Irmos: Traversing the deep on foot, as though it were dry land, and seeing the tyrant Pharaoh drowned, Israel cried aloud: Let us chant unto God a hymn of victory!
O ye sacred people, in sanctity let us honor the sacred and honored festival of the sacred athletes, that we may be delivered from misfortunes by their entreaties.
Theotokion: The transcendent Word, receiving human essence from thy pure blood, O pure one, hath deified us and delivered us from corruption; wherefore, we, the faithful, ever glorify thee.
Striving, that they might receive from Christ crowns of sacred victory, the valiant martyrs manifestly chose to die rather than live; wherefore, they have received glory.
Undaunted by the pain of the flesh and unafraid of either the tortures or the fire of the persecutors, O martyred athletes, ye manfully proclaimed Christ before the tribunal.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.