Theotokos of eight voices,
which are sung when there is a stichera to the saint in the Menea, placed after “Glory”; then after “And now”, the Theotokos of the same voice is sung from among the following
There is joy in the heavenly ranks, / there is strong intercession on the earth of men, / Most Pure Virgin, / those who have come running to You are saved, / for I have placed my trust in You according to God, the Mother of God.
Most Holy of Holies of all Powers, / Most honorable of all creatures, Mother of God, Lady of the world, / saved us, who gave birth to the Savior, / from mortal sins and troubles / as the Good One through Your prayers.
O All-Singing Virgin, / even in You the mystery of Moses is seen in the prophetic eye, / a burning bush and unscorched, / for the Fire of Your womb, O Pure One, did not scorch. / We also pray to You, as the Mother of our God, / to ask for peace and great mercy.
The harlot, and the prodigal, and the thief overcame, / and the publican, the sins of the Ninevites were spared. / Woe to me, what will I do? / How can I escape torment, I, the accursed one? / Pure, I fall down to You, / spare me with Your mercy, / as Your Son saved them.
Rejoice, joy of our forefathers, / apostles and martyrs, joy / and protection of us, O Virgin, Your servants.
Rejoice, Virgin Mother of God, / Rejoice, praise of the whole universe, / Rejoice, Most Pure Mother of God, Blessed One.
Truly, more than the mind / Your wonderful greatness, Your birth, Bride of God, / even as all the prophets preached, / all glorious, / conception and nativity, All sung, inconceivably and unspeakably, / He who saved the world is like the Merciful.
Rejoice, from us, Holy Virgin Mary, / pure vessel of the whole universe, / unquenchable light, container of the inconceivable, / invincible temple; / Rejoice, from Neyazhe the Lamb of God was born, / take away the sins of the whole world.
Rejoice, Mary Mother of God, indestructible temple, / more than holy, as the prophet cries: / holy is your temple, wondrous in righteousness.
Let us place our trust in You, Mother of God, / let us not lose hope, / save us from troubles, Helper of the perplexed, / and destroy the advice of those who oppose us: / For You are our salvation, / Blessed One.
Impenetrable gate, secretly sealed, / Blessed Virgin Mary, / accept our prayers / and bring it to Your Son and God, / may He save our souls through You.
Rejoice, Mary Mother of God, indestructible temple, / more than holy, as the prophet cries: / holy is your temple, wondrous in righteousness.
As the olive tree is fruitful, / the Virgin will bring forth to you, / the fruit of the living, / fruitfulness of the world, / greatness and rich mercy.
I place all my trust / in You, Mother of God, / keep me under Your roof.
Save Thy servants from troubles, O Virgin Mother of God, / as we all, according to God, resort to You, / as to an unbreakable wall and intercession.
Come, Mother of Light, calling us with silent songs, / let us glorify everyone, / so give birth to our Salvation, / and rejoice, let us bring you, as the One who gave birth to the Chief of all, / And before the age of God; / Rejoice, Thou who didst bring back the fallen Eve; / Rejoice, Most Pure Virgin, Unartificial.
Theotokos, Representative of all who pray to You, / We dare in You and we boast in You, / and all our hope is in You, / pray to Him who was born from You / for Your unneeded servants.
The most holy praise of the essence of the Heavenly ranks, / the singing of the apostles, / and the coming of the prophets, O Lady, / accept our prayers.
In wives, the Holy Mother of God, / Brideless Mother, / pray, Whom You gave birth to, the King and God: / may He save us as the Lover of Mankind.
Thou art conceived without seed / by the Holy Spirit, / and, glorifyingly, we sing Thee: / Rejoice, Most Holy Virgin.
Great one who has sinned me, O Young Lady, / snatch me away with Your great prayer through the flame of need / and correct me, O Pure One, with Your prayers / teaching me to the saved paths / with mothers By your prayers.
Thou art conceived without seed / by the Holy Spirit, / and, glorifyingly, we sing Thee: / Rejoice, Most Holy Virgin.
In wives, the Holy Mother of God, / Brideless Mother, / pray, Whom You gave birth to, the King and God: / may He save us as the Lover of Mankind.
Thou art conceived without seed / by the Holy Spirit, / and, glorifyingly, we sing Thee: / Rejoice, Most Holy Virgin.
Rejoice, Cloud of Light; / Rejoice, bright candlestick; / Rejoice, little hand, there is manna in it; / Rejoice, rod of Aaron; / Rejoice, burning bush; / Rejoice, devil; Rejoice, throne; / Rejoice, holy city; / Rejoice, refuge; / Rejoice, Divine Table; / Rejoice, secret door; / Rejoice, rejoice to all.
Mother of God, to the Queen of all, / praise the Orthodox, / ruin the heretical vacillations, / and put to shame their faces, / those who do not bow down, who honor below, O Most Pure One, / Your honorable image.
Deliver us from our needs, / Mother of Christ God, / who gave birth to the Creator of all, / let us all call to You: / Rejoice, thou who alone intercedes our souls.
Save Thy servant from all troubles, / Blessed Mother of God, / so that we glorify You, the hope of our souls.
You have hope and intercession, O Mother of God, / we will not fear the enemy’s slander, / for you save our souls.
You, the wall of the money-grubber, the Most Pure Mother of God, / and a sweet haven and affirmation. / The same I pray, / who are overwhelmed in life / feed and save me.
Unquenchable light, righteous throne, / Most Pure Lady, / pray for our souls to be saved.
One Pure and Most Pure Virgin, / who gave birth to God without seed, / pray for our souls to be saved.
It is terrible, and glorious, and a great mystery: / Uncontainable in the womb can be contained / and Mother at Christmas again remains the Virgin / For she gave birth to God, from Her she was incarnate. / To this let us cry, to this we will sing a song, / with the angels chanting: / Holy art thou, O Christ God, / Who art for our sake become human, glory to Thee.
Delighted, intercede with Your prayers / and ask for many bounties for our souls / and the cleansing of many sins, we pray.
Assuage the illness / of my much-sighing soul, / who has quenched every tear from the face of the earth: / For you drive away the illnesses of men / and destroy the sorrows of sinners. / I give you all hope and affirmation, / Most Holy Mother of the Virgin.
Delighted, intercede with Your prayers / and ask for many bounties for our souls / and the cleansing of many sins, we pray.
We bless Thee, Virgin Mother of God, / and glorify Thee, faithfully, according to duty, / the unshakable city, the invincible wall, / the steadfast Representative / and the refuge of our souls.
We bless You, Virgin Mother of God, / for from You the Sun of righteousness has risen, O Christ, / having great mercy.
We pray to you as the Mother of God: / Blessed One, pray / for the salvation of our souls.
Ole damned soul! / What answer will the imashi say to the Judge at that hour, / when the Thrones are set up at the Judgment / and the Judge will come from Heaven, / descending with the multitudes of angels? / When he sits at the Judgment / I will do with unneeded slaves like me, / what will the Imashi answer? / what should I bring then? / Truly nothing, / having defiled your mind and body. / Then fall to the Virgin and call unceasingly, / to grant you rich forgiveness of sins.
Let us sing in an Archangelic manner, Vernia, / The heavenly palace and the door that is truly sealed: / Rejoice, for whose sake we will grow the Savior of all, O Christ, / Life-giver and God, / cast down, Lady, tormentors, / our godless enemies / by Thy hand, Most Pure One, / the hope of Christians.
You received the Archangel's word, / and you appeared on the cherubim throne, / and in your arms you bore, O Mother of God, / the Hope of our souls.
No one, flowing to You, / comes from You in shame, / Most Pure Virgin Mary, / but asks for grace / and accepts the gift for a useful petition.
Great gifts, Pure Virgin of God, / You have been honored, / as you gave birth to the flesh of the One of the Trinity, / Christ the Giver of Life / for the salvation of our souls.
/ I open the eye of my heart to You, Lady: / do not despise my little sigh / in the hour when Your Son judges the world, / be my protection and Helper.
Translation of the sorrowing, / change of the sick, O Mother of God, All-Singing, / save the city and people, / those who struggle, peace, those overwhelmed by silence, / One Representative of the faithful.
Through the prayers of the One who gave birth to Thee, O Christ, / Thy martyr, and the apostle, and the prophet, / and the saints, the saints, and the righteous, and all the saints / Thy departed servant, rest.
God, from You incarnate, of course, the Virgin Mary: / Pray to Him for the salvation of our souls.
Rejoice, we call You and the Angel, Bride of God, / the palace, and the door, and the throne of fire, denoting You, / and the uncut mountain, and the burning bush.
With the prayers of the Mother of God, pacify our lives, / those crying to You: / Merciful Lord, glory to You.
Rejoice, clouded by the Sun, mental and ineffable, Lady; / Rejoice, all-bright light; / Rejoice, all-gold candlestick. / By you, Most Holy One, Eve was delivered from the oath. / But as you have boldness / to Thy Most Blessed Son and God, / do not pray with Thy motherly prayer, O Most Pure One.
Color, Christ, you grew cold from the Virgin / and you enlightened the human race. / Lord, glory to You.
One at Christmas let us sing praises to the Most Pure Virgin, / as the Mother of God the Word, / saying: Glory to Thee.
You were born of a virgin beyond words, O Christ, / and you enlightened those who were in darkness, crying: / Lord, glory to you.
Having accepted the One Inconceivable / and having given birth to God the Word incarnate, / pray for our souls to be saved.
Pray, O Virgin, / with the apostles and martyrs / to find great mercy at the Judgment for those who have passed away.
I received the voice of the Archangel Gabriel, saying: / Rejoice, Mother of God, / Who gave birth to Christ the Life-Giver to the world.
The Heavenly One sings to Thee, / Delighted, Brideless Mother, / and we glorify Thy unexplored Nativity, / Mother of God, pray for the salvation of our souls.
Rejoice, praise of the universe; / Rejoice, Temple of the Lord; / Rejoice, shaded city; / Rejoice, refuge of all; / Rejoice, golden candlestick; / Rejoice, honorable glory of the Orthodox; / Rejoice, Mary, Mother of Christ God; / Rejoice, paradise; Rejoice, Divine Table; / Rejoice, sir; Rejoice, all-golden hand; / Rejoice, hope of all.
Your blood, Virgin Mary, / is spiritual medicine: / we resort to it, / we get rid of mental ailments.
I, Holy Virgin Mother of God, / I resort to Your Protection, / knowing that I will find salvation through You, / you can, O Pure One, help me.
Destroy me, O Lady, / by the hands of the murderous serpent, / wanting to consume me to the end with wickedness; / crush his jaws, I pray to You, / and destroy his wiles, / for yes, having escaped from his nails, / I magnify Your intercession.
Pure Virgin, / Words are the gate, our Mother God, / pray for us to be saved.
Mistress, accept the prayers of Your servant / and deliver us / from all need and sorrow.