Ode I

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.

Theotokion: He Who is full emptieth Himself; the Preëternal One beginneth, born of the divine Virgin Maiden. Him didst thou proclaim in two natures but a single hypostasis, O divinely blessed one.

Canon of the Apostle Bartholemew, the acrostic whereof is: “With hymns I honor my good intercessor”, the composition of Joseph, in Tone IV—

Irmos: Same as that of the foregoing canon .

Theotokion: Delivering the ends of the earth from deception, the Lord shone forth from thy womb, O Bride of God. Him do thou ever beseech, that He save those who honor thee with faith, O Virgin.

The Rock of life hath shown thee to be an all-precious rock, whereon He hath founded His Church, O Bartholemew, apostle of the Lord. Wherefore, we honor thee and call thee blessed.

In manner transcending mind and thought thou didst learn the things that are great, discovering the hypostatic Wisdom; and, making the ends of the earth wise with divine teachings, thou didst show the wisdom of the Greeks to be foolish.

Though thy lifeless body was encoffined, thou didst traverse the sea, obedient to the commands of God, O apostle; and like the sun thou didst pass from the East to the West, illumining it.

Canon of the Apostle Titus, the acrostic whereof is: “All-wisely do I hymn Titus, the disciple of Paul”, the composition of ­Theophanes, in Tone IV—

The grace of the Spirit, enriching thee with every gift, O all-glorious Titus, sent thee to preach the incarnation of the Word to the ends of the earth.

Receiving the radiance of divine grace, O blessed and all-wise one, thou didst shine forth like the sun upon souls in darkness, and didst illumine them, taking away their ignorance and delivering them from slavery to falsehood.

The all-wise Paul, full of the gifts of the Spirit, laid his hands on thee, O all-wondrous Titus, ordaining thee as a minister and disciple of God and a preacher of the Faith.