THE THEOTOKARION OF ST. NEKTARIOS ... ODE 1
Celebrating you in song, pure Mother of God, I magnify you who magnified our race. I earnestly beseech you, most celebrated Virgin, for you have ever entreated your Son. I fervently bless you, O Queen Mother, whom the generations of the faithful bless. I praise in song your grace, O Queen, whom the choirs of angels magnify. Pure and unwedded bride, I entreat you to shed grace upon my mind. Unwedded, pure Maiden, I entreat you: Enlighten my eyes. O Mother of God, Mary, bride of God, guide my life, I ask. Virgin Mother, pure Queen, Preserve me amid dangers. O crown of our salvation, Bring to perfection my salvation. Our beginning of God’s favor towards men, Give even me a divine blessing. As you bore the unsetting light, Illumine my darkened mind. As you have dispersed the shades of errors, Guide me to walk aright. O queen of all and protector of the world, Deliver me from trials and dangers. As you bore grace for the world in y...