Irmos: Prefiguring Thy three-day burial, the Prophet Jonah, praying within the sea monster, cried out: Deliver me from corruption, O Jesus, King of hosts!
Kontakion, in Tone IV: Spec. Mel.: “Thou hast appeared…”—
Theotokion: O Bride of God, heal thou the incurable sufferings of my soul, in that thou hast given birth for men unto Christ Who hath healed our sufferings by His own passion.
Thou wast instructed most gloriously by the divine Effulgence Who guided thee toward life divine, O thou who art most rich, and thou hast been shown to be full of ineffable understanding, O holy hierarch.
The Church of God rejoiceth, having thee, O Symeon, as another river issuing forth from Eden, full of the life-giving waters of the Spirit.
Thou didst sit upon thy lofty throne as a successor to James and one who shared in his ways, illumining thine episcopacy with martyrdom, O blessed one.
Today, the Church, possessing the divinely eloquent Symeon as an exceeding great star, shineth, crying aloud: Rejoice, O honored crown of martyrs!
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.