Irmos: Once, in Babylon, the fire stood in awe of the condescension of God; wherefore, the youths, dancing with joyous step in the furnace, as in a meadow, chanted: Blessed art Thou, O God of our fathers!
Thou didst sail safely across the deep of suffering, didst calmly pass over the waves of pangs, and didst reach the tranquil havens, propelled by cool divine breezes, chanting: O God of our fathers, blessed art Thou!
Theotokion: As an animate ark thou didst receive the unoriginate Word; as a holy temple thou didst contain the Creator; and as a fiery throne thou bearest the Master of all creation, O Mother of God.
Portraying the persecutions of Paul, O divinely wise one, at the command of the tyrant thou didst often move from city to city, struggling against the princes of darkness; and thou didst attain unto the city on high, chanting: O God of our fathers, blessed art Thou!
Cast into the furnace, thou wast not consumed; for He Who saved the three youths in Babylon transformed the fire into dew, O all-glorious one.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.