Irmos: O Christ Who bearest all things by Thine unapproachable power, Thou didst bedew Thy venerable children who cried out amid the flame: Bless the Lord, all ye works of the Lord!
Theotokion: If thou hadst not been shown to be worthy to become the Mother of the Almighty, God would not have appeared to men; and celebrating thee, O Theotokos, we cry out: Bless the Lord, all ye works of the Lord!
O meek turtle-dove, O innocent lamb, when thou didst offer thyself as a sacrifice unto God, thou didst cry: Bless the Lord, all ye works of the Lord!
Irmos: Hymn the Lord, Who preserved the children in the burning fiery furnace and descended unto them in the guise of an angel, and exalt Him supremely forever!
Theotokion: Moses the God-seer beheld thee in the fiery flame of the burning bush, O all-pure Virgin, and proclaimed thy seedless birthgiving; wherefore, free us from the carnal passions.
Having joined the martyric company of Abel, O Agnes, standing on the sea of glass before the Lamb of God, thou dost chant: Bless the Lord, all ye works of the Lord!
A heavenly swallow heralding the spiritual springtime, thou didst fly from the winter of sin to the land of Eden, where thou dost ever chant: Bless the Lord, all ye works of the Lord!
Thou didst desire the radiance of the flame of the divine Paraclete, O venerable Maximus; wherefore, with the most sweet light of doctrine and the fire of miracles thou didst drive away all the darkness of the demons.
Thou didst teach men to flee the flame of Gehenna, O venerable Maximus, calling upon them to embody the commandments of Christ in deed, and to shun malice, fornication, lying, pride, falsehood and the unjust theft of things which belong to others.
As with flame thou didst burn up the ungodliness of heretics, O all-wise Maximus, making brilliant the divine confession of the unblemished Christian Faith.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.