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St. Paisios singing ‘It is Truly Meet’ (Axion Estin), a hymn to the Theotokos

In this audio recording, Saint Paisios the Athonite (✝July 12, 1994) sings ‘It is Truly Meet’ (Axion Estin), a hymn to the Theotokos. The date of the recording is unknown, but it may have been made during the divine liturgy for St. Euphemia in 1981.

Audio source: Cell of St. John the Theologian, Koutloumousiou Monastery, Mount Athos.
Subtitles: English, Greek, Romanian

“It is truly meet to bless you, O Theotokos, ever-blessed and most pure, and the Mother of our God. More honorable than the Cherubim, and more glorious beyond compare than the Seraphim, without defilement you gave birth to God the Word. True Theotokos we magnify you!”

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