Irmos: I have heard, O Lord, the mystery of Thy dispensation; I have understood Thy works, and have glorified Thy divinity.
Not the law of the shadow on tablets of stone, but the law of Christ was engraved on the tablets of thine heart, O venerable one; and following it in thy life as was meet, thou art shown to be a beholder of the unwaning Light.
Theotokion: Through thee, O Virgin, hath joy shone forth upon all: He Who was incarnate of thee, O all-immaculate one. Thee alone doth it become to rejoice; wherefore, we cry to thee unceasingly: Rejoice!
On hearing John, the son of thunder, proclaim: “Love ye not the world!,” fleeing the sin-loving world, thou didst dwell in quietude on the holy mount, O divinely wise one.
Offering Christ as a gift the flower of thy youth and a heart enflamed, thou didst fervently make haste to the mountain of the Lord, that thou mightest be vouchsafed true knowledge of God.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.