Irmos: Thou art my strength, O Lord, Thou art my power; Thou art my God, Thou art my joy, Who, without leaving the bosom of the Father, hast visited our lowliness. Wherefore, with the Prophet Habbakuk I cry unto Thee: Glory to Thy power, O Thou Who lovest mankind!
The sun shuddered at thine abstinence and strength, and was in no wise able to see thee angry through many years, O venerable one, who didst not take food by day, but right mightily kept vigil, chanting: Glory to Thy power, O Thou Who lovest mankind!
Theotokion: In that thou hast great and unfathomable boldness before the all-holy Trinity which surpasseth that of all the saints, O Mistress, pray for us, thy servants who glorify thee with reverence, that we be delivered from all grievous circumstances.
Rejoicing, the hieromartyr Damascene struggled for Christ, and like a rose the new Demetrius, the adornment of Philadelphia, blossomed forth; and with them Demetrius Demos the journeyman, who suffered in Smyrna and hath wrought many miracles.
Irmos: Thou art my strength, O Lord, Thou art my power; Thou art my God, Thou art my joy, Who, without leaving the bosom of the Father, hast visited our lowliness. Wherefore, with the Prophet Habbakuk I cry unto Thee: Glory to Thy power, O Thou Who lovest mankind!
Taught by the knowledge of wise men through the new laws and the old covenant, O wise one, acquiring the aspect of every virtue, emulating the behavior of a wise bee, and becoming a chosen vessel, thou didst cry out: Glory to Thy power, O Thou Who lovest mankind!
Theotokion: O unwedded one, thou art the boast of the faithful! Thou art our intercessor! Thou art the refuge, rampart and haven of Christians, for thou dost bear entreaty to thy Son, O all-immaculate one, and dost save from misfortunes those who with faith and love glorify thee as the pure Theotokos.
Damascene, Damian and the godly Dionysius have been vouchsafed martyrs’ crowns, and Doukas of Lesbos hath been glorified in his endurance, receiving trophies of victory with the martyr Demetrius of Byzantium.
O Christ God, Thou art a wealth of sweetness, the glory and joy of the venerable. Therefore, Cyriacus, loving Thee, reckoned all consolations in the world but dung. Wherefore, in impassible deserts he lovingly delighted in Thy beauty.
With hymns I honor Euthymius who was nurtured on Athos, Zachariah, archpastor of Corinth, and Zosimas of Iveron, and with them I glorify the other Zachariah, from Arta, and Elijah Ardounes: the glorious new martyrs of Christ.
I know the waters of Marah most sweet of the prophet of old; and thou, O Cyriacus, who transformed the bitter poison of grasses into sweet food, dost manifestly show boldness before the Lord, Who doth truly glorify His servants with power divine.
A cedar firm and unshaken despite the winds of torture was the new Theodore, the adornment of Byzantium, shown to be, and with him the other Theodore, of Lesbos, Theophanes, the boast of monastics, and Theophilus of Chios.
As a disciple and emulator of Christ the Master, O father, thou didst heal the lunatic son of the slave with prayer, having received the grace to drive away infirmities and to cast down hordes of demons with the sign of the divine Cross.
That ye might obtain everlasting life and the glory of the early martyrs, ye considered transitory life and glory to be as nought, O right victorious ones, and, burning with love for Christ, for His sake ye steadfastly endured all manner of torments.
Dragged to the slaughter, the passion-bearers cried out to the Moslems: “We have confessed Christ God to you and have denounced your falsehood! For what iniquity do ye desire to slay us? Yet shall ye behold us resplendent in the glory of heaven!”
Full of spiritual waters, O glorious martyrs, ye have been shown to be rivers of living water by the hand of the life-creating Trinity, from Whom send ye down upon those who hymn you peace, health and salvation.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.