Irmos: O all-hymned Lord God of our fathers, Who saved the children of Abraham in the fire, slaying the Chaldæans whom justice rightly overtook: blessed art Thou!
The prideful enemy, who boasted greatly that he would destroy the earth as though it were the nest of a bird, was mightily vanquished by thine opposition, and manifestly fell headlong beneath thy sacred feet, O hieromartyr.
Theotokion: Thou didst transcend the laws of birthgiving, O pure one, having manifestly given birth to the Author of all creation. Wherefore, O most hymned one, we, the faithful, now most piously confess thee to be the true Theotokos.
Thou didst manifestly dispel the gloom of idolatry with the light of the Faith, O wise and blessed one, chanting praises to Christ, as the children did of old: O God of our fathers, blessed art Thou!
Neither blandishments nor threats in anywise softened the firmness and strength of thy soul, O glorious hierarch Basil, and, unwounded, thou didst bear trials as though they were flowers.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.