Theotokion

τὸ ἀπ’ αἰῶνος ἀπόκρυφον

Triodion, p. 469

O Mystery, hidden from the world

Through all the ages past—

Even to the angel hosts unknown—

Is manifest at last;

And thou, Theotokos, hast given

Incarnate God, from highest heaven.

God in His fulness wears our flesh,

And from our sin and loss

Redeemed us by His pain and death

Upon the awful Cross.

Save us, through Him who cast away

The bands of death, we humbly pray.

ἐκ τοῦ Πνεύματός σου

Pentecostarion, p. 190

Even as thou said’st, O Christ,

The Holy Spirit came,

And now our hearts possess

The knowledge of Thy name.

For Thou hast richly poured

Thy Spirit on our race,

To teach the Father’s will,

And magnify Thy grace.

Forth from the Father, Thou

Cam’st to our human needs,

And from that Source of Life

The Holy Ghost proceeds.

All glory to our God,

And to the Christ, His Son,

And to the Holy Ghost,

Eternal Three in One.