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2: Kontakion: To You O Champion Leader / Remember your servants  from the Ballad of the Death of the Mother of the Jugovici

To You O Champion Leader,
We offer thanks of victory,
Remember your servants, Lord,
when you come into your kingly power.
O Blessed Theotokos.
Blessed are the poor in spirit;
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
You have delivered us from Terror.
Blessed are those who mourn;
for they shall be comforted.
As you have a power invincible…
Blessed are the meek;
for they shall inherit the earth.
O Blessed Theotokos
Blessed are those
who hunger and thirst after righteousness;
for they shall be satisfied.
You alone can set us free.
Blessed are the merciful;
for they shall obtain mercy.
From all forms of danger
free us, and deliver us.
Blessed are the pure in heart;
for they shall see God.
O Blessed Theotokos
Blessed are the peacemakers;
for they shall be called the children of God.
That we may cry to you,
"Hail, O unwedded bride!"
Remember your servants, Lord,
when you come into your kingly power.