Ode I

Irmos: There is none like unto Thee, O all-glorious Lord; for with Thy mighty hand Thou didst deliver the people whom Thou hadst acquired, O Thou Who lovest mankind.

Katavasia: The irmoi of the feast of the Meeting of the Lord.

Theotokion: Having thee as our intercession, O Mother of God, we fear not the hordes of the enemy which assail those who glorify the God and Lord of all Who was born of thee. Him do thou entreat in our behalf.

Canon I of the venerable one, the acrostic whereof is (including the irmoi): “Thou hast been shown to be the wealth of mortals, O Euthymius”, the composition of John of Damascus, in Tone IV—

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.

Most gloriously thou didst loose the grief of thy parents, O namesake of goodly courage, having been promised to them by God as a gift before birth.

The Church giveth utterance to a hymn of thanksgiving, O venerable one, having received thee from God as an offspring of peaceful and goodly courage who wast foretold.

Canon II of the venerable one, the acrostic whereof is: By thy supplications, O most blessed one, grant me light”, the composition of Theophanes, in Tone VIII—

With thy supplications and entreaties beseech God; dispel the gloomy cloud of my despondency, O most blessed one, who, standing before the King of all, art full of good cheer and consolation.

Having been promised and given by God like a new Samuel, even before thou wast conceived, O venerable father, thou hast been revealed to all the Churches through the splendor of thy goodly courage, in accordance with thy name.

Having made supplication and entreaty to God, thy parents received thee as a divine gift and a radiant offspring, who by thy nativity declarest the splendor of piety and the rejection of heresy.

From childhood thou wast dedicated to God Who had given thee life, O venerable one; and, looking to Him and guided by His life-creating precepts, O God-bearer, by faith thou didst ascend to the uttermost summit of the virtues.