Ode III

Irmos: None is as holy as the Lord, and none is as righteous as our God, Whom all creation doth hymn, singing: None is righteous save Thee, O Lord!

Kontakion of the saints, in Tone II: Spec. Mel.: “Seeking the highest…”—

Sessional hymn of the apostle, in Tone IV: Spec. Mel.: “Go thou quickly before…”—

Having mortified thy members with ascetic feats, thou wast vouchsafed to behold those who live the life of Christ our God, Who bear flesh upon the earth, O Apostle Andronicus.

Theotokion: There is none all-pure other than thee, O Mistress, and none more immaculate than thee, O most immaculate one; for thou alone wast the spacious dwelling-place of the God of all.

Filled with the fiery inspiration of the divine Spirit, O most lauded Apostle Andronicus, thou didst embrace His fervor with thy pure thought and didst burn up the thorns of falsehood.

Glory…, Now & ever…: Sessional hymn from the Pentecostarion, or this theotokion, in the same tone & melody—

The sound of thy words and the power of thy miracles have gone throughout the ends of the world, O disciple of the Lord, teaching the faithful the divine grace of the Spirit.

Let us praise Andronicus, the apostle of Christ, the all-radiant star who illumined the nations with the light of divine knowledge, and with him the all-wise Junia, who shone forth in piety; and let us cry: Entreat Christ God without ceasing in behalf of our souls!

As one radiant, the divine Andronicus illumined men’s hearts with the light of divine knowledge and hath passed over to the Lord; wherefore, even after his end he poureth forth healings upon those who approach his honored temple with faith, and asketh great mercy for all the faithful.

By thy divine birthgiving, O pure one, thou hast restored the mortal nature of the earthborn which became corrupted in the passions, and hast raised all up from death to the life of incorruption. Wherefore, we all bless thee as is meet, O all-glorious Virgin, as thou didst foretell.

Stavrotheotokion—

When Thine all-pure Mother beheld Thee uplifted upon the Cross, O Word of God, she exclaimed, lamenting maternally: “What is this new and awesome wonder, O my Son? How is it that Thou, the Life of all, dost taste of death, desiring to bring life to the dead, in that Thou art full of loving-kindness?”