Ode I

Irmos: O Thou Who wast born of the Virgin, drown Thou, I pray Thee, the three parts of my soul in the depths of dispassion, as of old Thou didst drown the mounted captains of Pharaoh; that, in the mortality of my body, as on a timbrel, I may chant a hymn of victory.

Katavasia from the Pentecostarion

Thou didst put the wise and the all-wise of this age to shame, O thrice blessed mother, having assimilated the foolishness of the preaching of Christ, thereby casting down the most prideful prince of darkness and this world, and chanting to the Savior a hymn of victory.

Theotokion: O most hymned Theotokos, thou most beautiful garden of paradise, thou dwelling-place of God all adorned and gilded by the Spirit, truly the hymnody offered to thy glory surpasseth all hymnody.

Irmos: O ye people, let us send up a hymn to our wondrous God, Who freed Israel from bondage, chanting a song of victory, and crying out: We sing to Thee, our only Master!

Thou didst amaze the ranks of the angels with thy humility of mind, O mother; and having opened the gates of heaven thereby as with a key, thou didst sow with many tears, but now reapest the joy of life everlasting, chanting to Christ God a hymn of victory.

Theotokion: Showing forth my mortality and corruption to be immortality and incorruption, O Savior, thou madest Thine abode in the womb of the all-pure and holy Virgin who knew not wedlock, conforming Thyself to human nature.

Thou wast truly shown to be a wise virgin, ever preserving the oil of mercy and love in thy heart; yet thou wast foolishly called a fool by men, zealously fleeing earthly glory, but mystically rejoicing and chanting a hymn of victory.

Standing in the highest before the Master Who glorified thee and splendidly showed thee forth as His disciple, O wondrous apostle, illumine my soul, that I may hymn thy divine memory.

Bestowing upon thee every abundance of good things, O apostle, Christ, the Summit of divine gifts, Who alone is righteous, showed thee forth by His just judgment, O divinely revealed one.

Thou becamest fiery of spirit, O apostle, receiving the whole radiance of the Spirit Who descended upon thee from heaven; and thou burnest up all the falsehood of idolatry.