Καλλιτεχνικός Σύλλογος Δημοτικής Μουσικής Δόμνα Σαμίου

The 8th Ode. 2nd Mode. The Heirmos.

When the tyrant's order prevailed, the furnace was fired sevenfold. In it, the Children were not burned; but trampling under foot the King's decree they cried out: ‘All the works of the Lord, praise the Lord, and exalt Him forever.’

The Troparia

Verse: Glory to You our God, glory to You.

The woman, O Christ, poured out the precious myrrh on Your exalted, Divine and awesome Head; and touched Your most pure feet with her defiled hands, crying out: ‘All the works of the Lord, praise the Lord, and exalt Him forever.’

Verse: Glory to You our God, glory to You.

She who was immersed in sin, washed the feet of the Creator with her tears, and dried them with her hair. She was forgiven for all that she had com­mitted in her life, and cried aloud: ‘All the works of the Lord, praise the Lord, and exalt Him forever.’

Verse: We glorify Father, Son and Holy Spirit, the Lord.

The grateful woman was ransomed from her sins through the saving Love of God and a fountain of tears. Washed clean by her confession, she was not ashamed, but cried aloud: ‘All the works of the Lord, praise the Lord, and exalt Him forever.’

The Katavasia

Verse: We praise, we bless and worship the Lord.

When the tyrant's order prevailed, the furnace was fired sevenfold. In it, the Children were not burned; but trampling under foot the King's decree, they cried out: ‘All the works of the Lord, praise the Lord, and exalt Him forever.’

Translated by Father Yeorgios L. Papadeas