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RUBRIC: Canon of the Midday *Šarakan* (hymn) of the Nativity. Fourth Mode.

[Midday hymn (*Čʿašu*), Mode IV (*Dajayn*):] The Holy Mother of God we magnify with blessing. The herald angel brought good tidings of the Savior born of the holy Virgin, Saying: "Rejoice, [O] favored one, for the Lord of lords is with you."

[RUBRIC:] CANON OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE LORD TO THE TEMPLE [TEARNĒNDARAǰ]: *ŠARAKAN* (HYMN) OF THE MIDDAY HOUR [ČAŠU]. END.

[Midday Hymn (*čašow šarakan*)]. [Tone] Plagal 4: The unoriginate Word from the unoriginate Father, having taken a beginning from the Virgin by being clothed in flesh, being contained within the womb while remaining with the Father, is born determined in time, God and man. Having entered under the Law, the immaterial One, by becoming of earthly material, so that [He might] pre[sent] us dust-born to the Father...