Lest the Bridegroom pass thee by,
And thou knock without in darkness,
And for grief and anguish cry;
Take thy lamp, with oil, and trim it,
For the hour is drawing nigh.
ἔργῳ, ὡς πάλαι τοῖς μαθηταῖς ἐπηγγείλω
(τροπάρια)
By St. Cosmas, died 760 A.D.
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O Jesus, Lover of our race,