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Resurrection Vespers Hymns - First Ecumenical Council
Kindly use the Service Book until this point, then carefully follow instructions
with regard to these Hymns
HYMN

THE
OF THE EVENING INCENSE
CONGREGATION MUST STAND
St Nikolai Velimirovich
PSALM 140/141 TONE 2 All Saints considered as their main Debt,
Kyrie ekekraxa pros Se, isakouson mou. Lord, I cry out to Thee: hear me, O the Debt of Thanksgiving to God.
Isakouson mou, Kyrie. Kyrie, Lord! O Lord, when I cry out to
ekekraxa pros Se, isakouson mou, Thee, hear me! Hear my voice, when I
proshes ti foni tis deiseos mou, en to cry out to Thee! Hear me, O Lord! Without Thanksgiving to God
kekragene me pros Se, isakouson
mou Kyrie. there can be no Spiritual Progress.
Katevthinthito i prosevhi mou os Let my Prayer rise before Thee like
thimiama enopion Sou. Eparsis ton incense - the lifting up of my hands Ceaseless Thanksgiving to God
hiron mou Thisia Esperini. Isakouson as the Evening Sacrifice. Hear me, O
mou Kyrie! Lord! is the Fertile Seed from which,
RESURRECTION STIHERA TONE (5) PLAGAL 1 if watered by Tears of continual Repentance,
Exagage ek filakis tin psihin mou, tou Bring my soul out of prison to a Beautiful Fruit is acquired
Exomologisasthe to Onomati Sou. Confess Thy Name, O Lord. Love for God!
Nikin ehon Hriste, tin kata tou Ediou, en Triumphant over Hades, O Christ,
to Stavro anilthes, ina tous en skoti Thou Ascended upon the Cross to
Thantou kathimenous, sinanastisis raise up with Thyself those dwelling
seafton, O en nekris elefthreos, O in the Darkness of Death. Free from
pigazon Zoin ex ikiou Fotos, among the dead, Thou pour forth
Pantodiname Sotir, Eleison imas. Life from Thine Own Light. O
Almighty Saviour: have Mercy on us!
Eme ipomenousi Dikei, eos ou The Righteous shall wait for me, until
antapodos mi. Thou Reward me.
Simeron O Hristos, Thanaton patisas, Today, O Christ, having trampled upon
kathos ipen Anesti, ke tin agalliasin Death, according to His Word, rose
to kosmo edorisato, ina pantes up bestowing Joy upon the world, so
kravgazontes ton imnon outos that all of us, shouting this Hymn,
ipomen. I Pigi tis Zois, to Aprositon might say: O Fount of Life! O
Fos, Pantodiname Sotir: eleison imas. Unapproachable Light! O Almighty
Saviour! Have Mercy on us!

Ek vatheon ekekraxa Si, Kyrie. Kyrie, Out of the depths I have cried to
isakouson tis fonis mou. Thee, O Lord. O Lord, hear my
voice.
Se Kyrie ton onta en pasi ti Ktisi, Where, O Lord, Who art everywhere in
amartoli pou figomen? En to Creation, shall we sinners flee from
Ourano? Aftos katikis! En to Edi? Thee? Into Heaven? Thine Abode is
Epatisas Thanaton! Is ta vathi ta tis there! Into Hades? Thou hast

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 RESURRECTION APOLYTIKION - TONE (6) PLAGAL 2
Angelike Dinamis epi to Mnima Sou ke i The Angelic Powers were in Thy Tomb,
filassontes apenekrothisan. Ke istato
Maria en to tafo, zitousa to ahranton
Sou Soma. Eskilevsas ton Adin, mi
pirasthis ip aftou. Ipintisas ti
Partheno, Doroumenos tin Zoin. O
Anastas ek to nekron, Kyrie,  Doxa
Si.
Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati,
PASCHAL APOLYTIKION THE HOLY FATHERS TONE (8) PLAGAL 4
Iperdedoxasmenos i Hriste O Theos
imon, O fostiras epi gis, tous Pateras
imon themeliosas, ke di afton, pros
tin alithinin pistin pantas imas
odigisas, Poliefsplahne Doxa Si!
Ke nin ke ai ke is tous Eonas ton
eonon.
Amin
ASCENSION APOLYTIKION TONE 4
Anelifthis en doxi Hriste O Theos imon,
haropiisas tous Mathitas, ti epangelia
tou Agiou Pnevmatos, veveothenton
afton dia tis evlogias, oti si i O Ios tou
Theou, O Litrotis tou kosmou.
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and the guards became as dead
men, and Mary stood by the Tomb
seeking Thy Most Pure Body. Thou
led captive Hades, yet were not
tempted thereby: Thou Who art the
Bestower of Life came to meet the
Woman. O Lord, Who Rose again
from the dead, Glory to Thee!
Glory to the Father, and to the
Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
Supremely praised art Thou, O Christ
our God, Who established on earth,
our Fathers as Luminaries; and
through them, to the True Faith all
of us Thou has Guided, O Most
Compassionate One: Glory to Thee!
Now and forever, and to the Ages of
ages.
Amen
Thou Ascended in Glory: O Christ
Jesus, our God: cheering up the
Disciples by the Promise of the Holy
Spirit; by assuring them through
Thy Divine Blessings that Thou art
indeed the Son of God, and the
Redeemer of the world.
thalassis? Eki i Hir Sou Despota! Pros
Se katafevgomen, Si prospipontes
iketevomen. O Anastas ek ton
nekron, eleison imas!
FESTAL PROSOMIA FIRST ECUMENICAL COUNCIL TONE (6) PLAGAL 2
Genithito ta ota Sou prosehonta is tin Let
fonin tis Deiseos mou.
O Kyrios Anelifthi is Ouranous, ina
pempsi ton Parakliton to kosmo, i
Ourani itimasan ton Thronon Aftou,
Nefele tin epivasin aftou, Angeli
Thavmazousin, athropon Orontes
iperano Afton, O Patir ekdehete, on
en kolpis ehi sinaidion. To Pnevma to
Agion kelevi pasi tis Angelis Aftou.
Arate pilas i arhontes imon. Panta ta
Ethni krotisate hiras. Oti Anevi
Hristos, opou in to proteron!
Ean anomias paratirisis, Kyrie, Kyrie,
tis ipostisete? Oti para Si O ilasmos
estin.
Kyrie, ti Si, Analipsi, exeplagnisan ta
Theon, epi Herouvim, theorisanta Se
ton Nefelon anerhomenon, ton ep
afton kathezomenon, ke Doxazomen
Se, oti Hriston to Eleos Sou: Doxa
Si!
Eneken tou Onomatos Sou ipemina Se, Because
Kyrie; Ipeminen i psihi mou is ton
Logon Sou, ilpisen i psihi mou epi
ton Kyrion.
En tis Ores tis Agiis, theorountes Sou tas We
Ipsosis Hriste, to apavgasma tis Doxis
tou Patros, Animnoumen Sou tin
Fotoidi tou Prosopou Morfin,
Proskinoumen Sou ta kathimata,
Timomen tin Anastasin, tin Endoxon
Analipsin Doxazontes, Eleison imas.
PASCHAL IDIOMELON THE HOLY FATHERS TONE (6) PLAGAL 2
Apo Filaktis proias mehri niktos, apo
filakis proias, elpisato Israil epi ton
Kyrion.
Ek gastros etehthis pro eosforou, ek
Patros amitor pro ton eonon, kan
Arios Ktisma Se, ke ou Then Doxazi,
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trampled upon Death! Into the
depths of the sea? Thy Hand
reaches there, O Master! We run to
Thee, and falling before Thee, we
pray: O Thou, Who Rose from the
dead, have Mercy on us!
Thine Ears be attentive to the
voice of my Supplication.
The Lord Ascended to Heaven, in order
to send the Holy Spirit to the world.
The Heavens prepared His Throne -
the Clouds were the means of His
Approach. Angels marvelled, seeing
a Human Being Higher than
themselves. The Father received
Him Whom is Coeternally in His
Bosom. The Holy Spirit commands
all His Angels: Lift up the Gate, O
Rulers! O clap your hands, all you
Nations! For Christ has Ascended to
where He was before!
If Thou, O Lord, should mark
transgression, O Lord, who would
stand? For there is Forgiveness
with Thee.
At Thine Ascension, O Lord, the
Cherubim, upon whom Thou art
seated as God, were amazed as they
beheld Thee Ascending on the
Clouds. And we Glorify Thee, for
Thy Mercy is Good: Glory to Thee!
of Thy Law, O Lord, I waited
for Thee; my soul waited for Thy
Word. My soul Hopes in the Lord.
have beheld Thine Exaltations on
those Holy Mountains, O Christ
Thou Who art the Brightness of the
Fathers Glory, and we Extol the
Resplendent Appearance of Thy
Face. We Worship Thy Passion, we
Honour Thy Resurrection, and Thy
Glorious Ascension we Glorify: Have
Mercy on us!
From the morning watch until night;
from the morning watch until night
let Israel Hope in the Lord.
Thou were born from the womb before
the Morning Star, without a Mother,
from the Father, before all ages,
3.
 tolmi sinapton Se ton Ktistin, tis
ktismasin afronos, ilin piros tou
eoniou, eafto thisavrizon. All i
sinodos i en Nikea, Iion Theou Se
anekirixe, Kyrie, Patri ke Pnevmati
sinthronon.
Oti para to Kyrio to Eleos ke polli par For with
afto Litrosis. Ke aftos Litrosete ton
Israil ek pason ton anomion aftou.
Ti Sou ton hitona Soter diilen, Arios, Si
efis, O tis Traiados, temon tin
omotimon arhin is dieresis, outos
ithetise Se ine, ton ena tis Traidos,
outos Nestoriou Didaski, Theotokon
mi legin: All i Sinodox i en Nikea,
Iion Theou Se Anekirixe, Kyrie, Patri
ke Pnevmati sinthronon.
Enite ton Kyrion panta ta Ethni!
Epenesate Afton pantes i Lai!
Krimno peripipti tis amartias, Arios, O
misas to Fos mi vlepin, ke Thio
sparattete, agkistro tis egkatis, pasan
ekdoune tin Ousian, ke tin psihin
vieos, allos Ioudas hrimatisas, ti
gnomi ke to tropo. All i Sinodos i en
Nikea, Iion Theou Se anekirixe, Kyrie,
Patri ke Pnevmati sinthronon.
Oti ekrateothi to Eleos Aftou ef imas, For
ke i alithia tou Kyriou meni is ton
eona.
Arios O afron, tis Panagias, tetmike
Triados tin Monarhian, is tris
anomious te ke ekfilous Ousias.
Othen Pateres Theofori, sinelthontes
prothimos, zilo piroumeni, kathaper,
O thesvitis Ilias, to tou Pnevmatos
temnousi xifi, ton is eshinis
Dogmtisanta vlasfimon, kathos to
Pnevma apefinato.
Doxa Patri, ke Io, ke Agio Pnevmati
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although Arius dared to call Thee a
creature! and does not Glorify Thee
as God, insanely joining Thee our
Creator with Thy creatures, and
laying up for himself as treasure, the
Fuel of the Eternal Fire! But the
Council in Nicea loudly proclaimed
Tee, O Lord, as Son of God Equal to
the Father and the Holy Spirit.
the Lord there is Mercy, and
with Him is Abundant Redemption;
and He will Redeem Israel from all
his transgressions.
Who divided Thy Garment, O Saviour?
Arios, Thou said, who cuts into
divisions the Authority Equal in
Honour of the Trinity. He it was who
denied that Thou art One of the
Trinity. He it is who taught
Nestorious not to say: Mother of
God. But the Council in Nicea
loudly proclaimed Thee, O Lord, as
Son of God Equal to the Father and
the Holy Spirit.
Praise the Lord, all Gentiles! Praise
Him, all you people!
Arios fell into the precipice of sin,
having shut his eyes so as not to see
the Light, and he was ripped asunder
by a Divine Hook so that with his
entrails he forcibly emptied out all
his essence and his soul, and was
named another Judas, both for his
ieas, and the manner of his death.
But the Council in Nicea loudly
proclaimed Thee, O Lord, as Son of
God Equal to the Father and the
Holy Spirit.
His Mercy rules over us; and the
Truth of the Lord endures forever.
Arios the insane, cut the Monarchy of
the All Holy Trinity into three
dissimilar and unrelated Essences.
Wherefore the God-bearing Fathers
eagerly gathered together, burning
with Zeal, like Elias the Tishbite, and
cut off with the Sword of the Spirit,
the blasphemer with his teachings of
shame, as the Holy Spirit Decreed.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit
To Iko Sou prepi Agiasma, Kyrie, is Holiness is proper to Thy House, O
makrotita imeron. Lord, unto length of days.
Stavrothis os ivoulithis Hriste, ke ton Crucified according to Thy Will, and
Thanaton ti tafi sou skilefsas, despoiling Death by Thine
triimeros anestis, os Theos meta Entombment, O Christ, Thou Rose
Doxis, to kosmo doroumenos in Glory on the Third Day as God,
ateleftiton Zoin, ke to Mega Eleos. granting the world Life Everlasting
and Great Mercy.
Doxa Patri, ke Io, ke Agio Pnevmati Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit
PASCHAL APOSTICHA THE HOLY FATHERS TONE 4
Tin etision mnimin simeron, ton Let us with Faith celebrate today the
Theoforon Paeron, ton ek pasis tis yearly Commemoration of the God-
Ikoumenis sinathristhenton, en ti bearing Fathers, who were assembled
lampra poli Nikaeon, ton Orthodoxon from the whole world in the radiant
ta sistimata, evsevountes Pistos city of Nicaea, as we reverence the
Eortasomen. Outi gar tou dinou gatherings of the Orthodox; for they
Ariou to atheon dogma, evsevofronos their minds attuned to True Faith
kathilon, ke tis Katholikis Ekklisias overthrew the godless teachings of
sinodikos touton exostrakisan, ke Arios, and in Council, banished him
tranos ton Iion tou Theou, from the Catholic Church; and in the
Omoousion ke Synaidion, pro ton Creed of Faith, which they precisely
eonon onta, tis pasin edidaxan and devoutly laid down, they taught
omologin, en to tis Pisteos Simbolo, all to Confess clearly the Son of God
akrivos ke efsevos touto ekthemeni. as being Consubstantial and Co-
Othen ke imis, tis this afton eternal, and existing before all ages.
Dogmasin epomeni, veveos And so, we, too, following their
Pistevontes Latrevomen, sin Patri ton Divine Teachings, and being firm in
Iion, ke to Pnevma to Panagion, en our belief, Worship the Son, and the
mia Theotiti, Triada Omoousion. All Holy Spirit together with the
Father, in One Godhead a
Consubstantial Trinity.
Ke nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton Now and ever, and to the Ages of
eonon. ages.
Amin Amen
ASCENSION APOSTIHA TONE 4
Kyrie to Mystirion, to apo ton eonon O Lord, when, in Thy Loving Kindness,
kekrimmenon, ke apo geneon, Thou had fulfilled the Mystery
plirosas os Agathos, ilthes meta ton hidden from the ages, and from
Mathiton Sou en to Ori ton Eleon, generations, Thou went with Thy
ehon tin tekousan Se ton piitin ke Disciples to the Mount of Olives,
panton dimiourgon. Tin gar en to having with you Her who gave Birth
Pathi Sou mitrikos panton to Thee, the Maker and Creator of all
iperalgisasan edi ke ti Doxi tis sarkos things; for it was necessary that She,
Sou ipervallousis apolafse haras, is ke who had suffered so greatly as a
imis metashontes, ti is Ouranous Mother, at Thy Passion, should also
ando Sou Despota, to Mega Sou Eleos be filled with Joy beyond measure at
to is imas gegonos Doxazomen. the Glory of Thy Flesh. We, too, O
Master, sharing in the Joy of Thine
RETURN TO THE VESPERS SERVICE NIN APOLIIS TON Ascent into Heaven, Glorify Thy
DOULON SOU... etc  Great Mercy, which has come to pass
for us.
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Sou.
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Ii to Kratos tis Vasilias Sou Evlogimenon Blessed and Glorified is the Power of
ke Dedoxasmenon, tou Patros, ke
tou Iiou, ke tou Agiou Pnevmatos, nin
ke ai ke is tous eonas ton eonon.
Amin
RESURRECTION APOSTICHA - TONE (6) PLAGAL 2
Tin Anastasin Sou Hriste Sotir, Angeli
imnousin en Ouranis, ke imas tous
epi gis kataxioson, en kithara kardia
Se Doxazin.
O Kyrios evasilefsen, evprepian
enedisato. Enedisato Kyrios
dinamin ke periezosato.
Pilas sintripsas halkas, ke mohlous tou
edou sinthlasas, os Theos
pantodinamos, genos anthropon
peptokos anestisas. Dia touto ke imis
simfonos voomen. Anastas ek ton
nekron, Kyrie, Doxa Si.
Ke gar estereose tin ikoumenin, itis
ou salevthisete.
Revseos imas tis pale Hristos
epanorthose thelon, Stavro
prospignite ke tafo tethite, on
Myrofori Gynekes, meta kadrion
zitouse, thrinouse elegon: Imi! Sotir
ton apanton, pos katedxo tafo ikise?
Ikisas de thelon, pos eklapis? Pos
metetethis? Pios de topos to Son
zoiforon katekripse soma? Alla
Despota, os ipeshou, imin emfanithi,
ke pafson af imon, ton odirmon ton
dakrion, thrinouses de aftes, Angelos
pros aftas apevoise. Ton thrinon
pafsamene, tis Apostolis ipate: Oti
Anesti O Kyrios, to kosmo
doroumenos ilasmon, ke to Mega
Eleos.
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Things for you the Things you
beheld with your own eyes!
Thy Kingdom, of the Father, and
of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,
now and forever, and unto the Ages
of Ages.
Amen
Angels in Heaven sing the Praises of
Thy Resurection, O Christ our
Saviour. Grant that we, too, on
Earth, may with Pure Hearts, Glorify
Thee.
The Lord reigns; He vested Himself
with Majesty. The Lord vested
Himself with Power.
After smashing the Gates of Brass, and
breaking the bolts and bars of
Hades, Thou, O Almighty God,
raised up fallen mankind.
Wherefore, with one accord, we cry:
O Lord, Risen from the dead:
Glory to Thee!
And He established the world, which
shall not be moved.
Wishing to lift us out ot the ancient
corruption, Christ was nailed upon
the Cross, and laid in the Tomb. In
tears, the Myrrh-bearing Women
searched for Him, and lamenting,
said: Woe to us! O Saviour of all:
how did Thou consent to stay in a
Tomb? And as Thou remained
willingly there, how were Thou
stolen? How were Thou removed?
What place now hides Thy Life-
giving Body? O Master: Appear to
us as Thou hast Promised, and dry
up the fountain of our tears!
Whereupon, as they wept, an Angel
went to them and cried: Cease
Your weeping! And tell the Apostles
that the Lord is Risen, granting the
world Forgiveness and His Great
Mercy!
Tas mistikas simeron tou Pnevmatos
salpingas,tou Theoforous Pateras
anevfimisomen, tous melodisantas en
meso tis Ekklisias, melos enarmonion
Theologias, Triada mian
aparallakon, Ousian te ke Theotita,
tous katheretas tis planis, ke
Orthodoxon promahous, tou
presvevontas pantote Kyrio, eleithine
tas psihas imon.
Ke nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton
eonon.
Amin
THEOTOKION TONE (6) PLAGAL 2
Tis mi Makarisi Se, Panagia Parthene?
Tis mi animnisi Sou ton alohevton
Tokon? O gar ahronos ek Patros
eklampsas Iios Monogenis, O aftos ek
Sou tis Agnis proilthen, afrastos
sarkothis, fisi Theos iparhon, ke fisi
genomenos anthopos di imas, ouk is
diada prosopon temnomenos, all en
diadi fiseon, asighitos gnorizomenos.
Afton iketeve, semni Pammakariste,
Eleithine tas psihas imon.
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SATURDAY RESURRECTION PROKEIMENON TONE (5) PLAGAL 1
O Kyrios evasilefsen; evprepian
enedisato. (3)
1. Enedisato Kyrios dinamin ke
periezosato.
2. Ke gar estereose tin ikoumenin, itis
ou salefthisete
THE OLD TESTAMENT READING GENESIS 14 : 14 - 20
Geneseos to anagnosma
Sofia! Proshomen!
Akousas Avram, oti ihmalotevte Lot O
Adelfidous aftou, irithmise tous idious
ikogenis aftou, triakosious deka ke
okto, ke katedioxen opiso afton eos
Dan.
Ke epepesen e aftous tin nikta ftos, ke i
Pedes aftou met aftou ke apataxen
aftous ke katedioen aftous eos Hoval,
i Estin en aristera Damaskou.
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Let us praise today the Mystical
Trumpets of the Spirit, the God-
bearing Fathers, who sang a
harmonious melody of Theology in
the midst of the church: One
Trinity, Unchanging Essence and
Godhead the overthrowers of
Arios, the Champions of Orthodoxy,
who ever Intercede with our Lord for
His Great Mercy on our soul.
Now and ever, and to the Ages of
ages.
Amen
Who will not call Thee Blessed, O
Most Holy Virgin? Who will not sing
Praises of Thy Wondrous Birth-
giving? For the Only Begotten Son,
timelessly having Shone forth from
the Father, came forth from Thee
who art Pure. And, having been
Ineffably made Flesh, He, Who by
Nature is God, for our sake became
also by Nature, Man not in two
divided Persons, in in two Natures
without confusion. O Honoured and
All Blessed, Beseech Him to have
Mercy on our soul.
The Lord reigns; He vests Himself with
Majesty (3)
1. The Lord vests and girds Himself
with Power
2. And He established the world,
which shall not be moved.
READER The Reading is from the
Book of Genesis
P RIE ST Wisdom! Let us attend!
RE AD ER : When Abram heard that his
Brother, Lot, was taken captive, he
armed his three hundred and
eighteen trained servants, born in
his own house, and went in pursuit
as far as Dan.
And he divided his forces against them
by night, and he and his servants
attacked and pursued them as far as
Hobah, north of Damascus.
5.
Ke apestrepse pasan tin ippon Sodomon, And he brought back all the cavalry of
ke Lot ton Adelfidoun aftou
apestrepse, ke panta ta iparhonta
aftou, ke tas ginekas, ke ton laon.
Exilthe de Vasilefs Sodomon is sinantisin The
afto meta to apostrepse afton apo tis
kopis tou Hodologomor ke ton
Vasileon ton met aftou, is tin kilada
tou Savi.
Touto in pedion Vasileos, ke Melhisedek, And
Vasilefs Salim, exinegken artous ke
inon, in de Ierefs tou Theou tou
Ipsistou.
Ke Evlogise ton Abram, ke ipen:
Evlogimenos Avram to Theo to
Ipsisto, os ektise ton O Ouranon ke tin
Gin.
Ke Evlogitos O Theos O Ipsistos, os
paredoke tous ehthrous Sou
ipohirious si!
THE OLD TESTAMENT READING DEUTERONOMY (1: 8 11 & 15 17)
Deuteronomiou to anagnosma
Sofia! Proshomen!
Elipe Mosis pros tous iious, Israil: Idete!
Paredoka enopion imon tin gin.
Iselthontes klironomisate tin gin, in
omose Kyrios tis Patrasin imon - to
Avraam, ke to Isaak, ke to Iakov -
doune aftis ke to spermatic afton
met aftous.
Ke ipon pros imas en to kero ekino,
legon: Ou dinisome monos ferin
imas.
Kyrios O Theos imon eplithinen imas, ke
idou este simeron - osi ta astra tou
Ouranou to plithi.
Kyrios O Theos ton Pateron imon
prosthii imn, os este hilioplasios, ke
Evlogise imas, kathoti elalisen imin.
Ke elavon ex imon andras sofous, ke
epistimonas, ke sinetous, ke katestisa
aftous igisthe ef imon - hiliarhous ke
ekatontarhous, ke pentikontarhous,
ke dekarhous - ke grammatoisagogis
Sodom, and also brought back his
Brother, Lot, and his goods, as well
as the women, and the people.
King of Sodom went out to meet
him after his return from the
slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and the
Kings with him, at the Valley of
Shaveh. This is the place of the
Kings.
Melchizedek, the King of Salem,
carried out bread and wine he was
the Priest of God Most High.
And He Blessed Abram and said:
Blessed be Abram of God Most High,
Creator of Heaven and Earth!
And Blessed be God Most High, Who
Delivered your enemies into your
hands!
Ipe
READER The Reading is from the
Book of Deuteronomy.
P RIE ST Wisdom! Let us attend!
RE AD ER: Moses spoke to the Sons of
Israel: Behold! I am delivering the
land in your presence.
Enter, and inherit the land, which I
promised to your Fathers to
Abraham, and to Isaac, and to Jacob
to give it to them, and their seed
after them.
And I spoke to you at that time, saying:
I alone am not able to bear you.
The Lord your God multiplied you, and
here you are today as the stars of
heaven in multitude.
May the Lord God of your Fathers
make you a thousand times more
numerous than you are, and Bless
you, just as He said:
And I took from you men who were
wise, understanding and
knowledgeable, and made them
leaders over you leaders of
thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and
tis krites imon.
Ke enetilamin tis Krites imon en to kero
ekino, legon: Diakoete anameson
ton Adelphon imon, ke krinate Dikeos
ana meson andros ke ana meson tou
Adelphou aftou, ke ana meson tou
prosilitou aftou
Ouk epignosi prosopon en krisi.
Kata ton mikron ke kata ton mega
krinis.
Oou mi ipostili prosopon anthropou, oti i
Krisis tou Theou esti!
THE OLD TESTAMENT READING DEUTERONOMY (10: 14 - 21)
Deuteronomiou to anagnosma
Sofia! Proshomen!
Mosis pros tous Iious Israil: Idou! RE AD ER : Moses spoke to the Sons of
Kyriou tou Theou Sou O Ouranos, ke
O Ouranos tou Ouranou, i gi ke
panta osa estin en afti.
Plin tous Pateras imon proileto Kyrios
Agapan aftous, ke exelexato to
sperma afton met aftous, imas para
panta ta Ethni, kata tin imeran taftin.
Ke peritemisthe tin sklirokardian imon,
ke ton trahilon imon ou sklirinite eti!
O gar Kyrios O Theos imon, outos Theos For
ton theon, ke Kyrios ton Kyrion - O
Theos O Megas, ke Ishiros, ke
Foveros, ostis ou Thavmazi Prosopon,
oud ou mi lavi doron.
Pion krisin prosilito ke orfano ke hira, ke He administers Justice for the stranger,
Agapa ton prosiliton, doune afto
arton ke imation.
Ke agapisete ton prosiliton, prosiliti gar And,
ite en gi Egypto.
Kyrion ton Theon Sou Fovithisi, ke Afto You
latrefsis, ke pros Afton kollithisi, ke
epi to Onomati Aftou omi.
Outos Kavhima Sou, ke Outos Theos
Sou, ostis epiisen en Si ta Megala ke
of tens Judges to interpret the Law
for you.
And I Commanded your Judges at that
time, saying: Hear the cases between
your Brethren, and judge
Righteousnly between a man and his
Brother, or the resident stranger with
him.
You shall not show partiality in
judgement.
You shall judge the small and the
great.
You shall not shrink before anyones
presences, for the Judgement is
Gods!
READER The Reading is from the
Book of Deuteronomy.
P RIE ST Wisdom! Let us attend!
Israel: Behold! Heaven and Heaven
of Heaven belong to the Lord your
God, as well as the Earth and
everything in it.
The Lord chose your Fathers to Love
them, and He chose their seed after
them you above all Nations as it
is to this day.
And Circumcise the foreskin of your
heart, and do not be stiff-necked any
longer!
the Lord your God is God of gods,
and Lord of lords the Great God,
Almighty and Awesome, Who shows
no partiality, nor accepts gifts.
the orphans, and the widows, and
Loves the stranger, granting him
food and clothing.
therefore, Love the stranger, for
you were strangers in the Land of
Egypt.
shall Fear the Lord your God, and
you shall serve Him, and cleave to
Him, and swear by His Name.
He is your Boast and He is your God,
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