Glory..., Now and ever...: Theotokion, in the same tone and melody—
On “Lord, I have cried...,” these stichera, in Tone IV: Spec. Mel: “As one valiant among the martyrs...”—
Utterly loving the ultimate Goal of desire, O venerable ones, ye did account the beauties of life to be but dung; and through vigil and prayer, through rain and burning heat, ye acquired those things which alone are lasting; and having dwelt together as one, by grace were ye shown to be dwellers with the angels.
Beaten with staves, stoned with rocks, cut down with swords, ye did not break your oneness of mind, O martyrs, bound together by love and fraternal desire; yet, slain together, your members severed, O passion-bearers, ye have set yourselves upon the altar of God as unblemished sacrifices.
Consumed by fire, done to death by suffocation, ye committed your souls into the hands of the King of all as unblemished sacrifices, O glorious martyrs; and ye have joined yourselves to the choirs of the incorporeal powers, and inherited everlasting glory. Pray ye unceasingly, that those who praise you may also have a share therein.
O Virgin who gavest birth unto God my Savior, grant me the chosen and saving remedy of repentance — a torrent of tears, and mindfulness of the dread and awesome hour of the impartial judgment — that by thy supplications I may escape fearsome torment and receive grace divine.
Or this stavrotheotokion—
When she beheld Thee nailed to the Cross, O Lord, the Ewe-lamb, Thy Mother, marvelled and cried aloud: “What is this that I see, O my Son most desired? How hath the disobedient and iniquitous assembly recompensed Thee, which enjoyed thy many miracles? But glory to Thine ineffable condescension, O Master!”
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.