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.

Glory..., Now and ever...: Theotokion—

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

Having made thy pure soul a temple, thou didst admit God thereto, and didst cast down the temples of the demons, O Sabinas. Twice

Theotokion: O Mistress who gavest birth unto God, as thou alone art the Theotokos, thou hast been shown to transcend all creation.

Having found God merciful in His mercy, thou becamest an emulator of His sufferings when thy disciple betrayed thee.

Bound by the love of the Deliverer, with manly wisdom thou didst endure multifarious wounds and maimings, O holy one; and cast into the river, thou didst receive a holy end therein; and thou hast been given unto all as a treasure of great price, pouring forth healings and giving release from afflictions unto those who with faith have recourse unto thee, O blessed Sabinas. Entreat Christ God to grant remission of transgressions unto those who honor thy holy memory with love.

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

Or this Stavrotheotokion—

The Ewe-lamb, beholding the Lamb, Shepherd and Deliverer upon the Cross, weeping, exclaimed, and bitterly lamenting, cried out: “The world rejoiceth, receiving deliverance through Thee, but my womb is pained to behold 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!”