Irmos: The three youths in Babylon, having put to mockery the tyrant’s command, cried out amid the flames: Blessed art Thou, O Lord God of our fathers!
Cast into the furnace of temptations like the three children in Babylon of old, thou didst bring to Christ a contrite heart and an humble spirit, crying out with them: Blessed art Thou, the God of our fathers!
Theotokion: Offering Thee Thy blessed Mother as a gift, O Christ, all of us mortals set her before Thee to make supplication. Be merciful to us, O God of our fathers!
Irmos: In the furnace the Hebrew children trampled boldly upon the flame and transformed the fire into dew, crying: Blessed art Thou, O Lord God, forever!
Magnificently adorning thy bridal-chamber of thy soul, but neglecting the temple of thy body, and lighting inextinguishable lamps of love, O wise virgin Isidora, thou didst cry out: Blessed art Thou, O Lord God of our fathers!
Theotokion: Of old, through deceit the serpent drove our ancestors from their good inheritance; but thou hast restored it to them, O Mother of God. Blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, O all-pure one!
Giving to men the appearance of negligence and foolishness, but unceasingly serving the triune God in spirit, tried by the fire of evil mockery like gold in a crucible, O mother, thou didst cry out: Blessed art Thou, O Lord God of our fathers!
Possessed of strange zeal, O blessed Simon, thou wast called the namesake of zeal, and didst acquire a title in accordance with thy character, crying out: Blessed art Thou, O Lord, forever!
Joining chorus before the Word as one who conversed with Him, thou hast found a share of His kingdom, crying: Blessed art Thou, O Lord God, forever!
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.