Irmos: Out of the night of ignorance the day of divine knowledge dawneth in the light of Thy countenance, O Christ. May Thy praise shine forth in our hearts like the light of the morn.
Theotokion: O Mother of God who truly gavest birth to the incarnate God, One of the Trinity: Pray thou, that He deliver thy servants.
We all celebrate the memory of the martyrs as is meet; for by their blood hath all the air of the world been hallowed.
Of old the Church of the faithful did battle against the forces of night, and the martyrs illumined it with the radiance of their Orthodox Faith.
The bosom of Abraham received the souls of the martyrs, by whom the kingdom on high was proclaimed as an image depicted.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.