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As we continue our series of prayers written by Orthodox women past and present, we are delighted to share this Nativity Hymn of St. Kassiani's. Christ is born!

When Augustus reigned alone on the earth, many kingdoms of humankind came to an end; and when You assumed human nature from the Pure One, the many gods of idolatry were destroyed. The cities came under one mundane kingdom and the nations came to believe in one divine dominion. The peoples were registered by the decree of Caesar; we the faithful have been inscribed in the name of your divinity, when You, our God, assumed human nature.

Kassiani, Hymn for the Nativity

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