Ode IX

Exapostilarion: Spec. Mel: “Hearken, ye women...” —

Irmos: Christ, the Chief Cornerstone uncut by human hands, Who united the two disparate natures, was cut from thee, the unquarried mountain, O Virgin. Wherefore, in gladness we magnify thee, O Theotokos.

Glory...: another Exapostilarion: Spec. Mel: “By the Spirit in the sanctuary...”—

O glorious one, thou wast shown to be a splendid chariot bearing the Word seated upon thy most comely and Godbearing soul, directing unto salvation those who hymn thee.

Theotokion: From the ground of the Virgin hath God the Word, the comely Ear of grain, sprung forth, whereof tasting, O ye faithful, we live and are established in Him. Wherefore, thee, who gavest Him birth, do we magnify.

Great Doxology. Troparia. Litanies. Dismissal. First Hour.

Glory..., in Tone VI —

Celebrating thy most blessed memory, we pray that we may be delivered from every threefold wave by the boldness which thou hast as an apostle of Christ, O all-honored beholder of God.

Now & ever..., Theotokion —

This day do we all celebrate thy memory, O Apostle Thomas; sanctify and forgive us, delivering us by faith from all temptations, evil circumstances and passions through thy prayers.

Now & ever..., Theotokion —

O apostle of the all-compassionate Christ, thou who thyself didst behold Him: Entreat Him to grant peace unto all the world, victory over heresy and schism unto Christ-loving hierarchs, and salvation and remission of transgressions unto those who praise thee as a divinely eloquent disciple, O Thomas.

O glory of the apostles, like the most radiant sun of the east wast thou sent to the Indians, and thou didst illumine them with the light of thy words and by faith in the Trinity. Wherefore, we celebrate thy holy and divine memory.

We, the faithful, bring before Thee as is meet Thine all-holy Mother as an intercessor and fervent helper, O Christ. Vouchsafe that Thy servants may share in Thy glory and the inheritance of the righteous and the food of paradise; and grant us the kingdom of heaven.

On the Praises, 4 stichera, the composition of Anatolius —

In Tone I: Thou didst follow after Christ, O apostle Thomas, and didst disdain the world. And laying up His teachings in thy treasury, thou wast shown to be an apostle. Wherefore, being amongst pagans, souls darkened by their delusion and passions didst thou illumine with the Savior’s commandments, that they might believe in the consubstantial Trinity. Twice

In Tone IV: Thou didst enlighten thy mind with the divine fire of the Master, as a lawful disciple, O apostle Thomas; for with the Cross as a rod thou didst draw the souls of the ungodly from the depths of ignorance. Wherefore, with the pole of the divine Spirit thou didst even fish for the darkened conscience of the Indians. Ever beseech Christ God, that we be delivered from the sight of the dark enemy, and that our souls may be saved.

Abandoning the depths which were fished, with faith thou didst hasten to take up the rod of the Cross, and therewith thou didst fish for men, O apostle Thomas. Wherefore, having touched the all-pure side of the Word, thou wast vouchsafed also to feel with thy finger the wounds of the nails’ entry. Ever earnestly entreat Christ God, that He save our souls.

Thou wast shown to be like Elijah who rode a chariot, O Apostle Thomas, aflame with the fire of the divine Spirit, riding upon a chariot of the virtues; for, plumbing the depths of the sea of knowledge, thou didst catch men as fish, bringing them up from death to life. Wherefore, enlightening the souls of the faithful, with the staff of the Cross didst thou lead them up from deadly delusion unto life, and, standing before Christ with the bodiless ones, do thou ever earnestly beseech Him for the salvation of our souls.

No one who hath recourse to thee, O all-pure Virgin Theotokos, departeth from thee ashamed; for he asketh grace and receiveth a gift for his profitable petition.