Both canons from the Octoechos, without the martyria; and that of the unmercenaries, with 6 troparia, the acrostic whereof is: “With hymns I honor the wise unmercenaries”, the composition of John of Damascus, in Tone I—
On “God is the Lord…”, the troparion of the resurrection, twice; Glory…, the troparion of the saints; Now & ever…: The resurrectional theotokion, in the tone of the saints’ troparion.
After the first and second chantings of the Psalter, the sessional hymns of the resurrection, for the tone of the week.
Canon of the resurrection, with 4 troparia; that of the Theotokos, with 2 troparia; and that of the holy unmercenary physicians, with 8 troparia, in Tone IV—
Polyeleos, and this magnification—
We magnify you, O holy passion-bearers, martyrs and healers, and we honor your precious sufferings, which ye endured for Christ.
Selected Psalm verses—
A Our God is refuge and strength. [Ps. 45: 2]
B A helper in afflictions which mightily befall us. [Ps. 45: 2]
A Therefore shall we not fear when the earth be shaken. [Ps. 45: 3]
B O God, who shall be likened unto Thee? Be Thou not silent, neither be still, O God. [Ps. 82: 2]
A For behold, Thine enemies have made a noise, and they that hate Thee have lifted up their heads. [Ps. 82: 3]
B Against Thy people have they taken wicked counsel, and have conspired against Thy saints. [Ps. 82: 4]
A They have made the dead bodies of Thy servants to be food for the birds of heaven. [Ps. 78: 2]
B The flesh of Thy saints for the beasts of the earth. [Ps. 78: 2]
A They have poured out their blood like water. [Ps. 78: 3]
B For Thy sake we are slain all the day long. [Ps. 43: 23]
A We are counted as sheep for the slaughter. [Ps. 43: 23]
B Thou hast made us a byword among the nations. [Ps. 43: 15]
A And I became a man scourged all the day long. [Ps. 72: 14]
B By fire hast Thou tried us even as silver is tried by fire. [Ps. 65: 11]
A We went through fire and water, and Thou didst bring us out into refreshment. [Ps. 65: 12]
B Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous. [Ps. 31: 11]
A For the Lord is in the generation of the righteous. [Ps. 13: 5]
B And their inheritance shall be for ever. [Ps. 36: 18]
A The righteous cried, and the Lord heard them. [Ps. 33: 18]
B A light hath dawned forth for the righteous man, and gladness for the upright of heart. [Ps. 96: 11]
A In everlasting remembrance shall the righteous be. [Ps. 111: 6]
B In the saints that are in His earth hath the Lord been wondrous; He hath wrought all His desires in them. [Ps. 15: 3]
A Wondrous is God in His saints, the God of Israel. [Ps. 67: 36]
B The righteous man shall flourish like a palm tree, and like a cedar in Lebanon shall he be multiplied. [Ps. 91: 13]
A The righteous man shall be glad in the Lord, and shall hope in Him. [Ps. 63: 11]
B And all the upright in heart shall be praised. [Ps. 63: 11]
Glory…, Now & ever…
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, glory to Thee, O God. Thrice
After the polyeleos, the hypacoï of the tone of the week, and these sessional hymns of the saints, in Tone II—
While joining chorus in the habitations on high, ye do not forsake those below, O divinely blessed unmercenary physicians; for ye visit with mercy those who call upon you, delivering them from a great multitude of evils, in that ye are the guardians of our life.
O ye saints, how can we fittingly praise your love for God and neighbor, whereby ye do good to all who stand in need of your help? Wherefore, cease ye never to help us who ask your aid.
Glory…: O saviors of the faithful and dispersers of evils, ye freely grant healings to the sick, O right wondrous ones. Visit us also, freeing from infirmities and the passions us who hymn you with love.
Now & ever…: With the holy unmercenary physicians, O Ever-virgin, pray to the Creator and God of all Who was born of thee, that He grant goodly order to our lives, that we may be delivered from torments and may be vouchsafed the portion of the elect through thine intercession.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.