Ode 1. Tone 3. The Irmos.

‘The sun once shone on dry land, mother of the deep. For the water was fixed fast like a wall on either side for the people as they marched on foot and sang a song pleasing to God, ‘Let us sing to the Lord, for he has been greatly glorified’.‘

Let the clouds pour down water. For Christ, the Sun, riding on a light cloud, has come on unblemished arms into the temple as a babe. Therefore, believers, let us shout aloud, ‘Let us sing to the Lord, for he has been greatly glorified’.

Be strong, Symeon’s hands, weakened by old age. And you, an old man’s feeble legs, run straight to meet Christ. Forming a choir with the Bodiless Powers, let us sing to the Lord, for he has been greatly glorified.

You heavens, stretched out with understanding, rejoice. Earth be glad. For Christ, the Craftsman, who came forth from a bosom that is above all godhead, is being brought as a babe to God the Father by a Virgin Mother, he who is before all things, for he has been greatly glorified’.