Ode 8. Irmos.

‘The Offspring of the Mother of God saved the innocent youths in the furnace. Then he was prefigured, but now in reality he gathers the whole world which sings: All you works praise the Lord, and highly exalt him to all the ages.’

The voice of the Begetter from on high will bear witness that you are the consubstantial Son who go into the waters and send out upon them your blessing, O blessed Christ, and the Holy Spirit will proclaim to all that you are God incarnate.

Visible creation, dance at the Appearing of God; Angels, sing praises; Sea, be glad; Lakes and Springs, leap for joy, and Rivers mystically beat out your hymns: Christ, who makes you resplendent with his blessings, is present.

Let us chant in praise to the Lord, who has appeared in the waters and by them refashioned our brokenness and broken the heads of the invisible foes, and let us cry: You works, praise and highly exalt to all the ages.

O wonder of wonders! How our God, greater than all creation, is created and fashioned from the Mother of God, and, as the only Benefactor, makes new and refashions us by his will through water and the Spirit as a most wondrous fashioning.

‘The Youths inspired by God in the furnace, trampling down error with the fire, sang the refrain: Works of the Lord, bless the Lord, and highly exalt him to all the ages’.