2015 - 8 Sept - Nativity Theotokos

Adelphi mou monin me katelipe
diakonin?
Ipe oun afti in mi
sinantilavite!
Apokrithis
de ipen afti O Iisous:

Martha! Martha!
Merimnas ke
tirvazi peri polla. Enos de esti hria.
Maria de tin agathin merida eelzato,

itis ouk aferethisete ap aftis.
Thou not care that my sister has left

me to serve alone? Therefore tell her
to help me!
Jesus
answered and said to her:

Martha! Martha! You are worried
and troubled about many things.
One thing is needed.
Mary has chosen that good part,

which will not be taken away from
her.
...Egeneto de en to legin afton tafta,
...
As
epasa tis gyni fonin ek tou ohlou,

ipen Afto: Makaria i Kilia i vastasasa
Se, ke Masti ous ethilasas!
Aftos
de ipe: Menounge Makarii i

akouontes ton Logon tou Theou, ke
Filassontes Afton.
Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria & All Africa

Archdiocese of Good Hope
He
He spoke these things, a certain

woman from the crowd raised her
voice and said to Him: Blessed is the
Womb that bore Thee, and the
Breasts that nursed Thee!
replied: More than that: Blessed
are those who hear the Word of
God and keep It!
Sunday Matins & Divine Liturgy

Hymns & Readings
USED IN C
ONJUNCTION
WITH SERVICE BOOKS
8 September
Nativity of our Lady
Theotokos
By the Grace of God

COMPILED, ADAPTED, EDITED & PRINTED
BY MARGUERITE PAIZIS
ARCHONDISSA & TEACHER BY DIVINE GRACE
GREEK ORTHODOX PATRIARCHATE OF ALEXANDRIA & ALL AFRICA
ARCHDIOCESE OF GOOD HOPE
HOLY CHURCH OF THE DORMITION OF THE MOTHER OF GOD
PO BOX 28348
SUNRIDGE PARK
6008
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
MARGUERITE.PAIZIS@GMAIL.COM
RE-EDITED & PUBLISHED - 23 JULY 2015
Tone 2
KATAVASIAS
FESTAL MATINS HYMNS - NATIVITY EVER BLESSED THEOTOKOS 8 SEPTEMBER
CROSS
Our Eternal Gratitude to Pater Seraphim Dedes & all the contributing Translators
elsewhere for the original Greek & English texts and for making our Worship a little
easier to understand, to participate and to appreciate.
Glory to God for His Great Mercy!
www.agesinitiatives.com/dcs/public/dcs
NOT
20.
OF THE
FOR MATERIAL PROFIT!
Nativity of our Lady Theotokos

(EXCERPT
FROM THE
HOMILY
OF
ST DIMITRIOS
OF
behold!
Henceforth
all
generations will call me Blessed.
For He Who is Mighty has done
great things form me, and Holy is
His Name...
pase e genee. Oti epiise mi Megalia

O dinatos. Ke Agion to Onoma
Aftou...
ROSTOV)
The Virgin Theotokos was born of Priestly Ancestors as well, who offered God sweet
smelling Sacrifices.
Her Father, the Holy Righteous St Joachim, was the son of Barpather, who traced
his Ancestry to Nathan, the son of King David.
Her mother, the Holy Righteous St Anna, was the daughter of Matthan the Priest,
who was of the line of Aaron.
Thus, the Most Pure Virgin was by Her Father of Royal Descent, and by Her Mother,
of High Priestly Lineage.
Of what precious materials, from what an Ancestry was the Most Illustrious,
Animate Palace of the King of Glory fashioned!
As structures built of stone and wood in King Solomon's Palace were esteemed all
the more for the pure gold with which they were covered, so in the case of the
Nativity of the Most Pure Theotokos, the Nobility of Her Royal and High-Priestly
Lineage is rendered yet more Honourable by the Chastity of Her Holy Parents,
which is more to be valued "...than thousands of gold and silver. She is more
precious than costly stones, and nothing that is dear is to be compared to
Her..." for the Most Pure Virgin was born of Parents possessed of Chastity, which
is Loftier than all Nobility was, as the Holy Damascene testified, writing of the
Righteous Ancestors of God thus:
"O Blessed Couple Joachim and Anna! Truly, by the Fruit of your loins are you
known to be Blameless, according to the Words of the Lord, 'You shall know
them by their Fruits. You ordered your lives in a manner pleasing to God, and
worthy of Her who was born of you. Having lived in Chastity and
Righteousness, you brought forth the Treasury of Virginity, the Virgin, who was
a Virgin before giving Birth, as She gave Birth, and even after She gave Birth.
She alone, being in mind and soul, and body Ever Virgin, abides always in
Virginity.
It was fitting that this Virginity, be born of Chastity.
Like a pair of doves, Joachim and Anna! You, having chastely observed the Laws
of nature, have been granted by God that which is above nature, and have
brought into the world the Virgin Mother of God.
While in the flesh, you have Piously and Virtuously borne a daughter who is
Higher than the Angels and reigns over them. Most Fair and Sweet Daughter!
Lily, sprung up in the midst of tares from a Root most Noble and August! By you
the Royal Priesthood has been enriched!"
With words such as these does the Holy Damascene clearly indicate the manner of
Parents who bore the Mother of God, and of what Precious Materials the
Palace of the Heavenly King was erected.
Where was this LIVING PALACE built? In a MOST EXALTED PLACE, as the Church
testifies:"Truly Thou art Higher than all things, O Pure Virgin!"
Nevertheless, it was not so in respect to locality, but rather Her Virtues and God's
Benefactions.
The place where the Most Blessed Virgin was born was a little town in the land of
Galilee called Nazareth, which was subject to the City of Capernaum.
It was inglorious and obscure, and its inhabitants were held in disdain, even as it
was once said of Christ: "Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?"
But the Lord "...Who dwells on High and looks down on things that are lowly..."
was well pleased that His Most Pure Mother be born not in Capernaum, which
in its pride was lifted up to Heaven, but rather in humble Nazareth, indicating
that that ...which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the
2.
Idou gar! Apo tou nin Makariousi me For
...Emine de Mariam sin afti osi minas
...
Mary
remained with her about three

months, and returned to her house.
tris, ke ipestrepen is ton ikon aftis.``
PROKEIMENON ODE OF THE THEOTOKOS TONE 3
Megalini
i psihi mou ton Kyrion ke

igalliase to pnevma mou epi to
Theo to Sotiri mou.
Oti
epevlepsen epi tin tapinosin tis

doulis Aftou.
THE EPISTLE
OF
ST PAUL
My
soul Magnifies the Lord, and my

spirit has rejoiced in God my
Saviour!
For He has regarded the lowly state of

His Maidservant.
PRESERVING UNITY
Adelphi:
Touto gar
fronistho en imin O ke en
Hriso Isou.
Os en Morfi Theou
iparhon ouh arpagmon igisato to ine
isa Theo. All eavton ekenose morfin
doulou
lavon,
en
omiomati
anthropon genomenos.
Ke
shimati evrethis os anthropos

etapinosen eavton genomenos ipikoos
mehri thantou, thanAtou de stavrou.
Dio
ke O Theos afton iperipsose ke

eharisato afto Onoma to iper pan
Onoma, ina en to Onomati Iisou pan
goni kampsi epouranion ke ePigion
ke katahthonion, ke pasa glossa
exomologisite oti Kyrios Isous Hristos
is doxan Theou Patros.
THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING

ON
PHILIPPIANS 2 : 5 - 11
TO THE
IN
HUMILITY
Brethren:
Let this mind be in you, which was also
in Christ Jesus, Who, being in the
Form of God, did not consider it
robbery to be Equal to God, but
made Himself of no reputation,
taking the form of a bondservant
and Coming in the likeness of men.
And
being found in Appearance as a

Man, He Emptied Himself and
became Obedient to the point of
death even the death of the cross.
Therefore,
God also has highly exalted

Him and given Him the Name, which
is above every other name that at
the Name of Jesus every knee should
bow of those on earth and of those
under the earth and that every
tongue should Confess that Jesus
Christ is Lord, to the Glory of God
the Father.
TO ST LUKE 10 : 38
27 28
THIN
G IS
To kero ekino, isilthen O Iisous is komin At

tina.
EEDED
- 42
&
11 :
that time, He entered a certain

village.
Gyni
de tis, onomati Martha, ipedexato

Afton is ton ikon aftis.
A woman named Martha welcomed Him
Ke
tide in adelphi kaloumeni Maria, i

ke parakathisasa para tous Podas tou
Iisou, ikoue ton Logon Aftou.
And she had a sister called Mary, who
de Martha
diakonian.
Martha
Epistasa
periespato
peri
pollin
de ipe: Kyrie, ou meli Si oti i
into her house.

sat at Jesus Feet, listening to His
Word.
was
serving.
She
distracted
with
much
approached and said: Lord, dost
19.
FESTAL APOLYTIKION NATIVITY
OF
THEOTOKOS TONE4
I Gennisis Sou, Theotoke, Hara eminise
Thy Nativity, O Theotokos, has brought
pasi ti ikoumeni. Ek Sou gar anetilen

O Ilios tis Dikeosinis, Hristos O Theos
imon. Ke lisas tin kataran, edoke tin
Evlogian.
Ke
katargisas
ton
Thanaton, edorisato imin Zoin tin
Eonion.
Joy to everything: from Thee has

shone forth the Sun of Righteousness,
Christ our Lord.
And having
loosened the Curse, He granted His
Blessing. And He abolished
Death,
bestowing upon us, Life Eternal.
FESTAL KONTAKION NATIVITY
Ioakim ke
Anna onidismou ateknias, ke

Adam ke Eva, ek tis fthoras tou
Thanatou, ileftherothisan, Ahrante,
en ti Agia Gennisi Sou, aftin eortazi
ke O Laos Sou, enohis ton ptesmaton,
Litrothis en to krazin Si, i stira tikti
tin Theotokon ke TROFON TIS ZOIS
OF
THEOTOKOS
TONE4
Joachim
& Anna were Delivered from

the reproach of childlessness, and
Adam and Eve from the corruption
of Death, in thy Holy Nativity, O All
Pure One.
This do thy people
celebrate, being Redeemed from the
guilt of transgressions, when they
cry unto thee: the Barren One gives
birth to the Birth-giver of God and
THE NOURISHER OF OUR LIFE!
IMON
FESTAL GOSPEL LUKE 1 : 39 - 49 & 56

THE VISITA
To
Ke
TION
kero ekino, anastasa Mariam,

eporevthi is tin orinin meta spoudis,
is polin Jouda, ke isilthen is ton ikon
Zahariou, ke ispasato tin Elisavet.
At that time, Mary arose and went into
egeneto, os ikousen i Elisavet ton

aspasmon tis Marias, eskirtise to
vrefos en ti kilia aftis.
And it happened when Elizabeth heard
the hill country with haste, to a city

of Judah, and entered the house of
Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth.
the greeting of Mary, that the babe
leapt in her womb.
Ke eplisthi Pnevmatos Agiou i Elisavet.
And
Ke
And
anefonise foni megali, ke ipen:

Si en Gynei, ke
Evlogimenos O Karpos tis kilias
Sou!
Evlogimeni
Ke
pothen mi touto, ina elthi i Mitir

tou Kyriou mou pros me?
Elizabeth was filled with the Holy

Spirit.
she spoke out with a loud voice,

saying: Blessed art Thou among
women, and Blessed is the Fruit of
Thy Womb!
And why is this granted to me, that

the Mother of my Lord should come
to me?
Idou
For indeed, as soon as the voice of Thy
Ke
Makaria i pistevsasa, oti este

Teliosis tis lelalimenis afti para
Kyriou!
And
Ke
ipe Mariam: Megalini i psihi mou

ton Kyrion, ke igalliase to pnema
moue pi to Theo to Sotiri mou! Oti
epevlepsen epi tin tapiosin tis doulis
Aftou.
gar, os egeneto i foni tou

aspasmou Sou is ta ota mou,
eskirtise to vrefos en Agalliasi en ti
kilia mou.
18.
Greeting sounded in my ears, the

babe leapt with Joy in my womb.
Blessed is She Who believed, for
there will be a Fulfilment of those
Things that were told Her from the
Lord!
And Mary said: My soul Magnifies the

Lord, and my spirit has rejoiced in
God my Saviour!
For He has
regarded the lowly state of His
Maidservant.
Sight of God..." while that which is despised and disdained by them is

regarded by Him as Lofty and Honourable.
Moreover, by its very name Nazareth hints the Height of the Virtues of the Most
Pure Virgin. For as by His Nativity in Bethlehem, which name means "House of
Bread," the Lord Mystically signified that He is the Bread come down from
Heaven for the Life and Strength of mankind.
So by the Birth of His Most Pure Mother in Nazareth He denotes sublime things. For
the name "Nazareth" means a blossoming place that is Sacred, removed from
the things of this world, adorned as it were, with a Crown, and Guarded.
All these epithets are clearly applicable to the Most Pure Virgin, for She is the
Flower sprung up from the withered tree of a barren and aged womb, which
has Renewed our nature, which has shrivelled with age.
She is the Flower that does not wilt, but ever blossoms with Virginity.
She is the Most Fragrant Flower, giving Birth to the Fragrance of the Only King.
She is the Flower that bears the Fruit, which is Christ the Lord - the Flower that
alone has borne the Fragrant Apple.
She is Sanctified by the Grace of the Holy Spirit, which has descended upon Her
and has overshadowed Her.
She is the Holiest of all the Saints, as She has Borne the Word, Who Himself is more
Holy than all the Saints.
She is excluded from the ranks of the sinners of this world, for throughout Her Life
not even once did she know sin.
All of us must say with King David: "I know mine iniquity and my sin is ever
before me," but She alone can say, "Without iniquity I ran, and directed my
steps."
She is the Guide of all mankind, who had not only committed no sin Herself, but
also turns sinners from wicked deeds, even as the Church cries out to Her:
"Hail! O Thou who Delivers us from the works of mire."
She is Crowned with Glory and Honour - Crowned with Glory, because She has
blossomed from a Royal Root and Crowned with Honour, because She has
sprung from a High-Priestly Line.
She is Crowned with Glory, having come forth from Glorious, Chaste and
Righteous Parents.
She is Crowned with Honour, for She was esteemed worthy of the Angel's Glad
Tidings and his attendance.
She is Crowned with Glory, as the Mother of God, for what could be more Glorious
than to bear God?
She is Crowned with Honour as the Ever-Virgin, for what could be more
honourable than to remain Virgin even after giving birth?
She is Crowned with Glory, more Glorious than the Seraphim, possessed of Love for
God like that of the Seraphim.
She is Crowned with Honour, more Honourable than the Cherubim, having
surpassed the Seraphim in Wisdom and Knowledge of the Divinity.
"Glory, Honour and Peace to everyone who works Good," said the Apostle, and
who among the earthborn surpasses the Most Pure Virgin in Deeds of Virtue?
Having fulfilled all the Commandments of our Lord, having done all His Divine
Will, having observed all His Injunctions, having kept all His Sayings in Her
heart, and having performed every sort of Good Deed to Her neighbours, She
is worthy to be Crowned as one who works all manner of Good.
She is likewise a Repository, in which the Treasure of Her Virginal Chastity is
guarded so carefully, that not even unto the Angel did She wish to entrust it.
Upon seeing the Angel, She was troubled at his words, and considered in Her
mind what Manner of Salutation this might be .
All these things concerning the Most Pure Virgin are signified by the name
"Nazareth."
3.
Who would not affirm that that Lofty Palace of Christ has been Greatly Exalted
through Her Virtues and God's Blessings?
She is Exalted, for She has been bestowed on us from Heaven, albeit She was born
on earth of earthly Parents.
She was bestowed from Heaven, for as certain Theologians say, the Archangel
Gabriel, who brought Glad Tidings to St Zacharias concerning St John, and
who likewise announced to St Joachim and St Anna the Conception of the
Theotokos, conveyed from Heaven Her Most Blessed Name, saying unto Her
barren Mother: "Anna, Anna: Thou shalt bear a Most Blessed Daughter, and
Her name shall be Mary."
Undoubtedly, She can be called the Holy City; the New Jerusalem, Descended
from God out of Heaven, and the Tabernacle of God in our midst.
Lofty is this Divine Tabernacle, for having Borne Christ the King, it is Exalted above
the Seraphim: O Height difficult to climb for the thoughts of mankind!"
With what sort of Beauty is this Noetic Palace of Christ adorned?
Listen to the sweet words of St John of Damascus, who speaks of Her thus:
"She was offered to God, the King of All, clad in the splendour of Virtues, as it
were, in a vesture of gold, and adorned in the Grace of the Holy Spirit. All
Her Glory is within, for while every wife derives Glory from without, from her
husband, the Glory of the Theotokos is from within, that is to say, the Fruit of
Her Womb.
And again he said: "O Virgin, Full of God's Grace, O Holy Temple of God, which
King Solomon who created the world has erected and in which He has
dwelt! Not with gold, nor with inanimate stones art Thou adorned.
Instead of gold the Spirit shines in Thee; in place of precious stones, Thou hast
Christ within Thee, O Pearl of Great Price!
Such is the Adornment of this Palace, the Beauty of which far exceeds that of King
Solomon's Temple, in which were depicted the Cherubim, trees, and flowers.
Likewise, in this Animate Temple, in the Most Pure Virgin, a semblance to the
Cherubim may be seen; for by Her Manner of Life, which was like that of the
Cherubim, She was not only the Equal of the Cherubim, but surpassed them.
If the Church frequently refers to other Saints as Cherubim, singing: "What shall
we call you, O Saints? Cherubim, for Christ has rested upon you..." how much
more is the Virgin Theotokos like a Cherub?
For within Her Christ abode in the flesh, and in Her Most Immaculate Hands God
sat as though upon a Throne:
Therefore is She called a Cherubic Throne.
Moreover, in Her Person the likeness of fertile trees is depicted, for Spiritually She is
like a fruitful Olive Tree or a blooming Date-Palm in the House of the Lord.
Therefore, She is now called the Life-Giving Garden: "From a barren root the God
of Wonders has made a Life-Bearing Garden to spring up for us: His Mother."
All this is said in respect to Her Spiritual Beauty, but She was not lacking in
physical beauty.
Many of the Teachers of the Church testify that there has never been, nor shall
ever be a Virgin as fair as the Virgin Theotokos.
When Saint Dionysios the Areopagite saw Her, he would have called Her God,
had he not known that God was Born of Her.
The Divine Grace with which She was filled, shone forth brilliantly from Her face.
Such was the Palace that the Heavenly King prepared beforehand on earth!
She was Beautiful in both soul and body, "...as a Bride adorned for Her
Husband..." and, what is more, exceeding Spacious: "Thy Womb He made
more Spacious than the Heavens, and therein Christ, God Uncontainable,
has been contained."
Palaces are usually constructed in such a manner that not only the King, but a
multitude of his attendant servants and those who come to him from
throughout the world may be amply accommodated.
4.
Festal Divine Liturgy Hymns & Readings

FIRST FESTAL ANTIPHON - NATIVITY - THEOTOKOS TONE 2
Mnisthiti Kyrie tou David ke pasis

tis praotitos aftou...
Lord, remember David and all his

meekness...
STIHOS
VERSE
Tes
Through
Presvies tis Theotokou, Soter,

Soson imas.
Idou ikousamen aftin en Efratha

evromen aftin en tis pediis tou
drimou.
STIHOS 2
STIHOS 3
Dedoxasmena
the Intercessions of the

Theotokos, O Saviour, Save us.
VERSE
Glorious Things are spoken of

Thee, O City of God
VERSE 3
elalithi peri Sou i
Polis tou Theou
God in the midst of Her; She shall

not be moved: God shall help Her
and that right early
VERSE 4
Theos en Meso Aftis ke ou

salefthisete
STIHOS 4
Behold, we heard of it at Ephratah:

we found it in the fields of the wood
Tes
Through
Doxa
Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

Soson imas.
Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati,
ke nin ke ai ke is tous Eonas ton
eonon.
Amin
Tes

Soson imas.

and to the Holy Spirit, now and

forever, and to the Ages of ages.
Amen
Through

SECOND FESTAL ANTIPHON - NATIVITY OF

TONE 2
Omose Kyrios to David Alithian ke

ou mi athetisi aftin.
THE
The Lord swore in Truth to David;

and He will not turn from it.
STIHOS 1
VERSE 1
Soson
imas Iie Theou, O EN AGIIS

THAVMASTOS
psallontas
Si:
Allilouia!
EVER BLESSED THEOTOKOS
Son of God, WHO ART EXTOLLED

BY THY SAINTS, Save us who sing
to Thee: Alleluia
Ek Karpou tis Kilias Sou thisome

epi tou Thronou Sou.
VERSE 2
Eki exanatelo Keras to David,

itimasa lihnon to Hristo Mou.
VERSE 3
STIHOS 4
Oti exelexato Kyrios tin Zion,

iretisato aftin is kati ian eafto.
VERSE 4
Soson
Doxa
STIHOS 2
STIHOS 3
imas Iie Theou, O EN AGIIS

THAVMASTOS
psallontas
Si:
Allilouia!
eonon.
Amin
O the Fruit of Thy Body will I set

upon Thy Throne
There will I make the Horn of
David Bud: I have Ordained a Lamp
for Mine Anointed
For the Lord has chosen Zion: He

has desired it for His Habitation.
Son of God, WHO ART EXTOLLED

BY THY SAINTS, Save us who sing
to Thee: Alleluia
Amen
17.
genitor genomenos. Ouk estin allos

os Si, ton gigenon gennitoron
Theolipte. I gar Theodohos Kori, tou
Theou to skinoma, to Panagion Oros,
dia Sou imin dedorite.
Enite Afton en timpano ke horo.
Enite
Afton en hordes ke organo.
tou Paradoxou Thavmatos!

O ek
stiras Karpos, analampsas nevmati,
tou
panton
Dimiourgou
ke
Pnatokratoros, evtonos tin kosmikin,
ton
Agathon
dialelike
stirosin.
Miteres sin ti Mitri, tis Theotokou
horefsate, krazouse.
Keharitomeni
here! Meta Sou O Kyrious, O parehon
to kosmo, dia So to Mega Eleos!
henceforth. Be Joyous, O Joachim,

having become the God-bearers
Progenitor! There is no one else like
Thee in generations of Paternity, O
Godly One, for the God-receiving
Maiden, the Tabernacle of our God,
the Mountain All Holy, has been
bestowed to us through Thee.
Praise
Him with timbrel and dance;

praise Him with strings and flute.
What a Paradoxical Miracle! The barren

ones Fruit is brought forth at the
Command of Him Who has made all
things, and our Almighty God; and
deftly He has Redeemed the worldly
realm that was sterile of His Good
Things. O Mothers, in chorus join
the Theotokos own Mother, and cry
aloud: O Lady Full of Grace: Rejoice!
For the Lord is with Thee, and at
Thine Intercession, He bestows Great
Mercy on the world!
Enite
Praise
Stili
Anna
Afton en kimvalis evihis. Enite

Afton en kimvalis
alalagmou.
Pasa pnoi inesato ton Kyrion.
sofrosinis empsihos, ke lampron

doheion, apostilvon haritis, i Anna i
evkleis fanisa tetoke, tin provolone
alithos, tis Parthenias to Thion
apavthisma, tin pases Parthenikes, ke
Parthenias pothouses to harisma, to
tis
Parthenias
kallos,
emfanos
vravevousan, ke parehousan psi, tis
Pistis to Mega Eleos.
Him with tuneful cymbals;

praise Him with loud cymbals. Let
everything that has breath praise
the Lord.
the renowned, appearing as an

animate Pillar of Chastity and a
bright Container shining with Grace,
truly gave birth to progeny of her
own: the efflorescence Divine of
Virginity.
And, manifestly, the
Maiden awards Virginitys Beauty to
all Virgins, and to those who truly
yearn for the Grace of Virginity, and
She freely grants to all Faithful Great
Mercy.
The Spacious Abode of the Word - the Most Pure Virgin -accommodates not only
God the Word as King, but also us, His servants, who draw close to God Who
dwells in Her.
She contains both God and us in Her Womb, in Her Compassionate Bosom.
The Chosen and Holy Vessel, the Apostle Paul, moved by Compassion, said to his
Beloved, Spiritual Children: "Our heart is enlarged; you are not straitened in
us."
In which of the Saints may be found such All-Embracing, Divine Compassion as in
the Virgin Mary?
Here the Chaste are accommodated, and the sinner is not excluded.
Here the Penitent has a place, while those who are despairing and unrepentant
have a Refuge like a New Ark, which shelters not only clean, but unclean
animals as well - its Entrance is not barred.
Her Compassion easily accommodates all those who sorrow, those who are
offended, those who hunger, those who are strangers, who are troubled, and
who are sick.
For it is not possible for Her to be lacking in Mercy, whose Womb bore for us the
Gracious God.
The Palaces of earthly Kings are guarded by armed Guards, who do not allow
everyone desirous to enter therein to do so, but rather stop and carefully
question everyone as to why they have come.
However, although the Living Palace of Christ is surrounded by Cherubim and
Seraphim, by the innumerable Choirs of Angels, and by all the Saints, at the
Doors of Her Compassionate Mercy no one hinders those who desire to enter neither do guards or soldiers expel or drive anyone away after having
interrogated them concerning their intentions, but having prayerfully entered,
we all receive a Gift, which profits us according to our Petition.
Thus, let us hasten to the Compassionate Bosom of Her who was born of a barren
womb, hailing Her:
"Rejoice, O Immaculate Palace of the King of All! Rejoice, Dwelling Place of God
and of the Word! To Him, together with the Father and the Holy Spirit, and to
Thee, O Daughter of the Father, Mother of the Son, and Bride of the Holy
Spirit, be honour and Glory from us mortals unto the ages, Amen.
ADAPTED & EDITED BY MP:
HOMILY ON THE NATIVITY OF THE EVER BLESSED VIRGIN THEOTOKOS
BY ST DIMITRIOS OF ROSTOV.
HTTP://WWW.STGEORGEGREENVILLE.ORG
Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati, Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
eonon.
Amin

Amen
FESTAL THEOTOKION NATIVITY - TONE (6) PLAGAL 2
Afti
i imera Kyriou! Agalliasthe, lai!

Idou gar tou Fotos O Nimfon ke i
Vivlos tou Logou is Zois ek Gastros
proelilithe. Ke i kata anatolas Pili
apokiithisa prosmeni tin Isodon tou
Iereos tou Megalou, moni ke monon
isagousa Hriston is tin ikoumenin,
pros Sotirian ton psihon imon.
This
is the Lords Day!

Rejoice, O
People! Behold! The Bridal Chamber
of Light and the Book of the Word of
Life has come forth from the Womb.
The Temple Gate that faces East has
been born, and She awaits the Entry
of the Great High Priest. Only She
alone introduces Christ to the whole
world, for the Salvation of our souls.
For the first section of Matins the Psalms, etc please

use the Matins Service Book until this point, then
carefully follow the instructions pertaining to the following
Hymns and Readings.
THEOTOKION - THE GREAT DOXOLOGY &

RESURRECTION APOLYTIKION
16.
5.
PSALM 117 /118

P RA ISE
Theos
Kyrios ke
Evlogimenos O
Onomati Kyriou!
TO
GOD
FO R
H IS
Epefanen imin.
erhomenos en
1 : Exomologisthe to Kyrio, oti

agathos, oti is ton eona to Eleos
Aftou!
STIHOS
Theos
Kyrios ke
Evlogimenos O
Onomati Kyriou!
Epefanen imin.
erhomenos en
Panta ta ethni ekiklosan me, ke

to Onomati Kyriou inamin aftous.
STIHOS 2:
Theos
Kyrios ke
Evlogimenos O
Onomati Kyriou!
Epefanen imin.
erhomenos en
Para Kyriou egeneto afti, ke esti

thavmasti en ofthalmis imon.
STIHOS 3:
Theos
Kyrios ke
Evlogimenos O
Onomati Kyriou!
Epefanen imin.
erhomenos en
E VE RLA STING
FESTAL EXAPOSTEILARION THEOTOKOS NATIVITY - TONE 2

M E RCY
The Lord is God, and has Appeared to

us. Blessed is He Who comes in the
Name of the Lord!
Give thanks to the Lord, for He

is Good; His Mercy endures forever!
VERSE 1:
Gennisis Sou, Theotoke, Hara eminise

Evlogian.
Ke
katargisas
ton
Eonion.

Name of the Lord!
All the nations surrounded me,

but in the Name of the Lord I drove
them back.
VERSE 2:

This is the Lords doing, and it
is marvellous in our eyes.

Name of the Lord!
Thy
Nativity, O Theotokos, has

brought Joy to everything:
from
Thee has shone forth the Sun of
Righteousness, Christ our Lord. And
having loosened the Curse, He
granted His Blessing. And He
abolished Death, bestowing upon
us, Life Eternal.
and to the Holy Spirit

shone
forth
the
Sun
of
us, Life Eternal
Now
Ke
Amen
I Gennisis
Amin.
Sou, Theotoke, Hara eminise

Evlogian.
Ke
katargisas
ton
6.
O Adam, be Renewed today; and Thou,
anakenisthiti,
ke
Eva,
Megalinthiti.
Profite Sin Apostolis
horefsate ke Dikeiis. Kini Hara en to
kosmo, Angelon te ke anthropon. Ek
ton Dikeon simeron, Ioakim ke tis
Annis, gennate i Theotokos.
VERSE 3:
and ever, and to the Ages of

ages.
Adam,

Name of the Lord!
Doxa Patri, ke Io, ke Agio Pnevmati

Gennisis Sou, Theotoke, Hara eminise
Evlogian.
Ke
katargisas
ton
Eonion.
Today
ta perata, tis ikoumenis

simeron, en ti Gennisi Sou Kori,
Theokiitor Maria, ke Apirogame
Nimfi. En i ke ton fisanton Se, to
lipiron dielisas, tis ateknias onidos, ke
tis Promitoros Evas, tin en to tiktin
kataran.
FESTAL APOLYTIKION THEOTOKOS - NATIVITY TONE 4
Agalonte
LAUDS: THE PRAISES
TO
O Eve, be Magnified. O Prophets

with the Apostles together dance
with the Righteous. A common Joy
in all the world is shared by Angels
and
mankind.
Today
from
Righteous Parentage, from Joachim
and Anna, is born the True
Theotokos.
GOD
- PSALM 148
ALL CREATION PRAISES THE LORD OUR GOD
Pasa
Let
Enite
Praise Him, all His Angels; praise Him,
pnoi enesato ton Kyrion. Enite

ton Kyrion ek ton Ouranon. Enite
Afton en tis Ipsistis. Si prepi imnos
to Theo.
Afton, pantes i Angelli Aftou.
Enite Afton, pase e Dinamis Aftou.
Si prepi imnos to Theo.
PSALM 150
everything that has breath praise

the Lord. Praise the Lord from the
Heavens; praise Him in the Highest.
To Thee praise is due, O God.
all His Powers. To Thee praise is

due, O God.
FESTAL PROSOMIA THEOTOKOS NATIVITY- TONE 1

LET ALL THINGS PRAISE THE LORD!
Enite
Afton epi tes Dinasties Afton.

Enite Afton kata to plithos tis
Megalosinis Aftou.
Praise
Him for His Mighty Acts;

praise Him according to the
greatness of His Majesty.
O tou Paradoxou Thavmatos!
What
Enite
Praise
I Pigi tis
Zois, ek tis stiras tiktete. I Haris
Karpogonin,
lampros
aparhete.
Evfrenou Ioakim, tis Theotokou
genitor genomenos. Ouk estin allos
os Si, ton gigenon gennitoron
Theolipte. I gar Theodohos Kori, tou
Theou to skinoma, to Panagion Oros,
dia Sou imin dedorite.
nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton

eonon.

shone
forth
the
Sun
of
the reaches of the world are

festive and most jubilant because of
Thy Birth, O Mary, the Maiden and
Theotokos, and Virgin Bride who
knew no man. In being born, Thou
hast reversed the sad Reproach of
barrenness on Thy Parents and the
Curse of Childbirth on Eve, our
Ancestral Mother.
afton en iho salpingos. Enite

afton en psaltirio ke kithara.
O tou Paradoxou Thavmatos!
I Pigi tis
Zois, ek tis stiras tiktete. I Haris
Karpogonin,
lampros
aparhete.
Evfrenou Ioakim, tis Theotokou
a Paradoxical Miracle! That the

Fountain of Life from a barren wife
is born, that Grace, fulgent, may
commence
bearing
its
Fruit
henceforth. Be Joyous, O Joachim,
having become the God-bearers
Progenitor! There is no one else like
Thee in generations of Paternity, O
Godly One, for the God-receiving
Maiden, the Tabernacle of our God,
the Mountain All Holy, has been
bestowed on us through Thee.
Him with the sound of the

trumpet; praise Him with lute and
harp.
What a
paradoxical Miracle! That the

Fountain of Life from a barren wife
is born, that Grace, fulgent, may
commence
bearing
its
Fruit
15.
protipothisan, di is O simpas ton

anthropon hous, is soma aneplasthi
Theo.
Iperagia Theotoke, Soson imas.

Ta spargana proskinoumen
Sou
Theotoke, Doxazomen ton donta
Karpon ti prooin stira, ke anixanta
mitran, tin agonon ek paradoxou, pii
gar panta osa voulete, Theos on
Pantexousios.
David the Holy, O Pure One, speak of

Thee in augur, though whom the
Compass of all human dust will be
formed into a Body for God.
Most Holy Theotokos, Save us

Thy swaddling clothes we Revere,
O
Pure Theotokos, and Glorify the
Giver of Fruit to one once barren; for
He Wondrously opened an infertile
womb, and makes to be all that He
will to be, for He is God the All
Powerful.

Evlastisas Nimfotoke Anna Theofron, ek Thou blossomed forth, beyond
Mitras par Elpida, ke ex epangelias,
Parthenofiton Anthos, Theovlaston
Agnias Kallos, dio Se pantes
Makarizomen, os Rizan tis Zois imon.
hope,
yet as it was Promised, O Godlyminded, Bride-bearing Anna from
Thy Belly: a True Virgin-Petalled
Flower who Blossomed God, and
Virtues Beauty; therefore, as the
very Root of our lives, we - one and
all - pronounce Thee Blessed.
Doxa Patri, ke Io, ke Agio Pnevmati
Allotrion
Estranged
Ke
Now
Amin
Ehorisas
Amen
Thou
tis anomis esti Doxazin, tin

anarhon Triada, Patera ke Ion te, ke
to Agion Pnevma, tin aktiston
pagkratorian, di is O simpas kosmos
idraste, to nevmati tou Kratous Aftis.
nin ke Ai ke is tous Eonas ton

eonon.
en Gastri Sou Parthenomitor,

ton ena tis Triados Hriston ton
Vasilea, on imni pasa ktisis, ke
tremousin i ano throni, afton disopi
pansevasmie, sothine tas psihas
imon.
indeed from the lawless is

Glorifying, the Trinity Eternal, the
Father and the Son, Who with the
All Holy Spirit, is Uncreated God
Almighty, through Whom the whole
wide world is held in sway, by order
of His Awesome Might.
carried within Thy Womb, O

Virgin Mother, a Person of the
Trinity: Christ the King and Master.
All Creation sings His Praises as
Thrones Above are seized with
trembling. Entreat Him fervently, O
All Honoured Maiden, to grant
Salvation to our souls.
is,
Theotoke,
Paradisos,
Ageorgitos vlastisasa Hriston, if ou to
tou
Stavrou
Zoiforon
en
gi
pefitourgite Dendron.
Di ou nin
ipoumenou proskinountes afton, Se
Megalinomen.
Thou
art the Mystical Paradise, O

Theotokos; for, being Untilled, Thou
budded forth Christ, by Whom was
planted on earth the Life-giving Tree
of the Cross. Wherefore, as we adore
It being elevated, we Magnify Thee.

us, Life Eternal.
SMALL LITANY
FESTAL KATHISMA NATIVITY - THEOTOKOS - TONE 4
Anavoison
Shout, O David, and declare:
Doxa
Amin
Anavoison
Amen
Shout, O David, and declare:
David, ti omose Si O Theos?

A mi omose fisi, ke ekpepliroken idou,
ek tou karpou tis kilias mou dous tin
Parthenon.
Ex is O plastourgos,
Hristos O Neos Adam, etehthi Vasilefs,
epi tou Thronou mou. Ke Vasilefi
simeron, O ehon tin Vasilian
asalefton. I stira tikti, tin Theotokon,
ke Trofon tis Zois imon.

eonon.
David, ti omose Si O Theos?

A mi omose fisi, ke ekpepliroken idou,
ek tou karpou tis kilias mou dous tin
Parthenon.
Ex is O plastourgos,
Hristos O Neos Adam, etehthi Vasilefs,
epi tou Thronou mou. Ke Vasilefi
simeron, O ehon tin Vasilian
asalefton. I stira tikti, tin Theotokon,
ke Trofon tis Zois imon.

ages.
FESTAL KATAVASIA - 9TH ODE - HOLY CROSS
Mystikos
Eonion.
what Oath
did God swear to Thee? And he
answered: What He swore, behold:
He also has fulfilled, for He has
granted the Virgin as the Fruit of my
loins. From Her has Christ, the New
Adam and Fashioner, been born, as
it is written, to be King on my
Throne. And He Whose Reign is
unshakable is reigning today and
forevermore.
The barren woman
bears the Theotokos, the Nourisher of
our Life!
what Oath
did God swear to Thee? And he
answered: What He swore, behold:
He also has fulfilled, for He has
granted the Virgin as the Fruit of my
loins. From Her has Christ, the New
Adam and Fashioner, been born, as
it is written, to be King on my
Throne. And He Whose Reign is
unshakable is reigning today and
forevermore.
The barren woman
bears the Theotokos, the Nourisher of
our Life!
SECOND FESTAL KATHISMA THEOTOKOS NATIVITY-TONE 4
Ek tis Rizis Iesse, ke ex osfios tou David, i From Jesses Root, as Branch and Fruit
Theopes Mariam, tiktete simeron
imin, ke neourgite i simpasa ke
Theourgite.
Sigharite omou, O
Ouranos ke i gi! Enesate aftin, e
Patrie ton Ethnon! Ioakim evfrenete,
ke Anna panigirizi kravgazousa: I
stira tikti, tin Theotokon, ke Trofon tis
Zois imon!
Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati,

eonon.
Amin
of Davids loins, the Child of God,

Mary, unto us is born today, and all
Creation is recreated and Deified.
Rejoice in unison, O Heaven and
earth! Sing praises to Her, O all
Gentile clans! Joachim is exultant,
and Anna celebrates, crying out:
The barren woman bears the
Theotokos the Nourisher of our
Life!

Amen
THE SMALL LITANY
14.
7.
FESTAL MAGNIFICAT THEOTOKOS NATIVITY
Ek tis Rizis Iesse, ke ex osfios tou David, i From Jesses Root, as Branch and Fruit
Theopes Mariam, tiktete simeron
imin, ke neourgite i simpasa ke
Theourgite.
Sigharite omou, O
Ouranos ke i gi! Enesate aftin, e
Patrie ton Ethnon! Ioakim evfrenete,
ke Anna panigirizi kravgazousa: I
stira tikti, tin Theotokon, ke Trofon tis
Zois imon!
of Davids loins, the Child of God,

Mary, unto us is born today, and all
Creation is recreated and Deified.
Rejoice in unison, O Heaven and
earth! Sing praises to Her, O all
Gentile clans! Joachim is exultant,
and Anna celebrates, crying out:
The barren woman bears the
Theotokos the Nourisher of our
Life!
THIRD FESTAL KATHISMA THEOTOKOS NATIVITY- TONE (8) PLAGAL 4
Agalliastho
Ouranos, gi Evfrenestho! O
tou Theou gar Ouranos en gi etehthi,
i Theonimfos Afti ex epangelias. I
stira vrefos thilazi tin Mariam. Ke
Heri epi to toko Ioakim, Ravdos legon
etehthi mi, ex is to Anthos Hristos,
evlastisen ek Rizis David.
Ontos
Thavma Paradoxon!
Exult,
O Heaven, and O Earth, Rejoice!

The very Bride of God and Gods own
Heaven was born on earth, fulfilling
thus the Promise.
The barren
woman nursed Mary the Infant, and
Joyous was Righteous Joachim at the
birth, and he said: From the Root of
David to me is born a Rod, from
which has bloomed the Flower,
Christ.
Truly Wonderous is the
Miracle!
Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati,
Amin
Agalliastho
Amen
Exult, O

eonon.
Ouranos, gi Evfrenestho! O
tou Theou gar Ouranos en gi etehthi,
i Theonimfos Afti ex epangelias. I
stira vrefos thilazi tin Mariam. Ke
Heri epi to toko Ioakim, Ravdos legon
etehthi mi, ex is to Anthos Hristos,
evlastisen ek Rizis David.
Ontos
Thavma Paradoxon!

Heaven, and O Earth, Rejoice!
The very Bride of God and Gods own
Heaven was born on earth, fulfilling
thus the Promise.
The barren
woman nursed Mary the Infant, and
Joyous was Righteous Joachim at the
birth, and he said: From the Root of
David to me is born a Rod, from
which has bloomed the Flower,
Christ.
Truly Wonderous is the
Miracle!
FESTAL ANTIPHONS TONE 4
Ek neotitos mou, pola polemi me pathi From

al aftos andilavou, ke soson, Sotir
mou. [2]
misoundes Sion, eshinthite apo tou

Kyriou; os hortos gar, piri esesthe
apexirameni. [2]
Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati.
my youth up many passions

have warred against me. But do
Thou succour and save me, O
Saviour. [2]
Those
who hate Zion shall be put to

confusion by the Lord; like grass in
the fire shall they be withered up.
[2]

FESTAL ODE 9 FIRST CANON THEOTOKOS - NATIVITY

THE HIERMOS TONE 2
ton pro Iliou Fostira, ton Theon

exanastilanta,
somatikos
imin
epidimisanta,
ek
lagonon
Parthenikon, afrastos somatosasa,
Evlogimeni Panagne, Se Theotoke
Megalinomen.
Lady, in Thy Virginal Belly Thou

ineffable carried God, the Luminary
Who arose before the sun, and the
One Who came down to us and dwelt
among us bodily. O Blessed and All
Holy One, O Theotokos; we Magnify
Thee!
FESTAL TROPARIA THEOTOKOS - NATIVITY
Iperagia Theotoke, Soson imas

Most Holy Theotokos: Save us
O tis apithousi lais, ex akrotomou vlisas To the disobedient He poured
namata, tis evpithousin ethnesi
harizete, ek lagonon stirotikon,
karpon is evfrosinin imin, Se
Theomitor Ahrante, in epaxios
Megalinomen.
out
Water from a Rock, but to the
Nations who obey, He grants a Gift:
from the loins of one barren came
the
Fruit
that
brought
us
Cheerfulness: Thou, the Pure Mother
of our God, Whom as is fitting, we
do Magnify.
Iperagia Theotoke, Soson imas

Most Holy Theotokos: Save us
Tin tis apotomou arheas, aneretin Thou art She Who has rescinded
apofaseos, ke tis Promitoros tin
epanorthosin, tin tou genou tis pros
Theon etian ikioseos, tin pros ton
Ktistin
gefiran,
Se
Theotoke
Megalinomen.
the
severe Decree of ancient times; and
Thou art She Who raised up our
Progenitrix; Thou art She Who has
caused our race to be re-adopted by
God a Bridge to our Creator, O
Blessed Theotokos: Thee do we
magnify.
FESTAL ODE 9 SECOND CANON THEOTOKOS -NATIVITY

THE HIERMOS TONE (8) PLAGAL 4
Allotrion
ton Miteron i Parthenia, ke

xenon tes Parthenis i Pedopiia, epi Si,
Theotoke, amfotera okonomithi, Dio
Se pase e file tis gis, apafstos
Makarizomen.
Estranged
indeed is Virginity from all

mothers, and foreign to all Virgins is
creating children, but in Thee, O
Theotokos, the two estates have
been accomplished; hence, all the
Clans
that
dwell
on
earth
unceasingly pronounce Thee Blessed.
FESTAL TROPARIA - SECOND CANON THEOTOKOS - NATIVITY

Epaxion Theomitor tis sis Agnias,

O Mother of God, as deserving of

Peplirote tou voontos i Profitia, fisi

Fulfilled is the Prophecy of him
ton
Tokon ekpliroso di epangelias, ti pote
gar Akarpo, Theovlastos Karpos
edothis, dio Se pase e file tis gis
Apafstos Makarizomen.
gar,
anastiso skinin tin peptokiian, tou
Ierou
David,
en
Si,
ahrante
8.
Thy
Pure Virtue, Thy Birth fulfils a
Solemn Promise. To her, the Barren
One, a Fruit from God has been
granted; hence all the Clans that
dwell
on
earth
unceasingly
prounounce Thee Blessed.
who
called out saying: I shall raise up my
Tabernacle, which has fallen. Thus
13.
ODI 4
ODE 4
Isakikoa,
I have heard, O Lord, of the Mystery of
Kyrie, tis Ikonomias Sou to

mystirion, katenoisa ta Erga Sou ke
edoxasa Sou tin Theotita.
Thy
Dispensation,
and
have
contemplated
Thy
Works.
Wherefore, have I Glorified Thy
Godhead.
ODI 5
ODE 5
Trismakariston xilon! En O etathi

Hristos, O Vasilefs ke Kyrios. Di ou
peptoken O xilo apatisas, to en si
deleasthis Theo to prospagenti sarki,
to parehonti tin irinin tes psihes
imon.
Thou Thrice-Blessed Tree, whereon

the Lord Christ the King was
stretched, and through which he
who was beguiled by the tree fell,
having been beguiled by Thee, by the
God Who was nailed upon Thee in
the flesh, Who grants Salvation to
our souls.
ODI 6
ODE 6
Notiou
When
thiros en splaghnis palamas

Ionas stavroidos diekpetasas, to
sotirion pathos prodietipou safos.
Othen
triimeros
ekdis,
tin
iperkosmion anastasin ipexografise
tou sarki prospagentos Hristou tou
Theou ke triimero egersi ton komon
fotisantos.
Jonah in the belly of the whale

stretched forth his hands in the form
of a cross, he foreshadowed clearly
the Passion of Salvation; and when
he came out on the third
day, he
symbolised
the
worldtranscending Resurrection of Christ,
nailed upon Thee in the Flesh, and
Illuminating the world by His Thirdday Resurrection.
ODI 7
ODE 7
Eknoon
The mad command of the infidel tyrant
prostagma tirannou dissevous

laous eklonise, pneon apilis ke
disfimias theostigous.
Omos tris
pedas ouk edimatose thimos thiriodis,
ou pir vromion.
All antihounti
drosovolo pnevmati piri sinontes
epsalon. O iperimnitos ton pateron
ke imon Theos, Evlogitos I!
ODI 8
shook the Nations, breathing forth

threats and blasphemies loathed of
God. But the three Youths were not
terrified by the bestial terror, nor the
consuming fire; for being together
amidst the fire blown forth by a
Dewy Breeze, they sang: O Thou
exceedingly praised:
Blessed art
Thou, God of our fathers!
ODE 8
Enoumen,
evlogoumen
proskinoumen ton Kyrion!
Evlogite,
ke
pedes tis Triados isarithmi,

dimiourgon Patera Theon.
Imnite
ton sigkatavanta Logon ke to pir is
droson
metapiisanta.
Ke
iperipfoute to pasi zoin parehon
Pnevma panagion is tou eonas.
We praise, we Bless and we worship

the Lord!
ye Youths, equal in number to the

Trinity, Bless the Father, the God
Creator: Praise the Word Who
condescended and turned the fire to
a Dewy Breeze; and exalt more and
more the All Holy Spirit, Who grants
Life to all for evermore!
Agio
Pnevmati, pasa psihi zooute, ke

katharsi, ipsoute, lambrinete, ti
Triadiki Monadi, Ierokrifios
Through
Ke

eonon.
Now
Amin
Agio
Pnevmati, anavlizi ta tis Haritos

reithra, arthevonda, apasan tin ktisin
pros Zoogonion.
tou Onomatos Sou en

pasi genea ke genea (2)
Amen
From the Holy Spirit do the streams of
Grace well forth;
they irrigate
everything created, so that Life can
be produced.
Exerevxato i kardia mou Logon

Agathon.
will remember Thy Name

generation to generation (2)
VERSE:
Mnisthisome
tou Onomatos Sou en

pasi genea ke genea.
from
My heart overflows with a Good

Word.
STIHOS:
will remember Thy Name from

generation to generation!
SMALL
LITANYPRAISES
TO
ALMIGHTY GOD
HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST LUKE 1 : 39 49 & 56
En tes imeres anastasa de Mariam taftes

eporevthi is tin orinin meta spoudis is
polin Iouda, k isilthen is ton ikon
Zahariou ke ispasato in Elisavet.
Ke
In those days Mary arose and went

in haste to the hill country, to a city
of Judah, and she entered the house
of Zachariah and greeted Elizabeth.
PRIEST
egeneto os ikousen i Elisavet tou

aspasmon tis Marias, eskirtise to
vrefos enti kilia aftis. Ke eplisthi
Pnevmatos Agiou i Elisavet ke
anefonise foni megali ke ipen:
Evlogimeni
Si
en
ginexi
ke
Evlogimenos O Karpos tis Kilias Sou.
And when Elizabeth heard the greeting
Ke pothen mi touto ina elthi i Mitir tou
And why is this granted to me, that
Kyriou mou pros me?
Idou
gar os egeneto i foni tou

aspasmou Sou is ta ota mou,
eskirtisen en agalliasi to vrefos en ti
kilia mou.
of Mary, the babe leapt in her womb;

and Elizabeth was filled with the
Holy Spirit and she exclaimed with a
loud cry: Blessed art Thou among
women, and Blessed is the Fruit of
Thy Womb!
the Mother of my Lord should come
to me?
For
behold, when the sound of Thy

greeting came to my ears, the babe in
my womb leaped for Joy.
Ke Makaris i pistevsasa oti este teliosis And

tis lelalimenis afti para Kyriou.
ipe Mariam: Megalini i psihi mou
ton Kyrion ke igaliase to pnevma
mou epi to Theo to Sotiri mou, oti
epevlepsen epi tin tapinosin tis doulis
Aftou.

Ages.
FESTAL PROKEIMENON - THEOTOKOS NATIVITY - PSALM 115/116
Mnisthisome
Ke
12.
the Holy Spirit is every soul

quickened and exalted in purity, and
Illumined by the Triune Unity in
Mystic Holiness.
Blessed is she who believed, for

there would be a Fulfilment of what
was spoken to her from the Lord.
And
Mary said: My soul magnifies the

Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God
my Saviour, for He has regarded the
lowly estate of His handmaiden!
9.
Idou
gar apo tou nin Makariousi me

pase e genee. Oti epiise mi Megalia O
dinatos ke Agionto Onoma Aftou!
Emine
de Mariam sin afti osi minas tris

ke ipestrepsen is ton ikon aftis.
For
behold: henceforth all generations

will call me Blessed; for He Who is
Mighty has done great things for me,
and Holy is His Name!
FESTAL OIKOS- THEOTOKOS - NATIVITY
And
Mary remained with her about

three months, and returned to her
home.
MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS & BOW TO GOD
Doxa Si, Kyrie, Doxa Si!
PEOPLE
Glory to Thee, O Lord:
Glory to
Thee!
PSALM 50/51
FESTAL INTERCESSORY HYMNS
SYNAXARION
FOR
DIVINE MERCY
Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati
Tes
tis Theotokou Presvies, Eleimon,

exalipson
ta plithi
ton emon
egklimaton.
Through
Ke

eonon.
Now
Amin
Tes
tis Theotokou Presvies, Eleimon,

exalipson
ta plithi
ton emon
egklimaton.

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

Ages.
Amen
Through

Theotokos, O Merciful One, blot out
the multitude of our transgressions.
me, O Theos, kata to Mega

Eleos Sou ke kata to plithos ton
iktirmon Sou Exalipson to anomima
mou.
Have
pagkosmios Hara ek ton Dikeon

anetilen imin Ioakim ke tis Annis, i
Panimnitos Parthenos.
Itis di
ipervolin Agathotitos Naos Theou
empsihos ginete ke moni kata
Alithian Theotokos gnorizete. Aftis
tes ikesies, Hriste O Theos, to kosmo
tin Irinin katapepson ke tes psihes
imon to Mega Eleos.
Joy for all the world has dawned on us
mercy upon me, O God,

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

and Anna comes the All Lauded
Virgin. Through a super-excellent
Kindness, a soul-endowed Temple of
God, She comes to be, and She alone
in Truthfulness as Theotokos, is
known to be. At Her Supplication, O
Christ our God, to the world send
down Thy Peace and Tranquility, and
to our souls Thy Great Mercy.
PRAYER OF SALVATION
FESTAL KONTAKION THEOTOKOS NATIVITY TONE 4
Ioakim ke
Anna onidismou ateknias, ke

Adam ke Eva, ek tis fthoras tou
Thanatou, ileftherothisan, Ahrante,
en ti Agia Gennisi Sou, aftin eortazi
ke O Laos Sou, enohis ton ptesmaton,
Litrothis en to krazin Si, i stira tikti
tin Theotokon ke TROFON TIS ZOIS
IMON.
10.
Ti
FESTAL IDIOMELON THEOTOKOS NATIVITY TONE 4
Eleison
prosevhi omou ke stenagmos, tis

stiroseos ke ateknoseos Ioakim t eke
Annis, evprosdektos ke is ta ota
Kyriou, elilithe, ke evlastisan karpon
zoiforon to kosmo.
O men gar
prosevhin en to ori eteli, i de en
Paradiso onidos feri, alla meta haras,
i stira tikti tin Theotokon ke TROFON
TIS ZOIS IMON.
OF
I tou aftou minos, to Genesion tis

Iperagias Despinis imon Theotokou
ke Aiparthenou Marias.
of Joachim and Anna, was well

received by the Lord. It released
them and the Fruit Who brought Life
to the world blossomed forth. For
while he offered Prayers upon the
mountain, she bore reproach in the
garden.
But then, with Joy, the
Barren One bore the Theotokos: THE
NOURISHER OF OUR LIFE!
8 SEPTEMBER
On
the 8th Day of this month, we

celebrate the Nativity of our Most
Holy Lady, the Theotokos and Ever
Virgin Mary.
Ti afti imera, i Agii aftadelfi, Roufos ke On this day, the Holy Brethren, St Rufos
Roufianos, xifi teliounte.
and St Rufianos were Perfected in

Holy Martyrdom by the sword.
Ti
afti imera, O Agios Seviros xifi

telioute.
On
Ti
afti imera, O Agios Artemidoros piri

telioute.
On
Agios Neomartis Athanasios O en

Thessaloniki Martirisas kata to 1774,
aghoni telioute.
On
this day, St Serveros was Perfected

in Holy Martyrdom by the sword.
this day St Artemidoros was
Perfected in Holy Martyrdom by fire.
this day the Holy New Martyr, St
Athanasios was Perfected in Holy
Martyrdom in Thessalonika by
hanging in 1774.
Tes
By the Intercessions of Thy Holy Saints,
Amin.
Amen.
ton Agion Sou Presvies, O Theos,

eleison imas.
KATAVASIA
OF THE
O God, have Mercy on us.
HOLY CROSS -
ODI 1
ODE 1
Stavron
Verily,
ODI 3
ODE 3
Ravdos
The
haraxas Mosis ep evthias,

ravdon tin Erthron dieteme to Israil
pezefsanti.
Tin de epistrepitikos
Farao tis armasi krotisas inosen, ep
evrous diagrapas to aittiton oplon.
Dio Hristo asomen, to Theo imon, oti
Dedoxaste.
Joachim
& Anna were Delivered from

the reproach of childlessness, and
Adam and Eve from the corruption
of Death, in thy Holy Nativity, O All
Pure One.
This do thy people
celebrate, being Redeemed from the
guilt of transgressions, when they
cry unto thee: the Barren One gives
birth to the Birth-giver of God and
THE NOURISHER OF OUR LIFE!
The Prayer with sigh, sterile and barren,
is
tipon
tou
Mystiriou
paralamvanete.
To vlasto gar
prokrini ton ireas. Ti stirevousi de
proin Ekklisia nin exinithise xilon
Stavrou is kratos ke stereoma.
TONE 3
Moses
having
struck
horizontally with his rod, cleaving
the Red Sea and causing Israel to
cross on foot, then having struck it
transversely bringing it together over
Pharaoh and his chariots, traced the
Cross,
thus
symbolising
that
Invincible Weapon. Wherefore, we
praise Christ our God, for He has
been Glorified.'
rod is taken as a symbol of the
Mystery; for by its budding, it
designated the Priest. But now the
Tree of the Cross has blossomed
forth with Might and Steadfastness
to the hitherto barren Church.
11.

2015 - 8 Sept - Nativity Theotokos

Uploaded by

Document Information

Copyright

Available Formats

Share this document

Share or Embed Document

Sharing Options

Did you find this document useful?

Is this content inappropriate?

Copyright:

Available Formats

2015 - 8 Sept - Nativity Theotokos

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

Adelphi mou monin me katelipe

de ipen afti O Iisous:

Maria de tin agathin merida eelzato,

Thou not care that my sister has left

answered and said to her:

Mary has chosen that good part,

...Egeneto de en to legin afton tafta,

epasa tis gyni fonin ek tou ohlou,

de ipe: Menounge Makarii i

Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria & All Africa

He spoke these things, a certain

Sunday Matins & Divine Liturgy

WITH SERVICE BOOKS

By the Grace of God

RE-EDITED & PUBLISHED - 23 JULY 2015

FESTAL MATINS HYMNS - NATIVITY EVER BLESSED THEOTOKOS 8 SEPTEMBER

FOR MATERIAL PROFIT!

Nativity of our Lady Theotokos

FESTAL MATINS HYMNS - NATIVITY EVER BLESSED THEOTOKOS 8 SEPTEMBER

pase e genee. Oti epiise mi Megalia

Idou gar! Apo tou nin Makariousi me For

...Emine de Mariam sin afti osi minas

remained with her about three

tris, ke ipestrepen is ton ikon aftis.``

PROKEIMENON ODE OF THE THEOTOKOS TONE 3

i psihi mou ton Kyrion ke

Theo to Sotiri mou.

epevlepsen epi tin tapinosin tis

soul Magnifies the Lord, and my

For He has regarded the lowly state of

shimati evrethis os anthropos

ke O Theos afton iperipsose ke

THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING

being found in Appearance as a

God also has highly exalted

To kero ekino, isilthen O Iisous is komin At

that time, He entered a certain

de tis, onomati Martha, ipedexato

A woman named Martha welcomed Him

tide in adelphi kaloumeni Maria, i

And she had a sister called Mary, who

de ipe: Kyrie, ou meli Si oti i

into her house.

approached and said: Lord, dost

FESTAL MATINS HYMNS - NATIVITY EVER BLESSED THEOTOKOS 8 SEPTEMBER

FESTAL APOLYTIKION NATIVITY

I Gennisis Sou, Theotoke, Hara eminise

Thy Nativity, O Theotokos, has brought

pasi ti ikoumeni. Ek Sou gar anetilen

Joy to everything: from Thee has

FESTAL KONTAKION NATIVITY

Anna onidismou ateknias, ke

& Anna were Delivered from

FESTAL GOSPEL LUKE 1 : 39 - 49 & 56

kero ekino, anastasa Mariam,

At that time, Mary arose and went into

egeneto, os ikousen i Elisavet ton

And it happened when Elizabeth heard

the hill country with haste, to a city

Ke eplisthi Pnevmatos Agiou i Elisavet.

anefonise foni megali, ke ipen:

pothen mi touto, ina elthi i Mitir

Elizabeth was filled with the Holy

she spoke out with a loud voice,