Irmos: May my heart be made steadfast in Thy will, O Almighty Christ God, Who established the second heaven upon the waters, and founded the earth upon the waters.
Descending, Thou hast hallowed the streams of the Jordan today, O Lord, and hast accepted the glorious Marcian as a gift, as a precious and beautiful offering, that he might glorify Thee.
Theotokion: He Who was born of thee, O Ever-virgin, drowneth the sin of our first father in the River Jordan, in that He is compassionate. And the Forerunner, when he was commanded to baptize Him, shrank from such a task.
The Lord, Who hath arrayed heaven in clouds, did clothe in the sacred vesture of the priesthood and in the reverence of the angels thee who on earth lived like an angel in the flesh.
Thou didst erect the sanctified temple of the divinely wise Anastasia, adorning it with sacred and precious appointments; wherefore, O Marcius, thou hast made thine abode with her.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.