Irmos: O Lord, Fashioner of the vault of heaven and Creator of the Church: establish me in Thy love, O Summit of desire, confirmation of the faithful, Who alone lovest mankind.
Kontakion, in Tone II—
Thou didst love all-night vigils, unceasing prayer and unfeigned love, O blessed one, purifying thy mind and enlightening thy soul therewith; and thou didst humble thy body and didst inure it to daily toils in goodly subjection.
Sessional hymn, in Tone VIII: Spec. Mel.: “Of the Wisdom…”—
Theotokion: O Virgin, we have known thee to be a noetic and splendid lampstand who received within thyself the unbearable Fire; and we know thee also to be a divine palace, and the lofty throne whereon the Transcendent One hath rested.
O venerable father Isaacius, we have all known thee to be a true star which sped from the East, destroying the bitter darkness of heresies and illumining the faithful with thy words.
Irmos: Establishing me upon the rock of faith, Thou hast enlarged my mouth against mine enemies, for my spirit doth exult when I chant: There is none holy as our God, and none righteous save Thee, O Lord!
Sessional hymn, in Tone VIII: Spec. Mel.: “Of the Wisdom…”—
Glory…, Now & ever…: Theotokion—
Noetically shining forth in the pure splendors of thy struggles, O father Faustus, thou didst become light, illumining all who beheld thee and faithfully followed thy life, O blessed one.
Theotokion: Among other women there was never known a mother who was a virgin, nor was any mother vouchsafed to be a virgin after giving birth. But in thee, O Virgin Mother, did both take place. Wherefore, with gladness of spirit I sing: There is none more immaculate than thee, O Mistress!
Having lulled all the passions of your bodies to sleep with unceasing prayers and hymns, O venerable ones, ye received from God inviolable riches and unfailing grace, O most blessed ones.
Glory…, Now & ever…: Theotokion—
Shining radiantly with the light of the Trinity, O fathers, ye have luminously driven away the thick darkness of the pleasures, illumining the hearts of the faithful with divine works. Wherefore, we reverence today your light-bearing and honored memory and cry out together: O God-bearers most rich, entreat Christ God, that He grant remission unto those who honor your holy memory with love.
All of us, the generations of men, bless thee as the Virgin, who alone among women gavest birth without seed unto God in the flesh; for the fire of the Godhead made Its abode within thee, and with milk thou didst nurture thy Creator and Lord as a babe. Wherefore, we, the generations of angels and men, glorify thine all-holy birthgiving as is meet, and together we cry out to thee: Entreat Christ God, that He grant remission of offenses unto those who with faith worship thine all-holy birthgiving!
Stavrotheotokion—
The ewe-lamb, beholding the Lamb, Shepherd and Deliverer upon the Cross, exclaimed, weeping, and bitterly lamenting, cried out: “The world rejoiceth, receiving deliverance through Thee; but my heart is in pain, beholding Thy crucifixion, which Thou dost endure in the loving-kindness of Thy mercy. O long-suffering Lord, Abyss and inexhaustible Wellspring of mercy: take pity and grant forgiveness of offenses unto those who with faith hymn Thy divine sufferings!”
Having parted the sea of the passions with the staff of the virtues, and having drowned the prideful foe, like another pharaoh, with thy prayer, thou didst preserve unharmed the chosen flock of the new Israel, O venerable Anthony.
All of us, the faithful, know thee to be a temple of the all-holy Spirit; for thou didst raise up a magnificent temple to the Mother of God, and didst found a great monastery, and didst enlist in it multitudes of monks. Therein is every ailment driven away by thy supplications.
Thou didst shine forth from Rome like a star, and having arrived in divinely saved Novgorod the Great, thou didst found a monastery therein. And having erected a church, thou didst summon to it a multitude of monks. With them pray for us who honor thy memory, that we may cry out to thee: Rejoice, O venerable father Anthony!
Dwelling on earth like an angel, O divinely wise Anthony, thou wast numbered among the choirs of the fasters; for, taking thy cross upon thy shoulder, thou didst follow after Christ the Master; and thou didst cause the soul-destroying passions to wither away, O venerable one, and in spirit becamest a receptacle and vessel pure for the Lord. Wherefore, we cry out to thee: Entreat Christ God, that He grant remission of sins unto those who with love celebrate thine all-honored and holy memorial.
As the most immaculate Bride of the Creator, as the Mother of the Deliverer, who knewest not wedlock, as the receptacle of the Comforter, O all-hymned one, haste thou to deliver me from the malice of the demons, who in mind am become their plaything and a dwelling-place of iniquity; and make me a radiant habitation of the virtues. O radiant and incorrupt one, drive away the cloud of the passions, and by thy supplications vouchsafe me the fellowship of the Most High and the never-waning light.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.