Irmos: Isaiah, rising at dawn out of the night, and beholding the never-waning light of Thy theophany, O Christ, which hath mercifully come to pass for us, cried out: The dead shall rise up and those who are in the tombs shall arise, and all born on earth shall rejoice.
Theotokion: Through the divine Spirit thou didst conceive in thy womb the Creator, God and Fashioner of all, O pure and most immaculate one. Glorifying Him, we hymn thee, O Virgin, as the palace of the King of all and the help of the world.
Your memorial shineth forth, O faithful servants of Christ, and illumineth with fervor the hearts of the faithful who bow down with love before your honored image and chant unto you: Rejoice, for ye are the great boast of the Orthodox Faith!
O blessed favorites of Christ, forget not your earthly homeland. Dispel the darkness of opposition to God; enlighten those who slumber in ignorance; and unfailingly beseech Christ, that He grant unto all a time for repentance.
Let us hymn the radiant children of China, slaughtered for Christ by the demonic pagans. And let us celebrate their memory now, looking mystically upon their struggle as like unto that of the innocents in Bethlehem, for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
[O holy martyr John, pray to God for us!]
O child John, who didst smile in the face of death, thou didst say unto the torturers: “It is not hard to suffer for Christ!” O wondrous scion of the land of China, fill thou our hearts with the sweet fragrance of thy meekness.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.