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From the fifth ode of the Christmas canon of Cosmas of Jerusalem. 



@eo<; MV elprivr]<; •jrar'qp olKTip/M&v 

 Trji jj.ejciXt]? /SovX^? crov top ajjeXov 

 Elprivrjv 'Trape')(pfjLevov eireaTeiXa'; 7]/iiv, 

 "OOev Oeojvcaat.a'; 

 Upo'i ^w? 6BT]j7}6evTe^ 

 'Etc vvKTOi opOpi^ovre^ 

 Ao^oXoyovfiev tre i^iXavOpunre. 



'Ev Zovkoi'; Tut Kaio'apo'i Soyfiart 

 'ATrejpa<f)7)<; Trt^Tjcra? Kai Bov\ov<; rjfia^ 

 ^E-)(Qpov Koi dfjLapTia<; r/Xevdepcocra^ Xpiare. 

 "OXov TO Ka6 t'jfia'; Be 

 Ilr<a')(evaa<; Kat "ypiKOV 

 'E^ avTt]'} evo)ffea<! 

 Kai Oeovpyia'; eKaivovpyrjaa^. 



From the fifth ode of the Easter canon of Joannes of Damascus. 



'Op9pl(raiiji,ev opOpov ^a6eo<; 

 Kai avrl fivpov rov vfivov 

 TIpocToiaa/jLev ru> BeoTroTT], 

 Kai Xpia-Tov oyfrtofieOa 

 AiKaLoavvri<; rjXiop 

 Haai ^corjv avareXXovra. 



Trjv afierpov crov ev<7TrXay')(viav 

 Ol rat? Tov ' AcBov aei,pal<; 

 Svve'^o/ji.evoi, BeBopKOTe<; 

 TIpo<i TO <j)S)^ rjiretyovTO, 

 XpLaTe, dyaXXofjLevq) ttoBi, 

 Tlda-^a KpoTovmei aimviov. 



From the sixth ode of the same canon. 



KaTrjXOe'i ev rot? KaTcoTaTOi'i t^? 7^9 

 Kai o-vveTpLiIra^ fio')^ov<; aiaviov; KaT0X0v<; 

 UeTreBrjfievov;, XpicrTS, 

 Kai Tpirj/Mepo^ 

 '/2? e/c KT^TOVi; Io}va<; 

 ^E^ave<TTi]^ TOV tu^ov. 



XS)Tip fiov TO ^a>v re Kac advTOv 

 'lepelov, <as 6eo^ eavrov e/coucict)? 

 Upocrayaycov tw vaTpi 

 XvvaveaTrjaa^ 

 Ilayyevrj tov ABafi 

 'Avaa-TCLi ex tov Toxftov. 



In the iatiihic canons of Joannes of Damascus two kinds of rhythm are discernible ; 

 the quantitative and the accentual. At present, however, these canons are sung ac- 

 cording to the latter rhythm alone. We subjoin the first two troparia of the first ode 

 of his Christmas canon, g 



"Ea-aae Xaov Oavfiarovpyov SecTTTOTJ?? 

 'Typov 6dXd<T<Tri'! KVfUi %e/3cra)o-a? TraXat. 

 'Ekwv Be Texdeh eic Kopri'i Tpl^ov ^aTrjv 

 UoXov Tidrja-tv rjiuv. *0z/ KaT ovalav 

 "la-ov T6 iraTpl Kai /Sporoi? Bo^d^ofiev. 



' Hveyice yaaTijp rjyia(7fievT) Xoyov 

 Xa<^S)<i dipXeKTU) fysypaipovjievq /9aT&) 

 MiyevTa fiop^fj tt] ^poTijcna 6eov 

 Evaf TaXaivav vrjBvv apa<! t^? TraXai 

 AvovTa TTiKpa^. "^Ov ^poToi Bo^a^ofiev. 



