Irmos: There is none as holy as Thee, O Lord my God, Who hast uplifted the horn of Thy faithful and established us on the rock of the confession of Thee, O Good One.
Sessional hymn, in Tone IV: Spec. Mel.: “Go thou quickly before…”—
Thou didst put thy mouth to the fountain of divine waters, and, receiving therefrom a torrent of sweetness, O glorious one, thou didst wash the face of the honored Church.
Theotokion: By deception hath the serpent held me in thrall from of old, having made me captive through deceit; but, having been released from slavery to him by thee, O Mother of God, I bless thee with hymns.
Through partaking of noetic effulgence thou wast shown to be most radiant, splendidly illumining the hearts of the faithful with lamps of piety and with the luminous beams of thy preaching.
Glory…, Now & ever…: Theotokion—
Thou wast released from the slavery of deception by the bonds of Paul and wast honored with the freedom of grace; and, becoming a son of God, thou wast shown to be an heir of God.
Having been truly released from temporal slavery, O Onesimus, thou didst become a slave of Christ God and a right profitable vessel; wherefore, through the divine Word, thou hast shown forth as free those enslaved by the enemy, making them citizens of heaven. With them do we glorify thy sacred memory with faith.
By thy divine birthgiving, O pure one, thou hast restored the mortal nature of those born of earth, which had become corrupt in the passions, and thou hast raised up all from death to the life of incorruption. Wherefore, as is meet, we all bless thee, O all-glorious Virgin, as thou didst predict.
Stavrotheotokion—
When Thine all-pure Mother beheld Thee uplifted upon the Cross, O Word of God, she exclaimed, lamenting maternally: “What new and strange wonder is this, O my Son? How is it that Thou dost taste of death, O Life of all, desiring to bring life to mortals, in that Thou art compassionate?”
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.