Irmos: Stretching forth his hands, Daniel shut the lions’ mouths in the pit; and the young lovers of piety, girded about with virtue, quenched the power of the fire, crying out: Bless the Lord, all ye works of the Lord!
Theotokion: The prophet beheld thee, O pure Virgin, as a manifest and noetic mountain; for from thee was cut the all-precious Stone, truly saving the whole world, which chanteth in godly manner: Bless the Lord, all ye works of the Lord!
Stretching forth Thy mighty hands, O Savior, Thou didst bless Thine apostles, ascending to Thine unoriginate Father; and Thou didst cause them to cry out with gladness, O Master: Bless the Lord, all ye works of the Lord!
As Thou didst truly promise to Thine apostles, O Master, Thou didst send the Spirit; and James, illumined with the splendor thereof, manifestly enlighteneth the whole world with lightning-flashes, O Master, and crieth out to Thee: Bless the Lord, all ye works of the Lord!
O wise James, thou didst have as thy Teacher the hypostatic Wisdom, Who hath taught thee ineffable and unutterable mysteries; and thou hast roused the people to cry out in piety: Bless the Lord, all ye works of the Lord!
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.