Ode 1. Tone 4. The Irmos.

Israel, who of old marched through the Red Sea dryshod, routed the power of Amalek in the wilderness through Moses’ hands raised in the form of the Cross.

The great blessings of your incarnation beyond understanding shine for us, Master; your graces without price and your divine brightness well up for us as gifts of goodness.

Sending out the rays of your Godhead, O Christ, you took your stand openly at the mid-point of the feast; for you are a feast of joy for the saved and the cause of our salvation.

You, Lord, have become Wisdom, Justice and Redemption for us from God, as you pass over from earth to the height of heaven and bestow the divine Spirit.

Your flesh did not know corruption in the grave, Master; but as it had been formed without seed, it did not undergo corruption, for supernaturally it was not enslaved to the course of nature.