Irmos: O Thou Who wast born of the Virgin, drown Thou, I pray Thee, the three parts of my soul in the depths of dispassion, as of old Thou didst drown the mounted captains of Pharaoh; that, in the mortality of my body, as on a timbrel, I may chant a hymn of victory.
Theotokion: I hymn and glorify the virtues of the saints, yet cease not to do evil myself. Woe is me! Yet through the supplications of Thy Mother, O Master Christ, awaken me from the sleep of sloth, wretch that I am, unto the exercise of the virtues.
O Christ, Thou Sun of righteousness, illumine me this day with the light of the knowledge of Thee, that with heart and mouth I may hymn our beacons, Sergius and Herman, unto Thy glory, O Master.
Canon of the feast, with 6 troparia, including the irmos, the composition of John, in Tone II—
The holy ones said one to another: Let us shun the wide path, for it leadeth to destruction; let us flee sinful passions, for they lead down to hell; let us love the narrow way, that we may inherit everlasting life!
Irmos: Come, ye people, let us chant a hymn to Christ God, Who divided the sea and guided the people whom He had led forth from the bondage of Egypt, for He hath been glorified.
Watering the ground of your hearts with tears as with rain, and warming it with the fervor of your prayer as with the sun, ye brought forth fruits of virtue for the Husbandman of the vineyard, O Sergius and Herman.
Come, ye faithful, and, rejoicing with divine spirit, let us honor with hymns the Ever-virgin Maiden who today hath issued forth from a barren woman for the salvation of men.
Rejoice, O pure one, Mother and handmaid of Christ God, mediatress of our primal blessedness! All of us, the human race, glorify thee with hymns, as is meet.
Today is the bridge of life born, through which men have attained restoration after their fall into hades, glorifying Christ, the Bestower of life, with hymns.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.