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Byzantine notation available on page 40 here http://music.samonastery.org/Menaion/... Western notation available here http://ww1.antiochian.org/sites/defau... and 9th ode here (starts on page 6) http://ww1.antiochian.org/sites/defau... Video by Layal Saikaly ------------------------------------------------------------ KATAVASIAE OF THE SECOND CANON OF CHRIST’S NATIVITY - TONE ONE Ode 1. Working a great wonder, the Master saved the people of old when He made dry the sea’s swelling water. And now He is born of His own will from a Maiden, making us a path that leadeth unto Heaven: Him we glorify, equal in essence with the Father and with mortals. Ode 3. To Thy servants’ hymns, incline, O Benefactor; bring low the haughty pride of the adversary, O blessed One, that lookest down and seest all. Keep us above sin, who ever sing Thy praises, steadfast and unmoved on the foundation of faith. Ode 4. In his song of old, Prophet Habakkuk foretold of the restoration of all the race of mortals, having been vouchsafed to see its type past all telling; for as a young babe from the mountain of the Virgin did the Word come forth to refashion the peoples. Ode 5. As we now keep watch in the night to sing Thy praises as our Benefactor, O Christ, grant us forgiveness of what we have done in benighted delusion. Come provide a path that is easy to journey, that we may ascend upon it and find glory. Ode 6. Dwelling in the deeps of the sea’s lowest regions, Jonah prayed to come unto Thee and calm the tempest. But I, that am pierced by the shaft of the tyrant, call on Thee, O Christ, the Abolisher of evil: Come anticipate my slothfulness speedily. Ode 7. For the King of all, longing held fast the Children, Who despised as nought the base ungodly babblings of the tyrant who raged with fury insensate; and the boundless fire then gave way as they cried out to the Sovereign Lord: Blessed art Thou to the ages. We praise, we bless, and we worship the Lord. Ode 8. Midst the flames unburnt, the Old Covenant Children figure forth the womb of the virginal Maiden, which, remaining sealed, doth conceive beyond nature. For in working both by the same wondrous power, Grace doth wisely rouse the peoples unto praises. Ode9. Today the Virgin giveth birth unto the Master in the cave. Being well content, out of fear, to be silent would be easier, since silence hath no danger. O Virgin, it is hard to compose hymns with love framed in harmony, but we pray thee, O Mother: Do thou grant us strength as great as our volition. Today the Master is born as an infant of a Virgin Mother. Being well content, out of fear, to be silent would be easier, since silence hath no danger. O Virgin, it is hard to compose hymns with love framed in harmony, but we pray thee, O Mother: Do thou grant us strength as great as our volition. Magnify, O my soul, the dominion of the Undivided Godhead of Three Hypostases. O thou Mother pure, we have seen the dark figures of the Word of God with the shadows that vanished; for He hath shined forth newly from thee, the shut gate. Wherefore, seeing we have been thought to be worthy of the Light of Truth, we bless thy womb as is meet. Magnify, O my soul, her that hath delivered us from the curse. Having been vouchsafed God’s own advent, the people that delighteth Christ hath obtained what it longed for. Now it maketh prayer for that regeneration that createth life. O immaculate Virgin, grant to us the grace to worship Christ in His glory