Canons for Holy Communion
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The Canons for Holy Communion
ODE I
Eirmos: In the deep of old the infinite Power overwhelmed Pharaoh's whole army. But
the incarnate Word annihilated pernicious sin. Exceedingly glorious is the Lord, for
gloriously hath he been glorified.
To our Lord Jesus Christ:
O sweetest Jesus, save us.
Troparia: Sweetest Jesus Christ, long-suffering Jesus, heal the wounds of my soul,
Jesus, and make sweet my heart, O Greatly-Merciful One, I pray Thee, Jesus my
Saviour, that being saved by Thee, I may magnify Thee.
O sweetest Jesus, save us.
Sweetest Jesus Christ, Jesus, open to me the door of repentance, O Jesus, Lover of
mankind, and accept me, O Jesus my Saviour, as I fall down before Thee and fervently
implore the forgiveness of my sins.
O sweetest Jesus, save us.
Sweetest Jesus Christ, Jesus, snatch me from the hand of deceitful Belial, O Jesus, and
make me stand at the right of Thy glory, O Jesus my Saviour, delivering me from the
lot of those on the left.
O most holy Theotokos, save us.
O Lady who gavest birth to Jesus our God, pray for us worthless slaves, that by thy
prayers, O immaculate one, we who are defiled may be delivered from torment, O
spotless one, and enjoy everlasting glory.
To the Theotokos:
O most holy Theotokos, save us.