Irmos: The uttermost abyss hath surrounded us, and there is none to deliver us. We are accounted as lambs for the slaughter. Save Thy people, O our God, for Thou art the strength and correction of the weak!
Kontakion, in Tone II: Spec. Mel.: “Seeking the highest…”—
O all-honored ones, rolling like stones upon the earth ye did impel towards piety those who with wicked intent had worshipped stones, O most blessed and God-beholding initiates of the mysteries of the Word.
Theotokion: We glorify thee, O Mistress, who hast been shown to be another heaven yet more exalted than the first, and hast shone forth upon us the Sun of righteousness and hast dispelled the deep darkness of unbelief.
Preaching the unconfused and indivisible Unity in three Persons, ye uprooted the falsehood of polytheism from the earth, O ye true apostles of Christ, and did lead those who were cruelly deceived unto the light of divine knowledge.
O all-wise apostles, with beauteous knowledge ye did set at nought the foolishness of the foolish and made them steadfast in belief in the One God, the King of all, Who adorneth all creation with outpourings of divine light.
Having illumined your minds with divine light, ye wisely destroyed the wiles of the orators; and having fished for all the pagans, O glorious apostles, ye brought them to the Master, teaching them to glorify the divine Trinity.
Ikos: As disciples of the Master of all, O ye who behold God, from the abyss of transgressions draw ye forth with the net of your prayers my lowly soul which hath been ensnared in the nets of the demons’ wiles; that, passing well through the remaining time of my life, I may hymn you with love and glorify your blameless life which ye brought to an end on earth, having enlightened those who were grievously benighted and taught them to glorify the divine Trinity.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.