Irmos: I have heard, O Lord, the mystery of Thy dispensation; I have understood Thy works, and have glorified Thy divinity.
Estranging themselves from carnal desires through divine desire, the virgins of Christ became habitations of the Spirit.
Theotokion: O most holy Lady, thou gavest birth to the Lord of all creation, incarnate, Whom do thou beseech, that He deliver me from the province of the enemy’s machinations.
Arraying yourselves against the adversary with divinely wise consent, ye received a divine victory and have been vouchsafed divine crowns.
Like innocent lambs were ye led forth in sanctity to be slaughtered, O most honored ones, neither crying out nor protesting, but slain of your own volition.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.