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Canon of the Forefeast, the acrostic whereof is: “On this day I hymn the great Sabbath”. The irmoi of each ode are chanted twice, and the troparia are repeated to make up the number 6; whereupon the irmos is chanted again by both choirs together. The canon is composed in Tone VI—
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.