Antiphonary for Lent

For the four first weeks, the following description of the structure of the Ṣoma dǝggʷā is based on the edition by . This includes a noteworthy distinction in the analysis of the placement of the Wāzemā / Sark services: In the first week, the Wāzemā / Sark service in the night between Sunday and Monday is analysed as the " Wāzemā / Sark service of Monday", the Wāzemā / Sark service in the night between Monday and Tuesday is analysed as the " Wāzemā / Sark service of Tuesday", etc. By contrast, in the second and subsequent weeks, the Wāzemā / Sark service in the night between Sunday and Monday is analysed as a second " Wāzemā / Sark service of Sunday", the Wāzemā / Sark service in the night between Monday and Tuesday is analysed as the " Wāzemā / Sark service of Monday", etc.

However, the Wāzemā / Sark service in the night between Saturday and Sunday is still analyzed as the first "Wāzemā / Sark service of Sunday" – consequently, Sundays have two Wāzemā / Sark services, whereas Saturdays have none. From the fifth week on, the description is based on . Set of antiphons for the first week of the Great Fast (Za-warada). 1–83 1–34 Set of antiphons for the Sunday of the first week. 1–18 Set of antiphons for the "Vigil of the Fast", i.e. the Wāzemā / Sark service of the Sunday of the first week of the Great Fast (Wāzemā za-māḥatwa dǝrār ṣom).

He who descended, the Jews stoned him, and they crucified him. And who does not know the Lord of all, He who gives life by his word. Prostrate yourselves before the Lord with fear, and confess to him with trembling, for his mercy is for eternity, his justice for generations of generations. But we, his people, have stood before him in arrogance, and on his shoulders with praise we have believed. Let us observe a pure fast and love asceticism, and let us contend among ourselves. Honor the Sabbath; observe justice, for the Sabbath was created for the sake of humanity. Mercy and forgiveness, grant to you. I will sing and praise the pure path, for his mercy is for eternity, for generations of generations, his justice. But we, his people, the sheep of his pasture.

We approach before his face with faith, and with psalmody we sing to him. We humble ourselves before the Most High with fasting and with prayer, at every time and at every hour. We approach before his face with faith. We approach before his face with faith. As Moses said: They went out from the eyes when the sun sets. Arise, O Lord, and let your enemies be scattered, and let all those who hate you be confounded. And in his sanctuary he said: Be merciful, O Lord, over Israel, your people, by thousands and by myriads.

Set of antiphons for the service of the 3rd Hour for the Monday of the first week of the Great Fast. 27-31 Set of antiphons for the service of the 6th Hour for the Monday of the first week of the Great Fast. 32-35 Set of antiphons for the service of the 9th Hour for the Monday of the first week of the Great Fast. 36-39 Set of antiphons for the Tuesday of the first week. 40–49 Set of antiphons for the Wāzemā / Sark service for the Tuesday of the first week of the Great Fast. This set of antiphons can also be construed as a Wāzemā / Sark service for the Monday of the first week of the Great Fast.

Your mercy and your righteousness always find me, O Lord, as I sing, that you may save me as you saved David, your servant, whom you anointed. By your freedom, and for your servant, the anointed one, near you. Set of antiphons for the Sǝbḥata nagh service for the Tuesday of the first week of the Great Fast. Go, go quickly, greet her, hasten to her. Do not be far from her, for she is the dawn, and she is the light; she shines brighter than the sun. She is exalted above the mountains, the ark. The law of the great king, its tablets are complete. If all the people are gathered, stand among you, my brothers. Set of antiphons for the service of the 3rd Hour for the Tuesday of the first week of the Great Fast. Set of antiphons for the service of the 6th Hour for the Tuesday of the first week of the Great Fast.

46–47 Set of antiphons for the service of the 9th Hour for the Tuesday of the first week of the Great Fast. 47–49 Set of antiphons for the Wednesday of the first week. 50–58 Set of antiphons for the Wāzemā / Sark service for the Wednesday of the first week of the Great Fast. This set of antiphons can also be construed as a Wāzemā / Sark service for the Tuesday of the first week of the Great Fast. 50–52 A helper for those who are in the evening and for those who are being tested; a comforter for the weak, who is fitting and is chosen; a support for the righteous; a companion of the faithful; a mediator for the just; and a dwelling for the pure, and for those who in righteousness call upon him: hear, O Lord.

Set of antiphons for the Sǝbḥata nagh service for the Wednesday of the first week of the Great Fast. 52–54 Guide me on the path, and I will go to the house of the God of Jacob, for I desire you. The dwelling place of your name, which my soul has loved, as if you have given me my wish, all of it, I have said. Set of antiphons for the service of the 3rd Hour for the Wednesday of the first week of the Great Fast. 54–55 Set of antiphons for the service of the 6th Hour for the Wednesday of the first week of the Great Fast. 56–57 Set of antiphons for the service of the 9th Hour for the Wednesday of the first week of the Great Fast. 57–58

Set of antiphons for the Thursday of the first week. 59–69 Set of antiphons for the Wāzemā / Sark service for the Thursday of the first week of the Great Fast. This set of antiphons can also be construed as a Wāzemā / Sark service for the Wednesday of the first week of the Great Fast. 59–60 We worship you and we praise you, O lover of men, Christ, who has caused us to pass through all the multitude of days, our father, by the grace of your salvation. Set of antiphons for the Sǝbḥata nagh service for the Thursday of the first week of the Great Fast. 61–64 The second incipit provided below is only provided in abbreviated form in .

Lift up your eyes, Zion, and behold your circuit, for the Lord has magnified mercy upon you; your enemies who approach you will be put to shame. Be merciful in righteousness, far from iniquity, and do not give your glory to a stranger. In righteousness and in love, for I have found among your children, says the Lord. The peoples will build your ruins with a prophet. Believe, children of your sister, the good Medhāniyā (Savior) and Life; there, for your fathers, children were born to you.

We praise you, O Lord our God, who has brought us through all the days of the flood, while you know the hidden things of our heart. We offer you praise and glory. Let us all say, "Peace," from the holy church, for they built the church and established it with the Holy Spirit, that it might be an image of that which is in the heavens, that it might save us from the fire.

Set of antiphons for the service of the 3rd Hour for the Friday of the first week of the Great Fast. 74–76 Set of antiphons for the service of the 6th Hour for the Friday of the first week of the Great Fast. 76–77 Set of antiphons for the service of the 9th Hour for the Friday of the first week of the Great Fast. 78–79 Set of antiphons for the Saturday of the first week. 80–83 Set of antiphons for the Wāzemā / Sark service for the Saturday of the first week of the Great Fast. This set of antiphons can also be construed as a Wāzemā / Sark service for the Friday of the first week of the Great Fast.

My hope is from my smallness, the chosen one for my head. This is the cross, their guide. You, for the blind, are their guide for the crooked. I believe and I have been named by your cross. The nations bow down to your name, O Lord. Set of antiphons for the Sǝbḥata nagh service for the Saturday of the first week of the Great Fast. For Jerusalem, the walled city, rejoices. By the power of his cross, its foundation was strengthened. Help me, O Lord, and fear of its breaches. A great miracle was wrought within it. The tablet upon which the Lord was placed. An angel spoke and established its sanctuary. Set of antiphons for the second week of the Great Fast (Qǝddǝst). Set of antiphons for the Sunday of the second week (Sunday of Qǝddǝst).

This holy day is salvation for the children of men. Let it be a guide for us on the path, at every time and at every hour. The Lord blessed the Sabbath. Bow down to the Lord and call his name, and we shall tell the nations his deeds. Give praise to his name, honor the Sabbath, observe it. Store up righteousness for yourselves, a treasure in the heavens, where the thief does not enter and does not find your valuables. Sit where the one who has eaten is satisfied, where Christ is.

Neyā Ṣǝyon Qǝddǝst. Neyā Ṣǝyon Mädḫäni. ’Abuna za-ba-samāyāt. La-ka yədallu sǝbḥat.

I tell you, my brothers, the grace of God which was given to the Church of Macedonia from the multitude of tribulations, their sufferings one by one, their joys.

110–111 Set of antiphons for the service of the 9th Hour for the Tuesday of the second week of the Great Fast. 111–112 Set of antiphons for the Wāzemā / Sark service for the Tuesday of the second week of the Great Fast. 112–113 Set of antiphons for the Wednesday of the second week. 114–120 Set of antiphons for the Sǝbḥata nagh service for the Wednesday of the second week of the Great Fast. 114–115 Hail, Light. Bestow upon us, O Lord, the dawn. Awaken us from sleep. Let us go to the church, where the abundance of his praise dwells. We ask for help from him, and life for all who have come and arrived at her. Let them not be hindered.

Set of antiphons for the service of the 3rd Hour for the Wednesday of the second week of the Great Fast. 115–116 Set of antiphons for the service of the 6th Hour for the Wednesday of the second week of the Great Fast. 117–118 Set of antiphons for the service of the 9th Hour for the Wednesday of the second week of the Great Fast. 118–119 Set of antiphons for the Wāzemā / Sark service for the Wednesday of the second week of the Great Fast. 120 Set of antiphons for the Thursday of the second week. 121–127 Set of antiphons for the Sǝbḥata nagh service for the Thursday of the second week of the Great Fast.

You shine more than the morning star, and you appear above the peaks of the mountains. Adam and the beautiful, the righteous and the brilliant, like the sun. Set of antiphons for the service of the 3rd Hour for the Thursday of the second week of the Great Fast. Set of antiphons for the service of the 6th Hour for the Thursday of the second week of the Great Fast. Set of antiphons for the service of the 9th Hour for the Thursday of the second week of the Great Fast. Set of antiphons for the Wāzemā / Sark service for the Thursday of the second week of the Great Fast. Set of antiphons for the Friday of the second week.

And you, hasten to the Lord; pray continually, and do not neglect prayer, while you are faithful, beseech, while you say, “Our Father, who art in heaven.” Set of antiphons for the service of the 3rd Hour for the Friday of the second week of the Great Fast. Set of antiphons for the service of the 6th Hour for the Friday of the second week of the Great Fast. Set of antiphons for the service of the 9th Hour for the Friday of the second week of the Great Fast.

Set of antiphons for the Wāzemā / Sark service for the Friday of the second week of the Great Fast. 134–135 Set of antiphons for the Saturday of the second week. 136–138 Set of antiphons for the Sǝbḥata nagh service for the Saturday of the second week of the Great Fast. 136–138 On my mouth, the Cross, and within me, the Cross; in my desert, the Cross, while it is dark, it shines. Set of antiphons for the third week of the Great Fast (Mǝkʷrāb). 139–198 54–78 Set of antiphons for the Sunday of the third week (Sunday of the Temple, Mǝkʷrāb). 139–153 Set of antiphons for the first Wāzemā / Sark service of the Sunday of the third week of the Great Fast.

139–142 On the Sabbath day, Jesus entered the synagogue of the Jews. He taught them and said to them, "If you believe in me, believe in my works." At the time of the course of the years, the days of the Sabbaths, I have chosen you from among them. Set of antiphons for the Mawaddǝs service of the Sunday of the third week of the Great Fast. 142–153 Set of antiphons for the second Wāzemā / Sark service of the Sunday of the third week of the Great Fast. 153 Set of antiphons for the Monday of the third week. 154–162 Set of antiphons for the Sǝbḥata nagh service for the Monday of the third week of the Great Fast. 154–157 Christ, with us is our strength and our power is mighty. The price of the salvation of our soul, we all praise him who awakened us from sleep.

Set of antiphons for the service of the 3rd Hour for the Monday of the third week of the Great Fast. 157–158 Set of antiphons for the service of the 6th Hour for the Monday of the third week of the Great Fast. 158–159 Set of antiphons for the service of the 9th Hour for the Monday of the third week of the Great Fast. 160–161 Set of antiphons for the Wāzemā / Sark service for the Monday of the third week of the Great Fast. 161–162 Set of antiphons for the Tuesday of the third week. 163–170 Set of antiphons for the Sǝbḥata nagh service for the Tuesday of the third week of the Great Fast.

I have placed the Law upon me, the Torah and the Prophets. I have placed the commandments under my feet. Your Law, O Light, is for my path. The second Law is understanding. The words of righteousness, perfect love—it is she who saves from death.

He who has said, “Let a second heart be given to them,” faith is sown, and death is dissolved; righteousness comes, and patience is exalted. He who has said, “Let the world be awakened which has no awakening,” and the earth, when it receives mercy. He who has said, “There is no winter nor summer without lightning,” the praise and light of the Lord, so that all who are steadfast may see him.

Antiphons for the 9th Hour service for the Wednesday of the third week of the Great Fast. Antiphons for the Wāzemā / Sark service for the Wednesday of the third week of the Great Fast. Antiphons for the Thursday of the third week. Antiphons for the Sǝbḥata nagh service for the Thursday of the third week of the Great Fast. You yourselves, like unto, come into that city, the ordained clergy of the church. Halleluia, Halleluia, Halleluia. Praise to the Lord in Zion. Antiphons for the 3rd Hour service for the Thursday of the third week of the Great Fast.

181–182 Set of antiphons for the service of the 6th Hour for the Thursday of the third week of the Great Fast. 182–184 Set of antiphons for the service of the 9th Hour for the Thursday of the third week of the Great Fast. 184–185 Set of antiphons for the Wāzemā / Sark service for the Thursday of the third week of the Great Fast. 186 Set of antiphons for the Friday of the third week. 187–195 Set of antiphons for the Sǝbḥata nagh service for the Friday of the third week of the Great Fast. 187–188 And he remembered his mercy for the world, which he spread for Abraham, and he covenanted for Isaac, and he established the name for Jacob, for his tablet which was planted for the name.

Set of antiphons for the service of the 3rd Hour for the Friday of the third week of the Great Fast. 188–190 Set of antiphons for the service of the 6th Hour for the Friday of the third week of the Great Fast. 191–193 Set of antiphons for the service of the 9th Hour for the Friday of the third week of the Great Fast. 193–195 Set of antiphons for the Wāzemā / Sark service for the Friday of the third week of the Great Fast. No antiphons for this service are provided in . Set of antiphons for the Saturday of the third week. 196–198

Set of antiphons for the Sǝbḥata nagh service for the Friday of the third week of the Great Fast. 196–198 The sea, the winds, and all creation honor the Sabbath by the power of His cross. He expelled the demons, those who were leprous he cleansed, he performed a miracle, he healed the sick, and he opened the eyes of the blind. And all this our Lord accomplished and completed on the Sabbath. Set of antiphons for the fourth week of the Great Fast (Maṣ́agʷǝʿ). 199–253 78–101 Set of antiphons for the Sunday of the fourth week (Sunday of the Paralytic, Maṣ́agʷǝʿ). 199–212 Set of antiphons for the first Wāzemā / Sark service of the Sunday of the fourth week of the Great Fast.

199–201 He is the Lord of the Sabbath, and the Father of mercy. Bethany is the house of prayer, called the house of God, and the dwelling place of the Most High. Bethany is the house of prayer, called the house of your election, you who entered through the gate of salvation. He gave life to Jesus for the multitude, for the one who endured the winter of affliction. The Son of God performed a miracle: He gave life by His authority, the eye of the blind man? ... who was His companion. And for the rest of every Sabbath, He created on the Sabbath the ascent of the donkey, He dried up the sea, and He dried up the winds, and the earth became dry. And He performed a miracle: He gave life to the blind man, and He performed a miracle on the Sabbath, our Savior Christ. Set of antiphons for the Mawaddǝs service of the Sunday of the fourth week of the Great Fast. 201–212 Set of antiphons for the second Wāzemā / Sark service of the Sunday of the fourth week of the Great Fast.

212 Set of antiphons for the Monday of the fourth week. 213–221 Set of antiphons for the Sǝbḥata nagh service for the Monday of the fourth week of the Great Fast. 213–216 The rod of power shall be sent to you, O Lord; from Zion and from the midst of your enemies the Lord shall protect you from all evil, and shall give you grace, like the grace of David before the Lord. Set of antiphons for the service of the 3rd Hour for the Monday of the fourth week of the Great Fast. 216–217 Set of antiphons for the service of the 6th Hour for the Monday of the fourth week of the Great Fast. 218–219 Set of antiphons for the service of the 9th Hour for the Monday of the fourth week of the Great Fast.

219–221 Set of antiphons for the Wāzemā / Sark service for the Monday of the fourth week of the Great Fast. 221 Set of antiphons for the Tuesday of the fourth week. 222–228 Set of antiphons for the Sǝbḥata nagh service for the Tuesday of the fourth week of the Great Fast. 222–223 From Zion, in the holy church of the Christians, adorned with praise, her windows of marble, and her lintels of bronze, from the beauty of the deeds of the martyrs, the ark of the law of the great king, for Christ is your foundation; the sun of righteousness will shine for you. Set of antiphons for the service of the 3rd Hour for the Tuesday of the fourth week of the Great Fast.

224–225 Set of antiphons for the service of the 6th Hour for the Tuesday of the fourth week of the Great Fast. 225–226 Set of antiphons for the service of the 9th Hour for the Tuesday of the fourth week of the Great Fast. 226–228 Set of antiphons for the Wāzemā / Sark service for the Tuesday of the fourth week of the Great Fast. 228 Set of antiphons for the Wednesday of the fourth week. 229–236 Set of antiphons for the Sǝbḥata nagh service for the Wednesday of the fourth week of the Great Fast. 229–230 In righteousness and in affection, for I have found among thy children, said the Lord through the prophet: The nations, thy remnants, have believed, the children of thy sister, the good, the salvation and life, where thy fathers were born for thee, children.

Set of antiphons for the service of the 3rd Hour for the Wednesday of the fourth week of the Great Fast. 231–232 Set of antiphons for the service of the 6th Hour for the Wednesday of the fourth week of the Great Fast. 232–233 Set of antiphons for the service of the 9th Hour for the Wednesday of the fourth week of the Great Fast. 233–234 Set of antiphons for the Wāzemā / Sark service for the Wednesday of the fourth week of the Great Fast. 235–236 Set of antiphons for the Thursday of the fourth week. 237–243 Set of antiphons for the Sǝbḥata nagh service for the Thursday of the fourth week of the Great Fast.

From Zion, in the morning, joy. We shall take up the cross, the guide, that it may save us from the hand of our enemy, and that it may protect us from the hand of our adversaries, the martyrs and their brothers the angels, the city of the saints which is in the heavens. Let us eat, in the morning we shall take up the cross, our guide.

I went down to the land of Rome, to the Church. I saw her, I knew her, I loved her as my sister. Good days passed after the festival, and then after a few years I saw her again, and she was weeping by the river Tigris.

The power of the cross of Christ is strong, and the sharp thorns wound. David also says, "The word is strange, in that it is fixed in the city of the Lord.

While our Lord was sitting on the Mount of Olives, he said to his disciples, "Arise, let us go, and let your seats be prepared for the Sabbath, lest your side be empty." While our Lord was sitting on the Mount of Olives, he said to his disciples on the Sabbath day, again he said to his disciples, "Jesus said to his disciples, 'Without understanding, my likenesses, that his time for suffering has arrived.'

Antiphonary for the Monday of the fifth week. Antiphonary for the Sǝbḥata nagh service for the Monday of the fifth week of the Great Fast. Wake me at dawn, reveal to me my ear, for my Lord has gathered. My Lord, I go to you; what is heard, do for me your mercy at dawn. Antiphonary for the service of the 3rd Hour for the Monday of the fifth week of the Great Fast. Antiphonary for the service of the 6th Hour for the Monday of the fifth week of the Great Fast. Antiphonary for the service of the 9th Hour for the Monday of the fifth week of the Great Fast.

Set of antiphons for the Wāzemā / Sark service for the Monday of the fifth week of the Great Fast. Set of antiphons for the Tuesday of the fifth week. Set of antiphons for the Sǝbḥata nagh service for the Tuesday of the fifth week of the Great Fast. And I, by the abundance of your mercy, I enter your house and I prostrate within the portico of your sanctuary, in your fear. O my Lord, lead me by your righteousness. Set of antiphons for the service of the 3rd Hour for the Tuesday of the fifth week of the Great Fast. Set of antiphons for the service of the 6th Hour for the Tuesday of the fifth week of the Great Fast. Set of antiphons for the service of the 9th Hour for the Tuesday of the fifth week of the Great Fast.

Set of antiphons for the Wāzemā / Sark service for the Tuesday of the fifth week of the Great Fast. Set of antiphons for the Wednesday of the fifth week. Set of antiphons for the Sǝbḥata nagh service for the Wednesday of the fifth week of the Great Fast. Isaiah says: Let the sinner abandon his way, and the wicked man his counsel, and let him repent to the Lord his God, for he says, “The Lord is with me, and mercy is not far from me.” Set of antiphons for the service of the 3rd Hour for the Wednesday of the fifth week of the Great Fast. Set of antiphons for the service of the 6th Hour for the Wednesday of the fifth week of the Great Fast.

Set of antiphons for the service of the 9th Hour for the Wednesday of the fifth week of the Great Fast. Set of antiphons for the Wāzemā / Sark service for the Wednesday of the fifth week of the Great Fast. Set of antiphons for the Thursday of the fifth week. Set of antiphons for the Sǝbḥata nagh service for the Thursday of the fifth week of the Great Fast. O my brothers, make your hearts steadfast and lower your heads under the hand of the Lord. Seek refuge where salvation and help for your soul are possible. O my brothers, make your hearts steadfast upon your fast, for all the season turns. Set of antiphons for the service of the 3rd Hour for the Thursday of the fifth week of the Great Fast.

Set of antiphons for the service of the 6th Hour for the Thursday of the fifth week of the Great Fast. Set of antiphons for the service of the 9th Hour for the Thursday of the fifth week of the Great Fast. Set of antiphons for the Wāzemā / Sark service for the Thursday of the fifth week of the Great Fast. Set of antiphons for the Friday of the fifth week. Set of antiphons for the Sǝbḥata nagh service for the Friday of the fifth week of the Great Fast. He seeks, a man, he finds his hope. He seeks, a man, to his Creator. And his eyes gaze toward the Holy ʾƎl. For those who are perplexed, you are strength, O Lord.

Set of antiphons for the service of the 3rd Hour for the Friday of the fifth week of the Great Fast. Set of antiphons for the service of the 6th Hour for the Friday of the fifth week of the Great Fast. Set of antiphons for the service of the 9th Hour for the Friday of the fifth week of the Great Fast. Set of antiphons for the Wāzemā / Sark service for the Friday of the fifth week of the Great Fast. Set of antiphons for the feast of Matthias the Apostle (8 Maggābit). Set of antiphons for the Sǝbḥata nagh service for the feast of Matthias the Apostle (8 Maggābit).

Those whom you have chosen and called, that they might become your saints, they spoke and made heard your word, the word of life, the word of salvation. For he is righteous; he called them by his righteousness, and they inherited the kingdom of heaven. Second is his glory for the sun, second is his glory for the moon, second is the glory of the stars for the stars. A star among stars, his glory is beautiful, and we also crown ourselves today with the wood of the cross of Christ.

Set of antiphons for the service of the 9th Hour for the Friday of the feast of the Cross in the Great Fast (10 Maggābit). Set of antiphons for the feast of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste (13 Maggābit). Set of antiphons for the Wāzemā / Sark service for the feast of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste (13 Maggābit). Righteous ones, like a tree that bears fruit and multiplies, like a forest of Lebanon, for their bones are hidden within the clay. Remember and call out: Forty martyrs of heaven. Set of antiphons for the Sǝbḥata nagh service for the feast of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste (13 Maggābit). Set of antiphons for the feast of Theocritus of Rome (17 Maggābit).

As the stars adorn the sky, so the blood of the martyrs adorns the Church. And Mary said, "The year of the Lord shall be for me, as you say, they will mock me from now on, all the generation, they will mock me, they will mock me from now on, all the generation.

Set of antiphons for the service of the 9th Hour for the Friday of the feast of the Virgin Mary (21 Maggābit). Set of antiphons for the feast of the Incarnation (29 Maggābit). Set of antiphons for the Wāzemā / Sark service for the feast of the Incarnation (29 Maggābit). To the night, in my hand, to the bride, to the virgin, from whom I was proclaimed, said the Lord, whose throne is of the cherubim, whose abode is of the place where the word is not spoken, he dwelt upon her. From above the chariot of the cherubim, the Lord dwells; Gabriel descended from heaven upon earth; that year the mother accepted what came into the world, and he became a ransom for all of us, our ransom. Rejoice, blessed joy; you are blessed among women; the Lord with you, the angel hastened and told her the news; in her ear he spoke, the annunciation of Gabriel to Mary.

Set of antiphons for the Sǝbḥata nagh service for the feast of the Incarnation (29 Maggābit). Set of antiphons for the Saturday of the fifth week. Set of antiphons for the Sǝbḥata nagh service for the Saturday of the fifth week of the Great Fast. Help us, by the power of your cross, at dawn you have awakened us from sleep; we praise you, for to you praise is due. Set of antiphons for the sixth week of the Great Fast (Gabr ḫer). 132–164 Set of antiphons for the Sunday of the sixth week (Sunday of the Good Servant) (Wāzemā of Gabr ḫer). Set of antiphons for the first Wāzemā / Sark service of the Sunday of the sixth week of the Great Fast.

Good man and faithful man, a man who has pleased his Lord. In your kingdom you have done well, blessed are you, good man. Hail, hail, hallelujah. Know, know that the time of the end has arrived. From sleep, from now on our life has been shortened. That which is our hope has passed; night has gone and day has come. Cast off from us all works of darkness. Come, let us rejoice in his light.

Set of antiphons for the service of the 3rd Hour for the Monday of the sixth week of the Great Fast. Set of antiphons for the service of the 6th Hour for the Monday of the sixth week of the Great Fast. Set of antiphons for the service of the 9th Hour for the Monday of the sixth week of the Great Fast. Set of antiphons for the Wāzemā / Sark service for the Monday of the sixth week of the Great Fast. Set of antiphons for the Tuesday of the sixth week. Set of antiphons for the Sǝbḥata nagh service for the Tuesday of the sixth week of the Great Fast.

We worship the Lord who has kept us and awakened us from sleep. Glorious and merciful, who is like you in heaven and on earth, who kills and brings to life, who impoverishes and enriches, as David said: The Lord will enlighten for me the path of faith for my life. Grant me, O Lord, your goodness, the desire of Zion, and adorn the ten strings. Grant, O Lord, goodness, and guard all her paths. The one who keeps the law will find the one who loves the house of the church. They will not be shut out, O Lord, and it is embraced like a mother, O Lord, and magnified more than a small thing, O Lord, and it is fed with the food of wisdom and understanding, O Lord, and it is given the wine of joy from understanding, O Lord, and it is crowned with a crown of joy and honor. Grant me, O Lord, your goodness, goodness and life that have no corruption.

Set of antiphons for the service of the 6th Hour for the Tuesday of the sixth week of the Great Fast. Set of antiphons for the service of the 9th Hour for the Tuesday of the sixth week of the Great Fast. Set of antiphons for the Wāzemā / Sark service for the Tuesday of the sixth week of the Great Fast. Set of antiphons for the Wednesday of the sixth week. Set of antiphons for the Sǝbḥata nagh service for the Wednesday of the sixth week of the Great Fast. The dawn has awakened us from sleep. The dawn has awakened us from sleep. We go to the church. She is the mother of the faithful and the dwelling place of the pure. She is the ark of Noah. She is the salvation which became the window of life. Adam and Eve, the righteous and the bright, the holy church.

Set of antiphons for the service of the 3rd Hour for the Wednesday of the sixth week of the Great Fast. Set of antiphons for the service of the 6th Hour for the Wednesday of the sixth week of the Great Fast. Set of antiphons for the service of the 9th Hour for the Wednesday of the sixth week of the Great Fast. Set of antiphons for the Wāzemā / Sark service for the Wednesday of the sixth week of the Great Fast. Set of antiphons for the Thursday of the sixth week. Set of antiphons for the Sǝbḥata nagh service for the Thursday of the sixth week of the Great Fast.

The earth bowed down and said to her Creator, saying, “The nations have blasphemed your holy name. The son ascended upon the tomb of his father. The Lord answered and said to her, ‘My eyes see them, and my ears hear them. If they repent, they will be saved; but if not, they will die. They will come to me, and I will judge them.’” The earth bowed down and said, “Praise and sing to his name.” Question and prostration and supplication: Sin is that which, though hidden, spreads. Righteousness, like the bright sun, is the mistress. She is the one who has seen her holy Zion. He built his sanctuary in the heights and destroyed it like a whirlwind for eternity. The Most High said, “I destroyed it. Here I will dwell, for I have chosen it as my holy name, which is great and honored above all, and which loves me.” “I am the one who has made you glad,” said the Lord. “Look and see the joy that comes upon you. Your moon will not be darkened, and your sun will not set. I am the one who has made you glad and who has saved you,” said the Holy One, “El.

Set of antiphons for the service of the 3rd Hour for the Thursday of the sixth week of the Great Fast. Set of antiphons for the service of the 6th Hour for the Thursday of the sixth week of the Great Fast. Set of antiphons for the service of the 9th Hour for the Thursday of the sixth week of the Great Fast. Set of antiphons for the Wāzemā / Sark service for the Thursday of the sixth week of the Great Fast. Set of antiphons for the Friday of the sixth week. Set of antiphons for the Sǝbḥata nagh service for the Friday of the first week of the Great Fast.

Wākā, she is the light of salvation. The Church guides in life and brings them before the Lord, for the sinners. And she says to the orphans, “Bring them, my faithful children, to bow down to your name, to me, always, at dawn.

We honor the Sabbath with love, and we shall not abandon its ordinance, and we shall exalt his name together for the Lord. Hallelu, Hallelu, yah, Hallelujah. We praise Christ, who on his cross saw the garden. Set of antiphons for the seventh week of the Great Fast (Nicodemus). 164–189 Set of antiphons for the Sunday of the seventh week (Sunday of Nicodemus) (Vigil of Nicodemus). Set of antiphons for the first Wāzemā / Sark service of the Sunday of the seventh week of the Great Fast.

And there was a man from among the Pharisees, whose name was Nicodemus, who went to him first in the night and said to Jesus, "Lion's cub, you have slept and rested; raise me up by your resurrection." Where then shall I find him? Will the Lord hear my prayer? Because of my many transgressions and the corruption of my soul, for I have sinned against you, for there is no other god besides you, O Lord, have mercy on me.

Set of antiphons for the service of the 3rd Hour for the Monday of the seventh week of the Great Fast. Set of antiphons for the service of the 6th Hour for the Monday of the seventh week of the Great Fast. Set of antiphons for the service of the 9th Hour for the Monday of the seventh week of the Great Fast. Set of antiphons for the Wāzemā / Sark service for the Monday of the seventh week of the Great Fast. Set of antiphons for the Tuesday of the seventh week. Set of antiphons for the Sǝbḥata nagh service for the Tuesday of the seventh week of the Great Fast.

By the election of Abraham, and by the chosenness of Isaac, and by the gift of Moses, and by the love of the apostles, call us into the holy church; grant us the blessings of mercy and hope.

We worship you, O our Lord God, for the children of Adam, for you have divided your mercy among us. Your inheritance has filled the earth which you created, from heaven to the ends of the earth. You establish your work. What? From? Who is greater than us in your salvation? Grant us always your goodness.

Antiphonary for the Wāzemā / Sark service for the Wednesday of the seventh week of the Great Fast. Antiphonary for the Thursday of the seventh week. Antiphonary for the Sǝbḥata nagh service for the Thursday of the seventh week of the Great Fast. We worship the holy fast, for the fast is a calling, by which, for the fast, the fathers were saved, they turned away from death into life. Antiphonary for the service of the 3rd Hour for the Thursday of the seventh week of the Great Fast. Antiphonary for the service of the 6th Hour for the Thursday of the seventh week of the Great Fast.

Set of antiphons for the service of the 9th Hour for the Thursday of the seventh week of the Great Fast. Set of antiphons for the Wāzemā / Sark service for the Thursday of the seventh week of the Great Fast. Set of antiphons for the Friday of the seventh week. This commemoration includes antiphons for a Mǝhǝllā service. Set of antiphons for the Sǝbḥata nagh service for the Friday of the seventh week of the Great Fast. We beseech you, O Lord, our God; we implore you, stretching out our hands to you. We beseech you, O Lord, our God, who stretched out to Paul in your freedom. We, stretching out our hands to you, we, for even to him who erred, you are able to bring him back before you.

Set of antiphons for the service of the 3rd Hour for the Friday of the seventh week of the Great Fast. Set of antiphons for the service of the 6th Hour for the Friday of the seventh week of the Great Fast. Set of antiphons for the service of the 9th Hour for the Friday of the seventh week of the Great Fast. Set of antiphons for the Wāzemā / Sark service for the Friday of the seventh week of the Great Fast. Set of antiphons for the Saturday of the seventh week. Set of antiphons for the Sǝbḥata nagh service for the Saturday of the seventh week of the Great Fast.

On their feast, the Jews, the procession of Jesus entered Jerusalem, and the multitude of people received him, and they said to the daughter of Zion, “Behold, your king, righteous and merciful, whose garment is with him, and his work before his face, who writes with wine his clothing and with the blood of grapes he dyes his tunic of ten measures upon the oil of the lamb.” On the day of knowledge, our feast, blow the horn in Zion, and proclaim on the mountain of my sanctuary, for this day is the feast of the Lord, Hosanna in the highest. Blessed are you, king of Israel.

On Thursday, at the first hour, the people assemble in the temple, and they clothe the ark with a black garment. A psalm for Friday, in the morning, at the ninth hour: We believe, we believe in the passion of him who is without pain. We believe in the trembling of his shoulder and the piercing of his hands. We believe, ye, ye, ye, we believe in his death and his resurrection. On the night of the Sabbath, the Jews, the priests assemble in the church, and they read the Song of Songs of Solomon in three canticles. At the end of each, the priest says the litany and prostrates three times, and they clothe the ark with a fine garment.

Table of melodic variations for the Hallelujah ( አንቀጸ፡ ሃሌታ፡ , ʾAnqaṣa hālletā ). 254–261 222–231