Great Vespers
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January 16, 2005 Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee All page references are to The Order of Vespers for Sundays after Pentecost, 2004 1. Beginning Prayers, p. 1 2. Psalm 103, p. 2 (chant) or p. 6 (melodic) 3. Litany of Peace, p. 8 4. First Kathisma, p. 10 5. Lamplighting Psalms Tone 8 p. 102 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4: for the Resurrection, Tone 8, p. 103 - 106 Cantor: Because with the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption, (on 3) Israel indeed he will redeem from all its iniquity. 3 2 Tone 1 # & œ œ ˙ œ W œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ W O faith - ful, let us not pray as the Phar - i - see,˙ for those who exalt themselves # & œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ shall be hum - bled. Let us hum - ble our- selves be - fore God,˙ and with the # & œ œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ Pub - li - can let us say: "Lord have mer - cy onœ me a sin œ - #œ ner."w Cantor: Praise the Lord all the nations; Psalm 116 (on 2) acclaim him all you people. Repeat "O faithful…" Cantor: Strong is the love of the Lord for us; (on 1) he is faithful forever. 1 # & œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ W œ The Phar - i - see, o - ver-come with his pride,˙ and the Pub - lican, bent down in # & œ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ W re-pent - ance, came be - fore you, the on - ly Lord;˙ the first trusted in himself # & W œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ W and was deprived of your bles - sings; the oth - er spoke but a few words and # & W œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ W œ œ received your blessings in a - bun - dance.˙ Be - hold my tears and strengthen me, O # & ˙ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ Christ our God, for you are in-deed œ theœ Lov - er of usœ #œ all.w Cantor: Glory… Doxastikon - Tone 8 # & œ œ œ W œ œ œ œ œ œ W œ œ O al - might - y Lord, I real-ize the pow - erœ #ofœ tears;˙ they saved Hezekiah from the # & ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ W œ ˙ œ œ ˙ gates of death; by them, the sinful woman was forgiv-en all her sins; # & œ œ œ W œ œ œ œ and through them, the Publican was justified but the Phar - i - seeœ #wasœ not.˙ # & ˙ œ #œ ˙ œ œ nœ œ Numœ - berW me with them, Oœ Lord, and have mer - cy on me.w Cantor: Now and ever… Dogmatikon, Tone 8, p. 107 6. Hymn of the Evening, p. 12 7. Saturday Prokeimenon, p. 13 8. Litany of Fervent Supplication, p. 13 9. Hymn of Glorification, p. 14 10. Litany of Supplication, p. 16 2 11. Apostichera, Tone 8, pp. 108 - 109 Cantor: Glory… Aposticha Doxastikon - Tone 5 & b œ œ W œ œ ˙ œ œ œ W Be-causeœ of my sins, my eyes are weight-ed down, and I can no longer raise & b W œ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ W œ œ œ them up to see the light of heav - en. But grant that I may re- pentœ like the & b ˙ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Pub - li - can: O Lord, have œ œ merœ - cy on œ me.w Cantor: Now and ever… Theotokion, Tone 5, p. 79 12. Prayer of St. Simeon, p. 19 13. Trisagion Prayers, p. 19 14. Troparion of the Resurrection Tone 8, p. 111 15. Dismissal, p. 21 3.