Ode IX

Exapostilarion—

Irmos: Thou art all desire, all sweetness, O Word of God, Son of the Virgin, God of gods, all-holy Lord of the saints. Wherefore, we magnify Thee and her who gave Thee birth.

Glory..., Now and ever..., Theotokion—

Pouring forth thy wealth in faith, thou didst gain it all back again from God. And receiving and nourishing the wretched with faith, thou didst receive God Himself. By faith didst thou live, and through faith didst thou pass on to the eternal mansions, where thou dost magnify God with the choirs of the righteous.

Theotokion: Young men and elders, rich men and paupers, monks and laymen, righteous and penitents: Come ye, let us fall down before the Mother of God, crying out to her: Ever keep us who magnify thee under thy protection, O Mistress.

Irmos: Rejoice, O Isaiah! The Virgin hath conceived in her womb and borne a Son, Immanuel, both God and man. Orient is His name; and, magnifying Him, we call the Virgin blessed.

Emulator of Abraham and entertainer of the unoriginate Trinity, servant and most intimate friend of the Master, thou didst have mercy on every creature, thereby inclining the mercy of God toward thyself. Wherefore, in thy mercy do thou also visit us who magnify thee with all our heart.

Theotokion: O most holy Bride of God, with true names and divine eloquence we, the faithful, call thee the all-pure Theotokos, in that thou gavest birth to God in two natures, and we proclaim thine honored birthgiving.

Enlighten us with thy love, O Philaret, who shone like the sun in thy righteous repose, that, radiantly rejoicing in thee, we may magnify God, Who is wondrous in His saints.

Having outshone the sun in thy beneficence, O true lover of good, thou dost now clearly behold the Sun of righteousness. Him do thou unceasingly beseech, O merciful one, that He deliver us from misfortunes.

By thy mighty protection, O pure one, do thou preserve all of us, thy servants, unharmed by the attack of the enemy, for thee alone have we found to be a refuge in need.

Thou didst have a truly angelic life on earth, and hast now made thine abode in the heavens with the angelic choirs, nigh unto the three-Sunned Light. Delighting therein, watch over those who hymn thee.

O blessed prophet, we appoint thee as an intercessor before God for the world, in that thou hast boldness, that He grant to the faithful everlasting deliverance which abideth splendidly.