Irmos: O Christ, Who in the beginning established the heavens in wisdom and founded the earth upon the waters, make me steadfast upon the rock of Thy commandments; for none is holy as Thee, O Thou Who lovest mankind.
Sessional hymn, in Tone I: Spec. Mel.: “Thy tomb, O Savior…”—
Beholding the beauties of heaven with sobriety of mind, thou wast in nowise restrained by material sorrows, and, soaring aloft on wings of non-acquisition, O father, thou wast wholly translated.
Theotokion: O all-immaculate one, thou hast been truly shown to be the radiant and impassable gate through which He Who reigneth for all ages Himself did pass, leaving thee still sealed.
As a lover of the stillness of Gregory, the pastor who loved tranquillity, O thrice blessed John, thou didst zealously forsake the tumults of life and by never-ceasing entreaties didst obtain divine serenity.
Glory…, Now & ever…: Theotokion—
Thou didst make thyself subject to the law of the Spirit, O divinely wise and blessed one, having by strict abstinence and asceticism, by earnest supplications and vigils, mortified the law opposed to this.
Having buried the wicked pursuit of the demons through great abstinence and entreaties, O father, lying dead in the grave thou didst remain incorrupt. Wherefore, rejoicing, we celebrate thy most holy memory, magnifying Christ with gladness of heart.
O pure and unwedded Virgin Theotokos, thou only intercessor and protection of the faithful, from misfortunes, tribulations and evil circumstances deliver all who set their hope on thee, and by thy divine supplications, O Maiden, save thou our souls.
Stavrotheotokion—
Beholding Thee stretched out, dead, upon the Cross, O Christ, the most immaculate Mother cried aloud: “O my Son, Who with the Father and the Spirit art without beginning, what is this, Thine ineffable dispensation, whereby Thou hast saved the creation of Thine all-pure hands, O Compassionate One?”
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.