Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete D. Bortniansky SOPRANO ALTO arr. Fr. B. Hladio ° b & 1st Irmos # ff f f ff f f He has TENOR BASS ¢ ?b ° b & ff ff ff ff ff # w w FF ff f f FF ? b ff ff ff ff ff w w ¢ for me un - to sal - va B. ° b & ff 4 S. ? ff ¢ b ff ff ff w w f f f w f f f w w w - f f ff ff ff f f FF FF Hel - per and Pro - tec Œ tion. w w ff ff be - come 2 S. ff w w He Œ w w ff ff FF ™ ™ f ff F ™ f F™ is my God Œ w w - tor w w Œ Œ ff ff FF ff ff f f FF Œ f f f f f f and I glo - ri - fy ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff # FF f f f ff F f f f f f f f F f f f f f f f f f f F FF F F w w Him, God of my fa - thers and I ex - ult Him for He is great-ly glo - ri - fied. B. Copyright © 2014 w w Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete Refrains SOPRANO ALTO ° b & ff ? b ff ¢ ff ff ff ff Have mer - cy TENOR BASS ° & b ff ff ff ° b & ff ff ff 2 S. ? b ff ¢ ff ff ff ff ff on ff ff f nf ff f nf me FF B. 3 S. ? b ff ¢ ff ff Ven' - ra - ble B. ff ff f nf ? b ff ff ff nff FF ¢ - FF FF Fa - ther An ° b & ff ff ff ff FF 4 S. ff FF ff FF ff ff FF # FF for ff ff FF F F us. # FF F F FF ™™ us. O God, FF Ven' - ra - ble Mo - ther Ma FF ff ff - ff f f f f f f f f God f f God ry pray to ff f f f f FF have mer rew pray to - FF FF # ff f f cy ° b & ff 5 S. ? b ff ¢ ff ff FF ff f FF nf Both now and e - ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff FF f f f f f f f f f f w f f f f f f f f f f F B. ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff FF f f f f f f f f F f f f f f f f f F ver and un - to the a - ges of f f on a - FF ™™ FF ™ ™ me. FF ™™ FF ™ ™ for Glo - ry to the Fa - ther and to the Son and to the Ho - ly Spi B. ff # FF - F FF ™ ™ FF ™™ FF ™ ™ rit. # ff ff FF ™™ f f FF ™ f f ™ ges. A - men. 2 S. ° b & # ff ff ff FF 5 2nd ode, 1st Irmos ? b f f f FF f f f ¢ ff ff ff ff FF ff f ff n f w F f nf FF Œ F Œ At -tend O hea - ven and I shall speak, B. ° b & ff 7 S. ? b ff ¢ ff f nf Who took B. w w flesh w w FF ™™ F™ F™ from ff FF ff # FF f F f F ff F F and sing ff # w w ff a Vir w w FF F F FF ™™ Œ FF ™ ™ in praise of Christ, w w - Œ Œ gin. w w Œ 3 ° b & FF ™™ 8 S. 2nd ode, 2nd Irmos ff See, B. S. ff ff Œ ff FF that I w F™ ° b & ff ff ? b ff ff FF ™™ ff FF ™ ™ rained down man B. ¢ ° b & ff 11 S. ? b ff ¢ from B. ff f f the FF FF rock ° b & ff ff ff FF ™™ 12 S. ™ ? b n ff ff ff FF ™ by My right hand B. ¢ FF FF f f Œ ff FF #FF see, ?b w w ¢ 10 FF ™™ - f f ff f f FF am God, ff ff f f f f Œ ff ff FF nf f F Œ nf f F ff for my f #f ff FF ™™ ff F ™ nF ™ ff Œ a - lone, in the de - ff ff FF ™™ f f #w w peo w w ff FF f FF f and by Œ f f w f f w Who of old na and made springs of ff ff ff # w w F™ F™ wa - ff - FF ™™ FF ™ ™ sert FF ™™ Œ Œ F™ F™ ff ter Œ flow FF ™™ Œ Œ ple FF ™ ™ ff ff # w w my po f f w #f f w Œ w w - Œ wer. w w Œ 4 S. ° b & # ff FF ™™ 14 ? b f FF ™™ f ¢ Es - tab - B. ° b & ff 16 S. ? b ff ¢ of B. ff ff ff FF 3rd ode, 1st Irmos FF ™™ FF ™ ™ Your f ff n f w nf F f lish my FF Œ F Œ ff ff ff # FF ™ ™ f f f F™ f f f F™ thoughts ff f f ff ff com - mand on the un - sha ff f #f FF ments, FF # FF O F F ff FF ™™ f FF ™ f ™ Œ ken rock FF ™™ FF ™ ™ Œ Œ Christ. Œ 5 ° b j ™ f ™ f f & ff FF ™ f f ™ f ff ff FF ff ff FF J 17 S. 3rd ode, 2nd Irmos ff ff # ff ™ ffj ff ™ J j ™ ? b nnff FF ™ ff Ff ™ f ff ff FF ff ff FF #ff ff f ™ f f J f ™ fJ f ¢ ff w w f w f w FF Œ FF Œ O Lord, es - tab - lish my wa - ver -ing heart on the rock of Your com -mand - ments, B. ° b & ff FF ™™ 18 S. ™ ? b n ff FF ™ for You B. ¢ ff FF ™™ ff F ™ nF ™ a - lone ff FF f FF f are ho ff ff # FF - - w #f f F ff ff f f f f FF ™™ FF ™ ™ Œ ly and Lord. Œ 6 S. ° b & # ff FF FF ° b & ff ff ™™ 19 4th ode, Irmos The pro - phet B. ? b f FF f ¢ 20 S. ? b ff ¢ how B. ° b & ff 21 S. ? b ff ¢ and B. ° b & ff 22 S. ? b n ff ¢ ° b & ff ™™ 23 S. ™ ? b ff ™ ¢ j ff ff J ff ff ™ ™ f f were to ff FF ff f f fj f f f J FF re - vealed ff ff FF FF j ff ff J fj f f f J Glo - ry to B. nf f nf f f f ff f f your FF f f F F ff ff ff ™™ f f™ f nf ™ FF a Vir f f fj f f f J ff f f of You, and FF pow of and j ff ff J re - port FF ™™ ff F F ff - w #f ff # FF - f and he ff ff F - ff ff FF ff FF ff f f be born man - kind; f #f the f f F™ f f F™ F F ff # FF to ff ff ff FF ™™ FF of Your com - ing, O Lord, You I have heard B. FF heard F F ff ff ff FF ff F F f f FF f f - w F™ ff was a - fraid. ff FF f gin, ff w w he said: f f w w FF ff FF f f I was ff wer, f f ff O f f F F ff FF ™™ f f Œ Œ Œ F™ F™ f f a - fraid. FF ™™ FF ™ ™ Œ Œ Lord. Œ ° b & ff ff ff ™™ 24 S. 5th ode, Irmos j ff ff ff # FF J ™ fj f f F n f f f ? b f f f ™ nf f f F ¢ J From the night B. I seek You ear ° b & ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ™™ f ? b ff ff f F ¢ f f F O Lo - ver ff FF ffj ff f FF ™™ f ff ™ ™ FF f f ff f FF f f f ly, j ff ff ff FF ™™ J 25 S. - ff ff ff ff FF ff ff F F f f FF of ° b & # ff 27 S. FF and teach B. ?b f f ¢ F F ff ff ff n f nf me, O FF FF ff ff ff ff Sav - iour, to FF do F FF Your F F F F man - kind, ff ff ff ff # ff FF Œ f w F f f #f f f F Œ give me light, I pray You, and guide me al - so in Your com -mand B. FF FF ™™ FF ™ ™ - Œ will. Œ ments 7 8 S. ° b & # ff ff FF 28 6th ode, Irmos ?b f f w f f F ¢ With my whole B. ° b & ff 29 S. ? b n ff and B. ¢ ° b & ff 30 S. ? b ff ¢ ff f nf He FF and brought B. FF FF F FF # ff heard my F F I to the mer - ci - ful God, cried f f FF ™™ FF ™ ™ life ff Œ me w w # FF ff ff FF ff f FF nf FF heart w w ff ff FF ff ff F F ff f f FF ™™ FF ™ ™ from the depths ff Œ Œ FF F Œ F up ff ff FF f f w f f w from cor - rup ff ff w w ff Œ ff ff w #w ff ff of # FF - FF F F ff Œ Œ hell, FF ™™ FF ™ ™ Œ Œ tion. Œ ° b & ff 31 S. My B. FF ™™ ?b f ¢ ° b & # ff B. ¢ ?b rise f f F™ FF Œ ff F up, ° b & ff FF ? b f #F ¢ The end B. ° & b FF 34 S. B. ¢ ?b ° b & 35 S. Watch F Œ ff ff 33 S. FF ™™ F™ soul, 32 S. ff Kondak f f f #F ™ f FF ™™ Œ F™ Œ FF FF Œ - ping? soul, FF ™™ nff FF why nf are you slee FF j f f f f ™ f # ff f f ™ fJ ff f f FF F fF f # FF Œ F™ f and F ff ff F F F f™ f f f F J soon you will be FF f f f f f f nF then, ff ff trou j ff ™™ ff ff ff F J #F F ff FF F Œ bled. - F f f w Œ ff f ‰ fJ f you, Œ f F f F nf f ff f F f f f F Œ f F F and fills Œ j f f f ‰ ffj ff wf ™ f f J so that Christ God may spare pre - sent e - v'ry -where B. ff my draws near, ? b #f ™ fj f f ¢ FF ™™ # ff Œ 9 all w FF f for He w w things. w is Œ Œ 10 S. ° b & ff ff 36 ? b n ff ff Beatitudes ff ff ff ff ff ff FF FF FF ™™ ff ff ff ff F nFF F ™ F nF ™ Œ ff ff f Œ f ff ff ff FF FF FF ™™ f f f w FF ™ F f f f F ™ f f In Your King- dom, re -mem-ber us, O Lord, when You come in Your King - dom. B. ¢ ° b & FF ff ff ff ff ff w w and the priest or reader reads the first tropar 37 S. ™ F f f f f f F f f f f f n F F F ?b F f f f f f F F™ Œ f f f f f ¢ Bles - sed are the poor in spi B. ° b & FF 38 S. ? b FF ff ff FF ¢ ° b & FF ™™ 39 S. tropar ™ ? b FF ™ ff ff F F ff FF ff F F Bles - sed are B. ¢ ° b & FF ff ff ff 40 S. rit, - F F ff ff FF FF FF ™™ ™ f f w F f f F F F™ for theirs is the king -dom of hea - ven. and we read the 2nd tropar; thus, after every verse Bles - sed are they B. F™ Œ f f f f f F™ f f f f f tropar ? b FF ff ff ff F™ F™ F™ F™ nFF that mourn, F F nFF the F™ F™ F™ F™ meek, Œ ff ff ff ff FF f f f f FF Œ f f f f FF F F FF ™™ FF ™ ™ for they shall be com - for - ted. Œ ff ff ff ff FF f f f f FF Œ f f f f ff ff FF ™™ f f FF ™ f f ™ for they shall in - her - it the earth. ff ff ff ff ff ff ff FF F F ff ff ff ff ff ff ff F nFF F F ™ Œ f FF f f FF ™™ F™ f f f F ™ f FF f f FF ™ F™ Œ f f f ™ Bles-sed are those who hun-ger and thirst af -ter right-eous- ness, for they shall be filled. B. ¢ ° b & FF 41 S. tropar ? b FF ff ff ff FF F F ff ff ff F F F™ F™ Œ ff ff ff ff ff FF F™ F™ nFF f f f f f w Œ f f f f f F Bles - sed are the mer - ci - ful, B. ¢ ° b & FF 42 S. tropar ? b FF ff ff ff FF F F ff ff ff F F B. ¢ ° b & FF 43 S. tropar ? b FF ¢ ff ff ff FF F™ F™ in F F ff ff ff F F F™ F™ nFF Bles - sed are the pure for they shall ob-tain mer heart, F™ F™ F™ F™ nFF Bles - sed are the peace - ma - kers, B. ° b & FF 44 S. tropar ? b FF Œ ff FF FF ™ ™ cy. - f f FF ™ f f ™ f FF f shall see Œ ff ff ff ff ff FF f f f f f Œ f f f f f FF for they shall be called sons ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff FF F FF ™™ ff ff FF ™™ for they Œ FF 11 f f ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff F F nff ff FF f f ff God. FF F F of F™ F™ F™ F™ FF ™™ FF ™ ™ God. Œ Bles - sed are they that are per - se - cu - ted for right - eous - ness' sake, B. ¢ ° bf & f 45 S. ? b ff ¢ for B. f f theirs ff f f is ff f f the ff f f ff f f king - dom ff f f of FF hea w F - F FF ™™ - FF ™ ™ ven. Œ 12 S. ° b & FF 46 tropar ff ff ff ? b FF ¢ ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff FF ff ff ff ff ff F F Bles - sed are you when they shall re - vile and per - B. ° bf & f 47 S. ? b ff ¢ ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff B. ° b & ff FF 48 S. tropar ? b ff FF ff ff ff FF ff ff ff F nff ff F ™ F F™ Re -joice and be ex -ceed - ing -ly glad, B. ¢ ° b & FF 49 S. tropar ff ff ff FF ¢ ° b & ff 50 S. ? b ff ff ff w w ff ff F F Both now and e B. ¢ nFF - F™ F™ F™ F™ ver, FF ™™ FF ™ ™ sake. F FF f f f f f f f w Œ f f f f f f f F F f f f f F™ f f f f F™ tropar Œ FF for great is your re -ward in hea Glo - ry to the Fa - ther and to the Son, B. you, Œ ff ff ff ff ff ff ff FF ff ff ff F nff ff ff ff F ™ F F™ ? b FF f f f f w f f f f F Œ F™ F™ nff ff e - vil a-gainst you false -ly for My f f F™ f f F™ F™ F™ se - cute ff ff ff ff FF f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f and speak all man-ner of f f f f Œ ff ff ff ff ff FF f f f f f w Œ f f f f f F and to the Ho - ly Spi Œ ff ff ff ff ff ff ff FF f f f f f f f F Œ f f f f f f f F FF - F - FF ™™ FF ™ ™ ven. FF ™™ FF ™ ™ rit. ff ff FF ™™ f f FF ™ f f ™ and un - to the a - ges of a - ges. A - men. ° b & # ff ff 51 S. ff FF j ff ™™ ff ff J 7th ode, Irmos FF Œ We have sinned, we have trans -gressed, B. ?b f f f f ¢ ° b & # ff ff ™™ ?b f f ¢ ff ™ ™ ° b & ff ff ™™ 53 S. f w f F F Œ ff ™ ffj ff ™ J j ff ff J FF ff and nei - ther have we B. 54 S. what B. ? b ff ¢ You Ff ™ ffj ff J j ff ff J f f f J FF ff ff f #f com - man ° b j & ff ff ff ™™ ff ff ff FF ™™ J ™ fj f f F ™ f f f ?b f f f™ f f f F™ J ¢ ff w f f ff FF Œ But do not re -ject us ut - ter - ly, B. f f f f ff f f ff F F f f have FF ™ ™ FF - f F f f w f F f f w ff ™™ - F ff FF O God Œ ff FF ff ff # w w we have done e - vil be - fore fol - lowed, nor f f 55 S. ff ff ff 13 ff F F ff - f f FF ff j ff ff J FF Œ FF Œ You, Œ we done, f f ff ded of our fa f f w f f w Œ FF Œ FF Œ us. f f ff ff FF FF # FF - FF ™™ Œ FF ™ ™ Œ thers. 14 S. ° b & FF 57 Him, B. ff # ff 8th ode, Irmos ? b FF ¢ ff f f ° b & ff ff ff ™™ 59 S. ? b nnFF ¢ let B. ° b & # ff 61 S. fj f f f f f J B. FF ff ff f f f f FF FF FF ™ ™ F F f ff F f F ff ff FF ™™ F™ F™ f ff f - ff ly ff ff ™™ ff ™ ™ ex - alt ff f nf ff f f F™ f f F™ fj FF f J FF F F FF Œ F F ri - fy, and the Se j ff FF J Œ - ff ff # FF ™ ™ Che - ru - bim e -v'ry -thing that has breath and high ?b f f ¢ ffj ff J ff glo j ff ff ff ff ff ff FF J ™ ? b ff ff ff ™ ¢ ° b & n FF f f of hea - ven ff ™ ™ and who ter - ri - fies the B. FF ™™ ff j ff ff J whom the hosts 58 S. ff ™™ Œ ff FF ™™ Œ f FF ™ f ™ ra - phim, - FF # FF w w Œ FF Œ and e - v'ry crea - ture praise, bless, Œ j ff ff J to all ffj ff J FF ff #w w f f a w w - F F w w F F F™ F™ Œ FF ™ ™ Œ ges. Œ ff ff ff FF Œ ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff F #F FF ™™ ? # ff ff FF ff f f FF f f f f f f f f f f f f F Œ f f f f f f f f f f F FF ™™ 1 My soul mag - ni-fies the Lord B. ¢ ° #% & ff FF 63 S. 15 ° # & ff ff FF 62 S. Magnificat Song of the Theotokos ? # ff FF Œ and my spi -rit re -joic -es in God my Sa - viour. ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff Œ ff ff ff # ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff f f More hon - 'ra - ble than the Che-ru-bim and more glo -rious be -yond com -pare than the B. ¢ ° # & FF ff FF ™™ Œ ? # FF ¢ ff FF ™ ™ Œ ° # & ff ff 64 S. Se - ra - phim, B. 66 S. True B. ¢ ? # ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff #FF FF FF ™™ ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff F F F F FF ™™ with -out cor -rup-tion you gave birth to God ff ff The - o - to - kos, ff ff ff ff # ff we f f nFF mag FF - ff ff ni - fy f #f ff FF ™™ Œ the Word. Œ Œ you. F™ F™ Œ we sing "More honourable" after each verse 16 S. B. ° # & ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff FF 67 ¢ ? # ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff FF F F FF ™™ Œ FF ™™ For He has re - gar - ded the low es - tate of His hand - maid - en. ° # & ff ff ff 68 S. FF 2 ? # ff ff ff ff FF ™™ ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff #FF ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff F F FF ™™ Œ Œ "More Honour able" For be - hold, hence-forth all ge - ner - a - tions will call me bles - sed. B. ¢ ° # & ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff 69 S. 3 ? # ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff FF ff ff % Œ ff ff ff FF ™ ™ ff ff ff FF Œ ff f f FF ™™ f f For He Who is migh-ty has done great things for me and Ho - ly is His name. B. ¢ ° # & ff ff ff ff ff ff ff S. ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff #FF FF ™™ Œ ff ff ff 70 ? # ff ff ff ff ff ff ff Œ ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff F FF ™™ Œ F And His mer -cy is on those who fear Him from ge -ner - a -tion to ge -ner - a - tion. B. ¢ ° # & ff 71 S. 4 ? # ff He B. ¢ ff ff has ff ff shown FF FF strength ff f f with ff f f His FF ™™ FF ™™ Œ arm, Œ "More Honour able" % ° # & ff ff ff 72 S. ? # ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff #FF ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff F F He has scat -tered the proud in the i - ma - gi - na-tion of B. ¢ ° # & ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff 73 S. 5 ? # ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff FF F F 17 FF ™™ Œ FF ™™ "More Honour able" their hearts. % Œ ff ff ff ff ff ff FF FF FF ™™ Œ ff ff ff ff ff ff FF F FF ™™ Œ F He has put down the migh-ty from their thrones and ex - al-ted those of low de - gree; B. ¢ ° # & ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff 74 S. ? # ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff #FF ff ff ff ff ff ff F F ff ff FF ™™ Œ "More Honour able" f f FF ™™ ff Œ He has filled the hun-gry with good things and the rich He has sent emp-ty a -way. B. ¢ ° # & ff ff 75 S. 6 ? # ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff FF ff ff ff w F He has helped His ser-vant Is - ra - el, in re -mem-brance of His mer B. ¢ ° # & ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff #FF 76 S. ? # ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff FF ¢ FF - F FF ™™ FF ™™ FF ™™ FF ™™ Œ cy, Œ as He spoke to our fa - thers, to A -bra -ham and to his seed for - e - ver. B. % Œ Œ "More Honour able" % 18 S. ° b & ff 77 ? b ff The B. ¢ ff ff ™™ 9th ode, Irmos ff ff ™ ™ na - ti - j ff ff J ffj ff J vi - ty ° b & ff ff ff ff ff ff FF ™™ 78 S. ? b n ff ff ff ff ff ff w F™ ¢ from a con -cep -tion with -out B. ° b & ff 80 S. ? b ff ¢ from B. ff FF ™™ a Mo ff w F™ ff - ° b & ff ff ff ff FF ff 81 S. ? b ff ff ff ff FF ¢ f f f ff ff is past ff ff ff FF ™™ ™ f FF ™ seed; FF F F ther ff f f ff # ff un - der ff ° b & # ff ff ff ff ff 82 S. ? b f ff ff ff ff f ¢ FF FF ff ff F F B. FF w w ff ff # FF f F Œ f F ff f f ff ff FF ™™ f f with - out f F f f f F f f all ge - ner - a -tions mag - ni - fy you, f f f f F f f F FF F Œ F F F™ f f F™ - w F™ FF Œ FF ff ff FF ™™ as hus Œ ding, - Œ ff ff FF ™™ the child - bear -ing is ff FF ff ff ff ff FF stan Œ ff FF for the birth of God makes the na - tures new. B. FF w w Œ f f FF ™ f f ™ un - de -filed ff f FF Œ Œ F F band; Œ ff ff FF ff ff # FF ™ Œ ™ f f F f f F™ f f F f f F™ Œ There-fore with true ff FF #ff ff w w f F f F f f w f f w be - lief Œ Bride, and Mo - ther of God. Œ
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