Irmos: Waking at dawn, we cry to Thee: Save us, O Lord! For Thou art our God, and we know none other than Thee.
By your endurance of laceration, O most lauded athletes, ye cast down the strength of falsehood.
Theotokion: O all-pure one, thy Son, Who loveth mankind and was born of thee, hath shown Himself to be the Deliverer of the human race.
Let all of us, the Orthodox, rejoice today, for on this day our patriarch put the ungodly arrogance of the son of Hagar to shame when he became a sacrifice.
Irmos: Shine forth thy radiant and everlasting light upon us who rise early unto the judgments of Thy commandments, O Master Christ our God, Who lovest mankind.
Having dried up the abyss of falsehood with the torrents of your blood, O blessed ones, ye have given drink to every soul.
Theotokion: Ever delivered from perils and misfortunes, in thine intercession amid tribulations we have acquired a calm haven and an impregnable rampart.
A most faithful shepherd hath the chief shepherd Gregory been shown to be, inheriting the habitations of the firstborn today.
Ye have shown yourselves to be a meadow of many flowers, O godly martyrs, emitting the sweet fragrance of the Holy Spirit.
Let us who love the feasts of the Church today with splendor bless the renowned pastor, the fifth Gregory, who hath delivered Greece from the tyrant.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.