Irmos: Stretching forth his hands, Daniel shut the lions’ mouths in the pit; and the young lovers of piety, girded about with virtue, quenched the power of the fire, crying out: Bless the Lord, all ye works of the Lord!
Cleanse our hearts and thoughts by thy supplications, and show us forth to be fertile ground, that, girded about with virtue, we may cry out: Bless the Lord all ye works of the Lord!
Theotokion: Rejoice, thou who gavest birth to the salvation of the world, for through thee have we been taken up from earth to heaven! Rejoice, O blessed one, thou protection and dominion, rampart and foundation of those who chant: Hymn the Lord, O ye works, and exalt Him supremely for ever!
Taking the words of life everlasting to heart, O all-blessed one, thou didst lay waste to thy flesh; and having mortified thyself to the world, thou didst clothe thyself in life-bearing mortality, chanting: Hymn ye the Lord, and exalt Him supremely for all ages!
Irmos: The birthgiving of the Theotokos saved the pious children in the furnace—then in figure, but now in deed—and it moveth all the world to chant to Thee: Hymn ye the Lord and exalt Him supremely for all ages!
Thou wast crowned with a wreath of the gifts of grace, contemplating heavenly wisdom and ever crying out: Bless the Lord, all ye works of the Lord!
Theotokion: We hymn thee, O joyous one, for thou gavest birth for us to the incarnate God. Wherefore, we all call thee the Theotokos, the God-receiving womb, the beauty of Jacob, hymning the Lord, and exalting Him supremely for all ages.
O God-bearer, entreat the only Benefactor, that He be merciful unto those who celebrate thine all-honored memorial and grant them remission of offenses.
Triadicon Glory to Thee, O all-holy, life-creating Spirit, Who proceedest from the Father and ever restest in the Son! Glory to Thee, O Son of God, Who sanctifiest through the Holy Spirit, and strengthenest and makest us wise! Glory to Thee, O Father, Who art ever well pleased with us through the Holy Spirit! O indivisible Triune Unity, have mercy upon us!
Unceasingly directing thy gaze toward God, and receiving the radiance of effulgence therefrom, like a mirror thou dost reflect the never-waning Light upon those who chant: Hymn ye the Lord, O ye works, and exalt Him supremely for all ages!
Thou didst mount the ladder stretching upward to the heavens, whereon the Lord appeared, O venerable father, making divine ascents until thou hadst achieved the perfection of thy desires, chanting: Hymn ye the Lord, O ye works, and exalt Him supremely for all ages!
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.