Echoes from the Temple

Ritual to be performed on the first day of the Lunar Month.

Opening Prayer

I call out to all the Immortal

And eternal Gods of Mount Olympus,

You, pillars of the world.

Come immortal Gods to this prayer,

Come joyous to these libations

And grant us all untainted virtue.

*Offer Libation of Wine*

Prayer to Hestia

Light Central Fire and Offer Libations of Wine

O Blessed Hestia,

Royal daughter of the mighty Kronos,

You are the magnificent

And perpetual fire,

Elevate the pious suppliants

Who give due honor

And worship unto you in these sacred rites

Grant unto them happiness everlasting

You who are needed by all

Come, smiling blessed goddess,

Accept from me these offerings with kind heart

Inspiring happiness and gentle health.

Prayer to Hekate

Hail unto thee, Hekate,

You who are favored above all,

Hekate, hear us!

You who are the watcher of harbors

Hekate, hear us!

You who are the protector of travelers

On both land and sea

Hekate hear us!

You hold the keys to the Cosmos

And stand at the crossroads of time and space

Hekate hear us!

I call to you, descend upon this temple

And attend these sacred rites

Bring your power and joy unto our hearts

Hekate hear me!

*Offer Libation of Wine and Honey*

Prayer to Zeus Ktesios

With Kadiskos

Most High Zeus,

Eternal Zeus,

Thundering in the Heavens,

You hold judgment over the deeds of men

And deliver justice upon the hubris.

O blessed Ktesios and Erkeios,

Hear my prayer and look upon me.

Come benevolent and mighty Zeus

Come bearing wealth and good fortune

Come with Joyous Agathos Daemon.

*Offer Libation of Wine and Honey*

Prayer to Hera

I call to Hera,

Beautiful daughter of Kronos and blessed Rhea,

Queen of Olympus,

Beloved wife of thundering Zeus.

Friend of marriage,

Protector of home and family,

And most exalted Goddess,

I pray to you.

I praise you noble Hera,

Queen of the deathless Gods.

I pray to you, Hera,

Warder of the bonds of marriage,

I give honor to your beauty, wisdom, and might.

Hail Hera, may you look favorably upon my home.

Prayer to Apollo

To you, I pray Apollon Hekateios

To whom it is a sacred custom to invoke.

Come, O Blessed Paian,

O Divine Phoebos,

Who dispense blessings,

The Delphic prophet, bright Daemon.

Your eyes see all things

And bring light to mortals.

Light bringing ever youthful Daemon

Hear my prayer and have a kindly heart.

O Hekatebolos,

The pious wish to be in your presence,

So that we may live a divine life.

Noumenios, come with a joyous heart,

Bearing good fortune

And good favor for all endeavors.

*Offer Libation of Wine and Honey*

Prayer to Hermes

Hear my prayers,

Hermes of the roads,

Messenger of mighty Zeus,

Friend of man and with a kind heart.

I pray to thee as protector

Of this Oikos and Temenos,

Swift of foot and messenger

Of the will of the gods.

I pray to thee, look kindly

Upon this Temple and my home.

*Offer Libation of Wine and Honey*

Prayer to Artemis

I pray to you, Artemis

Wild huntress of the woods,

Slayer of the stag and the boar,

Lady of the crescent moon

And sister to Apollo.

Maiden Goddess

Who takes joy in song and dance

Companion of the laughing nymphs

In all their play

Come with good disposition,

Bearing good fortune

For the coming month.

*Offer Libation of Wine and Honey*

Giving of Offerings

Elevate Food Offerings

O Gods, accept from me this food,

that you may shape the course of my life with luminous light

and make it abundant with good things,

deliver me from all sicknesses and evils.

Elevate Incense Offerings

O Gods, accept from me this incense,

that you may reveal to me, the path of Divine Guidance

and permit me to gaze upon that precious light.

For when I am weary, bring me to the haven of piety with your winds.

Closing Prayer

Khaire, O Blessed Gods,

May you look upon the pious

With kind hearts,

Never abandon us,

And turn from us all illness

And misfortune,

And drive away all sorrow.

Σελαθαη!