Ode III

Irmos: Willingly didst Thou descend from on high to earth, O Thou Who art more highly exalted than every principality, and from the uttermost depths of hades thou didst raise up lowly human nature; for there is none more holy than Thee, O Thou Who lovest mankind.

Sessional hymn, in Tone III —

The Author of all creation, abasing Himself for our sake, condescended even to endure the Cross and burial; yet He arose as God in glory, raising up those in the graves. And now He hath also raised up Tabitha from the dead, at the word of the preëminent apostle. Wherefore, gloriously hath He been glorified!

Theotokion: In thanksgiving let us all gloriously glorify her who is more exalted than the heavens and more pure than all creation, who revealed to the world Emmanuel Who hath saved us and made us His own, Who hath united us to Him and raised us up from everlasting death.

Irmos: Neither in wisdom, nor in power, nor yet in riches do we boast, but in Thee, O Christ, the hypostatic Wisdom of the Father; for none is holy save Thee, O Thou Who lovest mankind.

Sessional hymn, in Tone III: Spec. Mel.: “Of the divine Faith…” —

Fulfilling His whole dispensation concerning us, the Master of life and death sent forth His apostles, the initiates of the mysteries of heaven, to all the nations, to proclaim the salvation of all mortals; and at the utterance of the rock of faith He raiseth up Tabitha who had died. Wherefore, gloriously hath He been glorified!

Glory…, Now & ever…: Theotokion —

He Who imparteth life unto all raiseth up from corruption the merciful Tabitha who had tasted of death; and He confirmeth the faith of His disciples by the miracle of His evangelist. Therein hath He gloriously been glorified.

Theotokion: Arrayed in golden robes like a queen, O Mistress, thou standest now before God the King, praying for thy servants.

O wonder transcending nature! O the greatness of God! Through the resurrection of the Creator life hath been established and death cast down! And in His apostles He worketh all manner of miracles, as we now see in the raising of Tabitha from the dead at the word of Peter.

Glory…, Now & ever…: Theotokion —

In the fervor of faith I cry out to thee with unworthy lips and a heart defiled, O Theotokos: Save me who am drowning in sins! Take pity on one who is slain by despair, that, saved, I may cry out to thee: Rejoice, O Virgin, thou help of Christians!

Illumined by the Spirit with the divine truths of Orthodoxy, ye dispelled the darkness of Arius, becoming witnesses of the Almighty.

Preaching the dogma of the equality of the Word with the Father, O holy Marcian and Martyrius, ye preferred to die, and have passed over to life without end.

Through sacred enlistment ye have been enrolled with the angels and have all-radiantly joined the choirs of the martyrs; wherefore, we praise your honored memory.

Continuing your confessions even unto the shedding of your blood, O glorious martyrs, ye accepted the divine definition concerning God, denouncing the falsehood of the heretics and preserving the Orthodox Faith. Pray ye unceasingly to Christ God, that He grant us great mercy.

Without separating Himself from the divine Essence, God took on flesh in thy womb; and though becoming man, the one Lord remained God, preserving thee, the Virgin Mother, as immaculate after giving birth, as thou wast before birthgiving. Him do thou earnestly entreat, that He grant us great mercy.

Stavrotheotokion —

The unblemished Ewe-lamb of the Word, the incorrupt Virgin Mother, beholding Him Who sprung forth from her without pain hanging upon the Cross, cried out, lamenting maternally: “Woe is me, O my Child! How is it that Thou sufferest willingly, desiring to deliver man from the indignity of the passions?”