Irmos: The birthgiving of the Theotokos saved the pious children in the furnace — then in figure, but now in deed — and it moveth all the world to chant to Thee: Hymn ye the Lord and exalt Him supremely for all ages!
Rejoice, O father, for thou didst heed the divine words of the great Ambrose, who instructed and taught thee, showing thee how to tread the good path. O Augustine, thou worthy fruit of an honorable mother, O greatest disciple of a great teacher, pray for our souls.
Theotokion: O Mother of God, cause of all good things, with loving-kindness thou treatest us who are in misfortunes, and dost cause all to be saved who honor thee with love. Stand before us who are afflicted, lift from us our yoke of sin, and save us, O most hymned Virgin.
Irmos: Madly did the Chaldæan tyrant heat the furnace sevenfold for the pious ones; but, beholding them saved by a higher Power, he cried out to the Creator and Deliverer: Ye children, bless; ye priests, hymn; ye people, exalt Him supremely for all ages!
He Who of old saved Paul on the road to Damascus ensnared thee by Paul’s epistle, saying: “Take and read!” And when thou hadst read, thou didst count all worldly things as but dung; and finding Christ our Lord as a most precious pearl, with true love thou didst cleave unto Him.
Theotokion: O Theotokos, who gavest birth to the primal Light Who created the angels, the secondary luminaries, Who brought forth light in the beginning and the two great lights of the heavens, and like light hath animated all: Enlighten the darkness of my mind!
Thou didst teach that mercy is shown in giving to the needy and forgiving those who offend us; and thou wast thyself a good instructor in this; for having distributed all thy possessions to the poor, thou didst acquire abundant meekness beyond calculation. And who among mortals can describe thy love as is meet?
O city of David, fashion hymns to thy Savior today in sacred manner, for thou hast with thine other saints the divinely wise Jerome within thy walls, crying out: Ye people, exalt the Lord supremely for all ages!
Having appointed ascent within thy heart, O divinely wise one, constantly uniting thyself to the Creator, thou didst ascend from action to spiritual vision; and standing before thine ultimate Desire, thou chantest: Ye people, exalt the Lord supremely for all ages!
Wondrous things were wrought by thee, O venerable one; for, thou didst hasten from the West to the East, struggling patiently in asceticism within Bethlehem, where thou wast the superior of two monasteries; and even after thy repose thou givest utterance to heavenly things.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.