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I swallowed Jonah, but I shudder at this one; I tossed Noah about on the waves, but I do not dare to look upon the one who with his hands formed man. With his feet he hallowed the sea, with his throne he glorified heaven, with the manger he made the earth shine, through the tomb he enlightened Hades. I am not ungrateful and soulless; as an element I recognize the one who made me; I do not say with the Jews, This man is not from God; but I cry out piously, This is my God, and I will glorify him.

I will show the things of my nature, I will refute the opinions of the blood-guilty, I will make public the power of the one who walked upon me. These are fellow servants, he is the Lord, by fear of whom I trouble these. The Lord indeed walked on the sea without getting his feet wet, but those sailing were troubled; and fear caused those in danger to cry out, but the lover of mankind encouraged them to be of good courage, saying: Take heart, it is I; do not be afraid. Take heart, you who have the anchor of faith; for the reef of idolatry did not sink you; take heart, a Jewish storm did not submerge you; take heart, a heretical tempest does not toss you about.

It is I, the co-eternal Word of the Father, the branch of the uncreated beginning, the lamb for the sin of the world, the pilot for the shipwreck of the cities, the treasure of the orthodox faith, the prize-giver of the martyrs' contests. It is I; do not be afraid. For where God is present, danger has been driven away by the grace of God; to him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.

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τὸν Ἰωνᾶν ἐῤῥόφησα, τοῦτον δὲ φρίττω· τὸν Νῶε ἐκλυδώνησα, ἀλλ' οὐ τολμῶ προσβλέψαι τῷ χερσὶ τὸν ἄνθρωπον πλάσαντι. Ποσὶ τὴν θάλασσαν ἡγίασε, τὸν οὐρανὸν τῷ θρόνῳ ἐδόξασε, τὴν γῆν τῇ φάτνῃ ἐλάμπρυνε, τὸν ᾅδην διὰ τοῦ τάφου ἐφώτισεν. Οὐκ εἰμὶ ἀγνώμων καὶ ἄψυχος· ἐπιγινώσκω ὡς στοιχεῖον τὸν ποιήσαντα· οὐ λέγω μετὰ τῶν Ἰουδαίων, Οὗτος ὁ ἄνθρωπος οὐκ ἔστι παρὰ Θεοῦ· ἀλλὰ κράζω εὐσεβοῦσα, Οὗτός μου Θεὸς, καὶ δοξάσω αὐτόν.

∆είξω τὰ τῆς ἐμῆς φύσεως, ἐλέγξω τῶν μιαιφόνων τὰς γνώμας, δημοσιεύσω τοῦ περιπατήσαντός με τὸ κράτος. Οὗτοι σύνδουλοι, ἐκεῖνος ∆εσπότης, οὗ φόβῳ τούτους ταράττω. Ὁ μὲν ∆εσπότης ἐν τῇ θαλάττῃ ἀβρόχως ἐβάδιζεν, οἱ δὲ πλέοντες ἐθορυβοῦντο· ὁ δὲ φόβος τοὺς κινδυνεύοντας βοᾷν παρεσκεύασεν, ὁ δὲ φιλάνθρωπος τὸ θαῤῥεῖν παρεκελεύετο λέγων· Θαρσεῖτε, ἐγώ εἰμι, μὴ φοβεῖσθε. Θαρσεῖτε τὴν τῆς πίστεως ἔχοντες ἄγκυραν· εἰδωλολατρείας γὰρ σπιλὰς οὐκ ἐβύθισεν ὑμᾶς· θαρσεῖτε, Ἰουδαϊκὴ ὑμᾶς λαῖλαψ οὐ κατεπόντισε· θαρσεῖτε, αἱρετικὴ ὑμᾶς τρικυμία οὐ κλυδωνίζει.

Ἐγώ εἰμι, ὁ συνάναρχος τοῦ Πατρὸς Λόγος, τῆς ἀκτίστης ἀρχῆς ὁ κλάδος, τῆς κοσμικῆς ἁμαρτίας ὁ ἀμνὸς, τοῦ τῶν πόλεων ναυαγίου ὁ κυβερνήτης, τῆς ὀρθοδόξου πίστεως ὁ θησαυρὸς, τῶν μαρτυρικῶν ἀγώνων ὁ βραβευτής. Ἐγώ εἰμι, μὴ φοβεῖσθε. Ὅπου γὰρ ὁ Θεὸς πάρεστιν, ἀπελήλατο κίνδυνος χάριτι Θεοῦ· αὐτῷ ἡ δόξα καὶ τὸ κράτος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.