To Thee the Champion Leader | Mother of God | Theotokos with Sword IconoGraphic | Orthodox Christian Black MugTo 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,

lifted up by priestly hands

"Let us attend

4716: σταυρός staurós

and blot out all mine iniquities

in the tabernacles of the righteous

and believe but “come out to the judgment

to repay every one for what he has done

but then why was I suffering

and the Lord brought me forth by the Spirit

The Logos is the Beginning of all things because from Him flow the creative outpourings

which wage war against your soul

regretting to inform the king that He was unable to pay him the requested visit