Ode VI

Irmos: II have come unto the depths of the sea, and the tempest of my many sins hath engulfed me; but, as God, lead up my life from the abyss, O greatly Merciful One.

Kontakion & Ikos from the Pentecostarion.

“Behold, those close to me have hated me!” thou didst cry, O mother; “I am mocked and reviled by all! But do Thou accept me, O Christ God, and save me!”

Theotokion: Come thou to our salvation, O blessed Theotokos! For, lo! we who sail the sea of life are in distress. Rebuke thou the tempest, as once thy Son did.

Irmos: Grant me a robe of light, O greatly merciful Christ our God, Who clothest Thyself in light as in a garment.

Kontakion, in Tone II: Spec. Mel.: “The steadfast…”—

“I endure reproaches as is meet because of my wickedness,” thou didst reason, O blessed one, crucifying the arrogance of Adam.

Theotokion: Let the mouths of the heretics be stopped who do not acknowledge thee to be the Theotokos, O most immaculate one, and let their faces be covered with shame.

Wounded with spiritual wounds and beset by the assaults of the enemy, like Peter on the deep, thou didst stretch forth thy hands to the Savior, O mother.

O right wondrous Simon, who hast been called the namesake of zeal, with zeal thou didst emulate the Lord God Almighty.

Giving thee authority, through the activity of His grace the Savior showed thee to be a worker of divine miracles.

In laudation let us all bless the divinely eloquent Simon, who hath diligently set the doctrines of wisdom in the hearts of the pious; for he standeth now before the throne of glory and dwelleth with the incorporeal ones, praying unceasingly for us all.

Ikos: Let us all now praise and piously bless the commemoration of the apostle as a day of salvation, for it shineth forth like the sun upon the whole world, dispelling all darkness with rays of light, and with love illumineth those who celebrate his memory and lovingly honor it. Wherefore, let us hasten with zeal, chanting to him, for he standeth before Christ, praying unceasingly for us all.