Irmos: Beholding the sea of life surging with the tempest of temptations, fleeing to Thy calm haven I cry unto Thee: Lead up my life from corruption, O greatly Merciful One!
Kontakion, in Tone VIII: Spec. Mel.: “To thee the champion leader…”—
Elevated by thy sufferings, thou didst cast down the enemy, O great and glorious martyr; and crowned with the wreath of victory, thou didst pass over to God at the end of thy sufferings, O right laudable one.
Theotokion: I hymn thee, O most hymned one, whom the armies of the ranks of heaven do hymn; and I beseech thee: Heal thou the sufferings of my soul, O pure one, and free me from everlasting fire.
Emulating Him Who stretched out His hands on the Cross for thy sake, O wise martyr, thou didst patiently endure laceration, and lifted up upon a tree, didst wound the deceiver with thy wounds.
Bound for the sake of Christ, O Basil, thou didst bind the incorporeal enemies; and released from the flesh, thou didst utterly destroy their evil works with grace divine.
Running thy race lawfully, thou didst keep the Faith, O hieromartyr Basil; wherefore, thou hast been counted worthy of crowns of martyrdom and hast shown thyself to be an unshakable pillar of the Church, confessing the Son as equally without beginning with the Father and the Trinity as indivisible, Whom do thou entreat, that those who honor thee may be delivered from misfortunes, that we may cry out to thee: Rejoice, O divinely wise Basil!
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.