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in sackcloth espousing the radiant robe of Christ; O repentance, who drives out the way of Cain from the heart, and instills the desire and joy of purity; O repentance, who wipes away the foul odor of sins, and adorns with the sweet fragrance of righteous deeds; O repentance, housemate of peace, tentmate of friendship, yokemate of love, flower breathing hope; the silver-colored lambs that feed on you bring forth the purple scepters of the Trinity. But lest by lengthening the discourse we seem to chatter idly, here having sealed the purse of our words, let us send you forth to the God-created meadow, in which are the sweet-breathing trees, the trunks of the doctrines, which God through the fathers planted for you as the roof of the Church through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom be glory and power with the Holy Spirit unto the ages of ages. Amen.

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σάκκῳ τὴν ἐξαστράπτουσαν στολὴν Χριστοῦ μνηστευομένη· ὢ μετάνοια, ἡ τὸν τρόπον τοῦ Κάϊν ἐκ τῆς καρδίας ἐλαύνουσα, καὶ τὸν πόθον καὶ χαρὰν τῆς ἁγνείας ἐμβάλλουσα· ὢ μετάνοια, ἡ τὴν δυσωδίαν τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων ἀποσμήχουσα, καὶ τὴν εὐωδίαν τῶν κατορθωμάτων στολίζουσα· ὢ μετάνοια εἰρήνης σύνοικε, φιλίας ὁμόσκηνε, ἀγάπης ὁμόζυγε, ἐλπιδόπνοον ἄνθος· σὲ οἱ νεμόμενοι ἀργυρόχροοι ἄρνες πορφύρεα σκῆπτρα τῆς Τριάδος ἐρεύγονται. Ἀλλ' ἵνα μὴ μηκύναντες τὸν λόγον δόξωμεν ἐρεσχελεῖν, ἐνταῦθα τὸ βαλάντιον τῶν λόγων ἡμῶν σφραγίσαντες ἐπὶ τὸν θεόκτιστον λειμῶνα ὑμᾶς παραπέμψωμεν, ἐν ᾧ εἰσὶ τὰ καλλίπνοα δένδρα τῶν δογμάτων στελέχη, ἃ ὁ Θεὸς διὰ τῶν πατέρων εἰς ὀροφὴν τῆς Ἐκκλησίας ὑμῖν κατεφύτευσε διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν, ᾧ ἡ δόξα καὶ τὸ κράτος σὺν ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.