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 Ierousalim, doulevi de meta ton corresponds to Jerusalem, which
Conception of our Ever Blessed Lady Theotokos teknon aftis. now is - and is in bondage with her
VERY REVEREND ARCHIMANDRITECHERUBIM APOSTOLOU OF THE SKETE OF ST ANNA, MOUNT ATHOS. children.
I de Ano Ierousalim elefthera estin, itis The Jerusalem Above is free, which is
esti Mitir panton imon. the Mother of us all.
St Anna, the Righteous Ancestor of God, is the Precious Vessel chosen by the Holy Gegrapte gar: “Eufranthiti stir ai ou For it is written: ‘Rejoice, O Barren –
Spirit - the Good and Blessed Tree that is the standard of natural development, tiktousa, rixon ke voison ouk you who do not bear! Break forth
which our Lord Himself confirmed, saying: “Are grapes harvested from thorns, odinousa! Oti polla ta tekna tis and shout, you who are not in labour!
or figs from thistles?" (MATTHEW 7.16) erimou mallon it is ehousis ton For the desolate has many more
Every Good Tree brings forth good fruit, but the bad tree brings forth bad fruit. “A andra.” children than she who has a
sound tree cannot bear unsound fruit, nor can an unsound tree bear sound husband!’
fruit” (MATTHEW7:18) T H E H OLY G OSPEL ACCO RD ING TO S T LU KE 8 : 16 - 21
St Anna is the Good Tree and her lovely and most Sweet Fruit is our Panagia - the
Most Beautiful Fruit of human production.
To kero ekino, ipen O Kyrios: At that time, our Lord Jesus said:
What St Luke said of the parents of St John the Forerunner pertains also to St Anna “Oudis - lihnon apsas - kalipti afton “... No one – having lit a lamp – covers
and her husband, St Joachim: “They were both Righteous before God - skevi, i ipokato klinis tithisin, all’ it with a vessel, or puts it under a
walking in all the Commandments and Ordinances of the Lord – blameless.” epi lihnias epitithisin, in ai bed, but sets it on a lampstand, so
(LUKE 1:6) isporevomeni vleposi to fos. that those who enter may see the
St Anna was Virtuous in the Sight of God, and, of course, her life was pure. She light.
walked always in accordance with the Will of the Almighty - in accordance
with His soul-nurturing Commandments. She, who bore the All-Holy Theotokos - “Ou gar esti krypton, O ou faneron “For nothing is secret that will not be
she who was barren and without creative power - whose womb was opened in genisete, oude apokrifon, O ou revealed, nor anything hidden that
advanced age by the Lord, to transform the disgrace of barrenness to the Joy gnosthisete, ke is faneron elthi. will not be known and come to
of a unique Fertility, was a descendant of the Tribe of David. light.
Her Pious and God-fearing parents - the Priest, Mathan, and Anna - lived in “Vlepete oun pos akouete! “Watch how you hear!
Bethlehem.
Mathan was a Priest at the time of Cleopatra and the Persian King. Soporos - “Os gar ean ehi, dothisete afto, ke os “Whoever has, to him more will be
before Herod Antipater - and they had three daughters, Maria, Sophia, and ean mi ehi, ke O doki ehin, granted, and whoever does not
Anna. arthisete ap’ aftou.” have, even what he seems to have
Of these, Maria married in Bethlehem and bore the Midwife, St Salome. Sophia will be taken from him.”
also married in Bethlehem and bore St Elizabeth, and St Anna was married Paregenonto de pros Afton i Mitir ke i His Mother and His Brethren went to
and lived in Galilee where she bore our Ever Blessed Lady Theotokos – the Adelphi Aftou, ke ouk Him, and could not approach Him
greatest honour, which was bestowed upon her by the Gift-granting Lord as a idinantosintihin Afto dia ton ohlon. due to the crowd.
Reward for her Piety and her tireless Charitable Works for orphans, widows,
the destitute and the needy.
Ke apingeli afto, legonton: “I Mitir Sou And they told Him: “Thy Mother and
The name ‘Anna’ means ‘Grace’ and years later, when the Archangel Gabriel ke i Adelphi Sou estikasin exo, idin Thy Brethren are standing outside,
greeted the Virgin Mary at the Annunciation, he gave her the epithet “Full of Se thelontes. wishing to see Thee.”
Grace:” “Hail, Thou who art Full of Grace! The Lord is with Thee!” (LUKE 1.28). O de apokrithis, ipe pros aftous: “Mitir Answering, He said to them: “My
As a Daughter of Grace, the Ever Blessed Virgin Mary had been bestowed with Mou ke Adelphi Mou, outi isin, i ton Mother and My Brethren are those
that extraordinary Element, which is lacking in the Old Covenant: Divine Logon tou Theou akouontes, ke who hear the Word of God and
Grace. piountes afton. fulfil It.”
The Old Covenant represents the age of the Mosaic Law, while New Covenant
represents the Era of Divine Grace, since it is the Era of the “Gospel of the
Grace of God” and all the Faithful “...are not under the Law, but under Grace.”
(ACTS 20.24 & ROMANS 6.15)
For that reason, when our Ever Blessed Panagia reacted to the words of the
Archangel with modesty and simplicity, the great Archangel Gabriel hastened
to explain to Her: “Do not fear, Mary, for Thou hast found Grace with God.”
(LUKE 1:30)
And so this Holy Maiden, Full of Grace, was born of a Mother whose name means
“Grace,” which was not granted to St Anna by accident, nor was it by chance
that St Anna bore the unique Theotokos.
St Anna was elderly and barren so she could not conceive. The field of her female
nature was barren, dry and infertile. No seed could take root and grow within
it. The field of the barren St Anna resembled the field of the pre-Christian
world.
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 The world had grown old in sinfulness and the Law of God was not observed.
However, a wonderful Solution had to come from Heaven, which was the rightful
reward of evil works and Eternal Death or Forbearance and Grace—Salvation
and Liberation.
Festal Divine Liturgy– St Joachim & St Anna But there was no Salvation in the ancient world, where mankind lived in the
F E STAL A P OLY TIKION – S T ANNA & S T J OACH IM ’S C ONC EP TION – shadow of ancestral sin - in the darkness of the Curse - under the dark threat of
T ONE 4 disintegration and Death – being unable enjoy Grace and the Joy which that
Grace brings so generously to all of us.
Simeron tis ateknias desma dialionte; Today the bonds of barrenness are St Anna, by the Grace of God, dispelled the disgrace of her barrenness, and also
tou Ioakim gar ke tis Annis, i loosened; for God - hearing the the disgrace of the Curse upon those living before the Advent of Christ our
sakouson O Theos, par Elpida tekin Prayers of Joachim and Anna - Saviour – as the Festal Kontakion of the Nativity of our Lady Theotokos states:
aftous, safos ipiskhnite Theopeda, ex clearly promised them that they “...Joachim and Anna were freed of the disgrace of childlessness, while
is aftos etehthi, O aperigraptos vrotos would bear - against all hope - the Adam and Eve were freed of the corruption of Death through Thy Holy Birth.”
gegonos, di Angelou kelefsas voise God-Bearer from whom was born the My dear Brethren, the Blessing of God caused the barren St Anna to bear Fruit, in
afti: Here Keharitomeni, O Kyrios Omnipotent Himself, as a mortal order to open the Path for the Grace of God to bear Fruit and for the fragrant
meta Sou! Man, Who ordered the Angel to cry Flower of Salvation to blossom in the Field of His creature made of dust, which
out unto Her: Hail, O Full of Grace, was poisoned by sin. That connection between the Fertility of the barren St
the Lord is with Thee! Anna, and the pre-Christian world that was barren of Grace is also made by
F E STAL A P OLY TIKION – T H E C ONSEC RATION – TO NE 4 the Sacred Hymnographer in a Troparion of the Vesper Service: “Today barren
Os tou Ano Stereomatos tin evprepian, Thou hast made the earthly Beauty of gates are opened and a Sacred Virgin Gate comes forth. Today Grace
begins to bear Fruit.”
ke tin kato sinapedixas oreotita, tou the Holy Tabernacle of Thy Glory to
St Anna and St Joachim lived a Godly Life and strictly observed the Divine
Agiou Skinomatos tis Doxis Sou Kyrie be like the Majesty of the firmament
Commandments. Yet, unfortunately, for so many years they had remained
krateoson afto is eona eonos, ke on High, O Lord. Make it srong
prosdexe imon tas en afto apafstos forever and ever, and accept our childless - accepting the shame of infertility with Patience and Faith, having
prosagomenas Si deisis, dia tis Supplications that we unceasingly placed their hope in God, to Whom, despite their advanced age, they
Theotokou, i panton Zoi ke Anastasis. bring to Thee, by the Intercessions of continued to pray for offspring.
the Theotokos. For Thou art the Life And God heard their Prayers and sent to St Anna an Angel who announced to her
and Resurrection of all. the Will of God, which was precisely to answer her desire for a child, even
though she was then 58 years of age and St Joachim was 69.
F E STAL KO NTAKION –S T A NNA & ST J OACH IM ’ S C ONCEP TION –
TONE 2
Excited and joyful, St Anna exclaimed: “The Lord my God lives! Whether the child
I bear be a girl or a boy, I will bring it as an Offering to my God, to serve Him
Eortazi simeron, i ikoumeni, tin tis Today the world rejoices in the all its life!”
Annis sillipsin, gegenimenin en Theo; conception of Anna, wrought by God. And indeed she conceived, and when our Lady Theotokos reached the age of
ke gar afti apekiise, tin iper Logon, For she bore the One who beyond three, her Mother took Her—‘like a three-year-old Heifer’—to the Temple of
ton Logon kiisasan. comprehension Conceived the Logos. God, “..to be Nourished by the Angels...” as the Sacred Hymnographer
P ROKE IME NON – P SALM 63/64 – TO NE (7) V ARY S -G RAV E expressed it.
The reversal of the barrenness of St Anna was the Fruit of Prayer. It was impossible
Evfranhisete Dikeos en Kyrio ke elpii ep’ The Righteous man shall be glad in the for her to have conceived and given birth at such an advanced age – but – as
afton. Lord, and shall hope in Him, we must never forget: “...what is impossible with men is possible with God!”
Isakouson, O Theos, tis fonis mou, en to Hear, O God, my voice in my (LUKE 18:27]
In our own lives, as well, many things seem impossible to us and we often find
deesthe me pros Se. Supplication.
ourselves in a state of powerlessness from which only Prayer can Deliver us.
T H E E PISTLE OF S T P AUL TO TH E G AL ATIANS 4 : 22 – 27
Our unique, powerful, Holy Armament in all difficult moments is Prayer and
Adelphi: Avraam dio iious eshen: ena ek Brethren: It is written that Abraham Humility before the Lord our God – and with certainty – Miracles do occur!
tis pediskis ke ena ek tis eleftheras. had two sons: the one by a The barren earth will bear fruit, and God will send down the Rain of His Grace, to
bondwoman, the other by a free soften our heart so that the Seeds of soul-saving success in Christ may take root
woman. and flourish.
Let us therefore invoke St Anna, who experienced the disgrace and sadness of
All’ O men ek tis pediskis kata sarka But he who was of the bond woman was childlessness - and be assured and comforted that she will transform our
gegennite, O de ek tis eleftheras dia born according to the flesh, and he worries into Joy, our indolence into cheerfulness, our sadness into unending
tis Epangelias - atina estin of the free woman, through Promise Joyfulness and Exultation.
alligoroumena. - which things are symbolic.
Afte gar isi dio Diathike: mia men apo These are the two Covenants: the one
Orous Sina, is doulian gennosa, itis from Mount Sinai, which gives birth
estin Agar - to gar Agar Sina Oros to bondage, which is Hagar – for this
estin en ti Aravia, sistihi de ti nin Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and

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Festal Matins Hymns - St Joachim & St Anna
P SALM
PRAISE TO GOD
Theos Kyrios ke Epefanen imin.
Evlogimenos O erhomenos en
Onomati Kyriou!
1. Exomologisthe to Kyrio, oti Agathos,
oti is ton eona to Eleos Aftou! ✶
2. Panta ta Ethni ekiklosan me, ke to
Onomati Kyriou inamin aftous. ✶
3. Para Kyriou egeneto afti, ke esti
Thavmasti en ofthalmis imon. ✶
F E STAL A P OLY TIKION
Simeron 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 voisae afti: Here,
Keharitomeni, O Kyrios meta Sou!
✞ Doxa Patri, ke Io, ke Agio Pnevmati
Simeron 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 voisae afti: Here,
Keharitomeni, O Kyrios meta Sou!
Ke nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton
eonon.
Amin.
F E STAL A P OLY TIKION
Os 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
prosagomenas Si deisis, dia tis
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FOR HIS EVERLASTING MERCY
The Lord is God, and has Appeared to
us. Blessed is He Who comes in the
Name of the Lord!
1. Confess the Lord, for He is Good;
for His Mercy endures forever! ✶
2. All the Nations surrounded me, but
in the Name of the Lord I drove
them back. ✶
3. This is the Lord’s doing, and it is
Marvellous in our eyes. ✶
– C ONCEP TION OF S T A NNA – T ONE
Today the bonds of barrenness are
removed; for God - hearing the
Prayers of Joachim and Anna -
clearly promised that they would
bear - against all hope - the God-
Bearer; from whom was born the
Uncircumcised Himself as a mortal
Man Who ordered the Angel to cry
out to Her: Hail, O Full of Grace,
the Lord is with Thee!
✞ Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit
Today the bonds of barrenness are
removed; for God - hearing the
Prayers of Joachim and Anna -
clearly promised that they would
bear - against all hope - the God-
Bearer; from whom was born the
Uncircumcised Himself as a mortal
Man Who ordered the Angel to cry
out to Her: Hail, O Full of Grace,
the Lord is with Thee!
Now and ever, and to the Ages of ages.
Amen
– T H E C ONSEC RATION – TO NE 4
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 srong
forever and ever, and accept our
Supplications that we unceasingly
OF THEOTOKOS - 9 DECEMBER
Enite ton Theon en tis Agiis Afton.
Enite afton en stereomati tis
Dinameos Aftou.
Propator Avraam, ke pantes Patriarhe,
evfrenesthe orontes, tou Theou tin
Mitera, ek rizis imon fiousan.
Enite Afton epi tes Dinasties Afton.
Enite Afton kata to plithos tis
Megalosinis Aftou.
Here Ioakim, ke Anna, Here! Oti, Haras
ke Sotirias, tin proxenon to kosmo,
karpogonite simeron.
Enite afton en iho salpingos. Enite
afton en psaltirio ke kithara.
4 Horos ton Profiton, Agallesthe. Idou
gar, Anna karpon ekfii, di ou e
profitie, imon pereothisonte.
Enite Afton en timpano ke horo. Enite
Afton en hordes ke organo.
Sigharite file, pase ti stira, Anni, oti
karpon kilias, ekfii par Elpida, Zois
imin tin proxenon.
Enite afton en kimvalis evihis. Enite
afton en kimvalis alalagmou. Pasa
pnoi inesato ton Kyrion.
Ta perata tis gis, evfrenesthe. Idou gar,
tou Ktistou ton apanton, i Mitir ex
akarpou, gastros fiete simeron.
✞ Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati,
ke nin ke ai ke is tous Eonas ton
eonon.
Amin
T H E OTOKION
Simeron ek Rizis tou David, Vasiliki
Profiris ekvlastisasa, tou Ioakim
vlastanin aparhete, to Anthos to
Mystikion, en O Hristos O Theos
imon exinthisen, O Soson tas psihas
imon.
GREAT DOXOLOGY & FESTAL
APOLYTIKION

FESTAL MATINS & DIV LIT HYMNS – CONCEPTION
Praise God in His Saints; praise Him
in the firmament of His Power.
Forefather Abraham rejoice with the
Chorus of Patriarchs, beholding that
from Thy Root, the Mother of God
the Lord came forth.
Praise Him for His Mighty Acts;
praise
Him according to the greatness of
His Majesty.
Rejoice, O Joachim! And Anna, Rejoice!
For She who brings Salvation and Joy
into the world on this day has been
conceived by You.
Praise Him with the sound of the
trumpet; praise Him with lute and
harp.
Chorus of Prophets, leap for Joy, and be
exultant; for Anna conceived a
daughter, through whom Your
Prophesies came to pass.
Praise Him with timbrel and dance;
praise Him with strings and pipe.
All families, Rejoice along with barren
Anna, for she – against all hope –
now brings forth the Fruit of her
womb, which is the Cause of Life for
us.
Praise Him with tuneful cymbals;
praise Him with loud cymbals. Let
everything that has breath praise
the Lord.
Ends of the earth, be glad! Behold!
Today the Mother of the Creator of
all comes forth from her own
Mother’s previously unfruitful
womb.
✞ Glory to the Father, and to the
Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now
and forever, and to the Ages of
ages.
Amen
- T ONE 2
Today, from the Root of David, has the
Royal Purple Robe sprouted from
Joachim, and begins to grow the
Mystical Flower, into which Christ
our God will Blossom and Save our
soul.
OF THEOTOKOS - 9 DECEMBER 9.
 Evlogito is ktisis pasa ton Kyrion, ke consumed not the Virgin’s Womb Theotokou, i panton Zoi ke Anastasis. bring to Thee, by the Intercessions of
iperpsouto, is pantas tous eonas! into which It had descended. the Theotokos. For Thou art the Life
Therefore in praise let us sing: Let SMALL LITANY ➔ and Resurrection of all.
THE MAGNIFICAT ➔ the whole Creation Bless the Lord F IRST FE STAL K ATH ISMA – C ONCE PTION - TH E OTOKOS – T ONE 1
and Exalt Him above all forever!
F E STAL KA TAV ASIA OF TH E 9 TH O DE - N ATIV ITY OF CH RIST
O Neos Ouranos, en kilia tis Annis, Now forming in the Womb of Saint
tektenete Theou, pantourgou epinefsi, Anna is the New Heaven by God’s
Megalinon psihi mou, tin Timioteran, Magnify, O my soul, Her who is more ex ou ke epelampsen, O anesperos Divine Command as He
ke Evdoxoteran ton ano Honourable and more Glorious Ilios, kosmon apanta, fotagogon tes accomplishes all things. From this
Stratevmaton. than the Heavenly Hosts. aktisi, tis Theotitos, ipervoli Heaven has shone forth the Divine
efsplaghnias, O monos filanthropos. Never Setting Sun. By the Rays of
I R MO S Mystirion Xenon, oro ke H EI R MO S A Strange and Most His Divinity He leads all the world
paradoxon: Ouranon to Spyleon! Wonderful Mystery do I see: The
to Light, in His exceeding
Thronon Herouvikon, tin Parthenon! Cave is Heaven! The Virgin is the
Compassion, as the only One Who
Tin fatnin horion! En O aneklithi O Throne of the Cherubim! The
Loves mankind.
ahoritos, Hristos O Theos! On Manger is a Grand Space, in which
animvountes Megalinomen! Christ, the God Whom nothing can ✞ Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati, ✞ Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
contain, is laid! Him do we praise ke nin ke ai ke is tous Eonas ton and to the Holy Spirit, now and
THE SMALL LITANY – PRAISES TO ALMIGHTY and magnify! eonon. forever, and to the Ages of ages.
GOD ➔
F E STAL EX APOSTE IL ARION – C ONCEP TION -THEO TOKOS – T ONE 3
Amin Amen
T H E OTOKION
Isikouse tou stenagmou, tou tis sofronos The Lord Who is Compassionate,
Annis, O Kyrios os Efsplaghnos, ke answered the soulful Prayers of Horos Profitikos, proekirixe pale, tin The Blameless and All Pure Virgin of
paresheto tafti - tin Monin temperate and sober Anna; and He amomon Agnin, ke Theopeda Korin, God was aforetime predicted and
Apirogamon, tin to Fos eklapsasan, granted her a Child – the Only Virgin in Anna sinelave, stira ousa ke announced by the Choir of Prophets.
tis perasin aporritos. In O Thios ke who would bear and ineffably shine agonos. Taftin simeron,agalliasi Now barren and childless Anna has
klinos, kathoron Ioakim, Igasthi ke forth the Light to the ends of the kardias, makarisomen, i di’ aftis conceived Her by Joachim. Come
Egegithi. world. When the Godly and sesosmeni, os monin panamomon. today, with Joy of heart and Great
Renowned Joachim laid eyes on her, Exultaton, let us call Her Blessed, the
he gazed with Great Joy and Wonder. Only All Blameless Virgin, through
whom we have all been Saved.
I tou Theou Sofia, ikodomi ton eaftis, Now the Wisdom of God is building Her S EC OND F E STAL K ATH ISM ATA – C ONCEP TION - TO NE 4
ikon ek stiras nidios, tin Theotokon very own House from a barren
Mariam, in Makarisomen pase, e womans womb – that House being Adam anakenisthiti, ke Eva skirtison. O Adam, be rejuvenated! And Eve: leap
genee kata hreos. Mary the Theotokos. And let us, all Xira gar ke anikmos, gi anevlastise, for Joy! The arid ground of Anna’s
generations, dutifully call Her karpon evthalestaton, tin Anthisan barren womb has brought forth its
Blessed. kosmo, stahin Athanasias, ke to Fruit – sublime and luxuriant –
L AUD S : TH E P RAISE S TO G OD P SALM 148 onidos apan, irthi tis ateknias. Meth’ namely the Virgin Mary, who will
on sinevfranthomen, herontes bear for the whole world the ear of
Pasa pnoi enesato ton Kyrion. Enite Let everything that has breath praise
simeron. Immoratlity. And thus the
ton Kyrion ek ton Ouranon. Enite the Lord. Praise the Lord from the dishonour of childlessness is
Afton en tis Ipsistis. Si prepi imnos Heavens; praise Him in the Highest. removed. So let us Rejoice today.
to Theo. To Thee praise is due, O God.
Enite Afton, pantes i Angelli Aftou. Praise Him, all His Angels; praise Him, ✞ 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, now and
Enite Afton, pase e Dinamis Aftou. all His Powers. To Thee praise is eonon. forever, and to the Ages of ages.
Si prepi imnos to Theo. due, O God.
R ESURREC TION V ERSE S - P SALM 150 – TO NE 2 Amin Amen
Tou piise en aftis Frima engrapton. To execute upon them the Judgement Anavoison David, ti omose Si O Shout, O David, and declare, what Oath
Doxa afti este pasi tis Osiis Aftou. that is decreed; such Glory will be Theos?A mi omose fisi, ke is God swear to Thee? And he
for all His Holy Ones. ekpepliroken idon, ek tou Karpou tis answered: “What He swore, behold,
kilias mou dous tin Parthenon. Ex is He also has fulfilled, for He has given
Apothesthe Adam, ke Eva pasan lipin. I Thou, O Adam and Eve, can put away O plastourgos, Hristos O Neos Adam, the Virgin as the Fruit of my loins.
Mitir tis haras gar, en stira all sorrow; for wondrously the etehthi Vasilefs, epi tou Thronou From Her has Christ the New Adam
paradoxos, karpogonite simeron. Mother of Joy was produced in a mou. Ke Vasilevi simeron, O ehon and Fashioner been born, as it is
barren womb. tin Vasilian asalefton. I stira tikti, tin written to be King on my Throne.
Theotokon, ke trofon tis Zois imon. And He Whose reign is unshakable is
reigning today and forevermore.
8. F E S T A L M A T I N S & D I V L I T H Y M N S – C O N C E P T I O N OF THEOTOKOS - 9 DECEMBER FESTAL MATINS & DIV LIT HYMNS – CONCEPTION OF THEOTOKOS - 9 DECEMBER 5.

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F E STAL KO NTAKION
Eortazi simeron, i ikoumeni, tin tis Annis Today
sillipsin, gegenimenin en Theo; ke gar
afti apekiise, tin iper logon, TON
LOGON KIISASAN.
F E STAL I KOS – C
Si O ti Sarra dous pote, en gira
vathitato, ti Si epistasia, ke en
epangelia iion ton megan Isaak. Si O
dianixas tin stirevousan nidin tis
Annis, Pantodiname, Mitros Samouil
tou Profitou Sou. Ke nin epidon ep
eme, dexe mou tas deisis, ke pliroson
mou tas etisis, evoa en klavthmo i
sofron Anna ke stira, ke epikousen
aftis O evergetis. Othen en Hara
sinelave tin Parthenon, tin iper
Logon, TON LOGON KIISASAN.
S Y NAX ARION
Ti Θ’ tou Aftou minos, i Sillipsis tis Agias On
Annis, Mitros tis Iperagias Theotokou.
Ti afti imera, Mnimi tis Agias Profitidos On this day we Commemorate the Holy
Annis, tis Mitros Samouil tou Profitou.
Ti afti imera, Mnimi tou Osiou Patros
imon Stefanou tou Neolampous, tou
en to Agio Antipa kimenou.
Ti afti mera, Mnmi ton Agion Martyron On this day we Commemorate the Holy
Sositheou, Narsou ke Isaak, dia xifous
teliothenton.
Tes afton Agiis Presvies, O Theos,
eleison ke Soson imas.
Amin
6. F E S T A L M A T I N S & D I V L I T H Y M N S – C O N C E P T I O N
The barren woman bears the
Theotokos, yes, the Nourisher of our
Life.”
– CO NCE PTION – T ONE 2 Hristos epi gis, Ipsothite! Asate to
the world rejoices in the
conception of Anna, wrought by
God. For she bore the One who
beyond comprehension
CONCEIVED THE LOGOS.
ONCE PTION OF S T AN NA
Thou who kept Thy Ptomise, and by
Thine Authority gave Sarah a son –
the great Isaac – although she was
very old; “Thou, O Almighty God,
Who opened the barren womb of
Hannah, the Mother of Thy Prophet
Samuel: look now on me and accept
my Prayers and answer my
Petitions.” Thus did the temperate
and barren Anna say as she wept,
and she was heard by our
Benefactor. Therefore, with Joy, she
conceived the Virgin who in ways
surpassing speech and thought
BORE THE DIVINE LOGOS,.
– 9 DEC EMBER
the 9th day of this month, we
Commemorate (St Joachim and )St
Anna’s Conception of the Most Holy
Theotokos.
Prophetess, St Hannah (Anna),
Mother of St Samuel the Holy
Prophet of God.
On this day we Commemorate our
Righteous Father, St Stephen the
Newly Appeared, whose Holy Relics
repose in the Church of St Antipas.
Martyrs, St Sositheos, St Narses, and
St Isaac of Persia, who were
Perfected in Holy Martyrdom by the
sword.
By their Holy Intercessions, O God, have
Mercy and Save us.
Amen
OF THEOTOKOS - 9 DECEMBER
F E STAL KA TH ISM A - N
ODI 1 Hristos Gennate, Doxasate!
Hristos ex Ouranon, apantisate!
Kyrio, pas i gi, ke en evfrosini
animnisate, lai, oti Dedoxaste!
ODI 3 To
pro ton eonon, ek Patros
Gennithenti arrefstos Iio, ke ep’
Eshaton ek Parthenou, Sarkothenti
asporos, Hristo to Theo Voisomen; O
anipsosas to keras imon! Agios i
Kyrie!
ODI 4 Ravdos
ek tis Rizis, Iesse, ke
Anthos ex aftis, Hriste, ek tis
Parthenou anevlostisas. Ex Orous O
enetos, kataskiou daseos, ilthes
sarkothis es apirandrou, O ailos ke
Theos. ✞ Doxa ti Dinami Sou Kyrie!
O DI 5 Theos on Irinis, Patrir iktirmon, tis
Megalis Voulis Sou ton Angelon, Irinin
parehomenon, apestilas imin. Othen
Theognosias, pros Fos Odigithentes,
ek niktos orthrizontes,
Doxologoumen Se Filanthrope!
ODI 6 SplaghnonIonan 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.
ODI 7 I Pedes efsevia sintrafentes,
dissevous, prostagmatos
katafronisantes, piros apilin ouk
eptoithisan, all en meso tis flogos,
estotes epsallon. O Ton Pateron
Theos Evlogitos i!
ODI 8 ✞Enoumen, Evlogoumen ke
Proskinoumen ton Kyrion!
Thavmatos iperfious i Drosovolos,
exikonise kaminos tipon. Ou gar ous
edexato flegi neous, os oude pir tis
Theotitos, Parthenou in ipedi nidin.
Dio animnountes anamelpsomen.
FESTAL MATINS & DIV LIT HYMNS – CONCEPTION
ATIV ITY OF C HRIST - O DE S - TO NE 1
ODE 1 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!
ODE 3 To 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!
4 Rod of the Root of Jesse, and
ODE
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!
5 As Thou art God of Peace and
ODE
Father of Mercies, Thou hast sent to
us Thine Angel of Great Counsel,
granting us Peace. So are we guided
towards the Light of the Knowledge
of God, and, watching by night, we
Glorify Thee, O Lover of mankind!
6 The sea monster spat forth
ODE
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.
ODE 7 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!”
8 ✞We Praise, we Bless and we
ODE
Worship the Lord!
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
OF THEOTOKOS - 9 DECEMBER 7.