MOSES PREFIGURED YOU, O PRECIOUS CROSS WHEN HE STRETCHED OUT HIS HANDS ON HIGH PUTTING AMALEK THE TYRANT TO FLIGHT. YOU ARE THE BOAST OF THE FAITHFUL AND HELP OF THE SUFFERING, GLORY OF THE APOSTLES, CHAMPION OF THE RIGHTEOUS, THE PRESERVER OF ALL THE SAINTS! BEHOLDING YOU RAISED ON HIGH CREATION REJOICES AND CELEBRATES, GLORIFYING CHRIST WHO IN HIS INFINITE GOODNESS HAS JOINED TOGETHER THROUGH YOU THAT WHICH WAS DIVIDED.--Aposticha at Vespers
THE WORDS OF MOSES THE PROPHET HAVE BEEN FULFILLED, O GOD: YOU WILL SEE YOUR LIFE HANGING BEFORE YOUR EYES! TODAY THE CROSS IS EXALTED, AND THE WORLD IS FREED FROM ERROR! THE ENDS OF THE EARTH GREATLY REJOICE! THEY SING YOU DAVID'S PSALMS WITH LOUD CLASHING CYMBALS: YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED SALVATION IN THE MIDST OF THE EARTH, O GOD! YOU HAVE SAVED US THROUGH YOUR CROSS AND RESURRECTION, FOR YOU ARE GOOD, AND THE LOVER OF MANKIND. GLORY TO YOU, ALL-POWERFUL LORD!--Doxasticon at the Aposticha for Vespers
SAVIOR, YOU WILLED TO SUFFER DEATH AND THE CROSS, FIXING IT IN THE MIDST OF THE EARTH. WHEN IT WAS YOUR GOOD PLEASURE THAT YOUR BODY BE NAILED, THE SUN HID ITS RAYS! BEHOLDING THESE THINGS, THE THIEF ON THE CROSS HYMNED YOU, CRYING OUT: REMEMBER ME, O LORD! BELIEVING, HE RECEIVED PARADISE!--Sessional Hymn after the Second Kathisma at Orthros
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