Ode III

Irmos: Thou art the confirmation of those who have recourse to Thee, O Lord; Thou art the light of the benighted; and my spirit doth hymn Thee.

Sessional hymn, in Tone III: Spec. Mel.: “Of the divine Faith…” —

Though a youth, O wise martyr of Christ, thou wast shown to possess a mature understanding and to be adorned with wisdom.

Theotokion: By thy supplications, O joyous one, guide thou to the entrance of heaven those who piously hold thee to be the Theotokos.

Speedily running the course of martyrdom, thou didst attain the martyrs’ valor and crown of honor.

Glory…, Now & ever…: Theotokion —

As a precious stone of the Church thou wast laid up in the treasuries of heaven, O Hyacinth. Thou didst denounce those who worship stones and didst drain the cup of suffering, O glorious martyr. Entreat God, that He grant us great mercy.

Though He became flesh in thy womb, He was not separated from the divine Essence: He remained God, though He became man, the one Lord Who, even after thou gavest birth, preserved thee an immaculate Virgin, as thou wast before giving birth. Him do thou earnestly entreat, that He grant us great mercy.

Stavrotheotokion —

The unblemished ewe-lamb of the Word, the incorrupt Virgin Mother, beholding Him Who sprung forth from her without pain suspended upon the Cross, cried out, maternally lamenting: “Woe is me, O my Child! How is it that Thou sufferest of Thine own will, desiring to deliver man from the indignity of the passions?”