Irmos: Heaven was stricken with awe, and the ends of the earth were amazed, that God hath appeared in the flesh, and that thy womb became more spacious than the heavens. Wherefore, the ranks of men and angels magnify thee as the Theotokos.
Having trained themselves in divers ways and overcome the machinations of the ruler of this world, the ascetics, like athletes, put to shame the malice of the barbarians, enduring their assaults. Wherefore, they received twofold crowns from the just Judge of the contest.
Theotokion: As Mother of the Deliverer, O all-pure one, thou hast called us back who have rejected the life of heaven and wretchedly fallen into death; and thou hast vouchsafed us to make haste again to our first homeland. Wherefore, we unceasingly magnify thee, O Mother of God.
Leading a life of fasting in caves and caverns, O blessed ones, ye were confined within a narrow cave in a lightless defile; and though stained with your own blood, consumed by fire and cruelly suffocated by smoke admixed with steam, ye were shown to be the victors.
We hymn your feats which transcend nature, whereby ye contended against sin, youthfully opposing it as warriors of Christ, O glorious ones; for right gloriously did ye overcome it. And now, standing before the Most High with the ranks of the saints, be ye mindful of us.
Arrayed in the heavens with thrice-radiant splendor, as dutiful children of Sabbas your father and instructor, O blessed ones, pray in behalf of us your fellow disciples and chanters, that general peace be granted to the Churches and salvation to our souls.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.