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

[FOR] FRIDAY

FRI. [The] cherubic hosts, fiery with the seraphim, having encompassed [it], guarded the way to the tree of life in the uncreated Paradise; today, having shone forth, you were shown upon earth, O divinely adorned wood of life and salvation; the children of the holy Church bless you. The ram, brought up [from] the tree of Sabek [as] a holocaust in place of Isaac; but upon you was sacrificed the spotless Lamb, for reconciliation with the Father and for the taking away of our sins; the children of the holy Church bless you. [The] boast of Paul, confessing you [as the] place of the Divine Word and