Irmos: Thou hast shown us constant love, O Lord, for Thou didst give Thine only-begotten Son over to death for us. Wherefore, in thanksgiving we cry to Thee: Glory to Thy power, O Lord!
Thou hast provided us an example of a good shepherd and a solicitous father, O venerable one, for thou wast help and healing for the sick and infirm, and protection and teaching for the orphaned. Wherefore, deprive us not, as orphans, of the protection of thy prayers.
Theotokion: Come, let us hymn the all-pure Virgin, who by her humility hath corrected the deception of Eve and revealed to us the new Adam, that, receiving a new adoption, we may become heirs to life everlasting.
Set afire by the burning coals of the worshipful Spirit, thou didst burn up all the readily kindled fuel of the passions, O most blessed one, and didst enlighten the world with the fiery rays of thy virtues.
Irmos: Thou didst come forth from the Virgin, neither a mediator nor an angel, but Thyself incarnate, O Lord, and hast saved me, the whole man; wherefore, I cry to thee: Glory to Thy power, O Lord!
O venerable Herman, the people marvelled at how thou wast able to live alone in the forest. “I am not alone,” thou didst say; “for God, Who is everywhere present, is with me, as are His angels. How then can I be despondent, when I have such companions?” And now, O thou who dwellest with the inhabitants of heaven, depart not from us who are on earth.
Theotokion: The prophets proclaimed beforehand the incomprehensible abyss of thy mystery; for thou alone, O pure one, gavest birth unto the Unknowable One, Who, in His unutterable loving-kindness, became incarnate.
Having mortified the movements of thy flesh, O divinely inspired one, thou didst raise up the dead by thy life-imparting summons. Wherefore, I beseech thee: Enliven my slain soul, O father!
O guardian of Alaska, who didst call thyself the servant and teacher of new peoples, even after thy death thou extendest thy care unto them. And lo! with thy words we now cry out to thee: Be thou for us a father and protector; wipe away the tears of defenseless orphans; cool the hearts of men which are melting under the heat of grief; and grant that they may come to know the consolation of God.
O father, the dead woman, obeying thee, spake, and by thy commands were the ragings of the river restrained. For thou wast revealed as a worker of wonders endowed with grace divine, O blessed one.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.