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Asteriktos
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Out of curiosity, do Eastern Catholics use the same hail Mary as the one I’ve heard used by Roman Catholics, or do they use one closer to the hail Marys used by Eastern Orthodox?
Justin
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Little_Boy_Lost
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Liturgically or in a public service I believe it is the Rejoice O Virgin that the Orthodox use. However growing up as a Western Catholic I learned the latin version and that’s the one I still pray in my private prayers.
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coco2
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What are the words to the prayer, Rejoice O Virgin?
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Asteriktos
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Thank you. So many (at least publically) use the one that is something like the following?
“Rejoice, O Virgin Theotokos, Mary full of grace, The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, for thou hast borne the Saviour of our souls.”
Coco2, the above might be it, though there are several variations. The one I learnt was:
“Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, O Virgin Theotokos. Blessed are thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, for thou has borne the Saviour of our souls.”
“Rejoice, O Virgin Theotokos, Mary full of grace, The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, for thou hast borne the Saviour of our souls.”
Coco2, the above might be it, though there are several variations. The one I learnt was:
“Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, O Virgin Theotokos. Blessed are thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, for thou has borne the Saviour of our souls.”
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chaldobyzantine
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In Arabic: youtube.com/watch?v=gjtHhBU6nEQ
Znamenny English: youtube.com/watch?v=7s9yLUSMjRA
Serbian: youtube.com/watch?v=zRFaznpId2E
Greek: youtube.com/watch?v=jqZnE0AOq4M
I’m sure there’s more
Rejoice,
O Theotokos Virgin Mary
Full of grace,
The Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou amongst women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb,
for thou hast borne the Saviour of our souls.
Typically said during Vespers
Znamenny English: youtube.com/watch?v=7s9yLUSMjRA
Serbian: youtube.com/watch?v=zRFaznpId2E
Greek: youtube.com/watch?v=jqZnE0AOq4M
I’m sure there’s more
Rejoice,
O Theotokos Virgin Mary
Full of grace,
The Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou amongst women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb,
for thou hast borne the Saviour of our souls.
Typically said during Vespers
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ciero
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Hail Mary Virgin, full of grace the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb. For you have given birth to the Saviour of our souls.
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Aramis
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That’s the one we use, and the one the orthodox around here use as well.
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5Loaves
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This is what I’m familiar with, however with “you” not “thee”. We sometimes use “thee” sometimes use “you” in various hymns to the Theotokos.
Somewhat different is the beautiful Megalynarion of the Annunciation we sing:
With the voice of the archangel we cry aloud to Thee, O Pure One: Rejoice, Thou who art Full of Grace, the Lord is with Thee!
A beautiful version can be heard here. Fr. Stephan chants first in Old Slavonic and then repeats in English.
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Alexander_Roman
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The Ukrainian Catholic Church and the Old Believers have the same ending to their Hail Mary:
For thou has given birth to CHRIST the Saviour, the REDEEMER of our souls.
The Ukrainian Orthodox have either “Christ the Saviour of our souls” or the version given above.
Alex
For thou has given birth to CHRIST the Saviour, the REDEEMER of our souls.
The Ukrainian Orthodox have either “Christ the Saviour of our souls” or the version given above.
Alex
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