Ode III

Irmos: Establish us in thee, O Lord Who hast slain sin by the Tree, and plant the fear of Thee in the hearts of us who hymn Thee.

Sessional hymn, in Tone VIII: Spec. Mel.: “Of the ­Wisdom…”—

Having acquired confirmation and an unassailable rampart in her bosom, Thy venerable one, O Christ, was not shaken by the assaults of the enemy, but destroyed him utterly.

Theotokion: Thou didst blossom forth from Anna as a joy to thy race, O Virgin, and gavest birth unto the King; and, released by thee from the curse, women rejoice in thy birthgiving.

Desiring the beauty of Christ, and devoured by His love, thou didst unite thyself to Him through martyrdom, O divinely wise and most glorious Eudocia.

Glory…, Now & ever…: Theotokion—

Having purified thyself with Christian baptism, by thy tears and, ultimately, by the blood thou didst shed in martyrdom, thou becamest a temple for the Trinity and a place of sanctity.

Illumined by radiance divine, thou didst leave behind the darkness of deception and in the flesh didst receive immaterial life; and filled with the divine grace of the Spirit, thou didst raise up the dead by thy mere utterance. Wherefore, in thine end thou wast divinely adorned with the crown of martyrdom, and didst put the deceiver to shame, O Eudocia, equal of the angels. Entreat Christ God, that He grant remission of transgressions unto those who honor thy holy memory with love.

All of us, the generations of men, call thee, the Virgin, blessed, who alone among women gavest birth unto God in the flesh without seed; for the fire of the Godhead dwelt within thee, and with milk thou didst nurture the Creator and Lord as a babe. Wherefore, we, the race of angels and men, glorify thine all-holy birthgiving as is meet, and cry out to thee together: Entreat Christ God, that He grant remission of offenses unto those who with faith bow down before thine all-holy birthgiving!

Stavrotheotokion—

Beholding the Lamb, Shepherd and Deliverer upon the Cross, The Ewe-lamb exclaimed, weeping, and bitterly lamenting, cried out: “The world rejoiceth, receiving deliverance through Thee, but my womb is in pain, beholding Thy crucifixion, which Thou endurest in the loving-kindness of Thy mercy! O long-suffering Lord, Abyss and inexhaustible Wellspring of mercy: have pity and grant remission of offenses unto those who with faith hymn Thy divine sufferings!”