Exapostilarion, Spec. Mel: “The heavens with stars...”—
Irmos: The bush which burnt with fire yet was not consumed showed forth an image of thy pure birthgiving. And now we pray that the furnace of temptations which rageth against us may be extinguished, that we may magnify thee unceasingly, O Theotokos.
Lo! the splendid celebration of the radiant martyrs hath shone forth upon all, illumining the ends of the world and removing the blindness of men’s souls. Let us make haste with all diligence, and draw forth sanctity therefrom.
Theotokion: The effulgence of the splendor of thy birthgiving hath our rejected nature seen, O most immaculate one, and it hath been delivered from the night of unbelief and the dark tumult of the passions. Wherefore, we honor thee as the cause of our salvation.
As ye ever stand before God, O great martyrs, we entreat you: Pray ye that those who with faith honor your radiant memory may receive the blessings of heavenly glory whereof ye have been accounted worthy.
Immolated in the fire of torment, and illumined with the most pure light, O most lauded ones, ye brought body and soul to the Creator of all as an unblemished sacrifice, and have been numbered among the choirs of the martyrs.
The splendid and divine choir of the martyrs, the divinely wise Menas, Hermogenes and Eugraphus, was taken up to the mansions of heaven and standeth before the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, manifestly delighting in deification.
By thy rhetoric and divine miracles, O Menas, thou didst persuade the sacred Hermogenes to suffer with thee; and thee, together with him and the holy Eugraphus, do we now most joyfully praise.
The mountain overshadowed and densely wooded which the divine Habbakuk foresaw of old hast thou been shown to be, O Virgin; and thee doth David call God’s hill, even a high hill, as the hill of Basan.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.