ΝΑΜΑΤΑ ΓΛΥΚΥΡΡΟΙΑ: Dedication of the Temple of the Holy Great Martyr George in Lydia

37 ὁ δὲ εἶπεν, ὁ ποιήσας τὸ ἔλεος μετ' αὐτοῦ. εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ ἰησοῦς, πορεύου καὶ σὺ ποίει ὁμοίως.
38 ἐν δὲ τῷ πορεύεσθαι αὐτοὺς αὐτὸς εἰσῆλθεν εἰς κώμην τινά: γυνὴ δέ τις ὀνόματι μάρθα ὑπεδέξατο αὐτόν.
39 καὶ τῇδε ἦν ἀδελφὴ καλουμένη μαριάμ, [ἣ] καὶ παρακαθεσθεῖσα πρὸς τοὺς πόδας τοῦ κυρίου ἤκουεν τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ.
40 ἡ δὲ μάρθα περιεσπᾶτο περὶ πολλὴν διακονίαν: ἐπιστᾶσα δὲ εἶπεν, κύριε, οὐ μέλει σοι ὅτι ἡ ἀδελφή μου μόνην με κατέλιπεν διακονεῖν; εἰπὲ οὖν αὐτῇ ἵνα μοι συναντιλάβηται.
41 ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῇ ὁ κύριος, μάρθα μάρθα, μεριμνᾷς καὶ θορυβάζῃ περὶ πολλά,
42 ἑνὸς δέ ἐστιν χρεία: μαριὰμ γὰρ τὴν ἀγαθὴν μερίδα ἐξελέξατο ἥτις οὐκ ἀφαιρεθήσεται αὐτῆς.

Τρίτη 2 Νοεμβρίου 2010

Dedication of the Temple of the Holy Great Martyr George in Lydia

Reading from the Synaxarion:

The consecration of the Church of Saint George in Lydda of Palestine
took place during the reign of Saint Constantine the Great. See also
April 23.

Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone
Liberator of captives, defender of the poor, physician of the sick, and
champion of kings, O trophy-bearer, Great Martyr George, intercede with
Christ God that our souls be saved.

Kontakion in the Plagal of the Fourth Tone
As we the faithful flee for refuge unto thee, O George, and thy
protection and thy speedy help, we now entreat, O prizewinner of Christ
Saviour, that we who hymn thee be delivered from the snares laid by the
enemy and from every kind of peril and adversity, that we all may cry:
Rejoice, O holy Great Martyr George.