Exapostilarion: Spec. Mel.: “Heaven with stars…”—
Irmos: Christ, the Chief Cornerstone uncut by human hands, Who united the two disparate natures, was cut from thee, the unquarried mountain, O Virgin. Wherefore, in gladness we magnify thee, O Theotokos.
Following the godly and divinely inspired words of Christ, O divinely radiant confessors, rejoicing, ye took the cross upon your shoulders, following in the steps of the Bestower of life, O right glorious ones.
Theotokion: O Virgin Mother, The Word Who hath adorned all things, and Who desired to come in the flesh, made His abode in Thee, and He found thee alone to be more holy than all others, and truly revealed thee to be the Theotokos.
Entering with gladness into the whole light of the Trinity, the valiant confessors receive honors for their struggles, being vouchsafed to dwell with the ranks of the incorporeal ones.
Not in a mirror do ye now behold your hopes of things divine, O confessors of Christ: rather, O most honored and most wise crown-bearers, ye behold the beauty of truth.
Manifestly shown to be equal in number with the all-divine Trinity, O confessors of godly eloquence, ye are illumined with the radiance thereof, for, having suffered for the Trinity’s sake, ye have now received life incorruptible.
O Gurias, Samonas and Abibus, ye martyrs of Christ, who of old delivered the maiden from the tomb: Anticipate our needs, delivering us from our transgressions, as from a tomb.
With thy mighty protection, O pure one, preserve thy servants unharmed by the assaults of the enemy, for thee alone have we acquired as our refuge amid tribulations.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.