At the aposticha, Glory…, in Tone II —

Let us praise Cyprian, the divinely radiant lamp, the converser with Paul and sharer of his labors; for he dwelleth with the angels, having received a crown of incorruption from the one God, and he prayeth that our souls be saved.

Now & ever…: Theotokion, or this stavrotheotokion: Spec. Mel.: “When from the Tree…” —

Troparion, in Tone IV —

When the unblemished ewe-lamb beheld her Lamb led of His own will as a man to the slaughter, she said, weeping: “Dost Thou now make haste to leave me childless who gave Thee birth, O Christ? What is this that Thou hast done, O Deliverer of all? Yet do I hymn and glorify Thine utter goodness, which passeth understanding and recounting, O Thou Who lovest mankind!”

Now & ever…: Theotokion, or this stavrotheotokion: Spec. Mel.: “O all-glorious wonder…” —

He who before was the fell champion of malice later became a true teacher of the Church; he who was a minister of the delusion of the idols was revealed as a faithful hierarch; and the fornicator is shown to be chaste of mind, for the sake of an honorable virgin. Through the prayers of them both, save us, O Lord!

As thou didst share in the ways of the apostles and didst occupy their throne, thou didst find thine activity to be a passage to divine vision, O divinely inspired one. Wherefore, ordering the word of truth, thou didst suffer for the Faith even to the shedding of thy blood, O hieromartyr Cyprian. Entreat Christ God, that our souls be saved.

“What is this sight which mine eyes behold, O Master? Lifted up on the Tree, Thou Who sustainest all creation diest, granting life unto all!” the Theotokos said, weeping, when she saw the God and man Who had shone forth ineffably from her suspended upon the Cross.