Irmos: Having traversed the depths of the Red Sea with dryshod feet, Israel of old vanquished the might of Amalek in the wilderness by Moses’ arms stretched out in the form of the Cross.
Thou didst manifestly show thine active vision to be an ascent, O Nicephorus most rich; for thou didst actively muster thy soul and didst excellently soar aloft to the uttermost vision.
Theotokion: O all-immaculate Bride of God, having given birth to the Creator Who hath set aright all of us who have been cast down through the fall of our first parents, mend thou the brokenness of mankind.
Having mortified earthly thoughts by abstinence and guided thy soul with zeal, O divinely inspired Nicephorus, thou didst reach the havens of undisturbed delight.
The wretched and most mindless Leo, infected with the heresy of Mamon, dashed himself against thee as against a hard stone, O God-pleasing Nicephorus, and hath quickly broken asunder in hell.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.