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Canons for Holy Communion
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Rejoice, thou through whom we worship the Creator!
Rejoice, thou Bride unwedded!
Kontakion 1
To 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, thou Bride unwedded!
ODE 7
Eirmos: When the golden image was worshipped in the plain of Dura, Thy three
children despised the godless order. Thrown into the fire, they were bedewed and sang:
Blessed art Thou, O God of our fathers.
O sweetest Jesus, save us.
O Christ Jesus, no one on earth hath ever sinned, O my Jesus, as I, the wretched one
and prodigal, have sinned. Wherefore, I cry to Thee, my Jesus, have compassion on me
as I sing: Blessed art Thou, O God of our fathers.
O sweetest Jesus, save us.
O Christ Jesus, I cry: Nail me down with the fear of Thee, O my Jesus, and pilot me
to Thy calm haven now, O my compassionate Jesus, that as one saved I may sing to
Thee: Blessed art Thou, O God of our fathers.
O sweetest Jesus, save us.
O Christ Jesus, ten thousand times have I, the passionate one, promised Thee
repentance, O my Jesus, but wretch that I am, I deceived Thee. Wherefore, I cry to
Thee, my Jesus: Enlighten my soul which remaineth unfeeling: O Christ, the God of our
fathers, blessed art Thou.