Thou art the Joy of the angels, O Savior, but now Thou art become the cause of their grief, as they see Thee in the flesh a lifeless corpse. Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 03/03/2023. After the final glorification of the Trinity, the church building is lighted and the first announcement of the women coming to the tomb resounds through the congregation as the celebrant censes the entire church. Lord, I have looked for Thy salvation, and loved Thy commandments. (4) Who will give me water, It is right to magnify Thee, Creator of all, for through Thy Passion we are freed from passions and corruption. Weep not, O Mother, for I suffer this to set at liberty Adam and live.. By observing vanities and lies you have forsaken your own mercy., Ode 7 Jesus, my heart's desire! cried the Virgin in her bitter grief. We read the Megillah next Monday night and Tuesday morning. Right it is indeed . O Savior, Sun of Righteousness, Thou dost set beneath the earth: therefore the Moon, Thy Mother, is eclipsed in grief, seeing Thee no more. O people, exalt Him above all forever! We join in singing Lamentations over Him. Tomorrow morning we will celebrate the first Divine Liturgy of Pascha actually of Christs triumph down below. Already? Thou didst suspend the earth immovably upon the waters. Much of the service takes place around the tomb of Christ in the center of the nave. Coming forth from the beast as from a bridal chamber, Thy testimonies also are my study: and Thy statutes are my counsellors. Before the service begins, a "tomb" is erected in the middle of the church building and is decorated with flowers. O thrice-blessed Joseph, bury the body of Christ, the Giver of Life. We are still alive. Thy side is pierced, O Master, and Thy hands are transfixed with nails; so Thou healest the wound of our first parents and the sinful greed of their hands. Be surety for Thy servant for good: let not the proud accuse me falsely. The multitude of the heavenly powers makes haste with Joseph and Nicodemus, and within a narrow sepulchre they enclose Thee whom nothing can contain. For they that work wickedness have not walked in His ways. Six pages in length, SATB and chant. Remember Thy words unto Thy servant, in which Thou hast caused me to hope. O Lord Jesus our King. And we venerate Thy passion and burial, Born somewhere in the time period of 805 to 810 A.D., she passed away before 865 A.D.. Kassiane (the female form of the male name Cassius) was . O bloodthirsty people, jealous and vengeful! This service includes what are called the Lamentations of the Theotokos. NATIONAL FORUM OF GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH MUSICIANS. My soul is grown drowsy from heaviness: strengthen me with Thy words. Deliver me from the false accusation of men: so will I keep Thy commandments. All Thy commandments are true: they persecute me wrongfully; help Thou me. I see Thee now condemned upon the Cross, whom I had hoped to see enthroned as King.. I go to prepare a place for you, so that where I am, you may be also. And thats all there is to it. A stone hewn from the rock covers the Cornerstone; and a mortal man now buries God in the grave as one dead. With Thine own consent slain and laid beneath the earth, O my Jesus, Fountain of Life, Thou hast brought me back to life when I was dead through bitter sin. Liturgical music - Lent to Pascha. I am young and despised: yet have I not forgotten Thy statutes. Texts for Liturgical Services. 369. The Ewe, seeing her Lamb slaughtered, was pierced with anguish: and she cried aloud in grief, calling the flock to lament with her. When you can get to church again, listen carefully and notice: Throughout these long Lamentations over Christ, the words of lament are put not in our mouths, but in the mouth of His Mother.The Orthodox Church does not focus much on Christ's suffering, great as it was. Greek Orthodox Easter, also known as Pascha, is a celebration of the Resurrection of Christ. Now Christ is driving Satan crazy, rescuing the dead of all times past, present, future leading them up into the light, into life again. What wast thou given in exchange for Him who is precious? The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, with its headquarters located in the City of New York, is an Eparchy of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, The mission of the Archdiocese is to proclaim the Gospel of Christ, to teach and spread the Orthodox Christian faith, to energize, cultivate, and guide the life of the Church in the United States of America according to the Orthodox . Feb 28, 2023 Cinedigm, Dove channel. It quakes with great amazement and cries: Many are they that persecute and afflict me: yet have I not turned aside from Thy testimonies. Specifically, the Lamentations are part of the Matins service for Holy Saturday, often called Encomiums (E) or Megalynaria (M), consisting of a long series of hymns, or troparia, divided into three stanzas, with each hymn introduced by a verse from Psalm 118 in the Septuagint. Let my tongue speak of Thy words: for all Thy commandments are righteousness. Let my heart be blameless in Thy statutes: that I be not ashamed. The Lamentations Service for Holy Saturday Matins. We sing this hymn (normally a Sunday Troparion) about what has already happened below, an is about to happen here on earth. Truly, as Elder Simeon had prophesied, A sword will pierce your own heart also.. The Master of all is seen lying dead, and in a new tomb He is laid, who empties the tombs of the dead. Such were the tidings Gabriel brought me when he flew down from Heaven: for he said that the Kingdom of my Son Jesus would be eternal.. Adam slept, and from his side there came death; now Thou dost sleep, O Word of God, and from Thy side there flows a fountain of life for the world. Please see the video at the end of this page for an example of the Byzantine style Lamentations, sung by the Romanian Patriarchal Choir. And He has failed. Of Thine own will descending as one dead beneath the earth, O Jesus, Thou leadest up the fallen from earth to Heaven. This is the beautiful St. Nicholas Choir chanting the lamentations. I have stuck unto Thy testimonies: O Lord, put me not to shame. In the furnace Thou didst save the holy youths from the flame. Dead in outward appearance, yet alive as God, O Jesus, Thou leadest up the fallen from earth to Heaven. Glory to Thee! Some say he had his son teach the class. Thou hast slept a little while, and brought the dead to life; Thou hast arisen, O loving Lord, and raised up those that from the beginning of time had fallen asleep. As the reading progresses the Praises become shorter, and gradually more concentrated on the final victory of the Lord, thus coming to their proper conclusion: I long for Thy salvation, 0 Lord, Thy law is my delight (Psalm 119:174). Who can describe this strange and terrible thing? For I shall arise and be glorified with eternal glory as God. Before I was humbled I went astray: but now have I kept Thy word. To earth hast Thou come down, O Master, to save Adam: and not finding him on earth, Thou hast descended into hell, seeking him there. . Next Posts will arrivetomorrow for Saturday Morning:First Divine Liturgy of Pascha Christs Victory over Hadesand for Midnight Sunday:GREAT AND HOLY PASCHA! By keeping Thy words. Order my steps in Thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. 1. I spoke of Thy testimonies also before kings, and was not ashamed. Thy testimonies have I received as an heritage forever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart. Service of the Twelve Passion Gospels - Thursday Evening. (2) O my sweet Lord Jesus Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have sought Thy testimonies. We pray for the departed, dont we? At the very end, the Lamentations service almost becomes a celebration. Is it to set free the race of mortal men? Alexander Schmemann. Brothers and sisters, if you are with Jesus Christ, do not fear death. (6) How O life canst Thou die? This service is most often addressed to the Theotokos, but may be used to seek the intercessions of any saint. He expelled his first two students for learning the wrong subject. Blessed art Thou, O Lord: teach me Thy statutes. Seeing Thee, O Word, pierced with nails upon the Cross, Thy Mother was wounded in her soul with the nails and arrows of bitter grief. Now art Thou hidden like the setting sun beneath the earth and covered by the night of death: but, O Savior, rise in brighter dawn. O Savior, my Life, dying Thou hast gone to dwell among the dead: yet Thou hast shattered the bars of hell and arisen from corruption. When wilt Thou execute judgement on them that persecute me? I have gone astray like a lost sheep: seek Thy servant, for I have not forgotten Thy commandments. It is my meditation all the day. the prophecy of Simeon has been fulfilled: for Thy sword has pierced my heart, Emmanuel.. Let Thy tender mercies come unto me, and I shall live: for Thy law is my study. Thou hast rebuked the proud: and cursed are they that do err from Thy commandments. (5) All we call Thee blessed, Mine eyes have failed with waiting for Thy salvation, and for the word of Thy righteousness. Yet Thou dost destroy death's kingdom and raise the dead from hell. Taking Thee down from the Tree, Joseph of Arimathaea lay Thee in a sepulchre. Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart stands in awe of Thy words. Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet Thy commandments are my study. Thou hast drunk vinegar and gall, in Thy compassion, to loose us from the guilt of the forbidden fruit. Lamentation 3rd Stasis in English (at 54:55 in video), Lamentations at the Tomb First Stasis in Romanian Prohodul Domnului (stance 1), Lamentations at the Tomb Second Stasis in Romanian Prohodul Domnului (stance 2). Behold the disciple whom Thou hast loved and Thine own Mother, O my sweetest Child, and do Thou speak to them, cried the pure Virgin weeping. Before the service begins, a tomb is erected in the middle of the church building and is decorated with flowers. Great and Holy Friday. With my whole heart have I sought Thee: O let me not wander from Thy commandments. And how shall I lay Thee out for burial as a corpse? cried Joseph trembling. Let Thine hand be near to save me: for I have chosen Thy commandments. Jonah was caught but not held fast in the belly of the whale. Much of the service takes place around the tomb of Christ in the center of the nave. Every generation, O my Christ, offers praises at Thy burial. Then coming back into the church we all pass under the Epitaphion one by one, yet all together in symbol passing through death with Christ. In place of the regular psalm reading the entire Psalm 119 is read with a verse praising the dead Saviour chanted between each of its lines. The epitaphios itself represents the body of Jesus wrapped in a burial shroud, and is a roughly full-size cloth icon of the body of Christ. By dying, O my God, Thou puttest death to death through Thy divine power. Without leaving Thy Father's side, O merciful Christ, Thou hast consented in Thy love to become a mortal man, and Thou hast gone down to hell. Thou didst shatter the dominion of the mighty by Isaiah 3:1-14. Now creation beholds Thee suspended on Calvary. O Thou who hast fashioned Eve from Adam's side, Thy side was pierced and from it flowed streams of cleansing. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, and I shall learn Thy commandments. Arise, O merciful Lord, and raise us from the depths of hell. The life-giving Seed, twofold in nature, today is sown with tears in the furrows of the earth; but springing up He will bring joy to the world. Look Thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, according the judgement of those that love Thy Name. I entreated Thy favor with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to Thy word. . Thy testimonies that Thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful. The Service of Holy Saturday Vespers (Morning Service) English 176KB. Hear my voice according unto Thy loving-kindness, O Lord quicken me according to Thy judgement. I have seen the outcome of all perfection: but Thy commandment is exceeding broad. Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. All-devouring hell received within himself the Rock of Life, and cast forth all the dead that he had swallowed since the beginning of the world. ). Then he fell, but now he is raised up. The first service belonging to Holy Saturdaycalled in the Church the Blessed Sabbathis the Vespers of Good Friday. Then the priest may deliver a homily and everyone comes forward to venerate the epitaphios. One translation calls it the land where all things are forgotten, where the dead from all times were held captive by Satan and where he intended that they finally fade into nothingness. There are a lot of services that take place during this time, and the . 20:8-11. Source of the river of life, the Wisdom of God descends into the tomb and gives life to all those in the depths of hell. April 23 - Holy and Great Saturday 09.00AM - Vesperal Liturgy of St. The plan is to begin integrating the new texts and music in the dated services during Holy Week, Easter, and Bright Week, 2023. Listen carefully and notice:Throughout these long Lamentations over Christ, the words of lament are put not in our mouths, but in the mouth of His Mother. We all process out of the church, when that is possible, following Christs Body laid out on the Epitaphion in the way people lay out their departed at funerals. Seeing Thee, my Christ, the Light invisible, hidden lifeless in the tomb, the sun trembled and darkened its light. And my study was in Thy commandments, which I have loved exceedingly. This service is included in the Order of the Typikon of Zion Church, and has been also followed by other Orthod I beheld the foolish and was grieved; because they kept not Thy words. I have regarded all the wicked of the earth as transgressors: therefore I love Thy testimonies. Joseph and Nicodemus bury the body that is the Source of life. Woe is me, my Light! Thou art near, O Lord; and all Thy ways are truth. Incline my heart unto Thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. Thou hast gone down into the tomb, O Christ, yet wast Thou never parted from Thy Father's side. But no more. All Rights Reserved. This is much too beautiful to miss my favorite service of the year. The Orthodox Church does not focus much on Christs suffering, great as it was. It is right to magnify Thee, Giver of Life, who hast stretched out Thine arms upon the Cross and broken the power of the enemy. THE WOMAN AND ACTS 2:38 An elderly woman had just returned to her home from a church service when she was startled by an intruder. Saint Perpetua and her Heart-breaking Dilemma, 365. Behold my humiliation, and deliver me: for I have not forgotten Thy law. Though His Resurrection on earth . Matins for Great & Holy Saturday (Lamentations, full text) Vesperal Liturgy for Holy Saturday (full text) Paschal Services (Nocturnes, Midnight Procession, Matins, Liturgy) (full text) The Hours of Pascha (usable throughout Bright Week!) The beginning of the procession with the epitaphios at the end of Matins. The Great Vespers will be at 6:00 pm followed by dinner. My soul is continually in Thy hands: yet have I not forgotten Thy law. Holy Week. On Great and Holy Friday, He dies on the cross. Bill's Orthodox Blog Orthodoxy from the Third Coast, Saints, Seasons, Society, Sins, plus Travels mostly to Greece and who knows what next? I made ready, and I was not troubled: that I might keep Thy commandments. A paraklesis is a service of supplication specifically for the living (as opposed to a Memorial Service, which is a supplication for the departed). Our Lord Jesus Christ has been taken . My soul faints for Thy salvation: and I have hoped in Thy words. In the pit of destruction shall all the men of blood be destroyed together. O let Thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to Thy word unto Thy servant. Megali Triti Esperas (Holy Tuesday Evening Service) (PS-303) Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Denver Church Music Federation. That poor dear blessed Woman! O how I have loved Thy law, O Lord! Both now and ever and to the ages of ages, Amen. The women with spices came early at dawn to anoint Thee. (1) In the grave they laid Thee, On Sunday, 14th/27th August 2017, the service of the Lamentations of Theotokos was held at the Holy Shrine of the Dormition of Theotokos in Gethsemane, where the Tomb of Theotokos stands. The service of the Royal Hours - Great and Holy Friday Morning. They begin in the normal way with the singing of God is the Lord, the troparion The Noble Joseph, and the following troparia: When Thou didst descend to death 0 Life Immortal, Thou didst slay hell with the splendor of Thy Godhead! Behold, He that dwell in the highest The earth, O Lord, is full of Thy mercy: teach me Thy statutes. Gone the Light that was mine. O Thou who hast fashioned Adam with Thine own hand, Thou hast gone down beneath the earth, to raise up fallen men by Thine almighty power. For I am become like a wineskin in the frost; yet have I not forgotten Thy statutes. The injustice of the proud is multiplied against me: but I will seek Thy commandments with my whole heart. This derives from an ancient Mediterranean custom of women singing laments at peoples deaths. The Lamentations Service for Holy Saturday Matins. O my God and Word, my Joy, how shall I endure Thy three days in the tomb? Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Of old Thou didst bury the pursuing tyrant beneath the waves of the sea. The priest removes the Body of Christ, the Epitaphios, from the Cross, wraps it in a white cloth and carries it into the altar.In an evening service, called the Lamentations at the Tomb, the priest . I will keep Thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly. 2. the first day of the week, Sunday, observed by most Christians in commemoration of the Resurrection of Christ. Service of the 12 Passion Gospels Time: 7:00pm Friday 14 April Great & Holy Friday (Good Friday) 1. O Word and God of all, in our hymns we praise Thee with the Father and Thy Holy Spirit, and we glorify Thy divine burial. Both now. Dead in outward appearance, yet alive as God, Thou hast restored dead mortals to life and slain him that slew me. O Life, how canst Thou die? So already in tonights Epistle (1 Corinthians 5:6-8) we begin the celebration: Christ, our Passover has been sacrificed for us. The Praises, as the verses are called, glorify God as the Resurrection and the Life, and marvel at his humble condescension into death. . They have been translated to fit the traditional Greek melodies, which are also included here, transcribed into Western music notation. Great and fearful is the sight now before our eyes, O Savior: for of His own will the Cause of life submits to death, that He may give life to all. Come, and with the whole creation let us offer a funeral hymn to the Creator. O the folly of those who killed the prophets and slew Christ! O Mother, do not strike thy breast in grief.. Updated 3/26/2020. 15. Friday, April 14, 2023; 6:30 PM 9:00 PM 18:30 21:00; St. Andrew Greek Orthodox Church 52455 Ironwood Road South Bend, IN, 46635; Google Calendar ICS; Posted in Some churches observe the practice of holding the epitaphios at the door, above waist level, so the faithful most bow down under it as they come back into the church, symbolizing their entering into the death and resurrection of Christ. In the Hebrew Bible, Lamentations stands with Ruth, the Song of Solomon, Ecclesiastes, and Esther and with them makes up the Megillot, five scrolls that are read on various festivals of the Jewish religious year. The Angel stood by the tomb, and to the women bearing spices he cried aloud: Myrrh is fitting for the dead, but Christ has shown Himself a stranger to corruption.. In the Coptic . How could hell endure Thy coming, O Savior? The half-year anniversary. Uphold me according unto Thy word, and give me life: and turn me not away in shame from mine expectation. The traitor was cast down to the depths of hell, and to the pit of destruction. Holy Friday Vespers: Removal of Christ from the Cross Time: 11:30am - 12:30pm Followed by decoration of the Bier 3. On the icons Orthodox (5) Other (14) Pentecostal (71) Presbyterian/Reformed (26) . I have restrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep Thy words. With their hands they struck Christ in the face, though He it was who formed man with His hand and crushed the teeth of the beast. Chanted by The Boston Byzantine ChoirThe Lamentations chanted during Holy Friday Service1st, 2nd and 3rd Stasis They had almost made an end of me upon earth; but I forsook not Thy commandments. Orthodox Chants and Hymns of Holy Pascha by Archangel Voices on Apple Music. So shall I give an answer to them that reproach me: lor I trust in Thy word. Thou art my portion, O Lord: I have said that I would keep Thy law. In our hymns, O Christ, with all the faithful we worship now Thy Crucifixion and Thy Sepulchre, for by Thy burial we are set free from death.

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