Ode 7. An Angel made the furnace moist.

Most honoured Father, you were revealed as a most strict lawgiver for monks, anointing them against the holds of enemies; and so we honour on earth your revered and sacred memory.

You have been revealed as an harmonious instrument of the Spirit, honoured Father, echoing his every breath and sounding a saving melody of repentance for us who sing your praise.

Your conceiving was beyond reason, Bride of God; for you bore God the Word, who delivered all mortals from unreason and grants them reason to cry: Blessed are you, the God of our fathers.