Irmos: Wherefore hast Thou turned Thy face from me, O Light never-waning? And why hath a strange darkness covered me, wretch that I am? But turn me, and guide my steps to the light of Thy commandments, I pray.
Theotokion: God, the Word of God, Who from before time began is equally eternal with the Father, making His abode within thy womb in the richness of His compassion, impoverished Himself and appeared on earth as a man, becoming flesh, O most hymned Virgin Theotokos.
Called by God, the divinely blessed assembly struggled, and, strengthening and aiding one another fervently, the right victorious ones gloriously deigned to be slaughtered for Christ’s sake by the iniquitous.
Fortified by faith and enkindled by the zeal of piety, Thy favored ones, O Christ, were undaunted by the terror of the most iniquitous ones, and, chastely bound by Thy love, they committed themselves willingly.
Committing their whole life to the divine forethought and the inescapable judgments of God’s providence, with goodly boldness the divine assembly, the valiant ones, rushed at the all-iniquitous, vile and murderous Jews.
Trusting in Thee, and believing on Thy resurrection, O Savior, Thy most valiant martyrs were slain by the iniquitous for confessing Thee, neither protesting nor complaining.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.