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3 a tempo Rit U ΠCome, et us or - ship and fa don be - fore Christ Him - sef our King and our God! U ΠCome, et us or - ship and fa don be - fore Christ Him-sef our King and our God! U ΠCome, et us or - ship and fa don be - fore Christ Him- sef ourking and a tempo Rit Come, et us or - ship and fa don be - fore Him! Come et us or - ship and fa don be - fore Him! Come, et us or - ship and fa don be - fore our God Him!! I-2

4 PSALM 104 Psam 104 II-1

5 Psam 104 II-2

6 Psam 104 II-3

7 j LITANY OF PEACE Litany of Peace Deacon: In peace et us pray to the Lord b Lord, have mer - cy b Lord, have mer - cy b Lord, have mer - cy Deacon: For the peace from above and for the savation of our sous, et us pray to the Lord b J Lord, have mer - cy b Lord, have mer - cy b Lord, have mer - cy Deacon: For the peace of the hoe ord, for the efare of the hoy churches of God, and for the union of a, et us pray to the Lord b Lord, have mer - cy b Lord, have mer - cy b Lord, have mer - cy III-1

8 j j Litany of Peace Deacon: For this hoy house and for those ho enter ith faith, reverence, and the fear of God, et us pray to the Lord b J Lord, have mer - cy b Lord, have mer - cy b Lord, have mer - cy Deacon: For Our Patriarch,, for Metropoitan, for our God-oving Bishop, for the honorabe priesthood, the diaconate in Christ, for a the cergy and the peope, et us pray to the Lord b Lord, have mer - cy b Lord, have mer - cy b Lord, have mer - cy Deacon: For the President and a civi authorities of this country, and for those serving in its Armed Forces, et us pray to the Lord b J Lord, have mer - cy b Lord, have mer - cy b Lord, have mer - cy III-2

9 j Litany of Peace Deacon: For this city, for every city and country and for the faithfu deing in them, et us pray to the Lord b Lord, have mer - cy b Lord, have mer - cy b Lord, have mer - cy Deacon: For seasonabe eather, for abundance of the fruits of the earth, and for peacefu times, et us pray to the Lord b J Lord, have mer - cy b Lord, have mer - cy b Lord, have mer - cy Deacon: For traveers by and, by sea, and by air; for the sick and the suffering; for captives and their savation, et us pray to the Lord b Lord, have mer - cy b Lord, have mer - cy b Lord, have mer - cy III-3

10 j Litany of Peace Deacon: For our deiverance from a affiction, rath, danger and distress, et us pray to the Lord b J Lord, have mer - cy b Lord, have mer - cy b Lord, have mer - Deacon: Hep us, save us, have mercy on us, and keep us, O God, by Your grace cy b Lord, have mer - cy b Lord, have mer - cy b Lord, have mer - cy Deacon: Commemorating our most hoy, most pure, most bessed and gorious Lady Theotokos and ever-virgin Mary, ith a the saints, et us commend ourseves and each other, and a our ife unto Christ our God b Ĵ«j To You, O Lord b To You, O Lord b J To You, O Lord III-4

11 Litany of Peace Priest: For to You beong a gory, honor, and orship: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Hoy Spirit, no and ever and unto ages of ages b A - men b A - men b A - men III-5

12 KATHISMA Kathisma IV-1

13 Kathisma IV-2

14 Kathisma IV-3

15 Kathisma IV-4

16 j LITTLE LITANY Litte Litany Deacon: Again and again, in peace et us pray to the Lord b Lord, have mer - cy b Lord, have mer - cy b Lord, have mer - cy Deacon: Hep us, save us, have mercy on us, and keep us, O God, by your grace b J Lord, have mer - cy b Lord, have mer - cy b Lord, Deacon: Commemorating our most hoy, most pure, most bessed and gorious Lady Theotokos and ever-virgin Mary, ith a the saints, et us commend ourseves and each other, and a our ife unto Christ our God b Ĵ«j To You, O Lord b To You, O Lord b J To You have, mer - O Lord cy V-1

17 Litte Litany Priest: For Yours is the majesty, and Yours is the Kingdom and the poer and gory: of the Father, and of the Son, and the Hoy Spirit, no and ever, and unto ages of ages b A - men b A - men b A - men V-2

18 LORD, I CALL Lord, I Ca VI-1

19 Ò Ò Lord, I ca up - on You, hear me Re- ceive the voice of my prayer, Ò Ò Lord, I ca up - on You, hear me Re- ceive the voice of my prayer, Ò Ò Re- ceive the Tone 2 Lord, I Ca Lord, I ca up - on You, hear me Hear me, O Lord Lord, I ca up - on You, hear me Lord, I ca up - on You, hear me Lord, I ca up - on You, up - on up - on up - on hear me Hear Hear me, me, voice of O O my Lord Lord prayer, hen I ca You Hear me, O Lord hen I ca You Hear me, O Lord hen I ca You Hear me, O Lord Ò Ò Let my prayer a- rise in Your sight as in - cense, and et the ift - ing up of my hands Ò Ò Let my prayer a- rise in Your sight as in - cense, and et the ift - ing up of my hands Ò Ò Let my prayer a- rise in Your sight as in - cense, and et the ift - ing up of my hands Soan Roando, 2003

20 Lord, I Ca Tone 2 be an eve - ning sac - ri - fice Hear me, O Lord be an eve - ning sac - ri - fice Hear me, O Lord be an eve - ning sac - ri - fice Hear me, O Lord Soan Roando, 2003

21 MENAION: December 25 Soprano Ato Tone 2 Nativity of Our Lord at Lord, I Ca Kievan Chant arr B Ledkovsky Tenor Bass Come, et us greaty re - joice in the Lord as e te of this pres - ent mys - ter - y! The di - vid - ing a has been destroyed; the fam - ing sord turns back, the Che - ru - bim ithdra from the Tree of Life, and I partake of the deight of par - a - dise from hich I as cast out through dis - o - be - dience For the express ( image of the Father)

22 December 25: Lord, I ca - 2 im - age of the Father, the imprint of His e - ter - ni - ty, takes the form of a serv - ant, and ith - out un - der - going change He comes forth from an unedded moth - er For hat He as, He has re - mained: true God, and hat He as not, He has taken up - on Him - sef, be - com - ing man through ove for man - kind (Unto Him et us)

23 Un - to Him, et us cry a - oud: O God December 25: Lord, I ca - 3 born of a Vir - gin, have mer - cy on us! (Tice) Sticheron 2: Same Tone When the Lord Je - sus as born of the ho - y Vir - gin, a the ord as en - ight - ened The shep - herds atched in the fieds, the Ma - gi a - dored and the anges praised (in song, but Herod)

24 in song; but Herod as trou - bed: for God has ap - peared in the fesh, the Sav - ior of our sous! (Tice) Sticheron 3: Same Tone Your King - dom, O Christ our God, is a kingdom of a the a - ges, and Your rue is from generation to gen - er - a - tion! Made fesh of the Hoy Spirit and made man of the ever - virgin Mar - y, You have en - (ightened us)

25 ight - ened us by Your com - ing Light of ight, Brightness of the Fa - ther, You have made the hoe creation shine ith joy A that has breath prais - es You, the image of the gory of the Fa - ther! O God, You are and have ev - er been! As You have shone forth from a Vir - gin have mer - cy on us!

26 December 25: Lord, I ca - 6 Sticheron 4: Same Tone What sha e of - fer You, O Christ, ho for our sakes have appeared on earth as a man Eve - ry crea - ture made by You of - fers You thanks, the an - ges offer You a hymn; the heav - ens a star; the Magi gifts; the shepherds, their on - der; the earth its cave; the iderness, the man - ger; and e of - fer You a Virgin (Mother)

27 Moth - er! O pre - e - ter - na God, have mer - cy on us! December 25: Lord, I ca - 7

28 MENAION: December 25 Soprano Ato Tone 2 Nativity of Our Lord at Lord, I Ca after Goryno and ever Kievan Chant arr B Ledkovsky Tenor Bass When Au - gus - tus reigned a - one up - on the earth, the many kingdoms of man - kind came to an end; and hen You ere made man of the pure Vir - gin, the man - y gods of i - do - a - try ere des - troyed The cities of the ord passed under one sin - ge rue, and the na - tions came to beieve in one sovereign God - head The peo - pes (ere enroed)

29 December 25: At Lord, I ca, Goryno and ever - 2 ere enroed by the decree of Cae - sar; and e, the faithfu, ere enroed in the name of the God - head, hen You, our God, ere made a man Great is Your mer - cy: go - ry to You!

30 ENTRANCE Entrance Deacon: Wisdom! Let us attend! VII-1

31 Entrance VII-2

32 Evening Prokeimenon EVENING PROKEIMENON Deacon: Let us attend Priest: + Peace be unto a Deacon: Wisdom! The Evening Prokeimenon in the sixth tone: The Lord is King; He is robed in majesty ˆ _ ˆ ˆ «ˆ «! He is robed in ma - jes - ty The Lord is King The Lord is King Deacon: The Lord has cothed and girded himsef ith strength The Lord is King; He is robed in majesty Deacon: For He has estabished the ord and it sha not be moved The Lord is King; He is robed in majesty Deacon: Hoiness befits Your house, O Lord, for ength of days The Lord is King; He is robed in majesty Deacon: The Lord is king He is robed in majesty! He is robed in ma - jes - ty The Lord is King! He is robed in ma - jes - ty ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ He is robed in ma - jes - ty! He is robed in ma - jes - ty! () He is robed in ma - jes - ty! VIII-1

33 Deacon: Wisdom THE READING IS FROM GENESIS 1:1-13 Deacon: Let us be attentive In the beginning God made the heaven and the earth No the earth as invisibe and unformed, and darkness as upon the deep and the Spirit of God as borne upon the ater And God said, Let there be ight, and there as ight And God sa the ight, that it as good; and God made a separation beteen the ight and the darkness And God caed the ight Day, and the darkness he caed Night; and there as evening and there as morning, one day And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the ater and et there be a separation beteen the ater and the ater ; and it as so And God made the firmament And God made a separation beteen the ater, hich as beo the firmament, and beteen the ater hich as above the firmament And God caed the firmament Heaven; and God sa that it as good, and there as evening and there as morning, a second day And God said, Let the ater beo heaven be gathered together into one gathering, and et dry and appear ; and it as so And the ater beo heaven as gathered together into their gatherings, and the dry and appeared And God caed the dry and Earth, and the accumuations of the aters he caed Seas And God sa that it as good And God said, Let the earth sprout herb of grass, soing seed according to its kind and according to its ikeness, and fruiting tree making fruit, hose seed is in it according to its kind upon the earth ; and it as so And the earth brought forth herb of grass, soing seed according to its kind and according to its ikeness, and fruiting tree making fruit, hose seed as in it according to its kind upon the earth, and God sa that it as good And there as evening and morning, a third day Deacon: Wisdom THE READING IS FROM NUMBERS 24:2-3, 5-9, Deacon: Let us be attentive And the Spirit of God came upon Baaam, and he took up his discourse, and said, Ho fair are your houses, O Jacob, your tents, O Israe! Like shady groves, ike gardens beside a river, ike tents that the Lord has panted, ike cedar trees beside the aters A man sha chrome forth from his seed and i be ord over many nations, and his kingdom sha be exated and increased God ed him out of Egypt; he has as it ere the gory of the unicorn, he sha eat up the nations of his adversaries, and suck the marro of their fat bones, and pierce the foe through ith his arros He couched, he ay don ike a ion, and ike a young ion; ho i rouse him Bessed be every one ho besses you, and cursed be every one ho curses you A star sha come forth out of Jacob, and a man sha rise out of Israe; and sha crush the princes of Moab, and punder a the sons of Seth Edom sha be an inheritance, Esau his foe sha be an inheritance, hie Israe did vaianty Deacon: Wisdom THE READING FROM THE PROPHECY OF MICHEAS 4:6-7 5:1-3 Deacon: Let us be attentive In those days, says the Lord, I i gather her that is bruised, and her that has been driven out I i receive, and those hom I have driven out; and her that has been bruised I i make into a remnant; and her that has been cast out into a strong nation; and the Lord i reign over them in Mount Sion from this henceforth and for ever more Thus says the Lord: And you Bethehem, house of Ephratha, are not east among the thousands of Juda; for from you there i come forth for me the one ho is to be ruer in Israe, and his goings out are from the beginning, from

34 eternity Because of this he i give them unti the moment that she ho bears chid sha bring to birth; and the remainder of his brethren i return to the chidren of Israe And he i stand and i see, and shepherd his fock in the strength of the Lord, and they i abide in the gory of the name of the Lord his God; for no they i be magnified even to the extremities of the earth Doors are opened

35 Introduction and Refrain for Psam 87 at Christmas Eve Vespers ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ In the se - cre - cy of a cave, Thou ast born, but hea - ven spoke Gaacian Samohas 6 o - pen - y In the se - cre - cy of a cave, Thou ast born, but hea - ven spoke o - pen - y In the se - cre - cy of a cave, Thou ast born, but hea - ven spoke o - pen - y ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ through a star, re - vea - ing Thee to a, O Sav - ior through a star, re - vea - ing Thee to a, O Sav - ior through a Refrain star, re - vea - ing Thee to a, O Sav - The star ed ise men to or - The star ed ise men to or - ship Thee; The star ed ise men ˆ ˆ ˆ As on them, have mer - cy on us! As on them, have mer - cy on us! As on Arrangement: Soan Roando December 19, 1998 them, have mer - cy to on or - ship ship us! Thee; Thee; ior

36 His foundations are upon the hoy his; the Lord oves the gates of Zion more than a the deings of Judah And it brought Magi Gorious things are spoken of you, City of God I mention Rahab and Babyon among those ho kno me And it brought Magi Behod, Phiistia and Tyre, ith Ethiopia And it brought Magi This one as born there, they say And of Zion it sha be said This one and that one ere born in her; for the Most High Himsef i estabish her And it brought Magi The Lord records as He registers the peopes, "This one as born there" And it brought Magi Gory No and ever You ere born secrety in the cave, (fu version is sung ast time) Doors are cosed Deacon: Wisdom THE READING IS FROM THE PROPHECY OF ISAIAS 11:1-10 Deacon: Let us be attentive Thus says the Lord: There sha come forth a rod from the root of Jesse, and a foer sha gro out of the root And the Spirit of the Lord God sha rest upon him, the spirit of isdom and understanding, the spirit of counse and strength, the spirit of knoedge and piety The spirit of the fear of the Lord i fi him He sha not judge by gory nor reprove by hearsay; but he i give judgment for the oy ith justice, and reprove ith equity the gorious ones of the earth; and he sha smite the earth ith the ord of his mouth, and ith the breath of his ips he sha destroy the icked And he i have his oins girt ith justice, and his sides cothed ith truth Then the of sha feed ith the amb, and the eopard sha ie don ith the kid, and the caf and the bu and the ion i feed together, and a itte chid sha ead them The ox and the bear sha feed together; their young sha be together; and the ion sha eat stra ike the ox An infant chid sha put its hand over the hoe of asps, and the eaned chid its hand on the nest of the offspring of asps They sha not hurt or be abe to destroy anyone on my hoy mountain; for the hoe earth sha be fu of the knoedge of the Lord as much ater covers the sea In that day there sha be the root of Jesse, and he that sha arise to rue nations; in him sha the nations hope, and his rest sha be honour Deacon: Wisdom THE READING IS FROM THE PROPHECY OF JEREMIAS BARUCH 3: :1-4 Deacon: Let us be attentive This is our God, and there sha be none other reckoned in comparison ith him He has found out a the ay of knoedge, and given it to Jacob his servant and Israe his beoved After this he appeared on earth and ived among men This is the book of the commandments of God, and the a hich exists for ever; a those ho keep it fast i have ife; but those ho abandon it i die Turn back Jacob, and ay hod of it, ak in the presence of its ight to be iumined Do not give your gory to another, and hat is profitabe to you to a foreign nation

37 Deacon: Wisdom THE READING IS FROM THE PROPHECY OF DANIEL 2:31-36, Deacon: Let us be attentive Danie said to Nabuchodonosor, You sa, O king, and behod, a great image This image, mighty and of exceeding brightness, stood before you, and its appearance as ightening The head of this image as of pure god, its hands, breast and arms of siver, its bey and thighs of bronze, its egs of iron, its feet party of iron and party of cay As you ooked, a stone as cut out from a mountain by no human hand, and it smote the image on its feet of iron and cay, and broke them in pieces; then the iron, the cay, the bronze, the siver, and the god, a together ere broken in pieces, and became ike the chaff of the summer threshing foors; and the ind carried them aay, so that not a trace of them coud be found But the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and fied the hoe earth This as the dream; no e i te the king its interpretation the God of heaven i set up a kingdom that sha never be destroyed, nor sha this kingdom be eft to another peope It sha crush a these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it sha stand forever; just as you sa that a stone as cut from the mountain not by hands, and that it crushed the iron, the bronze, the cay, the siver, and the god The great God has informed the king hat sha be hereafter The dream is certain, and its interpretation trustorthy Doors are opened

38 Introduction and Refrain for Psam 93 at Christmas Eve Vespers Gaacian Samohas 6 ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ From a vir - gin Thou didst rise, O ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ Œ Christ, our spi - ri - tua Sun of Righ - teous - ness! Œ From a vir - gin Thou didst rise, OChrist, our spi - ri - tua Sun of Righ - teous - ness! Œ From a vir - gin Thou didst rise, O Christ, our spi - ri - tua Sun of Righ - teous - ness! ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ Though Though no - thing no - thing can con - tain Thee, a star re - can con - tain Thee, a star re - veaed Thee as Though no - thing can con tain Thee, ˆ ˆ ˆ con - tained in a cave! con - tained in a cave! con - tained in a cave! a star re veaed - veaed Thee Thee as as

39 Refrain: ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ Thou hast ed the ise men to or - ship Thee; ith them e mag - ni - fy Thou hast ed the ise men to or - ship Thee; ith them e mag - ni - fy Thee: Thou hast ed the ise men to or -ship Thee; ith them e mag - ni - fy ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ O Gi - ver of ife, go - ry to Thee O Gi - ver of ife, go - ry to Thee O Gi - Arrangement: Soan Roando December 19, 1998 ver of ife, go - ry to Thee Thee: Thee:

40 For the Dedication of a Church The Lord is King, and has put on gorious appare; the Lord has put on His appare and girded Himsef ith strength! He has made the ord so sure, that it cannot be moved: Your throne is from of od; You are from everasting! You have ed Magi to orship You, The foods have ifted up, O Lord, the foods have ifted up their voice; the foods ift up their aves! You have ed Magi to orship You, Mighty are the aves of the sea: the Lord on High is mighty! Your testimonies, Lord, are very sure! You have ed Magi to orship You, Hoiness becomes Your house, Lord, forever! You have ed Magi to orship You, Gory No and ever You have shone forth from a Virgin, O Christ,, (fu version is sung ast time) Doors are cosed Deacon: Wisdom THE READING IS FROM THE PROPHECY OF ISAIAS 9:6-7 Deacon: Let us be attentive A chid has been born for us, a son has been given to us; hose government is upon his shouder, and his name i be caed Ange of Great Counse, Wonderfu Counseor, Mighty God, Potentate, Prince of Peace, Father of the age to come For I i bring peace upon princes, peace and heath to him Great his government, and of his peace there is no bound, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to estabish it, and to uphod it ith judgment and ith justice from henceforth and for ever more The zea of the Lord of hosts i do this Deacon: Wisdom THE READING IS FROM THE PROPHECY OF ISAIAS 7: :1-4, 8-10 Deacon: Let us be attentive Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz, Ask a sign of the Lord your God; in the depth or in the height But Ahaz said, I i not ask, and I i not put the Lord to the test And he [Isaias] said, Hear then, O house of David! Is it a itte thing for you to contend ith men, and ho do you contend ith the Lord Therefore the Lord himsef i give you a sign Behod, the virgin sha conceive and bear a son, and they sha ca his name Emmanue He sha eat butter and honey before he knos ho to prefer evi or choose good For before the chid knos good or evi, he refuses the evi to choose the good Then the Lord said to me, Take for yoursef a arge ne voume and rite upon it in ith a man s pen, Of making a rapid punder of spois; for it is at hand And get me itnesses, reiabe men, Urias the priest and Zachary the son of Barachias And I ent to the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son Then the Lord said to me, Ca his name Despoiquicky-punder-rapidy; for before the chid knos ho to cry Father or Mother, he i take the poer of Damascus and the spoi of Samaria before the king of the Assyrians Kno you nations and be orsted; give ear, as far as the extremity of the earth; for if again you have become strong, again you i be orsted And hatever counse you take, the Lord i scatter it; and hatever ord you speak, it i not remain in you, for God is ith us

41 Bishop: Peace be unto a! Reader: And to your spirit Protodeacon: Wisdom! Let us attend! Reader: The Prokeimenon in the first tone: The Lord said to Me, You are My Son, this day have I begotten You Œ «The Lord said to me, "You are My Son, _«ˆ_«ˆ_«Œ _«ˆ_«ˆ_«_ _«n this day have I be - got - ten You" ˆ_«_«Reader: The Lord said to Me, You are My Son, this day have I begotten You Reader: The Lord said to Me, You are My Son, this day have I begotten You Protodeacon: Wisdom! Reader: The reading from the Episte of the hoy Aposte Pau to the Hebres Protodeacon: Let us attend! God, ho at various times and in various ays spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these ast days spoken to us by His Son, hom He has appointed heir of a things, through hom aso He made the ords; ho being the brightness of His gory and the express image of His person, and uphoding a things by the ord of His poer, hen He had by Himsef purged our sins, sat don at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become so much better than the anges, as He has by inheritance obtained a more exceent name than they For to hich of the anges did He ever say: You are My Son, Today I have begotten You And again: I i be to Him a Father, And He sha be to Me a Son But hen He again brings the firstborn into the ord, He says: Let a the anges of

42 _ God orship Him And of the anges He says: Who makes His anges spirits And His ministers a fame of fire But to the Son He says: Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom You have oved righteousness and hated aessness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oi of gadness more than Your companions And: You, LORD, in the beginning aid the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the ork of Your hands They i perish, but You remain; And they i a gro od ike a garment; Like a coak You i fod them up, And they i be changed But You are the same, And Your years i not fai Bishop: Peace to you ho read Reader: And to your spirit, Aeuia, Aeuia, Aeuia in the fifth tone: ««A - e - u - ia! A - e - u - ia! A - ia! A - e - u - e - u - The Lord said to My Lord: Sit at My right hand unti I make Your enemies Your footstoo! Aeuia, Aeuia, Aeuia! The Lord sha send You a rod of strength out of Zion Aeuia, Aeuia, Aeuia! From the omb before the morning star have I begotten You Aeuia, Aeuia, Aeuia! Deacon: Wisdom! Let us attend! Let us isten to the Hoy Gospe Bishop: Peace be unto a And to your spirit Protodeacon: The reading from the Hoy Gospe according to Saint Luke Gory to You, O Lord, gory to you Deacon: Let us attend! - ia! A - e - u A - e - u - - ia! A - _ e - e - u - u - T5 Aeuia A ia! ia! A - e - u - ia! b ˆ_ ««_ ˆ A - e - u - ia! A - e- u - ia! A - e - u - ia! A - e - u - ia! A - e - u - ia! A - e - u - ia! A - e - u - ia! A - e - u - ia! A - e - u - ia! ia!

43 And it came to pass in those days that a decree ent out from Caesar Augustus that a the ord shoud be registered This census first took pace hie Quirinius as governing Syria So a ent to be registered, everyone to his on city Joseph aso ent up from Gaiee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, hich is caed Bethehem, because he as of the house and ineage of David, to be registered ith Mary, his betrothed ife, ho as ith chid So it as, that hie they ere there, the days ere competed for her to be deivered And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and rapped Him in sadding coths, and aid Him in a manger, because there as no room for them in the inn No there ere in the same country shepherds iving out in the fieds, keeping atch over their fock by night And behod, an ange of the Lord stood before them, and the gory of the Lord shone around them, and they ere greaty afraid Then the ange said to them, "Do not be afraid, for behod, I bring you good tidings of great joy hich i be to a peope For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, ho is Christ the Lord And this i be the sign to you: You i find a Babe rapped in sadding coths, ying in a manger And suddeny there as ith the ange a mutitude of the heaveny host praising God and saying: Gory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodi toard men!" So it as, hen the anges had gone aay from them into heaven, that the shepherds said to one another, "Let us no go to Bethehem and see this thing that has come to pass, hich the Lord has made knon to us" And they came ith haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the Babe ying in a manger No hen they had seen Him, they made idey knon the saying hich as tod them concerning this Chid And a those ho heard it marveed at those things hich ere tod them by the shepherds But Mary kept a these things and pondered them in her heart Then the shepherds returned, gorifying and praising God for a the things that they had heard and seen, as it as tod them Gory to You, O Lord, gory to you

44 j THE AUGMENTED LITANY Augmented Litany Deacon: Let us say ith a our sou and ith a our mind, et us say: b Lord, have mer - cy b Lord, have mer - cy b Lord, have mer - cy Deacon: O Lord amighty, the God of our fathers, e impore You, hear us and have mercy b J Lord, have mer - cy b Lord, have mer - cy b Lord, have mer - cy Deacon: Have mercy on us, O God according to Your great goodness, e impore You, hear us and have mercy b Ĵ«j Ĵ«j Ĵ«j Lord have mer - cy Lord have mer - cy Lord have mer - cy b J J Lord have mer - cy Lord have mer - cy Lord have mer - cy J J b J Lord have mer - cy Lord have mer - cy Lord have mer - cy X-1

45 Augmented Litany Deacon: Again e pray for Patriarch, for Metropoitan, for our God-oving Bishop, for Priests, Deacons, and a other cergy, and for a our brethren in Christ b Ĵ«j Ĵ«j Ĵ«j Lord have mer - cy Lord have mer - cy Lord have mer - cy b J J Lord have mer - cy Lord have mer - cy Lord have mer - cy J J b J Lord Deacon: Again e pray for the President and a civi authorities of this country and for those serving in its Armed Forces b Ĵ«j Ĵ«j Ĵ«j Lord have mer - cy Lord have mer - cy Lord have mer - cy b J J Lord have mer - cy Lord have mer - cy Lord have mer - cy J J b J Lord Deacon: Again e pray for the bessed and ever-memorabe hoy Orthodox Patriarchs; for the bessed and ever-memorabe founders of this hoy house; for a our fathers and brethren, the Orthodox departed this ife before us, especiay and a those ho here and in a the ord ie aseep in the Lord b Ĵ«j Ĵ«j Ĵ«j Lord have mer - cy Lord have mer - cy Lord have mer - cy b J J Lord have mer - cy Lord have mer - cy Lord have mer - cy J J b J Lord have have have mer - mer - mer - cy cy cy Lord Lord Lord have have have mer - mer - mer - cy cy cy Lord Lord Lord have have have mer mer mer - cy - cy - cy X-2

46 Augmented Litany Deacon: Again e pray for mercy, ife, peace, heath, savation, and visitation for the servants of God, especiay, and for the pardon and remission of their sins b Ĵ«j Ĵ«j Ĵ«j Lord have mer - cy Lord have mer - cy Lord have mer - cy b J J Lord have mer - cy Lord have mer - cy Lord have mer - cy J J b J Lord Deacon: Again e pray for those ho bring offerings and do good orks in this hoy and a-venerabe house; for those ho abor and those ho sing; and for a the peope here present, ho aait Your great and rich mercy b Ĵ«j Ĵ«j Ĵ«j Lord have mer - cy Lord have mer - cy Lord have mer - cy b J J Lord have mer - cy Lord have mer - cy Lord have mer - cy J J b J Lord have have mer - mer - cy cy Lord Lord have have mer - mer - cy cy Priest: For You are a mercifu God, and You ove mankind, and to You e ascribe gory: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Hoy Spirit, no and ever and unto ages of ages b A - men b A - men b A - men Lord Lord have have mer mer - cy - cy X-3

47 VOUCHSAFE, O LORD Vouchsafe XI-1

48 Vouchsafe XI-2

49 Vouchsafe XI-3

50 j EVENING LITANY Evening Litany Deacon: Let us compete our evening prayer to the Lord b Lord, have mer - cy b Lord, have mer - cy b Lord, have mer - cy Deacon: Hep us, save us, have mercy on us, and keep us, O God, by Your grace b J Lord, have mer - cy b Lord, have mer - cy b Lord, have mer - cy Deacon: That the hoe evening may be perfect, hoy, peacefu, and siness, et us ask of the Lord b Ĵ«j Grant it, O Lord b Grant it, O Lord b J Grant it, O Lord Deacon: For an ange of peace, a faithfu guide, a guardian of our sous and bodies, et us ask of the Lord XII-1

51 b Grant it, O Lord b Grant it, O Lord b Grant it, Evening Litany Deacon: For pardon and remission of our sins and transgressions, et us ask of the Lord b Ĵ«j Grant it, O Lord b Grant it, O Lord b J Grant it, O O Lord Lord Deacon: For a things that are good and profitabe for our sous, and peace for the ord, et us ask of the Lord b Grant it, O Lord b Grant it, O Lord b Grant it, O Lord Deacon: That e may compete the remaining time of our ife in peace and repentance, et us ask of the Lord XII-2

52 b Ĵ«j Grant it, O Lord b Grant it, O Lord b J Evening Litany Grant it, O Lord Deacon: For a Christian ending to our ife: painess, bameess, and peacefu; and a good defense before the dread judgment seat of Christ, et us ask of the Lord b Grant it, O Lord b Grant it, O Lord b Deacon: Commemorating our most hoy, pure, most bessed and gorious Lady, the Theotokos and ever-virgin Mary ith a the saints, et us commend ourseves and each other, and a our ife unto Christ our God Priest: Grant it, O Lord b Ĵ«j To You, O Lord b To You, O Lord b J To You, O Lord For You are a good God, and You ove mankind, and to You e send up gory: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Hoy Spirit, no and ever and unto ages of ages XII-3

53 j b A - men b A - men b A - men Priest: + Peace be unto a b J And to your Spir - it b And to your Spi - rit b J And Deacon: Let us bo our heads to the Lord b Ĵ«j To You, O Lord b To You, O Lord b J To to your You Spir, O - it Lord Evening Litany Priest: O Lord our God, Who boed the heavens and came don for the savation of the human race; ook upon Your servants and Your inheritance; for to You, the aesome Judge, Who yet ove mankind, have Your servants boed their heads and submissivey bent their necks, not aiting for hep from men, but asking for Your mercy and ooking confidenty for Your savation Guard them at a times, both during this present evening and in the approaching night, from every foe, from a adverse poers of the Devi, from vain thoughts, and from evi imaginations Bessed and gorified be the majesty of Your kingdom of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Hoy Spirit no and ever and unto ages of ages XII-4

54 b A - men b A - men b A - men Evening Litany XII-5

55 DISMISSAL Dismissa Deacon: Wisdom b ẉ Fa - ther, Bess b Fa - ther, Bess b Fa - ther, Bess Priest: + Christ our God, The Existing One, is bessed, aays, no and ever and unto ages of ages b A - men Pre -serve, O God, the Ho - y Or - tho- dox faith and Or - tho - dox b A - men - men Pre -serve, O God, the Ho - y Or - tho- dox faith and Or - tho - dox b A Pre -serve, O God, the Ho - y Or - tho- dox faith and Or - tho -dox b Chris - tians un - to a - ges of a - ges b Chris - tians un - to a - ges of a - ges b Chris- tians un - to a - ges of a - ges XXI-1

56 Priest: Most hoy Theotokos, save us Dismissa b ˆ jj More hon - ra - be than Priest: Gory to You, O Christ, our God and our hope, gory to You the Che - ru - bim, b J More hon - ra - be - be than the Che- ru - bim, and and and more gor - ious more gor - ious more gor - ious be - yond be - yond be - yond com - pare com - pare b J More hon - ra than the Che- ru - bim, com - pare b Ĵ«j Ĵ«j than the Se - ra - phim; ith - out cor - rup - tion you gave birth birth b J J than the Se - ra -phim; ith - out cor - rup - tion you gave to God the Word b J J then the Se - ra -phim; ith - out cor - rup - tion you gave b Ĵ«j True The - o - to - kos, e mag - ni - fy you b J True The - o - to - kos, e mag - ni - fy you b J True The - o - to - kos, e mag - ni - fy you b Go - ry to the Fa - ther, and to the Son, and to the birth to to God God - y the the Word Word Spi - rit, b Go - ry to the Fa - ther, and to the Son, and to the the Ho Ho - y Spi - rit, b Go - ry to the Fa - ther, and to the Son, and to Ho - y Spi - rit, XXI-2

57 Dismissa b no and e - ver and un - to a - ges of a - ges A - men b no and e - ver and un - to a - ges of a - ges A - men b no and e - ver and un - to a - ges of a - ges A - men b Lord, have mer - cy Lord, have mer - cy Lord, have mer - cy b Lord, have mer - cy Lord, have mer - cy Lord, have mer - cy b Lord, have mer - cy Lord, have mer - cy Lord, b Ĵ«j * Fa - ther bess b Fa - ther, bess b J Fa - ther bess have mer - *If bishop is present, use Master, Bess cy XXI-3

58 Dismissa Priest: May He Who ho as born in a cave for our savation Christ our true God, through the prayers of His most pure Mother; of the hoy, gorious, and a-audabe Apostes; of the Maji, hom e commemorate today; of the hoy and righteous ancestors of God, Joachim and Anna; and of a the saints: have mercy on us and save us for He is good and oves mankind b Ĵ«j A -men b A - men b J A -men XXI-4

59 Tone 4 12/25 Nativity of Christ Troparion b our Your Nat - i - vi - ty, O Christ God, has shon to the ord the ight of b Your Nat - i - vi - ty, O Christ our God, has shon to the ord the ight of b Your Nat - i - vi - ty, O Christ our God, has shon to the ord the ight b is - dom For by it, those ho or - shipped b is - dom For by it, those ho or - shipped b is - dom For by it, those ho or - shipped b ere taught by a star to a - dore You, the Sun of Right - eous - ness b ere taught by a star to a - dore You, the Sun of Right - the the the stars stars stars eous - ness b ere taught by a star to a - dore You, the Sun of Right - eous - ness b and to kno You the Or - i - ent from on high O Lord, go - ry to You b and to kno You the Or - i - ent from on high O Lord, go - ry to You b and to kno You the Or - i - ent from on high Set by Soan Roando, 2003 O Lord, go - ry to You of