Irmos: The abyss engulfed me, and the sea monster became a tomb for me; yet I cried unto Thee Who lovest mankind, and Thy right hand saved me, O Lord.
Kontakion, in Tone IV—
Desiring Christ alone, thou didst depart from the imperial palace, and instead of imperial secretaries didst have angels participating in thy supplications.
Theotokion: O Mary, thou glory of men and joy of angels, we ever glorify thee, for thou hast magnified our face and united us in immortality with the hosts on high.
Irmos: I will sacrifice to Thee with a voice of praise, O Lord, the Church crieth unto Thee, cleansed of the blood of demons by the blood which, for mercy’s sake, flowed from Thy side.
Kontakion, in Tone II: Spec. Mel: “Seeking the highest...”—
O Symeon the New Theologian and Symeon the pious, make entreaty for us, your children, who praise you with love!
Theotokion: By an ineffable word, the holy Word sanctified thee wholly, O Theotokos, making His abode in thy sanctified womb. Him do thou entreat, that thy servants be saved.
Accustomed to ready obedience, thou didst in nowise pay heed to thyself; and upborne on thy tears thou didst sail to the calm haven of the Author of ineffable tranquility.
The Church of Christ rejoiceth today, celebrating thy memory with splendor. Thou hast adorned it with thy discourses and prayers, hast guided the children of faith to the mansions of heaven, and hast shone with ineffable light, receiving radiance from Christ God, our Sun, O Symeon, our venerable father.
Guide my life toward virtue, O venerable one; and, smoothing the path of asceticism with thy supplications, vouchsafe me to tread it rightly and with strength, O blessed father.
Thou hast entered into the glory of the martyrs, O father Theophanes, for, opposing the persecutors, thou didst honor the icons of the Mother of God and the martyrs.
Thou didst reach the end of thy life in chastity, didst possess wisdom, courage and righteousness, O venerable one, and wast shown to be adorned with the diadem of the virtues.
Receiving divine revelation from on high, with diligence thou didst depart from the midst of the tumult of life; and, having become a solitary, O venerable one, thou didst receive the power to work wonders and the dignity of a prophet, having deprived thyself of wealth and wife.
Ikos: Preferring naught on earth, rejoicing thou didst follow after Christ Who cried out to take His yoke zealously upon thy shoulder, and thou didst obtain peace within thy soul, which do thou likewise send down upon me, who am poor and slothful, who talk yet accomplish naught, who revel yet in the things of this life, and marvel at how thou hast escaped them all, having deprived thyself of wealth and wife.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.