[kosta50]

You are right. I think it may have been changed because it doesn't mention Theotokos by name, as it does in "Axiom estin" (Slav. "Pravedno yest'"; Eng. "It Is Truly Meet"):

"It is truly meet to bless you, Theotokos, ever blessed, most pure, and mother of our God. More honorable than the Cherubim, and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim, without corruption you gave birth to God the Word. We magnify you, the true Theotokos."

Both make her near-divine, but St. Basil's has me somewhat gasping with his "Glory be to thee." Glory? Isn't Glory to be given only to God???

I can see why the Portestants go into electrict-shock spasms.

In my church there are a few people who actually do touch the ground when her name is mentioned! When I asked them where did they get that from the answer was "we feel we need to give her more than just [sic] a sign of the cross."

More than a sign of the cross?

[Kolokotronis]

" Both make her near-divine, but St. Basil's has me somewhat gasping with his "Glory be to thee." Glory? Isn't Glory to be given only to God???

I can see why the Portestants go into electrict-shock spasms."

Kosta, that's nothing compared to "Most Holy Theotokos save us!" Truth be told, I think those paroxysms of rage are kind of funny. But as I have said before, Marian devotion simply isn't for Protestants.

"In my church there are a few people who actually do touch the ground when her name is mentioned! When I asked them where did they get that from the answer was "we feel we need to give her more than just [sic] a sign of the cross."

More than a sign of the cross?"