Irmos: Foreseeing Thy nativity from the Virgin, the prophet lifted his voice in proclamation, crying: I heard report of Thee, and I was afraid, O Christ, for Thou hast come from Thæman, from the holy mountain which is overshadowed!
“Having eaten Thy bread, Thine all-pure Body, and drunk Thy divine Blood, like Judas I rose up against Thee. Wherefore, I fear Thine everlasting condemnation, O Lord!”
Theotokion: “O blessed Theotokos, merciful surety of sinners: Speak to thy divine Son in behalf of me, the thrice-accursed!” the martyr Myrax prayed.
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!
“Fearing to commit my body to tortures, I surrendered my soul instead to endless torment. O most merciful Savior, permit me now to change; for, lo! I give my body and all its members over to suffering. Wherefore, free Thou my soul from captivity to sin.”
Theotokion: The laws of nature are renewed in thee, O all-pure one, for thou gavest birth, in manner truly beyond cause and recounting unto the Word, the Giver of the Law, Who hath delivered from ignorance the human race which faithfully chanteth: Glory to Thy power, O Thou Who lovest mankind!
“Wretch that I am, I loved the flesh-pots of Egypt and mindlessly rejected the promised land. But lead me now thereto, O Thou Who knowest the hearts of men, for I now cross not the streams of the Jordan, but the river of my blood which I have shed for Thee.”
O ever-memorable father, thou didst behold Simeon, the servant of God, shining forth like the radiant sun upon his pillar; and thou wast divinely illumined by the divine splendors which issued forth from him, O Daniel, and didst follow his manner of life.
Thou didst conquer the demonic legions with the sword of faith and didst drown them in the torrents of thy prayers, causing the destruction they wrought upon those at sea to cease; and thou didst save those who chanted with faith unto God: Glory to Thy power, O Thou Who lovest mankind!
Having ascended thy pillar, O most blessed father, thou didst stand whole nights like one of the incorporeal beings, having acquired a humble spiritual eye; and, as a shining mirror of the Spirit, thou didst receive radiance and divine manifestations with a pure mind.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.