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First, for one who believes in your grace, which is mighty, and in your prayer, Father, which penetrates and conquers, he stands openly in the place of high learning, which adorns the face with the sign of the Holy Cross, and then he begins and says: Salutation to your conception by the annunciation of the great angel, who stands forever before God. ʾEwosṭātewos, chosen and blessed seed, blessedness to your parents, who wearied their soul and did not hide it in misery and thorns. Salutation to your birth, which was joy for them, for the beauty of life and its companions. ʾEwosṭātewos, child, you who laid down the law; my fathers, my beloved, from the fruit of the lips, I give you a hundred, and from the psalmody, I give you a gift. Salutation to the memory of your name, like the memory of good psalmody, which, when there is drink, the four corners of the world, ʾEwosṭātewos, sun; in the beauty of your greatness, heaven rejoices, and in your praises, the pool is adorned. Salutation to the hair of your head, whose curls are black and whose locks are red. ʾEwosṭātewos, heir of the small days and years, that you may bless me with the blessing of father and mother; consider the matters in your heart today.

Salutation to the wood of your body, to the chief of bishops, in his hand. To God, by his will. To the people of Armenia, they all say, each one. What is it for the keeper of the Lord, his treasure? Which the sea can contain, as it is mighty. Salutation to your tomb, which is great in glory. In the church of the Armenians, ʾEwosṭātewos, prophet and apostle. Ethiopia weeps for you, for the one who came from this sea. As Jacob wept for Leah. O Lord God, while you give me the word, I have recited your praises, as much as I am able. ʾEwosṭātewos, bless and ordain power. Which drives away the spirit of illness and which heals the limbs. And which repels the demons, the multitude. Salutation to you, ʾEwosṭātewos, bitter and spiritual pilot. As they sail upon the deep sea. Righteous measure and guidance. Salutation to you. Hearing your wonders, the ear is astonished. And what the eye has seen is hidden from you. For in you is the power of authority. Salutation to you. The strength of our lips is dry, like the color of the myrrh-tree, the good. A vigilant guardian and a doer. For the time of harvest has arrived.

Salutation to you, to the leaf of your body, salutation in the word of this blessing. This is the time of blessing. Come, come to blessing. From us, our hope, this one.