Irmos: When Israel traversed the deep on foot, as though it were dry land, seeing the tyrant Pharaoh drowned, he cried aloud: Let us chant to God a hymn of victory!
As thy life and manner of living were wondrous, O Theoctiste, the immaterial angels were touched by thy new and extraordinary character and the restriction of thy way of life, which transcendeth nature.
Theotokion: Loving thee, the all-pure Maiden and mighty aid of the faithful, with all her soul from childhood, Theoctiste became a receptacle of all the virtues, in manner surpassing nature.
From childhood thou didst spurn all worldly food and every carnal pleasure, loving fasting, wherewith thou didst restrain all the movements of thy body.
The Sower of the good seed found good soil in the childlike innocence of thy soul, and He planted therein the seed of life and reaped fruit a hundredfold.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.