Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria & All Africa

Archdiocese of Good Hope

Festal Vespers Hymns

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TOGETHER WITH

VESPERS SERVICE BOOK

8/9 December
St Joachim & St Anna Conception

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Why do our Prayers for help in our daily

Struggle seem to be unanswered ?

Blessed Elder Ephraim Katounakiotis

Excuses do not exist in Holy Scripture.
The Saints not only never used excuses, but they also
suffered knowingly for the sake of others.

St John the Chrysostom

If good is not being done in a good way, then it is not
good.

St Joseph the Hysychast

Never despair due to the ceaseless temptations, sufferings
and distresses that affect us so deeply, for with the Love
of our Lord we are able to lighten the heavy burdens of
anger and depression that threaten to overwhelm us.

Often we wonder to ourselves: If Christ Himself told us

...Ask
Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find;
knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone
who asks,
asks, receives; he who seeks finds; and
and to him who
knocks, the door will be opened..
opened...
... why do my Prayers
for Help in my daily Struggle remain unanswered?
(MATTHEW 7:7-8)
Perhaps the answer to this question is provided by the
following account and Inspired Wisdom of our Desert
Fathers:
In Sketis there once lived a Monk who performed his
Labours with Perfection and his Prayers and Services
with exactitude. He was, however, negligent in the rest of
his duties.
One day Satan appeared to one of the Holy Elders and
sarcastically said to him: Do you want to know
something strange? There is a certain Monk who keeps
me under his arm, so that I cannot flee from him yet I
can still do everything that I wish!
Nonetheless, at every hour he says to God: Lord Deliver
me from the Evil One!
Abba Moses explained: W
When our Labours and Spiritual
Endeavours are not in agreement with our Prayers, then
we labour in vain!
vain
One of those who heard him say this asked: What is
meant by ...agreement between our Labours (praxis)
and our Prayers...?
The Elder answered: To
To succeed is to no longer do that
from which we
we pray to God for deliverance.
deliverance.
When we abandon our will, then God converses with us
and accepts our Prayers
Prayers.
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prosagomenas Si deisis, dia tis

Theotokou, i panton Zoi ke Anastasis.
DISMISSAL BLESSINGS

Supplications that we unceasingly

bring to Thee there, at the
Intercessions of the Theotokos. For
Thou art the Life and Resurrection
of all.

St Joachim & St Anna - Conception

St. Nikolai (Velimirovich) of Ochrid and Zicha
God allows those who are prideful - who think that their
power is secured forever - to be crushed, and thereby
humbled.

From the Gerontikon

The Eldress, Ammas, said that the Teacher has to be one
who is not fond of rule and power, and should be
without pride and vanity.

St Tikhon of Zadonsk
Every Christian should consider the following:
1) that the time of our life passes without stopping,
2) that we cannot turn back time and the past is completely
gone,
3) that we cannot control the past and the future but only
the present which we live at this very moment, and
4) that we do not know when our life will end.
This is why we should always be ready, every day, every
hour, and every moment, through a state of continuous
Repentance, while our Spiritual Situation should be as
such as we would like it to be the Hour of our death.

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So much attention is paid by Christians to the Blessed Virgin Mary,

the Theotokos, Sanctified in every conceivable way, that there is a
tendency to overlook her parents.
Commemorated the day after the commemoration of their daughter,
who is remembered on other days as well, St Joachim and St Anna
were the parents of a flesh-and-blood human being they called
Mary and, therefore, the Grandparents of a flesh-and-blood
human Being - in form at least - Who died to Save the world.
Considered in this light, this Righteous couple is appreciated most by
Grandparents of the world.
The Spiritual Beauty of St Anna is expressed in Holy Scripture,
equalled by that of her devoted husband, the too lightly regarded St
Joachim.
Since there is no greater part of the Divine Plan of the universe than
motherhood, it follows that St. Anna is given individual honour
with an observance of a Feast day in her name on 26 July.
This in no way diminishes the image of her husband, St Joachim.
Shrouded by twenty centuries of legend, close scrutiny by biblical
scholars has cleared away legend and established a more accurate
and factual account, however meagre, of St Joachim and St Anna.
There is no denying the word of the Apostle, St James, who saw fit to
go to great lengths to glean facts about the parents of our Lady, the
Ever Blessed Virgin Mary, which he described in a letter that
somehow failed to find official acceptance.
Conflicting views notwithstanding, it is definitely known that St Anna
was of the prestigious Hebrew Tribe of Levi and that she was the
daughter of the High Priest, Nathan, who was wed to a namesake,
Mary.
This High Priest had two daughters besides Mary who mothered St
Anna, named Sovin and Anna, both of whom married and resided
in Bethlehem.
St Anna was married St Joachim in Galilee where their daughter, St
Mary, the Theotokos, was born.
There is no denying that St Joachim was favoured by God, Who
answered his Prayer that a child be born to the barren union with
St Anna.
The birth of their long awaited daughter set in motion the world's
greatest Faith, which was so overwhelming that St Joachim faded
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from view in misty swirls that surrounded the Sweet Mysteries of

Christianity.
It is enough to know St Joachim was the father of our Lady Theotokos the mother who bore Jesus Christ, our Divine Saviour Who changed
the course of world history and set it on another Path which, if
followed, leads us to Eternal Life.
The fact that God moves in Mysterious Ways was evident when St
Joachim and St Anna ceaselessly prayed for a child not knowing
whether they would be granted a son or a daughter and having no
idea of what lay in store for them and for the world.
St James the Holy Apostle of Christ quoted an Angel of the Lord who
said to St Anna: "The Lord has heard thy Prayer, and thou shalt
conceive and bring forth, and thy Seed shall be spoken of in all the
world."
There was no mention of the gender of the child as St James said that
St Anna accepted the Angelic Annunciation with the words: "As the
Lord my God lives, if I beget male or female, I will bring it as a Gift
to the Lord my God; and it shall minister unto His Holy Things all
the days of its life."
The use of the word "it" indicates that St Anna may have had
premonitions but certainly no advance notice that 'it' was to be
"she," who in turn, would knowingly bring forth the Son of God.
Indeed God does move in Mysterious Ways!
An Orthodox Hymn states: As we celebrate the Remembrance of Thy
Righteous GrandGrand-Parents, through them we beseech Thee, O Lord,
to Save our souls.".
"Anna rejoices now that she is loosed from the bonds of barrenness, as
she nourishes the Most Pure One, calling all to praise Him Who
has given
given the world Her who alone is Mother, yet has known no
man."
There can be no more touching tribute than to be mentioned in praise
and Prayer in the Sacred Music of the Church.
The St Joachim and St Anna are an integral part of the Divine Liturgy,
always being mentioned in the Dismissal Prayers of our Holy
Services:
"...May the Risen Christ, our True God, with the Prayers of His Pure
and Holy Mother, the Power of the Precious and LifeLife-giving Cross,
the Protection of the Spiritual Powers of Heaven...the Holy and
Righteous Ancestors Joachim and Anna...and all the Saints whose
memory we celebrate have Mercy on us and Save us."

Doxa Patri, ke Io, ke Agio Pnevmati

and to the Holy Spirit

FESTAL APOSTIHA THE CONSECRATION - TONE 2

Ton egkenismon telountes, tou panierou As we perform the Consecration of the

Naou
tis
Sis
Anastasoe,
Se
Doxazomen Kyrie, ton Agiasanta
touton, ke teliosanta i aftoteli Sou
Hariti. Ke terpomenon tes en afto
Ierourgoumenes, ipo Piston Mystikes
ke Ieres teletes. Ke prosdehomenon
ek hiros ton doulon Sou, tas
anamaktous ke ahrantous Thisias.
Antididonta te tis orthos prosferousi,
tin ton amartimaton Katharsin, ke to
Mega Eleos.

Ke

nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton

eonon.

Amin.

All
Sacred
Church
of
Thy
Resurrection, we Glorify Thee, O
Lord, for Thou hast Sanctified It and
Perfected It by Thine Absolutely
Perfect Grace. Thou art gladdened
by the Mystical and Holy Servies that
are performed in It by the Faithful;
and Thou accept from the hands of
Thy
Servants,
the
Immaculate
Sacrifies, without the shedding of
blood. And to those who offer these
correctly, Thou render Purification
from sins and Great Mercy.

Now

and ever, and to the Ages of

ages.

Amen
ST JOACHIM & ST ANNA

Simeron

ek rizis tou David, Vasiliki

porfiris
ekvlastisasa,
tou
Iesse
vlastanin aparhete, to Anthos to
Mystikon, en O Hristos O Theos imon
exinthisen, O Sozon tas psihas imon.

TONE 2

Today a Royal Cloak of Purple and fine

linen is woven from the Loins of
David, and the Mystical Flower of
Jesse is Blossoming: from it will
come forth Christ our God, the
Saviour of our soul!

PRAYER OF ST
SYMEON TRISAGION
PRAYERS & OUR LORDS PRAYER
FESTAL APOLYTIKION ST JOACHIM & ST ANNA - TONE 4

Simeron

Today

Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati,

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

Amin

Amen

tis ateknias desma dialionte.

Tou Ioakim gar ke tis Annis isakouon
Theos, par elpida tekin aftous safos,
ipishnite Theopeda, ex is aftos etehthi
O aperigraptos, vrotos gegonos, di
Angelou kelefsas voise afti. Here,
Heharitomeni, O Kyrios meta Sou.

ke nin ke ai ke is tous Eonas ton

eonon.

the bonds of Childlessness are

broken. For hearing the Prayers of
Joachim and Anna, God promised
that against all Hope they would give
Birth to the Maiden of God. He, the
Uncircumscribed, would be Born of
Her, and when He had become Man,
and by the Angels Example, He
commands us to call to Her:
Rejoice, O Maiden Full of Grace, the
Lord is with Thee!

and to the Holy Spirit, now and

forever, and to the Ages of ages.

FESTAL APOLYTIKION THE CONSECRATION - TONE 4

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Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

tou Ano Stereomatos tin evprepian,

ke tin kato sinapedixas oreotita, tou
Agiou Skinomatos tis Doxis Sou Kyrie
krateoson Afto is eona eonos, ke
prosdexe imon tas en afto apafstos

Thou

hast made the Earthly Beauty of

the Holy Tabernacle of Thy Glory to
be like the Majesty of the Firmament
on High, O Lord. Make it strong
forever and ever, and accept our

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LITANY

OF

FERVENT SUPPLICATION

THE PRIEST CONTINUES ALOUD:

Ii to Kratos tis Vasilias Sou Evlogimenon Blessed and Glorified is the Power of
ke Dedoxasmenon, tou Patros, ke
Thy Kingdom, of the Father, and
tou Iiou, ke tou Agiou Pnevmatos, nin
ke ai ke is tous eonas ton eonon.

Amin

of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,

now and forever, and unto the Ages
of Ages.

Festal Vespers Hymns St Joachim & St Anna

KINDLY

USE

CAREFULLY

i Thia Haris pote, prosevhomeni

iper teknou evoise, to panton Theo ke
Ktisti. Adonai Savaoth, to tis apedias
idas onidos, aftos tin odinin mou, tis
kardias dialison, ke tous tis mitras,
katarraktas dianizon, ke tin akarpon,
karpoforon
anadixon,
opos
to
gennisomenon, doton Si prosaxomen,
epevlogountes
imnountes,
ke
omofronos Doxazontes, tin
Sin
Evsplaghnian, di is didote to kosmo,
to Mega Eleos.

Amen

Ek

Karpou tis kilias Sou thisome epi

tou Thronou Sou.

Evgos

karpogoni to septon, tin Thian

Damalin, ex is proelefsete, O Moshos
arrito logo, O sitevtos alithos, iper
olou kosmou prothiomenos.
Dio
gegithotes, exomologisin apafston, en
katanixi, to Kyrio prosagousi, ke tin
simpasan,
epofilousan
ehousi.
Toutous oun Makarisomen, ke Pisti
horevsomen, en ti Sillipsi entheos tis
ex afton tou Thou imon, Mitros
tiktomenis, di is didote plousios, to
Mega Eleos.

Lord,

Katevthinthito

Let

ekekraxa pros Se,

isakouson
mou.
Isakouson mou, Kyrie.
Kyrie, ekekraxa pros
Se, isakouson mou,
proshes ti foni tis
deiseos mou, en to
kekragene me pros Se,
isakouson mou Kyrie.

i prosevhi
mou
os
thimiama
enopion Sou. Eparsis
ton hiron mou Thisia
Esperini.
Isakouson
mou Kyrie!

TO

POINT.
THE

THEN

FOLLOWING

MUST STAND

I cry out to Thee:

hear me, O Lord! O
Lord, when I cry out to
Thee, hear me! Hear my
voice, when I cry out to
Thee! Hear me, O Lord!

my Prayer rise before

Thee like incense - the
lifting up of my hands
as
the
Evening
Sacrifice. Hear me, O
Lord!

Ean

anomias paratirisis, Kyrie, Kyrie,

tis ipostisete? Oti para Si O ilasmos
estin.

Karpogonousa

i stira par elpida,

Parthenon tin mellousan, tiktin Theon
en sarki, agalliasi fedrinete, horevi
Heri,
megalofonos
Anna
kravgazousa.
Phile mi sigharite,
apase tou Israil, kioforo ke to onidos
tis
apedias,
enapotitheme,
os
iidokisen, O evergetis epakousas mou,
tis
prosevhis
ke
katodinon,
Therapefsas kardian, di odinon os
ipesheto.

The

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THIS

FESTAL PROSOMIA ST JOACHIM & ST ANNA -

shall set upon Thy Throne one from

the Fruit of Thy Loins.
Honourable Parents, Joachim and
Anna, hast given Birth to the Lamb
who
will
give
Birth
past
Understanding to the Lamb of God
Who is to be sacrificed for all
mankind.
They offer to God
Unceasing and Humble Praise.
Therefore, let us Rejoice, and grant
them fervent Glory for the Birth of
the One born to them in a
Marvellous Manner, the Theotokos,
through whom the world receives
Great Mercy!

UNTIL
REGARD

EVENING INCENSE

CONGREGATION

Kyrie

Pale prosevhomeni Pistos, Anna i Sofron, Anna

besought our Lord in Fervent

Prayer for a Child. The Voice of the
Angel proclaimed to her: God has
granted Thee the desire of Thy
Prayer. Do not weep, for Thou shall
be a Fruitful Olive Tree, bearing the
Wondrous Branh of the Virgin, Who
will bring forth in the Flesh, the
Blossom, Christ, Who grants to the
world, Great Mercy!

WIT

PSALM 140/141 TONE 2

Lord swore to David His Truth,

and He shall not reject It.

ke Theo iketevousa, Angelou fonis

akouei, prosvaveountos afti, tin ton
etomenon Thian ekvasin, pros in O
asomatos, emfanos dielegeto. I deisis
Sou, pros ton Kyrion ingise, mi
skithopaze, ton dakrion apostithi.
Evkarpos
hrimatisis
gar,
elea
vlastanousa, kladon oreon Parthon,
pagkalon
Anthos
anthisousan,
Hriston kata sarka, parehmenon to
kosmo to Mega Eleos.

OF THE

THE

Omose Kyrios to David alithian ke ou The

mi athetisi aftin.

INSTRUCTIONS

HYMN

Anna, named for Divine Grace, cried out

in her Prayer, beseeching our Creator
and God of all: O Master, Thou
perceive the shame of barrenness
Heal the pain of my heart! Open my
womb to make it fruitful, that we
may off Thee the Child as a Gift, and
give Glory and Praise with Hymns
and sons to Thy Love through which
the world receives Great Mercy.

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FESTAL APOSTIHA ST JOACHIM & ST ANNA - TONE (5) PLAGAL 1

Anna,

THE

If

TONE 4

Thou, O Lord, should mark

transgression, O Lord, who would
stand?
For there is Forgiveness
with Thee.

The

Barren Anna leapt for Joy when

she conceived Mary the Virgin, Who
in turn would Conceive in the Flesh
God the Word. From the Fullness of
her Joy, she cried out: Rejoice with
me, all you Tribes of Israel, for I have
conceived according to the Will of
God my Saviour! He has answered
my Prayer and ended my shame, in
Fulfilment of His Promise. He will
Heal the pains of my heart, through
the pain of childbirth.

Eneken tou Onomatos Sou ipemina Se, Because

of Thy Law, O Lord, I waited

for Thee; my soul waited for Thy
Word. My soul Hopes in the Lord.

Kyrie; Ipeminen i psihi mou is ton

Logon Sou, ilpisen i psihi mou epi
ton Kyrion.

ex anikmou pigasas idor petras,

karpon ti kilia Sou, Anna harizete, tin
Aiparthenon Despinan, ex is to idor,

He

who made waters gush forth from

the rock, permitted Thy Womb to
carry the Ever Virgin Mary through

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tis Sotiria melli proerhesthe. Ouketi

os akarpos, gi parikis ipi Gis,
onidismou illotiose. Gin gar vlastisis,
karpoforousan ois ton astahin, ton ta
onidi aferoumenon, panton vroton os
iidokise,
dia
splaghna
eleous,
morfothine to allotrion.

Apo

Filaktis proias mehri niktos, apo

filakis proias, elpisato Israil epi ton
Kyrion.

Ton

Profiton e prorrisis ekplirounte.

Oros gar to Agion, lagosin idrite.
Klimax i Thia fitevete, Thronos O
Megas, tou Vasileos proetimazete.
Topos evtrepizete O Theovadistos.
Vatos iaflektos arhete, anavleastanin,
i Myrothiki tou Agiasmatos, idi igazi
tis
stiroseos,
tous
potamous
anastellousa, tis Theofronos Annis, in
en Pisti Makarisomen.

Whom our Salvation will come. By

this, Thou were Delivered from
shame no longer will Thou dwell
on Earth as barren, for Thou will
bear the Earth, bringing forth the
Tree of Life. According to His Will,
He had Delivered the human race
from all shame, by taking on our
human form and becoming Man, for
He is Rich in Mercy.

Oti ekrateothi to Eleos Aftou ef imas,

Hriste, i Athanatos Sofia,

vlemmati to So, epifitison ex ipsous,
en touto to Temeni, ke asalevton
filaxon, eos sintelias tou eonos, tous
de Pistos Hriste en touto, ai
prostrehontas, tou aprositou Sou
Fotos, axioson Efsplaghne.

Enite

ton Kyrion panta ta Ethni!

Epenesate Afton pantes i Lai!

Pale

Solomon, ton Naon ikodomisas,

zoon emata, is Thisian Si prosigen, is
tipon tou Naou Sou, ou ektiso
Filanthrope, to idio emati voulisi,
meth ou ke nin Se disopoumen, ton
Monon Efsplaghnon, opos to Pnevma
to evthes, pempis en touto ai.

Brethren, one and all, let us festively be

Adelphi, evranthomen fileortos,

ke
pnevmatikin,
sistisometha
fedrinomen.
Outo gar Egkenia
timonte, outo Doxazete O Ktistis, O
pantes anthropi, anakenizonte psihin,
pros ipsos Ouranion.

merry. Come and let us form now a

Spiritual Choir.
With oil let us
brighten our soul together with our
lamps.
This is how we honour
Consecrations. Thus we Glorify our
Creator, by Whom is everyone
Renewed in soul and is revived for
Life in Celestial Heights.

From

the morning watch until night;

from the morning watch until night
let Israel Hope in the Lord.

Behold!

The Promises of the Prophets

are fulfilled! The Holy Mount is
planted in the Womb. The Divine
Ladder is set up the Great Throne
of the King is ready. The place for
the Lords Passage is prepared. The
Dry Bush, which Fire could not
consume, is Blossomming.
The
Treasury of Grace is an abundant
Flow of Blessing, which Heals the
Barrenness of Anna, whom we
Glorify with Faith.

Doxa Patri, ke Io, ke Agio Pnevmati

the Lord, all Gentiles!

Him, all you people!

we perform the Consecration, we

Glorify
Thee,
the
Giver
of
Sanctification,
asking
Thee
to
Sanctify the senses of our soul, at
the Intercession of Thy Glorious
Martyrs, O Good Almighty Lord.

To

aporriton tis Angelis, ke anthropis

megalion,
ke
ap
eonos
hrismodotoumenon,
Mystion
paradoxon, simeron en tis lagosi tis
sofronos Annis vefourgite, Maria i
Theopes, etimaomeni is katikian, tou
pamvasileos ton eonon, ke is
anaplasin tou genous imon, in en
katharo sinidoti kathiketevsomen,
anavoontes pros aftin. Presveve to So
Iio ke Theo os prostasia iparhousa
imon ton Hristianon, tou Sothine tas
psihas imon.

Today

Ke

nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton

eonon.

Now

the Great Mystery announced

from all Eternity whose depths
Angels
and
mankind
cannot
perceive, appears in the barren
womb of Anna. Mary, the Maiden of
God, is prepared to be the Dwelling
of the Eternal Kind, Who will Renew
our human nature. Let us entreat Her
with a pure heart and say: Intercede
for us with Thy Son and our God
that our soul may be Saved!

and ever, and to the Ages of

ages.

Amin

Amen

Praise
PRAYER
THE

Solomon

of old, when the Temple was

constructed, offered blood of beasts
as a sacrifice to Thee, O Lord. O
Friend
of
Man,
that
Temple
prefigured the one Thou acquired
willingly by Thy own Blood, O
Saviour.
We join him now to
importune
Thee,
the
Only
Compassionate
that
Thou
continually send the Upright Holy
Spirit to It.

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As

ST JOACHIM & ST ANNA TONE 1

Master

Praise

to the Father, and to the

Son, and to the Holy Spirit

Mnimin ton Egkenion epitelountes

Kyrie, Se ton tou Agiasmou dotira
Doxazomen,
doemeni
Agiasthine
imon, ta esthitiria ton psihon, ti
presvia ton Endoxon athlogoron,
Agathe Pantodiname.

the Lord there is Mercy, and

with Him is Abundant Redemption;
and He will Redeem Israel from all
his transgressions.
Christ our God, as Thou art
Immortal Wisdom, from on High
look down and visit this Sacred
Temple preserve it immovable to the
end of the Age and forever. And
grant to those who ever enter that
they
experience
Thine
Unapproachable Light, since Thou
art Compassionate.

Glory

Tin

Oti para to Kyrio to Eleos ke polli par For with

Despota

Truth of the Lord endures forever.

Defte

FESTAL PROSOMIA THE CONSECRATION TONE (6) PLAGAL 2

afto Litrosis. Ke aftos Litrosete ton

Israil ek pason ton anomion aftou.

For His Mercy rules over us; and the

ke i alithia tou Kyriou meni is ton

eona.

OF THE ENTRANCE- THE

EVENING HYMN: FOS

ENTRANCEILARON...

THE PROKEIMENON

OF THE DAY

THURSDAY EVENING - PSALM 120:

I voithia mou para Kyriou, tou piisantos My Help comes from the Lord, Who has
ton Ouranon ke tin Gin.

Ira tous opsthalmous mou is ta ori,

othen izi i Voitheia mou.

made Heaven and Earth.

I lifted up my eyes to the

mountains, from whence my Help
shall come.

STIHOS

VERSE

My Help comes from the Lord, Who has

voithia mou para Kyriou, tou piisantos

ton Ouranon ke tin gin.

made Heaven and Earth.

F E S T A L W E E K D A Y V E S P E R S S T J O A C H I M & S T A N N A - 9 D E C E M B E R 7.