INTRODUCTORY NOTE
The Proemuim and first Ikos of this Kontakion are still used on the 3rd Sunday of Lent. The following translation and notes are taken from my translation of eighteen kontakia of St Romanos, entitled On the Life of Chirst, published for the International Sacred Literature Trust by Alta Mira.
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