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The Meeting/Presentation of our Lord Jesus Christ

Today we celebrate the Great Feast of The Meeting (or Presentation) of our Lord
and Saviour, Jesus Christ in the Temple.
The Gospel Lesson relates how our Lady Theotokos - the All Pure, Ever Virgin
Mother of God Incarnate took Him to the Temple in Jerusalem when He was
40 days old and Her Days of Purification has been completed, in order to
Present Him to God, as was the custom and requirements under the God-given
Law of Moses, the Divine Law of Israel. (EXODUS 13:2, 12; LEVITICUS 12:2-8).
When the Righteous St Symeon, who received Christ in his arms at the Temple,
beheld the Holy Infant, he knew immediately that this was the Redeemer Who
had been Promised by all Israels Holy Prophecies, for the Holy Elder was
Inspired and Enlightened by the Holy Spirit. (LUKE 2:26-27).
Having been Divinely Inspired, St Symeon uttered prophetic words,which form the
Dismissal Hymn that is chanted towards the end of every Vespers Service: Now
let Thy servant depart, O Lord, according to Thy Word, in Peace. For my eyes
have seen Thy Salvation, which Thou hast prepared before the sight of all
Nations; a Light to Lighten the Gentiles, and the Glory of Thy people Israel.
(LUKE 2:29-32).
This particular Great Feast is part of the Great Festive Celebrations that began
forty days before - with the Feast of the Nativity of Christ on 25 December.
Eight days later on 1 January, we celebrated our Lords Circumcision, followed
by His Baptism in the River Jordan on 6 January.
The Commemoration of these Events in our Lords Earthly Life basically form one
Great Feast - the Feast of the Incarnation of God the Word.
The Lord our God actually entered our world He entered our time and history.
being physically present in the midst of His People the people whom He
created and whom He Loves.
Our Lord the Eternal, Only Begotten Son and Word of God - took on our human
nature in order to Reconcile us unto Himself all we human beings who had
strayed far from the Source of Life.
By taking on the form of a servant God, at the same time, in the Person of Christ,
fulfilled every requirement of the Law that He Himself had given to His People
through Moses, the ancient Patriarch.
He demonstrated, thereby, that everything that had happened in Israels history
could not be described merely as a succession of unrelated events. Rather this
was a history with a definite Goal: the Salvation of mankind.
He identified Himself as the Director of that history and fulfilled its expectation.
When the Righteous St Symeon took the Holy Infant into his arms and declared
that this indeed was Salvation Incarnate - the Light to Lighten (Enlighten) the
Gentiles, and the Glory of Israel... a New Era began; the Era of Gods Presence
among His Children.
To this day, all of our Holy Churchs celebrations - no matter what the Event being
Commemorated may be, whether in the Life of Christ, of the Theotokos, or of
the Saints - are Celebrations of Christ and the establishment on Earth of the
Kingdom of His Presence.
He initiated this Kingdom and promised its ultimate Realization. And now, just as
the Old Israel had awaited the beginning of Gods Kingdom, the New Israel
(the Holy
Church of Christ) awaits the Second and Glorious Coming

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St John Maximovitch of Shanghai & San Francisco

Never, never, never let anyone tell you
that in order to be Orthodox
you must also be Eastern.
The West was Orthodox for a thousand years,
and its Venerable Liturgy
is far older than any of its heresies.

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Elder Iakovos Tsalikis of Evia On Fasting

Dearly Beloved: Fasting is a Commandment of God. Because of this, we
should not neglect the prescribed Fasts.
I have not neglected Fasting in my 70 years. My Mother taught me to Fast
from childhood.
I am not being a hypocrite, my children, when I Fast, but I am doing that
which my Faithful parents taught me, and that which I keep until today...
Fasting has never brought any sickness upon me.
Physicians and Bishops say that frugal Fasting is very beneficial to us all.
A Doctor once told me: Father, do not eat for five days, nor even drink a drop
of water, because we will do a test to see what is going on with your body.
Therefore I fasted for five days, which proved to be good for me.
How much more are we Benefited when we Fast for the sake of our soul.?
And because our soul is indeed Immortal, we must take good care of it for the
sake of our Salvation and Eternal Life.
Let us Fast as required of us, my Children. Do not listen to those who tell us
that Fasting is unnecessary, and that it is a teaching of our Holy Monastics
and not for us!
The Commandment to Fast is is not merely a Monastic Teaching it is a
Divine Teaching from God Whose first original and only Commandment
to mankind concerned Fasting self-denial and self-discipline.
Furthermore, our Lord Jesus Christ Himself Fasted according to the Divine
Will of His Heavenly Father!
We often think that we are Fasting, yet we eat too much. So what Fasting are
we doing, my Children?
When we eat so much food, - even if it is without oil. it is not Fasting but selfindulgence and disobedience to Gods Commandment.
It is sufficient that we have our health and the desire to Fast.
Those who reject or deny the necessity of Fasting must read Holy Scripture
and learn from the clear and concise Teachings and Commandments of
our Lord Jesus Christ Who showed by His own Example the necessity of
Prayer and Fasting.
We cannot defeat the evil one nor our own weaknesses without the intertwined
commitments of Fasting and Prayer whereby demons and all types of
ailments spiritual and physical are cast out and Healed.
Throughout the Holy Scriptures and Writings of our Holy Fathers, worthy
examples and proof of the Power of Prayer and Fasting are recorded.
So, as we enter the Triodion Period, let us renew our Holy Commitments to the
Lord our God and let us fulfil the essential Holy Endeavours required of us,
eagerly and with great determination.
Amen

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(Reappearance) of our Lord and Saviour, and the Fullness of His Kingdom,
revealed.
Although all our celebrations are intimately rooted in the Knowledge that we have
been Called for complete Communion with Christ and to live in function of His
Kingdom to which we already belong, we still live in a world that has for the
most part, rejected what our Lord gave it - that is, Authentic Life ...in
abundance... - with real Purpose and Meaning.
We Christians - despite having accepted what Gods intervention in human affairs
gave us - slip repeatedly and fall into the great temptation of converting
worldly, material, perishable, temporary things into gods.
We are constantly attracted by ways of seeking happiness and fulfillment that
exclude God, which, of course, always proves to be vain and futile.
So our lives vacillate, back and forth, between the Assurance of Salvation and
indifference - between moments of Real Joy - because we know that God is
with us - and moments of boredom because we cannot give ourselves totally
over to Him.
Every Christian Celebration reaches its climax in the Festal Divine Liturgy.
In this Sacred Work, when Gods People assemble in His Name, we actually
become Participants in the Heavenly Kingdom to come.
We are as literally present with Christ in His future Kingdom as the Apostles were
with Him at the Last Supper.
So the Kingdom is initiated among us and we enjoy it before our time, by
anticipation. This is what every Eucharist is; this is what our Feasts and
Celebrations are all about, and that is why the Eucharist is the very centre of
them all.
Although what we have said is true, we continually orient our life towards
everyday pursuits - often living as though we had never experienced this
Divine Reality.
That is why Repentance and Penitential Seasons (Lents) are in order (and so vital to
our Spiritual Welfare and Progress.)
That is why in approximately one month we will enter the Great Fast or Great Lent
during which we are sincerely exhorted to Repent our sins.
What is important for us Faithful Disciples of Christ is that we have really ...seen
the True Light, received the Heavenly Spirit, found the True Faith... in this
Experience of the Kingdom of God.
The question we must all honestly ask ourselves, however, is ...what are we like
when we return into this world after this Heavenly Experience?
To Christ Who Willed to be held in the arms of the Righteous St Symeon for our
Salvation be Glory, Honour and Worship, now and ever and unto Ages of ages.
Amen.
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PSALM 117 /118

PRAISE

Theos

Kyrios ke
Evlogimenos O
Onomati Kyriou!

TO

GOD

FOR

Epefanen imin.
erhomenos en

1 : Exomologisthe to Kyrio, oti

Agathos, oti is ton eona to Eleos
Aftou!

STIHO S

2 : Panta ta Ethni ekiklosan me,

ke to Onomati Kyriou inamin aftous.

STIHO S

Para

Kyriou egeneto afti, ke

esti Thavmasti en ofthalmis imon.

STIHO S

3:

kata to Rima Sou en Irini, oti idon i

ofthalmi mou to Sotirion Sou, O
itimasas kata prospon panton ton
laon - Fos is Apokalipsin Ethnon ke
Doxan laou Sou Israil.

HIS EVERLASTING MERCY

The Lord is God, and has Appeared to

us. Blessed is He Who comes in the
Name of the Lord!
1 :
Confess the Lord, for He is
Good;
for His Mercy endures
forever!

Ke

2 : All the Nations surrounded

me, but in the Name of the Lord I
drove them back.

Ke Evlogisen aftous Symeon ke ipen pros And Symeon Blessed them, and said to

VE RSE

VE RSE

Keharitomeni Theotoke Parthene!

Ek Sou gar anetilen O Ilios tis
Dikeosinis, Hristos O Theos imon,
Fotizon tous en Skoti. Eufrenou ke ou
Presvita Dikee, examenos en agkales
ton eleftherotin ton psihon imon
harizomenon imin ke tin Anastasin
(3)

3 : This is the Lords doing, and

it is Marvellous in our eyes.

TONE

Rejoice,

O Lady Full of Grace, Virgin

Theotokos! For Christ our God, the
Sun of Righteousness has risen from
Thee and He Illumined those in
Darkness. And Thou, O Righteous
Elder, be glad in heart, receiving in
Thine embrace the One Who
Liberates our soul and bestows on us
Resurrection. (3)

Angelikos,
ekplittestho
to
Thavma,
vroti
de
tes
fones,
anakraxome imnon, Orontes tin
afaton, tou Theou sigkatavasin. On
gar tremousi, ton Ouranon e
Dinamis, giralee nin, enagkalizonte
hires, ton monon Filanthropon.

O Angels in Heaven, be amazed by the

Wonder, with voices cry aloud a
Divine Hymn! O Mortals, beholding
the Ineffable Condescension of God
to us! For now Symeon holds in his
aged embrace, Him before Whom the
Heavenly Hosts stand and tremble
the only One Who Loves mankind.

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.

and to the Holy Spirit, now and

forever, and to the Ages of ages.

Amin
Horos

Angelikos,
ekplittestho
to
Thavma,
vroti
de
tes
fones,
anakraxome imnon, Orontes tin
afaton, tou Theou sigkatavasin. On
gar tremousi, ton Ouranon e
Dinamis, giralee nin, enagkalizonte
hires, ton monon Filanthropon.

Joseph and His Mother marvelled

at those things that were spoken of
Him.
Mary, His Mother: Behold!
This
Child is destined for the fall and
rising of many in Israel, and for a
Sign, which will be spoken against,
(and a sword will pierce through
Thine own soul also!), so that the
thoughts of many hearts may be
revealed.

in Anna - Profitis Thigatir Phanoiil,

ek filis Asir - afti provevikiia en
imeres polles, zisasa meta andros eti
epta apo tis parthenias aftis, ke afti
hira eos eton ogdoikonta tessaron, i
ouk afistato apo tou Ierou, nisties ke
deisesi latrevousa nikta ke imeran.

And Anna -

Ke

afti
afti
ti
ora
epistasa
anthromologito to Kyrio ke elali peri
aftou pasi tis prosdehomenis litrosin
en Ierousalim.

And

a Prophetess, the daughter

of Phanuel, of the Tribe of Asher who was of a great age, and who had
lived with a husband seven years
from her virginity; and who was a
widow of about eighty-four years,
and who did not leave the Temple,
but served God with Fastings and
Prayers night and day.
entering in that hour, she gave
Thanks to the Lord, and spoke of
Him to all those who looked for
Redemption in Jerusalem.

Ke os etelesan panta ta kata ton Nomon And

Kyriou, ipestrepsan is tin Galilean is
polin eafton Nazaret.

To

Amen
O Angels in Heaven, be amazed by the
Wonder, with voices cry aloud a
Divine Hymn! O Mortals, beholding
the Ineffable Condescension of God
to us! For now Symeon holds in his
aged embrace, Him before Whom the
Heavenly Hosts stand and tremble
the only One Who Loves mankind

And

Ke

SMALL LITANY

FIRST FESTAL KATHISMA MEETING/PRESENTATION TONE 1

Horos

in Iosif ke i
Mitir Aftou
Thavmazontes epi tis laloumenis peri
Aftou.
Mariam tin Mitera Aftou:
Idou!
outos kite is ptosin ke anastasin
pollon en to Israil ke is Simion
antilegomenon. Ke Sou de aftis tin
psihin kielefsete romfea, opos an
apokalifthosin ek pollon kardion
dialogismi.

VE RSE

FESTAL APOLYTIKION MEETING/PRESENTATION

Here,

Master, depart in Peace, according to

Thy Word; for my eyes have seen Thy
Salvation, which Thou hast prepared
before the face of all peoples - a Light
to bring Revelation to the Gentiles,
and the Glory of Thy People, Israel.

de Pedion iixane ke ekrateouto

Pnevmati pliroumenon Sofias, ke
Haris Theou in ep Afto.

when they had performed all

things according to the Law of the
Lord, they returned to Galilee, to
their own city, Nazareth.

The

Child grew and became Strong in

Spirit, filled with Wisdom; and the
Grace of God was upon Him

SECOND FESTAL KATHISMA MEETING/PRESENTATION TONE 1

on Sin to Patri, epi Thronou Agiou,

elthon epi tis Gis, ek Parthenou
etehthi, ke vrefos egeneto, hronis on
aperigraptos, on dexamenos, O
Symeon en agkales, Heron elege: Nin

The One Who is upon the Holy Throne

with the Father, has come upon the
Earth and was Born of a Virgin. An
Infant has He become Who by years
is uncircumscribed.
And when

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Metatitheenis gar tis Ierosinis e anagkis If

ke Nomou metathesis ginete.

Ef

on gar legete tafta filis eteras

meteshiken, af is oudis proseshike to
Thisiastirio.

Prodilon

Ke

For

He of Whom these Things are

spoken, belongs to another Tribe,
from which no man has officiated at
the Altar.

gar oti ex Iouda anatetlken O

Kyrios imon, is in filin ouden peri
Ierosinis Moisis elalisen.

For

perissoteron eti katadilon Estin, i

kata tin Omoitita Melhisedek anistate
Ierefs eteros - os ou kata Nomon
Entolis sarkikis gegonen, alla kata
Dinamin Zois Akatalitou.

And it is yet far more evident if, in the

Martyri

gar, oti Si Iefefs is ton Eona

kata tin Taxin Melhisedek.

it is evident that our Lord arose

from Judah, of which Tribe Moses
spoke
nothing
concerning
Priesthood.
likeness of Melchezedek, there arises
another Priest Who has come not
according to the Law of a fleshly
Commandment, but according to the
Power of Life Everlasting.

For

He testifies: Thou art a Priest

forever, according to the Order of
Melchezedek.

THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING

OUR LORD JESUS C

To

the Priesthood is changed, of

necessity there would also be a
change of the Law.

HRIST

S D

TO

EDICATION

kero ekino, anigagon i gonis to

Pedion Iisoun is Ierosolima parastise
to Kyrio, kathos gegrapte en Nomo
Kyriou oti ...pan arsen dianigon
Mitran Agion to Kyrio klithisete, ke
tou doune Thisian kata to irimenon
en to Nomo Kyriou: zevgos trigonon
i dio neossous peristeron.

Ke idou:

in anthropos en Ierousolimis O
onoma Symeon.

At

ST LUKE 2:22-40
TO

GOD

AT THE

TEMP

LE

that time, they took Jesus to

Jerusalem to Present Him to the Lord
when the days of her Purification
according to the Law of Moses were
completed, , (as it is written in the
Law of the Lord; Every male who
opens the womb shall be called Holy
to the Lord), and to offer a sacrifice
according to what is written in the
Law of the Lord: A pair of
turtledoves or two young pigeons.

And

behold, there was a man in

Jerusalem, whose name was Symeon.

Ke O anthropos outos Dikeos ke Evlavis, And

prosdehomenos Paraklisin tou Israil.

Ke Pnevma in Agion ep afton.

Ke in afto Kehrimatismenon

ipo tou
Pnevmatos tou Agiou mi idin
Thanaton prin i
idi ton Hriston
Kyriou.

this man was Just and Devout,

waiting for the Consolation of Israel.

And the Holy Spirit was upon him.

And it had been revealed to him by the
Holy Spirit that he would not see
death before he had seen the Lords
Christ.

Ke lithen, en to Pnevmati, is to Ieron.

And he went,
Temple.
Ke en to isagagin tous gonis to Pedion
Iisoun tou piise aftous kata to And when the
ithismenon tou Nomou peri Aftou ke
aftos edexato Afton is tas agkalas
aftou ke Evlogise ton Theon ke ipe:
Nin apolis ton doulon Sou, Despota,

by the Spirit, into the

Parents brought in the

Child Jesus, to do for Him according
to the Custom of the Law, he took
Him up in his arms and Blessed God
and said: Now let Thy servant O

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apoliis Iktirmon, evfranas ton doulon

Sou.

Symeon, in his embrace, received

Him, he Rejoiced and said: Thou
make me Glad, now release me, Thy
servant, O Compassionate Lord.

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.

and to the Holy Spirit, now and

forever, and to the Ages of ages.

Amin
O on

Sin to Patri, epi Thronou Agiou,

elthon epi tis Gis, ek Parthenou
etehthi, ke vrefos egeneto, hronis on
aperigraptos, on dexamenos, O
Symeon en agkales, Heron elege: Nin
apoliis Iktirmon, evfranas ton doulon
Sou.

THIRD FESTAL KATHISMA

Amen
The One Who is upon the Holy Throne
with the Father, has come upon the
Earth and was Born of a Virgin. An
Infant has He become Who by years
is uncircumscribed.
And when
Symeon, in his embrace, received
Him, he Rejoiced and said: Thou
make me Glad, now release me, Thy
servant, O Compassionate Lord.

MEETING/PRESENTATION

OF

CHRIST TONE 4

Nipiazi

Now

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.

and to the Holy Spirit, now and

forever, and to the Ages of ages.

di eme, O Paleos ton imeron,

katharsion kinoni, O katharotatos
Theos, ina tin sarka Pistosi mou, tin
ek Parthenou.
Ke tafta Symeon
mystagogoumenos, epegno ton afton,
Theon fanenta sarki, ke os zoin
ispazeto,
ke
heron,
presvitikos
anekravgazen. Apolison me. Se gar
katidon, tin Zoin ton apanton.

Amin
Nipiazi

di eme, O Paleos ton imeron,

katharsion kinoni, O katharotatos
Theos, ina tin sarka Pistosi mou, tin
ek Parthenou.
Ke tafta Symeon
mystagogoumenos, epegno ton afton,
Theon fanenta sarki, ke os zoin
ispazeto,
ke
heron,
presvitikos
anekravgazen. Apolison me. Se gar
katidon, tin Zoin ton apanton.

SMALL LITANY & FESTAL ANTIPHONS 

the Ancient of Days becomes an

Infant for me. And the Most Pure
God now shares Purification with
me, to show that truly He assumed
my flesh from the Virgin.
And
Symeon was led to know the
Mystery and recognised as God the
One he beheld in the flesh. And he
embraced and kissed Him as Life
itself, and he Rejoiced as an Elder,
and cried out aloud: Let me depart
now, for I have seen Thee, O Lord,
the Life of all things!

Amen
Now the

Ancient of Days becomes an

Infant for me. And the Most Pure
God now shares Purification with
me, to show that truly He assumed
my flesh from the Virgin.
And
Symeon was led to know the
Mystery and recognised as God the
One he beheld in the flesh. And he
embraced and kissed Him as Life
itself, and he Rejoiced as an Elder,
and cried out aloud: Let me depart
now, for I have seen Thee, O Lord,
the Life of all things!

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FESTAL PROKEIMENON MEETING/PRESENTATION PSALM 115/116

Mnisthisome

tou Onomatos Sou en

pasi genea ke genea.

Exirevxato i kardia mou Logon

Agathon. Lego ego ta erga mou to
Vasili. I glossa mou kalamos
grammateos oxigrafon.

STIHOS:

Mnisthisome

tou Onomatos Sou en

pasi genea ke genea.

SMALL LITANY PRAISES TO ALMIGHTY GOD

THE HOLY GOSPEL

HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING

To

kero ekino in anthropos

Ierousalim, O Onoma Symeon.

en

Ke Pnevma Agion in ep afton.

Ke in afto Kehrimatismenn

ipo tou
Pnevmatos tou Agiou mi idin
Thanaton, prin i idi ton Hriston
Kyriou.

Ke ilthen en to Pnevmati is to Ieron.

Thy Name shall be remembered

from generation to generation.

VERSE:

en to iagagin tous gonis to Pedion

Iisoun tou Piise Aftou kata to
ithismenon tou Nomou peri aftou ke
Evlogise ton Theon ke ipe:
Nin
apoliis ton doulon Sou, Despota,
kata to rima Sou, en Irini. Oti idon
i ofthalmi mou to Sotirion Sou, O
itimasas kata prosopon panton ton
laon - Fos is apokalipsin ethnon ke
Doxan Laou Sou Israil.

TO

ST LUKE 2 : 25 - 32

At

that time, there was a man in

Jerusalem whose name was Symeon.
that man was Righteous and
Devout, waiting for the Consolation
of Israel.

FOR

Tes

Through

and to the Holy Spirit

the Intercessions of the
Theotokos, O Merciful One, blot out
the multitude of our transgressions.
Now and ever, and to the Ages of
Ages.
Amen
Through the Intercessions of the
Theotokos, O Merciful One, blot out
the multitude of our transgressions.

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THE AXION ESTIN HYMN MEETING/PRESENTATION - TONE 3

En

Nomo, Skia ke Grammati tipon

katidomen i Pisti. Pan arsen to tin
Mitran dianigon Agion Theo. Dio
prototokon Logon, Patros anarhou
Iion,
Prototokoumenon
Mitri
apirandro Megalinomen.

In the shadow and letter of the Law, let

Theotokos, Hope of all Christians,

Protect, watch over and guard all
those who put their hope in Thee.
us, the Faithful, discern a figure:
every male child who opens the
womb shall be Sanctified to God.
Therefore the Firstborn Word and
Son of the Father without beginning the Firstborn Child of a Mother who
had not known man - we Magnify

FESTAL PROKEIMENON MEETING/PRESENTATION TONE 3

Megalini

i psihi mou ton Kyrion ke

igalliase to pnevma mou epi to
Theo to Sotiri Mou

Oti

epevlepsen epi tin tapinosin tis

doulis Aftou. Idou gar: apo tou nin
Makariousi me pase e genee.
THE EPISTLE

OF

THE RULES

ST PAUL
OF

THE

My

soul magnifies the Lord and my

spirit rejoices in God my Saviour.

For

He has regarded the low estate of

His
Handmaiden.
For
behold:
henceforth all generations will call
me Blessed.

TO THE

HEBREWS 7 : 7 17

ETERNAL PRIESTLY ORDERS

Adelphi, horis pasis antilogias to elatton Brethren:

ipo tou krittonos Evlogite.

beyond all contradiction the

lesser is Blessed by the Better.

Ke

ode me Dekatas apothniskontes

anthropi
lamvanousin,
eki
de
martyroumenos oti Zi.

And

Ke

os epos ipin, di Avraa ke Levi O

Dekatas lamvanon dedekatote, eti
gar en ti osfii tou Patros in ote
sinintisen afto O Melihisedek.

Even

men oun teliosis dia tis Levitikis

ierosinis in, (O laos gar ep afti
Nenomothetito), tis eti hria kata tin
taxin Melhisedek eteron anistasthe
Ierea ke ou kata tin Taxin Aaron
legesthe?

Therefore,

DIVINE MERCY

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

Virgin Womb and fittingly Blessed the

hands of Symeon, Thou art come, O
Christ our God, and on this day has
Saved us
Grant Peace to Thy
Commonwealth in times of Battle,
and Strengthen the Orthodox People
whom Thou has Loved, O Thou Who
alone Loves mankind.

i
Elpis
panton
ton
Hristianon, Skepe, frouri, filatte tou
elpizontas is Se.

And

when the parents brought in the

Child Jesus, to do for Him according
to the custom of the Law, he took
Him up in his arms and Blessed God
and said: Lord, now let Thy servant
depart in Peace, according to Thy
Word, for my eyes have seen Thy
Salvation, which Thou has prepared
before the sight of all people a Light
to Lighten the Gentiles, and the Glory
of Thy People, Israel.

OF

Thou Who has Sanctified by Thy Birth a

Theotoke,

Spirit that he should not see Death

before he had seen the Lords Christ.

And he came by the Holy Spirit into the

Mitran Parthenikin Agiasas to Toko

Sou ke hiras tou Symeon Evlogisas,
os eprepe, profthasas ke nin esosas
imas, Hriste O Theos. All irinefson
en polemis to plitevma ke krateoson
Vasilis, ous igapisas, O Monos
Filanthropos.

INSTEAD

And the Holy Spirit was upon him.

And it was revealed to him by the Holy

Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati

tis Theotokou Presvies, Eleimon,
exalipson
ta plithi
ton emon
egklimaton.
Ke nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton
eonon.
Amin
Tes tis Theotokou Presvies, Eleimon,
exalipson
ta plithi
ton emon
egklimaton.

generation to generation.

PSALM 50 
INTERCESSORY HYMNS

FESTAL KONTAKION MEETING/PRESENTATION - TONE 1

Thy Name shall be remembered from

Temple.

Ke

Liberates our soul and bestows on us

Resurrection. (3)

generation to generation.

Ke O anthropos outos dikeos ke evlavis, And

prosdehomenos paraklisin tou Israil.

(3)

Thy Name shall be remembered from

here mortal men receive Tithes,

but there He receives them, of Whom
it is witnessed that He Lives.

Levi, who received Tithes, paid

Tithes through Abraham. For he was
still in the loins of his Father when
Melchizedek met him.

if Perfection were through

the Levitical Priesthood (for under it
the people received the Law), what
further need was there for another
Priest to arise according to the Order
of Melchizedek, and not be Called
according to the Order of Aaron?

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SECOND FESTAL ANTIPHON MEETING/PRESENTATION TONE 2

Soson

imas

AGKALES TOU
VASTAHTHIS,

Ie Theou, O E N
DIKEOU SYMEON
psallontas
Si:

1.

Son of God, C A R R I E D I N T H E

ARMS
OF
SYMEON
R I G H T E O U S , Save us who

Allilouia!

Perizose

tin rinfean Sou epi ton

miron Sou, dinate, ti oreotiti Sou
ke to kalli Sou.

1.

Have

Anigestho

Open

me, O Theos, kata to Mega

Eleos Sou ke kata to plithos ton
iktirmon Sou Exalipson to anomima
mou.

sing to

Gird Thy sword upon Thy Thigh, O

i Pili tou Ouranou simeron!

O gar anarhos Logos tou Patros,
arhin lavon hronikin, mi ekstas tis
Aftou Theotitos, ipo Parthenou os
vrefos tessarakonthimeron, Mitros
ekon prosferete, en Nao to Nomiko ke
touton agkales isdehete O Presvis.
Apolison krazon, O doulos to Despoti
I gar ofthalmi mou idon to Sotirion
Sou, O elthon is ton kosmon, sose

Mighty One; in Thy Splendour

and Thy Beauty.

Ke

entine ke katevodou ke Vasileve

eneken Alithias ke Praotitos ke
Dikeosinis.

2.

And

3.

Ta

veli Sou ikonimena, dinate Lai

ipokato Sou pessounte. En kardia
ton ehthron tou Vasileos.

3.

Thine

O Thronos Sou, O Theos, is ton eona

Eleison

THE

Thee: Alleluia!

2.

4.

FESTAL IDIOMELON MEETING/PRESENTATION -

4.

stretch Thou bow; and grant

prosperity; and reign because of
Truth,
gentleness
and
Righteousness.

arrows are sharp, O Mighty

One, (the people shall fall under
Thee), in the heart of the Kings
enemies.

Thy

Throne, O God, is forever and

ever;
Thy Royal Sceptre is a
Sceptre of Uprightness.

tou eonos; Ravdos Evthititos i

Ravdos tis Vasilias Sou.

genos anthropon, Kyrie,

PRAYER

THIRD FESTAL ANTIPHON MEETING/PRESENTATION - TONE 1

1.

Akouson

Thigater, ke ide, ke klinon

to ous Sou.

Here

1.

Hearken, O Daughter, and consider,

and incline Thine ear

Keharitomeni
Theotoke
Parthene. Ek Sou gar anetilen O
Ilios tis Dikeosinis, Hristos O Theos
imon, Fotizon tous en skoti.
Evfrenou ke Si Presvita Dikee,
dexamenos
en
agkales
ton
Eleftherotin ton psihon imon,
harizomenon imin ke tin Anastasin.

Hail,

2.

To

2.

Even

3.

Mnisthisome

tou Onomatos Sou en

pasi genea ke genea.

3.

They

Prosopon Sou litanefsousin

plousii tou laou.

O Theotokos Virgin Full of

Grace: for from Thee has shone
forth the Sun of Righteousness,
Christ our God, granting Light to
those in darkness. Be glad also, O
Thou Righteous Elder, for Thou
hast received in Thine arms the
Deliverer of our souls, Who bestows
upon us Resurrection.

Kyrios to Sotirion Aftou

enantion panton ton Ethnon.

Soson imas, Iie Theou, O en Agkales

tou Dikeou Symeon Vastahthis,
psallontas Si: Allilouia!

Ti

the rich among the people

shall entreat Thy Favour

shall remember Thy Name

from generation to generation.

The Lord has declared His Salvation; He

has revealed His Righteousness in
the presence of the Nations. O
Son of God, Who was borne in the
arms of Symeon the Righteous, Save
us who sing to Thee: Alleluia!

FESTAL APOLYTIKION MEETING/PRESENTATION TONE 1

Here,

Keharitomeni
Theotoke
Parthene. Ek sou gar anetilen O Ilios
tis Dikeosinis, Hristos O Theos imon,
Fotizon tous en skoti. Evfrenou ke Si,
presvita dikee, dexamenos en agkales
ton Eleftherotin ton psihon imon
harizomenon imin ke tin Anastasin.

Hail,

O Lady Full of Grace, O Virgin

Theotokos, for Christ our God, the
Sun of Righteousness has risen from
Thee and He Illumined those in
darkness. And Thou, O Righteous
Elder, be glad in heart, receiving in
Thine Embrace the One Who

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Doxa Si!

mercy upon me, O God,

according to Thy Great Mercy;
according to the multitude of Thy
Mercies do away mine offences.

the Gates of Heaven today! For

the Fathers Beginningless Logos,
having taken a beginning in time and
unseparated from His Divinity, is
willingly offered as a Forty-day Old
Infant in the Temple of the Law, by
His Virgin Mother. And the Elder
received Him in his arms: Let me
depart, cried the Servant to the
Master. For my eyes have seen Thy
Salvation. O Lord, Who came to the
world to Save humanity:

SALVATION

Thee!
SEASONAL KONTAKION PRESENTATION

Glory to

OF

Mitran Parthenikin Agiasas to Toko

Sou ke hiras tou Symeon evlogisas, os
eprepe, profthasas ke nin esosas
imas, Hriste O Theos. All irinefson
en polemis to plitevma ke krateoson
Vasilis, ous igapisas, O Monos
Filanthropos.

Theotoko
prosdramomen,
i
voulomeni katidin ton Iion aftis, pros
Symenon apagomenon, on per
Ouranothen i Asomati Vlepontes,
exeplittonto legontes, Thavmasta
Theoroumen nini ke paradoxa,
akatalipta, afrasta, O ton Adam
dimiourgisas vastazete os vrefos, O
ahoritos horite en agkales tou
Presvitou,
O
epi
ton
kolpon
aperigraptos iparhon tou Patros
aftou, ekon perigrafete sarki, ou
Theotiti, O Monos Filanthropos.

OF

CHRIST -TONE 1

Thou Who has Sanctified by Thy Birth

a Virgin Womb and fittingly Blessed
the hands of Symeon, Thou art come,
O Christ our God, and on this day
has Saved us Grant Peace to Thy
Commonwealth in times of Battle,
and Strengthen the Orthodox People
whom Thou has Loved, O Thou Who
alone Loves mankind.

FESTAL IKOS PRESENTATION

FESTAL ISODIKON PRESENTATION/MEETING TONE 2

Egnorise

TONE (6) PLAGAL 2

OF

CHRIST

Let

us run to the Theotokos, desiring

to behold Her Son brought to
Symeon.
The Bodiless Powers,
looking at Him from on High, are
filled with amazement, saying: Now
we behold Wondrous and Most
Marvellous
Things,
beyond
understanding and telling! He Who
created Adam is carried as a Babe!
He Who cannot be compassed is
compassed by the arms of the Elder!
He Who rests Uncircumscribed in the
Bosom of His Father, is voluntarily
circumscribed in Flesh but not in
Divinity He Who alone Loves
mankind!

SYNAXARION 2 FEBRUARY

Ti

B tou aftou minos, i Ipapanti tou

Kyriou imon Iisou Hristou, en i
edexato Afton is tas agkalas aftou
ODikeos Symeon.

On

the 2nd day of this month we

celebrate
the
Meeting
(Presentation) of our Lord and God
and Saviour, Jesus Christ, in the
Temple, wherein the Righteous St
Symeon received Him into his
arms.

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Ti afti imera, Mnimi tou Agiou Martyros On

Agathodorou.

Afto

to Theo i Doxa ke Kratos is tous

eonas.

Amin

To

the True God be Glory

Dominion to the Ages.

and

OF THE

MEETING/PRESENTATION TONE 3

O D I 1 Herson avissotokon, pedon ilios,

ODE

rays upon dry land in the midst of

the deep. For the water on both
sides became firm as a wall while the
people crossed the sea on foot,
offering this song acceptable to God:
Let us sing to the Lord, for He has
been greatly glorified!

3 To stereoma, ton epi si

pepithoton, stereoson Kyrie tin
Ekklisian, in ektiso, to Timio Sou
Emati.

O D E 3 O Lord, the firm foundation of

ODI

O D I 4 Ekalipsen Ouranous, i Areti Sou

Hriste. Tis kivotou gar Proelthon, tou

Agiasmatos Sou, tis afthorou Mitros,
en to Nao tis
Doxis Sou, ofthis os
vrefos agkaloforoumenos, ke eplirothi
ta panta, tis Sis Eneseos.

those who put their trust in Thee, do

Thou confirm the Church, which
Thou hast purchased with Thy
Precious Blood.
4 Thy

Virtue, O Christ, has

covered the Heavens, for proceeding
forth from the Ark of Thy
Sanctification, from Thine undefiled
Mother, Thou hast appeared in the
Temple of Thy Glory as an Infant in
arms, and the whole world has been
filled with Thy praise.

ODE

5 Os iden Isaes simvolikos, en

Throno epirmeno Theon, ip Angelon
Doxis Doriforoumenon, O talas!
Evoa,
ego!
Pro
gar
idon
Somatoumenon
Theon.
Fotos
anesperou, ke Irinis Desponzonta

O D E 5 In a figure Isaiah saw God upon

6 Evoise Si, idon O Presvis, tis

O D E 6 The Elder, having seen with his

ofthalmis to Sotirion, O lais epesti. Ek

Theou Hriste:, Si Theos mou.

eyes the Salvation that has come to

the people, cried aloud to Thee: O
Christ Who comes from God: Thou
art my God.

ODI

O D I 7 Se ton en piri drosisanta, Pedas

theologisants, ke parthenon akirato

enikisanta, Theon Logon imnoumen,
efsevos melodountes.
Evlogitos O
Theos, O ton Pateron imon.

8 Enoumen, Evlogoumen
Proskinoumen ton Kyrion

ke

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.

and to the Holy Spirit, now and

forever, and to the Ages of ages.

1 The sun once shone with its

epepolefse pote. Osi tihos gar epagi,

ekaterothen
idor,
lao
pezopontoporounti, ke thearestos
melponti. Asomen to Kyrou. Endoxos
gar dedoxaste.

ODI

the Ever Virgin, Thou hast beem

committed to the hand of Symeon,
the Receiver of God, O Thou Who
upholds the whole world with Thy
Hand. Therefore he cried with Joy:
Not let Thou Thy servant depart in
Peace, for I have seen Thee, O Lord!

Amen
KATAVASIA

ODI

Theodohou Symeon, O ti hiri Sou

Kraton ta simpanta. Dio nin apoliis
me, periharos anekravgazen, en
irnini ton doulon Sou, oti idon Se
Despota.

this day we Commemorate the

Holy Martyr, ST Agathodoros of
Tyana, Cappadocia

Amen

Amin

BY GERMANOS MEETING/PRESENTATION -

en hersi presvitikes, tin simeron

imeran, os ef armatos Herouvim,
anaklithine evdokisas Hriste O Theos,
ke imas tous imnountas Se, tis ton
pathon tyrannidos, anakaloumenos
rise, ke Soson tas psihas imon.

Here,

Keharitomeni
Theotoke
Parthene. Ek sou gar anetilen O Ilios
tis Dikeosinis, Hristos O Theos imon,
Fotizon tous en skoti. Evfrenou ke Si,
presvita dikee, dexamenos en agkales
ton Eleftherotin ton psihon imon
harizomenon imin ke tin Anastasin.
(3)

O D E 8 We praise, we Bless and we

Worship the Lord!

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Hail,

O Lady Full of Grace, O Virgin

Theotokos, for Christ our God, the
Sun of Righteousness has risen from
Thee and He Illumined those in
darkness. And Thou, O Righteous
Elder, be glad in heart, receiving in
Thine Embrace the One Who
Liberates our soul and bestows on us
Resurrection. (3)

Festal Divine Liturgy Hymns & Readings

FIRST FESTAL ANTIPHON MEETING/PRESENTATION TONE 2

Tes

Presvies tis Theotokou, Soter

Soson imas!

By

the
Intercessions
of
the
Theotokos, O Saviour, Save us!

1.

Exirevxato

i kardia mou Logon

Agathon. Lego ego ta Erga mou
to Vasili

1.

My

2.

glossa mou kalamos grammateos

oxigrafou

2.

My tongue is the pen of a scrivener.

7 O Word of God Who in the

midst of the Fire hast dropped Dew

upon
the
Children
as
they
discoursed on things Divine, and
who hast taken up Thy dwelling in
the Pure Virgin: Thee do we praise
as with piety we sing: O God of our
Fathers, Blessed art Thou!

Christ our God Who has been

pleased to rest this day in the arms
of the Elder as upon the Chariot of
the Cherubim, from the tyranny of
passions now deliver us who sing
Thy Praises, and Save our souls.

GREAT DOXOLOGY 
FESTAL APOLYTIKION MEETING/PRESENTATION TONE 1

a Throne, lifted up on high and

borne in triumph by Angels of Glory;
and he cried: Woe is me! For I have
seen beforehand God made Flesh,
Lord of the Light that knows no
evening and King of Peace.

ODE

TONE (6) PLAGAL 2

heart overflows with a Good

Word; I tell my works to the King.

3.

Oreos

kalli para tous vious ton

Anthropon, exehithi Haris en
hilesi Sou

3.

Thou

4.

Dia touto evlogise se O Theos is ton

4.

Therefore,

eona.

art more beautiful than the

sons of men; Grace was poured
out on Thy Lips.
God has Blessed thee

forever

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Enite

Afton, pantes i Angelli Aftou.

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

PSALM 150

Praise Him, all His Angels; praise Him,

piri enothentes, i theosevias

proestotes Neanei. Ti flogi de mi
lovithentes, thion imnon emelpon.
Evlogiete
panta ta Erga ton
Kyrion, ke iperipsoute is pantas tous
eonas!

FESTAL VERSES MEETING/PRESENTATION- TONE 4

Enite

Afton epi tes Dinasties Afton.

Enite Afton kata to plithos tis
Megalosinis Aftou.

Nomon

ton en Grammati, apopliron O

Filanthropos, to Nao nin prosagete,
ke touton isdehete, grees agkales,
Symeon O presvis. Nin apoliis me
voon, pros tin ekithen makariotita.
Katidon gar Se simeron, sarka thnitin
perikimenon, ton Zois kirievonta, ke
Thanatou despozonta.

Praise Him for His Mighty Acts;

praise
Him according to the greatness of
His Majesty.

Fulfilling

the Law, He Who Loves

mankind was now brought into the
Temple; and Symeon received Him in
his aged arms, crying aloud: Now let
me depart to the Blessedness of the
world to come, for I have beheld
today, wrapped in mortal flesh, Him
Who is Lord of Life and Master of
Death.

Enite

Praise

Nomon

Fulfilling

Afton en iho salpingos. Enite

Afton en psaltirio ke kithara.
ton en Grammati, apopliron O
Filanthropos, to Nao nin prosagete,
ke touton isdehete, grees agkales,
Symeon O presvis. Nin apoliis me
voon, pros tin ekithen makariotita.
Katidon gar Se simeron, sarka thnitin
perikimenon, ton Zois kirievonta, ke
Thanatou Despozonta.

Enite Afton en timpano ke horo.

Enite

Him with the sound of the

trumpet; praise Him with lute and
harp.

the Law, He Who Loves

mankind was now brought into the
Temple; and Symeon received Him in
his aged arms, crying aloud: Now let
me depart to the Blessedness of the
world to come, for I have beheld
today, wrapped in mortal flesh, Him
Who is Lord of Life and Master of
Death.

Fos

is apokalipsin, ethnon epefanas

Kyrie, epi koufis kathimenos, nefelis
O Ilios tis Dikeosinis, Nomou to
skiodes, apopliron ke tin arhin,
kathipofenon tis Neas Haritos. Dio Se
Thesamenos,
O
Symeon
anekravgazen:
Ek
fthoras
me
apolison, oti idon Se simeron!

Enite

Afton en kimvalis evihis. Enite

Afton en kimvalis
alalagmou.
Pasa pnoi inesato ton Kyrion.
tou Gennitoros, mi horisthis ti
Theotiti, sarkothis os evdokisas,
agkales
kratoumenos,
tis
Aiparthenou, hersin epedothis, tou

Standing together in the unbearable fire

yet not harmed by the flame, the
Children, Champions of Godliness,
sang a Divine Hymn: O All you
Works of the Lord: Bless the Lord and
exalt Him above all forever!

THE FESTAL MAGNIFICAT

FESTAL ODE 9 MEGALYNARIA MEETING/PRESENTATION TONE 3

Akatalipton esti, to teloumenon en Si, ke That

which is fulfilled in Thee is

beyond the Understanding of Angels
and mortals, O Pure Virgin Mother.

Angelis ke vrotis, Mitroparthen Agni.

Agkalizete

hersin, O Presvitis Symeon,

ton tou Nomou Piitin, ke Despotin tou
Pantos.

Symeon the Elder takes in his arms the

Maker of the Law and Master of all.

Voulithis

The

Genos

Every

Defte

Come and behold Christ, the Master of

O Plastourgos, ina sosi ton

Adam, Mitran okise tin Sin, tis
Parthenou ke Agnis.
apan ton vroton, Makarizi Se
Agni, ke Doxazi Se Pistos, os Mitera
tou Theou.

idete Hriston, ton Despotin tou

pantos, on vastazi Symeon simeron
en to Nao.

Epivlepis

pros tin gin, ke piis tremin

aftin, ke pos geron kekmikos, Se
katehi en hersi?

Creator, wishing to Save Adam,

took up His Dwelling in Thy Pure
and Virgin Womb.
generation of mortal nature
Blesses Thee, O Pure Virgin, and in
Faith Glorifies Thee as Mother of
God.

all, Whom Symeon carries today in

the Temple.

Thou

looks down upon the earth and

makes it tremble. How then can I,
aged and weary, hold Thee in my
arms?

Praise

Sisas eti Symeon eos ide ton Hriston, ke Symeon had lived for many years when

As

Him with timbrel and dance;

praise Him with strings and flute.

Afton en hordes ke organo.

Kolpon

Astekto

all His Powers. To Thee praise is

due, O God.

a Light to Enlighten the Gentiles,

Thou has made Thyself manifest, O
Lord: the Sun of Righteousness
seated upon a swift Cloud, Thou has
fulfilled the Shadow of the Law and
shown forth the Beginning of the
New Grace.
Therefore, beholding
Thee, Symeon exclaimed aloud: Now
let Thou Thy servant depart from
corruption, for I have seen Thee
today!

Praise

Him with tuneful cymbals;

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

Not

parted in Thy Divinity from the

Bosom of the Father, Thou was
Incarnated according to Thy Good
Pleasure; and upheld in the arms of

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evoa pros Afton: Nin apolisin zito!

lavis i Mystiki, i ton anthraka Hriston
sillavousa en gastri, si iparhis
Mariam.

Thelon

eninthropisas, O
Theos,
ke
Nao
tessarakonthimeros.

proanarhos
prosferese,

Katelthont ex Ouranou, ton Despotin tou

pantos, ipedexato afton Symeon O
Ierefs.

he beheld Christ and exclaim aloud

to Him: Now do I seek my release!

The Mystic Tongs who has Conceived in

Thy Womb Christ the live coal, art
Thou O Mary.

God Pre-Eternal, of Thine own Will

Thou became Man and were
presented at the Temple at Forty
Days.

Having

come down from Heaven, the

Lord of all was received by Symeon
the Priest.

MEGALYNARIA ODE 9 THE HIERMOS MEETING/PRESENTATION

Lamprinon mou tin psihin ke

to Fos to esthiton opos ido
katharos, ke kirixo Se Theon.

IRMOS:

Illuminate my soul and the light

of my senses that I may behold
Thee in Purity, and proclaim that
Thou art God.

IRMOS

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En

Nomo, skia ke grammati, tipon

katidomen i Pisti, pan arsen to tin
Mitra dianigon, Agion Theo, dio
prototokon Logon, Patros anarhou
Iion,
prototokoumenon
Mitri
apirandro, Megalinomen.

Mitroparthene

En

shadow and letter of the Law, let

us, the Faithful, discern a Figure:
every male child who opens the
womb shall be Sanctified to God.
Therefore the Firstborn Word and
Son of the Father Without Beginning,
the Firstborn Child of a Mother who
had not known man do we Magnify.

Agni, ti prosferis to
Nao, Neon vrefos apodous en
agkales Symeon.

Nomo, skia ke grammati, tipon

katidomen i Pisti, pan arsen to tin
Mitran dianigon, Agion Theo, dio
prototokon Logon, Patros anarhou
Iion,
prototokoumenon
Mitri,
apirandro, Megalinomen.

The

Pure Virgin Mother, why did Thou

bring into the Temple an Newborn
Babe and commit Him into the
hands of Symeon.
shadow and letter of the Law, let
us, the Faithful, discern a Figure:
every male child who opens the
womb shall be Sanctified to God.
Therefore the Firstborn Word and
Son of the Father Without Beginning,
the Firstborn Child of a Mother who
had not known man do we Magnify.

Nin

From

Tis

Of

Apolisin Zito apo Sou tou

Plastourgou, oti idon Se Hriste, to
Sotirion mou Fos.

prin Neognon trigonon zevgos dias

te in neoson, anth on O Thios Presvis,
ke Sofron Anna Prophitis, to ek
Parthenou tehthenti, ke io gono
Patros,
en
to
Nao
Prosionti,
Litourgontes emegalinon.

On

i ano Litourgi tromo Litanevousi,

kato nin O Symeon agkalizete
hersi.

Tis

prin Neognon trigonon zefgos, dias

te in Nesoson, anth on O Thios
Presvis, ke sofron Anna Profitis, to ek
Parthenou tehthenti, ke io gono
Patros,
en
to
Nao
Prosionti,
Litourgountes emegalinon.

Doxa Patri, ke Io, ke Agio Pnevmati

Apedokas mi evoa Symeon, tou Sotirious Thou

The

Thee, O Creator, I now seek

release, for I have beheld Thee, O
Christ, my Salvation and my Light.
old the people offered a pair of
doves and two young pigeons. In
their stead, the Godly Elder and
Hannah the Prophetess, sober in
spirit, Ministered and gave Glory to
the Child of the Virgin, the Only
Begotten Son of the Father, as He
was brought into the Temple.

Ke

nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton

eonon.

Amin.
Theotoke,

i
Elpis
panton
ton
Hristianon, Skepe, Frouri, Filatte
tous Elpizontas is Se.

Ieropreos

anthomologito,
Anna
ipofitevousa, i sofron ke Osia, ke
Presvira to Despoti, en to Nao
diarridin,
tin
Theotokon
de
anakirittousa,
pasi
tis
prousin
emegalinen

Of

old the people offered a pair of

doves and two young pigeons. In
their stead, the Godly Elder and
Hannah the Prophetess, sober in
spirit, Ministered and gave Glory to
the Child of the Virgin, the Only
Begotten Son of the Father, as He
was brought into the Temple.

ti fisi men monas, tis prosopis de

Trias, Filatte tous doulous Sou tous
Pistevontas is Se.

and ever, and to the Ages of

ages.

Amen
O Theotokos,

Thou Hope of all

Christians, Protect, watch over, and
guard all who put their hope in
Thee.

Holy

Hannah, sober in spirit and

venerable in years, with reverence
confessed the Master freely and
openly
in
the
Temple;
and
proclaiming the Theotokos, before
all who were present.she magnified
Her.

Theotoke,

En

In the Shadow and the letter of the Law,

i
Elpis
panton
ton
Hristianon, Skepe, Frouri, Filatte
tous Elpizontas is Se
Nomo Skia ke grammati, tipon
katidomen i Pisti. Pan arsen, to tin
mitran dianigon, Agion Theo. Dio
Prototokon Logon Patros Anarhou
Iion,
Prototokoumenon
Mitri,
epirandro, Megalinomen

Virgin Theotokos, Thou Hope of all

Christians, Protect, Watch over and
Guard all those who put their Hope
in Thee.
let us, the Faithful, discern a figure:
every male child who opens the
womb shall be Sanctified to God.
Therefore, we Magnify the First Born
Word and Son of the Father Without
Beginning, the First Born Child of a
Mother who had not known man.

SMALL LITANY
FESTAL EXAPOSTEILARION PRESENTATION

En

Pnevmati to Iero, parastas O

Presitis, agkales ipedexato, ton tou
Nomou Despotin, kravgazon. In tou
desmou me, tis sarkos apolison, os
irikas en Irini. Idon gar tis ofthalmis,
apokalipsin ethnon, ke Israil Sotirian.

Thou Who by Nature is One but in

Persons Three, watch over Thy
servants who put their Faith in
Thee.

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The Holy Spirit brought the Elder into

the Temple, and taking into his
arms the Master of the Law, he
cried: Now let me depart in Peace
from the bonds of the flesh
according to Thy Word, for my eyes
have seen the Revelation that brings
Light to the Gentiles, and the
Salvation of Israel. (3)

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

and to the Holy Spirit

Now

FESTAL KATAVASIA MEETING/PRESENTATION TONE 3

Him

Whom the Ministers at the

Liturgy on High Entreat with
trembling, here below Symeon took
into his arms.

hast committed to me the

Exceeding Joy of Thy Salvation, O
Christ, cried Symeon, Take Thy
servant who is weary of the shadow,
and make him a New Preacher of the
Mystery of Grace, as he magnifies
Thee in praise.

Sou Hriste agaliasin, apolave Sou ton

latrin, ton ti skia kekmikota, Neon tis
Haritos, Ierokirika Mystin, en enesi
Megalinonta.

LAUDS: THE PRAISES

TO GOD - PSALM
ALL CREATION PRAISES THE LORD OUR GOD

Pasa

pnoi enesato ton Kyrion. Enite

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

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Let

everything that has breath praise

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

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