Ode V

Irmos: O Christ Who hast enlightened the ends of the world with the radiance of Thy coming and hast illumined them with Thy Cross: with the light of Thy divine knowledge enlighten the hearts of those who hymn Thee in Orthodox manner.

O divinely eloquent one, having dried up the deadly abyss of the soul-destroying poison of the enemy with thy healing hands, thou dost deliver those who are opposed by grievous sickness.

Theotokion: He Who enlightened the vast expanse of the earth with the radiance of the sun hath been shown to be a never-setting Sun amid the darkness, O Virgin. Him do thou entreat, that He deliver us from the darkness of evil and sin, O Mistress.

The great Mind, the ineffable Abyss of wisdom, found thee, O God-bearer, to be an abode of intelligence friendly toward Him; and He hath given thee to the Church as an instrument of understanding and wisdom.

Irmos: With Thy divine light illumine the souls of those who with love rise at dawn unto Thee, O Good One, that they may know Thee, O Word of God, to be the true God Who calleth all forth from the darkness of sin.

Thou hast been shown to be wholly fiery of breath, O Philip, through the descent and grace of the Paraclete, and with the warmth of faith thou hast restored to life those who were chilled through by the winter of godlessness.

Theotokion: The Lord, Who alone doth fashion all things by His Word and doth nourish them in His wise providence, as He willed in His loving-kindness, was fashioned of thee and became flesh ineffably, O all-pure one.

Shining thee forth as a brilliant ray first on Athos, O Gregory, God bestoweth thee upon the splendid city [of Thessalonica], sanctifying and paternally setting him forth through His divinely moving light.

Thou wast close to Christ, receiving directly the rays bestowed upon thee; and thou enlightenest those who have recourse unto thee, leading them to their Creator.

Having found thee to be a divine gift from God and an inexhaustible treasure, the mighty capital of Thessaly calleth its neighbors to partake of thy words and miracles, O blessed one.

O ye who desire Gregory’s struggle and his words of grace, offering hymnody now unto him let us beseech him through whose prayer the Creator and Master is moved to mercy for all.