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4 December 2013

St Barbara
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Feast of St Alexander Hotovitzky, New Martyr of Russia St John of Damascus St John of Polybotum, Phrygia St Juliana of Heliopolis, Syria St Gennadios of Novgorod St Seraphim, Hieromonk of Phanar The Holy Icon of the Ever Blessed Theotokos of St John the Damascene

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St Barbara lived during the reign of Emperor Maximian (305 311). Her pagan father, Dioscoros, was a rich, illustrious man of Heliopolis, Syria who, after the death of his wife, devoted himself to the education and upbringing of his beloved daughter. Realising her extraordinary beauty and intelligence, Dioscoros hid her in a tall tower where only her pagan teachers were allowed to see her, but from which she had a good view of hills stretching out into the distance. By day St Barbara gazed longingly upon the wooded hills, the flowing rivers and the meadows covered with a most colourful blanket of flowers, and at night, she stared at the harmonious and majestic heavens that twinkled with an amazing spectacle of inexpressible, immense beauty. From her early years she began to contemplate the identity of the Creator of such splendour, and gradually became utterly convinced that the soulless pagan idols were merely lifeless works of human hands that could never have created the natural beauty and limitless magnificence of the heavens and earth. Her intense desire to know the True, Almighty God so consumed St Barbaras soul that she decided to devote her entire life to this Living, All Powerful God, and to live in Chastity and Service to God. Reports of her great beauty and wisdom spread throughout the city and many suitors sought her hand in marriage but despite the entreaties of her father, St Barbara refused them all and she even dared to caution her father that his persistence might separate them forever. Thinking that his daughters temperament had been affected by her secluded life in the tower, Dioscoros allowed her to freely choose her own friends and acquaintances. However, unknown to him, St Barbara met young Christian maidens who taught her all about the One True God and the Holy Trinity. By Divine Providence, a Priest arrived from Alexandria, and disguised as a merchant, he instructed her in all aspects of Christianity and prepared her for Holy Baptism, which he performed before returning to his homeland. At the same time, a luxurious bathhouse was being built for Dioscoros with two windows on the south side, but St Barbara, taking advantage of her fathers absence, asked them to make a third window, thereby forming a Trinity of Light. On one of the walls, St Barbara traced a cross into the marble with her finger and later, her footprints were mysteriously imprinted on the stone steps, and the water had great Healing Powers, which St Symeon Metaphrastes compared to the Blessed, Healing Streams of the great Jordan River and the Pool of Siloam. When Dioscoros returned and saw the changes to the bathhouse, St Barbara told him about how she had come to know about the Saving Power of the Son of God - in contrast to the futility of worshipping man-made, lifeless idols. Dioscoros was outraged by her confession and, seizing a sword, he tried to strike her with it but she fled from the house into the woods and hills. Her father chased after her, driven by insane fury, until he was blocked by a hill that had opened up and concealed St Barbara in a crevice. After a long, fruitless search for his daughter, Dioscoros encountered two shepherds who showed him the cave wherein St Barbara had hidden. Having dragged her out of
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sarkos sathran limin. Alla ke imas tous animnountas Se, psihikon alidonon eklitrose, tes pros Theon Ikesies Sou. nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton eonon.

Grace to Cure infectious diseases of the body. We who extol Thee now pray Thee to Deliver us from suffering of soul, by Thine Entreaties to God.

Now

and ever, and to the Ages of ages.

Amin Theon
ek Sou Sarkothenta Egnomen, Theotoke Parthene, afton iketeve, sothine tas psihas imon.

Amen
Theotokion
TONE 4

Virgin Theotokos, we know God Incarnate of Thee, the Only Pure and Only Blessed. Therefore we unceasingly Praise and Magnify Thee.
TONE 4

THE CONGREGATION MUST STAND GREAT DOXOLOGY

Festal Apolytikion St Barbara

Varvaran tin Agian timisomen.

Ehthrou gar tas pagidas sinetripse, ke os strouthian erristhi ex afton, Voithia ke Oplo tou Stavrou i Pansemnos.

Let us honour the All Virtuous Saint Barbara; for she broke the snares of the enemy, and she escaped from them like a bird, with the Cross as her Help and Shield.

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Festal Stihera St Barbara

TONE 2

Enite

Afton en iho salpingos. Enite Afton en psaltirio ke kithara!

Praise

Him with the sound of the trumpet! praise Him with lute and harp! malicious enemy has been put to shame. He once had Eve, our First Mother, as an Instrument of sin, but now he is Defeated by a Woman. For Christ, the Logos of the Father, was Incarnate of a Virgin, without change or confusion, as He alone knows, and He lifted the Curse of Eve and Adam. And now He has worthily Crowned the Martyr Barbara, and through her, He grants the world Forgiveness and Great Mercy. Him with timbrel and dance! praise Him with strings and pipe!

Iishinthi O vaskanos ehthros, ipo ginekos The

ittomenos, oti tin Promitora eshen organon pros amartian. O gar ek Parthenou sarkothis Logos tou Patros, atreptos ke afirtos, os ide monos aftos tin kataran elise tis evas ke tou Adam, Hirsots O stefanosas azios, Varvaran tin Martyra, ke di aftis doroumenos to kosmo, ilasmon ke to Mega Eleos.

Enite Afton en timpano ke horo!

Afton en hordes ke organo!

Enite

Praise

Theoklitos Martys Varbara, en to Stadio pashousa elege: Dina men ta paronta kolastiria, O Dikasta, ou prokrino de olos, ton Ouranion ta epigia. Dia touto temnete, xeete tas sarkas, piri paradote me. Herousa apio pros ton Nymphion mou Hriston Is tes ikesies Sotir, ta elei Sou katapempson imin, ke Soson tous tin Athlisin aftis, ektelountas Pistos.

As the Martyr Barbara, who was Called

by God, was suffering in the Stadium, she said: Painful indeed are the present tortures, O Judge, but I do not at all prefer the mundane over the Heavenly Blessings. So dismember me, scrape my flesh, and throw me into fire. I go with Joy to Christ my Bridegroom. O Saviour, by her Entreaties send Thy Mercies to us, and Save us who Faithfully celebrate her Martyrdom.

Enite

Afton en kimvalis evihis. Enite Afton en kimvalis alalagmou. Pasa pnoi inesato ton Kyrion panigirin simeron tis Athliforou Varvaras, defte lai imnisomen. Taftin gar oute Xifos, oute pir, oute alli vasanos oute tou poliplokou veliar ta enedra etroposato. Hriston iketeve Kallimartys panendoxe, dorithine imin to Mega Eleos.

Praise

Him with tuneful cymbals; praise Him with loud cymbals. Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.

the cave, he beat her mercilessly, and then placed her under guard in an attempt to wear her down with hunger and thirst thus forcing her to renounce Christ. After failing to persuade her to reject her unwavering Faith in the One True Living God, Dioscoros handed her over the Martianos, the Prefect, who ordered her to be beaten and humiliated until she broke down. However, each night St Barbara fervently prayed to her Heavenly Bridegroom who appeared before her and healed her terrible wounds. The next morning, finding her healed and still alive, the persecutors subjected the lovely Virgin Martyr to even worse and prolonged torture. In the crowd of witnesses of St Barbaras Martyrdom, was a Virtuous Christian, St Juliana, whose heart was filled with profound sympathy for the beautiful young girl who so bravely faced her tormentors without wavering in her Faith, and yearning to also suffer for Christ, St Juliana loudly denounced the brutal torturers who quickly seized her and subjected her to the same, extreme cruelties. Their naked bodies were clawed, scraped and wounded with sharp hooks, after which they were dragged naked and bloody through the city, having to suffer the derision, mockery and spitting of the jeering, blood-thirsty mobs of pagans. Through the Prayers of St Barbara, our Lord sent His Angel to cover their exposed flesh with splendid Robes that hid them from the sight of the multitude, as they were dragged along to their beheading. Dioscoros himself delivered the fatal blow of the sword to his own daughter and consequently, Divine Justice soon punished both Martianos and Dioscoros who were both struck down and killed by lightning. In the 6th Century the Holy Relics of St Barbara were transferred to Constantinople, until 600 years later when they were transferred to Kiev by Barbara, the daughter of the Byzantine Emperor, Alexios Comnenos, who had married the Russian Prince, Michael Izyaslavich. Presently they rest at Kievs St Vladimir Cathedral where an Akathist to St Barbara is served every Tuesday. Many Pious Orthodox Christians chant the Troparion of St Barbara every day, thereby recalling our Saviours Divine Promise that those who remember her and her Martyrdom would be preserved from sudden, unexpected death, and would not depart this life without the Benefit of the Holy Mysteries.

Tin

Come,

O People, let us sing Hymns on the Festive Day in honour of Barbara the Victorious. Nothing could defeat her neither sword nor fire, nor any other torture not even the traps of the crafty devil. O Fair and All Glorious Matyrs, pray to Christ to grant us His Great Mercy.

Festal Troparion St Barbara Tone (8) Plagal 4

Let us honour the Holy Martyr, Barbara, For as a bird she escaped the snares of the enemy, And destroyed them through the Help and Defence of the Cross.

Doxa Patri, ke Io, ke Agio Pnevmati Athlitikin

odefsasa odon, progonikin exefiges voulin, Varvara pansevasmie, ke os men Parthenos fronimi, lampadiforos isilthes, is tas avlas tou Kyriou Sou, os de Martys andria, Harin elaves iatrevin, tins
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Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

and to the Holy Spirit
TONE (6) PLAGAL 2

Festal Kontakion St Barbara Ton 4

Singing the Praises of the Trinity, Thou followed God by enduring suffering; Thou renounced the multitude of idols, O Holy Martyr Barbara. In Thy Struggles, Thou were not frightened By the threats of Thy torturers, But cried out in a loud voice: I worship the Trinity in One Godhead!
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Festal Stihera St Barbara

Thou took the Path of Martyrdom and escaped Thy fathers plan, O All Venerable Barbara. And, as a Wise Virgin, with Lamp in hand, Thou entered the Courts of Thy Lord; as a Courageous Martyr, Thou received
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Psalm 117 /118 - TONE (8) PLAGAL 4 PRAISE TO GOD FOR HIS EVERLASTING MERCY

SMALL LITANY... PRAISES TO GOD

and magnify!
TONE 3

Theos
S TIHOS

Kyrios ke Evlogimenos O Onomati Kyriou!

epefanen imin. erhomenos en

The Lord is God, and has appeared

V ERS E

to us. Blessed is He Who comes in the Name of the Lord!

1 : Give thanks to the Lord, for He is Good; His Mercy endures forever!

Festal Exaposteilarion St Barbara

Tin Harin ton iaseon, ek Theou dexameni, From

Varvara panidime, tou iasthe tas nosous, ton Pisti prostrehonton Si, ton Theon Doxazousa, ton epi panton Despotin, rise pantas kindinon, limikis asthenias, ke psihikon nosimaton.

1 : Exomologisthe to Kyrio, oti Agathos, oti is ton Eona to Eleos Aftou!

Theos
S TIHOS

Kyrios ke Evlogimenos O Onomati Kyriou!

epefanen imin. erhomenos en

The Lord is God, and has appeared to

us. Blessed is He Who comes in the Name of the Lord!
V ERS E 2 : All the Nations surrounded me, but in the Name of the Lord drove them back.

2 : Panta ta ethni ekiklosan me, ke to Onomati Kyriou iminamin aftous.

God Thou hast received the Gift of Cures and Healings, O Barbara extolled by all; so Thou Cure diseases of those who come to Thee with Faith. In this way Thou Glorify our God and Master of all things. Deliver all from danger, from contagious diseases, and ailments of soul and body. Festal Exaposteilarion St John Damascene - TONE 3

Theos
S TIHOS

Kyrios ke Evlogimenos O Onomati Kyriou!

epefanen imin. erhomenos en

The Lord is God, and has appeared to

us. Blessed is He Who comes in the Name of the Lord!
V ERS E 3 : This is the Lords doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes.

Anetrepsas

3 : Para Kyriou egeneto afti, ke esti thavmasti en ofthalmis imon.

Sofia Sou, tas eresis pammakar, O Ioanni Pansofe. Ke Orthodoxon Dogma, ti Ekklisia dedokas, tou Orthos Dogmatizin, ke Doxazin Triada, Monada Trisipostaton, en Mia ti Ousia

Thou refuted the heresies, O Blessed One,

by Thy Wisdom, devout and All Wise Father John; to the Church Thou hast given the Orthodox Dogma so that we might correctly all Glorify and Worship the Trinity in One Essence and Unity in Three Persons.

Theos

Kyrios ke Evlogimenos O Onomati Kyriou!

us. Blessed is He Who comes in the Name of the Lord! Festal Apolytikion St Barbara TONE 4

epefanen imin. erhomenos en

The Lord is God, and has appeared to

Lauds: The Praises to God

PRAISES TO THE LORD FROM

- Psalm 148
ALL CREATION

Pasa pnoi enesato ton Kyrion. Enite ton Let

Kyrion ek ton Ouranon. Enite Afton en tis Ipsistis. Si prepi imnos to Theo.

Varvaran tin Agian timisomen.

Ehthrou gar ta pagidas sinetripse, ke os strouthian erristhi ex afton, Voithia ke Oplo tou Stavrou i Pansemnos.

Let

us honour the All Virtuous Saint Barbara; for she broke the snares of the enemy, and she escaped from them like a bird, with the Cross as her Help and Shield. and to the Holy Spirit

Enite

Afton, pantes i Angelli Aftou. Enite Afton, pase e Dinamis Aftou. Si prepi imnos to Theo.

everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord from the Heavens; praise Him in the Highest. To Thee praise is due, O God.

Praise

Doxa Patri, ke Io, ke Agio Pnevmati Orthodoxias

Odige, evsevias Didaskale ke Semnotitos, tis ikoumenis O Fostir, ton mnazonton Theonevston egkallopisma, Ioanni Sofe, tes didahes Sou pantas efotisas, lira tou Pnevmatos. Presveve Hristo to Theo sothine tas psihas imon.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

TONE (8) PLAGAL 4

Him, all His Angels; praise Him, all His Powers. To Thee praise is due, O God.
TONE 1

Festal Stihera St Barbara

Festal Apolytkion St John Damascene

Enite Tis

Guide of Orthodoxy and Sacred Teacher

of Piety and Decorum, Luminary of the world, and God Inspired Adornment of Monastics, O Wise John, the Spirits Harp: by Thy Teachings Thou Enlightened all. Intercede with Christ our God for the Salvation of our soul.

afton epi tes Dinasties Afton! Enite Afton kata to plithos tis Megalosinis Aftou! geiras trifis, tin apolavsin iperidousa, ke Patros ton olvon omou te ke Doxan misissasa, ton Ouranion Nympion epepothisas, Varvara panaidime. To Xifi gar tin karn tmithisa, Sin tes fronimis sinisilthes Parthenis, ton Nymphio Hristo. Othen ke tin limikin noson ekdiokousa, tous Pistous Therpevis, energia tou Pnevmatos, ke Presvevis apafstos, iper ton psihon imon.

Praise Thou

Him for His Mighty Acts! praise Him according to the Greatness of His Majesty! looked beyond the enjoyment of earthly comforts, and Thou had contempt for Thy fathers honour and glory; and instead Thou longed for the Heavenly Bridegroom, O Barbara extolled by all. When Thy head was cut off by sword, Thou joined the Wise Virgins and entered with the Bridegroom Christ. And now, Thou drive away contagious diseases, and Thou Cure the Faithful, by the Action of the Holy Spirit, and Thou unceasingly Intercede on behalf of our soul.

Ke

nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton eonon.

Now

and ever, and to the Ages of ages.

Amin O
di imas Gennithis ek Parthenou, ke stavrosin ipominas Agathe, O Thanato ton Thanaton skilevsas, ke egersin dixas os Theos, mi paridis ous eplasas ti Hiri Sou. Dixon tin Filanthropian Sou eleimon. Dexe tin tekousan Se
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Amen
Theotokion

Born of a Virgin, O Good One Who also

endured crucifixion for our sake, Who by Death took the spoils of Death as plunder and showed Resurrection, being God, O despise not those whom Thou formed with
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ke Theos.

Doxa ti Dinami Sou Kyrie!

Incarnate from Her who knew not wedlock - O God Who art not formed from matter: Glory to Thy Power, O Lord!
ODE 5

Theotokon Presvevousan iper imon, ke Soson, Sotir imon, laon apegnosmenon.

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ODI 5

Theos on Irinis, Patir Iktirmon, tis Megalis As

Voulis Sou ton Angelon, Erinin parehomenon, apestilas imin. Othen Theognosias, pros Fos Odigithentes, ek Niktos orthrizontes, Doxologoumen Se Filanthrope!
ODI 6

Thou art God of Peace and Father of Mercies, Thou hast sent to us Thine Angel of Great Counsel, granting us Peace. So are we Guided towards the Light of the Knowledge of God, and watching by night we Glorify Thee, O Lover of mankind! sea monster spat forth Jonah as it had received him - like a babe from the womb - while the Word, having dwelt in the Virgin and taken Flesh, came forth from Her yet kept Her Incorrupt. For being Himself not subject to decay, He preserved His Mother free from harm.

Thine own Hand. Demonstrate Thy Love for mankind, O Lord of Mercy, and accept Thy Mother, the Theotokos, who Intercedes on our behalf, O Saviour, and Save us despairing people.
- TONE 3

First Festal Kathisma St Barbara

En

ODE 6

Splaghnon

Ionan emvrion apimesen, enalios thir, ion edexato. Ti Partheno de, enikisas O Logos, ke Sarka lavon, dililithe psilaxas adiafthoron. Is gar ouhipesti pefseos, tin tekousan kateshen apimanton.

The

ti Athlisi Sou, pantas exeplixas, oti iperminas, tas ton tyrannon pligas, desma, vasanous, filakas, Varvara panaidime. Othen ke ton Stefanon, O Theos Si dedorite, onper epepothisas, psihikos ke prosedrames. Aftos ke tas iasis parehi, pasi tis Pisti prosiousi Si.

Thy

Holy Martyrdom truly astonished all. For Thou endured the wounds and imprisonment, the tyrants tortures and the bonds, O Barbara, extolled by all. Therefore God hast granted Thee the Unwithering Laurel Crown, for Thou ran to be with Him and Thou longed for Him with all Thy soul. And He it is Who grants Cures and Healings to all who come to Thee with Faith.

Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati Ton

Agion tas mnimas epitelountes Pistos, ton Athliforon tin mnimin panigirisomen, ke odes pnevmatikes anevfimisomen. Oti enekrosan evhi, ton tin Evan doleros, sterisanta aftharsias, ke ton Hriston disopousin, eleithine tas psihas imon.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

and to the Holy Spirit
- TONE (5) PLAGAL 1

ODI 7

ODE 7

Festal Kathisma St Barbara

Pedes evsevia sintrafentes, dissevous, prostagmatos katafronisantes, piros apilin ouk eptoithisan, all en meso tis flogos, estotes epsallon: O Ton Pateron Theos Evlogitos I.

Scorning the impious decree, the Children

brought up together in Godliness feared not the threat of fire, but, standing in the midst of the flames, they chanted: O God of our Fathers, Blessed art Thou!
ODE 8

As

ODI 8

Enoumen, Thavmatos

Evlogoumen Proskinoumen ton Kyrion!

ke

We The

Praise, we Bless and we Worship the Lord!

we faithfully honour the memories of Saints, let us festively keep the Memorial of those Holy Women Martyrs, praising them with Spiritual Songs. For they mortified by Prayer the deceiver who deprived our Mother Eve of Incorruption, and they pray to Christ intently that He have Mercy on our soul. and ever, and to the Ages of ages.

iperfious i Drosovolos, exikonise kaminos tipon. Ou gar ous edexato flegi neous, os oude pir tis Theotitos, Parthenou in ipedi nidin. Dio animnountes anamelpsomen: Evlogito is Ktisis pasa ton Kyrion, ke Iperpsouto, is pantas tous eonas.

AGNIFICAT

furnace moist with Dew was the image and figure of a Wonder beyond nature. For it burnt not the Children whom it had received, even as the Fire of the Godhead consumed not the Virgins Womb into which It had descended. Therefore in praise let us sing: Let the whole Creation Bless the Lord and Exalt Him above all for ever!

Ke

nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton eonon.

Now

Amin Here,
Agion Oros ke Theovadiston! Here, empsihe Vate ke Akataflekte! Here, i Moni Pros Theon kosou Gefira, i metagousa Thnitous, pros tin Eonion Zoin! Here, akirate Kori, i apirandros tekous, tin Sotirian ton psihon imon!

Amen
Theotokion

Rejoice, O Holy Mountain on which God

Himself has trodden! Rejoice, Living Bush that burnt but was unconsumed! Rejoice, Only Bridge that connects the world to God and conducts the mortal race to Everlasting Life! Rejoice, O Immaculate Virgin, who without knowing a husband, truly gave Birth to Him Who Saves our soul!

Festal Katavasia of the 9th Ode- Nativity of Christ

Megalinon
I RM OS

psihi mou, tin Timioteran, ke Evdoxoteran ton ano Stratevmaton. Xenon, oro ke paradoxon: Ouranon to Spyleon! Thronon Herouvikon, tin Parthenon! Tin fatnin horion! En O aneklithi O ahoritos, Hristos O Theos! On animvountes Megalinomen!

Magnify, O my soul, Her who is more

Honourable and more than the Heavenly Hosts.
H EIR MO S

Glorious

Mystirion

Strange and Most Wonderful Mystery do I see: The Cave is Heaven! The Virgin is the Throne of the Cherubim! The Manger is a Grand Space, in which Christ, the God Whom nothing can contain, is laid! Him do we praise
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Second Festal Kathisma St John Damascene

TONE 1

Idifonos

Avlos, Megalofonos Salpigx, Kithara melourgos, ligyra Thia Lira, Kinira panarmonios, mousikotaton Organon, empneomenon, tou Paraklitou tes aires, anadedixe, O Ioanni ke Thelgis, imon ta noimata.
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A sweetly playing Pipe, and a loud Horn

and Trumpet, melodious Guitar, and Harp of Divine Song, harmonious Violin, well tuned Musical Instrument, moved to play as the All Holy Spirit Inspires Thee: that is
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what Thou art, O Blessed John, and Thou thereby enchant our mind and thoughts.

THEOTITA.

Mercies to those who Faithfully Confess: I worship only the ONE GOD IN TRINITY.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

and to the Holy Spirit

Doxa Patri, ke Io, ke Agio Pnevmati We

worthily extol the august Holy Struggles that Thou endured in Truth for the Church, O Holy Father. We honour in Sacred Song the august Hymns and Poetry that Thou left behind, for use in Praising our Master, and in bringing Joy and Great Delight to the Faithful, All Honoured and Blessed John.

Synaxarion 4 December

Imnoumen

Ti tou aftou minos, i Athlisis tis Agias On

Megalomartyros Varvara, ke i Agia Iouliani - xifi telioute.

tous septous, ke Agious Agonas, ous etlis Alithos, iper tis Ekklisias, gererontes en asmasi, ta septa melodimata, a katelipes, is imnodian Kyriou, axiagaste, ke ton Piston evfrosinin, Ioanni Panevfime.

this 4th day of this month we Commemorate the Contest of the Great Holy Virgin Martyr St Barbara and her fellow Martyr, St Juliana, who were Perfected by sword.

Ti

afti imera, Mnimi tou Osiou Patros imon Ioannou Monahou ke Presviterou tou Damaskinou. afti imera, Mnimi tou Osiou Patros imon Ioannou, Episkopou Polivotou, tou Thavmatourgou. afti imera, i Agii Hristodoulos ke Hristodouli xifi teliounte. Agios Neos Ieromartys Seraphim O Fanariou Episkopos, O Martyrisas en eti 1601, souvili diaparis telioute.

On

this day we Commemorate our Righteous Father, St John of Damascus, Hieromonk of Mar Sabbas Monastery. this day we Commemorate our Righteous Father, St John the Wonderworker, Bishop of Polybotos in Phrygia. this day the Holy Martyrs, St Christodoulos and St Christodula were Perfected by sword. St Seraphim, Bishop of Panarion, was Perfected in Holy Martyrdom by impalement in 1601. Mercy and Save us.

Ke

nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton eonon.

Now

Amin. Mitera
tou Theou, epistametha pantes, Parthenon Alithos, ke meta Tokon fanisan, i potho katafevgontes, pros tin Sin Agathotita. Se gar ehomen amartoli prostasian, Se kektimetha, en pirasmis Sotirian, tin Monin Panamomon.

and ever, and to the Ages of ages.

Ti

On

Amen
Theotokion

Ti O

On

All

PSALM 50

we who run to Thee and with longing take Refuge in Thy Benevolence, know that Thou art the Mother of God and after giving Birth art Virgin in Very Truth. For we sinners have Thee as our Only Protection. In temptation we rely on Thee for Salvation, O Only All Pure One.
TONE 4

On this day the New Holy Hieromartyr,

Tes afton Agiis Presvies, O Theos, eleison By their Holy Intercessions, O God, have
ke Soson imas.

Amin

Amen
Katavasia of the Nativity of Christ our Lord
21 NOVEMBER - 31 DECEMBER TONE 1 ODE 1

Festal Kontakion St Barbara

To

en Triadi evsevos imnoumeno, akolouthisasa Semni Athlifore, ta ton idolon elipes sevasmata, meson de tou skammatos, enathlousa Varvara, tyrannon ou kateptixas apilas andriofron, Megalofonos Melpousa ai, TRIADE SEVO TIN MIAN THEOTITA.

Virgin Martyr, Thou renounced the pagan idols and followed the True God, the One extolled and worshipped in Trinity. And as Thou competed in the Arena, O Barbara, Thou did not succumb to any threats of the tyrants; but bravely Thou cried and sang: I worship only the ONE GOD IN TRINITY!
TONE 4

ODI 1

Hristos

Gennate, Doxasate! Hristos ex Ouranon, apantisate! Hristos epi gis, Ipsothite! Asate to Kyrio, pas i gi, ke en Evfrosini animnisate, lai, oti Dedoxaste!

Christ

is Born, Glorify Him! Christ hath come from the Heavens, receive Him! Christ is on earth, Elevate Him! Sing unto the Lord, all the earth; And ye Nations, praise Him with Joy; for He has been Glorified! the Son Who was Begotten of the Father without change before all ages, and in the Last Times was without seed made Flesh of the Virgin, to Christ our God let us cry aloud Thou hast raised up our Horn, Holy art Thou, O Lord!

Festal Ikos St Barbara

ODI 3

ODE 3

Tin

nimfevthisan to Hristo dia tou Martyriou, Varvaran sinelthontes timisomen axios, opos aftis tes prosevhes limis psihofthorou litrothentes, ke limou, sismou te ke kataptoseos, ton vion en Irini dielthomen, kataxiothentes meta panton ton Agion, ton ap eonos Theo evapestisanton, diagin en Foti, ke melpin axios. Ethavmastosas Soter ta Sa elei pasi tis Pisti Omologousi, TRIADA SEVO TIN MIAN
ST BARBARA
THE

Let

us come together and worthily honour Barbara, who was wed to Christ through Martyrdom, so that by her Prayers we may be Delivered from deadly plague, famine, earthquake and calamity, and we may live in Peace, and may be counted worthy to walk in the Light with all the Saints who have pleased God from the beginning of time, and so that we may worthily sing: O Saviour, Thou hast Magnified Thy
ARTYR

To

pro ton eonon, ek Patros Gennithenti arrefstos Iio, ke ep Eshaton ek Parthenou, sarkothenti asporos, Hristo to Theo Voisomen. O anipsosas to Keras imon, Agios i Kyrie.

To

ODI 4

ODE 4

Ravdos ek tis Rizis, Isse, ke Anthos ex aftis Rod of the Root of Jesse, and Flower that
Hriste, ek tis Parthenou anevlostisas. Ex Orous O enetos, kataskiou daseos, ilthes Sarkothis es apirandrou, O aflos
ST BARBARA
THE

blossomed from his stem: O Christ, Thou hast sprung from the Virgin from the Mountain Overshadowed by the Forest : Thou hast come, made
ARTYR

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