Irmos: There is none as holy as Thee, O Lord my God, Who hast uplifted the horn of Thy faithful and established us on the rock of the confession of Thee, O Good One.
Sessional hymn, in Tone I: Spec. Mel.: “Thy tomb, O Savior…”—
With the glorious Paul ye passed over all the earth like stars with the sun, dispelling the darkness of ignorance with the light of sacred preaching.
Theotokion: With milk thou feedest the Nurturer of all Who was born of thine all-pure womb without corruption, O Virgin, and hath restored men broken with corruption.
With great pain of their flesh the disciples of the Word removed painful sin from their midst, winning rest without pain for the faithful in the highest.
Glory…, Now & ever…: Theotokion—
With divine struggles ye truly destroyed all the malice of the enemy, and, casting down the temples of the idols, ye made men temples for God.
Shining forth upon the world in godliness like the dawn, O apostles, by faith ye dispelled the most profound darkness of falsehood and enlightened men’s souls. Wherefore, the whole radiant Church hymneth your luminous memory today, magnifying Christ.
O all-holy Virgin, hope of Christians, with the hosts on high unceasingly entreat God, to Whom thou gavest birth in manner past understanding and recounting, that He grant remission of all our sins and correction of life unto those who ever glorify thee with faith and love.
Stavrotheotokion—
The unblemished ewe-lamb, beholding the Lamb and Shepherd hanging, dead, upon the Tree, exclaimed, weeping, and bitterly lamenting, cried out: “How can I bear Thy condescension which is past recounting, O my Son, and Thy voluntary sufferings, O all-good God?”
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.