Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary (trad.)

"O Virgin Pure"


O Virgin pure, immaculate, O Lady Theotokos, O rejoice, Bride unwedded!
O fleece bedewed with every grace, O Virgin Queen and Mother, O rejoice ...
More Radiant than the rays of sun, and higher than the heavens O rejoice ...
O joy of virgin choruses, superior to angels sic.
O brighter than the firmament, and purer than the sun's light,
More holy than the multitude of all the heavenly armies,

O ever virgin Mary, of all the world the Lady, O rejoice Bride unwedded!
O Bride all pure, immaculate, O Lady Panagia,
O Mary, Bride and Queen of all, the cause of our rejoicing,
O noble Maiden, gracious Queen, supremely holy Mother,
More honored than the cherubim, beyond compare, more glorious,
Than the unbodied Seraphim, transcending the angelic Thrones,

Rejoice the sons of Cherubim; rejoice, the hymn of angels, O rejoice, Bride unwedded!
Rejoice, the ode of Seraphim, the joy of the archangels,
Rejoice, O peace and happiness, and haven of salvation,
O sacred chamber of the Word, the flower of incorruption,
Rejoice, delightful Paradise of blessed life eternal,
Rejoice, O sacred Tree of life and fount of immortality,

I supplicate you, Lady, now; I fervently entreat you,
O Queen of all, I earnestly implore and seek your favor,
O gracious Maiden, spotless one, O Lady Panagia,
I call upon you ardenly, O holy, hallowed Temple,
O help me and deliver me; protect me from the enemy,
And make me an inheritor of blessed life eternal,

~traditional Eastern Rite hymn~