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Christ is born there-fore glo - ri - fy Christ is come from heav - en en- coun - ter
Him Christ______ is on earth a - rise to Him Sing to the Lord all
you who dwell on the earth_____ and in mer - ry spir - its
O you peo - ples praise His birth For He is glo - ri - fied

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To the Son__ be - got - ten with - out flux____ of the Fa -

ther be - fore the a - ges and who was late - ly made in - car -
nate of the Vir - gin with - out seed to Christ_____ God now
let us cry a - loud You have ex - alt - ed the horn of our
strength On - ly You are ho - ly O ___ Lord
Katavasi of Christmas
(First Canon)
Ode i. Mode 1. Pa.

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Ode iv

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Jes - ses root pro-duced a branch O Christ and You its flow - er blos - somed
forth from the Vir - gin who by Hb - ak- kuk pro - phet-ic' - ly once was
called o - ver - shad - owed dense__ moun-tain From her who knew
not man You came__ in - car - nate the im - ma - te - ri - al God
Glo - ry to Your pow - er O___ Lord

Ode v

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God of peace_ and Fa - ther of mer - - cies Your Son You
have sent un-to us_______ as Your mes-sen-ger the An - gel of Grea
Coun - sel who is grant - ing us Your peace There-fore hav - ing been
guid - ed to the light of god - ly knowl-edge wak - ing from
the night to dawn we sing Your glo - ry O Lov - er of man


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Ode vi

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Such as it re-ceived Jo - nah as an em - bry - o the sea beast dis-gorged him
from its bow - els in - tact With the Vir - gin though when the Lo -
gos had dwelt in her tak - ing on flesh He came forth from her
pre - serv-ing her yet in - cor-rupt For ___ from her no flux - ion
suf - fered He and He kept her un - al - tered in child - - - birth


Ode vii

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The chil - dren nur - tured pi - ous - ly___ to - geth - er with
con - tempt re - gard - ing the__ im - pi - ous kings de - cree in -
trep - id - ly faced the threat of ho - lo - caust and while stand -
ing in the midst___ of flames they chant - ed__ thus say - ing
O God________ of___ the fa - thers You are bless - ed
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Ode viii

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Bab - y - lons be - dew - ing fur - nace bore_ the im - age of an ex -
tra - or - di - nar - y won - - der For it did not burn the youths
it____ ac - cept - ed nor did the fire_______ of Di - vin - i -
ty con - sume the Vir - gins womb where-in it went So let_____ us
mel - o - di - ous - ly chant in praise Let all cre - a - tion bless_


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_____ and ex - tol the Lord and let it ex - alt_______ Him su-preme-
ly to the a - ges_________________


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Ode ix

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O my soul____ mag - ni - fy___ her who is great - er
in hon - or and in glo - ry than the ar - mies of heav - en

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I see here_ a strange and par - a - dox - i - cal mys - ter-
y For be - hold the grot - to is heav - en che - ru - bic throne
is the Vir - gin the man - ger a grand___ space in
which___ Christ our God the un - con - tain - a - ble re - clined_____ as
a babe Whom in ex - tol - ling do we mag - ni - fy__________


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