Irmos: Having traversed the water as though it were dry land, and escaped the evil of Egypt, the Israelite cried aloud: Let us chant unto our Deliverer and God!
Katavasia: The irmoi of the canon of Pascha
O ye multitude of glorious athletes, entreat Christ, Who hath a multitude of compassions, that He lift the multitude of mine evils, that I may praise your triumph.
Theotokion: I hymn thee, O most hymned Virgin, for Thou alone gavest flesh to God through thy precious blood, and in manner past recounting didst awesomely give birth to Him.
Assembling from all the ends of Greece, O friends, celebrate most joyously with us on the all-pure feast of our patriarch.
Irmos: Let us all chant a hymn of victory unto God, Who hath wrought marvelous wonders with His upraised arm and saved Israel, for He is glorious.
Serving the true and living God, O passion-bearers, ye would in nowise offer worship to inanimate gods, but offered yourselves as living sacrifices to the Bestower of life.
Theotokion: O immaculate one, who gavest birth to my Light and redemption, redeem me from darkness and everlasting torment, that, saved, I may hymn thy majesty.
Thee, O divine Gregory, doth all Greece acknowledge as its champion and savior, crying aloud that, having been sacrificed for us, thou hast delivered her from the tyrants’ yoke.
The ungodly published an edict repugnant to God, but in the midst of the tribunal the forty athletes proclaimed the incarnate Word Who hath delivered the world from irrationality.
Rejoice greatly, O Erymanthus, thou homeland of the patriarch, on the all-glorious commemoration of thine offspring, for because of him art thou now blessed under the sun.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.