Irmos: Madly did the Chaldæan tyrant heat the furnace sevenfold for the pious ones; but, beholding them saved by a higher Power, he cried out to the Creator and Deliverer: Ye children, bless; ye priests, hymn; ye people, exalt Him supremely for all ages!
O Athanasius, right glorious adornment of hierarchs, pillar of light, foundation of the Church, champion of the Trinity, golden clarion of theology, famed recorder of the laws of the monastic life, thou dost celebrate with us, bringing priests to perfection and leading the faithful to Christ forever.
Theotokion: Thou wast a vessel of the never-waning Light, O all-pure one, for He hath been a light to those in darkness and shadow, illumining all things with the grace of divine knowledge. Him do we unceasingly hymn, O ye faithful, for all ages.
Irmos: Madly did the Chaldæan tyrant heat the furnace sevenfold for the pious ones; but, beholding them saved by a higher Power, he cried out to the Creator and Deliverer: Ye children, bless; ye priests, hymn; ye people, exalt Him supremely for all ages!
Thou wast truly the namesake of immortality, for in thy discourse thou didst transcend active things; and overcoming tangible things in thy discourse and through the fame of thy life, in both thou didst pass all bounds. Wherefore, shining forth with immutable virtue, thou hast acquired an immortal memory forever.
Theotokion: O all-radiant cloud who bedewest the fire and coolest the flame, bedew me with grace and cool me who am burning with sin, that with thanksgiving I may exalt thy Son forever.
O God-pleasing initiate of the mysteries of heaven, thou didst show forth a most splendid episcopacy in thy valiant sufferings: thou didst dispel falsehood by thy frequent banishment for the Trinity, Whom preaching thou dost cry: Worship the Father, bless the Son, and hymn the Spirit for all ages!
When thou didst fall into a grievous illness, thy heart burned to please God the better, and thou didst abdicate thy kingship; and, having been clad in the monastic habit, with unceasing prayer thou didst exalt Christ supremely forever.
Having raised up a monastery to the greatmartyr Panteleimon, thou madest thine abode therein, and aiding the seven disciples of the holy Cyril and Methodius, with the others thou didst tirelessly labor in copying books, exalting Christ forever.
The all-glorious Lord granted thee progress of spirit, and thou becamest a model of the Christian struggle, instructing thy people by thine action rather than by word alone, and exalting Christ forever.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.