Irmos: I have come unto the depths of the sea, and the tempest of my many sins hath engulfed me; but, as God, lead up my life from the abyss, O greatly Merciful One.
Kontakion, in Tone II: Spec. Mel.: “Seeking the highest…”—
Arius, who uttered blasphemy against the highest and belittled the Son and Word of God as a creature, hath been damned, anathematized by thee, O divinely wise one.
Theotokion: O Virgin Mother of God, we hymn thy birthgiving and undefiled purity, which transcend nature; for in thee did virginity and an incorrupt birthgiving wondrously meet.
The mindless, foolish and ungodly Macedonius, who rejected the Spirit of God, O father, hath been cast down by thy mighty opposition, O divinely manifest one.
The creeping serpent who spawned a horde of heresies is slain by thy vivifying words, O most blessed hierarch of God, most sacred and divinely eloquent one.
O Paul, who shone forth upon the earth like a star of heavenly splendor, thou dost now enlighten the universal Church for which thou didst suffer, laying down thy life. And like that of Zachariah and Abel thy blood crieth out to the Lord.
Ikos: Thou didst receive thy name from on high, and thy birth from the earth below, O Paul; and ripe as a comely garden, thou didst blossom forth like a garden in fasting, perfuming all with the sweet scent of the labor of thy manifold struggles, thy sweat, imprisonment, starvation, thirst and all thy tribulations. Therein thou didst successfully pass on, adorned with a wreath of victory, for thy blood crieth out to the Lord.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.