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50 Another O cross, my light, shine for me at all times driving far away from my soul the

darkness.

51 Another This, fixed in the place of Golgotha, blossomed for the world life-giving fruitfulness.

52 Another

On this spreading out his hands the All-Ruler raised the world from the abyss of

transgressions.

53 Another Hail, trophy of the heavenly panoply; by you has been turned to flight every of demons

phalanx.

54 Another Hail, thrice-blessed, undefiled wood; in you has ceased the of the curse the

mortality.

55 Another Hail, most light burden of monastics; for in you for them light is the

course of Christ.

56 Another Hail, guardian of the place where you are present; may you protect without harm those who abide

here.

57 Another

Someone forming me, and only with an inward finger, immediately turns back the hostile demon.

58 Single-line epigrams on crosses

Cross, for those who see, a lightning-bearing radiance. Cross, for monastics, a swift

salvation. Cross, for those who love divinely, a slayer of fornication. Cross, for those who weep, an effacer of transgressions. Cross, for lovers of purity, a most secure guardian.

59 Another

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50 Ἄλλο Ὦ σταυρέ, φῶς μου, λάμπε μοι παντὶ χρόνῳ πόρρω διώκων τῆς ψυχῆς μου τὸ

σκότος.

51 Ἄλλο Οὗτος πεπηγὼς ἐν τόπῳ τοῦ Γολγοθᾶ ἤνθησε κόσμῳ ζωτικὴν εὐκαρπίαν.

52 Ἄλλο

Ἐν τῷδε χεῖρας ἐξαπλοῦς ὁ Παντάναξ ἤγειρε κόσμον ἐκ βαράθρου

πταισμάτων.

53 Ἄλλο Χαίροις, τρόπαιον τῆς ἄνω παντευχίας· ἐν σοὶ τέτραπται πᾶσα δαιμόνων

φάλαγξ.

54 Ἄλλο Χαίροις, τρισευλόγητον ἄχραντον ξύλον· ἐν σοὶ πέπαυται τῆς ἀρᾶς ἡ

θνητότης.

55 Ἄλλο Χαίροις, μοναστῶν παντέλαφρον φορτίον· ἐν σοὶ γὰρ αὐτοῖς κοῦφος ὁ

Χριστοῦ δρόμος.

56 Ἄλλο Χαίροις, φυλακτὴρ οὗ παρεδρεύεις τόπου· σκέποις ἀσινῶς τοὺς μένοντας

ἐνθάδε.

57 Ἄλλο

Τυπῶν μέ τις, καὶ μόνον ἔμπου δακτύλῳ, εὐθὺς τὸν ἐχθραίνοντα δαίμονα στρέφει.

58 Ἐπιγράμματα μονόστιχα εἰς σταυρούσ

Σταυρὸς βλεπόντων ἀστραπηφόρον σέλας. Σταυρὸς μοναστῶν εὔδρομος

σωτηρία. Σταυρὸς φιλούντων ἐνθέως πορνοκτόνος. Σταυρὸς κλαόντων ἐξαλείπτωρ πταισμάτων. Σταυρὸς φιλάγνων ἀσφαλέστατος φύλαξ.

59 Ἄλλο