At the aposticha, Glory…, the composition of Byzantius, in Tone VIII —

As a disciple who faithfully ministered to Christ God, Who in the excess of His compassion willingly assumed my poverty, Mary Magdalene, when she beheld Him stretched out upon the Tree and ­enclosed in the ­sepulcher, cried aloud, shedding tears: “What strange sight is this, O Thou Who givest life to the dead? How is it that Thou art reckoned among the dead? What myrrh shall I bring to Thee Who hast removed from me the stench of the demons? What tears shall I shed for Thee Who hast wiped away the tears of our first mother?” Yet, O King of all, Thou didst appear as a gardener, taking away the burning heat with the dew of Thy words, and didst say to her: “Go to My brethren and declare to them the joy of glad tidings; for I shall ascend to the Father, to My God and your God, that I may bestow great mercy upon the world!”

Now & ever…: Theotokion, or this stavrotheotokion: Spec. Mel.: “O all-glorious ­wonder…” —

Troparion of the myrrh-bearer, in Tone I —

Seeing Thee nailed to the Cross, O Jesus, and voluntarily accepting suffering, the Virgin, Thy Mother, O Master, cried aloud: “Woe is me, O my sweet Child! How is it that Thou dost undeservedly endure wounds, O Physician Who healest human weakness and hast delivered all from corruption in Thy loving-kindness?”

Troparion of the hieromartyr, in Tone IV —

The honorable Mary Magdalen followed after Christ, Who for our sake was born of the Virgin, keeping His precepts and laws. Wherefore, celebrating thy most holy memory today, through thy supplications we receive remission of sins.

As thou didst share in the ways of the apostles and didst occupy their throne, thou didst find thine activity to be a passage to divine vision, O divinely inspired one. Wherefore, ordering the word of truth, thou didst suffer for the Faith even to the shedding of thy blood. O hieromartyr Phocas, entreat Christ God, that our souls be saved.

From thy childhood thou didst love the Lord, O most blessed and wise Phocas; for, shouldering the Cross as a weapon, without wavering thou didst tread the path of the truth. Wherefore thou becamest the beloved of the angels, the opponent of the demons and an excellent intercessor for the world.

Now & ever…, the composition of Byzantius, in Tone VIII —

As a disciple who faithfully ministered to Christ God, Who in the excess of His compassion willingly assumed my poverty, Mary Magdalene, when she beheld Him stretched out upon the Tree and enclosed in the sepulcher, cried aloud, shedding tears: “What strange sight is this, O Thou Who givest life to the dead? How is it that Thou art reckoned among the dead? What myrrh shall I bring to Thee Who hast removed from me the stench of the demons? What tears shall I shed for Thee Who hast wiped away the tears of our first mother?” Yet, O King of all, Thou didst appear as a gardener, taking away the burning heat with the dew of Thy words, and didst say to her: “Go to My brethren and declare to them the joy of glad tidings; for I shall ascend to the Father, to My God and your God, that I may bestow great mercy upon the world!”