Irmos: Let every mortal leap for joy, enlightened by the Spirit; and let the nature of the incorporeal intelligences keep festival, honoring the sacred feast of the Mother of God, and let them cry aloud: Rejoice, O most blessed Theotokos, pure Ever-virgin!
Stichera of the martyr, in Tone IV: Spec. Mel.: “As one valiant among the martyrs…”—
Theotokion: O Virgin, thou truly unshakable city of God, wherein He Himself made His abode: deliver thy flock from earthquake and fall, from the invasions of barbarians, from fire and the sword of the enemy, and from every affliction, O all-pure one, by thy fervent intercession before Christ.
Thou didst find the reward of thy labors on high, in the sustenance prepared for thee; and making thine abode there, adorned with the beauties of martyrdom, thou delightest in the comeliness of thy Creator, O martyr, asking that those who honor thee be granted cleansing and deliverance from evils.
O all-blessed one, thou hast been vouchsafed to heal sufferings, to dispel infirmities, and to drive out evil spirits through the activity of the Holy Spirit, manfully destroying the worship of the pagan Greeks by the opposition of suffering, O crownèd martyr, fellow citizen with the angels, dweller with the passion-bearers.
Now & ever…: Instead of a theotokion or stavrotheotokion, we chant “It is truly meet to bless thee…”.
Thou wast shown to be a tower of the virtues, a foundation of faith, an immovable rampart, an unbreakable bulwark for the Church of Christ, O martyr, and a river of healings pouring forth torrents of cures without cost upon those who with love celebrate thy memorial, O all-glorious one.
Thou didst wage thy struggle, didst finish thy race, and keep the faith, O glorious one, and hast departed unto God, receiving from Him the gift of miracles and the unfading wreath of victory, as an invincible martyr and heir to the kingdom on high. Pray thou for the world.
Thou didst drive the ungodliness of idolatry from the earth, didst destroy the darkness, and wast translated to the never-waning effulgence of the radiant life, O glorious one, whose manifestation thou didst first acquire, illumined by the splendor thereof, filled with everlasting joy.
Glory…: On the path of Thy torment, Diomedes, adorning himself in riches, O Lord, by Thy will committed his spirit into Thy hands when he was beheaded, O Christ; and after his blessed end he became a true guide for the ungodly, who were blinded, yet all-gloriously recovered their sight through faith.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.