No one could describe
the Word of the Father;
but when He took flesh from you, O [Blessed Mother of God, Mary] Theotokos,
He consented to be described,
and restored the fallen image [of God in humanity]
to its former beauty.
We confess and proclaim our salvation in word and image.
Kontakion of the 'Triumph of Orthodoxy' (commemorated the first Sunday of Lent)
- see Cyril of Alexandria regarding the Incarnation
the Word of the Father;
but when He took flesh from you, O [Blessed Mother of God, Mary] Theotokos,
He consented to be described,
and restored the fallen image [of God in humanity]
to its former beauty.
We confess and proclaim our salvation in word and image.
Kontakion of the 'Triumph of Orthodoxy' (commemorated the first Sunday of Lent)
- see Cyril of Alexandria regarding the Incarnation
Coptic icon - Christ and
Mary ~ Theotokos