Irmos: Traversing the deep on foot, as though it were dry land, and seeing the tyrant Pharaoh drowned, Israel cried aloud: Let us chant unto God a hymn of victory!
Katavasia: I will open my mouth…
O James, disciple of Christ and seer of God, grant thy hand unto me who have striven to praise thine honored feast, and by thy supplications shine forth light upon my heart.
Theotokion: The Lord Who stretched out the sky and founded the earth hath revealed thee to us as an earthly heaven, O all-pure Virgin, issuing forth from thee in the flesh.
Watered with streams of divine wisdom, thou didst flow forth from the paradise of sweetness like a river, and of a truth hast manifestly irrigated the face of the earth with torrents of piety.
Thou hast been numbered among the most sacred choir of the disciples of Christ, O James, fulfilling the number twelve. Standing with them before the Master, be thou mindful of us.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.