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Byzantine Prosomia The Chanter’s Companion A Booklet Containing The Music and Text For All the Hymns Chanted on the CD’s © 2005, Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA Contents of this Booklet and the CD First Tone 1 O all-lauded Martyrs • PaneÊfhmoiMãrturew 2 O strange wonder • ÖVtoËparadÒjouyãumatow 3 Thou art the joy • T«noÈran¤vntagmãtvn 4 The three most great luminaries • ToÁwtre›wmeg¤stouwfvstÆraw 5 While Gabriel was saying • ToËl¤yousfragisy°ntow 6 The soldiers standing guard • TÒnTãfonSouSvtÆr Second Tone 7 Thou soughtest the heights • Tåênvzht«n 8 With what fair crowns • Po¤oiweÈfhmi«n 9 When he took Thee • ÜOte§ktoËjÊlouSenekrÒn 10 O house of Ephratha • O‰kowtoËÉEfrayç 11 Hearken, ye women • Guna›kewékout¤syhte 12 Upon that mount in Galilee • To›wmayhta›wsun°lyvmen 13 While Thy disciples looked on Thee • T«nmayht«nır≈ntvnSe Third Tone 14 Awed by the beauty • TØn…raiÒthta 15 On this day the Virgin • ÑHPary°nowsÆmeron 16 The power of Thy Cross • MegãlhtoËStauroËSoË 17 That which came to pass in thee • ÉAkatãlhptÒn§sti 18 Thy confession • Ye¤awp¤stevw 19 From the heights our Saviour, Christ #1• ÉEpesk°cato≤mçw 20 From the heights our Saviour, Christ #2 • ÉEpesk°cato≤mçw 21 O Changeless Light • F«wénallo¤vtonLÒge 22 O ye Apostles from afar • ÉApÒstoloi§kperãtvn 23 Thou Who as God adornest • ÑOoÈranÚnto›wêstroiw 24 While standing in the Temple’s courts • ÉEnPneÊmatit“ÑIer“ Fourth Tone 25 As one valiant • ÑVwgenna›on§nMãrtusin 26 Lord, when Thou didst ascend • KÊrieénely∆n§nt“Staur“ i 27 O Lord, although I desired to blot out • ÖHyelondãkrusin§jale›cai 28 On this day Thou hast appeared • ÉEpefãnhwsÆmeron 29 Thou who wast called from on high • ÑO§jÍc¤stouklhye¤w 30 Unto them that fear Thee • ÖEdvkawshme¤vsin 31 Be quick to anticipate • TaxÁprokatãlabe 32 Joseph was amazed (Dismissal Hymn) • KateplãghÉIvsÆf 33 Thou Who wast raised up • ÑOÍcvye‹w§nt“Staur“ 34 Thou Who wast raised up (Kontakion) • ÑOÍcvye‹w§nt“Staur“ 35 Joseph was amazed (Sessional Hymn) • KateplãghÉIvsÆf Plagal of First Tone 36 Let us worship the Word • TÚnsunãnarxonLÒgon 37 We the faithful bless thee • Makar¤zom°nse 38 O righteous Father • ÜOsiePãter 39 Rejoice • Xa¤roiwéskhtik«nélhy«w Plagal of Second Tone 40 Angels in the Heavens • TØnÉAnãstas¤nSou 41 As it is written • TriÆmerowén°sthwXrist° 42 Ere the morning star • ÑEkgastrÚw§t°xyhw/ÑHépegnvsm°nh 43 Having laid up all their hope • ÜOlhnépoy°menoi 44 Ye angelic hosts • AflÉAggelika¤ Plagal of Fourth Tone 45 By conceiving the Wisdom • TØnSof¤anka‹LÒgon 46 O Lord, though Thou didst stand • KÊrie,efika‹krithr¤ƒ 47 O Lord, Thy holy Martyrs • OflMãrtur°wsouKÊrie 48 O strange wonder • ÖVtoËparadÒjouyãumatow 49 The Paradise of Eden • ÑO§nÉEd¢mParãdeisow 50 What shall we now call you • T¤Ímçwkal°svmenëgioi 51 To thee, the Champion Leader • TªÍpermãxƒ 52 When the bodiless one • TÚprostaxy°n 53 As first-fruits of our nature • ÑVwéparxåwt∞wfÊsevw 54 Thou, as the Life of all • ÉAn°sthw§knekr«n ii INTRODUCTION Through the prayers and contributions of the many involved in this project, we are happy to finally present this recording of fifty-four prosomia. We beg the indulgence of all that have been patiently waiting for us to complete this project, which has often seemed too large and outside the realm of possibility for the choir of our monastery. Glory to God for all things! Prosómia are a large, specific group of hymns of the Eastern Orthodox Church, which are used as models and paradigms for the composition of other hymns. In laymen’s terms, a prosómion (singular) is a “hymn-tune”. When its title, which is the first words of the hymn appears above other hymn-texts, it signifies that they are to be sung to the tune of that particular prosomion. A hymn is called a prosomion – meaning in Greek “similar to” – when hymns modeled after the Original Melody match it note for note, syllable for syllable, and accent for accent. A prosomion is called Podóben in Slavonic. By learning the prosomia one will be able to chant thousands of hymns in the Menaion, Triodion, Pentecostarion, Octoëchos, and all the service books of the Church. In order to provide the Faithful with a learning tool, the fifty-four prosomia presented here are meant to be a companion to the Menaion, recently published in English by our monastery. Prosomia appear in almost every service of the Orthodox Church, as hymns for “Lord, I have cried”, the Aposticha and the Praises, and as Dismissal Hymns, Kontakia, Exapostilaria and Sessional Hymns. (Although the heirmoí of the Canons also function as hymn-tune paradigms, they are a category unto themselves and are not considered prosomia.) As an additional tool for learning the prosomia, the sheet music for all the hymns has been included in this PDF file, followed by an additional PDF file of all these hymns as “music without text” for those who wish to write in the text of other hymns as a teaching aid, or for use in Church. In character, prosomia vary from festive to mournful to joyous. The Fathers of the Church deemed them worthy and edifying vehicles of grace that can bring us to compunction and the contemplation of God’s ineffable love for mankind. Many of these melodies as we know them are based on hymns composed in the Monastery of Saint Sabbas in the Holy Land. The prosomia on this CD have been grouped first according to Tone, and then the branch of the Tone, and within that, in alphabetical order. Further, the Exapostilaria, in Second and Third Tones, have been grouped together to assist comparison in learning to distinguish them. iii The original text and melody of a prosomion are called the “Original Melody”. In our selection the Original Melody of each hymn will be chanted first, followed by one or two examples of hymns modeled after it. If the hymns do not follow exactly the paradigm of the Original Melody, they are called “irregular.” Where appropriate, the last example demonstrates how a final cadence can be inserted in place of the simple ending. In some cases minor variants occur, which will be mentioned specifically later on. The Notation and Execution of the Music Regarding the notation on the music page itself, two things in particular need to be mentioned: First, the bold-print capital letters which appear above certain notes in the staff are the notes for the “ison”. (In short, the ison is the “base note” upon which the Tone is based and is chanted by a lesser number of chanters as a foundation and support for the melody.) For example, if D appears above the first note of a hymn the “isocrats”, i.e., the ison-holders, are to chant the text on the note ‘D’ until another letter appears, changing to that note. The abbreviation “Un.” signifying “unison”, guides the isocrats to chant in unison with the melody until the next letter appears. An ison note that appears with an arrow pointing down, as in G, indicates that a low ‘G’ is to be chanted. Second, in (all but one of) the hymns of Second Tone and Plagal of Second Tone, and one hymn in Fourth Tone, a special accidental, ‘ j,’ has been placed in the staff to indicate the flatting of a note by 1/3 of a step, which does not occur in general Western music practice. This is placed on ‘A’ and sometimes on low ‘D’. It sounds just a nuance lower than ‘An ’, but definitely not as low as ‘Ab ’. The Soft Chromatic scale used in the above mentioned Tones simply cannot be rendered on the well-tempered piano keyboard. Through much listening and practice one can learn to produce this new note. In light of the above, we have indicated a “soft flat” in the notation. We do not intend to present a comprehensive theory of Neo-Byzantine Ecclesiastical chant here, but we wish to mention a few things to help the chanter in execution. One distinctive part of the special flavor of Byzantine chant comes from the tuning of its four scales. Each branch of each of the eight Tones, while using one of the four, has its own conventions: melodic formulae, dominant notes, attracted notes, endings and others. Certain notes in each Tone are considered dominant notes, which have a permanently fixed pitch, and certain other notes which can be attracted to those dominant notes, (and thus do not have a permanently fixed pitch). For example, in Third Tone, when an ‘E’ is between two neighboring ‘F’s’, the pitch of the ‘E’ may be pulled higher, i.e., attracted to the dominant ‘F’s’. Notice that in many of the hymns certain notes are not chanted exactly as they appear on the music page – they might be flatted or sharped in varyiv ing degrees. Those could be attracted notes, part of the (regular) tuning of the scale being used, or a convention of the Tone. In the Soft Chromatic scale, the force of the dominant note ‘G’ is so strong that the note ‘A’ is permanently attracted down towards it and, therefore, ‘A j ’ is part of the regular tuning of the scale. We have included it in the key signature. A common practice in Byzantine chant is to double the octave of the ison, meaning, for example, to sing both a high and a low ‘G’ even though only a G is above the note. This doubling is particularly effective in the hymns that use the Soft Chromatic scale as it gives a fullness and richness to the sound. Very beautiful examples of ison doubling can be heard in recordings from the Vatopaidi and Simonopetra Monasteries of Mount Athos available from our monastery. The words “irregular” and “variant” were mentioned earlier. We use these terms to show that there is some difference between the paradigm of the Original Melody and a hymn that has a slightly different number of syllables (and the added or subtracted notes, which accompany them). Those changes have been indicated by using small notes for the additional notes. In almost all cases, the hymns of the new English language Menaion follow the paradigm exactly. Variants, however, are not indicated in the text. Therefore, it is best to study the hymns before chanting them, in order to properly accommodate any irregularities. Notes on the Hymns First Tone In While Gabriel was saying, the Original Melody is used only as a concluding Theotokion, and so we have included it here as the last example. This hymn also presents a variant in the notes of the concluding phrases with the triple “Glory…” The soldiers standing guard is chanted from ‘A’ with the ison note ‘D’. Another tradition, more common among Greek chanters, is to chant this hymn from ‘A’ but with the Soft Chromatic scale, treating the note ‘A’ as if it were ‘G’, the base note. In that case the final ending and “Glory; both now” of Second Tone should be used. Second Tone Since With what fair crowns never appears as a Theotokion, “Glory; both now” and a final ending have not been provided. Different than the other hymns of Second Tone on this recording, O house of Ephratha uses the Hard Chromatic scale, as indicated in the key signature, rather than the Soft Chromatic. v Third Tone The Original Melody of Awed by the beauty is irregular and is not included as an example. The music for it can be found in the hymnal Selected Byzantine Hymns. That which came to pass is really not a prosomion but the heirmos to the Ninth Ode of the Matins Canon from the Feast of the Meeting of the Lord in the Temple. We have included it in our selection because of its importance in that Feast and its beauty - a high point of the Feast. Third Tone Exapostilaria From the Heights our Saviour, Christ – Versions 1 and 2, are two settings of the same hymn from two different chanting traditions. The first is from the Heirmologion from the Polychronachis Publishers of Crete, and the second from the Pandektis’ Heirmologion from Greece, both claiming Ioannis Protopsaltis of Constantinople as hymnographer. We use both versions - the first version for Great Feasts like the Nativity of our Saviour and Theophany, and the second for other days of the year. O ye Apostles from afar is also from the Polychronachis Heirmologion. Fourth Tone with B n (If desired, all of the hymns in this branch of Fourth Tone may be chanted in the Soft Chromatic scale as we do in our example Thou, Who Wast raised up – Kontakion, with G as ison and base note.) Joseph was amazed – Dismissal Hymn, shows another important variant in the melody due to a different number of syllables in the last lines. Thou, Who Wast raised up – Dismissal Hymn, is also used as a Sessional Hymn and Kontakion, whereas Thou Who Wast raised up – Kontakion, is used only as a Kontakion. In our practice, we use the one labeled “ – Kontakion” for Great Feasts only. Thou, Who Wast raised up – Kontakion, shows a variant melody in the last line. Fourth Tone – Palatine Mode Joseph was amazed – Sessional Hymn, is from yet another branch of Fourth Tone known either by its musical introduction, the apékhema “Nenanó,” or Palatine Mode. It uses the Hard Chromatic scale. Plagal of First Tone Rejoice shows a variation in the melody on the first note. The first syllable “Re-“ requires an extra note to be added in order to accommodate the unaccented additional syllable at the beginning. vi Plagal of Second Tone Angels in the Heavens does not have a metered Original Melody in English. Ere the morning star shows again a variant in the last line, which requires the chanters to adapt the syllables to the music. Plagal of Fourth Tone By conceiving the Wisdom has a variant in the melody near the end. O strange wonder has a variant in the first line. To thee, the champion leader, one of the best-known and loved hymns of the Church, has an Original Melody in English, which is irregular. It can be found in Selected Byzantine Hymns. When the Bodiless one also has an irregular Original Melody; it is also to be found in Selected Byzantine Hymns. vii Other Resources The hymnal Selected Byzantine Hymns contains some of the irregular Original Melodies of the prosomia presented here. In the introduction to the Menaion you will find more extensive information on prosomia and the services of the Church. The Menaion contains all of the hymns for the Saints of the day and fixed Feasts. Both are available from Holy Transfiguration Monastery. Online: The website stanthonysmonastery.org/music/Index.html has helpful articles and music in English in both western and Byzantine notation. Another very large resource is the website analogion.com, which has many recordings, sheet music and facsimiles of originals, articles and discussions pertaining to Byzantine music and performance, as well as links to other useful sites. Many wonderful recordings of Byzantine chant performed by various choirs and chanters are available from our monastery catalog or website: thehtm.org. M ay these hymns be for the adornment of the C hurch’s holy services And to the glory of G od! Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, Massachusetts December, 2005 viii first tone Hymns Chanted from ‘D’ O All-lauded Martyrs D &b œ ˘ œ œ œ O all - laud - ed The Ewe - lamb and D C œ Mar - tyrs La - dy ˘ œ œ of free the of D &b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ C œ œ œ Lord, lo, blame saw œ the earth her Lamb con - cealed as He C œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ you not; but rath - er Heav - en re - ceived you and the gates of was hang - ing on the Cross, hav - ing nei - ther form nor beau - ty; &b œ D a - dise she cried, there - in, est Child! Thus, Thy &b œ œ ˘. œ ye My C &b œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ He the grant shin & b œ œ œ . œj ˘ . - - pened. ges: - œ œ souls. nance? ye me, œ œ œ of tell the me, œ - œ ˘ œ œ ˘ Mas went C œ peace and ing grace - ter, Thy œ great of Par and œ as to F ˘ œ œ œ And Woe œ œ œ we pray, with the a - way? Whith - er D our te œ - D the Lord, that of form and to coun o dir C œ joy - ful - ly par - take most be - lov - ed Son, in - ter - cede, beau - ty fled D œ œ ˘ œ wel - comed you and mourn - ing Him with D &b œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ now dwell my sweet - œ Tree of whith - er œ œ Life. hath œ œ ev - en Christ maj - es - ty œ œ mer - cy Thy fair Final Ending: First Tone rit. C &b œ œ œ . œj œ œ ˘ coun - te - D œ b˘ ˘. nance? O strange Wonder D &b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ O strange won - der, great and mar - vel - lous! We have seen an - oth - er An - tho - ny &b œ laid an &b œ œ C œ ˘ œ œœ œ œ œ œ with - in a sep - ul - chre; a Ar - sen - i - us the Great in C &b œ œ lad still D be and come. lips; Be a glad, Sym œ œ œ œ œ thou sanc - tu - a - ry a thou - sand nights on &b œ œ œ œ of a her pil ˘ œ œ - that lar &b œ ˘ F - œ œ œ œ bri - el: Maid - en ry Saint. Proph - ets, full of grace, Mar - tyrs, and -2- œ œ œ œ œ D ˘ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ D - faith Ser C œ bœ œ ˘ re - joice A - pos œ D gave birth to God. Ye of flin - ty stone. O œ œ œ œ œ nœ œ nœ - is mons; O Geth - se - ma - ne, e - on who hath stood ful, let us cry out, pos - sess - ing as our com - man a - phim, thou didst strive for the dis - tin - guish - ing vir D life de der to Hea - ven’s heights doth ness and deep - est si - lence œ œ œ œ œ C œ œ - - C œ œ œ . œj ˘ the small grave of the mind the fount of thy fights with D œ œ œ œ For in ˘ - œ der tue - œ œ great Ga of ev’ - œ œ œ thou, with thee is the tles, An - gels, right - eous First Tone &b œ Lord and &b œ cy their œ œ ˘ our God, the just, œ C œ œ their eth en, His great mer see - ing how D world shone through in thee. thee. rit. &b œ - œ œ œ œ œ œ . œj ˘ . œ to the gra - ces D œ œ ˘ œ œ Who a - bun - dant - ly grant mar - velled at thee from Heav Final Ending: how œ œ œ gra - ces C œ œ ˘ shone in thee. D œ b˘ ˘ . Thou Art the Joy D &b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ art the joy Thou Un - der the shel Since thou dost shine D & b ˘. high, help, light &b œ C œ and thou and D œ tec - tion. good - ness: heal - ings œ œ of œ œ Save us, Shel - ter both the - œ O and soul - œ œ C ˘ œ œ œ a strong help and faith in hav - ing grant - est ev - er œ Vir - gin pure us pre - serve bo - dy, and -3- œ œ up - on earth, Mi - chael, O pow - er y œ œ œ ˘ œ or - ders found en - ly flee we god - ly wings, with ce - les - tial beams œ œ œ œ men us of mind, God - like with Christ’s might D ˘ the heav thy of a - bout of ter all - œ œ œ C œ œ œ Moth - er and all through - out bless - ed O on for of œ pro thy thy œ of our of &b ˘ œ &b œ œ God, an serve &b œ we gel, thy œ œ œ œ we as and draw nev - er God, life; God, C C flee nigh cease œ œ œ set have pres be me - mo œ œ thy in re - fuge in gra - cious help Fa - ther work - ing Final Ending: &b œ C œ œ œ won - der - work - ing œ - œ œ œ ˘. œ un - to the in to thou thee hour pray in of for faith; death, them for O who œ œ œ our all with ent ri - al - y of i rit. œ - -4- ˘ thee, on hope us, of each faith - ful - ly, œ œ seek - ing a as won - der - strength. need. don. - D C œ œ ˘ i - don. œ b˘ œ af - ter great Arch ob now ˘. œ œ œ ˘ Fa - ther Spyr œ œ D œ œ ˘ might time Spyr First Tone D D ˘. First Tone The Three Most Great Luminaries D &b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ The three most great œ œ lu - mi - na - ries œ œ of œ œ the Three - Sun ˘ Di - vin - i - ty D F œ œ C &b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ have il - lu - mined all of the world with the rays of doc - trines di - vine D F &b œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ and true; they are the sweet - ly D have wa - tered all cre - a great and to - geth - er - tion D with the re - nowned us all œ œ who - œ D ˘ en - treat - y for C œ œ œ œ œ œœ di - vine - ly œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ - less - ly they D œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . œj ˘ . to F wise words come to - geth - er, C us œ ˘ John the famed Chrys - o - stom of gold - en our - ing them with hymns; for cease œ œ streams: wise Gre - go - ry, œ œ œ œ ˘ love their & b œ nœ œ bœ œ œ œ &b œ in clear and might - y sa - cred Ba - sil, and the The - o - lo - gian œ œ œ œ speech. Let hon dom who with god - D &b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ ˘ œ œ &b ˘ - œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ F D wis œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ ly know - ledge The ri - vers of C &b œ œ œ ˘ &b œ flow - ing the Trin -5- - i - ty. of - fer First Tone while gabriel was saying D &b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ The lad - der of di - vine While Ga - bri - el was say &b œ and at thou didst his voice D &b œ œ ˘ vi pure & bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ ˘ C œ ˘ œ Who that œ hath œ œ giv willed to œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ re - veal - ing the as spake the right - œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ - our thee with pi ing thy Cre - a D œ œ ˘ œ as we cry, Ge - ra - si - mus, thou God - bear wast shown forth more spa - cious than all the Heav &b œ œ ar - dour, Vir - gin, of di - vine no - e - tic things took flesh with - in thy di - vine mys’ - tries of Christ. Hence we hon eous Da - vid in the psalms. And in bear &b œ C re - flec - tions pure and clear thee as His ho - ly ark D œ œ the height of all œ sion, re - ceiv - ing womb. He dwelt in C - at - tain to the Mas - ter œ œ œ œ œ ˘ vir - tue, thou didst scale with ing Re - joice to thee, O œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ - F œ œ œ ˘ en thee strength. Glo dwell in thee. Glo -6- - ry ry er: ens. œ to to - e - ty, - tor, thou ˘ œ œ œ Glo - ry Glo - ry to to Christ, Him œ œ œ Him Him œ Who hath that came First Tone &b œ œ crowned forth from &b œ ings Final Ending: &b ˘ œ œ œ G ˘ thee. thee. Glo Glo C for all forth, hath ry ry to to œ œ œ œ œ Him Who work - eth Him that, through thy œ heal bring - ing* œ . œj ˘ . through rit. œ œ D œ œ œ - D thee. C œ œ œ ˘ de - liv - ered D œ b˘ * This particular hymn is always chanted as a final hymn. Therefore, only the final ending is given with it. ˘. us. Glory; both now. From ‘D’ D &b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Glo - ry to the Fa - ther, and to the Son, and C &b œ to D &b œ Both œ œ the Ho - œ œ œ ly Spir - D ˘. it. œ œ œ œ ˘ œ now and ev - er, and &b œ C œ œ œ of a - ges. D œ ˘. A - men. -7- œ œ un - to œ œ œ œ the a - ges First Tone. A the soldiers standing guard Chanted from ‘A ’ D &b œ œ ˘ œ œ œ ˘ The sol - diers stand - ing guard When Christ God had been born &b ˘ iour, gin, &b œ be - came thou faith - œ An - gel sta - tutes ing, O Ma - ry &b œ &b Ho Mag - a - bol thy ho ˘ œ - dore, Who from loos - ing of lone ly œ art prayers œ Thy our tomb, sakes ˘ ˘ œ ished ly see - ing fol - low the wom His sa - ˘ nœ Thee Hence, we as ˘ œ ˘ cor - rup - tion; re - mem - brance, œ œ the our grave sins œ ˘. our for God. us. œ œœ œ hast and -8- œ œ œ O from œ œ en cred my the - A ˘ nœ Thee we do re œ Thine O œ œ bœ œ Sav Vir - - ning - like - ing His œ of laws, glo we œ œ œ œ œ œ the light Him, keep œ œ œ œ œ ly Lord: da - lene. œ at for on didst œ œ œ œ œ D &b œ œ who preached to and heed - ing œ hast serve as dead ful - ly œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ A ˘ &b œ œ ˘ œ œ œ ˘ œ a - ris au - gust D ˘ œ ri - fy, to - day Who ob - œ nœ œ œ - ˘ a - ris - en trans - gress - ions we ceive œ a the œ and Who through thy œ a ho - First Tone. A Final Ending: D &b œ for ˘ œ rit. œ œ ˘ C D œ b˘ œ ˘. us. Glory; both now. From ‘A’ D &b œ œ œ œ W œ Glo - ry to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy D &b œ œ œ œ W Both now and ever, and unto the ages of -9- a - ges. ˘. Spir - it. ˘. A - men. second tone Hymns Chanted from ‘G’ Thou Soughtest the Heights F G &j œ Thou Thou &j œ thy and œ œ œ sought - est left - est œ &j œ œ œ ˘ œ Thou be - cam - est em - u - la - ting &j œ œ œ œ an - gel most right G &j œ - œ œ œ œ from and E œ œ of fire tran - quil œ cease - less - ly Fa - ther of œ pray - est Fa - thers, œ œ - Christ God right - eous for An ˘ for thee. li - ty, com - pan - ion in ev - ’ry of way, the O œ ˘ œ œ them, O Saint, thee with him, œ œ œ œ œ œ be - low; bu - lence, œ ˘ œ ˘. - us all. tho - ny. F G Final Ending: E G O Fa - ther &j œ œ œ rit. Un. œ œ of Fa - thers, right - eous An œ œ -10- œ œ œ œ ˘ œ b˘ - ˘ œ host; and to - geth - er with one. Where - fore, we ac - claim œ things tur - œ œ œ œ œ a true Bap - tist œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ char - i - ot still - ness and there - by John the ˘ ic eous œ a of œ œ E œ be - came a life G œ œ œ œ œ the heights, though part - ed not be - hind all earth - ly cares pil - lar led - dest Un. ˘ tho - ny. ˘. thou O Second Tone When He Took Thee G &j ˘ When he Smit - ten &j œ œ that haste œ &j ˘ pre - pared the moth œ œ œ œ œ bur - i - al Si - on till œ œ œ all. Then, com - pelled by his place where our Sav - iour was &j ˘ œ œ œ œ &j ˘ lips. Cross &j œ F œ œ ˘ But and œ his had œ with joy he re - joiced and œ cried cried the Ar - i - ma ea - ger - ly did œ œ œ œ œ œ lin sci œ œ to she Thee, found the the ˘ œ œ he de œ œ - en on and myrrh most sweet, Life ho G œ - œ œ œ œ longed to - sir - ing œ of ly em - brace to save œ œ œ œ œ #œ spot - less Bo - dy to his heart dil - i - gence, she there had found œ œ fear raised and it œ œ G œ œ rev’ - rence up with to Thee: Glo a - loud: Glo -11- - œ œ œ re - strained great long - œ bœ œ ˘ ry ry ˘ œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ fer - vent love, cru - ci - fied, œ Thee and to press Thy us. And when through her œ œ œ the Tree, for Christ, œ œ œ nœ ˘ Thee with fin - est er whence sprang the œ might give Ho - ly F œ - œ œ œ #œ from off and love œ œ œ œ he to œ took Thee dead with de - sire the - an Hel - en, &j œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ to be Thy to and the ˘ œ him, ing, whilst she œ œ con - de Him Who &j œ F œ scen - sion, grant - ed œ œ œ œ O me Thou mine &j œ F œ œ grant - ed œ œ œ me mine œ ˘. Friend of ar - dent Final Ending: rit. œ Second Tone G man. hope. G ˘ F G œ œ b˘ ˘. ar - dent hope. Glory; both now. Chanted from ‘G’ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Glo - ry to the Fa - ther, and to the Son, and to the G &j œ &j œ œ Ho - ly G &j œ Both œ œ œ ˘. Spir - it. œ œ œ now and ev &j œ œ œ œ of a - ges. - œ œ œ œ er, and un ˘. A - men. -12- - œ œ œ œ œ to the a - ges Second Tone With What Fair Crowns G & j œ œ œ œ œ #œ With Thou &j œ ed eous œ what fair crowns of praise wast a morn whose light shall nev Pe - ter and Paul Fa - ther, di - vine the A - pos A - tha - na the bo - dy were far were blind with the pas F &j œ œ - a sions’ part, gloom, - œ &j œ œ œ as ing - ˘ œ œ œ ˘ the God - pro - claim con fire of grac - ers: es; œ tles? sius; Who, and G œ œ œ ˘ the one and so the the &j ˘ er thee - hav - ing be a la - boured heal er lic en more of -13- œ œ as the lead - er of when thou hadst in - creased F E œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ as to œ œ œ œ œ œ E a - pos - to ta - lent giv - fore - most a - mong thy shin - ing bea - & j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . œj œ œ œ ˘ F af - ter them that Spir un œ œ one; the light with œ #œ œ œœ œ œ œ yet in the thou drew - est œ œ œ œ œ œ . œj œ œ œ ˘ œ crown bless ceased, right - ˘ œ E were bound un - wan we er - œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ &j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ it to œ œ œ . œj ˘ œ œ œ G œ œ œ choir; the oth thee, Christ showed œ œ œ œ . œj than af - all flict - Second Tone G &j œ œ œ ˘ the ed & j nœ rest. souls, ˘ œ œ For who they with G &j œ glo fes œ n˘ ting, in Heav wounds, while giv œ jœ œ œ Who grant to all - eth them j œ j œ . & œ œ œ to un - - F &j œ œ œ ˘ - are crowned the sword the to œ - œ the thy as of œ n˘ en ing by Christ a sav œ great mer that draw œ - ˘. world. thee. -14- lau coun - rels sels œ of cut - œ jœ nœ œ œ œ ˘ ry, ter œ ˘ œ œ œ ˘ œ with of G j . b œ œ nœ œ œ œ ˘ œ im - mor - tal test out the fit and œ œ œ œ F is tru - ly right in - cur - a - ble and sores œ œ nœ œ œ ˘ our ing - œ œ cy nigh œ God, health œ œ œ O House of Ephratha Second Tone Chanted from ‘D’ & #bb D C ˘ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ O Chant O & #bb house of thou in land of & œ œ œ Eph - ra - tha, pro - phe - cy Za - bu - lon, œ in loins, va œ ly O the ˘ cit - y, Da - vid; Jor - dan, D œ œ œ œ œ au - gust and ho and strike thy harp, and ye be - yond C œ œ œ œ thou glo - ry of be - hold, the The give ear, for Christ #bb D œ œ ˘ C œ œ œ the Di - vine One giv - eth birth to tion, the Ran - som - œ œ the Proph - ets, o - to - kos, now com - eth, - œ œ pre - pare the fruit the Light shall Christ and be our De - the of and house where thine own the Sal - D œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘. born for us. God to - day. liv - er - ance. Final Ending: & #bb œ the & #bb C D œ & œ œ œ œ œ Ran - som and De - D œ C D œ œ ˘ ˘ ˘. liv - er - ance. Glory; both now. Chanted from ‘D’ D C D œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ ˘. Glo - ry #bb rit. D œ to the Fath - er, and to the Son, and to the Ho - ly Spir - it. C D œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ ˘. Both now and ev - er, and un - to the -15- a - ges of a - ges. A - men. exapostilaria Hearken, Ye Women G &j œ œ œ Heark - en, ye Brought in - to œ œ œ wom bond - en, age E &j œ œ - ˘ F œ nœ E œ &j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ willed pe - &j ˘ that joy rils, pains, œ G œ œ ˘ - dings them œ œ E œ œ œ œ Great œ œ is thy rant Ha - des of Je - sus, œ œ œ glo - ry, O œ œ Pat -16- F œ ye quick a heart - œ œ œ ly and that burned G ˘ œ œ My friends; for a life of œ œ œ rit. œ œ œ œ œ œ cre - a of Ire œ - row. rick. F ˘ rick. œ I have jour - neys, œ œ œ ˘. - œ and raised thou didst œ œ œ œ to by forth sor O Pat Un. œ œ the voice es - cape ˘ shine forth thence up - on all My and cares to save the whole land Final Ending: &j œ - œ œ œ œ œ œ œ tion from whence there first came land. Great is thy glo - ry, G œ tion. Hast - en tors. And with pro - claim the glad - some ti with love thou didst re - pay œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ - E œ nœ ˘ have tram - pled down ty but as a pris’ - ner cor - rup thy cap F give ear un - to thy youth, thou didst œ œ for I vi - ty; the world from re - turn to & j #œ and in G &j œ œ œ œ œ ˘ of joy cap - ti œ œ œ #œ Second Tone œ b˘ G ˘. - Upon That Mount In Galilee Second Tone The Original Melody is irregular G &j œ œ F ˘ œ nœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ O thou Great Mar O Vir - gin, thou - tyr The in song - E œ o - dore, our Christ’s re - nowned wast called a cur - dled but - G F &j œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ mand moun &j œ - er, thou god - ly gem tain by Da - vid, thy G phy - bear E - sai - and or pro - ge ers, O great in as; and god - ly wis - dom Sol - o - G &j œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ ask couch, that vic O La - &j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ the whole did Ja - &j œ œ and cour mon clear sins, God œ œ and that re - newed F œ E œ œ ˘ #œ œ the Church, last - ing of Songs; in a who ob - serve thy O pure The - o - G œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ me - mo - ry bright with splen - dour, com - plete for - give - ness to - kos; while yet an - oth er called thee a gate by &j ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ world, and for us all, cob see thee por - trayed, E œ - age, cease not to - ly called thee a œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ ˘ F E com ter na - ment of hon - oured tro ni - tor; a rod, by great t’ry may be con - ferred up - on dy, in his pro - phe - tic Song E peace on lad - der - œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ ˘ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ we man’s find fall œ œ - œ œ œ ˘. sal - va en na -17- - tion. ture. of which our our Second Tone Final Ending: &j œ œ Un. rit. na - F G œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ b˘ re - newed man’s fall - en ˘. ture. While Thy Disciples Looked on Thee E &j œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ While Thy di - sci - ples looked on Thee, Thou The ranks on high stand trem - bling in fear &j œ œ œ œ œ un - to the Fa - ther ble to be - hold the œ œ œ œ to sit be - side tran - scen - dent bright &j œ be - fore Di - vin Un. ˘ œ œ them up, for the thy womb when He &j œ œ œ œ bright pri blood, O - mal pure œ - G œ F &j œ and œ œ ho - ly œ E œ œ œ œ œ œ Lord King hath took flesh from - œ œ hast - ened, in - ex - up, lift Him in E œ œ - ry. gin. œ blood, O œ pure Un. rit. Vir - œ œ œ -18- F ˘ gin. œ ded un - to His oured and ho - ly œ œ œ ˘. glo Vir œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ as - cen thine hon ˘ dedst, O Christ, Christ, un - a - An - gels of His and cried: Lift ye the gates i - ty; yet thou didst hold Final Ending: G œ Him. ness - - G œ œ œ ˘ &j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ run - ning on press - i - ble as - cen be - fore œ œ b˘ G ˘. third tone Hymns Chanted from ‘F’ F &b œ Awed by the Beauty * G œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ In - com - pre - hen - si - ble Come, let us all bless Job, and in - ex - pli that pure and blame G &b œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ dread mys - te - ry the Spir - it’s strength D œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ &b œ œ F &b œ œ O all - pure La and might - y pil - œ œ œ of foe’s di - vine de - vi - Un. ˘ œ œ grace. ces. For thou Let us F ˘ One faith; ˘ ˘ Who is un - cir - cum - scrib he is tru - ly a ve - C œ thy whol he plead - &b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ He is thine own Son, plor - ing Christ with ear - ˘ ˘. souls sal - va - tion. ev’ - ry per - il. a - ble and didst ry great ser - vant œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ F œ in thee, a - ble F œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ ˘ bear Him wrapped in flesh from of our Sav - iour Christ, and &b œ œ œ G didst con - ceive the sing his praise in &b œ œ full the œ œ ca - ble is the less man, who in œ œ œ œ ˘ that hath been wrought was an im - mov - dy, Queen of all, thou Maid - en lar that stood firm be - fore all - F do thou al nest en - trea - ways ty ly eth œ un - taint - ed blood. Since in our be - half, im - œ œ œ œ œ œ im - plore Him to grant our to res - cue our souls from * The Original Melody is irregular. The music for it can be found on p. 39 of Selected Byzantine Hymns -19- Third Tone Final Ending: C rit. Un. & b œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ ˘ œ œ ˘. our souls from ev’ - ry per - il. On This Day the Virgin F &b œ œ œ œ œ On In this day as - ce œ œ œ œ the tic - Vir dis F &b œ œ œ œ œ ˘ es vir - &b œ œ œ the thou earth doth shon - est &b œ œ in in œ choir with shep hand, thou ran - F ney; rings. the Un O famed œ small mar a star the Ma - gi ing watched through - out the F œ œ for our And since œ sakes thou œ ap - proach Fe - bro - cave; tyr; - œ œ trav - el night of glo Bride -20- a - ble ni - a, F ˘ nœ ˘ An - gels with thy join lamp - ry; groom, œ œ œ œ œ up - on their jour mar - tyr - ic suff ’ œ œ œ œ œ is born a art crowned in œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ - in a œ œ œ œ œ œ œ herds in giv - ing nest un - to thy G &b œ œ œ &b ˘ a a œ œ gin bear - eth the Tran - scen - dent ci - pline, thou wast made fair as œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ of - fer forth as œ œ œ œ œ G œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ with hav - to then, œ - œ œ sence; gin; G G - œ œ œ œ œ œ young Child, He that ex glo - ry, thou in - ter - ist ced - &b œ ed est œ œ œ œ œ œ be - fore for them the that a praise - Final Ending: F &b œ for œ œ them Third Tone œ that praise œ œ ˘. ges thee as with God. faith. rit. C œ œ thee with ˘ œ Un. ˘ ˘. œ œ faith. the Power of thy cross D &b œ C œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ The pow - er of Thy Cross, O Lord, in When thou didst see thy Son sus - pend - ed &b œ œ œ fixed Vir - in gin œ er men it be - lov - ed œ made di - vine Child whith - er œ œ œ through - out didst cry F œ œ œ ˘ A - pos de - part ver - y great: for it was on the Tree, O blame - less C œ œ ˘ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ D one place, yet doth a - vail Moth - er, thou bit - ter - ly &b œ œ œ &b ˘ ˘ truth is life - less F - tles, ed the world; and of fish a - loud: O my most œ œ œ œ . œj œ œ and of the the beau - ty œ œ œ œ œ œ œ na - tions, Mar of Thy vi - œ tyrs, that they might ev - er in - ter - cede for our sal - va sage, which Thou hast will - ing - ly now hid in death’s dark shad Final Ending: F &b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ will - ing - ly now hid rit. C Un. j œ œ ˘. - tion. ow? œ œ œ ˘ œ ˘ œ œ ˘. in death’s dark shad -21- - ow? Third Tone That Which Came to Pass in thee F &b œ œ That which came Him Whom min In Thy na &b œ D &b œ - E œœ œ œ wise com bling and sons, Thou - œ œ œœ œ to pass i - sters ture, Thou - F ˘ pre - hend, with awe, art Three: O now who in thee a - bove art One, œ the An be - low Thy ser thou Vir take in be - lieve Final Ending: F &b œ œ œ œ œ œ be - lieve and gin his and C œ œ œ œ œ ˘ trust in -22- Thee. œ œ œ œ nor Sym from D œ œ œ Moth arms’ trust œ ˘ - C gels, doth vants - - rit. D we in no serve with trem yet in Per - œ œ œ œ œ œ œœœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ not here Keep j F œ. œ ˘ œ œ œ we men, me - on all harm, j F ˘ œ. œ ˘ C œ œ œœ œ - Un. œ Un. œ - ˘. er pure. em - brace. in Thee. œ ˘. Third Tone Thy Confession C &b œ œ œ œ Thy Let con - fes the moun œ - sion of tain - tops ˘ the of Church praise &b œ œ œ A ver - be laud F œ one. sun, ˘ œ œ œ with Christ God sor be - fore &b œ ed cy œ œ un un - with the in our the King Lord. Christ, œ Right - eous and our œ œ ˘ be - half of Kings, ˘. to to us. us. a the zeal - ot ves - sel a of œ œ œ blood truth, both the œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Fa - ther, fer - vent œ œ œ -23- of con - œ œ - œ œ in - ter - cede in - ter - ces - œ œ œ œ that His great mer - cy en - treat - ing Him to Un. œ œ and as œ œ thee doth cry out to - geth most har - mo - ni - ous reed œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ showed thee sound with œ œ œ œ œ ˘ The right - eous the sword of œ C F œ ˘ Za - cha - ry in - fi - dels, un - to the of Je - sus œ ˘ a new Paul Ta - ma - ra œ œ C di - vine Faith of Geor - gia F œ ho - ly smil - ing œ and of &b œ œ ˘ &b œ one vales C ˘ œ bel sion to to D er pipe the and D priests, O dom, the - œ F œ œ œ œ œ œ &b œ œ œ œ mong wis ˘ D &b œ œ œ to songs D may be grant grant great mer - Third Tone Final Ending: &b œ œ œ œ œ grant great rit. C mer - cy œ Un. ˘ œ ˘ œ œ ˘. un - to us. Glory; both now. Chanted from 'F' C &b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Glo - ry to the Fa - ther, and to œ ˘. &b œ œ œ Ho - ly C &b œ Spir œ œ œ œ ˘ ges. œ A ev - er, œ œ œ œ and un - to the ˘. - D œ œ œ œ œ the Son, and to the it. F Both now, and &b œ - F men. -24- œ œ a - œ œ ges of D ˘ a - Third Tone exapostilaria From the Heights our Saviour, Christ Version # 1 F &b œ C œ bœ œ œ œ From the heights In the Jor - &b œ F our dan ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ nœ œ Sav - iour, Christ, Riv - er’s streams, the Day the Sav - C j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . œ œ œ œ bœ œ 3 spring of iour, Who the East, is grace is and come to truth, hath vi - sit us; o - pen - ly œ and we, ap - peared & b œ #œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ n˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ #œ who to once all F C œ &b œ œ ˘ the that were in the shad and hath en - light dark, once œ have found ow and - F œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ from a ho - ly Vir - gin, the Lord hath He hath come and shone forth, the Light un - Final Ending: C &b œ the the F œ œ œ œ œ œ Lord hath Light un - ow ened and them œ œ nœ œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ be - hold, now we slept in the shad &b œ œ œ œ - ˘ the truth; the dark; œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘. been born ap - proach rit. C - day. ble. - to - day. a - ble. Un. œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ ˘ œ œ ˘. been born ap - proach -25- - to a œ for for Third Tone From the Heights our Saviour, christ Version # 2 F D & b œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ From the heights our Sav In the Jor - dan Riv Un. &b œ C F - ˘ iour, Christ, the er’s streams, the Day - spring of the Sav - iour, Who is D F and them œ œ œ œ œ œ the dark, be - hold, now we that once slept in the shad C œ œ œ œ ˘ ho - ly come and œ Vir - gin, shone forth, the the the the F œ Lord Light hath un œ - œ D œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ F œ œ œ œ Lord hath Light un - D ˘ the truth; the dark; œ œ œ for from a for He hath œ bœ œ œ œ ˘ . been born ap - proach rit. œ F œ have found - ow and Final Ending: &b œ C East, grace who once were in the shad - ow to all and hath en - light - ened G &b œ œ œ œ ˘ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ ˘ E C D œ œ is come to vi - sit us; and we, and truth, hath o - pen - ly ap- peared &b œ F C - to a Un. - day. ble. œ bœ œ œ nœ ˘ œ ˘ œ œ ˘ . been born ap - proach -26- - to a - day. ble. Third Tone O Changeless Light E &b œ F D œ bœ œ œ O Change - less Light of Na - ture and time have &b œ œ œ œ œ ten as C &b ˘ seen, birth, G &b œ &b œ œ in and - F œ - ly Spir the faith - œ &b œ œ light of the œ œ scep - tres of D œ œ œ œ œ œ to - day, O Word, have we now for in - cor - rupt is thy child - fes - ta thy rai œ œ œ œ œ as Light and mak tion the Fa - ther ment, where with thou on est - Ta - bor, might - y œ bœ œ œ œ ˘. - C ˘ re - li - gion. -27- œ nœ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ ˘ cre - a re - li rit. true - - D it ful all true œ œ Thine un - be - got by thee a - lone, œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ Final Ending: F œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ F F œ of new E ter, er; Thy Light’s man - i in - cor - rupt is guid - ing with the scep - tres C the Light been made œ œ œ œ œœœ ˘ and Ho shelt’ - rest C F œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ bœ œ œ ˘ Be - get God’s Moth C tion. gion. Un. œ ˘ œ œ ˘. Third Tone O ye apostles from afar > & b œ œ œ b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ . œ œj œ œ œj œ ˘ F D With As hymns she C &b œ John stood let all of us that seed - less - ly the at œ œ œ &b œ œ œ œ Sav - iour las! O œ œ - œ a Proph hast Thou ling, er? - D C œ œ C ˘ - œ tist ing, ˘ œ et, now the set œ œ rit. of Christ the she cried: A œ œ -28- G œ œ œ œ œ œ Proph sweet - œ œ œ œ Un. - F œ bœ ˘ . beth’s off with dead - C de - sert’s ven’ - ra from the eyes of ˘ œ ˘ œ œ ˘. with dead men? œ œ œ > œ œj œ œ œj œ ˘ and chaste E - liz - a How art Thou reck - oned &b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ How art Thou reck - oned œ the my F œ Final Ending: D F er, Son, œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ ble nurs Thy Moth - our Thee œ œ and Bap great mourn and Mast be - lov’d œ - œ œ œ bœ ˘ . et sprung from est Child, how &b œ œ œ Fore - run - ner Thy Cross in D &b œ hon bare spring. men? Third Tone Thou Who As God Adornest F D &b œ C œ œ bœ œ - D & b ˘ œ œ œ bœ œ est and dost be - deck the man wast made a Proph - et œ œ œ œ ˘ œ stars, and Who dost send forth Thine An Lord; and with E - li - as’ - s man Un. F &b œ œ œ œ ˘ all didst &b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ them that hymn Thee him we hon - our Final Ending: &b G œ œ - F œ and rit. œ C ˘ - of all lis - se œ bœ œ œ œ ˘ . Un. ˘ œ œ œ praise thee. -29- F with the D œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ with prais and praise œ C sky of - ˘. œ œ gels, through them, en - light’ - ning tle, his spir - it two - fold the earth, O Thou Cre - a - tor thou gain. Where - fore, O great E F Un. D œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œœ œ Thou Who as God a - dorn Thou who wast once a plough F F es. thee. - C œ things, save us, with While Standing in the Temple’s Courts D & b œ bœ œ œ œ œœ œ œ While stand - ing in the Tem The Pro - phet named Him O - & b œ bœ œ œ ˘ œ bœ œ - it, gin F &b œ œ œ œ Mas - ter, light to F the as &b œ ˘ for mine eyes er that bare - œ œ tion stones that cut shall and F &b œ - œ œ Is - ra - el’s Mar - tyrs blaze œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ C G œ own with F D œ œ œ bœ as Thou hast said; Now with the Moth - F œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ seen like œ light - en pol - ished œ de - part on East E the flesh est ends. - œ G œ nœ les of re - mot have Him, ˘ ˘ his arms the Law’s ma - ment and brought F from the shack to the earth’s the a C out: Lord, let me now world and shined His truth &b œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ &b œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ ˘ œ œ in peace and West, œ nœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ ˘ C œ El - der took in - to from a cloud - less fir and cried the whole G ˘ F ple’s Courts, hav - ing come in ri - ent Who dawned forth from D Spir Vir C Third Tone œ œ the to - e - la ent gem œ œ œ œ œ ˘ the in na tor - tions, ments, œ bœ œ œ sal - va His glo -30- full rev o - ri - ˘. tion. ry. - C œ and the Third Tone Final Ending: C &b œ the F œ œ Mar - tyrs œ œ œ blaze with rit. C œ œ ˘ His glo - ry. -31- œ ˘ Un. œ œ ˘. fourth tone Hymns Chanted from ‘E’ As One Valiant E & œ œ bœ As one With a & œ œ on this day the Three - Sun œ œ œ œ œ œ the Faith, and O Lord, God & œ œ ry’s crown the Word & œ œ per - ils vine and D & œ œ ˘ we gath Di - vin D for thou hast fin O Chief Com - man ˘ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ D œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ tyr George, be - fore & œ œ œ val - iant in mar - tyr - dom, tro - phy - bear - er, Great Mar daz - zling bright ra - di - ance, thou, O Mi - chael, dost stand ˘ & œ œ œ œ from the œ ished the der, in œ ˘ œ of of light; God œ œ bœ œ œ G ˘ œ œ œ bœ ˘ praise; high, œ bœ œ ˘ œ them one œ œ ˘. - ra - ble mem - o - ry. - ture, and Sov’ - reign - ty. -32- ˘ œ œ that faith - ful - ly Di - vin - i - ty, œ vic art - œ to Thou, œ to de - liv - er from Ho - ly art Thou, Di - œ E œ œ œ thy great Ho - ly E œ œ œ ˘ thee hymns of the Hosts on œ re - ceived the heights; œ œ and cor - rup - tion Ho - ly Spir - it: thine ev - er - ven’ one Glo - ry, Na œ hence en - treat the Lord co - be - gin - ning - less; œ œ E œ hast in œ chant with œ course and hast in - vin - ci - bly kept joy ex - claim - ing: Ho - ly art Thou, œ God thou Fa - ther œ er to i - ty œ D œ œ - - œ œ œ E œ do one œ bœ ˘ hon Pow - our er, Fourth Tone Final Ending: & œ D œ bœ œ one Glo - ry, œ œ Na - œ œ ture, and E rit œ D E ˘ œ œ ˘ ˘. Sov’ - reign - ty. Lord, When Thou didst Ascend E & ˘ Un. ˘ ˘ Lord, when Thou didst There is come now œ o - blit - er - ate God’s sav - ing ris œ ˘ & ˘ past, both, œ œ grant - ing it is - our ing œ bœ œ œ œ bœ œ #œ œ un ra to the di - ant ev - er; hence, for jes - tic, show - ing œ œ Thou didst set free those Il - lu - mi - nat - ed - œ œ œ œ œ this and œ life - cre - a - ting the great glo - ry C D ˘ œ œ race and œ œ œ œ in by œ œ D #œ œ œ œ ˘ of in man truth œ nœ œ œ œ nœ œ œ a - ges join - ing œ œ œ in - cor - rup - tion for is now ren - dered ma - œ ˘ we the œ go - ing down in Pen - te - cost, that œ D œ and sav - ing of the As - cen - sion -33- And by œ œ fet - ters from all both the feasts and cause with hymns do man - i - fest - ing œ E an - ces - tral curse. and which are sealed œ œ E & œ ˘ & œ œ to Ha - des, di - vine day. œ œ E & œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ as - cend up - on the Cross, Thou didst ut - ter - ly the mid - dle of those days which com-mence with Christ D œ œ & œ œ œ œ œ E bœ œ ˘ glo - ri pres - ence œ Ris - ing of our œ - #œ fy of œ Thy E ˘. from the dead. Mas - ter, Christ. Fourth Tone Final Ending: D & œ œ œ of our rit œ E D E ˘ ˘. ˘ œ œ Mas - ter, Christ. O Lord, although I desired to blot out C D & œ œ œ œ œ œ E D œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ O Lord, al - though I de - sired to blot out with my tears the hand - writ What man who, be - ing tossed in the tem - pest, flee - eth to this ha - ven & œ œ œ œ ing and of is E & œ œ D ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ my man - y sins, and for the not saved from harm? Or who in œ be - fore be - fore he of œ œ œ œ œ tance, yet doth the cian and is not E & œ œ œ œ stray, as a - tor - œ bœ I I œ ut - ter - ly ut - ter - ly & œ œ œ œ per - ish, do œ œ œ œ œ œ per per - ish, ish, do do rit E Thou save ˘ œ œ cun ail œ ˘ me. -34- D - œ Thou save Thou save Final Ending: D D œ œ #œ œ œ bœ ˘ D œ C œ en - e - my lead me a ful - ly healed? O Thou Cre - war - reth a - gainst my soul with his all things, O Thou Who heal - est the E ˘ E G œ œ ˘ œ rest of my life to please Thee sor - row and pain doth fall down D œ œ œ œ œ œ through sin - cere re - pen be - fore this Phy - si & bœ C E E œ œ ˘ ˘. ning. ing: E ˘. me. me. œ œ O Lord, O Lord, Fourth Tone On This Day Thou Hast Appeared E D & œ On O & ˘ œ this day di - vine œ œ œ œ Thou hast E - ze œ œ œ œ œ - & œ œ sing Thy of the & #œ œ Thy light, fore - told - ˘ O est Sov’ un C œ œ œ praise and chant with Lord, the Lamb of œ bœ œ œ ap - peared, of God, E œ œ œ œ œ œ œ O the œ - œ reign to œ œ know God, - Lord, all œ ledge: the - œ œ œ œ œ is signed on us who the In - car - na - tion œ œ œ œ œ Thou hast now come, Thou Ar - tif - i - cer, the œ n œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . œj ˘ . Thou Light E - ter - un - ap nal made proach man Final Ending: C œ œ œ œ ap - peared un - to the whole ki - el, as God’s true Proph D world, and et, thou hast Son œ œ E rit G Un. & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ ˘ œ œ ˘. the E - ter - nal made man - i - fest. -35- - a i - ble. fest. Fourth Tone Thou Who Wast Called from on high E D E œ œ œ #œ œ œ œ nœ œ ˘ ˘ & œ œ œ œ œ œ Thou who wast called from on high and not by man- kind, when the earth - ly O seer of mys - t’ries in - ef - fa - ble and ho - ly, thou didst cleave in & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ bœ ˘ dark - ness had be - dimmed thy flesh - ly eyes, and by this blind - ing, had brought twain the Riv - er Jor - dan’s run - ning streams; and the de - lu - sion of i - & œ ˘ œ D œ Un. œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ to light and shown forth clear dols, thou didst burn to ash - ly es œ œ œ œ & œ œ œ ˘ œ E ˘ œ œ œ the dis - mal gloom - i - ness of with the fierce light - ning - bolt of œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ im - pi - e - ty, then the light from Heav - en shined its light - ning ra - di - ance thy god - ly words. When the king trans - gressed, thou didst re - buke him o - pen - ly; & œ œ œ ˘ œ œ bœ œ up - on the eyes of the shame - ful priests of Un. & œ œ to thee and with & œ œ œ to of E œ ˘ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ thy mind, O Paul, there - by re - veal in - iq - ui - ty, thou bold - ly slew œ œ œ ˘ œ œ the beau - ty of god - ly thy prayer, thou didst burn thy œ œ œ œ D E ˘ œ œ œ ing est; D œ œ pi - e - ty. Hence, thou didst come sac - ri - fice. Now with the fire œ œ œ œ know the One that doth bring forth light out of thy most fer - vent prayer, quench the flam - ing - hot -36- œ - ˘ œ œ œ dark - ness, yea, Christ coals of the suf - G œ & œ ˘ œ œ œ #œ our God. Do thou there - fore fer - ings and dis - tress of & œ to et E D œ œ bœ nœ ˘ œ œ bœ en - treat thy peo Him to ple, O - Fourth Tone œ œ en - light - en and E - li - as, Proph - E œ œ ˘. save of our the souls. Lord. Final Ending: E D O E - li - as, & œ œ bœ œ œ œ rit Proph - et œ œ of the E D ˘ œ œ ˘ E ˘. Lord. Unto Them That Fear Thee E & œ œ œ œ œ Un - to them that Come, all ye that E & ˘ Cross selves & fear love œ D œ Thee, Thou, O mar - tyr - ic œ as not an to D œ œ come land, all that œ en - sign Per - sia œ the pow’rs di - vine œ of or œ ˘ œ giv - en let us œ œ ˘ E ˘ ˘ œ with in œ #œ œ œ œ œ Thy pre - cious be - take our - vic - to - ry, where - by Thou hast an - cient Rome, but un - to the of dark - ness a - re - na, œ œ œ Lord, hast con - tests, E œ ˘ #œ œ œ nœ œ œ œ œ œ œ D ˘ & œ Un. ˘ œ œ o - ver Rus - sian œ œ their prin - ci - pal - i - ties, the which an ar - my of D œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ and hast brought us back a - gain to the first bless - ed - ness of Chris - tians, stripped of earth - ly strength, con - tend - ed might - i - ly till -37- our an they won Fourth Tone E & œ ˘ œ œ œ #œ œ œ cient state; and for this cause, we the crown. Their blood hath made the D & œ œ ing en œ œ & bœ œ ˘ œ vine ced œ - Final Ending: E D œ & œ - ter my Je - sus, the throne of œ ˘ man - be - friend while in Heav - œ E ˘ œ œ Al - might - y Lord, Thou di the Trin - i - ty, in - ter - ˘. our souls. be - half. bœ œ œ œ œ ced - ing in our - œ nœ E œ of our œ glo - ri - fy Thy earth a Heav - en, œ œ œ œ œ œ Sav - iour ing in œ G e - co - no - my, O their spir - its stand at D in E œ E œ D ˘ E œ ˘ œ ˘. be - half. Glory; both now. Chanted from 'E' E œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ Glo - ry to the Fa - ther, and œ & œ & œ ˘ ly Spi - rit. œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ Both now and ev - er, and - E & D & œ a œ œ - ges. œ œ to the Son, and œ œ bœ œ œ to the E œ Ho œ D ˘. œ E ˘. A - men. -38- un - to the a œ œ œ - ges of fourth tone with B n Be Quick to Anticipate E & œ œ Be By œ quick thy & œ œ œ œ œ to an - tic - i - pate di - vine child - birth, thou, œ œ œ œ œ œ œ our O œ œ œ D œ E œ œ ˘ foes ere we be spot - less Maid, hast œ œ œ œ œ en - slaved by re - newed the D œ œ œ them that blas - pheme Thee and that men - ace us with their threats, O mer whole mor - tal na - ture of the earth - born, which was cor - rupt with pas - & œ œ ˘ œ ci - ful Christ sions and dead us pure dox ous D œ God; by Thy sins. Thou hast œ ˘ œ ˘ œ œ Chris - tians, through Vir - gin, we œ œ - œ œ œ Cross raised œ proph - e ˘ - œ Thy all pure now œ ˘. Friend of proph - e man. - sy. E œ œ ˘ ˘. sy. -39- œ œ œ œ œ de - feat them that op - pose all men from death to life œ œ is due, the O œ Moth - er’s call thee œ rit D œ œ E ˘ ly didst Final Ending: ˘ œ E O on tru - ly & œ that they may know how might - y and end - less. Where - fore, as is & œ & œ ˘ our in œ & œ #œ E D œ œ œ œ nœ faith thou œ of most Or glo - tho ri - œ œ œ prayers for bless - ed, us as all, thou Fourth Tone with B n Joseph Was Amazed Dismissal Hymn E & œ O Be œ œ Lord thou & œ œ Je - sus, rea - dy, œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ die, that vine and œ & œ - œ ing live, ˘ œ œ in Thee: is found, D œ œ œ œ œ ˘ to Thee as and shall not a * in - ter - ces - œ ˘ a great voice: un - to all. now Tree ˘ con - test, of life E - and ly bur - ied. I Vir - gin. Her ˘ œ œ œ #œ œ ˘ œ for Thy sake where - in the œ me we œ œ of - fered eat there - of E œ œ œ ˘ spot - less sac - ri - fice. sions, œ œ œ ac - cept and as E œ œ #œ with Thee; a - dise, - E œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ through her œ am cru - ci - fied cave from the ho œ œ I may live sav - ing Tree & œ œ œ ˘ œ long all œ œ œ #œ œ œ œ œ œ D œ cry with o - pened œ œ suf - fer for Thy sake, that I may reign womb hath proved a true spir - i - tual Par & œ œ œ œ and seek - ing Thee, I for now, be - hold, the D and with Thy bap - ti - sm hath blos - somed forth in the & œ œ un - to Thee Thy lamb doth Beth - le - hem, E - den hath O my Bride - groom, Thee I love; Eph - ra - tha, pre - pare thy - self, & D œ œ out of we shall œ œ œ I Di - Lord, save our œ souls E D œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘. since Thou art great in mer - cy. * For the remainder of the hymn, see the first two lines of the following page. The Dismissal Hymns for the Eve of the Nativity, the Forefeast of Theophany, and the Eve of Theophany all follow the same sequence of notes. -40- Fourth Tone with B n The following two lines complete the Dismissal Hymn for the Forefeast of the Nativity. The hymns for the feasts mentioned in the footnote below follow this pattern also. D & œ E œ œ œ œ die as D & œ did œ im - age ˘ A - dam. œ œ For Christ œ œ œ that had œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ is born to raise the œ œ & œ the œ œ œ œ œ œ œ i - mage that had ˘. a - fore - time. Final Ending: D E œ œ fall - en now fall - en œ E ˘ œ œ ˘ ˘. a - fore - time. Thou Who Wast Raised Up Melody used when Chanted as a Dismissal Hymn E D œ & œ #œ œ E œ œ nœ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ #œ œ œ œ Since thou wast great in zeal for god - ly re - li - gion, thou didst as - sem - ble When He that bowed the Heav - ens came to save sin - ners, Zac - chae - us, great in D & œ nœ œ œ an al - li - ance zeal, but lit - tle & œ œ œ flash syc & #œ œ of of ing bo - dy, Who called him: ˘ œ Mar - tyrs, sta - ture, œ œ E œ œ œ œ ar - rows that did up a - bove the œ thou didst slay com - ing down œ œ œ œ œ œ and in their midst, thou shon - est like be - held the Tree of Life from in œ œ œ œ ˘ ˘ D œ - ing star. With the - a - more; lift - ed œ E œ the in -41- œ œ ˘ ˘ œ œ œ œ pierce thy much - suf earth, he saw Je ˘ en - e - my, low - li - ness, a the - fer sus, D ˘ nœ O he œ œ œ Great Mar re - pent - tyr ing, Fourth Tone with B n & œ œ E D E ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ #œ œ Se - bas - tian; and thou thy - self didst fly as from a bow in - to re - ceived Him; and so sal - va - tion came in - to his house, and he œ & D œ Heav - ens shown forth the was E nœ œ œ where a Christ true hath son re - ceived of A - D rit œ œ ˘. œ thy soul. bra - ham. Final Ending: E œ & œ #œ œ and he œ œ nœ was shown forth a E œ œ œ œ true son of D E ˘ œ œ ˘ ˘. A - bra - ham. Glory; both now. Fourth Tone with B n E œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Glo - ry to the Fa - ther, and & œ & œ œ œ ˘ - ly Spi E Both & œ ges. to the œ Son, œ nœ and œ to the E Ho & œ œ œ #œ D œ œ now and nœ œ ˘. - œ ev - er, rit. œ œ #œ œ and un - to the E ˘. A - men. -42- œ œ #œ a - ges of D œ œ a - Fourth Tone with B n Thou Who Wast Raised Up Kontakion G &j œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ Thou Who wast The sac - red & j #œ raised trea up su - on ry - the of œ œ œ œ nœ ˘ œ O Christ our God, the great - ly pre - & j œ œ nœ do cious œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ Cross God’s œ œ œ Thou be - stow brid - al cham œ œ œ - den to œ œ œ œ G F &j œ œ œ œ ing; it; as do Thy God’s and her œ tru œ ˘ peace, ly - œ œ the the œ œ #œ œ Thy ber ˘ com - pas - sions and Vir - gin, œ ter Thee. Glad and un - de - filed, in - œ #œ œ œ tho - dox hier - archs, is brought for - ward and ˘ #œ œ œ œ œ œ œ nœ œ œ œ œ E own will, glo - ry, œ - to - ry o - ver the grace of the help in An - gels of Thine ho - ly E œ œ œ œ œ œ and vouch - safe them vic bring - eth with her - self of is œ œ ˘ œ with Thy sov’ - reign might our most Or the House of the Lord on this day &j œ &j œ ˘ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ up - on this, Thy new com - mon - wealth named af the Sav - iour’s most pure tem - ple, free of stain &j œ œ œœ œ war hymn may with œ œ tro - phy in heav - en - ly -43- - ˘ œ œ œ œ they songs œ ev’ - ry false teach Most Di - vine Spir œ œ œ pos - sess the wea of praise, for ˘ œ vin - ci ta - ber - na - ˘. ble. cle. pon she Fourth Tone, Palatine Final Ending: G &j œ œ œ œ œ the heav - en - ly F œ œ œ ˘ œ b˘ œ ta - ber - na - G ˘. cle. Glory; both now. Chanted from ‘G’ G &j W Glory G &j œ œ to the Father, and to the Son, W and to the Holy œ œ #œ œ Both now and ever, and unto the a - ges of ˘ Spir - it. ˘. œ #œ a - ges. A - men. Joseph Was Amazed Palatine Mode–Sessional Hymn & #bb D œ œ Jo - seph To the & #bb œ Un. œ both doth œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ was a Vir - gin - ˘ œ con - ceive tran - scend mazed un - G œ na - ture’s bounds, el was sent #bb œ & G œ œ œ œ œ with - out de - clared œ seed, to ˘ œ œ œ œ that which tran - scend - ed Arch - an - gel Ga - bri - D ˘ œ for and to see de - filed, œ thou, her œ œ œ œ ˘ œ O the Maid, joy didst that œ œ œ and bear a Child. And he re - mem - bered the all thought and speech: Thou shalt con - ceive with - out -44- Fourth Tone, Palatine #bb œ & œ œ œ œ œ blos - som - ing rod seed and with - out & #bb œ on bear the fleece, a Son, #bb œ œ & & #bb œ œ œ and God the ere D not shall œ œ œ œ & & #bb G ing ni bush ty, be - fore most bless - the ed af - ter af - ter all from œ œ œ ˘ be - trothed hath sent G priests: Maid. A The œ œ œ child - birth, still bear - ing, thou - - ˘ which and œ œ œ œ ˘ œ it was peo - ple D up shalt ˘. œ œ - a their œ œ cried, me as to flame. sins. œ œ he say: bare wit Re - joice, D ˘ #œ nœ œ bœ nœ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ . nœ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ and and œ œ Un. œ œ C œ œ œ ness O the dew For thou though His Thus, thy pro - tec - tor and He bear - eth wit - ness Who #bb on, tion. un - burn e - ter œ œ œ œ ˘ - œ con - sumed, re - deem œ œ œ œ œ ˘. ˘ œ œ œ was He D of Aar cor - rup G ˘ œ œ C Vir - gin birth is bear vir - eth gin, G œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘. re - main - eth re - main - est a a Vir Vir - gin. gin. œ ˘. Final Ending: & #bb D œ thou œ œ ˘ œ re - main - est a œ œ œ Vir - -45- ˘ gin. œ ˘ Un. œ Fourth Tone, Palatine & & #bb #bb Glory; both now. Palatine Mode D W œ ˘ ˘ Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spir - it. D œ Both W now C D œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ . and ever, and unto the a - ges of -46- a - ges. A - men. plagal of first tone Hymns Chanted from ‘A ’ Let us Worship the Word G A œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ & œ œ œ A Let Let us wor - ship the Word, us praise the all - laud - & œ œ œ ˘ O ed is of A œ œ œ ye faith - ful, prais - ing Him that with the and no - ble bride of Christ, the god - ly G œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Fa - ther and Spir - it Cath’ - rine, the guar - dian G co - be - gin Si - nai and - A ˘ œ œ œ ning - less God, Who was born its de - fence, who is al - & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ G A œ œ œ of so for He was pleased to mount the for with the Ho - ly Spir - it’s a pure Vir - gin that we all be saved; our sup - port and suc - cour and our help; G & ˘ œ œ œ A œ œ œ G œ œ œ œ œ œ Cross in the flesh that He as - sumed, ac - cept sword she hath si - lenced bril - liant - ly the clev G A œ & œ œ œ And and G by His glo - ri - ous ris be - ing crowned as a Mar & œ she ing, tyr, He she ˘ ing thus to en - dure death. er a - mong the god - less; œ œ Un. œ F œ #œ al - so willed to now doth ask great re mer - œ œ œ ˘. sur - rect cy for Final Ending: A - œ A A œ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ - œ œ ˘ œ the us œ œ now doth dead. all. Un. œ œ #œ G œ ask great mer - cy rit. A G A œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ b˘ ˘ . for -47- us all. Plagal of First Tone. A Glory; both now. Chanted from ‘A ’ Un. A œ œ œ œ Glo - ry to the Fa - œ œ & œ & œ the œ Ho - ly œ œ œ œ œ œ G ther, and to the Son, and to œ œ œ œ the a - ges A ˘ ˘. Spir - it. G A œ œ œ œ ˘ œ Both now and ev - er, and & œ & œ of G œ œ œ a - ges. œ œ A ˘. A - men. -48- œ œ un - to Plagal of First Tone. A We the Faithful Bless Thee G A œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ & œ W Both now and ever, and unto the G A G We the faith When the Ewe G - a - ges of A a D œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ & œ A G ful bless and Vir - ges. A - men. G A œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ thee, O Vir - gin The - o - to - gin be - held Thee be - ing tak - kos, and we en like a D A œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ & glo lamb - A ri - fy to slaugh thee, as is meet and prop - ter, then, O Word, she cried & œ œ œ œ ˘ - er: O un - shak - en out: O most strange au - œ œ b œ œ œ œ n œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ A˘ G cit - y, im - preg - na - ble bat - tle - ment, in - vin - ci - ble dac - i - ty! how is it these law - less men slay Thee, the Life pro - tec - tion, - be - stow - er? Last Line of First Verse: G A and shel - ter - ing & œ œ œ Un. œ A œ œ #œ œ œ œ ˘ ref of our souls. - uge G A œ œ b˘ ˘ . G A Last Line of Second Verse: G A œ œ Great, in truth, & œ Un. œ œ is Thy G œ œ mer - cy, O my #œ œ -49- A ˘ Son! œ œ b˘ ˘. Plagal of First Tone. D O Righteous Father Chanted from ‘D’ D & œ œ O right - eous O right - eous Fa - ther, Fa - ther, G &b œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ nœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ The - o - do - sius, thou God - bear sa - cred Am - brose, tru - ly graced D œ œ œ œ œ œ C D &b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ - ils and con - stant tho - dox truth and fast doc - D &b œ rus eth &b œ œ œ est a Com - for now with the souls the flesh - less An of all the faith G œ œ œ œ ˘ the praise stru - ment D œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ of of œ Christ, God, C - œ D A œ - er the - gels, cease - less - ly sing ful; thou art a great œ œ œ nœ ing in - D œ œ œ œ œ God, trum - our pet De of œ œ œ bœ œ œ er, Who bowed His head Church, the most ex - ceed -50- - œ œ œ œ œ œ the Word of God come from and the most praise - wor - thy &b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ liv all œ hym sav - œ œ œ rule; thou dost join in cho - ter that most sweet - ly sooth C œ œ in a œ œ nœ œ bœ œ &b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ - life all ing. To thy dis trines; thou tune - ful G ci - ples thou be - cam lute of the Di - vine Saint, God, œ œ ˘ œ œ ˘ with fer - vour thou didst strug - gle in this brief tem - por - al thou lyre of sev - en strings ev - er sound - ing forth to us no - dy and vig ing song of Or ing of - be - fore the ing clear and Plagal of First Tone. D G œ œ ˘ œ œ œ nœ œ bœ œ ˘ œ &b Bap - tist and Fore lim - pid fount of - run grac - D œ œ nœ œ bœ œ œ ner, and whol - ly sanc es, that wash - eth clean C - ti a D &b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ the na - ture of the fil - thi - ness œ bœ & b nœ the of wa pas œ œ thou plead with Him, O thou plead with Christ, O &b œ &b œ œ œ right right D œ nœ œ bœ œ ˘ grant - ed grant - ed con con œ last - ing last - ing - - cord, cord, - œ ters. Do thou sions: Do thou œ œ eous eous ˘ one, one, en - treat Him, do en - treat Christ, do œ that that the Church may the Church may œ œ great great fied way œ œ G œ œ œ œ tran - quil - li - ty, tran - quil - li - ty, - œ œ be be œ œ œ œ mer mer - cy, cy, and and Un. j . œ œ œ #œ ˘ . G u u - ni - ty. ni - ty. Final Ending: - rit. D C D j œ & b œ œ œ œ . œ œ #œ œ œ nœ œ œ nœ œ ˘ œ œ b˘ ˘ . A and last - ing G u - ni - ty. -51- Plagal of First Tone. D Rejoice &b D œ œ œ ˘ Re - joice, Wrest - ed œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ thou treas - ure frag - rant in - deed of from coun - try, kin - dred, and home, to A G & b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ nœ ˘ con - ten - tions and vic - to - ries; a pil - grim up - on the earth, &b œ œ œ œ œ œ Cross, de - vot lect - ed e - D &b ˘ œ ˘ great be œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ for thou took - est on thy shoul - ders the O Pa - trick, thou wast of Heav - en e - D C ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ing thy - self un - to Christ the Mas - ter, ven from youth to es - trange the I - rish œ œ œ œ as - cet - i - cal a stran - ger and ˘ œ œ ˘ œ œ O all - bless - ed from i - dol - a - A œ œ ˘ man; thou ut - ter - ly trod - dest down the ig - no - ble mind of the flesh; try. Thy kins - men and dear - est friends, coun - try, com - fort, and moth - er tongue, G & b œ œ nœ ˘ ˘ D œ œ ˘ œ œ bœ œ ˘ with all the vir - tues didst thou make thy soul ra - di - ant, e - ven the fa - ces of the longed - af - ter Saints of Gaul, C D &b œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ est wing to soar up no more, in thy care œ and didst œ œ thou took thou see A œ nœ œ œ œ œ œ un - to love of God. Where - fore, as we en - com for thy faith - ful flock. While there was an - y strength G D ˘ œ œ bœ œ ˘ œ œ œ & b nœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ pass thine au - gust and all - ho - ly shrine, we ask by thine in - ter - ces in thee, thou took - est no rest at all, till thou hadst wrest - ed a peo -52- - sions ple C D &b œ œ œ œ œ œ that we out of may find the snares & b œ nœ œ œ œ œ ˘ God’s great love for man, of the en - e - my, œ bœ and that peace and with a fair and O all - laud - ed Sab pre - sent - ing the Bride œ œ œ œ œ œ His great mer spot - less bride - œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ ˘ œ - œ œ cy be grant - ed to new - es - poused through thy bas, groom ˘. the world. tra - vails. Final Ending: œ &b œ œ new œ œ ˘ œ es - poused through thy rit. œ œ œ ˘ C D œ œ b˘ ˘. tra - vails. Glory; both now. Chanted from ‘D’ D &b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Glo - ry to the Fa - ther, and to the Son, and to the œ œ œ œ œ the a - ges of &b œ œ Ho - ly &b D œ a œ ˘. Spir - it. œ œ œ ˘ œ and ev - er, and œ œ œ - ges. œ Both now &b œ œ ˘. A - men. -53- œ œ un - to Plagal of second tone Hymns Chanted from ‘G’ Angels in the Heavens (The Original Melody is not metered) G &j œ œ E œ #œ œ œ œ œ Clear - ly shin - ing Made babe with - out and ful - fill a Com - ing E & j #œ œ œ œ from - œ œ ion, the ing gin, and He doth set er and the Lord of u - A - of &j œ the ni - verse œ nœ ˘ a Vir - gin Maid the ˘ Three - Sun Light G œ œ past all a - right the Law œ œ tell - ing, dam’s fall, which, once brought in the Law is brought forth as E œ œ œ œ œ œ œ light - tran - scend to all the race a pure and Vir - ap - peared writ - ten œ œ in a strange, fore - fa in the a Vir - now the Giv - œ with the G œ œ œ ther - ple œ œ shin - ings through trans - gres - sion, a ˘. of mor - tals. Moth - er. di - vine œ the - Tem œ œ from bright our God - head. -54- œ œ œ hath made ing gin Law, œ Un. œ nœ fash ˘ œ change, Christ hath new & j œ œ #œ - forth G Babe of passed by Plagal of Second Tone As It Is Written E &j œ œ As œ it œ œ œ nœ ˘ œ œ œ #œ is writ - ten, Thou Of old, when Christ was didst cru - Un. &jœ œ ˘ rise ci - œ the third day from fied, the œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ Christ, rais - ing al - so the fore - fa - ther the Cross with the vir - gin and for œ œ this cause She cried: œ œ ing Thy sion, doth all A - las, G &j ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ man - kind how œ ˘ is it Thou Re - sur - rec - tion, chant - ing O Thou dis - pas - sion of E œ our œ œ œ Thee, whilst E œ œ this ˘ of men, race; œ ac - claim - suf - fer - est hymns all of ˘ dis - ci - ple John. œ ex - tol œ œ œ œ be - lov’d be - side œ œ O &j œ the tomb, Vir - gin stood G œ œ œ #œ Pas - ˘ ˘. praise. my Christ? Final Ending: G &j œ O œ Thou œ œ œ dis - pas - sion œ œ of all -55- Un. œ men, œ rit. F œ my G ˘ œ b˘ ˘ . Christ? Plagal of Second Tone Ere the Morning Star C &jœ œ Ere œ œ ˘ the morn - ing œ œ œ star of ˘ a - ges, though ˘ ˘ œ œ œ cre - a - tion, rash - ly com - piled them in - to œ &j œ œ ˘ Cre - a - tor, in He &j œ œ œ œ writ & j #œ œ thus e - ter - nal. - ten œ re - cord. œ œ pro - claimed that Thou, o’er &j œ the us œ the œ Fa - ther the Lord, can - on, œ œ œ O flock and œ œ up - cil œ œ œ - gath - ered lished them as in as ˘ tru - ly most vig - i - lant sup - pli - ants œ œ œ œ œ and the Spir that we may - it be -56- F œ ˘ in rank. saved. of E ˘. for the in one ˘ ˘ Ni - cae - a fel - low the Son all œ œ œ fu - el œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ Lord, art a œ œ set - ting them œ œ œ G es - tab but di - verse times and E œ œ œ œ œ œ œ He at con - firmed their doc - trines, gath’ - ring them But the Coun œ œ œ œ œ œ Fa - thers rule and œ all i - den - ti - fy - ing Thee, the Un. ˘ ac - counts of œ œ œ œ œ œ œ sin - gle œ Fa - ther moth - reck - oned Thee not God, con - vened by the and sense - less - ly a the the with things cre - a - ted, stor - ing or - der. fire A - ri - us œ from as - sem - bled œ œ œ œ œ the Sev - en Coun - cils &j œ ˘ G & jœ œ œ œ j˘ the New œ œ œ ˘ œ from the womb wast Thou born Pa - tri - arch Ger - ma - nus the er - less ere œ j˘ shep - herds E œ œ God, one with be - fore Plagal of Second Tone Final Ending: G &j œ œ be - fore œ œ œ rit. may be saved. F G œ œ œ ˘ œ b˘ œ the Lord, that Un. we ˘. Having Laid Up All Their Hope G &j œ œ œ œ œ œ Hav - ing laid up Com - ing &j œ to all re - veal their hope and to for be - fore Ga - bri - el e - ter - ni - ty, œ them - selves œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ de - spoiled. Free - ly Re - joice, did they re - ceive; ho - ly earth kind of thou; heal - ings O &j œ ˘ free - ly do they &j œ to old; thou lad - der raised on œ œ œ neith - er gold nor sil - ver œ men and thou bridge which œ œ un - to lead - est ˘ C œ œ œ cry - ing œ œ œ ˘ True to to -57- the high - est the Ja - cob Gos saw G œ œ ˘ ac - quire; ˘ œ beasts they showed ben - e - fac - tions up out: give un - ex - plored; œ be re - joice high, which did they to œ œ œ œ G œ œ œ œ œ ˘ re - joice, thou depth un - fath - omed and œ thee, œ to those with mal - a - dies. E œ wealth not nev - er sown; bush un - burnt, - re - joice, pel’s hest, of un these œ œ œ œ F œ E œ œ & j ˘ œ #œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ n˘ out Heav - en, ˘ sa - lut - ed G ˘ a ˘ de - ter - mined from œ œ œ œ two Saints have treas - ured up &jœ in thee that coun - sel which was œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ ex - pec - ta - tion œ ˘ œ œ œ ˘ #œ œ Heav - en; and un - re - joice, œ œ and kind - re - joice, Plagal of Second Tone G & j jœ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ ness - es; that they might be di - vine ves - sel &j œ œ œ Christ struc of &j ˘ tion of F E tru the Man ˘ œ œ through ev’ - ry - G E means, the curse; œ œ œ œ œ - ly o - be - de - ient - na; re - joice, com - plete de - œ œ œ #œ œ œ and so with bold - ness might of A - dam re - call œ œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ cede with Him in our souls’ be joice: With thee is the Lord Most œ to œ to œ in - ter God, re - œ œ ye that ˘ ˘. - half. High. Final Ending: G &j œ With œ œ œ thee is the rit. F Un. œ œ Lord œ b˘ ˘ œ G ˘. Most High. Ye Angelic Hosts C &j œ œ Ye œ œ ˘ an - gel - ic hosts, Now the in œ œ ye is the the œ œ œ œ œ born; the Ho - ly Wis - from Heav - en guid - ed Ma - œ of -58- œ ˘ way be - fore all the œ j˘ ˘ us, val - leys, ˘ rea - dy. the Vir - gin. œ œ dom now gi œ G man - ger come forth œ is on œ œ œ Beth - le - hem, make praise to Christ, Who &j œ go hills and moun - tains, the plains and &j œ œ ˘ be œ œ jœ œ to œ œ œ œ œ of God shin - ing star The Word A ˘ of - fer œ œ œ com - eth forth. Church, re - ceive look on Him, ly - ing as Plagal of Second Tone œ &j œ œ œ œ œ the greet - ing; an in - fant and in up - on this a and cave œ œ let us peo ser - vants. To Him œ œ œ of the The - flesh of us, re - joi - cing clad with the - cry: Bless - ed art Thou all shout: Bless - ed art Thou œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ ˘ ˘. E œ œ œ Who art now come; our God, glo - ry be to Thee. Who hast been born, our God, glo - ry be to Thee. G &j œ our œ God, œ œ œ Un. rit. be to œ œ œ glo - ry F ˘ o - G œ œ œ œ œ œ ple we œ His Un. œ œ #œ œ œ œ nœ ˘ to - kos, œ œ E &j œ ˘ &j œ œ G œ b˘ ˘. Thee. Glory; both now. Chanted from 'G' G œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Glo - ry to the Fa - ther, and to the Son, and to the œ œ œ œ œ œ the a - ges &jœ E &j œ Ho G &j œ Both & j #œ of œ œ - ly œ ˘. Spir - it. œ œ œ œ ˘ œ now and ev - er, and œ nœ ˘. E œ œ a - ges. A - men. -59- un - to Plagal of fourth tone Hymns Chanted from ‘C’ By Conceiving the Wisdom C & œ œ œ œ œ Tak - ing By up a the set of weap - on - ry, Wis - dom and Word œ œ ˘ œ i - dols’ de - ceit there - with, thou - eth the vine long - ing - eth for to - geth - er all, œ œ ˘ ing a death by fire. eth their food to all. & œ œ œ all thou - œ Who hath all the world œ œ œ œ œ #œ ho - ly Vir thy mind was held œ œ œ fa - shioned cre - a - tion and giv - œ œ œ ance with thy thee, O thou be - seech œ ˘ di - vine -60- ˘ brav - I and di - in Where - fore, gin with œ #œ with - stood - est ac - cord - a - fire in thine arms Him that in est œ ˘ for Where - fore, - œ bœ est œ ˘ womb, with - out - œ ˘ œ œ œ ˘ be - stow thy An - gels’ hosts and thou nob - ly F & œ nœ name, œ œ œ thy God, down the the u - ni - verse; thou hast & œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ dash ing for Him Who fill hold bar fight; œ #œ - ex - tol he - ro - ic in œ œ œ œ œ œ œ thy thou didst God œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ & œ to of a - rous be - ing con - sumed there - by, œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ di - vine con - ceiv - ing & ˘ œ nœ ˘ œ œ bœ œ ˘ - C œ ˘ œ œ gifts on them that ask, O great Mo - ther of God, that be re - I Plagal of Fourth Tone. C œ œ & prize œ œ - deemed The - o - dore; from my ma - ny œ thee: be - fore œ sins œ for this cause we cry un when I shall have to stand œ b˘ In - ter - cede the Face œ G œ œ of ˘ œ œ œ œ God that Cre - a - tor and God; & œ œ of all & œ œ œ œ their trans - gres - sions Vir - gin, C œ œ help œ keep thy thou dost me œ in œ ho - ly will, O œ œ grant - ed to œ be that hour, for œ œ . œj ˘ . œ mem all - thou canst o - hymned œ #œ them do pure œ & rit. œ œ œ œ œ thou dost will, O all - hymned œ ˘ -61- Maid. œ bœ ˘ - ing what - so - ev - er ry. Maid. G La - dy that with long Final Ending: C ˘ ˘ for - give - ness O D - C œ bœ œ œ ˘ with Christ our my F œ œ ˘ win - ner & œ œ ˘ to œ D Un. œ ˘ œ œ ˘. Plagal of Fourth Tone. C O Lord, Though Thou Didst Stand C & ˘ O Lord, œ œ œ Lord, though Thou & œ œ dur - ing ven œ from Thy as a & œ œ Thou didst œ œ judg - ˘ œ stand fore - knew - est be - fore & #œ œ the re - nowned Je - re - mi - as the œ œ ment at Pi - late’s hands, œ fash - ion œ œ Fa - ther, seat - ed Proph - et œ œ with Him birth œ Thy his moth - er’s free - ing the By en - trea his the œ œ œ world - no - ble œ - good - ness œ the bit - ter bond - age ties, O Sav - iour, save C œ œ ˘ en and en - e - my. and Thy love good - ness œ and Thy œ œ love -62- for ˘ from œ œ ˘ œ œ rit. sta - ture œ œ womb. œ D Final Ending: in from a - bove. most œ œ throne man ˘ œ Thy of œ & œ on Friend fore - see li ˘ O didst - œ nœ dead, truth Thy œ œ in in œ œ Thou a him œ For the hal - low œ the of didst œ from œ and ˘ rise œ de - part œ didst & œ not œ œ Thou mind. œ e - œ And his œ en - his œ of œ œ be - fore œ mer - ci - ful, tri - bu - nal, Thou didst him œ & œ œ ˘ Thou didst œ ˘ be - fore œ ˘ ˘ œ œ œ œ for G ˘. man. Un. ˘ œ ˘ œ œ ˘. man. us, Plagal of Fourth Tone. C O Lord, Thy Holy Martyrs C & œ O œ œ Lord, Thy When that ry ho - ly Mo - ses & œ œ œ is but the ly, - œ œ the sure, - ments for la - bours, he quelled the ic ˘ œ hosts. to - ry. they had at nought most bit - ter as - ce - tic pains and with most se - vere - he fore, they hath car - ried œ œ - last all great their prayers. ing life. Final Ending: rit. & œ œ œ œ ev - er - last - ing G ˘ life. Un. œ ˘ -63- vic - us C - the crowns of Thy œ œ œ . œj ˘ . ev - er an - gel - un - to grant cy the ing en - treat - ies, - off œ œ œ - his through œ œ by mer œ hurl - ing down œ O ple great mer - cy on œ grant - œ nœ œ œ œ re - joice with en - treat - ies, D œ they have in - her - and œ œ their C œ œ œ ˘ to peo ev’ - set In - cline and a - ban - doned com - plete - ly where & œ bœ œ œ œ œ all œ œ œ œ Lord, œ œ œ œ œ ˘ foe, œ for - got - ten wise - ly pas - sions of the flesh; a - bove; œ since œ œ e - ter - nal life to come. Now œ ˘ ev - er - schem - ing & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ tor the œ œ ˘ #œ - plea i - ted that life œ no - to - ri - ous earth & œ œ œ œ œ Mar - tyrs, œ bœ world - ly & œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ ˘. œ œ Thy œ Plagal of Fourth Tone. C O Strange Wonder C & ˘ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ O strange won - der! O dread O strange won - der! He that & œ as God is im - mor to men is de - clared & œ œ ˘ œ on a tree; can œ œ œ Who of all eth his & œ œ spake œ that by na œ œ œ ˘ how is than all men by the œ œ ˘ taste of death? Is be - stowed by God, to - day œ œ - ture - ment œ He hanged voice of ˘ œ œ œ He œ con - demned, he end - œ ˘ œ œ œ œ O Sun, hide thy light and Be - hold, bar - ren - ness and set - teth loose Zach - a - ri - as’ œ œ œ ˘ œ au - dac - i - ty! œ at this O Thy great works, O Christ, and ˘ œ with groans as she O our Sov’ - reign œ œ Christ, Whom she Fore - run Lord! œ -64- Thus the œ œ Vir - gin Thy might - y œ œ œ œ hang - ing on the Cross the Where - by save those œ œ be - held œ great He in - no - cent? œ Thy œ œ œ die, ˘ œ œ œ can - not He doth œ Sav - iour ing be œ œ œ ˘. œ œ fear œ and œ won - ders, & œ is moth - er’s boun - den voice. & œ tal with pow - er œ quake with œ high - er it œ her - ald - ed Christ’s self - a - base œ œ œ œ Christ Him - self; and & œ - œ ˘ mys - ter - y! œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ ˘ ˘. had borne. ner John. ho - nour - Plagal of Fourth Tone. C A variant, which differs from the foregoing only in the beginning of the first line: C & ˘ œ œ ˘ O most & œ œ œ œ œ de - light - ful mar - tyr - ic œ œ œ of war, O ye God - & œ œ ˘ œ œ œ & œ œ ple & and œ and œ hal - lowed choir œ œ œ pray œ of our œ mer - cy and œ en - dur in in our ˘ sins, œ œ and most band; O ˘ be - half, - ment œ œ œ bless - ed œ for God the œ œ œ œ that He grant us œ œ œ œ œ œ and un - to all men, great œ ˘ ˘. - ing peace. & œ great œ œ mer - cy œ and œ œ G rit. œ en - dur - ing -65- peo - œ Final Ending: C ˘ œ œ con - test œ no - ble œ œ ˘ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ ma - ny œ œ œ Saints, who strove œ œ œ œ œ Him en - camp ˘ se - lect - ed ˘ of œ œ œ œ com - pa - ny œ œ œ ˘. œ œ œ œ œ par - don & œ œ sac - red œ chos - en di - vine - ly œ Trin - i - ty, & œ œ œ blooms, œ œ ˘ gath - er - ing ˘ ˘ peace. Un. œ ˘ œ œ ˘. Plagal of Fourth Tone. C The Paradise of Eden C & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ The Pa - ra - dise When in a - go be as in all a cool, re - fresh - ing œ œ ˘ œ somed forth with Thy ho - ly por - tray from ˘ & œ be - fore œ œ œ welled forth life un - to œ death, when time in œ œ and he did Thy dread & œ œ bœ back et to a - gain the As to for our of out and said: the I œ for - give - ness grant - ed be - held un - til rich - ly from Vir - gin a mer caused A - dam’s Thy com - ing sec - ond œ God, œ #œ œ œ oth - er the won - drous Proph was saved by œ the the brought faith. Make œ œ œ un - to him, - ˘ bœ œ ˘ hath fore - told, when the thrones were set -66- œ which hath œ œ nœ œ œ œ œ œ - and right - eous man, great Dan - iel, clear - ly tak - ers œ for food there - of, as œ œ hath blos - they mys - tic’ - ly come ˘ œ the thief, when he œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ & œ œ ˘ œ œ œ did ˘ œ œ glo - ry œ ˘ life dew, then the world. But while the eat and faith - ful Youths œ œ pre - cious Cross, ˘ œ nœ ly œ that Thou wast œ œ - Un. œ œ whom Thy bright - ness would not burn. & ˘ ho ˘ forth the beau - ti - ful the plants. Thy Church, O Christ, C œ once brought œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ of Know - ledge in the midst of proved to & E - den long the fur - nace of the blaz - ing flame, Thy & œ œ œ Tree of œ œ œ œ œ œ œ us par - he cried D ˘ œ œ O Christ, Who hast in place and the Plagal of Fourth Tone. C & œ œ œ œ quelled by Judge sat C œ œ bœ œ ˘ œ œ œ of the foe the riv - er Pas - sion the fren - zy for judg - ment; and then rushed forth œ & œ œ ˘ œ œ of œ Thy G gainst us œ nœ all. And ac - count C ˘ œ œ œ œ us wor - thy that fire, from the which may we D œ œ œ œ a - œ œ œ of Thy Heav’n - ly King - dom, O be saved by their en - treat - ies, O Al our C œ œ œ . œj ˘ . & might Mas - y God. ter Christ. Final Ending: C & œ œ œ by their œ rit. œ œ en - treat - ies, O œ our œ G œ ˘ Mas - ter Christ. -67- Un. œ ˘ œ œ ˘. Plagal of Fourth Tone. C What Shall We Now Call You C œ & œ œ œ ˘ œ œ œ œ ˘ What shall we now call you, O Saints of God? Ho - ly How shall we thee, O right - eous John? Might - y œ œ œ bim, for Christ doth rest you at all times. who fore - saw the hor - rors com - ing on the land; & œ ad - dress œ œ œ in that ye tu - al man & œ phim, & œ œ for ye like œ œ œ œ & œ œ œ showed your œ œ and & bœ œ ˘ man - i - fold, sin - ful men; œ & bœ œ ˘ ter - cede en - treat as œ œ with the Christ the proph - et œ œ a true spir - i - œ er œ œ ˘ œ Pure An a priest none; - œ œ ˘ œ œ else, but Pow - sprang ers, œ Your names are di a bold œ bœ your gifts of ye forth per - fect, œ #œ œ re - prov œ for - œ vers and er of G œ œ œ nœ œ of grace. O in Heav - en’s love. Do thou D C œ œ œ . œj œ œ Sav - iour that our souls be saved. Sav - iour that we all be saved. -68- gels, that, œ are - ˘. œ œ #œ œ œ Cher - u - Six - wing’d Ser - a - scorn; and none still of ˘ de - scent; skilled con - strain C œ D œ mir - a - cles. œ nœ œ œ with - out cease. œ ˘ but great - er a œ was with - out œ Him œ things while judged œ œ œ ˘ œ bo - dies nought but work through won - drous won - drous, œ glo - ri - fied all œ D œ œ Mel - chi - se - dek, C œ œ œ up - on that judged C œ œ ˘. - Plagal of Fourth Tone. C Final Ending: C œ & œ Christ the œ G rit. œ Sav - iour œ œ œ œ that we all be Un. ˘ œ ˘ œ œ ˘. saved. Glory; both now. Chanted from ‘C’ C & œ œ œ œ œ Glo - ry to the Fa - ther, œ œ ˘ Ho - ly & œ œ and to œ œ œ the Son, œ œ and to the œ œ bœ œ œ œ ges of ˘. Spir - it. C Both now & œ bœ œ & œ œ œ œ ˘ bœ œ and ev - er, and un - to œ œ œ a - ges. œ ˘. A - men. -69- œ the a - Plagal of Fourth Tone. C To Thee, the Champion Leader The Original Melody is irregular. C G & œ œ œ As we the To thee, the œ œ œ faith - ful flee for ref - uge un - to thee, pas - tor, and pro - tec - tor of count ˘ George, and less host of œ œ œ œ #œ now en af - flict - - ed or - phans, œ treat, O souls, do œ œ œ iour, that we of love and and thy œ speed of - œ y help, pau - pers, œ #œ of - fer œ bœ œ ˘ who hymn thanks - giv - C œ œ prize - win - ner we œ œ œ œ wid - ows, œ œ ˘ - and œ #œ œ Christ Sav - an - thems born G & œ œ œ & ˘ pro - tec - tion home - less a C œ n˘ thy œ œ œ G j œ œ O we œ œ œ ˘ & œ œ #œ œ . & œ C œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ nœ ˘ œ œ thee be de - liv - ered from ing. As a filled hier - arch œ œ œ œ #œ ˘ œ œ œ the snares laid by the en - e - my and from ev’ - with grace and zeal for pi - e - ty, do thou save & œ œ #œ œ nœ œ œ œ œ . œj ˘ œ ry kind of per - il and ad - ver - si us from the foes ap - os - tol - ic j b œ œ & œ. œ C may to cry: of œ œ œ œ œ Re - joice, O ho thee: Re - joice, O great - -70- ly œ Great - G ˘ œ œ ty, that we all truth, for we cry œ œ œ . œj ˘ . Mar - tyr George. won - der - work - er John. Plagal of Fourth Tone. C Final Ending: & j œ œ œ Re - joice, O C œ œ œ great œ œ G rit. œ Un. ˘ won - der - work - er œ œ ˘. œ ˘ John. When the Bodiless One The Original Melody is irregular. C & œ G œ sa - cred O Maid most œ œ head of the Bap - tist, of God, pure, graced which was œ and ˘ œ œ œ the earth, hid like a pearl with - in ic hosts on high, with an - gel - œ as a lamp and all bod - i - less now ap - pear pow shin ings to Him - splen - did - ers, pray sel, Arch - an - gels with œ bœ œ di - vine with cease - less œ œ œ œ œ eth on all the world, Who in His com - pas G sion plead mir - a - cles, was born C œ œ œ a - ris - ing like a ma - jes - us for - give - un - to œ œ œ œ œ œ -71- œ ti - cal ness - œ œ ˘ œ work - ing - with - C œ ed, œ œ œ eth, œ grant - be - ves œ nœ œ to the the ried œ œ. œ œ ˘ œ - & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ it - bless œ œ œ bœ œ ˘ G light; bu ev - er ˘ & œ œ œ #œ & œ œ œ the œ œ . œ œ œ . œj œ C G & œ neath œ ˘ œ The C of thee, œ œ ˘ break of day; the end be - fore Plagal of Fourth Tone. C & œ œ œ #œ œ œ œ nœ John the Fore - run and the par - don & œ F - œ œ œ œ œ Sun, in light that nev - our sins and the cor - rec - œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ner of the of all G œ #œ œ œ œ er doth set, doth cry out to us once tion of life, that we may all find clem C œ & œ Lo, and œ œ œ œ œ œ be - hold great mer - œ bœ a - en œ - œ . œj ˘ . ye, the Lamb of cy, O Full of God. Final Ending: rit. C G & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ and great mer - cy, O Full of Grace. Un. œ ˘ œ œ ˘. Another Glory; both now. Chanted from ‘C’ & W œ ˘. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spir - it. & W œ œ œ ˘. Both now, and ever, and unto the ages of a - ges. -72- A - men. ˘ gain: cy Plagal of Fourth Tone. F As First-Fruits of our Nature C &b œ œ œ As first - fruits œ œ of our Cre - a - tion found D &b ˘ œ œ œ things, the world ty and the &b œ œ un - - ies, of - ly &b œ ˘ &b œ œ œ œ œ of mar thy num - ber - less mir O mo - œ œ keep Thy Church in souls deep great - ly Al - le œ clean pure The - o - to - - right - œ may chant: a - cles on - œ œ Now œ kos, œ stains œ ear - nest be - stow di - vine the œ of there - œ œ œ tran - quil - our - ev’ œ œ œ œ O Thou Who art eous, that we may chant: F œ œ œ œ ˘. mer - ci - ful. lu - i - a. Final Ending: that we œ i - in œ peace and and wash Eu - thy - mi - us most &b œ œ œ al. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ D - - tyred Saints Lord. Through their ri œ - ted œ C ˘ - na - tiv œ œ œ God - bear - ing œ œ œ œ - cre - a au - gust the Thee, our of F œ œ œ sin, thine œ D li - ty, through the ry in joy to on the Plant - er and me en - treat to de - light good cheer œ œ ˘ rich na - ture pre - sent - eth di - vine &b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ off ’ - ring thy œ rit. F C Un. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ œ ˘ œ œ ˘. Al - le -73- lu - i - a. Plagal of Fourth Tone. F Thou, as the Life of All C &b œ œ œ œ œ ˘ Thou, as Ye the Life faith - ful, what C &b œ œ œ œ of all, from the dead art a - ris mys - t’ry here is be - fore D As He God all a - lone doth know, is - born to the wom of a wom - en: - an; œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ - ing; tell the A - pos - tles the tid the - gels, be - ing a - ston - ished at His ar - rays full de - scent of G F ˘ œ œ œ œ œ joy. Cry a - loud sing - ing prais - es, that Christ the to us, cry a - loud sing - ing prais - es, that Christ the F œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ - Lord hath been born œ G œ œ œ ˘ œ - of a - ris &b œ œ An D &b œ œ œ is us! ye from tears and weep œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ Lord un œ œ œ œ ˘ F ings en. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ ˘ called out Cease - F An An - gel bright with light &b œ œ œ œ F œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ a strange œ D &b D en from in Beth the - le - C œ œ œ œ œ dead, He that in truth hath hem, He that in truth hath D F œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘. been well - pleased, as God, to save the race of man - kind. been well - pleased, as God, to save the race of man - kind. Final Ending: D &b œ œ of F rit. œ œ œ œ man - C ˘ œ ˘ kind. -74- œ œ ˘. Plagal of Fourth Tone. F Glory; both now. Chanted from ‘F’ C &b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Glo - ry to the Fa - ther, and to the Son, and to the œ œ œ œ œ œ D &b œ œ œ Ho - C &b œ Both &b œ of F œ œ œ œ ly Spir - œ œ œ œ ˘ now and ev - er, F œ œ œ a - ges. ˘. œ it. D œ and ˘. A - men. -75- œ œ un - to the a - œ ges