Irmos: Christ is my power, my God and my Lord, the honored Church doth sing, crying out in godly manner with a pure mind, keeping festival in the Lord.
Beholding thy divine countenance luminous with spiritual radiance, O martyr, the ungodly one marvelled; but as a servant of darkness he was mindlessly insane.
Theotokion: I hymn thee, the greatly hymned one, O Mistress; and I bless thee, O Virgin, for because of thee all men have been blessed and have been truly delivered from the ancient curse.
Adorned with higher wisdom, thou didst make fools of the pagan sages with the power of God; and having suffered patiently, thou didst receive a crown of victory.
The Word Who was stretched out upon the Cross and bestoweth dispassion upon the faithful by His sufferings, O Basil, strengthened thee when thou wast stretched out and all thy members severed.
“I will not sacrifice to demons; neither do I fear death nor any form of torment! I confess the one God Who is known in Trinity!” the sacred Basil cried out.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.