Irmos: Madly did the Chaldæan tyrant heat the furnace sevenfold for the pious ones; but, beholding them saved by a higher Power, he cried out to the Creator and Deliverer: Ye children, bless; ye priests, hymn; ye people, exalt Him supremely for all ages!
With streams of tears didst thou water thy sacred soul, O blessed one, and didst show it forth as fertile, chanting: All ye works, bless the Lord and exalt Him supremely forever!
Theotokion: A new Adam hath been born in place of the first Adam — thy Son, O Virgin. And thou, O all-pure Mother, standest in the place of Eve. Instead of Eden, of which our forefather was deprived, heaven hath been opened; and instead of the grief of our first mother joy was announced to thee, O Theotokos.
Who will not offer praise to Nicodemus, the venerable martyr who beareth a staff in his hand, and to the valiant Nicholas, the offspring of Cappadocia, who suffered for Christ in Smyrna, and to the other Nicholas, from the village of Metsovon?
Irmos: Becoming vanquishers of the tyrant and the flame by Thy grace, taking exceeding care to keep Thy commandments, the children cried out: Bless the Lord, all ye works of the Lord!
The Tishbite of old dried up the showers of rain with drought; but thou, O most blessed one, didst call down a downpour of rain for the growth of crops, chanting: All ye works, bless the Lord and exalt Him supremely forever!
Theotokion: O Virgin, thou art shown to be a daughter of fallen Adam and the Mother of God, Who hath renewed my being. Him do all we works hymn as Lord and exalt supremely for all ages.
Let Nicholas of Karpenesia be praised, who suffered in Byzantium, and with him Nicholas the scion of Byzantidas; and let Nicholas, the great boast of Chios, be justly crowned, for he hailed therefrom and suffered there.
The inglorious disciples of Origen, the trifler and recounter of fables, didst thou denounce by thy mighty struggles, chanting: Bless ye the Lord in Orthodox manner, and exalt Him supremely forever!
I magnify Parthenius of Constantinople, the comely scion of Mytilene, and with him I honor the former apostate Paul the Russian with sacred hymns; and I hymn the venerable Pachomius, and the godly Panaghiotes of Cæsaria.
Trinitarian: O father, thou didst piously teach the one Essence of the Trinity in three Suns as a single ray and radiance, saying: Bless ye the Lord in Orthodox manner, and exalt Him supremely forever!
Blessing the choir of the new passion-bearers of the Lord, O ye assembly of those who love the martyrs, let us cry out to them: Pray ye, that we may be delivered from all tribulation and condemnation, who cry: Hymn the Lord, O ye works, and exalt Him supremely forever!
Following in the footsteps of the ancient martyrs, ye struggled steadfastly for the Faith in these present times, O right victorious ones, and move all to cry out to Him Who strengthened you: Hymn the Lord, O ye works, and exalt Him supremely forever!
Looking down from above upon those who celebrate your memory, O glorious crown-bearers, mediate with the Most High Bestower of gifts, that He grant temporal and everlasting good things unto us who cry: Hymn the Lord, O ye works, and exalt Him supremely forever!
When yours heads were cut off, O most honored new martyrs, ye were united more closely to the Head of the Church, Christ alone, the Bestower of life, crying out to Him, and to the Father and the Spirit: Hymn the Lord, ye works, and exalt Him supremely forever!
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.