2015-24 Dec - Great Vespers & Div Lit ST Basil

Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria & All Africa
Archdiocese of Good Hope
A.s we celebrate the Joyful Feast

of the Nativity
of our Lord and Saviour,
Jesus Christ,
let us pray
for the Deliverance and Salvation
of all those who suffer
the ravages of hatred, persecution
and terrible warfare
especially the children
who are defenceless
against such wide-spread Satanic evil.
May God have Mercy on us all.
106. N A T I V I T Y
OF OUR
LORD GREAT VESPERS & DIVINE LITURGY
OF
ST BASIL
Please Note:
When the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord falls on any other
day of the week, except Saturday or Sunday, in the
morning (of Christmas Eve) the Royal Hours are read
followed by the Divine Liturgy of St Basil the Great,
which is preceded by Great Vespers.
However, if the day before the Nativity of Christ falls on a
Saturday or Sunday, then the Royal Hours are read on
Friday while the Divine Liturgy of St John
Chrysostom is celebrated on the preceding day (Christmas
Eve).
If the Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom is celebrated on
Christmas Eve, then the Divine Liturgy of St Basil is
celebrated on the Feast of the Nativity - and vice versa.
Let us keep in our Prayers all the little children who are suffering
the devastation, bereavement and destitution of warfare.
May our Loving Heavenly Father keep them in His Sight,
Love and Embrace forever.
52. N A T I V I T Y
OF OUR
OF
ST BASIL
NATIVITY
OF OUR
OF
S T B A S I L 105.
Agia Trias diafilaxi pantas imas.
Ton Evlogonta ke Agiazonta imas, Kyrie,

filatte is polla eti...
May the Holy Trinity Bless you

and protect you.
O Lord, Bless the one who Blesses
us and Sanctifies us, for many
years...
PEOPLE
Through the Prayers of our Holy

Fathers, O Lord Jesus Christ, our
God, have Mercy on us and Save us.
Di
PRIEST
Amin.
PEOPLE
evhon ton Agion Pateron imon,

Kyrie Isou Hriste, O Theos imon,
Eleison ke Soson imas.
Festal Great Vespers Nativity of Christ
PRIEST
Amen.
THE
CONGREGATION
Evlogimeni i Vasilia tou Patros ke tou
MUST
PR IEST
Iou ke tou Agiou Pnevmatos, nin ke

Ai ke is tous eonas ton eonon.
Amin
Father, and of the Son, and of the

Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto
ages of ages.
PEOPLE
MA
KE
THE
SIGN
OF THE
ROSS
Defte
proskinisomen ke prospesomen
to Vasili imon Theo.
STAND
Blessed be the Kingdom of the
Amen
&
BOW
DOWN
TO
GOD
O come let us worship and

bow down to our King and God.
PEO PLE
Defte
O come let us worship and bow down
Defte
O come let us worship and bow down
Hristo to Vasili imon Theo.
Afto, Hristo to Vasili ke Theo imon
to Christ, our King and God.

before Christ Himself, our King and
our God.
THE SUNSET PSALM - PSALM 103/104

THE
MAGNIFICEN T CREAT ION OF A LMIG HTY G OD
Evlogi, I psihi mou, ton Kyrion!

Bless the Lord, O my soul!
Kyrie O Theos mou, emegalinthis O Lord my God, Thou art
sfodra!
Exomologisin
Thou
Ektinon
ton Ouranon osi derrin - O

stegazon en idasi ta iperoa Aftou.
He
stretches out the Heavens like a

curtain He covers His Upper
Chambers with waters.
To
tithis Nefi tin epivasin Aftou - O

peripaton epi pterigon anemon.
He
makes Clouds a means of His

approach He walks on the wings of
the wind.
pion tou Angelous Aftou pnevmata ke tous Litourgous Aftou Piros Floga.
He
makes His Angels spirits - and His

Ministers flames of fire.
O themelion tin gin ep tin asfalian aftis - He
established the earth on its stable

foundation it shall not be moved
unto Ages of ages.
ke megloprepian enediso,
anavallomenos Fos os imartion.
The Antidoron
After the Priest has dismissed the Congregation,
we must quietly stand in a queue to receive
the Antidoron from him.
Holding our right hand in our left hand, we
humbly receive the Antidoron and kiss the
Priests hand with all due respect for the Holy
Eternal Priesthood of
Christ our Lord and
Saviour.
Avissos os imation to perivoleon Aftou -
deep, like a garment, is His

Covering the waters shall stand
upon the mountains.
Apos
At
Anavenousin
The
Orion
Thou
Epitimiseos Sou fevxonte - apo

fonis Vrontis Sou diliasousin.
ori ke Katavenousi pedia,
is ton topon, on ethemeliosas afta.
ethou, O ou parelevsonte, oude
epistrepsousi kalipse tin Gin.
OF OUR
The
epi ton oreon stisonte idata.
Again with Prayers and reverence, the Priest removes his Liturgical Vestments.
hast put on Praise and Beauty:

and art clothed with Light as with a
garment.
ou klithisete is ton Eona tou eonos.
After everyone has received Antidoron and departed,

the Priest enters the Prothesis and after reciting certain
Prayers, he consumes the remaining Contents of the
Holy Chalice, which is then wiped clean and put aside
for the next Holy Communion.
OF
ST BASIL
exceedingly
Magnified!
NATIVITY
OF OUR
Thy Rebuke they shall flee at the

sound of Thy Thunder, they shall be
afraid.
mountains rise up, and the plains
sink down to the place Thou
founded for them.
set a boundary, which they shall
not pass over, neither shall they
return to cover the Earth.
OF
S T B A S I L 53.
exapostellon pigas en faragxin - ana

meson ton oreon dilevsonte idata.
Thou sends springs into the valley the

waters shall
mountains.
Potiousi
They
Ep
The birds
Potizon
Thou
panta ta thiria tou agrou prosdexonte onagri is dipsan afton.

afta ta petina tou ouranou
kataskinosi - ek mesou ton petron
dosousi fonin.
ori ek ton iperoon Aftou apo
Karpou ton Ergon Sou hortasthisete i
gi.
pass
between
the
shall give drink to all the wild

animals of the field the wild asses
shall quench their thirst.
of heaven shall dwell beside
them - they shall sing from the midst
of the rocks.
waters the mountains from Thy
higher places the Earth shall be
satisfied with the Fruit of Thy
Works.
O exantellon horton tis ktinesi - ke hloin Thou cause grass to grow for the cattle
ti doulia ton anthropon - tou
exagagin arton ek tis gis - ke inos
evfreni kardian anthropou - tou
ilarine prosopon en eleo, ke artos
kardian anthropou stirizi.
and green plants for the service of

mankind to bring forth bread from
the Earth, and wine to gladden the
heart of mankind to brighten his
face with oil
and bread to
strengthen his heart.
Hortasthisonte ta xila tou mediou.
The
The
kedri tou Livavou, as efitefsas. Eki

strouthia annosevsousi, tou erodiou I
katikia igite afton.
trees of the plain shall be full of

fruit.
Cedars of Lebanon, which Thou
planted, the sparrows shall nest
therein the house of the heron
taking the lead among them.
Ori ta ipsila tes elafis, petra katafigi tis The
high mountains are for the deer the cliff is a refuge for rabbits.
lagois.
Epiise selinin is herous -
O ilios egno tin
disin aftou.
He
made the Moon for seasons the

Sun knows its setting.
Ethou
Thou
Skimni
The
skotos ke egeneto nix, en afti

dilefsonte panta ta thiria tou drimou.
oriomeni tou arpase - ke zitise

para to Theo vrosin aftis.
established darkness and it was

night, wherein all wild animals of the
forest prowl about.
lion cubs roar and snatch their
prey - and seek their food from God.
Anetilen O Ilios ke sinihthisan, ke is tas The Sun rises and they gather together
mandras afton kitasthisonte.
and sleep in their dens.
Exelfsete
Mankind
Os emegalinthi ta Erga Sou, Kyrie.
Greatly
anthropos epi to ergon aftou,

ke epi tin ergasian aftou eos esperas.
does his work and labours

until evening.
Magnified art Thy Works, O
Lord!
Panta en Sofia epiisas i Eplirothi I gi tis Thou made
all things in Wisdom the

earth is filled with Thy Creation!
Ktiseos Sou.
Afti
I thalassa I megali ke evrihoros eki erpeta, on ouk estin arithmos Zoa mikra meta megalon.
There
is the great and spacious sea

innumerable creeping things are
there - both small and great.
Eki plia diaporevonte - Drakon outos, on There

eplasas empezin aftin.
54. N A T I V I T Y
OF OUR
the
the ships pass through there

dragon Thou formed plays
OF
ST BASIL
Idomen tis Anastaseos Sou ton typon.
We
Eneplisthimen tis atelevtitou Sou Zois.

Apilafsamen tis akenotou Sou trifis, is ke
en to mellonti eoni pantas imas
kataxiothine evdokison, Hariti tou
anarhou Sou Patros, ke tou Agiou ke
Agathou, ke Zoopiou Sou Pnevmatos,
nin, ke ai ke is tous eonas ton eonon.
Amin.
ALOUD,
THE
PRIEST
CONTINUES:
Tou Kyriou deithomen..

Kyrie eleison
Pater Agie Evlogison
THE PRIEST BLESSES
THE
PR IEST
Holy Father, give the Blessing
CONGREGATION
Aftou Thia Hariti ke Filanthropia,

pantote, nin ke ai ke is tous eonas ton
eonon.
Amin
May the Blessing of the

and His Mercy come upon
through His Divine Grace and
for mankind always, now and
and unto the Ages of Ages.
PR IEST
PEO PLE
BOW OUR HEAD TO RECEIVE THE
PRIEST
L e t us pray to the Lord.

Lord have Mercy
PEO PLE
Evlogia Kyriou ke Eleos elthi ef imas ti
WE
have seen the Type of Thy

Resurrection.
We have been filled with Thine Unending
Life.
We have enjoyed Thine Infinite Delight
which in the world to come be well
pleased to grant to us all, through the
Grace of Thy Holy and Good and Lifegiving Spirit, now and ever, and to the
Ages of Ages.
Amen.
BLESSING
Lord
you
Love
ever,
Amen
AND THEN MAKE THE
SIGN
OF THE
CROSS
AS THE
CONTINUES:
Doxa
Si O Theos, i Elpis imon, Doxa
Si!
Hristos
O Alithinos Theos imon, tes

Presvies
tis
Panahrantou
ke
Panamomoou Agias Aftou Mitros...
...Dinami tou Timiou ke Zoopiou
Stavrou...
...Prostasies ton Timion Epouranion
Dinameon Asomaton ...
...ikesies tou Timiou Endoxou Profitou ke
Vaptistou Ioannou...
Glory to Thee, O God our

Hope, Glory to Thee!
PR IEST
May Christ, our True God, have Mercy
.. Eleise ke Sose imas, os Agathos ke

Filanthropos ke eleimon Theos.
on us, through the Intercessions of

His Most Pure and Holy Mother...
...through the Power of the Precious and
Life-giving Cross...
...the Protection of the sublime Spiritual
Powers in Heaven...
...the Supplications of the Precious,
Glorious Prophet and Forerunner
John the Baptist...
...
of
the
Holy,
Glorious
and
Praiseworthy Apostles...
...of the Holy, Glorious and Victorious
Martyrs...
...of our Saintly and God-Inspired
Fathers...
...of the Holy and Righteous Ancestors
Joachim and Anna...
...of Saint whose Memory we
Commemorate today, and of all the
Saints...
... and Save us, for He is Gracious and
Loves mankind.
Amin
PEOPLE
... ton Agion Endoxon ke Panefimon

Apostolon...
...ton Agion Evdoxon ke Kallinikon
Martyrion...
...ton Osion ke Theoforon Pateron imon...
...ton Agion ke Dikeon Theopatoron
Ioakim ke Annis...
...tou Agiou ... ou ke tin Mnimin
epiteloumen ke panton ton Agion...
NATIVITY
OF OUR
Amen
OF
S T B A S I L 103.
Hriste O Theos imon, O Amnos ke Iios

tou Theou, O eron tin amartian tou
kosmou: O Moshos O amomos, O mi
dehomenos amartias zigon, ke tithis
di imas ekon; O melizomenos ke mi
dieromenos,
O
esthiomenos
ke
midepote dapanomenos, tous de
esthiontas Agiazon.
is anamnisin tou ekousiou Pathous

Sou, ke tis Zoopiou Trimerou
Egerseos
Sou,
kinonous
imas
anadixas ton arriton ke anadixas ton
arriton ke Epouranion ke Frikton Sou
Mystirion, tou Agiou Sou Somatos ke
tou Timiou Sou Ematos.
in
Remembrance of Thy
Voluntary Passion and Thy Lifegiving Resurrection on the Third Day
hast rendered us to be Partakers of
Thine Ineffable and Heavenly and
Dread Mysteries - Thy Holy Body and
Thy Precious Blood.
Panta
All
Dodtos Sou aftis, sillexousin
When
pros Se prosdokosi doune tin

trofin afton is evkeron.
IF
THE
things wait upon Thee that Thou

may grant them food in due season.
Thou gives to them, they shall
gather it....
FESTAL ANIXANTARIA- IF CELEBRATING GREAT VESTPERS

A NIXANTARI A A RE CHANTED THE SHADED VE RSES ARE CHANTE D AS WE LL :
Anixantos
Sou tin Hira, ta simpanta

plisthisonte hristotitos.
Apostrepsantos
de Sou to Prosopon,
tarahthisonte.
When Thou open Thy Hand, they shall

be filled with Thy Goodness.
When
Thou turn Thy Sight away, they

shall be troubled:
imas tous doulous Sou, tous

diakonous, tous arhontas imon, ton
straton, ke ton periestota Laon, en to
So Agiasmo.
Preserve
dos imin en panti hrono ke kero

meletan tin Sin Dikeosinin, opos, pros
to Son thelima odigithentes ke ta
evaresta Si piisantes, Axii genometha
ke tis ek Dexion Sou parastaseos,
otan elefsi krine zontas ke nekrous.
And grant us at all times and at
Doxa Si, O Theos!

Allilouia!
Exapostelis to Pnevma
Tous
en ehmalosia Adelphou imon

anarrise, tous en asthenia episkepse,
tous en kindinis thalassis kivernison,
ke tas proanapafsamenas psihas ep
Elpidi Zois Eoniou anapafson, opou
episkopi to Fos tou Prosopou Sou, ke
panton ton deomenon tis Sis voithias
epakouson,
Oti
Si i O dotir ton Agathon, ke Si tin

Doxan anapempomen, Sin to Anarho
Sou Patri, ke to Panagio ke Agatho ke
Zoopio Sou Pnevmati, nin ke ai, ke is
tous eonas ton eonon.
Amin
Ii to
THE
PRIEST
us, Thy servants - the

Diaconate, those in authority over
us, Faithful Armed Forces, and all
the people here present - in Thy
Holiness.
every
moment to meditate on Thy
Righteousness, that being guided
towards Thy Will and having done
that which is well pleasing to Thee,
we may be accounted worthy to
stand at Thy right Hand when Thou
comes to Judge both the living and
the dead.
Deliver
our Brethren in captivity, Visit

the sick, Direct from all danger those
at sea, and grant Rest to the souls of
those who have departed before us
in the Hope of Life Everlasting,
where the Light of Thy Countenance
watches over them, and hears all
those who pray for Thy Help.
For
Thou art the Giver of All Good

Things, and to Thee we ascribe
Glory: to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever,
and unto the Ages of Ages.
Amen
Blessed
PEOPLE
Onoma Kyriou Evlogimenon apo

tou nin ke eos tou eonos. [3]
AS
Who,
therein.
Doxa Si, O Theos!

Glory to Thee, O God!
Allilouia!
Alleluia!
Antanelis to pnevma afton ke eklipsousi, When Thou take away their breath, they
Tirison
Ke
Thee with their whole heart, O Christ

our God, O Lamb and Son of God,
Who takes away the sin of the world:
the Blameless Calf, not bearing the
yoke of sin, and yet of Thine own
Will was Sacrificed for us; Who,
being Broken, yet is not divided; Who
is eaten but never consumed, but
Sanctifies those who eat thereof.
MOVES TOWARDS THE
PROTHESIS,
Iniste ke teteleste, oson is tin imeteran

Dinamin, Hriste O Theos imon, to tis Sis
Ikonomias Mystirion.
Eshomen gar ton Thanatou Sou tin
mnimin.
OF OUR
be the Name of the Lord,

from this time forth, and for
evermore. [3]
HE QUIETLY PRAYS:
The Mystery of Thy Dispensation, O Christ

our God, has been accomplished and
Perfected as far as it is in our power.
We have had the Memorial of Thy Death.
OF
ST BASIL
ke is ton houn afton epistrepsousin.
kitisthisonte,
ke
prosopon tis gis.
Sou
anakeniis
shall die and return to the earth.
ke
to

Alleluia!
Thou send forth Thy Spirit,
and they
shall be created: and Thou shalt
Renew the face of the earth.
Doxa Si, Pater!

Doxa Si, Iie!
Doxa Si, to Pnevma to Agion!
Doxa Si, O Theos!
Allilouia!
Ito I Doxa Kyriou is tous
Glory to Thee, O Father!

Glory to Thee, O Son!
Glory to Thee, O Holy Spirit!
Alleluia!
May the Glory of the Lord
Doxa Si, Agie!

Doxa Si, Kyrie!
Doxa Si, Vasilef Ouranie!
Doxa Si, O Theos!
Allilouia!
O epivlepon epi tin gin ke
Glory to Thee, O Holy One!

Glory to Thee, O Lord!
Glory to Thee, O Heavenly King!
Alleluia!
He looks upon the earth, and makes it
eona.
Evfranthisete Kyrios epi tis Ergis
Aftou.
pion aftin
tremin. O aptomenos ton oreon ke
kapnizonte.
Doxa Si, Agie!

Doxa Si, Kyrie!
Doxa Si, Vasilev Ouranie!
Doxa Si, O Theos!
Allilouia!
NATIVITY
OF OUR
endure
forever - the Lord shall rejoice in His
Works.
tremble: He touches the mountains,

and they smoke.
Glory to Thee, O Holy One!

Glory to Thee, O Lord!
Alleluia!
OF
S T B A S I L 55.
Aso
to Kyrio en ti Zoi mou - psalo to

Theo mou eos iparho.
Doxa
Si, Trisipostate Theotis, Pater,

Iie ke Pnevma!
will sing to the Lord all my life - I will

sing praises to my God as long as I
live.
Glory
to Thee, Trinitarian God,

Father, Son and Spirit!
Se Proskinoumen ke doxazazoumen. We bow down and worship Thee!

Doxa Si, O Theos!
Allilouia!
Alleluia!
Idinthii afto I dialogimou - ego de May my words be pleasing to Him and
evfranthisome epi to Kyrio.
Agion, to
Omoousion ke Omothronon.
Trias Agia, Doxa Si!

Doxa Si, O Theos!
Allilouia!
Eklipien amartolis apo tis gis ke anomi,
oste mi iparhin aftous.
Glory to thee, Beginningless Father!

Glory to Thee Beginningless Son!
Glory to Thee, O Holy Spirit, of the
same Essence and sharing the same
Throne.
Holy Trinity, Glory to Thee!

Alleluia!
May sinners cease from the earth and
the lawless so as to be no more.
Doxa Si, Pater!

Doxa Si, Iie!
Doxa Si, O Theos!
Alliluia!
Evlogi, I psihi mou, ton Kyrion.
Glory to Thee, O Father!

Glory to Thee, O Son!
Alleluia!
Bless, O my soul, the Lord! The
Doxa Si, Vasilei Epouranie!

Doxa Si, O Theos!
Allilouia!
Os emeglinthi ta Erga Sou, Kyrie.

Alleluia!
How magnificent art Thy Works,
O ilios
egno tin disin aftou. Ethou skotos ke
egeneto nis.
Panta
en Sofia epiisas.
to ek
tou Patros Ekporevomenon ke en Io
Anapavomenon.

Doxa Si, O Theos!
56. N A T I V I T Y
OF OUR
Antilavou
Soson, Eleison ke Diafilaxon

imas O Theos, ti Si Hariti.
Amin
Tin imeran pasan Telian, Agian, Irinikin
sun
knows its going down. Thou hast
appointed darkness, and it is night.
MA
KE
THE
proceeds from the Father... !

OF
ST BASIL
SIGN
OF THE
PEO PLE
THE PRIEST
&
BOW
PEO PLE
PRAYERS
Q UI E T L Y P R AY S W HI L E F O L D I N G T H E
OF
Amen
Entreating
the Lord that this

whole day may be Perfect, Holy,
Peaceful and sinless, let us commit
ourselves and one another and our
whole Life to Christ our God.
PR IEST
CROSS
Si Kyrie!
DOWN
Si i O Agiasmos imon,
ke
Si
tin
Doxan
anapebomen, to Patri
ke to Iio, ke to Agio
Pnevmati, nin, ke ai, ke is
Amin
GOD
To Thee, O Lord!
ANTIMENSION:
We thank Thee, O Lord, our God, for the

Communion of Thy Holy, Most Pure,
Immortal and Heavenly Mysteries,
which Thou hast granted us for the
Benefit, Sanctification, and Healing of
our souls and bodies.
Grant, O Master of all, that the
Communion of the Holy Body and
Blood of Thy Christ may become for us
Faith unashamed, Love unfeigned,
fullness of Wisdom, Healing of soul
and body, repelling of every hostile
adversary,
observance
of
Thy
Commandments, and an acceptable
Defence at the Dread Judgement Seat
of Thy Christ.
T H E P R I E S T , HA V I N G F O L D E D UP T H E A N T I M E N S I O N , MA KE S T HE S I G N O F
C R O S S O V E R I T WI T H TH E H O L Y G O S P EL , W H I C H H E T H E N P L A C E S U P ON
F O L D E D A NT I M E N S I ON B E F O RE C O NT I N U IN G A L O UD :
Oti
TO
THANKSGIVING
Efharistoumen Si, Kyrie, O Theos imon, epi

ti Metalipsi ton Agion, ahranton,
Athanton,
ke
Epouranion
Sou
Mystirion,
a
edokas
imin
ep
Evergesia, ke Agiasmo, ke Iasi ton
psihon ke ton somaton imon.
Aftos, Despota, ton apanton, dos genesthe
imin tin Kinonian tou Agiou Somatos
ke Ematos, tou Hristou Sou, is Pistin
akateshinton, is Agapin anipokriton,
is plismonin Sofias, is Iasin psihis ke
somatos,
is
apotropin
pantos
enantiou, is peripiisin ton Entolon Sou,
is Apologian evporsdekton, tin epi tou
Foverou Vimatos tou Hristou Sou.
TH E
THE
For Thou art our

Sanctification and unto Thee
we ascribe Glory, to the
Father, and to the Son, and to
the Holy Spirit, now and ever,
and unto Ages of Ages.
PR IEST
PEO PLE
Amen
THE DISMISSAL BENEDICTION
O
Lord! Thou hast made all things in
Wisdom.
Glory to Thee, Father Unbegotten!

Glory to Thee, Son Begotten!
Glory to Thee, Holy Spirit, Who
Help us, Save us, have Mercy

upon us, and Protect us, O God, by
Thy Grace.
PR IEST
ke anamartiton etisameni, eaftou ke

allilous ke pasan tin Zoin imon,
Hristo to Theo parathometha.
I shall be glad in the Lord.
Doxa Si, Pater Anarhe!

Doxa Si, Iie Sinanarhe!
Doxa Si, to Pnevma to
Doxa Si, Pater Agennite!

Doxa Si, Iie Gennite!
Doxa Si, to Pnevma to Agion,
SMALL LITANY
En Irini proelthomen
PR IEST
Let
us
depart
in
Peace.
Tou Kyriou deithomen

Kyrie eleison [3]
PRAYER BEHIND
THE PRIEST
STANDS BEFORE THE
HOLY ICON
OF OUR
THE
NATIVITY
OF OUR
AMBON
LORD & SAVIOUR, JESUS CHRIST
O Thisian eneseos ke latrian evapeston, O

tin logikin taftin ke anemakton
Thisian prosdehomenos para ton
epikaloumenon Se en oli kardia,
Let pray to the Lord.

P E O P L E Lord have Mercy [3]
Thou Who accepts as a Sacrifice of
Praise and Worship pleasing to Thee,
this
reasonable
and
bloodless
Sacrifice, from those who call upon
OF
S T B A S I L 101.
Theotokou ke panton Sou ton Agion.
Intercesions of the Theotokos and all

Thy Saints.
Amen
Amin
M EANWHILE , THE C OMMUNICANTS WAIT PATIENTLY
S ANCTUARY IN OR DER TO BESTOW THE B LE SSING .
T HE P RIEST
QUIE TLY PRAYS BEFORE THE
UN TIL THE
ELEVATES THE
ONCE AGAIN EXITS FROM THE
H O LY
H O LY A LTAR :
Ipsothiti epi tous Ouranous O Theos ke epi

pasan tin Gin i Doxa Sou.
T HE P RIEST
P RIEST
Be Thou exalted, O God, above the

Heavens and Thy Glory above all the
earth.
H OLY C HALICE :
Evlogitos O Theos imon!
Blessed is our God!
T HE P RIEST
TUR NS T OWARDS THE C ONG REGATION T O GIVE THE

THE SIGN O F THE C ROSS WITH THE H O LY C HALICE :
Pantote
nin ke ai ke is
tous eonas ton eonon..
Amin
B LE SSING ,
BY MAKING
Always,
now and ever, and

unto the ages of ages.
Alliluia!
Alleluia!
Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati, Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
ke nin ke ai ke is tous eonas ton
eonon.
Amin
Alleluia [3]
Doxa Si, O Theos!
Alleluia [3]
Doxa Si, O Theos!
Alleluia [3]
Doxa Si, O Theos!
Doxa Si, I Elpis imon, Kyrie,
Amen
A FTER
B EFORE RETURNIN G TO OUR PEWS WE MUST STAND BEFORE

THE H OLY A LTA R AND MAKING THE S IGN OF THE C ROSS ,
BOW DEEPLY BEFORE G OD IN GRATI TUDE FOR H IS G REAT
M ERCY AND IN A CKNOWLE DGE ME NT OF H IS D IVINE
P RESENCE .
to stoma imon eneseos Kyrie,

opos animnisomen tin Doxan Sou, oti
iiosas imas ton Agion Sou metashin
Mystirion.
Tirison imas en to So
Agiasmo, olyn tin ieran meletontas
tin Dikeosinin Sou:
Allilouia!
Allilouia! Allilouia!
Let
OF
Orthi.
T HANKS
CHRIST
our mouths be filled with Thy

Praise, O Lord, that we may sing of
Thy Glory. Thou hast mae us worthy
to partake of Thy Holy Mysteries.
Keep us in Thy Holiness, that all the
day long we ma y meditate upon Thy
Righteousness:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia!
Metalavontes ton Thion,

Agion,
Ahranton,
Athanaton,
Epouranion ke Zoopion Frikton tou
Hristou
Mystirion,
axios
efharistisomen to Kyrio.
Amin
TO
G OD
H OLY C OMMUNION :
Let us rise, having duly

received the Divine, Holy, Pure,
Immortal, Heavenly, Life-giving and
Awesome
Mysteries
of
Christ,
worthily let us give thanks to the
Lord.
PR IEST
PEO PLE
OF OUR
FOR THE
Amen
O Lord,
ST BASIL
RECITES
NOT CROSS LEGS OR ASSUME A CASUAL STANCE-
WE ARE
STANDING BEFORE THE
In Peace let us pray to the Lord

P E O P L E Lord have Mercy
P R I E S T For the Peace from Above, and
PRI EST
the Salvation of our souls, let us

pray to the Lord
PE OPLE
tou simpantos Kosmou,

efstatias ton Agion tou Theou
Ekklision ke tis ton panton enoseos
tou Kyriou deithomen.
Kyrie Eleison
Iper tou Agiou Ikou toutou ke ton meta
Pisteos, Evlavias ke Fovou Theou
isionton
en
afto,
tou
Kyriou
deithomen.
Kyrie Eleison
Iper tou Papa
Kyrie Eleison
Iper tis poleos taftis, pasis poleos, horas,
ke ton Pisti ikounton en aftes tou
Kyriou deithomen.
PE OPLE
Lord have Mercy

For this Holy House,
and for
those who enter it with Faith,
Reverence and the Fear of God, let us
pray to the Lord.
PRI EST
Lord have Mercy

For our Pope and
Patriarch
Theodoros and our Archbishop (- - ),
for the honourable Presbytery, the
Diaconate in Christ, for all the clergy
and the people, let us pray to the
Lord
PRI EST
PE OPLE
PRI EST
Lord have Mercy

For this city, for every city and
land, and for the Faithful who dwell

in them, let us pray to the Lord
PE OPLE
OF OUR
Lord have Mercy

For the Peace of
the whole
world, the stability of the Holy
Churches of God, and for the Union
of all, let us pray to the Lord
PRI EST
PE OPLE
ke Patriarhou imon
Theodorou ke tou Arhiepiskopou
imon (- - - - ), tou Timiou Presviteriou,
tis en Hristo Diakonias, pantos tou
Klirou ke tou laou tou Kyriou
deithomen.
NATIVITY
PEACE
HOLY ALTAR,
Kyrie Eleison
Iper tis Irinis
Kyrie Eleison
OF
(DO
GOD!)
OF
PRIEST,
psihon imon, tou Kyriou deithomen

H OLY
THANKSGIVING
INST RUCTS THE WORS HIPPERS TO GI VE
IS COMPLETED, THE
En Irini tou Kyriou deithomen.

Kyrie Eleison
Iper tis Anothen Irinis ke tis Sotirias ton
A LL COMMUNICANTS MUST READ THE SPECIAL P RAYERS AFTER H OLY C OMMUNION , ( WHICH ARE
LOCATED AT THE END OF THE D IVINE L ITURGY S ERVICE )
THE FESTAL COMMUNION HYMN NATIVITY
PSALM
PEACE.
THE OPENING
THE LITANY OF
THE CONGREGATION MAY BE SEATED
IN THE ALL HOLY PRESENCE OF
BOWING TOWA RDS THE H OL Y C HALICE THAT HE

HOLDS , WE B LESS OU RSELVE S WIT H T HE S IGN OF T HE C ROSS .
PRIEST TAKES THE HOLY GIFTS TO THE PROTHESIS OR OBLATION TABLE AND THEN STANDS BEFORE THE
A LTAR .
T HE P RIEST
Doxa Si!
LITANY
Plirothito
Amen
Alleluia [3]
Alleluia [3]
Alleluia [3]
Glory to Thee, Our Help,
Glory to Thee!
WHEN
T HE
and to the Holy Spirit, now and

forever, and to the Ages of ages.
Lord have Mercy
OF
S T B A S I L 57.
Iper efkrasias aeron, eforias ton karpon

tis gis ke keron Irinikon tou Kyriou
deithomen.
Kyrie Eleison
Iper pleonton, odiporounton,
PE OPLE
nosounton,
kamnonton, ehmalonton ke tis
sotirias afton tou Kyriou deithomen.
Kyrie Eleison
Iper tou Risthine
Kyrie Eleison
Antilavou, Soson,
Amin
Tis
from all
tribulation, wrath, danger and
necessity, let us pray to the Lord.
PRI EST
Lord have Mercy

P R I E S T Help us, Save us, have Mercy on
THE
SIGN
OF THE
PRI EST
Thou art a Fire which burns the unworthy, Wherefore do Thou cleanse me from
every stain.
O Thy Mystic Supper receive me today, O Son of God, as a Partaker; For I will not
speak of the Mystery to Thine enemies; I will not kiss Thee as did Judas; But as
the Thief, I will confess Thee: Lord, remember me in Thy
Kingdom!
T AKING
UP THE HOLY CHALICE , THE PRIEST PROCEEDS TO THE ROYAL GATES , RAISES IT
HIGH AND INVITES US TO PARTAKE OF THE GREAT BANQUET THE HOLY EUCHARIST
Meta Fovou Theou, Pisteos With
pasa
Doxa
Timi
W HILE
CROSS &
BOW DOWN TO
ke
Father, and to the Son, and to the

Holy Spirit, now and forever, and
unto the Ages of ages.
Amen
PSALMS - PSALM 140/141 TONE 2
THE PRAYERS OF THE EVENING INCENSE
Kyrie, ekekraxa pros Se - isakouson mou! Lord,

Isakouson mou, Kyrie!
Kyrie,
ekekraxa pros Se - isakouson mou!
Proshes ti foni tis Deiseos mou, en to
kekragene me pros Se - isakouson
mou Kyrie!
Katevthinthito
i prosevhi mou os
thimiama enopion Sou - eparsis ton
hiron mou Thisia Esperini. Isakouson
mou, Kyrie.
OF OUR
H OLY C OMMUNIO N ,
I have cried to Thee - hear me!

Hear me, O Lord! Lord, I have cried to
Thee hear me! Heed the voice of my
Supplication when I cry to Thee
hear me, O Lord!
Let
my Prayer be set before Thee like

incense the lifting up of my hands
as the Evening Sacrifice. Hear me, O
Lord!
THE
P RIE ST
SAYS O F EACH
C OMMUNICANT :
Metalambani
The
Amin.
Amen
O
doulos/douli
tou
Theou (- - - - -) tou
Timiou Somatos ke
Ematos tou Kyriou ke
Theou ke Sotiros imon
Iisou Hristou, is afesin
amartion ke is Zoin
Eonion.
W HEN
ALL HAVE RECEIVED , THE
P RIEST RAISES
C OMMUNION C LOTH - AND MAKING
B LESSES THE C O NGREGATION .
THE
THE
servant of God - - (name) - - - receives

the Precious Body and
Blood of Christ for
forgiveness of sins
and Eternal Life.
C HALICE THAT IS COVERED WITH

S IGN OF THE C ROSS WITH I T , HE
GOD
To Thee, O Lord
P R I E S T For to Thee are due all Glory,
Honour and Worship: to the
PE OPLE
OF THE
ADMINISTERI NG
THE
Amin
KATHISMA
Fear of God, with

Faith, and with Love draw
near.
ke Agapis proselthete
Soson O Theos ton laon
PE OPLE
Si
WAITING TO RECEIVE HOLY COMMUNION , OU R T HOUGHTS ARE FOCUSED IN P RAYER :
Behold, I approach for Holy Communion, O Creator, burn me not as I partake, For
Amen
Commemorating our All-Holy,
Pure, Most Blessed and Glorious

Lady, the Mother of God and everVirgin Mary, with all the Saints, let
us commit ourselves and one
another, and all our Life to Christ,
our God.
Proskinisis: to Patri ke to Io ke to
Agio Pnevmati nin ke ai ke is tous
eonas ton eonon.
58. N A T I V I T Y
W HILE
us, and Keep us, O God, by Thy

Grace.
PE OPLE
Panagias,
Ahrantou,
Iperevlogimenis,
Endoxou
Despinis imon Theotokou ke
Aiparthenou
Marias
meta
panton
ton
Agion
mnimonefsantes, eaftous ke
allilous ke pasan tin Zion imon
Si Kyrie
Oti prepi
Lord have Mercy

For our Deliverance
PE OPLE
Eleison ke diafilaxon
imas O Theos ti Si Hariti.
MAKE
Lord have Mercy

For travellers by sea,
land, and
air; for the sick and the suffering;
for captives and for their Salvation,
let us pray to the Lord.
PRI EST
PE OPLE
imas apo pasis

thlipseos, orgis, kindinou ke anangis,
For
temperate weather, for

abundance in the earths yield and
for peaceful times, let us pray to the
Lord.
PRI EST
OF
ST BASIL
Sou ke Evlogison tin

Klironomian Sou
God, Save Thy people

and
Bless
Thine
Inheritance
T HE P RIEST
RE - ENTERS THE H OLY S ANCTUARY AND ALL THE C OMMUNICANTS TURN TOWARDS THE H OLY
WHILE THE C HOIR SINGS ON BEHALF OF T HOSE WHO HAVE PARTAKEN OF THE H OLY C OMMUNION :
THE FESTAL KINONIKON- COMMUNION HYMN NATIVITY

TONE 4
Gennisis Sou Hriste O Theos imon,

anetile to kosmo, to Fos to ts gnoseos.
En Afti gar tis Astris latrevontes, ipo
Asteros edidaskonto. Se Proskinin,
ton Ilion tis Dkeosiis, ke Se ginoskin ex
ipsous anatolin, Kyrie,
Doxa Si.
A LTAR
CHRIST
OF
Thy
Nativity, O Christ our God, has

cause the Light of Knowledge to rise
upon the world. For therein the
worshippers of the stars were by a
Star instructed to worship Thee
the Sun of Righteousness and to
know Thee as Orient from on High.
O Lord, Glory to Thee!

R ETUR NING
TO THE HOLY ALTAR , THE PRIEST TRANSFERS THE PORTIONS OF THE THEO TOKOS AND OF THE SAINTS INT O
THE HOLY CHALICE . T HEN HE DOES THE SAME FOR THOSE OF THE LIVING AND THE REPOSED - THE CHURCH
MILITANT AND THE CHURCH TRI UMPHANT :
Apoplinon, Kyrie, ta amartimata ton

enthade mnimonevthenton doulon
Sou to Emati Sou to Agio. Presvies tis
NATIVITY
OF OUR
Wash away, O Lord, by Thy Holy Blood,

the sins of all those who are
Commemorated,
through
the
OF
S T B A S I L 99.
Meth imon apsevdos gar epingilo

esesthe, mehri termaton eonos Hriste.
I i Pisti agkiran Elpidos katehontes
Agallometha.
Voice!
Thou, O Christ, hast truly promised to be
with us until the end of time.
We, the Faithful, rejoice - holding these
Thy Words as an Anchor of Hope.
O Pasha to Mega ke Ierotaton Hriste!

O Sofia ke Loge tou Theou ke Dinamis!
Didou imin ektipoteron Sou metashin, en
ti anespero Imera tis Vasilias Sou.
O Great Passover and Most Sacred Christ!

O Wisdom, and Word of God, and Power!
Grant that we may more truly have
Communion with Thee in the Day
which knows no Eventide, of Thy
Kingdom!
Apoplinon, Kyrie, ta amartimata ton

enthade mnimonevthenton doulon
Sou to Emati Sou to Agio, Presvies tis
Theotokou ke panton Sou ton Agion.
Wash away, O Lord, the sins of those who

have been remembered here, by Thy
Precious Blood at the Intercessions of
the Holy Mother of God and all Thy
Saints.
Amen
Amin.
PROCEDURE
FOR
PARTAKING HOLY EUCHARIST
R EAD
THE P RAYERS BEFORE C OMMUNION - HAVING DONE A PR IVATE

AND HONEST S ELF E XAMINATION OF OUR SOULS BEFOREHA ND OR
EVEN BETTER , HAVING PARTAKEN IN THE H OLY M YSTERY OF
R EPENTANCE -C ONFESSION
WITH
OUR
S PIRITUAL
F ATHER
C ONFESSOR .
D O NOT RUSH UP BEFORE BEING INVITED TO PARTAKE , AND THEN , WHILE
WAITING , CONT INUE TO PRAY UNTIL JUST BEFORE PARTAKIN G , THEN

MAKE THE S IGN OF THE C ROSS , HOLD THE C OMMUNION C LOTHE
TO JUST BENEATH YOU LIPS , OPEN YOUR MOUTH WIDE ENOUGH FOR P ATER TO ADMINISTER THE
H OLY C OMMUNION , DAB YOUR LIPS WITH THE CLOTHE , HAN D IT TO THE N EXT C OMMUNICANT ,
MAKE THE S I GN OF THE C ROSS , AND B ACK AWAY FROM THE H OLY C HALICE .
(N EVER TURN Y OUR BACK

B LOOD OF C HRIST !)
TO T HE
I F THE PRIEST DOES NOT KNOW

( BAPTISM )
DO
H OL Y C HALICE
YOU ,
WHICH CONTAI NS THE
M OST P RECIOUS B ODY
PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSEL F WITH YOU R
AN D
O RTHODOX C HRISTI AN
NAME .
NOT CON VERSE WITH ANY ONE WHILE WAITING FOR H OLY C OMMUNION NOR WHILE WAITING
AFTERWARDS FOR THE P RIEST TO GIVE THE FINAL B LESSING BEFORE RETURNING TO YOUR SEA T .
C ONTINUE T O P RAY .
A FTER
RECEIVING H OLY C OMMUNION , WE STAND TO ONE SIDE , FACING THE

OUR B RETHREN RECEIVE C OMMUNION
H OLY C HALICE
WHILE
FESTAL IDIOMELA - NATIVITY
OF
CHRIST BY ST GERMANOS - TONE 2
1:
Ean
anomias
paratirisis, Kyrie, Kyrie, tis ipostisete?
Oti para Si O ilasmos estin.
STIH OS
Defte
agalliasometha to Kyrio, to paron

mistirion ekdiigoumeni. To meotihon
tou fragmou dialelite, i flogini romfea
ta nota didosi, ke ta Herouvim
parahori tou xilou tis Zois. Kago tou
paradisou tis trifis metalamvano, ou
proexevlithin dia tis parakois. I gar
aparallaktos ikon tou Patros, O
haraktir tis aidiotitos aftou, morfin
doulou lamvani, ex apirogamou Mitros
proelthon, ou tropin ipominas. O gar
in diemine, Theos on alithinos. Ke O
ouk
in
proselaven,
anthropos
genomenos dia filanthropian, afto
voisomen.
O tehthis ek Parthenou
Theos, eleison imas.
2 : Eneken tou Onomatos Sou

ipemina Se Kyrie, ipeminen i psihi
mou is ton Logon Sou, ilpisen i psihi
mou epi ton Kyrion.
OF
ST BASIL
let us Rejoice in the Lord,

proclaiming the present Mystery. The
middle wall of partition has been
destroyed; the Flaming Sword turned
back, the Cherubim withdrew from the
Tree of Life, and I partake of the
Delight of Paradise from which I was
cast out through disobedience. For
the express Image of the Father, the
Imprint of His Eternity, takes the form
of a servant, and without undergoing
change, He came forth from a Mother
who knew not wedlock. For what He
was, He has remained - True God - and
what He was not, He has taken upon
Himself - becoming Man through Love
for mankind. Unto Him let us cry
aloud: O God Born of a Virgin: have
Mercy on us! (2)
2:
For Thy Names sake I have
waited for Thee, O Lord. My soul has
waited upon Thy Word. My soul has
hoped in the Lord.
V ER SE
Defte
Come,
agalliasometha to Kyrio, to paron

mistirion ekdiigoumeni. To meotihon
tou fragmou dialelite, i flogini romfea
ta nota didosi, ke ta Herouvim
parahori tou xilou tis Zois. Kago tou
paradisou tis trifis metalamvano, ou
proexevlithin dia tis parakois. I gar
aparallaktos ikon tou Patros, O
haraktir tis aidiotitos aftou, morfin
doulou lamvani, ex apirogamou Mitros
proelthon, ou tropin ipominas. O gar
in diemine, Theos on alithinos. Ke O
ouk
in
proselaven,
anthropos
genomenos dia filanthropian, afto
voisomen.
O tehthis ek Parthenou
Theos, Eleison imas.
let us rejoice in the Lord,

proclaiming the present Mystery. The
middle wall of partition has been
destroyed; the Flaming Sword turned
back, the Cherubim withdrew from the
Tree of Life, and I partake of the
Delight of Paradise from which I was
cast out through disobedience. For
the express Image of the Father, the
Imprint of His Eternity, takes the form
of a servant, and without undergoing
change, He comes forth from a Mother
who knew not wedlock. For what He
was, He has remained: True God; and
what He was not, He has taken upon
Himself, becoming Man through Love
for mankind. Unto Him let us cry
aloud: O God Born of a Virgin: have
Mercy on us!
3
From the morning watch until
night, from the morning watch, let
Israel hope in the Lord.
STIH OS
V ER SE
Tou
When
Kyriou Iisou Gennithentos, ek tis

Agias Parthenou, pefotiste ta simpanta;
Pimenon gar agraflounton, ke Magon
proskinounton, Angelon animnounton,
OF OUR
Come,
STIH OS
3
Apo filakis proes mehri
niktos, apo filakis proias, elpisato
Israil epi ton Kyrion.
98. N A T I V I T Y
1
If Thou, Lord, should mark
iniquities, Lord, who will stand? But
there is forgiveness with Thee.
V ER SE
NATIVITY
OF OUR
the Lord Jesus was Born of the

Holy Virgin, all the world was
Enlightened. The Shepherds watched
in the fields, the Magi adored and the
OF
S T B A S I L 59.
Ierodis etaratteto. Oti Theos en sarki

efani, Sotir ton psihon imon.
4 Oti para to Kyrio to Eleos, ke
polli par afto Litrosis.
Ke aftos
Litrosete ton Israil ek pason ton
anomion aftou.
4 For with the Lord there is

Mercy, and with Him plentiful
Redemption, and He will Redeem
Israel from all his iniquities
STIH OS
V ER SE
Tou
When
Kyriou Iisou Gennithentos, ek tis

Agias Parthenou, pefotiste ta simpanta;
Pimenon gar agraflounton, ke Magon
proskinounton, Angelon animnounton,
Ierodis etaratteto. Oti Theos en sarki
efani, Sotir ton psihon imon.
STIH OS
Enite
panta ta Ethni,
pantes i Lai.
ton
Kyrion,
epenesate Afton,
6
Oti ekrateothi to Eleos, ke
polli par afto litrosis.
Ke aftos
litrosete ton Israil ek pason ton
anomion aftou.
STIH OS
Ti
the Lord Jesus was Born of the

Holy Virgin, all the world was
Enlightened. The Shepherds watched
in the fields, the Magi adored and the
Angels praised in song; but Herod was
troubled, for God has appeared in the
Flesh: the Saviour of our souls
Praise
the Lord, all you

Nations. Praise Him all you Peoples.
V ER SE
Thy Kingdom, O Christ God, is a Kingdom
Vasilia Sou, Hriste O Theos, Vasilia

panton ton Eonon, ke i Despotia Sou en
pasis genea ke genea. O Sarkothis ek
Pnevmatos
Agiou,
ke
ek
tis
Aiparthenou Marias Enanthropisas, Fos
imin elampsas, Hriste O Theos, ti Si
Parousia. Fos ek Fotos, tou Patros to
Apafgasma, pasan Ktisin efedrinas,
Pasa pnoi eni Se, ton haraktira tis
Doxis tou Patros O on ke proon, ke
eklampsas ek Parthenou Theos, Eleison
imas. (2)
Si prosenegkomen Hriste, oti ofthis epi

gis os anthropos di imas? Ekaston gar
ton ipo Sou genomenon ktismaton, tin
efharistian Si prosagi. I Angeli ton
imnon ; i Ourani ton Asterp I Magi ta
dora; I Pimenes to thavma; I gi to
spileon; I erimos tin fatnin; imis de
Mitera Parthenon. O Pro Eonon Theos:
eleison imas!
of all Ages; and Thy Rule is from

generation to generation. Made Flesh
of the Holy Spirit and made Man of the
Ever
Virgin
Mary,
Thou
has
Enlightened us by Thy Coming. Light
of Light, Brightness of the Father,
Thou has made the whole Creation
shine with Joy. All that has breath
praises Thee: the Image of the Glory of
the Father. O God Who art and Who
has ever been, Who has shone forth
from a Virgin: have Mercy on us. (2)
6 For His Mercy has been mighty
towards us, and the Truth of the Lord
endures unto the Ages
Amin
60. N A T I V I T Y
What shall we offer Thee, O Christ, Who

for our sakes has appeared on Earth as
Man? Every creature made by Thee
offers Thee thanks: The Angels offer
Thee a Hymn; the Heavens, a Star; the
Magi, gifts;
the Shepherds, their
wonder;
the Earth, its cave; the
wilderness, the manger; and we offer
Thee a Virgin Mother. O Pre-Eternal
God: have Mercy on us! (2)
to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever,
and to the Ages of Ages.
Amen
OF OUR
T HE P RIEST
CONTIN UES TO PRAY
Idou proserhome to Athanato Vasili ke

Theo imon.
T HE
Behold, I draw near to

Immortal King and God.
Christ,
PRIEST PARTAKES OF THE HOLY COMMUNION : BEFORE EATI NG A PIECE OF THE BODY OF CHRIST
QUARTER WITH THE LE TTER XC [ CHRIST ] HE PRAYS :
Metaddote mi (- - - - ) to anaxio Presvitero

to Timio ke Panagion Soma tou Kyriou
ke Theou ke Sotiros imon, Iisou
Hristou, is afesin mou amartion ke is
Zoin Eonion.
A ND
our
THE SECOND
To me ... [name]... the unworthy Priest, is

given the Most Holy and Precious
Body of our Lord and God and
Saviour, Jesus Christ, for the remission
of my sins, and for Eternal Life.
BEFORE HE D RINKS OF THE BLOO D O F CHRIST
Eti metadidote mi (- - - - - ) to anaxio

presvitero to Timion ke Panagion ke
Zoiron Ema tou Kyriou ke Theou ke
Sotiros imon Iisou Hristou, is afesin
mou amartion ke is Zoin Eonion.
The Most Holy and Precious Blood of our

Lord, and God and Saviour, Jesus
Christ is granted to me ...[name], the
unworthy Priest : for the Remission of
my sins, and for Eternal Life.
... A FTER
WHICH HE KISSES THE CHALICE AND WIPING THE LIP OF THE CHALICE HE REPEATS THE WORDS OF ST
ISAIAH WHO HEARD THEM FROM THE SE RAPHIM :
Touto ipsato ton hileon mou, ke afeli tas

anomias mou ke tas amartias mou
perikatharii.
This has touched my lips, and shall take

away mine iniquities, and purge
away my sins.
V ER SE
Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati, ke Glory

nin ke ai ke is tous eonas ton eonon.
soaring. And encouraged by the Riches of Thy Benefactions towards us,

with rejoicing yet with trembling, of Thy Fire am I partaker, although but
straw and how amazing! sprinkled with Thy Dew from Heaven I am
like that Bush that the Prophet saw, which unconsumed was Burning.
Wherefore, with a mind most grateful, and a heart most grateful also, and
with thanks in all the members of my soul and of my body, I adore and
Magnify Thee, O my God, and Glorify Thee, and acclaim Thee as Most
Blessed, now and always and forever!
Amen
Angels praised in song; but Herod was

troubled, for God has appeared in the
Flesh: the Saviour of our souls. (2)
OF
ST BASIL
T HE
PRIEST PLACES THE REMAINING PORTI ONS OF THE LAMB INT O THE CHALICE :
Anastasin
Hristou
Theasameni,
prokinisomen Agion Kyrion Iisou ton
Monon anamartiton.
Ton Stavron Sou Hriste proskinoumen ke
tin Agian Sou Anastasin Imnoumen ke
Doxazomen.
Si gar i Theos imon. Ektos Sou allon ouk
idamen, to Onoma Sou onomazomen.
Defte pantes i Pisti - proskinisomen tin tou
Hristou Agian Anastasin.
Idou gar! Lithe dia tou Stavrou, Hara en
olo to kosmo.
Dia pantos Evlogountes ton Kyrion,
imnoumen tin Anastasin Aftou.
Stavron gar ipominas di imas, Thanato
Thanton olesen.
Having beheld the Resurrection of Christ,

let us worship the Holy Lord Jesus - the
only Sinless One.
Thy Cross, O Christ, we venerate and Thy
Holy Resurrection we praise and
Glorify.
Thou art our God. We know no other than
Thee - Thy Name we call upon.
Come, all ye Faithful - let us venerate
Christs Holy Resurrection.
For behold! through the Cross, Joy has
come to all the world.
Blessing the Lord always, let us praise His
Resurrection.
Enduring the Cross for us, He destroyed
Death by Death.
Fotizou! Fotizou, i Nea Ierousalim! i gar

Doxa Kyriou epi Se anetile.
Horeve nin ke agallou Sion! Si de Agni,
terpou, Theotoke, en ti egersi tou
Tokou Sou.
Shine, shine, O New Jerusalem, for the

Glory of the Lord has Risen upon
Thee!
Celebrate now and be glad, O Zion! O
Thou, Pure Mother of God, Rejoice in
the rising of Thy Child.
O Thias! O Filis!, O Glikitatis Sou Fonis!
O Divine! O Beloved! O Sweetness of Thy
NATIVITY
OF OUR
OF
S T B A S I L 97.
Wash me with the tears Thou granted, O Word of God, and with them
Cleanse me; grant Remission of my stumblings, and bestow on me
Forgiveness.
All my many ills Thou knowest; all my wounds Thou knowest also, and my
bruises Thou beholdest.
But my Faith Thou knowest likewise; and my Zeal Thine Eye beholdeth, and
my groanings, too, Thou hearest. Not by Thee is left unnoticed, O God
my Maker and Redeemer, any tear although singly falling, nor of single
tears one fraction.
With Thine Eyes hast Thou beheld me, and has learnt mine imperfection.
On the Book of Thy Remembrance can be seen, inscribed already, even
deeds not yet committed.
Look on me abased before Thee; see the soreness of my grieving; and, O
God of All, Forgive me all my manifold transgressions that a heart
washed clean of evil and a mind with Awe atremble and a spirit of
contrition I may bring to this Partaking of Thy Pure and Holy Mysteries,
which impart both Life and godship unto all whose heart sincerely longs
to eat Thee and to drink Thee. For Thou said, O my Master, Everyone
who eats My Body and receives My Blood to drink it, he shall be in Me
forever; and in him shall I be also.
Perfect Truth, my God and Master, is that Word by Thee once spoken for
whoever shares Thy Graces, which Divinely bring us godship, surely he
is alone no longer but with Thee, my Christ, he abideth Radiant Light
of Triple Daystar, on the world with splendour shining.
And that I may not live lonely and apart from Thee, O Lifegiver Thou art
Breath to me, and Living; Thou for me art all my Gladness; for the world
art Thou Salvation I have therefore come to seek Thee. See the tears,
which Thou hast wakened, and my spirit of contrition.
I implore Thee Who art Ransom for my stumblings, to accept me and to let
me be partaker of Thy Quickening Blameless Mysteries, and not to suffer
Condemnation.
Bide with me, as Thou Promised; in my wretchedness Protect me so that
never that Deceiver having found me undefended by Thy Grace may
seize upon me with his wiles, to snare and coax me from Thy Words that
make me godlike.
Therefore I fall down before Thee, and with fervour call upon Thee as the
Prodigal was welcome, and the Woman who approached Thee, so in
Mercy also welcome me a prodigal and a sinner - for behold, I now
approach Thee humble and contrite of spirit.
O Saviour, well I know that no one has offended more by stumbling than
have I; and that no other did such deeds as I have committed. But to set
against this knowledge other Knowledge have I also not the number of
offences, nor the greatness of my sinning, can surpass my Gods
Forebearance and the Height of His Compassion.
Yea, by Mercy of Thy Kindness Thou
Cleanses and renders shining all who
warmly turn Repentant Thine own
Light bestowing on them, and
Communion
of
Thy
Godhead,
working with a Love ungrudging.
And a marvel for the Angels and for
human understanding Thou hast
converse with them often, as one
does when friends are trusted.
These are thoughts that give me
boldness, O my Christ, and wings for
96. N A T I V I T Y
OF OUR
OF
ST BASIL
FESTAL IDIOMELA - NATIVITY
Avgoustou
PRAYER
CHRIST - BY ST KASIAS
When
monarhisantos epi tis Gis,

ipoliarhia ton anthropon epafsato.
Ke Sou inanthropisantos ek tis Agnis,
i polithia ton idolon katirgite. Ipo
Mian Vasilian egkosmion, e polis
gegeninte.
Ke is mian Despotian
Theotitos,
ta
Ethni
epistefsan.
Apegrafisan i lai, to dogmati tou
Kesaros.
Epegrafimen i Pisti,
Onomati
Theotitos,
Sou
tou
enanthropisantos Theou imon. Mega
Sou to Eleos, doxa Si!
THE
OF
Augustus reigned alone upon

Earth, the many Kingdoms of men
came to an end; and when Thou
became Man of the Pure Virgin, the
many
gods of idolatry
were
destroyed. The cities of the world
passed under one single Rule; and
the Nations came to believe in One
Sovereign Godhead.
The people
were enrolled by the Decree of
Caesar; and we, the Faithful, were
enrolled in the Name of the
Godhead, when Thou, our God,
became Man. Great is Thy Mercy:
Glory to Thee!
OF THE
ENTRANCE
PRIEST CENSES AS BEFORE WHILE PRAYING:
At evening, at morning and at midday we Praise, Bless and give Thanks, and we
pray to Thee, O Master of all things, Lord Who Loves mankind: Direct our
Prayer before Thee like incense, and do not incline our hearts to words or
thoughts of evil, but Deliver us from all who hunt our souls. For we look to Thee,
O Lord, our Lord, and we hope in Thee. For to Thee belong all Glory, Honour
and Worship: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and
ever, and unto the Ages of Ages.
EISODOS - THE ENTRANCE
THE CONGREGATION MUST STAND
P RIE ST
(S ILENTLY )
P RAY S :
O Master, Lord our God, Who has appointed in Heaven

Legions and Hosts of Angels and Archangels for the
Service of Thy Glory, grant that with our Entrance there
may be an Entrance of Holy Angels, Serving with us and
Glorifying Thy Goodness; for to Thee are due all Glory,
Honour and Worship; to the Father, and to the Son, and
to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of
ages. Amen.
TH E PRIEST
PROCESSION,
EXITS TH E SA NC TUA RY TH ROUGH TH E NORTH

H OLDING TH E HOLY GOSP EL B EFORE HIS FAC E.
Evlogimeni i Isiodos ton Agion Sou.

Sofia! Orthi.
THE EVENING HYMN
THE FAITHFUL
BY
Blessed is the Entrance of Thy Saints

Wisdom! Rise!
SOPHRONIOS, PATRIARCH
Ilaron Agias Doxis, Athanatou

Patros, Ouraniou, Agiou, Makaros,
Iisou Hriste! Elthondes epi tin iliou
disin,
idontes
fos
esperinon,
imnoumen Patera, Ion ke Agion
Pnevma, Theon. Axion Se en pasi
keris imnisthe fones esies, Ie Theou,
Zoin O didous dio O kosmos Se
Doxazi!
NATIVITY
OF OUR
IN
PRIEST
ALL SING THIS HYMNS IN UNISON WITH THE
Fos
D OOR
PRIEST
AND
OF
JERUSALEM
CHOIR:
O Gladsome Radiance of the Holy Glory

of the Father Immortal, Heavenly,
Holy, Blessed Jesus Christ. Now that
we have come to the setting of the
sun and have seen the evening light,
we hymn Father, Son and Holy
Spirit. For it is meet that at all times
Thou should be praised by voices
propitious, O Son of God, the Giver
OF
S T B A S I L 61.
of Life. For which cause the universe

Glorifies Thee!
FESTAL PROKEIMENON NATIVITY
OF
Esperas Prokeimenon...
PRI EST
Kyrios ipe pros Me: Ios Mou i Si, Ego
R EADER
TONE 1
The Prokeimenon of the

FIRST TONE
The Lord said to Me: Thou

art My Son; today I have Begotten
Thee.
simeron gegennika Se.
Ask of Me, and I will give Thee

Nations as Thine Inheritance
Etise par emou, ke doso Si

ethni tin Klironomian Sou.
STIH OS:
V ER SE
Sofia!
PRI EST
Proshomen!
THE PROPHECY
CHRIST
OF
En arhi epiisen O Theos ton Ouranon ke

tin Gin.
Wisdom!
Let us attend!
GENESIS 1: 1 13
In the beginning God created

Heaven and Earth.
R EADER
I de Gi in aoratos ke akataskefastos - ke And

skotos epano tis avissou, ke Pnevma
Theou epefereto epano tou idatos.
Ke
the Earth was invisible and

unfinished - and darkness was over
the deep, and the Spirit of God
hovered over the face of the water.
ipen O Theos: Genithito fos! ke

egeneto fos. Ke iden O Theos to fos,
oti kalon.
And God said: Let there be light! and
dihorisen O Theos ana meson tou

fotos, ke anameson to skotous. Ke
ekalesen O Theos to fos Imeran ke to
skotos ekalese Nikta. Ke egeneto
espera, ke egento proi - imera mia.
And
Ke
ipen O Theos: Genithito stereoma

en meso tou idatos, ke esto
diahorizon ana meson idatos ke
idatos!
And
Ke
egeneto outo. Ke epiisen O Theos to

steroma. Ke dihorisen O Theos ana
meson tou idatos tou epano tou
stereomatos. Ke ana meson tou
idatos, tou ipokato tou steromatos. Ke
ekalese O Theos to stereoma,
Ouranon,
ke iden O Theos, oti
Kalon. Ke egeneto espera, ke egeneto
proi - imera deftera.
And
Ke
there was light. And God beheld the

light, for it was good.
God divided the light from the
darkness. And God called the light
Day and the darkness He called
Night. And there was evening and
morning one day.
God said: Let there be a
firmament in the midst of the
water, and let it divide the water
from the water.
it was so. And God made the

firmament. And God divided the
water under the firmament from the
water above the firmament. And the
water under the firmament was
separated from the water above the
firmament.
And God called the
firmament Heaven and God saw
that it was Good. And there was
evening and morning the second
day.
Ke ipen O Theos:
Sinahthito to idor to
ipokato tou Ouranou is sinagogin
mian, ke ofthito i xira.
And
Ke
egeneto outo. Ke sinihthi to idor to

ipokato tou Ouranou is tas sinagogas
afton, ke ofthi i xira. Ke ekalesen O
Theos tin xiran, Gin. Ke ta sistimata
ton idaton ekalese, Thalassas. Ke
And
62. N A T I V I T Y
OF OUR
God said: Let the water under

Heaven be gathered together into
one place, and let the dry land
appear.
it was so. And the water under

Heaven was gathered into its places,
and the dry land appeared. And God
called the dry land Earth, and the
gathering together of the waters He
OF
ST BASIL
BEHOLD, I APPROACH FOR HOLY COMMUNION. O Creator, burn me not as I

partake; for Thou art Fire, which burns the unworthy. Wherefore, Cleanse
me from every stain.
RECEIVE ME TODAY, O SON OF GOD, as a Partaker of Thy Mystical Feast; for I
will not speak of the Mystery to Thine enemies; I will not kiss Thee as did
Judas, but as the Thief, I will confess Thee: Lord, remember me in Thy
Kingdom!
TREMBLE, O MORTAL, BEHOLDING THE DIVINE BLOOD. For it is like a lit coal burning the unworthy. It is Gods Body and Deifies and Nourishes me. It
Deifies my soul, and wondrously Nourishes my mind.
THOU HAS SMITTEN ME WITH YEARNING, O CHRIST, and with Thy Divine Love
Thou has changed me; but burn away with Spiritual Fire my sins, and
make me worthy to be filled with the Joy of Thee; so that rejoicing in Thy
Goodness, I may magnify Thy Two Presences.
INTO THE MAGNIFICENCE OF THY SAINTS, HOW SHALL I, THE UNWORTHY,
ENTER? For should I dare to enter the Festal Chamber, my Robe betrays
me, for it is not a Festal Garment, and I shall be bound and cast out by the
Angels. Cleanse my soul, O Lord, from pollution, and by Thy Compassion
Save me.
O MERCIFUL MASTER, LORD JESUS CHRIST MY GOD, LET NOT THESE HOLY
GIFTS BE JUDGEMENT FOR ME THROUGH MY UNWORTHINESS, but rather
for the Purification and Sanctification of my soul and
body, and as an Earnest of the Life and Kingdom to
come. For it is good for me to cleave to God and to
place in our Lord hope of my Salvation.
RECEIVE ME TODAY, O SON OF GOD, as a Partaker of Thy
Mystical Feast; for I will not speak of the Mystery to
Thine enemies; I will not kiss Thee as did Judas, but as
the Thief I confess Thee: Lord, remember me in Thy
Kingdom!
Prayer of St Symeon the New Theologian

Although my lips with sin are filthy; although my heart is foul with evil;
although my tongue is all unclean; although my soul with dirt is
blackened, yet, dear Christ, accept my Pleading.
O despise not me, I pray Thee nor my words so poorly chosen, as I come
with shameless boldness but, my Christ, let me with freedom tell Thee
my hearts intention.
No! I cannot! Thou must teach me what to do and what to utter!
I confess myself a sinner worse than that poor Fallen Woman, who had
learnt where Thou wast staying, and with myrrh that love had
purchased, laved Thy Feet, O Christ, my Master and my God, not lacking
boldness.
And as she was not rejected when with all her heart she sought Thee, shun
not me, O Word, with loathing.
Nay! Let me like her approach Thee to embrace Thy Feet and kiss Them,
and to dare to lave them, spending streaming tears, which Thou
awakens, and accept as Myrrh most precious.
NATIVITY
OF OUR
OF
S T B A S I L 95.
iden O Theos, oti kalon.

THE PRIEST DIVIDES THE CONSECRATED
HOST INTO 4 CUBES.
THIS
IS
SIGNIFICANT
BECAUSE
IT
Ke
ipen O Theos:
Vlastisato i gi
Votanin hortou, spiron sperma kata
genos ke kath omiotita, ke xilon
karpimon pioun karpon, ou to
sperma aftou en afto, kata genos
epi tis gis.
And
Ke
egeneto outo. Ke exinegken i Gi

votnin hortou, spiron sperma kata
genos ke kath omiotita ke xilon
karpimon pioun karpon, ou to
sperma aftou en afto, kata genos epi
tis gis. Ke iden O Theos, oti kalon.
And it was so.
Ke
egeneto espera, ke egeneto proi,

imera triti.
And
REFERS
TO THE SUFFERING AND BRUISED BODY

OF CHRIST ON THE CROSS. FOR THIS
REASON THE PRIEST ARRANGES THE
FOUR PIECES OF THE LAMB ON
PATEN IN THE FORM OF A CROSS
Melizete ke diamerizete O Amnos tou

Theou, O melizomenos ke mi
dieroumenos, O pantote esthiomenos
kemidepote dapanomenos, alla tous
metehontas Agiazon.
The
THE
Lamb of God is broken and

distributed broken but not divided
always eaten, yet never consumed,
and Sanctifying those who partake.
WITH THE PORTION MARKED IC [JESUS] HE MAKES THE SIGN OF THE CROSS OVER THE
CHALICE, AND AS A SYMBOL OF THE REUNITING OF OUR LORDS SOUL AND BODY AT HIS
RESURRECTION, HE PLACES IT IN THE CHALICE AND PRAYS:
Pliroma Potiriou, Pisteos, Pnevmatos Agios.

Amin
THE PRIEST BLESSES
BOILING
WATER
THE
THAT
The Fullness of the Cup, of Faith, and of

the Holy Spirit.
Amen
ZEON THE CONTAINER

SYMBOLISES THE FERVOUR
FAITH WITH WHICH WE

COMMUNION, AND POURS
CHALICE:
Zesis
Pisteos,
iliris
Pnevmatos Agiou.
Amin
ton
Sou
Kyrie Eleison
Eti deometha
QUIETLY READ THE
iper ton efsevon ke

Orthodoxon Hristianon.
Kyrie Eleison
Eti deometha iper tou Papa ke Patriarhi
Kyrie Eleison
Eti deometha iper
COMMUNION PRAYERS:
I BELIEVE, O LORD, AND I CONFESS, that Thou art verily the Christ, the Son of
the Living God, Who came into the world to Save sinners, of whom I am the
first. Also I believe, that This is Thy Sacred Body, and This Thy Precious
Blood. Therefore I pray to Thee: have mercy on me and pardon all my
transgressions - voluntary and involuntary, in word, deed and thought,
both known and unknown - and make me worthy to partake of Thy Sacred
Mysteries, for the Remission of sins and for Life Eternal. Amen.
THESE COMMUNION PRAYERS SHOULD BE READ BY ALL THE FAITHFUL
ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO INTEND TO PARTAKE OF HOLY COMMUNION AND
WHO HAVE PREPARED THEMSELVES PHYSICALLY AND SPIRITUALLY TO DO
SO BY CONFESSION-REPENTANCE AND PRAYERS
94. N A T I V I T Y
OF OUR
OF
ST BASIL
Kyrie Eleison
Eti deometha
OF OUR
Lord have Mercy

Have Mercy on
us, O God,
according to Thy Great Mercy, we
beseech Thee; hearken, and have
Mercy.
PR IE ST
PR IE ST
Lord have Mercy

Again we pray for all Orthodox
Christians.
PEO PLE
Lord have Mercy

Furthermore we pray
for our
Pope and Patriarch T H E O D O R O S and
our Archbishop (- - - - - ), ...
PR IE ST
Lord have Mercy

Furthermore we pray
for our
Brothers of the Priesthood, the
Hieromonks, the Hierodeacons and
Monks and for our all our Brethren
in Christ.
PR IE ST
PEO PLE
iper Eleous, Zois, Irinis

igias,
Sotirias,
Episkepseos,
sighoriseos ke afeseos ton amartion
ton doulon tou Theou, ton efsevon ke
Orthodoxon
Hristainon,
ke
Lord have Mercy.

O Lord Almighty,
the God of
our Fathers, we beseech Thee,
hearken and have Mercy.
PR IE ST
PEO PLE
ton Adelphon imon,

ton
Iereon,
Ieromonahon,
Ierodiakonon ke Monahon, ke pasis
tis en Hristo imon Adelfotitos.
NATIVITY
Let us say, with all our soul and

with all our mind let us say:
PR IE ST
PEO PLE
imon T H E O D O R O U ke Arhiepiskopou
imon (- - - - - ), ...
THE PRIEST AND THE FAITHFUL
evening and morning were the

third day.
PEO PLE
Theos, kata to Mega

Eleos Sou deometha Sou epakouson
ke eleison
And the Earth brought

forth the herb of grass, bearing seed
according to its kind and likeness,
and the fruit tree bore fruit, whose
seed is in itself according to its kind
on Earth. And God beheld it, for it
was good.
PEO PLE
Kyrie Eleison
Eleison imas O
The ardour of Faith,

full of the Holy
Spirit.
Amen
Communion Prayers
pantes ex olis tis psihis, ke ex

olis tis dianias imon ipomen:
O Theos,
Pateron
imon,
deometha
epakouson ke Eleison.
SHOULD APPROACH HOLY

THE HOT WATER INTO THE
God said: Let the Earth bring

forth the herb of grass, bearing
seed according its kind and
likeness. Let the fruit tree bear
fruit, whose seed is in itself
according to its kind on Earth.
EKETENE - THE AUGMENTED LITANY
Ipomen
Kyrie Eleison
Kyrie Pantokrator,
OF
OF
called Seas. And God behld it, for

it was good.
PR IE ST
Lord have Mercy

Furthermore we pray for Mercy,
Life,
Peace,
health,
Salvation,
Visitation, forgiveness and remission
of sins for the servants of God, our
Brethren of this Holy Temple....
OF
S T B A S I L 63.
evriskomenon en ti poli ... [.....] tafti,

ton enoriton, epitropon, sindromiton
ke afironton tis Agias Ekklisias
taftis...
Kyrie Eleison
Eti deometha
Si Kyrie
THE PRIEST
PR IE ST
Lord have Mercy

Furthermore we pray
PEO PLE
Lord have Mercy
PEO PLE
iper ton Makarion ke

Aidimon ktitoron tis Agia Ekklisias
taftis,
ke
iper
panton
ton
proanapafsamenon
Pateron
ke
Adelfon imon, ton enthade kimenon
ke apantahou Orthodoxon.
Kyrie Eleison
Eti deometha
iper ton karpoforounton

ke kalliergounton en to Agio ke
Pansenpto Nao touto, kopionton,
psallonton, ke iper tou periestotos
laou, tou apekdehomenounto para
Sou Mega ke Plousion Eleos.
Oti
Eleimon ke Filanthropos Theos

iparhis,
ke
Si
tin
doxan
anapempomen, to Patri ke to Io ke
to Agio Pnevmati, nin ke ai, ke is tous
eonas ton eonon.
Amin
for the
Blessed
and
Ever
Memorable
Founders of this Holy Temple; and
for all our devout Fathers and
Brethren
in
Christ,
Orthodox
Believers, departed this life before
us, who here and in all the world lie
asleep in the Lord.
we pray for all those who

bring Offerings, those who care for
the beauty of this Holy and
Venerable House, for those who
labour in Her Service, for those who
sing, and for the people here
present, who await Thy Great and
Rich Mercy.
For Thou art a Merciful God,

Who Loves mankind, and to Thee we
ascribe Glory: to the Father, and to
the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now,
and ever, and unto ages of ages.
PEO PLE
Amen
Lathon
etegthis ipo to Spylion, all

Ouranos Se pasin ekirizen, osper
stoma, ton Astera provallomenos
Sotir. Ke Magous Si prosinegken, en
Piste proskinountas Se.
Meth on
Eleison imas!
Disguised,
Thou was Born in a Cave,

but Heaven proclaimed Thee to all,
taking for its mouth a Star, O
Saviour,. And it offered Thee the
Magi worshipping Thee in Faith.
Wherefore, with them, have Mercy on
us!
FESTAL STIHI PSALM 86 THE NATIVITY

1 I themelii Aftou en tis oresi tis
a giis. Agapa Kyrios tas pilas Zion,
iper panta ta skinomata Iakov.
STIH OS
Ke
Magous Si prosinegken, en Piste

proskinountas Se. Meth on Eleison
imas! (REPEATED)
2. Dedoxasmena elalithi peri
Sou, is Polis tou Theou. Mnisthisome
Raav ke Vavilonos, tis ginoskofsi Me.
STIH OS
3. Ke idou! Allofili, ke Tyros, ke

laos ton Ethiopon.
STIH OS
64. N A T I V I T Y
OF OUR
1. Whose foundation is in the

Holy Mountains. The Lord Loves the
Gates of Zion more than all the
dwellings of Jacob.
V ER SE
And
it offered Thee the Magi

worshipping Thee in Faith. With
them, have Mercy on us! (REPEATED)
2. Glorious things are said of
Thee, O City of God. Remember
Rahab and Babylon, knowing Me.
V ER SE
O Lord Master, the Father of Mercies and

God of every Consolation: those who
have bowed their heads to Thee,
Bless, Sanctify, Guard, Fortify and
Strengthen.
Distance them from every evil deed.
To every Good Work Lead them and
make them worthy to Partake without
Condemnation of These, Thy Most
Pure and Life-giving Mysteries, for the
Forgiveness of sins and for the
Communion of the Holy Spirit.
PRIEST CONTINUES ALOUD
Hariti
ke iktirmis ke Filanthropia tou

Monogenous Sou Iou, met ou
Evlogitos i, sin to Panagio ke Agatho
ke Zoopio Sou Pnevmati, nin ke ai ke
is tous eonas ton eonon.
Amin
Through
the Grace and Mercy and

Love for mankind, of Thine Only
Begotten Son, with Whom Thou art
Blessed, together with Thine All Holy
and Good and Life Giving Spirit, now
and ever, and unto ages of ages.
PEO PLE
PR IE ST
FESTAL APOSTIHA THE NATIVITY - TONE (6) PLAGAL 2
To Thee, O Lord
QUIETLY P RA YS:
Despota Kyrie, O Patir ton iktirmon, ke

Theos
pasis
Parakliseos:
tous
ipokeklikotas Si tas eafton kephalas
Evlogison,
Agiason,
Frourison,
ohiroson, endinamoson.
Apo pantos ergou ponirou apostison.
Panti de Ergo Agatho sinapson, ke
kataxioson akatakritos metashin ton
ahranton Sou touton ke Zoopion
Mystirion, is afesin amartion, is
Pnevmatos Agiou Kinonia.
THE
Furthemore
PEO PLE
Amen
HOLY COMMUNION
THE PRIEST
QUIETLY PRAYS:
Proshes Kyrie Iisou Hriste, O Theos imon,

ex Agiou Katikitiriou Sou ke apo
Thronou Doxis tis Vasilias Sou, ke elthe
is to Agiase imas, O Ano to Patri
sigkathimenos ke ode imin aoratos
sinon.
Ke
kataxioson ti kratea Sou Hiri

metadoune
imin
tou
ahrantou
Somatos Sou, ke tou Timiou Ematos,
ke di imon panti to Lao.
THE PRIEST
ELEVATES
Hear us, O Lord Jesus Christ, our God,

from Thy Holy Dwelling Place and
from the Glorious Throne of Thy
Kingdom, and come to Sanctify us, O
Thou Who sittest on High with the
Father and art here invisibly present
with us.
And vouchsafe by Thy Mighty hand to
impart unto us of Thy Most Pure Body
and Precious Blood, and through us
unto all Thy People.
CONSECRATED LAMB AND DECLARES

HOLY TO THE CHOSEN TO THOSE WHO
THE
ADMINISTERED TO THE
Proshomen!
Tas Agia tis Agiis!
Is Agios, is Kyrios,
PR IEST
Isous Hristos, is
doxan Theou Patros.
Amin
THE HOLY GIFTS

TRULY FAITHFUL
THAT
ARE
ARE
Let us attend!
The Holy Things unto the Holy!

PEO PLE
One is Holy, One is
Lord,
Jesus Christ, to the Glory of God the
Father
Amen.
THE COMMUNION HYMN
Enite
ton Kyrion
Alliluia [3]
ek
ton
Ouranon:
Praise
ye the Lord from the Heavens,

praise Him in the Highest. Alleluia
[3]
3.
And Behold! strange
Nations, and Tyre and the people of
Ethiopia.
V ER SE
OF
ST BASIL
NATIVITY
OF OUR
OF
S T B A S I L 93.
Ke ipodexameni afta axios, shomen ton

Hriston, katikounta en tes kardies
imon, ke genometha Naos tou Agiou
Sou Pnevmatos.
Ne, O Theos imon, ke midena imon
enohon piisis ton frikton Sou touton ke
Epouranion Mystirion, mide asthenia
psihi ke Somati, ek tou anaxios afton
metalamvanin.
All dos imin mehri tis eshatis imon
anapnois, axios ipodehesthe tin
merida ton Agiasmaton Sou, is
efodion Zois Eoniou, is aplogian
evprosdekton, tin epi tou Foverou
Vimatos tou Hristou Sou...
Opos an ke imis meta panton ton Agion,
ton ap eonos Si evapestisanton,
genometha metohi ton Eonion Sou
Agathon, on ptimasas tis Agaposi Se,
Kyrie.
And, having received them worthily, we

may have Christ dwelling in our
heart, and may become the Temple
of Thy Holy Spirit.
Yea, O God, let none of us be made guilty
by reason of these Awesome and
Heavenly Mysteries, nor weak in soul
or body through the unworthy
Partaking of the same.
But grant us even to our last breath,
worthily to receive a Portion of Thy
Hallowed Things, for Provision for the
Way of Eternal Life and an
Acceptable Defence at the Dread
Judgement Seat of Christ...
That we also, with all the Saint Who have
been well-pleasing to Thee since the
world began, may be Partakers of
Thine Eternal Goodness, which Thou
hast prepared for those who Love
Thee, O Lord.
4. Ofti egennithisan eki. Mitir

Zion, eri enthropos, ke anthropos,
egennithi
en
afti,
ke
Aftos
ethemeliosen aftin O Ipsistos.
STIH OS
5. Kyrios diigisete en grafi laon,

ke
Arhonton
touton
ton
gegennimenon en afti os
evfrenomenon panton i katikia en Si.
kataxioson imas, Despota, meta

parrisias
akatakritos
tolman
epikalisthe Se ton epouranion Theon
Patera ke legin:
V ER SE
Ke
And
Pater
imon O en tis Ouranis,

Agiasthito to Onoma Sou, eltheto i
Vasilia Sou, genithito to Thelima
Sou, os en Ourano ke epi tis gis.
Ton Arton imon ton epiousion dos
simeron.
Ke afes imin ta
ofilimata imon, os ke imis afiemen
tis ofiletes imon. Ke mi isenengis
imas is pirasmon, alla rise imas
apo tou ponirou.
Oti Sou Estin i Vasilia ke i Dynamis ke
Hallowed be Thy Name.

Thy
Kingdom come. Thy Will be done,
on earth, as it is in Heaven. Give us
this day our daily Bread and
forgive us our trespasses as we
forgive those who trespass against
us.
And lead us not into
temptation, but deliver us from the
evil one.
PR IEST
i Doxa tou Patros, ke tou Iou, ke tou

Agiou Pnevmatos, nin ke ai ke is tous
eonas ton eonon.
Amin
Irini pasi!
Ke meta tou pnevmati sou
Tas kefalas imon to Kyriou klinate
MA
92. N A T I V I T Y
KE
OF OUR
THE
SIGN
OF THE
Our Father, Who art in Heaven:
For Thine is the Kingdom, and

Power, and the Glory, of the
Glory
Amin
Lathon
Amen
Disguised,
Ke
And
Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati.

Ke nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton
eonon.
Amen
P R I E S T Peace be unto all.
P E O P L E And to thy spirit
Magous Si prosinegken, en Pisti

proskinountas Se. Methon Eleison
imas!
THE PROPHECY
Thou wast Born in a Cave;

but Heaven proclaimed Thee to all,
taking for its mouth a Star, O
Saviour.
it offered Thee the Magi
worshipping
Thee
in
Faith.
Wherefore, with them, have Mercy
upon us!
OF
ISAIAH 9: 6 7
Wisdom! Let us attend!

A Child is Born to us
Megali i Arhi Aftou, ke tis Irinis Aftou
Great
Iios, ke edothi
imin, ou i arhi egennithi epi tou imou
aftou,
Megalis
Voulis
Angelos,
Thavmastos
Simvoulos,
Theos
Ishiros, Exousiastis, Arhon Irinis,
Patir tou Mellontos Eonos, Axo gar
Irinin epi tous arhontas, Irinin ke
Igian Afto.
ouk estin orion David, ke epi tin

katarthose aftin,
aftis en Krimati ke
nin ke is ton eona.
epi ton Thronon

Vasilian Aftou ke antilavesthei
Dikeosini, apo tou
Zilos
Kyriou
Savvaoth piise tafta.
Magi
With

ever, and unto Ages of Ages.
Sofia! Proshomen!
Pedion egennithi imin -
the
Ages of Ages.
PEO PLE
it offered Thee the

worshipping Thee in Faith.
them, have Mercy on us!
Doxa
PR IEST
PEO PLE
Magous Si prosinegken, en Piste

proskinountas Se. Meth on Eleison
imas!
etegthis ipo to Spilion, all

Ouranos Se pasin ekirizen, osper
stoma, ton Astera provallomenos
Sotir.
And make us worthy, O Master,

with confidence and without fear of
Condemnation to dare to call upon
Thee, the Heavenly God as Father,
and to say:
5. The Lord shall tell in His

Writing of peoples and of Princes of
those who have been in her - the
Dwelling in Thee as it were of all
rejoicing.
STIH OS
OUR LORDS PRAYER

T HE C ONGREGA TION M U S T STAND
& RECITE OUR L ORD S P RAYER IN UNISON
Ke
4.
Those were born there.
Mother Zion, it shall be said, this
man and that man is born in her,
and the Highest Himself has founded
her.
V ER SE
a Son - and is
granted to us, and Sovereignity shall
be upon His Shoulders; and His
Name shall be called Angel of Great
Counsel,
Wonderful
Counsellor,
Mighty God, Everlasting Father and
Prince of Peace, for He shall bring
Peace upon the Rulers His Peace
and Health.
shall be His Reign, and of His
Peace there shall be no end - upon
the Throne of David, and over His
Kingdom to order it, and to
establish it with Judgement and
Righteousness, from now and unto
Ages of ages.
The Zeal of the Lord of Sabbaoth

will perform this.
Let us bow our heads before the
PR IEST
Lord
CROSS
&
BOW
DOWN
TO
GOD
OF
ST BASIL
NATIVITY
OF OUR
OF
S T B A S I L 65.
FESTAL STIHOI - PSALM 92 & TROPARION TONE (6) PLAGAL 2
THE
NATIVITY
Anetilas Hriste ek Parthenou noite Ilie tis Thou

Dikeosinis. Ke Astir Se ipedixen, en
Spileo horoumenon ton ahoriton.
Magous
odigisas is Proskinisin Sou,

meth on Se Megalinomen, Zoodota.
Doxa Si!
(REPEATED)
has shone forth from the Virgin,

O Christ, Supersensual Sun of
Justice. And a Star pointed to Thee,
O Uncontainable One, Who was
contained in a Cave.
The
Magi were led to Thy Worship.

With them, we Magnify Thee, O
Thou Giver of Life. Glory to Thee!
(REPEATED )
1:
O Kyrios evasilefsen,
evprepian enedisato, enedisato Kyrios
Dinamin, ke perizosato.
STIH OS
Ke
gar estereose tin

ikoumenin, it is ou salefthisete.
Etimos O Thronos Sou apo tote.
STIH OS
STIH OS
2:
3:
Epiran i potami Kyrie, epiran i
potami fonas afton. Arousin i potami

epitripsis afton, apo fonon idaton
pollon.
Thavmasti
i meteorismi tis
thalassis. Thavmastos en Ipsilis O
Kyrios. Ta Martiria Sou epistothisan
sfodra.
STIH OS
4:
5: To Iko Sou prepi Agiasma,

Kyrie, is makrotita imeron.
1: The Lord reigns; He clothed

Himself with Majesty.
The Lord
clothed and girded Himself with
Power.
V ER SE
V E R S E 2:
which shall not be moved.

Thy
Throne is prepared from of old.
3:
4:
Magous
The
Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati, Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
ke nin ke ai ke is tous eonas ton
eonon.

forever, and to the Ages of ages.
Amen
Amin
Anetilas Hriste ek Parthenou noite Ilie tis Thou has
Dikeosinis. Ke Astir Se ipedixen, en
Spileo horoumenon ton ahoriton.
PROPHECY
OF
ISAIAH
THE
PROPHET 7:10 16; 8 :1-4; 9-10
Wisdom! Let us attend!

The Lord said to Achaz:
Ke ipen Ahaz:
And Achaz
Ou mi etiso, oud ou mi
piraso Kyrion.
Ke epen (Isais).
Mi
mikron
66. N A T I V I T Y
Akousate di Ikos David.

imin agona parehin
OF OUR
Ask for
thyself a Sign of the Lord thy God,
in the depth or in the Height Above.
said: I will not ask neither
will I tempt the Lord.
And Isaiah said:
Hear now, O House of

David, is it a small thing for you to
OF
ST BASIL
PR IEST
Parashou Kyrie
Ta kala ke simferonta tes psihes imon ke
irini to kosmo
etisometha.
para
tou
PEO PLE
PEO PLE
SIGN
OF THE
PEO PLE
Si Kyrie
NATIVITY
BOW DOWN TO
PEO PLE
Si, O Theos imon, O prosdexomenos ta

Dora tafta, katharison imas apo
pantos
molismou
sarkos
ke
pnevmatos, ke didaxon epitelin
Agiosinin en Fovo Sou, ina en katharo
to Martyrio tis Sinidiseos imon,
ipodehomeni
tin
merida
ton
Agiasmaton Sou, enothomen to Agio
Somati ke Emati tou Hristou Sou.
OF OUR
Grant this, O Lord

Let us who have
prayed for
the Unity of the Faith and for the
fellowship of the Holy Spirit,
commend
ourselves,
and
one
another, and our whole life to Christ
our God.
PR IEST
CROSS &
T HE P RIEST PRAYS QUIETLY :

O Theos imon - O Theos tou Sozin, Si imas
didaxon Efharistin Si axios iper ton
evergesion Sou, on epiisas, ke piis
meth imon.
Grant this, O Lord

That the end of our
Life may
be Christian, without pain, blameless
and peaceful, and for a Good
Account at the Fearful Judgement
Seat of Christ, let us ask of the Lord
PR IEST
tou Agiou Pnevmatos etisameni,

eaftous ke allilous ke pasan tin zoin
imon Hristo to Theo parathometha.
THE
Grant this, O Lord

That we may complete
the
remainder of our Life in Peace and
Penitence, let us ask of the Lord
PR IEST
PEO PLE
Parashou Kyrie
Tin enotita tis Pisteos ke tin Kinonian
Grant this, O Lord

For things that are
Good and
Profitable to our souls, and for Peace
in the world, let us ask of the Lord
PR IEST
PEO PLE
teli tis Zois imon,

anondina, anepeshinta, Irinika ke
Kalin Apologian tin epi tou Foverou
Vimatos tou Hristou etisometha.
Grant this, O Lord

For the Forgiveness,
and
Remission
of
our
sins
and
transgressions, let us ask of the Lord
PR IEST
Kyriou
tis Zois imon en

Irini ke Metania ektelese, para tou
Kyriou etisometha
Grant this, O Lord

For an Angel of Peace, a Faithful
Guide, a Guardian of our souls and

bodies; let us ask of the Lord
plimelimaton imon para tou Kyriou

etisometha
MAKE
shone forth from the Virgin,

O Christ, Supersensual Sun of
Justice. And a Star pointed to Thee,
O Uncontainable One, Who was
contained in a Cave
Sofia! Proshomen!
Prosetheto Kyrios lalise
to Ahaz, legon:
Etise seafto Simion para Kyriou tou
Theou Sou is Vathos is is Ipsos.
Parashou Kyrie
Signomin ke afesin ton amartion ke ton
Parashou Kyrie
Hristiana ta
Magi were led to Thy Worship.

With them, we Magnify Thee, O
Thou Giver of Life. Glory to Thee!
PEO PLE
psihon ke ton somaton imon para tou

Kyriou etisometha.
Marvellous are the
Holiness is proper to Thy

House, O Lord, unto length of days.
V E R S E 5:
Parashou Kyrie
Angelon Irinis, Piston Odigon, Filaka ton
Parashou Kyrie
Ton ipolipon hronon
billows of
the sea; wondrous is the Lord on
High.
Thy
Testimonies
are
profoundly believed.
V ER SE
For this whole day, that it may

be perfect, Holy, peaceful and
sinless, let us ask of the Lord
PR IEST
ke anamartiton para tou Kyriou

etisometha.
The rivers lift up, O Lord;
the
rivers lift up their voices. The rivers
lift up their voices of many waters.
V ER SE
STIH OS
odigisas is Proskinisin Sou,

meth on Se Megalinomen, Zoodota.
Doxa Si!
And He established the world,
Tin imeran pasan Telian, Agian, Irinikin
GOD
To Thee, O Lord.
Our God the God of Salvation teach us

how we may worthily give Thanks to
Thee for all Thy Benefits, which Thou
hast begotten and which Thou begets
for us.
Do Thou, O God, having accepted these
Gifts, Cleanse us from all filthiness of
the flesh and spirit, and teach us to
Perfect Holiness in Thy Fear, that with
the Testimony of a Pure Conscience,
and receiving a portion of Thy Holy
Things, we may be United with the
Sacred Body and Blood of Thy Christ.
OF
S T B A S I L 91.
apedokas imin.
T HE P RIEST
Ke
all things to us.
anthropis?
agona?
CONTIN UES ALO UD :
dos imin en eni stomati ke mia

kardia doxazin ke animnin to
Pantimon ke Megaloprepes Onoma
Sou, tou Patros ke to Iou ke tou
eonas ton eonon.
Amin
And
grant us that with one voice and

one heart we may Glorify and Praise
Thine All Honourable and Majestic
Name, of the Father, and of the
Son, and of the Holy Spirit, now and
ever, and to the Ages of Ages.
THE
CONGREGATION MUST STAND
Idou i Parthenos en gastri exi, ke

texete Iion, ke kalesi to Onoma
aftou Emmanouil.
Voutiron
Ke este ta Elei tou Megalou Theou ke

Sotiros imon
panton imon.
Ke
Iisou
Hristou
meta
to pnevmato sou
OF THE
PREPARATION
FOR
Panton
ton Agion mnimonefsantes, eti

ke eti en irini tou Kyriou deithomen
Kyrie Eleison
Iper ton
ke
tou
Kyrie Eleison
Opos Filanthropos
Kyrie Eleison
Iper tou Risthine
Ke
ipe Kyrios pros me: . Lave seafto

tomon kenon megan, ke irapson is
afton irafidi anthropou, Tou oxeos
pronomin piise skilon. Paresti gar.
And
Ke
martiras mi piison Pistous

anthropous: ton Ourian ton Ierea,
ke Zaharian, iion Varahiou.
And make witnesses for Me of

Faithful men: Uriah the Priest and
Zechariah, the son of Berechiah. 1
Ke
prosilthon pros tin Profitin,

gastri elave, ke estken iion.
And I
Ke
ipe mi Kyrios: Kaleson to Onoma

aftou Taheos Skilefson, Oxeos
Pronomefson. Dioti prin i gnone to
Pedion kalin patera i mitera, lipsete
dinamin Damaskou, ke ta skila
Zamarias enanti Vasileos Assyrion.
Kyrie eleison
EKTENIA
PR IEST
Lord, have Mercy

That our Merciful God, Who has
received Them on His Holy and

Heavenly and Spiritual Altar, as an
Offering of Spiritual Fragrance, may
in return, send down upon us Divine
Grace and the Gift of the Holy Spirit,
let us pray.
Lord, have Mercy

For our Deliverance
from all
affliction,
wrath,
danger,
and
PR IEST
OF THE
Lord have mercy
PROTHESIS
PR IEST
Help us, Save us, have Mercy on
Meth
imon O Theos.
ittasethe!
Amen
Epakousate eos eshatou tis gis:
ST BASIL
knows to prefer evil or choose the

good. For before the Child knows
good or evil, He refuses the evil to
choose the good...
the Lord said to me: Take for
thyself a large new book, and write
in it with a mans pen concerning
making a swift plunder of spoils;
for it is near at hand.
went to the Prophetess, and she

conceived and bore a son.
And
the Lord said to me: Call his

name Quickly Despoil, Swiftly
Plunder. For before the child shall
know how to call for his father and
mother, one shall take the power of
Damascus and the spoils of
Samaria in the presence of the King
of Assyria.
God is with us:
Know this, O Gentiles,

and be defeated!
ishikotes
ittasthe - ean gar palin ishisite, ke
palin ittithisesthe!
Hearken, all of you to the very ends of
Ke
in an voulin voulefsisthe, diaskedasi

Kyrios.
And
Ke
Logon on eas lalisite, ou mi emmini

en imin, oti meth imon O Theos!
And whatever word you shall
the earth: be defeated although you

are strong, for even if you should be
strong again, you will be defeated
again!
whatever counsel you take, the
Lord will scatter it abroad.
speak, it
will not continue among you for the
Lord God is with us!
SMALL LITANY
Tou Kyriou deithomen

Kyrie eleison
Antilavou Soson, Eleison
ke Diafilaxon
OF
ke en
Gnote Ethni ke
us, and protect us, O God, by Thy

Grace
PEO PLE
OF OUR
Lord, have Mercy

For these Precious
Gifts, which
have been offered and Sanctified, let
us pray to the Lord
PEO PLE

90. N A T I V I T Y
Having Commemorated all the

Saints, again and again in Peace, let
us pray to the Lord
PR IEST
the Lord Himself shall give

you a Sign: Behold! a Virgin shall
conceive and bear a Son, and you
shall call His Name Emmanuel.
Butter and honey He shall eat before He
PR IEST
PEO PLE
imas apo pasis

thlipseos, orgis, kindinou ke anangkis
Amin
HOLY COMMUNION
PEO PLE
Theos imon, O
prosdexamenos afta is to Agion ke
iperouranion,
ke
noeron
aftou
Thisiastirion,
is
osmin
Evodias
Pnevmatikis, antikatapempsi imin tin
Thian Harin ke tin Dorean tou Agiou
Pnevmatos, deithomen.
And with thy spirit
LORDS PRAYER
PEO PLE
proskomisthenton
Agiasthenton Timion Doron
Kyriou deithomen.
And the Mercies of our Great
God and Saviour Jesus Christ shall

be with you all.
PEO PLE
LITANY
Antilavou
PR IEST
willyou weary the
ke meli fagete, prin i gnose

afton, i proelesthe ponira, eklexete to
agathon. Dioti prin i gnone to Pedion
agatho i kakon, apithi poniria, tou
eklexasthe to agathon.
T HE P RIEST B LESSES THE C ONGREGATION WHO BOW THEIR HEADS AND PRAYING THAT THE
G IFTS O F THE MERCIES OF OUR ALMIGHTY GOD AND OUR SAVIOUR , JESUS CHRIST ,
WHICH SPRANG FROM HIS SACRIFICE ON THE CROSS AND WHICH ALSO SPRING FROM
THIS SACRIFICE OF THE HOLY E UCHARIST , BE BESTOWED UPON US ALL .
weary men yet

Lord also?
Dia touto dosi Kyrios aftos imin Simeion: Therefore
Amen
THE APOSTOLIC BLESSING
Ke pos Kyrio parehete
PRI EST
PE OPLE
PRI EST
Let us pray to the Lord.

Lord, have Mercy
Help us, Save us, have Mercy on
us, and Preserve us, O God, by Thy

Grace
BE RE CH IAH IS ALSO KNO WN AS BARU CH
NATIVITY
OF OUR
OF
S T B A S I L 67.
Amin
Tis
PRI EST
Amen
Commemorating
PE OPLE
To Thee, O Lord
PE OPLE
Panagias, ahrantou, ipere

vlogimenis, endoxou Despinis
imon
Theotokou
ke
Aiparthenou
Marias
meta
panton
ton
Agion
Mnimonefsantes, eaftous ke
allilous ke pasan tin zoin imon
our Most
Holy, Pure, Most Blessed and
Glorious Lady Theotokos, and Ever
Virgin Mary with all the Saints, let us
commit ourselves and one another,
and all our life to Christ our God.
Aftos tis pasi tap anta genou, O idos

ekaston - ke to etima aftou, ikon, ke
tin hrian aftou.
Rise, Kyrie, tin polin ke horan tatin, ke
pasan polin, ke horan, apo limou,
limou, sismou, katapontismou, piros,
aheras,
epidromis
allofilon,
ke
emfiliou to polemou.
T HE P RIEST C ONTI NUES A LO UD :
Si Kyrie
En
protis
mnisthiti,
Kyrie,
tou
Arhiepiskopou imon (-----) on harise
tes agies Sou Ekklisies en Irini, soon
entimon igia makroimerevonta ke
orthotomounta ton Logon tis Sis
Alithias...
Ke
on ekastos ehi kata dianian ke

panton ke pason
MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS & BOW DOWN TO GOD
Oti
Agios i O Theos imon, ke en Agiis

epanapavi,
ke
Si
tin
Doxan
anapempomen to Patri, ke to Io ke
to Agio Pnevmati, nin ke ai, ke is tous
eonas ton eonon.
Amin
For Holy art Thou, O our God,

Who rests in the Saints, and to Thee
we ascribe Glory: to the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy
Spirit, now and ever, and to Ages of
Ages.
PRI EST
PE OPLE
Amen
TRISAGION (THRICE-HOLY) PRAYERS

Agios
O Theos, Agios Ishiros, Agios

Athanatos, eleison imas
Ke nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton
eonon.
Amin
Panagia
Trias eleison imas. Kyrie,

ilasthiti tes amarties imon. Despota,
singhorison tas anomias imin. Agie
Ipiskepse, ke iase tas asthenias imon,
eneken tou Onomatos Sou.
Holy
God,
Holy
Mighty,
Holy
Immortal, have Mercy upon us [3]

ever, and unto Ages of Ages.
Amen
All Holy
Trinity, have Mercy on us.

Lord, cleanse us from our sins.
Master, pardon our iniquities. Holy
God, visit and heal our infirmities
for Thy Names sake.
Kyrie Eleison (3)

Lord, Have Mercy (3)
Doxa Patri, ke Io, ke Agio Pnevmati Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
ke nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton
eonon.
Amin

ever, and to the Ages of Ages.
Amen
OUR LORDS PRAYER
THE CONGREGATION
RECITES THIS IN UNISON:
imon O en tis Ouranis,

Agiasthito to Onoma Sou, eltheto i
Vasilia Sou, genithito to Thelima
Sou, os en Ourano ke epi tis gis.
Ton Arton imon ton epiousion dos
simeron.
Ke afes imin ta
ofilimata imon, os ke imis afiemen
tis ofiletes imon. Ke mi isenengis
imas is pirasmon, alla rise imas
apo tou ponirou.
68. N A T I V I T Y
OF OUR
Our Father, Who art in Heaven:

Hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy
Kingdom come. Thy Will be done,
on earth, as it is in Heaven. Give us
this day our daily Bread and
forgive us our trespasses as we
forgive those who trespass against
us.
And lead us not into
temptation, but Deliver us from the
evil one.
PEO PLE
Ke panton ke pason!
T HE P RIEST
Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati. Glory
Pater
sick.
Be all things to all, Thou Who know all
souls and their requests, their
households, and their needs.
Deliver, O Lord, this city and Community,
and every city and town, from famine,
plague, earthquake, flood, fire,
sword, invasion of foreign enemies,
and civil war.
OF
ST BASIL
Above all, remember, O Lord,

our Archbishop (------) Grant that he
may serve Thy Holy Church in
Peace. Keep him Safe, Honourable,
and Healthy for many years, rightly
teaching the Word of Thy Truth...
PR IEST
Remember
also, O Lord, those whom

each of us calls to mind and all Thy
People
PEO PLE
And all Thy People!
QUIE TLY CONTI NUES TO PRAY :
Mnisthiti,
Kyrie,
pasis
Episkopis
Orthodoxon, ton orthotomounton ton
logon tis Sis Alithias.
Mnisthiti, Kyrie, kata to plithos ton
iktirmon Sou, ke tis emis anaxiotitos.
Sighorison mi pan plimmelima ekousion
te ke akousion, ke mi dia tas emas
amartias kolisis tin Harin tou Agiou
Sou Pnevmatos apo ton Prokeimon
Doron.
Mnisthiti, Kyrie, tou Presviteriou, tis en
Hristo Diakonias, ke pantos Ieratikou
Tagmatos, ke midena imon kateshinis
ton
kiklounton
to
Agion
Sou
Thisiastirion.
Episkepse imas en ti Hristotitit Sou, Kyrie epifanithi imin en tis Plousiis Sou
Iktirmis.
Evkratous ke epofelis tous aeras imin
harise.
Omvrous irinikous ti Gi pros karpoforian
dories.
Evlogison ton Stephanon tou eniaftou tis
Hristotitos Sou.
Pafson ta Schismata ton Ekklision.
Sveson ta fragmata ton Ethnon.
Tas ton ereson epanastasis taheos
katalison, ti Dinami tou Agiou Sou
Pnevmatos.
Pantas imas prosdexe is tin Vasilian Sou.
Iious Fotos ke Iious Imeras anadixas.
Tin Sin Irinin, ke tin Sin Agapin harise
imin, Kyrie O Theos imon, panta gar
NATIVITY
OF OUR
Remember, O Lord, all Orthodox Bishops

who rightly teach the Word of Thy
Truth.
Remember, O Lord, my unworthiness
according to the multitude of Thy
Mercies.
Forgive my every transgression, both
voluntary and involuntary, and do
not take away the Grace of Thy Holy
Spirit from these Gifts because of my
sins.
Remember, O Lord, the Presbyters, the
Diaconate in Christ, and every Order
of the Clergy, and do not confound
any of us who stand about Thy Holy
Altar.
Visit us with Thy Goodness, O Lord manifest Thyself to us through Thy
Rich Compassion.
Grant us seasonable weather and fruitful
seasons.
Send gentle showers upon the Earth so
that it may bear Fruit.
Bless the Crown of the Year of Thy
Goodness.
Prevent Schism in Thy Holy Church.
Pacify the raging of the Heathen.
Quickly stop the uprisings of heresies by
the Power of Thy Holy Spirit.
Receive us all into Thy Kingdom..
Declare us to be Sons of the Light and
Sons of the Day.
With Thy Peace, and Thy Love, Grace us
O Lord our God, for Thou hast granted
OF
S T B A S I L 89.
Mnisthiti, Kyrie, pasis arhis ke exousias,

ous edikeosas Vasilevin epi tis Gis.
Harise aftis vathian ke anafereton Irinin.
Lalison is tin kardian afton Agatha iper tis
Ekklisias Sou ke pantos tou laou Sou,
ina en ti galini afton Iremon ke Isihion
Vion diagomen, en pasi Evsevia ke
Semnotiti.
Tous Agathous, en ti Agathotiti Sou
diatirison.
Tous ponirous, Agathous piison en ti
Hristotiti Sou.
Mnisthiti, Kyrie, tou periestotos laou, ke
ton di Evlogous etias apolifthenton.
Ke eleison aftous ke imas, kata to plithos
tou Eleous Sou.
Ta tamia afton emplison pantos Agathou.
Tas Sizigias afton en Irini ke Omonia
diatirison.
Ta
nipia
ekthrepson;
tin
neotita
pedagogison; to giras perikratison;
tous oligopsihous Paramithise; tous
eskorpismenous episinagage; tous
eplanimenous
epanagage,
ke
Sinapson ti Agia Sou Katholiki, ke
Apostoliki Ekklisia.
Tous
ohloumenous
ipo
pnevmaton
akatharton Eleftheroson; tis pleousi
simplefson, tis odiporousi sinodefson;
hiron prostithi; orfann iperaspison;
ehmalotous Rise; nosountas iase.
Ton en vimasi, ke etallis, ke exories, ke
pikres doulies, ke pasi tlipsi ke anagki
ke peristasi onton, Mnimonefson, O
Theos.
Ke panton ton demenon tis Megalis Sou
Efslaghnias, ke ton Agaponton imas
ke ton misounton, ke ton entilamenon
imin tis anaxiis evhesthe iper afton, ke
pantos tou Laou Sou Mnisthiti, Kyrie, O
Theos imon.
Ke epi pantas ekheon to Plousion Sou
Eleos, pasi parehon ta pros Sotirian
Etimata.
Ke on imis ouk emnimonefsamen, di
agnian i lithin, i plithos onomaton,
aftos mnimonefson, O Theos, O idos
ekastou tin ilikian, ke tin prosigorian,
O idos ekaston ek kilias mitros aftou.
Si gar, Kyrie, i Voithia ton avoithiton, i
Elpis ton apilpismenon, O ton
himazomenon Sotir, O ton pleonton
limin, O ton nosounton Iatros.
88. N A T I V I T Y
OF OUR
Remember, O Lord, this country and all

those who are in authority whom
Thou hast allowed to govern on Earth.
Grant them profound and lasting Peace.
Speak to their hearts Good Things
concerning Thy Church and all Thy
People that through the faithful
conduct of their duties we may live a
Peaceful and Serene Life in all Piety
and Holiness.
Sustain the Good in their Goodness.
The wicked make Good through Thy
Goodness.
Remember, O Lord, the people here
present, and those who are absent
with good cause.
And have Mercy on them and on us
according to the multitude of Thy
Mercy.
Fill their Treasuries with every Good
Thing.
Preserve their Unions (Marriages) in
Peace and Harmony.
The infants, Nurture; the youth Instruct;
the aged Strengthen; to the fainthearted grant Courage;
those
separated Reunite;
those in error
bring back, and Unite them to Thy
Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church.
Those who are held captive by unclean
spirits, Set Free; with those who sail,
Navigate;
with those who travel,
Journey; the widows, Defend; the
orphans, Protect;
the captives,
Liberate; the sick, Heal.
Those who are in mines, in exile, in harsh
labour, and those in every kind of
affliction,
necessity
or
distress,
Remember, O God.
And all those who Entreat Thy Great
Kindness, and those who Love us and
those who hate us, and those who
have asked us to pray for them,
unworthy as we are, and all Thy
People, Remember, O Lord our God.
And pour out Thy Rich Mercy on them,
granting them their Petitions for
Salvation.
And
those
whom
we
have
not
remembered - through ignorance,
forgetfulness or because of their
multitude - Remember, O God, since
Thou know the name and age of
each, even from their mothers womb.
For Thou, O Lord, art the Helper of the
helpless, the Hope of the hopeless, the
Saviour of the afflicted, the Haven of
the voyager, and the Physician of the
OF
ST BASIL
Oti Sou Estin i Vasilia ke i Dynamis ke
PR IEST
i Doxa tou Patros, ke tou Iou, ke tou

eonas ton eonon.
Amin
For Thine is the Kingdom, and

Power, and the Glory, of the
the
Ages of Ages.
Amen
PEO PLE
PROKEIMENON -
THE
NATIVITY
OF
Kyrios ipe pros Me: Ios Mou i Si, Ego
CHRIST
simeron gegennika Se
Etise par emou, ke doso Si

ethni tin Klironomian Sou.
STIHO S:
EPISTLE
Proshomen!
Sofia!
Pros E V R E O U S
OF
ST PAUL
OUR
SAVIOUR TONE 1
The
Lord said to Me: Thou

art My Son; today I have Begotten
Thee.
RE ADER
Ask of Me, and I will give Thee

Nations as Thine Inheritance
VER SE
TO THE
HEBREWS 1 : 1 12
Let us attend!
Wisdom!
R E A D E R The Reading from
PR IE ST
EPISTOLIS
PAVLOU
to
anagnosma
Proshomen!
Adelphi: Polimeros ke politropos pale
O
Theos, lalisas tis Patrasin en tis
Profites, ep eshatou imeron
touton
elalisen imin en Iio,
On ethike
Klironomon panton, di ou ke tous
eonas epiisen; Os on apavgasma tis
Doxis, ke haratir tis ipostaseos aftou,
feron te ta panta to rimati tis
Dinameos
Aftou,
di
eaftou
katharismon
piisamenos
ton
amartion imon, ekathisen en dexia tis
megalosinis en ipsilis, tosouto kritton
genomenos
ton
Angelon,
oso
diaforoteron
par
aftous
keklironomiken Onoma.
Tini
gar ipe pote ton Angelon: Iios

Mou is Si, Ego simeron Gegennika
Se?
Ke palin:
"Ego esome Afto is Patera, ke

Aftos este Mi is Iion?
the Epistle
of S T P A U L T O T H E H E B R E W S
[1:112]
PR IE ST
RE ADER
Let us attend!
Brethren: God Who, at various
times and in various ways spoke in

time past to the Fathers by the
Prophets, has in these last days
spoken to us by His Son, Whom He
has appointed Heir of all things;
through Whom also He made the
worlds; Who being the Brightness of
His Glory and the express Image of
His person, and upholding all Things
by the Word of His Power, when He
had by Himself purged our sins, sat
down at the right Hand of the
Majesty on High, having become so
much better than the Angels, as He
has by Inheritance obtained a more
excellent Name than they.
For to which of the Angels did He ever

say: Thou art My Son;
have Begotten Thee.?
today I
And again:
I will be to Him a Father,

and He shall be to Me a Son.
Otan de palin isagagi ton Prototokon is But when He again brings the Firstborn
tin
ikoumenin,
legi:
Ke
Proskinisatosan Afto pantes Angeli
Theou!
Ke pros men tou Angelous legi:
O pion
tou Angelous Aftou pnevmata, ke
tous Litourgous Aftou Piros Floga?
NATIVITY
OF OUR
into the world, He says: Let all the

Angels of God worship Him!
And
of the Angels He says: Who

makes His Angels spirits and His
Ministers a Flame of Fire?
OF
S T B A S I L 69.
Pros
de ton Iion: O Thronos Sou, O

Theos, is ton eona tou eonos;
Ravdos evthititos, i Ravdos tis
Vasilias Sou.
Igapisas
Dikeosinin, ke emisisas
anomian; Dia touto ehrise Se, O
Theos,
O
Theos
Sou,
Eleon
Agaliaseos para tous metohous
Sou.
Ke:
Si kat arhas, Kyrie, tin gin

ethemeliosas, ke Erga ton Hiron
Sou isin i Ourani.
Afti
apolounte, Si de dimenis;
pantes os imation paleothisonte,
osi perivoleon elixis aftous,
allagisonte; Si de O aftos is, ke
Eti Sou ouk eklipsousin.
ke
ke
ke
ta
Thy Throne, O
God, is forever and ever; a Sceptre
of Righteousness is the Sceptre of
Thy Kingdom.
Thou hast Loved Righteousness and

hated lawlessness; therefore God,
Thy God, has Anointed Thee with
the Oil of Gladness more than Thy
Companions.
And:
Thou, O Lord, in the beginning

laid the foundation of the earth,
and the Heavens are the Work of
Thy Hands.
They will perish but Thou remain; and
CHO IR
Alleluia! *
[3]
Sofia!
PR IEST
Irini pasi!
Ke to pnevmati sou
En tou kata LOUKA Agiou
Peace be with you all.

P E O P L E And with thy spirit
PR IEST
The Lesson from
MAKE
THE
SIGN
Wisdom! Let us stand and listen

to the Holy Gospel.
the Holy
Gospel according to ST LUKE [21-20]
Let us attend!
P E O P L E Glory to Thee, O Lord, Glory
Proshomen!
Doxa Si, Kyrie, Doxa Si!
to Thee!
OF THE
CROSS &
BOW DOWN BEFORE
GOD
And it came to pass in those

days that a Decree went out from
Caesar Augustus that all the world
should be registered.
Egeneto
PR IEST
Afti
That
Ke
And all went to be registered - everyone
de en tes imeres ekines exilthe

dogma para Kesaros Avgoustou
apografesthe pasan tin ikoumenin.
i
Apografi
proti
egenetoi
igemonevontos tis Syrias Kiriniou.
eporevonto pantes apografesthe ekastos is tin idian polin.
Anevi
de ke Iosif apo tis Galileas ek

poleos Nazaret is tin Ioudean is polin
David, itis kalite Vithleem, dia to ine
afton ex
ikou ke patrias David,
apograpsasthe
sin
Mariam
ti
70. N A T I V I T Y
OF OUR
Xenon, oro ke paradoxon!

Uranon
to
Spleon,
Thronon
Herouvikon, tin Parthenon, tin Fatnin
horion, en O aneklithi O ahoritos,
Hristos O Theos, on animnountes
Megalinomen.
Census first took place while

Quirinius was governing Syria.
to his own city.
Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of

the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to
the City of David, which is called
Bethlehem, because he was of the
House and Lineage of David, to be
OF
ST BASIL
my soul, Magnify Her who s greater

in Honour and in Glory than the
Heavenly Hosts.
behold a strange and paradoxical
Mystery! For behold: the Grotto is
Heaven; Cherubic Throne is the Virgin;
the Manger a Grand Space, in which
Christ our God the Uncontainable
reclined as an Infant; Whom in
extolling do we Magnify.
W HILE
THE M A GNIFICAT T O THE E VE R B LESSED T HEOT OKOS IS CHANTED , THE

AS HE CENSES THE H OLY A LTAR , THE H OLY S ANCTUA RY AND THE C HURCH :
Mnisthiti panton ton prokekimimenon ep

Elpidi Anastaseos Zois Eoniou.
HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST LUKE 2: 1 20

Evangeliou to
Mystirion
Peace be to you, the Reader...

and to all the people.
Allelouia! *
anagnosma
Edoxoteran, ton Ano Stratevmaton.
Tou Agiou Ioannou, Profitou, Prodromou

ke Vptistou, ton Agion Endoxon ke
Panevimon Apostolon, tou Agiou (tou
Dinos), ou ke tin mnimin epiteloumen,
ke panton Sou ton Agion, on tes
ikesies episkepse imas, O Theos.
PR IEST
Orthi akousomen tou Agiou

Evangeliou...
Megalinon psihi mou, tin Timioteran ke O
they will all grow old like a

garment; like a cloak Thou will fold
them up, and they will be changed,
but Thou art the same, and Thy
years will not fail.
Irini si to anagnonti...
[3]
MAGNIFICAT TO THE EVER BLESSED THEOTOKOS

(DIVINE LITURGY OF ST BASIL)
But to the Son He says:
(KE MNIMONEVI
ENTAVTHA NOMASTI KE ON
VOULETE TETHNEOTON),
Ke anapafson aftous, opou episkopi to Fos

tou Prosopou Sou.
Eti Sou deometha:
Mnisthiti, Kyrie, tis Agias Sou Katholikis ke
Apostolikis Ekklisias, tis apo peraton
eos peraton tis ikoumenis.
Ke Irinefson Aftin, in periepiiso to Timio
Emati tou Hristou Sou.
Ke ton Agion Ikon touton Stereoson mehri
tis sintelias tou eonos.
Mnisthiti, Kyrie, ton ta Dora Si tafta
proskomisanton, ke iper on, ke di on,
ke ef is afta prosekomisan.
Mnisthiti, Kyrie, ton Karpoforounton, ke
kalliergounton en tes Agies Sou
Ekklisies,
ke
memnimenon
ton
peniton.
Amipse aftous tis Plousiis Sou ke
Epouraniis Harismas, Harise aftis anti
ton epigion, ta Epourania; anti ton
proskeron, ta eonia; anti ton ftharton,
ta aftharta.
Mnisthiti, Kyrie, ton en erimies, ke oresi, ke
spileis, ke tes opes tis Gis.
Mnisthiti, Kyrie, ton en Parthenia, ke
Evlavia ke Askisi, ke Semni politia
diagonton.
NATIVITY
OF OUR
P RIEST
CONTINUES IN
P RAYER
For the Holy Prophet and Forerunner,

John the Baptist, for the Holy, Glorious
and Most Lauded Apostles, for St .. [of
the day]
whose memory we
celebrate, and for all Thy Saints, by
whose Supplications do Thou, O God,
visit us.
Remember also those who have fallen
asleep in the hope of a Resurrection
to Life Eternal.
[THE PRIEST COMMEMORATES VARIOUS
FAITHFUL
REPOSED]
SOULS
WHO
HAVE
And grant them rest where the Light of

Thy Countenance shines.
Furthermore, we entreat Thee:
Remember Thy Holy, Catholic and
Apostolic Church, which is from one
end of the inhabited Earth to the
other.
And grant Peace to Her, which Thou hast
obtained with the Precious Blood of
Thy Christ.
And Strengthen also this Holy House to the
end of the ages.
Remember, O Lord, those who have
brought Thee these Gifts, and for
whom and through whom and the
intentions for which they were offered.
Remember, O Lord, those who bear Fruit
and do Good Works in Thy Holy
Church, and those who remember the
poor.
Reward them with Thy rich and Heavenly
Gifts. Grant them Heavenly Things
instead of earthly; Eternal Things
instead of temporal; Incorruptible
Things instead of corruptible.
Remember, O Lord, those who are in the
deserts, on mountains, in caverns,
and in the chambers of the Earth.
Remember, O Lord, those living in
Chastity and Godliness, in Asceticism
and Holiness of Life.
OF
S T B A S I L 87.
Thisiastirio, ou dia tas Dikeounas

imon (ou gar epiisamen ti Agathon
epi tis Gis), alla dia tae lei Sou ke tous
iktirmous Sou, ous exeheas plousios ef
imas, tharrountes prosengizomen to
Agio Sou Thisiastirio, ke prothentes ta
antitipa tou Agiou Somatos ke Ematos
tou Hristou Sou.
Sou deometha, ke Se parakaloumen,
Agie,
Agion,
evdokia
tis
Sis
Agathotitos, elthin to Pnevma Sou to
Agion ef imas, ke epi ta prokimena
Dora tafta, ke Evlogise afta, ke Agiase,
ke anadixe...
Thy Holy Altar, not because of our

own Righteousness (for we have not
done anything good upon the Earth),
but because of Thy Mercy and
Compassion, which Thou hast so
richly poured upon us, we dare to
approach Thy Holy Altar, and bring
forth the exact representation of the
Holy Body and Blood of Thy Christ.
We pray to Thee and call upon Thee, O
Holy of Holies, that by the favour of
Thy Goodness, Thy Holy Spirit may
come upon us and upon the Gifts
here presented, to Bless, to Sanctify
....
memnistefmeni
Engio.
PRIEST BLESSES THE OBLATION
HE
...And to make this Bread to be the

Precious Body of our Lord and God
and Saviour, Jesus Christ.
Amen
...And that which is in this Cup, the
Precious Blood of Thy Christ.
registered with Mary, his Betrothed

Wife, who was with Child.
While
they were there, the days were

completed for Her to be delivered.
Ke eteketon ton Ion Aftis ton Prototokon, And

ke esparganosen Afton ke aneklinen
Afton en ti fatni, dioti ouk in aftis
topos en to katalimati.
Ke
Ke
BLESSES THE HOLY CHALICE :
...To de Potirion touton afto to Timion Ema

tou Kyriou ke Theou ke Sotiros imon
Iisou Hristou.
Amin
ousi
de en to ine aftous eki

eplisthisan e imere tou tekin aftin.
THE ALTAR BREAD :
...Ton men Arton touton afto to Timion

Soma tou Kyriou ke Theou ke Sotiros
imon Iisou Hristou...
Amin
gineki,
Egeneto
Ke
T HE
afto
She brought forth Her Firstborn

Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling
cloths, and laid Him in a manger
because there was no room for them
at the inn.
Pimenes isan en ti hora ti afti

agravlountes ke filasontes filakas tis
niktos epi tin Pimnin afton.
And there were Shepherds in the same
idou! Angelos Kyriou epesti aftis, ke

Doxa Kyriou perielampsen aftous, ke
efovithisan fovon megan.
And behold! an Angel of the Lord stood
ipen aftis O Angelos: Mi fovisthe,

idou gar! Evangelizome imin Haran
Megalin, itis este panti to lao.
And
country - living out in the fields and

keeping watch at night over their
flocks.
before them, and the Glory of the
Lord shone around them, and they
were greatly afraid.
the Angel said to them: Do not
fear, for behold! I bring you Good
Tidings of Great Joy, which will be
to all people.
Oti etehthi imin simeron Sotir, os esti

Hristos Kyrios, en Poli David.
For
Amen
... to ekhithen iper tis tou kosmou Zois ke

Sotirias
Amin. Amin. Amin.
...Shed for the Life and Salvation of the

world.
Amen. Amen. Amen.
Ke toutoimin to Simion: evrisete

Vrefos esparganomenon, kimenon
en fatne.
And this will be the Sign to you: you

will find an Infant wrapped in
swaddling clothes, lying in a
manger.
Imas de pantas, tous ek tou enos Artou ke

tou Potiriou metehontas, enoses allilis
is enos Pnevmatos Agiou Kinonian.
Unite us all to one another who become

Partakers of the One Bread and the
Cup in the Communion of the One
Holy Spirit.
Grant that none of us may partake of the
Holy Body and Blood of Thy Christ
unto Judgement nor Condemnation;
but that we may find Mercy and
Grace with all the Saints who, through
the ages have pleased Thee:
Forefathers,
Fathers,
Patriarchs,
Prophets,
Apostles,
Preachers,
Evangelists,
Martyrs,
Confessors,
Teachers, and every Righteous spirit
made Perfect in Faith...
T HE P RIEST
BLESSES BOTH THE
E LEMENTS :
Ke midena imon is krima, i is katakrima

piises metashin tou Agiou Somatos, ke
Ematos tou Hristou Sou, all ina
evromen Eleon ke Harin meta panton
ton, Agion, ton ap Eonos Si
evarestisanton, Propatoron, Pateron,
Patriarhon,
Profiton,
Apostolon,
Kirikon,
Evangeliston,
Martyron,
Omologiton, Didaskalon, ke pantos
pnevmatos
Dikeou
en
Pisti
teteliomenou...
THE PRIEST TAKES
ALTAR THRICE,
THE
CENSER
AND WHILE CENSING BEFORE THE
Exeretos
tis
Panagias,
Ahrantou iperevlogimenis
endoxou
Despinis
imon
Theotokou ke Aiparthenou
Marias.
PRIEST
86. N A T I V I T Y
OF OUR
Stratias Ouraniou enounton ton

Theon ke legonton: Doxa en Ipsistis
Theo! Ke epi gis Irini, en anthropis
Evdokia!
NOW STAND UP
OF
ST BASIL
a multitude of Heavenly Hosts,

praising God and saying: Glory to
God in the Highest! And on Earth,
Peace, towards men, Goodwill!
Ke
egeneto os apilthon ap afton is ton

Ouranon i Angeli, ke i anthropi i
Pimenes
ipon:
Pros
alilous
dielthomen di eos Vithleem ke idomen
to Rima touto to gegonos, O Kyrios
egnorisen imin.
And
Ke
ilthon spefsantes, ke anevron tin te

Mariam ke ton Iosif ke to Vrefos
kimenon en ti fatni.
And
when the Angels had gone away

from
them into Heaven, the
Shepherds said to one another: Let
us now go to Bethlehem and see this
Miracle that has come to pass, which
the Lord has made known to us.
with haste they went, and found
Maria and Joseph, and the Infant
lying in a manger.
Idontes
Having
Maria
de diegnorisan peri tou rimatos

tou lalithentos aftis peri tou Pediou
toutou, ke pantes i akousantes
ethavmasan peri ton lalithenton ipo
ton Pimenon pros aftous.
Especially
for our
Most Holy, Pure, Most
Blessed, Glorious Lady,
Theotokos, and Ever
Virgin Mary.
THE FAITHFUL
Ke exefnis egeneto sin to Angelo plithos And suddenly there was with the Angel
HOLY
HE SAYS ALOUD:
there is Born to you this day a

Saviour, Who is Christ the Lord, in
the City of David.
de Mariam panta sinetiri ta Rimata

tafta simvalousa en ti kardia Aftis.
NATIVITY
OF OUR
seen Him, they made widely

known what had been told to them
concerning this Child, and all those
who heard it marvelled at everything
the Shepherds told them.
kept all those Things
pondered them in Her heart.
OF
and
S T B A S I L 71.
Ke ipestrepsan i Pimenes, Doxazontes ke And the Shepherds returned, Glorifying

enountes ton Theon epi pasin is
ikousan ke idon kathos elelithi pros
aftous.
Doxa Si, Kyrie, Doxa Si!
and Praising God for all the Things

that they had heard and beheld - as
it had been told to them.
PEO PLE
Glory to Thee, O Lord, Glory
THE PRIEST
...Ke
PRI EST
Lavete,
Take, eat;
edoke tis Agiis Aftou Mathites ke

Apostolis ipon:
fagete, tuto Mou esti to

Soma, to iper imon klomenon is
afesin amartion.
to Thee
BOW
DOWN BEFORE
GOD & MAKE
THE
SIGN
OF THE
CROSS
CONTINUES ALOUD:
Amin
Omios
Piete
THE LITURGY
OF THE
ex Aftou pantes, touto esti to

Ema Mou, to tis Kenis Diathikis, to
iper imon ke pollon ekhinomenon is
Afesin amartion.
FAITHFUL
FIRST PRAYER
THE PRIEST
ENTERS THE
SANCTUARY
AND CONTINUES TO PRAY QUIETLY:
Palin ke pollakis Si prospiptomen ke Sou

deometha, Agathe ke Filanthrope,
opos, epivlepsas epi tin Deisin imon,
katharisis imon tas psihas ke ta
somata apo pantos molismou sarkos
ke pnevmatos, ke dois imin anenohon
ke akatakriton tin parastasin tou
Agiou Sou Thisiastiriou.
Harise de, O Theos, ke tis sinevhomenis
imin prokipin viou ke Pisteos ke
sineseos
pnevmatikis,
dos
aftis
pantote, meta fovou ke Agapis
latrevin Si anenohos ke akatakritos
metehin ton Agion Sou mystirion, ke
tis epouraniou Sou Vasilias axiothine.
THE PRIEST
Again, we bow before Thee and pray to

Thee, O Good and Loving God: hear
our Supplication, Cleanse our soul
and body from every defilement of
flesh and spirit, and grant that we
may stand before Thy Holy Altar
without blame or condemnation.
Amin
Touto
Memnimeni
oun, Despota, ke imis ton

Sotirion Aftou Pathimaton, tou
Zoopiou Stavrou, tis Trimerou Tafis,
tis ek nekron Anastaseos, tis is
Ouranous Anodou, tis ek dexion Sou
tou Theou ke Patros Kathedras, ke tis
Endoxou ke foveras defteras Aftou
Parousias...
ipo tou Kratous Sou pantote

filattomeni,
Si
Doxan
anapempomen to Patri ke to Iio
ke to Agio Pnevmati, nin ke ai ke is
tous Eonas ton Eonon.
Amin
And grant that being always

guarded by Thy Power, to Thee we
ascribe Glory: to the Father, and
to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
now and ever, and unto Ages of
Ages.
Amen
THE PRIEST
RECITES THE
REPETITION.
CHERUBIC HYMN
THRICE, MAKING A
I ta Herouvim mystikos ikonizontes, ke ti

Zoopio Triadi ton Trisagion imnon
prosadontes, pasan tin viotikin
apothometha merimnan os ton
Vasilea to olon ipodexomeni...
PROSTRATION
T HE F AITHFUL STAND WITH HEADS DEEPLY BOWED

L ORD S R ES URRECTION . D URING THE WE EK ,
Let us who mystically represent

the Cherubim, and who sing the
Thrice-Holy Hymn to the Life-giving
Trinity, put away all worldly care,
that we may receive the King of all
OF OUR
OF
ST BASIL
Remembering also, O Master, His Saving

Passion and Life-giving Cross, His
Three-day Burial and Resurrection
from the dead, His Ascension into
Heaven and Enthronement at Thy
right Hand, O God and Father, and
His Glorious and Awesome Second
Coming...
ELEVATES THE
S ATURDAY OR S UN DAY , BEING THE CELEBRATION OF O UR

F AITHFUL WOUL D KNEEL IN DEEP WORSHIP AT THIS POINT .
ON A
ALL
H OLY G IF TS
PRI EST
Se
PE OPLE
Sa ek ton Son Si Prosferomen

kata panta ke dia panta.
Imnoumen, Se Evlogoumen, Si
Efharistomen, Kyrie, ke deometha
Sou, O Theos imon.
T HE
We offer to Thee these Gifts

from Thine own Gifts, in all and for
all..
We praise Thee, we Bless
Thee, we give thanks unto Thee, O
Lord, and we entreat Thee, our God.
PRIEST Q UIETLY PRAYS , WHILE ELEVATI NG THE HOLY GIFTS
Dia touto, Despota, Panagie ke imis i

amartoli ke anaxii douli Sou i
kataxiothentes Litourgin to Agio Sou
72. N A T I V I T Y
Amen
Do this
in Remembrance of
Me: for as often as you eat this
Bread, and Drink this Cup, you
Proclaim My Death and Confess My
Resurrection.
PRI EST
Ta
AT THE END OF EACH
PEOPLE
This is My Blood
of the New Testament, Which is
shed for you and for many, for the
Remission of sins.
MOMENT IS THE LOFTIEST AND THE MOST

SACRED MOMENT OF THE DIVINE LITURGY
BECAUSE THE HOLY MYSTERY OF THE HOLY
EUCHARIST IS ACTUALLY CONSUMMATED BY THE
HOLY SPIRIT
T HE P RIES T
THE CHERUBIC HYMN
Drink ye all of It;
THIS
PR IEST
PEO PLE
Fruit of the Vine, and when He had

mingled it, given Thanks, Blessed
and Hallowed it, He gave It to His
Holy Disciples and Apostles saying...
THE CONSECRATION
CONTINUES ALOUD:
Opos
Amen
P R I E S T Likewise, He took the Cup of the
PE OPLE
piite is tin emin anamnisin.

Osakis gar an esthiite ton Arton
touton, ke to Potirion touto pinite,
ton emon Thanaton katangelete, tin
emin Anastasin Omologite.
Grant also, O God, progress in Life, Faith,

and Spiritual Discernment to the
Faithful who pray with us, so that they
may always worship Thou with
Reverence and Love, partake of Thy
Holy Mysteries without blame or
Condemnation, and become worthy
of Thy Heavenly Kingdom.
This is My Body, which is

broken for you, for the remission of
sins.
PE OPLE
ke to Potirion ektou Gennimatos

tis
Ampelou
lavon,
kerasas
Efharistisas, Evlogisas ke Agiasas,
edoke tis Agiis aftou Mathites ke
Apostolis, ipon ...
Divine Liturgy
of St Basil the Great
...And gave
it to His Holy
Disciples and Apostles, saying:
NATIVITY
OF OUR
Therefore, Most Holy Master, we also, Thy

sinful and unworthy servants, whom
Thou hast made worthy to serve at
OF
S T B A S I L 85.
Epidi gar di anthropou i martia isilthen is

ton kosmon, ke dia tis amartias O
Thanatos, iidokisen O Monogenis Sou
Iios, O on en tis kolpis Sou tou Theou
ke Patros, genomenos ek Gynekos, tis
Agias Theotokou ke Aiparthenou
Marias, genomenos ipo Nomon,
katakrine tin amartian en ti sarki
Aftou,
in
ai
en
to
Adam
apothiniskontes, Zoopiithosin en afto
to Hristo Sou, ke empolitefsamenos to
kosmo touto, dous prostagmata
sotirias, apostisas imas tis planis ton
idolon, prosigage ti epignosi Sou tou
alithinou Theou ke Patros, ktisamenos
imas eafto laon periousion, Vasilion
ieratevma, Ethnos Agion.
Ke Katharisas en idati, ke Agiasas to
Pnevmati to Agio, edoken eafton
antallagma to Thanato, en O
katihometha, peprameni ipo tin
amartian, ke katelthon dia tou
Stavrou is ton, Adin, ina plirosi eaftou
tap anta, elise tas odinas tou
Thanatou.
Ke Anastas ti Triti Imera, ke odopiisas pasi
srki tin ek nekron Anastasin, kathoti
ouk in dinaton kratisthe ipo tis fthoras
ton
arhigon
tis
Zois,
egeneto
aparhiston kekimimenon, prototokos
ek ton nekron - in ai aftos tap anta en
pasi protevon.
Ke Anelthon is tous Ouranous, ekathisen

en dexia tis Megalosinis Sou en Ipsilis,
os ke ixi, apodoune ekasto kata to
erga aftou.
Katelipe de imin Ipomnimta tou Sotiriou
Aftou pathous tafta, a protethikamen
Enopion Sou, kata tas Aftou Entolas.
Mellon gar exiene epi ton ekousion, ke
aidimon ke Zoopion Aftou Thanaton ti
nikti i paredidou eafton iper tis tou
kosmou Zois, lavon arton epi ton
Agion Aftou ke Ahranton Hiron, ke
anadixas Si to Theo ke Patri,
Efharistisas,
Evlogisas,
Agiasas,
klasas...
THE CONGREGATION
84. N A T I V I T Y
OF OUR
MUST STAND
For inasmuch as by one man sin entered

our world, and Death by sin, so it
seemed good to Thine Only Begotten
Son, Who is in the Bosom of Thee, O
God and Father, made of a Woman,
the Holy Mother of God and Ever
Virgin Mary, made under the Law, to
condemn sin in His Flesh, that they
who die in Adam may be quickened
in Thy Christ Himself, Who, dwelling in
this
world
granted
Saving
Commandments and having turned
us from the deceits of idols, brought us
to the Knowledge of Thee, the True
God and Father, having possessed us
to Himself for a Chosen People, a
Royal Priesthood, a Holy Nation.
Who has Cleansed us with Water and
Sanctified us by the Holy Spirit, giving
Himself as a Ransom to Death,
wherein we were held sold under
sin.
And by the Cross having
descended into Hades that He might
fill all things with Himself, He loosened
the the pains of Death.
And being Resurrected the Third Day, He
made way for all flesh unto the
Resurrection of the dead, for since it
was not possible that the Author of
Life should be held by corruption, He
beame the First-fruit of those who had
fallen asleep - the Firstborn from the
dead that in all things He might
have pre-eminence.
And Ascending into Heaven, He sat down
at the right Hand of Thy Majesty on
High, from whence He shall come
again to render to every person
according to his deeds.
Who also has left to us for a
Remembrance of His Saving Passion
these things, which we here set forth
according to His Commandments.
For when He was about to go forth to His
voluntary and Ever-memorable and
Life-giving Death, in the night that He
gave Himself for the Life of the world,
took bread in His Sacred and Most
Pure Hands, and when He had shown
it to Thee, O God and Father, and
having given Thanks, He Blessed it,
Hallowed it and broke it...
WITH HEADS
BOWED
OF
ST BASIL
PRAYER
W HILE
C HERUB IC H YMN
HIMSEL F .
THE
OF
T HIS P RAYE R
OF THE
IS CHANTED , THE
OF THE
P RIE ST
SHOUL D ALSO BE READ B Y THE
G REAT S IGNIF ICANCE
OF THE
C ONGRE GATION
H OL Y E UCHARI ST
Oudis axios ton sindedemenon tes

sarkikes
epithimies
ke
idones
proserhesthe i prosengizin, i litourgin
Si, Vasilef tis Doxis.
To gar diakonin Si mega ke foveron, ke
aftes tes Epouranies dinamesin.
All amos, dia tin afaton ke ametriton Sou
Filanthropian, atreptos ke analiotos
gegonas Anthropos ke Arhierefs imon
ehrimatisas, ke tis Litourgikis taftis ke
anemaktou Thisias tin Ierourgian
paredokas imin, os Despotis ton
apanton.
Si gar monos, Kyrie O Theos imon,
despozis ton Epouranion ke ton
epigion, O epi Thronou Herouvikou
epohoumenos, O ton Seraphim Kyrios,
ke Vasilefs tou Israil, O Monos Agios
ke en Agiis Anapavomenos, Se tinin
disopo ton monon Agathon ke
evikoon: epivlepson ep eme ton
amartolon ke ahrion doulon Sou, ke
Katharison mou tin psihin ke tin
kardian apo sinidiseos poniras.
Ke ikanoson me ti Dinami tou Agiou Sou
Pnevmatos, endedimenon tin tis
Ieratias Harin, parastine ti Agia Sou
tafti Trapeze ke Ierourgise to Agion ke
ahranton Sou Soma ke to Timion Ema.
Si gar proserhome, klinas ton emaftou
avhena ke deome Sou: mi apostrepsis
e ek pedon Sou, mi apostrefpsis to
prosopon Sou ap emou, mide
apokdokimasis me ek pedion Sou, all
axioson prosenehthine Si ip emou,
mide apodokimasis me ek pedon Sou,
all axioson prosenehthine Si ip emou
tou amartolou ke anaxiou doulou Sou
ta dora tafta.
Si gar i O prosferon ke prosferomenos ke
prosdehomenos ke diadidomenos,
Hriste O Theos imon, ke Si tin Doxan
anapempomen, sin to anarho Sou
Patri ke to Panagio ke Agatho ke
Zoopio Sou Pnevmati, nin ke ai ke is
Amin
NATIVITY
OF OUR
CHERUBIC HYMN
BOWS H IS HEAD AND RECITES THE FOLLOWING

FO R THEI R
E NLI GHTENMENT
P RAYE R
AND
ON BEHALF
U NDERSTANDING
THAT FOLLO WS SHORTLY .
None is worthy among those who are

held fast in fleshly desires and
pleasures to approach, to to draw
nigh, or to minister to Thee, O King of
Glory.
For to minister to Thee is a great and
fearful thing, even for the Heavenly
Powers themselves.
Notwithstanding, through Thine Ineffable
and Immeasurable Love for mankind,
Thou became Man, suffering no
change nor altering, and art our High
Priest and has Thyself bestowed upon
us the Ministry of this Divine Office
and Bloodless Sacrifice as Master of
all.
For Thou only, O Lord our God, hast
Dominion over all things in Heaven
and on earth, Who art borne upon a
Throne of Cherubim, Who art Lord of
the Seraphim and King of Israel; Who
alone art Holy and rest in the Holies.
Therefore, I beseech Thee, Who alone
art Good and ready to hear: look
down upon me, Thy sinful and
unprofitable servants, and Cleanse
my soul and my heart from an evil
conscience.
And by the Power of the Holy Spirit,
enable me, who am invested with the
Grace of Priesthood, to stand before
this Thy Holy Table, and to administer
Thy Most Pure and Sacred Body and
Thy Precious Blood.
For unto Thee I come, to Thee I bow my
head, and I beseech Thee: turn not
Thy Sight from me, neither reject me
from among Thy servants, but
account it fitting for these Gifts to be
offered to Thee by me, Thy sinful and
unworthy servant.
For Thou art He Who Offers and He Who is

Offered, and He Who receives and
Who is given, O Christ our God, and
to Thee we ascribe Glory, together
with Thine Eternal Father, and Thine
All Holy, Good and Life-giving Spirit,
now and forever, and to the Ages of
Ages.
Amen.
OF
S T B A S I L 73.
W HILE
PSALM 50/51
THE PSALM OF REPENTANCE
THE PRIEST
CENSES
THE
ALTAR,
PROTHESIS,
O C O M E , L E T
THE
WORSHIPPERS, WHILE REC IT IN G

REPENT ANC E WHIC H W E M U S T
THE
US
HOL Y I CON S OF THE IC ON OST ASION AND

W O R S H I P ... A N D P S A L M 5 0 / 51 T H E P S A L M
THE
OF
ALSO QUIETLY READ AND CONTEMPLATE
Eleison me, O Theos kata to Mega Eleos Have mercy on me, O God, according to
Sou, ke kata to plithos ton iktrmon
Sou exalipson to anomima mou.
Epi
plion plinon me apo tis anomias

mou, ke apo tis amartias mou
katharison me Oti tin anomie mou
ego ginosko, ke i amartia mou
enopion mou esti diapantos.
Thy Great Mercy. And according to

the abundance of Thy Compassion
blot out my transgression.
Wash
me thoroughly from
my
lawlessness, and cleanse me from
my sin. For I know my lawlessness,
and my sin is always before me.
Si mono imarton, ke to poniron enopion Against
Thee only have I sinned, and

done evil in Thy Sight: that Thou
may be Justified in Thy Words, and
may overcome when Thou art
judged.
THE
H YMNS
A RE BE ING CHANTED , THE
P RIEST
QUIETLY PRAYS :
Meta touton ton Makarion Dynameon,

Despota Philanthrope, ke imis i
amartoli voomen ke legomen.
Agios i, os Alithos, ke Panagios, ke ouk esti
metron ti Megloprepia tis Agiosinis
Sou, ke Osios en pasi tis ergis Sou, oti
en Dikeosini ke krisi Alithini panta
epigases imin.
Plasas gar ton Anthopon, houn lavon apo
tis Gis, ke ikoni ti Si, O Theos, timisas,
tethikas afton en to Pardiso tis trifis,
athanasian zois, ke apolafsin eonion
Agathon, en ti tirisi ton Entolon Sou.
Idou
For
Idou:
Behold: Thou Love Truth.
Epanilamenos afto, all parakousanta

Sou tou Alithinou Theou, tou ktisantos
afton,
ke
ti
Apati
tou
ofeos
iparhthenta, nekrothenta te tis ikiis
Aftou paraptomasin, exorisas afton en
ti Dikeokrisia Sou, O Theos, ek tou
Paradisou is ton kosmon touton, ke
apestrepsas is tin Gin ex is elifthi,
ikonomon afto tin ek palingenesias
Sotirian, tin en afto to Hristo Sou.
Thou
Ou gar apestrafis to plasma Sou is telos, O

epiisas, Agathe, oude epelathou
ergou Hiron Sou?
Sou epiisa. Opos an Dikeothis en tis

logis Sou, ke nikisis en to krinesthe
Se.
gar en anomies sovelifthin, ke en
amarties ekissise me i mitir mou.
gar Alithian Igapisas. Ta adila ke
ta krifia tis Sofias Sou edilosas mi.
Pantiis
me Issopo, ke katharisthisome plinies

me,
ke
iper
hiona
levkanthisome.
behold I was conceived in

transgressions; and in sins my
mother bore me.
Thou showed
me the unknown and secret things
of Thy Wisdom.
shalt sprinkle me with Hyssop,
and I will be cleansed - Thou shalt
wash me, and I will be made whiter
than snow.
Akoutiis
Thou
Apostrepson
Turn Thy Sight away from my sins, and
mi Agalliasin ke Evfrosinin,
Agaliasonte ostea tetapinomena.
to Prosopon Sou apo tin
amartion mou, ke pasas tas anomias
mou exalipson.
Kardian
katharan ktison en emi, O

Theos, ke pvevma evthes egkenison
en tis egkatis mou.
shalt make me hear Joy and

Gladness my bones that were
humbled shalt greatly Rejoice.
blot out all my transgressions.
A clean heart create in me, O God,
and
renew a right spirit within me.
Mi aporripsis me apo tou Prosopou Sou, Do
not cast me away from Thy

Presence, and do not take Thy Holy
Spirit from me.
ke to Pnevma Sou to Agion mi

antanelis ap emou.
Apodos
mi tin Agalliasin tou Sotiriou

Sou, ke Pnevmati Igemoniko Stirixon
me.
Restore to me the Joy of Thy Salvation,

and Uphold me with Thy Guiding
Spirit.
Didazo
Rise
Deliver
anomous tas Odous Sou, ke

asevis api Se apistrepsousi.
me ex ematon, O Theos - O Theos
tis Sotirias mou, Agalliasete i glossou
mou tin Dikeosinin Sou.
74. N A T I V I T Y
OF OUR
will teach transgressors Thy Ways,

and the ungodly shall turn back to
Thee.
me from blood-guiltiness, O
God - the God of my Salvation, and
my tongue shall greatly Rejoice in
OF
ST BASIL
All Epeskepso politropos, dia Splaghna

Eleous Sou.
Profitas exapestilas, epiisas Dnamis dia
ton Agion Sou, ton kath ekastin
genean evarestisanton Si, elalisas
imin dia stomatos ton doulon Sou ton
Profiton, prokatangellon imin tin
mellousan esesthe Sotirian.
Nomon edokas is voithian, Angelou
epestrisas filakas.
Ote de lithe ta Pliroma ton keron, elalisas
imin en afto to Iio Sou, di ou ke tous
eonas epiisas, os, on apagafsma tis
Doxis Sou, ke haraktir tis ipostaseos
Sou, feron t eta panta to rimati tis
Dinameos Aftou, ouh arpagmon
igisato to ine isa Si to Theo ke Patri.
All, Theos on Proeonios, epi tis Gis ofthi,

ke tis anthropis sinanestrafi, ke ek
Parthenou Agias sarkothis, ekenosen
eafton,
morfin,
doulou
lavon,
simmorfos genomenos to somatic tis
tapinoseos imon, ina imas simmorfous
piisi tis ikonos tis Doxis Aftou.
NATIVITY
OF OUR
With these Blessed Powers, O Master and

Lover of mankind, we also cry aloud
and say:
Holy indeed and Most Holy art Thou, and
no bounds are there to the Majesty of
Thy Holiness; and Just art Thou in all
Thy Works, for in Righteousness and
True Judgement hast Thou ordered
all things for us.
For after Thou had formed man of the
clay of the Earth, and honoured him,
O God, with Thine own Image, Thou
set him in the Paradise of Delight, and
promised him Immortal Life and the
enjoyment of Eternal Good Things in
the keeping of Thy Commandments.
When he disobeyed Thee, His True God,
Who had created him, and was
allured by the deceit of the serpent,
and slain by his own trespasses, Thou,
O Lord, in Righteous Judgement
casted him out of Paradise into this
world, and returned him to the Earth
from
whence
he
was
taken:
dispensing for him Salvation by
Regeneration, which is in Thy Christ
Himself.
For Thou, O Good One, did not wholly
forsake Thy creature, which Thou had
made, neither did Thou forget the
Works of Thy Hands.
But because of Thy Tender Mercy in
diverse manners, visited him.
Prophets Thou sent, Mighty Works Thou
hast performed through Thy Saints,
Who have been well-pleasing to Thee
in every generation:
Thou hast
spoken to us by the mouth of Thy
servants, the Prophets, foretelling us of
the Salvation to come.
The Law Thou granted to help us, Angels
Thou appointed to Guard us.
When the Fullness of the time came, Thou
spoke to us by Thy Son Himself, by
Whom also Thou created the worlds
Who, being the Brightness of Thy
Glory, and the express Image of Thy
Person, and upholding all things by
the Word of His Power, thought it not
robbery to be Equal with Thee, God
and Father.
But being God Pre-Eternal, He showed
Himself upon Earth, and conversed
with mankind: and being Incarnate
of the Holy Virgin, He emptied Himself
and took upon Himself the form of a
servant, becoming the likeness of the
body of our Humility that He might
fashion us like the Image of His Glory.
OF
S T B A S I L 83.
Pnevmati tapinoseos tin logikin taftin

latrian imon, oti Si i O Harisamenos
imin tin epignosin tis Sis Alithias.
Ke tis ikanos lalilise tas dinastias Sou?
Akoustas piise pasas tas enesis Sou? I
Diigisasthe panta ta Thavmasia Sou
en panti kero?
Despota ton apanton: Kyrie Ouranou ke
Gis, ke pasis ktiseos, oromenis te ke
ouh oromenis:
O kathimenos epi
Thronou Doxis, ke epivlepon avissous,
anarhe,
aorate,
akatalipte,
aperigrapte, analiote, O Patir tou
Kyriou imon Iisou Hristou, tou Megalo
Theou ke Sotiros, tis Elpidos imon, os
estin ikon tis Sis Agagthotitos, sfragis
isotipos, en eafto diknis Se ton Patera,
Logos Zon, Theos Alithins, i Pro Eonon
Sofia, Zoi, Agiasmos, Dinamis, to Fos to
Alithinon, par ou to Pnevma to Agion
Exefani, to tis Alithias Pnevma, to tis
iiothesias harisma, O arravon tis
mellousis Klironomias, i aparhi ton
Eonion Agathon, i Zoopios Dinamis, i
Pigi tou Agiasmou, par ou pasa Ktisis
Logiki te ke noera, dinamoumeni, Si
latrevi, ke Si tin aidion anapempi
Doxologian, oti ta simpanta doula sa.
Se gar enousin Angeli, Arhangeli, thoni,

Kiriotites, Arhe, Exousie, Dinamis, ke ta
poliommata Herouvim.
Si
paristante kiklo ta Seraphim, ex

pteriges to eni, ke ex pteriges to eni,
ke tes men disi katakaliptousi ta
prosopa eafton, tes de disi tous podas,
ke tes disi petomena, kekragen
eteron pros to eteron, akatapafstis
stomasin, asigitis Doxologies...
with a contrite heart and a humble

spirit, this our reasonable worship.
For Thou it is Who granted us the
Knowledge of Thy Truth.
And who can utter Thy Mighty Acts?
Who shall cause all Thy Praises to be
heard? - to tell of Thy Wondrous Works
at all times?
O Master of all: Lord of Heaven and
Earth, and all Creation - visible and
invisible: Thou Who sits upon the
Throne of Glory, and beholds the
depths, Who art without beginning,
invisible,incomprehensible,
indescribable, immutable, the Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ, our Great
God and Saviour, Who is our Hope,
Who is the Image of Thy Goodness,
the Equal Imprint of Thy Likeness,
showing in Himself Thee, the Father,
the Living Word, True God, the PreEternal Wisdom, Life, Sanctification,
Power, the True Light through Whom
was manifest the Holy Spirit; the Spirit
of Truth, the Gift of Adoption, the
Earnest of our Inheritance to come,
the First-fruit of Eternal Good Things,
the Lifegiving Power, the Fountain of
Sanctification, Who enables every
creature
having
reason,
and
understanding, to serve Thee and to
ascribe to Thee Everlasting Glory, for
all are Thy servants.
Angels, Archangels, Thrones, Dominions,
Principalities, Authorities, Powers and
the many-eyed Cherubim, praise
Thee.
Round about Thee stand the Seraphim,
six wings hath the one and six wings
hath the other: with two they cover
their face and with two they cover
their feet, and with two they fly, crying
to each other with incessant voices
unstilled Hymns of Glory...
Thy Righteousness.
Kyrie
ta hili mou anixis, ke to stoma

mou aanangeli tin Enesin Sou.
Oti
i ithelisas thisian, edoxa

Olokaftomata ouk evdoxisis.
CONTINUES ALOUD:
Ton
epinikion imnon adonta, voonta,

kekragota ke legonta:
PR IEST
Singing, exclaiming, proclaiming
the Triumphal Hymn and saying:
Agios,
PEO PLE
Osana en tis Ipsistis!

Evlogimenos O erhomenos
Hosanna in the Highest!

Blessed is He Who comes
Agios, Agios Kyrios Savaoth,

pliris O Ouranos ke i gi tis Doxis Sou.
Kyriou
Kardian
sintetrimmenin
tetapinomenin,
O
Theos,
exoudenosi.
Agathinon,
Kyrie, en ti Evdokia Sou tin

Sion,
ke
ikodomithito
ta
tihi
Ierousalim - tote Evdoisis Thisian
Dieosinis, Anaforan ke Olokaftomata
- tote anisousin epi to Thisiastirion
Sou moshous.
OF OUR
if Thou had desired Sacrifice, I

would give it Thou will not be
pleased with Whole Burnt Offerings.
spirit a broken and humbled heart God
will not despise.
Do Good, O Lord in Thy Good Pleasure

to Zion, and let the walls of
Jerusalem be built then Thou will
be pleased with a Sacrifice of
Righteousness, with Offerings, and
Whole Burnt Offerings then shall
they offer on Thine Altar young
bullocks.
ENTERING THE HOLY SA NC TUA RY , THE P RIEST AGAIN C ENSES TH E HOLY ALTAR, THE P ROTH ESIS A ND A LL THE
S A NC TUA RY , B EFORE REP LA CING THE C ENSER ON ITS STA ND. TH EN, STA NDING B EFORE TH E HOLY
A L T A R , T H E P R I E S T M A KE S T W O L O W P R O S T R A T I O N S W H I L E R E C I T I N G :
Imarton is Se Sotir, os O Asotos Iios. Dexe

me, Pater, metanoounta ke eleison
me O Theos.
Krazo Si Hriste Sotir tou telonou tin Fonin.
Ilasthiti mi osper ekino ke eleison me
O Theos.
O Saviour, I have sinned before Thee as

the Prodigal Son.
Accept me, O
Father, as a penitent, and have Mercy
on me, O God.
With the voice of the Publican I cry unto
Thee, O Christ Saviour: be Gracious to
me, as Thou was with him, and have
Mercy on me, O God.
THE
PRIEST
KISSES
THE
ANTIMENSION/CORPORAL, WHICH HAS BEEN
LAID OPEN ON THE
HOLY ALTAR, BEFORE
TURNING TO THE CONGREGATION, TO WHOM HE
BOWS, HUMBLY ASKING FOR FORGIVENESS IN
CASE ANYONE HOLDS A GRUDGE AGAINST HIM:
Tis misousi ke agaposin imas,

O Theos, sighorison
GOES TO TH E
PROTEH ESIS,
THE PRIEST KISSES
TH E
HOLY GIFTS
AND
O God, be Gracious to me, a sinner, and

have Mercy on me.
PRAYS:

BEFORE
THE PRIST PUTS THE

CENSES IT:
AER
May God forgive those who

hate us and those who
Love us...
QUIETLY REC ITING:
O Theos Ilasthiti mi to amartolo ke

eleison me.
Holy, Holy, Lord of

Hosts, Heaven and Earth art full of
Thy Glory.
in the Name
For
ke
ouk
Holy,
of the Lord.
Osana O en tis Ipsistis!

82. N A T I V I T Y
en Onomati
Lord, Thou will open my lips, and

my mouth will declare Thy Praise.
Thisia to Theo, pnevma sintetrimmenon. A Sacrifice to God is a broken
THE PRIEST
THE PRIEST
an:
ON HIS SHOULDERS
En Irini eparate tas hiras imon is ta Agia

ke Evlogite ton Kyrion.
O Holy God, the Father Eternal, Holy

and Strong, the Son Co-Eternal, Holy
and Immortal, the All Holy Spirit, Holy
Trinity: Glory to Thee!
SYMBOLISING THE
SHROUD
OF
CHRIST
HE
Lift up thy hands in the Sanctualy, and

Bless the Lord!
Hosanna in the Highest!
OF
ST BASIL
NATIVITY
OF OUR
OF
S T B A S I L 75.
AFTER CENSING
LEFT HAND
SMALL VEIL
HIS HANDS, THE PRIEST TAKES UP THE PATEN WITH HIS

UPON WHICH IS THE ASTERISK OR STAR THAT KEEPS THE
FROM TOUCHING THE HOLY LAMB AND SMALLER
PORTIONS
OF
REPRESENT THE
THE
THE
CHURCH
PATEN.
THE HOLY EUCHARIST

F AITHFUL W ORSHIPPERS
PUT DOWN UPON THE L ORD S G RAVE EVERY ENMITY AND ARE
RECONCILED WITH EACH OTHER . W E H AVE SALUTED THE R I SEN C HRI ST WITH THE
OBLATION BREAD THAT

CHURCH TRIUMPHANT AND
MILITANT, WHICH ARE ON
SAME C ONFESS ION OF F A ITH . B E ING THUS U NITED , WE OFFER , THROUGH THE P RIE ST
THE E UCHARIST (T HANKSGI VING ) TO A LMIG HTY G OD , FO R OUR S AL VAT ION IN J ESUS
C HRIST ,
IN WH ICH WE PA RTAKE BY M EANS OF THE
THE HOLY ANAPHORA/ OBLATION
WITH
HIS RIGHT HAND THE PRIEST HOLDS

THE
DISKOPOTIRO/CHALICE,
WHICH
CONTAINS THE GIFT OF WINE THAT IS
COVERED WITH THE OTHER SMALL VEIL.
Anevi
O
Theos
en
alalagmo! Kyrios en
foni salpingos!
PRIEST,
DOOR,
God is gone up with a

THE AER & THE VEILS
shout! The Lord with the
sound of a trumpet!
Theos, en ti Vasilia Aftou,

pantote, nin ke ai, ke is tous
eonas ton eonon.
Amin
May the Lord our

God remember us all in
His Kingdom, now and
forever, and to the Ages of
ages.
Amen
A ND TH E
C ONGREGA TION
C OMP LETES TH E
Tes
Angelikes aoratos doriforoumenon

Taxesin. Allelouia!
TH E C ONGREGA TION
THE PRIEST
Eleos Irinis, Thisian Eneseos.
PEO PLE
Let us stand aright! Let us

stand with awe! Let us attend, that
we may present the Holy Offering in
Peace!
A Mercy of Peace, a Sacrifice of
Ke meta tou pnevmatos sou

Ano shomen tas kardias!
Ehomen pros ton Kyrion
And with thy spirit

Let us lift up our hearts
PEO PLE
We have them lifted up to the
PEO PLE
PR IEST
Lord.
MAKE
Invisibly attended by the Angelic Hosts,

Alleluia.
Let us give thanks to the Lord
PR IEST
THE SIGN OF THE CROSS
Axion ke Dikeon
CHERUB IC HYMN:
The Grace of our Lord Jesus

Christ, and the Love of God the
Father, and the Communion of the
Holy Spirit be with you all
PR IEST
i Agapi tou Theou ke Patros ke i

Kinonia tou Agiou Pnevmatos ii meta
panton imon.
Efharistisomen to Kyrio
A FTER REC ITING C ERTA IN PRAY ERS B EFORE THE ROY AL

G A T E S , T H E P R I E S T E N T E R S T H E S A N C T U A R Y T H R O UG H T H E
R O Y A L D O O R S A N D P L A C E S T H E H O L Y G I F T S UP O N T H E
ALTA R, WH IC H REPRESENTS OUR LORDS TOMB - A ND TH RONE.
HE C OVERS TH E HOLY GIFTS WITH TH E AER.
TH IS C OVERING REC A LLS THE B URIA L OF OUR LORD.
THE CHOIR
PR IEST
kalos! Stomen meta fovou!

Proshomen tin Agian Anaforan en
Irini Prosferin!
I Haris tou Kyriou imon Iisou Hrisou ke
PR IEST
PEO PLE
Stomen
Praise.
THE CHERUBIC HYMNS IS INTERRUPTED AS THE

IN PROCESSION, EXITS THE HOLY SANCTUARY THROUGH THE NORTH
WALKS THROUGH THE NAVE AND ONTO THE SOLEAS WHILE SLOWLY
CHANTING:
Panton imon mnisthii Kyrios O
H OLY C OMMUNION .
&
BOW DOWN TO GOD
PEO PLE
It is proper and right
T HE P RIEST B LES SES THE C ONGRE GATION WITH THE APOSTOLIC B LESSING , ASKIN G FOR THEM THE S PECIAL S PIRITUAL
G IFT FROM EACH OF THE D IVINE P ERSON S OF THE H OLY T RI NITY .
T HE H OLY E UCHARI ST IS A H E AVENLY AND D IVINE M Y STERY AND FOR THIS REA SON WE MUST LIFT UP OU R MINDS AND
OUR HEA RTS IN SINCERE AND DEVOUT W O RSHIP O F A LMI GHTY G OD .
H OLY E UCHA RI ST IS ABOUT TO BEGIN AND AS OUR L ORD , AT THE L AST S UP PER , O FFERED T H ANKS TO H IS H EA VENLY
F ATHER BEFO RE B REAKING BRE AD , S O DOES THE P RIEST BEFO RE THE C ONSUMMATI ON OF H OLY E UCHARI ST
MA Y NOW SIT IF NEC ESSA RY, B UT ONLY ON TH E EDGE OF TH E P EW S, LEGS UNCROSSED
P LAC ES TH E
PATEN
AND
HOLY C HA LICE
UPON THE
HOLY A LTA R. A ND H A VING REMOVED

HOLY GIFTS, SAY ING:
TH E
AER
FROM H IS SH OULDERS A ND C ENSING IT, H E C A REFULLY C OVERS TH E
O evshimon Iosif apo tou xilou kathelon to

ahranton Sou Soma, sindoni kithara
ilisas ke aromasin, en mnimati keno
kidefsas apetheto.
Down from the Tree Joseph, a Godly man,

took Thy Most Pure Body, and wound
it in linen clothes with the spices, and
laid and closed it in a new Sepulchre.
THE CONSUMMATION
THE PRIEST
C ENSES TH E
HOLY GIFT
Agathon Kyrie en ti evdokia Sou tin Sion

ke ikodomithito ta tihi Ierousalim.
Tote evdokisis Thisian Dikeosinis.,
anaforan ke olokavtomata.
Tote
anisousin epi to Thisiastirion Sou
moshous.
76. N A T I V I T Y
OF OUR
T HE P RIEST
THRIC E, SAYING:
Do Good in Thy Good Pleasure unto Zion:

build Thou the walls of Jerusalem.
Then shalt Thou be pleased with the
Sacrifices of Righteousness, with Burnt
Offerings and Whole Burnt Offerings:
then shall they offer bullocks upon
Thine Altar.
OF
ST BASIL
OF
HOLY EUCHARIST
QU IETLY P RAYS :
On, Despota, Kyrie

Pantokrator proskinite:
Thee,
Pater
Axion os alithos, ke Dikeon ke prepon ti

Megaloprepia tis Agiosinis Sou, Se
enin, Se Imnin, Se Evlogin, Se
Proskinin, Si Efharistin, Se Doxazin ton
Monon Ontos onta Theon, ke Si
prosferin en kardia sintetrimmeni, ke
NATIVITY
OF OUR
O Thou Who art, O Master and Lord, God

the Father, Almighty and proper to be
worshipped:
It is truly meet, and right and befitting the
Magnificence of Thy Holiness that we
should Praise Thee, Hymn Thee, Bless
Thee, Worship Thee, give Thanks to
Thee, and Glorify Thee, for truly Thou
art the One True God, and to offer,
OF
S T B A S I L 81.
THE NICENE CREED
ALL
WORSHIPPERS RECITE THE
CREED (SYMBOL
Pistevo
is
ena
Theon,
Patera,
Pantokratora, Piitin Ouranou ke gis,
oraton te panton ke aoraton.
Ke is ena Kyrion,
Iisoun Hriston ton Ion

tou Theou, to Monogeni, ton ek tou
Patros gennithenta pro panton ton
eonon. Fos ek Fotos, Theon alithinon,
ek Theou alithinou gennithenta, ou
piithenta, Omoousion to Patri, di Ou
ta Panta egeneto.
Ton di imas tous anthropous ke
dia tin
imeteran Sotirian katelthonta ek ton
Ouranon,
ke
sarkothenta,
ek
Pnevmatos Agiou ke Marias tis
Parthenou ke Enanthropisanta.
LITANY
OF
FAITH)
OF THE
PRECIOUS GIFTS
Plirosomen tin deisin imon to Kyrio
IN UNISON:
believe in one God, the Father

Almighty, Maker of Heaven and
earth, and of all things visible and
invisible;
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Onlybegotten Son of God, Begotten of the
Father before all ages, Light of Light,
True God of True God, Begotten, not
made;
of one Essence with the
Father, by Whom all things were
made:
Who
for us men and for our Salvation

came down from Heaven, and was
Incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the
Virgin Mary, and became Man;
Kyrie eleison
Iper ton protethenton
Let us complete our Supplication

to the Lord.
PR IEST
PEO PLE
timion Doron tou
Kyriou deithomen
Kyrie eleison
Iper tou Agiou Ikou toutou ke ton meta
imas apo pasis

thlipseos, orgis, kindinou ke anangkis
Kyrie eleison
te iper imon epi Pontiou

Pilatou ke panthonta ke tafenta;
And
Antilavou
Ke
Anastanta ti triti imera kata tas

Grafas.
And
Ke
anelthonta is tous Ouranous ke

Kathezomenon ek dexion tou Patros;
And ascended into Heaven,
Amin
Tin imeran pasan telian, agian, irinikin ke
Ke
palin erhomenon meta doxis krine

zontas ke nekrous, Ou tis Vasilias ouk
este telos.
And He shall come again with Glory to
on the third day He rose again,

according to the Scriptures;
and sits at
the right Hand of the Father;
Judge the living and the dead; Whose
Kingdom shall have no end.
Ke is to Pnevma to Agion, to Kyrion, to And

Zoopion,
to
ek
tou
Patros
ekporevomenon, to sin Patri ke Io
simproskinoumenon
ke
sindoxazomenon to lalisan dia ton
Profiton.
in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, and

Giver of Life, Who proceeds from the
Father, Who with the Father and
the Son together is Worshipped and
Glorified; Who spoke by the
Prophets.
Is Mian, Agian, Katholikin ke Apostolikin And I believe in One Holy Catholic and
Ekklisian.
Omologo
Apostolic Church.
en
amartion.
Vaptisma
is
afesin
I Confess one Baptism for the remission

of sins.
Prosdoko Anastasin nekron.

Ke Zoin tou mellontos eonos.
Amin
I look for the Resurrection of the dead.

And the Life of the Age to come.
Amen

imas OTheos, ti Si Hariti.
anamartiton
etisometha.
para
tou
Kyriou
Parashou Kyrie
Angelon Irinis, Piston
Parashou Kyrie
Signomin ke afesin
Parashou Kyrie
Ta kala ke simferonta tes psihes imon ke
para
tou
Kyriou
Parashou Kyrie
Ton ipolipon hronon
tis zois imon en

Irini ke Metania ektelese, para tou
Kyriou etisometha
anepeshinta, Irinika ke Kalin Apologian

OF OUR
OF
ST BASIL
NATIVITY
OF OUR
Lord have Mercy
PROTHESIS
Help us, Save us, have Mercy

on us, and Protect us, O God, by
Thy Grace
PR IEST
PEO PLE
PR IEST
Amen
For this whole day, that it may
be Perfect, Holy, Peaceful

sinless, let us ask of the Lord
and
Grant this, O Lord

For an Angel of
Peace, a
Faithful Guide, a Guardian of our
souls and bodies; let us ask of the
Lord
PR IEST
PEO PLE
ton amartion ke ton

plimelimaton imon para tou Kyriou
etisometha.
Parashou Kyrie
Hristiana ta teli tis zois imon, anondina,
80. N A T I V I T Y
PEO PLE
from all
affliction,
wrath,
danger,
and
PEO PLE
Odigon, Filaka ton

psihon ke ton somaton imon para tou
Kyriou etisometha.
irini to kosmo
etisometha.
PR IEST
Lord have Mercy

For our Deliverance
OF THE
Stavrothenta
Lord have Mercy

For this Holy House,
and for
those who enter it with Faith,
Reverence, and Fear of God, let us
pray to the Lord
PR IEST
PEO PLE
EKTENIA
was crucified also for us under

Pontius Pilate, and suffered and was
buried;
PEO PLE
Pisteos, Evlavias ke Fovou Theou

isionton
en
afto
tou
Kyriou
deithomen.
Kyrie eleison
Iper tou Risthine
Lord have Mercy

For the Precious
Gifts here
presented, let us pray to the Lord.
PR IEST
Grant this, O Lord

For the Forgiveness,
and
Remission of our sins and
transgressions, let us ask of the
Lord
PR IEST
PEO PLE
Grant this, O Lord

For things that are
Good and
Profitable to our souls, and for
Peace in the world, let us ask of the
Lord
PR IEST
PEO PLE
Grant this, O Lord

That we may complete
the
remainder of our lives in Peace and
Penitence, let us ask of the Lord
PR IEST
PEO PLE
Grant this, O Lord

That the end of
our lives
may be Christian, without pain,
PR IEST
OF
S T B A S I L 77.
tin epi tou Foverou Vimatos tou Hristou

etisometha.
Parashou Kyrie
Tis Panagias,
PEO PLE
Ahrantou, Ipere
Vlogimenis, Endoxou Despinis
imon Theotokou ke Aiparthenou
Marias meta panton ton Agion
Mnimonefsantes,
eaftous
ke
allilous ke pasan tin Zoin imon
MAKE
THE SIGN OF THE CROSS
OF
BOW DOWN
prosdexamenos
is
to
Agion,
Iperouranion
ke
Noeron
Sou
Thisiastirion
is
osmin
evodias,
antikatapempson imin tin Harin tou
Agiou Sou Pnevmatos.
Epivlepson ef imas, O Theos, ke epide epi

tin latrian imon taftin, ke prosdee
aftin, os prosedxo Abel ta dora, Noe
tas Thisias, Abraam tas olokarposis,
Moiseos ke Aaron tas Ierosinas,
Samouil tas irinikas.
Os prosedexo ek ton Agion Sou Apostolon
tin Alithinin taftin latrian, outo ke ek
ton hiron imon ton amartolon
prodexe ta Dora tafta, en ti Hristotiti
Sou,
Kyrie,
ina,
kataiothentes
Litourgin amemptos to Agio Sou
Thisiastirio, evromen ton Misthon ton
78. N A T I V I T Y
OF OUR
Piston ke fronimon ikonomon, en ti

Imera ti Fovera tis Antapodoseos Sou
tis Dikeas.
THE
PRIEST CONTINUES
OFFERING
O Lord, our God, Thou created us and
brought us into this life.
Thou hast shown us the Way to Salvation.
Thou hast bestowed upon us the
Revelation of Heavenly Mysteries.
Thou hast appointed us to this Service by
the Power of Thy Holy Spirit.
ALOUD
the Fearful
Judgement.
Amin
Just
Amen
OF OUR
FAITH
CONGREGATION MUST STAND TO RECITE THE NICENE CREED OF FAITH IN UNISON
Irini pasi
Peace be unto all
PR IEST
WE
BOW
OUR HEADS
Ke to pnevmati sou
Agapisomen allilous,
TO HUMBLY
en
omonia
omologisomen:
PR IEST
THE
BLESSING
And to thy spirit

Let us Love one another, that with
one mind we may confess:
Ion ke Agion Pnevma, Triada

Omoousion ke ahoriston
HYMN
RECEIVE
PEO PLE
ina
Patera,
THIS
Thy
Through the Mercies of Thine

Only Begotten Son, with Whom Thou
art Blessed, together with Thine All
Holy, Good and Life-giving Spirit,
now and ever, and unto ages of ages.
PEO PLE
THE CONFESSION
WH ILE
of
PR IEST
Iou meth ou Evlogitos i, sin to

Panagio ke Agatho ke Zoopio Sou
Pnevmati, nin ke ai ke is tous eonas
ton eonon.
THE
Day
Dia ton Iktirmon tou Monogenous Sou
To Thee, O Lord!
P RIEST QUIETLY CONTINUES TO PRAY :
Kyrie O Theos imon, O ktisas imas ke

Agagon is tin Zoin taftin.
O ipodixas imin Odous is Sotirian.
O Harisamenos imin Ouranion Mystyrion
apokalipsin.
Si i O themenos imas is tin Diakonian
taftin en ti Dynami tou Pnevmatos Sou
tou Agiou.
Evdokison di, Kyrie, tou genesthe imas
Diakonous tis kenis Sou Diathikis,
Litourgous ton Agion Sou Mystirion,
prosdexe imas prosengizontas to Agio
Sou Thisiastirio.
Kata to plithos tou Eleous Sou, ina
genometha axii tou prosferin Si tin
logikin taftin ke anemakton Thisian
iper ton imetron amartimaton, ke ton
tou laou agnoimaton.
In
&
PEO PLE
THE PRAYER
Grant this, O Lord

Commemorating
our All
Holy, Pure, Most Blessed and
Glorious Lady, Theotokos and Ever
Virgin
Mary, with all the Saints,
let us entrust ourselves and one
another and our whole Life to
Christ our God.
PR IEST
Si Kyrie
THE
blameless and peaceful, and for a

Good Account at the Fearful
Judgement Seat of Christ, let us
ask of the Lord
IS B EING SLOWLY
&
The Father, Son and Holy Spirit,

Trinity, one in Essence and Undivided.
PEO PLE
REVERENTLY C HA NTED, TH E
PRIEST
KISSES THE
HOLY GIFTS
A ND QUIETLY
SAYS
Grant, therefore, O Lord, that we may be

accepted as Servants of Thy New
Covenant and Ministers of Thy Holy
Mysteries.
Accept us as we draw near to Thy Holy
Altar, according to the multitude of
Thy Mercy, that we may be worthy to
offer Thee this Spiritual Sacrifice
without the shedding of blood, for our
sins and for the transgressions of Thy
People.
Grant that, having accepted this Sacrifice
upon Thy Holy, Heavenly and
Spiritual Altar as an Offering of
Spiritual Fragrance, Thou may in
return send down upon us the Grace
of Thy Holy Spirit.
Look upon us, O God, and consider our
worship; and accept it as Thou
accepted the gifts of Abel, the
sacrifices of Noah, the burnt offerings
of Abraham, the Priestly Offices of
Moses and Aaron, and the Peace
Offerings of Samuel.
As Thou accepted this True Worship from
Thy Holy Apostles, accept also in Thy
Goodness, O Lord, these gifts from the
hands of us sinners, that being
deemed worthy to serve at Thy Holy
Altar without blame, we may obtain
the Reward of Faithful Stewards on
OF
ST BASIL
Agapiso Se, Kyrie: i Ishis mou, Kyrios

Stereoma mou, ke katafigi mou ke
Ristis mou.
THE RESURRECTION
I will Love Thee, O Lord: my Strength. The

Lord is my Rock, and my Fortress, and
my Deliverer!
OF OUR
LORD
TH E P RIEST UNC OVERS THE HOLY GIFTS A S A S IGN OF OUR LORDS RESURREC TION.
I N H E R E A R L Y D A Y S , T H E C H U R C H D I D N O T A L L O W T H E C A T E C H UM E N S , H E R E T I C S O R S I N N E R S
[TH OSE DOING P ENA NC E] TO A TTEND TH E D IVINE LITURGY FROM TH IS MOMENT ON
[B EC A USE OF ITS SAC REDNESS.] THERE WERE DOORKEEP ERS W H OM TH E D EAC ON OR
P R I E S T I N S T R UC T E D T O L O C K T H E D O O R S .
TH E FOLLOW I NG E XC LAMA TI ON IS A DDRE S S E D TO ALL W ORS HI PP E RS TO GUA RD TH E DOORS OF
OUR SOULS, A ND TO REJEC T A NY WORDS, TH OUGH TS OR DEEDS THA T A RE IMP ROP ER OR
INAP PROP RIA TE TO TH E H OLINESS OF THE GREA T MY STERY OF EUCHA RIST.
Tas thiras! Tas thiras!

En Sofia proshomen!
The doors! The doors!

In Wisdom let us attend!
PR IEST
THE PRIEST
RAISES THE AER FROM THE
PATEN
AND
CHALIC E
AND
SHA KES IT GENTLY OVER THE HOLY GIFTS. THIS

M O V E M E N T D E P I C T S T H E E A RT H Q U A K E A T T H E T I M E
OF OU R L ORD S RESU RREC T ION AN D REVEAL ED
T H E S E A L E D A N D G U A RD E D T O M B T O B E E M P T Y !
THE PRIEST
THE FOLDED
T HE HOLY EUCHARIST TO THE FAIT HFUL
NATIVITY
OF OUR
COVERS TH E
COMMUNION
HOLY CH A LIC E W ITH

V EIL UN T IL HE SERVES
OF
S T B A S I L 79.

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Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria & All Africa

Archdiocese of Good Hope

A.s we celebrate the Joyful Feast

LORD GREAT VESPERS & DIVINE LITURGY

LORD GREAT VESPERS & DIVINE LITURGY

LORD GREAT VESPERS & DIVINE LITURGY

Agia Trias diafilaxi pantas imas.

Ton Evlogonta ke Agiazonta imas, Kyrie,

May the Holy Trinity Bless you

Through the Prayers of our Holy

evhon ton Agion Pateron imon,

Festal Great Vespers Nativity of Christ

Evlogimeni i Vasilia tou Patros ke tou

Iou ke tou Agiou Pnevmatos, nin ke

Father, and of the Son, and of the

Blessed be the Kingdom of the

O come let us worship and

O come let us worship and bow down

O come let us worship and bow down

to Christ, our King and God.

THE SUNSET PSALM - PSALM 103/104

MAGNIFICEN T CREAT ION OF A LMIG HTY G OD

Evlogi, I psihi mou, ton Kyrion!

ton Ouranon osi derrin - O

stretches out the Heavens like a

tithis Nefi tin epivasin Aftou - O

makes Clouds a means of His

makes His Angels spirits - and His

O themelion tin gin ep tin asfalian aftis - He

established the earth on its stable

Avissos os imation to perivoleon Aftou -

LORD GREAT VESPERS & DIVINE LITURGY

deep, like a garment, is His

Epitimiseos Sou fevxonte - apo

epi ton oreon stisonte idata.

hast put on Praise and Beauty:

ou klithisete is ton Eona tou eonos.

After everyone has received Antidoron and departed,

Thy Rebuke they shall flee at the

LORD GREAT VESPERS & DIVINE LITURGY

exapostellon pigas en faragxin - ana

Thou sends springs into the valley the

panta ta thiria tou agrou prosdexonte onagri is dipsan afton.

shall give drink to all the wild

and green plants for the service of

Hortasthisonte ta xila tou mediou.

kedri tou Livavou, as efitefsas. Eki

trees of the plain shall be full of

Ori ta ipsila tes elafis, petra katafigi tis The

Epiise selinin is herous -

O ilios egno tin

made the Moon for seasons the

skotos ke egeneto nix, en afti

oriomeni tou arpase - ke zitise

established darkness and it was

and sleep in their dens.

Os emegalinthi ta Erga Sou, Kyrie.

anthropos epi to ergon aftou,

does his work and labours

Panta en Sofia epiisas i Eplirothi I gi tis Thou made

all things in Wisdom the

is the great and spacious sea

Eki plia diaporevonte - Drakon outos, on There