St Sabbas stichera: O venerable Sabbas, having trained upon earth in the school fasting, thou didst blunt all the assaults of the passions with the flowing of thy tears. O divine and honored ladder which leadest to heaven, thy God-pleasing life hath been made known unto all, for having shown forth the fruits of piety, therein thou dost heal thereby the weaknesses of the passions, of them that faithfully cry out to thee: Rejoice O most golden star of the East, radiant lamp of monastics, our pastor. Rejoice O ever-lauded one. Thou exceeding good nourishment of the desert, and unshaken confirmation of the church. Rejoice O great guide of them that stray. Rejoice O our boast thou radiant joy of the whole world.

St Sabbas stichera: Let us honor Sabbas an angel on earth, a man of God in the heavens. The good adornment of the world, the delight of the good. The boast of the virtues of fasting. For planted in the house of God, he flourished righteously like a cedar in the desert. And he increased Christ’s flock of rational sheep, in holiness and righteousness.

God, Who alone resteth in His saints, acquiring thy sanctified soul as a pure dwelling place, made His abode there-in and filled it with graces divine. Whereby thou dost lead to the Light them that hymn thee, O blessed and sanctified Sabbas.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

St Sabbas stichera: Receiving a desire for good things which passeth understanding, thou didst disdain all the beautiful things in the world, O thou that art pleasing unto God. For thus thou wast not entrapped by the fruit of Adam, and having repulsed the serpent by abstinence, thou didst live an angelic life and now dost dwell in the heavens. Nurtured by the Tree of Life, entreating God in behalf of us that faithfully celebrate thy memory, O sanctified Sabbas.

Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Stichera: O new wonder, greater than all the wonders of the past, for who hath ever known a mother to give birth without having known a man, and to bear on her arm Him Who sustaineth all creation. Yet it was the will of God to be born, O all-pure one who bore Him in thine arms as an infant, and hast maternal boldness before Him, cease not to pray in behalf of those who honor thee, that He have compassion and save our souls.