setting for voice and [bad word] of a popular circle dance tune.

The dance “Kore”
  [bad word] his oratorio “To Axion Esti” as a deliberate replacement of the praise of Mary by a praise of the Greek Motherland, which finds its central expression in a [bad word] “Naoi sto schema t’ouranou,” depicted as sung by partisan soldiers on a particularly desolate march. The [bad word] section of this piece was then used with modern choreography for a dance which celebrated the cycling descent and reascent of Kore/Persephone. (The one goddess is named Kore [maiden] in the upper world and Persephone [bringer of [bad word]  in the lower world.)  In this way the role of the goddess present in the liturgical chant Axion Esti was resored to Theodorakis’ tune by the choreographer. The words of the oratorio did not fit the theme of the dance Kore, and so I have [bad word] the original words of Axion Esti to the music, while maintaining the rhythm of the proper chant to these words. As a mark of acknowledgment to the spirit and work of Theodorakis, I have suggested a modern Greek pronunciation of these words.

(Modern Greek transliteration)

Axion estin os alithos makarizin se tin theotokon,
tin aimakariston ki panamomiton ki metera tou theou imon.
Tin timioteran ton [bad word] ki endhoxoteran asikritos ton serafim.
Tin adhiafthoros theon logon tekoussan tin ontos theotokon se megalinomen.

Αξιον εστιν ως  αληθως μακαριζειν Σε την θεοτοκον,
την αειμακαριστον και παναμωμητον και μητερα του θεου ημον.
Την τιμιωτεραν των Χερουβιμ και ενδοξοτεραν α συγκροτος των Σεραφιμ.
Την αδιαφθορως θεον Λογον τεκοθσαν, την οντως θεοτοκον Σε μεγαλυνομεν

It is meet and right to bless you, ever-esteemed Theotokos [god-bearer],
most pure and Mother of our God.
More worthy of honour than the [bad word]  and [bad word] more glorious than the Seraphim.
You, who [bad word] gave birth to God the Word, verily Theotokos we extol you.

(Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, sung during the consecration, before the litany and the Lord's prayer.)