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[Pure] dove and bride of heaven, Mary, temple and throne of God the Word: [all generations] call thee blessed. Through thee the intelligible [beings] were reconciled with the earthly, and through thee we have drawn near unto the Tree of Life: [they call] thee [blessed].

RUBRIC: CANON [Order of the Office]

RUBRIC: [Of the] Holy Prophets

*Mecacʿuscʿē* [Magnificat] • *Šarakan* [hymn], Fourth Tone.

[Mode] 5: *Djayn* 4 (*Dts* / Tone 7). Spotless Virgin, Mother of God (*Astuacacin* / *Theotokos*), holy Mary and Mother of Christ; in [thy] womb thou didst bear the One uncontainable by all; with blessing we magnify thee, O Mother of God. Thee, the heavenly gate which Ezekiel saw, and the fleece which Gideon recognized; an earthly Seraph, higher than the Cherubim; with bless[ing...]. Three awe-inspiring mysteries are seen in thee, O Mother of God: a seedless conception, a spotless birth, maiden[hood...]