Irmos: “Now I shall arise, now I shall be glorified, now I shall be exalted, elevating fallen human nature, which I received from the Virgin, to the noetic light of My divinity!” said God through the prophet.
No one setteth a lighted lamp under a bushel, but rather placeth it upon a lamp-stand, that it might shed light upon all. Wherefore, at the word of the preëminent apostle, the Lord Who loveth mankind raiseth thee up now, O blessed Tabitha, full of the oil of mercy and shining with the light of Christ. Entreat thou the Savior, the Bestower of life, that He enlighten our souls.
Theotokion: Thee do we magnify, O Virgin Theotokos! Thou art a noetic lamp revealing to the world the unapproachable Light, whereby we all are illumined in the font of baptism, even though we have been benighted by transgressions. Beseech Him Who received flesh of thee, that He illumine our souls.
Irmos: The ungodly perceive not Thy glory, O Christ; but, waking at dawn out of the night, we hymn Thee, O Only-begotten One Who lovest mankind, Thou effulgence of the glory of the Father’s divinity.
He Who hath the authority to judge the living and the dead sendeth His disciples to resurrect the dead, unto the confirmation of the glad tidings of the Gospel. Wherefore, Tabitha also is roused from the sleep of death, and we fall down before her, crying aloud: Entreat Him Who arose for our sake, that He enlighten our souls.
Theotokion: On earth thou gavest birth to the Son and Truth Who is consubstantial with the Father and the divine Spirit, O Theotokos. Him do thou unceasingly entreat, that He have compassion on our souls.
With fitting hymnody let us all praise her whom the first-enthroned among the apostles raised from the grave. O blessed Tabitha, thou chosen vessel of the mercy of God, beseech the Kind-hearted One Who loveth mankind, that He illumine our souls.
Ye showed yourselves to be followers of the all-wise dogmas of Paul, the divine hierarch, O martyrs; and emulating his ways, ye suffered patiently and have been lawfully crowned.
Like stars ye shine forth radiantly at the summit of the honored Church, driving away the most profound darkness of the heresy of Arius, O most valiant martyrs.
Withdrawing from the beauties of life, O holy ones, ye drew nigh unto Christ, and by shedding but a little blood ye have inherited an immovable kingdom, O glorious athletes.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.