Irmos: O Thou Who wast born of the Virgin, drown Thou, I pray Thee, the three parts of my soul in the depths of dispassion, as of old Thou didst drown the mounted captains of Pharaoh; that, in the mortality of my body, as on a timbrel, I may chant a hymn of victory.
Hymning the struggles of the holy hierarch Joasaph, let us purify the thoughts of our mind, O brethren, moving him to prayer for the forgiveness of our sins and gifts of grace-filled compunction.
Theotokion: Let us hymn the holy mountain, the exalted chariot, the Mother of God who remained a true virgin after giving birth.
Thy parents, having diligently striven to instill in thee piety from thine infancy, O favored one of Christ, in thee acquired the worthy reward of their labors; for from thy childhood thou wast a joy to them in thy pious demeanor.
Thy father emulated the righteous Anna, O holy hierarch; for she saw her daughter led into the Holy of Holies, and he was vouchsafed in a vision to behold thee crowned with hierarchal glory by the all-holy Theotokos.
I weep for myself, wretch that I am, having enslaved myself to the passions from my youth. Have mercy on me in thine intercession, O holy hierarch, who enslaved the passions to thy soul from thy youth and served God alone until thy death.
For September 4th:
Tracing an upright line with his staff...
For December 10th:
Christ is born, give ye glory...
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.