Irmos: The sun once passed over dry land born of the deep, for the water became firm as a wall on either side when the people traversed the sea, chanting in God-pleasing manner: Let us sing unto the Lord, for gloriously hath He been glorified!
Theotokion: O Mother who knewest not wedlock, cease not to render aid, that by the supplications of Nicholas, the equal of the apostles, Orthodoxy might flourish in Japan, the whole nation be washed in the laver of regeneration, and all be saved who chant to the Lord: For gloriously hast Thou been glorified!
Canon of the feast, the acrostic whereof is: “Joyously the elder embraceth Christ”, the composition of Cosmas of Maïuma, in Tone III—
Irmos: Delivered from bitter bondage, Israel traversed the impassable as though it were dry land, and, seeing the enemy drowning, they chanted a hymn to God, as to their Benefactor, Who worketh wonders with His upraised arm, for He hath been glorified.
Let the clouds pour forth rain, for Christ the Sun, Who is borne aloft upon a light cloud, is brought to the temple as a babe on the arm of the unblemished one. Wherefore, O ye faithful, let us cry aloud: Let us sing unto the Lord, for gloriously hath He been glorified!
Be strong, ye hands of Symeon feeble with age; and ye weary legs of the elder, move quickly and straight to meet Christ, joining chorus with the incorporeal ones, chanting: Let us sing unto the Lord, for gloriously hath He been glorified!
O ye heavens stretched out in wisdom, be glad; and rejoice, O thou earth! For Christ the Artificer, having come forth from the most blessed womb of His Mother, is borne by the Virgin Mother to God the Father as a babe, He Who was before all the ages, for gloriously hath He been glorified!
Canon of the holy hierarch, the acrostic whereof is: “O Japan, be thou saved by Orthodoxy!”, the composition of Parthenius,
Like Moses, thou didst not fear the threats of Pharaoh, but didst pass over to lead the Japanese race across the sea of baptism to the promised land of Orthodoxy, chanting to the Lord, for gloriously hath He been glorified.
The cloud of the grace of God covered thee during days of peril, and a divine light illumined thee during the night when the people deserted thee, for with steadfast patience thou didst chant to the Lord: For gloriously hast Thou been glorified.
Once Moses gave his people the law on Sinai, but now Nicholas hath given to the people of Japan the whole law of Orthodox piety, that they might learn and grow, chanting to the Lord: For gloriously hast Thou been glorified.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.