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Μετὰ τὴν ἀπόλυσιν τοῦ Μεσονυκτικοῦ ὁ Ἱερεὺς ἐκφωνεῖ· 

Εὐλογητὸς ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, πάντοτε, νύν, καὶ ἀεί, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ: μήν.

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ: Δόξα σοὶ ὁ Θεός, δόξα σοί.

Βασιλεῦ οὐράνιε, Παράκλητε, τὸ Πνεῦμα τῆς ἀληθείας ὁ πανταχοῦ παρὼν καὶ τὰ πάντα πληρῶν ὁ θησαυρός τῶν ἀγαθῶν καὶ ζωῆς χορηγός, ἐλθὲ καὶ σκήνωσον ἐν ἡμῖν καὶ καθάρισον ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ πάσης κηλῖδος καὶ σῶσον ἀγαθέ, τὰς ψυχὰς ἡμῶν.

ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ: γιος ὁ Θεός, ἅγιος ἰσχυρός, ἅγιος ἀθάνατος ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς (γ’).

Δόξα Πατρὶ…  Καὶ νῦν

Παναγία Τριάς, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς

Κύριε ἐλέησον (γ’)

Δόξα Πατρὶ... Καὶ νῦν

Πάτερ ἡμῶν...

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

τι σοῦ ἐστὶν ἡ βασιλεία καὶ ἡ δύναμις καὶ ἡ δόξα τοῦ Πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ καί τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ:  μήν.

Κύριε ἐλέησον (ιβ')

Δόξα Πατρὶ…  Καὶ νῦν

Δεῦτε προσκυνήσωμεν (γ΄)

ΨΑΛΜΟΣ 19

πακούσαι σου Κύριος ἐν ἡμέρᾳ θλίψεως...      

ΨΑΛΜΟΣ 20

Κύριε, ἐν τῇ δυνάμει σου εὐφρανθήσεται...

γιος ὁ Θεός... (γ’)

Δόξα Πατρὶ…  Καὶ νῦν…

Παναγία Τριάς, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς...

Κύριε ἐλέησον (γ’)

Δόξα Πατρὶ…  Καὶ νῦν…

Πάτερ ἡμῶν...

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

τι σοῦ ἐστὶν ἡ βασιλεία καὶ ἡ δύναμις καὶ ἡ δόξα τοῦ Πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ καί τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ

Σῶσον, Κύριε, τὸν λαόν σου…

Δόξα Πατρὶ...

ὑψωθεὶς ἐν τῷ Σταυρῶ ἑκουσίως...

Καὶ νῦν...

Προστασία φοβερὰ καὶ ἀκαταίσχυντε...

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

λέησον ἡμᾶς ὁ Θεὸς κατὰ τὸ μέγα ἐλεός σου, δεόμεθά σου, ἐπάκουσον καὶ ἐλέησον.

ΧΟΡΟΣ: Κύριε, ἐλέησον (γ'). καί μετά ἀπό κάθε αἴτηση.

τι δεόμεθα ὑπὲρ τῶν εὐσεβῶν καὶ ὀρθοδόξων Χριστιανῶν.

τι δεόμεθα ὑπὲρ τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ Ἀρχιεπισκόπου ἡμῶν (δεῖνος) καὶ πάσης της ἐν Χριστῷ ἡμῶν ἀδελφότητος.

τι ἐλεήμων καὶ φιλάνθρωπος Θεὸς ὑπάρχεις, καὶ σοὶ τὴν δόξαν ἀναπέμπομεν, τῷ Πατρὶ καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ καὶ τῷ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τους αἰῶνας των αἰώνων.

ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ: μήν. Ἐν ὀνόματι Κυρίου, εὐλόγησον, Πάτερ.

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

Δόξα τῇ ἁγίᾳ καὶ ὁμοουσίῳ, καὶ ζωοποιῷ καὶ ἀδιαιρέτῳ Τριάδι, πάντοτε, νύν, καὶ ἀεί, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ: μήν.

Καὶ λεγομένου τοῦ Ἑξάψαλμος, ὁ Ἱερεὺς ἀναγινώσκει τὰς ἑωθινὰς εὐχάς· πρῶτον μὲν ἱστάμενος πρὸ τῆς ἁγίας Τραπέζης καὶ ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ Δόξα Πατρί, μετὰ τοὺς τρεῖς πρώτους ψαλμούς, ἐξέλθεται διὰ τῆς βορείου πύλης καὶ ἵσταται πρὸ τῆς εἰκόνας τοῦ Χριστοῦ.

ΕΥΧΗ Α’

Εὐχαριστοῦμεν σοι, Κύριε, ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, τῷ ἐξαναστήσαντι ἡμᾶς ἐκ τῶν κοιτῶν ἡμῶν, καὶ ἐμβαλόντι εἰς τὸ στόμα ἡμῶν λόγον αἰνέσεως, τοῦ προσκυνεῖν καὶ ἐπικαλεῖσθαι τὸ ὄνομά σου τὸ ἅγιον· καὶ δεόμεθα τοῖς σοῖς οἰκτιρμοῖς, οἷς πάντοτε ἐχρήσω περὶ τὴν ἡμετέραν ζωήν. Καὶ νῦν ἐξαπόστειλον τὴν βοήθειάν σου ἐπὶ τοὺς ἑστῶτας πρὸ προσώπου τῆς ἁγίας δόξης σου και ἀπεκδεχομένους τὸ παρὰ σου πλούσιον ἔλεος καὶ δὸς αὐτοῖς μετὰ φόβου καὶ ἀγάπης πάντοτε σοι λατρεύειν, αἰνεῖν, ὑμνεῖν, προσκυνεῖν, τὴν ἀνεκδιήγητόν σου ἀγαθότητα.

τι πρέπει σοι, πᾶσα δόξα, τιμὴ καὶ προσκύνησις, τῷ Πατρὶ καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ καὶ τῷ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.

 

ΕΥΧΗ Β’

κ νυκτὸς ὀρθρίζει τὸ πνεῦμα ἡμῶν πρὸς σέ, ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, διότι φῶς τὰ προστάγματά σου ἐπι τῆς γῆς· δικαιοσύνην καὶ ἁγιασμὸν ἐπιτελεῖν ἐν τῷ φόβῳ σου, συνέτισον ἡμᾶς· σὲ γὰρ δοξάζομεν τὸν ὄντως ὄντα Θεὸν ἡμῶν. Κλῖνον τὸ οὗς σου καὶ ἐπάκουσον ἡμῶν· καὶ μνήσθητι, Κύριε, τῶν συμπαρόντων καὶ συνευχομένων ἡμῖν πάντων κατ᾽ ὄνομα καὶ σῶσον αὐτοὺς τῇ δυνάμει σου· ἐυλόγησον τὸν λαόν σου καὶ ἁγίασον τὴν κληρονομίαν σου· εἰρήνην τῷ κόσμῳ σου δώρησαι, ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις σου, τοῖς ἱερεῦσι, τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν, ἡμῶν καὶ παντὶ τῷ λαῷ σου.

τι ηὐλόγηται καὶ δεδόξασται τὸ πάντιμον καὶ μεγαλοπρεπὲς ὄνομά σου, τοῦ Πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.

ΕΥΧΗ Γ’

κ νυκτὸς ὀρθρίζει τὸ πνεῦμα ἡμῶν πρὸς σέ ὁ Θεὸς, διότι φῶς τὰ προστάγματα σου. Δίδαξον ἡμᾶς, ὁ Θεὸς, τὴν δικαιοσύνην σου, τὰς ἐντολάς σου καὶ τὰ δικαιώματά σου· φώτισον τοὺς ὀφθαμοὺς τῶν διανοιῶν ἡμῶν, μήποτε ὑπνώσωμεν ἐν ἁμαρτίαις εις θάνατον· ἀπέλασον πάντα ζόφον ἀπὸ τῶν καρδιῶν ἡμῶν· χάρισαι ἡμῖν τὸν τῆς δικαιοσύνης ἥλιον καὶ ἀνεπηρέαστον τὴν ζωὴν ἡμῶν διαφύλαξον ἐν τῇ σφραγῖδι τοῦ ἁγίου σου Πνεύματος· κατεύθυνον τὰ διαβήματα ἡμῶν εἰς ὁδὸν εἰρήνης· δὸς ἡμῖν ἰδεῖν τὸν ὄρθρον καὶ τὴν ἡμέραν ἐν ἀγαλλιάσει, ἵνα σοι τὰς ἑωθινὰς ἀναπέμπωμεν εὐχάς.

τι σὸν τὸ κράτος καὶ σοῦ ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία καὶ ἡ δύναμις καὶ ἡ δόξα, τοῦ Πατρὸς καί τοῦ Υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Χορὸς Ἀμήν.

ΕΥΧΗ Δ’

Δέσποτα ὁ Θεὸς, ὁ ἅγιος καὶ ἀκατάληπτος, ὁ εἰπὼν ἐκ σκότους φῶς λάμψαι, ὁ ἀναπαύσας ἡμᾶς ἐν τῷ τῆς νυκτὸς ὕπνῳ καὶ διαναστήσας πρὸς δοξολογίαν καὶ ἱκεσίαν τῆς σῆς ἀγαθότητος, δυσωπούμενος ὑπο τῆς ἰδίας σου εὐσπλαγχνίας, πρόσδεξαι ἡμᾶς καὶ νῦν προσκυνοῦντάς σε καὶ κατὰ δύναμιν εὐχαριστοῦντάς σοι καὶ δώρησαι ἡμῖν πάντα τὰ πρὸς σωτηρίαν αἰτήματα· ἀνάδειξον ἡμᾶς υἱοὺς φωτὸς καὶ ἡμέρας καὶ κληρονόμους τῶν αἰωνίων σου ἀγαθῶν. Μνήσθητι, Κύριε, ἐν τῷ πλήθει τῶν οἰκτιρμῶν σου καὶ παντὸς τοῦ λαοῦ σου, τῶν συμπαρόντων καὶ συνευχομένων ἡμῖν καὶ πάντων τῶν ἀδελφῶν ἡμῶν, τῶν ἐν γῇ, τῶν ἐν θαλάσσῃ, τῶν ἐν παντὶ τόπω τῆς δεσποτείας σου δεομένων τῆς σῆς φιλανθρωπίας καὶ βοηθείας, καὶ πᾶσι χορήγησον τὸ μέγα σου ἔλεος.

να, σεσωσμένοι ψυχῇ τε καὶ σώματι πάντοτε διαμένοντες, μετὰ παῤῥησίας δοξάζωμεν τὸ θαυμαστὸν καὶ εὐλογημένον ὄνομά σου, τοῦ Πατρὸς καί τοῦ Υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.

ΕΥΧΗ Ε’

γαθῶν θησαυρέ, πηγὴ ἀέναος, Πάτερ ἅγιε, θαυμαστοποιέ, παντοδύναμε καὶ παντοκράτορ, πάντες σὲ προσκυνοῦμεν καὶ σοῦ δεόμεθα, τὰ σὰ ἐλέη καὶ τοὺς σοὺς οἰκτιρμοὺς ἐπικαλούμενοι εἰς βοήθειαν καὶ ἀντίληψιν τῆς ἡμετέρας ταπεινώσεως. Μνήσθητι, Κύριε, τῶν σῶν ἱκετῶν· πρόσδεξαι πάντων ἡμῶν τὰς ἑωθινας δεήσεις, ὡς θυμίαμα ἐνώπιον σου, καὶ μηδένα ἡμῶν ἀδόκιμον ποιήσης, ἀλλά πάντας ἡμᾶς περιποίησαι διὰ τῶν οἰκτιρμῶν σου. Μνήσθητι, Κύριε, τῶν ἀγρυπνούντων καὶ ψαλλόντων εἰς δόξαν σὴν καὶ τοῦ μονογενοῦς σου Υἱοῦ καὶ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου σου Πνεύματος. Γενοῦ αὐτῶν βοηθὸς καὶ ἀντιλήπτωρ· πρόσδεξαι αὐτῶν τὰς ἱκεσίας εἰς τὸ ὑπερουράνιον καὶ νοερόν σου θυσιαστήριον.

τι σὺ εἶ ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, καὶ σοὶ τὴν δόξαν ἀναπέμπομεν, τῷ Πατρὶ καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ καὶ τῷ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.

ΕΥΧΗ ΣΤ’

Εὐχαριστοῦμέν σοι, Κύριε ὁ Θεὸς τῶν σωτηρίων ἡμῶν, ὅτι πάντα ποιεῖς εἰς εὐεργεσίαν τῆς ζωῆς ἡμῶν, ἵνα διὰ παντὸς πρὸς σὲ ἀποβλέπωμεν, τὸν σωτῆρα καὶ εὐεργέτην τῶν ἡμετέρων ψυχῶν· ὅτι διανέπαυσας ἡμᾶς ἐν τῷ παρελθόντι τῆς νυκτὸς μέτρῳ καὶ ἐξήγειρας ἡμᾶς ἐκ τῶν κοιτῶν ἡμῶν καὶ ἔστησας εἰς προσκύνησιν τοῦ τιμίου ὀνόματός σου. Διὸ δεόμεθά σου, Κύριε· δὸς ἡμῖν χάριν καὶ δύναμιν, ἵνα καταξιωθῶμεν ψάλλειν σοι συνετῶς καὶ προσεύχεσθαι ἀδιαλείπτως ἐν φόβῳ καὶ τρόμῳ, τὴν ἑαυτῶν σωτηρίαν κατεργαζόμενοι, διὰ τῆς ἀντιλήψεως τοῦ Χριστοῦ σου. Μνήσθητι, Κύριε, καὶ τῶν ἐν νυκτὶ πρὸς σὲ βοώντων· ἐπάκουσον αὐτῶν καὶ ἐλέησον καὶ σύντριψον ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας αὐτῶν τοὺς ἀοράτους καὶ πολεμίους ἐχθρούς.

Σὺ γὰρ εἶ ὁ Βασιλεὺς τῆς εἰρήνης καὶ Σωτήρ τῶν ψυχῶν ἡμῶν, καὶ σοὶ τὴν δόξαν ἀναπέμπομεν, τῷ Πατρὶ καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ καὶ τῷ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.

ΕΥΧΗ Ζ’

Θεὸς καὶ Πατήρ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὁ ἐξαναστήσας ἡμᾶς ἐκ τῶν κοιτῶν ἡμῶν καὶ ἐπισυναγαγὼν ἐπὶ τὴν ὥραν τῆς προσευχῆς, δὸς ἡμῖν χάριν ἐν ἀνοίξει τοῦ στόματος ἡμῶν καὶ πρόσδεξαι ἡμῶν τὰς κατὰ δύναμιν εὐχαριστίας· καὶ δίδαξον ἡμᾶς τὰ δικαιώματά σου, ὅτι προσεύξασθαι καθ᾽ ὅ δεῖ οὐκ οἴδαμεν, ἐὰν μὴ σύ, Κύριε, τῷ Πνεύματι σου τῷ ἁγίῳ ὁδηγήσης ἡμᾶς. Διό, δεόμεθά σου· εἴ τι ἡμάρτομεν μέχρι τῆς παρούσης ὥρας, ἐν λόγω ἤ ἔργω ἤ κατὰ διάνοιαν, ἑκουσίως ἤ ἀκουσίως, ἄνες, ἄφες, συγχώρησον· ἐὰν γὰρ ἀνομίας παρατηρήσης, Κύριε, Κύριε, τίς ὑποστήσεται; ὅτι παρὰ σοὶ ἡ ἀπολύτρωσις. Σὺ εἶ μόνος ἅγιος, βοηθός, κραταιὸς ὑπερασπιστὴς τῆς ζωῆς ἡμῶν καὶ ἐν σοὶ ἡ ὕμνησις ἡμῶν διαπαντός.

Εἴη τὸ κράτος τῆς βασιλείας σου εὐλογημένον καὶ δεδοξασμένον τοῦ Πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.

ΕΥΧΗ Η’

Κύριε ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, ὁ τὴν τοῦ ὕπνου ῥᾳθυμίαν ἀποσκεδάσας ἀφ᾽ ἡμῶν, καὶ συγκαλέσας ἡμᾶς κλήσει ἁγία, τοῦ καὶ ἐν νυκτὶ ἐπάραι τὰς χεῖρας ἡμῶν καὶ ἐξομολογεῖσθαι σοι ἐπὶ τὰ κρίματα τῆς δικαιωσύνης σου, πρόσδεξαι τὰς δεήσεις ἡμῶν, τὰς ἐντεύξεις, τὰς ἐξομολογήσεις, τὰς νυκτερινὰς λατρείας· καὶ χάρισαι ἡμῖν, ὁ Θεὸς, πίστιν ἀκαταίσχυντον, ἐλπίδα βεβαίαν, ἀγάπην ἀνυπόκριτον· εὐλόγησον ἡμῶν εἰσόδους καὶ ἐξόδους, πράξεις, ἔργα, λόγους, ἐνθυμήσεις· καὶ δὸς ἡμῖν καταντῆσαι εἰς τὰς ἀρχὰς τῆς ἡμέρας, αἰνοῦντας, ὑμνοῦντας, εὐλογοῦντας τῆς σῆς ἀφράστου χρηστότητος τὴν ἀγαθότητα.

τι ηὐλόγηταί τὸ πανάγιον σου ὄνομα, καὶ δεδόξασταί σου ἡ βασιλεία, τοῦ Πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.

ΕΥΧΗ Θ’

Λάμψον, Δέσποτα φιλάνθρωπε, ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ἡμῶν, τὸ τῆς σῆς θεογνωσίας ἀκήρατον φῶς, καὶ τοὺς τῆς διανοίας ἡμῶν ὀφθαλμοὺς διάνοιξον εἰς τὴν τῶν εὐαγγελικῶν σου κηρυγμάτων κατανόησιν. Ἔνθες ἡμῖν καὶ τὸν τῶν μακαρίων σου ἐντολῶν φόβον, ἵνα πάσας τὰς σαρκικὰς ἐπιθυμίας καταπατήσαντες, πνευματικὴν πολιτείαν μετέλθωμεν, πάντα τὰ πρὸς εὐαρέστησιν τὴν σὴν καὶ φρονοῦντες καὶ πράττοντες.

τι σὺ εἶ ὁ ἁγιασμὸς ἡμῶν, καὶ σοὶ τὴν δόξαν ἀναπέμπομεν, τῷ Πατρὶ καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ καὶ τῷ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.

ΕΥΧΗ Ι’

Κύριε ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, ὁ τὴν διὰ μετανοίας ἄφεσιν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις δωρησάμενος καὶ τύπον ἡμῖν ἐπιγνώσεως ἀμαρτημάτων καὶ ἐξομολογήσεως τὴν τοῦ προφήτου Δαυΐδ μετάνοιαν πρὸς συγχώρησιν ὑποδείξας· αὐτός, Δέσποτα, πολλοῖς ἡμᾶς καὶ μεγάλοις περιπεπτωκότας πλημμελήμασιν, ἐλέησον κατὰ τὸ μέγα σου ἔλεος, καὶ, κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν οἰκτιρμῶν σου, ἐξάλειψον τὰ ἀνομήματα ἡμῶν· ὅτι σοι ἡμάρτομεν, Κύριε, τῷ καὶ τὰ ἄδηλα καὶ κρύφια τῆς καρδίας τῶν ἀνθρώπων γινώσκοντι καὶ μόνῳ ἔχοντι ἐξουσίαν ἀφιέναι ἀμαρτίας. Καρδίαν δὲ καθαρὰν κτίσας ἐν ἡμῖν καὶ πνεύματι ἡγεμονικῷ στηρίξας ἡμᾶς καὶ την ἀγαλλίασιν τοῦ σωτηρίου σου γνωρίσας ἡμῖν, μὴ ἀποῤῥίψῃς ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τοῦ προσώπου σου· ἀλλ᾽ εὐδόκησον, ὡς ἀγαθὸς καὶ φιλάνθρωπος, μέχρι τῆς ἐσχάτης ἡμῶν ἀναπνοῆς προσφέρειν σοι θυσίαν δικαιοσύνης καὶ ἀναφορὰν ἐν τοῖς ἁγίοις σου θυσιαστηρίοις.

λέει, καὶ οἰκτιρμοίς, καὶ φιλανθρωπία τοῦ μονογενοῦς σου Υἱοῦ, μεθ᾽ οὖ εὐλογητὸς εἶ, σὺν τῷ παναγίῳ καὶ ἀγαθῷ καὶ ζωοποιῷ σου Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.

ΕΥΧΗ ΙΑ’

Θεὸς, ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, ὁ τας νοερὰς καὶ λογικὰς ὑποστησάμενος δυνάμεις τῷ σῷ θελήματι, σοῦ δεόμεθα καὶ σὲ ἱκετεύομεν, πρόσδεξαι ἡμῶν μετὰ τῶν κτισμάτων σου πάντων τὴν κατὰ δύναμιν δοξολογίαν καὶ ταῖς πλουσίαις τῆς σῆς ἀγαθότητος ἀντάμειψαι δωρεαῖς· ὅτι σοὶ κάμπτει πᾶν γόνυ ἐπουρανίων καὶ ἐπιγείων καὶ καταχθονίων καὶ πᾶσα πνοὴ καὶ κτίσις ὑμνεῖ τὴν ἀκατάληπτόν σου δόξαν· μόνος γὰρ εἶ Θεὸς ἀληθινὸς καὶ πολυέλεος.

τι σὲ αἰνοῦσι πᾶσαι αἱ δυνάμεις τῶν οὐρανῶν, καὶ σοὶ τὴν δόξαν ἀναπέμπομεν, τῷ Πατρὶ καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ καὶ τῷ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.

ΕΥΧΗ ΙΒ’

Αἰνοῦμεν, ὑμνοῦμεν, εὐλογοῦμεν καὶ εὐχαριστοῦμεν σοι, ὁ Θεὸς τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν, ὅτι παρήγαγες τὴν σκιὰν τῆς νυκτὸς καὶ ἔδειξας ἡμῖν πάλιν τὸ φῶς τῆς ἡμέρας· ἀλλ᾽ ἱκετεύομεν τὴν σὴν ἀγαθότητα· ἱλάσθητι ταῖς ἀμαρτίαις ἡμῶν καὶ πρόσδεξαι τὴν δέησιν ἡμῶν ἐν τῇ μεγάλῃ σου εὐσπλαγχνίᾳ, ὅτι πρὸς σὲ καταφεύγομεν, τὸν ἐλεήμονα καὶ παντοδύναμον Θεόν· λάμψον ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ἡμῶν τὸν ἀληθινὸν ἥλιον τῆς δικαιοσύνης σου· φώτισον τὸν νοῦν ἡμῶν καὶ τὰς αἰσθήσεις ὅλας διατήρησον, ἵνα ὡς ἐν ἡμέρᾳ εὐσχημόνως περιπατοῦντες τὴν ὁδὸν τῶν ἐντολῶν σου, καταντήσωμεν εἰς τὴν ζωὴν τὴν αἰώνιον· ὅτι παρὰ σοί ἐστιν ἡ πηγὴ τῆς ζωῆς καὶ ἐν ἀπολαύσει γενέσθαι καταξιωθῶμεν τοῦ ἀπροσίτου φωτός.

τι σὺ εἶ ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, καὶ σοὶ τὴν δόξαν ἀναπέμπομεν, τῷ Πατρὶ καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ καὶ τῷ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.

Καὶ, ἀσπασάμενος τὴν δεσποτικὴν εἰκόνα, εἰσέρχεται διὰ τῆς νοτίου πύλης ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ βήματι. Πληρωθέντος δὲ τοῦ ἑξαψάλμου, λέγει ὁ Ἱερευς ἐνώπιον τῆς ἁγίας Τραπέζης, τὰ εἰρηνικὰ·

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

ν εἰρήνῃ τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

ΧΟΡΟΣ: Κύριε ἐλέησον. [καὶ μετὰ ἀπό κάθε αἴτηση]

πέρ τῆς ἄνωθεν εἰρήνης, καί τῆς σωτηρίας τῶν ψυχῶν ἡμῶν, τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

πέρ τῆς εἰρήνης τοῦ σύμπαντος κόσμου, εὐσταθείας τῶν ἁγίων τοῦ Θεοῦ Ἐκκλησιῶν, καί τῆς τῶν πάντων ἑνώσεως, τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

πέρ τοῦ ἁγίου οἴκου τούτου, καί τῶν μετὰ πίστεως, εὐλαβείας, καὶ φόβου Θεοῦ εἰσιόντων ἐν αὐτῷ, τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

πέρ τοῦ πατρός καὶ Ἀρχιεπισκόπου ἡμῶν (δεῖνος), τοῦ τιμίου πρεσβυτερίου, τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ διακονίας, παντός τοῦ Κλήρου καί τοῦ Λαοῦ, τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

πέρ τῆς πόλεως (Μονῆς κώμης) ταύτης, πάσης πόλεως καὶ χώρας καί τῶν πίστει οἰκούντων ἐν αὐταῖς, τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

πὲρ εὐκρασίας ἀέρων, εὐφορίας τῶν καρπῶν τῆς γῆς καὶ καιρῶν εἰρηνικῶν, τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

πὲρ πλεόντων, ὁδοιπορούντων, νοσούντων, καμνόντων, αἰχμαλώτων καί τῆς σωτηρίας αὐτῶν, τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

πέρ τοῦ ῥυσθῆναι ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ πάσης θλίψεως, ὀργῆς, κινδύνου καὶ ἀνάγκης, τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

ντιλαβοῦ, σῶσον, ἐλέησον καὶ διαφύλαξον ἡμᾶς, ὁ Θεός, τῇ σῇ χάριτι.

Τῆς Παναγίας, ἀχράντου, ὑπερευλογημένης, ἐνδόξου, Δεσποίνης ἡμῶν Θεοτόκου καὶ ἀειπαρθένου Μαρίας, μετὰ πάντων τῶν Ἁγίων μνημονεύσαντες, ἑαυτοὺς καὶ ἀλλήλους καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν ζωὴν ἡμῶν, Χριστῷ τῷ Θεῷ παραθώμεθα.

ΧΟΡΟΣ: Σοὶ Κύριε.

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

τι πρέπει σοι, πᾶσα δόξα, τιμὴ καὶ προσκύνησις, τῷ Πατρὶ καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ καὶ τῷ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

ΧΟΡΟΣ: μήν.  

Μετὰ δὲ τὸ Θεὸς Κύριος, καὶ τὴν συμπλήρωσιν τῆς α’ στιχολογίας ὁ Ἱερευς λέγει τὴν μικρὰν συναπτὴν ·

τι καὶ ἔτι ἐν εἰρήνῃ τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

ΧΟΡΟΣ: Κύριε, ἐλέησον. [καί μετά ἀπό κάθε αἴτηση]

ντιλαβοῦ, σῶσον, ἐλέησον καὶ διαφύλαξον ἡμᾶς, ὁ Θεός, τῇ σῇ χάριτι.

Τῆς Παναγίας, ἀχράντου, ὑπερευλογημένης, ἐνδόξου, Δεσποίνης ἡμῶν Θεοτόκου καὶ ἀειπαρθένου Μαρίας, μετὰ πάντων τῶν Ἁγίων μνημονεύσαντες, ἑαυτοὺς καὶ ἀλλήλους καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν ζωὴν ἡμῶν, Χριστῷ τῷ Θεῷ παραθώμεθα.

ΧΟΡΟΣ: Σοὶ Κύριε.

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

τι σὸν τὸ κράτος καὶ σοῦ ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία καὶ ἡ δύναμις καὶ ἡ δόξα, τοῦ Πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

ΧΟΡΟΣ: μήν.  

Μετὰ τὴν β’ στιχολογίας λέγει·

τι καὶ ἔτι ἐν εἰρήνῃ τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

ΧΟΡΟΣ: Κύριε, ἐλέησον. [καί μετά ἀπό κάθε αἴτηση]

ντιλαβοῦ, σῶσον, ἐλέησον καὶ διαφύλαξον ἡμᾶς, ὁ Θεός, τῇ σῇ χάριτι.

Τῆς Παναγίας, ἀχράντου, ὑπερευλογημένης, ἐνδόξου, Δεσποίνης ἡμῶν Θεοτόκου καὶ ἀειπαρθένου Μαρίας, μετὰ πάντων τῶν Ἁγίων μνημονεύσαντες, ἑαυτοὺς καὶ ἀλλήλους καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν ζωὴν ἡμῶν, Χριστῷ τῷ Θεῷ παραθώμεθα.

ΧΟΡΟΣ: Σοὶ Κύριε.

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

τι ἀγαθὸς καὶ φιλάνθρωπος Θεὸς ὑπάρχεις καὶ σοὶ τὴν δόξαν ἀναπέμπομεν, τῷ Πατρὶ καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ καὶ τῷ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν  αἰώνων.

ΧΟΡΟΣ:  μήν.  

Μετὰ δὲ τὸν Ἄμωμον καὶ τὰ Εὐλογητάρια λέγει·

τι καὶ ἔτι ἐν εἰρήνῃ τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

ΧΟΡΟΣ: Κύριε, ἐλέησον. [καί μετά ἀπό κάθε αἴτηση]

ντιλαβοῦ, σῶσον, ἐλέησον καὶ διαφύλαξον ἡμᾶς, ὁ Θεός, τῇ σῇ χάριτι.

Τῆς Παναγίας, ἀχράντου, ὑπερευλογημένης, ἐνδόξου, Δεσποίνης ἡμῶν Θεοτόκου καὶ ἀειπαρθένου Μαρίας, μετὰ πάντων τῶν Ἁγίων μνημονεύσαντες, ἑαυτοὺς καὶ ἀλλήλους καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν ζωὴν ἡμῶν, Χριστῷ τῷ Θεῷ παραθώμεθα.

ΧΟΡΟΣ: Σοὶ Κύριε.

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

τι ηὐλόγηταί σου τὸ ὄνομα, καὶ δεδόξασταί σου ἡ Βασιλεία, τοῦ Πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

ΧΟΡΟΣ: μήν.  

Ἐν ταῖς Κυριακαῖς λέγεται ἡ Ὑπακοὴ, καί ψάλλονται ἐν συνεχεία οἱ ἀναβαθμοὶ τοῦ ἤχου καὶ τὸ Προκείμενον.  Ἐν μνήμαις ἑορταζομένων ἁγίων ψάλλεται τό Α' Ἀντίφωνον τοῦ Δ’ ἤχου.

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ: Τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

ΧΟΡΟΣ:  Κύριε, ἐλέησον.

τι Ἅγιος εἶ ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, καὶ ἐν ἁγίοις ἐπαναπαύῃ, καὶ σοὶ τὴν δόξαν ἀναπέμπουμεν, τῷ Πατρὶ καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ καὶ τῷ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

ΧΟΡΟΣ: μήν.  

Πᾶσα πνοὴ αἰνεσάτω τὸν Κύριον (ἐκ γ').

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Καὶ ὑπέρ τοῦ καταξιωθῆναι ἡμᾶς τῆς ἀκροάσεως τοῦ ἁγίου Εὐαγγελίου...

ΧΟΡΟΣ: Κύριε, ἐλέησον (γ').

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Σοφία. Ὀρθοῖ, ἀκούσωμεν τοῦ ἁγίου Εὐαγγελίου.

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ: Εἰρήνη πᾶσι.

ΧΟΡΟΣ: Καὶ τῶ Πνεύματί σου.

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ  

κ τοῦ κατὰ (.....) ἁγίου Εὐαγγελίου τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα.

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ: Πρόσχωμεν.

ΧΟΡΟΣ: Δόξα σοί, Κύριε, δόξα σοί.

Καὶ ἀναγινώσκει ὁ Ἱερευς τὸ Εὐαγγέλιον τοῦ Ὄρθρου.

Μετὰ δὲ τὸ πέρας αὐτοῦ λέγει ὁ χορός·

ΧΟΡΟΣ: Δόξα σοί, Κύριε, δόξα σοί.

Καὶ ὁ Ἀναγνώστης  ἀναγινώσκει τόν· Ν’ Ψαλμός χύμα. Ἐν ταῖς Κυριακαῖς ἀναγινώσκει τό Ἀνάστασιν Χριστοῦ θεασάμενοι, και μετά ψάλλεται Ν’ Ψαλμός καὶ γίνεται ὁ ἀσπασμός τοῦ Εὐαγγελίου.

Μετά το «Ἀναστὰς ὁ Ἰησοῦς, ἀπὸ τοῦ τάφου...» ἤ τά τῆς ἑορτῆς, λέγει ὁ Διάκονος:

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Σῶσον, ὁ Θεός, τὸν λαόν σου, καὶ εὐλόγησον τὴν κληρονομίαν σου: ἐπίσκεψαι τὸν κόσμον σου ἐν ἐλέει καὶ οἰκτιρμοίς: ὕψωσον κέρας Χριστιανῶν Ὀρθοδόξων, καὶ κατάπεμψον ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς τὰ ἐλέη σου τὰ πλούσια· πρεσβείαις τῆς παναχράντου, Δεσποίνης ἡμῶν, Θεοτόκου καὶ ἀειπαρθένου Μαρίας: δυνάμει τοῦ τιμίου καὶ ζωοποιοῦ Σταυροῦ, προστασίαις τῶν τιμίων ἐπουρανίων Δυνάμεων ἀσωμάτων, ἱκεσίαις τοῦ τιμίου, ἐνδόξου, προφήτου προδρόμου καὶ βαπτιστοῦ Ἰωάννου, τῶν ἁγίων, ἐνδόξων, καὶ πανευφήμων Ἀποστόλων. τῶν ἐν ἁγίοις Πατέρων ἡμῶν, μεγάλων Ἱεραρχῶν, καὶ Οἰκουμενικῶν Διδασκάλων, Βασιλείου τοῦ Μεγάλου, Γρηγορίου τοῦ Θεολόγου καὶ Ἰωάννου τοῦ Χρυσοστόμου, Ἀθανασίου καὶ Κυρίλλου, Ἰωάννου τοῦ Ἐλεήμονος, πατριαρχῶν Ἀλεξανδρείας: Νικολάου τοῦ ἐν Μύροις τῆς Λυκίας, Σπυρίδωνος ἐπισκόπου Τριμυθοῦντος, τῶν θαυματουργῶν: τῶν ἁγίων ἐνδόξων μεγαλομαρτύρων Γεωργίου τοῦ Τροπαιοφόρου, Δημητρίου τοῦ Μυροβλύτου, Θεοδώρου τοῦ Τήρωνος, καὶ Θεοδώρου τοῦ Στρατηλάτου, τῶν ἱερομαρτύρων Χαραλάμπους καὶ Ἐλευθερίου: τῶν ὁσίων καὶ θεοφόρων Πατέρων ἡμῶν, (ναοῦ), τῶν ἁγίων καὶ δικαίων θεοπατόρων Ἰωακεὶμ καὶ Ἄννης, (ἡμέρας), καὶ πάντων σου τῶν Ἁγίων; ἱκετεύομέν σε, μόνε πολυέλεε Κύριε, ἐπάκουσον ἡμῶν τῶν ἁμαρτωλῶν δεομένων σου καὶ ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς.

ΧΟΡΟΣ: Κύριε, ἐλέησον (ιβ')

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

λέει, καὶ οἰκτιρμοίς, καὶ φιλανθρωπία τοῦ μονογενοῦς σου Υἱοῦ, μεθ᾽ οὐ εὐλογητὸς εἰ, σὺν τῷ παναγίῳ καὶ ἀγαθῷ καὶ ζωοποιῷ σου Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

ΧΟΡΟΣ: μήν.  

Εἶτα, ἀναγινώσκεται ὁ Κανών, ψαλλομένων καὶ τῶν Καταβασιῶν. Εἰς δὲ τὴν γ’ ᾠδὴν·

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

τι καὶ ἔτι ἐν εἰρήνῃ τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

ΧΟΡΟΣ: Κύριε, ἐλέησον. [καί μετά ἀπό κάθε αἴτηση]

ντιλαβοῦ, σῶσον, ἐλέησον καὶ διαφύλαξον ἡμᾶς, ὁ Θεός, τῇ σῇ χάριτι.

Τῆς Παναγίας, ἀχράντου, ὑπερευλογημένης, ἐνδόξου, Δεσποίνης ἡμῶν Θεοτόκου καὶ ἀειπαρθένου Μαρίας, μετὰ πάντων τῶν Ἁγίων μνημονεύσαντες, ἑαυτοὺς καὶ ἀλλήλους καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν ζωὴν ἡμῶν, Χριστῷ τῷ Θεῷ παραθώμεθα.

ΧΟΡΟΣ: Σοὶ Κύριε.

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

τι σὺ εἶ ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, καὶ σοὶ τὴν δόξαν ἀναπέμπομεν, τῷ Πατρὶ καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ καὶ τῷ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

ΧΟΡΟΣ: μήν.  

Εἰς δὲ τὴν στ’ ᾠδὴν·

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

τι καὶ ἔτι ἐν εἰρήνῃ τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

ΧΟΡΟΣ: Κύριε, ἐλέησον. [καί μετά ἀπό κάθε αἴτηση]

ντιλαβοῦ, σῶσον, ἐλέησον καὶ διαφύλαξον ἡμᾶς, ὁ Θεός, τῇ σῇ χάριτι.

Τῆς Παναγίας, ἀχράντου, ὑπερευλογημένης, ἐνδόξου, Δεσποίνης ἡμῶν Θεοτόκου καὶ ἀειπαρθένου Μαρίας, μετὰ πάντων τῶν Ἁγίων μνημονεύσαντες, ἑαυτοὺς καὶ ἀλλήλους καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν ζωὴν ἡμῶν, Χριστῷ τῷ Θεῷ παραθώμεθα.

ΧΟΡΟΣ: Σοὶ Κύριε.

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

Σὺ γὰρ εἶ ὁ Βασιλεὺς τῆς εἰρήνης καὶ Σωτήρ τῶν ψυχῶν ἡμῶν, καὶ σοὶ τὴν δόξαν ἀναπέμπομεν, τῷ Πατρὶ καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ καὶ τῷ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.

ΧΟΡΟΣ: μήν.  

Καὶ ὁ Ἀναγνώστης τὸ Κοντάκιον, Οἶκον, και Συναξάριον τῆς ἡμέρας.

Ἐν ταῖς μοναῖς, ἡ ζ΄ και η΄ ᾠδή τοῦ κανόνος.

Ἐν ταῖς ἐνορίαις, μετὰ τὸ συναξάριον, ὁ χορός ψάλλει ταῖς Καταβασίαις.  Ἐν τῇ καταβασίᾳ τῆς η΄ ᾠδής, προτάσσεται τὸ·

Αἰνοῦμεν, εὐλογοῦμεν, καὶ προσκυνοῦμεν τὸν Κύριον.

Ἐν ταῖς ἐνορίαις μετὰ τὴν η΄ ᾠδήν τῶν καταβασιῶν καὶ ἐν ταῖς μοναῖς μετὰ τὴν η΄ ᾠδήν τοῦ κανόνος, ἐκφωνεὶ ὁ Διάκονος·

Τὴν Θεοτόκον καὶ Μητέρα τοῦ Φωτός, ἐν ὕμνοις τιμῶντες μεγαλύνωμεν.

Καὶ ψάλλεται ἡ Τιμιωτέρα. Καὶ ἡ θ' ᾠδήν τῶν καταβασιῶν ἤ τοῦ κανόνος.

Μεγαλύνει ἡ ψυχή μου τὸν Κύριον...

Τὴν Τιμιωτέραν τῶν Χερουβείμ

Μετὰ δὲ τὴν ἑνάτην ᾠδὴν·

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

τι καὶ ἔτι ἐν εἰρήνῃ τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

ΧΟΡΟΣ: Κύριε, ἐλέησον. [καί μετά ἀπό κάθε αἴτηση]

ντιλαβοῦ, σῶσον, ἐλέησον καὶ διαφύλαξον ἡμᾶς, ὁ Θεός, τῇ σῇ χάριτι.

Τῆς Παναγίας, ἀχράντου, ὑπερευλογημένης, ἐνδόξου, Δεσποίνης ἡμῶν Θεοτόκου καὶ ἀειπαρθένου Μαρίας, μετὰ πάντων τῶν Ἁγίων μνημονεύσαντες, ἑαυτοὺς καὶ ἀλλήλους καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν ζωὴν ἡμῶν, Χριστῷ τῷ Θεῷ παραθώμεθα.

ΧΟΡΟΣ: Σοὶ Κύριε.

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

τι σὲ αἰνοῦσι πᾶσαι αἱ Δυνάμεις τῶν οὐρανῶν, καὶ σοὶ τὴν δόξαν ἀναπέμπομεν, τῷ Πατρὶ καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ καὶ τῷ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

ΧΟΡΟΣ: μήν. 

Εἶτα ψάλλεται τὰ Ἐξαποστειλάρια, οἱ Αἶνοι καὶ ἡ Δοξολογία.

Ἐν ταῖς μοναῖς ὃπου μετά τὸν Ὄρθρον ἀναγινώσκονται αἱ ὧραι, λέγονται αἱ ἀκόλουθες αἰτήσεις ἐκφώνως.

Ἐν ταῖς ἐνορίαις ὅπου μετὰ τὴν Μεγάλην Δοξολογίαν καὶ τὸ Ἀπολυτίκιον τοῦ Ἁγίου ἤ ἐν Κυριακῇ τὸ Ἀναστάσιμον Ἀπολυτίκιον – Σήμερον σωτηρία τῶ κόσμω γέγονεν – αἱ αἰτήσεις σύν τῇ Μεγάλη Ἀπολύσει τοῦ Ὄρθρου λέγονται μυστικῶς ἀπὸ τὸν Ἱερέαν καὶ τὸν Διάκονον ὃταν ἄρχεται ἡ Μεγάλη Δοξολογία.

Ἐν Κυριακῇ ψάλλεται τό·  

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Εἴπωμεν πάντες ἐξ ὅλης τῆς ψυχῆς καὶ ἐξ ὅλης τῆς διανοίας ἡμῶν, εἴπωμεν.

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ ἢ ΧΟΡΟΣ: Κύριε, ἐλέησον. (γ΄) (καί μετά ἀπό κάθε αἴτηση)

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Κύριε, Παντοκράτορ, ὁ Θεὸς τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν, δεόμεθά Σου, ἐπάκουσον καὶ ἐλέησον.

λέησον ἡμᾶς, ὁ Θεός, κατὰ τὸ μέγα ἔλεός Σου, δεόμεθά Σου, ἐπάκουσον καὶ ἐλέησον.

τι δεόμεθα ὑπὲρ τοῦ πατρός καὶ Ἀρχιεπισκόπου ἡμῶν (δεῖνος) καὶ πάσης τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ ἡμῶν ἀδελφότητος.

τι δεόμεθα ὑπὲρ ἐλέους, ζωῆς, εἰρήνης, ὑγείας, σωτηρίας, ἐπισκέψεως, συγχωρήσεως καὶ ἀφέσεως τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν τῶν δούλων τοῦ Θεοῦ, πάντων τῶν εὐσεβῶν καὶ ὀρθοδόξων χριστιανῶν τῶν κατοικούντων καὶ παρεπιδημούντων ἐν τῇ πόλει καὶ ἐνορίᾳ ταύτῃ, (κώμῃ) τῶν ἐπιτρόπων, συνδρομητῶν καὶ ἀφιερωτῶν τῆς ἱερᾶς Ἐκκλησίας ταύτης.

τι δεόμεθα ὑπὲρ τῶν μακαρίων καὶ ἀειμνήστων κτιτόρων τῆς ἁγίας Ἐκκλησίας (ἢ Μονῆς) ταύτης καὶ ὑπὲρ πάντων τῶν προαναπαυσαμένων πατέρων καὶ ἀδελφῶν ἡμῶν, τῶν ἐνθάδε εὐσεβῶς κειμένων καὶ ἀπανταχοῦ ὀρθοδόξων.

τι δεόμεθα ὑπὲρ τῶν καρποφορούντων καὶ καλλιεργούντων ἐν τῷ ἁγίῳ καὶ πανσέπτῳ ναῷ τούτῳ, κοπιώντων, ψαλλόντων καὶ ὑπὲρ τοῦ περιεστῶτος λαοῦ τοῦ ἀπεκδεχομένου τὸ παρὰ σοῦ μέγα καὶ πλούσιον ἔλεος.

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

τι ἐλεήμων καὶ φιλάνθρωπος Θεὸς ὑπάρχεις, καὶ Σοὶ τὴν δόξαν ἀναπέμπομεν, τῷ Πατρὶ καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ καὶ τῷ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

ΧΟΡΟΣ ἢ ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ: μήν.

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Πληρώσωμεν τὴν ἑωθινὴν δέησιν ἡμῶν τῷ Κυρίῳ.

ντιλαβοῦ, σῶσον, ἐλέησον καὶ διαφύλαξον ἡμᾶς, ὁ Θεός, τῇ σῇ χάριτι.

Τὴν ἡμέραν πᾶσαν, τελείαν, ἁγίαν, εἰρηνικὴν καὶ ἀναμάρτητον, παρά τοῦ Κυρίου, αἰτησώμεθα

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ ἢ ΧΟΡΟΣ: Παράσχου Κύριε. [καί μετά ἀπό κάθε αἴτηση]

γγελον εἰρήνης, πιστὸν ὁδηγόν, φύλακα τῶν ψυχῶν καὶ τῶν σωμάτων ἡμῶν, παρά τοῦ Κυρίου αἰτησώμεθα.

Συγγνώμην καὶ ἄφεσιν τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν καὶ τῶν πλημμελημάτων ἡμῶν, παρά τοῦ Κυρίου αἰτησώμεθα.

Τὰ καλὰ καὶ συμφέροντα ταῖς ψυχαῖς ἡμῶν καὶ εἰρήνην τῷ κόσμῳ, παρά τοῦ Κυρίου αἰτησώμεθα.

Τὸν ὑπόλοιπον χρόνον τῆς ζωῆς ἡμῶν ἐν εἰρήνῃ καὶ μετανοίᾳ ἐκτελέσαι, παρά τοῦ Κυρίου αἰτησώμεθα.

Χριστιανὰ τὰ τέλη τῆς ζωῆς ἡμῶν, ἀνώδυνα, ἀνεπαίσχυντα, εἰρηνικά, καὶ καλὴν ἀπολογίαν τὴν ἐπί τοῦ φοβεροῦ βήματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ αἰτησώμεθα.

Τῆς Παναγίας, ἀχράντου, ὑπερευλογημένης, ἐνδόξου Δεσποίνης ἡμῶν Θεοτόκου καὶ ἀειπαρθένου Μαρίας, μετὰ πάντων τῶν Ἁγίων μνημονεύσαντες, ἑαυτοὺς καὶ ἀλλήλους καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν Ζωὴν ἡμῶν Χριστῷ τῷ Θεῷ παραθώμεθα.

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ ἢ ΧΟΡΟΣ: Σοὶ Κύριε.

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

τι Θεὸς ἐλέους, οἰκτιρμῶν, καὶ φιλανθρωπίας ὑπάρχεις, καὶ σοὶ τὴν δόξαν ἀναπέμπομεν, τῷ Πατρὶ καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ καὶ τῷ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ ἢ ΧΟΡΟΣ: μήν.

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ: Εἰρήνη πᾶσι.

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Τὰς κεφαλὰς ἡμῶν τῷ Κυρίῳ κλίνωμεν.

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

Κύριε, Ἅγιε, ὁ ἐν ὑψηλοῖς κατοικῶν καὶ τὰ ταπεινὰ ἐφορῶν, καὶ τῷ παντεφόρῳ σου ὄμματι ἐπιβλέπων ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν κτίσιν, σοὶ ἐκλίναμεν τὸν αὐχένα τῆς ψυχῆς καὶ τοῦ σώματος, καὶ δεόμεθά σου  Ἅγιε Ἁγίων· ἔκτεινον τὴν χεῖρά σου τὴν ἀόρατον ἐξ ἁγίου κατοικητηρίου σου, καὶ εὐλόγησον πάντας ἡμᾶς· καὶ εἴτι ἡμάρτομεν ἑκουσίως ἤ ἀκουσίως, ὡς ἀγαθὸς καὶ φιλάνθρωπος Θεὸς συγχώρησον, δωρούμενος ἡμῖν τὰ ἐγκόσμια καὶ ὑπερκόσμια ἀγαθά σου.

Σὸν γὰρ ἐστι τὸ ἐλεεῖν καὶ σῴζειν ἡμᾶς, ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, καὶ σοὶ τὴν δόξαν ἀναπέμπομεν, τῷ Πατρὶ καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ καὶ τῷ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ ἢ ΧΟΡΟΣ:  μήν.

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ: Σοφία

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ: 

ὢν εὐλογητὸς Χριστὸς ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν , πάντοτε νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν .

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ ἢ ΧΟΡΟΣ:

Στερεώσαι, Κύριος ὁ Θεός, τὴν ἁγίαν ἀμώμητον πίστιν τῶν εὐσεβῶν καὶ ὀρθοδόξων Χριστιανῶν, σὺν τῇ ἁγίᾳ αὐτοῦ Ἐκκλησίᾳ καὶ τῇ πόλει (ἢ τῇ μονῇ, ἢ τῇ κώμῃ) ταύτῃ εἰς αἰῶνας αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ: 

Δόξα σοι ὁ Θεός, ἡ ἐλπὶς ἡμῶν, Κύριε, δόξα Σοι.

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ ἢ ΧΟΡΟΣ:  

Δόξα Πατρὶ καὶ Υἱῷ καὶ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, καὶ νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων, Ἀμήν.

Κύριε ἐλέησον (γ'), Πάτερ ἅγιε, εὐλόγησον.

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ 

(Ὁ ἀναστὰς ἐκ νεκρῶν) Χριστὸς ὁ ἀληθινὸς Θεὸς ἡμῶν ταῖς πρεσβείαις τῆς παναχράντου καὶ παναμώμου ἁγίας Αὐτοῦ μητρός, δυνάμει τοῦ τιμίου καὶ ζωοποιοῦ Σταυροῦ, προστασίαις τῶν τιμίων ἐπουρανίων Δυνάμεων ἀσωμάτων, ἱκεσίαις τοῦ τιμίου, ἐνδόξου, προφήτου Προδρόμου καὶ Βαπτιστοῦ Ἰωάννου, τῶν ἁγίων, ἐνδόξων καὶ πανευφήμων Ἀποστόλων, τῶν ἁγίων ἐνδόξων καὶ καλλινίκων Μαρτύρων, τῶν ὁσίων καὶ θεοφόρων Πατέρων ἡμῶν, (τοῦ ἁγίου τοῦ Ναοῦ), τῶν ἁγίων καὶ δικαίων θεοπατόρων Ἰωακεὶμ καὶ Ἄννης, (τοῦ ἁγίου τῆς ἡμέρας) οὗ καὶ τὴν μνήμην ἐπιτελοῦμεν, καὶ πάντων τὸν Ἁγίων, ἐλεήσαι καὶ σώσαι ἡμᾶς, ὡς ἀγαθὸς καὶ φιλάνθρωπος.

Δι᾽ εὐχῶν των ἁγίων Πατέρων ἡμῶν, Κύριε Ἰησοῦ Χριστέ, ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, ἐλέησον καὶ σῶσον ἡμᾶς.

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ ἢ ΧΟΡΟΣ:  μήν.

 

 

 

 

 

After the dismissal of the Midnight office the Priest says aloud:

Blessed is our God always, now and for ever: world without end.

READER: Amen.

PRIEST: Glory be to Thee, O our God, glory be to Thee.

O heavenly King and Comforter, Spirit of truth, which art in all places and fillest all things; Treasure of goodness and Giver of life: Come and abide in us, and cleanse us from all that defileth. And save our souls, O Thou who art good.

 

READER O Holy God, Holy and Strong, Holy and Immortal, have mercy upon us. (3)

Glory be to the Father... Νow and for ever...

Most Holy Trinity, have mercy upon us…

Kyrie eleison or Lord have mercy. [3]

Glory be to the Father... Νow and for ever...

Our Father...

PRIEST

For Thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory, of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, now and for ever: world without end.

CHOIR: Amen.

Kyrie eleison or Lord have mercy. [12]

Glory be to the Father... Νow and for ever...

O come, let us worship… (3)

PSALM 19 [20]

The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble…

PSALM 20 [21]

The King shall joy in Thy strength, O Lord...

O Holy God... (3)

Δόξα Πατρὶ…  Καὶ νῦν

Most Holy Trinity, have mercy upon us…

Kyrie eleison or Lord have mercy. [3]

Glory be to the Father... Νow and for ever...

Our Father…

PRIEST

For Thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory, of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, now and for ever: world without end.

READER

Save, O Lord, Thy people...

Glory be to the Father…

Lifted up of Thine own will...

Now and for ever…

O formidable and unashamed protector…

PRIEST

Have mercy upon us, O God, according to Thy great mercy, we pray Thee, hear us and have mercy.

CHOIR: Kyrie eleison or Lord have mercy. [3] And after each petition.

Again we pray for all pious Orthodox Christians.

Again we pray for our Archbishop [name] and for all our brethren in Christ.

For Thou art a merciful God and a lover of mankind, and to Thee we ascribe glory, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever: world without end.

CHOIR: Amen. Bless, father, in the name of the Lord.

 

PRIEST

Glory be to the Holy, Consubstantial, life-giving and undivided Trinity: always, now and for ever: world without end.

READER: Amen.

And while the Reader recites the Six Psalms the Priest  shall say inaudibly the following 12 morning prayers:

The first six prayers are said before the Holy Altar. Prayers 7-12 are said before the Icon of Christ when the Reader says “Glory be to the Father... after the first three psalms.

 

PRAYER 1

We thank Thee, O Lord our God, who hast arisen us from our beds and hast put in our mouths words of praise that we may venerate and call upon Thy Holy Name and pray for Thy compassions, which are always needed with regard to our life. And now send down Thy help upon those who stand before Thy holy glory, who await for Thy bountiful mercy, and give them, who with fear and love always worship Thee, praise Thee, hymn Thee, and venerate Thine ineffable goodness.

 

 

For unto Thee belong all glory, honour and worship, unto the Father, and unto the Son, and unto the Holy Spirit, now and for ever: world without end. Amen.

 

PRAYER 2

From the night my spirit rises to Thee, O our God, for Thy commands are as light upon the earth. Enlighten us, with fear of Thee, to fulfil all righteousness and holiness, for Thee we glorify, who verily art our true God. Incline Thine ear and hear us and remember, O Lord, all those here present and praying with us, everyone by name and save them with Thy might. Bless Thy people and sanctify Thine inheritance. Give peace to thy world, to Thy Churches, to thy Priests, to those who rule over us and all Thy people.

 

For blessed and glorified be Thy most honourable and majestic Name, of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, now and for ever: world without end. Amen.

 

PRAYER 3

From the night my spirit rises to Thee, O God, for Thy commands are as light: teach us, O God, Thy righteousness, Thy commandments, and Thy judgements; enlighten the eyes of our understanding, lest with our sins we die in our sleep. Expel every darkness from our hearts: grant unto us the sun of righteousness, and uninfluenced do Thou preserve our life, with the seal of Thy Holy Spirit. Direct our feet to walk the way of peace: give us the dawning and the day in joyfulness, so that we may offer unto Thee the morning prayers.

 

For Thine is the might, and Thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory, of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, now and for ever: world without end. Amen.

 

 

PRAYER 4

O God and Master, holy and incomprehensible, who said, let the light shine forth from the darkness; who gives us rest in the night sleep, and makes us to stand to pray and give glory to Thy goodness; being not silent by Thine own compassion, accept us who now venerate Thee and, according to our ability, give thanks unto Thee, and grant unto us all our petitions that are unto salvation. Manifest us as sons of light and the day, and heirs of Thine eternal riches. Remember, O Lord, in the multitude of Thy mercies, all the people here present and praying with us, and all our brethren, those on land, those at sea, and those in every place of Thy dominion, praying for Thy loving-kindness and assistance, and grant to all Thy great mercy.

 

So that being saved in soul and body, we may always continue boldly to glorify Thy wonderful and blessed Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, now and for ever: world without end. Amen.

 

PRAYER 5

Treasure of goodness, source of eternity, Holy Father, maker of wonders, all powerful, and almighty, we all worship Thee and pray unto Thee, appealing to Thy mercies and Thy compassions, for help and the perception of our humility. Remember, O Lord, those who beseech Thee, accept all our morning prayers as incense before Thee, and none of us do Thou make reproachable, but preserve us all through Thy compassions. Remember, O Lord, those who are vigilant, and sing Thy glory, and of Thine Only-begotten Son and our God, and of Thy Holy Spirit. Be for them a helper and protector, accept their petitions upon Thy most heavenly and spiritual altar.

 

For Thou art our God and to Thee we ascribe glory, unto the Father, and unto the Son, and unto the Holy Spirit, now and for ever: world without end. Amen.

 

PRAYER 6

We thank Thee, O Lord, God of our salvation, for Thou dost always perform what is profitable for our life, so that for ever, we may have regard toward Thee, the Saviour and benefactor of our souls: For Thou hast given us rest with the passing measure of the night and hast risen us from our beds and set us upright to worship Thine honourable Name. Wherefore we pray Thee, O Lord, give us grace and strength, so that we may be accounted worthy to hymn Thee with understanding and pray to Thee ceaselessly, with fear and trembling, working for our salvation, through the help of Thy Christ. Remember, O Lord, also those who cry unto Thee in the night; hear them and have mercy, and crush under their feet the invisible and hostile enemies.

For Thou art the King of peace and the Saviour of our souls, and to Thee we ascribe glory, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever: world without end. Amen.

PRAYER 7

O God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hast risen us again from our beds, and assembled us together at this time of prayer, grant us grace when we open our mouths and accept from us our thanks according to our ability. And teach us Thy righteousness, for we do not know how each of us must pray to Thee, if not for Thee, O Lord, guiding us with thy Holy Spirit. Therefore we beseech Thee, whatsoever sins we have committed up to this present hour, in word or deed or thought, voluntary or involuntary, remit, forgive and pardon; for if Thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand, but there is redemption with Thee. For Thou alone art holy, a helper, a mighty defender of our life, and in Thee is our praise for ever.

 

Blessed and glorified is the power of Thy kingdom, of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, now and for ever: world without end. Amen.

 

 

PRAYER 8

O Lord our God, who hast dispelled from us the slothfulness of sleep, and summoned us together for a holy calling: to lift up our hands also in the night and to confess thee upon the judgement of Thy righteousness: accept our prayers, our petitions, our confession, our nocturnal worship and grant us, O God, faith unashamed, a firm hope and love without dissimilation. Bless our entrances and exits, our works and our deeds, what we say and what we bring to mind, and grant us to approach the beginnings of the day, praising, hymning and blessing the goodness of Thine inexpressible kindness.

 

For blessed is Thy most holy Name and glorified is Thy kingdom, of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, now and for ever: world without end. Amen.

 

 

PRAYER 9

O Lord and lover of mankind: make the imperishable light of Thy divine knowledge to shine in our hearts; and open the eyes of our understanding that we may apprehend the preaching of Thy Gospel. Implant in us likewise awe of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling under feet all the lusts of the flesh we may pursue a spiritual life, thinking and doing such things as are pleasing in Thy sight.

 

For Thou art our sanctification, and to Thee we ascribe glory, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever: world without end. Amen.

PRAYER 10

O Lord our God, who grants forgiveness to people who repent, who with the transgressions and confession of the Prophet David, hast shown to us an example of Thy forgiveness: Do Thou also, O Lord, with our many and great offences to which we have fallen, have mercy according to Thy great mercy, and according to the multitude of Thy compassions, blot out our transgressions; for against Thee have we sinned, O Lord, who knowest the hidden secret of the hearts of men and who alone hast the power to forgive sins. Create in us a clean heart, establish us with a guiding spirit, and make us to know the joy of Thy salvation. Cast us not away from Thy presence, but be well pleased, for us to offer unto Thee, until our last breath, sacrifices of righteousness and offerings upon Thy holy altars: for Thou art good and a lover of mankind.

 

Through the mercies, compassions and loving kindness of Thine Only-begotten Son, with whom Thou art glorified, together with Thine all-holy good and life-giving Spirit, now and for ever: world without end. Amen.

 

PRAYER 11

O God, our God, we pray and beseech Thee, place in our mind and reasoning, the ability to do Thy will. Accept from us with all Thy creation, our praise and doxology, offered to the best of our ability, and through the abundance of Thy goodness send down upon us Thy gifts: for unto Thee bends every knee in heaven, on earth and in that infernal place, and every breath and creation hymns Thine incomprehensible glory; for Thou alone art a true and merciful God.

For all the powers of heaven praise Thee, and to Thee we ascribe glory, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever: world without end. Amen.

 

PRAYER 12

We praise Thee, we hymn Thee, we bless Thee, and give thanks unto Thee, O God of our fathers, for Thou hast taken away the shadow of the night, and shown to us again the light of the day; nevertheless, we beseech Thy goodness: forgive us our sins and accept our prayer in Thy great compassion, for with Thee, the merciful and almighty God, do we seek refuge. Shine in our hearts the true Sun of Thy Righteousness: enlighten our minds and preserve all our senses; so that, as in the day, we may with grace, walk the path of Thy commandments, and arrive at life eternal, and be accounted worthy to enjoy Thine unapproachable light: for with Thee is the source of life.

 

For Thou art our God, and to Thee we ascribe glory, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever:

world without end. Amen.

 

 

And he shall kiss the Icon of Christ and enter the Sanctuary by the south side. And after the Six Psalms, the Priest, standing before the Holy Altar, shall say the Great Litany.

PRIEST

In peace let us pray unto the Lord.

CHOIR: Kyrie eleison or Lord have mercy. And after each petition

For the peace from on high, and for the salvation of our souls, let us pray unto the Lord.

For the peace and union of the whole world, and for the good estate of the holy churches of God, let us pray unto the Lord.

 

For this holy temple and for them that enter therein with faith, reverence and fear of God, let us pray unto the Lord.

 

For our Archbishop [name], for the honourable order of priesthood, and for the diaconate which is in Christ, for all the clergy and the people, let us pray unto the Lord.

For this city [village, monastery]; for every city and land, and for them that dwell therein with faith, let us pray unto the Lord.

 

For fair seasons and the abundance of the fruits of the earth, let us pray unto the Lord.

For them that travel by land, by water, by air; for the sick and the suffering, For those in captivity, And for their salvation, let us pray unto the Lord.

That we may be deliver from all tribulation, wrath, danger and necessity, let us pray unto the Lord.

Succour, save, have mercy and preserve us, O God, by Thy grace.

Mindful of our most holy and undefiled, most blessed and glorious Lady, Mother of God and ever-Virgin Mary, and of all the saints; Let us commend ourselves and one another, and our whole life to Christ our God.

 

CHOIR: To Thee, O Lord.                            

PRIEST

For unto Thee belong all glory, honour and worship, unto the Father, and unto the Son, and unto the Holy Spirit; now and for ever: world without end.

CHOIR: Amen.

After the singing of “God is the Lord” and the appointed troparia, the Priest shall say the Short Litany.

Again and again in peace let us pray unto the Lord.

CHOIR: Kyrie eleison or Lord have mercy. And after each petition

Succour, save, have mercy and preserve us, O God, by Thy grace.

Mindful of our most holy and undefiled, most blessed and glorious Lady, Mother of God and ever-Virgin Mary, and of all the saints; Let us commend ourselves and one another, and our whole life to Christ our God.

 

CHOIR: To Thee, O Lord.

PRIEST

For Thine is the might, and Thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory, of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, now and for ever: world without end.

CHOIR: Amen.

And after the second reading

Again and again in peace let us pray unto the Lord.

CHOIR: Kyrie eleison or Lord have mercy. And after each petition

Succour, save, have mercy and preserve us, O God, by Thy grace.

Mindful of our most holy and undefiled, most blessed and glorious Lady, Mother of God and ever-Virgin Mary, and of all the saints; Let us commend ourselves and one another, and our whole life to Christ our God.

CHOIR: To Thee, O Lord.

 

PRIEST

For Thou, O God, art good and loving-king, and we ascribe glory to Thee, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever: world without end.  

CHOIR: Amen.

And after Psalm 118 “Blessed are the undefiled” or the Resurrection Eulogitaria hymns “Blessed art Thou O Lord”:

Again and again in peace let us pray unto the Lord.

CHOIR: Kyrie eleison or Lord have mercy. And after each petition

Succour, save, have mercy and preserve us, O God, by Thy grace.

Mindful of our most holy and undefiled, most blessed and glorious Lady, Mother of God and ever-Virgin Mary, and of all the saints; Let us commend ourselves and one another, and our whole life to Christ our God.

CHOIR: To Thee, O Lord.

 

PRIEST

For blessed is Thy Name and glorified is Thy kingdom, of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, now and for ever: world without end.

CHOIR: Amen.

On Sundays the reader shall recite the Hypakoe from the Octoechos and then the choir shall sing the Hymn of Degrees in the tone of the week; otherwise the first antiphon of the Hymn of Degrees in Tone 4 as follows:

DEACON: Let us pray unto the Lord.

CHOIR: Kyrie eleison.

PRIEST: For Thou our God art holy, and dost rest in the holies, and to Thee we ascribe glory, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever: world without end.

 

CHOIR: Amen.

Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord. [3]

DEACON

That we may be accounted worthy to hear the Holy Gospel, let us beseech the Lord our God.

CHOIR: Kyrie eleison. (3)

DEACON

Wisdom. Stand steadfast. Let us hear the Holy Gospel.

PRIEST: Peace unto all.

CHOIR: And unto thy spirit.

PRIEST

The reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. [name].

DEACON: Let us give heed.

CHOIR: Glory be to Thee, O Lord, glory be to Thee.

And the Priest shall read the Mattin’s Gospel.

After the reading of the Gospel, the choir shall say:

Glory be to Thee, O Lord, glory be to Thee.

And the reader recites Psalm 50 [51]. On Sundays, the reader first recites the Resurrection hymn “We have seen the Resurrection of Christ” and then Psalm 50 is sung, during which the people venerate the the Book of the Holy Gospel

After the hymn “Jesus has risen from the tomb” or the appointed hymn for the Feast, the Deacon says:

 

DEACON

Save, O God, Thy people and bless Thine inheritance. Visit Thy world in mercy and compassions, exalt the trumpet of Orthodox Christians, and send down upon us Thy bountiful mercies: by the prayers of our most pure, Lady, Mother of God and ever-Virgin Mary; by the precious and life-giving Cross; by the protection of the heavenly bodiless hosts, through the supplications of the glorious Prophet and Forerunner, John the Baptist; of the holy and all-glorious Apostles; of our holy fathers among the saints, the great Hierarchs, Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom; Athanasius and Cyril, John the Almsgiver, Patriarchs of Alexandria; Nicholas of Myra, Spyridon of Trimythounta, the Wonderworkers; the holy and great martyrs George the Victory bearer, Demetrius the Outpourer of myrrh, Theodore of Tyro and Theodore Stratelates; the Hieromartyrs Charalambos and Eleutherius; our holy and God-bearing fathers; of [name of the saint to whom the Church is dedicated]; the holy and righteous progenitors of God, Joachim and Anna, of [the name of the saint] to whose memory we dedicate this day, and of all Thy saints: we beseech Thee, O Lord, who alone art plenteous in mercy, hear us sinners, who pray unto Thee, and have mercy upon us.

 

CHOIR: Kyrie eleison [12]

 

PRIEST

Through the mercies, compassions and loving-kindness of Thine Only-begotten Son, with whom Thou art glorified, together with Thine all-holy good and life-giving Spirit, now and fore ever: world without end.

 

CHOIR: Amen.

Νow follows the reading or singing of the Canon, and after the third ode the Short Litany.

DEACON

Again and again in peace let us pray unto the Lord.

CHOIR: Kyrie eleison or Lord have mercy. And after each petition

Succour, save, have mercy and preserve us, O God, by Thy grace.

Mindful of our most holy and undefiled, most blessed and glorious Lady, Mother of God and ever-Virgin Mary, and of all the saints; Let us commend ourselves and one another, and our whole life to Christ our God.

 

CHOIR: To Thee, O Lord.

PRIEST

For Thou art our God and to Thee we ascribe glory, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever: world without end.

CHOIR: Amen.

And after the sixth ode:

DEACON

Again and again in peace let us pray unto the Lord.

CHOIR: Kyrie eleison or Lord have mercy. And after each petition

Succour, save, have mercy and preserve us, O God, by Thy grace.

Mindful of our most holy and undefiled, most blessed and glorious Lady, Mother of God and ever-Virgin Mary, and of all the saints; Let us commend ourselves and one another, and our whole life to Christ our God.

 

CHOIR: To Thee, O Lord.

 

PRIEST

For Thou art the King of peace and the Saviour of our souls, and to Thee we ascribe glory, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever: world without end.

CHOIR: Amen.

And the reader shall read the appointed Kontakion, Oikos and the Synaxarion. In monasteries, the 7th and 8th ode of the Canon are read, but in parishes, after the Synaxarion the choir shall sing the appointed Katavasias. Before the eighth ode of the Katavasias the choir shall add the verse:

We praise, we bless, and we worship the Lord.

And after the eighth ode of the Canon or as is the usual practice in parishes, after the eighth ode of the Katavasias, the Deacon exclaims:

Let us honour in hymns and magnify the Theotokos and Mother of the Light.

And the choir shall sing the Magnificat and the ninth ode of the Katavasiaa or canon.

My soul doth magnify the Lord…

More honourable than the cherubim…

After the ninth ode:

DEACON

Again and again in peace let us pray unto the Lord.

CHOIR: Kyrie eleison or Lord have mercy. And after each petition

Succour, save, have mercy and preserve us, O God, by Thy grace.

Mindful of our most holy and undefiled, most blessed and glorious Lady, Mother of God and ever-Virgin Mary, and of all the saints; Let us commend ourselves and one another, and our whole life to Christ our God.

CHOIR: To Thee, O Lord.

PRIEST

For all the powers of heaven praise Thee, and to Thee we ascribe glory, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever: world without end.

 

CHOIR: Amen.

The choir shall then sing the appointed Exapostilaria [Hymns of Light], followed by the Praises and the Great Doxology:

In monasteries where the Hours are read after Mattins the following petitions are said aloud.

In parishes where the Divine Liturgy begins after the Great Doxology and the Apolytikion of the Saint or on Sundays - Today hath salvation come into the world –  the petitions and dismissal are said in a low voice by the Priest and Deacon during the singing of the Great Doxology.

DEACON

Let us all say with our whole soul, and with our whole mind, let us say.

PRIEST OR CHOIR: Kyrie eleison or Lord have mercy. And after each petition.

DEACON

O Almighty Lord, God of our fathers, we pray Thee, hear us and have mercy.

Have mercy upon us, O God, after Thy great goodness. We pray Thee, hear us and have mercy.

Again we pray for our father and Archbishop [Name], and for all our brethren in Christ.

Again we pray for mercy, life, peace, health, salvation, visitation, forgiveness and remission of the sins of the servants of God, all the pious Orthodox Christians who dwell or visit this city [town, village, monastery], the parishioners, the Church committee, those who give help and those who have dedicated gifts in this holy temple.

Again we pray for the blessed and ever-memorable founders of this holy Church [monastery] and for all our departed fathers, brethren, and Orthodox Christians everywhere who have fallen asleep.

Again we pray for them that strive and bring forth the fruit of good works in this holy and venerable temple; for them that serve, and them that sing; and for all the people here present who await Thy great and bountiful mercy.

PRIEST

For Thou art a merciful God, and a lover of mankind, and to Thee we ascribe glory, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever: world without end.

CHOIR or DEACON: Amen.

DEACON

Let us complete our supplication unto the Lord.

Succour, save, have mercy and preserve us O God, by Thy grace.

That this whole day may be perfect, holy, peaceful and without sin, let us entreat the Lord.

PRIEST OR CHOIR:  Grant us O Lord. And after each petition.

For an angel of peace, faithful guide and guardian of our souls and bodies, let us entreat the Lord.

For pardon and remission of our sins and transgression, let us entreat the Lord.

For things good and profitable to our souls, and peace for the world, let us entreat the Lord.

That we may pass the remainder of our lives in peace and repentance, let us entreat the Lord.

For a Christian ending to our life, painless, without shame and

peaceful, and a good defence before the dread judgement seat of Christ, let us entreat the Lord.

Mindful of our most holy and undefiled, most blessed and glorious Lady, Mother of God and ever-Virgin Mary; and of all the saints; Let us commend ourselves and one another, and our whole life to Christ our God.

PRIEST or CHOIR: To Thee, O Lord.

PRIEST

For Thou art the God of mercies, compassions and loving-kindness, and to Thee we ascribe glory, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever: world without end.

DEACON or CHOIR: Amen.

PRIEST: Peace unto all.

DEACON

Let us bow down our heads before the Lord.

PRIEST

O Holy Lord, who dwellest in the highest, and dost observe what is humble, and Thine all observing eye dost look upon all Thy creation, to Thee have we bowed the neck of our soul and body, and beseech Thee, Holy of Holies, stretch forth Thine invisible hand from Thy holy habitation, and bless everyone of us: and whatsoever sins we have committed, voluntary or involuntary, do Thou forgive, for Thou art, O God, good and lovest mankind, and grant unto us Thy worldly and heavenly riches.

For Thine it is to have mercy, and to save, O Christ our God, and to Thee we ascribe glory, to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever: world without end.

DEACON or CHOIR: Amen.

DEACON: Wisdom.

PRIEST

Christ our God, the Supreme Being, is blessed always, now and for ever: world without end.

DEACON or CHOIR: Amen.

May the Lord God make firm the holy and undefiled faith of pious Orthodox Christians in this holy Church [monastery], this city [village] and in all Thy world, for ever and ever. Amen.

PRIEST

Glory be to Thee, O Christ our God and our hope, glory be to Thee.

DEACON or CHOIR:

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever: world without end. Amen.

Kyrie eleison [3], Holy father give the blessing.

PRIEST

May [He who is risen from the dead] Christ our true God, by the prayers of His most holy Mother; by the power of the precious and life-giving Cross; by the protection of the heavenly bodiless hosts; through the supplications of the glorious Prophet and Forerunner, John the Baptist; of the holy and all-glorious Apostles; of the holy, glorious and triumphant martyrs; of our holy God-bearing fathers; of [name of the saint to whom the Church is dedicated]; of the holy and righteous progenitors of God, Joachim and Anna; of [name of saint] to whose memory we dedicate this day; and of all the saints, have mercy upon us, and save our souls: For He is good and loving-kind.

By the prayers of our holy fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy upon us and save us.

DEACON or CHOIR: Amen.