Glory..., in Tone VII—
At “Lord, I have cried...,” these stichera, in Tone VIII, Spec. Mel: “O most glorious wonder...”—
Now & ever..., Theotokion, or this stavrotheotokion, in the same tone—
Oh, wondrous life! Oh, great endurance! Right fruitful trees of paradise which flourished in the desert, sprung from a single root and grafted onto the one true Vine, O John, Heraclemon, Andrew and Theophilus, fill ye with the sweetness of spiritual fruit us who honor and hymn thee.
Now & ever…, from the Pentecostarion, or the theotokion; or this stavrotheotokion: Spec. Mel.: “On the third day…” —
Enduring the noonday sun in the desert, ye freed yourselves from the burning heat of the passions, and by your thirst for salvation overcoming natural thirst, ye discovered a fountain overflowing unto eternal life and gave drink to your souls with the streams thereof. Wherefore, by your supplications bedew our desiccated souls, vouchsafing that we bring forth the fruitfulness of the virtues.
Emulators of the Forerunner and imitators of the feats of Elijah, offspring of the desert, glory and adornment of fasters, by your life did ye amaze the bodiless ones. Wherefore, ye have become fellow citizens with the bodiless; and now, therefore, from heaven watch over those who struggle spiritually and show them speedy aid, guiding them to the eternal mansions.
Laying aside today all the cares of life, come ye, let us make haste to the temple of the Lord, celebrating the radiant memory of the venerable ones; and well instructed in their life, let us purify our senses and sanctify our lips with prayer; and sighing over our offenses from the depths of our hearts, let us cry out to our Savior, Jesus most sweet: By their prayers, O Christ God, have mercy upon us!
When the Virgin, Thy Mother, beheld Thee nailed to the Cross at Calvary, illegally condemned by the Jews, O my Christ, she cried out: “Woe is me, O my most beloved son! What is this strange sight? How can the mindless children of the Jews nail Thee, the Lord of all, to a cross?”
On “Lord, I have cried…”, 6 stichera: 3 for the Venerable Onuphrius, in Tone VIII: Spec. Mel.: “O all-glorious wonder…” —
O divinely wise father Onuphrius, thou didst cut thyself off from the tumult of the world and didst ascend to celestial perfection, having desired Him Who is the Source of good things; and there thou didst attain true love, O blessed one. Illumined with the effulgence thereof, by thy supplications rescue us from the darkness of sin.
O divinely wise father Onuphrius, the cold of night and the burning heat of day thou didst endure, O venerable one, in hope of things to come. And having mortified thy members on earth, thou hast received the life of heaven and entered joyously into the bridal-chamber, O holy one, to behold the infinite beauty of thy Creator.
O divinely wise father Onuphrius, the glorious Paphnutius found thee in the desert hidden like a treasure, and he clearly proclaimed to those in the world the corrections of thy struggles, enriching the faithful with his account of thy God-pleasing life, O all-lauded one. By thy supplications, O glorious one, show us to be emulators thereof.
And 3 stichera of the Venerable Peter, in the same tone & melody —
We have recognized thee, O venerable one, as the namesake of the divine Peter, who truly followed him and hath piously shared in his zeal for the Faith; for thou didst love the good law, didst desire the divine precepts thereof, O father, and didst adorn thy soul with the virtues. Wherefore, we honor and bless thee.
O venerable father most rich, having in compunction of soul acquired true patience, love unfeigned, steadfast hope and perfect humility, thou becamest a temple of the divine Spirit. And having received His effulgence in purity, thou wast seen by mortals to be a secondary luminary through the purity of thy life.
O venerable and divinely inspired father, though thou didst hide unseen for many years on earth, yet didst thou become known through the Spirit by signs and wonders, and by the sweet savor of myrrh; for thou didst pour forth a living radiance and holiness, truly showing the grace of the divine Spirit to those who love thee.
Glory…, in Tone VI —
O venerable fathers, the sound of your corrections hath gone forth into all the earth; wherefore, ye have found the reward of your labors in the heavens, have destroyed hordes of the demons, and attained unto the ranks of the angels, whose lives ye did blamelessly emulate. As ye have boldness before the Lord, ask ye peace for our souls.
Beholding Thee nailed to the Cross, O Bestower of light, the sun dimmed its rays and the earth quaked in fear. Yet iniquitous ones among the Jews in nowise took pity.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.