The Great Canon Á-? On Wednesday of the First Week - Page 3 of 20
Song 2.
Eirmos:
Attend, O heaven, and I will speak, and will sing
of Christ who came to dwell among us in flesh which
He took from the Virgin.
Refrain:
Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me.
Troparia:
I have slipped and fallen like David through lack of discipline,
and I am covered with filth; but wash me too, O Savior, with
my tears.
(II Kings 11:1-4)
No tears, no repentance have I, no compunction. But as
God, O Savior, grant me these.
I have lost my first-created beauty and comeliness; and now
I lie naked, and I am ashamed.
Close not Thy door to me then, Lord, Lord; but open it to me
who repent to Thee.
(Matthew 25:11)
Give ear to the sighs and groans of my soul, and accept the
drops of my eyes, O Savior, and save me.
O Lover of men, Who wishest all to be saved, in Thy
goodness recall me and receive me who repent.
(1 Tim. 2:4)
Refrain:
Most holy Mother of God, save us.
Theotokion:
Spotless Mother of God, only all-hymned Virgin, pray
intensely that we may be saved.