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...”—
With the bit of abstinence thou didst curb the pleasures of the body and the recalcitrance of the flesh, O blessed one, vanquishing the full force of the enemy with the power of the Spirit, as one who art brave. Hence, thou wast a leader of monastics, who ever followed thy most wise and divine preaching, O Nicon.
Shining forth from the East like the sun, O most glorious one, thou didst bring light to the whole world with the radiance of miracles, guiding the choir of thy luminous disciples like a star. With them thou didst suffer mightily, beheaded by the sword, and placing your souls in the hands of the King and Master of all.
Neither starvation, nor tribulation, nor nakedness, nor wounding, nor a truly violent death were able to separate you from the love of God, O right wondrous ones; but, following the Shepherd, like sheep led to the slaughter, from the West ye reached the never-ending rest of the heavenly kingdom, O crown-bearing athletes.
O all-holy Bride of God, deliver my lowly soul from condemnation and grievous transgressions, and by thy supplications release it from death, and grant that I on the day of trial may receive the justification which the councils of the saints have received. Before the end show me to be cleansed by repentance and the shedding of tears.
Or this stavrotheotokion—
As she beheld Thee nailed to the Cross, O Lord, the Ewe-lamb, Thy Mother, marvelled and cried out: “What is this that I see, O my desired Son? How hath the faithless and iniquitous assembly recompensed Thee, they who have enjoyed Thy miracles? But glory to Thine ineffable condescension, O Master!”
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.