At Vespers, after the Proëmial Psalm and the first Stasis of the first Kathisma of the Psalter, at "Lord, I have cried" we chant the three vesperal Prosomia When he who is the enhypostatic Radiance, repeating each to make six stichera; Glory: Leaving behind the netting of fish; Both now, for the Forefeast: O Isaiah, dance thy joy. Entrance, O gladsome light, the Prokeimenon of the day, and the Readings. At the Aposticha, Glory: The blood-kinsman of Peter; Both now, for the Forefeast: Joseph, tell us. The Apolytikion As the first-called and the Theotokion The mystery which was hidden.
At the Midnight Office, after Psalm 50, the Lity, followed by the Trisagion, the Apolytikion and the Six Psalms of Matins. At God is the Lord, the Apolytikion twice and the Theotokion once; the Psalter readings and the Polyeleos, each followed by its respective Kathismata; the Anavathmoi from the first Antiphon of the fourth tone, the Prokeimenon Their sound hath gone forth; Let every breath and the Gospel. After Psalm 50, Glory: Through the intercessions of the Apostles; Both now: Through the intercessions of the Theotokos; "Have mercy on me, O God..." and the Idiomelon The first-called Disciple (the first sticheron of the Lity). Three Canons from the Menaion are used: one for the Theotokos and two for the Apostle, with the Katavasiæ Christ is born, glorify him. After the third ode, the Kathisma and Theotokion; after the sixth ode, the Kontakion, Ikos and Menology. After the eighth ode we chant More honorable than the cherubim. After the Canon is completed, two Exaposteilaria and the Theotokion. At the Praises, four Prosomia, beginning with Make glad now, O Bethsaida; Glory: Let us praise Andrew; Both now, for the Forefeast: Receive thou, O Bethlehem; the Great Doxology and the Apolytikion.
At the Divine Liturgy, the Typical Antiphons and the Beatitudes, with four Troparia from the third ode of the first canon of the Apostle and four from the sixth ode of the second canon. At the Entrance, the Apolytikion of the Apostle, that of the patron of the Temple, and the Kontakion On this day the Virgin. Epistle and Gospel for the Apostle. At "Among the first", It is truly meet; at the Koinonikon, Their sound hath gone forth. "We have seen the true Light" and the Dismissal.
At Saturday Vespers, after the Proëmial Psalm and the first Kathisma of the Psalter, at "Lord, I have cried" we chant six stichera for the Resurrection and four for the Apostle (repeating the first); at Glory, the doxastikon for the Apostle, and at Both now, the first Theotokion of the tone. Entrance, O gladsome light, the Prokeimenon and the Readings. At the Aposticha, the Resurrectional stichera; Glory: The blood-kinsman of Peter; Both now, for the Forefeast: Joseph, tell us. The Apolytikion of the Resurrection, that of the Apostle, and the Theotokion. Dismissal.
At the Midnight Office, after Psalm 50, the Triadikos Canon, the Lity of the Apostle and the Triadika Megalynaria It is truly meet to laud the transcendent Trinity, followed by the Trisagion, the Apolytikion of the Apostle and the Six Psalms of Matins. At God is the Lord, the Apolytikia as at Vespers; the Psalter readings, each followed by a Kathisma, of which we chant one verse for the Resurrection, one for the Apostle, and one for the Theotokos from the Oktoëchos. At the Polyeleos, the Kathisma for the Apostle, followed by the Evlogitaria, the Hypakoë, and the Anavathmoi and Prokeimenon of the tone. The Resurrectional Gospel reading for the Eothinon. The first Canon of the Resurrection and the first for the Apostle are chanted, with the Katavasiæ Christ is born, glorify him. After the third ode, the Resurrectional Kontakion and Ikos, and the Kathisma of the Apostle; after the sixth ode, the Kontakion and Ikos of the Apostle, and the Menology. After the eighth ode, we chant More honorable than the cherubim. Exaposteilaria of the Resurrection, and of the Apostle with its Theotokion. At the Praises, four stichera for the Resurrection and four Prosomia for the Apostle; Glory for the Apostle (instead of the Doxastikon Eothinon); Both now Most blessed art thou. Great Doxology with the appropriate Resurrectional troparion.
At the Divine Liturgy, the Typical Antiphons and the Beatitudes, with four Troparia for the Resurrection and four from the sixth ode of the second canon of the Apostle. At the Entrance, the Apolytikion of the Resurrection, that of the Apostle, that of the patron of the Temple, and the Kontakion On this day the Virgin. Epistle and Gospel for the Apostle. At "Among the first", It is truly meet; at the Koinonikon, Their sound hath gone forth. "We have seen the true Light" and the Dismissal.
When he who is the enhypostatic radiance * of the Father's glory was made manifest to all, * who took form from the Forerunner's light * and in his compassion * desired to rescue and save the race of man, * then was thou the first of all * to draw nigh unto him; * and the ray of his divinity * in its perfection * did cast its radiant beams upon thine intellect. * Thus for this cause art thou given the name * of Preacher and Apostle of Christ our God. * Plead with him and beseech him * to save and illuminate our souls.
When the all-holy Word had become incarnate, * having been announced by the voice of the Forerunner, * so that he might grant life unto us * and bring glad tidings * proclaiming salvation unto those on earth, * then, all-wise one, thou didst go * to follow after him. * Thou dedicatedst thyself to him * as a choice off'ring * and as the firstfruits of thine all-holiness. * Thou didst both witness and acknowledge him * as our God unto thy kinsman in the flesh. * Plead with him and beseech him * to save and illuminate our souls.
Having been disciple unto him who sprang forth * from a barren woman, that teacher of piety * and temperance, who did indicate * purity's pathways, * when the Offspring of the Virgin did shine forth, * then, O Andrew, verily * wast thou in fervent wise * a lover of virtue, blessed one; * thou hast ascended * within thy heart, having been caught up on high, * from glory to the glory beyond thought, * yea, the glory which doth befit Christ our God. * Plead with him and beseech him * to save and illuminate our souls.
Leaving behind the netting of fish, O Apostle, thou seekest to entrap men using the rod of thy preaching, and as on a fish-hook thou dost lower the lure of piety; and thou drawest up from the depths of error all of the nations. O Apostle Andrew, brother of the preëminent one and manifest guide and teacher of all the universe, fail not in intercession in our behalf, who with faith and with longing sing the praises, O all-praised one, of thine ever-honored memory.
O Isaiah, dance thy joy; do thou receive the Word of God, and prophesy to Mariam the maid: Lo, the bush shall be aflame, yet shall it not be consumed by the radiance of Divinity. Bethlehem, make thou ready; Eden, throw open wide thy gates; ye Magi, come and behold Salvation in a manger, all wrapped about in swaddling clothes; whose star, hung above the cave, hath disclosed the mystery: the Lord, the Giver of life, who saveth our race.
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout
Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, elect according to the
foreknowledge of God the Father through sanctification of the Spirit, unto
obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ:
Grace unto you and peace be multiplied.
Beloved, of the salvation of our souls the prophets have inquired and searched
diligently, and have prophesied of the grace that should come unto you,
searching what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ who was in them
had signified when he testified beforehand of the sufferings of Christ and the
glory that should follow. Unto them it was revealed that they ministered, not
unto themselves, but unto us the things which are now reported unto you by those
who have preached the gospel unto you, with the Holy Spirit sent down from heaven
- things which the angels desire to look into.
Therefore gird up the loins of your mind; be sober and hope to the end for the
grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
As obedient children, do not fashion yourselves according to the former lusts
of your ignorance, but as he who hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all
manner of living, because it is written: "Be ye holy, for I am holy."
And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according
to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear. For ye know
that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, such as silver and gold,
from your vain way of living which ye received by tradition from your fathers,
but the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot,
who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest
in these last times for you. By him ye believe in God, who raised him up from
the dead and gave him glory, that your faith and hope might be in God.
Seeing ye have purified your souls by obeying the truth through the Spirit unto
unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart
fervently, being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by
the word of God which liveth and abideth for ever; for "all flesh is as
grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and
the flower thereof falleth away; but the word of the Lord endureth unto the
ages." And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
Therefore laying aside all malice and all guile, and hypocrisy and envy and all
evil speaking, as newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye
may grow thereby, if so it be that ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
Coming to him as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed by men, but chosen by
God and precious, ye also as living stones are built up a spiritual house, a
holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through
Jesus Christ. Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture: "Behold, I
lay in Sion a chief cornerstone, elect, precious; and he that believeth in him
shall not be confounded."
Beloved, Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an
example, that ye should follow in his steps, "who did no sin, neither was guile
found in his mouth"; who when he was reviled, reviled not in return; when he
suffered, he threatened not, but committed himself to him that judgeth
righteously; who himself bore our sins in his own body on the tree, that we,
being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness; by whose stripes ye were
healed. For ye were as sheep going astray, but are now returned unto the
shepherd and bishop of your souls.
Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands, that if any of them
obey not the word, they also may be won without the word by the conduct of their
wives while they behold your chaste manner of living coupled with fear. When
adorning yourselves, let it not be that outward adorning of braiding the hair,
and of wearing gold, or of putting on apparel; but let it be the hidden man of
the heart which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet
spirit, which in the sight of God is of great price. For in this manner in olden
times the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in
subjection unto their own husbands, even as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him
lord. Ye are her daughters as long as ye do well and are not afraid with any
bewilderment.
Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with your wives with understanding, giving honor
unto the wife as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the
grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one for another. Love each
other as brethren, be sympathetic, be courteous, not rendering evil for evil,
or railing for railing, but contrariwise blessing, knowing that ye are called
thereto, that ye might inherit a blessing.
Beloved, inasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us
in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind, for he that hath
suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin, that he no longer should live the
rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. For
our past life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the nations, when we
walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revelings, banquetings, and
abominable idolatries. They think it strange that ye run not with them into the
same dissolute excess, speaking evil of you; but they shall give account to him
that is ready to judge the living and the dead. For this cause was the gospel
preached also to those who are dead, that they might be judged according to men
in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober and attentive unto
prayer. And above all things, have fervent charity among yourselves, for
charity shall cover the multitude of sins. Be hospitable one to another without
grudging. As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one
to another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. If any man speak, let
him speak according to the oracles of God. If any man minister, let him do it
according to the ability which God giveth, that God in all things may be
glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion unto ages of
ages. Amen.
The first-called Disciple and imitator of the Passion, Andrew the Apostle, having been conformed to thee, O Lord, drew up those who had once strayed in the depths of ignorance, having caught them with the fish-hook of the Cross, bringing them unto thee. By his intercessions, O most Good One, grant peace unto our lives and save our souls.
Ye faithful, let us hymn the kinsman of Peter, Andrew, the disciple of Christ. For aforetime he did cast his net into the sea to catch fish; but now he catcheth all the universe with the rod of the Cross, and converteth the nations from deception by baptizing them. And standing before Christ he beseecheth peace for the world and great mercy for our souls.
The Apostle and Disciple of Christ, receiving within his heart the noetic fire which enlighteneth thoughts and which doth consume sins as with flame, shineth forth the mystic rays of his teachings into the unenlightened hearts of the nations. And he doth burn up the sayings of the profane as though they were kindling; for the fire of the Spirit hath the power to do things as these. O strange and fearful wonder! that a tongue of clay and a nature of clay and an earthen body receiveth noetic and immaterial knowledge. Yet, O initiate of things ineffable and seer of the things of heaven, entreat thou and beseech that our souls may be illumined.
When thou didst behold God whom thou hadst longed for, walking upon earth in the flesh, O first-called seer of God, thou didst cry out aloud, rejoicing, to thy blood-kinsman: "O Simon, we have found him whom our hearts desired." And to the Saviour thou didst cry out in David's words: "As the hart panteth after the fountains of water, so panteth my soul after thee, O Christ God." Wherefore, going from longing to longing, by a cross didst thou cross over to him whom thou didst desire, as a true Disciple and a wise imitator of his sufferings on the Cross. And thus, in that thou art a partaker of his glory, supplicate thou fervently in behalf of our souls.
Let us praise Andrew, the proclaimer of the Faith and the servant of the Word; for he hath drawn forth men up from the deeps as fishes, wielding in his hands the Cross instead of a rod; and lowering a line of power, he doth lead souls up from the error of the foe; and he doth bring them unto God as an acceptable gift. O ye faithful, let us praise him among the choir of the Disciples of Christ, that by his intercessions mercy may be granted unto us on the day of judgment.
Lady, do thou receive the supplications of thy servants, and deliver us from all distress and affliction.
[Not translated yet.]
The blood-kinsman of Peter and disciple of Christ, the catcher of fishes and the fisher of men: in hymns let us honor Andrew the Apostle. For, having learned all the dogmas from the teachings of Jesus, he offered them up as a lure to the lawless fish of the flesh, and thus ensnared them in a net. Through his supplications, O Christ, grant unto thy people peace and great mercy.
Joseph, tell us: how is it that thou bearest the Maiden which thou receivedst from the Holies unto Bethlehem, great with child? He declareth: I have searched the Prophets and received instruction from an Angel, and am persuaded that Mary shall give birth unto God ineffably; and from the Orient Magi shall come, that they may worship him and minister to him with precious gifts. Thou who wast incarnate for our sake, O Lord, glory to thee.
As the First-called of the Apostles, and the brother of the preëminent one, make entreaty, O Andrew, unto the Master of all, that he may grant peace unto the world and great mercy to our souls.
We laud thee lovingly, * O thou divine Disciple, * who art the one first-called * out of all Christ's Disciples; * and with faith we cry aloud, * Apostle Andrew, unto thee: * Rescue thou thy flock, * which God entrusted unto thee, * out of all distress * and anguish and snares laid for us, * and from every evil thing.
Do thou stretch forth thy hands * in compassion, revered one, * and from the Holy One * now bestow aid upon us; * and grant that we may complete * our life free of danger and woe * who do glorify * and praise thy holy Birthgiving, * and who do declare * of thee, O Mistress and Maiden: * Thou art our hope and our boast.
Christ found thee to be the first to follow, * blessed Andrew, thou noble initiate; * and thou didst proclaim his precepts unto the world * as though thou flewedst, by pinions swiftly upborne, * bringing enlightenment unto the nations' host. * In that he is God, O all-blessed one, beseech of him * that his great mercy may be granted unto us.
Thou wast the Word's divine Tabernacle, * O thou only all-pure God-conceiver * who surpassest all the Angels in purity. * Cleanse me, who more than all others have been befouled * with the uncleanness of fleshly iniquities; * in the streams of thy divine intercessions wash me clean * and thus bestow great mercy, O reverèd one.
Let us all sing and laud the Apostle, praising him * as the eyewitness of the Word and the proclaimer divine, * the true fisherman of nations in spiritual wise; * for we have been drawn and brought forth * unto full knowledge of Christ * by Andrew the God-proclaimer. * And now he doth pray without ceasing * and intercedeth that our souls may be saved.
Those that place their hope in thee and waver not in doubt, * O thou immaculate Virgin, find their protection in thee. * From diverse temptations and from evil circumstance * and dangers grievous and severe * hast thou liberated us; * do thou intercede with thy Son, * together with his Apostles, * and save all them that sing thy praises in hymns.
The first Antiphon of the Anavathmoi in Tone 4.
Their sound hath gone forth into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
Verse:
The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament proclaimeth the works of his hands.
Let every breath. The Gospel according to Saint Matthew (4:18-23). At Psalm 50, Glory and Through the intercessions of the Apostle; Both now and Through the intercessions of the Theotokos; Have mercy on me and the first idiomelon of the Lity in Tone 1: The first-called Disciple.
After these, chant the canons: one for the Theotokos, and two for the Apostle.
[Canons not translated yet.]
As the first-called among the Disciples' ranks * and the eyewitness and servant of the Word, * O Andrew the Apostle, we honor thee as is meet and right; * for unwaveringly and with fervent love and desire * thou didst follow the Lamb who took on the world's trespasses. * Wherefore thou wast shown forth as a sharer in the sufferings * of him that of his own will did submit to death in the flesh. * For this cause we cry out to thee: * Do thou intercede with Christ God, * that he may grant pardon of sins unto them * that keep thy holy remembrance and celebrate it with love.
Overthrowing the idols' audacity, * longing to share in the Saviour's suffering, * O Andrew, thou blessed one, as Apostle wast thou shown forth. * From the heavens didst thou gush forth wonders and miracles, * and becamest a teacher of nations, all-blessed one. * Wherefore as is proper do we honor thy memory, * in hymns glorifying thee and with faith magnifying thee, * O Apostle of the Lord. * Do thou intercede with Christ God, * that he may grant pardon of sins unto them * that keep thy holy remembrance and celebrate it with love.
Rejoice, fiery throne of Divinity! * Rejoice, Maiden, thou seat fitting for the King, * thou couch spread with purple cloth, purple chamber bedecked with gold, * mantle of scarlet hue, temple with treasures all adorned, * lightning-filled chariot, lampstand radiant with many lights. * Rejoice, Theotokos, city twelve-wall-encircled * and gate wrought of beaten gold, bridal chamber most beautiful, * gleaming table of splendid gold, * tabernacle honored by God. * Rejoice, Bride, whose glory shineth like the sun. * Rejoice, O thou only splendor and comeliness of my soul.
Let us acclaim him who is manliness's namesake, * and the first-called among the Saviour's disciples, * the God-proclaimer and Peter's blood-kinsman. * For, as of old he cried to him, now he crieth unto us: * O come! we have found him for whom we had longed.
Of old David once girded himself up, a sinner like unto me, that he might describe in blessed fashion the statutes of God; and again, in the same way, he teacheth the faithful, and with many tears he doth declare: Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as once did Israel in the provocation. And again he saith in the next Psalm: Sing unto the Lord, all the earth: O come! we have found him for whom we had longed.
On the thirtieth of the month, the commemoration of the holy, glorious and all-laudable Apostle Andrew the First-called.
Andrew bore the crucifixion in reverse,
shining forth in truth, not merely as a shadow.
Having endured the cross, on the thirtieth Andrew received the crown.
On the same day, the commemoration of our venerable father Frumentios, bishop of Ethiopia (or, according to some, of India).
In guarding the grace of the Hallowed Trinity,
Frumentios is shown as one departed from error's ways.
On the same day, the commemoration of our venerable father Alexander, bishop of Methymna.
Through the intercessions of thy Saints, O God, have mercy on us. Amen.
The Word who was before all time, * on finding thee, O Andrew, * showed thee forth as the First-called one * out of all the Apostles, * O thou all-blessed, all-praised one; and thou didst show forth thyself * as follower in his footsteps, * and as guide to them that stray; * and thou leadest them upon * the divine heavenly pathway.
In glorious manner let us sing * the praises of the kinsman of * Peter the foremost disciple: * the holy Apostle Andrew, * who is become an eyewitness * and minister unto the Word. * For to the nations he brought light, * and, as the Master's Disciple, * crucified he finished his course.
O Virgin, thou all-blameless one, * make thou entreaty unto God * whom thou didst bear, for all those who * piously render thee honor, * with the Apostle well-renowned; * that from thy Son we may obtain * light divine, and a place to stand * with the elect and with the Saints; * for thou art one of divine might.
At the Praises, we allow for four stichera, and chant the following Prosomia:
Bethsaida, be thou now gladsome; for in thee blossomed forth * from mystic streams those lilies * of a sweet-smelling fragrance: * yea, Peter and Andrew, who have perfumed * all the world by preaching the Faith, * issuing forth the sweet scent by the grace of Christ, * whose sufferings also they did imitate.
Rejoice, O Andrew, be merry: for it is plainly seen * that thou in truth receivedst * the Word, the Sun of glory, * Christ the life-bestower; and holding fast * unto him in faith thou didst preach. * Thus importune him unceasingly for our sake * who in faith do chant and hymn thy praise.
The choice initiate of the divine dispensation of Christ, * the one who first was chosen * to be the Word's disciple, * Andrew the God-seer, cried out aloud * to his blood-kinsman Peter thus: * Lo, we have found the Messiah, who was foretold * by the Scriptures and the Prophets' words.
Possessing thee as its shepherd and its protector divine, * deliverer and guardian * from all manner of dangers, * the city of Patras doth honor thee, * O wise Andrew, and giveth thanks. * Thus, importune thou unceasingly for their sake, * that they be preserved without distress.
Let us praise Andrew... (see the Doxastikon of the Lity of Great Vespers)
O Bethlehem, receive the Mother-City of God; for the unapproachable Light cometh to be born in thee. O ye Angels, be filled with wonder in heaven; O ye men, give glory upon the earth. Ye Magi from Persia, come, bringing your threefold gifts. Shepherds dwelling in the fields, chant ye the Thrice-holy Hymn. Let every breath praise the Maker of all things.