To Thee the Champion Leader | Mother of God | Theotokos with Sword IconoGraphic | Orthodox Christian Tote BagTo thee, the Champion Leader, we thy servants dedicate a feast of victory and of thanksgiving as ones rescued out of sufferings, O Theotokos: but as thou art one with might which is invincible, from all dangers that can be do thou deliver us, that we may cry to thee: Rejoice, O Unwedded Bride! A Prince of the Angels was sent from Heaven to say to the Theotokos, Rejoice! And seeing Thee, O Lord, take bodily form at the sound of his bodiless voice,

you would like to do some other good deed for Christ's sake

and a guarantee of either eternal blessedness or eternal suffering

But if your heart turns away so that you do not hear

indivisible and unconfused

and instead of sweet perfumes it is anointed with clay:

lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone

- Tuesday Matins

She was able to say nothing more and she threw herself down at the feet of her Teacher to wash them with tears of joy

but even their influence

But I say to you

Who art in the heavens [Greek οὐρανοῖς ouranois: plural]

‘Forgive me