Ode III

Irmos: Thy Church rejoiceth in Thee, O Christ, crying aloud: Thou art my strength, O Lord, my refuge and my consolation!

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

Showing thyself to be a martyr splendid with the martyrs of Christ, O glorious one, thou hast shown thyself to be an adornment of priests among wise priests.

Theotokion: O Mary Mother of God, pure one who art more exalted than the cherubim, Mistress of all the earth: Save me by thy divine entreaties.

Come, ye faithful, O flock of the bishop of Prussa, and let us hymn today the temple of the Lord, the treasury of wisdom.

Glory…, Now & ever…: Sessional hymn from the Pentecostarion, or this theotokion —

Mingling thy blood with the sweat of the virtues, O all-wise Timothy, thou didst offer it to the Lord as a pure, divine and beautiful drink.

Irrigated with the showers of thy blood, O hieromartyr of the Lord, in the good soil of thy heart thou didst produce fruit, the inexhaustible sustenance which thou didst receive from God. ­Wherefore, we entreat thee to deliver from misfortunes those who honor thy memory.

Finding thee to be a haven, a bulwark, a refuge, our hope, protection and fervent help, we, the faithful, hasten to thee and cry out earnestly, exclaiming with faith: Have mercy upon those who place their trust in thee, O Theotokos, and deliver us from transgressions.

Stavrotheotokion —

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