AT MATINS

**Exapostilarion. Women hear.**

**Ode 1. Tone 8. Irmos. Crossing the water.**

**After the 1st Reading from the Psalter, Kathisma.

**Kontakion. Tone 2. With your blood.**

**The 1st Antiphon of the Anavathmi in Tone 4 and the Prokeimenon.**

**After the 2nd Reading, Kathisma.

**At Lauds we insert 4 Stichera and sing the following Prosomia.

**Theotokion.**

**Troparia.**

**Ode 3. Irmos. You are the firm strength.**

Tone 1. The soldiers watching.**

Glory. **Tone 8.**

Tone 4. You have given us a sign.**

**Theotokion.**

O Word great in mercy, stooping with goodness and compassion, shower down from heaven upon the earth the streams of your divine mercy for our salvation.

**Ode 4. Irmos. I have heard, Lord.**

O Lord, as God you sustain all things by a word, and keep them all in perfect harmony. As you are compassionate keep unaltered the environment which enwraps creation and by your ineffable power turn away from the earth every harm.

With compunction we offer you our praise, Lover of mankind, and with faith we cry out to you: As Creator you hold fast the ends of the earth, and you maintain and govern them. From noxious emanations and from dire pollutions that harbour bitter death, rescue humanity which you fashioned, for you are pitying and compassionate.

**Theotokion.**

Stained with foul passions, Saviour, we defile the atmosphere with our dread actions; but grant us, Lord, genuine repentance.

**Ode 5. Irmos. Enlighten us.**

All-blameless Virgin, beyond nature you conceived God and gave birth to him in the flesh. Through the abundance of your mercy take pity on those who glorify you in faith and by the streams of your grace cleanse our minds and hearts from sins of many kinds.

By your almighty will you brought all things into being from nothing, Lover of mankind, and all things, Saviour, serve your might; therefore we implore you: Keep the environment that enwraps the earth unmoved, for the safe government of your royal fashioning, and for life on earth to be free from strife and destruction.

**Theotokion.**

Look on us, Saviour, with an eye of mercy, and turn from the earth, we beg, the destruction which comes from poisonous and senseless actions.

**Ode 6. Irmos. I pour out my supplication.**

Tone 4. Joseph was amazed.**

Let us, the nurselings of true religion, offer to the Lord purity of life and splendour of manners, that we may be delivered from pollutions of many kinds which pollute the whole earth and harbour bitter and painful death for the ends of the earth. From these, Lord, preserve our existence by your almighty power.

**Theotokion.**

Mother of God full of grace, who gave birth to the Word without beginning from your pure blood, save us from dread circumstances.

**Ode 7. Irmos. The Youths from Judea.**

In the beginning, Saviour, universal King, you founded the earth, while the heavens are the works of your hands, and the stars also with the sun and the moon. All things proclaim your greatness and your strength. Keep their harmony and majesty untroubled, for all things, O Word, are subject to your almighty will.

You walled the circle of the earth, Lord, as with a wall, with a safe environment. Preserve it always as you established it when you poured out the breaths of winds and vivifying breezes for our preservation, and grant us pardon of sins, Master, and the fulfilling of the commands of your holy will.

**Theotokion. Same melody.**

You are the firm strength, O Lord, of those who have recourse to you. You are the light of those in darkness, and my spirit sings your praise.

**Ode 8. Irmos. The King of heavn.**

Ineffably, Mary, you conceived in your womb without change and without confusion the God who is beyond being; and beyond nature you brought forth for those in the world the One who delivers us from condemnation. Therefore we sing the praise of your many mighty works and glorify with faith your child-bearing beyond understanding. But, O Virgin who bore God, deliver us from every affliction.

As Master of creation do not take from us the treasures of your providence, we beg, Lover of mankind. See our humiliation, Lord, and cleanse creation of polluted winds and noxious contagions and activities, so that, living devoutly and soberly in a pure life, we may be counted worthy of eternal life, as we glorify your great mercy.

**Theotokion.**

**Troparia.**

**Ode 9. Irmos. We who through you.**

**After the Polyeleos, Kathisma.

Sovereign Lady, accept the entreaties of your servants and rescue us from every constraint and affliction.

**Theotokion.**

By the laws which you established, Master, ever keep unshaken and unmoved the works of your hands, which you brought into being of old.

Tone 8. The Wisdom and Word.**

**Great Doxology and Dismissal.**

**Theotokion.**

As you possess an inexhaustible ocean of compassion, O All-merciful, dispel the harmful blasts that come against us.

Lord, Lover of mankind, King of all creation, who bring all things into being from nothing, keep unharmed the order which you established and grant your servants temperate climates. Therefore too, diffusing mild airs, disperse all noxious pollutions from the earth, all-powerful Giver of life, and grant your peace to all the nations, that we may all sing the praise of your goodness.

**Theotokion.**

You are Lord of all things, Saviour, you the Giver of life. Cleanse from all corruption the elements in which we your servants live.

The Master and Maker of all things, taking flesh from your immaculate womb, came forth as man, not changed in his Godhead, and granted salvation to all those who worship your ineffable child-bearing. Therefore, all-pure Mother of God, Ever-Virgin Maiden, we have recourse to your fervent protection, and saved we cry: Intercede with your Son and God to grant forgiveness of faults to those who devoutly sing the praise of your many mighty works.

**Theotokion.**

You appeared as the dwelling of the Maker of all creation, pure Maiden, bearing him ineffably in your womb.

Lord, our Lord, how wonderful is your name in all the earth.

**Theotokion.**

**Kathisma. Tone 5. Let us believers praise.**

**Verse:** For I will consider the heavens the works of your fingers; the moon and the stars which you established.

**Theotokion.**

As our Master and Creator, Lover of mankind, we fall before you with faith and we cry out to you, ‘Keep our atmosphere and the whole earth undamaged by harmful corrupters, and give us repentance and wholeness, O Compassionate, for the salvation of our souls’.

The Reading is from the Holy Gospel according to Luke.

Both now. **Theotokion.**

From your pure blood you bore beyond understanding the Master of all things and remained, as before, a virgin incorrupt, O Mother of God. Keep safe from every evil and corruption of the cunning Deceiver those who with undoubting heart have recourse to your protection.

**T**he Lord spoke this parable: In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor had respect for people. In that city there was a widow who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Grant me justice against my opponent‘. For a while he refused; but later he said to himself, ‘Though I have no fear of God and no respect for anyone, yet because this widow keeps pestering me, I will grant her justice, so that she may not wear me out by continually coming’. And the Lord said: Listen to what the unjust judge says. Will God not grant justice also to his chosen ones who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long in helping them? I tell you, he will quickly grant them justice.

I have heard, Lord, of the mystery of your dispensation; I have understood your works and glorified your Godhead.

**Psalm 50.**

**Troparia.**

At the prayers of the Apostles, O Merciful One, blot out the multitude of my transgressions.

Keep the elements which surround the earth unharmed, Lord, and ever bless us that we may walk in your fear.

At the prayers of the Mother of God, O Merciful One, blot out the multitude of my transgressions.

We have been estranged, Lord, by transgressing your divine law, and so we beg you: Give us amendment of life.

**Idiomel. Tone 6.**

From pollutions and from destructive blasts deliver the whole earth, O Saviour, by your strength, that we may magnify your might.

Have mercy on me, O God, in accordance with your great mercy. According to the fullness of your compassion blot out my offence.

Mother of God, Ever-Virgin, who gave birth in the body to the Fashioner of the whole creation, deliver us from every calamity.

Lord, who with wisdom keep, maintain and direct all things for our government and sure guidance in the paths of your commandments, accept our suppliant entreaties and rescue us from impending dangers and from all change for the worse of the bounds of nature, and save our souls.

Enlighten us by your commands, O Lord, and by your upraised arm grant us your peace, O Lover of mankind.

**Deacon:** O God, save your people…

**Troparia**.

**Then the Canon, of which the Acrostic is:**

Cleanse us from blemishes of soul, O Lover of mankind, and preserve in its own order, we beseech you, the earth’s environment.

Christ Saviour, keep us safe. Gerasimos.

Empower us, Lord, by your divine fear to accomplish our life without grief in peace and true love.

Crossing the water as on dry land and fleeing from the wickedness of the Egyptians, Israel cried aloud: To our Redeemer and our God now let us sing.

You founded the heaven and the earth, as David sings, O Creator; guard us then from every affliction.

Accept the voices of those who entreat you with faith, Mother of God, pure and Ever-Virgin, and grant peace to our souls.

I pour out my supplication to the Lord, and to him I declare my afflictions, because my soul has been filled with evils and my life has drawn near to Hell; and like Jonas I beg: O God, bring me up from corruption.

**Troparia.**

You established all creation by your mighty strength, O Saviour who love mankind; now, therefore, rescue us by your power, Lord, from threatening destruction, and preserve the environment which enwraps the earth.

Keep the upper air undamaged and the flow of the air free from destructive exhalations, pollutions, and the other effects of dangerous activities which bring most painful death.

By a word, Lord, you established the structure of the earth, and wrapped its circumference with a surrounding element as you wished; ever preserve it from corruption and dread influences.

As Mother of the King of glory, Ever-Virgin Maiden, Mother of God, set free my lowly heart from the disgrace of unclean passions, and give me, I beg, sincere and perfect repentance.

With your all-powerful strength you framed all things, both visible and invisible; and so keep unharmed, we implore your goodness, the environment that surrounds the earth.

Loving Saviour, we praise the manifestations of your providence and your many saving powers; because with ineffable wisdom and order and harmony you have established for all things laws and unalterable ordinances for the protection of us, your royal fashioning. Keep us unshaken, Lord, from every corrupting activity, change and destruction, as guardian, protector and deliverer of all things, keeping in them the essential power unmoved, and especially watching over the environment that surrounds the earth.

The Youths from Judaea once having come to Babylon, with the faith of the Trinity trampled down the flame of the furnace, as they sang: God of our fathers, blessed are you!

**Troparia**

You give life to all and conduct all things with ineffable judgements; from harmful pollutions and from every abuse save those who cry out, ‘God of our fathers, blessed are you!’

By your will, Lord, you adorned the heavens with stars, while you made the whole earth fair with flowers and trees as it sings, ‘God of our fathers, blessed are you!’

Give pardon and a calm life to us who dwell on the earth, turning away from it corrupting emanations and saving those who sing, ‘God of our fathers, blessed are you!’

The One born from your womb, pure Maiden, declared you to be the gateway of salvation that leads to the glory of the kingdom on high those who cry out to you with faith, ‘Hail, pure Virgin, the salvation of mortals!’

The King of heaven, whom the hosts of Angels praise, praise and highly exalt to all the ages.

**Troparia.**

Come, all the inhabitants of earth, let us fall down and cry out to Christ with compunction, ‘Deliver us, Saviour, from just condemnation!’

From pollutions and contaminations rescue the environment, Saviour, that we may sing your praise as the only benefactor.

With streams of your vivifying mercy, Compassionate One, quench the flame of bitter passions and grant us well-being and salvation.

Glory of Angels and salvation of mortals, glorious Ever-Virgin Maiden, show us to be partakers in eternal glory.

We, who have been saved through you, pure Virgin, confess you to be in truth the Mother of God and with the bodiless choirs we magnify you.

**Troparia.**

In your goodness deliver our race from earthquakes and ill fortune, from calamities of many kinds and from soul-destroying pollutions, O Compassionate.

Give strength to the weak, O all-compassionate, and by your power preserve the atmosphere clean from winds that bring death.

From every pollution that breeds death, O Saviour, by your power preserve unsullied the air in creation that we breathe.

Make heavenly our hearts, O Compassionate, through a life of virtue and holiness, and deliver us from the grip of uncleanness.

We sing the praise of your child-bearing, through which, O Virgin, we have been delivered from the ancestral curse; for you bore Christ, the Saviour of all.

You once stretched out the heavens at your command, Lord, as the Prophet says, and founded the unformed mass of the earth, Master; preserve the constitution of the universe in harmony and keep every element in creation from contamination.

The Maker of creation through his goodness took human form from you, and was created beyond nature from your pure blood. As his all-pure Mother, O all-immaculate, ask him for us, we beg, that we may find salvation.