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St Barbara Great Virgin Martyr of Heliopolis

St Barbara lived during the reign of Emperor Maximian (305-311). Her
pagan father, Dioscoros, was a rich and illustrious citizen of Heliopolis,
Syria. After his wife had died, he devoted himself to the care and
education of his only daughter.
St Barbaras extraordinary beauty compelled Dioscoros to hide her from the
sight of strangers, by having a high tower constructed for her protection
and accommodation - where only carefully selected servants and
pagan teachers were permitted entry.
The view of the beautiful landscape stretching into the distance and the
spectacular night skies fascinated and amazed St Barbara as she gazed
each day and night upon the throughout the seasons of the years,
which caused her to ponder many aspects concerning the All Powerful
Creator of such a splendid universe.
From her early childhood St Barbara believed that the cold, lifeless,
sculptures of marble, silver and gold that her father wanted her to
worship as gods were powerless, inanimate objects made by human
hands that certainly unable to create anything at all, nor could they
have power over her!
Each day, as she contemplated the natural beauty of the world, which she
observed from her high tower, her desire to know the True, Living and
Creative God profoundly consumed her soul, and she yearned to devote
herself entirely to Him by a life of chastity.
Eventually, reports of St Barbaras extraordinary physical beauty and
erudite education in many fields of scholarly knowledge were
whispered throughout the elite society of Heliopolis, whereupon many
suitors approached Dioscoros, with offers of marriage, but despite the
entreaties of her father, she gently and politely refused them all, and
cautioned her father that his persistence might alienate them forever.
Dioscoros, being ambitious, could not understand what caused her
stubborn refusals of marriage into such influential families, which would
increase his own wealth and social status, and, having pondered the
problem, he decided that his daughters temperament had been
affected by her life of seclusion, so, in the expectation of her eventual
acquiescence, he permitted her to leave the tower and granted
freedom to choose her own friends and acquaintances.
St Barbara met young Christian maidens in the city, who taught her about
our Divine Creator, the Holy Trinity, and the Divine Logos our Lord and
Saviour, Jesus Christ, the Incarnate, Eternal Word and Son of God the
Father.
By Divine Grace she also met a Priest who had arrived from Alexandria,
disguised as a merchant, and after having properly instructing her in
the Divine Mysteries of our Christian Faith, he Baptized St Barbara, and
then returned to his own country.
At this same time, a luxurious bathhouse was being built at Dioscoros home.
By his orders, the workers were to insert two windows in the south wall,
but St Barbara, taking advantage of her fathers absence, asked them to
make a third window, thereby forming a Trinity of light.
On one of the walls of the bathhouse, St Barbara mysteriously etched a cross
into the marble with her finger.
(Later, her footprints also became imprinted on the stone steps, and the
water of the bathhouse had great Healing Power that St Symeon
Metaphrastes compared to the Sanctified Stream of the Jordan River,
and the Pool of Siloam in Jerusalem.)

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THE EPISTLE

OF

ST PAUL

TO THE

GALATIANS 3 : 23 4 : 5

OUR ADOPTION AS CO-HEIRS WITH CHRIST THROUGH OUR FAITH AND HOLY BAPTISM

Brethren: before Faith came, we were kept under guard by the Law kept for
the Faith that would afterward be revealed.
Therefore, the Law was our Tutor - to bring us to Christ, so that we might be
Justified by Faith.
After Faith has come, we are no longer under a Tutor.
You are all sons of God through Faith in Christ Jesus.
For as many of you as were Baptised into Christ have put on Christ.
There is neither Jew nor Greek; there is neither slave nor free; there is neither
male nor female.
You are all one in Christ Jesus.
If you are Christs then you are Abrahams seed, and Heirs according to the
Promise.
I say that the Heir as long as he is a child does not differ at all from a slave,
although he is master of all, but is under Guardians and Stewards until the
time appointed by the Father.
Even so, we when we were children were in bondage under the elements of
the world.
When the fullness of time had come, God sent forth His Son Born of a
Woman, Born under the Law - to Redeem those who were under the Law,
that we might receive the Adoption as sons.
THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING
OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST HEALS

TO

ST LUKE 13 : 10 - 17

THE

BOWED WOMAN

ON THE

SABBATH

At that time, our Lord was teaching in one of the Synagogues on the Sabbath.
And behold: there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity for eighteen
years, and was bent over and could in no way raise herself.
Seeing her, Jesus called her to Him, and said to Her: Woman: you are loosed
from your infirmity.
And He laid His Hands on her.
And immediately she was made straight, and she Glorified God.
Indignately, the Ruler of the Synagogue responded, for Jesus had Healed on
the Sabbath.
He said to the crowd: There are six days on which to work. On them come and
be Healed, and not on the Sabbath Day!
Answering him, the Lord said: Hypocrite! Does not each one of you on the
Sabbath loose his ox or donkey from the stall, and lead it away to water
it?
So ought not this woman being a daughter of Abraham - whom Satan
has bound think of it: for eighteen years be loosed from this bond on
the Sabbath?
And when He said these things, all His adversaries were put to shame; and all
the multitude rejoiced for all the Glorious Things that were done by Him.

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Divine Liturgy Hymns & Readings

24TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 10TH OF ST LUKE
(ST BARBARA OF HELIOPOLIS & ST JOHN OF DAMASCUS)
RESURRECTION APOLYTIKION TONE (7) VARYS-GRAVE

Katelisas

By

to Stavro Sou ton Thanaton.

Ineoxas to listi ton Paradison. Ton
Miroforon ton thrinon metevales ke
tis sis Apostolis kirittin epetaxas, oti
Anestis, Hriste O Theos, parehon to
kosmo to Mega Eleos.

FESTAL APOLYTIKION ST BARBARA

OF

Varvaran tin Agian timisomen.

Ehthrou
gar tas pagodas sinetripse, ke os
strouthion erristhi ex afton, voithia ke
oplo tou Stavrou i Pansemnos.

FESTAL APOLYTIKION ST JOHN

OF

Thy Cross Thou destroyed Death;

Thou opened Paradise to the Thief;
Thou changed the funeral wail of the
Myrrh-bearing
Women,
and
Commanded them to announce to
Thine Apostles that Thou had Risen
from the dead, O Christ our God,
Who bestows upon the world Great
Mercy.

HELIOPOLIS

Barbara the Saint, let us Honour, for she

broke the snares of the enemy, and
escaped from them like a bird, with
the Cross as her help and shield.

DAMASCUS TONE (8) PLAGAL 4

Orthodoxias

Odige, Efsevias Didaskale

ke Senotitos, tis ikoumenis O Fostir,
ton
Monaston
to
Theopnefston
egkllopisma, Ioanni Sofe, tes didahes
Sou pantas Efotisas,
lira
tou
Pnevmatos. Presveve risto to Theo,
Sothine tas psihas imon.

Guide

of Orthodoxy and a Sacred

Teacher of Piety and Dignity,
Luminar of the world, and GodInspired Jewel of Monastics, O Wise
John, the Spirits instrument: by Thy
Teachings, Thou Enlightened all.
Intercede with Christ our God for the
Salvation of our soul.

SEASONAL KONTAKION FOREFEAST

TONE (8) PLAGAL 4

Parthenos simeron, ton proeonion

Logon, en Spileo ethete apotekin
aporritos.
Horeve, i ikoumeni,
akoutisthisa; doxason meta Angelon
ke
ton
Pimenon,
voilithenta
apofthine, pedion neon, ton pro
eonon Theon.

OF THE

NATIVITY- TONE 3

Today the Virgin comes to the Cave to

give Birth Ineffably to the Word PreEternal. Hearing this, be of good
cheer, O Earth and its people: glorify
Him with the Angels and the
Shepherds, Whose Will was to be
made manifest as a young Child
the Pre-Eternal God.

RESURRECTION PROKEIMENON PSALM 67/68 TONE 4

Thavmastos O Theos en tis Agiis Aftou. God is Wondrous in His Saints.

En Ekklisies Evlogite ton Theon, Kyrion In the Congregation, Bless God, our Lord
ek Pigon Israil.

of the Spring of Israel.

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When Dioscoros returned and saw the changes to the bathhouse he was
puzzled until St Barbara told him about how she had come to know
about the Saving Power of the Son of God and the futility of worshipping
man made idols.
Dioscoros was infuriated beyond all reason. He grabbed a sword and
almost struck St Barbara with it, as she turned and fled. He angrily
chased after her, until his path became blocked by a hill, which had
miraculously opened up and concealed St Barbara in a deep crevice.
After a very long and fruitless search for his daughter, Dioscoros
encountered two Shepherds who showed him to the cave where St
Barbara had hidden, and driven by his hatred, Dioscoros seized St
Barbara and beat her until she was swollen and bloody.
He dragged her to his house where she was imprisoned and guarded to
prevent her from receiving any acts of mercy neither food nor drink in
an attempt to wear her resistance down and force her to submit to his
will.
When all his efforts failed, Dioscoros had her taken to the Prefect,
Martianos, who ordered her to be brutally beaten and bludgeoned,
until the executioners were exhausted and St Barbara was returned to
the filthy dungeon where she prayed fervently to her Heavenly
Bridegroom, Who Appeared before her, to comfort and encourage her
and to Heal her terrible wounds.
The torturers were shocked to see that her wounds were healed, so they
subjected St Barbara to worse, degrading punishment, which was
witnessed by multitudes of citizens, (as a warning).
Among the horrified witnesses, was a virtuous Christian woman, St Juliana,
who was heart-broken for her suffering Sister in Christ, but also
profoundly encouraged by St Barbaras voluntary Martyrdom, so she
loudly denounced the pagan authorities and their executioners for what
they had done to someone so beautiful, pure and innocent.
As was to be expected, St Juliana was immediately seized, dragged to the
prison and unmercifully tortured alongside St Barbara. Their naked
bodies were raked and shredded with sharp hooks, after which they
dragged naked and bleeding through the city amidst derision and
jeers, being spat upon, beaten and kicked by the blood thirsty, cruel
pagan mobs who were encouraged by the executioners.
Through the Intercessory Prayers of St Barbara, our Lord sent an Angel to
cover the nakedness of the Holy Martyrs with a splendid robe.
Having reached the place of execution, St Barbara and St Juliana were
beheaded, thereby being Perfected by sword.
The insane, hatred-driven father, Dioscoros, had beheaded his own
daughter, and consequently, both the Prefect, Martianos, and Dioscoros
were struck by lightning and killed instantly.
In the sixth century, the Holy Relics of St Barbara, the Great Holy Virgin
Martyr were transferred to Constantinople.
Six hundred years later, they were transferred to Kiev by Barbara, the
daughter of Byzantine Emperor, Alexios Comnenos, who married
Russian Prince Michael Izyaslavich.
Today the Holy Relics of St Barbara rest at Kievs St Vladimir Cathedral,
where an Akathist to the Saint is served each Tuesday.
Many pious Orthodox Christians chant the Troparion of St Barbara each
day, recalling our Saviours Promise that those who remembered her
and her sufferings would be preserved from a sudden, unexpected
death, and would not depart this life without the Benefit of the Holy
Mysteries of Christ.
May her memory be Eternal, and may she always Intercede for our
Salvation.
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Sunday Matins Hymns 4 December 2016

24TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
10TH SUNDAY OF ST LUKE THE BOWED WOMAN
(ST BARBARA OF HELIOPOLIS & ST JOHN OF DAMASCUS)
PSALM 117 /118
PRAISE

TO

GOD

FOR

HIS EVERLASTING MERCY

Theos

Kyrios ke Epefanen imin.

Evlogimenos O erhomenos en
Onomati Kyriou!
STIHO S
1 : Exomologisthe to Kyrio, oti
Agathos, oti is ton eona to Eleos
Aftou!*
S T I H O S 2 : Panta ta Ethni ekiklosan me,
ke to Onomati Kyriou inamin
aftous.*
S T I H O S 3 : Para Kyriou egeneto afti, ke
esti Thavmasti en ofthalmis imon.*

The Lord is God, and has Appeared

to us. Blessed is He Who comes in
the Name of the Lord!
VE RSE 1 :
Confess the Lord, for He is
Good;
for His Mercy endures
forever!*
VE RSE
2 : All the Nations surrounded
me, but in the Name of the Lord I
drove them back.*
V E R S E 3 : This is the Lords doing, and
it is Marvellous in our eyes.*

RESURRECTION APOLYTIKION TONE (7) VARYS/GRAVE

Katelisas

to Stavro Sou ton Thanaton.

Ineoxas to listi ton Paradison. Ton
Miroforon ton thrinon metevales ke
tis sis Apostolis kirittin epetaxas, oti
Anestis, Hriste O Theos, parehon to
kosmo to Mega Eleos.

FESTAL APOLYTIKION ST BARBARA

By

OF

Varvaran tin Agian timisomen.

Ehthrou
gar tas pagodas sinetripse, ke os
strouthion erristhi ex afton, voithia ke
oplo tou Stavrou i Pansemnos.

Doxa Patri, ke Io, ke Agio Pnevmati

Thy Cross Thou destroyed Death;

Thou opened Paradise to the Thief;
Thou changed the funeral wail of the
Myrrh-bearing
Women,
and
Commanded them to announce to
Thine Apostles that Thou had Risen
from the dead, O Christ our God,
Who bestows upon the world Great
Mercy!

HELIOPOLIS

TONE (8) PLAGAL 4

Barbara the Saint, let us Honour, for she

broke the snares of the enemy, and
escaped from them like a bird, with
the Cross as her help and shield.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

and to the Holy Spirit

FESTAL APOLYTIKION ST JOHN

OF

DAMASCUS TONE (8) PLAGAL 4

Orthodoxias

Odige, Efsevias Didaskale

ke Senotitos, tis ikoumenis O Fostir,
ton
Monaston
to
Theopnefston
egkllopisma, Ioanni Sofe, tes didahes
Sou pantas Efotisas,
lira
tou
Pnevmatos. Presveve risto to Theo,
Sothine tas psihas imon.

Guide

Ke

nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton

eonon.

Now and ever, and to the Ages of ages.

Amin

of Orthodoxy and a Sacred

Teacher of Piety and Dignity,
Luminar of the world, and GodInspired Jewel of Monastics, O Wise
John, the Spirits instrument: by Thy
Teachings, Thou Enlightened all.
Intercede with Christ our God for the
Salvation of our soul.

Makarios

Blessed

Pater

Timios enantion Kyriou O Thantos tou

Precious

anir O fovoumenos ton

Kyrion, en tes Entoles aftou thelisi
sfodra.

Ioanni Endoxe, tis kosmikis

apostasy, tarahodous sighiseos, tou
Hristou
prosedrames,
ti
galini
Panosie, ke theorias, Thias ke praxeos,
tas Panolvious, safos lamprotitas,
ontos eploutisas, ke Pistis metedokas,
Theoprepi,
io
lamprinomenos,
Makariotate.

Osiou aftou.

Defte

gigenis en asmasi, tin Ieran ke

septin, tou Osiou Panigyrin, Ioannou
simeron,
evsevos
animnisomen.
Outos gar ontos, Thias ellampseos,
katixiothi to Fos isdexasthe. O tis
afatou sou, efsplaghnias Kyrie! Di is
imis, egnomen Doxazin Se, ton
iperagathon.

Doxa Patri, ke Io, ke Agio Pnevmati

is the man who Fears the

Lord; he will delight exceedingly in
His Commandments.
Father John, All Glorious, Thou left
the things of the world, its
confusion and turbulence, and
hastened to the Stillness and Peace
of Christ.
The clearly Blessed
Illumination
from
the
Contemplation of God and Active
Life truly Enriches Thee, and Thou
share it with Believers, for Thou art
Brightened by Thy Godly Life, O
Truly Blessed!
in the Sight of our Lord is
the death of His Holy.

Come, all Earth born, let us sing a Holy

Song, and observe the Sacred
Festival of John, extolling him with
Hymns today, for he was granted
reception of the Light of the Divine
Lumination in himself.
O, this
Ineffable Tender Love of Thine, O
Lord, whereby we know to give
Glory to Thee Who art Surpassingly
Good.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

and to the Holy Spirit

SECOND RESURRECTION EOTHINON DOXASTIKON -

Meta

miron proselthouses tes peri tin

Mariam Ginexi, ke diaporoumenes,
pos este aftes tihin tou efetou, orathi
O lithos metirmenos, ke Thios
Neanias
katastellon ton thorivon
afton tis psihis. Igerthi, gar, fisin,
Iisous O Kyrios. Dio kirixate tis kirixin
aftou Mathites, is tin Galilean dramin,
ke opsesthe afton, anastanta ek
nekron, os Zoodotin ke Kyrion.

THEOTOKION GREAT DOXOLOGY

RESURRECTION APOLYTIKION

TONE 2

The Women

with Mary took ointments

with them; and while they were
apprehensive about achieving their
objective, they saw that the stone
had been rolled aside, and a Holy
Youth removed all anxiety and
trouble from their souls by saying:
The
Lord
Jesus
had
risen!
Wherefore, they make known to His
Disciples, that they should hasten to
Galilee and behold Him, Risen from
the dead; for He is the Lord, the
Giver of Life.

Amen

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Enite

Afton epi tes Dinasties Afton.

Enite Afton kata to plithos tis
Megalosinis Aftou.

Praise Him for His Mighty Acts;

praise
Him according to the greatness of
His Majesty.

Hristou tin Anastasin, proskinountes ou We

pavometha: Aftos gar imas esosen,
ek ton anomion imon: Agios Kyrios
Iisous, O dixas tin Anastasin.

Enite

Afton en iho salpingos. Enite

Afton en psaltirio ke kithara.

Praise

Him with the sound of the

trumpet; praise Him with lute and
harp.

on antapedoken imin? Di imas

Theos en
anthropis:
dia tin
kataftharisan fisin, O Logos sarx
egeneto, ke eskinosen en imin: pros
tous aharistous O evergetis: pros
tous ehmaltous O elevtherotis: pros
tous en skoti kathimenous, O Ilios tis
dikeosinis: epi ton Stavron O
apathis: epi ton Adin to Fos: epi ton
thanaton i Zoi: i Anastasis dia tous
nesontas, pros on voisomen: O Theos
imon, Doxa Si!

for all that He has given back to us?

For us God came among men; for
our corrupted nature the Word
became Flesh and dwelt amongst us:
the Benefactor to the ungrateful; the
Liberator to the prisoners; the Sun
of Justice to those who sat in
darkness; the Impossible
to the
Cross; the Light to Hades; Life to
Death; Resurrection for the fallen; to
Him we cry out: O our God: Glory to
Thee!

FESTAL STIHERA - PSALM 150 ST JOHN

TONE (8) PLAGAL 4

Enite

Ioanni Pansofe, tin Ekklisian

Hristou,
katefedrinas
asmasin,
antheastikotata, melodeon Panaidime,
ti Energia Pater tou Pnevmatos, tin
Sin Kiniran, anakrovomenos, nin
Panarmonion,
tou
David
mimoumenos,
in
enihon,
Thiis
melodimasi, pantas katethelxas.

Enite

Afton en kimvalis evihis. Enite

Afton en kimvalis alalagmou. Pasa
pnoi inesato ton Kyrion.

Pater

Ioanni Pansofe, tin Ekklisian

Hristou,
katefedrinas
asmasin,
antheastikotata, melodeon Panaidime,
ti Energia Pater tou Pnevmatos, tin
Sin Kiniran, anakrovomenos, nin
Panarmonion,
tou
David
mimoumenos,
in
enihon,
Thiis
melodimasi, pantas katethelxas.

OF

di imas Gennithis ek Parthenou, ke

Stavrosin ipomenas Agathe, O
Thanato ton Thanaton skilefsas, ke
egersin dixas os Theos, mi paridis
ous eplasas ti Heri Sou. Dixon tin
Filanthropian Sou Eleimon. Dexe tin
tekousan
Se
Theotokon,
Presvevousan iper imon, ke Soson,
Sotir, imon, laon apegnosmenon.

Father John, All Wise, with Sacred

Songs Thou adorned and Illumined
the Church of Christ in a Most
Inspired manner. O Famous Father,
Thou melodised as Thou were
moved by the Energy of the Spirit,
and now Thou strike Thine own
harp in all the modes, in imitation
of David, and by those Divine
Melodies, enchanting all.

Praise

Him with tuneful cymbals;

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

Father John, All Wise, with Sacred

Songs Thou adorned and Illumined
the Church of Christ in a Most
Inspired manner. O Famous Father,
Thou melodised as Thou were
moved by the Energy of the Spirit,
and now Thou strike Thine own
harp in all the modes, in imitation
of David, and by those Divine
Melodies, enchanting all.

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of a Virgin and having endured

Crucifixion for our sake, O Good
One, Thou despoiled Death through
Death, and, as God, revealed
Resurrection. Despise not those
whom Thou has created with Thine
own Hand.
Show Thy Love for
mankind, O Merciful One. Accept
the Intercessions the Theotokos, for
us, and Save, O our Saviour, Thy
despairing people.

I Zoi en to tafo anekito, ke sfragis en to When

Life had been laid in the Tomb

and a seal laid upon the stone,
soldiers guarded Christ as a
sleeping King and Angels glorified
Him as Immortal God, while Women
cried aloud: The Lord has Risen,
granting the world His Great Mercy!

litho epekito, os Vasilea ipnounta,

stratiote efilatton Hriston, ke Angeli
edoxazon, os Theon athanaton,
Ginekes de ekravgazon: Anesti O
Kyrios, parehon to kosmo to Mega
Eleos

Doxa Patri, ke Io, ke Agio Pnevmati

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

Ti

trimero tafi Sou skilefsas ton

Thanaton,
ke
ftharenta
ton
anthropon, ti Zoiforo egersi Sou,
Anastisas Hriste O Theos, os
Filantropos: Doxa Si!

By

Ke

nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton

eonon.

Now and ever, and to the ages of ages.

and to the Holy Spirit

DAMASCUS

Him with timbrel and dance;

praise Him with strings and flute

Born

SMALL LITANY
FIRST RESURRECTION KATHISMATA - TONE (7) VARYS/GRAVE

Praise

Afton en hordes ke organo.

Pater

do not cease to worship Christs

Resurrection, for He has Saved us
from our iniquities, Holy is Lord
Jesus Who showed forth the
Resurrection.

Ti antapodosomen to Kyrio, peri panton What return shall we make to the Lord

Enite Afton en timpano ke horo.

THEOTOKION TONE (8) PLAGAL 4

Amin.

Thy Burial for three day Thou

despoiled Death, and by Thy Lifebearing
Rising
Thou
raised
corrupted humanity, O Christ God,
as Thou Lovest mankind: Glory to
Thee!

Amen
THEOTOKION TONE (7) VARYS/GRAVE

Os

tis imon Anastaseos thisavrisma,

tous epi si pepithotas panimnite, ek
lakkou ke vithou ptesmaton anagage.
Si gar tis ipevthinous ti amartia
esosas, tekousa tin Sotirian. I pro
Toko Parthenos ke en Toko Parthenos
ke meta Tokon palin ousa Parthenos.

In

that Thou art the Treasury of our

Resurrection, lead Thou forth from
the pit and depth of transgressions
those who set their hope on Thee, O
All-hymned One!
For Thou has
Saved those who were guilty of sin,
in that Thou gave Birth to our
Salvation: O Thou Who before Birthgiving was Virgin, and in Birth-giving
was Virgin, and after Birth-giving
remainest Virgin still.

SECOND RESURRECTION KATHISMA TONE (7) VARYS-GRAVE

Esfragismenou

tou Mnimatos, i Zoi ek

Tafou anetilas Hriste O Theos: ke ton
thiron keklismenon, tis Mathites
epestis, i pantaon anastasis: Pnevma
evthes di afton egkenizon imin, kata
to Mega Sou Eleos.

While the Tomb was sealed, Christ God,

Thou Dawned, O Life, from the
Grave; and while the doors were
shut, Thou, the Resurrection of all,
came to Thy Disciples, through them
renewing a right Spirit in us,
according to Thy Great Mercy!

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 Doxa Patri, ke Io, ke Agio Pnevmati

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

and to the Holy Spirit

Epi

to mnima edramon Ginekes, meta

dakrion Mira ferouse, ke Stratioton
filassonton se, ton ton olon Vasilea,
elegon pros eaftas: Tis apokilisi imin
ton lithon? Anesti O megalis Voulis
Angelos, Patisas ton Thanaton.
Pantodiname Kyrie, Doxa Si.

Ke

nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton

eonon.

Amin

Bringing

sweet spices with their tears,

the Women ran to the Tomb, and
while soldiers guarded Thee, the
King of all, they said to one another:
Who will roll away the stone for us?
The Angel of Great Counsel has
Risen, trampling on Death.
All
Powerful Lord: Glory to Thee!

Here, Keharitomeni ! Theotoke Parthene, Hail, O Full of Grace!

Virgin Theotokos,
Haven and Protection of the human
race, for from Thee the Redeemer of
the world took Flesh, for Thou alone
art Mother and Virgin, Ever Blessed
and Glorified: intercede with Christ
God to grant the whole world peace.

Limin ke Prostasia tou genous ton

anthropon: ek Sou gar esarkothi O
Litrotis tou kosmou: moni gar iparhis,
Mitir ke Tharthenos, Ai Evlogimeni,
ke Dedoxasmeni, Presveve Hristo to
Theo, Irinin dorisas pasis ti ikoumeni.
RESURRECTION
EVLOGITARIA,
TRISAGION
HYMN, THEOTOKION & SMALL LITANY

RESURRECTION IPERKOI TONE (7) VARYS/GRAVE

RESURRECTION ANABATHMI
A N TIPH ONO N

Tin ehmalosian Sion ek

planis
epistrepsas
kame,
Zooson, exeron doulopathias.

Christ

God, Who took our form and

endured the Cross in the Body, Save
me by Thy Resurrection, as Thou
Lovest mankind.

TONE (7) VARYS/GRAVE

Sotir,

drepsete

Saviour, Thou delivered

Zion held captive by error. Raise me
also from the servitude of my
passions, and grant me Life.

A N TIPH ON

En to noto O spiron thlipsis, nistias meta He

dakrion,
outos
haras
dragmata aizootrofias

Harin ton iaseon, ek Theou

dexameni, Varvara Panaidime, tou
iasthe
tas
nosous,
ton
Pisti
prostrehonton
Si,
ton
Theon
Doxazousa, ton epi panton Despotin,
rise
pantas
kindinon,
limikis
asthenias, ke psihikon nosimaton.

who sows sorrow in the South and

Fasting with tears shall bountifully
reap nourishment everlasting.

Sofia sou, tas eresis

pammakar, O Ioanni Pnasofe, ke
Orthodoxon Dogma, ti, Ekklisia
dedokas, tou orthos dogmatizin, ke
Doxazin
Triada,
Monada
trisipostaton, en mia ti Ousia.

OF

HELIOPOLIS

TONE 3

From

God Thou hast received the Gift

to perform Cures and Healings, O
Barbara extolled by all, so Thou Cure
the diseases of those who come to
Thee with Faith. In this manner
Thou Glorify our God and Master of
all things. Deliver all from danger,
from contagious diseases, and
ailments of soul and body.

FESTAL EXAPOSTEILARION ST JOHN

Anetrepsas

Amen

imeteran morfin analavon, ke

ipominas Stavron Somatikos, soson
me ti Anastasi Sou, Hriste O Theos,
os filanthropos.

Tin

Now and ever, and to the ages of ages.

THEOTOKION - TONE (7) VARYS/GRAVE

Ones!
FESTAL EXAPOSTEILARION ST BARBARA

OF

DAMASCUS

TONE 3

Thou

refuted the heresies, O Blessed

One, by Thy Wisdom, O Devout All
Wise Father John. To the Church
Thou hast given the Dogma that is
Orthodox so that we might correctly
all Glorify and Worship the Trinity in
One Essence and Unity in Three
Persons.

THEOTOKION TONE 3

Ekiisas

Panahrante, ton tou Theou

Theon Logon, to kosmo tin Sotirion,
ektelounta
Pansofos,
ikonomian
aristin.
Dia touto Se pantes,
imnologoumen
axios,
os
presvevousan touto. Litrothine imas
noson, ke pantion kindinon.
LAUDS: PRAISES

TO

O Lady, All Immaculate:

Thou bore the

Word of God and God Who Wisely
wrought the Excellent Plan for the
worlds Salvation. All of us, for this
reasons, as is worthy, extol Thee for
Entreating Him to deliver us from
illness and every kind of danger.

GOD - PSALM 148

PRAISES TO THE LORD FROM ALL CREATION

Pasa

Let

Enite

Praise Him, all His Angels; praise Him,

pnoi enesato ton Kyrion. Enite

ton Kyrion ek ton Ouranon. Enite
Afton en tis ipsistis. Si prepi imnos
to Theo.
Afton, pantes i Angelli Aftou.
Enite Afton, pase e Dinamis Aftou.
Si prepi imnos to Theo.

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.

all His Powers. To Thee praise is

due, O God.

RESURRECTION STIHERA - TONE (7) VARYS /GRAVE

Doxa

Glory

Tou

Amin
Agio

Amen
The Holy

Anesti Hristos ek nekron, lisas thanatou Christ has Risen from the dead, loosing

Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati.

Ke nin ke ai ke is tous eonas ton
eonon.

Pnevmati, Pigi ton Thion

thisavrismaton, ex ou Sofia, sinesis,
fovos. Afto enesis, Doxa, Timi ke
Kratos.
B Ean mi Kyrios ikodomisi
Ikon ton tis psihis, matin kopiomen.
Plin gar Aftou, ou proxis, ou logos
telite.

A N TIPH ONO N

to the Father, and to the Son

and to the Holy Spirit, Now and
ever and to the Ages of Ages.

Spirit is the Well-spring of

Divine Treasures from Whom comes
Wisdom, Prudence, and Awe.
To
Him belongs Praise, Glory, Honour
and Power.
2
Unless the Lord builds the
house of the soul, we labour in vain.
For without Him, neither word nor
deed can be accomplished.

A N TIPH ON

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piise en aftis krima engrapton.

Doxa afti este pasi tis Osiis Aftou.

ta desma: Evangelizou gi Haran

Megalin: enite Ourani Theou tin
Doxan.

To

execute upon them the Judgement

that is decreed; such Glory will be
for all His Holy Ones.
the bonds of Death: earth proclaims
the Good Tidings of Great Joy:
Heaven sings out the Glory of God!

Enite

Praise God in His Saints;

Anastasin

Having seen the Resurrection of Christ,

ton Theon en tis Agiis Afton.

Enite Afton en stereomati tis
Dinameos Aftou.
Hristou
theasameni,
proskinisomen Agion Kyrion, Iisoun
ton Monon Anamartiton.

praise Him in
the firmament of His Power.

let us worship Holy Lord Jesus, the

only Sinless One.

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Theognosias, pros Fos Odigithentes,

ek
niktos
orthrizontes,
Doxologoumen Se Filanthrope!

Splaghnon

Ionan emvrion apimesen,

enalios thir, ion edexato. Ti Partheno
de, enikisas O Logos, ke Sarka lavon,
dililithe psilaxas adiafthoron. Is gar
ouhipesti
pefseos,
tin
tekousan
kateshen apimanton.

Pedes efsevia sintrafentes, dissevous,

prostagmatos katafronisantes, piros
apilin ouk eptoithisan, all en meso tis
flogos, estotes epsallon.
O Ton
Pateron Theos Evlogitos i!

Enoumen,

Evlogoumen
Proskinoumen ton Kyrion!

ke

iperfious i drosovolos,
exikonise kaminos tipon. Ou gar ous
edexato flegi neous, os oude pir tis
Theotitos, Parthenou in ipedi nidin.
Dio animnountes anamelpsomen.
Evlogito is ktisis pasa ton Kyrion, ke
iperpsouto, is pantas tous eonas!

THE MAGNIFICAT

OF THE

The sea monster spat forth Jonah as it

had received him - like a babe from
the womb - while the Word, having
dwelt in the Virgin and taken Flesh,
came forth from Her yet kept Her
uncorrupted. For being Himself not
subject to decay, He preserved His
Mother free from harm.

Tou

The

Doxa

Glory

Amin
Agio

Amen
The Holy Spirit holds the existence of

Karpou tis Gastros i Agii

Pnematokinitos, Anavlastousi patroa
Dogmata iithesias.
Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati.
Ke nin ke ai ke is tous eonas ton
eonon.

Pnemati, ta simpanta to ine ehi.

Pro panton gar Theos, ton olon
Kyriotis, Fos aprositon, Zoi ton
panton.

Scorning

the impious Decree, the

Children brought up together in
Godliness feared not the threat of
fire - while standing in the midst of
the flames, they sang O God of our
Fathers, Blessed art Thou!

We Praise, we Bless and we Worship

I fovoumeni ton Kyrion,

odous Zois evrontes, nin ke ai
Makariounte Doxi akirato.

A N TIPH ONO N

ta ekgona
prosagon
pimenarha.

The furnace - moist with Dew - was the

image and figure of a Wonder
beyond nature. For it burnt not the
Children whom it had received, even
as the Fire of the Godhead
consumed not the Virgins Womb
into which It had descended.
Therefore in praise let us sing: Let
the whole Creation Bless the Lord
and Exalt Him above all forever!

9TH ODE- NATIVITY

Megalinon

psihi mou, tin Timioteran,

ke
Evdoxoteran
ton
ano
Stratevmaton.

Mystirion Xenon, oro ke

paradoxon:
Ouranon to Spyleon!
Thronon Herouvikon, tin Parthenon!
Tin fatnin horion! En O aneklithi O
ahoritos, Hristos O Theos!
On
animvountes Megalinomen!

IRMO S

SMALL LITANY... PRAISES TO GOD

OF

Honourable and more

than the Heavenly Hosts.

Glorious

A Strange and Most

Wonderful Mystery do I see: The
Cave is Heaven! The Virgin is the
Throne of the Cherubim!
The
Manger is a Grand Space, in which
Christ, the God Whom nothing can
contain, is laid! Him do we praise
and magnify!

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They who fear the Lord
have found the Way of Life. They are
Blessed with Pure Glory, now and
forever more.

A N TIPH ON

and be glad, O Shepherd,

seeing Thy descendants as saplings
round about Thy Table, and offer
them unto Christ.

Amin
Agio

Amen
The Holy

Pnevmati, Vithos Harismaton,

Ploutos Doxis, Krimaton Vathos
Mega, Omodoxon Patri ke Io.
Latevton gar.

to the Father, and to the Son,

and to the Holy Spirit. Now and
ever, and to the Ages of Ages.

Spirit is the Abundance of

Gifts, the Wealth of Glory, the Great
Depth of Judgements, for He is
worshipped and is equal to the
Father and the Son in Glory.

RESURRECTION PROKEIMENON TONE (7) VARYS/GRAVE

Anastithi, Kyrie O Theos mou, ipsothito Arise,

i Hir Sou, mi epilathou ton peniton
Sou is telos. [2]

Exomologisome Si, Kyrie, en oli

kardia mou.

STIHOS

O Lord, my God, and let Thy

Hand be lifted up: forget not Thy
poor forever.

I will confess unto Thee, O

Lord: with my whole heart

VERSE

Anastithi, Kyrie O Theos mou, ipsothito Arise,

i Hir Sou, mi epilathou ton peniton
sou is telos.

O Lord, my God, and let Thy

Hand be lifted up: forget not Thy
poor forever.

RESURRECTION GOSPEL 2: MARK 16:1 - 8

THE HOLY MYRRHBEARERS WITNESS THE EMPTY TOMB OF OUR RISEN LORD JESUS CHRIST

Ke

diagenomenou tou Savvatou Maria i

Magdalini ke Maria i tou Iakovou ke
Salomi igorasan aromata ina elthouse
elipsosin afton.

Now

Ke

lian proi tis mias Savvaton erhonte

epi to Mnimion, anatilantos tou iliou.

Very

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the world. He is, before all, Lord of

all, Unapproachable, Light and Life
of all.

Glory

Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati.

Ke nin ke ai ke is tous eonas ton
eonon.

Ton lithon deorisase, apokekilismenon, e Verily, when the Myrrh-bearing Women

saw the stone rolled, they rejoiced;
for they saw a Young Man sitting at
the Tomb who said to them: Behold!
Christ has Risen! Tell the Disciples with Peter - to hasten to the
Mountain; for there He shall appear
to you as He foretold., His Beloved

to the Father, and to the Son,

and to the Holy Spirit. Now and
ever, and to the Ages of Ages.

Doxa

H E IRM O S

SECOND RESURRECTION EXAPOSTEILARION TONE 2

Mirofori eheron. Idon gar neaniskon,

kathimenon en to Tafo, ke aftos
taftees efi.
Idou Hristos egigerte.
Ipate sin to Petro tis Mathites. En to
Ori fthasate Galileas, eki imin
ofthisete, os Proipe tis Filis!

Sou, here, evfrenou,

tafta
ton
Hristo,

CHRIST

Magnify, O my soul, Her who is more

Saint, the Fruit of the Womb,

Spiritually Inspire and Regenerate
the Teachings of our Fathers,
concerning our adoption by God.

Kiklo tis Trapezis Sou, os stelehi vlepon Rejoice,

the Lord!

Thavmatos

FESTAL KATAVASIA

Peace. So are we guided towards the

Light of the Knowledge of God, and,
watching by night, we Glorify Thee,
O Lover of mankind!

when the Sabbath was past, Mary

Magdalene, Mary the Mother of
James1, and Salome bought spices,
that they might go and anoint Him.
early in the morning, on the first
day of the week, they went to the
Tomb when the sun had risen.

THE MOTHER OF JAMES IS A VEILED REFERENCE TO OUR LADY, THE EVER BLESSED THEOTOKOS.

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Ke elegon pros eaftas.

Tis apokilisi imin

ton lithon ek tis thiras tou mnimiou?

Ke
Ke

And they said among themselves: Who

will roll away the stone from the door
of the Tomb for us?

anavlepsase
theorousin
oti
apokekiliste O lithos. In gar mega
sfodra.

But when they looked up, they saw that

iselthouse is to Mnimion idon

neaniskon kathimenon en tis dexiis,
perivevlimenon stolin lefkin, ke
exethamvithisan.

And

O de legi aftes.

Mi ekthamvisthe. Isoun
zitite ton Nazarinon ton estavromen.
Igerthi, ouk estin ode. Ide o topos
opou ethikan afton.

the stone had been rolled away - for

it was very large.
entering the Tomb, they saw a
young man clothed in a long white
robe sitting on the right side; and
they were alarmed.

But

he said to them: Do not be

alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth,
Who was crucified. He is risen! He is
not here. See the place where they
laid Him.

All ipagete ipate tis Mathites aftou ke to

Petro oti praogi imas is tin Galilean.
Eki afton dpsesthe, kathos ipen imin.

So go, tell His Disciples - and Peter that He is going before you into
Galilee; there you will see Him, as He
said to you.

Ke

And

exelthouse efigon apo tou mnimiou.

Ihe de aftas tromos ke ekstasis, ke
oudeni ouden ipon. Efovounto gar

they went out quickly and fled

from the Tomb, trembling and
amazed. And they said nothing to
anyone, for they were afraid.

RESURRECTION PRAYER, PSALM 50/51, TRIODION IDIOMELA, PRAYERS FOR

SALVATION

RESURRECTION KONTAKION TONE (7) VARYS/GRAVE

Ouketi

to kratos tou Thanatou, ishise

katehin tous vrotous: Hristos gar
katilthe sintrivon, ke lion tas dinamis
aftou: desmite O Adis, Profite
simfonos agallonte, epesti legontes,
Sotir tis en pisti: EXERHESTHE I PISTI IS
TIN ANASTASIN.

No longer does the might of Death have

power to keep mortals captive: for
Christ came down, breaking in pieces
and destroying its power.
Now
Hades is bound, the Prophets with
Joy in unison declare: The Saviour
has appeared to those with Faith.
COME OUT YOU FAITHFUL TO THE
RESURRECTION!

RESURRECTION OIKOS TONE (7) VARYS/GRAVE

Etreme

katothen
ta
katahthonia
simeron, O Adis ke O thanatos ton
ena tis Triados: i gi ekonito, pilori de
Adou idontes Se eptixan: i ktisis de
pasa sin tis Profites herousa psalli Si,
peinikion odin to litroti imon Theo, to
katalisanti nin thanatou tin dinamin.
Alalazomen ke voisomen to Adam, ke
tis ex Adam. XILON TOUTON ISIGAGEN
EXERHESTHE I PISTI IS TIN ANASTASIN.

All that is beneath the earth, Hades and

Death, trembled today before One of
the Trinity: the earth quaked, the
Gate-keepers of Hades, when they
saw Thee, quailed!
All Creation,
rejoicing with the Prophet, sins Thee
a Song of Victory, our Redeemer and
God Who destroyed the power of
Death. Let us shout with Joy and cry
out to Adam and to Adams race:
COME OUT, YOU FAITHFUL, TO THE
RESURRECTION!

SYNAXARION 4 DECEMBER

Ti

tou aftou minos athlisis tis Agias

Ti

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this 4th day of the month, we

Commemorate the Contest of the
Great Holy Martyr, St Barbara, of
Heliopolis, Syria.

Ti

afti imera mnimin tou Osiou Patros

imon
Ioannou
Monahou
ke
Presviterou, tou Damaskinou.

On this day, we Commemorate our Holy

afti imera mnimi tou Osiou Patros

imon Ioannou, Episkopou Polivotou,
tou Thavmatourgou.

On this day we Commemorate our Holy

Father, St John of Damascus, Monk

and Priest.
Father, St John the Wonderworker,
Bishop of Polybotos.

Ti afti imera i Agia iouliani Xifi telioute.

On this day St Juliana of Heliopolis was

Ti

afti imera i Agii Hristodoulos ke

Hristodouli xifi teliounte.

On

Agios Neos Ieromartys Seraphim O

Fanariou Episkopos, O Martyrisas en
eti 1601 souili diaparis, telioute.

The

Perfected by sword.
this day St Christodoulos and St
Christodouli were perfected by
sword.

New
Holy
Hieromartyr,
St
Seraphim, Bishop of Phanarion,
witnessed in 1601 and was Perfected
in Holy Martyrdom when he was
impaled.

Tes afton Agies Presvies, O Theos eleison By their Holy Intercessions, O God, have
ke Soson imas.

Mercy on us and Save us.

Amin

Amen
NATIVITY KATHISMA 1 - THE ODES - TONE 1

Hristos

Gennate, Doxasate! Hristos ex

Ouranon, apantisate! Hristos epi gis,
Ipsothite! Asate to Kyrio, pas i gi, ke
en evfrosini animnisate, lai, oti
Dedoxaste!

Christ is Born: Glorify Him!

Christ has
descended from Heaven: Receive
Him! Christ is on earth: Elevate Him!
O all the earth: sing to the Lord! Sing
praises in gladness, O ye people, for
He has been Glorified!

To pro ton eonon, ek Patros Gennithenti To

arrefstos Iio, ke ep Eshaton ek
Parthenou,
Sarkothenti
asporos,
Hristo to Theo Voisomen;
O
anipsosas to keras imon! Agios i
Kyrie!

the Son Who was Begotten of the

Father without change before all
ages, and in the Last Times, without
seed, became Flesh of the Virgin: to
Christ our God let us cry aloud:
Thou hast raised up our horn! Holy
art Thou, O Lord!

Ravdos

Rod

Theos

As Thou art God of Peace and Father of

ek tis Rizis, Iesse, ke Anthos ex

aftis, Hriste, ek tis Parthenou
Ex Orous O enetos,
anevlostisas.
kataskiou daseos, ilthes sarkothis es
apirandrou, O ailos ke Theos. Doxa
ti Dinami Sou Kyrie!

on Irinis, Patrir iktirmon, tis

Megalis Voulis Sou ton Angelon, Irinin
parehomenon, apestilas imin. Othen

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On

Megalomartyros Varvaras.

of the Root of Jesse, and Flower

that blossomed from his stem, O
Christ, Thou hast sprung from the
Virgin.
From
the
Mountain
overshadowed by the Forest Thou
hast come, made Flesh from her that
knew not wedlock, O God Who art
not formed from matter. Glory to
Thy Power, O Lord!
Mercies, Thou hast sent to us Thine
Angel of Great Counsel, granting us

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