Lyrics

The twenty-fifth day of December
In the five-thousand and ninety-ninth year
After the creation of the world
From the time when God
In the beginning
Created the heavens and the earth
The two thousand nine hundred
And fifty-seventh year after the flood
The two thousand a fifteenth year from the birth of Abraham
The one-thousand, five hundred and tenth year from Moses
And the going forth of the of the people of Israel from Egypt
The one thousand and thirty-second year
From David’s being anointed King
In the sixty-fifth week
According to the prophecy of Daniel
In the one hundred and ninety-fourth Olympiad
The seven hundred and fifty second year
From the foundation of the City of Rome
The forty-second year of the reign of Octavian Augustus
The whole world being at peace
In the sixth age of the world
Jesus Christ, the eternal God
And Son of the eternal Father
Desiring to sanctify the world by His most merciful coming
Being conceived by the Holy Spirit
And nine months having passed since His conception
Was born in Bethlehem of Judea of the Virgin Mary
Being made flesh
The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ
According to the flesh