Great Hours on Friday Morning 1 the SERVICE
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Great Hours on Friday Morning THE SERVICE OF THE HOURS Glory to the Father and the Son and the ON GREAT AND HOLY FRIDAY Holy Spirit. Both now and ever and to the ages By Cyril, Patriarch of Alexandria. of ages. Amen. FIRST HOUR Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed PRIEST be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will Blessed is our God always, now and ever, and to the ages of ages. be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our READER trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass Amen. against us. And lead us not into temptation, but PRIEST deliver us from evil. Glory to You, our God. Glory to You. PRIEST Heavenly King, Comforter, Spirit of Truth, For Thine is the Kingdom and the power present in all places and filling all things, and the glory, of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to the treasury of good things and giver of life: come; ages of ages. take Your abode in us; cleanse us of every stain, and save our souls, O Good one. READER Amen. READER Trisagion Prayers. Lord, have mercy. (12) Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, Glory to the Father and the Son and the have mercy on us. (3) Holy Spirit. Both now and ever and to the ages Glory to the Father and the Son and the of ages. Amen. Holy Spirit. Both now and ever and to the ages Come, let us worship and bow down of ages. Amen. before God our King. All-holy Trinity, have mercy on us. Come, let us worship and bow down Lord, forgive our sins. Master, pardon our before Christ God our King. transgressions. Holy One, visit and heal our Come, let us worship and bow down infirmities for your name's sake. before Him, Christ our King and God. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, Psalm 5. have mercy. Give ear to my words, O Lord, Hear my cry. Give heed to the voice of my supplication, 1 Great Hours on Friday Morning my King and my God, for to You will I pray, O heavens shall laugh at them; the Lord shall Lord. In the morning You shall hear my voice; mock them. Then shall He speak to them in in the morning I will stand before You, and I His wrath and trouble them in His anger, "But will watch. For You are not a God who wills I was established as King by Him over His lawlessness, nor shall the evildoer dwell with holy hill of Zion, declaring the Lord's decree. You. The lawless shall not stand before Your The Lord said to Me, 'You are My Son, today I eyes; You hate all the workers of lawlessness; have begotten You; ask of Me, and I will give You shall destroy all who speak falsehood; the You the nations for Your inheritance and the Lord abhors the man of violence and deceit. ends of the earth for Your possession. You shall But as for me, in the fullness of Your mercy shepherd them with an iron staff; You shall I will come into Your house; in fear of You I shatter them like a potter's vessel.'" And now, will worship toward Your holy temple. Lead O kings, understand; be instructed, all you me, O Lord, in Your righteousness because of judges of the earth. Serve the Lord with fear my enemies; make straight Your way before and rejoice in Him with trembling. Lay hold of me. For there is no truth in their mouth; their His instruction, lest the Lord be angry, and you heart is vain; their throat is an open grave; perish from the righteous way when His fury they deal deceptively with their tongues. shall be quickly kindled. Blessed are all who Judge them, O God. Let them fall by their false trust in Him. [SAAS] accusations; cast them out in the multitude of Psalm 21 (22). their ungodliness; for they provoked You, O O God, my God, hear me; why have You Lord. But let all who hope in You be glad; they forsaken me? The words of my transgressions will greatly rejoice forever, for You will dwell are far from my salvation. O my God, I will cry in them; and all who love Your name will boast out by day, but You will not hear me; and by in You. For You will bless the righteous; O night, but not for a lack of understanding in me. Lord, You crowned us with the shield of Your But You dwell among the saints, O praise of goodwill. [SAAS] Israel. Our fathers hoped in You; they hoped in Psalm 2. You, and You delivered them. They cried out Why do the nations rage, and the people to You and were saved; they hoped in You and meditate on vain things? The kings of the earth were not ashamed. But I am a worm, and not set themselves, and the rulers gather together a man; a reproach of man and despised by the against the Lord and against His anointed, people. All who see me mock me; they speak saying, "Let us break their bands, and cast with their lips and shake their head, saying, away their yokes from us." He who sits in the "He hoped in the Lord, let Him rescue him; 2 Great Hours on Friday Morning let Him save him since He delights in him." poor shall eat and be well-filled, and those who For You are He who drew me from the womb, seek Him will praise the Lord; their hearts will my hope from my mother's breasts; I was cast live unto ages of ages. All the ends of the world upon You from the womb, from my mother's shall remember and turn to the Lord; and all womb You are my God. Do not stand off from families of the Gentiles shall worship before me, for affliction is near; there is no one to You, for the kingdom is the Lord's; and He is help. Many young bulls surrounded me; fat the Master of the Gentiles. All the prosperous bulls encircled me. They opened their mouths of the earth ate and worshiped; all going down against me like a raging and roaring lion. I into the earth shall bow down before Him, am poured out like water, and all my bones and my soul lives with Him. And my seed are shattered; my heart is like wax, melting shall serve Him; the coming generation shall into my stomach. My strength is dried up like be told of the Lord, and they will declare His an earthen vessel; my tongue cleaves to my righteousness to a people who will be born, throat; and You led me into the dust of death. because the Lord made them. [SAAS] For many dogs surrounded me; an assembly Glory to the Father and the Son and the of evildoers enclosed me; they pierced my Holy Spirit. Both now and ever and to the ages hands and my feet. I numbered all my bones, of ages. Amen. and they look and stare at me. They divided my garments among themselves, and for my Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia. Glory to You, clothing they cast lots. But You, O Lord, do not O God. (3) remove Your help from me; attend to my aid. Lord, have mercy. (3) Deliver my soul from the sword and my only- Glory to the Father and the Son and the begotten from the hand of the dog; save me Holy Spirit. from the lion's mouth, my humiliation from the horns of the unicorns. I will declare Your name Troparion. to my brethren; in the midst of the church I When You were crucified, O Christ, the will sing to You. You who fear the Lord, praise enemy's tyranny was lifted and his power was Him. All you seed of Jacob, glorify Him; fear crushed. For it was no Angel nor mere man, but Him, all you seed of Israel. For He has not You, the Lord himself, who saved us. Glory to despised nor scorned the beggar's supplication, You! [SD] nor has He turned away His face from me; and Both now and ever and to the ages of ages. when I cried out to Him, He heard me. My Amen. praise is from You in the great church; I will pay my vows before those who fear Him. The 3 Great Hours on Friday Morning Theotokion. the sheep, namely My twelve Disciples, I could What shall we call you, O Lady full of summon more than twelve legions of angels. grace? Heaven? For you gave rise to the Sun of But I forbear, so that the unknown and secret righteousness. Paradise? For you blossomed things that I showed you through My prophets the flower of incorruption. Virgin? For you may be fulfilled." Glory to You, O Lord! [SD] remained incorrupt. Pure Mother? For you held Both now. Repeat. in your holy embrace a Son who is the God of all. Entreat Him to save our souls. [SD] THE PROPHECY CHOIR READER Idiomela. Prokeimenon. Mode 4. Mode pl. 4. He went forth and spoke the same. Today, the veil of the Temple is torn in Verse: Blessed is he who understands the poor two, as a reproof to the transgressors. And the and needy.