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Δεῦτε προσκυνήσωμεν καὶ
προσπέσωμεν τῷ Βασιλεῖ ἡμῶν Θεῷ. Ψαλμός 142
Κύριε εἰσάκουσον τῆς προσευχῆς μου,
ἐνώτισαι τὴν δέησίν μου ἐν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ σου, εἰσάκουσόν μου ἐν τῇ
δικαιοσύνῃ σου. Καὶ μὴ εἰσέλθῃς εἰς κρίσιν μετὰ τοῦ δούλου σου, ὅτι οὐ
δικαιωθήσεται ἐνώπιον σου πᾶς ζῶν. Ὅτι κατεδίωξεν ὁ ἐχθρὸς τὴν ψυχήν μου
ἐταπείνωσεν εἰς γῆν τὴν ζωήν μου. Ἐκάθησέ με ἐν σκοτεινοῖς ὡς νεκροὺς
αἰῶνος καὶ ἠκηδίασεν ἐπ’ ἐμὲ τὸ πνεῦμά μου, ἐν ἐμοὶ ἐταράχθη ἡ καρδία
μου. Ἐμνήσθην ἡμερῶν ἀρχαίων, ἐμελέτησα ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ἔργοις σου, ἐν
ποιήμασι τῶν χειρῶν σου ἐμελέτων. Διεπέτασα πρὸς σὲ τάς χεῖράς μου, ἡ
ψυχή μου ὡς γῆ ἄνυδρός σοι. Ταχὺ εἰσάκουσόν μου Κύριε ἐξέλιπε τὸ πνεῦμά
μου. Μὴ ἀποστρέψῃς τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ καὶ ὁμοιωθήσομαι τοῖς
καταβαίνουσιν εἰς λάκκον. Ἀκουστὸν ποίησόν μοι τὸ πρωῒ τὸ ἔλεός σου ὅτι
ἐπὶ σοὶ ἤλπισα. Γνώρισόν μοι, Κύριε, ὁδὸν ἐν ᾗ πορεύσομαι ὅτι πρὸς σὲ
ἦρα τὴν ψυχήν μου. Ἐξελοῦ με ἐκ τῶν ἐχθρῶν μου, Κύριε, πρὸς σὲ κατέφυγον.
Δίδαξόν με τοῦ ποιεῖν τὸ θέλημά σου ὅτι σὺ εἶ ὁ Θεός μου. Τὸ πνεῦμά σου
τὸ ἀγαθὸν ὁδηγήσει με ἐν γῇ εὐθείᾳ, ἕνεκεν τοῦ ὀνόματός σου, Κύριε
ζήσεις με. Ἐν τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ σου ἐξάξεις ἐκ θλίψεως τὴν ψυχήν μου, καὶ ἐν
τῷ ἐλέει σου ἐξολεθρεύσεις τοὺς ἐχθρούς μου. Καὶ ἀπολεῖς πάντας τοὺς
θλίβοντας τὴν ψυχήν μου, ὅτι ἐγὼ δοῦλός σού εἰμι. Δόξα... Κύριε, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς, ἐπὶ σοὶ γὰρ πεποίθαμεν, μὴ ὀργισθῇς ἡμῖν σφόδρα, μηδὲ μνησθῇς τῶν ἀνομιῶν ἡμῶν, ἀλλ’ ἐπιβλέψον καὶ νῦν, ὡς εὔσπλαγχνος, καὶ λύτρωσαι ἡμᾶς ἐκ τῶν ἐχθρῶν ἡμῶν· σὺ γὰρ εἶ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, καὶ ἡμεῖς λαός σου, πάντες ἔργα χειρῶν σου, καὶ τὸ ὄνομά σου ἐπικεκλήμεθα. Καὶ νῦν... Τῆς εὐσπλαγχνίας τὴν πύλην ἄνοιξον ἡμῖν, εὐλογημένη Θεοτόκε, ἐλπίζοντες εἰς σέ, μὴ ἀστοχήσωμεν, ῥυσθείημεν διὰ σοῦ τῶν περιστάσεων· σὺ γὰρ εἶ ἡ σωτηρία τοῦ γένους τῶν χριστιανῶν. Ν' Ψαλμὸς Ἐλέησόν με ὁ Θεὸς κατὰ τὸ μέγα ἔλεός σου, καὶ κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν οἰκτιρμῶν σου ἐξάλειψον τὸ ἀνόμημά μου. Ἐπὶ πλεῖον πλῦνόν με ἀπὸ τῆς ἀνομίας μου καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς ἁμαρτίας μου καθάρισόν με. Ὅτι τὴν ἀνομίαν μου ἐγὼ γινώσκω καὶ ἡ ἁμαρτία μου ἐνώπιόν μού ἐστι διὰ παντός. Σοὶ μόνῳ ἥμαρτον καὶ τὸ πονηρὸν ἐνώπιόν σου ἐποίησα, ὅπως ἂν δικαιωθῇς ἐν τοῖς λόγοις σου, καὶ νικήσῃς ἐν τῷ κρίνεσθαί σε. Ἰδοὺ γὰρ ἐν ἀνομίαις συνελήφθην καὶ ἐν ἁμαρτίαις ἐκίσσησέ με ἡ μήτηρ μου. Ἰδοὺ γὰρ ἀλήθειαν ἠγάπησας, τὰ ἄδηλα καὶ τὰ κρύφια τῆς σοφίας σου ἐδήλωσάς μοι. Ῥαντιεῖς με ὑσσώπῳ καὶ καθαρισθήσομαι, πλυνεῖς με, καὶ ὑπὲρ χιόνα λευκανθήσομαι. Ἀκουτιεῖς μοι ἀγαλλίασιν καὶ εὐφροσύνην· ἀγαλλιάσονται ὀστέα τεταπεινωμένα. Ἀπόστρεψον τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἀπὸ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν μου, καὶ πάσας τάς ἀνομίας μου ἐξάλειψον. Καρδίαν καθαρὰν κτίσον ἐν ἐμοὶ ὁ Θεός, καὶ πνεῦμα εὐθὲς ἐγκαίνισον ἐν τοῖς ἐγκάτοις μου. Μὴ ἀπορρίψῃς με ἀπὸ τοῦ προσώπου σου καὶ τὸ πνεῦμά σου τὸ Ἅγιον μὴ ἀντανέλῃς ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ. Ἀπόδος μοι τὴν ἀγαλλίασιν τοῦ σωτηρίου σου καὶ πνεύματι ἡγεμονικῷ στήριξόν με. Διδάξω ἀνόμους τάς ὁδούς σου καὶ ἀσεβεῖς ἐπὶ σὲ ἐπιστρέψουσι. Ῥῦσαὶ με ἐξ αἱμάτων ὁ Θεός, ὁ Θεὸς τῆς σωτηρίας μου· ἀγαλλιάσεται ἡ γλῶσσά μου τὴν δικαιοσύνην σου. Κύριε τὰ χείλη μου ἀνοίξεις καὶ τὸ στόμα μου ἀναγγελεῖ τὴν αἴνεσίν σου. Ὅτι εἰ ἠθέλησας θυσίαν, ἔδωκα ἄν, ὁλοκαυτώματα οὐκ εὐδοκήσεις. Θυσία τῷ Θεῷ πνεῦμα συντετριμμένον, καρδίαν συντετριμμένην καὶ τεταπεινωμένην ὁ Θεὸς οὐκ ἐξουδενώσει. Ἀγάθυνον, Κύριε, ἐν τῇ εὐδοκίᾳ σου τὴν Σιων, καὶ οἰκοδομηθήτω τὰ τείχη Ἱερουσαλήμ. Τότε εὐδοκήσεις θυσίαν δικαιοσύνης, ἀναφορὰν καὶ ὁλοκαυτώματα. Τότε ἀνοίσουσιν ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριόν σου μόσχους. Ο ΚΑΝΩΝ Ὠδὴ α΄ Ἦχος δ΄. Θαλάσσης τὸ ἐρυθραῖον πέλαγος.
Δέσποτα Χριστέ,
ἐλέησον τοὺς δούλους Σου. Ὠδὴ γ'. Εὐφραίνεται ἐπὶ σοί.
Δέσποτα Χριστέ,
ἐλέησον τοὺς δούλους Σου. Ἐπίβλεψον εὐμενῶς, Μήτηρ τοῦ πάντων Ποιητοῦ ἄνωθεν, καὶ τὴν πικρὰν κάκωσιν, λῦσον τοὺς νοσοῦντας πρεσβείαις σου.
Κάθισμα Ὡς θεῖος ποταμός, τοῦ ἐλέους ὑπάρχων, ὡς ἄβυσσος πολλῆς, συμπαθείας Οἰκτίρμον, δεῖξον τοῦ Σοῦ ἐλέους τὰ θεῖα ῥεῖθρα, καὶ πάντας ἴασαι·βλῦσον τάς τῶν θαυμάτων πηγὰς ἀφθόνως, καὶ πλῦνον ἅπαντας· Σοὶ γὰρ ἀεὶ προστρέχοντες θερμῶς, τὴν Χάριν ἐξαιτούμεθα.
Ἕτερον Ὁ ἰατρὸς καὶ βοηθὸς τῶν ἐν πόνοις, ὁ Λυτρωτής τε καὶ Σωτὴρ τῶν ἐν νόσοις, Αὐτὸς τῶν ὅλων Δέσποτα καὶ Κύριε, δώρησαι τὴν ἴασιν, τοῖς νοσοῦσίσου δούλοις, οἴκτειρον ἐλέησον, τοὺς πολλὰ ἐπταικότας, καὶ τῶν σφαλμάτων λύτρωσαι Χριστέ, ὅπως δοξάζωσι τὴν Θείαν σου δύναμιν.
Ὠδὴ δ' Ἐπαρθέντα σε ἰδοῦσα.
Δέσποτα Χριστέ,
ἐλέησον τοὺς δούλους Σου.
Ὠδὴ ε'. Σὺ Κύριέ μου φῶς.
Δέσποτα Χριστέ,
ἐλέησον τοὺς δούλους Σου.
Ὠδή στ'. Θύσω σοι, μετὰ φωνῇς.
Δέσποτα Χριστέ,
ἐλέησον τοὺς δούλους Σου.
Ὄρεξον, χεῖρα τὴν Σὴν ἐξ ὕψους
Φιλάνθρωπε, καὶ σοῦ τὸ Ἔλαιον Σῶτερ, ἁγιάσας δίδου τοῖς Σοῖς οἰκέταις,
εἰς ὑγείαν, καὶ νοσημάτων πάντων ἐκλύτρωσιν.
ΚΟΝΤΑΚΙΟΝ Ἐλέους πηγή, ὑπάρχων Ὑπεραγαθέ, τοὺς πίστει θερμῇ, ἐλέει τῷ ἀφάτῳ σου, προσπεσόντας εὔσπλαγχνε, ἐκ παντοίας λύτρωσαι κακώσεως, καὶ τάςαὐτῶν νόσους ἀράμενος, παράσχου τὴν Θείαν Χάριν ἄνωθεν.
Ὠδὴ ζ'. Ἐν τῇ καμίνῳ Ἀβραμιαῖοι.
Δέσποτα Χριστέ,
ἐλέησον τοὺς δούλους Σου.
Ὠδὴ η΄. Χεῖρας ἐκπετάσας Δανιήλ.
Δέσποτα Χριστέ,
ἐλέησον τοὺς δούλους Σου.
Ὠδὴ θ'. Λίθος ἀχειρότμητος ὅρους.
Δέσποτα Χριστέ,
ἐλέησον τοὺς δούλους Σου.
Ὅτι 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.
ΕΞΑΠΟΣΤΕΙΛΑΡΙΟΝ Ἐν ἐλέῳ Ἀγαθέ, ἐπίβλεψον Σῷ ὄμματι, ἐπὶ τὴν δέησιν ἡμῶν τῶν συνελθόντων ἐν τῷ Ναῷ Σου, τῷ ἁγίῳ σήμερον, χρῖσαι θείῳ Ἐλαίῳ, νοσοῦνταςτοὺς δούλους Σου.
Πᾶσα πνοὴ αἰνεσάτω τὸν Κύριον.
Αἰνεῖτε τὸν Κύριον ἐκ τῶν οὐρανῶν, αἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν ἐν τοῖς ὑψίστοις. Σοὶ
πρέπει ὕμνος τῷ Θεῷ. Ἦχος δ΄ Ἔδωκας σημείωσιν.
Τοῦ ποιῆσαι ἐν
αὐτοῖς κρῖμα ἔγγραπτον· δόξα αὔτη ἔσται πᾶσι τοῖς ὁσίοις αὐτοῦ. Τροπάριον, Ἦχος δ΄. Ταχὺ προκατάλαβε.
Ταχὺς εἰς ἀντίληψιν, μόνος ὑπάρχων
Χριστέ, ταχεῖαν τὴν ἄνωθεν, δεῖξον ἐπίσκεψιν, τοῖς πάσχουσι δούλοις Σου·
λύτρωσαι νοσημάτων, καὶ πικρῶν ἀλγηδόνων· ἔγειρον τοῦ ὑμνεῖν Σε, καὶ
δοξάζειν ἀπαύστως· πρεσβείαις τῆς Θεοτόκου, μόνε Φιλάνθρωπε.
Ἐν εἰρήνῃ τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.
ΕΥΧΗ ΤΟΥ ΕΛΑΙΟΥ
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ Ἦχος δ΄. Ταχὺ προκατάλαβε. Ταχὺς εἰς ἀντίληψιν, μόνος ὑπάρχων Χριστέ, ταχεῖαν τὴν ἄνωθεν, δεῖξον ἐπίσκεψιν, τοῖς πάσχουσι δούλοις Σου· λύτρωσαι νοσημάτων, καὶ πικρῶν ἀλγηδόνων· ἔγειρον τοῦ ὑμνεῖν Σε, καὶ δοξάζειν ἀπαύστως· πρεσβείαις τῆς Θεοτόκου, μόνε Φιλάνθρωπε.
Ἦχος δ' Ἐπεφάνης σήμερον Τῆς ψυχῆς τὰ ὄμματα πεπηρωμένος, Σοὶ Χριστὲ προσέρχομαι, ὡς ὁ Τυφλὸς ἐκ γενετῆς, ἐν μετανοίᾳ κραυγάζων Σοι, σὺ τῶν ἐν σκότει, τὸ φῶς τὸ ὑπέρλαμπρον.
Ἦχος γ' Ἡ Παρθένος σήμερον Τὴν ψυχήν μου Κύριε, ἐν ἁμαρτίαις παντοίαις, καὶ ἀτόποις πράξεσι, δεινῶς παραλελυμένην, ἔγειρον τῇ θεϊκῇ σου ἐπιστασίᾳ, ὥσπερ καὶ τὸν Παράλυτον, ἤγειρας πάλαι, ἵνα κράζω σεσωσμένος· Οἰκτίρμον δόξα, Χριστέ, τῷ κράτει σου.
Ήχος πλ. δ’. Ὡς τοῦ Κυρίου μαθητής, ἀνεδέξω Δίκαιε τὸ Εὐαγγέλιον· ὡς Μάρτυς ἔχεις τὸ ἀπαράτρεπτον· τὴν παρρησίαν ὡς Ἀδελφόθεος, τὸ πρεσβεύειν ὡς Ἱεράρχης. Ἱκέτευε Χριστῷ τῷ Θεῷ, σωθῆναι τάς ψυχὰς ἠμών.
Ἦχος δ’. Ὁ ὑψωθεὶς ἐν τῷ Σταυρῷ. Ὁ του Πατρὸς μονογενὴς Θεὸς Λόγος, ἐπιδημήσας πρὸς ἡμᾶς ἐπ’ ἐσχάτων, τῶν ἡμερῶν Ἰάκωβε θεσπέσιε, πρῶτόν σε ἀνέδειξε τῶν Ἱεροσολύμων,Ποιμένα καὶ Διδάσκαλον, καὶ πιστὸν οἰκονόμον, τῶν Μυστηρίων των πνευματικῶν· ὄθεν σε πάντες τιμῶμεν Ἀπόστολε.
Ἦχος γ'. Ἡ Παρθένος σήμερον Ἐν τοῖς Μύροις Ἅγιε, ἱερουργὸς ἀνεδείχθης· τοῦ Χριστοῦ γὰρ Ὅσιε, τὸ Εὐαγγέλιον πληρώσας, ἔθηκας τὴν ψυχήν σου ὑπὲρ λαοῦ σου, ἔσωσας τοὺς ἀθώους ἐκ τοῦ θανάτου· διὰ τοῦτο ἡγιάσθης, ὡς μέγας μύστης Θεοῦ τῆς χάριτος.
Ἦχος γ’. Θείας πίστεως. Μέγαν εὕρατο ἐν τοῖς κινδύνοις, σὲ ὑπερμαχον ἡ οἰκουμένη, Ἀθλοφόρε τὰ ἔθνη τροπούμενον. Ὡς οὖν Λυαίου κάθεῖλες τὴν ἔπαρσιν, ἐν τῷ σταδίῳ θαρρύνας τὸν Νέστορα, οὕτως Ἅγιε, Μεγαλομάρτυς Δημήτριε, Χριστὸν τὸν Θεὸν ἱκέτευε, δωρήσασθαι ἡμῖν τὸ μέγα ἔλεος.
Ἦχος γ'. Ἀθλοφόρε ἅγιε, καὶ ἰαματικὲ Παντελεῆμον, πρέσβευε τῷ ἐλεήμονι Θεῷ, ἵνα πταισμάτων ἄφεσιν, παράσχῃ ταῖς ψυχαῖς ἡμῶν. Ἦχος πλ. δ'. Ἅγιοι Ἀνάργυροι καὶ θαυματουργοί, ἐπισκέψασθε τάς ἀσθενείας ἡμῶν, δωρεὰν ἐλάβετε, δωρεὰν δότε ἡμῖν. Ἦχος β'. Τὰ μεγαλεῖά σου Παρθένε, τίς διηγήσεται; Βρύεις γὰρ θαύματα, καὶ πηγάζεις ἰάματα, καὶ πρεσβεύεις ὑπὲρ τῶν ψυχῶν ἡμῶν, ὡς Θεολόγος καὶ φίλος Χριστοῦ. Ἦχος β' Τὰ ἄνω ζητῶν Πρεσβεία θερμή, καὶ τεῖχος ἀπροσμάχητον, ἐλέους πηγή, τοῦ κόσμου καταφύγιον, ἐκτενῶς βοῶμέν σοι, Θεοτόκε Δέσποινα, πρόφθασον, καὶ ἐκ κινδύνων λύτρωσαι ἡμᾶς, ἡ μόνη ταχέως προστατεύουσα.
ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ:
Γένοιτο, Κύριε, τὸ ἔλεός Σου ἐφ’
ἡμᾶς. Καθολικῆς Ἐπιστολῆς Ἰακώβου τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα.
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ:
Πρὀσχωμεν. (Κεφ. 5: 10-16)
Ἀδελφοί, ὑπόδειγμα λάβετε, ἀδελφοί
μου, τῆς κακοπαθείας καὶ τῆς μακροθυμίας τοὺς προφήτας, οἳ ἐλάλησαν τῷ
ὀνόματι Κυρίου. Ἰδοὺ μακαρίζομεν τοὺς ὑπομένοντας· τὴν ὑπομονὴν Ἰὼβ
ἠκούσατε, καὶ τὸ τέλος Κυρίου εἴδετε, ὅτι πολυέσπλαγχνός ἐστιν ὁ Κύριος
καὶ οἰκτίρμων. Πρὸ πάντων δέ, ἀδελφοί μου, μὴ ὀμνύετε μήτε τὸν οὐρανὸν
μήτε τὴν γῆν μήτε ἄλλον τινὰ ὅρκον· ἤτω δὲ ὑμῶν τὸ ναὶ ναί, καὶ τὸ οὔ.
οὔ, ἵνα μὴ εἰς ὑπόκρισιν πέσητε. Κακοπαθεῖ τις ἐν ὑμῖν; προσευχέσθω·
εὐθυμεῖ τις; ψαλλέτω· ἀσθενεῖ τις ἐν ὑμῖν; προσκαλεσάσθω τοὺς
πρεσβυτέρους τῆς ἐκκλησίας, καὶ προσευξάσθωσαν ἐπ’ αὐτὸν ἀλείψαντες
αὐτὸν ἐλαίῳ ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ Κυρίου· καὶ ἡ εὐχὴ τῆς πίστεως σώσει τὸν
κάμνοντα, καὶ ἐγερεῖ αὐτὸν ὁ Κύριος· κἂν ἁμαρτίας ᾖ πεποιηκώς,
ἀφεθήσεται αὐτῷ. Ἐξομολογεῖσθε ἀλλήλοις τὰ παραπτώματα, καὶ εὔχεσθε ὑπὲρ
ἀλλήλων, ὅπως ἰαθῆτε· πολὺ ἰσχύει δέησις δικαίου ἐνεργουμένη. ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ Α΄
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ:
Σοφία. Ὀρθοί. Ἀκούσωμεν τοῦ ἁγίου
Εὐαγγελίου. Λουκάν Κεφ.10:25-37
Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, νομικός τις
προσῆλθε τῷ Ἰησοῦ, πειράζων αὐτόν, καὶ λέγων· Διδάσκαλε, τί ποιήσας ζωὴν
αἰώνιον κληρονομήσω; Ὁ δὲ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτόν· ἐν τῷ νόμῳ τί γέγραπται; πῶς
ἀναγινώσκεις; Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν· Ἀγαπήσεις Κύριον τὸν Θεόν σου ἐξ
ὅλης τῆς καρδίας σου, καὶ ἐξ ὅλης τῆς ψυχῆς σου, καὶ ἐξ ὅλης τῆς ἰσχύος
σου, καὶ ἐξ ὅλης τῆς διανοίας σου, καὶ τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς ἑαυτόν. Εἶπε
δὲ αὐτῷ· Ὀρθῶς ἀπεκρίθης· τοῦτο ποίει καὶ ζήσῃ. Ὁ δὲ θέλων δικαιοῦν
ἑαυτόν, εἶπε πρὸς τὸν Ἰησοῦν· Καὶ τίς ἐστί μου πλησίον; Ὑπολαβὼν δὲ ὁ
Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν· Ἄνθρωπός τις κατέβαινεν ἀπὸ Ἱερουσαλὴμ εἰς Ἱεριχώ, καὶ
λῃσταῖς περιέπεσεν· οἳ καὶ ἐκδύσαντες αὐτόν, καὶ πληγὰς ἐπιθέντες
ἀπῆλθον, ἀφέντες ἡμιθανῆ τυγχάνοντα. Κατὰ συγκυρίαν δὲ ἱερεύς τις
κατέβαινεν ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ ἐκείνῃ, καὶ ἰδὼν αὐτὸν ἀντιπαρῆλθεν. Ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ
Λευΐτης, γενόμενος κατὰ τὸν τόπον, ἐλθὼν καὶ ἰδών, ἀντιπαρῆλθε.
Σαμαρείτης δέ τις ὀδεύων ἦλθε κατ’ αὐτόν, καὶ ἰδὼν αὐτὸν ἐσπλαγχνίσθη.
Καὶ προσελθὼν κατέδησε τὰ τραύματα αὐτοῦ, ἐπιχέων ἔλαιον καὶ οἶνον,
ἐπιβιβάσας δὲ αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὸ ἴδιον κτῆνος, ἤγαγεν αὐτὸν εἰς πανδοχεῖον,
καὶ ἐπεμελήθη αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν αὔριον ἐξελθών, ἐκβαλὼν δύο δηνάρια
ἔδωκε τῷ πανδοχεῖ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· Ἐπιμελήθητι αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὅ,τι ἂν
προσδαπανήσῃς, ἐγὼ ἐν τῷ ἐπανέρχεσθαί με ἀποδώσω σοι. Τίς οὖν τούτων τῶν
τριῶν πλησίον δοκεῖ σοι γεγονέναι τοῦ ἐμπεσόντος εἰς τοὺς λῃστάς; Ὁ δὲ
εἶπεν· Ὁ ποιήσας τὸ ἔλεος μετ’ αὐτοῦ. Εἶπεν οὖν αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Πορεύου
καὶ σὺ ποίει ὁμοίως. ΕΥΧΗ Α'
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Ἀμήν.
ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΣ Β'
ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ:
Ἰσχύς μου καὶ ὕμνησίς μου ὁ Κύριος.
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ:Πρόσχωμεν. (Κεφ. 15: 1-7)
Ἀδελφοί, ὀφείλομεν ἡμεῖς οἱ
δυνατοὶ τὰ ἀσθενήματα τῶν ἀδυνάτων βαστάζειν, καὶ μὴ ἑαυτοῖς
ἀρέσκειν.΄Ἕκαστος γὰρ ἡμῶν τῷ πλησίον ἀρεσκέτω εἰς τὸ ἀγαθὸν πρὸς
οἰκοδομήν· καὶ γὰρ ὁ Χριστὸς οὐχ ἑαυτῷ ἤρεσεν, ἀλλὰ καθὼς γέγραπται, οἱ
ὀνειδισμοὶ τῶν ὀνειδιζόντων σε ἐπέπεσον ἐπ’ ἐμέ. ΄Ὅσα γὰρ προεγράφη, εἰς
τὴν ἡμετέραν διδασκαλίαν προεγράφη, ἵνα διὰ τῆς ὑπομονῆς καὶ τῆς
παρακλήσεως τῶν γραφῶν τὴν ἐλπίδα ἔχωμεν. Ὁ δὲ Θεὸς τῆς ὑπομονῆς καὶ τῆς
παρακλήσεως δῴη ὑμῖν τὸ αὐτὸ φρονεῖν ἐν ἀλλήλοις κατὰ Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν,
ἵνα ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἐν ἑνὶ στόματι δοξάζητε τὸν Θεὸν καὶ Πατέρα τοῦ Κυρίου
ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. Διὸ προσλαμβάνεσθε ἀλλήλους, καθὼς καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς
προσελάβετο ὑμᾶς εἰς δόξαν Θεοῦ. ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ Β΄
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ:
Σοφία. Ὀρθοί. Ἀκούσωμεν τοῦ ἁγίου
Εὐαγγελίου. Λουκᾶ Κεφ. 19: 1-10
Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, διήρχετο ὁ Ἰησοῦς
τὴν Ἱεριχώ. Καὶ ἰδού, ἀνὴρ ὀνόματι καλούμενος Ζακχαῖος· καὶ αὐτὸς ἦν
ἀρχιτελώνης, καὶ οὗτος ἦν πλούσιος, καὶ ἐζήτει ἰδεῖν τὸν Ἰησοῦν τίς ἐστι,
καὶ οὐκ ἠδύνατο ἀπὸ τοῦ ὄχλου, ὅτι τῇ ἡλικίᾳ μικρὸς ἦν. Καὶ προδραμὼν
ἔμπροσθεν, ἀνέβη ἐπὶ συκομορέαν, ἵνα ἴδῃ αὐτόν, ὅτι ἐκείνης ἤμελλε
διέρχεσθαι. Καὶ ὡς ἦλθεν ἐπὶ τὸν τόπον, ἀναβλέψας ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶδεν αὐτόν,
καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτόν· Ζακχαῖε, σπεύσας κατάβηθι· σήμερον γὰρ ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ
σου δεῖ με μεῖναι. Καὶ σπεύσας κατέβη, καὶ ὑπεδέξατο αὐτὸν χαίρων. Καὶ
ἰδόντες πάντες διεγόγγυζον, λέγοντες· ὅτι παρὰ ἁμαρτωλῷ ἀνδρὶ εἰσῆλθε
καταλῦσαι. Σταθεὶς δὲ Ζακχαῖος, εἶπε πρὸς τὸν Ἰησοῦν· Ἰδού, τὰ ἡμίση τῶν
ὑπαρχόντων μου Κύριε, δίδωμι τοῖς πτωχοῖς· καὶ εἴ τινός τι ἐσυκοφάντησα,
ἀποδίδωμι τετραπλοῦν. Εἶπε δὲ πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁ Ἰησοῦς· ὅτι σήμερον σωτηρία
τῷ οἴκῳ τούτῳ ἐγένετο, καθότι καὶ αὐτὸς υἱὸς Ἀβραάμ ἐστιν. Ἦλθε γὰρ ὁ
υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ζητῆσαι καὶ σῶσαι τὸ ἀπολωλός. ΕΥΧΗ Β'
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Ἀμήν. ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΣ Γ'
ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ:
Κύριος φωτισμός μου καὶ Σωτήρ μου. Κεφ. 12: 27-31,13: 1-8
Ἀδελφοί, ὑμεῖς ἔστε σῶμα Χριστοῦ
καὶ μέλη ἐκ μέρους. Καὶ οὓς μὲν ἔθετο ὁ Θεὸς ἐν τῇ Ἐκκλησίᾳ πρῶτον
ἀποστόλους, δεύτερον προφήτας, τρίτον διδασκάλους, ἔπειτα δυνάμεις, εἶτα
χαρίσματα ἰαμάτων, ἀντιλήψεις, κυβερνήσεις, γένη γλωσσῶν. Μὴ πάντες
ἀπόστολοι; μὴ πάντες προφῆται; μὴ πάντες διδάσκαλοι; μὴ πάντες δυνάμεις;
μὴ πάντες χαρίσματα ἔχουσιν ἰαμάτων; μὴ πάντες γλώσσαις λαλοῦσι; μὴ
πάντες διερμηνεύουσι; Ζηλοῦτε δὲ τὰ χαρίσματα τὰ κρείττονα. Καὶ ἔτι καθ’
ὑπερβολὴν ὁδὸν ὑμῖν δείκνυμι. Ἐὰν ταῖς γλώσσαις τῶν ἀνθρώπων λαλῶ καὶ
τῶν ἀγγέλων, ἀγάπην δὲ μὴ ἔχω, γέγονα χαλκὸς ἠχῶν ἢ κύμβαλον ἀλαλάζον.
Καὶ ἐὰν ἔχω προφητείαν καὶ εἰδῶ τὰ μυστήρια πάντα καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γνῶσιν,
καὶ ἐὰν ἔχω πᾶσαν τὴν πίστιν, ὥστε ὄρη μεθιστάνειν, ἀγάπην δὲ μὴ ἔχω,
οὐδέν εἰμι. Καὶ ἐὰν ψωμίσω πάντα τὰ ὑπάρχοντά μου, καὶ ἐὰν παραδῶ τὸ
σῶμά μου ἵνα καυθήσομαι, ἀγάπην δὲ μὴ ἔχω, οὐδὲν ὠφελοῦμαι. Ἡ ἀγάπη
μακροθυμεῖ, χρηστεύεται, ἡ ἀγάπη οὐ ζηλοῖ, ἡ ἀγάπη οὐ περπερεύεται, οὐ
φυσιοῦται, οὐκ ἀσχημονεῖ, οὐ ζητεῖ τὰ ἑαυτῆς, οὐ παροξύνεται, οὐ
λογίζεται τὸ κακόν, οὐ χαίρει ἐπὶ τῇ ἀδικίᾳ, συγχαίρει δὲ τῇ ἀληθείᾳ·
πάντα στέγει, πάντα πιστεύει, πάντα ἐλπίζει, πάντα ὑπομένει. Ἡ ἀγάπη
οὐδέποτε ἐκπίπτει.
ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ Γ'
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ:
Σοφία. Ὀρθοί. Ἀκούσωμεν τοῦ ἁγίου
Εὐαγγελίου. Ματθαῖον Κεφ. 10: 1, 5-8
Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, προσκαλεσάμενος ὁ
Ἰησοῦς τοὺς δώδεκα μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς ἐξουσίαν πνευμάτων
ἀκαθάρτων, ὥστε ἐκβάλλειν αὐτὰ καὶ θεραπεύειν πᾶσαν νόσον καὶ πᾶσαν
μαλακίαν. Τούτους ἀπέστειλεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς, παραγγείλας αὐτοῖς λέγων· εἰς
ὁδὸν ἐθνῶν μὴ ἀπέλθητε καὶ εἰς πόλιν Σαμαρειτῶν μὴ εἰσέλθητε· πορεύεσθε
δὲ μᾶλλον πρὸς τὰ πρόβατα τὰ ἀπολωλότα οἴκου Ἰσραήλ. Πορευόμενοι δὲ
κηρύσσετε λέγοντες ὅτι ἤγγικεν ἡ βασιλεῖα τῶν οὐρανῶν. Ἀσθενοῦντας
θεραπεύετε, λεπροὺς καθαρίζετε, νεκροὺς ἐγείρετε, δαιμόνια ἐκβάλλετε·
δωρεὰν ἐλάβετε, δωρεὰν δότε. ΕΥΧΗ Γ' ΙΕΡΕΥΣ Δέσποτα παντοκράτορ, Ἅγιε Βασιλεῦ, ὁ παιδεύων καὶ μὴ θανατῶν, ὁ ὑποστηρίζων τοὺς καταπίπτοντας καὶ ἀνορθῶν τοὺς κατερραγμένους· ὁ τάς σωματικὰς θλίψεις διορθούμενος τῶν ἀνθρώπων, αἰτούμεθά Σε, ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, ὅπως ἐπαγάγῃς τὸ ἔλεός Σου ἐπὶ τὸ Ἔλαιον τοῦτο, καὶ τοὺς χριομένους ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί Σου, ἵνα γὲνηται αὐτοῖς εἰς ἴασιν ψυχῆς τε καὶ σώματος καὶ εἰς καθαρισμὸν καὶ ἀπαλλαγὴν παντὸς πάθους, καὶ πάσης νόσου καὶ μαλακίας καὶ παντὸς μολυσμοῦ σαρκὸς καὶ πνεύματος. Ναί, Κύριε, τὴν ἰατρικήν σου δύναμιν οὐρανόθεν ἐξαπόστειλον· ἅψαι τοῦ σώματος, σβέσον τὸν πυρετόν, πράϋνον τὸ πάθος, καὶ πᾶσαν λανθάνουσαν ἀσθένειαν ἀποδίωξον. Γενοῦ ἰατρὸς τῶν δούλων σου τούτων· ἐξέγειρον αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ κλίνης ὀδυνηρᾶς καὶ στρωμνῆς κακώσεως· σῴους καὶ ὁλοκλήρους χάρισαι αὐτοὺς τῇ Ἐκκλησίᾳ Σου, εὐαρεστοῦντας καὶ ποιοῦντας τὸ θέλημά Σου. Σὸν γάρ ἐστι τὸ ἐλεεῖν καὶ σῴζειν ἡμάς, ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, καὶ Σοὶ τὴν δόξαν ἀναπέμπομεν, τῷ Πατρί, καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ, καὶ τῷ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεί, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ΧΟΡΟΣ: Ἀμήν. ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΣ Δ'
ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ:
Ἐν ᾗ ἂν ἡμέρᾳ ἐπικαλέσωμαί σε. Κεφ. 6: 16-18, 7: 1
Ἀδελφοί, ὑμεῖς ναὸς Θεοῦ ἐστε
ζῶντος, καθὼς εἶπεν ὁ Θεός, ὅτι· ἐνοικήσω ἐν αὐτοῖς καὶ ἐμπεριπατήσω,
καὶ ἔσομαι αὐτῶν Θεός, καὶ αὐτοὶ ἔσονταί μοι λαός. Διὸ ἐξέλθετε ἐκ μέσου
αὐτῶν καὶ ἀφορίσθητε, λέγει Κύριος, καὶ ἀκαθάρτου μὴ ἅπτεσθε· κἀγὼ
εἰσδέξομαι ὑμᾶς, καὶ ἔσομαι ὑμῖν εἰς πατέρα, καὶ ὑμεῖς ἔσεσθέ μοι εἰς
υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας, λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ. Ταύτας οὖν ἔχοντες τάς
ἐπαγγελίας, ἀγαπητοί, καθαρίσωμεν ἑαυτοὺς ἀπὸ παντὸς μολυσμοῦ σαρκὸς καὶ
πνεύματος, ἐπιτελοῦντες ἁγιωσύνην ἐν φόβῳ Θεοῦ.
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ:
Σοφία. Ὀρθοί. Ἀκούσωμεν τοῦ ἁγίου
Εὐαγγελίου. Ματθαῖον Κεφ. 8: 14, 23
Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἐλθὼν ὁ Ἰησοῦς
εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν Πέτρου, εἶδε τὴν πενθερὰν αὐτοῦ βεβλημένην καὶ
πυρέσσουσαν καὶ ἥψατο τῆς χειρὸς αὐτῆς, καὶ ἀφῆκεν αὐτὴν ὁ πυρετός· καὶ
ἠγέρθη, καὶ διηκόνει αὐτοῖς. Ὀψίας δὲ γενομένης προσήνεγκαν αὐτῷ
δαιμονιζομένους πολλούς· καὶ ἐξέβαλε τὰ πνεύματα λόγῳ, καὶ πάντας τοὺς
κακῶς ἔχοντας ἐθεράπευσεν, ὅπως πληρωθῇ τὸ ῥηθὲν διὰ Ἠσαΐου τοῦ Προφήτου,
λέγοντος· Αὐτὸς τάς ἀσθενείας ἡμῶν ἔλαβε, καὶ τάς νόσους ἐβάστασεν. Ἰδὼν
δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς πολλοὺς ὄχλους περὶ αὐτόν, ἐκέλευσεν ἀπελθεῖν εἰς τὸ πέραν.
Καὶ προσελθὼν εἷς Γραμματεύς, εἶπεν αὐτῷ· Διδάσκαλε, ἀκολουθήσω σοι,
ὅπου ἐὰν ἀπέρχῃ. Καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Αἱ ἀλώπεκες φωλεοὺς ἔχουσι,
καὶ τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ κατασκηνώσεις, ὁ δὲ Υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου οὐκ
ἔχει ποῦ τὴν κεφαλὴν κλίνῃ. ΄Ἕτερος δὲ τῶν Μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ εἶπεν αὐτῷ·
Κύριε, ἐπίτρεψόν μοι πρῶτον ἀπελθεῖν καὶ θάψαι τὸν πατέρα μου. Ὁ δὲ
Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτῷ· ἀκολούθει μοι, καὶ ἄφες τοὺς νεκροὺς θάψαι τοὺς
ἑαυτῶν νεκρούς. Καὶ ἐμβάντι αὐτῷ εἰς τὸ πλοῖον, ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ οἱ
Μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ. ΕΥΧΗ Δ' ΙΕΡΕΥΣ
Ἀγαθὲ
καὶ φιλάνθρωπε, εὔσπλαγχνε καὶ πολυέλεε Κύριε, ὁ πολὺς ἐν ἐλέει καὶ
πλούσιος ἐν ἀγαθότητι, ὁ Πατὴρ τῶν οἰκτιρμῶν καὶ Θεὸς πάσης παρακλήσεως,
ὁ ἐνισχύσας ἡμᾶς διὰ τῶν ἁγίων σου Ἀποστόλων, ἐλαίῳ μετὰ προσευχῆς τάς
ἀσθενείας τοῦ λαοῦ θεραπεύεσθαι· Αὐτός, καὶ τὸ Ἔλαιον τοῦτο σύνταξον εἰς
ἴασιν τοῖς ἐξ αὐτοῦ χριομένοις, εἰς ἀπαλλαγὴν πάσης νόσου καὶ πάσης
μαλακίας, εἰς ἀπολύτρωσιν τῶν κακῶν τῶν ἀπεκδεχομένων τὴν παρὰ σοῦ
σωτηρίαν. Ναί, Δέσποτα Κύριε ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, δεόμεθά Σου, παντοδύναμε, τοῦ
σῴζειν πάντας ἡμάς· ὁ μόνος ψυχῶν τε καὶ σωμάτων Ἰατρός, ἁγίασον πάντας
ἡμάς· ὁ πᾶσαν νόσον ἰώμενος, ἴασαι καὶ τοὺς δούλους σου τούτους·
ἐξέγειρον αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ κλίνης ὀδυνηρᾶς, διὰ ἐλέους τῆς Σῆς χρηστότητος·
ἐπίσκεψαι αὐτοὺς ἐν ἐλέει καὶ οἰκτιρμοῖς Σου· ἀποδίωξον ἀπ’ αὐτῶν πᾶσαν
ἀρρωστίαν καὶ ἀσθένειαν· ἵνα, ἑξαναστάντες τῇ χειρί Σου τῇ κραταιᾷ,
δουλεύωσί Σοι μετὰ πάσης εὐχαριστίας· ὅπως καὶ νῦν, μετέχοντες τῆς Σῆς
ἀφάτου φιλανθρωπίας, ὑμνῶμεν καὶ δοξάζωμέν Σε τὸν ποιοῦντα μεγάλα καὶ
θαυμαστά, ἔνδοξά τε καὶ ἐξαίσια. ΧΟΡΟΣ: Ἀμήν.
ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΣ Ε'
ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ:
Κύριε, φυλάξαις ἡμᾶς.
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ:
Πρόσχωμεν. Κεφ. 1: 8-11
Ἀδελφοί, οὐ θέλομεν ὑμᾶς ἀγνοεῖν,
ὑπὲρ τῆς θλίψεως ἡμῶν τῆς γενομένης ἡμῖν ἐν τῇ Ἀσίᾳ, ὅτι καθ’ ὑπερβολὴν
ἐβαρήθημεν ὑπὲρ δύναμιν, ὥστε ἑξαπορηθῆναι ἡμᾶς καὶ τοῦ ζῆν. Ἀλλὰ αὐτοὶ
ἐν ἑαυτοῖς τὸ ἀπόκριμα τοῦ θανάτου ἐσχήκαμεν, ἵνα μὴ πεποιθότες ὦμεν ἐφ’
ἑαυτοῖς, ἀλλ ἐπὶ τῷ Θεῷ τῷ ἐγείροντι τοὺς νεκρούς· ὃς ἐκ τηλικούτου
θανάτου ἐρρύσατο ἡμᾶς καὶ ῥύεται, εἰς ὃν ἠλπίκαμεν ὅτι καὶ ἔτι ῥύσεται,
συνυπουργούντων καὶ ὑμῶν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν τῇ δεήσει, ἵνα ἐκ πολλῶν προσώπων τὸ
εἰς ἡμᾶς χάρισμα διὰ πολλῶν εὐχαριστηθῇ ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν. ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ Ε'
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ:
Σοφία. Ὀρθοί. Ἀκούσωμεν τοῦ ἁγίου
Εὐαγγελίου. Ματθαῖον Κεφ. 25: 1, 13
Εἶπεν ὁ Κύριος τὴν παραβολὴν
ταύτην· Ὡμοιώθη ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν δέκα Παρθένοις, αἵτινες λαβοῦσαι
τάς λαμπάδας αὐτῶν, ἐξῆλθον εἰς ἀπάντησιν τοῦ Νυμφίου, πέντε δὲ ἦσαν ἐξ
αὐτῶν φρόνιμοι καὶ αἱ πέντε μωραί. Αἵτινες μωραί, λαβοῦσαι τάς λαμπάδας
ἑαυτῶν, οὐκ ἔλαβον μεθ’ ἑαυτῶν ἔλαιον· αἱ δὲ φρόνιμοι ἔλαβον ἔλαιον ἐν
τοῖς ἀγγείοις αὐτῶν, μετὰ τῶν λαμπάδων αὐτῶν. Χρονίζοντος δὲ τοῦ Νυμφίου
ἐνύσταξαν πᾶσαι καὶ ἐκάθευδον. Μέσης δὲ νυκτὸς κραυγὴ γέγονεν· Ἰδοὺ ὁ
Νυμφίος ἔρχεται, ἐξέρχεσθε εἰς ἀπάντησιν αὐτοῦ. Τότε ἠγέρθησαν πᾶσαι αἱ
Παρθένοι ἐκεῖναι, καὶ ἐκόσμησαν τάς λαμπάδας αὐτῶν. Αἱ δὲ μωραὶ ταῖς
φρονίμοις εἶπον· Δότε ἡμῖν ἐκ τοῦ ἐλαίου ὑμῶν, ὅτι αἱ λαμπάδες ἡμῶν
σβέννυνται. Ἀπεκρίθησαν δὲ αἱ φρόνιμοι, λέγουσαι· μήποτε οὐκ ἀρκέσει
ἡμῖν καὶ ὑμῖν· πορεύεσθε δὲ μᾶλλον πρὸς τοὺς πωλοῦντας, καὶ ἀγοράσατε
ἑαυταῖς. Ἀπερχομένων δὲ αὐτῶν ἀγοράσαι, ἦλθεν ὁ Νυμφίος, καὶ αἱ ἕτοιμοι
εἰσῆλθον μετ’ αὐτοῦ εἰς τοὺς γάμους, καὶ ἐκλείσθη ἡ θύρα. Ὕστερον δὲ
ἔρχονται καὶ αἱ λοιπαὶ Παρθένοι λέγουσαι· Κύριε, Κύριε, ἄνοιξον ἡμῖν. Ὁ
δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν· Ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, οὐκ οἶδα ὑμᾶς. Γρηγορεῖτε οὖν, ὅτι
οὐκ οἴδατε τὴν ἡμέραν οὐδὲ τὴν ὥραν, ἐν ᾗ ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἔρχεται. ΕΥΧΗ Ε'
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ ΧΟΡΟΣ: Ἀμήν. ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΣ ΣΤ'
ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ:
Ἐλέησον μὲ ὁ Θεὸς κατὰ τὸ μέγα
ἔλεός σου. Κεφ. 5: 22-26, 6: 2
Ἀδελφοί, ὁ καρπὸς τοῦ Πνεύματός
ἐστιν ἀγάπη, χαρά, εἰρήνη, μακροθυμία, χρηστότης, ἀγαθωσύνη, πίστις,
πραότης, ἐγκράτεια· κατὰ τῶν τοιούτων οὐκ ἔστι νόμος. Οἱ δὲ τοῦ Χριστοῦ
τὴν σάρκα ἐσταύρωσαν σὺν τοῖς παθήμασι καὶ ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις. Εἰ ζῶμεν
Πνεύματι, Πνεύματι καὶ στοιχῶμεν. Μὴ γινώμεθα κενόδοξοι, ἀλλήλους
προκαλούμενοι, ἀλλήλοις φθονοῦντες. Ἀδελφοί, ἐὰν καὶ προληφθῇ ἄνθρωπος
ἒν τίνι παραπτώματι, ὑμεῖς οἱ πνευματικοὶ καταρτίζετε τὸν τοιοῦτον ἐν
πνεύματι πραότητος, σκοπῶν σεαυτόν, μὴ καὶ σὺ πειρασθῇς. Ἀλλήλων τὰ βάρη
βαστάζετε, καὶ οὕτως ἀναπληρώσατε τὸν νόμον τοῦ Χριστοῦ.
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ:
Σοφία. Ὀρθοί. Ἀκούσωμεν τοῦ ἁγίου
Εὐαγγελίου. Ματθαῖον Κεφ. 15: 21-28
Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἦλθεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς
εἰς τὰ μέρη Τύρου καὶ Σιδῶνος. Καὶ ἰδοὺ γυνὴ Χαναναία ἀπὸ τῶν ὁρίων
ἐκείνων ἐξελθοῦσα, ἐκραύγαζεν αὐτῷ, λέγουσα· Ἐλέησόν με, Κύριε, Υἱὲ
Δαυΐδ, ἡ θυγάτηρ μου κακῶς δαιμονίζεται. Ὁ δὲ οὐκ ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῇ λόγον.
Καὶ προσελθόντες οἱ Μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ, ἠρώτων αὐτόν, λέγοντες· Ἀπόλυσον
αὐτήν, ὅτι κράζει ὄπισθεν ἡμῶν. Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθείς, εἶπεν· οὐκ ἀπεστάλην
εἰμὴ εἰς τὰ πρόβατα τὰ ἀπολωλότα οἴκου Ἰσραήλ. Ἡ δὲ ἐλθοῦσα προσεκύνει
αὐτῷ λέγουσα· Κύριε, βοήθει μοι. Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν· Οὐκ ἔστι καλὸν
λαβεῖν τὸν ἄρτον τῶν τέκνων, καὶ βαλεῖν τοῖς κυναρίοις. Ἡ δὲ εἶπε· Ναί,
Κύριε· καὶ γὰρ τὰ κυνάρια ἐσθίει ἀπὸ τῶν ψιχίων τῶν πιπτόντων ἀπὸ τῆς
τραπέζης τῶν κυρίων αὐτῶν. Τότε ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Ἰησοῦς, εἶπεν αὐτῇ· Ὦ γύναι,
μεγάλη σου ἡ πίστις· γενηθήτω σοι ὡς θέλεις. Καὶ ἰάθη ἡ θυγάτηρ αὐτῆς
ἀπὸ τῆς ὥρας ἐκείνης. ΕΥΧΗ ΣΤ' ΙΕΡΕΥΣ
Εὐχαριστοῦμέν
Σοι, Κύριε ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, ὁ ἀγαθὸς καὶ φιλάνθρωπος, καὶ ἰατρὸς τῶν ψυχῶν
καὶ τῶν σωμάτων ἡμῶν· ὁ τάς νόσους ἡμῶν ἀπόνως
βαστάζων· οὐ τῷ μώλωπι πάντες ἰάθημεν·
ὁ Ποιμὴν ὁ καλός, ὁ εἰς ἀναζήτησιν ἐλθὼν τοῦ πλανηθέντος προβάτου·
ὁ τοῖς ὀλιγοψύχοις διδοὺς παραμυθίαν, καὶ ζωὴν τοῖς συντετριμμένοις·
ὁ τὴν πηγὴν τῆς αἱμορροούσης, δωδεκαετῆ οὖσαν ἰασάμενος·
ὁ τὴν θυγατέρα τῆς Χαναναίας τοῦ χαλεποῦ δαιμονίου ἐλευθερώσας·
ὁ τὸ δάνειον χαρισάμενος τοῖς δυσὶ χρεωφειλέταις, καὶ τῇ ἁμαρτωλῷ τὴν
ἄφεσιν δούς· ὁ τὴν ἴασιν τῷ παραλυτικῷ δωρησάμενος
σὺν τῇ ἀφέσει τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν αὐτοῦ· ὁ τὸν τελώνην τῷ
λόγῳ δικαιώσας, καὶ τὸν λῃστὴν ἐν τῇ ἐσχάτῃ αὐτοῦ ὁμολογίᾳ προσδεξάμενος·
ὁ τάς ἁμαρτίας τοῦ κόσμου ἀράμενος, καὶ τῷ Σταυρῷ προσηλώσας·
σοῦ δεόμεθα, καὶ Σὲ ἱκετεύομεν· ἐν τῇ ἀγαθότητί
Σου, Αὐτός, ἄνες, ἄφες, συγχώρησον, ὁ Θεός, τάς ἀνομίας καὶ τάς ἁμαρτίας
τῶν δούλων σου τούτων, τὰ πλημμελήματα αὐτῶν, τὰ ἑκούσια καὶ τὰ ἀκούσια,
τὰ ἐν γνώσει καὶ ἐν ἀγνοίᾳ, τὰ ἐν παραβάσει καὶ ἐν παρακοῇ, τὰ ἐν νυκτὶ
καὶ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ· ἢ ὑπὸ κατάραν Ἱερέως ἢ πατρὸς ἢ
μητρὸς ἐγένοντο· ἢ ὀφθαλμὸν εἱστίασαν ἢ ὄσφρησιν
ἐξεθήλυναν ἢ ἀφῇ κατεμαλακίσθησαν ἢ γεύσει κατεπόρνευσαν ἢ ἐν οἱαδήποτε
κινήσει σαρκὸς καὶ πνεύματος τοῦ Σοῦ ἀπηλλοτριώθησαν θελήματος καὶ τῆς
Σῆς ἁγιότητος· εἴ τι ἥμαρτον αὐτοί τε καὶ ἡμεῖς,
ὡς ἀγαθὸς καὶ ἀμνησίκακος Θεὸς καὶ φιλάνθρωπος, συγχώρησον·
μὴ ἐῶν αὐτοὺς καὶ ἡμᾶς εἰς τὸν ῥερυπωμένον βίον καταπεσεῖν, μηδὲ εἰς τάς
ὀλεθρίους ὁδοὺς ἀποτρέχειν. Ναί, Δέσποτα Κύριε, ἐπάκουσόν μου τοῦ
ἁμαρτωλοῦ ἐν τῇ ὥρᾳ ταύτῃ ὑπὲρ τῶν δούλων σου τούτων·
πάριδε, ὡς ἀμνησίκακος Θεός, τὰ παραπτώματα αὐτῶν ἅπαντα·
ἀπάλλαξον αὐτοὺς τῆς αἰωνίου κολάσεως· τὸ στόμα
αὐτῶν τῆς Σῆς αἰνέσεως πλήρωσον· τὰ χείλη αὐτῶν
ἄνοιξον πρὸς δοξολογίαν τοῦ ὀνόματός Σου· τάς
χεῖρας αὐτῶν ἔκτεινον πρὸς ἐργασίαν τῶν ἐντολῶν Σου·
τοὺς πόδας αὐτῶν πρὸς τὸν δρόμον τοῦ Εὐαγγελίου Σου κατεύθυνον, πάντα
αὐτῶν τὰ μέλη καὶ τὴν διάνοιαν τῇ Σῇ κατασφαλιζόμενος χάριτι. σὺ γὰρ εἶ
ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, ὁ διὰ τῶν ἁγίων σου Ἀποστόλων ἐντειλάμενος ἡμῖν, λέγων·
«Ὅσα ἂν δήσητε ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ἔσται δεδεμένα ἐν τοῖς Οὐρανοῖς·
καὶ ὅσα ἂν λύσητε ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ἔσται λελυμένα ἐν τοῖς Οὐρανοῖς»·
καὶ πάλιν· «Ἂν τινων ἀφῆτε τάς ἁμαρτίας, ἀφίενται
αὐτοῖς· ἂν τινων κρατῆτε, κεκράτηνται». Καὶ ὡς
ἑπήκουσας Ἐζεκίου ἐν τῇ θλίψει τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ ὥρᾳ τοῦ θανάτου
αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐ παρεῖδες τὴν δέησιν αὐτοῦ, οὕτω κἀμοῦ τοῦ ταπεινοῦ καὶ
ἁμαρτωλοῦ καὶ ἀναξίου δούλου σου ἐπάκουσον ἐν τῇ ὥρᾳ ταύτῃ δεομένου Σου·
σὺ γὰρ εἶ, Κύριε Ἰησοῦ Χριστέ, ὁ ἑβδομηκοντάκις ἑπτὰ ἀφιέναι τοῖς
περιπίπτουσιν ἐν ἁμαρτίαις κελεύσας, τῇ Σῇ ἀγαθότητι καὶ φιλανθρωπίᾳ,
καὶ μετανοῶν ἐπὶ ταῖς κακίαις ἡμῶν, καὶ χαίρων ἐπὶ τῇ ἐπιστροφῇ τῶν
πεπλανημένων· ὅτι ὡς ἡ μεγαλωσύνη Σου, οὕτω καὶ τὸ
ἔλεός Σου· καὶ Σοὶ τὴν δόξαν ἀναπέμπομεν, σὺν τῷ
ἀνάρχῳ σου Πατρί, καὶ τῷ παναγίῳ, καὶ ἀγαθῷ, καὶ ζωοποιῷ σου Πνεύματι,
νῦν καὶ ἀεί, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Ἀμήν.
ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ:
Κύριε μὴ τῷ θυμῷ σου ἐλέγξῃς με.
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ:
Προσχῶμεν. Κεφ. 5: 14-23
Ἀδελφοί, παρακαλοῦμεν ὑμᾶς,
νουθετεῖτε τοὺς ἀτάκτους, παραμυθεῖσθε τοὺς ὀλιγοψύχους, ἀντέχεσθε τῶν
ἀσθενῶν, μακροθυμεῖτε πρὸς πάντας. Ὁρᾶτε μή τις κακὸν ἀντὶ κακοῦ τινι
ἀποδῷ, ἀλλὰ πάντοτε τὸ ἀγαθὸν διώκετε καὶ εἰς ἀλλήλους καὶ εἰς πάντας.
Πάντοτε χαίρετε, ἀδιαλείπτως προσεύχεσθε, ἐν παντὶ εὐχαριστεῖτε· τοῦτο
γὰρ θέλημα Θεοῦ ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ εἰς ὑμᾶς. Τὸ Πνεῦμα μὴ σβέννυτε,
προφητείας μὴ ἐξουθενεῖτε. Πάντα δὲ δοκιμάζετε, τὸ καλὸν κατέχετε· ἀπὸ
παντὸς εἴδους πονηροῦ ἀπέχεσθε. Αὐτὸς δὲ ὁ Θεὸς τῆς εἰρήνης ἁγιάσαι ὑμᾶς
ὁλοτελεῖς, καὶ ὁλόκληρον ὑμῶν τὸ πνεῦμα καὶ ἡ ψυχὴ καὶ τὸ σῶμα ἀμέμπτως
ἐν τῇ παρουσίᾳ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τηρηθείη.
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ:
Σοφία. Ὀρθοί. Ἀκούσωμεν τοῦ ἁγίου
Εὐαγγελίου. Ματθαῖον Κεφ. 9: 9-13
Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, παράγων ὁ Ἰησοῦς
εἶδεν ἄνθρωπον καθήμενον ἐπὶ τὸ τελώνιον, Ματθαῖον λεγόμενον, καὶ λέγει
αὐτῷ· ἀκολούθει μοι. Καὶ ἀναστὰς ἠκολούθησεν αὐτῷ. Καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτοῦ
ἀνακειμένου ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ, καὶ ἰδοὺ πολλοὶ τελῶναι καὶ ἁμαρτωλοὶ ἐλθόντες
συνανέκειντο τῷ Ἰησοῦ καὶ τοῖς Μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ. Καὶ ἰδόντες οἱ Φαρισαῖοι
εἶπον τοῖς Μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ· διατί μετὰ τῶν τελωνῶν καὶ ἁμαρτωλῶν ἐσθίει ὁ
Διδάσκαλος ὑμῶν; Ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς ἀκούσας εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Οὐ χρείαν ἔχουσιν οἱ
ἰσχύοντες ἰατροῦ, ἀλλ’ οἱ κακῶς ἔχοντες. Πορευθέντες δὲ μάθετε τί ἐστιν
«ἔλεον θέλω καὶ οὐ θυσίαν». Οὐ γὰρ ἦλθον καλέσαι δικαίους, ἀλλὰ
ἁμαρτωλοὺς εἰς μετάνοιαν. ΕΥΧΗ Ζ' ΙΕΡΕΥΣ Δέσποτα Κύριε, ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, ἰατρὲ ψυχῶν καὶ σωμάτων, ὁ τὰ χρόνια πάθη θεραπεύων, ὁ ἰώμενος πᾶσαν νόσον καὶ πᾶσαν μαλακίαν ἐν τῷ λαῷ· ὁ θέλων, πάντας ἀνθρώπους σωθῆναι καὶ εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν ἀληθείας ἐλθεῖν· ὁ μὴ βουλόμενος τὸν θάνατον τοῦ ἁμαρτωλοῦ, ὡς τὸ ἐπιστρέψαι καὶ ζῆν αὐτόν· σὺ γὰρ Κύριε, ἐν τῇ Παλαιᾷ Διαθήκῃ ἔθου μετάνοιαν τοῖς ἁμαρτωλοῖς, Δαυῒδ καὶ Νινευΐταις, καὶ τοῖς πρὶν καὶ τοῖς μετὰ τούτους· ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν τῇ ἐπιδημίᾳ τῆς ἐνσάρκου Σου οἰκονομίας, οὐκ ἐκάλεσας δικαίους, ἀλλ’ ἁμαρτωλοὺς εἰς μετάνοιαν, ὡς τὸν τελώνην, ὡς τὴν πόρνην, ὡς τὸν λῃστήν, ὡς τὸν βλάσφημον καὶ διώκτην τὸν μέγαν Παῦλον, διὰ μετανοίας προσδεξάμενος· Πέτρον τὸν κορυφαῖον καὶ Ἀπόστολόν Σου, ἀρνησάμενόν Σε τρίτον, διὰ μετανοίας προσεδέξω καὶ προσελάβου καὶ ἐπηγγείλω αὐτῷ, λέγων· «Σῦ εἶ Πέτρος, καὶ ἐπὶ ταύτῃ τῇ πέτρᾳ οἰκοδομήσω μου τὴν Ἐκκλησίαν, καὶ πύλαι ᾍδου οὐ κατισχύσουσιν αὐτῆς· καὶ δώσω σοι τάς κλεῖς τῆς Βασιλείας τῶν Οὐρανῶν». Διόπερ καὶ ἡμεῖς, ἀγαθὲ καὶ φιλάνθρωπε, κατὰ τάς ἀψευδεῖς σου ἐπαγγελίας θαρροῦντες, δεόμεθα σου καὶ ἱκετεύομεν ἐν τῇ ὥρᾳ ταύτῃ. Ἐπάκουσον τῆς δεήσεως ἡμῶν, καὶ πρόσδεξαι αὐτὴν ὡς θυμίαμα προσφερόμενόν Σοι, καὶ ἐπίσκεψαι τοὺς δούλους σου τούτους καὶ εἴ τι ἐπλημμέλησαν ἐν λόγῳ ἢ ἔργῳ ἢ κατὰ διάνοιαν ἢ ἐν νυκτὶ ἢ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ἢ ὑπὸ κατάραν Ἱερέως ἐγένοντο ἢ τῷ ἰδίῳ ἀναθέματι ὑπέπεσαν ἢ ὅρκῳ παρεπίκραναν καὶ ὁρκωμότησαν, παρακαλοῦμέν Σε καὶ δεόμεθά Σου· ἄνες, ἄφες, συγχώρησον αὐτοῖς, ὁ Θεός, παραβλέπων τάς ἀνομίας αὐτῶν καὶ τάς ἁμαρτίας καὶ τὰ ἐν γνώσει καὶ ἀγνοίᾳ γενόμενα παρ’ αὐτῶν. Καὶ εἴ τι τῶν ἐντολῶν Σου παρέβησαν ἢ ἐπλημμέλησαν, ὡς σάρκα φοροῦντες καὶ τὸν κόσμον οἰκοῦντες ἢ ἐξ ἐνεργείας τοῦ διαβόλου, Αὐτός, ὡς ἀγαθὸς καὶ φιλάνθρωπος Θεός, συγχώρησον· ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἄνθρωπος, ὃς ζήσεται καὶ οὐχ ἁμαρτήσει. σὺ γὰρ μόνος ὑπάρχεις ἀναμάρτητος· ἡ δικαιοσύνη Σου, δικαιοσύνη εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, καὶ ὁ λόγος Σου ἀλήθεια. Οὐ γὰρ ἔπλασας τὸν ἄνθρωπον εἰς ἀπώλειαν, ἀλλ’ εἰς περιποίησιν τῶν ἐντολῶν Σου καὶ ζωῆς ἀφθάρτου κληρονομίαν· καὶ Σοὶ τὴν δόξαν ἀναπέμπομεν, σὺν τῷ ἀνάρχῳ σου Πατρί, καὶ τῷ Παναγίῳ, καὶ ἀγαθῷ σου Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεί, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.
ΧΟΡΟΣ: Ἀμήν. ΕΥΧΗ ΧΡΙΣΕΩΣ ΙΕΡΕΥΣ
Πάτερ,
Ἅγιε, ἰατρὲ τῶν ψυχῶν καὶ τῶν σωμάτων, ὁ πέμψας τὸν μονογενῆ σου Υἱόν,
τὸν Κύριον ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν, πᾶσαν νόσον ἰώμενον καὶ ἐκ θανάτου
λυτρούμενον, ἴασαι καὶ τοὺς δούλους σου τούτους, ἐκ τῆς περιεχούσης
αὐτῶν σωματικῆς καὶ ψυχικῆς ἀσθενείας, καὶ ζωοποίησον αὐτούς, διὰ τῆς
Χάριτος τοῦ Χριστοῦ Σου· πρεσβείαις τῆς ὑπεραγίας,
Δεσποίνης ἡμῶν Θεοτόκου καὶ ἀειπαρθένου Μαρίας·
δυνάμει τοῦ Τιμίου καὶ Ζωοποιοῦ Σταυροῦ·
προστασίαις τῶν τιμίων, ἐπουρανίων Δυνάμεων ἀσωμάτων·
τοῦ τιμίου καὶ ἐνδόξου, Προφήτου, Προδρόμου καὶ Βαπτιστοῦ Ἰωάννου·
τῶν ἁγίων ἐνδόξων καὶ πανευφήμων Ἀποστόλων· τῶν
ἁγίων ἐνδόξων καὶ καλλινίκων Μαρτύρων· τῶν ὁσίων
καὶ θεοφόρων Πατέρων ἡμῶν· τῶν ἁγίων καὶ ἰαματικῶν
Ἀναργύρων, Κοσμᾶ καὶ Δαμιανοῦ, Κύρου καὶ Ἰωάννου, Σαμψὼν καὶ Διομήδους,
Μωκίου καὶ Ἀνίκητου, Παντελεήμονος καὶ Ἑρμολάου, Θαλελαίου καὶ Τρύφωνος·
τῶν ἁγίων καὶ δικαίων θεοπατόρων Ἰωακεὶμ καὶ Ἄννης καὶ πάντων τῶν
Ἁγίων.΄Ἀμήν. Ἦχος δ' Πηγήν ἰαμάτων ἔχοντες, Ἅγιοι Ἀνάργυροι, τάς ἰάσεις παρέχετε πᾶσι τοῖς δεομένοις, ὡς μεγίστων δωρεῶν ἀξιωθέντες, παρὰ τῆς ἀενάου πηγῆς τοῦ Σωτῆρος Χριστοῦ. Φησὶ γὰρ πρὸς ὑμᾶς ὁ Κύριος, ὡς ὁμοζήλους τῶν Ἀποστόλων. Ἰδοὺ δέδωκα ὑμῖν τὴν ἐξουσίαν, κατὰ πνευμάτων ἀκαθάρτων, ὥστε αὐτὰ ἐκβάλλειν, καὶ θεραπεύειν πᾶσαν νόσον, καὶ πᾶσαν μαλακίαν. Διὸ τοῖς προστάγμασιν αὐτοῦ καλῶς πολιτευσάμενοι, δωρεὰν ἐλάβετε, δωρεὰν παρέχετε, ἰατρεύοντες τὰ πάθη τῶν ψυχῶν, καὶ τῶν σωμάτων ἡμῶν.
Δόξα... Καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον Νεῦσον παρακλήσει σῶν οἰκετῶν Πανάμωμε, παύουσα δεινῶν ἡμῶν ἐπαναστάσεις, πάσης θλίψεως ἡμᾶς ἀπαλλάττουσα· σὲ γὰρ μόνην ἀσφαλῆ, καὶ βεβαίαν ἄγκυραν ἔχομεν, καὶ τὴν σὴν προστασίαν κεκτήμεθα. Μὴ αἰσχυνθῶμεν Δέσποινα, σὲ προσκαλούμενοι, σπεῦσον εἰς ἱκεσίαν, τῶν σοὶ πιστῶς βοώντων· Χαῖρε Δέσποινα, ἡ πάντων βοήθεια, χαρὰ καὶ σκέπη, καὶ σωτηρία τῶν ψυχῶν ἡμῶν. ΑΠΟΛΥΣΙΣ
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ:Δόξα
σοι ὁ Θεὸς ἡ ἐλπὶς ἡμῶν, δόξα σοι. |
THE SERVICE OF HOLY UNCTION Served by seven Priests in Church or in a home.
A table is set up in the centre of the solea with an icon of our Lord Jesus Christ or of our Lady Mother of God and a vessel with wheat or flour in which is placed a vigil lamp with wine and oil. The Priests stand behind the table facing the people and the Priest first in order begins the service saying:
Blessed is our God always, now and for ever: world without end. READER: Amen. O Holy God, Holy and Strong, Holy and Immortal, have mercy upon us. (3) Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever, world without end. Amen. Most Holy Trinity, have mercy upon us; O Lord, cleanse us from our sins; O Master, pardon our transgressions; O Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities, for Thy Name’s sake.
Kyrie eleison or Lord have mercy. [3] Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever: world without end. Amen. Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
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: Amen. Kyrie eleison or Lord have mercy. [12] Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever: world without end. Amen. O come, let us worship and bow down before our King and our God. O come, let us worship and bow down before Christ our King and our God. O come, let us worship and bow down before the very Christ our King and our God. Psalm 142 Hear my prayer, O Lord, give ear to my supplications: in Thy faithfulness answer me, and in Thy righteousness. And enter not into judgement with Thy servant: for in Thy sight shall no man be justified. For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have long been dead. Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate. I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Thy works; I muse on the work of Thy hands. I stretch forth my hands unto Thee: my soul thirsteth after Thee, as a thirsty land. Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit faileth: hide not Thy face from me, lest I be like them that go down to the pit. Cause me to hear Thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in Thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto Thee. Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies: I flee unto Thee to hide me. Teach me to do Thy will; for Thou art my God: Thy Spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness. Quicken me, O Lord, for Thy name’s sake: for Thy righteousness’ sake: bring my soul out of trouble. And of Thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am Thy servant.
DEACON: Have mercy upon us, O God, after Thy great goodness. We pray Thee, hear us and have mercy. CHOIR: Kyrie eleison [3] DEACON: Again we pray for the servants of God, all our fathers and brethren here present and praying with us and that the grace of the Holy Spirit may come upon them. CHOIR: Kyrie eleison [3] 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: Amen. Alleluia. Alleluia, Alleluia. Lord, rebuke me not in Thine anger, neither chasten me in Thy wrath. Alleluia. Alleluia, Alleluia. Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am weak. Alleluia. Alleluia, Alleluia. Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us, for destitute of all defence, we sinners, O Master, offer unto Thee this prayer. Have mercy upon us. Glory... O Lord, have mercy upon us, for in Thee have we put our trust. Be not altogether wroth with us, neither remember our iniquities, but inasmuch as Thou art merciful, look down upon us even now, and deliver us from our enemies. For Thou art our God and we are Thy people. We all are the work of Thy hands, and we call upon Thy name. Now and for ever... Open the gate of compassion unto us, O blessed Mother of God, so that hoping in thee we shall not fail, but through thee may we be delivered from all adversity; for thou art the salvation of all Christian peoples. Psalm 50 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to Thy great mercy; and according to the multitude of Thy tender mercies blot out my transgression. Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgression, and my sin is ever before me. Against Thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in Thy sight; that Thou mightest be justified in Thy sayings, and mightest overcome when Thou art judged. For behold, I was conceived in iniquity, and in sins did my mother bear me. For behold, Thou hast loved truth; the hidden and secret things of Thy wisdom hast Thou revealed to me. Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be cleansed: Thou shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow. Thou shalt make me to hear joy and gladness; the bones that are humbled shall rejoice. Turn away Thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from Thy presence, and take not Thy Holy Spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation, and stablish me with Thy sovereign spirit. I will teach transgressors Thy ways, and the ungodly shall turn again to Thee. Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, Thou God of my salvation; my tongue shall rejoice in Thy righteousness. O Lord, Thou shalt open my lips, and my mouth shall shew forth Thy praise. For hadst Thou desired sacrifice, I would have given it; Thou wilt not delight in whole burnt offerings. A sacrifice to God is a broken spirit; a broken and humbled heart God will not despise. Do good, O Lord, in Thy good pleasure unto Zion, and let the walls of Jerusalem be builded. Then shalt Thou be pleased with a sacrifice of righteousness, oblation and whole burnt offerings: then shall they offer bullocks upon Thine altar.
THE CANON Ode 1 Tone 4
O Master Christ,
have mercy upon thy servants.
O Master Christ,
have mercy upon thy servants.
O Master Christ,
have mercy upon thy servants. Kathisma. Tone 8 O Merciful, thou who art a divine river of mercy, an abyss of great compassion, make manifest the divine streams of thy mercy and heal all. Pour forth abundantly fountains of miracles, and wash all. For ever making haste unto Thee, we fervently entreat Thy grace.
Another O physician and helper of those in pains, Deliverer and Saviour of those in sickness, do thou O Master and Lord of all, grant healing unto thine afflicted servants, have compassion and mercy on those with many transgressions, and deliver them from their errors that they may glorify thy divine power.
O Master Christ,
have mercy upon thy servants.
O Master Christ,
have mercy upon thy servants.
O Master Christ,
have mercy upon thy servants.
As thou art, O Most Gracious, a fountain of mercy, do thou, who art compassionate, deliver from every harm them that with fervent faith fall down before thine ineffable mercy, and taking away their diseases, grant them divine grace from on high. Ode 7
O Master Christ,
have mercy upon thy servants.
O Master Christ,
have mercy upon thy servants.
O Master Christ,
have mercy upon thy servants.
Tone 3 (Επεσκέψατο ημάς) In thy mercy, O Good One, look down upon our supplication, for we are gathered here today, in thy holy temple, to anoint with divine oil, thy servants who are afflicted.
THE PRAISES TONE 4 Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord from the heavens: praise Him in the heights. To Thee belongeth the hymn, O God. Praise the Lord from the heavens: praise Him in the heights. To thee belongeth the hymn, O God. TONE 4 (Έδωκας σημείωσιν) To execute upon them the judgement written: this honour have all His saints. Through thine Apostles thou gavest* thy grace, O forgiving* Lover of mankind,* to heal with thy holy oil every wound and illness,* therefore, O Compassionate,* those who now with faith approach* thine oil do thou sanctify,* have mercy and cleanse from every infirmity,* and make worthy, O Lord, of thine* imperishable bliss.
Praise God in the sanctuary: praise Him in the firmament of His power.
O thou Incomprehensible,* merciful, Lover of mankind,* who with thy hand invisible,* dost seal our senses with thy divine oil.* Look down from heaven* on those who run to thee with faith,* seeking forgiveness of their sins,* and do thou grant them healing* of soul and body,* that with desire they may glorify thee,* magnifying thy dominion. Praise Him for His mighty acts: praise Him according to His excellent greatness..
Anointing with thy mercy and the touch of thy priests, O* Lover of mankind,* from on high do sanctify thy servants, O Saviour,* from illnesses deliver them,* wash and purify their souls,* deliver them from manifold temptations,* their pains do thou comfort,* avert all their obstacles,* remove all afflictions,* for thou art compassionate and merciful. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. Now and for ever: world without end. Amen. I pray thee O most highly praised and most pure palace of the King,* my mind do thou purify,* which has been defiled,* with every sin,* and a pleasing dwelling make,* for the Most Holy Trinity,* that I thy wretched servant,* being saved may magnify,* thine infinite mercy* and thy dominion.
READER: O Holy God, Holy and Strong, Holy and Immortal, have mercy upon us. (3) Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever, world without end. Amen. Most Holy Trinity, have mercy upon us; O Lord, cleanse us from our sins; O Master, pardon our transgressions; O Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities, for Thy Name’s sake.
Kyrie eleison [3] Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever: world without end. Amen. Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
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. Troparion Tone 4 (Ταχύ προκατάλαβε) Alone art thou, O Christ, who quickly comes to our aid, from on high make manifest thy speedy response, to thy suffering servants, deliver them from diseases and terrible pains, raise them up to praise thee and to glorify thee ceaselessly, by the prayers of the Mother of God, O only Lover of mankind. DEACON In peace let us pray unto the Lord. CHOIR: Kyrie eleison. (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 (…..), 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 the people here present, who await the grace of the Holy Spirit, let us pray unto the Lord. For this oil, that it may be sanctified by the descent, and might and operation of the Holy Spirit, let us pray unto the Lord.
For the servants of God who have come to this Holy Mystery, that God may visit them and that the grace of the Holy Spirit may come upon them, let us pray unto the Lord.
That He may deliver us 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. The Priest will then recite the prayer of the Oil over the Vigil lamp. DEACON: Let us pray unto the Lord. CHOIR: Kyrie eleison
PRAYER OF THE OIL PRIEST O Lord, who in thy mercy and thy compassions dost heal the disorders of our souls and bodies, do thou, O Master, sanctify this oil, that it may be to them that are anointed with it for healing and release from every passion, bodily illness, defilement of the body and spirit, and every evil, so that by this thy most holy name may be glorified, of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, now and for ever, world without end. Amen.
The Choir then sing the following troparia. Tone 4 (Ταχύ προκατάλαβε) Alone art thou, O Christ,* who quickly comes to our aid,* from on high make manifest* thy speedy response,* to thy suffering servants,* deliver them from diseases* and terrible pains,* raise them up to praise thee* and to glorify thee ceaselessly,* by the prayers of the Mother of God,* O only Lover of mankind. Tone 4 Thou hast appeared today (Επεφάνης σήμερον) With the eyes of my soul,* I have become unseeing,* unto thee I come, O Christ,* as did the man that was born blind,* and in repentance I cry to thee,* for those in darkness* thou art the most resplendent light. Tone 3 Today the Virgin (Η Παρθένος σήμερον) Through sins of many kind,* and improper deeds,* O Lord, my soul has been* dreadfully paralyzed:* raise me up* by thy divine intervention,* as of old* thou didst raise up the Paralytic,* so that saved I may cry to thee,* O compassionate Christ,* glory to thy dominion. Tone 8 Apolytikion for St. James the Lord's BrotherAs a disciple of the Lord, thou hast receive the Gospel, O righteous one, as a Martyr thou hast found eternal life, as the Lord's Brother thou hast boldness, as a hierarch thou hast the power of prayer. Intercede to Christ our God that he may save our souls. Tone 4 Kontakion for St. James the Lord's BrotherLifted up of Thine own will (Ο υψωθείς εν τω Σταύρώ)The Only-begotten Word of God the Father*, who in these latter days has dwelt among us,* appointed thee O divine James,* as the first shepherd and Teacher,* of Jerusalem, and a faithful steward* of the spiritual Mysteries:* therefore, O Apostle, we all honour thee. Tone 3 Kontakion for St. Nicholas Today the Virgin (Η Παρθένος σήμερον) To the people of Myra,* thou wast revealed, O holy one,* a true priest fulfilling* the Gospel of Christ,* for thou didst lay down thy soul for thy people,* thou didst save* those who were innocent from death:* therefore thou wast sanctified* as a great mystic* of the grace of God. Tone 3 Apolytikion for St. Demetrios (Θείας πίστεως) The world hath found in thee,* a great defender in times of need,* and a victor against the heathen, O Champion.* Wherefore as Lyaeus’ disdainfulness thou didst bring down* by reassuring Nestor in the stadium,* do thou, O holy and Greatmartyr Demetrios,* intercede to Christ our God* that He may grant unto us great mercy. Tone 3 Apolytikion for St. Panteleimon O champion and healer saint Panteleimon,* beseech our merciful God* that He may grant unto our souls* the remission of sins. Tone 8 Apolytikion for the Selfless Physicians O holy wonder-workers and selfless physicians,* visit our infirmities,* freely ye have received,* freely give unto us. Tone 2 Kontakion for St. John Theologian Who can declare thy greatness, O Virgin, for thou pourest out wonders and dost bring forth streams of healings, and dost intercede for our souls, as the Theologian and friend of Christ. Tone 2 (Τα άνω ζητών) O fervent advocate, and fortress invincible, * the wellspring of mercy, the refuge of the world; * earnestly we cry to thee, O Lady, Mother of God, hasten thou, * and from all danger deliver us, * for thou alone art our hasty defender.
1ST APOSTLE READER: Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us. DEACON: Let us attend. READER: Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous. DEACON: Wisdom READER: The reading is from the General Epistle of St. James. DEACON: Let us attend. READER James 5:10-16 Brethren, take, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation. Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
CHOIR: Alleluia [3]. 1ST GOSPEL PRIEST DEACON Have mercy upon us, O God, after Thy great goodness. We pray Thee, hear us and have mercy. Let us pray unto the Lord. CHOIR: Kyrie eleison (3) DEACON: Again we pray for mercy, life, peace, health, salvation, visitation, forgiveness and remission of the sins of the servants of God, all those who have come to this Holy Mystery and for the forgiveness of their every transgression voluntary and involuntary. CHOIR: Kyrie eleison (3) 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: Amen. DEACON: Let us pray unto the Lord. CHOIR: Kyrie eleison 1ST PRAYER PRIEST O Thou Who art without beginning, eternal, Holy of Holies, who didst send down Thine Only-begotten Son to heal every disease and every infirmity of our souls and bodies, send down thy Holy Spirit and sanctify this Oil; and cause it to be for thy servants who are to be anointed with it, perfect deliverance from their sins, and for the inheritance of the Heavenly Kingdom. ***
For thou art a great and wonderful God, who keeps thy covenant and thy mercy towards them that love thee, granting deliverance from sins through thy holy child, Jesus Christ: who regenerates us from sin, who gives light to the blind, and raises up those who are cast down, who loves the righteous, and is merciful to sinners, who brings us forth out of darkness and the shadow of death, saying unto them that are in bondage, "Go forth," and unto them that are in darkness, "Open your eyes". For the light of knowledge of thine Only Begotten Son hast shone in our hearts since for our sakes he appeared upon earth and dwelt amongst men: and to those that accepted him he gave the power to become children of God, granting us adoption through the washing of regeneration, setting us free from the tyranny of the devil. Inasmuch as he was not pleased that we should be cleansed through blood, but through holy oil, he gave us an image of his Cross, that we might become the flock of Christ, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, cleansing us by water and sanctifying us by thy Holy Spirit. Do thou, O Master and Lord, grant grace to this thy ministry, as thou didst grant to Moses thy servant, and Samuel thy beloved, and John thy chosen one, and to all who from generation to generation have been well pleasing unto thee. So also, make us to be ministers of the New Covenant of thy Son through this oil, which thou hast secured through his precious Blood; that putting aside our worldly desires, we may die unto sin and live in righteousness, being clothed in our Lord Jesus Christ, through the anointing with the oil of sanctification we are about to receive. Let this oil, O Lord, be an oil of gladness, an oil of sanctification, a royal garment, a breastplate of power, the averting of every diabolical action, an unassailable seal, a joy of the heart and eternal rejoicing; that they who are anointed with this oil of regeneration may be fearsome to their adversaries and shine in the brightness of thy saints, having neither spot nor wrinkle, and enter into thine eternal rest and receive the prize of their high calling.
CHOIR: Amen. *** Let is be known that some say the Prayer only this far, with the exclamation, For Thine it is to have mercy.... But others say it to the end.
2ND APOSTLE DEACON: Let us attend. READER: The Lord hath chastened me sore. DEACON: Wisdom READER The reading is from the Epistle of St. Paul to the Romans.
DEACON: Let us attend. READER: Romans 15:1-7 Brethren, we that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification. For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me. For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope. Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus: That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.
CHOIR: Alleluia [3]. 2ND GOSPEL PRIEST Luke 19:1-10 At that time, Jesus passed through Jericho. And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich. And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature. And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way. And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house. And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully. And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner. And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold. And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham. For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. DEACON Have mercy upon us, O God, after Thy great goodness. We pray Thee, hear us and have mercy. CHOIR: Kyrie eleison (3) Again we pray for mercy, life, peace, health, salvation, visitation, forgiveness and remission of the sins of the servants of God, all those who have come to this Holy Mystery and for the forgiveness of their every transgression voluntary and involuntary. CHOIR: Kyrie eleison (3) 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: Amen. DEACON: Let us pray unto the Lord. CHOIR: Kyrie eleison 2ND PRAYER PRIEST O Great and most-high God, who art worshipped by all creation, the source of wisdom, in truth the unfathomable abyss of goodness, and the boundless sea of compassion: do thou, O Master and Lover of mankind, the God of pre-eternal and wondrous things, whom no man contemplating has the ability to comprehend, look down upon us and hear us, thine unworthy servants, and wherever we bring this oil in thy great name, send down the gift of thy healing and forgiveness of sins, and heal them in the multitude of thy mercy. Yea, O Lord who art easily reconciled, who alone art merciful and a Lover of mankind, who repents of our evil deeds, who knows that the thoughts of man are inclined to evil from his youth, who desires not the death of a sinner, but that he should repent and live, who for the salvation of sinners wast thou incarnate, thou art God, yet wast created for the sake of thy creatures. Thou art he that said: "I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance"; Thou art he that sought the lost sheep; Thou art he that diligently sought for the lost coin and found it; Thou art he that said: that "he that comes unto Me, I will not cast out"; Thou art he that did not despise the Harlot who washed thy precious feet with tears; Thou art he that said: that "as often as thou fallest, arise, and be saved"; Thou art he that said: There is joy in heaven over one sinner that repents". Do thou, O Compassionate Master look down from the height of thy holy place, and at this hour overshadow us thy sinful and unworthy servants, with the grace of thy Holy Spirit, and make thy dwelling in these thy servants who acknowledge their transgressions and draw near to thee in faith. And accepting them in thy love for mankind, forgive them in whatever they have sinned, whether in word or deed or thought, purify and cleanse them from every sin and being ever present with them preserve them in the remaining time of their lives that walking in thy commandments they may no longer be objects of joy to the devil, so that they may glorify thy most holy name. Through the grace and compassions and love for mankind of Thine only-begotten Son, with whom Thou art blessed, together with Thine all-holy, good, and life-giving Spirit, now and for ever: world without end. CHOIR: Amen.
3RD APOSTLE DEACON: Let us attend. READER: The Lord is the defender of my life. DEACON: Wisdom READER The reading is from the First Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians. DEACON: Let us attend. READER 1 Corinthians 12:27-13:8 Brethren, ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues. Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles? Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret? But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way. Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never faileth. CHOIR: Alleluia [3].
3RD GOSPEL CHOIR: And unto thy spirit. PRIEST Matthew 10:1, 10:5-8 DEACON Have mercy upon us, O God, after Thy great goodness. We pray Thee, hear us and have mercy. CHOIR: Kyrie eleison (3) DEACON: Again we pray for mercy, life, peace, health, salvation, visitation, forgiveness and remission of the sins of the servants of God, all those who have come to this Holy Mystery and for the forgiveness of their every transgression voluntary and involuntary. CHOIR: Kyrie eleison (3) 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: Amen. DEACON: Let us pray unto the Lord. CHOIR: Kyrie eleison 3RD PRAYER PRIEST For Thine it is to have mercy, and to save, O 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.
4TH APOSTLE DEACON: Let us attend. READER: Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come unto thee. DEACON: Wisdom READER: The reading is from the Second Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians. DEACON: Let us attend. READER 2 Corinthians 6:16-7:1 Brethren, ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you. And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. CHOIR: Alleluia [3]. 4TH GOSPEL PRIEST: The reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew Matthew 8: 14-23 At that time, when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever. And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them. When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses. Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side. And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead. And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.
DEACON Have mercy upon us, O God, after Thy great goodness. We pray Thee, hear us and have mercy. CHOIR: Kyrie eleison (3) DEACON: Again we pray for mercy, life, peace, health, salvation, visitation, forgiveness and remission of the sins of the servants of God, all those who have come to this Holy Mystery and for the forgiveness of their every transgression voluntary and involuntary. CHOIR: Kyrie eleison (3) 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: Amen. DEACON: Let us pray unto the Lord. CHOIR: Kyrie eleison
4TH PRAYER
O Good Lord and Lover of mankind, compassionate and greatly merciful, plentiful in mercy, and rich in benevolence, O Father of compassions and God of all consolation, who hast given us strength through thy holy Apostles to heal the sicknesses of the people with oil and prayer: Do thou establish this oil for the healing of them that are anointed with it, for the relief of every illness and every infirmity, for the deliverance from evils for them that await salvation from thee. Yea, O Master and Lord our God, we pray unto thee Almighty, to save us all and sanctify us, O thou alone art the physician of our souls and bodies; who healest every sickness, do thou heal these thy servants, raise them up from the bed of suffering, through the mercy of thy goodness; visit them in thy mercy and compassions; cast from them every sickness and infirmity, that being raised up by thy mighty hand they may serve thee with all thanksgiving, as also now, sharing in thine ineffable loving kindness, we hymn and glorify thee who performs deeds great and wonderful, glorious and excellent. For Thine it is to have mercy, and to save, O 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.
5TH APOSTLE DEACON: Let us attend. READER: Save me, O Lord, for the godly man ceaseth. DEACON: Wisdom READER: The reading is from the Second Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians. DEACON: Let us attend. READER 2 Corinthians 1:8-11 Brethren, we would not, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life: But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us; Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf. CHOIR: Alleluia [3].
5TH GOSPEL PRIEST
Matthew 25:1-13 The Lord said this parable: The kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
DEACON
Have mercy upon us, O God, after Thy great goodness. We pray Thee, hear us and have mercy. CHOIR: Kyrie eleison (3)
DEACON CHOIR: Kyrie eleison (3) 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: Amen. DEACON: Let us pray unto the Lord. CHOIR: Kyrie eleison 5TH PRAYER O Lord our God, who chastises and again heals, who raises the poor from the earth and lifts up the beggar from the dunghill; O Father of orphans, and haven for those tossed by the storm, and physician of the sick, who painlessly dost bear our infirmities and dost receive our afflictions, who with gladness shows mercy, who overlooks transgressions and takes away unrighteousness, who art quick to help and slow to anger; who didst breathe upon thy disciples saying: "Receive ye the Holy Ghost: Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them"; who accepts the repentance of sinners, and hast the authority to forgive many and grievous sins; and grants healing unto all that live in sickness and chronic illness; who hast called me thy humble, sinful and unworthy servant, entangled in many sins and wallowing in the pleasures of the passions, to the holy and great degree of the priesthood, and to enter the Holy of Holies, where the holy Angels desire to look into, and to hear the voice of glad tidings of the Lord God, and behold with my eyes the presence of the Holy Oblation, and to take joy in the divine and sacred Liturgy; who hast accounted me worthy to minister thy heavenly Mysteries and to offer unto thee gifts and sacrifices for our sins and for the errors of the people' and to mediate for thy reason-endowed sheep, that through thy great and ineffable love for mankind thou wouldst blot out their transgressions. Do thou, O Most-good King, give ear to my prayer at this hour and holy day and at all times and in every place, and attend to the voice of my supplication, and grant healing to these thy servants who indeed are ailing in body and soul, grant them remission of sins and forgiveness of transgressions voluntary and involuntary; heal their incurable wounds, and every sickness and every infirmity. Grant them spiritual healing as thou didst touch Peter's mother in law and the fever left her and she arose and ministered unto thee. Do thou also, O Master, bestow healing to these thy servants and release from all deadly suffering; and remember thy boundless compassion and thy mercy. Remember that the thoughts of man constantly incline towards evil from his youth, and that on one can be found sinless upon the earth; thou alone art without sin who didst come and save the human race, and didst set us free from the bondage of the enemy; for if thou wast to enter into judgement with thy servants, no one would be found without stain; but every mouth would be sealed shut having no justification, for all our righteousness is as filthy rags before thee; therefore, O Lord, remember not the sins of our youth. For thou art the hope of the hopeless and the rest to them that are weary and heavy-laden with iniquities, and to thee we ascribe glory together with thine eternal Father, and thine all-holy, good and life-giving Spirit, now and for ever, would without end. CHOIR: Amen. 6TH APOSTLE READER: Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness. DEACON: Let us attend. READER: Create in me a clean heart, O God. DEACON: Wisdom READER The reading is from the Epistle of St. Paul to the Galatians. DEACON: Let us attend. READER Galatians 5:22-6:2 Brethren, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another. Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. CHOIR: Alleluia [3].
6TH GOSPEL PRIEST: The reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke DEACON: Let us attend. Matthew 15:21-28 At that time, Jesus went into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour. DEACON Have mercy upon us, O God, after Thy great goodness. We pray Thee, hear us and have mercy. CHOIR: Kyrie eleison (3) DEACON: Again we pray for mercy, life, peace, health, salvation, visitation, forgiveness and remission of the sins of the servants of God, all those who have come to this Holy Mystery and for the forgiveness of their every transgression voluntary and involuntary. CHOIR: Kyrie eleison (3) 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: Amen. DEACON: Let us pray unto the Lord. CHOIR: Kyrie eleison 6TH PRAYER PRIEST We thank thee, O Lord our God, O Good Lover of mankind and physician of our souls and bodies, who painlessly bears our infirmities, by whose wounds we have all been healed; who art the Good Shepherd, who came in search of the wandering sheep; who gives comfort to the faint-hearted, and life to the broken hearted; who didst heal the woman who for twelve years had an issue of blood; who didst set free the daughter of the Canaanite woman from the wearisome demon; who didst forgive the debt of the two debtors, and give forgiveness to the sinful woman; who didst grant healing to the Paralytic as well as the forgiveness of his sins; by thy word thou didst justify the Publican, and didst accept the thief in his last confession; who didst take away the sins of the world, by nailing them to the Cross; we pray thee and beseech thee, do thou, O God, in thy goodness, loose, remit, and forgive the transgressions, sins and iniquities of these thy servants, whether voluntary or involuntary, witting or unwitting, in violation and disobedience, at night and during the day, whether committed through banishment of a priest or by a curse from father or mother, whether by the glance of the eye, or the weakness of the sense of smell, or by the self pollution of touch, or the taste of fornication, or in whatever action of the flesh and spirit they have alienated themselves from thy will and from thy holiness; if we also have sinned in like manner do thou forgive, for thou art a Good God who loves mankind and dost not remember evil; do not permit them or us to fall into a life of impurity neither to follow paths of destruction. Yea, O Master and Lord, hear me a sinner, at this hour, on behalf of these thy servants; overlook all their iniquities for thou art the God that remembers not evil; deliver them from eternal punishment; fill their mouths with thy praise, open their lips to the glorification of thy name; stretch forth their hands to perform thy commandments; guide their feet on the path of thy Gospel, strengthening all their members and thoughts by thy grace. For thou art our God, who through thy holy Apostles hast commanded us, saying: "Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained." And as thou didst hearken unto Ezekiel in the affliction of his soul in the hour of his death, and didst not despise his prayer, so also hearken unto me thy humble, sinful and unworthy servant in this hour that I pray to thee. For thou, O Lord Jesus Christ, art he that in thy goodness and love for mankind didst command to forgive unto seventy times seven them that have fallen into sins; and dost repent concerning our evil ways and rejoices upon the return of them that have gone astray. For as is thy majesty, so also is thy mercy, and to thee we ascribe glory, together with thine eternal Father, and thine all-holy good and life-giving Spirit, now and for ever, world without end. CHOIR: Amen.
7TH APOSTLE DEACON: Let us attend. READER: Have mercy upon me, O Lord; for I am weak. DEACON: Wisdom READER The reading is from the First Epistle of St. Paul to the Thessalonians. DEACON: Let us attend. READER 1 Thessalonians 5:14-24 Brethren, we exhort you, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men. See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men. Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. Quench not the Spirit. Despise not prophesyings. Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. Abstain from all appearance of evil. And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. CHOIR: Alleluia [3].
7TH GOSPEL PRIEST: The reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke Matthew 9: 9-13 At that time, as Jesus passed forth, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him. And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples. And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners? But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. DEACON Have mercy upon us, O God, after Thy great goodness. We pray Thee, hear us and have mercy. CHOIR: Kyrie eleison (3) DEACON: Again we pray for mercy, life, peace, health, salvation, visitation, forgiveness and remission of the sins of the servants of God, all those who have come to this Holy Mystery and for the forgiveness of their every transgression voluntary and involuntary. CHOIR: Kyrie eleison (3) 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: Amen. DEACON: Let us pray unto the Lord. CHOIR: Kyrie eleison 7TH PRAYER
O Master, Lord our God, Physician of souls and bodies, who cures the chronic illnesses and heals every sickness and infirmity among the people; who desires that all men should be saved and come to the knowledge of thy truth; who desires not the death of the sinner, but that he should repent and live; for thou, O Lord, in the Old Testament didst appoint repentance unto sinners, unto David and to the Nivevites, and to them that went before and them that came after; but also in the dispensation of thy coming in the flesh, thou didst not call the righteous, but sinners to repentance, as the publican, the harlot, the thief, as the blasphemer and persecutor the great Paul whom thou didst accept through repentance; thy most eminent apostle Peter thou didst accept through repentance when he denied thee thrice, and didst promise him saying: "Thou art Peter and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. And I will give thee the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven." Therefore, O good Lover of mankind, being confident in thy sincere promises, we also pray thee and entreat thee at this hour: Give ear to our prayer and accept it as incense offered to thee, and visit these thy servants and if they have transgressed in word or deed or thought, at night or during the day, whether committed through banishment of a priest, or fallen by their own anathema, if they have been embittered by an oath and cursed themselves, we implore thee and pray to thee, loose, remit and forgive them, O God, overlooking their iniquities and the sins committed by them whether witting or unwitting. And if they have transgressed thy commandments or sinned because they bear flesh and live in the world, or through the influence of the devil, do thou, O good God and lover of mankind, forgive; for there is no man that lives and does not sin: For thou only art without sin, thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy word is truth. For thou didst not create man for destruction, but for the keeping of thy commandments and for the inheritance of life incorruptible; and to thee we ascribe glory, together with thine eternal Father, and thine all-holy, good Spirit, now and for ever, world without end. CHOIR: Amen. Then those for whom the Holy Unction was performed shall go among the priests and the first Priest shall lay the open Holy Gospel with the text down, upon their heads, the book being held by all the priests, and the first priest shall say the following prayer: DEACON: Let us pray unto the Lord. CHOIR: Kyrie eleison THE FIRST PRIEST O Holy King, compassionate and most merciful Lord Jesus Christ, the Son and Word of the Living God, who desires not the death of a sinner, but that he should repent and live, it is not my sinful hand that I lay upon the heads of these who have come to thee in sins and beseech thee through us remission of sins, but it is thy mighty and strong hand, which is in this thy Holy Gospel, that my fellow ministers hold upon the heads of thy servants, and with them I pray and entreat thy compassionate love for mankind which remembers not evil; O God our Saviour, who through thy prophet Nathan didst grant forgiveness of sins to David when he repented, and didst accept the prayer of repentance of Manasseh, do thou in thy customary love for mankind, accept also these thy servants who repent of their own sins, and overlook all their transgressions. For thou art our God, who hast commanded us to forgive them who have fallen into sins, even unto seventy times seven. For as is thy majesty, so also is thy mercy. And unto thee belongs all glory, honour and worship, together with thine eternal Father, and thine all-holy Spirit, now and for ever, world without end. CHOIR: Amen. PRAYER OF ANOINTING PRIEST O Holy Father, Physician of souls and bodies, who didst send thine Only-begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, who heals every sickness and delivers from death, heal also these thy servants of the bodily and spiritual illnesses that afflict them, and vivify them through the grace of thy Christ. Through the prayers of our Most-holy Lady Mother of God and Ever-virgin Mary; 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 the holy, selfless physicians Cosmas and Damian, Cyrus and John, Sampson and Diomedes, Mokios and Anicetus, Panteleimon and Hermolaos, Thalaleos and Tryphon; of the holy and righteous progenitors of God, Joachim and Anna; and of all the saints. For thou, O God our God, art the source of healing, 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 priests then anoint the faithful with the Holy Oil sealing them with the sign of the Cross on the forehead, chin, cheeks and hands saying:
O Holy Father, Physician of our souls and bodies, have mercy, forgive and save thy servant (name).
While the priests anoint the faithful the choir sing the following hymns:
Tone 4 Having a fountain of healings, O Holy Selfless Physicians, ye grant healing to all who beseech you, for ye have been accounted worthy of great gifts, from the eternal fountain of our Saviour Christ, for in that your zeal is equal to that of the Apostles, the Lord hath said unto you: Behold, I have given you power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease., therefore having well lived according to his commandments, freely ye have received, freely ye have given, healing the passions of our souls and bodies. Glory... Now and for ever...Theotokion Tone 4 Incline unto the prayers of thy servants O All-blameless one, put an end to the terrible attacks upon us, release us from every affliction, for thee only do we have as our safe and sure anchor, and have attained thy protection. That we may not be put to shame, we beseech thee, O Lady, make haste to the supplications of them that cry to thee in faith, Hail, O Lady, the help of all, the joy and protection, and salvation of our souls. DISMISSAL PRIEST: Glory be to Thee, O God our hope, glory be to Thee. 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 Christ our true God, by the prayers of His most holy Mother; by the power of the precious and life-giving Cross; of the holy and righteous progenitors of God, Joachim and Anna; of our father among the saints James the Lord's Brother and of all the saints, have mercy upon us, and save us, 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. CHOIR: Amen. And each shall make a prostration saying: Bless, holy Fathers, forgive me a sinner.(3) And having received their blessing and forgiveness he/she departs giving thanks to God.
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