The Great Canon Á-? On Thursday of the First Week - Page 8 of 20
to awareness of Thee. May I never be the possession or
food of the enemy. O Savior, have compassion on me.
I am become my own idol, and have injured my soul with
passions, O merciful Lord, but accept me in penitence and
recall me to awareness of Thee. May I never be the
possession or food of the enemy. O Savior, have
compassion on me.
I have not listened to Thy voice, I have disobeyed Thy
Scripture, O Lawgiver, but accept me in penitence and recall
me to awareness of Thee. May I never be the possession or
food of the enemy. O Savior, have compassion on me.
Refrain:
Holy mother Mary, pray for us.
To St. Mary of Egypt:
Though dragged down to the depth of great
offences, thou wast not held there. But with better thought
thou didst return by action to consummate virtue beyond all
expectation, to the amazement of angel kind, O Mary.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy
Spirit:
To The Trinity:
I confess Thee to be undivided in essence,
unconfused in persons, One Triune Divinity, co-enthroned
and co-reigning. I sing Thee the great song thrice sung on
high.
Now and ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.
Theotokion:
Thou givest birth and livest a virgin life, and in both
remainest a virgin by nature. He Who is born of thee renews
the laws of nature, and a womb gives birth without travail.