Aposticha. Idiomels of the Dedication.

Tone 1. By Monk John.

Wisdom. ****

Be renewed, be renewed, O new Jerusalem; for your light has come and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. For the Father has built this house; the Son has made firm this house; the Holy Spirit has renewed this house, the Spirit which enlightens and strengthens and sanctifies our souls.

Glorious things have been said of you, City of God. ** **

The same tone. By Anatolios.

Of old when Solomon dedicated the temple he offered you, Lord, sacrifices and holocausts of irrational beasts; but when you were well-pleased, O Saviour, to put an end to types and for the truth to be made known, the ends of the earth offer to your glory sacrifices without shedding of blood, for you are Master of all things and make all things holy by your Holy Spirit.

The Lord loves the gates of Sion, more than all the tabernacles of jacob. ****

Tone 4. By Monk John.

Today the Church from the nations is dedicated anew by the precious blood that flows with life from the pure and spotless side of him who took flesh from the Holy Virgin, Christ our God. Therefore let the assembled choirs of us the faithful glorify the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, the one Godhead which governs the whole universe.

**Of the Saint of the Church.**

**Of the Dedication. Tone 3.**

Come back to yourself, O mortal; become new instead of old; feast the rededication of your soul. While there is time, let life be renewed for you, the road of every way of living. The ancient things have passed away. See, all things have become new. Bear this fruit for the feast, making the change to a fair change. In this way a person is renewed, in this way the day of Dedication is honoured.

Now, Master**, the Trisagion***,* All-Holy Trinity, Our Father. ****

Apolytikion of the Dedication. Tone 4.

Like the splendour of the firmament above, Lord, you have displayed below the loveliness of the holy Dwelling of your glory. Strengthen it to age on age and accept, through the Mother of God, our supplications which are offered in it without ceasing to you, the Life and Resurrection of all.

**Of the Saint of the Church.**

**The Apolytikion, as above.**

And the rest of the Office of the Vigil, in accordance with which it is customary that there be an Artoklasia. But if there is an All-night Vigil, after the Artoklasia there follows a Reading, in accordance with the wish of the Superior, and a Sermon. If there is no Vigil, the Dismissal follows at once.

The Dismissal.

Blessed is He Who Is, Christ our true God, always, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages. ****

May the Lord God establish the holy and unblemished Faith of devout and Orthodox Christians with his holy Church to ages of ages. ****

Most holy Mother of God, save us. ****

Greater in honour than the Cherubim, and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim, without corruption you gave birth to God the Word. Truly the Mother of God, we magnify you. ****

Glory to you, Christ God, our hope. Glory to you. ****

Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, both now and for ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Holy Master, give the blessing. ****

** ** Christ our true God, through the prayers of his all-pure and holy Mother, by the power of the precious and life-giving Cross, through the protection of the honoured, Bodiless Powers of heaven, through the intercessions of the honoured, glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist, John, of the holy, glorious and all-praised Apostles, of the holy, glorious and triumphant Martyrs, of our venerable and God-bearing Fathers, of Saint **N.** ** **, of the holy and righteous forebears of God, Joachim and Anna, and of all the Saints, have mercy on us and save us, for he is good and loves mankind. ****

Through the prayers of our holy Fathers, Lord Jesus Christ, our God, have mercy upon us. Amen. ****

Through the prayers of our holy Master, Lord Jesus Christ, our God, have mercy upon us. Amen.