Irmos: Let us chant unto God, Who delivered Israel from the bitter bondage of Pharaoh, and guided them with the pillar of fire and the cloud of light, for He hath been glorified.
Theotokion: O all-pure Virgin, earnestly entreat Him to Whom thou gavest birth unto the salvation of all the faithful, in that He is the Creator and God of all, that we, thy servants who confess thee to be the true Theotokos, may find mercy.
O Word of God, grant me discourse, that on opening my mouth I may praise Thy favored one, the venerable Germanus, the dweller in the wilderness and instructor of monks, the confirmation of the Monastery of Solovki.
Having loved the life of stillness from thy youth, thou didst seek a place in the wilderness wherein to dwell, O venerable one; wherefore, having attained thy desire with the blessed Sabbatius, thou didst show forth an angelic life.
Thou wast shown to be the first inhabitant of the island of Solovki, the desert place chosen by God as a monastic habitation, O blessed Germanus, and wast the companion and fellow struggler with the venerable Zosimas, with whom thou didst found the monastery there.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.