Today is the prelude of God's goodwill and the heralding of the salvation
of mankind. In the temple of God, the Virgin is presented openly,
and she proclaimeth Christ unto all. To her, then, with a great voice
let us cry aloud: Rejoice, O thou fulfillment of the Creator's dispensation.
Kontakion
The most pure temple of the Saviour, the most precious bridal-chamber
and Virgin, the sacred treasury of the glory of God, is on this day brought
into the house of the Lord, bringing with her the grace that is in the
Divine Spirit. And the angels of God chant praise unto her: she is the
heavenly tabernacle.