The offspring of Selyvria and the guardian of Aegina, the true friend of virtue who appeared in the last years. Let us honor Nektarios, O faithful, as a godly servant of Christ. For he pours forth healings of every kind for those who piously cry out: Glory to Christ Who has glorified you. Glory to Him Who has made you wondrous. Glory to Him Who works healings for all through you.

Supreme Commanders of the Hosts of the Heavens, we, the unworthy, importune and beseech you, that by your supplications ye encircle us in the shelter of the wings of your immaterial glory; guarding us who now fall down and cry to you with fervor: Deliver us from dangers of all kinds, as the great marshals of the heavenly hosts on high.

When giving birth, you preserved your virginity; during your dormition, you did not forsake the world, O Theotokos. You were translated toward life, since you are the Mother of Life; and through your intercessions liberating our souls from death.

On this day the Virgin gives birth to the Transcendent in Essence; and the earth offers a small cave to the Unapproachable. Angels join in choir with shepherds in giving glory; Magi along with the star sojourn. For our sakes, He Who existed before the ages as God, was born a young Child.

When You were baptized in the Jordan, O Lord, the worship of the Trinity was made manifest. For the voice of the Father bore witness to You, calling You His beloved Son. And the Spirit in the form of a dove confirmed the truth of this testimonial. O Christ our God, Who appeared and enlightened the world, glory to You.

Blessed are You, O Christ our God, Who rendered the fishermen into all-wise Apostles by sending down upon them the Holy Spirit; and through them, You caught the world as with a net. O lover of man, glory to You.

You ascended in glory, O Christ our God, gladdening Your disciples with the promise of the Holy Spirit. And through the blessing You gave them, they were assured that You are the Son of God and Redeemer of the world.

Rejoice, O Theotokos and Virgin Mary, you who are full of grace; the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the Fruit of your womb; for you have given birth to the savior of our souls.

Christ is risen form the dead, trampling down death by death, and to those in the tombs bestowing life.

Peter, the divine Cherubic chariot, and heavenly Paul, the Seraphim-like carriage, the fiery tongues of the God-man Logos, deliver me from the fire of Gehenna.

Rich men have become poor and gone hungry; but they who seek the Lord shall not be deprived of any good thing (Ps. 33:10)

Many years to you, Master.

Glory to Thee O Lord, Glory to Thee.

Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us.

Let us, who mystically represent the Cherubim and who sing the thrice-holy hymn to the life-creating Trinity, now lay aside every worldly care. So that we may receive the King of all.

Let us, who mystically represent the Cherubim and who sing the thrice-holy hymn to the life-creating Trinity, now lay aside every worldly care. So that we may receive the King of all.

Who is invisibly escorted by the angelic hosts. Alleluia.

Let us, who mystically represent the Cherubim and who sing the thrice-holy hymn to the life-creating Trinity, now lay aside every worldly care. So that we may receive the King of all.

Let us, who mystically represent the Cherubim and who sing the thrice-holy hymn to the life-creating Trinity, now lay aside every worldly care. So that we may receive the King of all.

Who is invisibly escorted by the angelic hosts. Alleluia.

Let us, who mystically represent the Cherubim and who sing the thrice-holy hymn to the life-creating Trinity, now lay aside every worldly care. So that we may receive the King of all.

We praise You, we bless You, we give thanks to You, and we pray to You, Lord our God.

We praise You, we bless You, we give thanks to You, and we pray to You, Lord our God.

It is truly right to bless you, Theotokos, ever blessed, most pure, and Mother of our God. More honorable than the Cherubim, and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim, without corruption you gave birth to God the Logos. We magnify you, the true Theotokos.

We praise You, we bless You, we give thanks to You, and we pray to You, Lord our God.

It is truly right to bless you, Theotokos, ever blessed, most pure, and Mother of our God. More honorable than the Cherubim, and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim, without corruption you gave birth to God the Logos. We magnify you, the true Theotokos.

We praise You, we bless You, we give thanks to You, and we pray to You, Lord our God.

It is truly right to bless you, Theotokos, ever blessed, most pure, and Mother of our God. More honorable than the Cherubim, and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim, without corruption you gave birth to God the Logos. We magnify you, the true Theotokos.

We praise You, we bless You, we give thanks to You, and we pray to You, Lord our God.

It is truly right to bless you, Theotokos, ever blessed, most pure, and Mother of our God. More honorable than the Cherubim, and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim, without corruption you gave birth to God the Logos. We magnify you, the true Theotokos.

It is truly right to bless you, Theotokos, ever blessed, most pure, and Mother of our God. More honorable than the Cherubim, and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim, without corruption you gave birth to God the Logos. We magnify you, the true Theotokos.

It is truly right to bless you, Theotokos, ever blessed, most pure, and Mother of our God. More honorable than the Cherubim, and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim, without corruption you gave birth to God the Logos. We magnify you, the true Theotokos.

It is truly right to bless you, Theotokos, ever blessed, most pure, and Mother of our God. More honorable than the Cherubim, and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim, without corruption you gave birth to God the Logos. We magnify you, the true Theotokos.

It is truly right to bless you, Theotokos, ever blessed, most pure, and Mother of our God. More honorable than the Cherubim, and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim, without corruption you gave birth to God the Logos. We magnify you, the true Theotokos.

Now things never heard before have been heard. The Son, Who was born of the Virgin without father, is gloriously witnessed by the voice of the Father, that He is God and man, the same unto the ages.

All the generations bless thee, the only Theotokos. In thee the laws of nature have been overcome, O pure Virgin. For birthgiving is virginal and death is betrothed to life. You who remained a Virgin after giving birth and who remains alive after death, O Theotokos, you always save your inheritance.

Virginity is alien to motherhood, and childbearing is a thing foreign to virgins; yet in thee, O Theotokos, both have come to pass. Therefore we, and all the nations of the earth, ceaselessly call thee blessed.

Thou the radiant lamp and Mother of God, the most wondrous glory, who art more exalted than all creation, we magnify with hymns.

In everlasting remembrance shall the righteous be. Alleluia.

Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise Him in the highest. Alleluia.

The light of Thy countenance, O Lord, hath been signed upon us. Alleluia.

Verses from Psalm 15
I will bless the Lord Who hath given me understanding. Alleluia. I beheld the Lord ever before me, for He is at my right hand, that I might not be shaken. Alleluia. Therefore did my heart rejoice and my tongue was glad; moreover, my flesh shall dwell in hope. Alleluia.

Verses from Psalm 135
O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy endureth forever. O give thanks unto the God of gods; for His mercy endureth forever. O give thanks unto the Lord of lords; for His mercy endureth forever. To Him Who alone hath wrought great wonders; for His mercy endureth forever.

On the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb seeking Thee. When, however, she did not find Thee, she lamented and cried out with grief, “Alas, my Savior, how hast Thou, the King of all, been stolen?” But a pair of radiant Angels from within the sepulcher cried out, “Why dost thou weep, woman?” “I weep,” she replied, “because they have taken my Lord from the tomb and I know not where they have laid him.” Whereupon, turning back and seeing Thee, she at once cried out, “My Lord and my God, glory be to Thee!”

The supremely-good God was not ashamed to be circumcised with the circumcision of the flesh, but provided Himself as an example and pattern for the salvation of all. For the Creator of the law fulfilleth the prescriptions of the law and the predictions of the prophets concerning Himself. O Lord Who holdest all things in the palm of Thy hand, and Who wast wrapped in swaddling-clothes, glory be to Thee!

O venerable one, having become a lover of wisdom, and choosing to live with God over all other things, by meditating upon death you logically abandoned the earthly way of life . You walled off from thyself the carnal passions with the mighty ramparts of abstinence, and through the study of the divine law, thou didst preserve the noble state of thy soul unenslaved, and by the wealth of virtue you subjected the mindset of the flesh completely to thy spirit. Wherefore, having despised the flesh, this world, and its ruler, standing now before Christ ask great mercy for our souls.

To the voice of the one crying in the wilderness “Prepare ye the way of the Lord!” Thou didst come, O Lord, having assumed the form of a servant, asking to be baptized, Thou Who knewest not sin. The waters saw Thee and became afraid; the forerunner trembled and cried aloud, saying: “How can a lamp illuminate the Sun? How can a servant set his hand upon his Master? Sanctify me and the waters, O Savior Who takest away the sin of the world!”

Today, let us pay tribute to the mystical trumpets of the Spirit, the God-bearing Fathers. To them who in the midst of the Church sang a harmonious song of theology, proclaiming that there is one Trinity, unchanging in essence and Godhead. To the demolishers of deception, and the foremost warriors of Orthodoxy. To them who always entreat the Lord to have mercy on our souls.

Today God, Who rests on noetic thrones, hath prepared for Himself a holy throne upon the earth. He Who hath established the heavens by His wisdom hath in His loving-kindness created an animate heaven. From a barren root He hath brought forth a Life-bearing plant, His Mother. O God of wonders, and the Hope of the hopeless, Glory be to Thee, O Lord!

Tell us, O David: what is this present festival? Who is she whom of old thou didst hymn in the Book of Psalms as the daughter, divine Maiden and Virgin? “The virgins that follow after her, together with those near her,” said he, “shall be mystically brought unto the King.” Make this a wondrous and universal feast for those who cry aloud: the Theotokos is come unto us, the mediatress of salvation!

Assembling today, ye councils of the faithful, let us keep spiritual festival, and let us piously praise the divine Maiden, the Virgin Theotokos, who is led into the temple of the Lord, she who was chosen before out of all generations to be the habitation of Christ God, the King of all. Bearing candles, O virgins, go ye on before, doing homage to the honored entry of the Ever-virgin! Ye mothers, setting aside all grief, follow joyously her who is to become the Mother of God, the mediatress of joy for the world! And with the angel let us all joyfully cry out to the joyous one “Rejoice!”, for she ever prayeth for our souls.

Christ took Peter, James, and John alone up unto a lofty mountain. And He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His garments became as white as light. And Moses and Elijah appeared, speaking with Him. And a cloud of light overshadowed them. And, lo! a voice came forth from the cloud, saying: “This is my beloved Son, in Whom I am well pleased! Listen to Him!”

O Good Father, I have distanced myself from Thee. Do not forsake me, or reject me from Thy Kingdom. The cunning enemy hath stripped me and robbed me of my wealth. I have squandered the gifts given to my soul, like the Prodigal. But having arisen and returning to Thee I cry aloud: “Make me as one of Thy hired servants.” For my sake Thou stretched out Thy sinless hands on the Cross, in order to snatch me from the terrible beast, and to clothe me once again in my first raiment. For Thou alone art plenteous in mercy.

The time has arrived to embark on spiritual struggles: to gain victory over the demons, to put on the armor of abstinence, to conduct ourselves with angelic modesty, to acquire boldness before God. Through fasting, Moses became worthy of conversing with the Creator, and he perceived an invisible voice with his ears. Through fasting, O Lord, make us worthy as well of worshipping Thy Passion and Thy Holy Resurrection, as a Lover of mankind.

Let us cleanse ourselves, brethren, with fasting, the Queen of the virtues. For behold, she has arrived, bringing a wealth of blessings for us. She quells the uprising of the passions, and reconciles them who have sinned with the Master. Therefore let us joyfully welcome her, crying aloud to Christ our God: O Thou Who rose from the dead, preserve us irreproachable, we who glorify You, Who alone is sinless.