The Great Canon Á-? On Tuesday of the First Week - Page 8 of 19
firmness of purpose in all you have learned or known, or in
your temptations, but you have proved unpersevering.
(Job 1)
He who was formerly on a throne is now naked on a dunghill
and covered with sores. He who had many children and was
much admired is suddenly childless and homeless. Yet he
regarded the dunghill as a palace and his sores as pearls
. (Job
2:7-8)
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.
Where God wills, the order of nature is overruled; for He
does whatever He wishes.