Irmos: Bringing battles to nought with His upraised arm, Christ hath overthrown horse and rider in the Red Sea, and hath saved Israel, who chanteth a hymn of victory.
Katavasia: Christ is born, give ye glory! Christ cometh from heaven, meet ye Him! Christ is on earth, be ye exalted! O all the earth, sing ye unto the Lord, and chant with gladness, ye people, for He hath been glorified!
Full of grace, O Alypius, do thou fill my soul with joy to praise thy life and manner of living, wherein struggling, thou didst fill all the angels with gladness.
Theotokion: The saying of the honored prophet hath come to pass; for, lo! the Virgin hath given birth in the flesh unto God, Who fashioned man anew who before was crushed by sins and transgressions.
Irmos: Let us chant unto Christ, Who overthrew the tyranny of Pharaoh in the sea, and led Israel over to dry land, for He hath been glorified forever.
God consecrated thee like a second Samuel from thy mother’s womb, O blessed Alypius, causing thee, as a divine prophet, to see things to come, O right glorious one.
Theotokion: Thou didst give birth in the flesh to the Son, Who with the Father is equally without beginning, O all-immaculate Virgin, Whom do thou beseech with the holy hierarch, that He make us sons of His kingdom and heirs to the eternal promise.
That God might reveal the splendor which thou didst possess in latter times, having struggled well, O venerable one, in manner past understanding He filled the house with divine light when thou wast born.
O innocent hierarch, look down from heaven and behold, and with thy divine overshadowing visit this vine, which thy right hand hath planted in the land of pagans, that we may piously glorify Thy wonders, even though it be impossible to number them.
Once, upon the way, the ass warned Balaam not to go forth to curse Israel, and he who came from Mesopotamia blessed them instead. In like manner was the enraged traveler admonished by his troubled steeds to render unto the holy hierarch Innocent glory, which he vowed to do.
Thou didst manifest thyself as a speedy healer unto him who was afflicted with a disease of the legs and paralysis of all his members, O Innocent, our father. Wherefore, disdain not now those who in faith have recourse to thy life-bearing and ever-healing relics.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.