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 & ever: Sessional hymn from the Pentecostarion, or this Theotokion—
Sessional hymn, in Tone VIII: Spec. Mel.: “Thou didst rise from the tomb…”—
Having hallowed Thy prophet before his birth, O Master, Thou didst send him as a guide for those who are lost.
Theotokion: Through thee, O all-pure one, was the unoriginate Son of God well pleased to dwell among men.
The grace of the Spirit, which abode in thy lips, shone forth upon those in darkness like an all-radiant beacon.
Unable to bear the sweet fragrance of thy myrrh, the vile assembly of Israel imprisoned thee in a pit.
Thou didst incline thine ear unto God, that thou mightest hear His words, O divinely eloquent prophet. Wherefore, unto all thou didst make plain things which had not yet occurred, as though they had already happened; and with lamentations for thy people, who had withdrawn far away from the Lord, thou didst weep. And now, in the heavens, thou prayest that we be saved.
I have fallen into the abyss of grievous despondency, and have fallen into perplexity because of the multitude of my wicked and impure deeds, and am now stuck fast in despair. O Mistress Theotokos, by thy compassion save me, in that thou art the help and salvific cleansing of sinners.
Stavrotheotokion—
The unblemished ewe-lamb, beholding the Lamb and Shepherd hanging upon the Cross, cried out: “What is this strange and unexpected sight? How is the Life of all condemned to death like a mortal man? Yet arise from the dead on the third day, O Word, as Thou hast said, that, rejoicing, I may glorify Thee!”
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.