Midnight Office on Monday, January 1

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the Holy Spirit. Now and forever and to the
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ages of ages. Amen.
Menaion - January 1
The Circumcision of our Lord, God and Savior Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed
Jesus Christ, and Memory of our Father among the
be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will
saints Basil the Great, Archbishop of Caesarea in
Cappadocia
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
MIDNIGHT OFFICE against us. And lead us not into temptation, but
PRIEST deliver us from evil. [GOA]
Blessed is our God always, now and
PRIEST
forever and to the ages of ages.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power
( Amen. ) and the glory, of the Father and the Son and
Glory to You, O God, glory to You. the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to ages of
ages.
Heavenly King, Comforter, Spirit of Truth,
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present in all places and filling all things,
treasury of good things and giver of life: come; Amen. Lord, have mercy. (12)
take Your abode in us; cleanse us of every Glory to the Father and to the Son and to
stain, and save our souls, O Good one. [HC] the Holy Spirit. Now and forever and to the
READER ages of ages. Amen.
Trisagion Prayers. Come, let us worship and bow down before
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, God our King.
have mercy on us. (3)
Come, let us worship and bow down before
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to Christ God our King.
the Holy Spirit. Now and forever and to the
Come, let us worship and bow down before
ages of ages. Amen.
Him, Christ our King and God.
All-holy Trinity, have mercy on us. Psalm 50 (51).
Lord, forgive our sins. Master, pardon our
Have mercy on me, O God, according
transgressions. Holy One, visit and heal our
to Your great mercy; and according to the
infirmities for Your name’s sake.
abundance of Your compassion, blot out my
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, transgression. Wash me thoroughly from my
have mercy. lawlessness and cleanse me from my sin. For
I know my lawlessness, and my sin is always

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before me. Against You only have I sinned
and done evil in Your sight; that You may be
justified in Your words, and overcome when
You are judged. For behold, I was conceived
in transgressions, and in sins my mother bore
me. Behold, You love truth; You showed
me the unknown and secret things of Your
wisdom. You shall sprinkle me with hyssop,
and I will be cleansed; You shall wash me, and
I will be made whiter than snow. You shall
make me hear joy and gladness; my bones
that were humbled shall greatly rejoice. Turn
Your face from my sins, and blot out all my
transgressions. Create in me a clean heart, O
God, and renew a right spirit within me. Do not
cast me away from Your presence, and do not
take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me
the joy of Your salvation, and uphold me with
Your guiding Spirit. I will teach transgressors
Your ways, and the ungodly shall turn back
to You. Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O
God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue
shall greatly rejoice in Your righteousness. O
Lord, You shall open my lips, and my mouth
will declare Your praise. For if You desired
sacrifice, I would give it; You will not be
pleased with whole burnt offerings. A sacrifice
to God is a broken spirit, a broken and humbled
heart God will not despise. Do good, O Lord,
in Your good pleasure to Zion, and let the walls
of Jerusalem be built; then You will be pleased
with a sacrifice of righteousness, with offerings
and whole burnt offerings; then shall they offer
young bulls on Your altar. [SAAS]
If the Lity was not sung at Vespers, sing the following:
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Idiomela. For the Saint.
From Menaion - - -
Mode 3.
By your pure way of life, holy Basil, ⁄ you
brought Christ, the fountain of life into your
soul. ⁄ You poured out streams of water on
the world. ⁄ The faithful of the Church drink
of them and praise the fruit of your lips! ⁄
They offer the bounty of grace to Him ⁄⁄ Who
glorifies your memory throughout all ages! [OCA]
Mode 3.
The myrrh of grace was poured out on
you, ⁄ anointing you to minister the gospel of
the kingdom. ⁄ Basil, you revealed the things
of God, ⁄ for as the sweet incense of Christ, ⁄
you filled the world with the fragrance of his
knowledge. ⁄ Accept with favor the songs of
your servants ⁄⁄ and ask great mercy for those
who honor you! [OCA]
Mode 3.
Basil, you stood before the judgment
seat, ⁄ wearing your priestly vestments. ⁄ You
braved danger for the faith, ⁄ as a champion
of the Trinity! ⁄ You showed the resistance
of a fighter, ⁄ putting to shame the prefect’s
anger; ⁄ the boldness of ungodly power. ⁄ You
had willingly decided beforehand ⁄ to accept
the tortuous mutilation he threatened. ⁄ Since
you were prepared by your own choice to be a
martyr, ⁄ you placed on yourself the crown of
victory ⁄⁄ from Christ who has great mercy. [OCA]
Glory.
From Menaion - - -
Mode pl. 2.
Grace was poured upon your lips, O devout
father, and you became a shepherd of the
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Church of Christ, teaching the reasonable
sheep to believe in the Trinity, coessential, in
one Divinity. [SD]
Both now.
From Menaion - - -
Mode pl. 4.
The Savior was willing to be wrapped in
swaddling clothes for the sake of mankind! ⁄ He
was eight days old, on his Mother’s side, ⁄ but READER
eternal on the side of his Father! ⁄ He did not Amen.
disdain the circumcision of his flesh. ⁄ Faithful,
let us cry to Him: ⁄⁄ You are our God; have
mercy on us! [OCA]
READER
Trisagion Prayers.
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal,
have mercy on us. (3)
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to
the Holy Spirit. Now and forever and to the
ages of ages. Amen.
All-holy Trinity, have mercy on us.
Lord, forgive our sins. Master, pardon our
transgressions. Holy One, visit and heal our
infirmities for Your name’s sake. More honorable than the Cherubim,
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, and beyond compare more glorious than the
have mercy. Seraphim, without corruption you gave birth
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to
the Holy Spirit. Now and forever and to the
ages of ages. Amen.
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
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against us. And lead us not into temptation, but
deliver us from evil. [GOA]
PRIEST
For Thine is the kingdom and the power
and the glory, of the Father and the Son and
the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to ages of
ages.
Apolytikion.
From Menaion - - -
Mode 1.
Your proclamation went forth into all
the earth, for it accepted your word, through
which you taught the dogmas befitting God,
you expounded on the nature of all that is, and
you arranged the morals of society. A royal
priesthood! Devout father Basil, intercede with
Christ our God, to grant us His great mercy. [SD]
Lord, have mercy. (40)
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to
the Holy Spirit. Now and forever and to the
ages of ages. Amen.
to God the Logos. We magnify you, the true
Theotokos.
In the name of the Lord, Father, bless!
PRIEST
Have mercy on us, O God, according to
Your great mercy, we pray You, hear us and
have mercy.
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( Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. ( Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy. ) Lord, have mercy. )
Let us pray for pious and Orthodox Again we pray that the Lord our God may
Christians. hear the prayer of us sinners, and have mercy
( Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. on us.
Lord, have mercy. ) ( Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Again we pray for our Archbishop (name). Lord, have mercy. )
( Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. PRIEST

Lord, have mercy. ) Hear us, O God our Savior, the hope of all
those who live everywhere on earth and those
Again let us pray for our country, the
far out at sea. Be gracious toward our sins,
president, and all those in public service.
Master, and have mercy on us. For You are
( Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. merciful and benevolent God, and to You we
Lord, have mercy. ) offer up glory, to the Father and to the Son and
Again we pray for mercy, life, peace, to the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to the
health, salvation, visitation, forgiveness and ages of ages.
remission of the sins of all pious and Orthodox ( Amen. )
Christians living and visiting in this city,
READER
the parishioners, the members of the Parish
Council and every Ministry of this Parish, and Glory to the Father and to the Son and to
the donors and benefactors of this holy church, the Holy Spirit. Now and forever and to the
and the servants of God [names] who celebrate ages of ages. Amen.
this holy feast.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord,
( Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. have mercy.
Lord, have mercy. )
Father, bless!
Again we pray for the protection of the
Holy and Great Church of Christ, our Sacred PRIEST
Archdiocese (and this Sacred Metropolis), May He who condescended to be
this city and every city and land, from wrath, circumcised on the eighth day, for our
famine, pestilence, earthquake, flood, fire, salvation, Christ our true God, through
sword, foreign invasion, civil strife, and the intercessions of His all-pure and all-
accidental death. That our good and benevolent immaculate holy Mother, (local patron saint);
God may be merciful, gracious and kindly- of the holy and righteous ancestors of God
disposed, and may divert and disperse all anger Joachim and Anna, and of all the saints,
and disease coming against us, and deliver us have mercy on us and save us, as He is good,
from His own just threat hanging over us, and benevolent, and merciful God.
have mercy on us. Let us pray for the peace of the world.

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( Lord, have mercy. )

For the pious and Orthodox Christians.
For our our Archbishop (name).
For our nation.
For the armed forces.
For our absent fathers, brothers and sisters.
For those who help us and those who serve
us.
For those who hate us and those who love
us.
For those who have asked us, the
unworthy, to pray for them.
For the release of the captives.
For those sailing the seas.
For those laid up with illnesses.
Let us also pray for the abundance of the
fruits of the earth.
And for all our fathers and brethren
departed this life, those who lie here in peace,
and the Orthodox everywhere.
Let us say for ourselves, also: Lord, have
mercy; Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy.
Through the prayers of our holy fathers,
Lord Jesus Christ, our God, have mercy on us
and save us.
( Amen. )