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[You] who, at the coming of the Lord, shall sit upon the twelve thrones of Christ: intercede with the Lord for the children of the Church.

RUBRIC: On Friday

[FRI.] Enclosing [it], the Cherubic hosts with fiery Seraphim guarded the way to the tree of life in the uncreated garden; today, having shone forth, thou hast been revealed on earth, divinely adorned wood of life and of salvation; the children of the holy Church bless thee. The ram, lifted up in the tree of Sabek [as] a whole-burnt offering in place of Isaac; but upon thee was immolated the spotless Lamb, for the reconciliation of the Father and for the taking away of our sins; the children of the holy Church bless thee. Boast of Paul, confessing thee [to be] the place of the divine Word and...