Ode VI

Irmos: Whirled about in the abyss of sin, I call upon the unfathomable abyss of Thy loving-kindness: Lead me up from corruption, O God!

Kontakion, in Tone III: Spec. Mel.: “Today the Virgin…” —

Theotokion: Without knowing man, thou gavest birth, O Virgin, yet remainest forever virgin, revealing the true Divinity, thy Son and God, through images.

Worshipping the Godhead of the unoriginate Divinity, thou didst denounce polytheism, setting the ungodliness of idolatry at nought by grace, O wise one.

Springing forth, thou didst flourish in the Church like a palm-tree, O divinely wise and most blessed father, delighting the fullness of the faithful with the sweetness of thy fruits.

Thou wast shown to be an invincible conqueror of the evil spirits, O most glorious and blessed one, having received rich gifts from Christ.

Assembling today, in hymns we praise thee as a never-waning luminary of the noetic Sun; for thou hast shone forth upon those in the darkness of ignorance, guiding all up to the divine heights, O Hilarion. Wherefore, we cry out: Rejoice, O father, thou foundation of all fasters!

Ikos: Loving the divine commandments of Christ, and hating the pleasures of all the world, thou didst zealously go to Him, and becamest a luminary, enlightening all the ends of the earth with the radiance of the Spirit. Wherefore, falling down, I entreat thee: Enlighten also the eyes of my soul, that I may hymn the struggles which thou didst undertake on earth for the sake of the life to come. Enjoying them now, be thou mindful of those who cry out to thee: Rejoice, O father, thou foundation of all fasters!