Ode 7. Irmos

‘The Youths in Babylon did not tremble at the flame of the furnace, but when cast into the midst of the flame, refreshed with dew they sang: Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of our fathers.’

Shaking his head Judas foresaw and set in motion evils, seeking an opportunity to betray to condemnation the Judge, who is Lord of all and God of our fathers.

To you, his friends, Christ cried, ‘One will betray me.’ Forgetting gladness, they were gripped by grief and anguish. ‘Who is it?’ they said, ‘Tell us, God of our fathers’.

‘The one who audaciously puts his hand in the dish with me, it were better for him that he had never passed through the gates of life’. This is the one he showed it to be, he the God of our fathers.

The Youths in Babylon did not tremble at the flame of the furnace, but when cast into the midst of the flame, refreshed with dew they sang: Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of our fathers.