“Born of the Virgin, O Lord who existed before time, and coming down as an Infant in Your goodness, You accepted the choir of holy innocents as an offering.
Their pure souls, radiant in the blood of martyrdom, are most worthy of the light.
For shaming forever the wickedness of Herod and his foolish cruelty, You established them in the dwellings of eternal life.”
Third Sticheron of Vespers for the commemoration of the Holy Innocents