Exapostilarion: Spec. Mel.: “To the disciples…”—
Irmos: Eve, through weakness, abode under the curse of disobedience; but thou, O Virgin Theotokos, hast put forth blessing for the world through the Offspring of thy child-bearing. Wherefore, we all magnify thee.
Strengthened by the power of Christ, thou didst endure the pangs of tortures, and didst break the fangs of the demons and demolish the temples of the idols; and thou hast illumined men who were in ignorance, O most honored hieromartyr.
Theotokion: Illumined with the light of the countenance of Him Who shone forth from thee, O Ever-virgin, in her flesh Rhipsimia emulated His sufferings and death with unbounded love. Wherefore, she now rejoiceth with thee, O Mistress.
Like a palm-tree didst thou flourish in the house of God, O father, and thou didst show forth the incorruption of thy relics like fruit unto all; wherefore, we the people, understanding from this that thou standest before Christ, magnify thee with hymns.
Exapostilarion—
Irmos: It is not possible for men to behold God, upon Whom the ranks of angels dare not gaze; but through thee, O most pure one, hath the Word appeared incarnate unto men; and magnifying Him with the armies of heaven, we call thee blessed.
Like the dawn hath thy memorial shone forth upon us, bearing the radiance of grace; for thou wast shown to be a receptacle of divine Light, and hast ascended to the never-waning Light, O richly illumined with divine effulgence, O venerable one.
Theotokion: All creation hymneth thee, O Virgin, as her who passed through all the gates of heaven and standeth at the right hand of the fiery throne. Vouchsafe that we also may stand at the right hand of thy Son, for with hymns do we magnify thee and Him Who was born of thee.
Like a fragrant cedar dost thou spread thy perfume, O holy hierarch, and delightest those who bow down before thee. Fill us also with the sweet savor of thy prayers, for we magnify thy memory with hymns.
Thou hast been shown to be a converser with the prophets, and dweller with the martyrs and the apostles, the hierarchs and the venerable, and a peer of the angels. With them, O father, entreat Him Who loveth mankind, in behalf of us who honor thee.
Glory…, Now & ever…:Theotokion—
We magnify the choir of the holy hierarchs of Russia and the council of those who love the feasts of the Church. Haste ye together to the holy cave, ye pastors of the Chief Shepherd! Ye people, with us honor your father with hymns! For today we magnify his memory.
The honorable women were valiant, rectifying the fall of Eve, and they endured threefold waves of tortures; and him who boasted exceedingly against the heights of heaven they crushed beneath their most beautiful feet. We bless them as is meet.
Now & ever…: Theotokion—
Thou standest before the King of all, O holy hierarch Michael, and thy head is crowned with blessing by the right hand of the Most High. Stretch forth thy hand and bless us as ones approaching for thy priestly blessing; for thou art not dead, but livest forever. And the whole Church of Russia praiseth thy memory with hymns, and with her we also give thee glory.
Let us praise the glorious Gregory, who was long enclosed in a pit with fierce beasts, who transformed the tyrant Tiridates into a wild boar, and proclaimed the word of enlightenment to all the land.
O thou who art Queen, the Mother of the King of the ages, show forth those who hymn thee to reign over the passions; for, lo! we bring before thee in supplication the wondrous Michael, thy holy hierarch, bowing down in whose memory we magnify thee.
O Theotokos who art more honorable than all other creatures and who gavest birth to Christ, entreat Him, that this, thy little flock, be preserved unharmed by all the assaults of the adversary.
Great Doxology. Troparion. Dismissal. First Hour
On the praises, 4 stichera, in Tone I: Spec Mel.: “Joy of the ranks of heaven…”—
Today renowned Kiev, the mother of cities, doth celebrate thy memory, O holy hierarch, and the people of Russia honor with praises thy passing over into life everlasting. For thou hast departed unto the heavens, yet art not absent, watching over mortals as a faithful mediator and advocate for our souls. Twice
Beginning the first ascent of the new year, we offer the firstfruits of hymnody unto thee, as to the first hierarch of the Russian land, O blessed one; wherefore, accept them as an honored gift, and bestow thy blessing upon us, for thou art ever the advocate for our souls.
Delighting in the desire for the love of Christ, thou didst furnish thyself with noetic wings, soaring aloft from that which is below unto that which is above. The gates of paradise are thrown open, and entering therein thou dost delight in the vision of God. With the sweetness thereof gladden the souls of those who hymn thy memory, O hierarch Michael.
Glory…, in Tone II—
Receiving spiritual anointing from the heavens, O all-blessed Michael, thou wast like a fruitful olive-tree in the house of God. And delighting Vladimir, great among princes, with thy fruits, he received thee with love into the governance of the Russian land. And having cleansed it of idolatry, thou didst lead it to the knowledge of God. Wherefore, celebrating thy memory as is meet, and falling down before thee, we pray: Ask of Christ God prosperity for thy flock and forgiveness and great mercy for all.
Save thy servants from misfortunes, O Virgin Theotokos, for after God it is to thee that we flee, as to an impregnable rampart and protection.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.