Irmos: O ye people, let us send up a hymn unto our wondrous God, Who freed Israel from bondage, singing and crying out a hymn of victory unto Thee Who alone art Master.
Theotokion: With hymns, O ye faithful, let us praise the all-holy Mary, the joyous Mother of God, the calm haven, the intercessor for all the faithful.
O martyr Arethas, most blessed athlete of God, illumine my mind by thy supplications and those of the martyrs who suffered with thee, that I may hymn your radiant and divine memory.
Having manifestly acquired a life in the heavens above, O divinely blessed one, by emulating Christ, with a desire for martyrdom thou didst give thyself over to the iniquitous Jews, O divinely wise one.
The all-iniquitous and most unrighteous Jews, violating the word of God, destroyed the divinely elect flock of Christ, who accepted condemnation with upright and divine resolve.
Having unwaveringly trodden the path which leadeth to heaven, O most lauded Arethas, thou didst lead to Christ a company of martyrs assembled of every age and class.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.