Irmos: The uttermost abyss of sins hath engulfed me, and my spirit doth perish. But, stretching forth Thine upraised arm, O Master, save me as Thou didst Peter, O Helmsman!
Kontakion, in Tone VIII—
To proclaim the glad tidings of the Gospel thou didst travel to the ends of the world, to a new place, Spruce Island, which thou didst call New Valaam, showing thy love for the Valaam of thy homeland; and therein thou didst acquire new brethren, the newly-enlightened people, through the discourse of thy preaching and thy works of piety.
Theotokion: Come, ye people, that we may see how the stormy waters which were about to engulf the island submitted to the meek Herman. Before the icon of the Mother of God they humble themselves and turn back to the ocean’s depths. And let us, who are bestormed by the waves of life, cry out with the chosen of the Mother of God: O all-holy Theotokos, save us!
Gold was as mire to thee who shone forth in dispassion more brightly than gold, and wast enriched by thy most golden gifts of the Spirit, O venerable one.
Irmos: Whirled about in the abyss of sin, I call upon the unfathomable abyss of Thy loving-kindness: Lead me up from corruption, O God!
Kontakion, in Tone II: Spec. Mel: “Seeking the Highest...”—
The Lord glorified thy brethren, O venerable one, for their works were truly like unto the struggles of the apostles: Juvenal chanteth in the choir of the martyrs, Joasaph and Innocent, and those with them, sing in the ranks of hierarchs, and together we chant unto God: Glory to Thee Who hast shown us the light!
Theotokion: More spacious than the heavens was thy womb, which contained God Whom no place can contain, O all-hymned Virgin Bride of God, who knewest not man.
Serving thy Master in purity, O venerable one, thou didst have a multitude of the angelic hosts serving thee with their voices, unseen, O most sacred one.
Thy works and those of thy fellow evangelists have received their sanctification and crowning through the confession and martyr’s blood of Peter the Aleut, at whose mighty faith and endurance thou didst marvel. Wherefore, following thee, we cry aloud: O holy new-martyr Peter, pray to God for us!
O most wise father, thine all-glorious life hath made thee all-glorious to the world. Wherefore, rejoicing, we that hymn thee celebrate thy divine memory.
By thy life thou didst show forth the justification of the true Faith, O venerable one; wherefore, the teaching of the discourse which thou didst make hath been shown forth in deed, and thou didst draw thirsting hearts to correction when thou didst cry: Glory to the holy judgments of our merciful God!
Wounded with the love of Christ, and giving wings to thy mind through the radiance of the Spirit, O most sacred one, thou didst find activity through thine active divine vision, O thou who art pleasing unto God, becoming a divine oblation, and asking divine illumination for all.
O beloved of the Mother of God, who received the tonsure at Valaam, new zealot of the struggles of the desert-dwellers of old: wielding prayer as a spear and shield, thou didst show thyself to be terrible to demons and pagan darkness. Wherefore, we cry out to thee: O venerable Herman, entreat Christ God, that our souls be saved!
Ikos: Let us now praise Spyridon, the hierarch of the Lord, sanctified from his mother’s womb, who received the tablets of the grace of divine glory, as most glorious in miracles in all creation, as a fervent witness of the divine effulgence, intercessor for the poor, and spiritual guide for the sinful; for he hath become a divine oblation for the throne of Christ, asking divine illumination for all.
Ikos: Being of our race, and having fled to the Lord in thy youth, like unto Herman of Valaam in name and struggle, this Herman grew to the stature of the fathers of old, who brought forth fruits in patience. And the meek one was sent to the Aleut people, who had not yet been enlightened. Hard was his life among those simple folk, but harder yet was the opposition of his compatriots to his goodly admonitions. Yet showing kindness to them all, the meekness of Herman instructed them. Glorifying thy memory for all these things, O venerable Herman, we cry out to thee: Entreat Christ God, that our souls be saved!
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.