Ode VII

Irmos: O all-hymned Lord God of our fathers, Who saved the children of Abraham in the fire, slaying the Chaldæans whom justice rightly overtook: blessed art Thou!

Theotokion: The choirs of heaven and the celestial companies sing of Him Who was born of thee, O Theotokos, crying: O all-hymned Lord, God of our fathers, blessed art Thou!

Having ascended through the hierarchy, thou didst show thyself to the sacred ministers as a most sacred model and rule, crying out: O all-hymned Lord, God of our fathers, blessed art Thou!

Irmos: The divinely wise youths worshipped not a creation rather than the Creator, but, manfully trampling the threat of the fire underfoot, they rejoice, chanting: Blessed art Thou, the all-hymned God of our fathers!

Theotokion: O blessed Andrew, pray thou now to the Queen and Theotokos, whom thou didst behold praying for the world, that she cover us with her invincible mercy; for by her protection are all of us, the faithful, preserved.

O father, the change wrought upon thee by the right hand of the Author of life truly made thee a wise proclaimer of God, chanting: O all-hymned Lord, God of our fathers, blessed art Thou!

Thou hast been shown to us as an invincible sword against the adversary, O blessed one, chastising his falsehood; and we chant: O all-hymned Lord, God of our fathers, blessed art Thou!

Resolved to love nothing on earth more than the Creator, O blessed Andrew, wandering from church to church, thou didst rejoice, chanting: O all-hymned Lord God of our fathers, blessed art Thou!

The blessed Andrew did not spare his flesh, but gave it over to struggles and labors and the endurance of want. Wherefore, he manfully trampled the wiles of the demons underfoot, chanting: O all-hymned Lord God of our fathers, blessed art Thou!

Thou didst desire nought of earthly glory, but didst love Christ above all, O blessed Andrew, and didst hasten to Him, rejoicing, receiving reward for thy pangs and chanting continually: Blessed is the God of our fathers!