Ode III

Irmos: Thou art the confirmation of those who have recourse to Thee, O Lord; Thou art the light of the benighted; and my spirit doth hymn Thee.

Sessional hymn, in Tone III: Spec. Mel.: “Of the divine Faith…” —

Thou didst dispel all the night of vanity with the brilliance of thine all-wise preaching, O holy hierarch and father.

Theotokion: Illumine my whole heart with divine light, O portal of the Light, driving away the darkness of sin.

With miracles and sacred teachings didst thou make steadfast the thoughts of all the faithful, O wise one, as a sacred pastor.

Glory…, Now & ever…: Theotokion —

With the oil of the priesthood the Lord anointed thee, O father, ordaining thee a chief-shepherd of His divine Church.

Ever resplendent with divine dogmas, in thy sufferings thou didst offer thyself to the immortal King as a holy gift, O Dorotheus; and now in gladness thou ever dwellest in the city on high. O venerable father, entreat Christ God, that He grant us great mercy.

Without being separated from the divine Essence, God received flesh in thy womb; yet though He became man, the one Lord remained God, preserving thee, the most immaculate Mother, as a virgin after giving birth, as thou wast before birthgiving. Him do thou earnestly beseech, that He grant us great mercy.

Stavrotheotokion —

The undefiled ewe-lamb of the Word, the incorrupt Virgin Mother, beholding Him Who sprang forth from her without pain suspended upon the Cross, cried out, lamenting maternally: “Woe is me, O my Child! How is it that Thou dost suffer willingly, desiring to deliver man from the indignity of the passions?”