(Holiday December 25)
Your Nativity, Christ our God, / the world’s light of reason shines forth: / in it the stars serve, / I study with the star, / I bow to you, the Sun of righteousness, / and I lead you from the heights of the East: // Lord, glory to You.
In Russian
Your birth, Christ our God, illuminated the world with the light of the knowledge of God, for then those who served the stars as God were taught by the star to worship You, the Sun of Truth, and to know You, the East, from on high. Lord, glory to You.
Vedeti - to know.
This troparion says that the birth of the Savior was a spiritual light for people, because the eastern sages recognized Him by the wonderful star that appeared at the birth of the Savior.
Who are the servants of the stars?
Eastern sages who guessed the fate of a person by the movements of the stars and who, when a special star appeared in the sky, learned about the birth of the Savior.
Who is this Vostok from above?
This is our Savior Jesus Christ, enlightening us with faith from heavenly heights, just as the rising sun in the east spreads daylight across the earth and revives it.