Irmos: All things are filled with awe at thy divine glory; for thou, O Virgin who hast not known wedlock, didst contain within thy womb Him Who is God over all, and gavest birth to the timeless Son, granting peace unto all who hymn thee.
God heard thy prayer, O holy hierarch, and took thee to Himself before thy city fell captive to the barbarians, bestowing upon thee a crown of glory, in that thou wast a good shepherd, a good laborer of the vineyard of God, and a faithful servant who increased greatly the talant of thy Master.
Mystically interpreting the Sacred Scriptures, thou didst love the Gospel of John and his first epistle best of all; yet thou didst also clearly interpret the Sermon on the Mount, and by thy sacred commentaries didst elucidate the Psalms of David, O divinely wise father.
Theotokion: He who fleeth to thy protection, O Mistress, findeth speedy rest from sins and the evil circumstances of life; wherefore, grant thy precious protection unto us who have recourse unto thee, O fervent helper of Christians.
Irmos: Wherefore hast Thou turned Thy face from me, O Light never-waning? And why hath a strange darkness covered me, wretch that I am? But turn me, and guide my steps to the light of Thy commandments, I pray.
Recognizing the mystery of the love of God, thou didst say that one cannot find the spirit of serenity until one findeth the serenity which is with God, Who hath created it. As thou hast found this, pray for us, that we who are whirled about amid earthly things may also find it.
Theotokion: Thou hast been adorned, O Virgin, in that thou gavest birth to the most beautiful Word. Him do thou ever entreat, that He take pity on those who have recourse unto thee, and preserve those who place their trust in thee from all the harm wrought by the demons.
Thy most honored memorial hath been established anew, O venerable one, for it is older than these times. Wherefore, O all-praised one, as thou wast of old, so now be thou rightly lauded.
Thou dost surpass many in divine wisdom, O most excellent one, dost fill the faithful with gladness and sweetness, and leadest them to divine heights, to the abode of grace divine.
As one full of compassion and mercy, giving rest to strangers and the homeless, helping the poor and clothing the naked, thou hast been counted worthy of blessedness, O right blessed one.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.