Canon of the feast, with 6 troparia, including the irmos; and that of the greatmartyr, with 6 troparia.
After the first chanting of the Psalter, this sessional hymn, in Tone III: Spec. Mel.: “Awed by the beauty of thy virginity…”—
Thou didst will to suffer death and the Cross, fixing it in the midst of creation; when it was Thy good pleasure that Thy body be nailed, the sun hid its rays. Beholding these things, the thief on the cross hymned thee, crying out: Remember me, O Lord! And, believing, he received paradise.
At “God is the Lord…”, the troparion of the feast, twice; Glory…, that of the greatmartyr; Now & ever…, that of the feast, once.
After the second chanting of the Psalter, this sessional hymn, in Tone VI: Spec. Mel.: “The hope of the world…”—
Glory…, Now & ever…: The foregoing is repeated.
Lifted up on the tree of the Cross in thy great mercy, and pierced in the side by a spear, O Savior, Thou didst rend asunder the grievous record of men’s sins, in that Thou art God Almighty. Wherefore, we piously hymn Thine ineffable dispensation, O Word.
Glory…, Now & ever…: The foregoing is repeated.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.