Katavasia of the Sunday of Orthodoxy
Tone
4
Ode 1. Having
traversed the depths of the
by Moses’ arms stretched out in the form of the Cross.
Ode 3. Thy Church
rejoiceth in Thee, O Christ, /
crying aloud: /
Thou
art my strength, O Lord, //
my
refuge and my consolation!
Ode 4. Beholding
Thee lifted up upon the Cross, /
O
Sun of righteousness, /
the
Church stood rooted in place, /
crying out as is meet: //
Glory
to Thy power, O Lord!
Ode 5. Thou hast
come, O my Lord, /
as
a light into the world: /
a
holy light turning from the darkness of ignorance //
those who hymn Thee with faith.
Ode 6. I will
sacrifice to Thee with a voice of praise, O Lord, /
the
Church crieth unto Thee, /
cleansed of the blood of demons //
by
the blood which, for mercy’s sake, flowed from Thy side.
Ode 7. The children
of Abraham in the Persian furnace, /
afire with love of piety more than with the flame, cried out: //
Blessed
art Thou in the temple of Thy glory, O Lord!
Ode 8. Stretching forth his hands,
/
Daniel
shut the lions’ mouths in the pit; /
and
the young lovers of piety, /
girded about with virtue, /
quenched the power of the fire, crying out: //
Bless
the Lord, all ye works of the Lord!
Ode 9. 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.