Irmos: We have sinned, we have sinned, we have acted untruthfully before You, we have been inferior to the observant, inferior to those who have done as You commanded us: but do not betray us to the end, O God of the fathers.
Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me.
Godlessly, having ruined all the commandments in a bad way and having done nothing good, I plunged myself into the abyss of sin and passionate hell, and I appeal to Your Mercy, do not betray my soul to a demon, O Fathers God.
Glory: I did not fulfill Nikiya’s virtues, naked of Thy grace appeared, the most wretched one, bearing the seal of Cain on myself and crying out from the depths of humility: do not leave me to perish to the end, God of the fathers.
And now: Heavenly Ladder, who gave birth to God in the flesh, now bring down God’s grace to us, create joy for us as partakers, for Your mercy is greater than all our spiritual barrenness.