Ode III

Irmos: There is none as holy as Thee, O Lord my God, Who hast uplifted the horn of Thy faithful and established us on the rock of the confession of Thee, O Good One.

Sessional hymn, in Tone V: Spec. Mel.: “The Word Who with the Father and the Spirit is equally without beginning…”—

In that thou didst rid thy heart of the bonds of the passions, thou wast shown to be a receptacle of dispassion and a vessel fit for the effulgence of life, O blessed Isaac, who dwellest with the angels.

Theotokion: Incarnate of thy precious blood, One of the Holy Trinity divinely issued forth in two natures, saving by grace the children of Adam, O most pure one.

Having purified thyself of all the mire of the passions, thou didst truly show thyself to be a receptacle of the virtues and a vessel containing the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

Irmos: O Lord, Fashioner of the vault of heaven and Creator of the Church: establish me in Thy love, O Summit of desire, confirmation of the faithful, Who alone lovest mankind.

Sessional hymn, in Tone IV: Spec. Mel.: “Go thou quickly before…”—

Full of the graces of heaven, O venerable one who emulated the angels in thy conduct, at all times thou pourest forth from thy mouth discourse of salvation, as it were the sweetness of incorruption.

Glory…, Now & ever…: Theotokion—

In nowise giving sleep to thine eyes, thou didst show thyself to be a temple of the Holy Trinity and a treasury of wisdom, enriching the world with the golden rays of teachings, O blessed one.

Putting off the burden of the flesh, O father, thou didst elect to make thine abode in the wilderness, uniting thyself unto God with great stillness, prayer and fasting. Wherefore, thou becamest the dwelling-place of the divine Spirit.

Theotokion: O most hymned Maiden who gavest birth unto God and didst destroy the ancient sin, by thy grace restore my mind, which hath been marred by the decadence of the passions which afflict me.

The honored Church of Christ doth recognize thee as a golden-streamed Euphrates aflood with torrents of wise doctrines and watering all creation.

As a divinely radiant lamp of stillness thou shinest the never-waning light of a virtuous life upon the ends of the earth, O wise one; wherefore, we, the choirs of monastics, hymn thee as a divine luminary, O God-bearer Isaac, and we study thy radiant discourses with love.

Glory…, Now & ever…: Theotokion—

O ye faithful, on the day of his commemoration let us hymn the treasury of the wisdom of the mysteries of Christ, the cup of divine compunction; for in accordance with his name the godly Ephraim doth ever gladden the hearts of the faithful with divine discourses, as a performer and initiate of the mysteries of the revelations of the Lord. Twice

O pure Virgin Mother, unceasingly beseech Christ our God, Who in His ineffable loving-kindness became incarnate of thee, that He grant us forgiveness of transgressions, O Maiden, and deliverance from the grievous woes of life; for unto thee, O Mother of God, do we have recourse in faith.

O pure Ever-virgin, thou fervent and invincible intercessor, diligent and unashamed hope, rampart, protection and haven of those who have recourse to thee: With the angels entreat thy Son and God, that He grant peace, salvation and great mercy to the world.

Stavrotheotokion—

By the Cross of thy Son, O thou who art full of the grace of God, all the falsehood of idolatry hath been abolished, and the might of the demons hath been trampled underfoot; wherefore we, the faithful, ever chant and bless thee as is meet, and, truly confessing thee to be the Theotokos, we magnify thee.