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!
O glorious protomartyr who art full of faith, divine power and grace, today hast thou poured forth for us streams of fragrant myrrh, a fountain welling forth a river of divine blessings, and thou hast opened unto us a torrent of sweetness.
Theotokion: O Savior and Deliverer of all, Thou art the new Adam, superseding the first Adam, born of the Virgin, who supercedeth Eve, our first mother, replacing death with true and immortal life. Wherefore, knowing her who gave birth unto Thee to be the Theotokos, all we, the faithful, call her blessed as is meet.
The feast day of the protomartyr hath been made manifest unto the imperial city as sacred, splendid and harmonious, truly full of light and spiritual gladness, preserving the dominion of the honored Church and repelling the audacity of the barbarians.
Thou hast received a goodly inheritance as is meet, O blessed Stephen, and where Christ the King of all is, there hast thou made thine abode; for thou hast been shown to be His minister, working signs and wonders with power and granting healing unto the sick.
Stephen, the great preacher of the Truth, the true champion of suffering, hath been planted as an upright and steadfast pillar of the Church, and stretcheth from the earth even unto the heavens, enlightening all the ends of the earth with the radiance of piety.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.