Ode I

Irmos: Let us chant to the Lord Who led His people across the Red Sea, for He alone hath gloriously been glorified.

Theotokion: The never-waning Light, Whose good pleasure it was to be born of thy womb, O Bride of God, is all desire and sweetness.

Canon of the Venerable One, the acrostic whereof is, excluding the theotokia: “Let the most magnificent Maximus be glorified!”, the composition of John the Monk, in Tone VIII—

Irmos: Traversing the water as though it were dry land, and escaping the evil of Egypt, the Israelite cried aloud: Let us chant unto our Deliverer and God!

Theotokion: O thou who gavest birth by nature to the Creator, thou hast deified all of human nature. Wherefore, we confess thee to be the true Theotokos, O Virgin Bride of God.

O divine Maximus, from thy tongue flowing with sweet honey let fall all the grace of the Spirit upon me.

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.

Theotokion: He Who beforehand portrayed the image of thy birthgiving in the Red Sea is formed of thee, O all-pure one, in His utter love for mankind.

Thou didst show thyself to be a fire burning up heresy, O blessed one; for with the zeal of the Spirit thou didst purge it.

Irmos: O ye people, let us all chant a hymn of victory unto Him Who delivered Israel from the bitter bondage of Pharaoh, and led them dryshod in the depths of the sea, for He hath been glorified.

Theotokion: O ye people, let us all hymn the holiness and glory of the all-pure and most hymned Mother of God, who is higher than the heavens and all the noetic hosts, and who bore Emmanuel in her all-pure womb, for she is holy and all-glorious!

The irrational doctrine of monothelitism proceeded from a most wicked volition, O father, but it was denounced by thy words.

Canon of the Martyr, the acrostic whereof is: “I praise thee, O martyr, thou new garden of Christ”, the composition of Joseph, in Tone VIII—

Knowing thee to be a new plant of Christ which blossomed forth in the garden of martyrdom and put forth the sacred fruits of piety, O most blessed Neophytus, we hymn thee.

Showing thyself to be a doer of the words of God from childhood, O blessed one, thou didst wisely choose the good portion and wast a guide for the lost.

When thou wast a child, desiring to see Christ Who for our sake became a babe in the flesh through the Virgin, thou didst bring the understanding of children to perfection.

Letting drop the sweetness of the knowledge of God from thy sacred mouth, O divinely wise one, with honor thou didst sweeten souls which had been bewitched by the malice of the alien.

Canon of the martyr, the acrostic whereof is: “The unblemished ewe-lamb is slain for God”, the composition of Valeria, in Tone IV—

Having followed the Lamb of God on earth, O all-glorious martyred maiden, standing before Him in heaven thou dost rejoice.

Come thou from Rome, O immaculate bride of Christ! For, lo! the heavenly Father extendeth His arms to thee, and the divine Bridegroom calleth thee to the bridal-chamber of light.

Having preserved the incorrupt purity of virginity, and been slain unjustly for God, O martyr, with the virgins on high thou chantest a hymn of victory, emulating the holy Miriam.

What tongue, O all-wondrous father, is able fittingly to hymn thy great corrections, sublime teaching, thy martyric suffering and long-suffering in prison and bonds?

How shall we hymn and what shall we call thee, O all-valiant father? Prophet, in that thou didst easily foretell what we have come to know and recognize? Apostle, for by the teachings of divine Scriptures thou didst make steadfast the Christian Faith, which was shaken by contrary winds? Or teacher, for truly thou art an instructor no less than or inferior to the great œcumenical teachers.