Irmos: When the golden image was worshipped on the plain of Dura, Thy three youths spurned the ungodly command, and, cast into the midst of the fire, bedewed, they sang: Blessed art Thou, O God of our fathers!
Much persecution and lengthy interrogations didst thou endure, vanquishing the iconoclasts, shining forth in Orthodoxy, illumining all who watched, and crying out, O James: O God of our fathers, blessed art Thou!
Theotokion: O glorious Virgin, pure one who hast not tasted wedlock, O blessed one, restoration of the fallen and deliverance of sinners, save me, a prodigal! Save me who cry out to thy Son: O God of our fathers, blessed art Thou!
Pondering the awesome coming of Christ, thou didst spend thy whole life in compunction, O blessed one, until thou didst find complete cleansing of transgressions, eternal consolation, true enlightenment and ineffable glory.
In meekness of soul thou wast shown to be a lamb of Christ the Shepherd, and, guided by Him, thou becamest known as a shepherd of the reason-endowed sheep in the Spirit, O father, chanting ever with them: O God of our fathers, blessed art Thou!
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.