Irmos: Wherefore hast Thou turned Thy face from me, O Light never-waning? And why hath a strange darkness covered me, wretch that I am? But turn me, and guide my steps to the light of Thy commandments, I pray.
With the torrents of thy blood springing forth like the four principal divine virtues, thou hast watered the garden of the Church, O blessed Nicephorus; and we draw forth divine gifts for our souls therefrom.
Theotokion: Noetically did the assembly of the prophets learn of thy mysteries, for the Master showed thee to be the portal of heaven on earth; and, incarnate of thee, O Virgin, the Sun of righteousness hath shone forth upon those in darkness.
The sower of discord captured the wretched one through remembrance of wrongs; but the Author of goodness and peace drew forth, in his place, the divinely wise martyr Nicephorus, who is adorned by the vision of the light of God.
Emulating Thy voluntary suffering, O Savior, the divinely wise one is sanctified; for, sprinkled with the drops which fall from Thy side, he offereth unto Thee streams of his own blood, approaching Thee beheaded by the sword.
Triadicon: Knowing Orthodoxy to be the foundation of salvation, we profess in three Persons the Father, Son and Holy Spirit Who are equally without beginning: the one Godhead, one Essence, one Volition, one Activity.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.