FIRST CHANT: 0:00-2:49
(Megalynarion to the Thetokos)
Speechless be the lips of the impious
who refuse to reverence
thy revered icon which is known
by the name Directress,
and which hath been depicted
for us by the Apostle Luke the Evangelist.
SECOND CHANT: 2:50-5:50
(Psalm 140(141))
Lord, I have cried unto Thee, hearken unto me, hearken unto me, O Lord. Lord, I have cried unto Thee, hearken unto me; attend to the voice of my supplication, when I cry unto Thee: Hearken unto me, O Lord.
Let my prayer be set forth as incense before Thee, the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice. Hearken unto me, O Lord.
THIRD CHANT: 5:50-6:12
(Psalm 141(142))
Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name:
FOURTH CHANT: 6:13-7:45
(Vesper, Tone 6 Sunday of the 318 Nicaea Fathers)
O Christ, Prossessor of victory over Hades, You ascended the Cross so that You might raise those who sit in darkness with You. O Free among the dead, overflowing with life from Your own light. O Almighty Savior, have mercy on us.
FIFTH CHANT: 7:46-11:48
(The Songs of Ascent - Vesper, Tone 5 Sunday)
When I am troubled I sing to Thee like David, O my Savior: Deliver my soul from a deceitful tongue. Blessed is the life of those who dwell in the desert places, Divine love giveth them wings. By the Holy Spirit all things are unshaken, both visible and invisible; for He hath sovereign power, being undeniably one of the Trinit Lift up thyself to the mountains, O my soul; go thither from whence cometh our help. Let Thy right hand hover over me, O Christ, and guard me from every misfortune. Let us sing to the Holy Spirit, as we contemplate God: Thou art God, life, love, light, and intellect, Thou art goodness, and Thou reignest unto the ages.
Filled with great joy at the words of those who say unto me: 'Let us go into the courts of the Lord', I offer up my prayers. Fearful things are accomplished in the house of David; for a fire is found there, burning every shameful thought. To the Holy Spirit belongeth the lordship of life, for from Him every living being hath its breath, as also from the Father together with the Son.
SIXTH CHANT: 11:49-17:24
(Eothinon XI, Mode pl. IV)
Glory to Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Showing yourself to your Disciples after the Resurrection, O Saviour, you entrusted to Simon the pasturing of the sheep, as repayment for love, demanding the care of shepherding. And therefore he said: If you are my friend Peter, shepherd my lambs, shepherd my sheep. But he at once showing his affection, inquired about the other Disciple. At their intercessions, O Christ, guard your flock from wolves that ravage it.
SEVENTH CHANT: 17:25-20:51
(Thrice Holy hymn - "Trisagion")
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, Have mercy on us.
EIGHTH CHANT: 20:52-24:04
(Psalm 17(18):2-3)
I will love thee, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer.
NINTH CHANT: 24:05-27:22
("Axion Estin" hymn)
It is truly right to bless thee, O Theotokos,
thou the ever blessed, and most pure, and the Mother of our God.
Thou the more honorable than the cherubim,
and beyond compare more glorious than the seraphim,
who without corruption gavest birth to God the Word,
thou the true Theotokos, we magnify thee.
TENTH CHANT: 27:23-32:55
