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Festal Vespers Hymns

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28 January
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HYMN OF THE EVENING INCENSE

THE CONGREGATION
PSALM 140/141 – TONE 2
Kyrie ekekraxa pros Se, isakouson mou.
Isakouson mou, Kyrie. Kyrie,
ekekraxa pros Se, isakouson mou,
proshes ti foni tis deiseos mou, en to
kekragene me pros Se, isakouson
mou Kyrie.
Katevthinthito i prosevhi mou os
thimiama enopion Sou. Eparsis ton
hiron mou Thisia Esperini. Isakouson
mou Kyrie!
MENAION - FESTAL STIHERA- ST EPHRAIM
MUST STAND
Lord, I cry out to Thee: hear me,
O Lord! O Lord, when I cry
out to Thee, hear me! Hear
my voice, when I cry out to
Thee! Hear me, O Lord!
Let my Prayer rise before Thee
St Paisios of Mount Athos
like incense - the lifting up of
my hands as the Evening Sacrifice. Shallow people with secular education
Hear me, O Lord!
THE SYRIAN – TONE 1 are full of themselves, arrogant and proud.

Ean anomias paratirisis, Kyrie, Kyrie, If Thou, O Lord, should mark They are like the satellites up in the air
tis ipostisete? Oti para Si O ilasmos transgression, O Lord, who would that give the impression that they are stars,
estin. stand? For there is Forgiveness
with Thee. whereas, in Reality,
Tou Paradisou ta kalli katoptrisamenos, When Thou had beheld Paradise’s if we pay careful attention to them,
ke dapsilos trifisas, akiratous Beauty reflected in Thee and had
we will notice their slip-ups
limonas, exinthisas to kosmo, gnosin richly delighted in its unspoilt
Theou. Is metehontes Osie, meadows, Thou Blossomed for the and will realise that
pnevmatiki diathesi ti ton psihon, world the Knowledge of God. As we
anathallomen en Pnevmati. now partake of it, O Saint, our soul it is all human falsehood and deception
grows in Spirituality by the Holy
Spirit.
Eneken tou Onomatos Sou ipemina Se, Because of Thy Law, O Lord, I waited
Kyrie, ipeien i psihi ou is ton Logon for Thee; my soul waited for Thy
Sou. Ilpisen i psihi moue pi ton Word. My soul Hopes in the Lord.
Kyrion.
Tou Paradisou ta kalli katoptrisamenos, When Thou had beheld Paradise’s
ke dapsilos trifisas, akiratous Beauty reflected in Thee and had
limonas, exinthisas to kosmo, gnosin richly delighted in its unspoilt
Theou. Is metehontes Osie, meadows, Thou Blossomed for the
pnevmatiki diathesi ti ton psihon, world the Knowledge of God. As we
anathallomen en Pnevmati. now partake of it, O Saint, our soul
grows in Spirituality by the Holy
Spirit.
Apo filakis proias mehri niktos. Apo From the Morning Watch until night;
filakis proias elposato Israil epi ton from the Morning Watch until
Kyrion. night, let Israel Hope in the Lord.
Tin tou Kritou Parousian istorisamenos, Thou hast depicted the Reappearance
tis ton dakrion rithris, ton psihon tas of Christ – the Judge of all – and

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 were counted worthy to become the
DISMISSAL BLESSINGS AND PRAYERS
Mother of God!
St Arsenie Boca
We must never hold grievances against others –
even if they are wicked.
Otherwise our Prayers will not be heard by God.
We must defeat evil with good.
We must remain like Sheep
and then, by the Power of Christ,
we will overcome the Wolves!
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lampadas, anaptin ekdidaskis, pasi
voon, tou Nymphiou tin elefsin.
Perivalometha pantes stolyn
lampran, ipantise to Nymphio Hristo.
Oti para to Kyrio to Eleos ke polli par’
afto litrosis. Ke aftos litrosete ton
Israil ek pason ton anomion Aftou.
Tin tou Kritou Parousian istorisamenos, Thou
tis ton dakrion rithris, ton psihon tas
lampadas, anaptin ekdidaskis, pasi
voon, tou Nymphiou tin elefsin.
Perivalometha pantes stolyn
lampran, ipantise to Nymphio Hristo.
Enite ton Kyrion, panta ta Ethni,
epenesate afton, pantes i lai.
Ti egkratia to soma perifraxamenos, tas Thou
ton pathon kinisis, anevekrosas Pater,
evhes ke agripnies. Othen en Si, i
Tou Pnevmatos dinamis, episkiasasa
edixe notion, Se Fostira ke
pagkosmion.
Oti ekrateothi to Eleos Aftou ef imas,
ke i Alithia tou Kyriou meni is ton
eona.
Ti egkratia to soma perifraxamenos, tas
ton pathon kinisis, anevekrosas Pater,
evhes ke agripnies. Othen en Si, i
Tou Pnevmatos dinamis, episkiasasa
edixe notion, Se Fostira ke
pagkosmion.
✞ Doxa Patri, ke Io, ke Agio Pnevmati
MENAION - FESTAL STIHERA- ST EPHRAIM
Emfronos ton ohliron tou viou
epanastas, Efraim aidime, filisihia tin
erimon katelaves. Ke di’ aftis pros
Theon praktikos anagomenos, to
kosmo elampsas Fostir, ke rimata
Zois tis anthropos epigasas. Dio mi
FESTAL VESPERS HYMNS – ST EPHRAIM THE SYRIAN – 28 JANUARY
thus Thou teach all people that they
ought, by the shedding of tears, to
light the lamp of their soul, and
Thou proclaim that the Bridegroom
will surely come: So let us all now
put on a Splendid Bright Robe, so
taht we can meet the Bridegroom,
Christ!”
For with the Lord there is Mercy, and
with Him is abundant Redemption.
And He will Redeem Israel from all
his transgressions.
hast depicted the Reappearance
of Christ – the Judge of all – and
thus Thou teach all people that they
ought, by the shedding of tears, to
light the lamp of their soul, and
Thou proclaim that the Bridegroom
will surely come: So let us all now
put on a Splendid Bright Robe, so
taht we can meet the Bridegroom,
Christ!”
Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles!
Praise Him, all your people!
put restraints on Thy body
through Self-control, O Saint, and
mortified the movements of the
passions, O Father, by many Prayers
and Vigils. Wherefore the Might of
the Spirit came over Thee, and
exhibited Thee, O Ephraim, as a
Noetic Star for all the world.
For His Mercy rules over us; and the
Truth of the Lord endures forever.
Thou put restraints on Thy body
through Self-control, O Saint, and
mortified the movements of the
passions, O Father, by many Prayers
and Vigils. Wherefore the Might of
the Spirit came over Thee, and
exhibited Thee, O Ephraim, as a
Noetic Star for all the world.
✞ Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit
THE SYRIAN – TONE (6) PLAGAL 2
Prudently rising above life’s troubles, O
Revered Ephraim, with Love of Quiet,
Thou grasped the desert, and led by
it in Truth to God, Thou shone upon
the world as a Beacon, and became a
Source of Words of Life for mankind.
3.
 pafsi en tes evhes Sou stirizon imas,
ek vlavis tou allotriou, risthine tas
psihas imon, Osie Pater.
Ke nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton
eonon.
Amin
THEOTOKION – TONE (6) PLAGAL 2
Theon ek Sou Sarkothenta Egnomen,
Theotoke Parthene, afton iketeve,
sothine tas psihas imon.
THE ENTRANCE – “FOS ILARON ...”

PROKEIMENON - SUNDAY EVENING - PSALM 133 – TONE (8) PLAGAL 4
Idou di Evlogite ton Kyrion, pantes i
douli Kyriou
STIHOS I estatos en Iko Kyriou, en avles
Ikou Theou imon.
Idou di Evlogite ton Kyrion, pantes i
douli Kyriou
LITANY OF FERVENT SUPPLICATION
Ke dinon ptesmaton, tin tapinin mou
APOSTICHA –REPENTANCE -
Imarton is Se Sotir, os O Asotos iios, dexe Like
me Paer, Metanoounta, ke eleison me
O Theos.
Pros Se ira tous ofthalmous mou ton
katikounta en to Ourano. Idou os
ofthalmi doulon is Hiras ton Kyrion
afton, os ofthalmi pediskis is hiras tis
Kyrias aftis, outos i ofthalmi imon
pros Kyrion ton Theon imon, eos ou
iktirise imas.
Krazo Si Hriste, Sotir, tou Telonou tin
fonin. Ilasthiti mi, osper ekino, ke
eleison me O Theos.
Eleison imas, Kyrie, eleison imas, oti epi Have Mercy on us, O Lord, Have Mercy
pli eplisthimen exoudenoseos, epi
plion eplisthi i psihi imon. To onidos
tis evthinousi, ke i exoudenosis tis
iperifanis.
APOSTICHA –HOLY MARTYRS – TONE 2
I tin epigion apolafsin, mi pothisantes
Athlofori, Ournion Agathon
ixiothisan, ke Angelon simpolite
gegonasi, Kyrie, Presvies afton,
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Wherefore, do not cease to support
us by Thy Prayers for the
Deliverance of our soul, O Holy
Father.
Now and ever, and to the Ages of
ages.
Amen
O Virgin Theotokos, we know God –
Incarnate of Thee, the Only Pure and
Only Blessed. Therefore we
unceasingly Praise and Magnify Thee.
Behold now, Bless the Lord, all you
servants of the Lord.
VERSE:You who stand in the House of the
Lord, in the Courts of the House of
our God.
Behold now, Bless the Lord, all you
servants of the Lord
TONE 2
the Prodigal Son, I have sinned
against Thee, O Saviour. Accept me
in repentance, O Father, and have
Mercy on me, O God.
I lift up mine eyes to Thee, Who Dwells
in Heaven. Behold, as the eyes of
servants look to the hands of their
masters, as the eyes ot the
maidservant look to the hands of her
mistress, so do our eye look to the
Lord our God until He shalt have
Compassion upon us.
With the Publican I cry unto Thee, O
Christ my Saviour. Unto me be
Gracous as Thou were unto him, and
have Mercy on me, O God.
on us, for we are greatly filled with
it. We are a disgrace to those who
prosper, and a contempt to the
arrogant.
The Prize-winning Martyrs, who loved
no earthly enjoyments, were
accounted worthy of the bounties of
Heaven. They have become fellow
Eleison ke Soson imas.
✞ Doxa Patri, ke Io, ke Agio Pnevmati
MENAION – FESTAL APOSTIHA – ST EPHRAIM
Profitikos katavrehon tin stromnin tis
darisi, ke meletin viou pioumenos tin
Metanian, tis kriseos ton fovon ergis
imin, ke dia logon ipedexas. Dio tin
Sin timomen apantes, sinelthontes
Pammakar mnimin, paradoxon
pragmaton avtourge, Efraim Aidime.
Ken nin disopoumen Se. Presveve
Hristo to Theo, iper ton psihon imon.
Ke nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton
eonon.
Amin
THEOTOKION – TONE 4
Katakriseos Rise me, Panagia Thenimfe. From
psihin, ke tou Thanatou apallaxon,
efhes Sou ke dories, Dikeoseos tihin,
en imera etaseos, is epetihon, ton
Agion i dimi Metania, katharthenta
me pro telous, ke ton dakrion tes
hisesin.
“NIN APOLIIS TON DOULON SOU...” –
TRISAGION PRAYERS

FESTAL APOLYTIKION – ST EPHRAIM
Tes ton dakrion Sou roes, tis erimou to
agonon egeorgisas, ke tis ek vathou
stengamis, is ekaton tou nponous
ekarpoforisas, ke gegonas Fostir ti
Ikoumeni, lampoon tis Thavmasin,
Efraim Patir imon Osie, Presveve
Hristo to Theo, Sothine tas psihas
imon.
✞ 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
THEOTOKION – TONE (8) PLAGAL 4
Here, i di’ Angelou, tin Haran tou
kosmou dexameni! Here, i tekousa,
ton piitin Sou ke Kyrion! Here, i
Axiothisa, genesthe Mitir Theou!
FESTAL VESPERS HYMNS – ST EPHRAIM THE SYRIAN – 28 JANUARY
Citizens of the Angels. By their
intercessions, O Lord, have Mercy on
us and Save us.
✞ Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit
THE SYRIAN – TONE 4
With the Prophet Thou watered Thy
couch with tears and made
Repentance the concern of Thy Life,
showing us by actions and through
words the Fear of Judgement.
Wherefore, as we come together, O
All Blessed and Honoured Ephraim,
Worker of Wondrous Deeds, we
honour Thy Memory, and now, we
beseech Thee – Intercede with Christ
our God on behalf of our soul.
Now and ever, and to the Ages of
ages.
Amen
Condemnation Deliver me, O All
Holy Bride of God, and free my
wretched soul from dread offences
and from Death by Thy Prayers and
grant that on the Day of Trial I may
obtain the Justification that the
Companies of Saints gained by
Repentance, when I Cleansed myself
with floods of tears.
OF SYRIA – TONE (8) PLAGAL 4
With rivers of tears Thou made the
barren desert bloom, and with Thy
sighs from deep within, Thou made
Thy Labours bear Fruit a
hundredfold, and became a Star,
Illuminating the world by Thy
Miracles, O Ephraim, our Holy
Father: Intercede with Christ our
God for the Salvation of our soul.
and to the Holy Spirit, now and
forever, and to the Ages of ages.
Amen
Hail, O Thou who through an Angel
received the Joy of the world! Hail,
O Virgin, who gave Birth to our
Creator and Lord! Hail, for Thou
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