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they chose to wear haircloth for all time. Hail, full of grace, for you became a refuge for us, and you mediate on behalf of us, the earth-born, to your Son, and your God, and our God. Hail, full of grace, hail, the common salvation of all the ends of the earth together, and the Christian protection of all Christians. Hail, the only ready help of the helpless, and the only greatly powerful strength of the powerless. Hail, full of grace, hail, the only exaltation of the humble, and the only support of the poor, and the only mother of orphans, and of the poor, and of widows. Hail, full of grace, hail, the only consolation of the weary, and the only shelter of the unsheltered. Hail, full of grace, hail, the only redemption of captives, and the only recall of the exiled and banished. Hail, full of grace, hail, the only visitation of the sick, and the only healing of the infirm, and the only cure of the demon-possessed. Hail, full of grace, hail, the only governance of those who sail, and the only fellow-traveler and companion of those who journey by night. Hail, for the eyes of all of us hope in you, the only pure one, and gaze upon you always. Hail, full of grace, hail, you who always preside over us the humble, and deliver us from all just wrath and threat. Hail, full of grace, hail, you who always preserve and shelter our poor-born race in temptations, in dangers, and in various misfortunes. Hail, full of grace, hail, for no one like you, except God, has inherited so great a name, or ever attained such glory. Hail, truly most blessed, hail, through whom we today celebrate in a super-cosmic manner this super-cosmic day. Hail, truly most blessed, hail, through whom we today celebrate with all the people a feast of feasts, and a festival of festivals. Hail, truly most blessed, hail, through whom we today are gathered together in flocks in your holy temples, and honor you with a great voice. Hail, truly most blessed, hail, through whom we today, gathering like bees, offer abundant hymnody, as you offer protection. Hail, full of grace, hail, through whom we today, bearing light, splendidly magnify you in the Church. Hail, truly most blessed, hail, through whom we today have stirred up the sayings of David with David, and those of the angel with the angel. Hail, truly most blessed, hail, through whom we today, captive praisers, have woven this fourfold pentacontad of joy-making prophecies; but extend your mercy, all-good Lady, to those who know you, and look upon your servants and upon your works, and direct all to the way of peace, for the eyes of all hope in you, and through your mediation we have received reconciliation with your Son and God, and 96.661 our God; to whom be glory, to whom be dominion, to whom be strength with His unoriginate Father, and the consubstantial and Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the endless ages of ages. Amen.

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τριχινοφορεῖν διὰ παντὸς ᾑρετίσαντο. Χαῖρε, κεχαριτωμένη, ὅτι καταφυγὴ ἐγενήθης ἡμῖν, καὶ μεσιτολογεῖς ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν τῶν πηλογενῶν πρὸς τὸν Υἱόν σου, καὶ Θεόν σου, καὶ Θεὸν ἡμῶν. Χαῖρε, κεχαριτωμένη, χαῖρε, ἡ πάντων ὁμοῦ τῶν περάτων τῆς γῆς κοινὴ σωτηρία, καὶ πάντων τῶν Χριστιανῶν Χριστιανικὴ προστασία. Χαῖρε, ἡ μόνη τῶν ἀβοηθήτων παραστατικὴ βοήθεια, καὶ μόνη τῶν ἀδυνάτων μεγαλοδύναμος δύναμις. Χαῖρε, κεχαριτωμένη, χαῖρε, ἡ μόνη τῶν ταπεινῶν ἀνύψωσις, καὶ μόνη τῶν πενήτων ἀντίληψις, καὶ μόνη μήτηρ τῶν ὀρφανῶν, καὶ πτωχῶν, καὶ χηρῶν. Χαῖρε, κεχαριτωμένη, χαῖρε, ἡ μόνη τῶν καταπονουμένων παραμυθία, καὶ μόνη τῶν ἀσκεπῶν σκέπη. Χαῖρε, κεχαριτωμένη, χαῖρε, ἡ μόνη τῶν αἰχμαλώτων λύτρωσις, καὶ μόνη τῶν ἐξορίστων καὶ ἐξορισμένων ἀνάκλησις. Χαῖρε, κεχαριτωμένη, χαῖρε, ἡ μόνη τῶν νοσούντων ἐπίσκεψις, καὶ μόνη τῶν ἀσθενούντων ἴασις, καὶ μόνη τῶν δαιμονώντων ὑγίωσις. Χαῖρε, κεχαριτωμένη, χαῖρε, ἡ μόνη τῶν πλεόντων κυβέρνησις, καὶ μόνη τῶν νυκτοπορούντων συνοδοιπόρος καὶ συνδιαγωγός. Χαῖρε, ὅτι πάντων ἡμῶν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ εἰς σὲ τὴν μόνην καθαρὰν ἐλπίζουσι, καὶ πρὸς σὲ διὰ παντὸς ἀτενίζουσι. Χαῖρε, κεχαριτωμένη, χαῖρε, ἡ ἀεὶ προϊσταμένη ἡμῶν τῶν ταπεινῶν, καὶ λυτρουμένη ἡμᾶς ἐκ πάσης δικαίας ὀργῆς τε καὶ ἀπειλῆς. Χαῖρε, κεχαριτωμένη, χαῖρε, ἡ ἀεὶ διαφυλάττουσα καὶ περισκέπουσα τὸ πτωχογενὲς ἡμῶν φῦλον ἐν πειρασμοῖς, ἐν κινδύνοις, καὶ ἐν διαφόροις συμφόραις. Χαῖρε, κεχαριτωμένη, χαῖρε, ὅτι οὐδεὶς ὡς σὺ πλὴν Θεοῦ τηλικοῦτον κεκληρονόμηκεν ὄνομα, ἢ τοιαύτης πώποτε τέτυχε δόξης. Χαῖρε, ἡ ὄντως ὑπερευλογημένη, χαῖρε, δι' ἣν ἡμεῖς σήμερον ὑπερκοσμίως τὴν ὑπερκόσμιον ταύτην πανηγυρίζομεν ἡμέραν. Χαῖρε, ἡ ὄντως ὑπερευλογημένη, χαῖρε, δι' ἣν ἡμεῖς σήμερον, ἑορτὴν ἑορτῶν, καὶ πανήγυριν πανηγύρεων πανδημεὶ ἑορτάζομεν. Χαῖρε, ὄντως ὑπερευλογημένη, χαῖρε, δι' ἣν ἡμεῖς σήμερον ἀγεληδὸν ἐπαθροιζόμεθα ἐν τοῖς σοῖς ἁγιοβάτοις ναοῖς, καὶ μεγαλοφώνως σε γεραίρομεν. Χαῖρε, ὄντως ὑπερευλογημένη, χαῖρε, δι' ἣν ἡμεῖς σήμερον δίκην μελισσῶν ἐπισυναγόμενοι πληθύνομεν τὴν ὑμνολογίαν, ὡς σὺ τὴν προστασίαν. Χαῖρε, κεχαριτωμένη, χαῖρε, δι' ἣν ἡμεῖς σήμερον φωτοφοροῦντες λαμπρῶς ἐν Ἐκκλησίᾳ σε μεγαλύνομεν. Χαῖρε, ὄντως ὑπερευλογημένη, χαῖρε, δι' ἣν ἡμεῖς σήμερον τὰ τοῦ ∆αβὶδ σὺν τῷ ∆αβὶδ, καὶ τὰ τοῦ ἀγγέλου σὺν τῷ ἀγγέλῳ ἀνεκινήσαμεν λόγια. Χαῖρε, ὄντως ὑπερευλογημένη, χαῖρε, δι' ἣν ἡμεῖς σήμερον οἱ αἰχμάλωτοι ἐπαινέται ταύτην ἐξυφάναμεν τὴν τετραπλῆν τῶν χαροποιῶν προῤῥήσεων πεντακοντάδα· ἀλλὰ παράτεινον τὸ ἔλεός σου, πανάγαθε ∆έσποινα, τοῖς γινώσκουσί σε, καὶ ἴδε ἐπὶ τοὺς δούλους σου καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ ἔργα σου, καὶ κατεύθυνον πάντας εἰς ὁδὸν εἰρήνης, ὅτι πάντων οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ εἰς σὲ ἐλπίζουσι, καὶ σοῦ τῇ μεσιτείᾳ τὴν καταλλαγὴν τὴν πρὸς τὸν Υἱόν σου καὶ Θεὸν, καὶ 96.661 Θεὸν ἡμῶν ἐσχήκαμεν· ᾧ δόξα, ᾧ κράτος, ᾧ σθένος σὺν τῷ ἀνάρχῳ αὐτοῦ Πατρὶ, καὶ τῷ ὁμοφυεῖ καὶ ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ, καὶ εἰς τοὺς ἀπεράντους αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.