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Akathistos hymn to the Mother of God

Akathistos

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English source

Metropolitan Cantor Institute — Akathist

English text and music published by the Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh, 2018.

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Greek source

Roman Anthologion — Greek Akathist hymn · PDF pages 6–11, printed pages 1597–1606; earlier pages contain the canon and rubrics

Original Greek liturgical text in the Roman Anthologion (1974), hosted by Centro di Cultura Mariana. All 24 stanzas are present. The English resource follows the Byzantine Catholic Pittsburgh edition; surrounding service rubrics can differ by edition.

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