2 MAY 2024 · Mode Plagal 4 Lord, when the woman who had fallen into many sins perceived Your divinity, she assumed the role of a myrrh-bearing woman, and lamenting brought fragrant oils to anoint You before Your burial. "Woe is me," she says. "Night for me is a frenzy without restraint, very dark and moonless, a sinful love-affair. Accept the fountains of my tears, You who draw out from the clouds the water of the sea. Take pity on me, and incline to the sighing of my heart, You who bowed the heavens by Your ineffable self-emptying. I shall cover Your unstained feet with kisses, and wipe them dry again with the locks of my hair; those feet, whose sound at twilight in Paradise echoed in Eve's ears, and she hid in fear. Who can reckon the multitude of my sins, or fathom the depths of Your judgments, O my life-saving Savior? Do not despise me, Your servant, since without measure is Your mercy." Ἦχος πλ. δ' Ποίημα Κασσιανὴς Μοναχῆς Κύριε, ἡ ἐν πολλαῖς ἁμαρτίαις περιπεσοῦσα Γυνή, τὴν σὴν αἰσθομένη Θεότητα, μυροφόρου ἀναλαβοῦσα τάξιν, ὀδυρομένη μύρα σοι, πρὸ τοῦ ἐνταφιασμοῦ κομίζει. Οἴμοι! λέγουσα, ὅτι νύξ μοι, ὑπάρχει, οἶστρος ἀκολασίας, ζοφώδης τε καὶ ἀσέληνος, ἔρως τῆς ἁμαρτίας. Δέξαι μου τὰς πηγὰς τῶν δακρύων, ὁ νεφέλαις διεξάγων τῆς θαλάσσης τὸ ὕδωρ· κάμφθητί μοι πρὸς τοὺς στεναγμοὺς τῆς καρδίας, ὁ κλίνας τοὺς οὐρανούς, τῇ ἀφάτῳ σου κενώσει· καταφιλήσω τοὺς ἀχράντους σου πόδας, ἀποσμήξω τούτους δὲ πάλιν, τοῖς τῆς κεφαλῆς μου βοστρύχοις, ὧν ἐν τῷ Παραδείσῳ Εὔα τὸ δειλινόν, κρότον τοῖς ὠσὶν ἠχηθεῖσα, τῷ φόβῳ ἐκρύβη. Ἁμαρτιῶν μου τὰ πλήθη καὶ κριμάτων σου ἀβύσσους, τίς ἐξιχνιάσει ψυχοσῶστα Σωτήρ μου; Μή με τὴν σὴν δούλην παρίδῃς, ὁ ἀμέτρητον ἔχων τὸ ἔλεος.

24 APR 2024 · COMPLINE (SMALL) WITH AKATHIST HYMN on Friday Evening Βιβλία - Πηγαί Books - Sources Ὡρολόγιον Horologion Ἀπόδειπνον Μικρόν Small Compline Τριώδιον Triodion Ὁ Ἀκάθιστος Ὗμνος τῆς Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου The Akathist Hymn of the Most Holy Theotokos

24 APR 2024 · Hymns from the service of the Akathist Hymn. April 19, 2024   When he perceived what had secretly been ordered, (Tὸ προσταχθὲν μυστικῶς λαβὼν ἐν γνώσει) Rejoice, O unwedded Bride! (Χαῖρε, Νύμφη ἀνύμφευτε.) - Alleluia! (Ἀλληλούϊα.) – Mode pl.4. O Champion General, I your City now inscribe to you (Τῇ ὑπερμάχῳ στρατηγῷ τὰ νικητήρια) Rejoice, O unwedded Bride! (Χαῖρε, Νύμφη ἀνύμφευτε.) - Alleluia! (Ἀλληλούϊα.) – Mode pl.4. O Champion General, I your City now inscribe to you (Τῇ ὑπερμάχῳ στρατηγῷ τὰ νικητήρια) Rejoice, O unwedded Bride! (Χαῖρε, Νύμφη ἀνύμφευτε.) - Alleluia! (Ἀλληλούϊα.) Mode 1. You were so beautiful in your virginity. (Τὴν ὡραιότητα τῆς παρθενίας σου)  

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