Text: Sunday after the Nativity- First Antiphon

First Antiphon:
I will confess You with all my heart, O Lord,* I will tell all your marvels.

Through the prayers of the Mother of God, O Savior, save us.

In the counsels of rightful men and in the assemblies,* great are the works of the Lord.

Through the prayers of the Mother of God, O Savior, save us.

They are sought* in order to accomplish his will.

Through the prayers of the Mother of God, O Savior, save us.

Glory be . . . now and forever . . . : Only Begotten Son . . .

Audio - 01- Sunday After the Nativity, First Antiphon

by H. Andrew Spilchuk

Text: -Sunday after the Nativity - Third Antiphon & Little Entrance

Third Antiphon:

Come, let us sing joyfully to the Lord, let us acclaim God, our Saviour.

Son of God, born of the Virgin, save us who sing to You: Alleluia!

Let us come before His face with praise, and acclaim Him in psalms.

Son of God, born of the Virgin, save us who sing to You: Alleluia!

For God is the great Lord, and the great king over all the earth.

Son of God, born of the Virgin, save us who sing to You: Alleluia!

Little Entrance:

Come, let us worship and fall down before Christ.

Son of God, born of the Virgin, save us who sing to You: Alleluia!

 

 

Audio - 02- Sunday After the Nativity, Third Antiphon & Little Entrance

by H. Andrew Spilchuk

Text: Sunday after the Nativity, Tropar, Christmas, Tone 4

Christmas Tropar, Tone 4:
Your birth, O Christ our God,*
has shed upon the world the light of knowledge;*
for through it, those who worshipped the stars*
have learned from a star to worship You, the Sun of Justice,*
and to recognize You as the Orient from on high.*
Glory be to You, O Lord!

Audio - Sunday After the Nativity, Tropar, Christmas, Tone 4

by H. Andrew Spilchuk

Text: Sunday after the Nativity, Tropar, St. Joseph, Tone 2

Tropar of St. Joseph, Tone 2:
O Joseph, announce to David, ancestor of Christ,*
the good news of these wonders you have seen:*
a Virgin giving birth to a Child;*
with the shepherds you have glorified Him;*
with the wise men you have worshipped Him;*
and an angel appeared to you.*
Ask Christ to save our souls.

Audio - 04- After the Nativity, Tropar, St. Joseph, Tone 2

by H. Andrew Spilchuk

Text: Sunday after the Nativity, Glory Be & Kondak, Christmas, Tone 3

Glory Be …, Tone 3:
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,*now and forever and ever. Amen.

Kondak of Christmas, Tone 3:
Today the Virgin gives birth to Perfect Essence,*
and the earth offers a cave to the Inaccessible.*
The angels sing his glory with the shepherds,*
the wise men journey with the star,*
for there is born for us an infant child, God Eternal.

Audio - 05- Sunday After the Nativity, Glory Be & Kondak, Christmas, Tone 3

by H. Andrew Spilchuk

Text: Sunday after the Nativity, Prokimen, Tone 4

Prokimen, Tone 4:
God is wonderful in His saints;* the God of Israel.

verse:  Bless God in your choirs,* bless the Lord, you who spring from Israel.

God is wonderful in His saints;* the God of Israel.

Audio - 06- Sunday After the Nativity, Prokimen, & Verse, Tone 4

by H. Andrew Spilchuk

Text: Sunday after the Nativity, Allelluia & Verses

Alleluia Verses:

Remember, O Lord,* for David all his anxious care.

How he swore to the Lord,* vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob.

Audio - 07-Sunday After the Nativity, Alleluia & Verses

by H. Andrew Spilchuk

Text: -Sunday after the Nativity, Instead of 'It is truly right . . .'

Instead of ‘It is truly right . . .’:
My soul, praise Christ the King*
born in a cave.*
Behold a strange and wonderful mystery:*
the cave has become heaven,*
the Virgin a throne of the Cherubim,*
and the manger a noble place where Christ our God reposes.*
Wherefore let us praise and exalt Him!.

Audio - 08- Sunday After Nativity, Instead of 'It is truly right ...: 'My soul praise Christ the King . . .

by H. Andrew Spilchuk

Text: Sunday after the Nativity, Communion Verses

Communion Verses:
Praise the Lord from the heavens;* praise Him in the highest.

Exult, you just, in the Lord;* praise from the upright is fitting. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia.

Audio - 09- Sunday After Nativity, Communion Verses

by H. Andrew Spilchuk

Text: Where it is the custom: Instead of: “Blessed is He”; “We have seen”; “May our mouths”; “Blessed be": We sing: "The whole universe . . ."

Instead of: “Blessed is He”; “We have seen”; “May our mouths”; “Blessed be”:

The whole universe is today filled with joy, for Christ is born of a Virgin.

Audio - 10- Where it is the custom: Instead of: “Blessed is He”; “We have seen”; “May our mouths”; “Blessed be": We sing: "The whole universe . . ."

by H. Andrew Spilchuk