Thou who dost bid that thy divine hierurgists be call’d to them whose strength hath fail’d, and these by prayer and unction with thine oil to save; do thou, O lover of mankind, save, by thy mercy, the afflicted one. _Both now._ Most holy and God-bearing ever-virgin, strong shelter and defence, thou ladder and thou wall, have mercy and compassion on the sufferer; for he hath fled to thee, and thee alone. _Ode v. Irmos._ Thou, Lord, my light.... Thou, good one, that art mercy’s depth, do thou, O merciful, have mercy, in thy mercifulness divine, on him that suffereth; for thou art loving-kind. Sanctifying unspeakably from on high, O Christ, our souls and bodies with the divine impression of thy seal, with thine own hand heal all. _Glory._ O most good Lord, who, through thine untold love, acceptedst myrrh-anointing from the sinful woman; compassionate thy servant. _Both now._ All-praised, pure, and most good Queen, have mercy upon them that are anointed with the oil divine, and save thy servant. _Ode vi. Irmos._ I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice.... O lover of mankind, who shewest by thy words anointing is for kings, and this performest by highpriests; save thou the sufferer by thy seal, for thou art loving-kind. Let no communicating act of bitter demons touch his senses who is sign’d with the divine anointing, Saviour; but with the safeguard of thy glory him surround. _Glory._ Stretch from on high thy hand, O lover of mankind, and sanctify thine oil, and grant this to thy servant, Saviour, for healing and deliverance from all sicknesses. _Both now._ Mother of the Creator, thou, in thy sacred temple, hast appear’d a fruitful olive tree, whereby the world appeareth fill’d with mercy. Therefore save the sufferer by the touching of thy prayers. _Condakion, tone ii._ _Like_, Seeking the things above.... Thou that art the fountain of mercy, O thou that art most good, do thou deliver from every calamity them that with fervent faith fall down before thine unspeakable mercy; and, O thou that art loving-kind, taking away their ailings, do thou grant unto them thy divine grace from on high. _Ode vii. Irmos._ The abrahamic children in the furnace.... Thou, Saviour, that alone art God, who in thy mercy and compassions, healest the spiritual passions and bodily wounds of all; physician be thou for this sufferer with disease, and make him whole thyself. Since with anointing oil the heads of all anointed are, so give to this one joy of gladness, Christ, granting the mercy of thy redemption unto him that seeketh this, for thy rich mercy’s sake, O Lord. _Glory._