Irmos: Send down upon us Thine enlightenment, O Lord, and free us from the gloom of transgressions, O Good One, granting us Thy peace.
Thou didst manifestly behold the sign of the Cross shining with light, destroying the night of idolatry, and making the faithful children of the light.
Theotokion: The virgins, sensing the sweet fragrance of the myrrh of the Word Who shone forth from thee, O pure Virgin, rejoicing, pleased Him well with the struggles of martyrdom.
The newly-baptized people, illumined by the light of God, cried out with thee, O Michael: O Christ God, grant that we may behold Thee alone, the Word of God, Who dost rescue us from the darkness of the madness of idolatry!
Irmos: With Thy divine light illumine the souls of those who with love rise at dawn unto Thee, O Good One, that they may know Thee, O Word of God, to be the true God Who calleth all forth from the darkness of sin.
In a pit most deep Christ God saved thee who wast long enclosed with wild beasts, yet desired to illumine the mindless ones with the light of the divine Word.
Theotokion: We are all adorned by thy beauty, O Mary Bride of God, for thou art truly beauteous. And desiring thy beauty, the Most High united Himself to thy flesh: God became man, for thy sake deifying us who had fallen into corruption, O pure Virgin.
When Joshua son of Nun bore the ark around the walls of Jericho, they tumbled down; and when thou camest forth with the Cross, O holy hierarch, the idols likewise fell. And the people glorified Thee, the Word of God, O Christ, who dost rescue men from the darkness of unbelief.
Having struggled in martyrdom, thou wast crowned as a victor; and anointed with the oil of the high priesthood, thou didst anoint the people, delivering them from fœtid falsehood, O Gregory.
Clothed by thee through the font of baptism, the city of Kiev is adorned even to this day, O holy hierarch; and it beareth upon its shoulders the precious Gospel of Christ, as it were coins of gold. And we, kissing it, glorify the Word of God Who doth rescue us from the darkness of sin.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.