Irmos: The staff of Moses, once working a wonder, striking the sea in the form of the Cross and dividing it, drowned the mounted tyrant Pharaoh, and saved Israel who fled on foot, chanting a hymn unto God.
Having first cleansed thy soul with valiant virtues, O Andronicus, and been set afire by the burning coals of divine love, thou didst escape the burning of the flesh; for thou didst have divine dew from on high, ever bedewing thee.
Theotokion: Of His own will the Creator of Adam, Who holdeth all things in His hand, was formed in thy womb, O Theotokos, and is borne in thy hands. O the awesome mystery! The Lord of all the saints appeareth as a babe!
Submitting to the Master’s commands as the patriarch Abraham did of old, O father, thou didst leave thy country and didst forsake thy kinfolk; and, far from wife and riches, thou didst dwell alone in the desert, O blessed one.
Thou didst fulfill the commandment of the Lord, selling all that thou hadst and distributing it to the poor, and thereby thou didst acquire the precious pearl, which receiving, thou wast made abundantly wealthy with a rich outpouring of myrrh.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.