To the Theotokos
“It is truly meet” (Axion Estin)
It is truly meet to bless thee, O Theotokos, ever-blessed and most pure, and the Mother of our God. More honourable than the Cherubim, and more glorious beyond compare than the Seraphim, who without corruption gavest birth to God the Word, the very Theotokos, thee do we magnify.
Explanation
Concludes many prayer rules; from Pascha to Ascension it is replaced by the Paschal hymn to the Theotokos.