Tune: Woodlands
(\'Tell out my soul\')
Akathistos means \'not sitting\'.
It is a type of Byzantine hymn,
so it is sung standing up.
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Unto you, O Theotokos*, you be
Invincible champion to us, we
Of your city in thanksgiving ascribe
The victory to you, for we survive
Victory for the deliverance, sight
We, from sufferings, and having your might
Unassailable, free us here we pray
From all dangers, bring us salvation\'s days
So that we may cry unto you, Mary
Hail, O bride, ever-virgin you sure be**
Mother of Our Lord, bore Him us to save
Jesus, who rose from dead, His life He gave
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* Theotokos = A title of Mary, mother of Jesus.
** - The opening lines of the Akathistos end here.