Wednesday Night, T1

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A post in the Canon Project.

Canon of supplication to the most holy Theotokos, in Tone I

ODE I

Let us all chant a triumphant hymn unto God Who wrought wondrous miracles with His upraised arm and saved Israel, for He has been glorified.

Most holy Theotokos, save us!

The bush prefigured you, О Birthgiver of God; for, remaining unconsumed, you truly held the unbearable Fire. Wherefore, with faithful voices we hymn you unceasingly.

Most holy Theotokos, save us!

God the Logos, clothing Himself in human nature, became incarnate from you in a manner transcending understanding, О most pure one. Wherefore, every breath glorifies you and rightly renders homage and honor to you.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

О most pure one, you conceives the ineffable Logos Who upholds all the ends of the earth, and you have given birth to Him. Earnestly beseech Him that He have mercy on us.

Both now and forever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

In that you alone have given birth within time to the timeless God incarnate, О most pure Lady, heal the immemorial sufferings of my passion-plagued soul.

ODE III

Let my heart be established in Your will O Christ God, Who established a second heaven over the waters, and founded the earth upon the waters, O all-powerful One.

Most holy Theotokos, save us!

That He might deify humanity, God became man through you, О pure Virgin, in a manner past all telling and understanding. Wherefore together we, the faithful, call you blessed.

Most holy Theotokos, save us!

He Who by nature is uncircumscribable became circumscribed, incarnate from you, О pure one, full of the grace of God. Unceasingly entreat Him that He take pity and enlighten the souls of those who bless you.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

Dispel all the fruitlessness of mine unfruitful thoughts, and show forth my soul as fruitful in the virtues, О most holy Theotokos, for you are the helper of the faithful.

Both now and forever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Deliver me from every evil circumstance, from the many temptations of the serpent, and from eternal fire and darkness, О most immaculate one who for us gave birth to the never-waning Light.

ODE IV

Foreseeing in the Spirit O Prophet Habbakuk, the incarnation of the Logos, you proclaimed, crying aloud: When the years draw nigh, You will be known; when the season comes, You shall be shown forth! Glory to Your power, O Lord!

Most holy Theotokos, save us!

Christ made His abode within your most pure womb, О all-holy Lady, and deified us, assuming animate flesh. Wherefore O pure Mother, we hymn you in an Orthodox manner, О Lady, helper of the world.

Most holy Theotokos, save us!

Sanctify us, О holy Theotokos who gave birth in the flesh to the Most holy One Who desired to become like unto men; and by your supplications, О most pure one, show us all to be partakers of the heavenly kingdom.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

О Virgin Theotokos, undefiled tabernacle, with the pure beams of your compassions cleanse me who have defiled myself with transgressions, and grant me a helping hand, that I may cry: Glory to Your power, О Lord!

Both now and forever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

You were revealed to be a temple sanctified for God, О Virgin, and He made His abode in you in a manner transcending understanding. Beseech Him that He wash away the defilement of our sins, that we may be shown to be temples and habitations of the Spirit.

ODE V

Grant us Your peace, O Son of God, for we know no other God than You, and we call upon Your Name, * for You are the God of the living and the dead.

Most holy Theotokos, save us!

The wicked eating done in Eden made me mortal; but do you, О pure one who has given birth to Life, restore me to life who have been slain by the tree of old, that I may lift up my voice in hymns, glorifying you.

Most holy Theotokos, save us!

О all-pure one, save me from cruel tribulations! Raise me up from the vile passions, and from the captivity and oppression of the evil demons deliver me who honors you with love.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

О pure Virgin Mother, we know you to be the cloud and garden of paradise, the portal of the Light, the table and fleece, and the jar holding within yourself the Manna which is the delight of the world.

Both now and forever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

О most immaculate one who has given birth to God, Emmanuel, Who in His loving-kindness manifestly became a man: beseech Him to have pity on sinful people, in that He is the Lover of mankind, О pure one.

ODE VI

Lead my life up from corruption O Christ God. As did Prophet Jonah, I cry to You O Lover of mankind, for with You is life, incorruption and might.

Most holy Theotokos, save us!

I entreat you, the good and undefiled tabernacle: By your mediation wash away all defilement from me who have been defiled by many sins.

Most holy Theotokos, save us!

О pure one, be a guide for me who am tempest-tossed upon the cruel abyss of the perils of life; direct me to the harbor of salvation, and save me.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

The threefold billows of evil thoughts, the assaults of the passions, and the abyss of sins bestorm my wretched soul. Heal me, О holy Lady!

Both now and forever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

О Mary, the tabernacle of sanctification, sanctify my wretched soul which has been defiled by pleasures, and make me a partaker of divine glory.

Lord, have mercy, (3x).
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Both now and forever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Sessional Hymn, in Tone I:

О Virgin who gave nourishment to One of the Trinity, О beauteous garden of paradise, salvation of mortals: by your protection save those who piously hymn you, for you gave birth to Him Who spake in the prophets, and bore Him Who upholds all things, in that you are the Mother of Christ God.

ODE VII

Your children who were in the furnace O Savior, were neither touched nor troubled by the fire. Whereupon the three sang, as with a single mouth Your praises and blessed You, saying: ‘O God of our fathers, Blessed are You.’

Most holy Theotokos, save us!

The Son of the beginningless Father made His abode within your womb, receiving a beginning, that He might deliver us who worship Him from the evil princes of darkness, in that He is God, О pure Birthgiver of God.

Most holy Theotokos, save us!

Arrayed in divine virtues, О pure Virgin, you gave birth to the Logos Who with the Father is beginningless, and has truly covered the heavens with virtues. Continually entreat Him that He have pity on us.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

Sanctify our thoughts, make steadfast the souls of all, О Mother of God, that we may execute well the judgments of the Logos of the beginningless Father Who, in His ineffable loving-kindness, became incarnate from you, О Virgin.

Both now and forever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Revive my mind which has been slain by many passions, О most immaculate one, and strengthen me to do God-pleasing works, that I may always magnify you as the helper and hope of Christians.

ODE VIII

Him of whom the angels and all the hosts of heaven are in awe as their Lord and Creator, you priests hymn, you children praise, you peoples bless and supremely exalt throughout all ages.

Most holy Theotokos, save us!

By your vigilant supplications to God, О most immaculate one, we who acknowledge you to be the blessed and all-joyous Theotokos, are delivered from all manner of temptations.

Most holy Theotokos, save us!

In a godly manner the Incorporeal One became incarnate from you. Beg Him, О most pure one, that He mortify the passions of my flesh and revive my soul, which has been slain by sins.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

О most pure one who gave birth to God the Savior, Who healed the abasement of Adam: beg Him to heal the incurably painful wounds of my soul.

Both now and forever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Raise me up who lie in the abyss of evils, and vanquish the enemies who now assail me, the unseemly pleasures which eat away my soul. Disdain me not, О pure one, but have pity and save me!

ODE IX

The light-bearing cloud upon whom the beginningless Master of all descended from heaven, like the dew upon the fleece, and of whom He was incarnate, becoming a man for our sake, let us all magnify as the pure Mother of God.

Most holy Theotokos, save us!

О most immaculate one who has given birth to the divine Light Who shone forth from the Father, have pity on my soul, which has become darkened by the deceptions of life and is become an object of mockery to my enemies; and grant unto me the light of saving repentance, О pure one.

Most holy Theotokos, save us!

О most immaculate one, Isaiah beheld you as a luminous cloud from whence the Sun of Righteousness shone forth upon us, mystically to enlighten creation. Wherefore, with faith we hymn you who are beautiful among women.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

Loving sin, I live in slothfulness, О pure one. I tremble before the unfailing judgment, at which I beg you to preserve me uncondemned by your holy prayers, О Virgin Bride of God, that I may ever bless you as my helper.

Both now and forever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

I tremble before the judg­ment and the inescapable eye of your Son, having committed many sins on earth. Wherefore, I cry to you: О all-merciful Lady, help me! О pure one, rescue me uncondemned from my need at that time!

Then, “It is truly meet …,” and a prostration.
Trisagion, and the rest, as usual. Dismissal.

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