Canon of the Annunciation to the Holy Mother of God
(Խորհուրդն անճառ)
Tone 2
Translated by: V. Rev. Fr. Daniel Findikyan
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Exodus 15 + An ineffable mystery concealed from the nations and the ages was revealed through the archangel's descent today to the Virgin Mary. We have her as intercessor with the Lord for ourselves. + The timeless One from the Father and bodiless Offspring of God, through the annunciation of Gabriel today, clothes himself in a body from the holy Virgin. We have her as intercessor with the Lord for ourselves. + He who cannot be borne by any, who carries the nature of all, today lovingly encompasses himself in the womb of the immaculate Virgin. We have her as intercessor with the Lord for ourselves. + The form of the invisible glory of the Father immutably humbles himself to the image of a servant in the womb through the Spirit of the purified one. We have her as intercessor with the Lord for ourselves. + The One unlimited in being, who brings into being us who are limited, today limits himself within the womb of the holy Virgin ineffably. We have her as intercessor with the Lord for ourselves. + Joy to our sorry [human] nature, O cheerful Virgin Mary, the One you bore through the good news of the greeting gave you the Law and is greeted. We have her as intercessor with the Lord for ourselves. + You sent your Only-begotten for the salvation of the universe, in his uncreated essence to assume a body from the holy Virgin, O heavenly Father. We have her as intercessor with you for ourselves. + You came to fulfill what was previously written by the prophets concerning you. The motherless One from the Father from the beginning became the fatherless One from the holy Virgin. We have her as intercessor with you for ourselves. + For the fulfillment of the ineffable [prophecies] from you a veiled mystery was revealed to the blessed Virgin, purified by you, when the power of the Father came upon her. We have her as intercessor with you for ourselves. + You erased the condemnation of the pain of the first mother's curse, which brought about sorrowful birth, by giving birth without malady. Intercede with him always for our sake. |
