Irmos: O Lord, Bestower of light and Creator of the ages: guide us in the light of Thy commandments, for we know none other God than Thee.
With much abstinence and in diligent vigil, prayer and the endurance of evils, didst thou seek God, Who hath translated thee to the mansions on high.
Desires for glory, which are truly rife among men, didst thou abominate most openly, O venerable father; and thou wast a beacon, shining with the radiance of humility of mind.
Theotokion: In that thou art sympathetic, O all-pure one, who gavest birth ineffably unto Him Who was wounded in the flesh on the Cross, heal thou my heart which hath been wounded by the assaults of the evil one.
Thou didst stand, O holy father, divinely wise James, exercising thyself in night-long prayers, receiving divine rays through the eye of thy soul.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.