Οἶκος Δ'
The Overshadowing Grace
The Power of the Most High descends upon the Virgin to make her womb a source of salvation for all.
Then the power of the Most High overshadowed the Unwedded One for her conception; he revealed her fruitful womb as a sweet field to all who long to reap salvation, as they sing: Alleluia.1
Read the original Latin
Δύναμις τοῦ Ὑψίστου, ἐπεσκίασε τότε, πρὸς σύλληψιν τῇ Ἀπειρογάμῳ· καὶ τὴν εὔκαρπον ταύτης νηδύν, ὡς ἀγρὸν ὑπέδειξεν ἡδὺν ἅπασι, τοῖς θέλουσι θερίζειν σωτηρίαν, ἐν τῷ ψάλλειν οὕτως· Ἀλληλούια.
Notes
- 1 ↩Ἀπειρογάμῳ: rendered “Unwedded One” (she who has not known marriage), matching the hymn’s Marian title-language; not the refrain form Νύμφη Ἀνύμφευτε (“Bride Unwedded”).
Akathist Hymn to the Theotokos companion
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