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The Apocalypse of the Holy Mother of God Concerning the Chastisements

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Section 23

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XXIII. And immediately when she had spoken,

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the

cherubim

and

seraphim

stood

beside

her

and

led

the

highly

favoured

one

out

to

the

left

parts

of

Paradise

.

And

behold

,

there

was

a

great

river

,

and

the

appearance

of

the

river

was

blacker

than

pitch

,

and

in

it

there

were

a

multitude

of

men

and

women

:

it

boiled

like

a

furnace

of

forges

,

and

its

waves

were

like

a

wild

sea

over

the

sinners

:

and

when

the

waves

rose

,

they

sank

the

sinners

ten

thousand

cubits

and

they

were

unable

to

keep

it

off

and

say

:

Have

mercy

on

us

,

thou

just

judge

:

for

the

sleepless

worm

devoured

them

,

and

there

was

no

reckoning

of

the

number

of

those

who

devoured

them

.

And

seeing

the

all

holy

Mother

of

God

the

angels

who

chastised

them

cried

out

with

one

voice

:

Holy

is

God

who

has

compassion

on

account

of

the

Mother

of

God

:

we

give

thee

thanks

,

O

Son

of

God

,

that

from

eternity

we

did

not

see

the

light

,

and

to

-

day

through

the

Mother

of

God

we

have

seen

the

light

:

and

again

they

shouted

with

one

voice

,

saying

:

Hail

,

highly

favoured

Mother

of

God

:

Hail

,

lamp

of

the

inaccessible

light

:

Hail

to

thee

also

,

Michael

,

the

commander

-

in

-

chief

,

thou

that

art

ambassador

from

the

whole

creation

:

for

we

,

seeing

the

chastisement

of

sinners

are

greatly

grieved

.

And

the

all

holy

one

,

when

she

saw

the

angels

humbled

on

account

of

the

sinners

,

lamented

and

said

:

Woe

to

sinners

and

their

neighbours

.

And

the

all

holy

one

said

:

Let

us

see

the

sinners

.

And

the

highly

favoured

one

,

coming

with

the

archangel

Michael

and

all

the

armies

of

the

angels

lifted

up

one

voice

saying

:

Lord

have

mercy

.

And

after

the

making

of

the

prayer

earnestly

,

the

wave

of

the

river

rested

and

the

fiery

waves

grew

calm

,

and

the

sinners

appeared

as

a

grain

of

mustard

-

seed

:

and

seeing

them

the

all

holy

one

lamented

and

said

:

What

is

this

river

,

and

what

are

its

waves

?

And

the

commander

-

in

-

chief

said

:

This

river

is

the

outer

fire

,

and

those

who

are

being

tortured

are

the

Jews

who

crucified

our

Lord

Jesus

Christ

the

Son

of

God

,

and

who

refused

holy

baptism

,

and

those

who

commit

fornication

and

sin

against

the

sweet

and

passionless

perfume

of

marriage

,

and

he

who

debauches

mother

and

daughter

,

and

the

poisoners

and

those

who

slay

with

the

sword

,

and

the

women

who

strangle

their

offspring

.

And

the

all

holy

one

said

:

According

to

their

faith

so

be

it

unto

them

.

And

straightway

the

waves

rose

over

the

sinners

and

the

darkness

covered

them

.

And

the

commander

-

in

-

chief

said

:

Hearken

,

thou

highly

favoured

one

:

if

anyone

shall

be

cast

into

this

darkness

,

his

remembrance

shall

never

be

in

the

sight

of

God

.

And

the

all

holy

Mother

of

God

said

:

Woe

to

sinners

,

because

the

flame

of

the

fire

is

everlasting

.

Notes

16
Cf. Paul, 31.
17
Cf. Peter, 23.
18
Cf. Paul, 41.