Having blessed the priest, we begin by reciting the Psalm RMB’ (142). O Lord, hear my prayer, join my prayer in thy truth, hear me in thy righteousness, and enter not into judgment with thy servant, that he that liveth may not be justified in thy sight.
That the enemy hath persecuted my soul, and hath brought my life to earth. Suffer me to lie in darkness as the dead of the ages, and let my spirit sing over me, and my heart be broken in me. I have remembered the days of old, I have meditated in all thy works, in the poems of thy hands. I have passed to Thee my hands, my soul as an earth unto Thee. Quickly hear me, O Lord, my spirit has grown. Turn not thy face from me, and let me confess to them that go down into the pit. Let him hear me in the morning and tell me of thy mercy, that I have hoped in thee. Know me, O Lord, the way in which I walk, that unto thee my soul shall rest. Deliver me from mine enemies, O Lord, that I may flee to Thee; teach me to do Thy will, that Thou art my God. Thy loving Spirit lead me in the path of righteousness; for thy name's sake, O Lord, live me. In thy righteousness deliver my soul from sorrow, and in thy mercy destroy my enemies. And thou shalt put away all that afflict my soul, because I am thy servant.
And straightway it is sung four times in obedience, after the relevant verses:
The LORD God, and he hath revealed himself, blessed is he that cometh in the name of the LORD.
Verse a. Confess to the Lord, and call upon his holy name.
The LORD God, and he hath revealed himself, blessed is he that cometh in the name of the LORD.
Verse b. The Gentiles have always prevailed against me, and I have strengthened them in the name of the LORD.
The LORD God, and he hath revealed himself, blessed is he that cometh in the name of the LORD.
Verse c. It is done by the Lord, and is marvelous in our eyes.
The LORD God, and he hath revealed himself, blessed is he that cometh in the name of the LORD.
These are the present Tropes.
Sound d’. He that is lifted up in the Cross.
The second of the Cypriots, the multitude of the Cypriots, the Virgin Mary, the Virgin Mary of the present Virgin Mary, of the tribulations and of all need; that the icon of the present Virgin Mary, Myrtidiotissa, may be hastened at all times.
Glory. This. And now. The same.
In the presence of your venerable Icon, there is a fountain of your graces, inexhaustible; for it brings healing to those who come to you in abundance, and it ceases diseases and dangers, and redeems those who exclude the whole soul, Myrtidian Daughter, for your grace.
The Nth (50) Psalm.
Have mercy on me, O God, according to thy great mercy, and according to the multitude of thy lovingkindness, blot out my iniquity. Wash me from my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. For my iniquity is mine, and my sin is mine for ever before me. Thou alone have I wrought sin and evil in Thy sight, as if Thou hadst been justified in Thy words, and overcome in Thy judgment. For I have been taken in iniquity, and in sins my mother hath judged me. Thou hast loved the truth, and hast revealed to me the secrets of thy wisdom. Thou hast cleansed me and cleansed me, washed me and whitened me for Hona. Thou hearest me rejoice and be glad, the bones of the humbled rejoice. Turn away thy face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities. God build in me a clean heart and establish in me a pure spirit. Cast me not away from thy face, and let not thy holy spirit depart from me. Give me the joy of thy salvation and uphold me in thy spirit of government. Teach the wicked thy ways, and let the wicked return unto thee. O God of blood, the God of my salvation, let my tongue rejoice in thy righteousness. O Lord, open my lips and let my mouth declare thy mercy. That if thou wilt make a sacrifice, thou shalt not make a burnt offering. Sacrifice to the spirit that is broken, and the heart that is broken and contrite, God will not redeem. In thy mercy, O Lord, in thy lovingkindness let Zion be blessed, and let the walls of Jerusalem be built. Then thou shalt bless the sacrifice of righteousness, sacrifice and burnt offerings. Then shall calves be raised upon Thy altar.
And the Canon is not the acrostic.
«I am attacking a Myrtidian. Gerasimus.
Ode a’. Sound pl. d’. You have channeled the liquid.
The island of Kythera, blessed with miraculous blessings, takes refuge in your protection, Myrtidiotissa Daughter.
Thou hast appeared to the pious shepherd, and the present Icon, thou hast revealed the venerable one, but now thou art manifested in all things, and thou givest thy grace to all, O Virgin, thy grace.
Myrion, who, having known the island of Kythera, gave it as a treasure, the graceful Icon of the sun, grace and mercy to all.
Mother of the Most High, dear to thee, as she especially turns to thee, ask, as we are paralysed with reverence; but as thou hast given us this, deliver us from all sickness.
Ode c’. Heavenly wormwood.
O newborn Daughter, in the sufferings of the sick, the half-plague stranger, heal thou the half-plague sufferer; wherefore cure me, O Virgin, and give me health, soul and body.
As in the past, as the pirates’ fury, the Virgin, who attacked your island, so did I repel the evil influence of the demons, Myrtidiotissa.
Plenitude and peace, and deliverance of the afflicted, to those near and far, Myrtidiotissa; that the name, which is a source of joy to you, falls on those who come to you, in your sight.
Thy gifts of thy saints, as thou hast truly shown, Thy temple in Myrtle, a fountain without blemish, O Myrtidian; for whosoever worshippeth therein shall be delivered from all sorrow and scourge.
Save, O Myrtidian Daughter of the Theogenitor, from all harm and temptations and afflictions those who approach your divine protection.
O Myrtidian Daughter, watch over them, O Myrtidian Daughter, in mercy, who in faith take refuge in the temple, and give them health and salvation.
Application and the Seat.
Sound b’. The above request.
Faithfully invoking the call of the mark from the depths of our souls, we are filled with all joy and find deliverance from the dire circumstances we experience. But, O myrtle lady, our requests are always full.
Ode d’. Inaccia Lord.
Hilariously as you do, full of compassion to those in danger, of this posthumous grace to those who marry you, Myrtidiot.
As thou hast saved a ship from the drowning of the sea, O Panachrante, thou hast not caught and redeemed the sorrow that now befalls thee.
The isle of Kythera, the island of Kythera, O Virgin, has thee, the watchful protector; wherefore she rejoices in thy Icon, and preacheth strange wonders unto thee.
Behold, we all call upon this holy Icon, O Achrad, that we may receive help from thy swift understanding.
Ode e’. Enlighten us.
Cover us in the shelter of thy grace, as thou didst cover thy island once from the pestilence of the pestilence, Myrtidiot.
Swear the bitter wounds of our enemy, as thou didst quench once the thunderbolts, Myrtidiotissa, the fatal tent.
Open now also the fountain of thy goodness, and pray as of old, as to the faithful, the sweet springs of thy gifts.
The island of Kythera has your Icon as a guarantee of your bishopric; therefore rejoice in you, Kytherians.
Ode f’. The prayer.
A mental paradise has become a paradise, your glorious temple in Myrtle, where the wood of life is the means of your wondrous Icon, O Panachristian, from which health and life, the sick and the sick sing your praises.
Ilyos of debilitating diseases and various dire symptoms, give us your warm embassy, Myrtidian Daughter of the Most Holy, who has delivered many from dangers, pains and sorrows.
Thy help indeed help the Cytherians visibly in spite of all; but help them also quickly, for they shall call upon thy call, and give them in unison the requests of the saving Daughter.
We all, crushed by the pains of diseases, and suffering from needs and sorrows, in sorrow we all fall down, crying to the Icon of the Virgin; Myrtidian Saint, give us your warm help.
Save, Myrtle Daughter, Theogenitor, from all harm and temptations and afflictions, those who approach your divine protection.
O thou of the Word, who interpretest the Word by reason, who hast heard it in the last days, reprove, as having a motherly pride.
Petition and Contraction.
Sound b’. Of thy blood.
Protectress and protector of the Cypriots, and great refugee of all the world, there you are, Holy Aeiparthene, Myrtidian, providing to all, the sharp perception of the mark.
Precedent.
I will remember thy name throughout all generations and generations.
The rich of the people shall worship thy face.
Gospel of Luke (chapters 1:39-49, 56).
In those days Mary the anastasiac went up into the mountain to the city of Judah, and entered into the house of Zacharias, and took Elizabeth. And it came to pass, when Elizabeth heard the embrace of Mary, that the babe was conceived in her womb; and Elizabeth was moved with the Holy Ghost, and lifted up a great voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. And whence came the mother of my Lord unto me? Behold, when the voice of thy salvation was heard in mine ears, the babe was conceived in my womb with joy. And she that believeth that there is an end to the salvation of those that are delivered from the Lord. And she said unto Mary, My soul hath glorified the LORD, and my spirit hath rejoiced in the Lord, because he hath looked upon the humiliation of his servant. Behold, from this time forth all generations bless me; for the mighty One hath done me great things, and his name is holy. And Mary abode with her three months, and returned to her house.
Glory.
By the merciful intercession of the Virgin Mary, blot out the multitudes of our crimes.
And now.
By the merciful intercession of the Most Holy Mother of God, blot out the multitudes of our crimes.
Prosopion.
Sound pl. b’. The whole of it is reserved.
God have mercy on me...
Great refuge, Myrtle Daughter, daughter of all believers, and glory, and glory, and glory, and salvation; for thou art with all, and always hast always caught up with them that call upon thy name, and thou hast given them, Ahred, of motherly kindness, grace and mercy, and the attributes of gifts, in sickness and in pain, and in sorrow and in danger, whereby we magnify the present providence by being saved.
God save your people...
Ode g’. Those from Judea.
As I have many a time, in the merciful drought, Agni, the Kythera, thou hast made the divine rains of the Lord's mercies, thy harbours have been blessed, and thy strange wonders are still annihilated.
Great unto thee, O daughter, are the many great things of the isle of Kythera: for thou art a native of the isle, of thy benefits let thy benefits be ever bestowed, both to the godly believers and to the unbelievers.
From all necessity, O Myrtidioides superior, sustain the faithful who approach thy divine embassy, as thou hast many times saved the faithful who come faithfully to thy divine Icon.
O Daughter, by thy divine grace, they that are in peril in the sea, by thy divine grace, have been saved from death; and they have been to us, in the harbour of Agni, the divine wills.
Odi h’. The King.
Tongue of fear, Myrtidiotissa, fall, the great study of thy name; for thou dost provide salutary doses.
Thou hast saved the child from on high, O daughter, fallen one, who hath called the holy call of today; let us save him from the fury of the enemy.
Ask, O myrtle-bearing daughter, and madmen in thy holy temple: therefore let us ask, because of the sickness that is therein.
In many sicknesses as I have healed, I have called on your divine help, so take away my mental anguish.
Ode i’. Mainly Theotokos.
From earthquake and drought, and all kinds of diseases, of Cypriots, save the island, Myrtidiotissa Daughter of thee.
I pray thee, behold the eunuchs, and see thy holy Icon, and receive their voices, O Myrtidiotissa.
Thy wife is found in thy branches, Myrthinia, Myrtidiot, as she is called, and she bears the imaginary myron of thy gifts.
All light is seen, the holy one in Myrtidians, Myrtidiotissa, your holy one, as one amazed at the glory of your greatness.
Exalted as the seat of the Most High, Cæcharyte, sick with mange; lift up, Myrtidiotissa, let us make thy servant.
And straight away.
It is worthy, as it were, to bless the Mother of God, the ever-blessed and all-consecrated and Mother of our God. The most holy of Cherubim, and the most exalted without compare of Seraphim, the most inexpressible of the Word of God, we magnify thee the Mother of God.
And the next Majesties,
Hairois, the helper of Kythera, and great boast, and sweet refuge; hairois the swift protection of the Orthodox, Blessed Daughter Myrtidiotissa.
As long ago as he found the navel, in myrrh branches, he found your venerable Icon, the shepherd Virgin, in divine joy, called it Myrtidiotissa.
Thou healest diseases, thou cureest diseases, thou chastest thunderbolts, thou solvest drought, thou dost solve suffering; as indeed the glory and the grace, and thy holy calling, Myrtidiot.
Thy divine and venerable divine physician in Myrtle, Thy divine and venerable one; for the passions of the soul and the passions of the flesh overshadow thee, Myrtle.
Thou preparest all as a sympathetic one, those in peril, and those in danger, and those far off, and to them thou givest constant help, praising thy grace, Myrtidiotissa.
Save those who are excluded from the soul, of your, Theotokos, perception of the power, save them from all harm, and all hardship, as the Mother of Mercy, Myrtidiot.
Hymns of Praise and Supplication
To Myrtidiotissa, in the manner of the great halls.
of which the acrostic: «Mother of God save»
These hymns, composed by the grace of God and the blessedness of the Mother of God for the protection of the people from the terrible threat of the earthquake and other dangers, by the Bishop of Kythera Seraphim (June 2006), are sung after the Great Masses of the Holy Paraclete and during the holy processions of the holy Icon of Myrtidosis.Mother Anassa of Heaven, Mother of Heaven, indeed Platytera, and of the angels of light, of the unceasingly praising the glory of the present, Mother of God and Lady, Theomakarist.
The sun of the glory of the mind, of righteousness, shining on the earth, of the Lord and Saviour, the Lord and Saviour of all, the Mother indeed, the All-merciful.
I have listened unstintingly to your Son, the Almighty, the Worker of all things, and the Saviour and Redeemer, the Saviour of the world, the Saviour of the world, the Saviour of the world, the Saviour of the world, the Saviour of the world, the Saviour of the world, the Saviour of the world, the Saviour of the world, the Saviour of the world, the Saviour of the world, the Saviour of the world.
Ranon divine myrrh to your people, the one in Myrtle, I have risen miraculously, holy Icon, miraculous and divine, and give the sign grace, Myrtidian.
They that have a strong roof, are all of them ashamed, and glory in God, having a wall, and divine protection, from earthquakes, fire, and destruction.
Healing Daughter to your praise, the sicknesses of the soul and the sicknesses of the body, and holy Mother, the sicknesses and diseases, Myrtidiot.
From all necessity and temptations, from all dangers, from the influence of evil, golden youth, sorely shaken and tested, Myrtidiotissa.
Know the young, Mother of God, of sufferings and dangers, of fearsome men everywhere, of faith, morals and reverence, divine heritage, Myrtidiotissa.
Bonds of sin, corrupting sin, and all evil, abuses, unfortunate abuses, and white death, emanate, O Virgin, friendly youth, Myrtidiotissa.
I love you with all my affection, and with compassion, motherly guard the islands of Kythera and Antikythera, Myrtidiotissa.
Love unanimity and affection, give to husbands and wives, and parents, Mother of God, and give richly, joy and gladness, faithfulness peace, Myrtidiotissa.
Save from earthquakes, earthquake tremors, you save from moral, and from shipwrecks, save family, horror of divorce, Myrtidiotissa.
O Mother of the Word and Redeemer, we ask grace from your heart and soul, seeing repentance from your servants, you deliver your servants, you deliver them from the drunkenness of passion.
Savior and God, of all dangers, thou savest and deliverest from all dangers, from heresy, from error, from heresy of error, from the schism of mania, thou dost deliver in order, Myrtidiot.
He that transcends the virtues of all saints, as the Lord and God, thy divine Mother, the humble and most holy, the Mother of God, the Mother of all, the Mother of all, the Mother of all, the Mother of all, the Mother of all, the Mother of all, the Mother of all, the Mother of all, the Mother of all, the Mother of all.
Youth saving, O Holy One, people of maturity, houses of young godly men, and honest old age, hasten to preserve, Lady of Angels, Myrtidiotissa.
All the armies of the angels, the forerunners of the Lord, the twelve apostles, the holy Fathers, with the Virgin Mary, you have made intercession for our salvation.
The Trisagion
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (Tris).
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost,
And now, and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Holy Trinity, have mercy on us; Lord, have mercy on our sins. O Lord, forgive us our trespasses; Holy One, visit and heal our sicknesses for thy name's sake.
Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy.
Glory Patri...
Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name: thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our mercy: and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive our debtors: and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
That thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Son, and of the Son.
Of the Holy Ghost, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.
and the Tropes themselves. Sound pl. b.
Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us, for we sinners offer this petition to Thee, as a Saviour, without any apology, have mercy on us.
Glory.
Lord have mercy on us, for in Him we have believed. Be not angry with us greatly, neither remember our iniquities. But be merciful and deliver us from our enemies. For thou art our God, and we are thy people, and all men shall call upon thy hands and thy name.
And now.
Open the gate of mercy to us, blessed Mother of God, hoping in Thee we shall not fail, let us through Thee be saved from our circumstances; for Thou art the salvation of the race of Christians.
The Extennis and the Dissolution, whereby we sing the following
Sound b’. Ote from the wood.
All those who warmly worship you, Virgin Myrtidiotissa, and your graceful Holy Icon, worshipping out of faith, out of all need, and out of all diseases and sorrows, you keep the invincible, asking for forgiveness of sins, and peace to all, praising your greatness.
O Lady, bind up the prayers of thy servants, and deliver us from all trouble and affliction.
I put all my hope in You, Mother of God, keep me under Your roof.
Through the blessings of our Holy Fathers.
Lord Jesus Christ our God have mercy on us.
Amen.
Distichon-
Myrtidiot, provide grace
I hasten to thy grace.
