Irmos: O Thou Who lovest mankind, accept me, who am held fast by many sins, and who fall down before Thy compassion; and save me, as Thou didst the prophet, O Lord.
Kontakion, in Tone II—
Constrained am I by love to praise your council, O God-bearing fathers; for ye have been praised by God and man, in that ye spurned the glory of this world in this life, that ye might fulfill the commandments of Christ.
What tongue can describe the glory which ye acquired by your manifold labors and perfected by grace, O venerable ones, and the signs which reveal your wondrous benefactions and healings? Wherefore disdain us not who are weak, that we may fulfill the commandments of Christ.
O most wondrous Agapetus, who bestowest abundant miracles, and ye, O venerable Helladius and Abramius: as ye have great boldness before the Master of all, disdain not your servants, but pray ye, that we be delivered from the assaults of the enemy and ever do the will of God.
O John great in love, who showed forth love for thy brother even after death by the movement of thy body, and thou, O Theophilus, who washed away defilement with tears of glorification: inseparable now as ye were then, pray ye together to God, that we may have true love for Him and unfeigned love for our neighbor.
O Damian, who with the wonder-worker Sabbas didst heal bodily sufferings by prayers and oil, disdain us not who are afflicted with sufferings of soul, but with the curative gift of your supplications heal the wounds of our hearts, that we may offer up prayers pleasing to God.
O obedient Nectarius, with Sergius who shared your character: as ye placed your souls beneath the yoke of obedience to Christ, through your supplication bend our stubbornness beneath the yoke of Jesus Who was obedient, that we may diligently fulfill His commandments.
Glory…: Mercurius the pastor, the glory of the city of Smolensk, who tended well the sheep of the Shepherd of shepherds, burned in spirit to be inseparable from the choir of the venerable fathers of the Caves; wherefore, after his death he arrived miraculously on a raft. He resteth bodily in the holy cave, but in soul he rejoiceth with the venerable ones in everlasting glory.
Now & ever…: Having gained no access to the habitation of the venerable by my works, I flee to thee, O Mistress Theotokos, for thou art the portal of heaven and the ladder which the prophet beheld. Wherefore, by thy grace grant me ascent in my heart, and open unto me the gates of thy mercy.
Come, ye people, and spiritually beholding with noetic eyes the choir of ascetics assembled, let us honor them with praises, and bowing down before their relics let us offer them gifts of love; for they are our mediators before God, the intercessors for our souls.
Ikos: Who alone can praise Thy saints, O Good One? I reckon that they have multiplied more than the sands of the shore. But do Thou, O Master Christ, Who countest the multitude of the stars, and callest them all by their names, accept the supplications of all of them in our behalf, and show forth Thy compassions upon Thy people. For we know that they have great boldness before Thy majesty, and they mediate before Thee, for they ever pray for our souls.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.