3rd Hour – Terce
INTRODUCTION
TO EVERY HOUR
In the name
of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen.
Kyrie
eleison. Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy, Lord bless us. Amen.
Glory to the
Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and forever and unto the
ages of all ages. Amen.
THE
LORD'S PRAYER
Make us
worthy to pray thankfully:
Our Father
Who art in heaven; hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on
earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us
our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not
into temptation, but deliver us from evil, in Christ Jesus our Lord. For Thine
is the kingdom, the power and the glory, forever. Amen.
THE
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
Let us give
thanks to the beneficent and merciful God, the Father of our Lord, God and
Savior, Jesus Christ, for He has covered us, helped us, guarded us, accepted us
unto Him, spared us, supported us, and brought us to this hour. Let us also ask
Him, the Lord our God, the Almighty, to guard us in all peace this holy day and
all the days of our life.
O Master,
Lord, God the Almighty, the Father of our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ, we
thank You for every condition, concerning every condition, and in every
condition, for You have covered us, helped us, guarded us, accepted us unto You,
spared us, supported us, and brought us to this hour.
Therefore,
we ask and entreat Your goodness, O Lover of mankind, to grant us to complete
this holy day, and all the days of our life, in all peace with Your fear. All
envy, all temptation, all the work of Satan, the counsel of wicked men, and the
rising up of enemies, hidden and manifest, take them away from us, and from all
Your people, and from this holy place that is Yours.
But those
things which are good and profitable do provide for us; for it is You Who have
given us the authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and upon all the
power of the enemy.
And lead us
not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, by the grace, compassion and love
of mankind, of Your Only-Begotten Son, our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ,
through Whom the glory, the honor, the dominion, and the adoration are due unto
You, with Him, and the Holy Spirit, the Life-Giver, Who is of one essence with
You, now and at all times, and unto the ages of all ages. Amen.
PSALM
50
Have mercy
upon me, O God, according to Your great mercy; and according to the multitude of
Your compassions blot out my iniquity. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and
cleanse me from my sin. For I am conscious of my iniquity; and my sin is at all
times before me.
Against You
only I have sinned, and done evil before You: that You might be just in Your
sayings, and might overcome when You are judged. For, behold, I was conceived in
iniquities, and in sins my mother conceived me.
For, behold,
You have loved the truth: You have manifested to me the hidden and unrevealed
things of Your wisdom. You shall sprinkle me with Your hyssop, and I shall be
purified: You shall wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow. You shall
make me to hear gladness and joy: the humbled bones shall rejoice.
Turn away
Your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. Create in me a clean
heart, O God; and renew a right spirit in my inward parts. Do not cast me away
from Your face; and do not remove Your Holy Spirit from me. Give me the joy of
Your salvation: and uphold me with a directing spirit. Then I shall teach the
transgressors Your ways; and the ungodly men shall turn to You.
Deliver me
from blood, O God, the God of my salvation: and my tongue shall rejoice in Your
righteousness. O Lord, You shall open my lips; and my mouth shall declare Your
praise. For if You desired sacrifice, I would have given it: You do not take
pleasure in burnt offerings. The sacrifice of God is a broken spirit: a broken
and humbled heart God shall not despise.
Do good, O
Lord, in Your good pleasure to Zion; and let the walls of Jerusalem be built.
Then You shall be pleased with sacrifices of righteousness, offering, and burnt
sacrifices: then they shall offer calves upon Your altar. ALLELUIA.
The prayer
of the third hour of the blessed day, we offer to Christ our King and our God,
beseeching Him to forgive us our sins.
From the
Psalms of our father David the prophet and the king, may his blessings be upon
us all. Amen.
PSALM
19
The Lord
shall hear you in the day of your trouble, the name of the God of Jacob defend
you. He shall send you help from His Holy, and uphold you out of Zion. He shall
remember all your sacrifices, and enrich your burnt offerings. The Lord shall
grant you according to your heart, and fulfill all your counsel. We will confess
your salvation, and in the name of our God we shall grow: the Lord shall fulfill
all your petitions.
Now I know
that the Lord has saved His annointed: He shall hear him from His holy heaven,
the salvation of His right hand is in mighty deeds. These in chariots, and these
in horses, but in the name of the Lord our God we will grow. They are overthrown
and fallen, but we risen, and set upright. O Lord, save Your king: and hear us
in the day we call upon You. ALLELUIA.
PSALM
22
The Lord is
He who shepherds me; I shall need nothing. In a place of green pasture, there He
has made me dwell: by the water of rest, He has tended me. He has restored my
soul: He has guided me into the paths of righteousness, for His name's sake.
Even if I walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I shall not fear evil
things, for You are with me: Your rod and Your staff, these comfort me. You have
prepared a table before me in the presence of those who afflict me: You have
anointed my head with oil; and Your cup makes me drunk like power. Your mercy
shall follow me all the days of my life: and my dwelling shall be in the house
of the Lord unto length of days. ALLELUIA.
PSALM
23
The earth
and its fullness are the Lord's; the world and all that dwell in it. He has
founded it upon the seas, and prepared it upon the rivers.
Who shall go
up to the mountain of the Lord, and who shall stand in His holy place? He that
is pure in his hands, and clean in his heart; who has not lifted up his soul in
vanity, nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbor. He shall receive a blessing from
the Lord, and mercy from God his Savior. This is the generation of those who
seek the Lord, who seek the face of the God of Jacob.
Lift up your
gates, you princes, and be lifted up, you everlasting doors; and the king of
glory shall come in. Who is this king of glory? The Lord who is strong and
mighty, the Lord who is mighty in war. Lift up your gates, you princes; and be
lifted up, you everlasting doors; and the king of glory shall come in. Who is
this king of glory? The Lord of hosts, He is this king of glory. ALLELUIA.
PSALM
25
Judge me, O
Lord; for I have walked in my innocence: and trusted in the Lord, I shall not be
weakened. Prove me, O Lord, and try me; purify my heart and my reins. For your
mercy is before my eyes: and I am pleased with your truth. I have not sat with
the vain council, nor shall I enter in with the transgressors. I have hated the
assembly of evil doers; and shall not sit with ungodly men.
I will wash
my hands in purity, and go around Your altar, O Lord, to hear the voice of Your
praise, and to speak of all Your wonderful works. O Lord, I have loved the
beauty of Your house, and the dwelling place of Your glory. Do not destroy my
soul together with the ungodly, nor my life with bloody men: in whose hands
are iniquity, and their right hand is filled with bribe. But I have walked in my
innocence: save me, and have mercy upon me. My foot stood in uprightness: in the
congregations I will praise You, O Lord. ALLELUIA.
PSALM
28
Bring to the
Lord, O sons of God, bring to the Lord young rams; bring to the Lord glory and
honor. Bring to the Lord glory to His name; worship the Lord in His holy court.
The voice of
the Lord is upon the waters: God of glory has thundered: the Lord is upon the
many waters. The voice of the Lord is mighty; the voice of the Lord is in great
beauty. The voice of the Lord breaks the cedar; the Lord will break the cedar of
Lebanon. And He will beat them small like the calf of Lebanon; and the beloved
one like a son of the unicorn. The voice of the Lord cuts a flame of fire. The
voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness; the Lord will shake the wilderness of
Kadesh. The voice of the Lord strengthens the deer, and will uncover the
forests: and in His holy temple every one speaks of glory. The Lord dwells in
the flood: and the Lord will sit as a king forever. The Lord will give strength
to His people; the Lord will bless His people with peace. ALLELUIA.
PSALM
29
I will exalt
You, O Lord; for You have accepted me, and not caused my enemies to rejoice over
me. O Lord, my God, I cried to You, and You have healed me. O Lord, You have
brought up my soul from Hades, You have delivered me from the hands of those who
will go down to the pit.
Sing to the
Lord, all you His saints, and confess the remembrance of His holiness. For anger
is in His wrath, but life in His favor: weeping shall be for the evening, but
joy shall be in the morning.
I said in my
prosperity, I shall never be moved. O Lord, in Your will You gave strength to my
beauty: but You turned away Your face from me, and I became troubled. To You, O
Lord, I shall cry; and to my God I shall make supplication. What profit is there
in my blood, when I go down to destruction? Shall the dust confess to You? or
shall it declare Your truth?
The Lord
heard, and had mercy upon me; the Lord became to me a helper. You have turned my
mourning into joy for me: You have rent off my sackcloth, and girded me with
gladness; that my glory may sing praise to You, and I shall not be troubled at
heart. O Lord, my God, I will confess to You forever. ALLELUIA.
PSALM
33
I will bless
the Lord at all times: His praise shall be continually in my mouth. My soul
shall boast herself in the Lord: let the meek hear and rejoice. Magnify the Lord
with me, and let us exalt His name together.
I sought the
Lord diligently, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fear. Draw near
to Him, and be enlightened: and your faces shall not be ashamed. This poor man
cried, and the Lord heard him, and delivered him out of all his afflictions. The
angel of the Lord will encamp round about those who fear Him, and will deliver
them. Taste and see that the Lord is sweet: blessed is the man who hopes in Him.
Fear the Lord, all you His saints: for there is no want to those who fear Him.
The rich have become poor and they hungered: but those who seek the Lord shall
not want any good thing.
Come, you
children, hear me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord. Who is the man that
desires life, and is thinking to see good days? Keep your tongue from evil, and
your lips from speaking guile. Turn away from evil, and do good; seek peace, and
pursue it. For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and His ears are
bent to their prayer: but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to
wipe out their memorial from upon the earth.
The
righteous cried, and the Lord heard them, and delivered them out of all their
afflictions. The Lord is near to those who are contrite in their heart; and will
save the lowly in spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but out of
them all the Lord will deliver them. The Lord will keep all their bones: not one
of them shall be broken. The death of the sinners is evil: and those who hate
righteousness will grieve. The Lord will save the souls of His servants: and
none of those who hope in Him shall grieve. ALLELUIA.
PSALM
40
Blessed is
he who thinks of the poor and needy: the Lord shall deliver him in an evil day.
The Lord shall preserve him and keep him alive, and make him blessed on the
earth, and not deliver him into the hands of his enemies. The Lord shall help
him upon the bed of his pain; You have made all his bed in his sickness.
I said, O
Lord, have mercy on me; heal my soul; for I have sinned against You. My enemies
have spoken evil against me, saying, “When shall he die, and his name
perish?” And if he came to see me, he spoke in vanity; and his heart gathered
unto him iniquity; he went forth and spoke in like manner. All my enemies
whispered against me; against me they devised evil. They denounced a wicked word
against me, saying, “Now that he lies, shall he not rise up again?” For even
the man of my peace, he whom I trusted, who ate my bread, lifted up his heel
against me.
But you, O
Lord, have mercy upon me, and raise me up, and I shall compensate them. In this
I knew that You were delighted in me, because my enemy shall not rejoice over
me. But because of my innocence You accepted me, and have established me before
You forever. Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, from everlasting and to
everlasting. So be it, so be it. ALLELUIA.
PSALM
42
Judge me, O
Lord, and avenge my case, against an impure nation: You shall deliver me from
the unjust and crafty man. For You are my God and my strength: why have You cast
me off? And why do I walk gloomingly, while the enemy oppresses me? Send forth
Your light and Your truth: they have led me, and brought me to Your holy
mountain, and to Your dwelling. And I will go into the altar of God, before the
face of God who gladdens my youth: I will give praise to You with the harp, O
God, my God.
Why are you
sad, O my soul? and why do you trouble me? Hope in God; for I will give thanks
to Him. The salvation of my face is my God. ALLELUIA.
PSALM
44
My heart has
poured forth a good word: I will declare my works to the King: my tongue is a
writer's pen, sharpened for writing. You are comely in beauty more than the sons
of men: grace has been shed forth from Your lips: therefore God has blessed You
forever.
Gird Your
sword upon Your thigh, O Mighty One, in Your comeliness, and in Your beauty;
draw it, prosper, and reign, because of truth and meekness and righteousness;
and Your right hand shall guide You wonderfully. Your arrows are sharp, O Mighty
One, in the heart of the King's enemies; the nations shall fall under You.
Your throne,
O God, is for ever and ever: the scepter of Your kingdom is a scepter of
uprightness. You have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity: therefore, God,
Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness more than Your fellows.
Myrrh and
stacte and cassia are from Your garments, and out of the ivory palaces, with
which they have gladdened You; Kings' daughters for Your honor. The queen stood
by on Your right hand, clothed in a vestment wrought with gold work, and adorned
in divers manners.
Hear, O my
daughter, and see, and incline your ear; forget your people, and your father's
house. Because the King has desired your beauty; for indeed He is your Lord, and
you shall worship Him. The daughters of Tyre shall worship Him with gifts; the
rich of the people of the land shall supplicate His favor.
All the
glory of the daughter of the King is within, robed in golden fringed garments,
adorned in various manners. Virgins shall be brought to the King after her: all
her fellows shall be brought to Him. They shall be brought with gladness and
exultation: they shall be brought into the King's temple. Instead of Your
fathers, children shall be unto You: You shall make them princes over all the
earth. They shall make mention of Your name from generation to generation:
therefore the nations shall give praise to You, O God, forever, even forever and
ever. ALLELUIA.
PSALM
45
God is our
refuge and our strength; He is our help in the afflictions that have come
heavily upon us. Therefore we shall not fear when the earth is troubled, and the
mountains are removed into the heart of the seas. The waters have roared and
been troubled, the mountains have been troubled by His might. The streams of the
river gladden the city of God: the Most High has sanctified His dwelling. God is
in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her face. The
nations were troubled, the kingdoms tottered: He gave forth His voice, the earth
shook. The Lord, God of hosts, is with us; the God of Jacob is our helper.
Come, you,
and behold the works of the Lord, the wonders which He has set upon the earth.
Putting an end to wars to the ends of the earth; He will crush their bows, and
break their weapons, and burn their bucklers in the fire. Be still, and know
that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted upon the
earth. The Lord God of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our helper.
ALLELUIA.
PSALM
46
Clap your
hands, all you nations; shout to God with a voice of exultation. For the Lord is
most high and fearful; He is a great king over all the earth. He has subdued
peoples under us, and nations under our feet. He has chosen us for His
inheritance, the beauty of Jacob He loved.
God has
ascended with a shout, and the Lord with a sound of a trumpet. Sing praises to
our God, sing praises: sing praises to our King, sing praises; for God is king
of all the earth. Sing praises with understanding, for the Lord reigned over all
the nations: God sits upon His holy throne. Rulers of the people have assembled
with God of Abraham: for God's mighty ones have been greatly exalted upon the
earth. ALLELUIA.
THE
HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. JOHN (CH. 14:26-31 & CH. 15:1-4)
When the
Comforter, the Holy Spirit, Whom the Father will send in My name, has come, He
shall teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I have
said unto you. My peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you: not as the
world gives do I give unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it
be afraid. You have heard how I said unto you, “I go away, and come again unto
you.” If you loved Me, you would rejoice, because I said, “I go unto the
Father”: for My Father is greater than I. And now I have told you before it
comes to pass, that, when it comes to pass, you might believe. I will not talk
much with you: for the prince of this world comes, and has nothing in Me. But
that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave Me
commandment, so I do: arise, let us go from here.
I am the
true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not
bear fruit He takes away: and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it
may bring forth more fruit. Now you are clean through the word which I have
spoken unto you. Abide in Me, and I in you.
Glory to God
forever. Amen.
Tenoo
oasht emmok o piekhristos nem pekyot en aghathos nem pi epnevma ethowab je akee
ak soati emmon nai nan
We worship
You O Christ with Your Good Father and the Holy Spirit, for You have come and
saved us.
1.
Your Holy Spirit, O Lord Whom You sent forth upon Your holy disciples and
honored apostles in the third hour, do not take away from us, O Good One, but
renew Him within us. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast
spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence. And do not take Your
Holy Spirit away from me.
Doxa
Patri ke Eioa ke Agio Pnevmati
Glory to the
Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
2. O
Lord who sent down Your Holy Spirit upon Your holy disciples and Your honored
apostles in the third hour, do not take Him away from us, O Good One, but we ask
You to renew Him within us, O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, the Word; a
steadfast and life giving spirit, a spirit of prophecy and chastity, a spirit of
holiness, justice and authority, O the Almighty One, for You are the light of
our souls. O Who shines upon every man that comes into the world, have mercy
onme.
Ke nin ke
a ee ke ees toos e onas toan e oa noan ameen.
Now and
forever and unto the ages of all ages, Amen.
3. O
Theotokos, you are the true vine who bore the Cluster of Life, we ask
you, O full of grace, with the apostles, for the salvation of our souls. Blessed
is the Lord our God. Blessed is the Lord day by day. He prepares our way, for He
is God of our salvation.
Ke nin ke
a ee ke ees toos e onas toan e oa noan ameen.
Now and
forever and unto the ages of all ages, Amen.
4. O
Heavenly King, the Comforter, the Spirit of truth, who is present in all places
and fills all, the treasury of good things and the Life‑Giver, graciously
come, and dwell in us and purify us from all defilement, O Good One, and save
our souls.
Doxa
Patri ke Eioa ke Agio Pnevmati
Glory to the
Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
5.
Just as You were with Your disciples, O Savior, and gave them peace, graciously
come also and be with us, and grant us Your peace, and save us, and deliver our
souls.
Ke nin ke
a ee ke ees toos e onas toan e oa noan ameen.
Now and
forever and unto the ages of all ages, Amen.
6.
Whenever we stand in Your holy sanctuary, we are considered standing in heaven.
O Theotokos, you are the gate of heaven, open for us the gate of mercy.
Then the
worshipper prays:
Lord, hear us and have mercy on us and forgive us our sins. Amen.
(Lord
have mercy) 41 times
HOLY
HOLY HOLY
Holy Holy
Holy. Lord of hosts. Heaven and earth are full of Your glory and honor. Have
mercy on us, O God the Father, the Almighty O Holy Trinity, have mercy on
us. O Lord, God of hosts, be with us. For we have no helper in our hardships and
tribulations but You. Absolve, forgive, and remit, O God, our transgressions;
those which we have committed willingly and those we have committed unwillingly,
those which we have committed knowingly and those which we have committed
unknowingly, the hidden and manifest, O Lord forgive us, for the sake of Your
Holy name which is called upon us.
Let it be
according to Your mercy, O Lord, and not according to our sins.
Make us
worthy to pray thankfully:
Our Father
Who art in heaven ...
ABSOLUTION
O God of all
compassion, and Lord of all comfort, who comforted us at all times with the
comfort of Your Holy Spirit, we thank You for You raised us for prayer in this
holy hour, in which You abundantly poured the grace of Your Holy Spirit upon
Your holy disciples and honorable and blessed apostles, like tongues of fire.
We ask and
entreat You, O lover of mankind, to accept our prayers, and forgive our sins,
and send forth upon us the grace of Your Holy Spirit, and purify us from all
defilement of body and spirit.
Change us
into a spiritual manner of life, that we may walk in the Spirit and not fulfill
the lusts of the flesh. And make us worthy to serve You with purity and
righteousness all the days of our life. For unto You is due glory, honor,
and dominion, with Your good Father and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and
unto the ages of all ages. Amen.
THE
CONCLUSION OF EVERY HOUR
Have mercy
on us, O God, and have mercy on us, who, at all times and in every hour, in
heaven and on earth, is worshipped and glorified, Christ our God, the good, the
long suffering, the abundant in mercy, and the great in compassion, who loves
the righteous and has mercy on the sinners of whom I am chief; who does not wish
the death of the sinner but rather that he returns and lives, who calls all to
salvation for the promise of the blessings to come.
Lord receive
from us our prayers in this hour and in every hour. Ease our life and guide us
to fulfill Your commandments. Sanctify our spirits. Cleanse our bodies. Conduct
our thoughts. Purify our intentions. Heal our diseases. Forgive our sins.
Deliver us from every evil grief and distress of heart. Surround us by Your holy
angels, that, by their camp, we may be guarded and guided, and attain the unity
of faith, and the knowledge of Your imperceptible and infinite glory. For You
are blessed forever. Amen.