The Lord reigneth;
He is clothed with majesty.
O Christ!
You left to Your church a true commandment
To pray to God
Always,
Without thought of time
In spirit and in thought.
In our nature
You spent the whole night in prayer to God,
You thereby affirmed Your commandment
And gave it to us as an example;
You, before whom every knee bows.
Therefore, we also turn to You with prayers, O Christ;
Grant us at every hour to stand before You;
With a pure prayer
Like the bodiless angels in heaven.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit;
Now and for ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Through the prayers of the Mother of God
Your undefiled mother;
In Your mercy open the spiritual eyes of our hearts
That we might contemplate Your light, O Christ.