus Christ,
for which he was Martyred.
(These children of St Joseph the Betrothed and his late wife, Salome, became,
according to Old Covenant Law the children of our Ever Blessed Lady
Theotokos who was actually their cousin, under the Protection and
Guardianship of their elderly father, St Joseph.)
St Annas other sister, Zoia also married and lived in Bethlehem, and her daughter
was St Elizabeth, the Righteous Mother of St John the Baptist and Forerunner to
Christ our Lord.
St Anna married St Ioachim, a wealthy and devout man who owned large flocks
of sheep. They resided in Nazareth and were childless for fifty years, until the
Miraculous Conception (according to the Will of God) of their beloved
daughter, the Ever Blessed Virgin Mary future Mother of God (Incarnate).
They lived devoutly and quietly, using only a third of their income for themselves
and giving a third to the poor and a third to the Temple.
St Joachim had done this since he was 15-years-old, and God multiplied his flocks,
so the couple was well provided for.
They longed for a child but remained childless into their old age.
When they were in Jerusalem to offer sacrifice to God, the High Priest, Issachar,
upbraided Joachim, loudly exclaiming: "You are not worthy to offer sacrifice
with those childless hands!" And others who had been Blessed with children
jostled St
Joachim, thrusting him back for being unworthy and thus
disrespected.
In despair, St Joachim consulted the geneological records of the Tribes of Israel
and discovered that every Righteous man in the Nation had been Blessed with
children - except him!
This caused the aged Saint great grief and despair, and he and his beloved wife
left Jerusalemwith heavy hearts, and devoted themselves to Fervent Prayers to
God that He would work in them the same Miracle that He had worked in the
ancient Patriarch, Abraham and his wife, Sarah, granting them a child to
comfort them.

2.

DORMITION OF

ST ANNA, MOTHER

OF OUR

LADY THEOTOKOS - 25 JULY

Vlepete oun pos akouete. Os gar ean

ehi, dothisete afto, ke os ean mi ehi,
ke O doki ehin, arthisete ap aftou.

For
Take heed how you hear.
whoever has, to him more will be
given; and whoever does not have,
even what he seems to have will be
taken from him.

Paregenonto

His

Ke apingeli Afto, legonton:

And

O de apokrithis, ipe pros aftous:

He

de pros Afton i Mitir ke i

Adelphi Aftou, ke ouk idinanto
sintihin Afto dia ton ohlon.
I Mitir Sou
ke i Adelphi Sou estikasin exo, idin Se
thelontes.
Mitir
Mou ke Adelphi Mou, outi isin, i ton
Logon tou Theou akouonte, ke
piountes Afton.

Mother and Brothers went to Him,

but could not approach Him because
of the crowd.
He was told by some who said:
Thy Mother and Thy Brothers are
standing outside, wanting to see
Thee.
answered and said to them: My
Mother and My Brothers are these
who hear the Word of God and do
It.

St John Klimakos
Those who have come to know themselves are never tricked
into undertaking what is beyond them, for they keep
their feet safely on the Blessed Path of Humility. (THE LADDER OF
DIVINE ASCENT)

DORMITION OF

ST ANNA, MOTHER

OF OUR

LADY THEOTOKOS - 25 JULY

11.

FESTAL KONTAKION ST ANNA DORMITION -

Progonon

TONE 2

Today

Hristou,
tin
mnimin
eortazomen, tin touton Pistos,
etoumeni voithian, tou risthine
apantas, apo pasis thlipseos, tous
kravgazontas. O Theos genou meth
imon, O TOUTOUS DOXASAS OS
IIDOKISAS.

we observe the memory of

Christs Forebears, and also we pray
that we might receive their Aid, so
that all of us may be freed from
tribulations, as we cry aloud: Be
with us, O Lord our God, WHO
GLORIFIED THEM AS THOU WERE
PLEASED TO DO!

PROKEIMENON PSALM 67/68 & PSALM 33/34 TONE 4

Thavmastos O Theos en tis Agiis Aftou. God is Wondrous in His Saints.

S T I H O S : En Ekklisias Evlogite ton Theon,
V E R S E : Bless God in the Churches, the
Kyrion ek pigon Israil.
THE EPISTLE
THE D

OF

Lord from the Fountains of Israel.

ST PAUL

IFFERENCE

TO THE

BETWEEN

GALATIANS 4 : 22 27

SLAVERY

AND

SONSHIP

Adelphi:

Brethren:

All

But he who was of the Bondwoman was

Avraam dio iious eshen: ena ek

tis pediskis ke ena ek tis eleftheras.

O men ek tis pediskis kata sarka

gegennite - O de ek tis eleftheras dia
tis Epangelias atina estin
alligoroumena.

It is written that Abraham

had two sons: the one by a
Bondwoman and the other by a
Freewoman.

born according to the flesh - he of

the Freewoman through Promise,
which things are symbolic.

Afte

These

The

gar isi dio diathike: mia men apo

Orous Sina, is doulian gennosa, itis
estin Agar - to gar Agar Sina Oros
estin en ti Aravia, sistihi de tin in
Ierousalim, doulevi de meta ton
teknon aftis.

de Ano Ierousalim elefthera estin, itis

esti Mitir panton imon.

Gegrapte

gar: Evfranthiti, stira i ou

tiktousa! Rixon ke voison, ouk
odinousa!
Oti polla ta Tekna tis
erimou mallon i tis ehousis ton
andra.

are the two Covenants: the one

from Mount Sinai, which gives birth
to bondage, which is Hagar for this
Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and
corresponds to Jerusalem, which
now is - in bondage with her
children.
Jerusalem Above is free, which is
the Mother of us all.

It

THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING

is written: Rejoice, O Barren, you

who do not bear! Break forth and
shout, you who are not in labour! For
the desolate has many more Children
than she who has a husband.
TO

ST LUKE 8 : 16 21

TAKE CARE OF HOW WE HEAR GODS D

To kero ekino, ipen O Kyrios:

IVINE

& PERFEC

TRUTH

...Oudis,
lihnon apsas, kalipti afton skevi, i
ipokato klinis tithisin, all ei lihnias
epitithisin, ina i isporevomeni
vleposi to fos.

At that time, our Lord Jesus Christ said:

Ou gar esti krypton, O ou faneron

genisete, oude apokrifon, O ou
gnosthiset, ke is faneron elthi.

For nothing is secret that will not be

revealed, nor anything hidden that
will not be known and come to
light.

10.

DORMITION OF

ST ANNA, MOTHER

...No one, when he has lit a lamp,

covers it with a vessel or puts it
under a bed, but sets it on a
lampstand so that those who enter
may see the light.

OF OUR

LADY THEOTOKOS - 25 JULY

Instead of returning home with his wife, St Joachim took his flocks and went to a
high mountain, refusing to return in such shame.
Meanwhile, St Anna, equally heart-broken, prayed unceasingly in her garden.
Finally, God sent His Holy Archangel Gabried the Heavenly Bearer of Good
Tidings - to each of them, whereupon he announced the forthcoming birth of
"...a daughter Most Blessed, by whom all the Nations of the Earth will be
Blessed, and through whom will come the Salvation of the world."
St Joachim and St Anna most joyfully Vowed to have their child raised in the
Temple as a Holy Vessel of God.
St Gabriel the Archangel then urged St Joachim to return home, where he would
find his wife waiting for him at the city gate and he instructed St Anna to wait
at the city gate to welcome St Joachim. When they saw one another, they were
extremely delighted and embraced in profound gratitude to God.
St Anna conceived shortly thereafter, and in the ninth month gave birth to the
Blessed Virgin Mary.
When the Blessed Child Mary had been weaned at the tender age of three, St
Joachim and St Anna fulfilled their Sacred Vow and, in procession with many
relatives and friends, they carried her to the Temple in Jerusalem, to be
presented to the High Priest, St Zachariah, who then dedicated Her to the Holy
Service of the Lord.
Having completed all the requirements of the Old Covenant Law, St Joachim and
St Anna, left the young, uniquely confident Virgin Mary, together with other
dedicated maidens at the Temple, where they would all be educated,
nurtured and protected while fulfilling various tasks throughout their formative
years. Once these young girls reached puberty, they would leave the Temple
premises in order to marry and to produce the next generation.
During the next seven years, the Righteous St Anna and St Joachim visited their
beloved Daughter as often as possible until they Reposed in the Lord, leaving
her an orphan at the age of ten.
St Joachim lived for 80 years and Anna for 79 years and they both entered into the
Eternal Kingdom of God before Her Betrothal to Her elderly uncle, and the
Great Annunciation of Archangel Gabriel concerning the Incarnation of the
Eternal Word and Son of God.
After the Repose of St Joachim, St Anna moved from Nazareth to Jerusalem and
resided near to the Great Temple, having purchased two properties one at
the Gates of Gethsemane, and the other in the Valley of Josaphat, where she
had a tomb excavated for the member of her family and where she and her
dear husband and later, their precious Daughter were buried.
Years later our Lord Jesus Christ often went to the property at the Garden of
Gethsemane to quietly pray and communicate with God and there His Great
Holy Passion would begin.
During the reign of St Justinian the Emperor (527-565), a church was built in
honour of St Anna at Deftera and after St Anna had appeared in a Holy
Vision to his pregnant wife, Emperor Justinian II (685-695; 705-711) restored her
church, and her body and maphorion (veil) were transferred to
Constantinople.
May the memory of St Anna, the Righteou Mother of our Ever Blessed Lady
Theotokos and the Grandmother According to the Flesh of our Lord Jesus
Christ be Eternal and may she constantly Intercede with God for the Salvation
of our immortal soul.

DORMITION OF

ST ANNA, MOTHER

OF OUR

LADY THEOTOKOS - 25 JULY

3.

Pros

Festal Matins Hymns Dormition of St Anna

PSALM 117 /118
PRAISE

TO

GOD

FOR

HIS EVERLASTING MERCY

*Theos

Kyrios ke Epefanen imin.

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

Para

Kyriou egeneto afti, ke

esti Thavmasti en ofthalmis imon.*

STIHO S

3:

*The

Lord is God, and has Appeared

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

FESTAL APOLYTIKION DORMITION

Zoin

tin kiisasan, ekioforisas, Agnin

Theomitora, Theofron Anna.
Dio
pros
lixin
Ouranion,
entha
evfrenomenon, katikia en doxi,
herousa nin metestis, tis timosi Se
potho, ptesmaton etoumeni, ilasmon
Aimakariste.

Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati,

ke nin ke ai ke is tous Eonas ton

eonon.

Amin
Zoin tin

kiisasan, ekioforisas, Agnin

Theomitora, Theofron Anna.
Dio
pros
lixin
Ouranion,
entha
evfrenomenon, katikia en doxi,
herousa nin metestis, tis timosi Se
potho, ptesmaton etoumeni, ilasmon
Aimakariste.

SMALL LITANY

4.

evkleestatos ke axiepenos, Anna i

antheos, ke pansevasmios, githen
arthisa ek Zois, prokerou dieonizi, is
Zoin
athanton,
met
Angelon
Horevousa, Sin ti Thigatri aftis, ke
ahranto
Mitri
tou
Theou,
presvevousa apafstos sothine, tous
Pisti taftin Makarizontas.

DORMITION OF

ST ANNA, MOTHER

OF

ST ANNA

Thou

carried within Thy Womb Her

who was Pregnant with Life: the
Mother of God, O Godly-minded
Anna, and thus rejoicing Thou were
today Translated unto Heaven,
where they live who now Rejoice.
And Thou entreat Forgiveness of
offences for the Faithful who honour
Thee with longing, O Ever Blessed
One.

Glory

to the Father, and to the

Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now
and forever, and to the Ages of
ages.

Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati,

ke nin ke ai ke is tous Eonas ton

eonon.

Amin

within Thy Womb Her

who was Pregnant with Life: the
Mother of God, O Godly-minded
Anna, and thus rejoicing Thou were
today Translated unto Heaven,
where they live who now Rejoice.
And Thou entreat Forgiveness of
offences for the Faithful who honour
Thee with longing, O Ever Blessed
One.
OF

ST ANNA - TONE 3

The Most Illustrious, Priaseworthy, GodInspired and Ever Venerable Anna is

lifted up, from the temporal life on
earth and taken to Life Immortal,
living in Eternity, joining Chorus
with Hosts on High, Interceding
ceaselessly with her Daughter, the
Immaculate Theotokos, for the
OF OUR

LADY THEOTOKOS - 25 JULY

To Immaterial Choirs - where the Just

reside, wherein Angelic Orders and
the Saints assemble are taken the
spirits of Joachim and Anna, the
Righteous Pair, where there is Joy of
those who keep a Sacred Feast. Let
us sing their praise and call them
Blessed.

Glory

to the Father, and to the

Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now
and forever, and to the Ages of
ages.

Amen
DORMITION

OF

Defte

Filopartheni pantes, ke tis

agnias eraste.
Defte eortasomen,
Annis tin sevasmion kimisin. Ke gar
eteken iperfios tin pigin tis Zois,
Marian tin Theopeda, ex is etehthi O
Litrotis, O Fotizon ke Agiazon tas
psihas imon.

ST ANNA - TONE 2

Come,

all you fans of Virginity, and

lovers of Chastity! Come, let us
celebrate the Venerable Dormition of
St Anna!
She is the one who
marvellously gave Birth to the
Fountain of Life, to Mary, the Child
of God, from whom the Redeemer
was born, He Who illumines and
Sanctifies our souls.

GREAT DOXOLOGY
FESTAL APOLYTIKIONDORMTION

Zoin

tin kiisasan, ekioforisas, Agnin

Theomitora, Theofron Anna.
Dio
pros
lixin
Ouranion,
entha
evfrenomenon, katikia en Doxi,
herousa nin metestis, tis timosi Se
potho, ptesmaton etoumeni, ilasmon
aimakariste.

Amen
Thou carried

FIRST FESTAL KATHISMATA DORMITION

tas ailous horias, ke ton Dikeon

skinas, entha Angelon taxis, entha
dimos Agion, hara eortazonton agete
nin, ton Dikeon ta pnevmata, Ioakim
ke tis Annis.
Our Evsevos,
evfimountes Makarisomen.

OF

ST ANNA TONE 4

Thou carried within Thy womb Her who

was pregnant with Life the Mother
of God O Godly-minded Anna, and
thus rejoicing, Thou were today
Translated unto Heaven, when those
live who now Rejoice. And Thou
Entreat Forgiveness of offences for
the Faithful who honour Thee with
longing, O Ever Blessed One.

FESTAL DIVINE LITURGY HYMNS & READINGS

FESTAL APOLYTIKION DORMITION

Zoin

tin kiisasan, ekioforisas, Agnin

Theomitora, Theofron Anna.
Dio
pros
lixin
Ouranion,
entha
evfrenomenon, katikia en doxi,
herousa nin metestis, tis timosi Se
potho, ptesmaton etoumeni, ilasmon
Aimakariste.

DORMITION OF

ST ANNA, MOTHER

OF

ST ANNA

Thou

carried within Thy Womb Her

who was Pregnant with Life: the
Mother of God, O Godly-minded
Anna, and thus rejoicing Thou were
today Translated unto Heaven,
where they live who now Rejoice.
And Thou entreat Forgiveness of
offences for the Faithful who honour
Thee with longing, O Ever Blessed
One.

OF OUR

LADY THEOTOKOS - 25 JULY

9.

behalf and for the Peace of the

world.
LAUDS: THE PRAISES

TO

GOD

- PSALM 148

ALL CREATION PRAISES THE LORD OUR GOD

Pasa

pnoi enesato ton Kyrion. Enite

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

Enite

Afton, pantes i Angelli Aftou.

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

Let

everything that has breath praise

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

Praise Him, all His Angels; praise Him,

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

FESTAL STICHERA - PSALM 150 ST ANNA - TONE 4

LET ALL THINGS PRAISE THE LORD!

Enite

Afton epi tes Dinasties Afton.

Enite Afton kata to plithos tis
Megalosinis Aftou.

Praise Him for His Mighty Acts;

praise
Him according to the greatness of
His Majesty.

Mnimin telountes esian, Se animnoumen Keeping this happy observance, we sing

Hriste, ton paradoxos Annan, ek Zois
tis proskerou, pros alikton doxan,
metastisanta
nin,
os
mitera
iparhousan, tis Se tekousis asporos
iperfios, Theotokou ke Parthenou
Mitros.

Enite

Afton en iho salpingos. Enite

Afton en psaltirio ke kithara.

Mnimin telountes esian, Se animnoumen

Hriste, ton paradoxos Annan, ek Zois
tis proskerou, pros alikton doxan,
metastisanta
nin,
os
mitera
iparhousan, tis Se tekousis asporos
iperfios, Theotokou ke Parthenou
Mitros.

Enite Afton en timpano ke horo.

Enite

Afton en hordes ke organo.

Mnimin

Agian
telountes,
ton
Propatoron Hristou, Iaokim ke Annis,
ton septon ke amempton, Doxazomen
apafstos, ton Litrotin, ke Iktirmona
Kyrion, ton metastisanta toutous pros
tin Zoin, tin Agiron ke anolethron.

Enite

Afton en kimvalis evihis. Enite

Afton en kimvalis
alalagmou.
Pasa pnoi inesato ton Kyrion.

8.

DORMITION OF

ST ANNA, MOTHER

Thy praises, O Christ; for from this

Life that passes, Thou Wondrously
Translated to Unending Glory, Anna,
who bor Thine own Mother, the
Virgin Maiden and Theotokos, who
seedlessly Conceived and Inffably
gave Birth to Thee.

Salvation of those who faithfully

pronounce Her Blessed.

Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati,

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

Amin
I evkleestatos

Amen
The Most Illustrious, Praiseworthy, God-

ke nin ke ai ke is tous Eonas ton

eonon.

ke axiepenos, Anna i
entheos, ke pansevasmios, githen
arthisa ek Zois, proskerou dieonizi, is
zoin
Athanaton,
met
Angelon
horevousa, Sin ti Thigatri aftis, ke
ahranto Mitri tou Theou, presevousa
apafstos Sothine, tous Pisti taftin
Makarizontas.

Keeping

this happy observance, we

sing Thy praises, O Christ; for from
this
Life
that
passes,
Thou
Wondrously Translated to Unending
Glory, Anna, who bor Thine own
Mother, the Virgin Maiden and
Theotokos,
who
seedlessly
Conceived and Inffably gave Birth to
Thee.

Praise

Him with timbrel and dance;

praise Him with strings and flute.

As

we observe this Memorial of

Christs Ancestors, of Joachim and
Anna
who
were
Saintly
and
blameless, we Glorify our tenderly
Merciful
Lord
and
Redeemer
unceasingly; for He has herefrom
Translated
them
to
Life
Indestructible and ageless.

Praise

Him with tuneful cymbals;

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

OF OUR

LADY THEOTOKOS - 25 JULY

Inspired and Ever Venerable Anna is

lifted up, from the temporal life on
earth and taken to Life Immortal,
living in Eternity, joining chorus
with Hosts on High, Interceding
ceaselessly with her Daughter, the
Immaculate Theotokos, for the
Salvation of those who Faithfully
pronounce Her Blessed.

SECOND FESTAL KATHISMA ST ANNA- DORMITION - TONE 1

Tas

Nomou Entolas, thearestos tirousa,

miteras Israil, iperiras apasas, tin
monin
Aiparthenon,
Theotokon
kiissa, Agiolekte, Anna Promitor
Kyriou. Metastasa de, ek Gis pros
Thion nimfona, Dikeon iperkise.

Praise

Him with the sound of the

trumpet; praise Him with lute and
harp.

and to the Holy Spirit, now and

forever, and to the Ages of ages.

Thou

kept the Laws Commands in a

God-please maner, and so Thou rose
above all Israels mothers, for
carrying in Thy womb the Ever
Virgin Theotokos. Elect in Holiness,
the Lords Ancestor, Anna, being
conveyed from earth to the Divine
Bridal
Chamber,
Thou
clearly
surpass the Just.

Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati, Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
ke nin ke ai ke is tous Eonas ton
eonon.

Amin
Tas Nomou

Entolas, thearestos tirousa,

miteras Israil, iperiras apasas, tin
monin
Aiparthenon,
Theotokon
kiissa, Agiolekte, Anna Promitor
Kyriou. Metastasa de, ek Gis pros
Thion nimfona, Dikeon iperkise.

RESURRECTION PRAYER - PSALM

50 - PRAYER OF SALVATION

and to the Holy Spirit, now and

forever, and to the Ages of ages.

Amen
Thou kept

the Laws Commands in a

God-please maner, and so Thou rose
above all Israels mothers, for
carrying in Thy womb the Ever
Virgin Theotokos. Elect in Holiness,
the Lords Ancestor, Anna, being
conveyed from earth to the Divine
Bridal
Chamber,
Thou
clearly
surpass the Just.

FESTAL KONTAKION ST ANNA DORMITION -

Progonon

Hristou,
tin
mnimin
eortazomen, tin touton Pistos,
etoumeni voithian, tou risthine
apantas, apo pasis thlipseos, tous
kravgazontas. O Theos genou meth
imon, O TOUTOUS DOXASAS OS
IIDOKISAS.

DORMITION OF

ST ANNA, MOTHER

TONE 2

Today

OF OUR

we observe the memory of

Christs Forebears, and also we pray
that we might receive their Aid, so
that all of us may be freed from
tribulations, as we cry aloud: Be
with us, O Lord our God, WHO
GLORIFIED THEM AS THOU WERE
PLEASED TO DO!

LADY THEOTOKOS - 25 JULY

5.

FESTAL OIKOS ST ANNA - DORMITION

Profitikos sinelthomen pantes, tou axios

Let

us all prophetically come together

to worthily extol the All Holy Passing
of Christs Grandmother. For today
she passed from this temporal life
and Joyfully made her way into
Heaven, where she greatly rejoices.
As the True Mother of the True
Theotokos, she cries out with Faith:
My soul magnifies the Lord, for I
gave Birth to His Mother on earth!
May He be with us, HE WHO
GLORIFIED THEM AS HE WAS PLEASED
TO DO.

imnise tis progonou Hristou tin

Panagian metastasin. Simeron gar
ek tis eproskerou metastasa Zois, en
tis epouraniis meta haras tin porian
pioumeni agallete, ke os ousa Mitir
tis ontos alithous Theotokou, kavazi
Pistos. Megalini i psihi mou ton
Kyrion, oti etekon tin toutou Mitera
en ti gi. Genito oun meth imon, O
TOUTOUS DOXASAS OS IIDOKISE.

SYNAXARION

Ti

OF

On

afti imera, Mnimi ton Agion 165

Pateron, ton en ti pempti Ikoumeniki
Synodo sinelthonton ke ta Origenous
dogmata kathelonton.

On this day we Commemorate the 165

Ti

afti imera, mnimi tis Osias ke

Makarias Olympiados tis Diakonou.

On

this day we Commemorate the

Holy and Blessed St Olympa the
Deaconness.

Ti

afti imera, mnimi tis Osias Mitros

imon, Evpraxias.

On

this day we Commemorate our

Holy Mother, St Eupraxia.

Ti

afti imera, mnimi ton Agion

Martyron
Saktou
(is
Sagktou)
Matourou, Attalou ke Vlandinis.

On this day we Commeorate the Holy

the 25th day of this month we

Commemorate the Dormition of St
Anna, Mother of the Most Holy
Theotokos.
Holy Fathers who gathered for the
Fifth
Ecumenical
Council
in
Constantinople in the year 533 to
refute the Doctrines of Origen.

Martyrs, St Sanctos, St Maturos, St

Attalos, and St Blandina

Tes

By

Afton Agiis Presvies, O Theos,

eleison imas.

Amin

their Holy Intercessions, O God,

have Mercy on us.

OF THE

Anixo to stoma mou ke plirothisete

Pnevmatos ke logon erevxome ti
Vasilidi Mitri. Ke ofthisome fedros
Panigirizon ke aso gnothomenos

I shall open my mouth and the

Spirit will inspire it, and I shall utter
the words of my song to the Queen
and Mother:
I shall be seen
radiantly
keeping
Feast
and
JOYFULLY PRAISING HER MIRACLES

Tous

Sous Imnologous, Theotoke,

izosa ke Afthonos Pigi, Thiason
Sigkrotisantas
Pnevmatikon,
stereoson. Ke en ti Thia Doxi Sou
Stefanon Doxis axioson.

Tin anexihniaston Thian Voulin tis

ek tis Parthenou sarkoseos Sou to Ipsistou

ODI 4

DORMITION OF

ST ANNA, MOTHER

ODE 3

O Mother of God, Thou living and

plentiful Fount, grant strength to

those united in Spiritual Fellowship,
who sing Hymns of
Praise to
Thee: and in Thy Divine Glory grant
them Crowns of Glory.
ODE

4
Perceiving the Unsearchable
Purpose of God concerning Thine
Incarnation from a Virgin, O Most

OF OUR

LADY THEOTOKOS - 25 JULY

The whole world was amazed at

Thy Divine Glory: for Thou, O
Virgin, Who has not known wedlock,
has been Translated from earth to
the Eternal Mansions to the Life
without end, bestowing Salvation
upon all who sing Thy praises.

ODE 5

Exesti

Tin

Thian Taftin ke Pantimon

Telountes Eortin i Theofrones tis
Theomitoros,
defte
tas
hiras
krotisomen, ton ex aftis
tehthenta
Theon Doxazontes.
6

As we celebrate this Sacred and

Solemn Feast of the Theotokos, let
us come, clapping our hands,
O
people of the Lord, and Glorifying
God Who was Born of her.

ODE 6

7
The Holy Children bravely
trampled upon the threatening fire,
preferring not to worship created
things rather than the Creator, and
they sang in Joy: Blessed art Thou
and praised above all: O Lord God of
our Fathers!

ODE

ODI 7

ODI

Ouk elatrefsan ti ktisi i Theoforones

para ton Ktisanta. Alla piros apilin
andrios patisantes, herontes epsallon.
Iperimnite, O ton Pateron Kyrios ke
Theos, Evlogitos i
8
Enoumen, Evlogoumen
Proskinoumen ton Kyrios.

ke

Pedas

evagis en ti kamino O tokos tis

Theotokou
diesosato,
tote
men
tipoumenos, nin de
energoumenos
tin
ikoumenin
apasan
agiri
psallousan.
Ton Kyrion imnite ta
Erga ke iperipsoute is pantas tous
eonas.

MAGNIFICAT
KATAVASIA

OF THE

gigenis skiratato to pnevmati

lampadouhoumenos. Panigirizeto de
ailon noon fisis, gererousa TA IERA
THAVMASIA tis Theomitoros ke voato.
Heris, Pammakariste Theotoke Agni,
Aiparthene.

THE

We Praise, we Bless and we

Worship the Lord!

ODE 8

The Offspring of the Theotokos saved

the Holy Children in the furnace.
He Who was then prefigured has
since been born on earth, and He
gathers together all Creation to sing:
O ye Works of the Lord: Bless ye the
Lord and exalt Him above all
forever!

EVER BLESSED THEOTOKOS -

Apas

ODE 1

TAFTIS TA THAVMATA.

6.

ODI

EVER BLESSED THEOTOKOS - TONE 4

ODI 1

ODI 3

Amen
KATAVASIA

High, the Prophet Habakkuk cried:

Glory to Thy Power, O Lord!

ta simpanta epi ti Thia Doxi

Sou. Si gar, apirogame Parthene, eshes
en Mitra ton epi Panton Theon ke tetokas
ahronon Iion, pasi tis imnousi Se Sotirian
vravevousa.

ODI

25 JULY

KE tou aftou minos, Mnimi tis

Kimiseos tis Agias Annis, mitros tis
Iperagias Theotokou.

Ti

O
Profitis
Abbakoum
katanoon
ekravgaxe. Doxa ti Dinami Sou, Kyrie

9TH ODE

Let

every mortaL born on earth,

carrying his lamp, in spirit leap for
Joy; and let the Orders of Angelic
Powers celebrate and honour THE
HOLY FEAST of the Theotokos, and
let them cry: Hail, All Blessed
Theotokos, Pure and Ever Virgin!

SMALL LITANY & PRAISES TO

THE LORD

FESTAL EXAPOSTILARION ST ANNA DORMITION - TONE 2

Hreostikos

imnisomen, tin Theokliton

Annan tin Theotokon afti gar, tin
Parthenon Marian, kiisasa par
elpida, aghistefs kata sarka, Hristou
tou Litrotou imon, anedihthi tou
taftin, Theoprepos, proslavontos
simeron en ipsistis, iper imon
presvevousa, ke Irinis tou kosmou.

DORMITION OF

ST ANNA, MOTHER

Of Righteous Anna, Called by God, let

OF OUR

us duly sing praises.

For she
conceived beyond all hope and
bore the Virgin Mary, the Most
Holy Theotokos; and in so doing
she shone forth as Kin to Christ
our Redeemers; and He,as God,
having taken her today to join Him
on High, she Intercedes on our
LADY THEOTOKOS - 25 JULY

7.