O ye who love the feasts of the Church,

let us all join chorus in spirit.

Ye heavens, ye mountains and hills,

ye choirs of virgins and of the Church,

ye splendor of fasters:

rejoice at the memorial

of the most blessed one;

and, assembling together thereon,

let us magnify the Savior.

from  Ode 9 of the Canon of St. Nicholas