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Through the supplications of the holy martyrs [who were] martyred by blood, Lord, who cleansed their bodies [as] a temple for your Holy Spirit: grant to our land temperate air and delightful vegetation, to be the fulfillment of all our necessary needs; we beseech [you]. Through the intercession of the Holy Mother of God. And again [and] further. [Commit] ourselves. Have mercy on us. *Search [on] page 256.*

RUBRIC: [For the Feast] of the Nativity of Christ, and of the Annunciation, and of the Dormition of the Mother of God, and of the Presentation of the Lord [to the Temple].

Holy Mother of the wondrous Light, who bore in your womb God of all ages, and gave birth to the Word God, the joy of the world: we beseech [you]. Holy Mother, intercede! Entreat on our behalf God, who became incarnate of you, who humbled Himself from the Father's bosom, took a body according to our human nature, to make peace