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Prayers Before Communion

The Service of Prayers Before Communion includes a prayer by Saint Symeon the New Theologian that is in the form of a long poem. At one point, the Saint makes a reference to the Burning Bush.

Ταῦτα τολμηρὸν ποιεῖ με,ταῦτά με πτεροῖ, Χριστέ μου·καὶ θαῤῥῶν ταῖς σαῖς πλουσίαιςπρὸς ἡμᾶς εὐεργεσίαις,χαίρων τε καὶ τρέμων […]