With thy mind wast thou a beholder of the noetic powers, as one who followed the words of God, laying them up in thy heart; and therein thou didst establish thine ascents as a ladder, O Sabbas our venerable father. Pray thou now, that our souls be granted peace and great mercy. Twice

¶8

Commemoration of Our Venerable and God-bearing Father, Sabbas the Sanctified

¶9

Glory..., Now and ever..., in the same tone and melody—

¶10

O Sabbas most venerable, from thy childhood thou didst offer thy life to Christ our God. Strengthened by Him, thou didst subject thy carnal passions to thy mind, subjugating that which is worse to that which is better. Wherefore, pray thou, that our souls be granted peace and great mercy.

¶11

At Little Vespers

¶12

Glory..., Now and ever..., Theotokion—

¶13

O our God-bearing father, thou didst show thyself to be a beacon most great, enlightening all the earth with the splendors of thy miracles and with divine works. Wherefore, after thy repose the never-waning Light received thee. Pray thou now that our souls be granted peace and great mercy.

¶14

O venerable father, having earnestly taught thyself the virtues from thy childhood, thou didst become an instrument of the Holy Spirit; and having received from Him the ability to work miracles, thou didst urge men to spurn the pleasures of life. And now, enlightened most purely with light divine, illumine thou our thoughts, O Sabbas, our father.

¶15

All my hope do I place in thee, O Mother of God. Shelter me beneath thy protection.

¶16

At the Aposticha, these stichera, in Tone II: Spec. Mel: “O house of Ephratha...”—

¶17

From thine earliest infancy wast thou shown to be a sanctified vessel and the abode of the all-holy Spirit, O our God-bearing father.

¶18

Stichos: Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.

¶19

Bearing upon thy shoulders the Cross of the Lord, O Sabbas, our father, thou didst utterly lay waste to demonic fantasies.

¶20

Stichos: Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord; in His commandments shall he greatly rejoice.

¶21

Having renounced the deception of the evil demons by the power of the Cross, thou didst shine forth the glory of Christ, O Sabbas, our father.

¶22

O good Mistress, stretch forth thy holy hands unto thy Son, the Creator Who loveth men’s souls, that He spare thy servants.

¶23

With streams of thy tears thou didst irrigate the barren desert, and with sighs from the depths of thy soul thou didst make it to bear fruit an hundredfold. Thou wast a beacon to the whole world, radiating miracles. O Sabbas, our father, entreat Christ God, that our souls be saved!

¶24

O Good One, Who for our sake wast born of the Virgin, and endured crucifixion, Who, as God, cast down death by death and revealed the resurrection: Disdain not those whom Thou hast created with Thine own hand, but show forth Thy love for mankind, O Merciful One. Accept Thou the Theotokos, who gave Thee birth and doth pray for us; and save Thy despairing people, O our Savior.

Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.