Irmos: Traversing the deep on foot, as though it were dry land, and seeing the tyrant Pharaoh drowned, Israel cried aloud: Let us chant unto God a hymn of victory!
Theotokion: Perceiving the Master borne in thy womb, O all-pure Theotokos, John, as His Forerunner, manifestly leapt for joy in his mother’s womb.
O offspring of the barren woman: uproot thou the barren thoughts of my barren soul, as I begin to praise thy holy conception in thy mother’s womb.
The sacred Zechariah, entering the temple, beheld the divine angel, who manifestly proclaimed to him: O priest, in thine old age thou shalt receive a son, the Forerunner.
The great Forerunner, the radiant beacon of the Sun of glory, is conceived to shine forth in his mother’s womb. By him the darkness of the passions is rent asunder and the bonds of barrenness are loosed.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.