Irmos: It is not possible for men to behold God, upon Whom the ranks of angels dare not gaze; but through thee, O most pure one, hath the Word appeared incarnate unto men; and magnifying Him with the armies of heaven, we call thee blessed.
Thou wast shown to be an all-radiant beacon, shining with the splendid rays of the spirit and illumining the ends of the world with the light of the knowledge of God, O blessed Onesimus. Wherefore, we magnify thee with the choirs of the apostles.
Theotokion: Delivered by thy birthgiving from skin-clad mortality, the curse, corruption and death, the product of sin, O Mother of God who knewest not wedlock, I ever glorify thee with the armies of heaven.
Adorned with spiritual fruits, thou wast taken up, rejoicing, into the heavens, O divinely manifest one, and thou wast shown to be an honored apostle of Christ, an all-wise hierarch, an invincible martyr, and a true preacher of things past understanding, O blessed of God.
Standing before the Master, ever intercede for those who ever hymn thee and praise thy festival, O Onesimus, who art ever illumined, ever all-radiant, ever shining forth everywhere with splendors.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.