Saturday Evening at Great Vespers

Dogmatic Theotokion

Thou hast been known to have become a Mother in supernatural manner, O Theotokos,/ and hast remained a Virgin in manner past recounting and understanding;/ and no tongue can describe the wonder of thy birthgiving./ For as thy conceiving is all-glorious,/ so is the manner of thy birthgiving beyond comprehension;/ for where God so willeth, the order of nature is over-ruled./ Wherefore, knowing thee to be the Mother of God,/ we all earnestly entreat thee:// Pray thou that our souls be saved!

At the Resurrectional Aposticha

Having recourse unto thy protection, O Mistress,/ all of us born of earth cry aloud to thee:/ O Theotokos, our hope, deliver us from our countless transgressions,// and save thou our souls.

Sunday Morning at Matins

At God is the Lord

As thou art the treasury of our resurrection, O all-hymned one,/ lead up from the pit and abyss of transgression those who trust in thee,/ for thou who gavest birth to our Salvation/ hast saved those who are subject to sin./ O thou who before giving birth wast Virgin,/ and during thy birthgiving wast virgin,// thou remainest a Virgin even after giving birth.

Sunday Evening at Vespers

At the Aposticha

With the angel we cry out to thee, Rejoice! O Bride of God, calling thee the bridal-chamber and portal, the fiery throne and unquarried mountain, and bush unconsumed.

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

Monday Morning at Matins

At God is the Lord

O undefiled Virgin Theotokos, with the hosts of heaven beseech thy Son, that forgiveness of transgressions be granted before the end unto us that faithfully glorify thee.

At the Aposticha

Through the prayers of the Theotokos, grant peace to the life of us that cry out to Thee: O merciful Lord, glory to Thee!

At the conclusion of Matins

Thou hast surpassed the hosts of heaven, O blessed Theotokos, for thou hast been shown to be a divine temple, in that thou gavest birth unto Christ, the Savior of our souls.

Monday Evening at Vespers

At the Aposticha

Rejoice, O Mistress, thou cloud of the noetic and ineffable Sun! Rejoice, most splendid candlestick! Through thee, O all-holy one, hath Eve been delivered from the curse. But as thou dost possess boldness before thy Son and God Who is readily moved to compassion, fail not to entreat Him with thy maternal supplication, O all-pure one.

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

Tuesday Morning at Matins

At God is the Lord

O Theotokos, we offer unto thee the cry Rejoice!; for, having given birth unto God, thou hast been shown to be more exalted than the angels.

At the Aposticha

O Christ, Thou Light, Thou didst spring forth from the Virgin, and hast illumined the human race. O Lord, glory to Thee!

At the conclusion of Matins

Through the prayers of the Theotokos, grant peace to the life of us that cry out to Thee: O merciful Lord, glory be to Thee!

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

Christ God Who wast crucified for us and destroyed the dominion of death, do thou unceasingly entreat, O Virgin Theotokos, that He save our souls.

At the conclusion of Matins

Deliver us from the sins which hold us fast, O Theotokos, for we, the faithful, have no other hope than thee and God Who was born of thee.

Wednesday Evening at Vespers

At the Aposticha

Thee, the all-pure Virgin, who remained so even after giving birth, do we hymn as the Mother of God the Word, saying: Glory to thee!

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

Thursday Morning at Matins

At God is the Lord

The Fruit of thy womb, O all-pure one, is the fulfillment of the prophets and the law; wherefore, in the knowledge thereof we piously glorify thee, magnifying thee as the Theotokos.

At the Aposticha

Ineffably wast Thou born of the Virgin, O Christ, and Thou hast enlightened those who are in darkness and cry out: O Lord, glory to Thee!

At the conclusion of Matins

The Fruit of thy womb, O Bride of God, hath been shown to men as the Mediator of salvation. Wherefore, glorifying thee with mind and tongue, we, the faithful, magnify thee as the Theotokos.

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

Christ God Who wast crucified for us and destroyed the dominion of death, do thou unceasingly entreat, O Virgin Theotokos, that He save our souls.

At the conclusion of Matins

Deliver us from the sins which hold us fast, O Theotokos, for we, the faithful, have no other hope than thee and God Who was born of thee.

Friday Evening at Vespers

At the Aposticha

As thou alone didst receive the Infinite One within thyself, and gavest birth to the incarnate Word of God, pray thou that our souls be saved.

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

Saturday Morning at Matins

At God is the Lord

As thou art the treasury of our resurrection, O all-hymned one,/ lead up from the pit and abyss of transgression those who trust in thee,/ for thou who gavest birth to our Salvation/ hast saved those who are subject to sin./ O thou who before giving birth wast Virgin,/ and during thy birthgiving wast virgin,// thou remainest a Virgin even after giving birth.

At the Psalms of Praise

With the apostles and the martyrs, O Virgin, pray thou that the departed may find great mercy at the judgment.

At the conclusion of Matins

Rejoice, thou who didst contain within thy womb Him Whom the heavens cannot contain! Rejoice, thou preaching of the prophets through whom Emmanuel shone forth! Rejoice, O Mother of Christ God!