The Prologue, Kauma, Introductory Prayer
Eniono
With the holy virgin who bore you in virginity,
make us worthy to sing praise to you, Lord God.
With Mary, who carried you nine months in her womb by your will,
make us worthy to sing praise to you, Lord God.
With the true prophets, who prophesied about your coming,
make us worthy to sing praise to you, Lord God.
With the holy apostles, who proclaimed your gospel among the peoples,
make us worthy to sing praise to you, Lord God.
With the martyrs and confessors, who endured torments and afflictions,
make us worthy to sing praise to you, Lord God.
With the holy fathers and doctors of the orthodox faith,
make us worthy to sing praise to you, Lord God.
With the great Basil and the noble Gregory,
make us worthy to sing praise to you, Lord God.
With the just men and the priests, who loved you, and served in your presence in purity,
make us worthy to sing praise to you, Lord God.
With the five wise virgins, who did not put out their lamps,
make us worthy to sing praise to you, Lord God.
With the sinful woman, who approached you and received from you forgiveness,
make us worthy to sing praise to you, Lord God.
With the thief, who believed in You and You promised him Paradise,
make us worthy to sing praise to you, Lord God.
With the departed who believed in you and were clothed in you by water and spirit,
make us worthy to sing praise to you, Lord God.
Glory be to the Father... Now and ever...
With the angels in heaven, who do not cease from praise,
make us worthy to sing praise to you, Lord God.
Amen
Psalm 113
Praise to You, the creator of light.
Praise the Lord, you servants of his, praise, the name of the Lord.
Let the name of the Lord be blessed, forever and for ever.
From the rising of the sun to its setting, great is the name of the Lord.
The Lord is high above all the nations; his glory is above the heavens.
Who is as the Lord our God in heaven, and on the earth? who dwells in the high places, and yet looks upon the depths.
He raises up the needy from the dunghill; to set him with the princes of his people. He settles the barren woman in a house, as a mother rejoicing over children.
Prayer at the end of a Psalm
To You belongs praise O God .. Barekmor
Eqbo
May Mary, who bore You, and John, who baptized You, intercede for us with You, have mercy upon us. Stomen Kalos, Kurieleison
Promion 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 his mother and honored his friends and magnified their memory in the four quarters of the earth and has compassion on the dead who died in his home; to whom belongs glory and honor and worship at this time of morning and at all times and seasons and hours and moments of the days of our life forever. Amen.
We bed and beseech you, Christ our God, to have compassion on us through your holy mother and clothe us in the the joy like the apostles and bestow upon us your peace in perpetuity; make us worthy of your marriage chamber , Lord Jesus, heavenly bridegroom, Lord of the angels and of men; like the thief grant us and our departed to inherit the heavenly kingdom, that with your chosen ones we may offer praise and thanksgiving to you and to your Father and to your Holy Spirit, now and always and forever , Amen.
Qolo
Have mercy on me, Lord, have mercy on me.
May the smoke of incense which we offer in your presence, Lord God, be for the pardon of our offenses and forgiveness of our sins and on the day when your mercy is manifested, make us to stand at your right hand, living Son, who redeemed us by your cross.
And may my cry enter into your presence
May the smoke of incense which we offer in your presence, Lord God, be like the incense of Aaron which he offered to you in the earthly tabernacle, and its fragrance please your majesty and you God, were appeased by it, and it was accepted in the heights and in the depths.
Shubho....
Glory to you, Lord, who being eternally with the Father, lowered, your majesty from the hidden heights above and became a man of your own will; and healed the diseases and sickness of the weak race of Adam; glory to you and blessed be your honor.
Men o'lam ….
Praise and thanksgiving to the child of Mary, the holy virgin, of whom Isaiah proclaimed with a true proclamation: behold a virgin shall conceive and shall bring forth a child who shall be a wonder, and shall be called God with us.
Of Mother of God
The mountain of Sinai shook at your presence, Lord God; and the virgin Mary carried you, who carry heights and the depths. She conceived you without marriage and brought you forth in a manner beyond description; magnify , Lord, the memory of your mother.
Mary carried the ancient of days, while he carried her, and she came to Bethlehem with Joseph as in a mystery ; they lodged in a cave as poor people to be registered for the poll-tax, while they carried him who rules the creation.
Virgin Mary, the messenger from above brought you a message of peace and said: the king of kings shall dwell in you and you shall bear him without marriage; blessed are you, blessed mother, who in your virginity brought forth the sun which gives light to the creation.
Peace to you, Mary, holy virgin, cries the creation; like a ship you carried him who forms infants in the womb; he carried you and you carried him, and the Watcher greeted you with a message of peace, blessed is the Lord who came forth from your womb.
Of the Saints
To the kingdom on high and life forever are the saints invited , that which the ear has not heard and the eye of flesh has not seen and which has not entered into the heart of men; great is the blessedness of those who are worthy of it, the noble ones who loved Christ.
It is right to honor the bones of the saints, the friends of Christ, as the bones of the noble Joseph were honored by Moses, that in the time of wrath they may be intercessors for us with God, that we may not be struck by the rod of justice.
The martyrs say: our crown awaits us and our recompense is kept for us, which the holy Son, whom we have loved, will give us as an inheritance in his kingdom; for the torments, which we have suffered by the fire and the sword, Christ will console us in Paradise, which he promised to those who love him.
The martyrs, who saw that the world is passing and the truth remains, gave up possessions and riches and the wealth that is but vanity and loved the fear of God; they surrendered their necks to death and behold they are become a stronghold for our souls.
On Repentance
Christ the king, at the door of your compassion I knock at every hour, and from rich treasure-house I ask for compassion and mercy; in you, Lord, I have taken refuge, help me; I have confessed you, do not put me to shame; you are my hope and my strong protection.
I ask for mercy, I beg for compassion from you Son of the Good; deliver me, Lord, from Gehenna, because your body and your blood are hidden within me and I have not denied your cross; do not deny me on that day when you judge all the nations.
How narrow is the door and strait the way which leads to the kingdom; he who wishes to go by it needs firmness, and he who relaxes a little is drawn aside to the path of error; and he loses his soul of his own will.
Who will give me a fountain of tears and a heart of repentance, and I will sit and mourn over myself with bitter sighs? The years of my life have passed in vain labors which profit nothing, and I have been base in my behavior.
On the departed
Those who are sealed with the seal of Christ in baptism, who ate his holy body and drank his propitiatory blood, shall be raised by him from the earth and shake off the dust and shall be clothed in a garment of glory.
This world is already passing away, and let no man be deceived by it; everyone who is born of woman is destined to enter into the grave; kinds and priests and prophets tasted the cup of death and Christ tasted it and redeemed us.
Come, my beloved, let us all gather with one consent in memory of our fathers and brothers who ate his holy holy body and drank is propitiatory blood, and loved him with all their hearts and rested in the hope of Christ.
May your servants whom your command led from this world full of sorrow and pain to that world where there is no pain, be joined, O our Saviour, to the company of your angels and take their pleasure in the bosom of Abraham.
Etro (from the common)
By the incense which we present before you, Lord, may your will be satisfied; may your servants and your mother be honored by it and may the faithful departed be pardoned, who have rested in your hope, our Lord and our God, forever.
Qolo
d-nah nuhro bheshooko lathreese
Light has arisen in the darkness for the upright
b'edono d-donah beh nuhro
w-qofel 'arfel heshooko
sogdon lok mor shmayo war'o
ahwotho dahway menshel
hdo rqee'o l'el men mayo
wahreetho teeno mayo
wamtheeh oar baynothheyn
gnoono dqom barfof 'ayno
shubho lok 'al thooqonayk
At the time when the light appears and takes away the veil of darkness, heaven and earth worship you, Lord, the pair who were made all at once, the one a firmament above the waters, and the air was stretched between them, a bridal-chamber which arose in the twinkling of an eye; glory to you, for your creation.
hoydeyn mmalel bhezwone 'am zadeeqawy
Then shall he speak in vision with his saints.
b'edoneh dsafro hzo mooshe
hezwo dheelo breesh tooro
malake d-nuro wadruho
w-aloho kad mezdayah
hzo lnooro dsharyo bsanyo
w-methgawzlo beh w-lo yoqed
w-qolo shma' kad omar leh
dashree msonayk men reglayk
dhon athro moryo shre beh
At the time of morning Moses saw a fearful sight on the top of the mountain; angels of fire and of spirit and God who was borne by them; he saw the fire rest upon the bush and it was on fire but did not burn, and he heard a voice which said to him: take your shoes from your feet, for the Lord is in this place.
Shubho...
shubho leh l-abo qadeeshe
d-shadar la-breh qadeesho
wab'oobo dakyo w-qadeesho
nheth washro qadeeshoyeeth
hwo barmoothan akwothan
dahnan nehwe akwotheh
hwo bsebyoneh barnosho
dne'bed lan bnayo labooy
w-shawthofe l-ruho d-qudsho
Glory to the holy Father, who sent his holy Son and he descended and dwelt in a pure and holy womb in a holy manner; he came in our image and likeness, that we might become like him; he became a son of man that he might make us sons of his Father and partakers of his Holy Spirit.
men o'lam..
shubho leh lhaw dashro bkarso
wa'mar boh dasbo brahmaw
shubho leh danfaq men karso
wabthoole lo ethhabal
shubho leh walsholooheh
dalfoorqonan eththahhee
wahwo nosho bsebyoneh
wfarqeh lgensan moyootho
men shoo'bodo dahteetho
Glory to him who rested in the womb and dwelt there as he willed in his mercy; glory to him who came forth from the womb and its virgin state was not corrupted; glory to him and to him who sent him; who humbled himself for our salvation and became man of his own will , that he might make us sons of his Father and partakers of his Holy Spirit.
Of the Mother of God
While Mary was standing in prayer and making supplication before God, an angel of fire descended beside her, clothed in flame, and said to her: peace be with you, palace in which the Son of the King dwells; he took from you poverty, when he who is rich dwelt in your womb, that he might satisfy the hunger of the nations.
Elizabeth, the mother of John and Mary, the mother of Christ, were palaces which the king chose for himself in barrenness and virginity; the infant leapt before the infant ; the young before the old, and greeted his Lord, and said to him: come in peace and may your peace bring peace to the creation.
Blessed are you, Mary, who gave birth to the living Son of God; blessed are you , precious vessel, in whom the merchant descended and dwelt; blessed are you , palace of perfection, who received the architect of the heights; you bore him and your virginity was preserved; you brought him forth and remained pure; blessed is the Lord who came forth from you.
Cursed be he who does not assert that Mary brought forth God; and faithless is he who does not confess that he was God and the Son of God; the Father begot him without beginning, and at the end of time he came forth from Mary; from the Father and from Mary, he is but one offspring whom we worship; cursed be he who questions it.
Of the Saints
eno no nuhro shareero
emar moran l-thalmeeday
w-kul ayno dab-nuhro mha lek
lo madrek leh heshoobo
toob la-shleehe qadeeshe
dhalek b-nuhreh da-msheesho
w-ho nosheen dukronayhoon
men sawfeyh lsaqfeyh dar'o
sloothhoon shooro thehwe lan
I am the true light, said our Lord to his disciples, and everyone who walks in light the darkness shall not overtake. Blessed are the holy apostles, who walked in the light of Christ; behold their memories are celebrated from end to end of the earth; may their prayers be a stronghold to us.
The apostles of the Son of God, disciples of the only Son, took the cross in their hands and ploughed the earth again and again, which was barren of the truth on account of the error of idolatry; they uprooted impiety and sowed faith in it, which shall endure for ever.
hzaw sohde tharteyn urhotho
hdo l-haye wa-hdo l-mawtho
wethragrag laydo daleeso
dboh neqnoon haye hadthe
nheth lagoono 'am beesho
zbawooy wa-sleq kad omreen
nehwe shmeh d-moryo mbarak
deethaw lewyo lsogoodaw
wbeyth gawso ladqoreyn leh
The martyrs saw two paths, one leading to life, the other to death, and they yearned for the narrow way that by it they might obtain the new life; they descended into conflict with the evil one; they conquered him and ascended while they say: May the Lord's name be blessed, for he is the friend of those who call upon him.
The martyrs descended into the arena, and they slew and were slain; they slew the evil one in secret, while he slew them openly; and after he had slain them, he was hung and beaten before them and he bean to speak, saying: I cannot fight with the martyrs, because the power of God dwells in them.
Of a Saint
The faithful Church shall rejoice in you, and shall sing praise in your memory because you gave joy to Christ our God, holy Mar (X); He shall give you joy in His kingdom with the just and righteous; give joy on your holy festival to the congregation, which has celebrated your memory, by visiting it with your help.
Mor (x) was a diligent workman, an athlete of the faith, an architect who perfected his building and its top reached to heaven, a tree whose branches grew and the Holy Spirit dwelt in it, behold the peoples from every quarter come to keep his memory, that they may receive help from him.
Of Repentance
God, who do not keep your mercy from sinners who approach you, keep and remove from us in your compassion the scourge and rods of wrath; give us months of joy and years of abundance and cast down the enemy before us by the great sign of your cross; that we may give thanks to you for your grace.
God, who heard the prayer of the son of Mathai in the sea and commanded the mighty fish and in three days it cast him up; hear our prayer and be reconciled with us and respond in your mercy to our requests; and if we have angered you, there are those who will reconcile you with us, the just who died for love of you.
I will not, Lord , cease from your praise and I will not desist from singing hymns to you; do not judge me, Lord , with justice, because I know that I am guilty and if you take vengeance on my offenses, I shall inherit Gehenna and I shall be cut off from life and I shall be silent from prayer to you; in your mercy pardon my offenses.
Let not my stains cover me, Lord, when justice passes judgment on me; let me not be naked at the place of judgment, when the just are clothed in glory. I have slipped and fallen into sin, give me your hand that I may rise and as on the thief on the cross have compassion on me, you who have compassion on sinners and whose door is open to those who repent..
Of the Departed
Give rest and remembrance to our fathers and brothers who have fallen asleep and set your worshippers in the companies and in the ranks of your saints; when you sit on your seat of judgment and divide the good from the evil, let them behold your compassion at the seat of judgment and stand at your right hand on the day when your majesty appears.
Hope of the living and the dead, and resurrection of righteousness, give true hope to our fathers and brothers who have fallen asleep and departed from this temporal life in this world of sorrow; let them inherit that blessedness which is kept for all the saints, who have done your will.
Christ our King and Saviour, make memory of the departed who ate your holy body and drank your precious blood, and gave them joy in your marriage-chamber and give them rest among your saints; let them sing praise to you with the watchers and angels, who at all times give praise to you.
Christ, who promised resurrection and a new life to the race of Adam, sprinkle the dew of your mercy and compassion, O our Saviour, in your grace on your servants who died in your hope, and await the day of your coming; let them go forth to meet you, crying praise and thanksgiving to your worshipful and holy name.
Quqlion
The rich among the people shall seek your race with offerings, halleluia and halleluia, all the beauty of the kings daughter is within.
Her raiment is adorned with pure gold, halleluia and halleluia, with presents she shall go to the king.
The virgins who are her companions shall follow after her, halleluia and halleluia, they shall go in joy and gladness.
They shall enter the palace of the king, halleluia and halleluia, your sons shall be to you in the place of your parents.
Glory be to the Father... Now and forever...
Eqbo
Peace be with you, virgin pure and holy, peace be with you, pearl without stain; peace be with you, who bore the mighty one who carries the creation; all generations shall call you greatly blessed forever and ever. Stomen Kalos, Kurieleison
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 him who has honored the memory of his mother in all the ends and corners of the earth and has honored his handmaid among all nations and peoples; to whom belongs glory and honor and worship at this time of morning and at all times and seasons and hours and moments of the days of our life forever. Amen.
We beseech you, O mother of life and spring of joy, for the sake of the redemption and the deliverance of our souls and bodies, and for the sake of our brethren in the faith, and for the sake of the peace and tranquility and safety of the holy Church of Christ; that while we keep your glorious festival spiritually, we may be worthy to come to the great festival with face unveiled by your prayers which are heard and by the grace of the only Son who came forth from your womb; may he blot out and forgive all our transgressions in his loving kindness and put an end to our faults and may he grant pardon and resurrection to the faithful departed who have slept in his hope; and we and they will offer praise and thanksgiving, to him and to his Father and to his Holy Spirit, now and always and for ever. Amen.
Qolo
I will bless the Lord at all times and at all seasons.
Blessed is Christ who chose you, Mary, daughter of David, from all generations of the world, and took flesh from you and appeared on earth as a son of man subject to passion, when he was God. Glory to Him who so abased His majesty for our sakes, and magnified and exalted the memory of His mother in the four quarters of the earth.
I will sing his praise with my mouth.
Mary was a second heaven to you, Lord of all, and you dwelt in her in holiness and came forth from her into the world; when you were suffering on the cross, you gave her in trust to your disciple; by the prayers of your mother we beseech you, our Saviour, to make your peace and calm, dwell in the four quarters of the earth.
Glory be to the Father...
Glory to you, God, the Word of life, who of your own will took flesh of the blessed Mary, who was pure and holy in soul and in body; she conceived you without marriage and brought you forth beyond all telling; without the seed of man she conceived of the Holy Spirit.
From ages of ages...
Take your harp, Isaiah prophet of the Spirit, and prophesy about the Son of your Lord, how he came forth into the world; behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a child, who shall be a wonder and his name shall be called Emmanuel, which is God with us. Blessed is the Lord of prophets who came and fulfilled their words.
B'outho of Mar Jacob
Moriyo rahem melain oo aa darein.
shawthef lan mor b-dukron emok wa-d-qadeeshayk
ba-slwothhoon haso lan mor wa-l'aneedayn
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.
ba-slooth emok 'am da-nbeeye shleehe w-sohde
l-haye natar wa-l'aneede haso b-rahmayk
By the prayer of your mother with those of the prophets, apostles and martyrs,
keep the living and on the departed, have pity in your mercy .
toobayk maryam d-lek soyro woth rozonoyeeth
hoy qeebootho da'bad mooshe toofsonoyeeth
bhoy man eeth way loohe ktheeboth alohoeth
bek deyn maryam lahmo dhaye shareeroeeth
Blessed are you, Mary, for you were represented in a mystery,
by that ark which Moses made as a symbol;
in it were the tables of the Law written by God,
but in you, Mary, was the bread of life in truth.
toob la-nbeeye d-sorooy labro rozonoeeth
toob la-shleehe dakrez sbartheh malfonoeeth
toobo l-sohde dsaybar shende athleethoeth
w-ho methnasah yoom dukronhum ameenoeeth
Blessed are the prophets who represented the Son in a mystery;
blessed are the apostles who announced the good news with authority;
blessed are the martyrs who bore torments like heroes;
behold the day of their memory is honored for ever.
toob l-meethe da-shkeb we-ththneeh baseemoeeth
wa-tmeer b-hoon fagreh da-bro rahboono eeth
w-hoo 'oqar l-hoon l-shooreyh da-shyool thaqeefo eeth
w-shom'een qoleh w-nofqeen loowr'eh qaleeloeeth
Blessed are the dead who have slept and rested in peace;
the flesh of the Son is buried with them as a pledge;
he will cast down the walls of Sheol for them with violence
and they will hear his voice and will go forth to meet him with speed.
shubho labo da-gbo l-maryam sebyonoeeth
w-segdtho la-bro d-hayel l-sohdaw athleetoeeth
thawdee l-ruho da-mqeem meethe foqudoeeth
w-had hoo kyono dathlothayhoon lo fleegoeeth
Glory to the Father, who chose Mary of his own will;
worship to the Son, who gave strength of heroes to his martyrs;
thanksgiving to the Spirit, who makes the dead to rise at his command;
one nature in three without division.
bro detheeled men bath daweed fagronoeeth
ashfa' rahmayk 'al mar'eethok gawonoeeth
Son, who were born of the daughter of David in the flesh,
pour fourth your mercy on your flock in abundance.