Utrenie

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Matins (also spelled Mattins, from the Latin, matutinae, "morning"), also called Orthros (from Greek, meaning "morning", "dawn" or "day break"), is the longest and most complex of the ceasurile zilei services. Matins is celebrated in the morning, unless it is celebrated as part of a vigil in the evening.

General structure of Sunday Matins

While some sections of Matins follow the eight-tone cycle, others follow the eleven-part cycle of the Resurrectional Gospels (the eothina).

• Sunday Matins, when served apart from a vigil opens with the priest's exclamation "Blessed is our God...", "Heavenly King...", and the Trisaghion. (Note: "Heavenly King..." is omitted between Pascha and Pentecost.)
• The cantor or anagnost reads the Royal Troparia ("Lord, save thy people and bless your inheritance...").
• The priest offers a brief ectenie while censing around the altar.
• The hexapsalmos (Six Psalms: 3, 37, 62, 87, 102, and 142 - Septuaginta numbering) are read.
• The deacon (or in some traditions, priest) intones the Litany of Peace.
• Theos kyrios ("Dumnezeu este Domnul") and the apolytikia are chanted.
• The catismele are chanted.
• The small litany
• The sessional hymns
• The reader chants the evlogetaria (Blessed are you, O Lord, teach me your statutes).
• The small ectenie is offered again by the deacon (or in some traditions, priest).
• The ipacoi is read by the chanter to prepare for the message of the Gospel reading.
• The anavathmoi (hymns of ascent) are chanted.
• The prochimen is chanted.
• The order of the Gospel is followed: the deacon intones "Let us pray to the Lord...", the priest responds with a prayer, and the chanter sings three times, "Let everything that breathes praise the Lord". One of eleven eothina Gospels is read by the priest; these Gospels each address a different part of the Învierea Domnului narrative, because it is Sunday, the feast of the Resurrection. Having beheld the Resurrection of Christ ... is read by the chanter.
• The 50th Psalm is chanted.
• Then the following hymns are usually sung:

"Glory..." "Through the prayers of the Apostles..." "Both now.." "Through the prayers of the Theotokos..." "Have mercy on me, O God..." "Jesus having risen..."

However, on Sundays of the Triodion (excluding Palm Sunday, or a Sunday on which Annunciation might fall), the following hymns are sung:

"Glory..." "The doors of repentance..." "Both now..." "Guide me in the paths of salvation..." "Have mercy on me, O God..." "When I think of the multitude of evil things I have done..."

• The deacon prays, "O God, save thy people and bless thine inheritance..."
• The canoane are chanted: first and third odes (each ode beginning with an irmos and ending with a catavasia; small litany; condac of the secondary and/or tertiary commemoration(s) of the day; sessional Hymns; small litany; fourth, fifth and sixth odes; small litany; kontakion, oikos, sinaxar (commemorating the sfinţi of the day); the seventh and eighth odes. (According to the contemporary Greek parish practice, the catavasiile are not sung at the end of each ode, but rather those for odes 1 through 8 are all sung together at the end of the eighth ode, then the Matins Gospel is read (rather than before the canon as above)).
• The chanter sings the Cântarea Maicii Domnului while the deacon tămâiază the biserica.
• The ninth ode, ending with its katavasia is chanted.
• The deacon again prays the small litany.
• "Holy is the Lord our God"
• The exapostilaria (hymns related to the day's Gospel, or the day's feast) are chanted.
• The praises (also called lauds or ainoi) are chanted slowly ("Let everything that breathes praise the Lord"), followed by the appointed stichera.
• The Great Doxologie is chanted.
• The litanies "Have mercy on us, O God..." and "Let us complete our morning prayer..." (according to contemporary Greek parish practice, these litanies and all that follows are said quietly by the priest and deacon during the praises if the Divine Liturgy is immediately to follow).
• The Otpust

Formele Utreniei

Slujba Utreniei este de șapte tipuri principale.

Formele de bază

• Utrenia de Duminica: este cea mai lungă dintre slujbele obişnuite ale Utreniei. Dacă se slujește integral, poate dura până la trei ore. De regulă, cuprinde diferite canoane din Octoih, Triod şi/sau Penticostar. În parohii, slujba este de multe ori scurtată. Adeseori, mai ales în practica slavă, ea este parte a privegherii.

• Utrenia zilelor săptămânii: - nu se face citirea din Evanghelie.

• Utrenia sărbătorilor - cuprinde şi citirea din Evanghelie.

Forme speciale

• Utrenia Postului Mare: - sunt adăugate imnuri şi rugăciuni de pocăinţă.

Utrenii legate de sărbătoarea Paştilor:

• Utrenia Mirelui: - slujită Lunea, Marțea și Miercurea din Săptămâna Patimilor.

• Utrenia din Sfânta și Marea Joi: - cuprinde doisprezece citiri din Evanghelie; se cântă antifoane (preluate din alte slujbe). Troparul cântat după antifonul al XV-lea este: Astăzi este spânzurat pe Cruce... (Simeron krematai).

• Utrenia din Sfânta și Marea Sâmbătă - cuprinde câteva elemende din slujbele de catedrală: procesiunea cu Sfântul Epitaf, citirea a trei pericope din Vechiul Testament, Apostol şi Evanghelie la sfârșit.

• Utrenia Sfintelor Paști. Aceasta se slujește din Duminica Sfintelor Paști până în Duminica Sfântului Toma. Cei șase psalmi și praises laudele???? nu fac parte din această slujbă.

Sources

• A handout given to seminarians participating in the 2004-2005 altar groups at the Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
• Orthros for Sunday: Resurrectional Hymns in the original Greek, with a new English translation by Spencer T. Kezios, Protopresbyter, published by Narthex Press, 2nd edition, 1998.

External links

• ro: Istoria și explicarea Vecerniei și Utreniei, curs de Ierom. Petru Pruteanu (format .pdf)
• eMatins Page (PDF files) of the St. Gregory Palamas Monastery (Hayesville, Ohio). Greek/English or English-only versions available. English translations by Fr. Seraphim Dedes.
• Service of the Sunday Orthros from the website of the Arhiepiscopia Ortodoxă Greacă din America
• Matins as a Reader Service
• Daily Matins as a Reader Service