ΚΑΤΑΒΑΣΙΕΣ ΤΗΣ ΠΕΝΤΗΚΟΣΤΗΣ --KATAVASIES OF PENTECOST ΦΩΤΙΟΣ ΚΕΤΣΕΤΖΗ

"When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord[a] in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance." (ACTS 2:1-4)
The hymns in the Orthodox Christian Church are written to express theologically in depth to understand and connect with God in prayer. Through the hymns one can see the richness of poetic and melodic composition written by pronounced hymnographers within the 6th century which one of them is Kosmas the Melodist. He has offered an enormous collection of hymns through the church liturgical calendar basically more identified with canons. The poetic art of work written by Kosmas the Melodist is theologically in depth based on the Holy Scriptures and the Fathers of the Church.

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Τριαδικε θεέ μου συγχώρεσε μας Σε παρακαλώ φέρε την Χάρη του Αγίου Πνεύματος και πάλι στις ψυχές μας

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Αμήν βοήθειά μας!!!Κύριε Ιησού Χριστέ Υιέ του Θεού Σώσον,Ελέησον και Βοήθησον Ημάς!!!

[@rodouladoulos1548]

Thank you for this lovely piece...God Bless!!!!

[@presvyteraireneadamakis1639]

ΚΑΤΑΒΑΣΙΑΙ
Ὠδὴ α' Ἦχος βαρύς
Πόντῳ ἐκάλυψε Φαραὼ σὺν ἅρμασιν, ὁ συντρίβων πολέμους ἐν ὑψηλῷ βραχίονι, ᾄσωμεν αὐτῷ, ὅτι δεδόξασται.
KATAVASIES
Ode 1 Grave Mode
He who crushes wars with His own uplifted arm* covered Pharaoh and chariots with the water of the sea.* Let us sing to Him, for He is glorified.
Ἦχος δ' ΙΑΜΒΙΚΕΣ
Θείῳ καλυφθεὶς ὁ βραδύγλωσσος γνόφῳ.
Ἐρρητόρευσε τὸν θεόγραφον νόμον·
Ἰλὺν γὰρ ἐκτινάξας ὄμματος νόου,
Ὁρᾷ τὸν ὄντα, καὶ μυεῖται Πνεύματος
Γνῶσιν, γεραίρων ἐνθέοις τοῖς ᾄσμασιν».
The slow of tongue, covered in divine darkness,
Proclaimed the law written by God;
For shaking the dust from his mind’s eye,
He sees the One Who Is, and is initiated
Into knowledge of the Spirit, as he gives praise with songs inspired.
Ὠδὴ γ' Ἦχος βαρύς
Τὴν ἐξ ὕψους δύναμιν τοῖς Μαθηταῖς, Χριστέ, ἕως ἂν ἐνδύσησθε ἔφης, καθίσατε ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ, ἐγὼ δὲ ὡς ἐμὲ Παράκλητον ἄλλον, Πνεῦμα τὸ ἐμόν τε καὶ Πατρός ἀποστελῶ, ἐν ᾧ στερεωθήσεσθε.
Ode 3 Grave Mode
O my Christ, You said to Your disciples, ʺHere in the city of Jerusalem tarry* until you are clothed with power from on high;* and I will send another Comforter like me.* This will be the Spirit of my Father and of me; in Him your faith will be confirmed.ʺ
Ἔρρηξε γαστρὸς ἠτεκνωμένης πέδας,
Ὕβριν τε δυσκάθεκτον εὐτεκνουμένης,
Μόνη προσευχὴ τῆς Προφήτιδος πάλαι
Ἄννης, φερούσης πνεῦμα συντετριμμένον,
Πρὸς τὸν δυνάστην, καὶ Θεὸν τῶν γνώσεων.
Only the prayer of the prophetess Anna
Of old, who brought a broken spirit
To the Mighty One and God of knowledge,
Broke the fetters of a childless womb
And the harsh insult of one with many children
Ὠδὴ δ' Ἦχος βαρύς
Κατανοῶν ὁ Προφήτης, τὴν ἐπ' ἐσχάτων σου Χριστὲ ἔλευσιν, ἀνεβόα· τὴν σὴν εἰσακήκοα Κύριε δυναστείαν, ὅτι πάντας τοῦ σῶσαι, τοὺς χριστούς σου ἐλήλυθας.
Ode 4 Grave Mode
Prophet Habákkuk considered Your coming in the latter times,* Christ, and to You he cried out,* ʺO Lord, I have heard the report of Your mighty power,* that You came for the salvation of all Your anointed ones.ʺ
Ἄναξ ἀνάκτων, οἶος ἐξ οἴου μόνος,
Λόγος προελθών, Πατρὸς ἐξ ἀναιτίου.
Ἰσοσθενές σου Πνεῦμα τοῖς Ἀποστόλοις,
Νημερτὲς ἐξέπεμψας ὡς εὐεργέτης,
ᾌδουσι· Δόξα τῷ κράτει σου, Κύριε
Monarch of monarchs, Alone from the Alone,
Word who came forth from the Father without cause,
As Benefactor you have unerringly sent out
Your Spirit, equal in strength, to the Apostles,
As they sing: Glory to your might, O Lord.
Ὠδὴ ε’ Ἦχος βαρύς
Τὸ διὰ τὸν φόβον σου ληφθὲν Κύριε, ἐν γαστρὶ τῶν Προφητῶν, καὶ κυηθὲν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς πνεῦμα σωτηρίας, ἀποστολικὰς καρδίας κτίζει καθαράς, καὶ ἐν τοῖς πιστοῖς εὐθὲς ἐγκαινίζεται· φῶς γὰρ καὶ εἰρήνη, διότι τὰ σὰ προστάγματα.
Ode 5 Grave Mode
That which for the fear of You was conceived, O Lord,* in the belly of the prophets, and was brought forth on the earth,* the Spirit of salvation,* now in the Apostles is creating clean hearts,* and in the believers is renewed upright.* For, as it is written, Your commandments are light and peace.
Λυτήριον κάθαρσιν ἀμπλακημάτων,
Πυρίπνοον δέξασθε Πνεύματος δρόσον,
Ὦ τέκνα φωτόμορφα τῆς Ἐκκλησίας·
Νῦν ἐκ Σιὼν γὰρ ἐξελήλυθε νόμος,
Ἡ γλωσσοπυρσόμορφος Πνεύματος χάρις
O light-formed children of the Church,
Receive the Spirit’s fire-breathing dew,
A redeeming purification of offences;
For now a law has gone out from Sion,
The torch-tongue-formed grace of the Spirit.
Ὠδὴ ς’ Ἦχος βαρύς
Ναυτιῶν τῷ σάλῳ, τῶν βιοτικῶν μελημάτων, συμπλόοις ποντούμενος ἁμαρτίαις, καὶ ψυχοφθόρῳ θηρὶ προσριπτούμενος, ὡς ὁ Ἰωνᾶς Χριστὲ βοῶ σοι· Ἐκ θανατηφόρου με βυθοῦ ἀνάγαγε
Ode 6 Grave Mode
Nauseous from the tempest of life's worries, I have been cast out* by sins sailing with me, and I am sinking,* having been thrown to the beast that devours souls.* O my Christ, to You I cry like Jonah,* Raise me from the deadly deep, I pray, O Lord my God.
Ἱλασμὸς ἡμῖν Χριστὲ καὶ σωτηρία,
Ὁ Δεσπότης ἔλαμψας ἐκ τῆς Παρθένου,
Ἵν, ὡς Προφήτην θηρὸς ἐκ θαλαττίου,
Στέρνων Ἰωνᾶν, τῆς φθορᾶς διαρπάσῃς,
Ὅλον τὸν Ἀδάμ, παγγενῆ πεπτωκότα
O Christ, the Master, you shone from the Virgin
As pardon and salvation for us,
That like the prophet Jonas from the belly
Of the sea beast, you might snatch from corruption
The whole fallen race of Adam.
Ὠδὴ ζ’ Ἦχος βαρύς
Οἱ ἐν καμίνῳ τοῦ πυρὸς ἐμβληθέντες ὅσιοι Παῖδες, τὸ πῦρ εἰς δρόσον μετέβαλον, διὰ τῆς ὑμνῳδίας, οὕτω βοῶντες· Εὐλογητὸς εἶ Κύριε, ὁ Θεὸς τῶν Πατέρων ἡμῶν.
Ode 7 Grave Mode
When the devout young men in Babylon were put in the fiery furnace,* they changed the fire into refreshing dew* by sending up a prayer of praise and crying,* ʺBlessed are You, O Lord, the God of our fathers.ʺ
Σύμφωνον ἐθρόησεν ὀργάνων μέλος,
Σέβειν τὸ χρυσότευκτον ἄψυχον βρέτας.
Ἡ τοῦ Παρακλήτου δὲ φωσφόρος χάρις,
Σεβασμιάζει τοῦ βοᾶν· Τριὰς μόνη,
Ἰσοσθενής, ἄναρχος, εὐλογητὸς εἶ
Harmonious melody of instruments decreed
Reverence to the lifeless idol wrought of gold.
But the Advocate’s life-bearing grace
Inspires with reverence to cry: Only Trinity,
Equal in strength, without beginning, blessed are you.
Ὠδὴ η’ Ἦχος βαρύς
Ἄφλεκτος πυρὶ ἐν Σινᾷ προσομιλοῦσα, βάτος Θεὸν ἐγνώρισε, τῷ βραδυγλώσσῳ καὶ δυσήχῳ Μωσεῖ καὶ Παῖδας ζῆλος Θεοῦ, τρεῖς ἀναλώτους τῷ πυρὶ ὑμνῳδοὺς ἔδειξε· Πάντα τὰ ἔργα τὸν Κύριον ὑμνεῖτε, καὶ ὑπερυψοῦτε εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἰῶνας.
Ode 8 Grave Mode
Sinai's bush revealed God to Moses, the dysphonic stammerer who was hard to hear,* when it was burning yet remained unconsumed.*And zeal for God showed the three Lads in the furnace to be hymnodists unscathed by fire.* O all you works of the Lord, extol the Lord,*and supremely exalt Him unto all the ages.
Λύει τὰ δεσμὰ καὶ δροσίζει τὴν φλόγα,
Ὁ τρισσοφεγγὴς τῆς θεαρχίας τύπος
Ὑμνοῦσι Παῖδες, εὐλογεῖ δὲ τὸν μόνον,
Σωτῆρα καὶ παντουργόν, ὡς εὐεργέτην,
Ἡ δημιουργηθεῖσα σύμπασα κτίσις
The triple radiant type of Godhead’s source
Looses the bonds and turns the flame to dew;
Youths give praise; while all created nature
Blesses the only Saviour and Creator
Of all as Benefactor.
Ὠδὴ θ’ Ἦχος βαρύς
Μή τής φθοράς διαπείρα κυοφορήσασα, καί παντεχνήμονι Λόγω σάρκα δανείσασα, Μήτερ απείρανδρε, Παρθένε Θεοτόκε, δοχείον τού αστέκτου, χωρίον τού απείρου πλαστουργού σου, σε μεγαλύνομεν.
Ode 9 Grave Mode
Without sustaining corruption you still conceived a child,* and lent your flesh to the Word and general Artificer.* Mother who knew no man, O Virgin Theotokos,* receptacle and space of your uncontained and infinite Creator, you do we magnify.

[@silverpalm2245]

η μεταφραση εἰναι ὑπὸ ὀποιο;

[@presvyteraireneadamakis1639]

As we can see through the study of canons of Pentecost it takes us through a journey from the Old Testament and the New Testament and basically the poetic art written by St Kosmas the melodist he continues the tradition of the New Testament in rhythmic prose. There is a depth of theological and doctrinal teachings of Christ identified within the hymns. St Kosmas refers in all the nine odes to its scriptural model of the Holy Spirit in Pentecost allegorically; he gives us a profound understanding of our Lord with prayer. Analysing the Hermoi one can see the interlink and interconnection of the Old Testament with the New Testament, how perfectly St Kosmas used scriptural sources to adapt his hymns according to the biblical canticles. He is very well inspired very much by the Holy Spirit presenting this prayer and also masterpiece of art in hymnology.

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Presvytera Irene Adamakis

[@chesedshalom]

Beautiful katavasia! Does anyone know why it switches between Grave Mode and Mode 4? I've never seen a canon do that

[@Analepsiotes]

They are the Heirmoi of two different canons, the first canon is in Grave Mode and the second is in Fourth Mode.