Ode IX

Irmos: Let every mortal leap for joy, enlightened by the Spirit; and let the nature of the incorporeal intelligences keep festival, honoring the sacred feast of the Mother of God, and let them cry aloud: Rejoice, O most blessed Theotokos, pure Ever-virgin!

Through the power and grace of God thou wast able to vanquish the serpent who boasted in his mindlessness, and to crush his vile head, trampling it underfoot, O father. Wherefore, assembling, with compunctionate soul we call thee blessed.

Theotokion: Light from Light shone forth from thy womb, O Ever-virgin Mother, and dispelled the darkness of deception and illumined all the ends of the earth. Wherefore, with faith we cry to thee: Rejoice, O Theotokos, thou boast of the venerable!

In the lofty eminence of thy manner of life thou wast shown to be a heaven adorned with miracles as with divine stars, and thou dost illumine the souls of those who ever piously approach thee and honor thy struggles with faith, O God-bearer, luminary most radiant.

Now & ever…, Theotokion: O most holy Maiden, full of God’s grace, thou all-pure temple of God, more spacious than the heavens and more holy than the cherubim: fill my mind with grace and illumine the eyes of my heart, granting me remission of all transgressions through thy right acceptable mediation.

Thou didst staunch the flow of the passions with the streams of thy tears, O venerable one, and pourest forth streams of miracles for those who have recourse to thee, O thou who art blessed of God. Thou didst ever dispel the burning heat of the passions, O glorious Palladius, precious adornment of the Church.

Like a sweet-smelling rose thou didst manifestly blossom forth in the Church of Christ and hast perfumed the ends of the world with thy wondrous fragrance. Wherefore, we celebrate thy divine memory, whereon beg thou for all remission of our many offenses, O God-bearer.

Stichera, in Tone I: Spec. Mel.: “O most lauded martyrs…”—

Stichos: O venerable father Palladius, pray to God for us.

Thy mind illumined with light, O most blessed Palladius, was a pure temple of the three-Sunned Godhead, noetically receiving the divine rays of the Holy Spirit. Wherefore, pray thou, that He grant our souls peace and great mercy.

Stichos: O venerable father Palladius, pray to God for us.

Having angels as thy companions, strengthening thee, O wise one, thou didst dispel the illusions of the demons and their wicked activity, O father, and didst tread the path which leadeth to divine rest. Wherefore, pray thou, that He grant our souls peace and great mercy.

Glory…: Emulating the pure God, thy Creator, with purity of soul, O wise and glorious God-bearer, thou didst offer thyself to Him as a pure sacrifice, as an observer of His precepts. Wherefore, pray thou, that He grant our souls peace and great mercy.

Or this stavrotheotokion: The unblemished Virgin of old, beholding on the Tree God to Whom she had given birth from her seedless womb, unable to bear the wounding of her womb, said in anguish: “O Thou Who sustainest all creation, how is it that thou art crucified upon a Cross as one condemned, desiring to save all mankind?”