St. Macarius (Bishop of Edkow)

Your people whom you guided,

in purity and righteousness,

what should they call you,

O Abba Makari the Bishop.

+ If I call you an angel,

or a shepherd or a martyr,

these all you have truly accomplished,

in deed and word of truth.

I will say of you an angel,

for you have left your body,

I will say of you a shepherd,

for you gave your life for your sheep.

I will say of you a martyr,

for you delivered your head for Christ,

He who became a martyr for us,

before Pontius Pilate.

+ You completed the priesthood,

you have kept the faith,

you wore the unfading crown,

of martyrdom.

+ Pray to the Lord on our behalf,

O my master the ascetic father,

Abba Makari the Bishop,

that He may forgive us our sins.