Beginning of the Indiction – Ecclesiastical New Year

Kontakion.

Ὁ τῶν αἰώνων Ποιητὴς καὶ Δεσπότης,
Θεὲ τῶν ὅλων ὑπερούσιε ὄντως, τὴν ἐνιαύσιον
εὐλόγησον περίοδον, σῴζων τῷ ἐλέει σου, τῷ
ἀπείρῳ οἰκτίρμων, πάντας τοὺς λατρεύοντας,
σοὶ τῷ μόνῳ Δεσπότῃ, καὶ ἐκβοῶντας φόβῳ·
Λυτρωτά, εὔφορον πᾶσι τὸ ἔτος χορήγησον.

You, the Creator and the Lord of the ages,
O God of all, truly transcending all essence, we
earnestly entreat, that You will bless the year,
and, O tender-loving Lord, in Your infinite
mercy, only Master, save us all who worship
and serve You, O our Redeemer, and who cry
with fear, “For all Your servants, make fruitful
the coming year.”