I have gone astray like a lost sheep: seek Thy servant, for I have not forgotten Thy commandments. Out of Thy side, as from a single source, there flows a double stream; and drinking from it we gain immortal life. We will see that tomorrow in our Paschal icon, and then for the next Forty Days we will sing the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Worship of God consists of a few essential elements. And the dead of hades makest Thou to rise. The women came with myrrh to anoint Christ, the Myrrh of Cod. The book also includes a homily on Holy Saturday by St. Epiphanius of Cyprus. 369. Great Vespers: taking down from the cross - Great and Holy Friday afternoon. 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. yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! the Vesperal Liturgy and 12 Passion Gospels of Holy Thursday; the Royal Hours, Vespers, and Lamentations of Holy Friday; the Vesperal Liturgy of Holy Saturday morning; Great and Holy Pascha; and . . The veil of the temple is rent in twain at Thy Crucifixion, O Word, and the lights of heaven hide their radiance, when Thou, the Sun, art hidden beneath the earth. I have inclined my heart to perform Thy statutes: for therein is an everlasting reward. 20:8-11. Church Holy Days. Epitaphios threnos (funerary lamentation) is the name of the matins of Holy Saturday, served in Good Friday evening. Rather tonight we focus on the laments of his Blessed Mother, for she did not know. This service is also sometimes called Jerusalem Matins. . Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will towards men. O my Son, I glorify Thy supreme compassion, that causes Thee to suffer so.. The law of Thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver pieces. but with the maidens let us sing to the Lord, Like a foolish servant, the disciple has betrayed the Abyss of Wisdom. Readings. Therefore have I loved Thy commandments above gold or topaz. Blessed art Thou, O Lord: teach me Thy statutes. Rivers of water have run down from mine eyes, because I kept not Thy law. Give me understanding, and I shall seek Thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart. Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, Rochester NY. Chant. I beheld the foolish and was grieved; because they kept not Thy words. And I walked at liberty: for I have sought Thy precepts. As she caught the man in the act of robbing her home of its valuables, she yelled, "Stop--Acts 2:38!" (..repent, turn from your sin..". In the crooked paths of the transgressing Hebrews there are thorns and snares. Life may continue, but now in the end it will all come to nothing, only darkness and destruction in this world and the next for God has failed! 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 . Let those that fear Thee turn unto me, and those that know Thy testimonies. 2020 Orthodox Statistics in America: Bad News and Good News. Full texts of Readers Services for suite of Divine Services of Holy Friday, including the Royal Hours, the Vespers with the Burial of Christ, and Lamentations at the Tomb of the Saviour (with sheet music); for prayer at home during the Covid-19 pandemic period. One of the Trinity endures a shameful death in the flesh on our account; the sun trembles and the earth quakes. This message will attempt to identify those essentials and help us latch onto them. 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. 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. Joy of All Who Sorrow Orthodox Church Choir (OCA)Lamentations of Holy and Great Saturday 2011 Joy of . Mine eyes have grown dim with waiting for Thy word; they say: when wilt Thou comfort me? Our Lord Jesus Christ has been taken . In the Greek practice, you will hear the priest chant the Psalm verses, followed by the choir or cantor singing the Praises in a special sweet melody, imbued with an ineffable feeling of sorrow for a son, yet radiantly colored by a sacred love for His Divinity. 15. Come, and as the women bearing myrrh let us sing a holy lament to the dead Christ, that like them we too may hear Him say Rejoice!'. Basil the Great 11.300AM - Paschal Matins. For the tears I must weep? My soul has kept Thy testimonies: and loved them exceedingly. III. . This service is most often addressed to the Theotokos, but may be used to seek the intercessions of any saint. The Church calls this day the Blessed Sabbath. They have destroyed Him. 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. A remarkable display of intergenerational unity was evident at the Asbury Awakening. The Judge stood as one accused before the judgement-seat of Pilate, and He was condemned to an unjust death upon the wood of the Cross. On Friday, April 22, 2022, the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presided over the Epitaph Service at the Patriarchal Cathedral, concelebrants were Metropolitans Kyrillos of Moschonisia, Makarios of Anea, Meliton of Philadelphia, Seraphim of Sebastia, Eirinaios of Myriophyton and Peristasis, Chrysostomos of Myra, Theoliptos of Iconium, Nikandros of Irenopolis and Ioakeim of Brothers and sisters, if you are with Jesus Christ, do not fear death. I am young and despised: yet have I not forgotten Thy statutes. Bill Olnhausen. When thou didst descend to death, O Life Immortal, thou didst slay hell with the splendor of thy Godhead: and when from the depths thou didst raise the dead, all the powers of heaven cried out: O Giver of Life, Christ our God, glory to thee! Hell trembled, O Savior, when he saw Thee, the Giver of Life, despoiling him of his wealth and raising up the dead from every age. Stream songs including "Alleluia.Troparion "Behold the Bridegroom" - Kievan Chant", "Alleluia.Troparion "Behold the Bridegroom" - Byzantine Chant" and more. See how I have loved Thy commandments: quicken me, O Lord, in Thy mercy. Let the proud be ashamed, for they have transgressed against me unjustly: but I will meditate on Thy commandments. Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, and quicken Thou me in Thy way. How canst Thou dwell in a tomb? I spoke of Thy testimonies also before kings, and was not ashamed. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? I am a companion of all them that fear Thee and keep Thy commandments. His Church is a supernatural community which encompasses Heaven and earth. Thine all-holy Mother weeps for Thee lamenting, O my Savior, at Thy death. At the end of the Great Doxology, while the Trisagion is sung, the epitaphios is taken in procession around the outside the church, and is then returned to the tomb. Make me to understand the way of Thy precepts: so shall I talk of Thy wondrous works. O Morning Star of righteousness, Thou art gone down beneath the earth and hast raised up the dead as if from sleep, dispersing all the darkness of hell. We stand before the bier on which Christ is laid out before us. A unique feature of the service is the chanting of the Lamentations or Praises, which consist of numerous verses chanted by the clergy and congregation interspersed between the verses of Psalm 119 from the Bible. On Great and Holy Friday, He dies on the cross. Make haste to arise, O Word, and take away the sorrow of Thy Virgin Mother. Joseph and Nicodemus bury the Creator with the honors that befit the dead. 201-871-1355. Orthodox (5) Other (14) Pentecostal (71) Presbyterian/Reformed (26) . So the Virgin spake lamenting at Thy grave. CONSTANTINIDES, REV. ." The music is in Western & Byzantine notation. Last Minute Instructions before we go into Lent. Help me, and I shall be saved: and my study shall be ever in Thy statutes. Let my supplication come before Thee, O Lord: deliver mc according to Thy word. Jonah was caught but not held fast in the belly of the whale. Thorns and snares beset the path of Judas the foolish and the thrice-wretched. Thou art in very truth, O Word, the myrrh that never fails: yet the women with their spices brought myrrh to Thee, the living God, to anoint Thee as a corpse. Updated 3/26/2020. Weep not, O Mother, for I suffer this to set at liberty Adam and live.. This follows an ancient Mediterranean custom of women singing laments at peoples' deaths. That for my sweet Jesus I may rightly mourn. Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and Thy law is. The traitor was cast down to the depths of hell, and to the pit of destruction. O Jesus, my Christ and King of all, why hast Thou come to those in hell? I glorify Thy Passion and Thy Cross. 1. Yes! Mine eyes woke before the morning: that I might meditate in Thy words. The Son conceived in the womb without seed. May the very grave-clothes and the napkin put you to shame at Christ's Resurrection. Thou hast slept, O Christ, a life-giving sleep in the tomb, and aroused mankind from the heavy slumber of sin. 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. Do not lament Me O Mother, seeing Me in the tomb, Heres what were going to miss again: Christs Temptations, 283. I made ready, and I was not troubled: that I might keep Thy commandments. The Service of Holy Saturday Vespers (Morning Service) Greek/English 580KB For the health and safety of our community, we will be making our services available online in accordance with public gathering restrictions due to the sprea. Arise, O merciful Lord, and raise us from the depths of hell. 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.. Have you ever considered what she went through? for gloriously has He been glorified. The Lamentations to the Theotokos are sung on the feast of the Dormition on August 15, before a special Epitaphios depicting the Theotokos in the grave. O my sweet springtime, O my sweetest Child, where has all Thy beauty gone?. The answers are: Yes! I have declared my ways, and Thou heardest me: teach me Thy statutes. The whole earth quaked with fear, O Word, and the daystar hid its rays, when Thy great Light was hidden in the earth. 371. 370. Every generation chanteth hymns of praise . manifestation to us as God, O Christ. How unspeakable the mystery of Thy Love! Orthodox Christians zealous to keep the memory of the departed faithfully keep these twelve times of commemoration: The 3rd day. At the end of tonights service, in the Old Testament reading (Ezekiel 37:114) the question is Can these bones live? Ezekiel was asked that question about the bones of Israel, their nation laid level by the Babylonians. By Thy Resurrection give peace to the Church and salvation to Thy people. Now creation beholds Thee suspended on Calvary. Yet Thou dost destroy death's kingdom and raise the dead from hell. by Father Bill Olnhausen. Yes We believe not only in a bodiless spiritual afterlife, but I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the age to come.Christ said, Christpromised that at the Last Day all who lie in the graves will rise. Thy word is tried in the fire to the uttermost: therefore has Thy servant loved it. 3. Seeing Thy body laid in the tomb, O Christ, Thy Mother brings Thee the offering of her tears, and she says: Arise, my Child, as Thou hast foretold.. As a lion hast Thou fallen asleep in the flesh, O Savior, and as a young lion hast Thou risen from the dead, putting off the old age of the flesh. I have not departed from Thy judgements: for Thou hast taught me. Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St. Paul - Holy Friday - April 22, 2022 - Service of the Lamentations Though His Resurrection on earth doesnt come till tomorrow night, we now begin to celebrate Christs victory over hell and death. Lamentations Service Joseph and Nicodemus now sing hymns of burial to the dead Christ; and with them sing the seraphim. Their celebration on this day is called T'aghman Kark ( Rite of the . First Friday of Lent. The Lamentations, chanted before the Epitaphios on Friday night in Holy Week, are some of the most moving hymns of the Orthodox Church. The Slav practice usually reverses this order, with the choir singing the Psalm verses, while the priest reads the Praises. The Service of Betrothal and all the Marriage services Greek English. 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. Those in the tombs shall awake. For the full text of this and other Great Lent and Holy Week services we highly recommend purchasing a copy of this priceless book from St. Tikhons Press. Six pages in length, SATB and chant. It is the most significant holiday of the Orthodox Church. Bill's Orthodox Blog Orthodoxy from the Third Coast, Saints, Seasons, Society, Sins, plus Travels mostly to Greece and who knows what next? "In a grave they laid Thee . It is time for the Lord to act: for they have made void Thy law.
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