Ode III

Irmos: Thy Church rejoiceth in Thee, O Christ, crying aloud: Thou art my strength, O Lord, my refuge and my consolation!

Sessional hymn, in Tone VIII: Spec. Mel.: “Of the Wisdom…”—

Divine desire showed thee to be an honored bride, O Theodosia, a martyr of Christ, who loved His Cross.

Theotokion: Thou hast restored my fallen countenance, O pure Mistress who gavest birth to the Prince, the Resurrection of us all.

Having forsaken the corrupting thought of the flesh, O honored and all-glorious Theodosia, thou dwellest with the life-creating Spirit.

Glory…, Now & ever…: Theotokion—

By thy divine gift of grace, O honored one, heal thou my mind and cure my soul, which hath been made impotent by the passions.

Truly drowning all the might of the wicked devil in the streams of thy blood, O glorious one, thou didst pass unharmed over the great abyss of torments, and hast manifestly made thine abode in the holy land, receiving the reward of thy labors as is meet; and thou hast been vouchsafed entry into the bridal-chamber of heaven, O all-lauded Theodosia. Entreat Christ God, that He grant remission of sins unto those who with love honor thy holy memory.

Let us hymn the portal and ark of heaven, the all-holy mountain, the radiant cloud, the bush unburned, the noetic paradise, the restoration of Eve, the great treasure of the whole world, for within her was the salvation of the world and the remission of the ancient transgressions wrought. Wherefore, let us cry out to her: Entreat thy Son, that He grant remission of transgressions unto those who piously worship thy most holy birthgiving.

Stavrotheotokion—

The ewe-lamb, beholding the Lamb, Shepherd and Deliverer upon the Cross, exclaimed, weeping, and bitterly lamenting, cried out: “The world rejoiceth, receiving deliverance through Thee, but my womb doth burn, beholding Thy crucifixion, which Thou endurest in the loving-kindness of Thy mercy. O long-suffering Lord, Thou abyss and inexhaustible wellspring of mercy, have pity and grant remission of offenses unto those who with faith hymn Thy divine sufferings!”