The Typika follows the Sixth Hour. It is read by a reader, in a church or at home, on days when the Divine Liturgy is not celebrated. It follows the shape of the first part of the Liturgy: psalms in place of the antiphons, the Beatitudes, the readings of the day, and the Symbol of Faith.
The Psalms
Psalm 102
(103) A Psalm of David.
1Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
2Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his praises:
3who forgives all your transgressions, who heals all your diseases;
4who redeems your life from corruption; who crowns you with mercy and compassion;
5who satisfies your desire with good things: so that your youth shall be renewed like that of the eagle.
6The Lord executes mercy and judgment for all that are injured.
7He made known his ways to Moses, his will to the children of Israel.
8The Lord is compassionate and pitiful, longsuffering, and full of mercy.
9He will not be always angry; neither will he be wrathful for ever.
10He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor recompensed us according to our iniquities.
11For as the heaven is high above the earth, the Lord has so increased his mercy toward them that fear him.
12As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
13As a father pities his children, the Lord pities them that fear him.
14For he knows our frame: remember that we are dust.
15As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so shall he flourish.
16For the wind passes over it, and it shall not be; and it shall know its place no more.
17But the mercy of the Lord is from generation to generation upon them that fear him, and his righteousness to children's children;
18to them that keep his covenant, and remember his commandments to do them.
19The Lord has prepared his throne in the heaven; and his kingdom rules over all.
20Bless the Lord, all you⌃ his angels, mighty in strength, who perform his bidding, ready to listen to the voice of his words.
21Bless the Lord, all you⌃ his hosts; you⌃ ministers of his that do his will.
22Bless the Lord, all his works, in every place of his dominion: bless the Lord, O my soul.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Psalm 145
(146) Alleluia, a Psalm of Aggaeus and Zacharias.
1My soul, praise the Lord.
2While I live will I praise the Lord: I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.
3Trust not in princes, nor in the children of men, in whom there is no safety.
4His breath shall go forth, and he shall return to his earth; in that day all his thoughts shall perish.
5Blessed is he whose helper is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God:
6who made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all things in them: who keeps truth for ever:
7who executes judgment for the wronged: who gives food to the hungry. The Lord looses the fettered ones:
8the Lord gives wisdom to the blind: The Lord sets up the broken down: the Lord loves the righteous: the Lord preserves the strangers;
9he will relieve the orphan and widow: but will utterly remove the way of sinners.
10The Lord shall reign for ever, even your God, O Sion, to all generations.
Both now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
O only-begotten Son and Word of God, who artare immortal, and yet for our salvation didstdid will to be incarnate of the holy Theotokos and ever-virgin Mary, and without change didstdid become man; who wastwere crucified, O Christ our God, trampling down death by death; who artare one of the Holy Trinity, glorified with the Father and the Holy Spirit: save us.
The Beatitudes
In ThyYour kingdom remember us, O Lord, when ThouYou comestcome in ThyYour kingdom.
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness‘ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely for my sake.
Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Remember us, O Lord, when ThouYou comestcome in ThyYour kingdom.
Remember us, O Master, when ThouYou comestcome in ThyYour kingdom.
Remember us, O Holy One, when ThouYou comestcome in ThyYour kingdom.
The heavenly choir praises TheeYou and says: Holy, holy, holy, Lord of Sabaoth; heaven and earth are full of ThyYour glory.
Here the prokeimenon, Epistle, alleluia and Gospel of the day may be read.
Come to Him and be enlightened, and your faces shall not be ashamed.
The heavenly choir praises TheeYou and says: Holy, holy, holy, Lord of Sabaoth; heaven and earth are full of ThyYour glory.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
The choir of the holy angels and archangels, with all the heavenly powers, praises TheeYou and says: Holy, holy, holy, Lord of Sabaoth; heaven and earth are full of ThyYour glory.
Both now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
The Symbol of Faith
The Symbol of Faith (The Nicene Creed)
I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.
In one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all ages; Light of Light, true God of true God, begotten, not made, of one essence with the Father, through whom all things were made; who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven, and was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, and became man; who was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered, and was buried; who rose again on the third day, according to the Scriptures; who ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father; who will come again with glory to judge the living and the dead, whose kingdom will have no end.
In the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Giver of life, who proceeds from the Father, who together with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified, who spoke through the prophets.
In one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church.
I confess one Baptism for the remission of sins.
I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the age to come. Amen.
Remit, pardon and forgive, O God, our offenses, voluntary and involuntary, in deed and in word, in knowledge and in ignorance, by day and by night, in mind and in thought; forgive us all, for ThouYou artare good and lovestlove mankind.
Our Father, who artare in heaven, hallowed be ThyYour name. ThyYour kingdom come, ThyYour will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
For ThineYours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
The kontakion of the day, then Lord, have mercy (forty times), and the prayer „O All-holy Trinity.“
O all-holy Trinity, the consubstantial dominion, the indivisible kingdom, and the cause of all good: show ThyYour good will also to me, a sinner. Make firm my heart and give it understanding, and take away all my defilement. Enlighten my mind, that I may always glorify, praise, worship and say: One is holy, one is Lord, Jesus Christ, to the glory of God the Father. Amen.
Blessed be the name of the Lord, from this time forth and forevermore.
Three times.
Psalm 33
(34) A Psalm of David, when he changed his countenance before Abimelech; and he let him go, and he departed.
1I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall be continually in my mouth.
2My soul shall 1 boast herself in the Lord: let the meek hear, and rejoice.
3Magnify you⌃ the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.
4I sought the Lord diligently, and he listened to me, and delivered me from all my 2 sojournings.
5Draw near to him, and be enlightened: and your faces shall not by any means be ashamed.
6This poor man cried, and the Lord listened to him, and delivered him out of all his afflictions.
7The angel of the Lord will encamp round about them that fear him, and will deliver them.
8Taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man who hopes in him.
9Fear the Lord, all you⌃ his saints: for there is no lack to them that fear him.
10The rich have become poor and hungry: but they that seek the Lord diligently shall not lack any good thing. Pause.
11Come, you⌃ children, hear me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
12What man is there that desires life, loving to see good days?
13Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking guile.
14Turn away from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
15The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer:
16but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to destroy their memorial from the earth. The righteous cried, and the Lord listened to them,
17and delivered them out of all their afflictions.
18The Lord is near to 3 them that are of a contrite heart; and will save the lowly in spirit.
19Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but out of them all Lord will deliver them.
20He keeps all their bones: not one of them shall be broken.
21The death of sinners is evil: and they that hate righteousness will go wrong.
22The Lord will redeem the souls of his servants: and none of those that hope in him shall go wrong.
- Gr. be praised.
- Lit. neighbourhoods.
- Gr. the broken in heart.
It is truly right to bless you, O Theotokos, ever blessed and most pure, and the Mother of our God. More honorable than the cherubim, and beyond compare more glorious than the seraphim, without defilement you gave birth to God the Word. True Theotokos, we magnify you.
Reader: Through the prayers of our holy fathers, O Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us and save us. Amen.
