My people what have I done to you? How have I aggrieved you? Answer me! Did I not bring you out of Egypt? And for that you erected a cross for your saviour. Hagios o Theos. Holy God, Hagios ischyros. Holy and strong! Hagios athanatos, eleison hymas. Holy Immortal One, have mercy upon us. Did I not lead you for forty years through the desert? Did I not feed you with manna, and bring you to a land of plenty? And for that you raised up a cross for your Saviour.
