Irmos: O Christ my Savior, enlightenment of those who lie in darkness and salvation of the despairing: rising early unto Thee, O King of the world, may I be enlightened by Thy radiance, for I know none other God than Thee.
Of the Prophet
Theotokion: O only blessed one, thou didst ineffably give birth for us to the One visible in two Hypostases in two essences: God, the Word of God, Who became incarnate in His ineffable mercy. Him do thou entreat, that they who hymn thee may be kept safe.
The great Prophet Jonah was a prefigurement of Thy three-day burial in the rock-hewn tomb, O Christ the Word, whereby Thou hast saved those who cry out to Thee with faith and love: We know none other God that Thee!
Unable to ignore the Ninevites who lay in the pit of sin, O my Christ, taking pity, O Master, Thou didst send to them the Prophet Jonah as a herald manifestly announcing repentance.
Of the Venerable One
Illumined with a life of Christ-like beauty, O blessed Jonah, thou wast shown to all as an honorable man, for thou didst truly know how glorious are those who accomplish such virtue, in that thou wast shown to be a right acceptable priest of Christ.
Strengthened by divine power, O blessed one, thou didst mightily reject the love of the world, and rejoicing didst by the will of thy character come to the Master; and having preserved the Faith unadulterated, O divinely wise one, thou hast received a crown of glory.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.