Irmos: Prefiguring Thy three-day burial, the Prophet Jonah, praying within the sea monster, cried out: Deliver me from corruption, O Jesus, King of hosts!
Kontakion, in Tone II: Spec. Mel.: “The steadfast…”—
By the power of thy words were the temples of the idols destroyed, the fragile graven images of the demons cast down, and the hearts of the faithful made steadfast with divine love.
Theotokion: When Rhipsimia recognized the Crucified One Who had become incarnate of thee, O Theotokos, she was crucified with Him, offering herself as a lamb to a shepherd, as an unblemished sacrifice to God.
Like Moses thou didst cut through the fœtid sea of the madness of idolatry with the staff of the Cross, O hierarch Michael; and cleansing the people with the water of the vision of God, thou hast led into harbor those who chant: Glory to Thee, O greatly merciful Christ!
Irmos: Beholding the sea of life surging with the tempest of temptations, fleeing to Thy calm haven I cry unto Thee: Lead up my life from corruption, O greatly Merciful One!
Kontakion, in tone II—
To the Lord didst thou lead like a lamb Tiridates, who was bound like a wild boar, and before was like a ravening wolf, but now is saved through the great bounty of God’s compassion.
Theotokion: Tame thou the passions which rage within me, and impose upon me the yoke of humility, O Theotokos, that I may labor the rest of my days therein and find mercy on the day of judgment.
The land of Russia, which of old had gone astray and was not established in the Faith, hath now come to the vision of God, guided by thee, O hierarch Michael; and having received the ring of adoption, it rejoiceth, crying aloud: Glory to Thee, O my greatly merciful Christ!
By thy true teachings thou didst show the divine path to the lost, O hierarch Gregory, acting as a shepherd, emulating the true Shepherd.
Having subdued in the Russian land the people who raged in their unbelief and imposed upon them the yoke of obedience to the Church, O Michael, thou didst bring many laborers to the vineyard of the heavenly Master. Make us also wise husbandmen, O holy one, for we offer thee praise this day.
O ye faithful, in songs and hymns let us all praise today the right glorious hierarch Gregory as an athlete, a vigilant shepherd and teacher, a universal luminary and champion; for he prayeth to Christ, that we be saved.
Thou wast shown to be a second Moses for Russia, O father, bearing the noetic grapes from the Egypt of idolatry to the land foreseen by prophecy, which said: The Faith will be established in this land, and on the peaks of the mountains of Kiev will the Fruit which nourisheth the whole world be exalted higher than Lebanon! And tasting thereof, we bless thee, O Michael, thou hierarch of God.
Ikos: In hymns let us praise this divine luminary, great among athletes, the faithful pastor and teacher of Armenia, and let us crown his head with divine hymnody; for he hath destroyed the darkness of the ungodliness of the idols, and with them hath deadened all the activity of the demons. Wherefore, having borne labors with mighty mind and grace, he now prayeth to Christ, that we be saved.
Ikos: Having brought the scattered people together into one understanding of the vision of God, and washed away by baptism the old blindness of the Russian land, thou didst illumine it by the Cross. And having taught it to glorify the all-holy Trinity—the Father, the Son and the all-holy Spirit,—thou didst make it the reason-endowed flock of Christ God, and standing with faith before Him to this day, it crieth out: Deliver from every evil circumstance the city and people who bless thee, O Michael, thou hierarch of God!
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.