Moses placed on the pillar the medicine, / which delivered from the destructive and poisonous wound, / and across to the tree, the image of the Cross, / tied the creeping serpent on the ground, / triumphing over the calamity; / therefore let us sing praises to Christ our God, / for He is glorified.

Heaven showed the pious ruler / and the divinely wise king / the victorious sign of the Cross, / by which the haughtiness of the wicked enemies was cast down, / and the deception was destroyed, and the divine faith / spread to all the ends of the earth; / therefore let us sing praises to Christ our God, / for He is glorified.

Ode 3

Irmos: The staff is taken as an image of the sacrament: / for by growth it indicates the priest; / and for the Church, formerly barren, the tree of the Cross has now blossomed / to her power and strength.

When the cliff poured water from the blow / to the rebellious and hard-hearted people, / he revealed to the God-called Church a mystery, / for whom the Cross is strength and strength.

When the most pure ribs / were pierced with a spear, / the water with the blood flowed out, / renewing the covenant and cleansing from sin; / for the Cross is the praise of the faithful, / and the strength and strength of kings.

Sedalen, tone 4*

Like: Appear quickly:

In honor of thee, thrice-blessed / giver of life, the Cross, / people feast / together with immaterial choirs; / A host of bishops reverently praise you, / but a multitude of monastics and fasters worship, / and we all glorify Christ crucified.

Glory, and now: we repeat the same.

Ode 4

Irmos: I have heard, O Lord, / of the mystery of Thy providence, / I have understood Thy works, / and have glorified Thy Divinity.

In ancient times, Moses changed with a tree / the bitter springs in the wilderness, / foreshadowing the conversion / of the Gentiles to piety by the Cross.

Jordan, hiding the axe in the depths, / with the help of a tree returned it, / signifying the cessation of error / by the Cross and baptism.