Irmos: I pour forth my prayer unto the Lord, and to Him do I declare my grief; for my soul is full of evil and my life hath drawn nigh unto hell, and like Jonah I pray: Lead me up from corruption, O God!
Kontakion, in Tone IV—
Theotokion: O most hymned Mother who gavest birth to the Redemption of the whole world from the curse of the law, accepting now our entreaties, pray thou, that we all be saved.
Great sorrow oppresseth me, for grievously have I mired my soul with sins and sullied the garment of incorruption. But do thou, O holy one, instruct me how to entreat the Lord, that He cleanse me of the corruption of my passions.
Strengthened by divine understanding, thou didst denounce as mindless those who denied the true Faith of Christ. Wherefore, the gates of heaven have been opened unto thee, O blessed one, and thou dost hymn Christ for all ages.
Standing before the Trinity, purified by the Holy Spirit, thou art full of heavenly sweetness and all-radiant joy. By thy supplications do thou prevent us, who are in darkness and shadow, from drawing nigh unto hades.
By thy life, O Athanasius, thou didst show thyself to be an ornament of the monastic life and the adornment of martyrs; and thou didst shine forth like an all-radiant sun upon the Orthodox people. Wherefore, Christ hath enriched thee with the gift of miracles, that, honoring thine all-splendid memory, we may cry out to thee: In thy supplications be thou mindful of thy flock, O venerable one!
Ikos: Shaken by the false doctrines and the insidious machinations of its enemies, the Orthodox Church is beset as by waves of many waters. Yet with thee, O venerable martyr, we believe and trust that the gates of hell shall not prevail against it, and we entreat thee: Ask great mercy of the Lord, that in the day of our tribulations He send down upon us strength of spirit and a firm standing in the truth of Orthodoxy, that not one of our brethren be shown to be a child of perdition.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.