Irmos: The Lord Who was glorified on the holy mountain, and by the fire in the bush revealed to Moses the mystery of the Ever-virgin, hymn ye and exalt Him supremely for all ages!
Theotokion: O Theotokos, cease thou never to beseech the One of the Trinity to Whom thou gavest birth, that we be delivered from our iniquities and vouchsafed His epiphany and kingdom.
Having invigorated their bodies by abstinence and strengthened their spirit with piety, the passion-bearers of Christ brought all the prowess of athletes to bear upon the invisible princes of darkness.
Crowned with the martyrs’ wreaths as with flowers, the Church of Christ, arrayed itself in bridal vesture dyed in blood, the martyrs’ dye of incorruption.
O Christ, Thou hast vouchsafed thy martyrs to receive the portion and lot of the saved, and glory which cannot be taken away, for they confess Thee to be the only Son of the Father and the Virgin.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.