AT MATINS

Glory. Both now*.*

After the 1st Reading from the Psalter, Kathisma of the Saint.

Glory. Both now*.*

Tone 4. Lifted up on the Cross. Ὁ ὑψωθεὶς ἐν τῷ Σταυρῷ.

Loving your bridegroom, Christ, you radiantly adorned your lamp and shone out with virtues, O all-praised; therefore you entered with him into the marriage, having received from him the crown of your contest; but from dangers rescue us who celebrate with faith your memory.

**Of the Feast.**

Lifted up on the Cross of your own will, to the new commonwealth that bears your name grant your mercies, Christ God; make your faithful people glad by your power, granting them victories over their enemies; may they have your help in battle: a weapon of peace, an invincible trophy.

After the 2nd Reading from the Psalter, Kathisma of the Saint.

Tone 4. Lifted up on the Cross. Ὁ ὑψωθεὶς ἐν τῷ Σταυρῷ.

Your struggles, pure Saint, and your crown your sweat and your wonders put to shame the trophies of the devil; for longing from your heart for your bridegroom Christ, you did not quail before scourges or death; but you were offered wholly to God, wearing the crown of true religion.

**Of the Feast.**

In Paradise I fell terribly by the bitter counsel of the slayer of mortals; on Calvary you raised me up again, O Christ, healing the curse of the tree by a tree, slaying the serpent who put me death by deception, and you bestowed on me divine life. Glory to your divine crucifixion, O Lord.

The Canons of the Feast and of the Saint, of which the acrostic, without the Theotokia, is:

Τhe all-praised maiden now I celebrate.

By Monk John.**