Eqbo
We beseech you, mother of God, that with us and for us you may be our intercessor with the King of kings, that He may make His peace and calm to dwell in all the world, and make to pass the scourge of wrath from all worlds in his mercy.
Proemion and Sedro
Let us all pray and beg for mercy and compassion.
Merciful Lord, have mercy on us and help us.
Praise, thanksgiving, glory, honor and exaltation, continually and without ceasing at all times, may we be worthy to offer to him, who has exalted the memory of his mother in heaven and on earth, and has honored the feasts of his saints in all quarters, and shed the dew of mercy on the bones of the faithful departed; to whom belongs glory and honor and worship at this time of Evening and at all times and seasons and hours and moments of the days of our life for ever, Amin.
We beg and beseech you, Lord God, have pity and mercy upon us by the acceptable prayers of her from whom you were born in a holy manner, the virgin without stain, holy Mary, and then we pray you by the supplications of the just, by the petition of the righteous, by the love of the prophets and apostles, by the death of the martyrs, by the tribulation of the persecuted, by the humiliations of the oppressed, by the alms of the merciful, by the pure conduct of all the saints, receive the incense and the prayers and compunction of heart of us your sinful and unworthy servants; remember your mercy and compassion towards our race and your covenant and promises to us; remove the chastisement of wrath from us; give rest to the faithful departed in your glorious abodes, and make us worthy with those who have pleased you to praise your living kindness, and your worshipful Father and your Holy Spirit, now and always and for ever. Amen.
Qolo
Praise the Lord, you righteous
With smoke of incense let memory be made of the virgin Mary, mother of God.
Praise him all you peoples.
With smoke of incense let memory be made of the prophets, apostles and holy martyrs.
Shubho...
With smoke of incense let memory be made of the doctors and priests and the just and righteous.
men o'lam...
With smoke of incense let memory be made of the holy Church and all her children.
Of the Mother of God
May the memory of Mary be for our blessing and may her prayer be a stronghold to our souls.
dukhronoh d-maryam nehwé l-burkothan
waṣluthoh tehwé shuro l-nafshothan
Blessed are you, our pride, blessed are you, our house of refuge, blessed are you who became the mother of God.
Behold, a sweet perfume breathes on the air for the virgin Mary, the mother of God.
reeḥo baseemo ho foy’aḥ boyar
la-bthul-to maryam yoldath aloho
Mary said have I not carried him who carries me, and who holds in his sway the ends of the earth?
Of the saints
Blessed are the prophets, blessed are the apostles and the martyrs on the day of the resurrection.
ṭoobo la-nbiyyé w-ṭoobo la-shleeḥé
w-ṭoobayhoon l-sohdé b-yawmeh d-nooḥomo
Prophets, apostles and holy martyrs, intercede and beg for mercy for us all.
The martyrs who longed to see Christ obtained wings by the sword and flew to the heights.
sohdé dethragrag d-neḥzoon lamshiḥo
b-sayfé qnaw gefé wafraḥ lam-rawme moryo
Let us beg of the martyrs and beseech them that they may be intercessors for us to you.
Of Repentance
Just judge, who judge justly, do not enter into judgment with us and do not remember our sins.
Just judge, have mercy upon us and forgive us our offenses in the abundance of your grace.
Come, Lord to our help and strengthen our weakness, for in you is our hope by night and by day.
When Simon denied you, you forgave him his sin; have mercy upon me who have taken refuge in you.
Of the departed
In the Jerusalem which is above before the throne of Christ may memory be made of the faithful departed.
Have pity, Lord, on the bodies which are corrupted in Sheol; renew their form and have pity on their sins.
Have pity, Lord, on the bodies which have been consumed by corruption, which were clothed in you in water and received you from the altar.
In a place of pleasure far from fear, there let our fathers and our brothers be placed.
Etro (from the common)
Accept, Lord in your compassion the incense of your servants and be appeased by the smoke offered by your priests and be pleased with the service of your worshippers make there by a good memory of your mother and your saints; give rest to all th faithful departed. Christ the Son, who are worshipped and glorified with your Father and your Holy Spirit, now and always and for ever. Amen.
Qolo
In heaven and on earth and in Eden, halleluia.
May a good memory be made in the four quarters of the earth in the churches and the monasteries of the virgin Mary, who was pure and holy in her virginity and was pleasing to the king of kings, who descended and dwelt in her womb; her memory is in heaven and on earth, may her prayer be a stronghold for us; give us a share, Lord, in the memory of your mother.
The queen at your right hand, halleluia.
What shall I call you, blessed Mary, virgin mother of God, cloud of flesh, heaven in which the sun of justice shone forth, veil of the Godhead whose mystery was represented by Moses, chariot of flesh who were mother of our Lord according to his will? Shubho...
Glory to the Son of God, who was pleased to come forth from the blessed holy virgin; by her ear she received him and she bore him in her womb; he came forth from her womb and it remained sealed and confounded the unbelievers. Praise to him, who so humbled himself ; praise to him, who became a son of man; praise to him, who saved his Church, and behold she sings praise.
men o'lam...
Virgin mother of God, repair our broken fences for on every side the waves and storms beat upon us; you have confidence before God, beg him by your prayers to show mercy to us; to give health to those who are sick, and refreshment to those who are weary and return to those who are far away, and to us forgiveness of offenses.
Of the saints.
Apostles, make intercession to Him who chose you, that schism and disputes cease in the Church and among her children; behold disputants surround her on every side to hide the faith which you preached to her; may Your truth, Lord, be a crucible which may try her words like gold, and may her priests cry in triumph: blessed is He who has magnified His Church.
O Lord, by the prayers of the chosen twelve apostles, bless the twelve months of the year. Let summer come in its season and winter in its turn. May the earth receive regular rain and sun that we may be blessed by the heavenly grace and the harvest of the earth. O Lord, by the rain and drizzle of Your blessing, may the fruits grow and the needy and the poor eat those and praise Your name.
You martyrs saw him, who inclined his head on the wood, sitting at the right hand and weaving your crowns; therefore you thought nothing of every torture and cleansed your limbs in the blood of your necks; blessed are you, who trod under foot all pain and desired the love of Christ, and behold, your memories are celebrated in heaven and on earth.
I marvel, reflecting on the torture and sufferings endured by St. Stephen at the time of his martyrdom.
Even when he was being stoned he kept praying: "Lord, do not hold this sin against them" What a befitting servant to the Master who prayed for His enemies while He was being killed. O Jesus the merciful, join us also to the prayers of St. Stephen.
Of a Saint
You are a wise physician, O Mar (X), to whom our Lord gave authority to heal the afflicted. Behold, our assembly takes refuge in the sanctuary of your bones; by your prayers may all our petitions be granted; health to the sick, refreshment to the weary; return to those who are far away and to us forgiveness of offenses.
Until the time of your coming, Lord, let not the memory of the chosen Mor (x) pass from the Church and her children; therefore shall more abundant praise ascend in the churches and monasteries in the four quarters of the earth; from the watchers on high praise; and from men on earth thanksgiving to your worshipful and holy name, which magnifies its worshipers.
To you, Lord we call, come to our aid; for, behold, the evil one by his craft troubles the world; he has stirred up war among kings and disturbed judges, and if it were possible, he would cause to err even the elect, as it is written; in what, Lord, shall we take refuge, if not in your mercy? Drive away the evil one from us by the sign of your cross.
Judge of Judges do not make me bow my head in shame at the seat of judgment because of my offenses by which I have sinned and angered you, and if I am not worthy of forgiveness have pity on me because of your body and blood which is buried within me; I have loved you and worshiped your cross and I have been absolved by your body and blood; be appeased by them and forgive me, Jesus, full of mercy
O Lord, at the judgment without prejudice , we sinners plead that You have mercy on us . When my sins will be read aloud from the book of accounts , and judgments are proclaimed; Your mercy shall plead for justice and my sins shall be forgiven. I confess that I am a sinner; have mercy upon me.
Judge, who do not take bribe from men, what bribe have I to offer you, which you live? I have heard that the tears of my eyes are dearer to you than pure gold and precious stones; receive, Lord, the tears of my eyes and forgive me my offenses and my sins; as your grace is wont, have pity and have mercy upon me.
Of the Departed
You who died in Christ, do not be grieved; for behold the resurrection has come and the day of retribution; you shall rise from your graves without corruption and go forth with speed to meet the Son of the King; you shall be clothed in a garment of glory and shall praise before Him; you who raise up the sons of Adam, have pity and mercy upon us.
He in whom faith is rooted and who eats his holy flesh and drinks his living blood, even if he dies in exile should not grieve, God who is almighty is with him; even if he is far from his people and his kindred, he is near to God most high; Lord of heaven and earth, have pity on the departed.
Joseph died and was buried in the land of Egypt; a place which is foreign to the land of promise; and when he was dying he commanded his brothers and make them swear to take up his bores from thence to the land of Canaan; so also with our brothers who have slept in your hope and were separated from their people and their kindred, the power which was with Joseph shall be with them.
God, who became man for our sakes and descended and were clothed in flesh and in it suffered and redeemed us; and who dwelt in the land, which was cursed because of Adam, to restore him to Eden his inheritance, from which he had departed; do you have pity in your mercy on their offenses and place in the light the souls of our brothers who slept in your hope and await your resurrection.
Quqlion
The daughter of the king stood in glory, halleluiah and halleluiah, and the queen at your right hand.
In cloth of gold of Ophir, halleluia and halleluia, hear my daughter, and see and incline your ear.
Forget your people and your father's house, halleluiah and halleluiah, for the king shall desire your beauty.
Because he is your Lord, worship him, halleluiah and halleluiah, and the daughter of Tyre shall worship him. Shubho.... men o'lam...
Eqbo
He has looked with mercy on the affliction of his handmaid; he who magnifies his mother, he who is the holy God. Stomen Kalos, Kurielaison.
Proemion and Sedro (of the Mother of God)
Let us all pray and beg for mercy and compassion.
Merciful Lord, have mercy on us and help us.
Praise, thanksgiving, glory, honor and exaltation, continually and without ceasing at all times, may we be worthy to offer to the everlasting light, and sprang forth as the hope of life from the virgin breast and the womb of his mother; to him who has magnified and extolled the memory of his mother in heaven and on earth ; to whom belongs glory and honor and worship at this time of Evening and at all times and seasons and hours and moments of the days of our life for ever, Amin.
What tongue is able to tell your praises, O virgin full of all beauty, mother of Christ our God and Savior; who by his saving revelation did away with the darkness of sin and the error of corruption? Therefore we acknowledge you as a fountain of life, source of salvation, blessed field, ladder of ascent to heaven; and therefore we are full of wonder, while we say; blessed are you, chariot of flesh in which the Lord of the angels rested; blessed are you, mystical bush and ark in whom the most High was seen. And now, full of grace, implore with us to the Son, who came forth from you, that he may blot out our sins in his grace and wipe away our faults in his loving kindness; that he may make us and our departed worthy of the dwelling of heavenly Jerusalem and the bosom of Abraham, that from every mouth we may offer glory and honor to him and to his Father and to his Holy Spirit, now and always and forever. Amen.
Qolo
You strengthened me and I carried you, said Mary; and when, I bore you in the cave, you showed me your glory. Flames surround the little crib and the Seraphim with six wings fly above it. Command them to raise their wings that I may enter, Lord, and kneel and worship you; and I will give you pure milk which shall be pleasing to your will.
I have no house on earth, said Mary nor couch nor bed, I am deprived of all; I will wrap in swaddling bands him who is more ancient than all and I will lay in the manger the Lord of creatures. His Father has no equal in heaven and there is none like his mother on earth; he is the Lord and I am his handmaid and his Church his bride.
Glory be to the Father...
In the law and in prophecy Moses, the head of the prophets represented the figure of the blessed mother, by the ark of the law and the pot of manna, and by the staff of Aaron which budded within the holy of holies, and by the dew and the fleece of Gideon and by the new jar of Elisha and by the light cloud of the glorious Isaiah.
From ages to ages...
O David, noble prophet of the Spirit, tell me in what form you saw the Christ. I saw him in the form of a gentle rain which descends on the thirsty earth, Mary; she conceived him without seed; behold Gabriel is witness of this, who said: He sent me and I found him with her; blessed is he who came and fulfilled the mysteries and types and figures.
Moriyo rahem melain oo aa darein.
Make us to share, Lord, in the memory of your mother and of your saints; by their prayers have pity on us, Lord, and on our departed.
By the prayer of your mother and those of the prophets and apostle and martyrs, guard the living and have pity on the departed in your mercy.
O daughter of David, you have great freedom with that king who disposes of all kings; we beseech you, pearl without flaw, to intercede for us with that fruit which came forth from you.
O blessed prophets, apostles and holy martyrs, we take refuge in your prayers, come to our help.
O beloved of the Father and sons of the mystery of the Son, take from him riches and provide for the infirm.
O you departed, who dwell in the grave, take courage; there is good news for you: behold, the resurrection has drawn near to its coming; the word which formed you in the womb of woman will call you and will raise up your bodies without corruption.
O you who receive pure praises from the angles, hear and receive the praises of our lips and have mercy upon us, and on those who spend themselves in the memory of your mother and your saints; by their prayers have pity on us, Lord and on the departed.
Above in heaven and here on earth in the Church may there be a memory of the blessed virgin and the saints and the faithful departed.