Irmos: The birthgiving of the Theotokos saved the pious children in the furnace — then in figure, but now in deed — and it moveth all the world to chant to Thee: Hymn ye the Lord and exalt Him supremely for all ages!
Rejoice, most blessed Mary, for from thee was the most blessed God arrayed wholly in me, a man; and having thus arrayed Himself, He united me to His divinity in an ineffable union, O Virgin Hodegitria! Rejoice, O joyous one, thou joy of all the world!
Theotokion: Lo! the voices of the divinely eloquent attained their end, O divinely joyous one, when thou gavest birth to the transcendent Lord Who is revealed by them, unto the salvation of the faithful, who cry out: Bless the Lord, all ye works of the Lord!
Irmos: Stretching forth his hands, Daniel shut the lions’ mouths in the pit; and the young lovers of piety, girded about with virtue, quenched the power of the fire, crying out: Bless the Lord, all ye works of the Lord!
Rejoice, expeller of evil spirits! Rejoice, O Theotokos Hodegitria! Rejoice, for the invisible armies of heaven ever glorify and magnify thee as the Mother of God! Rejoice, thou who hast joined those below to those on high!
Rejoice, thou who hast surely surpassed all the hosts of heaven! Rejoice, O Hodegitria! Rejoice, thou who gavest birth to the God of all creation, O most hymned Mistress who reignest! Rejoice, for thou hast remained a virgin even after giving birth, O pure one!
Rejoice, glory of all women, all-sanctified temple of our God! Rejoice, O Hodegitria! Rejoice, thou who savest souls throughout the world! Rejoice, overshadowing cloud, broader than the heavens! Rejoice, O phial full of divine myrrh!
From the mire of the passions and vanity have ye delivered those who submit to your teachings, O all-wise ones; and ye have led to the heights of understanding those who have pleased God well and cry out: Bless the Lord, all ye works of the Lord!
Let the godly Parmenus be honored with divine hymns, together with Timon, the most lauded Prochorus and the wondrous Nicanor, in that they are disciples of Jesus and enrichers of the nations, who cry out: Bless the Lord, all ye works of the Lord!
The Lord hath received you with Peter and the rest of the foremost disciples; wherefore, as ones full of faith, O glorious and all-praised ones, ye were numbered among the seventy, and were chosen well to minister to the needs of the saints.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.