August 15 The oritio o the Theotoos atis & Liturgy Hys Text ad usic Prepared by Fr. Seraphi edes St. Netarios ree Orthodox hurch harlotte, N
August 15 - atis Hys iatoic ode 1. Pa=. od is the Lord, ad He re - vealed Hi-sel to us. Bless - ed is He who coes i the ae o the Lord. Verse: ive thas to the Lord ad call upo His holy ae. Verse: All the atios surrouded e, but i the ae o the Lord I deeded ysel agaist the. Verse: This cae about ro the Lord, ad it is woderul i our eyes. 1
iatoic Apolytiio. ode 1. Pa=. I giv-ig birth you re - taied your vir - gi - i - ty, ad i dor - i-tio you did ot or-sae the world, O The-o- - to - os. You were tras - lat - ed u- to lie, be-ig the oth you de - er o Lie. Ad thus by vir-tue o your i -ter - ces - sios Fial dig a - liv - er our souls ro death. souls ro death. lz 2
d d hroatic pre Kathisa I ode 4. Pa=. Joseph arveled. e Shout, O a - vid, ad de - clare: What is this d d u - set east? Ad he says: To - day has hrist d d - to the a - sios a - bove tras-lat - ed her ro who He was bor with - out seed ad who I have exa d d d d - tolled i the Boo o the Psals as daugh - ter, child o d d od, ad as a vir - gi as well. Ad or this rea-so do oth-ers ad daugh - ters ad brides o hrist ow rea d d e d d iatoic e d e e - oice ad say: Re - oice, O La - dy 3
a d d d e d e e hroatic who were tras - lat - ed u- to the roy - al d d l l l courts o high. Sot hroatic wo Kathisa II ode 1. i=. The soldiers eepig watch. The ho - or - a- ble choir o the wise A - pos-tles was - drous - ly co - veed, O au - gust The -o - to-os, to bur - y your i - ac - u-late, ho- ly bod-y with dig - i - ty. Ad with the the hosts o A-gels i ad-i - ra-tio ad so - le - i - ty, with hys ex - tolled your Asa - sup - tio, which we cel - e -brate aith - ul - ly. 4
I par -tu - ri - tio you co - ceived u - ga - ic' - ly, ad i dor - i - tio too, you died witha haroic F Kathisa III. ode 3. a=f. Seeig how beautiul. F - out de - cay. A dou - ble wo - der ol - lowed o the wo F - der, O The -o - to - os. How did oe who ew o d a urse a babe while re - ai - ig chaste? Or F how was the oth - er o od bur - ied e - it - tig a F ra-grat scet? Ad there-ore with the A - gel we cry to you: Re F - oice, O aid-e who are ull o grace. F 5
iatoic First Atipho. ode 4. Vu=. Sice y youth have a-y pas-sios waged war a - gaist z e. O y Sav-ior, oe-the - less help e ad save e. You the hat-ers o Zi - o be put to shae by the Lord; or lie thatch i ire you will be co - plete-ly dried up. (2) J (2) J Spir lo - ry to the Fa - ther ad the So ad the Ho - ly - it. Fro the Ho - ly Spir - it ev - ery soul re - ceives lie, ad thru clea - sig is lit - ed ad bright - eed, i a hid-de sa-cred a - er by the tri -al o - ad. 6
a Both ow ad ev - er ad to the a - ges o - ges. A - e. Fro the Ho - ly Spir - it do the streas o grace well orth; they ir - ri - gate eve-ry-thig crea - at - ed, so that lie be e - ge - dered. Proeieo a J ge I will re - e - ber your ae ro ge-er - a - tio to - er - a - tio. (2) J l l l l i Verse: Liste, O daughter, behold ad iclie your ear, ad orget your people ad your ather's house; or the Kig desired your beauty. I will re - e - ber your ae ro ge -er- z d - a - tio to ge-er - a - tio. 7
Sot hroatic a atis ospel Hys ode 2. i=. Let ev - ery-thig that breathes praise the Lord. (2) J z Let ev - ery - thig that breathes praise the Lord. l l l l The atis ospel. The, read Psal 50. The chat the ollowig: Sot hroatic ode 2. i=. lo - ry to the Fath - er ad the So ad the Ho - ly Spir - it. At the i -ter - ces-sio o the The - o - to-os, O Lord o er-cy, blot out y a - y o - es - es. 8
Both ow ad ev - er ad to the a - ges o a - ges. A - e. At the i - ter - ces - sio o the The - o- - to - os, O Lord o er - cy, blot out y a - y oa l l l l - es - es. Verse hroatic a d d Idioelo. ode pl. 2. Pa=. i Have ercy o e, O od, accordig to Your great ercy, d d i ad accordig to the abudace o Your copassio, blot out d d z lz l y tras - gres - sio. hroatic d d Whe the tras - la-tio o your i - ac-u-late bod - y was 9
- ig pre - pared, the A - pos - tles, sura d d e e be - roud - ig your bed, looed up - o you eara d d d d z - ul - ly. As they gazed at your d d z d d tear bod - y, they were o -ver - coe by awe; ad Pe - ter cried a - loud to you iatoic d o - ul - ly: O Vir - gi, I z hroatic d d see you clear - ly ly - ig here d d e o z su wo - pie, the lie o all, ad I a struc with - der. For i you did the dea d d iatoic 10
z d hroatic d d - light o the lie to coe ae His d d z dwell La - ig. Now we pray, O i - ac - u- late d d e - dy: Fer - vet - ly e - treat your So ad od, to prea iatoic d hroatic a d d d d z z z - serve your i - ty i - vul-'ra - ble. d d 11
iatoic A Katavasias o oritio. ode 1. Pa=. Ode i. - dored with glo - ry di - vie, O Vir - gi, is your ost sa-cred ad il - lus - tri-ous e - o- ri - al, gath-er-ig the aith-ul all toa - geth-er oy -ul - ly to sig i pro - ces-sios led by ar - i - a, with ti-brels ad dac-ig, to your O - ly - be-got-te So. For He has bee great-ly glo - ri - ied. 12
Wis - do o our od ad His Pow - er that has crezz O Ode iii. - at - ed ad is sus - tai-ig the u - i-verse, re- i-orce Your hurch, O hrist, pre - serv-ig her u - sha-e ad u - oved. For You a-loe are ho - ly, O Lord, ad You re - pose i Your ho - ly oes. 13
zz Ode iv. Say-igs o the Proph-ets ad ys-ter-ies re - vealed Your i-car- - a - tio ro a Vir - gi ys - ti - c'ly, O hrist: that Your light - ig s bright-ess as light or e - tiles would e - a-ate. The a-byss calls out to You with a voice o glad - ess: To Your pow -er be glo - ry, O Lov - er o a. 14
zz Ode v. O hrist, I shall tell o Your vir - tues ad o their beau-ty, di - vie ad i - e - a-ble: As co - e - ter - al ad hy-po-stat-ic ra- di-ace you shoe ro glo - ry e - ter - al; ad co-ig orth i - car-ate ro the Vir-gi s wob, You have ris -e as a Su o those i dar - ess ad i the shad - ow o death. 15
zz Ode vi. Bri-y ad bor o the deep, the ire i the aw o the whale was a pre - ig - ur- ig o Your three - day-log bur - i - al; ad o this ig - ure was Jo-ah the i - ter-pret-er. For, pre - served ua - scathed as be - ore he was swal-lowed up, he cried out: I shall a sac - ri - ice to You with a voice o praise, O Lord. 16
z Ode vii. ou-te-rposed a - gaist au- da-cious ire ad the ur - ace- s ire, the love or od ade the ire cool as dew, while the ire it de - rid - ed, cou-ter - act - ig i the idst o laes the u-si - cal or-gas with the three-toed, ra - tio-al, U od-i - spired lyre, the three ho - ly Ser-vats chat-ig: a Lord our od, You are glo -ri - ied, O od o our a-thers, You are bless - ed. 17
zz Ode viii. We praise ad we bless ad we wor - ship the Lord. U - to the Ser-vats i the ur - ace, od s al - ight - y A-gel showed a lae bur-ig the i - pi-ous, but the saits cool-ig as with dew. I - to a lie - well-ig ou - tai He has ade the The-o- - to - os, gush-ig de - struc - tio o death, but lie to those who sig the hy: We who have bee re - deeed chat i praise o the o - ly re - a - tor, ex - alt-ig Hi su - pree-ly u- to all the ag - es. 18
The Heiros o iatoic - ly The-o - to - os. I you the laws o a-ture are dea Ode ix. ao I. ode 1. Pa=. Now all ge-er - a - tios call you bless-ed, O - eat - ed, O u - de - iled Vir - gi pure. I vir - gi - i - ty child-birth was ac - co-plished, ad death i - tro - duc-es lie. You, a oth - ter bear-ig, are vir-gi, ad a - ter dy-ig are liv-ig. z - er o od, ev - er save your i - her - it - ace. Tropario 1 a Now all ge-er - a - tios call you bless-ed, O o - ly The-o - to - os. A - azed were the a - gel -ic hosts o 19
heav - e as they be-held their Lord hi-sel coe to Zi -o rea - ceiv-ig with His ow hads a wo - a s de - part-ig soul. For He ad - dressed as a so should her who had stai -less - ly bore Hi: O gra - cious oe, coe be glo -ri - ied with your z So ad od. lz l l Tropario 2 a Now all ge-er - a - tios call you bless-ed, O o - ly The-o - to - os. The choir o A - pos-tles wrapped i grave clothes your bod - y that had host-ed od, loo-ig o with awe ad rev' -rece, ad ad - dressed you i sweet ad so - o-rous 20
toes: As you de - part or the a-sios ear to your So ow i - heav-e, oth - er o od, ev - er save your i - her - it- z ace. iatoic A l l l l ao II. ode 4. Vu=. (Beore the Heiros ad Troparia, sig the ollowig verse.) - gels at the or - i- tio o the Vir - gi were struc with wo-der as they saw how the Vir-gi de - part - ed ro the earth i - to the heav - es. The Heiros a All you bor o earth, with es - ti - val laps i had, i lz spir - it leap or oy; heav-e - ly i - tel - li-gec-es o i-cor- - po - re - al A-gels, cel - e-brate ad ho-or thus the sa -cred 21 l
east o the oth - er o od, cry-ig loud - ly: Re - oice, O alla z - bless-ed oe, ev - er - vir-gi ad pure, who gave birth to od. Tropario 1 a O be-liev-ers all, coe, let us be - hold o Zi-o, that di- - vie ad rich ou-tai o the liv - ig od, the The -o- - to - os, ad oy-ul - ly ex - alt. For i - to the su - pe - ri - or by ar ad ore di - vie Tab-er - ac - le ad Ho - ly o Ho-lies o high, as His oth-er is hrist ow tras - lat-ig her. Tropario 2 a i lory to the Father ad the So ad the Holy Spirit. l Agels at the oritio... O be-liev-ers, coe, let us go u - to the tob o the oth -er o 22
od ad e-brace it log - ig - ly, ad with si - cer - i - ty touch it with our lips ad eyes ad ore-heads o our hearts, ad we shall the ob - tai ro that ev - er - well-ig ou-tai the dia - vie gits o heal - ig that is - sue a - bu - dat - ly. Tropario 3 i Both ow ad ever ad to the ages o ages. Ae. a l Agels at the oritio... Now ac-cept ro us this bur -i - al hy, O oth-er o the liv-ig od; ad with your ost lu - i - ous ad ho - ly grace o -ver- - shad - ow us; ad grat suc - cess u - to our rul - ers, a peace u - to your hrist - lov - ig loc, ad or - give - ess, 23
ad sal -va-tio o their souls u -to those who are chat - ig this hy to you. o iatoic - ly The-o - to - os. I you the laws o a-ture are dea l l l l Katavasia. ode 1. Pa=. Now all ge-er - a - tios call you bless-ed, O - eat - ed, O u - de - iled Vir - gi pure. I vir - gi - i - ty child-birth was ac - co-plished, ad death i - tro - duc-es lie. You, a oth - ter bear-ig, are vir-gi, ad a - ter dy-ig are liv-ig. - er o od, ev - er save your i - her - it - ace. z 24
- pos-tles, you have as - se - bled to haroic A xaposteilario. ode 3. a=f. z F F - day ro earth's ur - thest reach - es here i this z bod - y. Ad You, y So ad y od, rea tow o eth -se-a - e; ow, there-ore, bur -y y F F F - ceive y de - part - ig spir - it. F (3) J 25
Lauds. ode 4. Pa=. iatoic Let ev - ery - thig that breathes praise the d Lord. Praise the Lord ro the heav - es, z z praise Hi i the high - est. It is it z - tig to sig a hy to You, O od. Praise Hi, all you His a iatoic z z - gels; praise Hi, all you His z hosts. It is it - tig to sig a hy to You, O od. 26
Stichero 1 iatoic ode 4. Vu=. To a brave oe. i Praise Hi or His ighty acts, praise Hi accordig to the a- - bu-dace o His great-ess. Stichero 2 a i l l l I the spledid observace... (see below) Praise Hi with soud o trupet, praise Hi with the harp ad lyre. I the sple - did ob - ser - vace o your or - i -tio is heav-e glad, ad a-gel - ic reg - i-ets cel - e-brate with oy; ad the i - hab - it- ats o the earth are u - bi - lat as they sig o - ver all the world, O u - wed, ho- ly Vir - gi who dea rules u-eral a-thes u- to you as the oth - er o Hi who - liv - ered ro the a - ces - tral ver - dict o co -de- 27
- a - tio the hu-a race. lz lz Stichero 3 a i Praise Hi with tibrel ad dace, praise Hi with strigs ad lute. Fro the eds o the earth i haste cae to - geth - er the pro-i-et A - pos - tles to bur - y you, by di-vie co - ad. Ad whe they saw you were ta -e up ro the earth i - to the heights, ull o oy they cried a - loud the sal -u - ta - tio o a-bri -el: Rea o a - oice, O char -i - ot o the od - head; re - oice, the o - ly wo - a who i child - birth u - it - ed the thigs o earth with the thigs o high. 28 lz
Stichero 4 a i Praise Hi with resoudig cybals, praise Hi with triuphat cybals. Let ev - ery - thig that breathes praise the Lord. You who a gave birth to Lie hi - sel have passed o to i - or-tal lie by your ost ex - alt - ed or - i-tio o this day, at which the a A - gels es - cort - ed you, Pow - ers, Pri - ci - pal - i - ties, Proph-ets ad A - pos-tles too, the e - tire cre - at - ed world; while your So ad od with His ow u - de - iled hads ac- - cept-ed the all - blae-less soul, O Vir - gi, o you His l oth - er, the Bride o od. 29
lory, both ow. ode pl. 2. Pa=. hroatic d d z Ne lo - ry to the Fa - ther d d d d z ad the So ad the Ho - ly Spir - it. l l l a d d Both ow ad ev - er, ad to the a- a d d z - ges o a - ges. A - e. hroatic hroatic d d d d e oth o At your death - less or - i- e o - tio, O The - o - to - os ad d d z - er o Lie, clouds caught the A- a d d d iatoic a z d - pos - tles up i - to the air; 30
hroatic a d d A ad, ro be - ig dis - persed thru - out d d iatoic d d the world, they were re - u - it- hroatic d d o - ed be - ore your i - ac - u - late d d z bod - y. Ad whe they had bur - ied d d d d o z you with dig - i- A o - ty, they lit-ed up their voic - es ad sag the words o a - bri - el: Re - oice, O ua d d e d d iatoic d a - wed - ded ad vir - gi oth - er who are d hroatic d d ull o grace; the Lord is 31
d d z z with you. A - log with the, e- d d iatoic d z - treat your So ad our o[d]- hroatic d d o - []od, or the sal - va - tio o our a d d souls. 32
August 15 - Liturgy Hys iatoic ad i dor Thrid Atipho Apolytiio. ode 1. Pa=. I giv-ig birth you re - taied your vir - gi - i - ty, - i-tio you did ot or-sae the world, O The-o- - to - os. You were tras - lat - ed u- to lie, be-ig the oth - er o Lie. Ad thus by vir-tue o your i -ter - ces - sios you de - liv - er our souls ro death. Fial dig a souls ro death. 33
Kotaio. ode 2. i=. Sot hroatic The The-o - to-os, u - sleep-ig i i - ter - ces- - sio ad the i - ov-a- ble hope o pro - tec - tio, could ot be re - taied by a - y tob or death. For, be - ig F Lie's ow oth-er, she was tras-erred to lie by Hi who F z dwelt i the ev - er - vir - gi wob. 34
iatoic Istead o "It is truly right..." ode 1. Pa=. Now all ge-er - a - tios call you bless - ed, O o - ly The - o- z U e - to - os. I you the laws z o o a - ture are de - eat - ed, O - de - iled Vir - gi pure. I vira u z z - gi - i - ty child - birth was ac - co - plished, ad a death i - tro - duc - es lie. z z z You, a - ter bear - ig, are vir - gi, 35
ad a - ter dy - ig are liva U e z e e - ig. oth - er o od, - z ev ace. - er save your i - her - it- lz lz I will tae up the cup the cup o sal iatoic ouio Hy ode pl. 1. Pa=. o - va - tio, ad call up - o the a ae the ae o the Lord. Al - le - lu - i - a. 36