To Thee the Champion Leader | Mother of God | Theotokos with Sword IconoGraphic | Orthodox Christian Art PosterTo 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, O Unwedded Bride! A Prince of the Angels was sent from Heaven to say to the Theotokos, Rejoice! And seeing Thee, O Lord, take bodily form at the sound of his bodiless voice,

“O Lord God

you would like to do some other good deed for Christ's sake

Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask

Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing

" It's a monogram often found on Orthodox iconography depicting Jesus Christ

and He shall reign forever and ever

all those with the duty to preserve others from corruption

Did I welcome the stranger

The hymn to the Bridegroom sung at every Bridegroom Matins during Holy Week* likens sleep to lack of sobriety

- The Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom

Even the Pagans Meditated on Death

[He] made Himself of no reputation