Irmos: The children in Babylon did not fear the flame of the furnace, but, cast into the midst of the fire, bedewed, they sang: Blessed art Thou, O Lord God of our fathers!
The multitude of the nations have thee as a divine seed illumined by the splendors and radiance of the Spirit; and it crieth aloud: Blessed art Thou, O Lord God of our fathers!
Theotokion: Thou wast holier than all the saints, O Virgin Mother, in that thou didst ineffably give birth to God; and hymning Him we cry out unceasingly: Blessed art Thou, O Lord God of our fathers!
Adorned with divinely given wisdom, thou didst destroy the wisdom of the world, O apostle, crying out with godly wisdom: Blessed art Thou, O Lord God of our fathers!
Thy sound hath gone forth into all the earth like thunder, O Apostle James, and thou didst proclaim the incarnate Word to all lands, preaching Him as is meet.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.