Irmos: O unoriginate Word, only-begotten Son, Who existed in the beginning with the Father and the Spirit: blessed and supremely exalted art Thou, O God of our fathers!
Theotokion: Shadrach and his friends prefigured the glory of thy perpetual virginity, O all-pure one: they glorified God and have taught us to chant: Blessed art Thou, O supremely exalted God of our fathers!
Having made thine immaculate body a temple of the Holy Spirit, thou didst commit thine innocent soul into the hands of God, crying: Blessed art Thou, O supremely exalted God of our fathers!
Irmos: When the people were summoned with the sound of music to worship the image, the children of David, chanting the songs of Sion like their fathers, rejected the wicked edict of the tyrant and transformed the flame into dew, singing the hymn: O supremely exalted God of our fathers, blessed art Thou!
Theotokion: The image of thine all-pure birthgiving is ineffable and incomprehensible, O Virgin Mother; for thou becamest the dwelling-place of the preëternal and only-begotten Son of the Father, without being consumed by Him.
Having betrothed thyself to God, thou didst reject an earthly bridegroom; and, passing unharmed through the fire of trials, O Agnes, thou didst cry aloud: Blessed art Thou, O supremely exalted God of our fathers!
Loving Christ exceedingly, thou dost quickly render aid to all who honor thy memory and chant in thanksgiving for thee: Blessed art Thou, O supremely exalted God of our fathers!
Giving utterance to a hymn of thanksgiving to the image of the providence of the all-holy Trinity, O venerable Maximus, thou didst summon us all to bless in purity the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, the one God in three Hypostases.
O holy Maximus, thou wast shown to be a model of the endurance of evils, and of patience and prayer, and even more of hope, for God the Judge is just, mighty and long-suffering, and He will render unto each according to his deeds.
Thou didst acquire the image of sublime theology, O all-wise Maximus, that is the dogmas of the divine apostles and fathers, poured forth by the Holy Paraclete, whereby thou teachest us with thy divine wise writings.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.