O Theotokos

You are the honored Mother of the Light; from the risings of the sun to its settings praises are offered to you, O Theotokos, the second heaven, as you are the bright and unchanging flower, and the ever virgin mother; for the Father chose you, and the Holy Spirit overshadowed you, and the Son condescended and took flesh from you. 

Wherefore, ask Him to give salvation to the world which He created, and to deliver it from all tribulations. 

Let us praise Him a new praise, and bless Him, now and forever and unto the ages of all ages. 

Amen.

From the Prime Hour 

of the Coptic Orthodox Agpeya