Οἶκος Μ'
The Recognition of the Infant God
Simeon recognizes the infant Jesus as both a child and the perfect God, leading him to marvel at divine wisdom.
As Simeon was about to depart from this present age of deception, you were given to him as an infant, yet he recognized you also as perfect God. Struck with awe at your unspeakable wisdom, he cried: Alleluia.
Read the original Latin
Μέλλοντος Συμεῶνος, τοῦ παρόντος αἰῶνος, μεθίστασθαι τοῦ ἀπατεῶνος, ἐπεδόθης ὡς βρέφος αὐτῷ, ἀλλ' ἐγνώσθης τούτω καὶ Θεὸς τέλειος· διόπερ ἐξεπλάγη σου τὴν ἄρρητον σοφίαν, κράζων· Ἀλληλούια.
Akathist Hymn to the Theotokos companion
Never lose the rhythm again
Chosen Portion delivers your morning, midday and night office to your phone — the Hours, without the bells.
Chosen Portion is a modern Book of Hours: it turns the fixed-hour structure this collection preserves into scheduled, tappable daily prayer on your phone.
- Three daily prayer moments scheduled around your real calendar, not a monastery's
- Psalms and historic prayers sequenced for you — no page-flipping or decision fatigue
- A visible streak of completed offices, so the rhythm compounds instead of collapsing