On “Lord, I have cried…”, these stichera, in Tone VIII: Spec. Mel..: “O all-glorious wonder…”—
Glory…, Now and ever…: Theotokion, in the same tone & melody—
Troparion, in Tone IV—
Nurtured on the milk of faith, thou didst attain maturity in Christ because of thy many torments and tribulations, O Galacteon, having become an acceptable sacrifice and a perfect immolation through thy voluntary hastening to martyrdom, O thou who art most rich. O thy firm and steadfast faith, whereby thou didst receive God, O thou who art now deified most perfectly!
Artfully didst thou seek for the Wellspring of good things most earnestly desired, and with the splendors thereof thou didst illumine soul and mind, O thou who art blessed of God; and with mighty opposition thou didst cast down the ancient tyrant of great craft, O much suffering martyr Epistemis, thou divine adornment of monastics.
The two all-radiant luminaries of the noetic East shine forth with grace and piously illumine all creation with the transcendent splendors of their sufferings and the divine flames of healings. And honoring their most splendid feast, we glorify Christ Who illumineth all for their sake.
Rejoice, enlightenment of souls, forgiveness of sinners, correction of the negligent! Rejoice, consolation and joy, and helper of the sorrowful! Rejoice, O good one, thou healing of the souls of the weak! Rejoice, reconciliation with God and mediatress, O pure one who art more holy than all the seraphim!
Stavrotheotokion—
Beholding Thee nailed to the Cross and accepting suffering of Thine own will, O Master Jesus, Thy Virgin Mother cried out; “Woe is me, O my sweet Child! How is it that Thou dost unjustly endure wounds, O Physician Who healest the infirmity of men and in Thy loving-kindness deliverest all from corruption?”
In their sufferings, O Christ, Thy martyrs received imperishable crowns from Thee, our God; for, possessed of Thy might, they cast down the tormenters and set at nought the feeble audacity of the demons. By their supplications save our souls.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.