Ode I

Irmos: Traversing the deep on foot, as though it were dry land, and seeing the tyrant Pharaoh drowned, Israel cried aloud: Let us chant unto God a hymn of victory!

Katavasia according to the Typicon.

O blessed hierarch, in thy holy prayers remember those who today celebrate thy festival, that we also may set aside earthly care and leave the path of destruction, and set our steps toward the kingdom of God.

Theotokion: O Ever-virgin, we hymn thee, the boast of our race; for God, having arrived through thee, made His abode among us, that He might save man from sins; and having saved man, He glorifieth him with His own divinity and deifieth him through the gift of His own grace.

Canon of the Theotokos, the acrostic whereof is: “O Mother of God, grant unto me abundant grace”, in Tone VI —

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.

Possessing a name which signifieth greatness, thou didst clearly seal within thy soul the majesty of the All-holy Trinity, Whose hidden mystery thou didst broadly elucidate as far as is possible. Entreat the Godhead, that we find mercy for the great multitude of our sins.

Theotokion: Death hath fallen upon us with unrestrained assaults; yet, drawing nigh to thine Offspring, it hath perished and, wounded, hath been set at nought, O Virgin Theotokos. For thou truly gavest birth to everlasting Life incarnate.

When Eve partook of the forbidden fruit of the garden, she brought the curse upon herself; but in giving birth to Christ, the First-fruits of blessing, O pure one, thou hast annulled it.

Irmos: The staff of Moses, once working a wonder, striking the sea in the form of the Cross and dividing it, drowned the mounted tyrant Pharaoh, and saved Israel who fled on foot, chanting a hymn unto God.

Having penetrated with faith that which is inaccessible to the corruptible mind, O father Augustine, thou didst clearly preach it; and thou didst thunder upon all the ends of the world, setting forth the greatness of dogmas. Ask also for us, who honor thee, spiritual enlightenment and great mercy.

O pure one who gavest birth to Christ as a pearl is engendered by the lightning of God, with the light of thy radiance dispel the gloom of my passions and the turmoil of transgressions.

Unto thee, the divine preacher, do I offer praise, and I pray that discourse be granted unto me through thy prayers unto God, that I may proclaim the mighty works of thine honored life, O divinely wise one.

Mystically, with noetic eyes, Jacob foresaw the expectation of the nations: God, incarnate of thee, Who through thy mediation hath delivered us.

Thou didst spring forth from the land of Dalmatia, rich in grace and adorned with the virtues, with wisdom and the understanding of the messages of the Spirit, O glorious Jerome, in that thou wast dear to God.

When princes were lacking among the tribe of Judah, O all-pure one, thy Son and God, coming forth as a leader, hath now truly become king over the ends of the earth.

The words of the godly Gregory didst thou bear within the treasury of thy heart, in that thou wast the initiate of the Mysteries, a follower of Christ and His apostles, and a partaker of theology, O blessed one who art rich in light.