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Tone (7) Varys/Grave
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Katelisas to Stavro Sou ton Thanaton. By Thy Cross Thou destroyed Death;
Ineoxas to listi ton Paradison. Ton Thou opened Paradise to the Thief;

Sunday Vesper Hymns – 8th Sunday After Pentecost Miroforon ton thrinon metevales ke
tis sis Apostolis kirittin epetaxas, oti
Thou changed the funeral wail of the
Myrrh-bearing Women, and
Anestis, Hriste O Theos, parehon to Commanded them to announce to
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kosmo to Mega Eleos. Thine Apostles that Thou had Risen
KINDLY
USE THE SERVICE BOOK UNTIL THIS POINT,
from the dead, O Christ our God,
THEN CAREFULLY FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS WITH REGARD TO THESE HYMNS
Who bestows upon the world Great
HYMN OF THE EVENING INCENSE Mercy.
THE CONGREGATION MUST STAND
PSALM 140/141 – TONE 2 ✞ Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati, ✞ Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
ke nin ke ai ke is tous Eonas ton and to the Holy Spirit, both now
Kyrie ekekraxa pros Se, isakouson mou. Lord, I cry out to Thee: hear me, eonon. and forever, and to the Ages of
Isakouson mou, Kyrie. Kyrie, O Lord! O Lord, when I cry ages.
ekekraxa pros Se, isakouson mou, out to Thee, hear me! Hear
proshes ti foni tis deiseos mou, en to my voice, when I cry out to Amin Amen
kekragene me pros Se, isakouson Thee! Hear me, O Lord! MENAION - APOLYTIKION – TRANSFIGURATION - TONE 7
mou Kyrie.
Metemorfothis en to Ori Hriste O Theos, Transfigured upon the Mountain, O
Katevthinthito i prosevhi mou os Let my Prayer rise before Thee dixas tis Mathites Sou tin Doxan Sou, Christ our God, Thou showed Thy
thimiama enopion Sou. Eparsis ton like incense - the lifting up of kathos idinanto. Lampson ke imin tis Disciples Thy Glory as much as they
hiron mou Thisia Esperini. Isakouson my hands as the Evening Sacrifice. amartolis, to Fos Sou to edion, could bear. Shine Thine Everlasting
mou Kyrie! Hear me, O Lord! Presvies tis Theotokou, Fotodota Doxa Light also upon us sinners, through
RESURRECTION STIHERA – TONE (7) VARYS/GRAVE Si. the Intercessions of the Theotokos.
O Giver of Light, Glory to Thee!
Exagage ek filakis tin psihin mou, tou Bring out of prison my soul, to DISMISSAL PRAYERS & BLESSINGS

Exomologisasthe to Onomati Sou. Confess Thy Name.
Defte Agalliasometha to Kyrio, to Come, let us Rejoice in the Lord Who
sintripsanti Thanatou to Kratos, ke destroyed the power of Death and
fotisanti anthropon to genos, meta Enlightened mankind. And let us cry
ton Asomaton kravgazontes. together with the Angels: O Creator
Dimiourge ke Sotir imon: ✞ Doxa Si! and our Saviour! ✞ Glory to Thee!
Eme ipomenousi
antapodos mi.
Dikei, eos ou The Righteous shall wait for me, until
Thou Reward me.
Elder Ephraim of Arizona
Stavro ipeminas Sotir, ke Tafin di’ imas, Thou endured the Cross, O Saviour,
When God sees good intent on our part
Thanato de os Theos, Thanaton and the Tomb, for our sake. As God
enekrosas. Dio proskinoumen tin Thou put to Death to Death by
Triimeron Sou Anastasin: ✞ Kyrie: Death. Wherefore, we worship Thy
He may help us.
Doxa Si! Third Day Resurrection: O Lord: ✞
Glory to Thee!
And He will make our small intentions great,
Ek vatheon ekekraxa Si, Kyrie. Kyrie, Out of the depths I have cried to so that the Wondrous Salvation of our soul
isakouson tis fonis mou. Thee, O Lord. O Lord, hear my
voice. will be achieved.
Apostoli idontes tin Egersin tou The Apostles, having beheld the
Dimiourgou, ethavmasan voontes tin Resurrection of our Creator, in awe
Ainesin tin Angelikin: Afti i Doxa tis sang Angelic songs of Praise: This is
Ekklisias! Outos O ploutos tis Vasilias! the Glory of the Church! These are
O Pathon di’ imas, Kyrie: ✞ Doxa Si! the Riches of the Kingdom! Having
suffered Death, O Lord: ✞ Glory to
Thee!
Genithito ta ota Sou prosehonta is tin Let Thine Ears be attentive to the
fonin tis Deiseos mou. voice of my Supplication.

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Anestis ek tou Tafou, Sotir tou Kosmou, Rising from the Tomb, O Saviour of the
ke sinigiras tous anthropous, Sin ti
Sarki Sou, Kyrie, ✞ Doxa Si!
O Kyrios evasilefsen, evprepian
Enediasto. Enedisato Kyrios
Dinamin ke perizosato.
Ton Anastanta ek Nekron, ke Fotisanta Him
tap anta, defte proskinisome! Ek tis
tou Aidou gar tyranidos, imas
ileftherose, dia tis aftou Triimerou
Egerseos, Zoin imin dorisamenos, ke
to Mega Eleos.
Ke gar estereose tin ikoumenin, i tis
ou salevthisete.
Ipo ton Aidin katelthon Hriste, Thanaton Thou
eskilefsas, ke Triimeros Anastas, ias
sinanestisas, Doxaontas tin Sin
Pantodinamon Egersin, Kyrie
Filanthrope.
To Iko Sou prepi Agiasma, Kyrie, is
makrotita imeron.
Foveros ofthis Kyrie, en Tafo Kimenos os O
O ipnon, anastas de Triimeros os
dinatos, ton Adam sinanestisas
kravgazonta. ✞ Doxa ti Anastasi
Sou, Mone Filanthrope.
✞ 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
MENAION - APOSTICHA – TRANSFIGURATION – TONE (5) PLAGAL 1
Nomou ke Profiton Se Hriste, piitin ke
plirotin emartirisan, Orontes en ti
Nefeli, Moisis O Theoptis ke Elias O
empires armatilatis ke aflektos
Ouranodromos, epi tis
Metamorfoseos Sou, meth’ on ke imas
tou Sou Fotismou axioson Despota,
Imnin Se is tous eonas.
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world, Thou hast, together with Thy
Flesh, Raised up mankind. O Lord: ✞
Glory to Thee!
The Lord reigns; He is vested with
Majesty. Vested is the Lord, and
Girded with Power.
Who Rose from the Dead and
Enlightened all, come, let us worship!
For by His Resurrection on the Third
Day, He set us free from the tyranny
of Hades, granting us Life and Great
Mercy.
And He established the world, which
shall not be moved.
hast descended into Hades, O
Christ, despoiling Death. Rising on
the Third Day, Thou hast also raised
us up, and we Glorify Thine
Almighty Resurrection, O Lord, and
Loving God.
Holiness is proper to Thy House, O
Lord, unto length of days.
Lord, what a Fearful Sight it was to
behold Thee lying as if asleep in the
Tomb! Yet Thou Arose on the Third
Day in Power, also Raising Adam,
who cried: ✞ Glory to Thy
Resurrection, O Only Loving God!
and to the Holy Spirit, both now
and forever, and to the Ages of
ages.
Amen
The Law and the Prophecies, O Christ,
Thou Authored and Fulfilled, to
which Moses, the Seer of God, and
Elias, the Fiery Charioteer who races
unburnt across the Heavens,
testified on the Mountain in the
Cloud at Thy Transfiguration. With
them, make us worthy of Thine
Enlightenment, O Master, so that we
may Hymn Thee.
Kan sinelifthis Hriste, ipo anomon
andron, alla Si mou i Thos, ke ouk
eshinome, emastihthis ton noton, ouk
arnoume. Stavro prosilothis, ke ou
kripto. Is tin Egersin Sou kavhome.
O gar Thanatos Sou Zoi Mou.
Pantodiname ke Filanthrope, Kyrie: ✞
Doxa Si.
Ean anomias paratirisis, Kyrie, Kyrie,
tis ipostisete? Oti para Si O ilasmos
estin.
Davitikin profitian ekpliron, Hristos
megaliotita, en Sion, tin ikian
Mathites exekalipsen, eneton diknis
eafton, ke Doxazomenon ai, Sin Patri
te ke Pnevmati Agio, Proteron men
asarkon os Logon, isteron de di’ imas,
sesarkomenon, ke nekrothenta os
Anthropon, ke Anastanta kat’
ekousian os Filanthropon.
Eneken tou Onomatos Sou ipemina Se, Because
Kyrie; Ipeminen i psihi mou is ton
Logon Sou, ilpisen i psihi mou epi
ton Kyrion.
Katilthes en to Aidi Hriste os ivoulithis,
eskilefsas ton Thanaton, os Theos ke
Despotis, ke anestis Triimeros,
sinanastisas ton Adam, ek ton tou
Aidou desmon ke tis fthoras,
kravgazonta ke legonta: Doxa ti
Anastasi Sou, Mone Filanthrope!
MENAION - FESTAL PROSOMIA – TRANSFIGURATION – TONE 4
Apo Filaktis proias mehri niktos, apo
filakis proias, elpisato Israil epi ton
Kyrion.
Pro tou Sou Stavrou Kyrie, Oros
Ouranon emimito, Nefeli os Skini
efiplouto. Sou Metamorfoumenou,
ipo Patros de Martyroumenou, parin
O Petros Sin Iakovo ke Ioanni, os
mellontes sinine Si, ke en to kero tis
Paradoseos Sou, ina Theorisantes ta
Thavmasia Sou, mi diliasosi ta
pathimata Sou, a proskinise imas, en
Irini kataxioson, dia to Mega Sou
Eleos.
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Although Thou, O Christ, hast been
taken captive by evil men, Thou art
my God and I am not ashamed. I do
not deny that Thy Back was
scourged, nor will I hade that Thou
were nailed to the Cross. I boast of
Thy Resurrection, for Thy Death is
my Life! O Almighty and Loving
God: ✞ Glory to Thee!
If Thou, O Lord, should mark
transgression, O Lord, who would
stand? For there is Forgiveness
with Thee.
Fulfilling the Prophecy of David, Christ
revealed to His Disciples, the Majesty
of His Habitation in Zion. He
showed Himself Praised and
Glorified forever with the Father and
the Holy Spirit. Formerly, as the
Incorporeal Word, and then
Incarnate for our sake, and slain as
Man, He Rose in Power as our Loving
God.
of Thy Law, O Lord, I waited
for Thee; my soul waited for Thy
Word. My soul Hopes in the Lord.
As God and Master, O Christ, by Thy
Will Thou descended into Hades,
despoiling Death. And on the Third
Day, Thou Rose, raising with Thee
Adam, held captive by the chains of
Hades and of corruption, who cried,
and said: ✞ Glory to Thy
Resurrection O Only Loving God!
From the morning watch until night;
from the morning watch until night
– let Israel Hope in the Lord.
Before Thy Crucifixion, O Lord, the
Mount became like Heaven – the
Cloud was like a Tent. When Thou
were Transfigured and the Father
bore Witness to Thee, Peter, James
and John were there, since they
would also be with Thee when Thou
were betrayed, so that, by seeing
these Wonder of Thine nw, they
would not be frightened by Thy later
Sufferings. Grant that we may
Venerate Thy Passion in Peace, by
Thy Great Mercy.
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 Oti para to Kyrio to Eleos ke polli par For with
afto Litrosis. Ke aftos Litrosete ton
Israil ek pason ton anomion aftou.
Pro tou Stavrou Sou, Kyrie, Parlavon
tous Mathitas is Oros ipsilon,
Metemorfothis emprosthen afton,
aktisi Dinameos katavgazon aftous,
enthen Filanthropia, ekithen exousia,
dixe voulomenos tis Anastaseos tin
lamprotita, is ke imas O Theos, en
Irini, kataxioson, os Eleimon ke
Filanthropos.
Enite ton Kyrion panta ta Ethni!
Epenesate Afton pantes i Lai!
Is Oros ipsilon Metamorfothis O Sotir,
tous korifeous ehon ton Mathiton,
Endoxos exelampsas, dilon, oti i to
ipsi ton areton diaprepsantes, ke tis
entheou Doxis axiothisonte.
Sillalountes de to Hristo, Moisis ke
Ilias ediknion, oti zonton ke nekron
kirivi, ke O pale dia Nomou, ke
Profiton lalisas ipirhe Theos, O ke
Foni tou Patros, ek Nefelis Fotinis,
emaritri legousa. Aftou Akoete, tou
dia Stavrou ton Edin skilefsantos, ke
nekris doroumenou, Zoin tin Eonion.
Oti ekrateothi to Eleos Aftou ef’ imas, For
ke i alithia tou Kyriou meni is ton
eona.
Oros to pote Zofodes ke kapnodes, nin
Timion ke Agion Estin, en O i podes
Sou estisan Kyrie. Pro eonon gar
kekalimmenon Mysirion, ep’ eshaton
efanerosen i frikti Sou Metamorfosis,
Petro Ioanni ke Iakovo, itines tin
aktina tou Prospou Sou mi ferontes,
ke tin Lamprotita ton hitonon Sou,
epi Prosopon, is gin katevarinonto, i
ke ti ekastasi sinehomeni,
Ethavmazon Vlepontes, Moisin ke
Ilian Sillalountas Si ta mellonta
simvenin Si, ke Foni ek tou Patros,
Emaryri legousa: Outos Estin O Iios
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the Lord there is Mercy, and
with Him is Abundant Redemption;
and He will Redeem Israel from all
his transgressions.
Before Thy Crucifixion, O Lord, Thou
took Thy Disciples and led them up
a high mountain, and were
Transfigured before them. Thou
Illumined them with Rays of Thy
Power, thereby demonstrating Thy
Love of mankind as well as Thine
Authority. Thou wished to show
them the Radiance of the
Resurrection. Grant us to experience
the Resurrection in Peace, O God,
since Thou art Merciful and Lovest
mankind.
Praise the Lord, all Gentiles!
Him, all you people!
While on a High Mountain, Thou were
Transfigured, O Saviour – Thy
Paramount Disciples were with Thee
as Thou shone with Glory, for Thine
intention was to show that those
who attain Heights of Virtue will also
be worthy of Divine Glory. Moses
and Elias conversed with Christ,
showing that He is the Lord of the
Living and the dead, and that the
One wh spoke through the Law and
the Prophets of old, was God, and
the Voice of the Father bore witness
from the Bright Cloud, saying: “...
Listen to Him!” He is the One Who
despoiled Hades through the Cross
and granted to the dead Life Eternal.
His Mercy rules over us; and the
Truth of the Lord endures forever.
That Mount, once dark and smoky, is
now revered and Holy, for Thy Feet
stood upon it, O Lord. The Mystery –
hidden before all ages – was revealed
in Latter Days by Thine Awesome
Transfiguration to Peter, John and
James, who could not bear the
Shining Rays of Thy Face nor the
Radiance of Thy Garments, so they
fell to the ground, on their faces. In
ecstasy they marvelled as they
beheld Moses and Elias speaking
with Thee about what was to happen
to Thee. Then the Voice of the
Mou O Agapitos, en o Evdokisa, Father bore Witness to Thee and
Aftou akouete, os tis ke dorite to said: “This is My Beloved Son, in
kosmo to Mega Eleos. Whom I Am well Pleased. Listen to
Him!” Who grants the world Great
Mercy.
✞ Doxa Patri, ke Io, ke Agio Pnevmati ✞ Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit
MENAION - PROSOMIA – TRANSFIGURATION – TONE (5) PLAGAL 1
Defte anavomen is to Oros Kyriou, ke is Come, let us go up to the Mountain of
ton Ikon tou Theou imon ke our Lord, and the Hosue of our God,
Thasmethat tin Doxan tis and we shall bhold the Glory of His
Metamorfoseos Aftou, Doxan os Transfigurtion – Glory as of the Only
Mongenous para Patros, Foti Son frm the Father! By Light let us
proslavomen Fos, ke Metarsii receive Light, and when Uplifted by
genomeni to Pnevmati, Triada the Spirit, let us sing Hymns to the
Omoousion imnisomen is tous eonas. Consubstantial Trinity unto the
Ages.
Praise Ke nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton Now and ever, and to the Ages of
eonon. ages.
Amin Amen
THEOTOKION – TONE (7) VARYS/GRAVE
Mitir men egnosthis, iper fisin Thou were known to be a Mother
Theotoke, eminas de Parthenos, iper surpassing nature, O Theotokos, and
logon ke ennian, ke to Thavma tou yet Thou remained a Virgin, in a
Tokou Sou, erminefse glossa ou manner exceeding speech and
dinate. Paradoxou gar ousis tis thought. And no language is capable
sillipseos Agni, akataliptos Estin O of explaining the Wonder of Thy
tropos tis kiiseos. Opou gar voulete Childbirth! O Pure Maiden, Thy
Theos, nikate fiseos taxis. Dio Se Conception was Paradoxical, hence
pantes Mitera tou Theou ginoskontes, the manner of Thy Child-bearing is
deometha Sou ektenos. also Incomprehensible. For
whenever God so Wills, nature’s
THE ENTRANCE – “FOS ILARON...”
order is over-ridden. Wherefore,
acknowledging Thee as the Mother
of God, to Thee we all intently pray:
Intercede for the Salvation of our
soul.
PROKEIMENON - SATURDAY EVENING – PSALM 92 – TONE (6) PLAGAL 2
O Kyrios evasilefsen; Evprepian The Lord reigns; He is Vested with
Enedisato. (3) Majesty (3)
1. Enedisato Kyrios Dinamin ke 1. The Lord is Vested and Girded with
periezosato. Power
2. Ke gar estereose tin ikoumenin, itis 2. And He established the world,
ou salefthisete which shall not be moved.
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