Irmos: Having traversed the water as though it were dry land, and escaped the evil of Egypt, the Israelite cried aloud: Let us chant unto our Deliverer and God!
O venerable John, having ascended from the coarseness of material things to the immaterial and noetic Light, enlighten me by thy prayers to the Lord.
Theotokion: O thou who ineffably gavest birth unto the Wisdom and Word of the Father, heal thou the grievous wounds of my soul and ease thou the pain of my heart.
Having tasted the sweetness of abstinence, thou didst spurn the bitterness of the passions; wherefore, thou delightest our senses more than honey and the honeycomb.
Having mounted to the summit of the virtues and spat upon pleasures which love the depths, thou wast shown to be the sweetness of salvation for thy flock, O venerable father.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.