Irmos: Cleanse me, O Savior, for many are my transgressions; and lead me up from the abyss of evils, I pray, for to Thee have I cried, and Thou hast hearkened to me, O God of my salvation.
Kontakion, in Tone VI: Spec. Mel.: “Fulfilling Thy dispensation for us…”—
Having thy desire wholly with God, O most blessed one, rejoicing, thou didst endure the pangs and lacerations of thy divine body as though it were someone else who was suffering, looking forward to thy crown.
Theotokion: Thou feedest Him Who as God feedeth all with His hand, O most immaculate Mistress, and holdest in thine arms Him Who sustaineth all things; wherefore, we, the faithful, glorify thee as is meet.
Thou didst mightily endure the stripping away of thy sinews, O Hermias, martyr of Christ, ripping away the sinews of the greatly crafty enemy through grace, and showing thyself to be a model of all manliness.
Tempered in the fire of the love of Christ, thou truly becamest like unto a two-edged sword, manifestly cutting down the ungodly armies like a mighty warrior.
Having struggled eagerly for Christ, thou didst acquire courage at an advanced age, O martyr Hermias; and having trampled the machinations of the iniquitous underfoot by the power of Christ, thou didst remain unharmed by sorcerous potions, crying: “God is with me! Who then can stand against me?”
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.