Irmos: Cleanse me, O Savior, for many are my transgressions; and lead me up from the abyss of evils, I pray, for to Thee have I cried, and Thou hast hearkened to me, O God of my salvation.
Kontakion, in Tone II: Spec. Mel: “Seeking the highest....”—
Watered with the streams of thy blood as by a river, thou didst dry up the torrents of turbid deception; and thou dost give drink to the hearts of all the faithful, O right wondrous Theodore.
Theotokion: Like an animate ark thou didst contain the Bestower of the law, and like a holy temple thou didst receive the Holy One Who became man, unto the benefit of men, O pure one.
Leading Thy martyrs up from the depths of suffering, Thou didst establish them upon the rock of endurance when they had left the paths of the enemy and the ways of the perverse, O Thou Who lovest mankind.
Having piously cleansed yourselves of the defilement of ungodliness, O martyrs, ye made glad the city of God with your blood which flowed forth beautifully like a river from Eden.
With wreaths of praise, as is meet, let us all crown the newly-revealed stars of faith who suffered earnestly for Christ and who pray to Him in our behalf, in that they are pillars and ramparts of the Christian realm.
Ikos: Loathing and abominating with all your soul the ungodly religion of the Moslems and the deceit of the cruel demon, and keeping the divine seal of Christ intact within your hearts, ye did not give support to those who despise Him; moreover, like lambs slaughtered diligently for Him, ye shone forth like the sun after your repose, attaining immortal glory, as pillars and ramparts of the Christian realm.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.