Irmos: With Thy divine light illumine the souls of those who with love rise at dawn unto Thee, O Good One, that they may know Thee, O Word of God, to be the true God Who calleth all forth from the darkness of sin.
Our God, Who alone is the Judge of the contest and strengthened thee against thy slayers, O venerable Stephen, truly crowned thy labors of fasting with the honors of martyrdom.
Theotokion: O all-pure one, who alone truly gavest birth to the All-holy One on earth, sanctify those who ever profess thee to be the Theotokos, and save us by thy mediation.
Struggling right gloriously, thou wast found, O martyr, sharing fellowship with a multitude of martyrs in prison; for, surrounding thee like stars round a never-waning sun, they shone all the more greatly.
O sacred confessors with divine words and emulators of the divine sufferings, we bless you, the three hundred forty-two who contended against the ungodly.
For the icon of Christ the most glorious multitude of the venerable endured the mockery of having their hair shorn off, their ears and hands severed, and their divine members burned away.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.