Irmos: I have heard, O Lord, the mystery of Thy dispensation; I have understood Thy works, and have glorified Thy divinity.
More lustrous than sapphires and gold in your manifestation of steadfast struggles, O martyrs, ye were adorned with the infliction of wounds.
Theotokion: Surrounded by dangers, I call upon thee for help, O most immaculate Mistress. Haste thou and save me, O thou who gavest birth to the Savior and Word.
Rejoice, O New Rome; and with us do thou also rejoice, O Gregory, for thou hast made splendid the throne of the patriarchs and dost lead us in choir to the divine courts of the Creator. Protect us from invisible and visible foes.
Irmos: Foreseeing in the Spirit the incarnation of the Word, O Prophet Habbakuk, thou didst announce, crying out: When the years draw nigh, Thou shalt be acknowledged; when the season cometh, Thou shalt be shown forth! Glory to Thy power, O Lord!
Having received life-bearing activity from the life-giving Trinity, ye drive all pain, all mortality from men’s bodies and souls.
Theotokion: O Virgin, all-holy and undefiled, with most pure drops of thy compassion cleanse me now who have defiled my body with sins; and extend to me a helping hand, that I may cry: Glory to thee, O pure one, made wondrous by God!
With the senior members of thy synod who suffered with thee, O wise Gregory, do thou offer supplication before the Master on high for those who with faith celebrate thine ever-memorable memory.
“We will not deny the Lord! We will not sacrifice to mindless demons!” the divinely wise cried out when they were tormented with pain and tortures.
Today the angels who bore thy spirit aloft dance in the heavens, and the choirs of the Orthodox who acquired thy sacred relics in Odessa, radiantly honor thee with garlands of praise.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.