As a millstone is shattered to pieces on the ground, ND so their bones were sVESPERS PROPERStrewn at the mouth of FOR FEBRUARYthe grave. 22 , 2021 from the Menaion To you, Lord God, my eyes are turned; FIRST SUNDAY EVENING OF THE GREAT FAST in you I take refuge; spare my soul 1The Finding of the venerable relics of the Martyrs at Eugenia near Constantinople. DuringFrom the trap they have la the reign of the emperorid for me keep me safe; Arcadius, a divine revelation showed the burial place of these martyrs keep me from the snares of those who of whom it was said, “God alonedo evil.knows their names, and he has written them in the Book of Life in heaven.” Tone 5 Let the wicked fall into the traps they have set Psalm 140 while I pursue my way unharmed.Psalm 140 (page 8) Tone 5 Psalm 141& b Withœ all myœ voiceœ I cryœ toœ the Lord,œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ O with all my voice I entreat Lord,œ I have cried to you,the hear Lord. me. Hear me, O Lord! O Lord, I
I pour out my trouble before him; I tell him all my distress while my spirit faints within me. & b œ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ W œ œ ˙ ˙ have criedœ to you, hear me; re- ceiveœ the voice of my pray'r when I call up- on you. But you, O Lord, know my path. On the way where I shall walk they have hidden a snare to entrap me. & b Look on my right and see: œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ W œ Hear there is no one who takes œ me, my part.O Lord!w Let my pray'r ascend to you
I have no means of escape, & b œ not one who cares for ˙ ˙ œ œ myœ soul. W œ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ like in- cense and the lift- ing up of my hands like an eve--- ning sac ri fice. I cry to you, O Lord. I have said: ou are my refuge, all I have in the land of the living. b œ œ & Listen, then, to my cry œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ w Hear for I am in the depths of me, distress. O Lord! Continue with Psalm 140: "O Lord, set a guard before my mouth..." (p.8). Rescue me from those who pursue me O Lord, set a guard before my mouth for they are stronger and set Sticheraa sealthan on I. atthe the door La mplightingof my lips. Psalms (pages 9-10) 4 stichera in theLet tone not of my the heartweek frombe inclined the Triodion to evil,: Cantor - (Tone 5): nor make excuses for sins I commit. Cantor: & b œWLet me neverœ shareœ œ inœ sinners'œ œ feasting.œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Bring my soul outIf a just of man this prisstrikes - onor reprovesand thenœ me it is I kindness shall praise yourœ name.˙ but let the oil of the wicked not anoint my head. Let my prayer be 40ever against1 their malice.
The princes were thrown down by the side of the rock; then they understood that my words were kind.
As a millstone is shattered to pieces on the ground, so their bones were strewn at the mouth of the grave.
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& b œ &œ b ˙œ œœW˙ œW œ ˙ œœ ˙ œ œ œ œœ œœ œœ œ œœ œ once a -b gain.once aœWel - gain. - come me likeWelœW - come me like the Prod the -œ i Prod -œ galœ - iœ and -œ galœ haveœ and mer haveœ - cyœ mer on - me. cywœ on me.w & œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ w Cantor:once a - gain. Wel - come me like the Prod - i - gal and have mer - cy on me. Cantor: Cantor: Cantor:b b œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ & œ &œb œœ œœ œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙œ œ ˙ Let& yourLet earsœ yourœ be ears atœ - betenœ atœ - - tive tenœ to - tivetheœ tovoiceœ theœ of voice myœ of pleadœ myœ pleadœ -œ ing. -œ ing. Let your ears be at - ten - tive to theœ voice of my pleadœ - ing.˙ 7 Sticheron7 7 b ˙ & œ &œb œ œ œ œ œœ œ˙ œ˙ ˙ œ ˙ œ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œ œœ ˙˙ œ ˙ O& Lord,b Oœ born Lord, of born theœ ofVirœ - theœ gin, Vir˙ do - gin,˙ not condoœ - not sidœ -conœ er - sid theœ - mul erœ -theœ ti - mul tudeœ - tiœ of - tudeœ my sins;of˙ myœ sins;˙ O Lord,œ born of the Vir - gin, do not con - sid - er the mul - ti - tude of my sins; b œ & & œb œ œWœ œW œ œœ œœ œ œ ˙ œ ˙˙ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ wipe& ab wipe -œ way aœ all my faults and give - wayœW all my faults and give me thoughts meœ thoughts of re - ofœ pent reœ - ance; - pent˙ -O ance;˙ on - lyOœ onœ - lyœ wipe a - way all my faults and give me thoughtsœ of re - pent - ance; O on - ly b b œ œ & ˙ &œb ˙œ œ œœ œœ œœ œ œœ œ œœ œœ œw œ w Lov& - erLov˙ - erœ œ ofœ us ofœ all, haveusœ all,œ mer haveœ - merœ cyœ on - cyœ me. onœ me.w Lov - er of us all, have mer - cy on me. The stichera3The stichera sticherafor thefor theSundays for First the Sundays Sundayof the Great of of the the FastGreat Great are Fast Fast found from are onthe found theTriodion following on the: following pages: pages: The stichera for the Sundays of the Great Fast are found on the following pages: CheesefareCheesefare Sunday Sunday (Sunday (Sunday of Forgiveness) of Forgiveness) page page Cheesefare Sunday (Sunday of Forgiveness) page First SundayFirst Sunday page page 3 Second SecondFirstSunday Sunday Sunday page page page Third SundayThirdSecond Sunday Sunday page page page Fourth FourthSundayThird Sunday Sunday page page page Fifth SundayFifthFourth Sunday pageSunday page page Fifth Sunday page 42 42 42 First Sunday of the reat Fast First SundaySticheraFirst Sunday forof thePsalm reat of 140 the Fast reat Fast Stichera for Psalm 140 Cantor – (Tone 4): Stichera for Psalm 140 Tone 4 samohlasen (on 6) Tone 4 samohlasenTone 4 samohlasen Cantor: b (on 6) (on 6) Cantor:& œ œ œW œ œ œ Cantor: Ifb you, O Lord, should mark our guilt, Lord, who would sur-vive? But with & b œ &œ œWœ œ œW œ œ œ œ œ œ If you,If O Lord, should mark our guilt, Lord, who would s you, O Lord, should mark our guilt, Lord, who would sur-vive? ur-vive?But withBut with & b W œ œ ˙ ˙ œ #œ œ œ ˙ you is found forgive-ness:b for this we re - vere you. & b W& W œ œœ ˙ ˙œ ˙œ #œ˙ œœ #œœ œ œ ˙ 6 Sticheryou is found forgive-ness:on you is found forgive-ness:for thisfor wethis re - we vere re you. -˙ vere you. 6 6 & b œW œ ˙ œ œ ˙ œW & b Grant& contrition and estrangementb œW from˙ eœ -œ˙ vil˙œ œtoœW˙ my soul submerged in theœW GrantœW contrition and estrangementGrant contrition and estrangement fromœ e from - e vil -to vil my soul submerged in theto my soul submerged in the & b œ #œ œ ˙ ˙ œW œ œ œ œ ˙ a - byssb of pas-sions and separated from you, O divine King of the u - ni - verse. & b œ &#œ œ #˙œ œ˙ ˙ œW˙ œW œ œ œœ œœ œ ˙ œ ˙ a - byss ofa - byss pas-sions of pas-sionsand separated from you, O divine Kingand separated from you, O divine King of the of u - the ni - verse.u - ni - verse. & b œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ ˙ œ œ ˙ I haveb no oth - er hope but you. May I findœ up-right-ness and vir - tue. œ & b œ &œ œœ œœ œœ œ˙ œ˙ ˙˙ ˙ œ ˙ œ œ œœ œœ œœ œ#œ œ˙ #œœ ˙œ œ˙ ˙ I have noI have oth - no er hope oth - er but hope you. butMay you. IMay find up-right-ness I find up-right-ness and vir and - vir tue. - tue. & b œW œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ Saveb me, a poor sinner, in your im-mense good - ness, O al-might - y Lord œ & b œW& œW œ œ œ ˙ œ ˙˙ œ˙ œ œ˙ œœ ˙œ œœ œ Save me, a poor sinner, in your im-menseSave me, a poor sinner, in your im-mense good - ness, good -O ness, al-mightO -al-might y Lord- y Lord & b œ œ #œ œ œ w b andœ & Savb -œ iorœ of#œ usœ œ all. œ & œ and#œ Savœ - ior ofw us all.w and Sav(on - ior 5) of us all. Cantor: (on 5) Cantor: b (on 5) Cantor: Cantor:& œ œ œ œW œ œW œ œ œ My soulb is wait - ing for the Lord. Icount on hisword.My soul & b œ & œ œ œ œ œWœ œWœ œWœ œWœ œœ œ œ œ My soulMy is soul wait is - ing for the wait - ing for the Lord. Lord.Icount on hisword.Icount on hisword.My soulMy soul & b W œ œ ˙ ˙ œ #œ œ œ ˙ b is longing for the LordW& b W moreœ thanœ watch˙œ - man˙ for˙ œ day#œ œ -œ break.œ & is longing for the Lordœ more than watch˙ -œ man#œ forœ day˙ - break.˙ is longing for the Lord more than62 watch - man for day - break. 62 62 4 (5) Sticheron 1ST S A 1ST S A 1ST S A 5 5 5 b œ & œW& b œ ˙ œ ˙ ˙œ œœW˙ œW Mo & ses the divine prophet was purifiedMo œW ses the divine prophet was purified by fast byœ -˙ fast ing, -and ing, he contemplated the OneandœW he contemplated the One Mo œW ses the divine prophet was purified byœ fast - ing, and he contemplated the One
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& b œW& b œW œ ˙ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ ˙ œ œ œWœ œW time& of abstinence purifœW y yourself of ev-'ry eœ -˙ vil, ˙ so˙ that youœ may alsoœW time of abstinence purify yourself of ev-'ry e - vil, so that you may also
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& b ˙ &œb ˙œ œœ œœ œœ #œœ œœ #œœ œ œ of& us˙ all,œ the Lordœ œ al -œ might#œ -œ y.w œ w of us all, the Lord al - might - y.w Cantor – (Tone 6): Tone 6 samohlasenTone 6 samohlasen (on 4) Tone 6 samohlasen (on 4) Cantor: Cantor:## # & & # œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ˙ œ ˙œ ˙ œ ˙ Letœ& theœ watch-manœ œ œ countœ onœ œœ dayœ - breakœ andœ œ Is -œ raœ -˙ el onœ œ theœ #˙œ Lord.œ˙ #œ ˙ Letœ theœ watch-man count onœ œ dayœ - break and Is - raœ - el on theœ #œ Lord.˙ Sticheron 4 4 4 ## ## & & # œ œœWœW Letœ& usœ be-ginœ œW this second week ofœ œW theœ Fastœ œ in joy;œ˙ œOfaithful, let us e ert our-˙ Letœ usœ be-ginœ œW this second week of theœ Fastœ in joy;˙ Ofaithful, let us e ert our-
## ## & œ& #œœ ˙ œ œ ˙œ œ˙ œ œ ˙ œWœ œWœ #œ œœ #œœ œœ œœ œ˙ œ ˙ selves& fromselves day from to day day toœ as day˙ didas the prophet E-li did the prophet E-li - jah# -theœ jah Tish the - bite. Tish œ - bite.˙ selves from day to day as did the prophet E-li - jah the Tish - bite. ## ## & œ& œ# œœWœ œW œ œ œœ œ œ œWœW May& the œfourœ cardinal virtues be our char-i - ot of fire œ˙ œLet˙ us lift our spirit by May the four cardinal virtues be our char-i5 - ot of fire ˙ Let us lift our spirit by
63 63 1ST S A 5 & b ˙ œ œ ˙ œW Mo œW ses the divine prophet was purified byœ fast - ing, and he contemplated the One
& b œ #œ œ ˙ œW œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ whom he de - sired. And you, O my poor soul, hasten to im - i - tate him. In this
& b œW œ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ œW time of abstinence purify yourself of ev-'ry e - vil, so that you may also
& b œ #œ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ œW œ con-tem-plate the Lord who grants you for - give - ness. He is good and the Lov-er
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4 # & # œ œW Letœ usœ be-ginœ œW this second week of theœ Fastœ in joy;˙ Ofaithful, let us e ert our- # & # œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ œW œ #œ œ œ œ œ ˙ selves from day toVespers day Propersas did on the the prophet E-li Evening of the - jah the Tish - bite. Vespers Propers on the Evening of the First Sunday of the Great Fast First Sunday of the Great Fast ## February 21, 2021 & œ œ œWFebruary 21, 2021œ œ œ œW The FindingMay the of thefour venerable cardinal virtues be our char-i relics of the Martyrs - at ot Eugenia of fire ˙ nearLet Constantinople. us lift our spirit by During The Findingthe reign of the of thevenerable emperor relics Arcadiu of s,the a divineMartyrs reve atlation Eugenia showed near the Constantinople. burial place of theseDuring martyrs of the reign of the emperor Arcadius, a divine revelation showed the burial place of these martyrs of whom## it was said, “Godœ alone knows their names,œ 63 andœ he has written them in the Bookœ of Life in whom it heaven.”was& said,W “God aloneœ knowsœ theirœ names,˙ and he has writtenœW them in the œBook#œ of Lifeœ in ˙ heaven.” turnng a-way from pas - sions, and through pur - ity, let us strug - gle a - gainst Supplement for The Order of Vespers on Sunday Evening for the Sunday of Forgiveness Supplement(Cheesefare for# The Sunday)Order of andVespers the Sundays on Sunday of theEvening Great for Fast. the Sunday of Forgiveness (Cheesefare& Sunday)# œ œ and˙ the Sundays of the Great Fast.œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Psalm 140the and flesh,SticherasoœW of that we may re-sistForgiveness in theœ tone and of con the week - (Tone uer 5, p. the 39) En - e - my.w Psalm 140 and Stichera of Forgiveness in the tone of the week (Tone 5, p. 39) Stichera3 stichera of for the the first Martyrs Sunday at of Eugenia the Great from Fast, the p. Menaion 62. Then:: Stichera of the first Sunday of the Great Fast, p. 62. Then: TheCantor stichera - (Tone for(on 4the): 3) saint of the day are found in the insert. (on 3) Cantor Cantor & b œ œ œ œ œ W œ œ œ œ & b Be-causeœ withœ theW Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemp-œ œtion,œ œIs - ra - el Be-causeœ œ withœ the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemp-tion, Is - ra - el b b & W œ œ ˙ ˙ œ #œ œ œ ˙ & W indeed he willœ re-deemœ ˙ from˙ allœ # itsœ inœ œ -˙ i - qui - ty. indeed he will re-deem from all its in - i - qui - ty. SticheronStichera of the finding of the relics of the martyrs - Tone 4 samohlasen Stichera of the finding3 of the relics of the martyrs - Tone 4 samohlasen 3 & b ˙ œ œ ˙ œW & b Hav-ingœ W stripped off˙ theœœ gar-mentsœ ˙ of deathœWby means of all types of torments, O Hav-ingœ W stripped off theœ gar-ments of death by means of all types of torments, O
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& b œ W œ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ #œ ˙ œ œ ˙ & b œ Wcease - lessly shineœ in˙ the˙ heav˙ -œ ens œ beœ - foreœ the throne˙ œ ofœ our˙ God. cease - lessly shine in the heav - ens be - fore the throne#œ of our God.
& b œ W œ œ œ œ ˙ œW & b œ WThus, with faith, we celebrate yourœ light-bearœ - ingœ mem - o - ry, and we venerate Thus, with faith, we celebrate your light-bear - ingœ mem - o - ry,˙ andœW we venerate 6
64 b & b W œ ˙ œ œ œ ˙ œ #œ œ œ & W b the chestœ of˙ yourœ sa -˙ œ -œ cred#œ relœ -œ - - ics.w & b the& chest W of your sa˙ œ -œ ˙ -œ œ cred˙ relœ ˙ -œ -œ #œ œ -œ ics.w œ W the chestœ of your sa - - cred#œ rel - -w - ics.w theCantor: chest of your(on 2) sa - - cred rel - - - ics. (on 2) Cantor(on 2) (on 2) Cantor b Cantor Cantorb & œ œ œ W œ œ ˙ ˙ œ #œ œ œ & œ Praiseœ œ theW Lord, all youœ na-tions,œ ˙ ac-claim˙ œ him#œ allœ youœ peo - ples!˙ bPraise& b theœ Lord,œœ allW œ you na-tions,W œ ac-claimœ ˙ œ him˙ all˙ youœ peo#œœ - ples!œ˙ œ & œ Praiseœ the Lord, all you na-tions,œ ac-claim˙ œ him#œ allœ you peo˙ - ples!˙ SticheronPraise2 the Lord, all you na-tions, ac-claim him all you peo - ples! 2 2 2 b & b ˙œ œ œ ˙ œW & œ Wb Proœ -W viding for theœ weak-ness˙ œœ of man˙ -œ œW kind, the power of God grants healings to & b Pro& - vidingœ forW the weak-ness of˙ manœœ -˙œ kind,˙œ theœW˙ powerœW of God grants healings to Proœ -W vidingPro for - viding the weak-ness for the œ weak-ness of man of - kind, man -the kind, powerthe of power God grantsof God healings grants healings to to b & b œ #œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œW & œ #œb allœ who˙ ap-proach.œ œ What˙ a˙ won-der!œ Throughœ œW grace, the few ashes remaining & b allœ& whoœ ap-proach.œ #œ ˙ œ What˙œ a won-der!œ˙ œ ˙ Through˙ œœ grace,œWœ the œW few ashes remaining all who#œ all ap-proach. who ap-proach.Whatœ aWhat won-der! a˙ won-der!Throughœ Through grace, the grace, few theashes few remaining ashes remaining b & b W œ ˙ ˙ œ˙ œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ˙ œ œ ˙ & W b from the bodiesœ ˙of the˙ mar˙ - tyrs œ pourœ œ forthœ streamsœ of#œ won˙ - drousœ mir -˙ a -œ cles! & b fromW& the W bodies of theœ mar˙ œ -˙ tyrs˙ ˙pourœ˙ forthœ streamsœœ ofœ wonœœ - drousœ œ mir˙# -œ aœ -œ˙ cles!˙œ ˙ from the from bodies the of bodies the mar of the - martyrs -pour tyrs forthpour streams forth ofstreams won - of drous#œ won mir - drous - a mir- cles! - a - cles! b & b œ W œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ & œ WCome, let us gain healthœ ofœ soul˙ and˙ bodœ - y. œWithœ thanks-giv-ing,œ œ œ ˙ let˙ us sing˙ to God, b Come,& b let usœ gainW health of soul and bodœ - y. ˙With thanks-giv-ing,œ letœ usœ singœ toœ God,˙ ˙ ˙ & œ WCome, let us gain healthœ of soul˙ andœ bod - y.˙ œWithœ œ thanks-giv-ing,œ œ œ ˙ let us˙ sing˙ to God, Come, let us gain health of soul andœ bod - y.˙ Withœ thanks-giv-ing, let us sing to God, b œ& b œ œ œ W œ #œ ˙œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ & œ œ"OW Sav-ior of the world, they œ fought#œ the˙ goodœ fight for˙ yourœ sakeœ: byœ their prayers, b "Oœ& b Sav-iorœ œ ofœ theW world, they fought the goodœ fight for your˙œ sakeœ :œ by˙ their prayers, & œ œ"OW Sav-ior of the world, they œfought the˙ good#œ œ fight for˙ your sake: byœ theirœ prayers,œ "O Sav-ior of the world, they fought the good#œ fight for your sake: byœ theirœ prayers,œ b & b œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ œ & œ ˙ deœ - liv - erœ œ usœ from#œ allœ œ e - vil!"w b de& - livb - er˙ œ œ us fromœ œ allœ œ e -œ vil!"w œ & ˙ deœ œ - liv - erœ œ usœ from allœ #œ œ e - vil!"w deœ - liv - er(on 1) us from all#œ e - vil!"w Cantor:(on 1) Cantor (on 1) Cantor (on 1) Cantorb & b œ œ œ œ W œ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ #œ œ œ Cantor & œ bœStrongœ isœ theW love of the Lordœ forœ us;œ ˙he˙ is faith-fulœ #œ œ forœ - ev - er.˙ bStrong& isœ the loveœ œ of theœ LordW for us; heœ is faith-fulœ œ ˙ for˙ - evœ # -œ er.˙œ œ & œ œStrongœ isœ theW love of the Lordœ forœ us;œ he˙ is˙ faith-fulœ #œ œ forœ -˙ ev - er.˙ Strong is the love of the Lord for us; he is faith-ful for - ev - er. 2 2 7 2 2 1 1 Sticheron 1 b & b œ œ˙ ˙œ œ ˙ œ W œ & œ W Hidœ - denW under the groundœ ˙ forœ a longœ time, W the victorious martyrsœ are now Hid& - denb under the ground for a long˙ time,œ œ the˙ victoriousœ W martyrs are now œ Hidœ - denW under the ground forœ a long time, the victorious martyrs are now b & b #œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ W œ ˙ ˙ ˙ & #œ œbrought˙ toœ lightœ œ asœ a pre-cious˙ ˙ treas-ureœ œ whichœ W en- rich - es theœ Queen˙ ˙ of˙ Cit - ies. brought& b to light œas˙ a pre-ciousœ œ œ treas-ure ˙which en- rich - esœ theœ QueenW of Cit -œ ies.˙ ˙ ˙ brought#œ to light as a pre-ciousœ treas-ure˙ whichœ en- rich - es the Queen of Cit - ies. b œ & b œ œ œ W œ #œ œ˙ œ œ ˙ œ W œ œ & œ Aœ wiseW hi -œ erarch#œ bears˙ themœ in his˙ hands,œ W car - rying them intoœ theœ ho - ly A& wiseb hiœ - erarchœ œ bearsW themœ in his˙ hands,œ œ car˙ - ryingœ themW into the ho - ly œ A wise hi - erarch bears them#œ in his hands, car - rying them into the ho - lyœ b & b ˙ ˙ œ œ œ W œ ˙ ˙ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ & ˙ ˙ tem-ple.œ œ Thoseœ enW - treat - ing them œ receive˙ en˙ - light˙ - en - ment, œben-e-fits,œ œ health, and tem-ple.& b ˙Those en - treat - ingœ themœ W receive en - light - enœ - ment,˙ ˙ ben-e-fits,˙ œ health,œ œ and œ œ tem-ple.˙ Thoseœ en - treat - ing them receive en - light - en - ment, ben-e-fits, health, and b & b #œ œ˙ œ œ ˙ œ W œ œ˙ œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ œ & #œ ˙ pro-tecœ ˙ -œ tionW for thoseœ who˙ reœ - ceiveœ œ themœ # asœ serœ - vantsœ w of God.w pro-tec& b -˙ tionœ œfor˙ those who re - ceive˙ themœ asœ serœ - vantsœ œ of God.œ œ #pro-tecœ - tion forœ thoseW who reœ - ceive them as ser - vants#œ of God.w The faithful STAND. Cantor - (Tone 4): The faithful STAND. The faithful STAND. Cantor Cantor b & b œ œ œ W œ œ œ Cantor& œ œ Gloœ - ryW to the Father and to the Son and to the Holyœ Spiœr-it, œ now and Glo& - ryb toœ the Fatherœ W and to the Son and to the Holy Spir-it, nowœ and œ œ Gloœ - ry to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spir-it, now and b & b œ œ ˙ ˙ œ #œ œ œ & œ œ ev˙ - er˙ andœ for#œ - evœ -œ er.˙ A - men.˙ ev& - erb œ andœ for˙ - ev˙ -œ er. A -œ men. œ Theotokion - in theev same - er tone and for - ev#œ - er. A - men.˙ Theotokion - in the same tone Theotokion - in the same tone b & b œ˙ œ œ ˙ œ W œ & œ W Oall-immaculateœ W œ ˙The-o-to-œœ ˙ œ kos,Wyou are the intercessor forœ the whole Oall-immaculate& b The-o-to-˙ kos,œ œyou˙ are œ the intercessorW for the whole œ Oall-immaculateœ W The-o-to-œ kos, you are the intercessor for the whole b & b #œ œ ˙ œ W œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œW & #œ œ hu˙ - man race.œ W Save from everyœ attackœ œ ofœ the˙ en - e -œ my œthoseœW who bow in piety hu - manb race. Save˙ from œ everyW attack of the enœ - e - my those who bow in pietyœW & #œ œ 3 œ œ œ ˙ œ œ hu - man race. Save from every3 attack8 of the en - e - my those who bow in piety 3 & b œ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ be - fore your birth - giv - ing, for all of us have# youœ now as our help,
& b œ W œ ˙ œ œW our refuge and our con - firœ - ma - tion,˙ youœ areœ our me - diatrix before Christ,
& b W œ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ œW our Lord and mas - ter. We pray you to ask him for peace in the world and
& b œ ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ the# forœ - give-ness of sins forœ thoseœ whoœ flee to your pro - tec#œ - - tion.w Continue with "Wisdom..." and the Hymn of the Evening (p. 12) TheThe Prokeimenonservice continues for the with First the SundayHymn of (p the. 13 Evening,). “O joyful light,” on page 9. Aposticha (p. 12) 1ST S A TheProkeimenon aposticha forare thefrom First the Sunday,Triodion page: 10 Aposticha (Tone 8) Aposticha of the First Sunday, page 65 Tone 8 samohlasen (1) (2)1 Aposticheron:& 2 # & œ œW œ œ œ œ œ œW Come, let us purify our-selves by shar - ing withœ # theœ poor,˙ not sound - ing the trumpet # & œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ œ for our giv - ing of alms, nor dis - play - ing our good deeds. May our # & œW œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ left hand know not what our rightœ hand#œ does,˙ lest vain - glo - ry rob us # & œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œW œ ˙ œ œ ˙ of our fruit But in se - cret, let us say to him who knows all things.
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Cantor: To you have I lifted up my eyes, you who dwell in the heavens; my eyes, like the eyes of slaves on the hand of their lords. Like the eyes of a servant on the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are on the Lord our God till he show us his mercy. Repeat “Come, let us purify…”
Cantor: Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy. We are filled with contempt. Indeed all too full is our soul with the scorn of the rich, with the proud man's disdain. 3 # & œ œ œ œ œ œ œW œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ O mar-tyrs of theœ #œ Lord,˙ you sanc - tify every place and cure ev - ry ill. 65 1ST S A Aposticha
Tone 8 samohlasen 1 & 2 # & œ œW œ œ œ œ œ œW Come, let us purify our-selves by shar-ing withœ # theœ poor,˙ not sound - ing the trumpet # & œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ œ for our giv - ing of alms, nor dis - play - ing our good deeds. May our # & œW œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ left hand know not what our rightœ hand#œ does,˙ lest vain - glo - ry rob us # & œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œW œ ˙ œ œ ˙ of our fruit But in se - cret, let us say to him who knows all things. # & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ #œ ˙ For - give us our tres- pass - es, Fa -œ -#œ - ther,˙ inœ yourœ good - ness # & œ œ œ œ w C. Apforosticha for man Wee -kd kind.ays Cantor: C. Aposticha for Weekdays Cantor:1 To you have I lifted up my eyes, you who dwell in the heavens; my eyes, like the eyes of slaves on the hand of their lords. # 1 Like the eyes of a servant on the hand of her mistress, & # œ so our eyes are on the Lord oW ur God till he show us his mercy. W & Tœo RepeatyouW ha “Come,ve I lif tleted usup purify…” my eyes, you who dwell in the heavens; Wmy eyes, like the To you have I lifted up my eyes, you who dwell in the heavens; my eyes, like the Cantor:# Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy. We are filled with contempt. & # W Indeed all too full is our soul with the scorn of the rich,W with the proud man's disdain. & 3eWyes of slaves on the hand of their lords. WLike the eyes of a servant on the hand of # eyes of slaves on the hand of their lords. œWLike the eyes œof a servant˙ on the hand of & # œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙ & # OW mar-tyrs ofW the Lord, you sanc - tify everyœ placeœ and˙ cure˙ ev -˙ ry ill.˙ & heWr mistress, Wso our eyes are on the 65Lord our God tiœll heœ show ˙ us˙ hi˙s her mistress, so our eyes are on the Lord our God till he show˙ us his # œ & # œ œ œ ˙ & mœer -œ œ- œ- cy. Repeat:m “eCome,r - let- us purify- c˙y.…” Cantor:2 # 2 & # œ W W W & Haœve mWercy on us, Lord, have mercy. We are filled with contempt. WIndeed all too Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy. We are filled with contempt. Indeed all too # œ & # W œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ ˙ full is our soul with the scorn of the rich, with the proudœ man's dis - dain. & W œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ ˙ Afull is our soul with the scorn of the rich, with the proud man's dis - dain. # A & œ W œ œ œ ˙ ˙ # Glo - ry to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spir-it, now and e˙v - er and & œ W œ œ œ ˙ ˙ Glo - ry to the Father and to the Son and10 to the Holy Spir-it, now and e˙v - er and # & ˙ œ œ œ œ # for - ev - er. A - m˙en. & ˙ œ œ œ œ for - ev - er. A - m˙en.
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Tone 8 samohlasen 1 & 2 # & œ œW œ œ œ œ œ œW Come, let us purify our-selves by shar-ing withœ # theœ poor,˙ not sound - ing the trumpet # & œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ œ for our giv - ing of alms, nor dis - play - ing our good deeds. May our # & œW œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ left hand know not what our rightœ hand#œ does,˙ lest vain - glo - ry rob us # & œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œW œ ˙ œ œ ˙ of our fruit But in se - cret, let us say to him who knows all things. # & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ #œ ˙ For - give us our tres- pass - es, Fa -œ -#œ - ther,˙ inœ yourœ good - ness # & œ œ œ œ for man - kind.w
Cantor: To you have I lifted up my eyes, you who dwell in the heavens; my eyes, like the eyes of slaves on the hand of their lords. Like the eyes of a servant on the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are on the Lord our God till he show us his mercy. Repeat “Come, let us purify…”
Cantor: Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy. We are filled with contempt. Aposticheron: Indeed all too full is our soul with the scorn of the rich, with the proud man's disdain. 3 # & œ œ œ œ œ œ œW œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ O mar-tyrs of theœ #œ Lord,˙ you sanc - tify every place and cure ev - ry ill. # œW œ 65 # & # ˙ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ #œ ˙ & We˙ œW be-seechœ œW to pray thatœ ourœ souls˙ œ beœ saved˙ from the snares˙ œ of#œ the˙ & ˙ œ We be-seech to pray that˙ ourœ soulsœ be˙ saved fromœ ˙ theœ œ snares#œ of˙ the We be-seech to pray that our souls be saved fromœ theœ snares of the # œ # & # œ œ œ w œ & enœ œ -œ e -œ my. & œ enœ œ - e - my.w en - e - my.w Cantor (Tone 8): Cantor: # Cantor: # Cantor: # & œW œ œ œ ˙ ˙ & œW& GloœW - ry to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy œ Spir-it,œ œ nowœ andœ ev˙ - er˙ Glo - ry to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spir-it, œ now˙ and˙ ev - er Glo - ry to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spir-it, now and ev - er # # ˙ œ œ # & ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙ & ˙ & ˙ and˙ œ forœ - evœ - er.œ A -œ men.˙ and for - ev - er.œ A˙ - men. and for - ev - er. A - men. Theotokion - in the same tone Theotokion - in the same tone Theotokion - in the same tone # œ œ œ # & # œ œW œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ & Theœ heavœW - ens sing your praiœse, Oœ spouseœ - lessœ Moth#œ - er, andœœ weœœ gloœ - ri - fy & œ œWThe heav - ens sing yourœ œ praise,œ O spouseœ - lessœ Moth#œ -œ er,˙ œ and we glo - ri - fy The heav - ens sing your praise, O spouse - lessœ Moth#œ - er,˙ and we glo - ri - fy # ˙ œ œ œ # & # œ ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ œW &˙ yourœ giv -œ ingœ birth˙ in˙œ œ a man-nerœ be-yond˙ œ allœ words;˙ OTheotokos, intercede & œ yourœ givœ -˙ ing˙ birthœ in a man-ner˙ be-yondœ œ all˙ words; OTheotokos, intercedeœW your giv - ing birth in a man-ner be-yond all words; OTheotokos, intercedeœW # # œ # & W œ ˙ œ #œ ˙ œ œ œ œ w & for the sal -˙ vaœ -#œœ tion˙ ofœ ourœ œ souls. & for theW ˙ salœœ - va#œ ˙ - tionœ ofœ œ our souls.w for theWContinue salœ -with va the Prayer - tion of the ofHoly Prophet our Simeon souls.w (p. 18).
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