Irmos: I have heard, O Lord, the mystery of Thy dispensation; I have understood Thy works, and have glorified Thy divinity.
Proclaiming the peace of God, finding in this sinful world no fit place to which to turn, and returning not to Noah’s ark, but to the splendid bridal chamber and the heavenly Father, the pure doves hymn the unoriginate Trinity, the cause of all.
Theotokion: O Maiden Theotokos, having ineffably served the mystery of God’s dispensation and given flesh most gloriously to One of the Trinity, thou dost ever abide at His right hand.
Irmos: Christ is my power, my God and my Lord, the honored Church doth sing, crying out in godly manner with a pure mind, keeping festival in the Lord.
The unoriginate Father did ye glorify; the Son Who is equally without beginning did ye preach; the Spirit, the Comforter, did ye serve, O virgins and passion-bearers, three in number.
Theotokion: Preserving thee as incorrupt after giving birth as thou wast before birthgiving, O Virgin, the Creator made His abode within thy womb, and restored those who had become corrupt through many offenses.
“O immortal King, accept our life as a coin of tribute, and our souls offered as a sacred shekel unto Thee, our God and Master,” did ye cry, O passion-bearers, manfully enduring divers torments.
With the wisdom of thy words and the grace of thy deeds thou didst manifestly put to shame the prince of darkness, O Theodotus, and didst win victory over him, having struggled gloriously.
With the fire of thy sufferings thou didst manifestly consume the falsehood of polytheism, O martyr, and having mystically lighted thyself with the Holy Spirit like a lamp, thou didst enlighten the whole world.
Thy sides mightily lacerated and truly covered all over with cruel wounds, thou wast known to be unshaken in mind because of thy faith, O glorious and ever-memorable one.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.