Irmos: The staff of Moses, once working a wonder, striking the sea in the form of the Cross and dividing it, drowned the mounted tyrant Pharaoh, and saved Israel who fled on foot, chanting a hymn unto God.
Accept these hymns of praise from my defiled lips, O all-immaculate one, as once thy Son, my God and Lord, accepted the widow’s two mites; and grant me remission of my transgressions, that I may magnify thee as is meet.
The hymnody of the angels befitteth thee, the Mother of God; for in strange manner thou gavest birth unto their Creator. But accept from us, O Mistress, these humble prayers, that we may chant unto the Lord: Gloriously hast Thou glorified Thyself in our weakness!
The waters grew, and the waves became solid in the midst of the sea, bearing thine icon, O Mother of God. Wherefore, make firm my quaking heart steadfast upon the rock of the commandments of Christ.
Thou wast a helper and protector for the Monastery of Iveron, O Virgin, sinking the forces of the pirates and their ships in the sea. Drown thou also in the depths of the loving-kindness of thy Son all the passions of my soul and my countless transgressions.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.