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 IV: Spec. Mel.: “Having been lifted up…”—

Having put down the uprising of the enemy for Christ’s sake, thou didst destroy him and cut down his legions with the sword of patience.

Theotokion: Strengthen my mind which is beset by many passions, O all-pure Mother of God, that I may glorify thee as is meet.

Thou didst destroy the counsel of the evil one against our Faith, and didst suffer mightily, O martyred athlete Paramon.

Glory…, Now & ever…: Theotokion—

As a powerful warrior thou wast strengthened by divine grace, O martyr, and didst reckon cruel tortures to be like a dream.

With the patience urged by the divine precepts thou didst cleanse thy soul of defilement and didst attain to the perfection of spiritual athletes; for thou didst renounce sacrifice to false graven images and, emulating Christ, wast slain with a spear. Him do thou earnestly entreat in behalf of the world, O most blessed Paramon.

After God, it is to thy divine protection that I, the lowly, flee, O Theotokos, and falling down I pray: Have mercy, O all-pure one, for my sins have gone over my head, and I fear torment and tremble, O Mistress. O pure one, make supplication to thy Son, that He deliver me therefrom.

Stavrotheotokion—

She who in latter times gave birth in the flesh to Thee Who wast begotten of the unoriginate Father, beholding Thee hanging upon the Cross, cried out: “Woe is me, O most beloved Jesus! How is it that Thou Who art glorified as God by the angels art now crucified by iniquitous men, O my Son? I hymn Thee, O Long-suffering One!”