Ἡ ᾨδὴ τῆς Θεοτόκου

• Ἡ ᾨδὴ τῆς Θεοτόκου ≅ Magnificat

Μεγαλύνει ἡ ψυχή μου τὸν Κύριον καὶ ἠγαλλίασε τὸ πνεῦμά μου ἐπὶ τῷ Θεῷ τῷ Σωτῆρι μου.
Τὴν τιμιωτέραν τῶν Χερουβὶμ καὶ ἐνδοξοτέραν ἀσυγκρίτως τῶν Σεραφίμ, τὴν ἀδιαφθόρως Θεὸν Λόγον τεκοῦσαν, τὴν ὄντως Θεοτόκον Σὲ μεγαλύνομεν.
Ὅτι ἐπέβλεψεν ἐπὶ τὴν ταπείνωσιν τῆς δούλης Αὐτοῦ· ἰδοὺ γὰρ ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν μακαριοῦσί με πᾶσαι αἱ γενεαί.
Τὴν τιμιωτέραν τῶν Χερουβὶμ καὶ ἐνδοξοτέραν ἀσυγκρίτως τῶν Σεραφίμ, τὴν ἀδιαφθόρως Θεὸν Λόγον τεκοῦσαν, τὴν ὄντως Θεοτόκον Σὲ μεγαλύνομεν.
Ὅτι ἐποίησέ μοι μεγαλεῖα ὁ δυνατὸς καὶ ἅγιον τὸ ὄνομα Αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὸ ἔλεος Αὐτοῦ εἰς γενεὰν καὶ γενεὰν τοῖς φοβουμένοις Αὐτόν.
Τὴν τιμιωτέραν τῶν Χερουβὶμ καὶ ἐνδοξοτέραν ἀσυγκρίτως τῶν Σεραφίμ, τὴν ἀδιαφθόρως Θεὸν Λόγον τεκοῦσαν, τὴν ὄντως Θεοτόκον Σὲ μεγαλύνομεν.
Ἐποίησε κράτος ἐν βραχίονι Αὐτοῦ, διεσκόρπισεν ὑπερηφάνους διανοίᾳ καρδίας αὐτῶν.
Τὴν τιμιωτέραν τῶν Χερουβὶμ καὶ ἐνδοξοτέραν ἀσυγκρίτως τῶν Σεραφίμ, τὴν ἀδιαφθόρως Θεὸν Λόγον τεκοῦσαν, τὴν ὄντως Θεοτόκον Σὲ μεγαλύνομεν.
Καθεῖλε δυνάστας ἀπὸ θρόνων καὶ ὕψωσε ταπεινούς· πεινῶντας ἐνέπλησεν ἀγαθῶν καὶ πλουτοῦντας ἐξαπέστειλε κενούς.
Τὴν τιμιωτέραν τῶν Χερουβὶμ καὶ ἐνδοξοτέραν ἀσυγκρίτως τῶν Σεραφίμ, τὴν ἀδιαφθόρως Θεὸν Λόγον τεκοῦσαν, τὴν ὄντως Θεοτόκον Σὲ μεγαλύνομεν.
Ἀντελάβετο Ἰσραὴλ παιδὸς Αὐτοῦ, μνησθῆναι ἐλέους, καθὼς ἐλάλησε πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας ἡμῶν, τῷ Ἀβραάμ καὶ τῷ σπέρματι Αὐτοῦ ἕως αἰῶνος.
Τὴν τιμιωτέραν τῶν Χερουβὶμ καὶ ἐνδοξοτέραν ἀσυγκρίτως τῶν Σεραφίμ, τὴν ἀδιαφθόρως Θεὸν Λόγον τεκοῦσαν, τὴν ὄντως Θεοτόκον Σὲ μεγαλύνομεν.

My soul doth magnify the Lord.
And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.

Magnificat:
More honorable than the Cherubim,
and more glorious beyond compare than the Seraphim,
without corruption you gave birth to God the Word:
True Theotokos, we magnify you.

Because he hath regarded the humility of his handmaid;
for behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

Magnificat

Because he that is mighty, hath done great things to me;
and holy is his name.

Magnificat

And his mercy is from generation unto generations,
to them that fear him.

Magnificat

He hath shewed might in his arm:
he hath scattered the proud in the conceit of their heart.

Magnificat

He hath put down the mighty from their seat,
and hath exalted the humble.

Magnificat

He hath filled the hungry with good things;
and the rich he hath sent empty away.

Magnificat

He hath received Israel his servant, being mindful of his mercy:
As he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his seed for ever.