Ode III

Irmos: Plant Thou the fear of Thee in the hearts of Thy servants, O Lord, and be Thou the confirmation of us who call upon Thee in truth.

Sessional hymn, in Tone IV: Spec. Mel.: “Having been lifted up…”—

Full of divine zeal, O most blessed Martin, thou didst convoke a council of priests and didst confirm the doctrine of the Church.

Theotokion: O most holy Mistress, in manner past recounting thou gavest birth to Him Who is equally worshipped and enthroned with the Father, and Who possesseth two activities and two wills.

In the midst of the council thou didst anathematize Pyrrhus, Sergius, Theodore and Cyrus, and all heretics who like them uttered foolish things, O father.

Glory…, Now & ever…: Theotokion—

Exiled from Rome by force, like the sun thou didst make a circuit, shedding thy radiant beams and illumining all the Orthodox, O venerable one.

Adorned with sacred confessions, and having completed a martyric life, O wise Martin, thou didst hasten to the heavens and hast been crowned by God with a never-fading wreath. Wherefore, we celebrate thy holy memory, crying aloud: Remember us, O sacred and blessed one, as thou standest before Christ!

After God it is to thy divine protection that I, the lowly, flee; and, falling down, I pray: have mercy, O all-pure Mistress, for my sins have passed over my head, and I fear the torments and tremble. Make supplication to thy Son, O pure one, that He deliver me therefrom.

Stavrotheotokion—

She who gave Thee birth in the flesh, O Christ, Who wast begotten of the unoriginate Father, beholding Thee hanging upon the Cross, cried out: “Woe is me, O most beloved Jesus! How is it that Thou, O my Son, Who art glorified as God by the angels, art now crucified of Thine own will by iniquitous men? I hymn Thee, O Long-suffering One!”