Irmos: Traversing the impassable, uncommon path of the sea dryshod, Israel the chosen cried aloud: Let us chant unto the Lord, for He hath been glorified!
Katavasia, in Tone I—
Theotokion: Death hath beset us with irresistible assaults; but, drawing nigh to thine Offspring, it perished and, rushing against Him, it was destroyed. For thou didst truly give birth unto everlasting Life incarnate, O Virgin Theotokos.
Canon to the Theotokos, the acrostic whereof is: “I chant praise unto the Life-bearing Maiden, in Tone II—
Irmos: The staff of Moses, once working a wonder, striking the sea in the form of the Cross and dividing it, drowned the mounted tyrant Pharaoh, and saved Israel who fled on foot, chanting a hymn unto God.
The immaterial ladder of old and the path of the sea made strangely firm revealed thy birthgiving, O pure one. Her do we all hymn, for she hath been glorified!
The power of the Most High, the perfect Hypostasis, the Wisdom of God incarnate of thee, O all-pure one, hath conversed with men, for He hath been glorified!
The Sun of thy righteousness hath passed through the impassible door of thy locked womb, O pure one, and hath shone forth upon the world, for He hath been glorified!
Canon to the Venerable One, the acrostic whereof is: “With love I hymn Sabbas, most eminent among fasters,” the composition of Theophanes, in Tone VIII—
With the splendor of the Holy Spirit, O Sabbas, illumine us who with devout love praise thee with hymns as the boast of fasters, the glory of monastics, the adornment of the desert and teacher of piety.
Having offered all thy love to God from thy youth and made Him the object of all thy desire, rejoicing thou didst mortify the movements of the flesh and the assaults of the passions, O all-praised God-bearer Sabbas.
Conquering the serpent hidden in the fruit, thou didst trample upon it and didst easily elude his snares, soaring aloft on wings of piety, O father; and, rejoicing, thou didst partake of life in the garden of the Cross.
Illumined with the light of grace, thou didst enter into the fire and, like the three youths, didst remain unconsumed, for God preserved thee, revealing to all thine ultimate future progress and perfection, O father.
Of old, the Master, working a wonder, saved the people of Israel, transforming the waves of the sea into dry land; and, born of the Virgin of His own will, He setteth before us a path whereby we may travel to heaven. Him do we glorify as equal in essence with the Father and with men.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.