Ode III

Irmos: Thou art the confirmation of those who have recourse to Thee, O Lord; Thou art the light of the benighted; and my spirit doth hymn Thee.

Sessional hymn, in Tone IV: Spec. Mel.: “Go thou quickly before…”—

Invested with the power of the Spirit, thou didst vanquish the hordes arrayed against the Creator, O most valiant Artemon.

Theotokion: Thy birthgiving hath freed us from the cause of our sins, O pure one, and hath bound all the faithful with righteousness.

Thou didst extinguish the furnace of ungodliness, O venerable one, with the gushing of thy martyric blood, O all-glorious Artemon.

Glory…, Now & ever…: Theotokion—

Burning with love divine and aflame with the love of God, O venerable one, thou didst suffer therefor.

Emulating the confession of the sanctified and attaining the end of thy life through martyrdom, thou didst hasten to the heavens, O wise Artemon, receiving from God an imperishable crown. Wherefore, we celebrate thy holy memory, crying: Be thou mindful of us, O hieromartyr, when thou standest before Christ!

By thy divine birthgiving, O pure one, thou hast restored the mortal nature of the earthborn, which had become corrupt in the passions, and hast raised all up from death to a life of incorruption. Wherefore, as is meet, we all bless thee, as thou didst foretell, O all-glorious Virgin.

Stavrotheotokion—

When Thine all-pure Mother beheld Thee uplifted upon the Cross, O Word of God, she exclaimed, lamenting maternally: “What is this new and strange wonder, O my Son? How is it that Thou, the Life of all, dost taste of death, desiring to bring life to the dead, in that Thou art compassionate?”