About the song
Occasions:
Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross,
Dedication of the first Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Composer & Lyricist: Unknown
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Featured source: Apolitikia
Lyrics
Σῶσον Κύριε
τὸν λαόν Σου
καὶ εὐλόγησον
τὴν κληρονομίαν Σου
( Soson, Kyrie,
ton laon Su
ke evlogison
tin klironomian Su, )
Save, O LORD,
Your people
and bless
Your heritage,
νίκας τοῖς βασιλεῦσι
κατὰ βαρβάρων δωρούμενος
καὶ τὸ Σὸν φυλάττων
διὰ τοῦ Σταυροῦ Σου πολίτευμα
( nikas tys vasilefsi
kata varvaron dorumenos,
ke to Son fylatton
dia tu Stavru Su politevma. )
granting victories to the kings
against the barbarians,
and guarding the polity of Yours
with Your Cross.
Bible Quotes
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΩΝ Γ 8:27-29
[ Septuagint (LXX), GRCBRENT ]
[ Η Μετάφραση των Εβδομήκοντα ]
Ὅτι εἰ ἀληθῶς κατοικήσει ὁ Θεὸς μετὰ ἀνθρώπων ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς; εἰ ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ὁ οὐρανὸς τοῦ οὐρανοῦ οὐκ ἀρκέσουσί σοι, πλὴν καὶ ὁ οἶκος οὗτος ὃν ᾠκοδόμησα τῷ ὀνόματί σου;
Καὶ ἐπιβλέψῃ ἐπὶ τὴν δέησίν μου Κύριε ὁ Θεὸς Ἰσραὴλ, ἀκούειν τῆς προσευχῆς ἧς ὁ δοῦλός σου προσεύχεται ἐνώπιόν σου πρὸς σὲ σήμερον,
τοῦ εἶναι τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς σου ἠνεῳγμένους εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦτον ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτὸς, εἰς τὸν τὸπον ὃν εἶπας, ἔσται τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐκεῖ, τοῦ εἰσακούειν τῆς προσευχῆς ἧς προσεύχεται ὁ δοῦλός σου εἰς τὸν τόπον τοῦτον ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτός.
1 Kings 8:27-29
[ English Standard Version (ESV) ]
But will God really dwell on earth? The heavens, even the highest heaven, cannot contain You. How much less this temple I have built!
Yet give attention to Your servant’s prayer and his plea for mercy, LORD my God. Hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying in Your presence this day.
May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, this place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You will hear the prayer Your servant prays toward this place.