The Great Canon – On Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent - Page 14 of 59
Now and ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.
Theotokion:
Rejoice, God-receiving womb! Rejoice, throne of the
Lord! Rejoice, Mother of our Life!
Another Eirmos
Establish, O Lord, my unstable heart on the rock
of Thy commandments, for Thou only art Holy and Lord.
8.
In Thee, the Conqueror of death, I have found the Source
of Life, and from my heart I cry to Thee before my end: I
have sinned, be merciful, save me.
9.
I have imitated those who were licentious in Noah's time,
and I have earned a share in their condemnation of drowning
in the flood.
(Genesis 6)
10.
I have sinned, O Lord, I have sinned against Thee. Be
merciful to me. For there is no one who has sinned among
men whom I have not surpassed by my sins.
11.
You have imitated Ham, that spurner of his father, my soul.
You have not concealed your neighbor’s shame by returning
to him looking backwards.
(Genesis 9:20-27)
12.
You have not inherited Shem's blessing, wretched soul,
nor have you received that vast possession like Japheth in
the land of forgiveness.
(Genesis 9:26-27)
13. .
Come out, my soul, from sin, from the land of Haran!
Come into the land of eternal life flowing with incorruption
which Abraham inherited.
(Genesis 12:4)
14.
You have heard, my soul, how Abraham of old left the land
of his fathers and became a nomad. Imitate his resolution.
(Genesis 12:1)
15.
At the Oak of Mamre the Patriarch entertained Angels, and
inherited in his old age the spoil of the promise.
(Genesis 18:1)