Gabriel the Archangel was sent from Heaven, Valaam Monastery Choir

On the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos,
Znamenny chant,
tone 6.
Gabriel the Archangel was sent from heaven to announce to the Virgin the glad tidings of her conceiving; and coming to Nazareth he pondered in amazement on this wonder.
"O how shall He who dwelleth in the heights, whom none can comprehend, be born of a Virgin?
How shall He whose throne is heaven and whose footsool is the earth be held in the womb of a woman?
He upon whom the six-winged seraphim and the many-eyed cherubim cannot gaze has been pleased at a single word to be made flesh of this His creature.
It is the Word of God who dwells within her.
Why then do I stand here, and not say to the Maiden, "Hail, O Full of Grace, the Lord is with thee!
Hail, O pure Virgin!
Hail, O unwedded Bride!
Hail, O Mother of life!
Blessed is the fruit of thy womb"!