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RUBRIC: *Tʿagaworkʿ* [Hymns of the King] of the Martyrs, according to the Eight Tones: First Choir.

King eternal. *Ak.* (*aṙawōtu kcʿurd* [morning refrain]): Grant Your mercy upon us, O Lord, and through the intercession of Saint[s] ([say] this name), do not destroy us. O Holy Trinity, have mercy on us. *Sł.* (*sałmos* [psalm]): The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord; He is their protector in times of affliction. The Lord shall help them and deliver them; He shall rescue them from sinners and save them, because they put their trust in Him; and through the intercession of the saints...

RUBRIC: * Explanation of why the *Tʿagaworkʿ* ([Hymns of the] King) of the Martyrs of the *Aṙajin Kołmn* (First Side [Plagal First Tone, AK]) is placed before the *Aṙajin Jayn* (First Tone [Authentic First Tone, AJ]): They say that our holy Gregory the Enlightener (*Lusaworičʿ*) spoke this [text] upon interring the pure bodies of the holy virgins Hṙipʿsimeankʿ and Gayianeankʿ. Later, the author who composed the *Tʿagaworkʿ* of the martyrs set these words to the AK tone because the feast of the virgins occurs in that same tone. And in honor of the holy Enlightener, he placed it before the *Aṙajin Jayn*.