Irmos: Traversing the deep on foot, as though it were dry land, and seeing the tyrant Pharaoh drowned, Israel cried aloud: Let us chant unto God a hymn of victory!
Theotokion: As the prophets foretold, a most sacred choir appeared from afar when thou wast to become the true Mother of God; wherefore, glorifying thee, we hymn thee as her who is more exalted than the cherubim and all creation, O Mother of God.
As a holy hierarch and minister of God, thou didst take thy place with the choirs on high, O good shepherd of Zakholmia who tended well the flock entrusted to thee. Earnestly pray for us, O father Basil, that by thy supplications we may receive eternal good things.
Thou wast chosen by the Lord to serve His Holy Gospel with honor, O all-blessed one; and having acquired thee as a pastor, the people of Zakholmia were enlightened by thy teachings, O holy Basil.
Enriched by divine understanding, from thy heart thou didst pour forth living discourse, watering the souls and hearts of the faithful, and with the beams of thy miracles warming those had been frozen by the passions, O divinely blessed Basil.
Enlighten my soul and heart, I pray thee, O Bestower of light, O Author of creation, and grant me the gift of hymnody, that I may praise Thy favored one, the all-glorious Basil, who hath taught us to do Thy will, O my God.
Thou didst acquire heavenly wisdom like a talant entrusted to thee, O God-bearing Basil; and, increasing it, thou didst dispel the lies of the demons and didst make the people wise by divine teaching.
The Peëternal One receiveth a beginning, and our nature is renewed. Thus didst thou preach of Him Who was born of the Maiden and is possessed of two natures in a single Hypostasis.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.