Irmos: Thou art the confirmation of those who have recourse to Thee, O Lord; Thou art the light of the benighted; and my spirit doth hymn Thee.
Sessional hymn, in Tone I: Spec. Mel.: “Thy tomb, O Savior…” —
“I have been commanded not to worship stones wrought by men’s hands, as though they were God!” Julian replied to the mindless judge.
Theotokion: O all-pure one, grant us help through thy supplications, repelling the assaults of grievous circumstances.
Thou didst stand before the tribunal of the tyrant, O martyr Julian, as though standing before Christ, the Judge of the living and the dead.
Glory…, Now & ever…: Theotokion —
“I have not been foolish in confessing God Who alone is hymned in the indivisible Trinity!” said Julian.
In a flood of waters thou didst receive thy blessed end, O wise one, drowning the multifarious serpent therein, and thou didst receive the victory. Wherefore, celebrating thy right laudable memory with love, we pray: Entreat Christ in our behalf.
Unto the path of repentance guide us who have ever gone astray in the trackless wastes of evils and have angered the all-good Lord, O blessed Mary who knewest not wedlock, thou refuge of despairing men and dwelling-place of God.
Stavrotheotokion —
Beholding Thee stretched out, dead, upon the Cross, Thine immaculate Mother cried aloud: “O my Son Who with the Father and the Spirit art without beginning, what is this, Thine ineffable dispensation, whereby Thou hast saved the creation of Thine all-pure hands, O Compassionate One?”
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.