Exapostilarion of the saint—
Irmos: Thee, the all-glorious Bride and most holy Theotokos, who gavest birth to the Creator of all things, visible and invisible, do we magnify with hymns.
Wiser than the Queen of Sheba and more glorious than Solomon, Queen Tamara shineth like a star in the firmament of heaven: her do we magnify with hymns.
Theotokion: O youths and elders, rich and poor, monks and laymen, kings and subjects, ye who are healthy and ye who are infirm: come, let us fall down before the Ever-virgin Mary, the only hope of men, magnifying her as the Mother of God!
Stichos: Today, through the arising of Christ, the Bestower of life, the memory of the martyrs shineth forth like the sun.
Exapostilarion—
Irmos: Shine, O shine, thou new Jerusalem, for the glory of the Lord hath shone upon thee! Dance now and be glad, O Sion! And do adorn thyself, O pure Theotokos, for the resurrection of thine Offspring.
Grant thine aid to Orthodox kings, rescuing all from misfortunes by thy fervent supplications, O most pious Tamara.
Glory…, Now & ever…: Exapostilarion from the Pentecostarion, or this theotokion—
Be glad, O Skete of the Forerunner of the Savior, for the glory of thy children hath shone forth upon thee! Join chorus now and lift up thy voice in song, for thou hast been enriched by the shrines of the new martyrs as by a well-spring!
Glory…, Now & ever…: Exapostilarion from the Pentecostarion.
O the treasury of the virtues! O the humility of Christian wisdom! O the all-radiant glory wherewith thine honored memory is all-adorned, O Tamara! Wherefore, we magnify thee with love.
Stichos: Magnify, O my soul, the three passion-bearers of Christ, the Bestower of life!
Tamara, the right fruitful scion of the royal root, who sprang forth in the mountains of Iberia, watered with the dew of grace and warmed by the Sun of righteousness, hath brought forth fruit an hundredfold for Christ.
O the divine, blessed and most sweet end which the blessed and glorious new martyrs of Christ truly endured! Having them as intercessors, O ye faithful, we shall not be put to shame.
Trusting in God, we set our hope also on thee, O all-pure one. By thine entreaties to Him Who came forth from thee, preserve us, who are crucified with Christ, utterly unharmed.
Stichos: Magnify, O my soul, the great Euphemius, Ignatius and the godly Acacius!
On the Praises, 6 stichera of the new martyrs: 3 in Tone I: Spec. Mel.: “Joy of the ranks of heaven…”—
O the divine, loving and beautiful vow! For ye have promised to live with us yet, as divine guardians of our life. O ye faithful, setting them before the Lord as advocates for us, let us rejoice!
O ye multitudes of the Orthodox, come, let us hasten together! For, lo! the most radiant feast of the three new martyrs hath dawned, who, having preached Christ risen from the grave, did utterly put the deception of the infidels to shame.
Stichos: Today, through the arising of Christ, the Bestower of life, the memory of the three new martyrs shineth forth!
Comprising this new triumph, the godly Euphemius, with Ignatius and Acacius, who are like unto the Trinity in number, stand before the Trinity with the martyrs and the venerable ones, chanting the thrice-holy hymn like the angels.
O divine martyrs, O warriors of Christ, O beauteous and all-comely sacrifices of the Trinity: dedicating hymns now to you with love, with all my heart I ask to dwell with you.
Truly set afire by your love, O trinity of new martyrs, divine Euphemius, Ignatius steadfast of mind and glorious Acacius, servant of my Christ, behold! we have all assembled to celebrate your memory with faith.
Stichos: Rejoice, O Virgin! Rejoice, O blessed one! Rejoice, O all-glorious one! For Thy Son hath arisen from the tomb on the third day!
And 3 stichera in Tone II: Spec. Mel.: “When from the Tree…”—
Be glad and rejoice, O divine portal of the Light! For, having descended into the grave, Jesus shone forth, far outshining the sun in brightness, and illumining all the faithful, O Mistress full of joy divine.
O all ye choirs of monastics, let us joyfully sing praise to God today in memory of the passion-bearers of Christ, the blessed Euphemius, the wise Ignatius and Acacius, who all struggled steadfastly. Wherefore, they have received crowns and trophies of victory as is meet, and ever pray in our behalf.
Be glad today, O holy Mount Athos! For the Skete of the Forerunner doth celebrate a divine solemnity, possessed of the new martyrs among thy venerable ones: wherefore, it leaveth to thee, O most pure one, to offer such fruits unto the all-holy Trinity.
O ye glorious venerable martyrs of Christ, ye illumine the world with miracles from the inexhaustible well-spring of the shrine of your precious relics; wherefore, assembled today with love in the temple of God, we all celebrate your memory, asking that before God ye remember those who honor you, O most honored ones.
Great Doxology. Troparia. Litanies & dismissal. First Hour.
Ye stood undaunted before the judgment-seat in the court of the iniquitous, O venerable martyrs, proclaiming Christ as God and man, and denouncing falsehood, O blessed Euphemius, godly Ignatius and steadfast Acacius; wherefore, enduring unbearable tortures, ye received crowns from Christ as is meet.
Glory…, in Tone V—
“Behold, what is so good or so beautiful as for brethren to dwell together in unity,” singeth David. For, lo! having come together from divers lands and undertaken the struggles of asceticism in this place, having sanctified Constantinople with the outpouring of their blood and traversed the far-flung seas incorruptibly in their divine relics, the new martyrs Euphemius, Ignatius and Acacius, equal in number to the Trinity, have found rest in this all-beauteous temple, dwelling together like brethren in the Spirit, good and comely; and, sanctifying us through the shrine of their sacred relics and by the dust of their graves, they make unceasing entreaty for us unto the Lord.
Now & ever…, from the Pentecostarion.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.