Ode 5. Irmos. Τῷ θείῳ φέγγει σου.

With your divine radiance, O Good One, illumine, I beg, the souls of those who rise to you at dawn with love to know you, Word of God, to be truly God, calling them back from the gloom of offences.

The Cherubim withdraw for me, and now the sword of flame takes flight, Master, Word of God, on seeing you, the true God, making Paradise a road for a Thief.

I no longer fear your return to earth, Christ my Master, for through your great compassion you raised me, who was forgotten, to the height of incorruption by your Resurrection .

Good sovereign Lady of the world, save those who from the soul confess you to be Mother of God, for we have gained you, who truly gave birth to God, as an invincible protection.

Another, of Cross and Resurrection. Θεοφανείας σου Χριστέ.

Deceived by the food from the tree, disobeying your command, O Lord, supremely good, our Ancestor sank down into corruption; but through the Cross you brought him up again to his former beauty, O Saviour, when you were obedient to the Father.

By your death, O Good One, death’s might disappeared, a source of life gushed up for us and we were given immortality. And so with faith we worship your Burial and your Resurrection, through which, as God, you enlightened all things.

The Lord who dwells in heaven and the maker of all things dwelt ineffably in your womb, O All-unblemished, glorifying you as higher than the heavens and holier than the Ranks of immaterial powers. Therefore we on earth now call you blessed.

Another, of the Mother of God. Τῷ θείῳ φέγγει σου.

Shining radiantly with purity you became a divine dwelling for the Master, for you alone were declared to be truly Mother of God, as you carried him as an infant in your arms.

Wearing the spiritual beauty of the loveliness your soul, you bore the title Bride of God, sealed by virginity as holy, and flooding the world with the light of your purity.

Let the community of the impious who do not expressly proclaim you to be God’s pure Mother lament, for you were revealed to us as Gate of divine light that scatters the gloom of offences.