Ode I

Irmos: Let us chant unto the Lord, Who led His people through the Red Sea, for He alone hath gloriously been glorified.

O Trinity, Thou unoriginate Unity, grant me a pure mouth, sending down Spirit-bearing grace upon me, that I may hymn Thy three sanctified vessels.

Theotokion: Him Whom the prophets foretold and the apostles and martyrs confessed didst thou show forth to the world, O Theotokos. Wherefore, do thou beseech Him that thy Christian flock be saved.

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!

O ye three brilliant rays of the noetic Sun, shining forth in the struggles of your martyrdom ye illumine the whole world, glorifying the triune God.

Theotokion: Bowing down the heavens in His surpassing loving-kindness, the Son of God descended and became incarnate of thee, O pure one, saving man from the beguilement of the serpent.

Now is the ancient prophecy of Joel fulfilled, for, lo! the Spirit hath been abundantly poured out upon the servants and handmaids of God, showing forth the weak as mighty and virgins as stronger than men and unvanquished by torments.

The noetic Sun, showing thee to be a divinely shining star in the heights of His Church, O blessed one, illumined all the earth with the splendors of thy sufferings.

Inclined toward God from the years of thy youth, O Theodotus, thou didst manifestly illumine thy soul with divinely bestowed virtues, and hast adorned the world with thine honored sufferings.

Seeing the nets of the deceiver spread out upon the earth, the glorious martyr passed through them all, making the souls of the pious steadfast through his teachings and grace.