Irmos: The Lord Who was glorified on the holy mountain, and by the fire in the bush revealed to Moses the mystery of the Ever-virgin, hymn ye and exalt Him supremely for all ages!
O God-bearing fathers, ye have spread forth rays of grace and illumined the whole land of Russia with miracles; wherefore, we hymn the Lord Who revealed you as great luminaries on the holy mount of the Caves, and we exalt Him supremely forever.
It is not the great and stormy sea, but the holy cave which revealeth your relics like precious pearls, O favored ones of God; and with outpourings of miracles ye enrich all who have recourse to you with faith and with praises exalt the Lord supremely forever.
Matthew, the foreseer of things to come, and John who shineth more brightly than all others in great suffering, with Moses, the mirror of purity, by miracles are revealed, like precious stones hidden in the cave, to those who approach them with faith and with praises exalt the Lord supremely forever.
Let Ephraim the eunuch, the wise turtledove who brought the olive-branch of the Studite typicon to the holy monastery, and Arethas who is adorned with the ways of the elders, be glorified with the clairvoyant Jeremiah: for they have taught all to glorify the Lord forever.
Mark the grave-digger hath been shown to be a model for the industrious, a guide for the penitent, and a resurrecter of the dead; for they listened to his words with fear, as they were the roaring of a lion; and his voice now terrifieth the demons, for he liveth with the Lord forever.
Gregory, not of Cæsaria, but from the Lavra of the Caves, hath been shown to be a wonder-worker, who by his prayers held fast and immovable the thieves whom he caught stealing his vegetables, and who was slain by being drowned in the river, now rejoiceth with the venerable Sergius in the water of peace, hymning the Lord forever.
We bless the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, the Lord.
Glory to Erasmus, who adorned the church of the Caves with icons, and to Onesimus, the namesake of goodly profit, to whose company we add the wondrous Matthew, who possessed the gift of prophecy. In these three is the name of the Trinity glorified for all ages.
Now & ever…: Whoso desireth not to glorify thee forever, O pure Virgin, is the enemy of his own salvation; for thy glory is spread forth upon all who glorify thee, unto their salvation, O Mary Bride of God.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.