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S t Barba ra

GREAT VIRGIN MARTYR

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ST BA

RBARA

THE

GREA

VIRGIN MARTY

4 DEC

EMBER

ST BARBARA
THE

GREAT VIRGIN MARTYR OF HELIOPOLIS, SYRIA

St Barbara lived during the reign of Emperor Maximian (305 311). Her
pagan father, Dioscoros, was a rich, illustrious man of Heliopolis, Syria
who, after the death of his wife, devoted himself to the education and
upbringing of his beloved daughter.
Realising her extraordinary beauty and intelligence, Dioscoros hid her in a
tall tower where only her pagan teachers were allowed to see her, but
from which she had a good view of hills stretching out into the distance.
By day St Barbara gazed longingly upon the wooded hills, the flowing rivers
and the meadows covered with a most colourful blanket of flowers, and at
night, she stared at the harmonious and majestic heavens that twinkled
with an amazing spectacle of inexpressible, immense beauty.
From her early years she began to contemplate the identity of the Creator of
such splendour, and gradually became utterly convinced that the soulless
pagan idols were merely lifeless works of human hands that could never
have created the natural beauty and limitless magnificence of the
heavens and earth.
Her intense desire to know the True, Almighty God so consumed St Barbaras
soul that she decided to devote her entire life to this Living, All Powerful
God, and to live in Chastity and Service to God.
Reports of her great beauty and wisdom spread throughout the city and
many suitors sought her hand in marriage but despite the entreaties of her
father, St Barbara refused them all and she even dared to caution her
father that his persistence might separate them forever.
Thinking that his daughters temperament had been affected by her
secluded life in the tower, Dioscoros allowed her to freely choose her own
friends and acquaintances.
However, unknown to him, St Barbara met young Christian maidens who
taught her all about the One True God and the Holy Trinity. By Divine
Providence, a Priest arrived from Alexandria, and disguised as a
merchant, he instructed her in all aspects of Christianity and prepared her
for Holy Baptism, which he performed before returning to his homeland.
At the same time, a luxurious bathhouse was being built for Dioscoros with
two windows on the south side, 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, St Barbara traced a cross into the marble with her finger
and later, her footprints were mysteriously imprinted on the stone steps,
and the water had great Healing Powers, which St Symeon Metaphrastes
compared to the Blessed, Healing Streams of the great Jordan River and
the Pool of Siloam.
When Dioscoros returned and saw the changes to the bathhouse, St Barbara
told him about how she had come to know about the Saving Power of the
Son of God - in contrast to the futility of worshipping man-made, lifeless
idols.

2.

ST BA

RBARA

THE

GREA

VIRGIN MA

RTYR

4 D

ECEMBER

WE

BE S E E CH

ST BARBARA

TO

O N BE H A L F O F A L L O UR

D E LI V E R , P R O T E CT A N D I NT E R CE DE
B R E T H R E N I N C H R I S T I N S YR I A A N D

E LS E W H E R E W H O S U F F E R I N DE S C R I B A B LE P E R S E C UT I O N A ND
T O R ME NT B Y DE M O NI C F O R CE S T H A T T H R E A T E N T H E E NT I R E
WORLD.

MAY GOD

ST BA

RBARA

THE

H AV E

GREA

MERCY

VIRGIN MA

O N US A L L !

RTYR

4 D

ECEMBER

15.

THEOTOKION
THE CONGREGATION MUST STAND

Theotoke,

Theotokos, Thou art the True Vine that

Si i i Ampelos i Alithini, i
Valstisasa ton Karpon tis Zois, Se
iketevomen, presveve Despina, meta
tis Athliforou ke panton ton Agion,
eleithine tas psihas imon.

produced the Fruit of Life. O Lady,

we fervently Entreat Thee to
Intercede together with the Martyrs
and all the Saints, that our soul be
treated mercifully.

GREAT DOXOLOGY
FESTAL APOLYTIKION ST BARBARA TONE 4
Let us honour the All Virtuous Saint
Barbara; for she broke the snares of
the enemy, and she escaped from
them like a bird, with the Cross as
her Help and Shield.

Varvaran tin Agian timisomen.

Ehthrou
gar tas pagidas sinetripse, ke os
strouthian erristhi ex afton, Voithia
ke Oplo tou Stavrou i Pansemnos.

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ST BA

RBARA

THE

GREA

VIRGIN MARTY

4 DEC

EMBER

Dioscoros was outraged by her confession and, seizing a sword, he tried to

strike her with it but she fled from the house into the woods and hills. Her
father chased after her, driven by insane fury, until he was blocked by a
hill that had opened up and concealed St Barbara in a crevice.
After a long, fruitless search for his daughter, Dioscoros encountered two
shepherds who showed him the cave wherein St Barbara had hidden.
Having dragged her out of the cave, he beat her mercilessly, and then
placed her under guard in an attempt to wear her down with hunger and
thirst thus forcing her to renounce Christ.
After failing to persuade her to reject her unwavering Faith in the One True
Living God, Dioscoros handed her over the Martianos, the Prefect, who
ordered her to be beaten and humiliated until she broke down.
However, each night St Barbara fervently prayed to her Heavenly Bridegroom
who appeared before her and healed her terrible wounds. The next
morning, finding her healed and still alive, the persecutors subjected the
lovely Virgin Martyr to even worse and prolonged torture.
In the crowd of witnesses of St Barbaras Martyrdom, was a Virtuous Christian,
St Juliana, whose heart was filled with profound sympathy for the
beautiful young girl who so bravely faced her tormentors without
wavering in her Faith, and yearning to also suffer for Christ, St Juliana
loudly denounced the brutal torturers who quickly seized her and
subjected her to the same, extreme cruelties.
Their naked bodies were clawed, scraped and wounded with sharp hooks,
after which they were dragged naked and bloody through the city,
having to suffer the derision, mockery and spitting of the jeering, bloodthirsty mobs of pagans.
Through the Prayers of St Barbara, our Lord sent His Angel to cover their
exposed flesh with splendid Robes that hid them from the sight of the
multitude, as they were dragged along to their beheading.
Dioscoros himself delivered the fatal blow of the sword to his own daughter
and consequently, Divine Justice soon punished both Martianos and
Dioscoros who were both struck down and killed by lightning.
In the 6th Century the Holy Relics of St Barbara were transferred to
Constantinople, until 600 years later when they were transferred to Kiev by
Barbara, the daughter of the Byzantine Emperor, Alexios Comnenos, who
had married the Russian Prince, Michael Izyaslavich. Presently they rest at
Kievs St Vladimir Cathedral where an Akathist to St Barbara is served
every Tuesday.
Many Pious Orthodox Christians chant the Troparion of St Barbara every day,
thereby recalling our Saviours Divine Promise that those who remember
her and her Martyrdom would be preserved from sudden, unexpected
death, and would not depart this life without the Benefit of the Holy
Mysteries.

ST BA

RBARA

THE

GREA

VIRGIN MA

RTYR

4 D

ECEMBER

3.

PSALM 117 /118

- TONE (8) PLAGAL

PRAISE TO GOD FOR HIS EVERLASTING MERCY

Theos

Kyrios ke
Evlogimenos O
Onomati Kyriou!
1 :

Lord is God, and has Appeared

to us. Blessed is He Who comes in
the Name of the Lord!

Exomologisthe

Theos

Kyrios ke
Evlogimenos O
Onomati Kyriou!

: Give thanks to the Lord, for

He is Good;
His Mercy endures
forever!

V ERS E

2 : All the Nations surrounded

me, but in the Name of the Lord
drove them back.

The Lord is God, and has Appeared to

3 : Para Kyriou egeneto afti, ke

esti thavmasti en ofthalmis imon.

Kyrios ke
Evlogimenos O
Onomati Kyriou!

3 : This is the Lords doing, and

it is marvellous in our eyes.

V ERS E

us. Blessed is He Who comes in the

Name of the Lord!

Varvaran

Let

Doxa Patri, ke Io, ke Agio Pnevmati

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

tin
Agian
Timisomen.
Ehthrou gar ta pagidas sinetripse, ke
os strouthian erristhi ex afton,
Voithia ke Oplo tou Stavrou i
Pansemnos.

and to the Holy Spirit

Orthodoxias

of Piety and Decorum, Luminary of

the world, and God Inspired
Adornment of Monastics, O Wise
John, the Spirits Harp: by Thy
Teachings Thou Enlightened all.
Intercede with Christ our God for the
Salvation of our soul.

Ke

di imas Gennithis ek Parthenou, ke

stavrosin ipominas Agathe, O Thanato
ton Thanaton skilevsas, ke egersin
dixas os Theos, mi paridis ous eplasas
ti Hiri Sou. Dixon tin Filanthropian
Sou eleimon. Dexe tin tekousan Se
4.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

Athlitikin

odefsasa odon, progonikin

exefiges
voulin,
Varvara
pansevasmie, ke os men Parthenos
fronimi, lampadiforos isilthes, is tas
avlas tou Kyriou Sou, os de Martys
andria, Harin elaves iatrevin, tins
sarkos sathran limin. Alla ke imas
tous animnountas Se, psihikon
alidonon eklitrose, tes pros Theon
Ikesies Sou.

Ke

ST BA

RBARA

THE

GREA

Born of a Virgin, O Good One Who also

endured crucifixion for our sake,
Who by Death took the spoils of
Death as plunder and showed
Resurrection, being God, O despise
not those whom Thou formed with

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RTYR

4 D

ECEMBER

Him with tuneful cymbals;

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

O People, let us sing Hymns on

the Festive Day in honour of Barbara
the Victorious. Nothing could defeat
her neither sword nor fire, nor any
other torture not even the traps of
the crafty devil.
O Fair and All
Glorious Matyrs, pray to Christ to
grant us His Great Mercy.

and to the Holy Spirit

FESTAL STIHERA ST BARBARA TONE (6) PLAGAL 2

Amen
THEOTOKION

by God, was suffering in the

Stadium, she said: Painful indeed
are the present tortures, O Judge,
but I do not at all prefer the
mundane
over
the
Heavenly
Blessings. So dismember me, scrape
my flesh, and throw me into fire. I
go
with
Joy
to
Christ
my
Bridegroom.
O Saviour, by her
Entreaties send Thy Mercies to us,
and Save us who Faithfully celebrate
her Martyrdom.

Doxa Patri, ke Io, ke Agio Pnevmati

and ever, and to the Ages of

ages.

Amin

As the Martyr Barbara, who was Called

Come,

panigirin simeron tis Athliforou

Varvaras, defte lai imnisomen.
Taftin gar oute Xifos, oute pir, oute
alli vasanos oute tou poliplokou veliar
ta enedra etroposato. Hriston iketeve
Kallimartys panendoxe, dorithine
imin to Mega Eleos.

Now

nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton

eonon.

Him with timbrel and dance!

praise Him with strings and pipe!

Tin

Guide of Orthodoxy and Sacred Teacher

Odige, evsevias Didaskale

ke Semnotitos, tis ikoumenis O Fostir,
ton
mnazonton
Theonevston
egkallopisma, Ioanni Sofe, tes didahes
Sou
pantas
efotisas,
lira
tou
Pnevmatos. Presveve Hristo to Theo
sothine tas psihas imon.

Praise

Praise

Afton en kimvalis evihis. Enite

Afton en kimvalis
alalagmou.
Pasa pnoi inesato ton Kyrion

us honour the All Virtuous Saint

Barbara; for she broke the snares of
the enemy, and she escaped from
them like a bird, with the Cross as
her Help and Shield.

FESTAL APOLYTIKON ST JOHN DAMASCENE TONE (8) PLAGAL

Adam. And now He has worthily

Crowned the Martyr Barbara, and
through her, He grants the world
Forgiveness and Great Mercy.

Enite

The Lord is God, and has Appeared to

Epefanen imin.
erhomenos en

FESTAL APOLYTIKION ST BARBARA TONE 4

Theoklitos Martys Varbara, en to

Stadio pashousa elege: Dina men ta
paronta kolastiria, O Dikasta, ou
prokrino de olos, ton Ouranion ta
epigia. Dia touto temnete, xeete tas
sarkas, piri paradote me. Herousa
apio pros ton Nymphion mou Hriston
Is tes ikesies Sotir, ta elei Sou
katapempson imin, ke Soson tous tin
Athlisin aftis, ektelountas Pistos.

us. Blessed is He Who comes in the

Name of the Lord!

S TIHOS

Theos

V ERS E

Epefanen imin.
erhomenos en

Enite

Afton en hordes ke organo!

us. Blessed is He Who comes in the

Name of the Lord!

2 : Panta ta Ethni ekiklosan me,

ke to Onomati Kyriou iminamin
aftous.

Kyrios ke
Evlogimenos O
Onomati Kyriou!

Enite Afton en timpano ke horo!

The Lord is God, and has Appeared to

Epefanen imin.
erhomenos en

S TIHOS

Theos

doroumenos to kosmo, ilasmon ke to

Mega Eleos.

The

Epefanen imin.
erhomenos en

to Kyrio, oti
Agathos, oti is ton Eona to Eleos
Aftou!

S TIHOS

nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton

eonon.

Amin

Thou took the Path of Martyrdom and

escaped Thy fathers plan, O All
Venerable Barbara. And, as a Wise
Virgin, with Lamp in hand, Thou
entered the Courts of Thy Lord; as a
Courageous Martyr, Thou received
Grace to Cure infectious diseases of
the body. We who extol Thee now
pray Thee to Deliver us from
suffering of soul, by Thine Entreaties
to God.

Now

and ever, and to the Ages of

ages.

Amen

ST BA

RBARA

THE

GREA

VIRGIN MA

RTYR

4 D

ECEMBER

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Trisipostaton, en Mia ti Ousia

Glorify and Worship the Trinity in

One Essence and Unity in Three
Persons.

THEOTOKION

Ekiisas

Thou bore God the Logos of God, O All

Panahrante, ton tou to Theou

Theon Logon, kosmo tin Sotirion,
ektelounta
Pansofos,
Ikonomian
aristin.
Dia touto Se pantes,
imnologoumen
axios,
os
presvevousan touto, litrothine imas
noson, ke pantion kindinon.

LAUDS: THE PRAISES

Immaculate Virgin. He, very wisely,

carried out the very Good and Divine
Plan for the Salvation of the world.
Therefore, all we Believers sing Thy
Praises as is proper;
for Thou
Intercede with Him, that we be free
of diseases and of every kind of
danger.
TO

GOD

PRAISES TO THE LORD FROM

- PSALM 148

Theotokon Presvevousan iper imon, ke

Soson,
Sotir
imon,
laon
apegnosmenon.
SMA

LL

LITA

NY

FIRST FESTAL KATHISMA ST BARBARA - TONE 3

En

ti Athlisi Sou, pantas exeplixas, oti

iperminas, tas ton tyrannon pligas,
desma, vasanous, filakas, Varvara
panaidime. Othen ke ton Stefanon, O
Theos Si dedorite, onper epepothisas,
psihikos ke prosedrames. Aftos ke tas
iasis parehi, pasi tis Pisti prosiousi Si.

ALL CREATION

Pasa pnoi enesato ton Kyrion. Enite ton Let

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.

Kyrion ek ton Ouranon. Enite Afton

en tis Ipsistis. Si prepi imnos to Theo.

Enite

Afton, pantes i Angelli Aftou.

Enite Afton, pase e Dinamis Aftou. Si
prepi imnos to Theo.

FESTAL STIHERA ST BARBARA TONE 1

Enite

Praise

Tis

Thou

afton epi tes Dinasties Afton!

Enite Afton kata to plithos tis
Megalosinis Aftou!

Him for His Mighty Acts! praise

Him according to the Greatness of
His Majesty!

geiras trifis, tin apolavsin iperidousa,

ke Patros ton olvon omou te ke Doxan
misissasa, ton Ouranion Nympion
epepothisas, Varvara panaidime. To
Xifi gar tin karn tmithisa, Sin tes
fronimis sinisilthes Parthenis, ton
Nymphio Hristo. Othen ke tin limikin
noson
ekdiokousa,
tous
Pistous
Therpevis, energia tou Pnevmatos, ke
Presvevis apafstos, iper ton psihon
imon.

looked beyond the enjoyment of

earthly comforts, and Thou had
contempt for Thy fathers honour and
glory; and instead Thou longed for the
Heavenly Bridegroom, O Barbara
extolled by all. When Thy head was
cut off by sword, Thou joined the Wise
Virgins
and
entered
with
the
Bridegroom Christ. And now, Thou
drive away contagious diseases, and
Thou Cure the Faithful, by the Action
of the Holy Spirit, and Thou
unceasingly Intercede on behalf of our
soul.

FESTAL STIHERA ST BARBARA TONE 2

Enite

malicious enemy has been put to

shame. He once had Eve, our First
Mother, as an Instrument of sin, but
now he is Defeated by a Woman. For
Christ, the Logos of the Father, was
Incarnate of a Virgin, without change
or confusion, as He alone knows,
and He lifted the Curse of Eve and

ittomenos, oti tin Promitora eshen

organon pros amartian. O gar ek
Parthenou sarkothis Logos tou Patros,
atreptos ke afirtos, os ide monos aftos
tin kataran elise tis evas ke tou
Adam, Hirsots O stefanosas azios,
Varvaran tin Martyra, ke di aftis
ST BA

RBARA

THE

GREA

VIRGIN MARTY

4 DEC

EMBER

Holy Martyrdom truly astonished

all. For Thou endured the wounds
and imprisonment, the tyrants
tortures and the bonds, O Barbara,
extolled by all. Therefore God hast
granted Thee the Unwithering Laurel
Crown, for Thou ran to be with Him
and Thou longed for Him with all
Thy soul. And He it is Who grants
Cures and Healings to all who come
to Thee with Faith.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

and to the Holy Spirit

Ton

As

Ke

Now

Agion tas mnimas epitelountes

Pistos, ton Athliforon tin mnimin
panigirisomen, ke odes pnevmatikes
anevfimisomen. Oti enekrosan evhi,
ton tin Evan doleros, sterisanta
aftharsias, ke ton Hriston disopousin,
eleithine tas psihas imon.

nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton

eonon.

Amin

we faithfully honour the memories

of Saints, let us festively keep the
Memorial of those Holy Women
Martyrs, praising them with Spiritual
Songs. For they mortified by Prayer
the deceiver who deprived our
Mother Eve of Incorruption, and they
pray to Christ intently that He have
Mercy on our soul.
and ever, and to the Ages of
ages.

Amen
THEOTOKION

Here,

Agion Oros ke Theovadiston!

Here, empsihe Vate ke Akataflekte!
Here, i Moni Pros Theon kosou Gefira,
i metagousa Thnitous, pros tin Eonion
Zoin! Here, akirate Kori, i apirandros
tekous, tin Sotirian ton psihon imon!

Him with the sound of the

trumpet! praise Him with lute and
harp!

Iishinthi O vaskanos ehthros, ipo ginekos The

Thy

FESTAL KATHISMA ST BARBARA - TONE (5) PLAGAL 1

Praise

Afton en iho salpingos. Enite

Afton en psaltirio ke kithara!

12.

Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati

Praise

Him, all His Angels; praise Him,

all His Powers. To Thee praise is due,
O God.

Thine own Hand. Demonstrate Thy

Love for mankind, O Lord of Mercy,
and accept Thy Mother, the
Theotokos, who Intercedes on our
behalf, O Saviour, and Save us
despairing people.

Rejoice, O Holy Mountain on which God

Himself has trodden! Rejoice, Living
Bush
that
burnt
but
was
unconsumed! Rejoice, Only Bridge
that connects the world to God and
conducts the mortal race to
Everlasting
Life!
Rejoice,
O
Immaculate Virgin, who without
knowing a husband, truly gave Birth
to Him Who Saves our soul!

SECOND FESTAL KATHISMA ST JOHN DAMASCENE

Idifonos

Avlos, Megalofonos Salpigx,

Kithara melourgos, ligyra Thia Lira,
Kinira panarmonios, mousikotaton
Organon,
empneomenon,
tou
Paraklitou tes aires, anadedixe, O
Ioanni ke Thelgis, imon ta noimata.
ST BA

RBARA

THE

GREA

- TONE

A sweetly playing Pipe, and a loud Horn

and Trumpet, melodious Guitar, and
Harp of Divine Song, harmonious
Violin,
well
tuned
Musical
Instrument, moved to play as the All
Holy Spirit Inspires Thee: that is

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RTYR

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5.

what Thou art, O Blessed John, and

Thou thereby enchant our mind and
thoughts.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

Doxa Patri, ke Io, ke Agio Pnevmati

Imnoumen

tous septous, ke Agious

Agonas, ous etlis Alithos, iper tis
Ekklisias, gererontes en asmasi, ta
septa melodimata, a katelipes, is
imnodian Kyriou, axiagaste, ke ton
Piston evfrosinin, Ioanni Panevfime.

We

nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton

eonon.

Now

and to the Holy Spirit

Ke

Amin.

worthily extol the august Holy

Struggles that Thou endured in
Truth for the Church, O Holy Father.
We honour in Sacred Song the
august Hymns and Poetry that Thou
left behind, for use in Praising our
Master, and in bringing Joy and
Great Delight to the Faithful, All
Honoured and Blessed John.

ODI 7

ODE 7

Scorning

Pedes evsevia sintrafentes, dissevous,

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

ODI 8

ODE 8

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.

Amen
THEOTOKION

Mitera

tou Theou, epistametha pantes,

Parthenon Alithos, ke meta Tokon
fanisan, i potho katafevgontes, pros
tin Sin Agathotita. Se gar ehomen
amartoli prostasian, Se kektimetha,
en pirasmis Sotirian, tin Monin
Panamomon.

All

we who run to Thee and with

longing
take
Refuge
in
Thy
Benevolence, know that Thou art the
Mother of God and after giving Birth
art Virgin in Very Truth. For we
sinners have Thee as our Only
Protection. In temptation we rely on
Thee for Salvation, O Only All Pure
One.

THIRD FESTAL KATHISMA ST BARBARA TONE 1

To ema Sou semni, os alavastron myrou, With

eninohas Hristo, to Nymphio Sou
potho.
Antamipsinde ilifas, par
aftou axiagaste, tin energian, ton
iamaton Varvara, pasan falanga,
aposovousa demonon, dinami tou
Pnevmatos.

Love Thou brought Thy Blood to

Christ Thy Bridegroom as if it were
Perfume in an alabaster vial. And
He, in return, gave Thee, O
Praiseworthy Barbara, Grace to Heal
and to Cure ailments of soul and
body. By the Power of the Holy
Spirit, Thou drove off demonic
activity.

Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati,

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

Amin

Amen

ke nin ke ai ke is tous Eonas ton

eonon.

and to the Holy Spirit, now and

forever, and to the Ages of ages.

MA

GNIFICAT

to Septon, tou Despotou Dohion,

anastison imas, peptokotas is haos,
dinis apognoseos, ke ptesmaton ke
Thlipseon. Si gar pefikas, amartolon
Sotirais, ke voithia, ke kratea
prostasia, ke sozis tous doulous Sou.

OF THE

6.

ST BA

RBARA

THE

GREA

VIRGIN MA

RTYR

4 D

ECEMBER

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 for ever!

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!

I RM OS

SMALL LITANY... PRAISES TO GOD

OF

CHRIST

Magnify, O my soul, Her who is more

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!

H EIR MO S

FESTAL EXAPOSTEILARION ST BARBARA TONE 3

Tin

Harin ton iaseon, ek Theou

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

O Mary, as the Lords Hallowed Vessel,

we pray Thee to raise us up, for we
have fallen into the chaos of awful
despondency, and transgressions,
and suffering. For Thou hast indeed
become the sinners Salvation, and
their Help in need, and their
prevailing Protection; and Thou Save

The

FESTAL KATAVASIA

THEOTOKION

Maria

We Praise, we Bless and we Worship

the Lord!

Thavmatos

and ever, and to the Ages of

ages.

the impious decree, the

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

FESTAL EXAPOSTEILARION ST

Anetrepsas

Sofia Sou, tas eresis

pammakar, O Ioanni Pansofe. Ke
Orthodoxon Dogma, ti Ekklisia
dedokas, tou Orthos Dogmatizin, ke
Doxazin
Triada,
Monada
ST BA

RBARA

THE

GREA

From

God Thou hast received the

Gift of Cures and Healings, O
Barbara extolled by all; so Thou
Cure diseases of those who
come to Thee with Faith. In this
way Thou Glorify our God and
Master of all things. Deliver all
from danger, from contagious
diseases, and ailments of soul
and body.
JOHN DAMASCENE - TONE 3

Thou

refuted the heresies, O Blessed

One, by Thy Wisdom, devout and All
Wise Father John; to the Church
Thou hast given the Orthodox
Dogma so that we might correctly all

VIRGIN MA

RTYR

4 D

ECEMBER

11.

On this day the New Holy Hieromartyr,

Agios Neos Ieromartys Seraphim O

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

St Seraphim, Bishop of Panarion, was

Perfected in Holy Martyrdom by
impalement in 1601.

Tes

By their Holy Intercessions, O God, have

Amin

Amen

afton Agiis Presvies, O Theos,

eleison ke Soson imas.

KATAVASIA

OF THE

NATIVITY

Mercy and Save us.

OF CHRIST
TONE 1

OUR

ODI 1

ODE 1

Hristos

Christ is Born, Glorify Him!

Gennate, Doxasate! Hristos ex

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

Christ hath
come from the Heavens, receive Him!
Christ is on earth, Elevate Him! Sing
unto the Lord, all the earth; And ye
Nations, praise Him with Joy; for He
has been Glorified!

ODI 3

ODE 3

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 was
without seed made Flesh of the
Virgin, to Christ our God let us cry
aloud Thou hast raised up our Horn,
Holy art Thou, O Lord!

ODI 4

ODE 4

Ravdos

Rod

of the Root of Jesse, and Flower

that blossomed from his stem: O
Christ, Thou hast sprung from the
from the Mountain
Virgin Overshadowed by the Forest : Thou
hast come, made Incarnate from Her
who knew not wedlock - O God Who
art not formed from matter: Glory
to Thy Power, O Lord!

ek tis Rizis, Isse, ke Anthos ex

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

ODI 5

ODE 5

Theos

As Thou art God of Peace and Father of

on Irinis, Patir Iktirmon, tis

Megalis Voulis Sou ton Angelon,
Erinin parehomenon, apestilas imin.
Othen
Theognosias,
pros
Fos
Odigithentes, ek Niktos orthrizontes,
Doxologoumen Se Filanthrope!

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!

ODI 6

ODE 6

Splaghnon

The sea monster spat forth Jonah as it

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.

10.

ST BA

RBARA

THE

GREA

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
Incorrupt. For being Himself not
subject to decay, He preserved His
Mother free from harm.
T

VIRGIN MARTY

4 DEC

THE HOLY GOSPEL

ON FEAST DAYS THE PRIEST
FACING THE C ONG REGATION .

Ke

LORD THE ODES

EMBER

Thy servants.

SMALL LITANY FESTAL ANTIPHONS

PRAISES TO ALMIGHTY GOD

RE ADS THE

H OLY G OSPEL

iper tou kataxiothine imas tis

akroaseos tou Agiou Evangeliou
Kyriou ton Theon imon iketevsomen.

Kyrie Eleison [3]

Sofia! Orthi! Akiousomen

And that He will graciously

grant us to hear His Holy Gospel, let
us pray to the Lord.

PE OPLE

tou Agiou

R OYAL G ATES [H OLY D OORS ]

PRI EST

PRI EST

Evangeliou

Lord have mercy [3]

Wisdom! Arise! Let us listen to

the Holy Gospel.

Irini pasi!

Peace be with you all.

WE

BOW

OUR HEAD

Ke to pnevmati sou
Ek tou kata M A T T H E O N

TO

RECEIVE

AGIOU

Proshomen
Doxa Si, Kyrie, Doxa Si!
THE SIGN OF THE CROSS

&

THE

PE OPLE

E V A N G E L I O U to anagnosma...

MAKE

FRO M THE

PRIESTS BLESSING

And with thy spirit

The Lesson is from

THE HOLY
GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST MATTHEW
Let us attend

PRI EST

PE OPLE

Glory to Thee, O Lord:

Glory

to Thee!

BOW TO GOD IN GRATITUDE AND WORSHIP

BEFORE

&

AFTER THE

HOLY GOSPEL

HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING

TO ST MATTHEW 25
BE PREPARED AND READY AT ALL TIMES
THE TEN WISE AND FOOLISH VIRGINS

: 1 - 13

Ipen O Kyrios tin Paravolin taftin:

At that time, our Lord Jesus said:
Omiothisete i Vasilia ton Ouranon Deka The Kingdom of Heaven shall
Parthenis,
aitines
lavouse
tas
lampadas afton exilthon is apantisin
tou Nymphiou.

be
likened to Ten Virgins who took
their lamps and went out to meet
the Bridegroom.

Pente de ison ex afton fronimi ke e

pente more.

Five of them were wise, and five were

foolish.

Aitines more lavouse tas lampadas

eafton ouk elavon meth eafton
eleon.

Those who were foolish took their

lamps but took no oil with them.

E de fronimi elavon eleon en tis

Angiis afton metaton lampadon
afton.

The wise took oil in their vessels with

their lamps.

Hronizontos
de
tou
Nimphiou
enistaxan pase ke ekathendon.

And while the Bridegroom was

delayed, they all slumbered and
slept.

Mesis de niktos kravgi gegone: Idou!

O Nymphios erhete! Exerhesthe is
apantisin Aftou!

And at midnight a cry was heard:

Behold!
The Bridegroom is
coming! Go out to meet Him!

Tote igerthsan pae e Partheni ekine

ke ekosmisan tas lampadas afton.

And all those Virgins arose and

trimmed their lamps.

ST BA

RBARA

THE

GREA

VIRGIN MA

RTYR

4 D

ECEMBER

7.

E de more tes fronimis ipon: Dote

imin ek tou eleou imon, oti e
lampades imon svenninte.

And the foolish Virgins said to the

wise: Give us some of your oil, for
our lamps are going out.

Apekrithisan de e fronimi legouse.

Mipote ouk arkesi imin ke imn.
porevesthe de mallon pros tous
polountas ke agorasate eaftes.

But the wise Virgins answered and

said: No, lest there should not be
enough for us and you; but go
rather to those who sell and buy oil
for yourselves.

Aperhomenon de afton agorase

ilthen O Nymphios ke e etimi
isilthon met Aftou is tous Gamous,
ke eklisthi i Thira.

And while they went to buy, the

Bridegroom came, and those who
were ready, went in with Him to the
Wedding; and the Door was shut.

Isteron de erhonte ke e lipe Partheni

legouse:
Kyrie! Kyrie!
Anixon
imin!

Afterwards the other Virgins came

also, saying: Lord! Lord! Open to
us!

O de apokrithis ipen:
imin: ouk ida imas!

Amin, Lego

But He answered them: Truly, I say

to you: I do not know you!

Grigorite oun, oti ouk idate tin

imeran oude tin oran en i O Iios tou
Anthropou erhete.

Watch, therefore, for you know

neither the Day nor the Hour in
which the Son of Man is coming.

Doxa Si, Kyrie, Doxa Si!

PE OPLE

Glory to Thee, O Lord:

PRAYERS FOR SALVATION

FESTAL KONTAKION ST BARBARA TONE 4

To

Tin

nimfevthisan to Hristo dia tou

Martyriou, Varvaran sinelthontes
timisomen axios, opos aftis tes
prosevhes
limis
psihofthorou
litrothentes, ke limou, sismou te ke
kataptoseos, ton vion en Irini
dielthomen,
kataxiothentes meta
panton ton Agion, ton ap eonos Theo
evapestisanton, diagin en Foti, ke
melpin axios. Ethavmastosas Soter ta
Sa elei pasi tis Pisti Omologousi,
TRIADA
SEVO
TIN
MIAN
THEOTITA.

Glory

PSALM 50/51

INTERCESSORY HYMNS

FOR

DIVINE MERCY

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

Tes

TIS
ATHLIFOROU
Presvies,
Eleimon, exalipson ta plithi ton emon
egklimaton.

Through

Ke

nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton

eonon.

Now

and to the Holy Spirit

Amin
Tes

tis Theotokou Presvies, Eleimon,

exalipson
ta plithi
ton emon
egklimaton.

the Intercessions of T H E
H O L Y M A R T Y R , O Merciful One, blot
out
the
multitude
of
our
transgressions.

and ever, and to the Ages of

Ages.

Virgin Martyr, Thou renounced the

pagan idols and followed the True
God,
the
One
extolled
and
worshipped in Trinity. And as Thou
competed in the Arena, O Barbara,
Thou did not succumb to any threats
of the tyrants; but bravely Thou
cried and sang: I worship only the
ONE GOD IN TRINITY!

Let

us come together and worthily

honour Barbara, who was wed to
Christ through Martyrdom, so that
by her Prayers we may be Delivered
from
deadly
plague,
famine,
earthquake and calamity, and we
may live in Peace, and may be
counted worthy to walk in the Light
with all the Saints who have pleased
God from the beginning of time, and
so that we may worthily sing: O
Saviour, Thou hast Magnified Thy
Mercies to those who Faithfully
Confess: I worship only the ONE
GOD IN TRINITY.

SYNAXARION 4 DECEMBER

Ti tou aftou minos, i Athlisis tis Agias On

Amen
Through

Megalomartyros Varvara, ke i Agia

Iouliani - xifi telioute.

the Intercessions of the

Theotokos, O Merciful One, blot out
the multitude of our transgressions.

Eleison me, O Theos, kata to Mega Eleos Have mercy upon me, O God, according
Sou ke kata to plithos ton iktirmon
Sou Exalipson to anomima mou.

en Triadi evsevos imnoumeno,

akolouthisasa Semni Athlifore, ta ton
idolon elipes sevasmata, meson de
tou skammatos, enathlousa Varvara,
tyrannon
ou
kateptixas
apilas
andriofron, Megalofonos Melpousa ai,
TRIADE
SEVO
TIN
MIAN
THEOTITA.

FESTAL IKOS ST BARBARA TONE 4

to Thee!

Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati

with Lamp in hand, Thou entered the

Courts of Thy Lord as a courageous
Martyr, Thou received the Grace to
Cure infectious diseases of the body.
We who extol Thee, now pray Thee
to Deliver us from suffering of soul,
by Thine Entreaties to our God.

lampadiforos isilthes, is tas avlas tou

Kyriou Sou, os de Martys andria,
Harin elaves iatrevin, tis sarkos
sathran limin. Alla ke imas tous
animnountas Se, psihikon algidonon
eklitrose, tes pros Theon ikesies Sou.

to Thy Great Mercy; according to the

multitude of Thy Mercies do away
mine offences.

FESTAL IDIOMELON ST BARBARA TONE (6) PLAGAL 2

this 4th day of this month we

Commemorate the Contest of the
Great Holy Virgin Martyr St Barbara
and her fellow Martyr, St Juliana,
who were Perfected by sword.

Ti

afti imera, Mnimi tou Osiou Patros

imon
Ioannou
Monahou
ke
Presviterou tou Damaskinou.

On

this day we Commemorate our

Righteous Father, St John of
Damascus, Hieromonk of Mar Sabbas
Monastery.

Eleison

Have

Ti

afti imera, Mnimi tou Osiou Patros

imon Ioannou, Episkopou Polivotou,
tou Thavmatourgou.

On

Athlitikin

Thou took the Road of Martyrdom and

Ti

afti imera, i Agii Hristodoulos ke

Hristodouli xifi teliounte.

On

me, O Theos, kata to Mega

Eleos Sou ke kata to plithos ton
iktirmon Sou Exalipson to anomima
mou.
odefsasa Odon, progonikin
exefiges voulin, Varara pansevasmie,
ke os men Parthenos fronimi,

8.

ST BA

RBARA

THE

GREA

mercy upon me, O God,

according to Thy Great Mercy;
according to the multitude of Thy
Mercies do away mine offences.

escaped Thy fathers plan, O All

Venerable Barbara. As a Wise Virgin,
VIRGIN MA

RTYR

4 D

ECEMBER

ST BA

RBARA

THE

GREA

this day we Commemorate our

Righteous Father, St John the
Wonderworker, Bishop of Polybotos
in Phrygia.
this day the Holy Martyrs, St
Christodoulos and St Christodula
were Perfected by sword.

VIRGIN MA

RTYR

4 D

ECEMBER

9.