Ode 4. Irmos. I have heard, Lord.

Your Champions imitated your passion, O Dispassionate, as they eagerly gave themselves over to death.

Accept your Athletes as they intercede, and at their prayers give us release from faults and from temptations.

All the error of demons has been silenced, O Christ, for the Martyrs proclaimed you as indeed the true God.

The Athletes honoured you, Sovereign Lady, as Mother of God, proclaiming your Son to be God incarnate.