Wednesday June 03, 2026 / May 21, 2026
Beholding the image of Thy Cross in the sky,/ and like Paul receiving a call not from men,/ Thine apostle among kings placed the imperial city in Thy hands, O Lord./ Do Thou save it ever in peace, through the supplications of the Theotokos,// O Thou Who alone lovest mankind.
Today Constantine and his mother Helena/ reveal the Cross, the most precious Tree, which putteth to shame all the Jews/ and is the weapon of faithful kings against the adversary,/ For our sake hath the great standard appeared,// terrible in battle.
Today the most glorious city of Moscow is adorned, having received thy wonder-working icon like the radiance of the sun; and we, hastening to it and entreating thee, O Mistress, do thus cry out: O all-wondrous Mistress Theotokos, entreat Christ our God, Who became incarnate through thee, that He deliver this city, and all cities and lands where Christians dwell, unharmed by all the assaults of the enemy, and save thou our souls, in that thou art compassionate.
As ones delivered from evils by the arrival of thy precious image, O Mistress Theotokos, do we splendidly chant hymns of victory to thee, the chosen leader, on the feast of thy meeting, and we cry to thee as is our wont: Rejoice, O Bride unwedded!