Irmos: The staff of Moses, once working a wonder, striking the sea in the form of the Cross and dividing it, drowned the mounted tyrant Pharaoh, and saved Israel who fled on foot, chanting a hymn unto God.
Katavasia from the Pentecostarion.
Theotokion: The Angel of great Counsel, taking flesh, manifested Himself to the world through the Virgin Mother, and showed thee forth, O father James, as a disciple adorned with the virtues, a divine herald proclaiming His words.
O blessed one, who like a skillful fisherman hast drawn men forth from the deep of transgressions with thy net, illumine my soul with radiant splendors, and vouchsafe that I may praise thy memory as is meet, O divinely revealed disciple James.
The preëternal and all-perfect God, Who with the Father is equally unoriginate, appeared on earth, incarnate as a man, and showed thee forth, O blessed one, as His fellow-laborer in grace and His all-wise servant, who art strengthened by His power.
God Who foreknoweth all things perceived the nobility of thy soul, thy steadfastness and invincible mind, O glorious disciple; He numbered thee among His highest servants, and thou hast proclaimed Him to the nations.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.