Ode VII

Irmos: The youths of old showed themselves to be rhetors with the greatest love of wisdom; for, theologizing with their lips, they chanted from the depths of their God-pleasing souls: O most divine God of our fathers, blessed art Thou!

Having prepared a great feast, thou didst announce to thy household the coming of the King and His servants; and having filled thy house with the poor and wretched, thou didst cry out: “Behold the servants of the King! In their midst hath the most divine King, the blessed God of our fathers, come invisibly unto me!”

Theotokion: O Virgin Theotokos, entreat thou the Lamb of God, Who taketh away the sins of the world and hath washed Christians in His Blood, that He take away our sins; for, lo! with contrite heart we seek the countenance of Him Who is blessed by all creation.

Irmos: The supremely exalted Lord of our fathers quenched the flame and bedewed the children, who sang together: Blessed art Thou, O God!

Young men and elders, orphans and widows, blessed thy compassionate right hand, O Philaret, giving thanks unto Christ God for thee; and they cried out in compunction: O most divine God of our fathers, blessed art Thou!

Theotokion: The prophet beheld thee as an impassable gate, O all-pure Virgin, through which only One passed. To Him do we all chant: Blessed art Thou, O God!

Come, ye blessed of My Father, inherit the Kingdom, for ye ministered unto Me in the thirsty, the hungry and the sick! Thus shall Christ the Judge cry to the merciful at His dread Judgment. And at that time, O father, thou shalt be exceeding glad.

Having the godly prophet as the leader of our choirs, with honor we divinely celebrate, chanting: Blessed art Thou, O God!

Recognizing thee as an instrument played by the Spirit, a divinely inspired flute, we call upon thee as our helper, chanting in hymnody: Blessed art Thou, O God!

The Lord crowned thee a prophet, O wondrous one, and gave thee the grace to foretell things to come. To Him do we all chant: Blessed art Thou, O God!