This Week at Saint George

LITURGICAL CALENDAR

Sunday, April 2- Fifth Sunday of Lent
Orthros 9:00 AM- Divine Liturgy 10:00 AM

Wednesday, April 5- Presanctified Liturgy 6:00 PM

Holy Week-Pascha schedule in section below

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MEETING, CLASS AND EVENT CALENDAR
Sunday, April 2- Youth Basketball vs St Anthony at Downey High School- 2:00 PM

Monday, April 3- Dance- Dancing Tots 4:30-5:30 PM
Dance- Ta Yitonopoula- 5:30-6:30 PM
Festival Committe Meeting- 7:00 PM

Tuesday, April 4- Dance- Elliniki Psihi 6:30-7:30 PM

Wednesday, April 5- Greek School- 4:00-6:00 PM
Parish Council- 7:30 PM

Thursday, April 6- Greek Bible Study will resume April 20
GOYA Retreat at St Nicholas Ranch Thursday-Sunday

Friday, April 7- Greek School- 4:00-6:00 PM
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SCHEDULED MEMORIALS
May 7- Yiannis Koumoudouros- 6 months
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Pascha is the most important time of the ecclesiastical life of the Church. We already are in the third week of lent and as you all know the beutification of our sanctuary is always upon the generosity of our parishioners. Giving your donation ahead of time help us to plan accordingly. No donation is too small. Please see me at the Narthex or feel free to contact me.

Your donation is greatly appreciated!! --- Sasha Vithoulkas

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Please remember that cash offerings, when placed in the pew envelopes with your name, will be credited as part of your stewardship
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Please be reminded that the First 7 Spaces (including the blue handicapped space) in front of the Hall of Fame Market and the Church Offices are leased to the Hall of Fame Market. They are designated by a Green Curb. Our parishioners are respectfully asked not to park in those spaces.

All blue handicapped spaces are specifically reserved for those vehicles with the proper blue tag issued by the DMV.

News and Events

Myrophores for Holy Week

We are starting to take names of young girls who would like to be Myrophores for Holy Week 1017.

All young ladies of our parish, ages 8-12 are welcome to participate in the evening services during Holy Week. Please RSVP with the name of your child, age of the child, your email and cell number to Georgia Covell by March 30^th. There will be a hosted meeting/luncheon for the Myrophores after church on April 2^nd. We look forward to having all the eligible young ladies in our parish participate.

Email: gacovell@sbcglobal.net or text/call: (818)523-8396.

GREEK FESTIVAL 2017

The next Festival Committee Meeting will be held on Monday, April 3 at 7:00 PM

Please be present to offer your insight and service to the Church.

Scroll down to the Downey Greel Festival 2017 Section of this e-bulletin for detailed information and forms.

GOBL News

2017 Youth Basketball Schedule

4/1 at St. John (Saturday) 2:00 PM American Sports Center 1500 S Anaheim Blvd #110, Anaheim

4/2 vs St. Anthony* 2:00 PM at Downey High School

4/23 vs. Assumption*2:00 PM at Downey High School

GOYA Youth News

The annual GOYA retreat over Palm Sunday weekend is coming up soon. This year, we're going for 3 nights (Thursday-Sunday). Mark your calendars!

Vans Departs from St George at 6pm on Thursday, April 6th. Return to St George in the evening of Sunday, April 9th.

Leaders: Angelo Anagnos & Niki Bakolas
RSVP to Angelo ASAP (c.562-212-1750)
Cost: $120 per person
*financial assistance is available, please inquire if needed

St George Master Calendar

All Church Organization and Ministries and all other groups using the facilities of Saint George will be required to communicate with our Church Secretary, Lina Ifantis, and put onto the Church's master Calendar.

As our organizations and ministries begin formulating their schedule and events it is imperative that they be communicated to the Church Office to avoid conflicts.

All groups meeting dates, committee meetings or any other use MUST be entered into the Master Calendar. The Master Calendar is available for viewing on our website www.stgeorgedowney.org

The use of the facilities will continue to be scheduled through our Facilities Coordinator- Sasha Vithoulkas.

Parishioner Services

Parishioner Services Chairperson: Sasha Vithoulkas

Cell—(562) 714-5324 Home—(562) 869-3533

Memorial Services must be booked by calling the office and scheduling the date with Father John. After Father John approves the date, then arrangements for the event may be made through the Parishioners Services Chairperson Sasha Vithoulkas. Makaries, Altar- flowers, and koliva please contact Sasha Vithoulkas directly.

Ladies who wish to make prosfora please contact Soula Katsenes (562) 372-7776.

Use of the hall FOR WHATEVER REASON must be coordinated through the hall

Holy Week-Pascha Schedule 2017

HOLY WEEK SERVICES 2017

APRIL 8, SATURDAY OF LAZARUS
9:00 AM Orthros 10:00 AM Divine Liturgy
Palm Cross Making

APRIL 9, PALM SUNDAY
9:00 AM Orthros 10:00 AM Divine Liturgy
Philoptochos Bake Sale and Palm Sunday Luncehon Following Liturgy
7:00 PM Service of the Bridegroom

APRIL 10, HOLY MONDAY
7:00 PM Service of the Bridegroom

APRIL 11, HOLY TUESDAY
7:00 PM Service of the Bridegroom

APRIL 12, HOLY WEDNESDAY
2:30 PM Service of Holy Unction
7:00 PM Service of the Bridegroom- Anointing with Holy Unction

APRIL 13, HOLY THURSDAY
7:30 AM Vesperal Liturgy commemorating the Last Supper

6:30 PM Service of the 12 Gospels- Passion and Crucifixion
His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos will preside over the Services

APRIL 14, HOLY FRIDAY
8:30 AM to 2:00 PM Decoration of the Epitaphios
2:00 PM Royal Hours
3:00 PM Vespers of the Descent from the Cross- Αποκαθήλωσις
7:00 PM Lamentations- Επιτάφιος Θρήνος

APRIL 15, HOLY SATURDAY
9:00 AM Vesperal Liturgy of St Basil- Μικρή Ανάστασις

PASCHAL VIGIL
11:00 PM Canon of the Resurrection
11:45 PM Come Receive the Light Δεύτε Λάβετε Φως
Followed by Orthros and Paschal Liturgy
1:30 AM Magiritsa in Church Hall

APRIL 16, HOLY AND GREAT PASCHA
11:30 AM Hierarchical Great Vespers of Agape at Long Beach
At the request of His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos, the Community of Saint George will join with the Assumption Community in Long Beach to festivally celebrate the proclamation of the Gospel in the Languages of the World

FEAST OF ST GEORGE THE TROPHY-BEARER AND GREAT MARTYR
SATURDAY, APRIL 22 7:00 PM Great Vespers

SUNDAY, APRIL 23 9:00 AM Orthros- 10:00 AM Divine Liturgy
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METROPOLITAN GERASIMOS TO VISIT ST GEORGE

His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Francisco will visit our Parish and preside over the April 13, Holy Thursday Evening services beginning at 6:30 PM.

On Pascha Sunday (April 16) His Eminence has requested that we, the Parish of Saint George, join him at the Assumption Parish for the celebration of the Agape Vespers at 11:30 AM. The service begins with the Metropolitan and Clergy vesting outside of the Church and processing into the Church with Χριστός Ανέστη! Christ is Risen!

SECOND TRAY COLLECTION ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS

Our traditional second tray offerings on Holy Friday evening and on the Paschal Vigil on Saturday night will be once again designated for the Downey PTA H.E.L.P.S. Last year we donated nearly $1,000 from our collection.

The H.E.L.P.S. program provides food staples to residents of Downey and to families whose children attend Downey schools. Clients are assisted every other month and given special baskets of food as well as gifts for the children at Thanksgiving and Christmas. H.E.L.P.S. also contributes financially to subsidize health programs within Downey schools including: dental screening, Red Ribbon Week (drug awareness), Grad Night, and G.O.O.D. (Gangs Out of Downey) .

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Beloved in Christ,

Through worship God makes Himself present and active in our times, drawing the moments of our lives into the realm of redemption. When we gather in worship we do more than remember past events and anticipate the future promises but we encounter and experience the risen and living Christ who is clothed with past and future acts.

Pascha is the center and heart of our liturgical year. The solemn services of Holy Week and Pascha are the continuation of the experience, traditions and faith of the first Christians and the countless generations that followed.

Christians in diverse times and places suffered persecution and martyrdom for their faith. Experiencing God in their lives they were unwilling to deny or abandon Him for any fleeting temporal gain. Even in our day Christians throughout the world endure all manner of things for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ and His Gospel. They are faithful witnesses to the transforming power of God. They keep the faith strong and inviolate in their hearts, unwilling to deny or abandon the Christ who, by His life-giving Death and Resurrection, opens the doors of Paradise and bestows upon us eternal life.

It is my fervent prayer that we will all participate in the services of the Great and Holy Week as did generations of our Christian forebears as “we commend ourselves and one another and our whole life to Christ our God”.

As our Church on Pascha evening is filled with those anticipating the joyful news of the Resurrection- Χριστός Ανέστη! Christ is Risen! I ask all of you to remain following theannouncement of the Good News of the Resurrection for the Divine Liturgy . Last year many heeded the call to “not abandon Christ at the doors of the Church” and participated in the Divine Liturgy and the community Mageritsa meal that followed. This year it will be my hope to see even more remain to properly thank God for His blessings bestowed upon us.

On behalf of the Officers and Members of the Parish Council, the Officers and Members of the Ladies Philoptochos, I wish each and every one of you a Blessed Pascha and Καλή Ανάσταση! + Fr John

Downey Greek Festival 2017

The next Festival Committee Meeting will be held on Monday, April 3 at 7:00 PM

Please be present to offer your insight and service to the Church.

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FESTIVAL FOOD PREPARATION SCHEUDLE IS FOUND HERE

IN KIND DONATIONS Very soon we will be beginning the food preparation for the Festival. Many of the raw indgredients are donated by our Parishioners and Friends for a current list of our material needs, please click HERE

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Our Volunteers make our Festival Great! Whether you have been involved in our Festival before, or this is your first time, please fill out the Volunteer Form and let us know when and where you can help. Download the form HERE

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All Forms and Up-To-Date information is posted on our website http://stgeorgedowney.org/festival-2/

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Words of Wisdom

Some people by the word freedom understand the ability to do whatever one wants ... People who have the more allowed themselves to come into slavery to sins, passions, and defilements more often than others appear as zealots of external freedom, wanting to broaden the laws as much as possible. But such a man uses external freedom only to more severely burden himself with inner slavery. True freedom is the active ability of a man who is not enslaved to sin, who is not pricked by a condemning conscience, to choose the better in the light of God's truth, and to bring it into actuality with the help of the gracious power of God. This is the freedom of which neither heaven nor earth are restrict.
(St. Philaret of Moscow, Sermon on the Birthday of Emperor Nicholas I, 1851)

Saints and Feasts

April 02

Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt

The memory of this Saint is celebrated on April 1, where her life is recorded. Since the end of the holy Forty Days is drawing nigh, it has been appointed for this day also, so that if we think it hard to practice a little abstinence forty days, we might be roused by the heroism of her who fasted in the wilderness forty-seven years; and also that the great loving-kindness of God, and His readiness to receive the repentant, might be demonstrated in very deed.

April 03

Joseph the Hymnographer

Saint Joseph was from Sicily, the son of Plotinus and Agatha. Because Sicily had been subjugated by the Moslems, he departed thence and, passing from place to place, came with Saint Gregory of Decapolis (see NOV. 20) to Constantinople, where he endured bitter afflictions because of his pious zeal. Travelling to Rome, he was captured by Arab pirates and taken to Crete, whence he later returned to Constantinople. He became an excellent hymnographer and reposed in holiness shortly after 886 (according to some, it was in 883). The melismatic canons of the Menaion are primarily the work of this Joseph; they bear his name in the acrostic of the Ninth Ode. He also composed most of the sacred book known as the Paracletike, which complements the Octoechos For this reason, Joseph is called par excellence the Hymnographer.

Gospel and Epistle Readings

Matins Gospel Reading

Eighth Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from John 20:11-18

At that time, Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb; and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet. They said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid Him." Saying this, she turned round and saw Jesus standing, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?" Supposing Him to be the gardener, she said to Him, "Sir, if you have carried Him away, tell me where you have laid Him, and I will take Him away." Jesus said to her, "Mary." She turned and said to him in Hebrew, "Rabboni!" (which means Teacher). Jesus said to her, "Do not hold me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brethren and say to them, I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God." Mary Magdalene went and said to the disciples, "I have seen the Lord"; and she told them that He had said these things to her.

Eighth Orthros Gospel
Κατὰ Ἰωάννην 20:11-18

Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, Μαρία δὲ εἱστήκει πρὸς τῷ μνημείῳ κλαίουσα ἔξω. ὡς οὖν ἔκλαιε, παρέκυψεν εἰς τὸ μνημεῖον καὶ θεωρεῖ δύο ἀγγέλους ἐν λευκοῖς καθεζομένους, ἕνα πρὸς τῇ κεφαλῇ καὶ ἕνα πρὸς τοῖς ποσίν, ὅπου ἔκειτο τὸ σῶμα τοῦ ᾿Ιησοῦ. καὶ λέγουσιν αὐτῇ ἐκεῖνοι· γύναι, τί κλαίεις; λέγει αὐτοῖς· ὅτι ἦραν τὸν Κύριόν μου, καὶ οὐκ οἶδα ποῦ ἔθηκαν αὐτόν. καὶ ταῦτα εἰποῦσα ἐστράφη εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω, καὶ θεωρεῖ τὸν ᾿Ιησοῦν ἑστῶτα, καὶ οὐκ ᾔδει ὅτι ᾿Ιησοῦς ἐστι. λέγει αὐτῇ ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς· γύναι, τί κλαίεις; τίνα ζητεῖς; ἐκείνη δοκοῦσα ὅτι ὁ κηπουρός ἐστι, λέγει αὐτῷ· κύριε, εἰ σὺ ἐβάστασας αὐτόν, εἰπέ μοι ποῦ ἔθηκας αὐτόν, κἀγὼ αὐτὸν ἀρῶ. λέγει αὐτῇ ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς· Μαρία. στραφεῖσα ἐκείνη λέγει αὐτῷ· ῥαββουνί, ὃ λέγεται, διδάσκαλε. λέγει αὐτῇ ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς· μή μου ἅπτου· οὔπω γὰρ ἀναβέβηκα πρὸς τὸν πατέρα μου· πορεύου δὲ πρὸς τοὺς ἀδελφούς μου καὶ εἰπὲ αὐτοῖς· ἀναβαίνω πρὸς τὸν πατέρα μου καὶ πατέρα ὑμῶν, καὶ Θεόν μου καὶ Θεὸν ὑμῶν. ἔρχεται Μαρία ἡ Μαγδαληνὴ ἀπαγγέλλουσα τοῖς μαθηταῖς ὅτι ἑώρακε τὸν Κύριον, καὶ ταῦτα εἶπεν αὐτῇ.

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Plagal Fourth Mode. Psalm 75.11,1.
Make your vows to the Lord our God and perform them.
Verse: God is known in Judah; his name is great in Israel.

The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 9:11-14.

BRETHREN, when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) he entered once for all into the Holy Place, taking not the blood of goats and calves but his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption. For if the sprinkling of defiled persons with the blood of goats and bulls and with the ashes of a heifer sanctifies for the purification of the flesh, how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify your conscience from dead works to serve the living God.

Προκείμενον. Plagal Fourth Mode. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 75.11,1.
Εὔξασθε καὶ ἀπόδοτε Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ ἡμῶν.
Στίχ. Γνωστὸς ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ ὁ Θεός, ἐν τῷ Ἰσραὴλ μέγα τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ.

τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Πρὸς Ἑβραίους 9:11-14.

Ἀδελφοί, Χριστὸς δὲ παραγενόμενος ἀρχιερεὺς τῶν μελλόντων ἀγαθῶν, διὰ τῆς μείζονος καὶ τελειοτέρας σκηνῆς, οὐ χειροποιήτου, τοῦτʼ ἔστιν, οὐ ταύτης τῆς κτίσεως, οὐδὲ διʼ αἵματος τράγων καὶ μόσχων, διὰ δὲ τοῦ ἰδίου αἵματος εἰσῆλθεν ἐφάπαξ εἰς τὰ ἅγια, αἰωνίαν λύτρωσιν εὑράμενος. Εἰ γὰρ τὸ αἷμα ταύρων καὶ τράγων, καὶ σποδὸς δαμάλεως ῥαντίζουσα τοὺς κεκοινωμένους, ἁγιάζει πρὸς τὴν τῆς σαρκὸς καθαρότητα, πόσῳ μᾶλλον τὸ αἷμα τοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὃς διὰ πνεύματος αἰωνίου ἑαυτὸν προσήνεγκεν ἄμωμον τῷ θεῷ, καθαριεῖ τὴν συνείδησιν ὑμῶν ἀπὸ νεκρῶν ἔργων, εἰς τὸ λατρεύειν θεῷ ζῶντι;

Gospel Reading

Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt
The Reading is from Mark 10:32-45

At that time, Jesus taking the twelve again, he began to tell them what was to happen to him, saying, "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death, and deliver him to the Gentiles; and they will mock him, and spit upon him, and scourge him, and kill him; and after three days he will rise." And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to him, and said to him, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you." And he said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?" And they said to him, "Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory." But Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?" And they said to him, "We are able." And Jesus said to them, "The cup that I drink you will drink; and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized; but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared." And when the ten heard it, they began to be indignant of James and John. And Jesus called them to him and said to them, "You know that those who are supposed to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them. But it shall not be so among you; but whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all. For the Son of man also came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt
Κατὰ Μᾶρκον 10:32-45

Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, παραλαβάνει ὁ Ἰησοῦς τοὺς δώδεκα μαθητάς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἤρξατο αὐτοῖς λέγειν τὰ μέλλοντα αὐτῷ συμβαίνειν, ὅτι ἰδοὺ ἀναβαίνομεν εἰς ῾Ιεροσόλυμα καὶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου παραδοθήσεται τοῖς ἀρχιερεῦσι καὶ γραμματεῦσι, καὶ κατακρινοῦσιν αὐτὸν θανάτῳ καὶ παραδώσουσιν αὐτὸν τοῖς ἔθνεσι, καὶ ἐμπαίξουσιν αὐτῷ καὶ μαστιγώσουσιν αὐτὸν καὶ ἐμπτύσουσιν αὐτῷ καὶ ἀποκτενοῦσιν αὐτόν, καὶ τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ ἀναστήσεται. Καὶ προσπορεύονται αὐτῷ ᾿Ιάκωβος καὶ ᾿Ιωάννης υἱοὶ Ζεβεδαίου λέγοντες· διδάσκαλε, θέλομεν ἵνα ὃ ἐὰν αἰτήσωμεν ποιήσῃς ἡμῖν. ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· τί θέλετε ποιῆσαί με ὑμῖν; οἱ δὲ εἶπον αὐτῷ· δὸς ἡμῖν ἵνα εἷς ἐκ δεξιῶν σου καὶ εἷς ἐξ εὐωνύμων σου καθίσωμεν ἐν τῇ δόξῃ σου. ὁ δὲ ᾿Ιησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· οὐκ οἴδατε τί αἰτεῖσθε. δύνασθε πιεῖν τὸ ποτήριον ὃ ἐγὼ πίνω, καὶ τὸ βάπτισμα ὃ ἐγὼ βαπτίζομαι βαπτισθῆναι; οἱ δὲ εἶπον αὐτῷ· δυνάμεθα. ὁ δὲ ᾿Ιησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· τὸ μὲν ποτήριον ὃ ἐγὼ πίνω πίεσθε, καὶ τὸ βάπτισμα ὃ ἐγὼ βαπτίζομαι βαπτισθήσεσθε· τὸ δὲ καθίσαι ἐκ δεξιῶν μου καὶ ἐξ εὐωνύμων οὐκ ἔστιν ἐμὸν δοῦναι, ἀλλ᾿ οἷς ἡτοίμασται. Καὶ ἀκούσαντες οἱ δέκα ἤρξαντο ἀγανακτεῖν περὶ ᾿Ιακώβου καὶ ᾿Ιωάννου. ὁ δὲ ᾿Ιησοῦς προσκαλεσάμενος αὐτοὺς λέγει αὐτοῖς· οἴδατε ὅτι οἱ δοκοῦντες ἄρχειν τῶν ἐθνῶν κατακυριεύουσιν αὐτῶν καὶ οἱ μεγάλοι αὐτῶν κατεξουσιάζουσιν αὐτῶν· οὐχ οὕτω δὲ ἔσται ἐν ὑμῖν, ἀλλ᾿ ὃς ἐὰν θέλῃ γενέσθαι μέγας ἐν ὑμῖν, ἔσται ὑμῶν διάκονος, καὶ ὃς ἐὰν θέλῃ ὑμῶν γενέσθαι πρῶτος, ἔσται πάντων δοῦλος· καὶ γὰρ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου οὐκ ἦλθε διακονηθῆναι, ἀλλὰ διακονῆσαι, καὶ δοῦναι τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ λύτρον ἀντὶ πολλῶν.

Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Plagal Fourth Mode

From on high didst Thou descend, O Compassionate One; to burial of three days hast Thou submitted that Thou mightest free us from our passions. O our Life and Resurrection, Lord, glory be to Thee.

Ἐξ ὕψους κατῆλθες ὁ εὔσπλαγχνος, ταφὴν καταδέξω τριήμερον, ἵνα ἡμᾶς ἐλευθερώσῃς τῶν παθῶν. Ἡ ζωὴ καὶ ἡ Ἀνάστασις ἡμῶν, Κύριε δόξα σοι.

Apolytikion for Sun. of St. Mary of Egypt in the Plagal Fourth Mode

In thee the image was preserved with exactness, O Mother; for taking up thy cross, thou didst follow Christ, and by thy deeds thou didst teach us to overlook the flesh, for it passeth away, but to attend to the soul since it is immortal. Wherefore, O righteous Mary, thy spirit rejoiceth with the Angels.

Εν σοί Μήτερ ακριβώς διεσώθη τό κατ' εικόνα, λαβών γάρ τόν σταυρόν, ηκολούθησας τώ Χριστώ, καί πράττων εδίδασκες, υπεροράν μέν σαρκός, παρέρχεται γάρ επιμελείσθαι δέ ψυχής, πράγματος αθανάτου, διό καί μετά Αγγέλων συναγάλλεται, οσία Μαρία τό πνεύμά σου.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Second Mode

O Protection of Christians that cannot be put to shame, mediation unto the creator most constant: O despise not the voices of those who have sinned; but be quick, O good one, to come unto our aid, who in faith cry unto thee: Hasten to intercession and speed thou to make supplication, O thou who dost ever protect, O Theotokos, them that honor thee.

Προστασία τῶν Χριστιανῶν ἀκαταίσχυντε, μεσιτεία πρὸς τὸν Ποιητὴν ἀμετάθετε. Μὴ παρίδῃς ἁμαρτωλῶν δεήσεων φωνάς, ἀλλὰ πρόφθασον, ὡς ἀγαθή, εἰς τὴν βοήθειαν ἡμῶν, τῶν πιστῶς κραυγαζόντων σοι· Τάχυνον εἰς πρεσβείαν, καὶ σπεῦσον εἰς ἱκεσίαν, ἡ προστατεύουσα ἀεί, Θεοτόκε, τῶν τιμώντων σε.

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