The First Hour
Priest: Blessedis our God always, now and ever and unto ages of ages.
Reader: Amen.Glory to Thee, our God, glory to Thee.
O Heavenly King, the Comforter the Spirit of Truth;Who art everywhere present and fillest all things; Treasury of blessingsand Giver of Life; come and abide in us and cleanse us from every impurity,and save our souls, O Good One.
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From Pascha to the Apodosisof Pascha, the following is chanted thrice:
Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down deathby death, and upon those in the tombs bestowing life.
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Reader: HolyGod! Holy Mighty! Holy Immortal! Have mercy upon us.(3x)
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and everand unto ages of ages. Amen.
O most-holy Trinity: have mercy upon us. O Lord: cleanse us from oursins. O Master pardon our transgressions.O Holy One: visit and heal ourinfirmities, for Thy name's sake.
Lord have mercy. (3x)
Glory to the Father and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now andever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Our Father Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come.Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our dailybread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespassagainst us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evilone.
Priest: ForThine is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory: now and ever and untothe ages of ages.
Reader: Amen.Lord have mercy. (12x) Glory to theFather, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and untoages of ages. Amen.
Come, let us worship God, our
King!
Come, let us worship and fall down before Christ, our King and ourGod!
Come, let us worship and fall down before Christ Himself our King andour God!
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From Pascha to the Apodosis of Pascha, thefollowing is chanted thrice:
Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and uponthose in the tombs bestowing life.
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Unto my words
give ear, O Lord; hear my cry.
Attend unto the voice of my supplication, O my Kingand my
God; for unto Thee will I pray, O Lord.
In the morning Thou shalt hear my voice.
In the morning shall I stand before Thee, and Thoushalt look
upon me; for not a God that willest iniquity art Thou.
He that worketh evil shall not dwell near Thee,nor shall
transgressors abide before Thine eyes.
Thou hast hated all them that work iniquity; Thoushalt
destroy all them that speak a lie. A man that is bloody and deceitfulshall the
Lord abhor. But as for me, in the multitude of Thy mercy shallI go
into Thy house; I shall worship toward Thy holytemple in fear
of Thee.
O Lord, guide me in the way of Thy righteousness;because of
mine enemies, make straight my way beforeThee, for in their
mouth there is no truth; their heart is vain.
Their throat is an open sepulchre, with their tongueshave
they spoken deceitfully; judge them, O God.
Let them fall down on account of their own devisings;according
to the multitude of their ungodliness, cast them out, for theyhave embittered
Thee, O Lord.
And let all them be glad that hope in Thee; theyshall ever
rejoice, and Thou shalt dwell among them.
And all shall glory in Thee that love Thy name,for thou
shalt dwell among them.
And all shall glory in Thee that love Thy name,for Thou
shalt bless the righteous.
O Lord, as with a shield of Thy good pleasure hastThou
crowned us.
Lord, Thou
hast been our refuge in generation and generation.
Before the mountains came to be and the earth wasformed and
the world, even from everlasting to everlasting Thou art.
Turn not man away unto lowliness; yea, Thou hassaid: Turn
back, ye sons of men.
For a thousand years in Thine eyes, O Lord, arebut as
yesterday that is past, and as a watch in the night.
Things of no account shall their years be; in themorning
like grass shall man pass away.
In the morning shall he bloom and pass away, inthe evening
shall he fall and grow withered and dry.
For we have fainted away in Thy wrath, and in Thineanger
have we been troubled.
Thou has set our iniquities before Thee; our lifespanis in
the light of Thy countenance.
For all our days are faded away, and in Thy wrathare we
fainted away; our years have, like a spider, spun out their tale.
As for the days of our years, in their span theybe
threescore years and ten.
And if we be in strength, mayhap fourscore years;and what is
more than these is toil and travail.
For mildness is come upon us, and we shall be chastened.
Who knoweth the might of Thy wrath?
And out of fear of Thee, who can recount Thine anger?
So make Thy right hand known to me, and to themthat in their
heart are instructed in wisdom.
Return, O Lord; how long?
And be Thou entreated concerning Thy servants.
We were filled in the morning with Thy mercy, OLord, and we
rejoiced and were glad.
In all our days, let us be glad for the days whereinThou
didst humble us, for the years wherein we saw evils.
And look upon Thy servants, and upon Thy works,and do Thou
guide their sons.
And let the brightness of the Lord our God be uponus, and
the works of our hands do Thou guide aright upon us, yea, the workof our hands
do Thou guide aright.
Psalm 100
Of mercy and
judgment will I sing unto Thee, O Lord;I will chant and have understanding in a
blameless path.
When wilt Thou come unto me?
I have walked in the innocence of my heart in themidst of my
house.
I have no unlawful thing before mine eyes; the workersof
transgressions I have hated.
A crooked heart hath not cleaved unto me; as forthe wicked
man who turned from me, I knew him not.
Him that privily talked against his neighbour didI drive
away from me.
With him whose eye was proud and his heart insatiate,I did
not eat.
Mine eyes were upon the faithful of the land, thatthey might
sit with me; the man that walked in the blameless path, he ministeredunto me.
The proud doer dwelt not in the midst of my house;the speaker
of unjust things prospered not before mine eyes.
In the morning I slew all the sinners of the land,utterly to
destroy out of the city of the Lord all them that work iniquity.
Glory to the Father, and to the
Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now andever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.Glory
be to Thee O God. (thrice)
Lord, have mercy. (Thrice)
Here we say the first Troparion, if there betwo.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Here we say the appointed Troparion (or secondif there be two).
Now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
What shall we call thee, O thou that art full of grace? Heaven: forthou hast dawned forth the Sun of Righteousness. Paradise: for thou hastblossomed forth the Flower of immortality. Virgin: for thou has remainedincorrupt. Pure Mother: for thou has held in thy holy embrace the Son,the God of all. Do thou entreat Him to save our souls.
My steps do Thou direct according to Thy saying, and let no iniquityhave dominion over me. Deliver me from the false accusation of me, andI will keep Thy commandments. Make Thy face to shine upon Thy servant,and teach me Thy statutes.
Let my mouth be filled with Thy praise, O Lord, that I may him Thy gloryand Thy majesty all the day long.
Holy God! Holy Mighty! Holy Immortal! Have mercy upon us. (3x)
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and everand unto ages of ages. Amen.
O most-holy Trinity: have mercy upon us. O Lord: cleanse us from oursins. O Master pardon our transgressions.O Holy One: visit and heal ourinfirmities, for Thy name's sake.
Lord have mercy. (3x)
Glory to the Father and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now andever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Our Father Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come.Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our dailybread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespassagainst us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evilone.
Priest: ForThine is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory: now and ever and untothe ages of ages.
Reader: Amen.And he saith the kontakion of the feast, or ofthe saint of the day. If there be two kontakia, he saith the kontakionwith was chanted after the Third Ode at Matins.
Lord, have mercy. (12x)
Thou who at all times and at every hour, in heaven and on earth, artworshipped and glorified, o Christ God, Who art long-suffering, plenteousin mercy, most compassionate, Who lovest the righteous and hast mercy onsinners, Who callest all to salvation through the promise of good thingsto come; Receive, O Lord, our prayers at This hour, and guide our lifetoward Thy commandments. Sanctify our souls, make chaste our bodies, correctour thoughts, purify our intentions, and deliver us from every sorrow,evil and pain. Compass us about with Thy holy angels, that, guarded andguided by their array, we may attain tot eh unity of the faith and theknowledge of Thine unapproachable glory; for blessed art Thou unto theages of ages. Amen.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now andever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
More honorable than the cherubim, and more glorious beyond compare thanthe seraphim! Without defilement thou gavest birth to God the word; trueTheotokos, we magnify thee.
In the name of the Lord, father (master), bless.
Priest: God be bountiful to us andbless us. Show the light of Thy countenances upon us and be merciful untous.
Reader: Amen.
Priest: O Christthe true light, Who enlightenest and sanctifiest every man that comethinto the world; Let the light of Thy countenance be signed upon us, thatin it we may see the unapproachable Light, and guide our steps in the doingof Thy commandments, through the intercessions of Thy most pure Mother,and of all Thy saints. Amen.
Choir: To Theevictorious leader, we, thy servants dedicated a feast of victory and ofthanksgiving as ones rescued out of sufferings, O Theotokos; but as thouart one with might which is invincible, from all dangers that can be dothou deliver us, that we may cry to thee: Rejoice! thou Bride unwedded.
Priest: Gloryto Thee, O Christ God, our Hope, glory to Thee.
Choir: Gloryto the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, andunto ages of ages. Amen.
Lord. have mercy. (Thrice)
And the priest saith the Dismissal.
Choir:
Amen. Lord, have mercy. (Thrice).