ANTIPHONA

Sung every day in the Divine Liturgy, when it is not the Lord’s day, or a Feast.

First Antiphon. First plagal Tone.

i. Stichos. It is good to confess to the Lord, and to offer psalmody to thy Name, O Most High.

At the intercessions of the Theotokos, O Saviour save us.

ii. Stichos. To proclaim thy mercy in the morning, and thy truth by night.

At the intercessions of the Theotokos …

iii. Stichos. That the Lord our God is upright, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

At the intercessions of the Theotokos …

Glory … Both now …

At the intercessions of the Theotokos …

Second Antiphon. First plagal Tone.

i. Stichos. The Lord is become king, he hath put on comeliness: the Lord hath put on power, and girded himself about.

At the intercessions of thy Saints, save us, O Lord.

ii. Stichos. For he hath established the universe, which shall not be shaken.

At the intercessions of thy Saints …

iii. Stichos. To thy House becometh holiness, O Lord, unto length of days.

At the intercessions of thy Saints …

Glory …

At the intercessions of thy Saints …

Both now …

O Only-begotten Son (See page 247).

Third Antiphon. Second Tone.

i. Stichos. Come, let us exult to the Lord, let us sing aloud to God our Saviour.

Save us, O Son of God, who art wonderful in thy Saints, we sing to thee: Alleluia.

ii. Stichos. Let us come before his presence with confession, and sing aloud to him with psalms: for the Lord is a great God, and a great King over all the earth.

Save us …

iii. Stichos. For in his hand are the ends of the earth, and the heights of the mountains are his: for the sea is his, and he made it, and his hands formed the dry land.

Save us …