Ode VI

Irmos: Grant me a robe of light, O Thou Who coverest Thyself with light as with a garment, O most merciful Christ our God.

Kontakion, in Tone II: Spec. Mel.: “Seeking the highest…” —

Theotokion: Having conceived God without seed, thou gavest birth without corruption to the Creator of nature. Him do thou beseech, O Mother of God, that we be saved.

Saved from the waves and steered by the rudder of the Cross, the holy martyrs escaped spiritual defilement.

Gaping wide, the earth covered your blood, O saints, and suddenly your relics were enclosed in the treasuries below.

Grant peace to the world, O God, and in that Thou art merciful save Thy flock unharmed, through the supplications of Thy glorious passion-bearers.

Wounded by the Faith of Christ, O most blessed ones, and having faithfully drained the cup thereof, ye cast the worship and audacity of the Persians down to the ground, making supplications in behalf of us all, O ye who are equal in number to the Trinity.

Ikos: O Jesus, Bestower of life, Who hast existed from the beginning, with Thy divine goodness do Thou manifestly illumine me, that I may hymn the martyrs who struggled for Thee even unto death, who valiantly cast down all the might of the enemy and escaped the falsehood of the idols, strengthened by the power of the Cross; for, having suffered tortures, they have received the glory of the Trinity. Entreat God in behalf of us all.