lovers of Christ and lovers of God. to the meeting of the Lord and Master, let us all go to meet Him joyfully and pure, not according to the law, but spiritually, not delighting in the belly, but leaping in the spirit, not drunk with wine, but fervent in the spirit. Thus today let us joyfully and brightly adorn our lamps. Thus, as sons of light, let us bring the candles to the true light, Christ, because a light for the revelation of the Gentiles has appeared to the world. Therefore, as lights from light, let us shine brighter than snow, being formed whiter than milk, being made more brilliant than sapphire stone, flying up to the heavens more unspotted than doves, thus let us go forth in clouds to meet God. 16 Let all of us today and always shout the things of the feast. Let us dance with angels. Let us be illumined with shepherds. Let us worship with the magi. Let us celebrate with Bethlehem. Let us go to meet with Zion. Let us be sanctified with the temple. Let us rejoice with the virgin, magnifying Him. Let us with Joseph offer our soul and body as two turtledoves. Let us embrace Christ with Simeon, and let us give thanks with Anna. So that we may be within the eternal good things by the grace and compassion and love for mankind of our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and the power with the Father and the Holy Spirit, unto the ages of ages. Amen.

φιλόχριστοι καὶ φιλόθεοι. τῇ τοῦ κυρίου καὶ δεσπότου ὑπαντῇ φαιδροὶ πάντες καὶ καθαροὶ ὑπαντήσωμεν, μὴ νομικῶς, ἀλλὰ πνευματικῶς, μὴ γαστρὶ τρυφῶντες, ἀλλὰ πνεύματι σκιρτῶντες, μὴ οἴνῳ μεθύοντες, ἀλλὰ τῷ πνεύματι ζέοντες. οὕτως σήμερον φαιδροὶ φαιδρῶς τὰς λαμπάδας κοσμήσωμεν. οὕτως ὡς υἱοὶ φωτὸς τοὺς κηροὺς τῷ φωτὶ τῷ ἀληθινῷ Χριστῷ προσαγάγωμεν, διότι φῶς εἰς ἀποκάλυψιν ἐθνῶν τῷ κόσμῳ ἐπέφανε. διὸ ὡς φῶτα ἐκ φωτὸς ὑπὲρ χιόνα ἀναλάμψωμεν, ὑπὲρ γάλα τυρωθέντες, ὑπὲρ λίθον σάπφειρον αὐγασθέντες, ὑπὲρ περιστερὰς ἀσπίλους εἰς οὐρανοὺς ἀναπτάντες, οὕτως ἐν νεφέλαις εἰς θεοῦ ὑπάντησιν ἐξέλθωμεν. 16 Ἅπαντες σήμερον καὶ διὰ παντὸς τὰ τῆς ἑορτῆς βοήσωμεν. μετὰ ἀγγέλων χορεύσωμεν. μετὰ ποιμένων καταυγασθῶμεν. μετὰ μάγων προσκυνήσωμεν. μετὰ τῆς Βηθλεὲμ ἑορτάσωμεν. μετὰ τῆς Σιὼν ὑπαντήσωμεν. μετὰ τοῦ ναοῦ ἁγιασθῶμεν. μετὰ τῆς παρθένου μεγαλύνοντες ἀγαλλιασθῶμεν. μετὰ Ἰωσὴφ προσενέγκωμεν ὡς δύο τρυγόνας τὴν ψυχὴν καὶ τὸ σῶμα. μετὰ Συμεὼν Χριστὸν ἐναγκαλισώμεθα, καὶ μετὰ Ἄννης ἀνθομολογησώμεθα. ὅπως τῶν αἰωνίων ἀγαθῶν ἐντὸς γενώμεθα χάριτι καὶ οἰκτιρμοῖς καὶ φιλανθρωπίᾳ τοῦ κυρίου καὶ θεοῦ καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ᾧ ἡ δόξα καὶ τὸ κράτος σὺν τῷ πατρὶ καὶ τῷ ἁγίῳ πνεύματι εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν.