All that we are, and hope to be—

This is our offering.

ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ σήμερον προφητικῶς εὐφραινέσθωσαν

(Στιχηρὰ Ἰδιόμελα)

I

In the bliss of old predicted,

Heaven and earth to-day rejoice;

Men and angels, one in spirit,

Shout aloud in gleeful voice;

For, to those in darkness drear,