he gennesis sou Christe ho Theos hemon
Horologion, p.252

tr., John Brownlie

8.8.8.8 D

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Thy Birth upon our world hath given,

O Christ, the truth from highest heaven;

And they who served the stars of night,

Are taught to own a truer Light.

Led by the stars' ethereal sheen,

The Sun of Righteousness is seen;

And night that in their bosom dwells,

The Dayspring from on high dispels.