Ode I

Canon of the feast, with 8 troparia, including its Irmos: the composition of John of Damascus. In Tone IV—

Theotokion: The passion-bearing martyrs set delusion at nought, confessing God Who became like unto us and to Whom thou alone gavest birth without knowing wedlock, O pure Mistress.

O virgin maidens, with Miriam the prophetess raise ye now a hymn of parting! For she who alone is Virgin and Mother of God is translated and received into heaven.

Irmos: I will open my mouth, and with the Spirit will it be filled; and I shall utter discourse unto the Queen and Mother, and shall appear, keeping splendid festival; and, rejoicing, I will hymn her wonders.

The divine mansions of heaven received thee as an animate heaven, as is meet, O all-pure one; and thou hast taken thy place as a bride, splendidly adorned, before thy King and God, O most immaculate one.

Irmos: Come, ye people, let us chant a hymn to Christ God, Who divided the sea and guided the people whom He had led forth from the bondage of Egypt, for He hath been glorified.

Canon of the martyr, with 4 troparia, the acrostic whereof is: “I hymn thy grace redolent of myrrh, O Myron”, the composition of Joseph, in Tone II—

Joining chorus in memory of the athlete Myron today, let us sing praise unto God Who bestowed upon him the strength to destroy the might of the enemy.

Suffering under the law, O must suffering martyr, thou didst offer thyself to the Benefactor as a gift, a sacred oblation, a goodly victim, a sacrifice of sweet savor.

As one wise, as a pure temple of Him Who shone forth from the Virgin, O glorious one, thou didst drive away the soul-destroying wolf who tried to harry the flock of God.