Ode 3.Irmos.
Anastasis liturgical translations — translated by Ephrem Lash
**Theotokion.** Speedily anticipate.
Your Church, O Christ, rejoices in you and cries, ‘You, Lord, are my strength, my refuge and my firmament‘.
With the Spirit you have sanctified your Church on earth, O Christ, by anointing her with the oil of your gladness.
The Church, which has you as her unshaken foundation, O Christ, is today crowned with the Cross as with a royal diadem.
O loving Lord, you have shown today that the tabernacle made with hands is, by your dispensation, the dwelling of your glory which is beyond understanding.
You alone, Mother of God, have become the cause of supernatural blessings for those on earth. Therefore we offer you our ‘Hail!’
Kathisma. Tone 4.
Speedily anticipate.
Christ has enlightened all things by his Coming. He has renewed the world by his divine Spirit. Souls are made new. For a house has now been raised up to the glory of the Lord, where Christ our God also renews the hearts of the faithful for our salvation.
**of the Patron Saint.**
With faith we radiantly celebrate the Dedication of your house, immaculate, blessed, pure and all-praised Virgin. Glad in the hope we have in you, O Mother of God, we beg you to entreat without ceasing the Saviour, who was incarnate from you, to save our souls.
Translated by Ephrem Lash. Edition lash.en.anastasis.