Ode 1. Tone 1. Irmos.

The same Irmos.

Let us all sing a song of victory to God, who has done amazing wonders with uplifted arm, and saved Israel, for he has been glorified.

The choirs of Champions have been glorified, for with their limbs they glorified Christ, who put on flesh and through suffering made corruption vanish. ****

Enslaved to the passions of sin, I fall before you, Lord, that you may declare me free of them, as I glorify your goodness. ****

Wretch that I am, I have been wounded by the sword of sin and died. And seeing me lying there the enemy rejoices. O Lord, who raise the dead, give me life and save me. ****

Of the Martyrs

Towers and champions of the Church, the glorious Martyrs endured unshaken by the assaults of the foe. At their intercessions, O God, give life to us all. ****

As a throne formed of fire you bear the Creator; as a living bridal chamber and palace of delight, you hold the King, who became what we are, without change and confusion.

Another Canon, to the honoured Forerunner,

of which the Acrostic is:

Listen to the voice of those who cry to you, blest Saint. Joseph. ****

You were called ‘Voice of the Word’, blest Saint. Therefore, O Forerunner, receive our voices that we bring to you, freeing us from evils by your mediation. ****

Shining out like the dawn, like the sun, you enlighten the ends of the earth and darken the wicked spirits. Therefore dispel the gloom darkness of my soul. ****

To the dead, blest Forerunner, you preached the coming of our life. Therefore put to death the passions that slay me, and show me to be a partaker of divine radiance. ****

All-holy Lady, who alone gave birth in time to the immaculate incarnate Son, heal all the chronic passions of my wretched soul. ****