Ode III

Irmos: O Christ Who by Thy command fixed the earth upon naught and suspended its weight unsupported: establish Thou Thy Church upon the immovable rock of Thy commandments, O Thou Who alone art good and lovest mankind.

Katavasia: To Christ God, the Son Who was begotten of the Father without corruption before time began, and in latter times without seed became incarnate of the Virgin, let us cry aloud: O Lord Who liftest up our horn, holy art Thou!

Glory..., Now and ever..., Theotokion—

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

Set like a candle upon the candlestick of loftier activity, O father, with thy splendid virtues hast thou illumined with pious wisdom every soul which approacheth thee with faith, delivering it from the darkness of sin.

Theotokion: O pure Virgin, thou palace of the Word, show forth my soul to be a habitation of the Spirit, and give me to drink of the water of the life-creating Wellspring, for I am parched by the burning heat of sin; and let me glorify thee as is meet.

Irmos: Establish Thou our hearts and minds, O Thou Who didst establish the heavens by Thy word, that we may hymn and glorify Thee unto the salvation of our souls.

Glory..., in the same tone—

Sessional hymn, in Tone III—

Directing the sacred movements of thy mind toward the keeping of the divine commandments of the Spirit, thou wast shown to be an angel on earth, leading an angelic way of life in the flesh, O God-bearing father Alypius.

Theotokion: We know thee to be a firm and steadfast hope, O Theotokos, which we hold fast; and, trusting therein, we pray: Preserve this city and all Christian cities and lands from all the misfortunes which befall sinful men, who nevertheless straightway receive remission of their offenses through thine intercession.

Now and ever..., Theotokion—

Thou didst wisely show thyself to be a recluse from the tumults of life, O venerable Alypius, and didst eagerly undertake the contests of the sojourn of asceticism, showing thy heart to be a dwelling-place of the Spirit.

By the radiance of faith and the light of spiritual activity wast thou shown to be truly an equal of the angels on earth, O venerable Alypius; and thou didst manfully show the strength of thy mind, vanquishing the assaults of the passions by fasting. Wherefore, as thou livest even after thy repose, pray that we be saved.

O most immaculate Virgin, who gavest birth unto the transcendent God, unceasingly entreat Him with the incorporeal ones, that before the end He grant remission of transgressions and amendment of life unto us who, with faith and love, hymn thee as is meet, O only all-hymned one.

Or this Stavrotheotokion—

O all-immaculate Virgin Mother of Christ God, a sword pierced thine all-holy soul when thou beheldest thy Son and God crucified of His own will. Him do thou never cease to entreat, O blessed one, that He grant us forgiveness of transgressions.

Thou didst show forth a second unburnt bush, O noetic shepherd, when, by thy supplications, thou didst preserve unharmed in the midst of the flame the holy church wherein rested thine incorrupt body, which was not yet glorified on earth, but the sanctity whereof was clearly attested by an abundance of wonders from heaven.

Thou hast shown thyself to be accessible to the faith alone. Wherefore, contrary to the laws of nature, ice and snow hid thy purity from the eyes of the ungodly, who dared, in their unbelief, to attempt to look upon thee; and thou didst not grant them to behold thy glory, teaching us to glorify thee with a pure heart.

Speedily didst thou hasten to help the old man who saw with difficulty; and, touching his afflicted head, thou didst make manifest upon him an act of God. Wherefore, illumine also our spiritual eyes through thy supplications, O high priest.

Such a hierarch did it become us to have, who was venerable, guileless, meek, removed from sinful things, and who ever maketh entreaty before Jesus Christ, the eternal High Priest, for the salvation of his flock. For the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

Water rose up in the wilderness, a fount of healings floweth forth from the incorrupt relics of the holy hierarch Innocent. Everlasting joy is above his head, which may we be vouchsafed, through his supplications, on the never-waning day of the resurrection.

Thee, O Maiden, did the prophet proclaim, saying: Behold the gate of the East: it shall be shut, and no one shall pass through it; but the Lord God alone shall enter by it, and the gate shall be shut.