✞ 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
eonon. forever, and to the Ages of ages.
Amin Amen
T H E OTOKION - T ONE (5) P L AGAL 1 Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria & All Africa
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Ellipis iper ton animnounton ke Maker and Thy God! Ceaselessly
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 it to His Disciples.
Afti i imera, in epiisen O Kyrios, This is the Day the Lord made; let us
agalliasometha ke evfranthomen greatly rejoice and be glad therein.
en afti.
PaschalVespers Hymns - The Blind Man Pasha to terpnon! Pasha Kyriou, Pasha! Pascha of Delight! Pascha, the Lord’s
Pasha pansevasmion imin anetile! Pascha! A Pascha All Venerable has
KINDLY USE THE SERVICE BOOK UNTIL THIS POINT, THEN CAREFULLY FOLLOW Pasha en hara allilous risen for us! With Joy, let us embrace
INSTRUCTIONS WITH REGARD TO THESE HYMNS
periptixometha! O Pasha, litron lipis! one another! Pascha, the Ransom
P ASC HAL A P OLYTIKION – T ONE (5) P L AGAL 1 Ke gar ek Tafou simeron, osper ek from sorrow! Today from the
pastou eklampsas Hristos, ta ginea Sepulchre Christ emerge
Hristos Anesti, ek nekron, Thanato Christ is Risen from the dead; By Death haras eplise legon. Kirixate Apostolis. resplendently as from a Brida
thanaton patisas, Ke tis en tis trampling upon death, And has Chamber, and the Women He filled
mnimasin, Zoin harisamenos [3] bestowed Life to those in the tombs. with Joy, saying: Proclaim this to the
[3] Apostles!
H Y MN OF THE EVENING INCEN SE
P SALM 140/141 – TONE 2 ✞ Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati ✞ Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit
Kyrie ekekraxa pros Se, isakouson mou. Lord, I cry out to Thee: hear me, PENTECOSTARION IDIOMELON –BLIND MAN SUNDAY -TONE (8) PLAGAL 4
Isakouson mou, Kyrie. Kyrie, O Lord! O Lord, when I cry
ekekraxa pros Se, isakouson mou, out to Thee, hear me! Hear Dikeosinis ilie noite, Hriste O Theos, O O Christ our God, the Noetic Sun of
proshes ti foni tis deiseos mou, en to my voice, when I cry out to ton ek mitras tou fotos esterimenon, Righteousness, Who by Thine
kekragene me pros Se, isakouson Thee! Hear me, O Lord! dia tis sis ahrantou prospsafseos, Immaculate Touch Illumined in both
mou Kyrie. Fotisas kat’ amfo ke imon ta ommata, ways the man deprived of sight from
ton psihon avgas as, iious imeras his mother’s womb, do also
Katevthinthito i prosevhi mou os Let my Prayer rise before Thee
Dixon, ina Pisti voomen Si. Polli Sou Illuminate the eyes of our soul, and
thimiama enopion Sou. Eparsis ton like incense - the lifting up of ke afatos, i is imas Evsplaghnia, make us sons of the Day, so that
hiron mou Thisia Esperini. Isakouson my hands as the Evening Sacrifice. Filanthrope, ✞ Doxa Si. with Faith we may cry out to Thee:
mou Kyrie! Hear me, O Lord! Great and Ineffable is Thy
R ESURREC TION S TIHE RA – T ONE (5) P LAGAL 1 Compassion for us, O Lord Who
Exagage ek filakis tin psihin mou, tou Bring my soul out of prison to give Loves mankind: ✞ Glory to Thee!
exomologisasthe to Onomati Sou. Thanks to Thy Name, O Lord. Ke nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton Now and ever, and to the Ages of
Dia tou Timiou Sou Stavrou Hriste, By Thy Precious Cross Thou hast put eonon. ages.
diavolon ishinas, ke dia tis the devil to shame, O Christ, By Thy Amin Amen
Anastaseos Sou, to kentron tis Resurrection, Thou hast annihilated P ENTE COSTARION I D IOMEL ON –P ASCH A -T ONE (8) P LAGAL 4
amartias imvlinas, ke esosas imas, ek the sting of sin. Thou hast Saved us
ton pilon tou Thanatou, ✞ Doxazomen from the Gates of Death. O Only Anastaseos imera, ke lamprinthomen ti It is the Day of Resurrection! Let us
Se Monogenes. Begotten, ✞ we Glorify Thee. panigiri, ke allilous periptixometha. shine brightly for the Festival, and
Ipomen Adelphi, ke tis misousin imas. also embrace one another! Brethren,
Eme ipomenousi Dikei, eos ou The Righteous shall wait for me, until Sighorisomen panta ti Anastasi, ke let us say - even to those who hate
antapodos mi. Thou Reward me. outo voisomwn. Hristos Anesti ek us – let us forgive everything for the
O tin Anastasin didous to geni ton He Who granted mankind Resurrection nekron, Thanato Thanaton patisas, Resurrection. And thus let us cry
anthropon, os Provoton epi sfagin was led like a Lamb to the slaughter. ke tis en tis mnimasi, Zoin aloud: Christ is Risen from the dead,
ihthi, efrixan touton i arhontes tou The princes of Hell trembled before harisamenos. by Death trampling upon Death, and
Edou, ke epirthisan pile odinire. Him, and the Gates of Agony were to those in tombs He has granted
Iselilithe gar O Vasilefs tis Doxis opened. For Christ the King of Glory “NIN APOLIIS TON DOULON SOU...”
Life.
Hristos, legon tis en desmis:. entered in, declaring to those in R ESURREC TION A P OLYTIKION - T ONE (5) P L AGAL 1
“Exelthete, ke tis en to skoti, bonds: “Go forth, and to those in
anakaliptesthe.” Darkness: show yourselves. Let
Ton sinanarhon Logon Patri ke The Word, Who with the Father and the
Light surround you.” Pnevmati, ton ek Parthenou Spirit has no beginning, and Who,
Tehthenta is Sotirian imon, for our Salvation, was born of a
Ek vatheon ekekraxa Si, Kyrie. Kyrie, Out of the depths I have cried to animnisomen, Pisti, ke Proskinisomen. Virgin, let us faithful believers hymn
isakouson tis fonis mou. Thee, O Lord. O Lord, hear my Oti ivdokise sarki anelthin en to and adore. For it was His Good
voice. Stavro ke Thanaton ipomine ke egire Pleasure to ascend the Cross in the
Mega Thavma! O ton aoraton Ktistis, O Mighty Wonder! In His Love for tous tethneotas en ti Evdoxo Anastasi Flesh, and to Suffer Death, and
dia filanthropian sarki pathon, anesti mankind, the Creator of Invisible Aftou. through His own Glorious
Resurrection to raise the dead.
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 2. Ke gar estereose tin ikoumenin, itis 2. And He established the world, O Athanastos. Defte patrie ton Things suffered in the Flesh, and He
Ethnon! Touton proskinisomen! Ti Who is Immortal, Rose. Come, all
ou salefthisete which shall not be moved.
gar Aftou Efsplaghnia ek planis your Nations! Let us worship Him!
Risthentes, en Trisin Ipostasesin, en We have learnt to praise One God in
FERVENT SUPPLICATIONS

Theon imnin memathikamen. Three Persons Who in His
R E SU RREC TION AP OSTIC H A - T ONE (5) P L AGAL 1
Compassions Delivered us from
Se ton Sarkothenta Sotira Hriston, ke ton We lift up our voices in song to Magnify error.
Ouranon mi horisthenta, en fones Thee, O Christ our Saviour, Who Genithito ta ota Sou prosehonta is tin Let Thine Ears be attentive to the
asmaton megalinomen, oti Stavron became Incarnate, yet were never fonin tis Deiseos mou. voice of my Supplication.
ke Thanaton katedexo, dia to genos separated from Heaven. For Thee, O
imon, os Filanthropos Kyrios, Lod, Who Loves all, suffered the Esperinin proskinisin prosferomen Si to O Light Who never fades, we offer
skilefsas Edou pilas, Triimeros Cross and Death for our sake; and anespero Foti, to epi teli ton eonon os Thee this Evening Worship, for in
Anestis, Sozon tas psihas imon. destroying the Gates of Hades, Thou en esoptro dia sarkos, lampsanti to the Fullness of time, Thou filled the
Rose on the Third Day, and Saved kosmo, ke mehris Edou katelthonti, ke world with Light, Thy Flesh being a
our soul. to ekise Skotos lisanti, ke to Fos tis reflection of Thy Splendour. Thou
P ENTE COSTARION - P ASC H AL S TIHE RA – TO NE (5) P L AGAL 1 Anastaseos tis Ethnesi dixanti, descended to Hades, dispelled the
Fotodota Kyrie: ✞ Doxa Si. Darkness, and made manifest to all
Anastito O Theos, ke Let God Arise, and let His enemies be
Nations the Light of the
diaskorpisthitosan i ehthri Aftou, scattered, and let those who hate Resurrection. O Lord, Giver of
ke figetosan apo Prosopou Aftou i Him flee from His Sight!
misountes. Afton. Light: ✞ Glory to Thee!

Pasha Ieron imin simeron anadedikte!
Pasha kenon, Agion! Pasha Mystikon!
Pasha pansevasmion! Pasha, Hristos
O Litrotis! Pasha amomon! Pasha
Mega! Pasha ton Piston! Pasha to
Pilas imin tou Paradisou anixan!
Pasha, pantas Agiazon Pistous.
Os eklipi kapnos, eklipetosan, os tikete As smoke vanishes, so let them vanish,
kiros apo prosopou piros.
Defte apo theas ginekes evangelistrie, ke Come
ti Sion ipate. Dehou par imon haras
evangelia tis Anastasteos Hristou.
Erpou, horeve ke agallou, Ierousalim,
ton Vasilea hriston Theasameni ek
tou mnimatos, os nimfion
proerhomenon.
Outos apolounte i amartoli apo
prosopou tou Theou. Ke i dikei
evfranthitosa.
E Myrofori Ginekes orthrou vatheos,
epistase prs to mnima tou Zoodotou,
evron Angelon epi ton lithon
kathimenon, ke aftos
prosfthegxamenos aftes outos elege:
Ti zitite ton Zonta meta ton nekdron?
Ti thrinite ton aftharton os en fthora?
Apelthouse kirixate tis aftou Mathites.
Today a Sacred Pascha has been
revealed to us! A Pascha new and
Holy! A Pascha Mystical! A Pascha all
venerable Pasha – the Redeemer,
Christ, Himself! A Pascha that is
blameless! A Pascha that is Great! A
Pascha of Believers! A Pascha that
has opened for us the Gates of
Paradise! A Pascha that Sanctifies all
Believers!
as wax melts before the fire!
now from that Sight, O you
Women and Heralds of Good News,
and say to Zion, “Receive from us
the Joyful Tidings of the
Resurrection of Christ! O Jerusalem,
be exultant, dance and leap for Joy,
for you have witnessed Christ the
King coming forth as Bridegroom
from the Tomb.
So let the sinners perish from the Sight
of God, and let the Righteous be
glad.
The Myrrh-bearing Women at dawn very
early, standing outside the Tomb of
the Giver of Life, found an Angel
who was seated upon the stone.
And the Angel addressed them and
said: “Why do you seek among the
dead the One Who is alive? Why do
you grieve as though corruptible the
Incorrupt? So go back and proclaim
Ean anomias paratirisis, Kyrie, Kyrie,
tis ipostisete? Oti para Si O ilasmos
estin.
Ton arhigon tis Sotirias imon, Hriston
Doxologisomen. Aftou gar ek nekron
anastantos, kosmos ek planis sesoste,
Heri Horos Angelon, fevgi demonon
plani, Adam peson anistate, diavolos
katirgite.
Eneken tou Onomatos Sou ipemina Se, Because
Kyrie; Ipeminen i psihi mou is ton
Logon Sou, ilpisen i psihi mou epi
ton Kyrion.
I tis koustodias enihounto ipo ton
paranomon. Kalipsate Hristou tin
Egersin, ke lavete argyria, ke ipate,
oti imon kimomenon, ek tou mnimiou
esilithi O nekros. Ti side, tis ikouse
nekron klapenta pote, malista
esmirnismenon ke gymnon,
kaaliponta ke en to Tafo ta entafia
aftou. Mi planasthe Ioudei, Mathete
tas risis ton Profiton, ke gnote, oti
aftos Estin alithos, O Litrotis tou
kosmou ke Pantodinamos.
Apo filakis proias mehri niktos. Apo
filkis proias elpisato Isral epi ton
Kyrion
If Thou, O Lord, should mark
transgression, O Lord, who would
stand? For there is Forgiveness
with Thee.
Let us Glorify Christ, the Author of our
Salvation, for by His Rising from the
dead, the world has been Saved from
error. The Choir of Angels rejoices,
the error of demons flees, fallen
Adam is raised, and the devil is
destroyed.
of Thy Law, O Lord, I waited
for Thee; my soul waited for Thy
Word. My soul Hopes in the Lord.
The guards were thus instructed by
the evildoers: “Keep hidden the
Resurrection of Christ! Take the
pieces of silver and say that as you
were sleeping, the Body was stolen
from the Tomb!” But who has ever
seen or heard that a body –
especially a Body Anointed and
naked – was stolen from a tomb,
and the grave wrappings left lying
there? Be not deceived, O Judeans!
Study the words of the Prophets,
and learn that He is in Truth the
Redeemer of the world, and
Almighty.
From the Morning Watch until night;
from the Morning Watch until
night, let Israel Hope in the Lord.

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 Kyrie, O ton Aidin skilefsas, ke ton
Thanaton patisas, Sotir imon, O
Fotisas ton kosmon to Stavro to
Timio, eleison imas.
P ENTE COSTARION - FE STAL I D IOMEL ON
Oti para to Kyrio to Eleos ke polli par For with
afto Litrosis. Ke aftos Litrosete ton
Israil ek pason ton anomion aftou.
O Tiflos gennithis, en to idio logismo
elegen. Ara ego, di’ amartias goneon
egennithin aommtos; Ara ego, di’
apistian Ethnon egennithin is endixin,
ouh ikano tou erotan, pote nix, pote
imera, ouk evtonousi mou i podes t
ton lithon proskrousmata. Si gar
idon ton ilion lamponta, oue en ikoni
ton eme plastourgisanta, alla deome
sou, Hriste O Theos. Epivlepson ep
eme, ke eleison me.
Enite ton Kyrion panta ta Ethni!
Epenesate Afton pantes i Lai!
O Tiflos gennithis, en to idio logismo
elegen. Ara ego, di’ amartias goneon
egennithin aommtos; Ara ego, di’
apistian Ethnon egennithin is endixin,
ouh ikano tou erotan, pote nix, pote
imera, ouk evtonousi mou i podes t
ton lithon proskrousmata. Si gar
idon ton ilion lamponta, oue en ikoni
ton eme plastourgisanta, alla deome
sou, Hriste O Theos. Epivlepson ep
eme, ke eleison me.
Oti ekrateothi to Eleos Aftou ef’ imas, For
ke i alithia tou Kyriou meni is ton
eona.
Paragon O Iisous ek tou Ierou, evren
anthropon Tiflon ek genetis. Ke
slaghnisthis, epethike pilon epi tous
ofthalmous aftou, ke ipe pros afton:
Ipage, nipse is tou Siloam. Ke
nipsamenos anevlepse, Doxan
anapempon Tho, i de aghiste aftou,
elegon afto. Tis Sou tas koras
diinixen, as oudis ton vleponton iase
ishisen? O de risi voisas. Anthropos,
Iisous legomenos, ekinos mi efi. Nipse
is tou Siloam, ke anevlepsa. Aftos
Estin alithos, on efi Mosis en to Nomo,
Hriston Messiah, aftos esti O Sitri ton
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O Lord, our Saviour, Thou hast
despoiled Hades, trampled down
Death, and Enlightened the world
through Thy Holy Cross. Have
Mercy on us.
– T HE B LINDM AN – T ONE
the Lord there is Mercy, and
with Him is Abundant Redemption;
and He will Redeem Israel from all
his transgressions.
The man who was born blind thought
to himself: Was I born without eyes
because of my parents’ sisn? Was I
born to be proof because of Gentiles’
unbelief? I am not competent to ask
when it is night or when it is day.
My feet cannot endure stumbling on
the stones. For I have never seen the
sun shining, nor ever seen the Image
of Him Who created me. But I pray
Thee, O Christ our God, to look upon
me and have Mercy on me.
Praise the Lord, all Gentiles! Praise
Him, all you people!
The man who was born blind thought
to himself: Was I born without eyes
because of my parents’ sisn? Was I
born to be proof because of Gentiles’
unbelief? I am not competent to ask
when it is night or when it is day.
My feet cannot endure stumbling on
the stones. For I have never seen the
sun shining, nor ever seen the Image
of Him Who created me. But I pray
Thee, O Christ our God, to look upon
me and have Mercy on me.
His Mercy rules over us; and the
Truth of the Lord endures forever.
When Jesus left the Temple, as He
passed by, He found a man, blind
from birth, and moved by
Compassion, He put clay on his eyes
and said to him: Go and wash in the
Pool of Siloam. So he washed and
received his sight giving Glory to
God. But his kinsmen said to him:
Who is it Who opened your eyes,
which no one who sees, was able to
Heale? And he proclaimed, and said
to them: A Man called ‘Jesus,’ told
me to wash in Siloam, and I received
my sight. He is truly the One about
psihon imon.
✞ Doxa Patri, ke Io, ke Agio Pnevmati ✞ Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
2 PENTECOSTARION – IDIOMELON – THE BLIND MAN – TONE (5) PLAGAL 1
Kyrie, paragon en ti Odo, eves
anthropon Tiflon ek genetis, ke
ekthamvi gegonotes i mathite,
epiroton Se, legontes. Didaskale, tis
imarten, outos, i i gonis aftou, ina
Tiflos gennithi. Si de Sotir mou evoas
aftis. Oute outos imarten, oute i
gonis aftou, all’ ina fanerothi ta erga
tou Theou en afto, emem di
ergazesthe ta erga tou pempsantos
me, a oudis dinate ergazesthe. Ke
tafta ipon, ptisas hame, ke pilon
piisas, epehrisas tous ofthalmous
aftou, lexas pros afton. Ipage, nise is
tou Siloam tin kolimvithran. O de,
nipsamenos, igiis egeneto, ke evoa
pros Se. Pistevo, Kyrie, ke prosekinise
Si. Dio voomen ke imis. Eleison imas.
Ke nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton
eonon.
Amin
T H E OTOKION – T
En ti Erithra Thalassi tis Apirogamou
Nymfis ikon diegrafi pote. Eki Moisis
dieretis tou idatos, enthade Gavriil
ipiretis tou Thavmatos, tote ton
vithon epezefsen avrohos, Israil, nin
de ton Hriston egennisen asporos i
Parthenos, i thalassa meta tin
paradon tou Israil, eminen avatos, i
amemptos meta tin kiisin tou
Emmanouil, eminen afthoros, O on ke
proon, ke fanis os Anthropos, Theos
Eleison imas.
THE ENTRANCE – “FOS ILARON...”

S ATU RD AY – R ESURREC TION P ROKE IME NON
O Kyrios evasilefsen; evprepian
enedisato. (3)
1. Enedisato Kyrios Dinamin ke
periezosato.✶
. PASCHAL VESPERS HYMNS – THE BLIND MAN – 2 JUNE 2019
Whom Moses spoke in the Law –
Christ, Messiah – He is the Saviour of
our soul!
and to the Holy Spirit
O Lord, as Thou passed by on the road,
Thou found a man who was blind
from birth. Thy Disciples wondered,
as they asked Thee: O Teacher, who
was it who sinned – this man or his
parents, that he was born blind?
And Thou, my Saviou, said to them:
Neigher this man nor his parents
sinned, but that the Works of God
should be revealed in him. I must
Work the Works of Him Who sent
Me, which no one can work. When
Thou had said these things, Thou
spat upon the ground and made clay,
and Thou Anointed his eyes, and
said to him: Go, wash in the Pool of
Siloam. And he went and washed and
was Healed, and he cried to Thee:
Lord, I believe! And he worshipped
Thee, Wherefore, we, likewise cry
out: Have Mercy on us!
Now and ever, and to the Ages of
ages.
Amen
ONE (5) P L AGAL 1
In the Red Sea, an Image of the Bride
who knew not Wedlock, was
depicted once. For there, of old, did
Moses sever the water; and here is
Gabriel, the Server of the Wonder.
At that time Israel traversed the
deep, without getting wet; and now,
the Virgin gave Birth to Christ,
without seed. The sea, after the
passage of Israel, remained
impassable; the blameless Maid
remained incorrupt after the
Conception of Emmanuel. O God,
the One Who is and ever was and
Appeared as Man: have Mercy on us.
– T ONE (5) P LAGAL 1
The Lord reigns; Vested with Majesty
(3)
1. The Lord is Vested and Girded with
Power. ✶
5.