Exapostilarion: Spec. Mel.: “Hearken, ye women…”—
Irmos: Thee do we magnify, O blessed and most pure Theotokos, who through thy virginal womb ineffably didst make God incarnate, the Luminary Who shone forth before the sun and hath come to us in the flesh.
Theotokion: Thou didst preserve thy soul and body undefiled, O pure one, and Christ the King desired thy beauty and showed thee forth as the Mother of His incarnation, O all-glorious Mary, ever bestowing salvation upon me.
The resurrection of the saints hath now been revealed as a wealth of wonders and a revelation of the mysteries of God; for though they once died a natural death, they have now risen devoid of corruption, arrayed as though they had never died.
A treasury of strength and a firm bulwark of faith hath the cave of the children been shown to be, proclaiming the coming resurrection of all; for it hath resurrected not Lazarus four days dead, but those dead for centuries.
O ye seven youths, pillars of the wisdom of God, having suffered lawfully, ye have been invested with the crown of martyrdom; and by your Orthodox teaching ye have revealed the resurrection, as champions of the Church who pray for those who hymn you.
Having armed themselves with the sword of thy precious Cross, O Word, the athletes firmly vanquished the hosts of the adversary; and they reign with Thee, O my Christ, Thou King of all.
Saved for thy sake, O Mistress, we truly confess thee to be the Theotokos; for thou didst ineffably give birth to God, Who hath destroyed death by the Cross and drawn multitudes to Him; and with them we praise thee, O Virgin.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.