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Canons for Holy Communion
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Rejoice, ark made golden by the Spirit!
Rejoice, inexhaustible treasury of Life!
Rejoice, precious diadem of pious kings!
Rejoice, precious boast of devoted priests!
Rejoice, unshakable tower of the Church!
Rejoice, inviolable wall of the Kingdom!
Rejoice, thou through whom victories are obtained!
Rejoice, thou before whom foes fall prostrate!
Rejoice, healing of my body!
Rejoice, salvation of my soul!
Rejoice, thou Bride unwedded!
Kontakion 13
O all-praised Mother who didst bear the Word holiest of all the Saints, accept now our
offering, and deliver us from all misfortune, and rescue from the torment to come those
that cry to thee: Alleluia! (Thrice)
This Kontakion is said thrice. And Ekos 1 and Kontakion 1 are read again.
Ekos 1
An Archangel was sent from Heaven to say to the Theotokos: Rejoice! And seeing
Thee, O Lord, taking bodily form, he was amazed and with his bodiless voice he stood
crying to her such things as these:
Rejoice, thou through whom joy will flash forth!
Rejoice, thou through whom the curse will cease!
Rejoice, revival of fallen Adam!
Rejoice, redemption of the tears of Eve!
Rejoice, height hard to climb for human thoughts!
Rejoice, depth hard to contemplate even for the eyes of Angels!
Rejoice, for thou art the King's throne!
Rejoice, for thou bearest Him Who beareth all!
Rejoice, star that causest the Sun to appear!
Rejoice, womb of the divine incarnation!
Rejoice, thou through whom creation becometh new!