Irmos: Thou art my strength, O Lord, Thou art my power; Thou art my God, Thou art my joy, Who, without leaving the bosom of the Father, hast visited our lowliness. Wherefore, with the Prophet Habbakuk I cry unto Thee: Glory to Thy power, O Thou Who lovest mankind!
Theotokion: Thou art the boast of the faithful, O thou who knewest not wedlock, thou art our intercessor, thou art the refuge of Christians, their rampart and haven. Thou bearest entreaties to thy Son, O most immaculate one, and savest from tribulations those who with faith and love acknowledge thee to be the pure Theotokos.
Called as a preacher of Christ, O divine James, thou didst quickly follow Him, spurning the love of thy father and trading transitory things for those which are eternal. Wherefore, thou hast been vouchsafed an ineffable heavenly inheritance, O blessed and ever-memorable one.
O thine ardent desire for Christ the Master! For, illumined by His radiance, thou didst desire Him so greatly that thou wast transfigured and revealed to all as a secondary luminary, enlightened by the effulgence and glory of the primal Light, O most honored and blessed James.
Thy life was honored and all-wondrous, for, receiving unrestrained desire by thy desire, thou didst attain unto perfect blessedness through the desires of the Godhead, O beholder of God, chanting with the incorporeal ones: Glory to Thy power, O Thou Who lovest mankind!
Placing thyself wholly at the service of the Master, O disciple who beheld God, thou wast manifestly borne up to the heights by thy virtues, truly to the divine summit; and from thence thou pourest forth rivers of healings upon those who glorify thy memory with faith.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.