The Great Canon Á-? On Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent - Page 14 of 59
Now and ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.
Theotokion:
Rejoice, God-receiving womb! Rejoice, throne of the
Lord! Rejoice, Mother of our Life!
Another Eirmos
Establish, O Lord, my unstable heart on the rock
of Thy commandments, for Thou only art Holy and Lord.
8.
In Thee, the Conqueror of death, I have found the Source
of Life, and from my heart I cry to Thee before my end: I
have sinned, be merciful, save me.
9.
I have imitated those who were licentious in Noah's time,
and I have earned a share in their condemnation of drowning
in the flood.
(Genesis 6)
10.
I have sinned, O Lord, I have sinned against Thee. Be
merciful to me. For there is no one who has sinned among
men whom I have not surpassed by my sins.
11.
You have imitated Ham, that spurner of his father, my soul.
You have not concealed your neighborÁ-?s shame by returning
to him looking backwards.
(Genesis 9:20-27)
12.
You have not inherited Shem's blessing, wretched soul,
nor have you received that vast possession like Japheth in
the land of forgiveness.
(Genesis 9:26-27)
13. .
Come out, my soul, from sin, from the land of Haran!
Come into the land of eternal life flowing with incorruption
which Abraham inherited.
(Genesis 12:4)
14.
You have heard, my soul, how Abraham of old left the land
of his fathers and became a nomad. Imitate his resolution.
(Genesis 12:1)
15.
At the Oak of Mamre the Patriarch entertained Angels, and
inherited in his old age the spoil of the promise.
(Genesis 18:1)