Theotokos: For us, do not cease to pray for the Good, the weakness of our only leader: famine, and destruction, and cowardice, and all bitterness, will be delivered from the city that honors Thee, the Mother of God, the hope of earthly beings.
Θεοτοκίον. Ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν δυσωποῦσα, τὸν ἀγαθὸν μὴ ἐλλείπῃς, τὸν τὴν ἀσθένειαν ἡμῶν, ἐπιστάμενον μόνον, λοιμοῦ λιμοῦ τε, καὶ σεισμοῦ, καὶ πάσης κακώσεως, λυτρώσασθαι, τὴν τιμῶσαν σε πόλιν Θεοτόκε, ἡ ἐλπὶς τῶν γηγενῶν.
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Other. Irmos: The door you saw:
Ὁ Εἱρμὸς «Σὲ τὴν ὁραθεῖσαν πύλην, ὑπὸ Ἰεζεκιὴλ τοῦ Προφήτου, ἐν ᾗ οὐδεὶς διῆλθεν, εἰμὴ ὁ Θεὸς μόνος, Θεοτόκε Παρθένε, ἐν ὕμνοις μεγαλύνομεν.”
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The octoechus is luminous: Glory to the saint, if he exists. Or else: Glory, even now, is the Mother of God.
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On the verse, the stichera is self-consonant, Tone 3:
For all times, fasting is beneficial for those who are willing and creative: below, the demonic temptation dares to attack the one who fasts: but the guardians of our life, the Angels, who are most lovingly present with us, fast purified.
Ἦχος γˊ. Ἰδιόμελον
Πάντα τὸν χρόνον, ἡ νηστεία ὠφέλιμός ἐστι, τοῖς αἱρουμένοις καὶ ποιοῦσιν αὐτήν· οὔτε γὰρ ἐπήρεια δαιμόνων, κατατολμᾷ τοῦ νηστεύοντος· ἀλλὰ καὶ οἱ φύλακες τῆς ζωῆς ἡμῶν Ἄγγελοι, φιλοπονώτερον παραμένουσι, τοῖς διὰ νηστείας ἡμῖν κεκαθαρμένοις. (Δίς)
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Verse: In the morning we were filled with Thy mercy, Lord, and we rejoiced and rejoiced: all our days we rejoiced, for the days in the Lord you humbled us, for the years in the Lord the sight of evil. And look upon Thy servants, and upon Thy works, and instruct their sons.
And we sing the same stichera.
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The same verse: And bring the Lord our God's grace upon us, and restore the work of our hands upon us, and restore the work of our hands.
Martyred: In memory of the holy passion-bearers, come, people, let us all honor: for the shame of having been an angel and a man, we have received victorious crowns from Christ, and pray for our souls.
Μαρτυρικόν. Τῶν Ἁγίων Ἀθλοφόρων τὴν μνήμην, δεῦτε λαοὶ ἅπαντες τιμήσωμεν· ὅτι θέατρον γενόμενοι, Ἀγγέλοις καὶ ἀνθρώποις, τὸν τῆς νίκης στέφανον, παρὰ Χριστοῦ ἐκομίσαντο, καὶ πρεσβεύουσιν ὑπὲρ τῶν ψυχῶν ἡμῶν.
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Glory, and now, the Mother of God, the same voice:
Without seed you conceived from the Holy Spirit, and we glorify You: Rejoice, All-Holy Virgin.
Θεοτοκίον. Ἀσπόρως συνέλαβες, ἐκ Πνεύματος ἁγίου· καὶ δοξολογοῦντες ἀνυμνοῦμεν σε· Χαῖρε Παναγία Παρθένε.
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