Pentecost Katavasia

Tone 4

Ode 1. Covered by the divine cloud, /

he that was slow of tongue proclaimed the Law written by God; /

for having shaken off the impurity from the eye of his mind, /

He beholdeth Him That is, and he is initiated into the knowledge of the Spirit, //

While giving praise with God-inspired songs.

Ode 3. Only the prayer of the Prophetess Anna, /

who of old brought a broken spirit /

unto the Mighty One and God of knowledge, /

loosed the fetters of a childless womb //

and the unruly rebuke of her with children.

Ode 4. O King of kings, even Thou Who art from the Only One, /

O Word, Who comest forth from the only uncaused Father, /

Thou, as our Benefactor, didst unfailingly send /

Thy Spirit, Equal in might, unto the Apostles, who sing: //

Glory to Thy power, O Lord.

Ode 5. O ye children of the Church, /

whose likeness is like unto light, /

receive ye the fire-breathing dew of the Spirit, /

which is a redeeming purification of offenses; /

for now hath the Law gone forth from Zion, //

even the Spirit’s grace, in the form of tongues of fire.

Ode 6. Thou hast shown forth from the Virgin /

as forgiveness and salvation for us, O Christ Master; /

that, like as Jonah was reft from the belly of the sea monster, /

Thou mightest snatch from corruption //

all the fallen race of Adam.

Ode 7. The unison of instrumental music declared /

that all should worship the lifeless image wrought of gold; /

but the light-bearing grace of the Comforter /

doth teach us to cry out in reverence: /

O only Trinity, Equal in power and beginningless, //

blessed art Thou.

Ode 8. The type of the Godhead prefigured in the resplendent three /

loosed the bonds and moistened the flames with dew. /

The Children praise, and all creation that was made doth bless, /

the only Savior and Creator of all, //

as their Benefactor.

Ode 9. Rejoice, O Queen boast of virgins and mothers; /

for every eloquent and capable mouth is unable to extol thee worthily, /

and every mind is confounded in seeking to comprehend thy childbirth.//

Wherefore, with one accord do we glorify thee