Ode 9. Irmos.

‘All-holy Virgin, who contained in your womb the uncontainable God, and bore joy for the world, we hymn you’.

To the understanding Christ has given the command to watch, to those who hope for his coming; for he has come to be born from a Virgin.

At your second coming, O Christ, show me, who honour your coming in the flesh, to be a companion of the your sheep on your right hand.

At your former coming, O Christ, you saved Adam; but at your second, save those who honour your Birth.