Irmos: He Who of old covered the pursuing tyrant with the waves of the sea doth now draw together and cover Himself with the streams of the Jordan, cleansing me with His human purification, for gloriously hath He been glorified.
O Lord my God, we chant holy songs and the hymnody of the Forefeast unto Thee Who by Thy divine epiphany hast mystically restored us and leadest us up to divine effulgence.
Those above and those on earth were filled with awe, O Savior, beholding Thee, Who art preëternal above, manifesting Thyself here below; and they hymned Thy condescension which transcendeth words.
That all things might be filled with Thy glory, Thou didst abase Thyself even to taking on the form of a servant; and now, as a servant, Thou bowest Thy head beneath the hand of a servant, purifying my physical being in Thy loving-kindness.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.