At Matins

Glory..., Now and ever..., and the above is repeated.

After the first chanting of the Psalter, this Sessional hymn, in Tone IV: Spec. Mel: “Go thou quickly before...”—

Be thou magnified, O Judah, and let David be glad! Be thou renewed, O Adam, and let Levi be strengthened! For Christ hath been born to me through them. Strike thy harp, O psalmist, and tell who this is who hath been born, whom thou callest daughter. She is the nurturer of our life, the Mother of Christ God.

The second canon of the Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady, with eight troparia, including its irmos; and that of the holy martyrs, with four troparia.

Glory..., Now and ever..., and the above is repeated.

After the second chanting of the Psalter, this Sessional hymn, in Tone VIII: Spec. Mel: “That which was mystically commanded...”—

Be thou renewed, O Adam! Rejoice, O Eve! Make merry, O David! Be of good cheer, O Anna, for the Mother of thy Creator is born most gloriously! All the earth joineth chorus, renewed, and rejoiceth, clad in vesture of gladness. Let every tongue now cry out to thee, O Mary, in chorus: Blessed is the house of David, for it nurtureth her who nourisheth our Life!