Because the Dormition was yesterday, I’m putting up my favorite hymn of the season: O Pure Virgin, a prayer written by St. Nektarios of Aegina (+1920). The video below is in Russian, but I’ve included links below to the same hymn in other languages.
English (part 1, part 2), Serbian, Arabic, Korean, Greek, Romanian, Spanish, French
O Pure Virgin/ Agni Parthene
plagal first tone
O pure and virgin Lady, O spotless Theotokos:
Rejoice, O unwedded Bride.
O Virgin Queen and Mother, O bedewed Fleece most sacred:
Rejoice, O unwedded Bride.
O height transcending heaven above, O beam of light most radiant:
Rejoice, O unwedded Bride.
O joy of chaste and virgin maids, surpassing all the angels:
Rejoice, O unwedded Bride.
O brilliant light of heaven above, most clear and most radiant:
Rejoice, O unwedded Bride.
Commanding Chief of heavenly hosts, O holiest of holies:
Rejoice, O unwedded Bride.
O ever-virgin Mary, O Mistress of Creation:
Rejoice, O unwedded Bride.
O Bride all-pure and spotless, O Lady all-holy:
Rejoice, O unwedded Bride.
O holy Mary, Bride and Queen, O cause of our rejoicing:
Rejoice, O unwedded Bride.
O Maiden Queen most honorable, O Mother most holy:
Rejoice, O unwedded Bride.
More precious than the Cherubim, more glorious than the Seraphim:
Rejoice, O unwedded Bride.
Rejoice, O unwedded Bride.
Surpassing Principalities, Dominions, Thrones, and Powers:
Rejoice, O unwedded Bride.
Rejoice, song of the Cherubim; Rejoice, hymn of the Angels:
Rejoice, O unwedded Bride.
Rejoice, ode of the Seraphim, and joy of the Archangels:
Rejoice, O unwedded Bride.
Rejoice, O peace, rejoice, O joy, and haven of salvation:
Rejoice, O unwedded Bride.
O bridal chamber of the Word, unfading, fragrant blossom:
Rejoice, O unwedded Bride.
Rejoice, delight of paradise, Rejoice, life everlasting:
Rejoice, O unwedded Bride.
Rejoice, O holy Tree of Life, and Fount of immortality:
Rejoice, O unwedded Bride.
I humbly supplicate thee, Lady, I humbly call upon thee:
Rejoice, O unwedded Bride.
O Queen of all, I beg thee to grant me thy favor:
Rejoice, O unwedded Bride.
O spotless and most honored Maid, O Lady all-holy:
Rejoice, O unwedded Bride.
I call upon thee most fervently, thou temple most holy:
Rejoice, O unwedded Bride.
O thou my help, deliver me from harm and all adversity:
Rejoice, O unwedded Bride.
And by thy prayers show me to be an heir of immortality:
Rejoice, O unwedded Bride.
Praying With My Feet 
We sang this hymn yesterday at our church during the veneration of the holy icon of the Theotokos. It's lovely to hear it now sang in russian. And read it in english. It is such a blessing to belong to the Church.
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One if my favs since before I was Orthodox OR even comfortable with the veneration of the Mother of God.
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Me too Patty. The only thing is, this tends to get “stuck” in my head.
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Ginger came up to Father in the altar when getting a blessing to unvest after Paraklesis the other night. We had just finished “O Pure Virgin”. He said, “Boy! That is some GREAT MUSIC!” Father told me about this later that evening, but I heard him myself humming the tune when he was venerating the icons after unvesting.
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