Irmos: Let my heart be made steadfast in Thy will, O Christ God, Who didst establish the second heaven above the waters and didst found the earth upon the waters, O Almighty One.
Glory..., Now & ever...: Theotokion
Sessional hymn, in Tone IV: Spec. Mel: “Thou hast appeared today...” —
Made steadfast by the Spirit, thou didst drive away evil spirits; and by the labor of thy prayers thou didst demolish the temples of the idols, raising up churches in their stead, O right wondrous one.
Theotokion: O thou who tasted not of wedlock, we, the faithful, call thee blessed who art the most luminous cloud, the golden ark and jar, the exceeding lofty ladder, more spacious than the heavens.
With thy sword-like discourse thou didst cut down the thorns of impiety, O venerable one; and thou didst plant in men’s souls the saving teachings of the virtues which cause the fruits thereof to abound, O sacred one.
The preëminent Apostle Peter found thee to be a vessel receiving the pure radiance of the divine Spirit, O most honorable one, and sent thee to the West to drive away the darkness of ungodliness.
Having shown thyself a champion of piety and a victor, O sacred Pancratius, thou standest now before the Lord with the incorporeal ones in the heavens. Pray thou that our souls be saved.
O Theotokos, we, the faithful, bless thee, the fervent aid of those who are amid misfortunes, our helper and our reconciliation with God, through whom we have been delivered from corruption.
Stavrotheotokion —
Seeing thy Son lifted up upon the Tree, O all-pure one, thy womb rent with pain, thou didst cry aloud in thy grief: “Woe is me! How is it that Thou hast set, O my timeless Light?”
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.