Ode I

Irmos: Let us chant a hymn of victory unto God Who helped Moses in Egypt and by him destroyed Pharaoh and his whole army, for He hath been glorified.

Theotokion: Out of Egypt did the Father manifestly call Christ, Who had revealed Himself for our sake from the Virgin, as the God-seeing Prophet Hosea foretold of old.

Canon of the prophet, the acrostic whereof is: “I hymn the divinely inspired words of Hosea”, the composition of Theophanes, in Tone I —

Irmos: Overwhelming power once laid low the whole army of Pharaoh in the deep, and the incarnate Word hath destroyed pernicious sin. All-glorious is the Lord, for gloriously hath He been glorified.

Theotokion: Though my soul is ever weighed down by the sleep of despair, O all-pure Virgin Mother, I hasten to thine aid. Rouse me to the watchfulness of repentance, delivering me from everlasting torment.

Truly standing before the Bestower of life as a prophet and speaker of things divine, O Hosea, pray thou earnestly, that He deliver from temptations those who praise thee with faith.

Having cleansed the eyes of thy soul of pollution, O glorious one, thou wast vouchsafed splendidly to gaze upon things which were to come, and to foretell truly things which had not yet come to pass.

The wisdom of God, the source of foresight, showed the divinely eloquent Hosea to be an abundant river of prophecy pouring forth divine teachings.

Canon of the venerable martyr, the acrostic whereof is: “With love I hymn the namesake of manliness”, the composition of Joseph, in Tone II —

Having manfully enslaved the carnal passions to thy mind, as the namesake of manliness, O father, thou didst enslave the savagery of the tyrants and didst suffer lawfully. Wherefore, assembling together with faith, we call thee blessed.

Noetically enkindled like a burning coal by the fervor of the divine Spirit, thou didst melt the ice of the passions, and didst extinguish the alien fire of ungodliness with the torrents of thy blood, O divinely blessed confessor Andrew, who art most great.

Having bound thyself with the love of Christ, O father, taking up thy cross from the time of thy youth, rejoicing thou didst follow after Him, denying thyself through fasting, confession and perfect suffering.