III
Say to the Christ that strife of sin should cease,
That to this world should come the bliss of peace.
Hail! full of grace, Virgin to thee be praise,
Now and for ever through the endless days.
Hirmos
(Ode VI. from the poem of Cosmas the Monk)
ναυτιῶν τῷ σὰλῳ τῶν βιωτικῶν μελημάτων
Pentecostarion, p. 190