In view of the imminent solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, it is my privilege to offer to the good folks here at CathInfo the entire translation of the
The Akathistos Hymn by the great Rev. Fr. Vincent McNabb, O.P.:
Ode in Honour of the Holy Immaculate Most Blessed Glorious Lady Mother of God and Ever Virgin Mary, Written on the Occasion of the Deliverance of Constantinople from the Barbarians, A.D. 626 (Oxford: Blackfriars Publications, 1947).
Enjoy! :reading: and pray!