Ode 3. Irmos.

For the Departed. Another Irmos.

He weakened the bow of the powerful, and the weak girded themselves with power; therefore my heart is established in the Lord.

Sacrificed and slain like lambs the triumphant Martyrs were offered to the Lamb and Word of God who was sacrificed for the redemption of all.

The sacred Initiators, called the mouth of God, brought in the worthy from among the unworthy and made then resplendent by their sacred teachings.

The company of holy ones through self-mastery has found from God delight without cost, delighting in contemplation and divine ascents.

At the intercessions of all your Saints give rest to all those that you have translated in faith, overlooking all the faults committed by them in life.

Let us offer praise to God, who was born of his own will from the Virgin and who with choirs of Women united the choirs of Angels.

Let us not boast.

Having conquered the error of idols, the Martyrs now implore their Master and God to grant divine rest to those who have died before us.

Be well pleased, Master, for your servants, whom you have translated, to step across the whirling sword to and to obtain fitting participation in the tree of life.

Count your servants worthy to make their dwelling in the Paradise of delight, where the pure sound of those who feast resounds, and grant them forgiveness of offences.

You joined virginity to your divine giving birth, O All-pure; for you bore beyond explanation the Creator of the universe, by whose will all things exist.