Irmos: In the furnace the Hebrew children boldly trod the flame underfoot and transformed the fire into dew, crying out: Blessed art Thou, O Lord God, forever!
Having acquired ears right ready to listen to the precepts of God unto their divine fulfillment, O wise ones, ye chanted with great diligence: Blessed art Thou, O Lord God, forever!
Theotokion: Having ineffably conceived Christ in thy womb, by the Fruit of thy womb, O all-immaculate one, thou settest aright our first parents, who of old became corrupt through the disobedience of unseemly offense.
Dancing, the angels waited on high when thou, with forbearance, wast hanged from the gibbet, O divinely wise Gregory.
Irmos: The furnace was bedewed, O Savior, and the children, dancing, chanted: O God of our fathers, blessed art Thou!
With the laws of God ye opposed the edicts of the iniquitous who commanded you to deny Christ, O athletes. To Him let us chant: Blessed art Thou, O Lord God, forever!
Theotokion: Intercede before Him Whom thou didst bear as Lord, in that He is merciful, O thou who by nature art the Theotokos, that He save the souls of those who hymn thee.
The ranks of martyrs rejoiced to see thy spirit ascending on high in triumph, O all-blessed Gregory.
Giving your members over to torture, ye rejected the body out of love for Him Who appeared on earth and assumed our flesh. To Him do ye chant, O martyrs: Blessed art Thou, O Lord God, forever!
“The godly patriarch now approacheth!” they shouted in the heavens; “Be ye lifted up, O gates, that we may all receive him!”
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.