Saturday Evening at Great Vespers

Dogmatic Theotokion

Who doth not call thee blessed, O all-holy Virgin?/ Who will not hymn thine all-pure birthgiving?/ For the only-begotten Son who shone forth timelessly from the Father,/ came forth, ineffably incarnate, from thee,/ the pure one;/ and being God by nature, He became man by nature for our sake,/ not divided into two Persons,/ but known in two natures without confusion./ Him do thou beseech, O pure and most blessed one,// that our souls find mercy!

At the Resurrectional Aposticha

Christ the Lord, my Creator and Deliverer,/ Who came forth from thy womb, O all-pure one,/ and robed Himself in me,/ hath freed Adam from the primal curse./ Wherefore, like the angel do we unceasingly cry out to thee, O most pure one,/ who art truly the Mother of God and Virgin:/ Rejoice! Rejoice, O Mistress,// thou intercession, protection and salvation for our souls!

Sunday Morning at Matins

At God is the Lord

O Thou Who hast called Thy Mother blessed,/ Thou didst go to Thy suffering with a free will,/ and didst shine forth upon the Cross,/ desiring to seek out Adam./ And Thou didst say to the angels:/ Rejoice with Me, for I have found the lost coin!/ O our God Who hast ordered all things in Thy wisdom,// glory be to Thee!

Sunday Evening at Vespers

At the Aposticha

Like the Archangel, we, the faithful, hymn the bridal-chamber of heaven, the portal truly sealed: Rejoice, thou for whose sake hath sprung forth for us Christ, the Savior of all, the Bestower of life and God! With thy mighty arm cast down the tyrants, our godless foes, O all-pure Mistress, thou hope of Christians!

At the conclusion of Vespers, see God is the Lord at Monday Matins.

Monday Morning at Matins

At God is the Lord

The announcement of Gabriel to the Virgin was the beginning of our salvation; for she heard Rejoice! and did not reject the salutation; she did not doubt, like Sarah of old, but said thus: Behold the handmaid of the Lord! Be it unto me according to thy word!

At the Aposticha

The Archangel’s words didst thou receive, and wast shown to be the throne of the cherubim, O Theotokos, and thou didst bear in thine arms the Hope of our souls.

At the conclusion of Matins

The Archangel’s words didst thou accept, and wast shown to be the throne of the cherubim; and thou didst bear in thine arms, O Theotokos, the Hope of our souls.

Monday Evening at Vespers

At the Aposticha

No one who hath recourse to thee, O all-pure Virgin Theotokos, departeth from thee ashamed; for he asketh grace and receiveth a gift for his profitable petition.

At the conclusion of Vespers, see God is the Lord at Tuesday Matins.

Tuesday Morning at Matins

At God is the Lord

O good Virgin Theotokos, thou hope of the world, we entreat thine intercession which alone is mighty: take pity on us, a people bereft of an intercessor; beseech the merciful God, that our souls be delivered from every threat, O thou who alone art blessed!

At the Aposticha

Great gifts wast thou vouchsafed, O pure Virgin Mother of God, for thou gavest birth in the flesh to One of the Holy Trinity, Christ, the Bestower of life, unto the salvation of our souls.

At the conclusion of Matins

No one that hath recourse to thee, O all-pure Virgin Theotokos, departeth from thee ashamed; for he asketh grace and receiveth a gift for his profitable petition.

Tuesday Evening at Vespers

At the conclusion of Vespers, see God is the Lord at Wednesday Matins.

Wednesday Morning at Matins

At God is the Lord

O Virgin Theotokos, entreat thy Son Christ our God, Who of His own will was nailed to the Cross and hath freed the world from deception, that He have mercy on our souls!

At the conclusion of Matins

The Son and Word of God, Who was begotten of the Father before the ages without mother, thou didst bear in times past, incarnate of thy pure blood without the aid of man, O Theotokos. Him do thou entreat, that we be granted remission of sins before the end.

Wednesday Evening at Vespers

At the Aposticha

The eye of my heart do I raise to thee, O Mistress; disdain not my feeble sigh. At the hour when thy Son shall judge the world, be thou my protection and helper.

At the conclusion of Vespers, see God is the Lord at Thursday Matins.

Thursday Morning at Matins

At God is the Lord

O holy Mistress, pure Mother of our God, who didst ineffably give birth unto the Creator of all: with the sacred apostles ever entreat His grace, that He deliver us from the passions and grant us remission of sins.

At the Aposticha

The recovery of the sorrowful and the release of the ailing art thou, O all-hymned Theotokos. Save thou this city and people, O pacification of those who do battle, calming the tempest-tossed, who alone art the helper of the faithful.

At the conclusion of Matins

Great gifts wast thou vouchsafed, O pure Virgin Mother of God, for thou gavest birth in the flesh to One of the Trinity, Christ, the Bestower of life, unto the salvation of our souls.

Thursday Evening at Vespers

At the conclusion of Vespers, see God is the Lord at Friday Matins.

Friday Morning at Matins

At God is the Lord

O Virgin Theotokos, entreat thy Son Christ our God, Who of His own will was nailed to the Cross and hath freed the world from deception, that He have mercy on our souls!

At the conclusion of Matins

The Son and Word of God, Who was begotten of the Father before the ages without mother, thou didst bear in times past, incarnate of thy pure blood without the aid of man, O Theotokos. Him do thou entreat, that we be granted remission of sins before the end.

Friday Evening at Vespers

At the Aposticha

O Christ, through the prayers of her that gave Thee birth, of Thy martyrs and apostles, the prophets and holy hierarchs, the venerable, the righteous and all the saints, grant rest to Thy departed servants.

At the conclusion of Vespers, see God is the Lord at Saturday Matins.

Saturday Morning at Matins

At God is the Lord

Gideon foretold thy conception, and David proclaimed thy birthgiving, O Theotokos; for as the dew descended upon the fleece, so did the Word descend into thy womb, and thou, O holy ground, without seed didst put forth Christ our God, the salvation of the world, O thou who art full of grace.

At the Psalms of Praise

We have come to know God Who was incarnate of thee, O Virgin Theotokos. Him do thou entreat for the salvation of our souls.

At the conclusion of Matins

The Son and Word of God, Who was begotten of the Father before the ages without mother, thou didst bear in times past, incarnate of thy pure blood without the aid of man, O Theotokos. Him do thou entreat, that we be granted remission of sins before the end.