Irmos: God, Who descended into the fiery furnace for the Hebrew children and transformed the flame into dew, hymn ye as Lord, O ye works, and exalt Him supremely for all ages!
Celebrating the mystical service of Christ, O glorious one, thou didst offer thyself unto God as a rational sheep, an acceptable and right pleasing and rich sacrifice, O thrice-blessed Polycarp.
Theotokion: O all-immaculate Virgin, pure Theotokos, be thou to me, who am lost in the wilderness of life, a luminous pillar of fire and a cloud of light guiding me to the heavenly inheritance.
In thine old age thou didst show forth a youthful and most profound courage. And by the power of the Cross thou didst raise thyself up to divine struggles, O venerable and divinely wise one, thou glory of Christ’s hieromartyrs.
Made steadfast by the Cross and worthily robed in hierarchical beauty, O father, with thy blood thou didst enter the Church of God to appear before Christ, the Chief Shepherd.
Slain for Christ like a renowned ram, O thou who art shown to be sacred, thou didst show thyself to be an emulator of His sufferings, and hast become a partaker of His glory and a co-heir to His Kingdom.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.