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Paschal Vespers Service

By the Grace of God 7 May 2017
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 igiis genesthe? O Asthenon He said to him: Dost thou want to
apekrinato: Kyrie, anthropon ouk be made well? And in response, the

Paschal Vespers Hymns & Readings Sunday of the Paralytic
Kindly use the Service Book until this point, then carefully follow instructions
with regard to these Hymns
PASCHAL APOLYTIKION TONE (5) PLAGAL 1
Hristos Anesti, ek nekron, Thanato
thanaton patisas, Ke tis en tis
mnimasin, Zoin harisamenos [3]
HYMN

THE
PSALM 140/141 TONE 2
Kyrie 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.
Katevthinthito i prosevhi mou os
thimiama enopion Sou. Eparsis ton
hiron mou Thisia Esperini. Isakouson
mou Kyrie!
RESURRECTION STIHERA TONE 3
Exagage ek filakis tin psihin mou, tou Bring
exomologisasthe to Onomati Sou.
To So Stavro Hriste Sotir, thanatou
Kratos lelite, ke diavolou i plani
katirgite, genos de anthropon Pisti
Sozomenon, imnon Si kath ekastin
prosferi.
Eme ipomenousi Dikei,
antapodos mi.
Pefotiste ta simpanta, ti anastasi Sou
Kyrie, ke O Paradisos palin ineokte,
pasa de i Ktisis anevfimousa Se,
imnon Si kath ekastin prosferi.
Ek vatheon ekekraxa Si, Kyrie.
isakouson tis fonis ou.
Doxazo tou Patros, ke tou Iiou tin
Dinamin, ke Pnevmatos Agiou, imno
tin exousian, adiereton, aktiston
Theotit, Triada Omoousion, tin
Vasilefousan is eona eonos.
Christ is Risen from the dead; By Death
trampling upon death, And has
bestowed Life to those in the tombs.
[3]
OF THE EVENING INCENSE
CONGREGATION MUST STAND
Anastaseos
Lord, 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!
Let my Prayer rise before Thee like
incense - the lifting up of my hands
as the Evening Sacrifice. Hear me, O
Lord!
Evfrenestho
my soul out of prison to give
Thanks to Thy Name, O Lord.
Thy Cross, Christ our Saviour, has
destroyed the power of Death, and
has abolished the deception of the
devil. Therefore, mankind Saved by
Faith, offers Thee Hymns of Praise
forever.
eos ou The Righteous shall wait for me, until
Thou Reward me.
All of Creation has been Enlightened
by Thy Resurrection, O Lord, and
Paradise has once again been
opened. Therefore, all Creation
extols Thee and offers Hymns of
Praise forever.
Kyrie, Out of the depths I have cried to
Thee, O Lord. O Lord, hear my
voice.
I Glorify the Might of the Father, and
the Son, and the Power of the Holy
Spirit, the Undivided, Uncreated
Godhead, the Consubstantial Trinity
that reigns to the Ages of ages.
ego, ina, otan tarahthi to idor, vali
me is tin komymvitran, O de legi pros
Afton: Aron sou tin klinin, ide, igiis
gegonas, miketi amartane. Tis
Theotokou Presvies
katapempson imin to Mega Eleos.
Kyrie,
Ke nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton
eonon.
Amin
PENTECOSTARION HYMN PASCHA TONE (5) PLAGAL 1
imera, ke lamprinthomen ti
Panigiri, ke allilous periptixometha.
Ipomen Adelphi, ke tis misousin imas.
Sighorisomen panta ti Anastasi, ke
outo voisomen. Hristos Anesti ek
nekron, Thanato Thanaton patisas,
ke tis en tis mnimasi, Zoin
harisamenos!
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RESURRECTION APOLYTIKION TONE 3
ta Ourania, agaliastho ta
epigia, oti epiise Kratos en Vrahioni
Aftou O Kyrios. Epatise to Thanato
ton Thanaton.Prototokos ton nekron
egeneto. Ek kilias Adou errisato imas
ke pareshe to kosmo to Mega Eleos.
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
THEOTOKION -
Se tin mesitefsasan tin Sotirian tou
genous imon, animnoumen Theotoke
Parthene. En ti Sarki gar ti ek Sou
proslifthisi, O Iios Sou ke Theos imon,
to dia Stavrou katadexamenos pathos,
elitrosato imas, ek fthoras os
Filanthropos.
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invalid said to Him: Lord, I have no
man to put me into the Pool when
the waters are troubled. And Jesus
said to him: Take up thy pallet.
Behold! Thou has been made well!
Sin no more! At the Intercessions of
the Theotokos, O Lord, send down to
us Thy Great Mercy!
Now and ever, and to the Ages of
ages.
Amen
It is the Day of the Resurrection! Let us
shine brightly for the Festival, and
also embrace one another. Brethren,
let us say, even to those who hate us:
Let us forgive everything for the
Resurrection. And thus let us cry
aloud: Christ is Risen from the dead,
by Death trampling upon Death, and
to those in the tombs He has granted
Life.
Let the Heavens Rejoice and let the
Earth be glad, for the Lord has
shown Strength with His Arm; He
has trampled down Death by Death;
He has become the First-born of the
dead; from the womb of Hades He
has Delivered us, and to the world
He has granted Great Mercy.
and to the Holy Spirit, now and
forever, and to the Ages of ages.
Amen
TONE 3
Unto Thee Who mediated the Salvation
of our race, we sing praises, O Virgin
Theotokos. For Thy Son and our
God in the Flesh that He assumed
from Thee, accepted Suffering by
means of Crucifixion and has
thereby set us free from corruption,
in His Love for mankind.

2. P A S C H A L V E S P E R S H Y M N S 4 T H S U N D A Y OF PASCHA THE PARALYTIC 7 MAY 2017 PASCHAL VESPERS HYMNS 4TH SUNDAY OF PASCHA THE PARALYTIC 7 MAY 2017 7.
 Pasha ton Piston! Pasha to Pilas imin
tou Paradisou anixan! Pasha, pantas
Agiazon Pistou!
Os eklipi kapnos, eklipetosan, os tikete As
kiros apo prosopou piros.
Defte apo Theas Ginekes evangelistrie,
ke ti Sion ipate. Dehou par imon
haras evangelia tis Anastasteos
Hristou. Terpou, horeve ke agallou,
Ierousalim, ton Vasilea Hriston
Theasameni ek tou Mnimatos, os
Nimfion proerhomenon!
Outos apolounte i amartoli apo
prosopou tou Theou. Ke i dikei
evfranthitosan.
E Mirofori Ginekes orthrou vatheos,
epistase pros to mnima tou Zoodotou,
evron Angelon epi ton lithon
kathimenon, ke aftos
prosfthegxamenos aftes outos elege.
Ti zitite ton zonta meta ton nekron?
Ti thrinite ton aftharton os en fthora?
Apelthouse kirixate tis aftou Mathites.
Afti i imera, in epiisen O Kyrios,
agalliasometha ke evfranthomen en
afti.
Pasha to terpnon! Pasha Kyriou, Pasha!
Pasha pansevasmion imin anetile!
Pascha en hara allilous
periptixometha! O Pasha, litron lipis!
Ke gar ek tafou simeron, osper ek
pastou eklampsas Hristos, ta ginea
haras epliise legon. Kirixate
Apostolis.
Doxa Patri, ke Io, ke Agio Pnevmati
PENTECOSTARION THE PARALYTIC
En ti Stoa tou Solomontos, eki katekito
plithos ton asthenounton, ke mesousis
tis Eortis, evren O Hristos okto ke
triakonta eton Paralyton kimenon,
Despotiki foni legi pros afton: Thelis
6. P A S C H A L V E S P E R S H Y M N S 4 T H S U N D A Y
Himself! A Blameless Pascha! A
Great Pascha! A Pascha of Believers!
A Pascha that opens for us the Gates
of Paradise! A Pascha that Sanctifies
all Believers!
smoke vanishes, so let them
vanish, as wax melts before the
fire.
Come now from that sight, O you
Women and Heralds of Good
Tidings, and say to Zion: Receive
from us the Joyful Tidings of the
Resurrection of Christ. O Jerusalem:
be exultant, dance and leap for joy,
for you have witnessed Christ the
King coming forth as a Bridegroom
from the Sepulchre!
So the sinners perish from the Face of
God. And let the Righteous be
glad.
The Myrrh-bearing Women at dawn
very early, standing outside the
Tomb of the Giver of Life, found an
Angel who was seated upon the
stone. And the Angel addressed
them and this is what he said: Why
do you seek among the dead the
One Who is alive? Why do you
girieve as though corruptible the
Incorrupt? So go back and proclaim
It to His Disciples!
This is the Day the Lord made! Let us
greatly rejoice and be glad therein!
Pascha of Delight! Pascha, the Lords
Pascha! A Pascha All Venerable has
Risen for us! Pascha! With Joy let
us embrace one another! Pascha,
the Ransom from Sorrow! Today
from the Sepulchre Christ emerged
resplendently as from a Bridal
Chamber, and the Women He filled
with Joy, saying: Proclaim This to
the Apostles!
Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit
OF BETHESDA - TONE (8) PLAGAL 4
In the Portico of Solomon, there lay a
multitude of invalids. And midway
into the Feast, Christ bound a man
who had been paralysed for 38
years. And, speaking as our Master,
OF PASCHA THE PARALYTIC 7 MAY 2017
Genithito ta ota Sou prosehonta is tin Let
fonin tis Deiseos mou.
Ton Stavron Sou ton Timion,
proskinoumen Hriste, ke tin anastasin
Sou imnoumen ke Doxazomen. To
gar molopi Sou, imis i pantes
iathimen.
Ean anomias paratirisis, Kyrie, Kyrie,
tis ipostisete? Oti para Si O ilasmos
estin.
Imnoumen ton Sotira, ton ek tis
Parthenou sarkothenta. Di imas, gar
estavrothi, ke ti triti imera anesti,
doroumeno imin to Mega Eleos.
Eneken tou Onomatos Sou ipemina Se, Because
Kyrie, ipeien i psihi ou is ton Logon
Sou. Ilpisen i psihi moue pi ton
Kyrion.
Tis en Adi katavas Hristos evingelisato,
tharsite legon, nin nenikisa. Ego i
Anastasis, Ego imas anaxo, lisas
Thanatou tas pilas.
Apo filakis proias mehri niktos. Apo
filakis proias elpisato Israil epi ton
Kyrion
I anaxios estates, en to ahranto Sou Iko, We who are unworthy to stand in Thine
esperinon imnon anamelpomen, ek
vatheon kravgazontes. Hriste O
Theos O Fotisas ton kosmon ti
Triimero Anastasi Sou, exelou ton
laon Sou, ek hiros ton ehthron Sou
Filanthrope.
PASCHAL IDIOMELON THE PARALYTIC TONE 1
Oti para to Kyrio to Eleos ke polli par For with
afto Litrosis. Ke aftos Litrosete ton
Israil ek pason ton anomion aftou.
O ti palami ti ahranto, plastourgisas ton As the One Who fashioned humanity by
anthropon, ilthes Efsplagisas ton
anthropon, ilthes efsplaghne, tous
nosountas iasasthe Hriste ton
Paraliton en ti Provatiki kolimvithra,
dia tou logou Sou anestisas. Emorrou
de to algos etherapefsas, tis Haneas
tin peda enohloumenin eleisas, ke tis
aitisin tou Ekatontarhou ou pareides.
PASCHAL VESPERS HYMNS 4TH SUNDAY OF PASCHA THE PARALYTIC 7 MAY 2017 3.
Thine Ears be attentive to the
voice of my Supplication.
We worship Thy Precious Cross, O
Christ, and Praise and Glorify Thy
Resurrection, for by Thy Wounds we
have all been Healed.
If Thou, O Lord, should mark
transgression, O Lord, who would
stand? For there is Forgiveness
with Thee.
We praise our Saviour Who took Flesh
from the Virgin, for He was Crucified
for our sake and rose on the Third
Day, bestowing on us His Great
Mercy.
of Thy Law, O Lord, I waited
for Thee; my soul waited for Thy
Word. My soul Hopes in the Lord.
Going down to those in Hades, Christ
gave them the Good News, saying:
Take Courage! I Am now
Triumphant! I Am the Resurrection!
I shall lead you forth, for I have
broken the Gates of Death!
From the Morning Watch until night;
form the Morning Watch until
night, let Israel Hope in the Lord.
Immaculate House send up to Thee
our Evening Hymn, O Christ our God,
and call upon Thee from the depths
to Deliver Thy People from the
hands of our adversaries. Thou hast
Enlightened the world by Thy Third
Day Resurrection, O Loving God.
the Lord there is Mercy, and
with Him is Abundant Redemption;
and He will Redeem Israel from all
his transgressions.
Thine Immaculate Hand, Thou came
to Cure the sick, O Compassionate
Christ. By Thy Word Thou raised the
Paralytic at the Sheep Pool, and Thou
Cured the suffering of the woman
with the flow of blood; Thou had
Mercy on the troubled daughter of
the Canaanite Woman, and Thou did
 Dia touto krazomen. Pantodiname,
Kyrie, Doxa Si.
Enite ton Kyrion panta ta Ethni!
Epenesate Afton pantes i Lai!
O ti palami ti ahranto, plastourgisas ton As the One Who fashioned humanity by
anthropon, ilthes Efsplagisas ton
anthropon, ilthes efsplaghne, tous
nosountas iasasthe Hriste ton
Paraliton en ti Provatiki kolimvithra,
dia tou logou Sou anestisas. Emorrou
de to algos etherapefsas, tis Haneas
tin peda enohloumenin eleisas, ke tis
aitisin tou Ekatontarhou ou pareides.
Dia touto krazomen. Pantodiname,
Kyrie, Doxa Si.
Oti ekrateothi to Eleos Aftou ef imas, For
ke i Alithia tou Kyriou meni is ton
eona.
Atafos nekros iparhon O Paralytos, idon The Paralytic was like a dead man who
Se evoisen. Eleison me Kyrie, oti i
klini mou timbos mi egeneto. Ti mi
kerdos zois? Ou hrizo tis Provatikis
kolimvithras. Ou gar esti mi tis O
emvallon me, tarrattomenon ton
idaton. Alla Si ti pigi proserhome ton
iamaton, ina kago meta panton
krazo. Pantodiname Kyrie, Doxa
Si.
Doxa Patri, ke Io, ke Agio Pnevmati Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
PENTECOSTARION THE PARALYTIC - TONE (5) PLAGAL 1
Anevi O Iisous is Ierosolima, epi ti
Provatiki kolimvithra, ti legomeni
kata Ioudeous Vithesda, pente stoas
ehousi. En taftes gar katekito plithos
ton asthenounton. Angelos gar tou
Theou, kata keron epifiton,
dietaratten aftin, ke rosin eharizeto
tis prosiousin en Pisti. Ke idon O
Kyrios hroniounta anthropon, legi
pros afton: Thelis igiis genesthe?
O asthenon apekrinato: Kyrie,
anthropon ouk eho, ina, otan
tarahthi to idor, vali me is tin
kolimvithran. Iatris katinalosa ton
apanta mou vion, ke Eleous tihin ouk
ixiothin. All O Iatros ton psihon ke
not ignore the request of the
Centurion. Wherefore, we cry out: O
Almighty Lord: Glory to Thee!
Praise the Lord, all Gentiles! Praise
Him, all you people!
Thine Immaculate Hand, Thou came
to Cure the sick, O Compassionate
Christ. By Thy Word Thou raised the
Paralytic at the Sheep Pool, and Thou
Cured the suffering of the woman
with the flow of blood; Thou had
Mercy on the troubled daughter of
the Canaanite Woman, and Thou did
not ignore the request of the
Centurion. Wherefore, we cry out: O
Almighty Lord: Glory to Thee!
His Mercy rules over us; and the
Truth of the Lord endures forever.
had not yet been buried. When he
beheld Thee he cried aloud: Have
Mercy on me, O Lord; for my bed
has become a tomb for me! What
gain is there for me to live? I have
no use for the Sheep Pool since I
have no one to put me into the
waters when they are troubled. But I
come to Thee, the Source of Cures,
so that with everyone else I too may
cry out: O Almighty Lord: Glory
to Thee!
and to the Holy Spirit
Our Lord Jesus went up to Jerusalem,
to the Sheep Pool, which the Judeans
called Bethesda. It had five
porticoes. In these lay a multitude
of suffers, for at certain seasons, an
Angel of God would go down into
the pool and stir it up, and good
health would be granted to those
who approached with Faithf. And
our Lord beheld a man who had
suffered for many years, and He said
to him: Dost thou want to be
Healed? The sick man replied: Sir,
I have no one to put me into the Pool
when the waters are stirred up. I
have spent all my livelihood on
ton somaton legi pros afton. Aron
Sou ton kravvaton ke peripati,
kiritton Mou tin Dinamin, ke to Mega
Eleos en tis perasin.
Ke nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton
eonon.
Amin
THEOTOKION TONE 3
Pos mi Thavmasomen, ton Theandrikon How
Sou Tokon Pansevasmie? Piran gar
Andros mi dexameni Panamome,
etekes apatora Iion en Sarki, ton Pro
Eonon ek Patros Gennithenta
amitora, midamos ipominanta tropin,
i firmon, i dieresin, all ekateras
ousias tin idiotita, soan filaxanta. Dio
Mitroparthene Despina, afton iketeve
Sothine, tas psihas ton Orthodoxos,
Theotokon Omologounton Se.
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SATURDAY EVENING- PROKEIMENON PSALM 92 -TONE (6) PLAGAL 2
O Kyrios evasilefsen, evprepeian
enedisato
1. Enedisato Kyrios Dinamin, ke
perizosato.
Ke gar estereose tin ikoumenin, it is ou
salevthisete.
NO HOLY PROPHECIES TONIGHT
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RESURRECTIONAL APOSTICHA TONE 3
O to pathi Sou Hriste, amavrosas ton
ilion, ke to Foti tis Sis Anastaseos,
fedrinas ta simpanta, prosdexe imon,
ton Esperinon imnon Filanthrope.
PASCHAL STICHERA
Anastito O Theos, ke
diaskorpisthitosan i ehthri aftou, ke
figetosan apo Prosopou Aftou i
misountes Afton!
Pasha ieron imin simeron anadedikte!
Pasha kenon, Agion! Pasha Mystikon!
Pasha pansevasmion! Pasha, Hristo O
litrotis! Pasha amomon! Pasha Mega!
Physicians, and yet I have not found
mercy. And the Physician of soul
and body said to him: Take up thy
bed and walk. Proclaim My Power
and Great Mercy to the ends of the
earth.
Now and ever, and to the Ages of
ages.
Amen
can we not marvel at Thy
Theandric Childbirth, O Most
Reverend Maid? For while having
had no spousal congress, All-
Blameless One, Thou gave Birth to a
Son Unfathered in the Flesh, Who
had, unmothered, been Begotten of
the Father before all Ages. He in no
way underwent any change,
intermingling or division; but He
preserved each Natures distinct
Identity in its totality. Therefore, O
Virgin Mother and Sovereign Lady,
Entreat Him for the Salvation of the
souls of those Confessing Thee, in
Orthodox manner, to be Theotokos.
The Lord reigns - He vested Himself
with Majesty.
1. The Lord vested and girded Himself
with Power
And He established the world , which
shall not be moved.
By Thy Passion, O Christ, Thou hast
darkened the sun. By Thy
Resurrection, Thou hast granted
Light to all things. Accept our
Evening Hymn, O Lover of Mankind.
TONE (5) PLAGAL 1
Let God arise, and let His enemies be
scattered, and let those who hate
Him flee from before His Face!
A Sacred Pascha has been revealed to
us today! A New and Holy Pascha!
A Mystical Pascha! An All Venerable
Pascha! The Redeemer Christ

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