Agni Parthene - English Translation

English Translation

O Virgin Pure

by St. Nectarios

Plagal First Tone (Tone 5)

Refrain: Rejoice, O Unwedded Bride!

O Virgin pure, immaculate/ O Lady Theotokos

O Virgin Mother, Queen of all/ and fleece which is all dewy

More radiant than the rays of sun/ and higher than the heavens

Delight of virgin choruses/ superior to Angels.

Much brighter than the firmament/ and purer than the sun's light

More holy than the multitude/ of all the heav'nly armies.

Rejoice, O Unwedded Bride!

O Ever Virgin Mary/ of all the world, the Lady

O bride all pure, immaculate/ O Lady Panagia

O Mary bride and Queen of all/ our cause of jubilation

Majestic maiden, Queen of all/ O our most holy Mother

More hon'rable than Cherubim/ beyond compare more glorious

than immaterial Seraphim/ and greater than angelic thrones.

Rejoice, O Unwedded Bride!

Rejoice, O song of Cherubim/ Rejoice, O hymn of angels

Rejoice, O ode of Seraphim/ the joy of the archangels

Rejoice, O peace and happiness/ the harbor of salvation

O sacred chamber of the Word/ flow'r of incorruption

Rejoice, delightful paradise/ of blessed life eternal

Rejoice, O wood and tree of life/ the fount of immortality.

Rejoice, O Unwedded Bride!

I supplicate you, Lady/ now do I call upon you

And I beseech you, Queen of all/ I beg of you your favor

Majestic maiden, spotless one/ O Lady Panagia

I call upon you fervently/ O sacred, hallowed temple

Assist me and deliver me/ protect me from the enemy

And make me an inheritor/ of blessed life eternal.

Rejoice, O Unwedded Bride!

(Source and translation: Holy Nativity Convent, Saxonburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) http://www.serfes.org/spiritual/november1999.htm

O PURE VIRGIN by Saint Nektarios of Aegina (Tone 5)

(A) O pure and virgin Lady / O spotless Theotokos: Rejoice, O unwedded Bride! O virgin Queen and Mother / O dewy fleece most sacred: Rejoice, O unwedded Bride!

(B) O height transcending heaven above / O beam of light most radiant: Rejoice, O unwedded Bride! O joy of chaste and virgin maids / surpassing all the angels: Rejoice, O unwedded Bride!

(C) O brilliant light of heaven above / most clear and most radiant: Rejoice, O unwedded Bride! Commanding chief of heavenly hosts / O holiest of holies: Rejoice, O unwedded Bride!

(A) O ever-virgin Mary / O Mistress of creation: Rejoice, O unwedded Bride! O Bride all-pure and spotless / O Lady all-holy: Rejoice, O unwedded Bride!

(B) O holy Mary, Bride and Queen / O cause of our rejoicing: Rejoice, O unwedded Bride! O Maiden Queen most hon'rable / O Mother most holy: Rejoice, O unwedded Bride!

(C) More precious than the Cherubim / more glorious than the Seraphim: Rejoice, O unwedded Bride! Surpassing Principalities / Dominions, Thrones and Powers: Rejoice, O unwedded Bride!

(A) Rejoice, song of the Cherubim / rejoice, hymn of the angels: Rejoice, O unwedded Bride! Rejoice, ode of the Seraphim / and joy of the Archangels: Rejoice, O unwedded Bride!

(B) Rejoice, O peace; rejoice, O joy / and haven of salvation: Rejoice, O unwedded Bride! O bridal chamber of the Word / unfading, fragrant blossom: Rejoice, O unwedded Bride!

(C) Rejoice, delight of paradise / rejoice, life everlasting: Rejoice, O unwedded Bride! Rejoice, O holy tree of life / and fount of immortality: Rejoice, O unwedded Bride!

(A) I supplicate thee, Lady / I humbly call upon thee; Rejoice, O unwedded Bride! O Queen of all I beg thee / to grant me thy favor: Rejoice, O unwedded Bride!

(B) O spotless and most honored maid / O Lady all-holy: Rejoice, O unwedded Bride! I call upon thee fervently / thou temple most holy: Rejoice, O unwedded Bride!

(C) O thou my help deliver me / from harm and all adversity: Rejoice, O unwedded Bride! And by thy prayers show me to be / an heir of immortality: Rejoice, O unwedded Bride!

Translation Bishop BASIL