Ode 3. Irmos.
Anastasis liturgical translations — translated by Ephrem Lash
‘None is Holy as you, O Lord my God, who have exalted the horn of your faithful, O Good one, and established me on the rock of confession of you.’
Mastering all things as God, you bear the image of a slave, and in flesh, O Pitying one, you approach a slave, so taking us from the slavery of the foe by the divine work of Baptism.
You stood in the stream, but why? What cleansing did you want? What stain did you seek to wash away, O supremely Good? I hymn, O Word, your condescension beyond understanding through your compassion.
Seeking the sheep, O Christ, which the savage wolf had scattered by guile, you have entered the streams of Jordan, as you cry to the Forerunner: Come, baptize me!
**Forefeast. Tone 1. When the stone had been sealed.**
When Jesus had been born of the Virgin Mary and baptized in the Jordan by John, the Spirit came down upon him, appearing in the form of a Dove; and therefore the Prophet with the Angels cried aloud and said: Glory to your coming, O Christ; glory to your Kingdom; glory to your dispensation, only Lover of mankind.
Translated by Ephrem Lash. Edition lash.en.anastasis.