Byzantine Prosomia

The Chanter’s Companion

A Booklet Containing The Music and Text

For All the Hymns Chanted on the CD’s

© 2005, Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA

 Contents of this Booklet and the CD

First Tone

1 O all-lauded Martyrs • PaneÊfhmoi
Mãrturew

2 O strange wonder • ÖV
toË
paradÒjou
yãumatow

3 Thou art the joy • T«n
oÈran¤vn
tagmãtvn

4 The three most great luminaries • ToÁw
tre›w
meg¤stouw
fvstÆraw

5 While Gabriel was saying • ToË
l¤you
sfragisy°ntow

6 The soldiers standing guard • TÒn
Tãfon
Sou
SvtÆr

Second Tone
7 Thou soughtest the heights • Tå
ênv
zht«n

8 With what fair crowns • Po¤oiw
eÈfhmi«n
9 When he took Thee • ÜOte
§k
toË
jÊlou
Se
nekrÒn

10 O house of Ephratha • O‰kow
toË
ÉEfrayç

11 Hearken, ye women • Guna›kew
ékout¤syhte

12 Upon that mount in Galilee • To›w
mayhta›w
sun°lyvmen

13 While Thy disciples looked on Thee • T«n
mayht«n
ır≈ntvn
Se

Third Tone
14 Awed by the beauty • TØn
…raiÒthta

15 On this day the Virgin • ÑH
Pary°now
sÆmeron

16 The power of Thy Cross • Megãlh
toË
StauroË
SoË

17 That which came to pass in thee • ÉAkatãlhptÒn
§sti

18 Thy confession • Ye¤aw
p¤stevw

19 From the heights our Saviour, Christ #1• ÉEpesk°cato
≤mçw

20 From the heights our Saviour, Christ #2 • ÉEpesk°cato
≤mçw

21 O Changeless Light • F«w
énallo¤vton
LÒge

22 O ye Apostles from afar • ÉApÒstoloi
§k
perãtvn

23 Thou Who as God adornest • ÑO
oÈranÚn
to›w
êstroiw

24 While standing in the Temple’s courts • ÉEn
PneÊmati
t“
ÑIer“

Fourth Tone
25 As one valiant • ÑVw
genna›on
§n
Mãrtusin
26 Lord, when Thou didst ascend • KÊrie
énely∆n
§n
t“
Staur“

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27 O Lord, although I desired to blot out • ÖHyelon
dãkrusin
§jale›cai
28 On this day Thou hast appeared • ÉEpefãnhw
sÆmeron
29 Thou who wast called from on high • ÑO
§j
Íc¤stou
klhye¤w
30 Unto them that fear Thee • ÖEdvkaw
shme¤vsin
31 Be quick to anticipate • TaxÁ
prokatãlabe
32 Joseph was amazed (Dismissal Hymn) • Kateplãgh
ÉIvsÆf
33 Thou Who wast raised up • ÑO
Ícvye‹w
§n
t“
Staur“
34 Thou Who wast raised up (Kontakion) • ÑO
Ícvye‹w
§n
t“
Staur“

35 Joseph was amazed (Sessional Hymn) • Kateplãgh
ÉIvsÆf

Plagal of First Tone

36 Let us worship the Word • TÚn
sunãnarxon
LÒgon
37 We the faithful bless thee • Makar¤zom°n
se
38 O righteous Father • ÜOsie
Pãter
39 Rejoice • Xa¤roiw
éskhtik«n
élhy«w

Plagal of Second Tone

40 Angels in the Heavens • TØn
ÉAnãstas¤n
Sou
41 As it is written • TriÆmerow
én°sthw
Xrist°
42 Ere the morning star • ÑEk
gastrÚw
§t°xyhw
/
ÑH
épegnvsm°nh
43 Having laid up all their hope • ÜOlhn
époy°menoi
44 Ye angelic hosts • Afl
ÉAggelika¤

Plagal of Fourth Tone

45 By conceiving the Wisdom • TØn
Sof¤an
ka‹
LÒgon
46 O Lord, though Thou didst stand • KÊrie,
efi
ka‹
krithr¤ƒ
47 O Lord, Thy holy Martyrs • Ofl
Mãrtur°w
sou
KÊrie
48 O strange wonder • ÖV
toË
paradÒjou
yãumatow
49 The Paradise of Eden • ÑO
§n
ÉEd¢m
Parãdeisow
50 What shall we now call you • T¤
Ímçw
kal°svmen
ëgioi
51 To thee, the Champion Leader • Tª
Ípermãxƒ
52 When the bodiless one • TÚ
prostaxy°n
53 As first-fruits of our nature • ÑVw
éparxåw
t∞w
fÊsevw
54 Thou, as the Life of all • ÉAn°sthw
§k
nekr«n

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 INTRODUCTION

Through the prayers and contributions of the many involved in this project,
we are happy to finally present this recording of fifty-four prosomia. We beg the
indulgence of all that have been patiently waiting for us to complete this project,
which has often seemed too large and outside the realm of possibility for the choir
of our monastery. Glory to God for all things!
Prosómia are a large, specific group of hymns of the Eastern Orthodox
Church, which are used as models and paradigms for the composition of other
hymns. In laymen’s terms, a prosómion (singular) is a “hymn-tune”. When its title,
which is the first words of the hymn appears above other hymn-texts, it signifies
that they are to be sung to the tune of that particular prosomion. A hymn is called
a prosomion – meaning in Greek “similar to” – when hymns modeled after the
Original Melody match it note for note, syllable for syllable, and accent for ac-
cent. A prosomion is called Podóben in Slavonic.
By learning the prosomia one will be able to chant thousands of hymns in the
Menaion, Triodion, Pentecostarion, Octoëchos, and all the service books of the
Church. In order to provide the Faithful with a learning tool, the fifty-four
prosomia presented here are meant to be a companion to the Menaion, recently
published in English by our monastery. Prosomia appear in almost every service of
the Orthodox Church, as hymns for “Lord, I have cried”, the Aposticha and the
Praises, and as Dismissal Hymns, Kontakia, Exapostilaria and Sessional Hymns.
(Although the heirmoí of the Canons also function as hymn-tune paradigms, they
are a category unto themselves and are not considered prosomia.)
As an additional tool for learning the prosomia, the sheet music for all the
hymns has been included in this PDF file, followed by an additional PDF file of
all these hymns as “music without text” for those who wish to write in the text of
other hymns as a teaching aid, or for use in Church.
In character, prosomia vary from festive to mournful to joyous. The Fathers of
the Church deemed them worthy and edifying vehicles of grace that can bring us
to compunction and the contemplation of God’s ineffable love for mankind. Many
of these melodies as we know them are based on hymns composed in the Monas-
tery of Saint Sabbas in the Holy Land.
The prosomia on this CD have been grouped first according to Tone, and
then the branch of the Tone, and within that, in alphabetical order. Further, the
Exapostilaria, in Second and Third Tones, have been grouped together to assist
comparison in learning to distinguish them.

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 The original text and melody of a prosomion are called the “Original Mel-
ody”. In our selection the Original Melody of each hymn will be chanted first,
followed by one or two examples of hymns modeled after it. If the hymns do not
follow exactly the paradigm of the Original Melody, they are called “irregular.”
Where appropriate, the last example demonstrates how a final cadence can be in-
serted in place of the simple ending. In some cases minor variants occur, which
will be mentioned specifically later on.

The Notation and Execution of the Music

Regarding the notation on the music page itself, two things in particular need
to be mentioned: First, the bold-print capital letters which appear above certain
notes in the staff are the notes for the “ison”. (In short, the ison is the “base note”
upon which the Tone is based and is chanted by a lesser number of chanters as a
foundation and support for the melody.) For example, if D appears above the first
note of a hymn the “isocrats”, i.e., the ison-holders, are to chant the text on the
note ‘D’ until another letter appears, changing to that note. The abbreviation “Un.”
signifying “unison”, guides the isocrats to chant in unison with the melody until
the next letter appears. An ison note that appears with an arrow pointing down, as
in G
, indicates that a low ‘G’ is to be chanted.
Second, in (all but one of) the hymns of Second Tone and Plagal of Second
Tone, and one hymn in Fourth Tone, a special accidental, ‘ j,’ has been placed in
the staff to indicate the flatting of a note by 1/3 of a step, which does not occur in
general Western music practice. This is placed on ‘A’ and sometimes on low ‘D’.
It sounds just a nuance lower than ‘An ’, but definitely not as low as ‘Ab ’. The Soft
Chromatic scale used in the above mentioned Tones simply cannot be rendered on
the well-tempered piano keyboard. Through much listening and practice one can
learn to produce this new note. In light of the above, we have indicated a “soft
flat” in the notation.
We do not intend to present a comprehensive theory of Neo-Byzantine Eccle-
siastical chant here, but we wish to mention a few things to help the chanter in
execution. One distinctive part of the special flavor of Byzantine chant comes from
the tuning of its four scales. Each branch of each of the eight Tones, while using
one of the four, has its own conventions: melodic formulae, dominant notes, at-
tracted notes, endings and others. Certain notes in each Tone are considered
dominant notes, which have a permanently fixed pitch, and certain other notes
which can be attracted to those dominant notes, (and thus do not have a perma-
nently fixed pitch). For example, in Third Tone, when an ‘E’ is between two
neighboring ‘F’s’, the pitch of the ‘E’ may be pulled higher, i.e., attracted to the
dominant ‘F’s’. Notice that in many of the hymns certain notes are not chanted ex-
actly as they appear on the music page – they might be flatted or sharped in vary-

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ing degrees. Those could be attracted notes, part of the (regular) tuning of the
scale being used, or a convention of the Tone. In the Soft Chromatic scale, the
force of the dominant note ‘G’ is so strong that the note ‘A’ is permanently at-
tracted down towards it and, therefore, ‘A j ’ is part of the regular tuning of the
scale. We have included it in the key signature.
A common practice in Byzantine chant is to double the octave of the ison,
meaning, for example, to sing both a high and a low ‘G’ even though only a G is
above the note. This doubling is particularly effective in the hymns that use the
Soft Chromatic scale as it gives a fullness and richness to the sound. Very beauti-
ful examples of ison doubling can be heard in recordings from the Vatopaidi and
Simonopetra Monasteries of Mount Athos available from our monastery.
The words “irregular” and “variant” were mentioned earlier. We use these
terms to show that there is some difference between the paradigm of the Original
Melody and a hymn that has a slightly different number of syllables (and the
added or subtracted notes, which accompany them). Those changes have been in-
dicated by using small notes for the additional notes. In almost all cases, the
hymns of the new English language Menaion follow the paradigm exactly. Vari-
ants, however, are not indicated in the text. Therefore, it is best to study the
hymns before chanting them, in order to properly accommodate any irregularities.

Notes on the Hymns

First Tone
In While Gabriel was saying, the Original Melody is used only as a concluding
Theotokion, and so we have included it here as the last example. This hymn also
presents a variant in the notes of the concluding phrases with the triple “Glory…”
The soldiers standing guard is chanted from ‘A’ with the ison note ‘D’. Another tra-
dition, more common among Greek chanters, is to chant this hymn from ‘A’ but
with the Soft Chromatic scale, treating the note ‘A’ as if it were ‘G’, the base
note. In that case the final ending and “Glory; both now” of Second Tone should
be used.
Second Tone
Since With what fair crowns never appears as a Theotokion, “Glory; both now” and
a final ending have not been provided.
Different than the other hymns of Second Tone on this recording, O house of
Ephratha uses the Hard Chromatic scale, as indicated in the key signature, rather
than the Soft Chromatic.

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 Third Tone
The Original Melody of Awed by the beauty is irregular and is not included as an
example. The music for it can be found in the hymnal Selected Byzantine Hymns.
That which came to pass is really not a prosomion but the heirmos to the Ninth Ode
of the Matins Canon from the Feast of the Meeting of the Lord in the Temple.
We have included it in our selection because of its importance in that Feast and its
beauty - a high point of the Feast.
Third Tone Exapostilaria
From the Heights our Saviour, Christ – Versions 1 and 2, are two settings of the same
hymn from two different chanting traditions. The first is from the Heirmologion
from the Polychronachis Publishers of Crete, and the second from the Pandektis’
Heirmologion from Greece, both claiming Ioannis Protopsaltis of Constantinople
as hymnographer. We use both versions - the first version for Great Feasts like
the Nativity of our Saviour and Theophany, and the second for other days of the
year.
O ye Apostles from afar is also from the Polychronachis Heirmologion.
Fourth Tone with B n
(If desired, all of the hymns in this branch of Fourth Tone may be chanted in the
Soft Chromatic scale as we do in our example Thou, Who Wast raised up – Kon-
takion, with G as ison and base note.)
Joseph was amazed – Dismissal Hymn, shows another important variant in the mel-
ody due to a different number of syllables in the last lines.
Thou, Who Wast raised up – Dismissal Hymn, is also used as a Sessional Hymn and
Kontakion, whereas Thou Who Wast raised up – Kontakion, is used only as a Kon-
takion. In our practice, we use the one labeled “ – Kontakion” for Great Feasts
only.
Thou, Who Wast raised up – Kontakion, shows a variant melody in the last line.

Fourth Tone – Palatine Mode

Joseph was amazed – Sessional Hymn, is from yet another branch of Fourth Tone
known either by its musical introduction, the apékhema “Nenanó,” or Palatine
Mode. It uses the Hard Chromatic scale.

Plagal of First Tone

Rejoice shows a variation in the melody on the first note. The first syllable “Re-“
requires an extra note to be added in order to accommodate the unaccented addi-
tional syllable at the beginning.

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 Plagal of Second Tone
Angels in the Heavens does not have a metered Original Melody in English.
Ere the morning star shows again a variant in the last line, which requires the
chanters to adapt the syllables to the music.

Plagal of Fourth Tone

By conceiving the Wisdom has a variant in the melody near the end.
O strange wonder has a variant in the first line.
To thee, the champion leader, one of the best-known and loved hymns of the
Church, has an Original Melody in English, which is irregular. It can be found
in Selected Byzantine Hymns.
When the Bodiless one also has an irregular Original Melody; it is also to be found
in Selected Byzantine Hymns.

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 Other Resources
The hymnal Selected Byzantine Hymns contains some of the irregular Original
Melodies of the prosomia presented here. In the introduction to the Menaion you
will find more extensive information on prosomia and the services of the Church.
The Menaion contains all of the hymns for the Saints of the day and fixed Feasts.
Both are available from Holy Transfiguration Monastery.
Online: The website stanthonysmonastery.org/music/Index.html has helpful
articles and music in English in both western and Byzantine notation. Another
very large resource is the website analogion.com, which has many recordings,
sheet music and facsimiles of originals, articles and discussions pertaining to Byz-
antine music and performance, as well as links to other useful sites. Many won-
derful recordings of Byzantine chant performed by various choirs and chanters are
available from our monastery catalog or website: thehtm.org.

M ay these hymns be for the adornment of the C hurch’s holy services

And to the glory of G od!

Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, Massachusetts

December, 2005

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first tone  Hymns Chanted from ‘D’
O All-lauded Martyrs
D C
&b œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ
O all - laud - ed Mar - tyrs of the Lord, lo, the earth con - cealed
The Ewe - lamb and La - dy free of blame saw her Lamb as He
D C D C
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
you not; but rath - er Heav - en re - ceived you and the gates of Par -
was hang - ing on the Cross, hav - ing nei - ther form nor beau - ty; and

D C
&b œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ
a - dise wel - comed you and o - pened. And as ye now dwell
she cried, mourn - ing Him with dir - ges: Woe to me, my sweet -

D
&b œ ˘. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
there - in, ye joy - ful - ly par - take of the Tree of Life.
est Child! My most be - lov - ed Son, tell me, whith - er hath

C D F
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ
Thus, in - ter - cede, we pray, with the Mas - ter, ev - en Christ
Thy beau - ty fled a - way? Whith - er went Thy maj - es - ty

D C
&b œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ
the Lord, that He grant peace and great mer - cy
of form and the shin - ing grace of Thy fair

D
& b œ œ œ . œj ˘ .
to our souls.
coun - te - nance?
Final Ending: First Tone
rit. C D
&b œ œ œ . œj œ œ ˘ œ b˘ ˘.
coun - te - nance?

O strange Wonder
D
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘
O strange won - der, great and mar - vel - lous! For the fount of life is
We have seen an - oth - er An - tho - ny in thy fights with de - mons;

C D
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
laid with - in a sep - ul - chre; a lad - der to Hea - ven’s heights doth
an Ar - sen - i - us the Great in still - ness and deep - est si - lence

C D C D
&b œ œ œ œ œ . œj ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘
œ œ
the small grave be - come. Be glad, O Geth - se - ma - ne,
of the mind and lips; a Sym - e - on who hath stood

C D
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ
thou sanc - tu - a - ry of her that gave birth to God. Ye faith -
a thou - sand nights on a pil - lar of flin - ty stone. O Ser -
C
&b œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ
ful, let us cry out, pos - sess - ing as our com - man - der great Ga -
a - phim, thou didst strive for the dis - tin - guish - ing vir - tue of ev’ -

D
œ nœ œ nœ œ bœ œ ˘
D F
&b œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ
bri - el: Maid - en full of grace, re - joice thou, with thee is the
ry Saint. Proph - ets, Mar - tyrs, and A - pos - tles, An - gels, right - eous
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&b œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ
Lord our God, Who a - bun - dant - ly grant - eth His great mer -
and the just, mar - velled at thee from Heav - en, see - ing how

C D
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ . œj ˘ .
cy to the world through thee.
their gra - ces shone in thee.
Final Ending:
D rit. C D
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ b˘ ˘ .
˘
how their gra - ces shone in thee.

Thou Art the Joy

D C
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘
Thou art the joy of the heav - en - ly or - ders found on
Un - der the shel - ter of thy god - ly wings, we flee for
Since thou dost shine all a - bout with ce - les - tial beams of

D C D C
& b ˘. œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ
œ
high, and of us men up - on earth, a strong help and pro -
help, thou God - like mind, O Mi - chael, hav - ing faith in thy
light and with Christ’s might - y pow - er ev - er grant - est thy

D
&b œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
tec - tion. Save us, O pure Vir - gin and Moth - er of
good - ness: Shel - ter and pre - serve us through - out all our
heal - ings of both the soul and bo - dy, O bless - ed of

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 First Tone
C D
&b ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘. œ œ œ
God, as we flee un - to thee in faith; for af - ter
life; and draw nigh in the hour of death, O great Arch -
God, nev - er cease thou to pray for them who now ob -

&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ
God, we have set all our hope on thee, seek - ing
an - gel, be pres - ent with each of us, as a
serve thy me - mo - ri - al faith - ful - ly, won - der -

C D
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ ˘.
re - fuge in thy might - y strength.
gra - cious help in time of need.
work - ing Fa - ther Spyr - i - don.

Final Ending:
C rit. D C D
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ ˘ œ b˘ ˘.
won - der - work - ing Fa - ther Spyr - i - don.

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 First Tone
The Three Most Great Luminaries
D
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘
The three most great lu - mi - na - ries of the Three - Sun Di - vin - i - ty

F D C
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
have il - lu - mined all of the world with the rays of doc - trines di - vine

D F
&b œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ
and true; they are the sweet - ly flow - ing ri - vers of wis - dom who with god -

D C D
&b œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘
ly know - ledge have wa - tered all cre - a - tion in clear and might - y streams:

&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ ˘
The great and sa - cred Ba - sil, and the The - o - lo - gian wise Gre - go - ry,
F D C
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ
to - geth - er with the re - nowned John the famed Chrys - o - stom of gold - en
D F
&b ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ
speech. Let us all who love their di - vine - ly wise words come to - geth - er,

& b œ nœ œ bœ œ œ œ
D
˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
hon - our - ing them with hymns; for cease - less - ly they of - fer

C D
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . œj ˘ .
en - treat - y for us to the Trin - i - ty.
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while gabriel was saying

D
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘
The lad - der of di - vine vir - tue, thou didst scale with ar - dour,
While Ga - bri - el was say - ing Re - joice to thee, O Vir - gin,
C
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
and thou didst at - tain to the height of di - vine no - e - tic
at his voice the Mas - ter of all things took flesh with - in thy
D
&b œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ
vi - sion, re - ceiv - ing re - flec - tions pure and clear re - veal - ing the
pure womb. He dwelt in thee as His ho - ly ark as spake the right -
C D
& bœ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
di - vine mys’ - tries of Christ. Hence we hon - our thee with pi - e - ty,
eous Da - vid in the psalms. And in bear - ing thy Cre - a - tor, thou
C D
&b œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ ˘ œ œ œ
as we cry, Ge - ra - si - mus, thou God - bear - er: Glo - ry to Christ,
wast shown forth more spa - cious than all the Heav - ens. Glo - ry to Him

F
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
Who hath giv - en thee strength. Glo - ry to Him Who hath
that willed to dwell in thee. Glo - ry to Him that came

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œ œ œ
G D
&b œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
crowned thee. Glo - ry to Him Who work - eth heal -
forth from thee. Glo - ry to Him that, through thy bring - ing*

C D
&b œ œ œ œ œ . œj ˘ .
ings for all through thee.

Final Ending:
rit. C D
&b ˘ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ b˘ ˘.
* This particular hymn is always chanted
as a final hymn. Therefore, only the final
ending is given with it.
forth, hath de - liv - ered us.

Glory; both now. From ‘D’

D
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
Glo - ry to the Fa - ther, and to the Son, and

C D
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘.
to the Ho - ly Spir - it.

D
&b œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
Both now and ev - er, and un - to the a - ges

C D
&b œ œ œ œ œ ˘.
of a - ges. A - men.

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 First Tone. A

the soldiers standing guard

Chanted from ‘A ’
D
&b œ ˘ œ œ œ œ ˘ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
The sol - diers stand - ing guard at Thy tomb, O my Sav -
When Christ God had been born for our sakes from the Vir -

&b ˘ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ ˘ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ
iour, be - came as dead on see - ing the light - ning - like
gin, thou faith - ful - ly didst fol - low Him, keep - ing His
A
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
&b œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ
An - gel who preached to the wom - en of Thine a - ris -
sta - tutes and heed - ing His sa - cred laws, O au - gust

œ œ bœ D
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ ˘ nœ ˘ œ
ing, O Ho - ly Lord: Thee we glo - ri - fy, Who
Ma - ry Mag - da - lene. Hence, as we to - day ob -

A
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ ˘ nœ œ nœ œ œ
hast a - bol - ished cor - rup - tion; Thee do we a -
serve thy ho - ly re - mem - brance, we re - ceive the

D
&b ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ
dore, Who from the grave hast a - ris - en and Who a -
loos - ing of our sins and trans - gress - ions through thy ho -

&b œ œ œ œ ˘.
lone art our God.
ly prayers for us.
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 First Tone. A
Final Ending:
D rit. C D
&b œ ˘ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ b˘ ˘.
for us.

Glory; both now. From ‘A’

D
&b œ œ œ œ W œ ˘.
Glo - ry to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spir - it.

D
&b œ W œ œ œ ˘.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of a - ges. A - men.

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second tone  Hymns Chanted from ‘G’

Thou Soughtest the Heights

F G
&j œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘
Thou sought - est the heights, though part - ed not from things be - low;
Thou left - est be - hind all earth - ly cares and tur - bu - lence,

E
&j œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘
thy pil - lar be - came a char - i - ot of fire for thee.
and led - dest a life of still - ness and tran - quil - li - ty,

Un. G
&j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
Thou be - cam - est there - by a true com - pan - ion of the
em - u - la - ting John the Bap - tist in ev - ’ry way, O

œ œ œ
E
&j œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ ˘ œ
an - gel - ic host; and to - geth - er with them, O Saint, thou
most right - eous one. Where - fore, we ac - claim thee with him, O

G
&j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘.
cease - less - ly pray - est Christ God for us all.
Fa - ther of Fa - thers, right - eous An - tho - ny.

Final Ending:
E G rit. Un. F G
&j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ b˘ ˘.
O Fa - ther of Fa - thers, right - eous An - tho - ny.

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 Second Tone

When He Took Thee

G
&j ˘ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ ˘ œ nœ œ œ
When he took Thee dead from off the Tree, the Ar - i - ma -
Smit - ten with de - sire and love for Christ, ea - ger - ly did

&j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘
the - an pre - pared Thee with fin - est lin - en and myrrh
Hel - en, the moth - er whence sprang the sci - on most sweet,

&j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ
that he might give bur - i - al to Thee, the Life of
haste to Ho - ly Si - on till she found the ho - ly

F G
&j ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
˘ œ
all. Then, com - pelled by his fer - vent love, he longed to em - brace
place where our Sav - iour was cru - ci - fied, de - sir - ing to save

œ œ
&j ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ
Thee and to press Thy spot - less Bo - dy to his heart and
us. And when through her dil - i - gence, she there had found the

F G
&j ˘ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ
lips. But his fear and rev’ - rence re - strained him, whilst
Cross and had raised it up with great long - ing, she

œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ
&j œ œ
with joy he cried to Thee: Glo - ry to Thy con - de -
re - joiced and cried a - loud: Glo - ry be to Him Who

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 Second Tone
G
&j œ
F
œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘.
scen - sion, O Thou Friend of man.
grant - ed me mine ar - dent hope.

Final Ending:
rit. G F G
&j œ
F
œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ b˘ ˘.
grant - ed me mine ar - dent hope.

Glory; both now. Chanted from ‘G’

&j œ
G
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
Glo - ry to the Fa - ther, and to the Son, and to the

&j œ œ œ œ œ ˘.
Ho - ly Spir - it.

G
&j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
Both now and ev - er, and un - to the a - ges

&j œ œ œ œ œ ˘.
of a - ges. A - men.

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 Second Tone

With What Fair Crowns

G
& j œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . œj ˘ œ
With what fair crowns of praise shall we crown bless -
Thou wast a morn whose light nev - er ceased, right -

&j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ ˘ œ #œ œ
ed Pe - ter and Paul the A - pos - tles? Who, af - ter
eous Fa - ther, di - vine A - tha - na - sius; and them that

&j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ
the bo - dy were far a - part, yet in the Spir -
were blind with the pas - sions’ gloom, thou drew - est un -

œ œ œ œ œ œ . œj œ œ œ ˘
F E G
&j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
it were bound as one; the fore - most a - mong
to un - wan - ing light with thy shin - ing bea -

&j œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ
˘ œ œ œ ˘
the God - pro - claim - ers: the one as the lead - er of
con fire of grac - es; and so when thou hadst in - creased

& j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . œj œ œ œ ˘
F E G
œ œ œ
the a - pos - to - lic choir; the oth -
the ta - lent giv - en thee, Christ showed

œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . œj
F E
&j ˘
er as hav - ing la - boured more than all
thee to be a heal - er of af - flict -

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 Second Tone
G F
&j œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ ˘ œ
the rest. For they are crowned with the lau - rels of
ed souls, who with the sword of thy coun - sels cut -

. j G
& j nœ ˘ œ b œ œ nœ œ œ œ ˘ œ jœ nœ œ œ œ ˘
im - mor - tal glo - ry, as is tru - ly right and
test out the fes - ter of in - cur - a - ble sores

&j œ œ œ ˘ œ n˘
F
œ œ n˘ œ œ nœ œ œ ˘
fit - ting, in Heav - en by Christ our God,
and wounds, while giv - ing a sav - ing health

œ œ
G
&j œ œ jœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
Who grant - eth great mer - cy
to all them that draw nigh

j
& j œ . œ œ œ œ ˘.
to the world.
un - to thee.

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 O House of Ephratha Second Tone

Chanted from ‘D’

#bb D C D
& ˘ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘
O house of Eph - ra - tha, au - gust and ho - ly cit - y,
Chant thou in pro - phe - cy and strike thy harp, O Da - vid;
O land of Za - bu - lon, and ye be - yond the Jor - dan,

#bb C D
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ
thou glo - ry of the Proph - ets, pre - pare the house where -
be - hold, the The - o - to - kos, the fruit of thine own
give ear, for Christ now com - eth, the Light and the Sal -

#bb C D
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ ˘.
in the Di - vine One shall be born for us.
loins, giv - eth birth to Christ our God to - day.
va - tion, the Ran - som and De - liv - er - ance.
Final Ending:
#bb D C rit. D C D
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ ˘ ˘.
the Ran - som and De - liv - er - ance.

Glory; both now. Chanted from ‘D’

#bb D C D
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ ˘.
Glo - ry to the Fath - er, and to the Son, and to the Ho - ly Spir - it.

#bb D
œ C D
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
& œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ ˘.
Both now and ev - er, and un - to the a - ges of a - ges. A - men.

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exapostilaria  Second Tone

Hearken, Ye Women
G F E
&j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ ˘ œ nœ œ œ œ
Heark - en, ye wom - en, and give ear un - to the voice
Brought in - to bond - age in thy youth, thou didst es - cape

G F
&j œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ
œ œ
of joy for I have tram - pled down ty - rant Ha - des and raised
cap - ti - vi - ty; but as a pris’ - ner of Je - sus, thou didst

E G
&j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
the world from cor - rup - tion. Hast - en ye quick - ly and
re - turn to thy cap - tors. And with a heart that burned

F E G

œ œ
& j #œ ˘ œ nœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
˘
pro - claim the glad - some ti - dings to My friends; for I have
with love thou didst re - pay them by a life of jour - neys,

&j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
willed that joy shine forth thence up - on all My cre - a -
pe - rils, pains, and cares to save the whole land of Ire -

E
&j ˘ œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ œ œ ˘.
tion from whence there first came forth sor - row.
land. Great is thy glo - ry, O Pat - rick.

Final Ending:
G Un. rit. F G
&j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ b˘ ˘.
Great is thy glo - ry, O Pat - rick.

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 Upon That Mount In Galilee Second Tone

The Original Melody is irregular

G F E
&j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ ˘ œ nœ œ œ œ œ
O thou Great Mar - tyr The - o - dore, our Christ’s re - nowned com -
O Vir - gin, thou in song wast called a cur - dled but - ter

G F E
&j œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ
mand - er, thou god - ly gem and or - na - ment of hon - oured tro -
moun - tain by Da - vid, thy pro - ge - ni - tor; a rod, by great

G F E
&j œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ ˘ œ œ œ
phy - bear - ers, O great in wis - dom and cour - age, cease not to
E - sai - as; and god - ly Sol - o - mon clear - ly called thee a

G
&j œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ #œ œ
ask that vic - t’ry may be con - ferred up - on the Church, last - ing
couch, O La - dy, in his pro - phe - tic Song of Songs; in a

E
&j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ
peace on the whole world, and for us all, who ob - serve thy
lad - der did Ja - cob see thee por - trayed, O pure The - o -

G
&j œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ
me - mo - ry bright with splen - dour, com - plete for - give - ness of our
to - kos; while yet an - oth - er called thee a gate by which our

F E
&j ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘.
sins, and that we find sal - va - tion.
God re - newed man’s fall - en na - ture.

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 Second Tone
Final Ending:
Un. rit. F G
&j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ b˘ ˘.
re - newed man’s fall - en na - ture.

While Thy Disciples Looked on Thee

E
&j œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ ˘
While Thy di - sci - ples looked on Thee, Thou as - cen - dedst, O Christ,
The ranks on high stand trem - bling in fear be - fore Christ, un - a -

G
&j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ ˘
un - to the Fa - ther to sit be - side Him. An - gels hast - ened,
ble to be - hold the tran - scen - dent bright - ness of His in - ex -

F
&j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘
E
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
run - ning on be - fore and cried: Lift ye the gates up, lift
press - i - ble Di - vin - i - ty; yet thou didst hold Him in

Un. G E
&j œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ
them up, for the Lord King hath as - cen - ded un - to His
thy womb when He took flesh from thine hon - oured and ho - ly

&j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘.
bright pri - mal glo - ry.
blood, O pure Vir - gin.

Final Ending:
G Un. rit. F G
&j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ b˘ ˘.
and ho - ly blood, O pure Vir - gin.

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third tone Hymns Chanted from ‘F’

Awed by the Beauty *

F G F
&b œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ
In - com - pre - hen - si - ble and in - ex - pli - ca - ble is the
Come, let us all bless Job, that pure and blame - less man, who in

G F
&b œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ
dread mys - te - ry that hath been wrought in thee, O all - pure La -
the Spir - it’s strength was an im - mov - a - ble and might - y pil -

D Un.
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ
dy, Queen of all, thou Maid - en full of di - vine grace. For thou
lar that stood firm be - fore all the foe’s de - vi - ces. Let us

F G F
&b œ œ ˘ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ
didst con - ceive the One Who is un - cir - cum - scrib - a - ble and didst
sing his praise in faith; he is tru - ly a ve - ry great ser - vant

C
&b œ œ ˘ ˘ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ
bear Him wrapped in flesh from thy whol - ly un - taint - ed blood. Since
of our Sav - iour Christ, and he plead - eth in our be - half, im -

F
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ
He is thine own Son, do thou al - ways im - plore Him to grant our
plor - ing Christ with ear - nest en - trea - ty to res - cue our souls from

&b œ
* The Original Melody is irregular.
œ ˘ ˘. The music for it can be found on p. 39 of Selected Byzantine Hymns

souls sal - va - tion.

ev’ - ry per - il.
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 Third Tone
Final Ending:
rit. C Un.
& b œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ ˘ œ œ ˘.
our souls from ev’ - ry per - il.

On This Day the Virgin

F G
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ œ
On this day the Vir - gin bear - eth the Tran - scen - dent in
In as - ce - tic dis - ci - pline, thou wast made fair as a
F
&b œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
es - sence; to the Un - ap - proach - a - ble
vir - gin; then, O famed Fe - bro - ni - a,

G F
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ ˘ nœ ˘
the earth doth of - fer a small cave; An - gels join
thou shon - est forth as a mar - tyr; with thy lamp
G
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘
in choir with shep - herds in giv - ing glo - ry;
in hand, thou ran - nest un - to thy Bride - groom,

F G
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ
with a star the Ma - gi trav - el up - on their jour -
hav - ing watched through - out the night of mar - tyr - ic suff ’ -

F
œ œ œ œ œ œ
&b ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
ney; for our sakes is born a young Child, He that ex - ist -
rings. And since thou art crowned in glo - ry, thou in - ter - ced -

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 Third Tone

&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘.
ed be - fore the a - ges as God.
est for them that praise thee with faith.

Final Ending:
F rit. C Un.
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ ˘ œ œ ˘.
for them that praise thee with faith.

the Power of thy cross

D C F
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ
The pow - er of Thy Cross, O Lord, in truth is ver - y great: for it was
When thou didst see thy Son sus - pend - ed life - less on the Tree, O blame - less

D C
&b œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ
fixed in one place, yet doth a - vail through - out the world; and of fish -
Vir - gin Moth - er, thou bit - ter - ly didst cry a - loud: O my most

œ œ œ œ . œj œ œ
F
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘
er men it made di - vine A - pos - tles, and of the na - tions, Mar -
be - lov - ed Child whith - er de - part - ed the beau - ty of Thy vi -

&b ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
j
œ ˘.
tyrs, that they might ev - er in - ter - cede for our sal - va - tion.
sage, which Thou hast will - ing - ly now hid in death’s dark shad - ow?

Final Ending:
F rit. C Un.
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ ˘ œ œ ˘.
will - ing - ly now hid in death’s dark shad - ow?
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 Third Tone
That Which Came to Pass in thee
F
œ œ œœ œ
C j F ˘
&b œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ. œ ˘ œ œ œœœ
That which came to pass in thee we in no
Him Whom min - i - sters a - bove serve with trem -
In Thy na - ture, Thou art One, yet in Per -

F
D E
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
C
œ œ œ œ
&b œ œœ œ œ ˘
wise com - pre - hend, not the An - gels, nor
bling and with awe, here be - low doth Sym -
sons, Thou art Three: Keep Thy ser - vants from

j F D Un.
&b œ œ. œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘.
we men, O thou Vir - gin Moth - er pure.
me - on now take in his arms’ em - brace.
all harm, who be - lieve and trust in Thee.

Final Ending:
rit.
F D C Un.
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ ˘ œ œ ˘.
be - lieve and trust in Thee.

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 Third Tone
Thy Confession
C D F C
&b œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ
Thy con - fes - sion of the one di - vine Faith showed thee
Let the moun - tain - tops and vales of Geor - gia sound with
D F
&b œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ ˘
to the Church to be a new Paul and a zeal - ot a -
songs of praise to laud Ta - ma - ra as the ves - sel of

D C
&b œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ
mong priests, O ho - ly one. The right - eous blood both of
wis - dom, the smil - ing sun, the sword of truth, the con -

F
&b œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ
A - bel and Za - cha - ry with thee doth cry out to - geth -
ver - sion of in - fi - dels, the most har - mo - ni - ous reed -

D C
&b œ œ ˘ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
er un - to the Lord. Right - eous Fa - ther, in - ter - cede
pipe of Je - sus Christ, and our fer - vent in - ter - ces -

F
&b œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ œ
with Christ God in our be - half that His great mer - cy may be grant -
sor be - fore the King of Kings, en - treat - ing Him to grant great mer -

Un.
&b œ œ œ œ œ ˘.
ed un - to us.
cy un - to us.

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 Third Tone
Final Ending:
rit. C Un.
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ ˘ œ œ ˘.
grant great mer - cy un - to us.

Glory; both now. Chanted from 'F'

C F D
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
Glo - ry to the Fa - ther, and to the Son, and to the

&b œ œ œ œ ˘.
Ho - ly Spir - it.

C F D
&b œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ ˘
Both now, and ev - er, and un - to the a - ges of a -

&b œ œ ˘.
ges. A - men.

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 Third Tone

exapostilaria 
From the Heights our Saviour, Christ
Version # 1

F C F
&b œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ nœ
From the heights our Sav - iour, Christ, the Day -
In the Jor - dan Riv - er’s streams, the Sav -

j C
3

&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ
spring of the East, is come to vi - sit us; and we,
iour, Who is grace and truth, hath o - pen - ly ap - peared

& b œ #œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ n˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ #œ
who once were in the shad - ow and
to all and hath en - light - ened them

œ œ nœ œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ
F C

&b œ œ ˘ œ œ ˘ œ
the dark, be - hold, now we have found the truth; for
that once slept in the shad - ow and the dark; for

F
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘.
from a ho - ly Vir - gin, the Lord hath been born to - day.
He hath come and shone forth, the Light un - ap - proach - a - ble.

Final Ending:
C F rit. C Un.
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ ˘ œ œ ˘.
the Lord hath been born to - day.
the Light un - ap - proach - a - ble.

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 Third Tone

From the Heights our Saviour, christ

Version # 2

F D C F D
& b œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ
œ
From the heights our Sav - iour, Christ, the Day - spring of the East,
In the Jor - dan Riv - er’s streams, the Sav - iour, Who is grace

Un. F D C F D
&b œ ˘ œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ ˘ œ œ
œ
is come to vi - sit us; and we, who once were in the shad - ow
and truth, hath o - pen - ly ap- peared to all and hath en - light - ened

E F G D
&b œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ
and the dark, be - hold, now we have found the truth; for from a
them that once slept in the shad - ow and the dark; for He hath

C F
&b œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ ˘ .
œ
ho - ly Vir - gin, the Lord hath been born to - day.
come and shone forth, the Light un - ap - proach - a - ble.

Final Ending:
rit.
C F C Un.
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ nœ ˘ œ ˘ œ œ ˘ .
the Lord hath been born to - day.
the Light un - ap - proach - a - ble.

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 Third Tone
O Changeless Light
E F D C F
&b œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ
œ
O Change - less Light of the Light of Thine un - be - got -
Na - ture and time have been made new by thee a - lone,

E F D
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ
ten Be - get - ter, to - day, O Word, have we now
as God’s Moth - er; for in - cor - rupt is thy child -

C F
&b ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ ˘ œ nœ œ
œ
seen, in Thy Light’s man - i - fes - ta - tion the Fa - ther
birth, and in - cor - rupt is thy rai - ment, where with thou

G D
&b œ œ œ œ œ œœœ ˘ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ ˘
and Ho - ly Spir - it as Light on Ta - bor,
shelt’ - rest the faith - ful and mak - est might - y

C F
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ ˘.
guid - ing with light all cre - a - tion.
the scep - tres of true re - li - gion.

Final Ending:
rit.
C F C Un.
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ ˘ œ œ ˘.
the scep - tres of true re - li - gion.

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 Third Tone

O ye apostles from afar

F D >
& b œ œ œ b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ . œ œj œ œ œj œ ˘
With hymns let all of us hon - our
As she that seed - less - ly bare Thee

C F
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ
John the Fore - run - ner and Bap - tist of Christ the
stood at Thy Cross in great mourn - ing, she cried: A -

D > C
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ ˘ . œ œj œ œ œj œ ˘ œ œ
Sav - iour and Mast - er, the Proph -
las! O be - lov’d Son, my sweet -

œ œ œ œ
F G
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ ˘ œ
et sprung from a Proph - et, the de - sert’s ven’ - ra -
est Child, how hast Thou now set from the eyes of

D C F
&b œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ ˘ .
œ œ
ble nurs - ling, and chaste E - liz - a - beth’s off - spring.
Thy Moth - er? How art Thou reck - oned with dead men?

Final Ending:
D C rit. Un.
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ ˘ œ œ ˘.
How art Thou reck - oned with dead men?

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 Third Tone
Thou Who As God Adornest
F D C F D Un.
&b œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œœ œ
Thou Who as God a - dorn - est and dost be - deck the sky with
Thou who wast once a plough - man wast made a Proph - et of the

F D C F D
& b ˘ œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ ˘ œ œ
œ
stars, and Who dost send forth Thine An - gels, through them, en - light’ - ning
Lord; and with E - li - as’ - s man - tle, his spir - it two - fold

Un. F G C
&b œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘
œ
all the earth, O Thou Cre - a - tor of all things, save
didst thou gain. Where - fore, O great E - lis - se - us, with

F
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ ˘ .
them that hymn Thee with prais - es.
him we hon - our and praise thee.

Final Ending:
rit.
F C Un.
&b œ œ ˘ œ ˘ œ œ ˘.
and praise thee.

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 Third Tone
While Standing in the Temple’s Courts
D C F
& b œ bœ œ œ œ œ œœ œ ˘
œ nœ œ œ
œ œ
While stand - ing in the Tem - ple’s Courts, hav - ing come in the
The Pro - phet named Him O - ri - ent Who dawned forth from a

D C
& b œ bœ œ œ ˘ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ
Spir - it, the El - der took in - to his arms the Law’s
Vir - gin as from a cloud - less fir - ma - ment and brought

F G
&b œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ ˘ œ nœ œ œ œ œ œ œœ
Mas - ter, and cried out: Lord, let me now de - part
light to the whole world and shined His truth on East

F G C F E F D
&b œ ˘ œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ bœ
œ œ
in peace from the shack - les of the flesh as Thou hast said;
and West, to the earth’s re - mot - est ends. Now with the Moth -

C F
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ
œ œ
for mine eyes have seen the full rev - e - la -
er that bare Him, like to o - ri - ent gem -

G C
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘
˘ œ
tion that shall light - en the na - tions, and
stones cut and pol - ished in tor - ments, the

F
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ ˘.
Is - ra - el’s own sal - va - tion.
Mar - tyrs blaze with His glo - ry.
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Final Ending:
C F rit. C Un.
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ ˘ œ œ ˘.
the Mar - tyrs blaze with His glo - ry.

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fourth tone  Hymns Chanted from ‘E’
As One Valiant
E
& œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ ˘ œ œ œ
œ
As one val - iant in mar - tyr - dom, tro - phy - bear - er, Great Mar -
With a daz - zling bright ra - di - ance, thou, O Mi - chael, dost stand

D E
& œ ˘ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘
tyr George, on this day we gath - er to chant thee hymns of praise;
be - fore the Three - Sun Di - vin - i - ty with the Hosts on high,

D E
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ bœ
œ œ
for thou hast fin - ished the course and hast in - vin - ci - bly kept
O Chief Com - man - der, in joy ex - claim - ing: Ho - ly art Thou,

& œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ bœ œ œ œ
the Faith, and from God thou hast re - ceived thy great vic - to -
O Lord, God the Fa - ther in the heights; Ho - ly art Thou,

D E
& œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ ˘ ˘ œ œ
œ œ
ry’s crown of light; hence en - treat the Lord to de - liv - er from
the Word of God co - be - gin - ning - less; Ho - ly art Thou, Di -

G
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ ˘
œ œ
per - ils and cor - rup - tion them that faith - ful - ly do hon - our
vine and Ho - ly Spir - it: one Di - vin - i - ty, one Pow - er,

D E
& œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ ˘.
thine ev - er - ven’ - ra - ble mem - o - ry.
one Glo - ry, Na - ture, and Sov’ - reign - ty.
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 Fourth Tone
Final Ending:
D rit E D E
& œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ ˘ ˘.
one Glo - ry, Na - ture, and Sov’ - reign - ty.

Lord, When Thou didst Ascend

E Un. E
& ˘ ˘ ˘ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ
Lord, when Thou didst as - cend up - on the Cross, Thou didst ut - ter - ly
There is come now the mid - dle of those days which com-mence with Christ

D E C D
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ
œ œ
o - blit - er - ate our an - ces - tral curse. And go - ing down in -
God’s sav - ing ris - ing and which are sealed by Pen - te - cost, that

E
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
˘ œ
to Ha - des, Thou didst set free those in fet - ters from all a - ges
di - vine day. Il - lu - mi - nat - ed by both the feasts and join - ing

D
& ˘ œ œ œ #œ œ œ bœ œ ˘ nœ œ œ œ œ
past, grant - ing un - to the race of man in - cor - rup - tion for
both, it is ra - di - ant and in truth is now ren - dered ma -

E
& œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ bœ œ ˘ #œ

ev - er; hence, for this cause with hymns do we glo - ri - fy Thy

jes - tic, show - ing and man - i - fest - ing the pres - ence of

D E
& œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ nœ œ œ
#œ œ œ ˘.
life - cre - a - ting and sav - ing Ris - ing from the dead.
the great glo - ry of the As - cen - sion of our Mas - ter, Christ.

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 Fourth Tone
Final Ending:
D rit E D E
& œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ ˘ ˘.
of our Mas - ter, Christ.

O Lord, although I desired to blot out

C D E D
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
O Lord, al - though I de - sired to blot out with my tears the hand - writ -
What man who, be - ing tossed in the tem - pest, flee - eth to this ha - ven

E C D
& œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘
ing of my man - y sins, and for the rest of my life to please Thee
and is not saved from harm? Or who in sor - row and pain doth fall down

E D E C D
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ
through sin - cere re - pen - tance, yet doth the en - e - my lead me a -
be - fore this Phy - si - cian and is not ful - ly healed? O Thou Cre -

E G
& œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ #œ œ œ bœ ˘ œ œ
stray, as he war - reth a - gainst my soul with his cun - ning. O Lord,
a - tor of all things, O Thou Who heal - est the ail - ing: O Lord,

E D E
& bœ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘.
be - fore I ut - ter - ly per - ish, do Thou save me.
be - fore I ut - ter - ly per - ish, do Thou save me.

Final Ending:
D rit E D E
& œ œ œ œ œ
œ ˘ œ œ ˘ ˘.
per - ish, do Thou save me.

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 Fourth Tone

On This Day Thou Hast Appeared

E D E
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
On this day Thou hast ap - peared un - to the whole
O di - vine E - ze - ki - el, as God’s true Proph -

D E
& ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
world, and Thy light, O Sov’ - reign Lord, is signed on us who
et, thou fore - told - est un - to all the In - car - na - tion

C
& œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ
sing Thy praise and chant with know - ledge: Thou hast now come, Thou
of the Lord, the Lamb of God, the Ar - tif - i - cer, the

& #œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ n œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . œj ˘ .
hast ap - peared, O Thou Light un - ap - proach - a ble.
Son of God, the E - ter - nal made man - i - fest.

Final Ending:
C rit G
Un.
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ
˘ œ œ ˘.
the E - ter - nal made man - i - fest.

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 Fourth Tone

Thou Who Wast Called from on high

E D E
œ œ œ œ
& œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ œ œ nœ œ ˘ ˘
Thou who wast called from on high and not by man- kind, when the earth - ly
O seer of mys - t’ries in - ef - fa - ble and ho - ly, thou didst cleave in

& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ bœ
dark - ness had be - dimmed thy flesh - ly eyes, and by this blind - ing, had brought
twain the Riv - er Jor - dan’s run - ning streams; and the de - lu - sion of i -

D Un. E
& œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ
to light and shown forth clear - ly the dis - mal gloom - i - ness of
dols, thou didst burn to ash - es with the fierce light - ning - bolt of

& œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘
im - pi - e - ty, then the light from Heav - en shined its light - ning ra - di - ance
thy god - ly words. When the king trans - gressed, thou didst re - buke him o - pen - ly;

D
& œ œ œ ˘ œ œ bœ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘
up - on the eyes of thy mind, O Paul, there - by re - veal - ing
the shame - ful priests of in - iq - ui - ty, thou bold - ly slew - est;

Un. E D
& œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ
œ
to thee the beau - ty of god - ly pi - e - ty. Hence, thou didst come
and with thy prayer, thou didst burn thy sac - ri - fice. Now with the fire

E
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ
˘
to know the One that doth bring forth light out of dark - ness, yea, Christ
of thy most fer - vent prayer, quench the flam - ing - hot coals of the suf -

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 Fourth Tone
G E D
& œ ˘ œ œ œ œ #œ œ œ bœ nœ ˘ œ œ bœ œ œ
our God. Do thou there - fore en - treat Him to en - light - en and
fer - ings and dis - tress of thy peo - ple, O E - li - as, Proph -

E
& œ œ œ ˘.
to save our souls.
et of the Lord.

Final Ending:
E D rit E D E
& œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ ˘ ˘.
O E - li - as, Proph - et of the Lord.

Unto Them That Fear Thee

E Un. D
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ
Un - to them that fear Thee, Thou, O Lord, hast giv - en Thy pre - cious
Come, all ye that love mar - tyr - ic con - tests, let us be - take our -

E D E
& ˘ œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ ˘ #œ œ œ nœ ˘ œ
Cross as an en - sign of vic - to - ry, where - by Thou hast o - ver -
selves not to Per - sia or an - cient Rome, but un - to the Rus - sian

D E
& ˘ œ œ œ œ ˘ ˘ œ œ #œ œ ˘ œ œ
come all the pow’rs of dark - ness with their prin - ci - pal - i - ties,
land, that di - vine a - re - na, in the which an ar - my of

D
& œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ
and hast brought us back a - gain to the first bless - ed - ness of our an -
Chris - tians, stripped of earth - ly strength, con - tend - ed might - i - ly till they won

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 Fourth Tone
E
& œ ˘ œ œ œ #œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘
œ nœ
cient state; and for this cause, we glo - ri - fy Thy man - be - friend -
the crown. Their blood hath made the earth a Heav - en, while in Heav -

D E G E
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ
œ œ ˘ œ œ
ing e - co - no - my, O my Je - sus, Al - might - y Lord, Thou di -
en their spir - its stand at the throne of the Trin - i - ty, in - ter -

D E
& bœ œ œ œ œ œ ˘.
vine Sav - iour of our souls.
ced - ing in our be - half.
Final Ending:
E D E D E
& œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ ˘ ˘.
in - ter - ced - ing in our be - half.

Glory; both now. Chanted from 'E'

E D
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ
Glo - ry to the Fa - ther, and to the Son, and to the

E
& œ œ ˘ ˘.
Ho - ly Spi - rit.

E
& œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ
Both now and ev - er, and un - to the a - ges of

D E
& œ œ œ œ ˘.
a - ges. A - men.

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fourth tone with B n 
Be Quick to Anticipate
E D E
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ
Be quick to an - tic - i - pate our foes ere we be en - slaved by
By thy di - vine child - birth, thou, O spot - less Maid, hast re - newed the

D
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
them that blas - pheme Thee and that men - ace us with their threats, O mer -
whole mor - tal na - ture of the earth - born, which was cor - rupt with pas -

E
& œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
˘ œ œ
ci - ful Christ our God; by Thy Cross de - feat them that op - pose
sions and dead in sins. Thou hast raised all men from death to life

D
& œ #œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ nœ
us that they may know how might - y is the faith of Or - tho -
pure and end - less. Where - fore, as is due, O thou most glo - ri -

E
& œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
dox Chris - tians, through Thy pure Moth - er’s prayers for us all,
ous Vir - gin, we all now call thee bless - ed, as thou

D E
& œ œ œ ˘ œ ˘.
O on - ly Friend of man.
tru - ly didst proph - e - sy.

Final Ending:
rit D E
& ˘ œ ˘ œ œ ˘ ˘.
proph - e - sy.

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 Fourth Tone with B n
Joseph Was Amazed
Dismissal Hymn
E D E
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘
O Lord Je - sus, un - to Thee Thy lamb doth cry with a great voice:
Be thou rea - dy, Beth - le - hem, E - den hath o - pened un - to all.

& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ ˘
O my Bride - groom, Thee I love; and seek - ing Thee, I now con - test,
Eph - ra - tha, pre - pare thy - self, for now, be - hold, the Tree of life

D E
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ ˘ œ
and with Thy bap - ti - sm am cru - ci - fied and bur - ied. I
hath blos - somed forth in the cave from the ho - ly Vir - gin. Her

& œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ #œ
suf - fer for Thy sake, that I may reign with Thee; for Thy sake I
womb hath proved a true spir - i - tual Par - a - dise, where - in the Di -

D E
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
die, that I may live in Thee: ac - cept me of - fered out of
vine and sav - ing Tree is found, and as we eat there - of we shall

D E
& œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ
long - ing to Thee as a spot - less sac - ri - fice. Lord, save our souls
all live, and shall not *

D E
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘.
through her in - ter - ces - sions, since Thou art great in mer - cy.
* For the remainder of the hymn, see the first two lines of the following page. The Dismissal Hymns for the Eve of the Nativity, the
Forefeast of Theophany, and the Eve of Theophany all follow the same sequence of notes.

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 Fourth Tone with B n
The following two lines complete the Dismissal Hymn for the Forefeast of the Nativity. The hymns for the feasts mentioned in the footnote
below follow this pattern also.

D E
& œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ
die as did A - dam. For Christ is born now to raise the

D E
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘.
im - age that had fall - en a - fore - time.

Final Ending:
D E
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ ˘ ˘.
œ œ
the i - mage that had fall - en a - fore - time.

Thou Who Wast Raised Up

Melody used when Chanted as a Dismissal Hymn
E D E
& œ #œ œ œ œ œ nœ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ #œ œ œ œ
Since thou wast great in zeal for god - ly re - li - gion, thou didst as - sem - ble
When He that bowed the Heav - ens came to save sin - ners, Zac - chae - us, great in

D E D E
& œ nœ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
an al - li - ance of Mar - tyrs, and in their midst, thou shon - est like a
zeal, but lit - tle of sta - ture, be - held the Tree of Life from in the

& œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ ˘ œ œ œ œ
flash - ing star. With the ar - rows that did pierce thy much - suf - fer -
syc - a - more; lift - ed up a - bove the earth, he saw Je - sus,
D
& #œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ
˘ nœ
ing bo - dy, thou didst slay the en - e - my, O Great Mar - tyr
Who called him: com - ing down in low - li - ness, he re - pent - ing,

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E D E
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ #œ œ
˘ œ œ œ
Se - bas - tian; and thou thy - self didst fly as from a bow in - to the
re - ceived Him; and so sal - va - tion came in - to his house, and he was

D E
& œ œ nœ œ œ œ œ œ ˘.
Heav - ens where Christ hath re - ceived thy soul.
shown forth a true son of A - bra - ham.

Final Ending:
E D rit E D E
& œ #œ œ œ œ nœ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ ˘ ˘.
and he was shown forth a true son of A - bra - ham.

Glory; both now. Fourth Tone with B n

E D
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ œ nœ œ
Glo - ry to the Fa - ther, and to the Son, and to the

E
& œ œ œ ˘ ˘.
Ho - ly Spi - rit.

E D
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ œ œ #œ œ œ
Both now and ev - er, and un - to the a - ges of a -

E
& œ nœ ˘.
ges. A - men.

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 Fourth Tone with B n

Thou Who Wast Raised Up

Kontakion
G
&j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ #œ œ ˘
Thou Who wast raised up on the Cross of Thine own will,
The sac - red trea - su - ry of God’s ho - ly glo - ry,

& j #œ œ œ œ œ œ nœ ˘ œ œ œ œ #œ œ ˘
O Christ our God, do Thou be - stow Thy com - pas - sions
the great - ly pre - cious brid - al cham - ber and Vir - gin,

& j œ œ nœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ
up - on this, Thy new com - mon - wealth named af - ter Thee. Glad -
the Sav - iour’s most pure tem - ple, free of stain and un - de - filed, in -

&j œ œ œ œ œ ˘ ˘ œ œ œ œ #œ œ œ œ

den with Thy sov’ - reign might our most Or - tho - dox hier - archs,
to the House of the Lord on this day is brought for - ward and

E
&j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ #œ œ œ œ œ œ œ nœ œ œ œ
and vouch - safe them vic - to - ry o - ver ev’ - ry false teach -
bring - eth with her - self the grace of the Most Di - vine Spir -

F G
&j œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ
ing; and as Thy help in war may they pos - sess the wea - pon
it; her do God’s An - gels hymn with songs of praise, for she
E
&j œ ˘ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ ˘.
œ œ œ œ

of peace, the tro - phy in - vin - ci - ble.

is tru - ly the heav - en - ly ta - ber - na - cle.

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 Fourth Tone, Palatine
Final Ending:
G F G
&j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ b˘ ˘.
the heav - en - ly ta - ber - na - cle.

Glory; both now. Chanted from ‘G’

G
&j W œ ˘
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spir - it.

G
&j œ W œ œ #œ œ œ #œ ˘.
Both now and ever, and unto the a - ges of a - ges. A - men.

Joseph Was Amazed

Palatine Mode–Sessional Hymn

#bb D G
œ
& œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ
Jo - seph was a - mazed to see that which tran - scend - ed
To the Vir - gin un - de - filed, Arch - an - gel Ga - bri -

#bb Un. G
˘
D
œ
& œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘
na - ture’s bounds, for with - out seed, thou, O Maid, didst
el was sent and de - clared to her the joy that

#bb œ
& œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ
œ
both con - ceive and bear a Child. And he re - mem - bered the
doth tran - scend all thought and speech: Thou shalt con - ceive with - out

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 Fourth Tone, Palatine

#bb œ C D
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘. œ œ
œ ˘
blos - som - ing rod of Aar - on, the dew up -
seed and with - out cor - rup - tion. For thou shalt

#bb G
œ
Un. G
˘
& œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘.
on the fleece, and the un - burn - ing bush which
bear a Son, God ere e - ter - ni - ty, and

#bb œ D
œ
& œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘
was not con - sumed, though it was all a - flame.
He shall re - deem His peo - ple from their sins.

#bb
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ
œ
Thus, thy pro - tec - tor and be - trothed cried, as he bare wit -
He bear - eth wit - ness Who hath sent me to say: Re - joice,

#bb C D G D
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ . nœ ˘ #œ nœ œ bœ nœ œ
ness be - fore the priests: A Vir - gin bear - eth
O most bless - ed Maid. The birth is vir - gin,

#bb G
& œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘.
and af - ter child - birth, still re - main - eth a Vir - gin.
and af - ter bear - ing, thou re - main - est a Vir - gin.

Final Ending:

#bb D Un.
& œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ ˘ œ œ ˘.
thou re - main - est a Vir - gin.

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 Fourth Tone, Palatine

Glory; both now. Palatine Mode

#bb D
& W œ ˘ ˘
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spir - it.

#bb D C D
& W œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘
œ .
Both now and ever, and unto the a - ges of a - ges. A - men.

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plagal of first tone  Hymns Chanted from ‘A ’

Let us Worship the Word

& œ œ œ
A
œ œ ˘ G
œ œ œ œ œ
A
œ œ
G A
œ œ œ
Let us wor - ship the Word, O ye faith - ful, prais - ing Him that with the
Let us praise the all - laud - ed and no - ble bride of Christ, the god - ly

& œ œ œ ˘ G
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
A
˘ œ œ œ
Fa - ther and Spir - it is co - be - gin - ning - less God, Who was born
Cath’ - rine, the guar - dian of Si - nai and its de - fence, who is al -

œ œ œ
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ
G A
œ
of a pure Vir - gin that we all be saved; for He was pleased to mount the
so our sup - port and suc - cour and our help; for with the Ho - ly Spir - it’s

G A G A
& ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ ˘
Cross in the flesh that He as - sumed, ac - cept - ing thus to en - dure death.
sword she hath si - lenced bril - liant - ly the clev - er a - mong the god - less;

œ œ œ œ œ
G A Un. F
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ
And by His glo - ri - ous ris - ing, He al - so willed to re -
and be - ing crowned as a Mar - tyr, she now doth ask great mer -

G A
& œ œ œ œ œ ˘.
sur - rect the dead.
cy for us all.
Final Ending: rit.
A Un. G A G A
& œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ b˘ ˘ .
she now doth ask great mer - cy for us all.
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 Plagal of First Tone. A

Glory; both now. Chanted from ‘A ’

Un. A G
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
& œ œ œ œ œ
Glo - ry to the Fa - ther, and to the Son, and to
A
& œ œ œ ˘ ˘.
the Ho - ly Spir - it.
G A
œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
& œ
Both now and ev - er, and un - to the a - ges
G A
& œ œ œ œ œ ˘.
of a - ges. A - men.

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 Plagal of First Tone. A

We the Faithful Bless Thee

G A G A
& œ W œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘
Both now and ever, and unto the a - ges of a - ges. A - men.

G A G A D G A
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ
We the faith - ful bless thee, O Vir - gin The - o - to - kos, and we
When the Ewe and Vir - gin be - held Thee be - ing tak - en like a

DG A A
& œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ
glo - ri - fy thee, as is meet and prop - er: O un - shak - en
lamb to slaugh - ter, then, O Word, she cried out: O most strange au -

& œ œ œ œ ˘
G
œ œ b œ œ œ œ n œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ A˘
cit - y, im - preg - na - ble bat - tle - ment, in - vin - ci - ble pro - tec - tion,
dac - i - ty! how is it these law - less men slay Thee, the Life - be - stow - er?

Last Line of First Verse:

G A Un. A G A
& œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ b˘ ˘ .
and shel - ter - ing ref - uge of our souls.

Last Line of Second Verse:

G A Un. G A G A
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ b˘ ˘.
#œ
Great, in truth, is Thy mer - cy, O my Son!

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 Plagal of First Tone. D

O Righteous Father
Chanted from ‘D’
D
& œ œ œ œ œ nœ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘
œ
O right - eous Fa - ther, The - o - do - sius, thou God - bear - ing Saint,
O right - eous Fa - ther, sa - cred Am - brose, tru - ly graced of God,

G D
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ ˘ œ œ
with fer - vour thou didst strug - gle in this brief tem - por - al life in hym -
thou lyre of sev - en strings ev - er sound - ing forth to us all a sav -

C D
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ
no - dy and vig - ils and con - stant fast - ing. To thy dis -
ing song of Or - tho - dox truth and doc - trines; thou tune - ful

G
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ nœ œ bœ œ
ci - ples thou be - cam - est a rule; thou dost join in cho -
lute of the Di - vine Com - for - ter that most sweet - ly sooth -

D C D
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ
rus now with the flesh - less An - gels, cease - less - ly sing - ing
eth the souls of all the faith - ful; thou art a great in -

G D
&b œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
the praise of Christ, the Word of God come from God, our De -
stru - ment of God, and the most praise - wor - thy trum - pet of

œ œ œ bœ œ œ
C D A
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ nœ
liv - er - er, Who bowed His head be - fore the
all the Church, the most ex - ceed - ing clear and

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 Plagal of First Tone. D
G
œ œ ˘ œ œ œ nœ œ bœ œ ˘ œ
&b œ œ nœ œ bœ œ œ
Bap - tist and Fore - run - ner, and whol - ly sanc - ti - fied
lim - pid fount of grac - es, that wash - eth clean a - way

D C D
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ
the na - ture of the wa - ters. Do thou en - treat Him, do
the fil - thi - ness of pas - sions: Do thou en - treat Christ, do

G
& b nœ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ
thou plead with Him, O right - eous one, that the Church may be
thou plead with Christ, O right - eous one, that the Church may be

D
&b œ œ nœ œ bœ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
grant - ed con - cord, tran - quil - li - ty, great mer - cy, and
grant - ed con - cord, tran - quil - li - ty, great mer - cy, and

G
. j Un.
&b œ œ œ œ œ #œ ˘ .
last - ing u - ni - ty.
last - ing u - ni - ty. -

Final Ending:
A j D
œG rit. C D
& b œ œ œ œ . œ œ #œ œ œ nœ œ œ nœ œ ˘ œ œ b˘ ˘ .
and last - ing u - ni - ty.

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 Plagal of First Tone. D
Rejoice
D
&b œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ
Re - joice, thou treas - ure frag - rant in - deed of great as - cet - i - cal
Wrest - ed from coun - try, kin - dred, and home, to be a stran - ger and

A G
& b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ nœ ˘ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ
con - ten - tions and vic - to - ries; for thou took - est on thy shoul - ders the
a pil - grim up - on the earth, O Pa - trick, thou wast of Heav - en e -

&b œ œ œ œ œ œ
D C
˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ
Cross, de - vot - ing thy - self un - to Christ the Mas - ter, O all - bless - ed
lect - ed e - ven from youth to es - trange the I - rish from i - dol - a -

D A
&b ˘ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ ˘
man; thou ut - ter - ly trod - dest down the ig - no - ble mind of the flesh;
try. Thy kins - men and dear - est friends, coun - try, com - fort, and moth - er tongue,

G D
& b œ œ nœ ˘ ˘ œ œ ˘ œ œ bœ œ ˘ œ œ œ
with all the vir - tues didst thou make thy soul ra - di - ant, and thou took -
e - ven the fa - ces of the longed - af - ter Saints of Gaul, didst thou see

C D A
&b œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ nœ œ œ œ œ œ
est wing to soar up un - to love of God. Where - fore, as we en - com -
no more, in thy care for thy faith - ful flock. While there was an - y strength

DG
˘ œ œ bœ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
& b nœ œ œ
pass thine au - gust and all - ho - ly shrine, we ask by thine in - ter - ces - sions
in thee, thou took - est no rest at all, till thou hadst wrest - ed a peo - ple

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 C D
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ ˘
that we may find God’s great love for man, O all - laud - ed Sab - bas,
out of the snares of the en - e - my, pre - sent - ing the Bride - groom

& b œ nœ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘.
and that peace and His great mer - cy be grant - ed to the world.
with a fair and spot - less bride new - es - poused through thy tra - vails.

Final Ending:
rit. C D
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ b˘ ˘.
new es - poused through thy tra - vails.

Glory; both now. Chanted from ‘D’

D
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
Glo - ry to the Fa - ther, and to the Son, and to the

&b œ œ œ œ ˘.
Ho - ly Spir - it.

D
&b œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
Both now and ev - er, and un - to the a - ges of

&b œ œ œ œ ˘.
a - ges. A - men.

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Plagal of second tone  Hymns Chanted from ‘G’

Angels in the Heavens

(The Original Melody is not metered)

G E G
&j œ œ œ #œ œ œ œ œ œ œ nœ ˘ œ œ œ
Clear - ly shin - ing forth from a Vir - gin Maid in a strange,
Made a babe with - out change, Christ hath ap - peared from a Vir -
Com - ing and ful - fill - ing the writ - ten Law, now the Giv -

E Un. G
& j #œ œ œ œ œ œ œ nœ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ
new fash - ion, the Three - Sun Light hath made bright the
gin, and He doth set a - right our fore - fa - ther
er and the Lord of the Law in the Tem - ple

G
& j œ œ #œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
u - ni - verse past all tell - ing, with the shin - ings of
A - dam’s fall, which, once brought in through trans - gres - sion, passed
of the Law is brought forth as a di - vine Babe by

E
&j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘.
the light - tran - scend - ing God - head.
to all the race of mor - tals.
a pure and Vir - gin Moth - er.

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As It Is Written
E
&j œ œ œ œ #œ œ œ œ nœ ˘ œ œ œ œ #œ œ œ
As it is writ - ten, Thou didst rise the third day from the tomb,
Of old, when Christ was cru - ci - fied, the Vir - gin stood be - side

Un. G
&jœ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ ˘
O Christ, rais - ing al - so the fore - fa - ther of our race;
the Cross with the vir - gin and be - lov’d dis - ci - ple John.

E
&j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
for this cause doth all man - kind ex - tol Thee, whilst ac - claim -
She cried: A - las, how is it Thou suf - fer - est this Pas -

G E
&j ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ ˘ ˘.
œ
ing Thy Re - sur - rec - tion, chant - ing hymns of praise.
sion, O Thou dis - pas - sion of all men, my Christ?

Final Ending:
G Un. rit. F G
&j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ b˘ ˘ .
O Thou dis - pas - sion of all men, my Christ?

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 Plagal of Second Tone

Ere the Morning Star

C
&jœ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ j˘ œ œ œ œ ˘
˘
Ere the morn - ing star from the womb wast Thou born from the Fa - ther moth -
Pa - tri - arch Ger - ma - nus the New as - sem - bled the ac - counts of all
G
& jœ œ œ œ j˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
˘ œ œ
er - less ere the a - ges, though A - ri - us reck - oned Thee not God, but a
of the Sev - en Coun - cils con - vened by the Fa - thers at di - verse times and

&j œ ˘ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
cre - a - tion, rash - ly and sense - less - ly i - den - ti - fy - ing Thee, the
com - piled them in - to a sin - gle rule and can - on, set - ting them all
E
&j œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
Cre - a - tor, with things cre - a - ted, stor - ing up fu - el for the
in or - der. He thus con - firmed their doc - trines, gath’ - ring them in one
Un. G
&j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ ˘
fire e - ter - nal. But the Coun - cil gath - ered in Ni - cae - a
writ - ten re - cord. He es - tab - lished them as fel - low shep - herds
E
& j #œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ ˘ œ œ
pro - claimed that Thou, O Lord, art tru - ly the Son of God, one with
o’er us the flock and as most vig - i - lant sup - pli - ants be - fore
F E
&j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ ˘.
the Fa - ther and the Spir - it in rank.
the Lord, that we may be saved.

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Final Ending:
G Un. rit. F G
&j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ b˘ ˘.
be - fore the Lord, that we may be saved.

Having Laid Up All Their Hope

G
&j œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ #œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ ˘ œ
Hav - ing laid up all their hope and ex - pec - ta - tion in Heav - en, these
Com - ing to re - veal to thee that coun - sel which was de - ter - mined from
E
&j œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ
two Saints have treas - ured up for them - selves a kind of wealth not to be
be - fore e - ter - ni - ty, Ga - bri - el sa - lut - ed thee, cry - ing out:
G
&jœ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
de - spoiled. Free - ly did they re - ceive; free - ly do they give
Re - joice, ho - ly earth nev - er sown; bush un - burnt, re - joice
F G
& j ˘ œ #œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ n˘ ˘ œ œ œ
out heal - ings un - to those with mal - a - dies. True to the Gos -
thou; O re - joice, thou lad - der raised on high, which Ja - cob saw
E G
&j œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ
pel’s hest, neith - er gold nor sil - ver did they ac - quire; and un -
of old; re - joice, thou depth un - fath - omed and un - ex - plored; re - joice,
C
&j œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ
to men and un - to beasts they showed ben - e - fac - tions and kind -
thou bridge which lead - est up to the high - est Heav - en; re - joice,

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G E G
& j jœ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ
œ
ness - es; that they might be tru - ly o - be - de - ient to
di - vine ves - sel of the Man - na; re - joice, com - plete de -

&j œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ #œ
Christ through ev’ - ry means, and so with bold - ness might in - ter -
struc - tion of the curse; re - call of A - dam to God, re -
F E
&j ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ ˘ ˘.
cede with Him in our souls’ be - half.
joice: With thee is the Lord Most High.

Final Ending:
G Un. rit. F G
&j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ b˘ ˘.
With thee is the Lord Most High.

Ye Angelic Hosts
C
&j œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ jœ œ œ œ ˘ ˘ œ œ
Ye an - gel - ic hosts, go ye on the way be - fore us, ye that
Now the hills and moun - tains, the plains and all the val - leys, of - fer

G
&j œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ j˘ œ œ œ
˘ œ
be in Beth - le - hem, make the man - ger rea - dy. The Word of God
praise to Christ, Who is come forth of the Vir - gin. A shin - ing star

&j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ
œ
is born; the Ho - ly Wis - dom now com - eth forth. Church, re - ceive
from Heav - en guid - ed Ma - gi to look on Him, ly - ing as
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&j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
the greet - ing; and up - on this re - joi - cing of the The - o -
an in - fant in a cave and clad with the flesh of us, His
E Un. G
&j œ ˘ œ œ #œ œ œ œ nœ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ
to - kos, let us peo - ple cry: Bless - ed art Thou
ser - vants. To Him we all shout: Bless - ed art Thou
E
&j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ ˘ ˘.
Who art now come; our God, glo - ry be to Thee.
Who hast been born, our God, glo - ry be to Thee.

G Un. rit. F G
&j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ b˘ ˘.
our God, glo - ry be to Thee.

Glory; both now. Chanted from 'G'

G
&jœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
Glo - ry to the Fa - ther, and to the Son, and to the

E
&j œ œ œ œ ˘.
Ho - ly Spir - it.

G
&j œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
Both now and ev - er, and un - to the a - ges

E
& j #œ œ œ œ nœ ˘.
of a - ges. A - men.

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Plagal of fourth tone  Hymns Chanted from ‘C’

By Conceiving the Wisdom

C
& œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ #œ
Tak - ing up a di - vine set of weap - on - ry, thou didst dash down the
By con - ceiv - ing the Wis - dom and Word of God in thy womb, with - out

& ˘ œ nœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ ˘
˘ œ
i - dols’ de - ceit there - with, a - rous - ing the An - gels’ hosts
be - ing con - sumed there - by, thou bar - est for all the world

& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ
to ex - tol thy he - ro - ic fight; for thy mind was a - fire with di -
Him Who fill - eth the u - ni - verse; thou hast held in thine arms Him that

& œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ ˘
vine long - ing for thy God, and thou nob - ly with - stood - est in brav -
hold - eth to - geth - er all, Who hath fa - shioned cre - a - tion and giv -
F
& œ nœ œ ˘ ˘ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ
œ ˘
ing a death by fire. Where - fore, in ac - cord - ance with thy
eth their food to all. Where - fore, I be - seech thee, O thou
C
& œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ ˘ œ œ bœ œ ˘ œ œ
œ
name, thou be - stow - est di - vine gifts on them that ask, O great
all - ho - ly Vir - gin and Mo - ther of God, that I be re -

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D F
& œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ
prize - win - ner The - o - dore; for this cause we cry un -
deemed from my ma - ny sins when I shall have to stand

G C
& œ œ ˘ œ œ œ b˘ œ œ ˘ œ bœ ˘ ˘
œ œ
to thee: In - ter - cede with Christ our God that for - give - ness
be - fore the Face of my Cre - a - tor and God; O pure La - dy
D
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ œ bœ ˘
œ œ œ
of all their trans - gres - sions be grant - ed to them that with long - ing
Vir - gin, help me in that hour, for thou canst do what - so - ev - er
C
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . œj ˘ .
keep thy ho - ly mem - o - ry.
thou dost will, O all - hymned Maid.

Final Ending:
C rit. G
Un.
& œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ ˘ œ œ ˘.
thou dost will, O all - hymned Maid.

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O Lord, Though Thou Didst Stand

C
& ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ ˘ œ
O Lord, though Thou didst stand be - fore the tri - bu - nal, en -
Lord, Thou fore - knew - est the re - nowned Je - re - mi - as e -

& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
˘
dur - ing judg - ment at Pi - late’s hands, Thou didst not de - part
ven be - fore Thou didst fash - ion him and didst hal - low him

& #œ œ ˘ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ nœ ˘
from Thy Fa - ther, seat - ed with Him on Thy throne a - bove.
as a Proph - et be - fore his birth from his moth - er’s womb.

& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ
And Thou didst rise from the dead, O Friend of man most
For Thou in truth didst fore - see the no - ble sta - ture

& œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ ˘
mer - ci - ful, free - ing the world from the bit - ter bond - age
of his mind. By his en - trea - ties, O Sav - iour, save us,
D C
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ ˘ ˘.
of the a - li - en and en - e - my.
in Thy good - ness and Thy love for man.
Final Ending:
rit. G Un.
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ ˘ œ ˘ œ œ ˘.
in Thy good - ness and Thy love for man.

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O Lord, Thy Holy Martyrs
C
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
O Lord, Thy ho - ly Mar - tyrs, since they had for - got - ten all
When Mo - ses the no - to - ri - ous wise - ly a - ban - doned ev’ -

& œ œ œ œ bœ ˘ #œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ nœ
that is but earth - ly, com - plete - ly set at nought most bit - ter
ry world - ly plea - sure, with most se - vere as - ce - tic pains and

& œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ
tor - ments for the e - ter - nal life to come. Now they have in - her -
la - bours, he quelled the pas - sions of the flesh; and on hurl - ing down

& œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
i - ted that life a - bove; where - fore, they re - joice with the an - gel -
the ev - er - schem - ing foe, he hath car - ried off the crowns of vic -

& œ œ œ œ œ œ
˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
ic hosts. In - cline to their en - treat - ies, grant - ing un - to Thy
to - ry. O Lord, by his en - treat - ies, grant us all Thy great
D C
& œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . œj ˘ .
peo - ple great mer - cy through their prayers.
mer - cy and ev - er - last - ing life.

Final Ending:
C rit. G
Un.
& œ œ œ œ ˘ œ ˘ œ œ ˘.
ev - er - last - ing life.

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O Strange Wonder
C
& ˘ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ
O strange won - der! O dread mys - ter - y! He that by na - ture
O strange won - der! He that her - ald - ed Christ’s self - a - base - ment

& œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
˘ œ œ œ
as God is im - mor - tal and can - not die, how is He hanged
to men is de - clared high - er than all men by the voice of

& œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ ˘
œ œ ˘ œ œ œ
on a tree; can it be He doth taste of death? Is He con - demned,
Christ Him - self; and with pow - er be - stowed by God, to - day he end -

& œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ
Who of all is in - no - cent? Be - hold, O Sun, hide thy light and
eth his moth - er’s bar - ren - ness and set - teth loose Zach - a - ri - as’

& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ ˘. œ œ ˘ œ œ
quake with fear at this au - dac - i - ty! Thus the Vir - gin
boun - den voice. O Thy great works, O Christ, and Thy might - y

& œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ
spake with groans as she be - held hang - ing on the Cross the
won - ders, O our Sov’ - reign Lord! Where - by save those ho - nour -

& œ œ œ œ
œ œ ˘ ˘.
Sav - iour Christ, Whom she had borne.
ing Thy great Fore - run - ner John.

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A variant, which differs from the foregoing only in the beginning of the first line:
C
& ˘ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ
O most de - light - ful mar - tyr - ic blooms, sac - red en - camp - ment

& œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
˘ œ
of war, O ye God - chos - en com - pa - ny and most no - ble

& œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ ˘
gath - er - ing and di - vine - ly se - lect - ed band; O bless - ed peo -

& œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ
œ œ
ple and hal - lowed choir of Saints, who strove in con - test for God the

& œ œ ˘. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ
Trin - i - ty, pray Him in our be - half, that He grant us

& œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ
par - don of our ma - ny sins, and un - to all men, great

& œ œ œ
œ œ œ ˘ ˘.
mer - cy and en - dur - ing peace.

Final Ending:
C rit. G
Un.
& œ œ œ œ ˘
œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ ˘.
great mer - cy and en - dur - ing peace.

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The Paradise of Eden

C
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘
The Pa - ra - dise of E - den long a - go once brought forth the beau - ti - ful
When in the fur - nace of the blaz - ing flame, Thy ho - ly and faith - ful Youths
Un.
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ
Tree of Know - ledge in the midst of all the plants. Thy Church, O Christ, hath blos -
proved to be as in a cool, re - fresh - ing dew, then did they mys - tic’ - ly

C
& œ œ ˘ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ
œ ˘ œ œ
somed forth with Thy ho - ly and pre - cious Cross, which hath rich - ly
por - tray from be - fore that Thou wast to come from a Vir - gin

& œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ #œ œ œ bœ œ
welled forth life un - to the world. But while the for - mer caused A - dam’s
whom Thy bright - ness would not burn. As for Thy com - ing the sec - ond

& ˘ œ œ œ œ nœ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ #œ
œ
death, when he did eat the food there - of, the oth - er brought
time in Thy dread glo - ry as our God, the won - drous Proph -

& œ œ bœ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ nœ œ œ ˘ ˘ bœ œ
back to life a - gain the thief, when he was saved by faith. Make us par -
et and right - eous man, great Dan - iel, clear - ly hath fore - told, when he cried
D
& œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
˘
tak - ers of the for - give - ness grant - ed un - to him, O Christ, Who hast
out and said: I be - held un - til the thrones were set in place and the

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C
& œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ
œ nœ
quelled by Thy Pas - sion the fren - zy of the foe a -
Judge sat for judg - ment; and then rushed forth the riv - er

G C
& œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
gainst us all. And ac - count us wor - thy of Thy Heav’n - ly King - dom, O Al -
of that fire, from the which may we be saved by their en - treat - ies, O our

D C
& œ œ œ . œj ˘ .
might - y God.
Mas - ter Christ.

Final Ending:
C rit. G
Un.
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ ˘ œ œ ˘.
by their en - treat - ies, O our Mas - ter Christ.

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What Shall We Now Call You

C
& œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ ˘ œ
What shall we now call you, O Saints of God? Ho - ly Cher - u -
How shall we ad - dress thee, O right - eous John? Might - y proph - et

& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
˘ œ
bim, for Christ doth rest up - on you at all times. Six - wing’d Ser - a -
who fore - saw the hor - rors com - ing on the land; a true spir - i -
D
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘. œ œ œ ˘
phim, in that ye glo - ri - fied Him with - out cease. Pure An - gels,
tu - al man that judged all things while judged of none; a priest that,
C D
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ ˘ œ œ
œ
for ye showed your bo - dies nought but scorn; and Pow - ers, for ye
like Mel - chi - se - dek, was as none else, but sprang forth per - fect,
C
& œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ #œ œ œ
œ
work through won - drous mir - a - cles. Your names are di - vers and
won - drous, and with - out de - scent; a bold re - prov - er of
G
& bœ œ ˘ œ nœ œ #œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ nœ œ
œ
man - i - fold, but great - er still are your gifts of grace. O in -
sin - ful men; a skilled con - strain - er of Heav - en’s love. Do thou
C D C
& bœ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . œj ˘.
ter - cede with the Sav - iour that our souls be saved.
en - treat Christ the Sav - iour that we all be saved.

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Final Ending:
C rit. G
Un.
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ ˘ œ ˘ œ œ ˘.
Christ the Sav - iour that we all be saved.

Glory; both now. Chanted from ‘C’

C
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ
œ œ
Glo - ry to the Fa - ther, and to the Son, and to the

& œ œ ˘ ˘.
Ho - ly Spir - it.

C
& œ œ œ ˘ bœ œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ
œ œ œ
Both now and ev - er, and un - to the a - ges of

& œ œ œ œ ˘.
a - ges. A - men.

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To Thee, the Champion Leader
The Original Melody is irregular.
C G
C
& œ ˘ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ
As we the faith - ful flee for ref - uge un - to thee,
To thee, the pas - tor, and pro - tec - tor of a count -
G
C
& œ œ #œ œ . j œ œ œ
œ œ œ n˘ ˘ œ œ œ
O George, and thy pro - tec - tion and thy speed - y help,
less host of home - less or - phans, wid - ows, pau - pers, and

& œ œ œ œ œ #œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ #œ œ
we now en - treat, O prize - win - ner of Christ Sav -
af - flict - ed souls, do we of - fer an - thems born
G

& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ ˘ ˘ ˘ œ nœ
œ œ
iour, that we who hymn thee be de - liv - ered from
of love and thanks - giv - ing. As a hier - arch filled
C
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ ˘ œ œ œ
œ
the snares laid by the en - e - my and from ev’ -
with grace and zeal for pi - e - ty, do thou save
G
˘
& œ œ #œ œ nœ œ œ œ œ œ . œj ˘ œ œ
ry kind of per - il and ad - ver - si - ty, that we all
us from the foes of ap - os - tol - ic truth, for we cry

b œ j C
& œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . œj ˘ .
œ
may cry: Re - joice, O ho - ly Great Mar - tyr George.
to thee: Re - joice, O great won - der - work - er John.

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Final Ending:
C
j rit. G
Un.
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ ˘ œ ˘ œ œ ˘.
Re - joice, O great won - der - work - er John.

When the Bodiless One

The Original Melody is irregular.

C G
C
& œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . œ œ œ . œj
The sa - cred head of the Bap - tist, which was bu - ried be -
O Maid most pure, graced of God, and ev - er bless - ed, with

G
C
& œ ˘ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ ˘
œ œ
neath the earth, hid like a pearl with - in the ves - sel,
the an - gel - ic hosts on high, with the Arch - an - gels

& œ œ œ #œ œ œ bœ œ ˘ œ nœ œ œ œ œ bœ œ
as a lamp now ap - pear - eth, splen - did with di - vine
and all bod - i - less pow - ers, pray with cease - less plead -

G C
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘
œ
light; it shin - eth on all the world, work - ing mir - a - cles,
ings to Him Who in His com - pas - sion was born of thee,

G C
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘
œ
a - ris - ing like a ma - jes - ti - cal break of day;
to grant un - to us for - give - ness be - fore the end

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F
& œ œ œ #œ œ œ œ nœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ
John the Fore - run - ner of the Sun, in light that nev -
and the par - don of all our sins and the cor - rec -
G
& œ œ #œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ ˘
œ œ œ
er doth set, doth cry out to us once a - gain:
tion of life, that we may all find clem - en - cy

C
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . œj ˘ .
Lo, be - hold ye, the Lamb of God.
and great mer - cy, O Full of

Final Ending:
C rit. G
Un.
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ ˘ œ œ ˘.
and great mer - cy, O Full of Grace.

Another Glory; both now. Chanted from ‘C’

& W œ ˘.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spir - it.

& W œ œ œ ˘.
Both now, and ever, and unto the ages of a - ges. A - men.

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 Plagal of Fourth Tone. F

As First-Fruits of our Nature

C
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
As first - fruits of our na - ture to the Plant - er of cre - a - ted
Cre - a - tion found de - light and joy in thine au - gust na - tiv - i -
D
&b ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
things, the world pre - sent - eth the God - bear - ing mar - tyred Saints in
ty and the good cheer of thy num - ber - less mir - a - cles on
F C
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ
off ’ - ring un - to Thee, O Lord. Through their ear - nest
thy di - vine me - mo - ri - al. Now be - stow there -
D
&b œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
en - treat - ies, keep Thy Church in deep peace and di - vine tran - quil -
of rich - ly on our souls and wash clean the stains of our ev’ -

&b œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ œ
li - ty, through the pure The - o - to - kos, O Thou Who art
ry sin, Eu - thy - mi - us most right - eous, that we may chant:
F
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘.
great - ly mer - ci - ful.
Al - le - lu - i - a.

Final Ending:
D F rit. C Un.
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ ˘ œ œ ˘.
that we may chant: Al - le - lu - i - a.

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 Plagal of Fourth Tone. F
Thou, as the Life of All
C D F
&b œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘
Thou, as the Life of all, from the dead art a - ris - en.
Ye faith - ful, what a strange mys - t’ry here is be - fore us!

C D F
&b œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘
An An - gel bright with light called out un - to the wom - en:
As He a - lone doth know, God is born of a wom - an;
D
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
Cease ye from tears and weep - ing; tell the A - pos - tles the tid -
all the ar - rays of An - gels, be - ing a - ston - ished at His

F G F G
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ
ings full of joy. Cry a - loud sing - ing prais - es, that Christ the
de - scent to us, cry a - loud sing - ing prais - es, that Christ the

D F C
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ
œ
Lord is a - ris - en from the dead, He that in truth hath
Lord hath been born in Beth - le - hem, He that in truth hath

D F
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘.
been well - pleased, as God, to save the race of man - kind.
been well - pleased, as God, to save the race of man - kind.

Final Ending:
rit.
D F C
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ ˘ œ œ ˘.
of man - kind.

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 Plagal of Fourth Tone. F

Glory; both now. Chanted from ‘F’

C
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
Glo - ry to the Fa - ther, and to the Son, and to the

D F
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘.
Ho - ly Spir - it.

C D
&b œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
Both now and ev - er, and un - to the a - ges

F
&b œ œ œ œ œ ˘.
of a - ges. A - men.

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