Tuesday, July 21, 2020

"Rejoice, O noetic swallow, that heralds the springtime of grace for us..."

Sts. Joachim and Anna, together with their daughter, the Most-Holy Theotokos (source)
  
Rejoice, O noetic swallow, that heralds the springtime of grace for us, she who lived her life well blamelessly with self-control, and who gave birth to the treasury of virginity, the spotless Theotokos, Anna, the precious one, from whose descendant came the calf Who takes away the offenses of the world, the Word, who by a word was conceived by the Unwedded [Theotokos]. Anna, the Ancestor of the Lord, now proceeds from the earth, where she ever entreats that our souls might be granted the great mercy.
-Prosomoion of the Aposticha from the Dormition of St. Anna

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Through the prayers of our Holy Fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us and save us! Amen!

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