Irmos: Having traversed the depths of the Red Sea with dryshod feet, Israel of old vanquished the might of Amalek in the wilderness by Moses’ arms stretched out in the form of the Cross.
O thou who hast now joined chorus with the divine ranks of the incorporeal ones before God the Cause of all, and who manifestly delightest in the splendor of the Godhead: Enlighten those who hymn thee.
Theotokion: The portal of Thy descent to us, O Lord, supernaturally shone Thee forth Who art mystically called the Orient, the Sun, the Light, the One Who loveth mankind, Who art of two natures.
Christ God Who deigned to assume the guise of a servant, wishing to free man from corruption and the bonds of death and the yoke of slavery, O martyr, betrothed thee as His bride.
Having made her feminine nature manly through grace, in the weakness of her body, yet strengthened by divine might, she humbled the haughty gaze of him who of old boasted beyond measure that he would obliterate the sea.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.