Irmos: I will open my mouth, and with the Spirit will it be filled; and I shall utter discourse unto the Queen and Mother, and shall appear, keeping splendid festival; and, rejoicing, I will hymn her wonders.
Athos, which is called the Holy Mountain, doth now celebrate with splendor thee who art truly the holy mountain, as thou didst foretell, O most immaculate and pure one.
Gabriel doth ever wondrously minister unto thy divine and excellent mysteries, O most immaculate one; wherefore, rejoicing now, O Virgin, he chanteth the beginning of thy hymn.
O most immaculate and pure Mother, thou wilt never cease to work all-glorious miracles for thy servants, and in all times to pour forth thy benefactions, O all-holy one, in that thou art our benefactress.
How can I recount that greatest of miracles wrought by thee near the Skete of Karyes, O archangel, when by thine appearance thou didst teach us fitting hymnody for the Mother of God?
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.