AT MATINS

**The Canon. Ode 1. Tone 8. Irmos. Let us sing.**

Bringing a double plaited garland of true religion: of priesthood and of martyrdom, by Christ you are called blessed.

Your sacred minister has been offered to you, the Chief Shepherd, as an innocent and honoured sacrifice through lawless hands.

You dispelled the gatherings of the heretics with your devout boldness, O Hierarch, as you proclaimed the uncreated Trinity.

Immaculate Mother of God, who, beyond nature, gave birth to the incarnate and eternal Word beyond Godhead, we sing your praise.