Irmos: The divinely wise youths worshipped not a creation rather than the Creator, but, manfully trampling the threat of the fire underfoot, they rejoice, chanting: Blessed art Thou, the all-hymned God of our fathers!
All the fathers, past and present, have most rightly rendered most excellent honor to this thy divine icon, O all-immaculate one; for great honor is all-gloriously due thee.
Thy divine icon is worthy of great grace, O all-immaculate one; for at thy good pleasure the beginning of thy hymn was first intoned before it. Wherefore, with love we now bow down before it as is fitting.
We do not make of thine icon a deity, O all-pure one, as slanderers say of us; rather, rejoicing, we render it relative honor, and we, thy servants, venerate it with respect, now and forever, O all-immaculate one.
With thee, O all-holy one, we will never cease to honor the glorious Gabriel, who hath now taught us thy hymn, and who of old, making salutation unto thee, cried: Rejoice, O thou who art full of grace!
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.