Ode I

Irmos: To God the Savior, Who led His people in the sea with dryshod feet and drowned Pharaoh and all his army, let us chant alone, for He is glorious.

Canon of the prophet, the acrostic whereof is: “I hymn the glory of the clairvoyant Obadiah,” the composition of Theophanes, in Tone V—

Theotokion: Saved by thy seedless birthgiving, O pure Theotokos, we beseech thee: from the temptations of the world do thou deliver us, who together give utterance unto a hymn of victory.

Irmos: I shall sing to Thee, O Lord my God; for Thou didst lead Thy people forth from the bondage of Egypt, and didst overwhelm the chariots of Pharaoh and his might.

Standing now as a prophet before God the Savior, entreat Him with boldness, that He enlighten with rays of light those who with faith call thee blessed, O divinely inspired one.

Theotokion: The ladder of heaven, which Jacob, thine ancestor, foresaw of old, hast thou been shown to be, whereby the Word hath come down to us, O Virgin.

He who manifestly foreknoweth all things, beholding the untroubled and radiant purity of thy heart, O blessed one, appointed thee a God-pleasing prophet.

Truly beholding visions revealed to thee by God, thou didst proclaim the impiety and cruel perniciousness of thy brethren and their just destruction, O blessed one.

Canon of the martyr, the acrostic whereof is: “I hymn thy pangs of endurance, O Barlaam,” the composition of Theophanes, in Tone IV—

Rendered luminous by the splendors of thy contest, O Barlaam, by thy supplications do thou preserve us, who with faith honor thy memory.

With hymnody let the wondrous Barlaam be honored, who, with fame, quenched the fire of impiety with his divinely inspired fire of reverence for God.

Having contended for piety, O crown-bearer Barlaam, thou hast now been honored by the right hand of the Almighty with a crown of glory, as is meet.

The Master gave thee strength against divers wounds, O most blessed martyr; wherefore, thou didst vanquish the savagery of the godless.