#Theotokos

WHAT “CURSE”?

“Your Nativity, O Virgin, / Has proclaimed joy to the whole universe! / The Sun of Righteousness, Christ our God, / Has shone from You, O...

“By Your Nativity, O Most Pure Virgin, / Joachim and Anna are freed from the reproach/disgrace of barrenness (ὀνειδισμοῦ ἀτεκνίας); /...

“I will receive the cup of salvation and call on the name of the Lord.“ (Ps 115: 4, according to the Septuagint; cf. Ps 116: 13) This...

“Apostles, who have assembled here from the ends of the earth, bury my body in Gethsemane, and You, my Son and God, receive my spirit!“...

“But standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw...

“It is truly right to bless you, O Theotokos, the ever blessed, and most pure, and the Mother of our God. More honorable than the...

“And Mary said, ‘My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour, for he has looked upon the humility (τὴν...

“Behold, the Bridegroom comes at midnight, / and blessed is that servant whom He shall find watching, / and again, unworthy is the...

“The Archangel was sent from Heaven to cry 'Rejoice!' to the Theotokos. And beholding You, O Lord, taking bodily form, he stood in awe,...

“Guide me in the paths of salvation, O Theotokos, for I have defiled my soul with shameful sins, and have wasted all my life in...