Irmos: Come, ye people, let us chant a hymn to Christ God, Who divided the sea and guided the people whom He had led forth from the bondage of Egypt, for He hath been glorified.
As Thou art almighty, O Compassionate One, with Thine immortal gesture and the hand of Thy loving-kindness raise up and give life to me who am cruelly held fast in the tomb of my sins.
Theotokion: By a word thou didst conceive the Word of the Father, and gavest birth to Him in manner beyond recounting; and after giving birth supernaturally and ineffably, thou hast remained a virgin as before.
Having acquired perfection in the four native virtues, and mounted them as a chariot, O God-bearer, thou wast taken up to thy goal of divine vision by thine activity.
Having tasted of life incorruptible, thou didst quaff the draught of sobriety from the cup of God, O venerable one. Wherefore, thou didst become a receptacle of wisdom.
Driven from thy cathedra, glory and flock by the violent hand of the pernicious beasts of heresy, O venerable one, thou hast now entered into thy fold again.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.