Irmos: O Lord, Fashioner of the vault of heaven and Creator of the Church: establish me in Thy love, O Summit of desire, confirmation of the faithful, Who alone lovest mankind.
Kontakion & ikos from the Pentecostarion.
Sessional hymn of the saints, in Tone VIII: Spec. Mel.: “Of the Wisdom…”—
Theotokion: Having fallen away from my sacred citizenship, O all-pure one, I have become like unto the beasts and am wholly condemned. O thou who gavest birth to the Judge, deliver and save me from all condemnation.
Thou didst strive to receive heavenly rewards; wherefore, O divinely wise father, thou didst follow Him Who called thee, didst forsake the darkness of the falsehood bequeathed to thee, and becamest a luminary through the divine Spirit.
Glory…, Now & ever…: Sessional hymn from the Pentecostarion, or this theotokion—
Having cleaved unto Christ and set all thy hope on Him, O most honored one, thou didst attain unto His sacred places, wherein the All-good One, having become incarnate, endured His all-pure sufferings.
Burning with divine desire, O divinely blessed one, thou didst uncover the precious Cross, the weapon of salvation, the insuperable victory, the hope of Christians, which had been hidden in malice.
Having stretched forth thy senses toward heaven and acquired the beauty of the stars, thou wast taught by them the mysteries of the Lord of all; and the weapon of the Cross shone forth in their midst, signifying that in which thou shouldst conquer and achieve dominion. Wherefore, opening the eyes of thy soul, thou didst read the writing and learn the image. O most honored Constantine, entreat Christ God, that He grant remission of offenses unto those who celebrate thy holy memory with love. Twice
Having conceived the Wisdom and Word in thy womb without being consumed, O Mother of God, thou gavest birth for the world to Him Who sustaineth the world, and didst bear in thine arms Him Who upholdeth all things, the Nurturer and Fashioner of creation. Wherefore, I entreat thee, O most holy Virgin, and glorify thee with faith, that I may be delivered from transgressions; and on the day of judgment, when I stand before the face of my Creator, grant me thine aid, O pure Virgin Mistress: for thou canst do all things soever thou desirest, O most hymned one.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.