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[You] who sit upon the ineffable throne and are praised above by the bodiless [hosts], uncontainable Word, God, You appeared upon the earth as true man. Having fulfilled the mystery of the Economy, You endured the cross and death, and manifested Your wondrous Resurrection with mighty power. Today You ascended in glory into heaven and miraculously adorned with light Your virgin-born body; which Isaiah having seen, proclaimed beforehand, saying: "Who is this that comes surging from the earth?" The heavenly principalities, being amazed, cried out to one another: "Lift up your gates, O princes, and the King of glory shall enter in!" Now, [You] who are almighty and powerful in all things, grant also to us to meet You on the clouds at Your second coming, You who alone are the Lover of mankind.

RUBRIC: [Of the] Coming of the Holy Spirit.

God, the Holy Spirit, we confess Thee and worship [Thee], Who art the cause of life for created beings and the peacemaker of the world; Who filled the ignorance of the disciples with manifold knowledge, and, being divided into fiery tongues, appeared to them in ineffable [mysteries]; we cry out: Lord, spare and save us. [Monday]: Today, being divided into fiery tongues...