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Agni Parthene - Pure Virgin - Orthodox Hymn of St. Nektarios to the Mother of God
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Posted on 08/12/2015 11:10:15 AM PDT by NRx

Refrain: Rejoice, O Unwedded Bride! O Virgin pure, immaculate/

O Lady Theotokos O Virgin Mother, Queen of all/ and fleece which is all dewy

More radiant than the rays of sun/ and higher than the heavens

Delight of virgin choruses/ superior to Angels.

Much brighter than the firmament/ and purer than the sun's light

More holy than the multitude/ of all the heav'nly armies.

Rejoice, O Unwedded Bride!

O Ever Virgin Mary/ of all the world, the Lady

O bride all pure, immaculate/ O Lady Panagia

O Mary bride and Queen of all/ our cause of jubilation

Majestic maiden, Queen of all/ O our most holy

Mother More hon'rable than Cherubim/ beyond compare

more glorious than immaterial Seraphim/ and greater than angelic thrones.

Rejoice, O Unwedded Bride!

Rejoice, O song of Cherubim/ Rejoice, O hymn of angels

Rejoice, O ode of Seraphim/ the joy of the archangels

Rejoice, O peace and happiness/ the harbor of salvation

O sacred chamber of the Word/ flow'r of incorruption

Rejoice, delightful paradise/ of blessed life eternal

Rejoice, O wood and tree of life/ the fount of immortality.

Rejoice, O Unwedded Bride!

I supplicate you, Lady/ now do I call upon you

And I beseech you, Queen of all/ I beg of you your favor

Majestic maiden, spotless one/ O Lady Panagia

I call upon you fervently/ O sacred, hallowed temple

Assist me and deliver me/ protect me from the enemy

And make me an inheritor/ of blessed life eternal.

Rejoice, O Unwedded Bride!

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1 posted on 08/12/2015 11:10:15 AM PDT by NRx
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To: NRx

yeah- what he said


2 posted on 08/12/2015 11:18:03 AM PDT by Mr. K (If it is HilLIARy -vs- Jeb! then I am writing-in Palin/Cruz)
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To: NRx

Beautiful.


3 posted on 08/12/2015 1:45:53 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (O Mary, He whom the whole Universe cannot contain, enclosed Himself in your womb and was made man.)
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To: NRx; Mrs. Don-o; Tax-chick; lightman; xzins

This is my favorite hymn! Here it is sung in the voice of an angel!

https://youtu.be/6MjohBOQB-M


4 posted on 08/12/2015 3:41:39 PM PDT by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated)
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To: Kolokotronis

Doesn’t “Agni Parthene” mean “Virgin Lamb”?

I’m having my 17-year-old’s music choices inflicted on me, for my sins. It’s much worse than fasting.


5 posted on 08/12/2015 3:45:02 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("All the time live the truth with love in your heart." ~Fr. Ho Lung)
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To: Kolokotronis

Magnificent


6 posted on 08/12/2015 4:03:01 PM PDT by NRx (An unrepentant champion of the old order and determined foe of damnable Whiggery in all its forms.)
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To: Tax-chick

Agni here means “pure”.


7 posted on 08/12/2015 4:04:05 PM PDT by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated)
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To: NRx; Honorary Serb

Nothing like a Serbian girl to sing a Greek hymn!


8 posted on 08/12/2015 4:15:45 PM PDT by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated)
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To: Kolokotronis

Oh. Shows what I know.


9 posted on 08/12/2015 4:36:48 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("All the time live the truth with love in your heart." ~Fr. Ho Lung)
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To: Tax-chick

“Oh. Shows what I know.”

Yes, you should be very, very ashamed of yourself! As a penance go listen to more of your 17 year old’s music!


10 posted on 08/12/2015 4:48:58 PM PDT by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated)
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To: Kolokotronis; lightman

Especially if she is Divna!!!!

I shall be attending Divine Liturgy in a Greek Church on the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos this Saturday!!!!


11 posted on 08/12/2015 4:54:31 PM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: Honorary Serb

Oh yes, my friend, she is indeed Divna!!!!!!!


12 posted on 08/12/2015 4:57:57 PM PDT by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated)
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To: Honorary Serb
Mrs. L and I were half of the choir singing the Paraklesis tonight with the Syrians, last night I was half of the chanting team with the Greeks. Trying to make every Paraklesis service during the Fast.

The Greeks will he having Great Vespers with Lamentations on Friday...probably my thrid-favorite service of the year after Pascha and Holy Saturday Lamentations.

13 posted on 08/12/2015 5:29:32 PM PDT by lightman (O Lord, save Thy people and bless Thine inheritance, giving to Thy Church vict'ry o'er Her enemies.)
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To: Kolokotronis

Please, no ... anything but more “Fallout Boy.”


14 posted on 08/12/2015 6:07:58 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("All the time live the truth with love in your heart." ~Fr. Ho Lung)
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To: Kolokotronis

Finally had time to listen to the song. It’s beautiful.

We will celebrate the Assumption with Mexican favorites, and I will have flowers for my friend, Asuncion de Maria Perez Aguilar, which will sit in front of the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe during Mass.

We’re nothing if not multicultural at St. Luke’s Catholic Multipurpose Parochial Facility and Redneck Party Barn.


15 posted on 08/12/2015 6:12:49 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("All the time live the truth with love in your heart." ~Fr. Ho Lung)
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