Irmos: I will sacrifice to Thee with a voice of praise, O Lord, the Church crieth unto Thee, cleansed of the blood of demons by the blood which, for mercy’s sake, flowed from Thy side.
Thou wast not slothful amid thy struggles, but wast surpassing diligent and valiant during thy divine suffering; wherefore, thou hast received a crown of glory.
Theotokion: O all-immaculate one, from the temptations of life deliver me who am stuck fast in the night of ignorance by unseemly thoughts, and am ever benighted by the malice of the enemy.
Thou didst join the assembly of the martyrs who reached the end of their lives with zeal before thy contest, O ever-memorable one, and with them thou hast been vouchsafed to enter the heavenly bridal-chamber.
Spears made thee an emulator of Christ, for, pierced thereby, O martyr, thou didst hasten, crowned, to Him, having slain the mindless with the sword of patience.
After Ode VI, the martyricon from the Octoechos.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.