Irmos: O Christ my Savior, enlightenment of those who lie in darkness and salvation of the despairing: rising early unto Thee, O King of the world, may I be enlightened by Thy radiance, for I know none other God than Thee.
O holy hierarch, thou didst preach to the world Christ the Savior, God the Word Who was begotten by God, and came forth, a perfect Man, from the divine Maiden Mary. Wherefore, through thee do we cry out to Him: We know none other God and God-man than Thee!
Theotokion: Grant unto us a robe of salvation, and array us in the vesture of gladness, O Theotokos, for we zealously honor the deposition of thy robe, and fall down before thee, crying out: We know none other fervent helper than thee, O Virgin!
The divinely wise Juvenal commandeth us to call the Ever-virgin Mary the true Theotokos; and with him we cry out unceasingly: We know none other Mother of the Most High than thee!
“Keep the eye of thine understanding pure and the Faith unadulterated, O brethren, in nowise allowing yourselves to be buffeted by the winds of adverse teachings, lest darkness be found within you instead of light,” the great Patriarch Juvenal commandeth.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.