Κυριακή πρὸ τῆς Χριστοῦ Γεννήσεως

Τὰ τῶν Πατέρων σήμερον πιστοί, τελοῦντες μνημόσυνα, ἀνυμνήσωμεν Χριστὸν τὸν Λυτρωτήν, τὸν μεγαλύναντα αὐτούς, ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς Ἔθνεσι, καὶ θαυμάτων τὰ παράδοξα πιστῶς, ἐπιτελέσαντα Κύριον, ὡς κραταιὸν καὶ δυνατόν, καὶ ἐξ αὐτῶν ἀναδείξαντα, ῥάβδον δυνάμεως ἡμῖν, τὴν μόνην ἀπείρανδρον, καὶ θεόπαιδα Μαρίαν τὴν ἁγνήν, ἐξ ἧς τὸ ἄνθος προῆλθε, Χριστός, βλαστήσας πᾶσι τὴν ζωήν, καὶ ἀδάπανον τρυφήν, καὶ σωτηρίαν τῶν ψυχῶν ἡμῶν. 

 Sunday Before the Nativity of Christ

Let us the faithful, celebrate the Fathers today; singing a hymn of praise with fervor, to Christ the Savior Who magnified them among all nations; He is the Lord Who does wondrous deeds because He is powerful and mighty, and Who shows us His strength through these ancestors; the greatest of them all is Mary, the spotless Maiden of God, the undefiled one; from her Christ came forth to give life to all: eternal Salvation and Paradise without end.