Καλλιτεχνικός Σύλλογος Δημοτικής Μουσικής Δόμνα Σαμίου

THE KATHISMATA

3rd Mode.

Τhe harlot came to You, O Merciful Lord, pouring out on Your feet myrrh, mixed with her tears, and was redeemed of her vices at Your command; but Your ungrateful Disciple, though he breathed Your grace, rejected it, and becoming mixed in the filthy mire, he sells You in his greed. O Christ, glory to Your compassion.

4th Chromatic Mode.

The deceitful Judas, in his love for money, set out cunningly to betray You, O Lord, the Treasure of Life. Therefore in his folly he hastens to the Judeans, saying to the lawless: ‘What will you give me, and I will deliver Him to you, that He may be crucified?’

1st Chromatic Mode.

The harlot, in her grief, called out to You, O compassionate Lord, and fervently dried Your sacred feet with the hair of her head; and from the depths of her heart she groaned: ‘Cast me not out, neither abhor me, O my God; but receive me in my repentance and save me, for You alone are Merciful.’

Translated by Father Yeorgios L. Papadeas