The Liturgical Life:The Lord Christ in the

Church Hymns

God’s Manifistation in Hymns• 11 And it came to pass when the priests came out of the

Most Holy Place …12 and the Levites who were the singers, all those of Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, stood at the east end of the altar, clothed in white linen, having cymbals, stringed instruments and harps, and with them one hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets— 13 indeed it came to pass, when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD, and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the LORD, saying:      “For He is good,       For His mercy endures forever,”    that the house, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud, 14 so that the priests could not continue ministering because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God. (2Ch 5)

Hymns Portray the Life of Christ

• Joyful: Christ’s Birth; Christ’s Resurrection• Solemn: Christ’s Fasting• Sad: Christ’s Suffering

• Trisagion: Agioc– Standard; Joyful; Mournful

• Psalm• Lord Have Mercy: Kurie e~le/~con

– Standard; Joyful; Mournful; Ascetic (great fast)

Experiencing Christ’s Life• Kiahk – jubilant – for the Advent of Christ

– “When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.” (Lk 1:41)

• Great Fast – solemn – asceticism with Christ in the wilderness– “…being tempted for forty days by the devil. And in

those days He ate nothing, and afterward, when they had ended, He was hungry.” (Lk 4:2)

Experiencing Christ’s Life• Pascha Week – mournful – great sorrow of Christ

– And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.“(Lk 22:44)

• Resurrection – joyful – ultimate joy– “Therefore you now have sorrow; but I will see

you again and your heart will rejoice, and your joy no one will take from you.” (Jn 16:22)

Praxis Response

<ere ne Maria: ][rompi

eynecwc: y/e~tacmici nan:

m~Vnou] pilogoc.

Hail to you, Mary, the fair

dove, who has borne to us

God the Logos.

• Story of the Annunciation• Six stanzas• First 2 are low

• “But when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and considered what manner of greeting this was.”

• “Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word.”

• From the third it gets higher and continues in “exaltation”• Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your

womb!• My soul magnifies the Lord…• For behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed.

Prayer of Reconciliation

• Vnou] (O God): – three notes – Trinity; – High and long: Exalted God and His Gretness.

• pisae~neh (the Eternal):– Very long – “no end”

– four notes – passing through the 3 heavens, and into the heaven of Heavens into Eternity (2 Cor)

Vnou] pinis] pisae~neh: v/e~tafkwt m~pirwmi e~h~r/i

e~jen ]metattako.

O God, the Great, the Eternal, who formed man in incorruption;

(:30)

Prayer of Anaphora (Offering)

• Axion ke dikeon: (Meet and right): – Declare that God (Trinity) is Meet and Right of

worship and praise– First: very high – the heavenly hosts declare it– Second: slightly lower – the celestial heavens

declare it– Third: very low – man, in all humility declare it

Axion ke dikeon: axion ke dikeon: a~l/ywc gar qen

oumeym/i: axion ke dikeon.

Meet and right, meet and right; truly, indeed, it is meet and right.

(1:50)

Prayer of Anaphora (Offering)

• Af[icarx: (He was incarnate): – Starts very long – the long time that God

awaited to prepare salvation– Ends with a joyous melody – His incarnation

brought joy back into the world• “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings

of great joy which will be to all people.” (Lk 2:10)

Af[icarx ouoh aferrwmi: ouoh aft~cabon e~hanmwit n~te

pioujai.

was incarnate and became man, and taught us the ways of salvation. (4:35)

?~ Paryenoc

• God is “Before the ages…”

?~ Paryenoc c/meron ton

u~peroucion tikti: ke /~g/to

c~p/leon tw aprocitw

p~rocagi.

Today the Virgin gives birth to the

Supreme Essence and the earth offers

the manger to the Unapproachable.

Aggeli meta pimenwn

doxologouci: magi de meta

acteroc o~diporouci: di

/~mac gar egenn/y/: pedion

neon: o~p~roewnwn yeoc.

The angels with the shepherds glorify,

and the wise men with the star

journey, for to us is born a new Child,

God before the ages.

Peky~ronoc

• God reigns “Forever and ever…”

Peky~ronoc V~nou] sa

e~neh n~te pie~neh:

pis~bwt m~p~cwouten

pe pi s~bwt n~te

tekmetouro.

Your throne, God, is forever and

ever. The scepter of righteousness

is the scepter of your kingdom

Megalou

• Christ is fasting and practicing asceticism, but we understand Who He really is:– “Seeing then that we have a great High Priest

who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” (Heb 4:14-16)

Megalou ar,ie~reuc ictouc

e~w~nac a,ranton a~gioc o~

Yeoc:

The great High Priest,

undefiled for ever. Holy God.

A~ Pen[oic

• Now, we entreat Him to forgive us…

A~ Pen[oic I/couc Pi,~rictoc

ern/cteuin e~h~r/i e~jwn n~h~me

n~e~hoou nem h~me n~e~jwrh:

sa n~tefcotten qen nennobi

Our Lord Jesus Christ, fasted on our

behalf forty days and forty nights

until He saved us from our sins.

A~non hwn maren ern/cteuin:

qen outoubo nem oumeym/i: ouoh

n~tenerp~roceu,ecye: enws e~bol

enjw m~moc

And we too, let us fast with purity

and righteousness, and let us pray,

proclaiming and saying:

Aiernobi aiernobi pa[oic I/couc ,w

n/i e~bol je m~mon bwk

n~aternobi oude m~mon [oic

n~at,w e~bol

“I have sinned, I have sinned. O my

Lord Jesus, forgive me; for there is

no slave without sin, nor master

without forgiveness.”

Pimairwmi

• Christ the compassionate, forgiver, redeemer– “But You are God, Ready to pardon, Gracious and merciful, Slow to anger, Abundant in kindness” (Neh 9:17)

• Pleading tune: “I beg You”: ]]ho e~rok • “

Pimairwmi n~a~gayoc

Pa[oic I/couc ]]ho e~rok

m~perhit caja[/m~mok nem

nibaempi n~refernobi

O Good One and Lover of

Mankind, my Lord Jesus, I beg

you, cast me not to Your left

with the goats, the sinners.”

Oude on m~perjoc n/i

je ]cwoun m~mok an

masenak ebolharoi

w~v/etcebtwt m~pi,~rwm

n~e~neh

And likewise say not to me, “I

never knew you; depart from

Me, O you prepared for the

everlasting fire.”

Vai e~tafenf

• Story of Salvation:– Long waiting– Exaltation on the Cross– Quick Salvation– Joy

Vai e~tafenf e~p~swi

n~ouyucia ecs/p: hijen

pic~tauroc: qa p~oujai

m~pengenoc.

This is He who offered Himself

up, as an acceptable sacrifice, on

the Cross for the salvation of our

race.

Afswlem e~rof n~je

pefiwt n~a~gayoc:

m~v~nau n~te

hana~rouhi: hijen ]Golgoya.

His Good Father smelled Him at

the evening watch on .

Taisour/ n~noub

• Mournful – 6th hour on Good Friday• Joy in the midst of sadness:

– “Most assuredly, I say to you that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; and you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.” (Jn 16:20)

• The pain of the Virgin:– “a sword will pierce through your own soul also…” (Lk 2:35)– “…The world rejoices in receiving salvation, but my heart

burns when I look at your crucifixion…” (Agpia)

Taisour/ n~noub n~kayaroc

etfai qa pia~rwmata etqen

nenjij n~Aa~rwn piou/b eftale

ouc~yoinoufi e~p~swi e~jen

piman~erswousi.

This censer of pure gold,

bearing the aroma, is in the

hands of Aaron the priest,

offering up incense on the altar.

Tou liyouc

• “strange” low/sad tune in the midst of joy - procession• Remembering the burial• Slight high at “You arose” anect/c t~ri…• High exaltation at the glorification: doxa t/ a~nactaci

Tou liyouc vragiceyen toc

u~po twnioudewn: ke

c~tratiw~ twn vulac

contwnto a,ranton cou

Cwma: anect/c t~ri/~meroc

Cwt/r: dwroumenoc tw

kocmwt/n zw/n: dia~ touto

e~dunamic twn ouranwn

ebown ci zwodotai: doxa t/

a~nactaci cou<~ricte:

doxat/ Bacilia cou: doxat/

i~konomia cou: mone

Vilany~rwpe.

When the stone was sealed by the Jews

and the soldiers were guarding Your

undefiled Body, You arose on the third

day, O Savior, granting life to the

world. For this reason, the heavenly

powers cried out to You, O Giver of Life,

“Glory to Your Resurrection, O Christ.

Glory to Your kingdom. Glory to Your

economy, O You who alone are the

Lover of Mankind.”

Panou] Panou]My God, my God, attend to me. Why have You

forsaken me?

لماذا ، إلى التفت إلهي إلهي

تركتني.

All the words of my transgressions are far from my

salvation.

. خالصي عن بعيد زالتي كالم

O my God, I will cry to You by day, but will You not

hear? And by night, and it shall not be accounted for

folly to me…

، اليك أصرخ بالنهار إلهي

. الليل وفى لى تستجيب فهال

منى … جهل ذلك يكن ولم

I however, I am a worm, and not a man; A reproach

of men, and despised by the people.ولست أنا، فدودة أنا وأما

ورذالة للبشر عار ، إنسان•للشعوب . The feeling of loneliness and abandonment:

• “Indeed the hour is coming, yes, has now come, that you will be scattered, each to his own, and will leave Me alone.” (Jn 16:32)

• “He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. Surely He has borne our grief And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted.” (Isa 53:3-4)

Tenen

• God in the fiery furnace• Hymn exalts at the mention of God:

– Rational worship; unto You; Your Glory

• Then “dips” low:– Daniel 3:– “I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire;

and they are not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.”

– “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, who sent His Angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him,

Tenen o~yen yucian ke

t/n logik/n latrian:

a~napempwmen ceautw

c/meron w~ dac: p~roc

doxa cou cwt/r /mwn:

Ananiac Azariac ke Micayl.

We therefore present an offering and

rational worship: we send unto You

this day: praises for Your glory, O

Savior: Hananiah, Azariah, and

Mishael.