Concept of polyeleous service
The word "polyeleos" originates from the Greek language. The first part of the word “poly” means “many, many”, the second part “eleos” means “mercy”. Thus, translated into Russian, “polyeleos” means “much merciful.”
Some translate this word as many oils. The confusion stems from the identical sound of two Greek words, eleos and oil. This is also facilitated by the use of oil when anointing the foreheads of parishioners.
The polyeleos service is held during the Middle or Small Church holidays, replacing the All-Night Vigil. The following of these two services differs significantly from each other. One of the main differences is that the polyeleos service provides for the separate conduct of Matins and Vespers.
In Orthodox churches, polyeleos services are often held on Saturdays, with the exception of certain periods when polyeleos are not held: from the celebration of Easter to the Exaltation, on the days before Christmas and Christmas (from January 2 to January 27). They stop singing the polyelean psalms a week before and during the entire Lent. If the week before and after Easter there are some major holidays (the Annunciation, the feast of the temple itself), then it is allowed to perform polyeleos on these days.
Follow-up of Matins
As usual, we start with the verb:
For the prayers of the saints, our fathers, Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us. Amen (bow).
Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Immortal, have mercy on us (three times, with bows). Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages, amen. Most Holy Trinity, have mercy on us. Lord, cleanse our sins; Master, forgive our iniquities; Saints, visit and heal our infirmities; for your name's sake. Lord have mercy (three times). Glory, even now.
Our Father, Who art in heaven. Hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done as it is in heaven and on earth. Give us our daily bread this day. And forgive us our debts, just as we forgive our debtors. And do not lead us into temptation. But deliver us from the evil one.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us. Amen. (bow).
Lord have mercy (12 times). Glory, even now.
Come, let us worship the King our God (bow).
Come, let us worship Christ, the King and our God (bow).
Come, let us bow and fall before the Lord Jesus Christ Himself, the King and our God (bow).
Also, Psalm 19
The Lord will hear you on the day of sorrow, the name of the God of Jacob will protect you. Send help from the Holy One, and you will intercede from Zion. He will remember all your sacrifice, and all your burning will be fat. The Lord will give you according to your heart, and He will fulfill all your advice. Let us rejoice in your salvation, and in the name of the Lord our God we will be magnified. The Lord will fulfill all your requests; now I know that the Lord has saved His Christ. He will hear him from His holy heaven; His right hand has the power to save. These on chariots and these on horses, we will call in the name of the Lord our God. Tia was asleep and fell. We will rise up and correct ourselves. Lord, save the king and hear us, even if we call on you the day before.
Psalm 20
Lord, in Your power the king will rejoice, and in Your salvation he will rejoice greatly. You gave him the desire of his heart, and you took away the desire of his mouth. As if you had preceded him with a blessed blessing, you placed on his head a crown from an honorable stone. Zhivo asked You to eat, and You gave him the length of days, forever and ever. Great is the glory of his salvation through Thy salvation, bestow glory and splendor upon him. For grant him a blessing for ever and ever, make him glad with Thy face. For the king trusts in the Lord, and is not moved by the mercy of the Most High. Your hand will find all your enemies, your right hand will find all those who hate you. For if you have laid them like a furnace of fire during Your presence, the Lord will trouble me with His wrath and destroy them with fire. Thou shalt destroy their fruit from the earth, and their seed from the sons of men. As if I was angry with You, I thought of advice, but I was not able to compose them. For if I have laid the backbone of My abundance, You have prepared their face. Be exalted, O Lord, in Thy strength, let us sing and sing of Thy strength.
Glory, even now. Trisagion. And according to Our Father. This Troparion, tone 1.
God save His people and bless His heritage, grant victory to the Russian power against the resistance, and preserve His people through the Cross.
Glory. Having ascended to the Cross by will, grant Thy bounty to Thy now named city, O Christ God. With Your strength you have rejoiced the Russian state, giving it victories as a match, the benefit of Your weapon, an invincible victory for the world.
And now. Terrible and shameless representative, do not despise the Good of our prayers. All-sung Mother of God, confirm the life of the Orthodox and save the Russian state, grant it heavenly victory by God, who gave birth to Him, the only Blessed One.
Lord have mercy (12). Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and forever and ever. Amen.
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men (three times without bowing). Also: Lord, you have opened my mouth, and my mouth will proclaim your praise (twice). And he speaks exa psalms, easily, with quietness and with all attention and fear of God, as if talking to God himself invisibly, and beseeching Him about his sins. The brethren stand with their hands bent towards their breasts, but their heads are slightly bowed.
Psalm 3.
Lord, having multiplied the cold, many rise up against me. Many people say to my soul: there is no salvation for him in his God. You, Lord, are my intercessor, my glory, and lift up my head. I cried out to the Lord with my voice, and when I heard me from His holy mountain, I fell asleep and fell asleep; I awoke, for the Lord will intercede for me. I will not be afraid of the people around me who attack me. Rise up, Lord, save me, my God. For Thou hast struck all our enemies in vain; Thou hast broken the teeth of a sinner. Salvation is the Lord's, and Your blessing is upon Your people. I fell asleep and fell asleep; I awoke, for the Lord will intercede for me.
Psalm 37.
Lord, do not rebuke me with Your wrath, nor show me with Your wrath. As Thy arrows have destroyed me, and Thou hast strengthened Thy hand upon me. There is no healing in my flesh from the face of Your wrath; there is no peace in my bones, from the face of my sin. As my iniquities have exceeded my head, as the burden weighs heavily upon me, my wounds have become stale and bowed in the face of my madness. I suffered and humbled myself to the end, walking around complaining all day. For my body is filled with reproach, and there is no healing in my flesh. I would become embittered and humbled to death, roaring from the sighing of my heart. Lord, all my desire is before You, and my sighing is not hidden from You. My heart is troubled, my strength has left me, and the light of my eyes has left me, and that one is not with me. My friends, and my sparkles, approaching me directly, and stasha. And my neighbors are far away from me, and I am in need, seeking my soul, and seeking evil for me: the verb is vain and flattering, I have been learning all day. I am as if deaf: I do not hear; and as if dumb: not opening his mouth. And he was like a man who did not hear, and had no reproof in his mouth. For in You, Lord, I have trusted, You will hear, O Lord my God. As if I said: let my enemies never rejoice, and never let my feet move, but you speak against me. As if I am ready for wounds, and my illness is before me. For I will proclaim my iniquity, and take care of my sin. My enemies live, and have become stronger than me, and those who hate me without truth have multiplied. Having rewarded me with evil, I have slandered me: I have persecuted benevolence. Do not forsake me, Lord my God, do not depart from me. Hear my help, O Lord of my salvation. Do not forsake me, O Lord my God, do not depart from me. Hear my help, O Lord of my salvation.
Psalm 62.
God, my God, I have come to You in the morning; my soul has thirsted for You, since my flesh is a multitude of You, in a land that is empty and impenetrable and without water. Thus I appeared to You in the Holy One, to see Your power and Your glory. For Thy mercy is better than belly, praise Thee with my lips. Thus I will bless You in my belly, I will lift up my hands in Your name. For my soul is filled with fatness and ointment, and my lips will praise You with joy. When I remembered Thee on my bed, I learned from Thee in the morning. As if I were my Helper, and in the shelter of Your wing I will rejoice. My soul clings to You, but I am accepted by Your right hand. They, having sought my soul in vain, will go into the underworld of the earth. They will give themselves up to arms, the units will be foxes. The king will rejoice in God, and everyone who swears by Him will boast. As if the lips of those who speak lies were stopped. In the morning we studied in Tya. As if I were my Helper, and in the shelter of Your wing I will rejoice. My soul clings to You, but I am accepted by Your right hand.
Glory, even now. Alleluia, Alleluia, glory to You, O God (three times, without bowing). Lord have mercy (three times). Glory, even now.
Psalm 87.
O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried out before You by day and by night. Let my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my prayer. For my soul is filled with evil, and my belly is drawing near to hell. Used with those descending into the ditch, like a man without help in the dead, freedom. Like the plagues of those sleeping in the tombs, You did not remember them, even though they were rejected by Your hand. Placing me in the pit of hell, in the dark and shadow of death. Thy wrath is established upon me, and all Thy waves are brought upon me. You removed those who knew me from me, making me an abomination to yourself, and you were betrayed and never left. My eyes are exhausted from poverty. I have cried out to You, Lord, all day long, I have lifted up my hands to You. Eating dead people work wonders? Will the doctors resurrect and confess to You? Who is the story of Thy mercy in the grave, and Thy truth in destruction? Will Thy wonders be known in darkness, and Thy righteousness in forgotten lands? I have cried to You, Lord, and my morning prayer will precede You. Lord, will you give away my soul? You turn Your face away from me. I am a beggar, and in labor from my youth, but I have lifted myself up, humbled and exhausted. Thy wrath has come upon me, Thy fears have troubled me. It washed over me like water, possessing me all day long. You removed from me a friend and a sincere one, and those I knew from passions. O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried out before You by day and by night. Let my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my prayer.
Psalm 102.
Bless my soul the Lord, and all that is within me, His holy name. Bless the Lord my soul, and do not forget His rewards for all. Who cleanses all your iniquities, who heals all your illnesses. He who delivers your belly from decay, who crowns you with mercy and bounties. Whoever fulfills your good desires, your youth will be renewed like an eagle. The Lord creates alms and destiny for all those who are offended. Moses told His ways to the sons of Israel His desires. The Lord is generous and merciful, long-suffering and abounding in mercy. He is not completely angry, he is never at enmity. He did not cause us to eat because of our iniquities, nor did He reward us to eat because of our sins. As the height of heaven from the earth, the Lord established His mercy on those who fear Him. The east is far removed from the west, and our iniquities have been removed from us. As a father gives generously to his sons, the Lord will provide generously to those who fear Him. As our creation was known by him, I will remember him as the dust of Esma. A man is like grass, his days are like the flower of a herb, so he will bloom. For the spirit will pass through it and will not be, and will not know its place. But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him. And His righteousness is upon the sons of sons, who keep His covenant and remember His commandments to do. The Lord has prepared His throne in Heaven, and His kingdom possesses all. Bless the Lord, all His angels, who are mighty in strength to do His word, to hear the voice of His words. Bless the Lord, all His might, His servants who do His will. Bless the Lord, all His works: in every place of His dominion, bless the Lord my soul. In every place of His dominion, bless the Lord my soul.
Psalm 142.
Lord, hear my prayer, inspire my prayer with Thy truth, hear me in Thy righteousness. And do not enter into judgment with Your servant, for no one living will be justified before You. For the enemy has driven away my soul, and has humbled my belly to eat in the earth. He made me sit in the dark, like the dead of an age, and my spirit is sad within me, my heart is troubled within me. I have remembered the days of old, I have learned in all Your works, and in Your works I have learned Your hand. My hands have lifted up to You, my soul, like a waterless land, has lifted up to You. Hear me soon, Lord, my spirit has disappeared. Do not turn Your face away from me, and I will become like those who go down into the pit. I hear Thy mercy upon me in the morning, for I trust in Thee. Tell me, Lord, the way, I will go, as if I have taken my soul to You. Deliver me from my enemies, Lord, I have fled to You. Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. Your Spirit of Goodness will guide me to the right land. For Thy name's sake, Lord, live me, by Thy righteousness bring my soul out of sorrow. And consume Your mercy by my enemies, and destroy all my cold souls, for I am Your servant. Hear me in Thy righteousness, Lord, hear, and do not enter into judgment with Thy servant. Your Spirit of Goodness will guide me to the right land.
Glory, even now. Alleluia, Alleluia, glory to You, O God (three times, with bows). Lord have mercy (12). Glory, even now.
The same God is the Lord and has appeared to us, blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.
Verse 1. Confess to the Lord that His mercy endures forever.
Verse 2. They used me, and in the name of the Lord they resisted them.
Verse 3. I will not die, but I will live, and will tell the works of the Lord.
Verse 4. The stone, His carelessly built, This was at the head of the corner, This was from the Lord, and is wondrous in our eyes.
The same troparion for a day, or a saint, or a holiday.
If it is fasting, Alleluia is sung to the voice of the oktay. The verses are verbs:
Verse 1. From the night my spirit groweth morning unto Thee, O God.
Verse 2. You who dwell on the earth will learn righteousness.
Verse 3. Lord our God, give us peace, for you have rewarded us with everything.
Verse 4. Such was the fate of Thy beloved.
The same are ternary in octays, and ordinary sticology, and sedalny, and others according to the charter.
Also, Psalm 50. God have mercy on me.
Therefore, prophetic songs and canons. At song 9 of the canon we sing a hymn to the Most Holy Theotokos (Luke, Conception 4):
My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior (right face). And according to each verse we sing: The most honorable cherub, and the most glorious seraphim, who without corruption gave birth to God the Word, we magnify Thee, the real Mother of God. And bow to the ground. Whether it’s a week or a festival, we perform small bows, only the last bow to the ground.
As you look upon the humility of Your Servant, behold, from now on all you have given birth to Me (left face).
For make me great, O Mighty One, and holy is His name, and His mercy endures forever and ever upon those who fear Him (right face).
Create power with Your arm, scatter the proud thoughts of their hearts (left face).
Dethrone the mighty from the throne and lift up the humble, fill the hungry with good things, and let go of the rich (right face).
Israel will receive His servant, remembering his mercies, as he spoke to our fathers, Abraham and his seed forever (left face).
Also, canto 9 of the canons. According to the 9th song, both faces unitedly sing: It is worthy to eat, and we bow together to the ground. Also, small litany. Another week; We sing in the voice of the oktai: Holy is the Lord our God (three times), also luminous.
Therefore, Psalm 148. Praise the Lord from heaven, praise Him in the highest. Praise Him, all His angels. Praise Him with all His might. Praise Him sun and moon, praise Him all stars and light. Praise Him, the heavens of the heavens and the waters above the heavens, that they may praise the name of the Lord. Like that speech, and it happened; He commanded it, and it was created. May I put it in the age and in the age of the century. Give the command, and it will not go unnoticed. Praise the Lord from the earth, you serpents and all the deeps. Fire, hail, snow, bareness, stormy spirit, creating His word. Mountains and all hills, fruitful trees and all cedars. Beasts and all cattle, reptiles and birds. The kings of the zemstia and all the people, the princes and all the judges of the zemstia. Young men and maidens, old men and young men, let them praise the name of the Lord. For the name of Him alone has been exalted. He will confess Him on earth and in heaven, and He will exalt the horn of His people. A song to all His saints, the sons of Israel, the people who draw near to Him.
Psalm 149. Sing a new song to the Lord, His praises in the church of the saints. May Israel rejoice in Him who created Him, and the sons of Zion rejoice in their King. Let them praise His name in person, in the tympanum, and in the psalms, and sing to Him. For the Lord delights in His people, and will lift up the meek to salvation. The saints will be praised in glory, and will rejoice on their beds. The praises of God are in their throats, and two sharp swords are in their hands. Bring vengeance to the nations, reproof to the people. Bind the king with their fetters, and their glorious hand with iron shackles. To create judgment in them is written; glory is to all His saints.
Psalm 150. Praise God in His saints, praise Him in strengthening His powers. Praise Him according to His strength, praise Him according to His great greatness. Praise Him with the trumpet, praise Him with the psalter and harp. Praise Him in the tympanum and face, praise Him in the strings and organs. Praise Him with the cymbals of good will, praise Him with the cymbals of shouting. Let every breath praise the Lord.
The same, verses of praise, and Glory, and now according to the charter. Therefore we say: Glory to him who showed us the light, and so on.
If there is no stichera for those who praise, we say: Glory is due to You, O Lord our God, and to You we send up glory, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages, Amen. Glory to him who showed us the light.
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among men. We praise Thee, we bless Thee (bow), we bow down, we glorify Thee (bow), we thank Thee great for the sake of Thy glory (bow). Lord the King of heaven and God the Father Almighty, and Lord the Only Begotten Son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Soul. Lord God, Lamb Son of God, Father: take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us; take away the sins of the world, accept our prayers. Seated at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us. For You alone are holy, You alone are Lord Jesus Christ, to the glory of God the Father, amen. Let us bless You every day, and praise Your name forever and ever. Lord, be a refuge for us throughout all generations. Az said: Lord, have mercy on me and heal my soul for those who have sinned against You. Lord, I have come to You, teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. For from You is the source of life, in Your light we will see light, add Your mercy to those who lead You.
Lord, grant that on this day we may be preserved without sin. Blessed are you, O Lord God of our fathers, and praised and glorified is your name forever, amen. Lord, Thy mercy be upon us, even as we trust in Thee. Blessed art thou, Lord, teach us by thy justification. Blessed art Thou, Master, enlighten us with Thy justification. Blessed are you, Saints, enlighten us with your justification. Lord, Your mercy endures forever, and do not despise the work of Your hand. Praise is due to you. Singing befits you. Glory befits you, Father and Son and Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages, amen.
Let us say the litany. Let's do the matins. Also, on the poem there are stichera. Therefore: Glory, even now, to the Mother of God. Is the same:
It is good to confess to the Lord and sing to Your name, the Most High, to proclaim Your mercy in the morning, and Your truth every night. If there is fasting, we say it twice. Same, Trisagion. And according to Our Father, the troparion for the day, or the holy day according to the charter, and the litany and after the exclamation the psalmist says: Amen. Come, let us bow three times. And the psalms of the First Hour. And so on. And let go.
If we are fasting, then let us say this troparion according to Our Father: In a church worth Thy glory, we stand in Heaven, Mother of God, the door of Heaven, open to us the doors of Thy mercy. Lord have mercy (40). God bless. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us. Verb: Amen. Heavenly King, strengthen our power, establish our faith, tame our tongues, pacify the world, and preserve this holy temple well, and our fathers and brethren who first departed in the blood of the righteous, teach us in the Orthodox faith and in repentance, Lord, accept and have mercy, as Good and Lover of Humanity.
Also, Lord have mercy (three times). Glory, even now. The most honorable cherub, and the most glorious truly seraphim, who without corruption gave birth to God the Word, the real Mother of God we magnify Thee (great bow).
Bless in the name of the Lord, father.
And we make great bows, with the prayer of St. Ephraim, as foretold at the daily midnight office. And we begin the first hour.
