Irmos: Enlighten us with Your commandments, O Lord,/ and with Your high arm/ Give us Your peace,/ Lover of mankind.
Deliver Thy Son from death, the angel commanded that Joseph received in a dream: rise up, take His Child and His Mother, and flee to Egypt. But I am burdened with the sleep of sin, I have destroyed the unborn child, my mind is darkened.
When a fierce thief is on the way of captivity to You and Joseph, the light shines on the face of Your Son, O Mother of God. Moreover, you were moved by the villains and let them go without harm. But my child was considered to be a pardoner and a murderer.
Glory: The light of the Resurrection has even reached hell, from where Your Son brought out the righteous. And I beg Him to illuminate my soul, in the darkness of despair and passions, so that I may be cleansed by repentance.
And now: led by the Star of Christmas, the wolf from Persia came to Christ; Thus, I, who relentlessly follow the radiance of Your mercy, strive through repentance to achieve saving forgiveness.