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RUBRIC: Here they read the Holy Gospel according to the proper of the day, according to the index of the *Tōnacʿoycʿ* [Directory/Lectionary]. And afterward is said the *Hanganak hawatoy* [Symbol of Faith / Creed].

Glory to You, Lord our God. [RUBRIC: Creed of the Faith of the Three Hundred and Eighteen Patriarchs of the Holy Council of Nicaea] We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, of things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, begotten of God the Father, the Only-begotten, that is, of the essence (*ēut‘iwn*) of the Father. God of God, Light of Light, true God of true God, begotten and not made, of the very nature (*bnut‘iwn*) of the Father, through Whom all things came to be in heaven and upon the earth, things visible and invisible. Who for us men and for our salvation, having descended from the heavens, was incarnate, was made man, was born perfectly of the holy Virgin Mary through the Holy Spirit; by Whom He took flesh, soul, and mind, and everything that is in man, in truth and not in appearance; [Who] suffered, was crucified, was buried, on the third day rose again,