Irmos: Come, ye faithful, and with minds uplifted let us delight in the hospitality of the Master and the feast of immortality in the lowly cave, knowing the Word, Whom we magnify, and Who hath become incarnate ineffably.
“Come and seek out the Babe; and when ye shall find Him, tell me quickly of Him,” Herod said to the chief among the magi, devising deceit in his heart; but the deceiver was foiled, plotting his iniquity in vain.
Then, we repeat the irmos: Come, ye faithful…, and make a prostration.
The Creator, Who is begotten of the Father from before time began, is born of the Virgin, being the Wisdom, Word and Power of God. Wherefore, knowing Him to be the only Son, we magnify the God-man.
Thou didst show Thyself to be a man in essence, not in semblance, O Savior, and, through the nature which Thou didst take upon Thyself and Thy quality of recompense, Thou didst show Thyself to be God. Wherefore, honoring Thy divine advent through the Virgin, we magnify Thee.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.