Hymn of Kassiani- Holy Tuesday Service of the Bridegroom; Arr. N. Roubanis

The Penitential Hymn of the Fallen Woman- Written in 9thc- the Abbess, Saint Kassiani
The woman who had fallen into many sins recognizes Thy Godhead, O Lord. She takes upon herself the duty of a myrrh-bearer, and makes ready the myrrh of mourning against Thy entombment.
Woe to me saith she, for my night is an ecstasy of excess, gloom and moonless, and full of sinful desire.
Receive the sources of my tears, O Thou who dost gather into clouds the water of the sea, in Thine ineffable condescension, deign to bend down Thyself to me and to the lamentations of my heart, O Thou Who didst spread out the Heavens.
I will fervently embrace Thy sacred feet, and wipe them again with the tresses of the hair of my head, Thy feet at whose sound Eve hid herself for fear when she heard Thee walking in Paradise in the cool of the day.
O my Savior and soul-saver who can trace out the multitude of my sins, and the abysses of my misdeeds?
Disregard not me, Thy slave of Thou Whose mercy is boundless.