Irmos: Cleanse me, O Savior, for many are my transgressions; and lead me up from the abyss of evils, I pray, for to Thee have I cried, and Thou hast hearkened to me, O God of my salvation.
Kontakion, in Tone IV: Spec. Mel.: “Having been lifted up…”—
With the drops of thy tears thou didst dry up the deep of the passions, and, strengthened by Christ, O blessed John, thou didst trample all the feeble power of the noetic foe underfoot.
Theotokion: We piously hymn the all-pure Mary, the habitation of God, truly divine and all-precious; for she contained God, receiving the Infinite and Unapproachable One.
Like lustrous gold tried in the fire of abstinence, O all-glorious father, Christ the incorrupt King hath placed thee in the incorrupt treasuries of life everlasting.
Thou didst find Gregory shining on earth with the virtues, like the sun; and, illumining the eyes of thy soul with his noetic effulgence, thou didst show thyself to be a most radiant star.
Adorning thy life with abstinence, O father, thou didst mortify thy flesh; wherefore, thou didst vanquish the attacks of the enemy, O all-blessed John, and hast passed over to God, to life everlasting free from sorrow, as a worthy heir. Pray thou to Him, that we be saved.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.