Irmos: Beholding the sea of life surging with the tempest of temptations, fleeing to Thy calm haven I cry unto Thee: Lead up my life from corruption, O greatly Merciful One!
Kontakion, in Tone IV: Spec. Mel.: “Thou hast appeared today…”—
Theotokion: O most pure Mistress who gavest birth for mortals to the Lord and Helmsman: Still thou the grievous turmoil and inconstancy of my passions, and grant peace to my heart.
Having contended lawfully, ye have received from the hand of the Master crowns, the rewards of divers gifts, and the grace of healings, to cure the infirmities of the faithful.
A godly life, long struggles and extensive wounds were to thee a mystical crowning of magnificence, a diadem of beauty and vesture of incorruption.
Thou wast a precious scion of Christ the branch, O much-suffering and most lauded Clement, and thou didst cry out with those who suffered: “Thou art the radiant joy of the martyrs, O Christ!”
Ikos: With hymns let us faithfully honor the scion of Christ the King, the Branch, who was nurtured with sanctity from childhood; for he hath been truly shown to be honored with gladness and beauty, steadfast amid tortures and sufferings, a model hierarch in the priesthood, an heir to the kingdom of God. For, considering the temples of the idols and the rage of the tyrants to be as naught, with joy he confessed the one Savior in the midst of the arena, crying: “Thou art the radiant joy of the martyrs, O Christ!”
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.