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!
As one manifestly superior, O initiate of the mysteries of God, thou didst inherit the throne of the preëminent Peter who was ordained by Christ; and emulating his ways, thou didst glorify the Savior, the Son of the living God, following His teachings.
Theotokion: That Thou mightest rescue Thine image, which was buried by the passions, in the richness of Thy goodness Thou didst make thine abode in the Virgin’s womb; and Thou, the Wisdom of God, didst make of it a temple, wherein Thou didst dwell with men, O Compassionate One, and save the ends of the world.
Adorned with all manner of gifts, thou wast a preacher of the Monarchy which is recognized in the Father, the only-begotten Son and the divine Spirit, O most wise one; and thou didst teach the Unity of essences which is in the three Persons, O venerable one.
Nurtured on beauty, conforming to the splendor thereof, and illumined with divine radiance in communing therewith, thou becamest a secondary light for the Church, O divinely manifest one, revealing the enlightenment of piety to those who have recourse to thee with faith.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.