Ode III

Irmos: Thy Church rejoiceth in Thee, O Christ, crying aloud: Thou art my strength, O Lord, my refuge and my consolation!

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

Sessional hymn, in Tone III: Spec. Mel.: “Of the divine Faith...”—

Beneath thy feet didst thou lay low the arrogance of the godless who spake against the God of all Himself.

Theotokion: All the earth is full of the true knowledge and ineffable glory of thy Son and God, O pure one.

With the fire of thy words didst thou wisely consume the kindling of Manes, and to the faithful didst thou extend the enlightenment of thy doctrine.

Setting the feet of the faithful firmly upon a steadfast rock, O Porphyrius, thou didst shake the foundation of the godless from its very footing.

Thou didst shine forth in thy deeds like the morning star and didst drive all heresy from the Church, O holy hierarch Porphyrius; and thou didst enlighten the hearts of the faithful, that they might hymn and glorify the Lord. Wherefore, celebrating thy memory today, we cry out to thee: Entreat Christ God, that our souls be saved!

He Who alone is Lord, without separating from His divine nature, yet taking flesh in thy womb, remained God though He became a man, preserving thee after thy birthgiving an immaculate Mother and Virgin as thou wast before giving birth. Him do thou entreat, that we be accorded great mercy!

Or this Stavrotheotokion—

The unblemished Ewe-lamb of the Word, the incorrupt Virgin Mother, beholding Him Who sprang forth from her without pain hanging upon the Cross, lamenting maternally cried out: “Woe is me, O my Child! How is it that Thou dost suffer Who art to deliver man from the indignity of the passions?”