Refrain

More honourable than the Cherubim and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim, who without corruption gavest birth to God the Word, the very Theotokos, thee do we magnify. For He hath looked upon the lowliness of His handmaiden; for behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. Refrain. For the Mighty One hath done great things to me, and holy is His name; and His mercy is on them that fear Him unto generation and generation. Refrain. He hath showed strength with His arm, He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their heart. Refrain. He hath put down the mighty from their seat, and exalted them of low degree; He hath filled the hungry with good things, and the rich He hath sent empty away. Refrain. He hath holpen His servant Israel in remembrance of His mercy, as He spake to our fathers, to Abraham and his seed for ever. Refrain.