Irmos: Emulating the Prophet Jonah, I cry out: O Good One, free me from corruption! O Savior of the world, save me who cry out: Glory to Thee!
Kontakion, in Tone IV: Spec. Mel: “Thou didst appear...” —
Jesus, the enlightenment and God of all, having filled thy mind with grace and richly illumined it, gave deliverance to the people through thy words of foolishness.
Theotokion: O all-immaculate one who gavest birth unto Christ the Savior, lead me up to the light of salvation and life who am oppressed by the assaults of fruitless thoughts.
Having preached the Gospel of God as an hierarch, thou didst splendidly seal thy divine teachings with thy blood, O martyred mystagogue Pancratius.
Thou didst deliver men from idolatrous sprinklings of vile blood, and, slaughtered like a lamb, O Pancratius, thou didst offer thyself unto God as a living sacrifice.
Thou wast shown to be a brilliant star for the people of Taormina, O Pancratius, and wast also shown to be a sufferer for Christ. Standing now before Him, pray thou for those who honor thee, O blessed one.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.