The Salutations to the Most Holy Theotokos [Akathist Hymn]
The Creator has just shown a creation to us who were born under him, from a white seed sprouted, and preserve it as it was, incorruptible, so that seeing the miracle, we may praise it with a shout.
With religious reverence and in an atmosphere of spiritual rapture, the Third Stance Mass of the Salutations to the Most Holy Theotokos was performed today in the Holy Metropolitan Church of the Great Panagia, in Mykonos Town.
Hail, the flower of incorruption; Hail, the crown of temperance;
Hail, shining type of resurrection; Hail, appearing life of the angels;
Hail to the white-fruited tree from which the faithful are nourished; Hail to the dark-leaved wood where many think;
Hail to the pregnant leader of the lost; Hail to the deliverer who gave birth to the captives;
Hail to the righteous judge of mercy; Hail to the pardoner of many sinners;
Hail, the garment of the naked insolence; Hail, the love that conquers all desire;
Hail, nymph, bloom.
The Greetings of the Third Station, who chanted in front of the holy icon of the Virgin Mary was performed by the High Priestly Commissioner of Delos and Mykonos and High Priest of the temple, The Most Reverend p. Petros Maragos, This plithousi Church.
Hail, God's inhospitable country; Hail, door of the sept of mystery;
Hail ͵ of the unbelievers doubtless hearing; hail ͵ of the believers doubtless boasting;
Hail, holy vehicle of the Cherubim; Hail, holy abode of the Seraphim;
Rejoice, the adversary who brought this agagosa; Rejoice, the one who married a virgin and a hero;
Haîre͵ for your transgression resolved; Haîr͵ for your heaven opened;
Hail, the key of Christ's kingdom; Hail, hope of everlasting good;
Hail, nymph, bloom.
Pious Mykonians overflowed the Holy Temple and participated in the "Joyful Brides of the Virgin Mary" which are spiritual uplifts in this period to refresh and glorify the faithful.
Hail, container of God's wisdom; Hail, treasurer of his providence;
Hail to the philosophers who showed me; Hail to the technologists who controlled the horses;
Rejoice, that the evil debaters have died; Rejoice, that the poets of myths have died;
Hail to the Athenians, I broke the plots; Hail to the fishermen, I filled the caskets;
Rejoice, bringing forth from the depths of ignorance; rejoicing, enlightening many with knowledge;
Hail, all those who want to be saved; Hail, famine of life floats;
Hail, nymph, bloom.
