Reading from the Synaxarion:
Saint Cosmas was from the Holy City, Jerusalem, and was a contemporary
and peer of Saint John of Damascus (Dec. 4), with whom also he was
reared when, because of his orphanhood he was adopted by Sergius, Saint
John's father, and with whom he had the same instructor. About the year
743, he was elected Bishop of Maiuma, a coastal city of Palestine,
aforetime under the jurisdiction of Gaza, with the name Port Gaza. During
the reign of Saint Constantine the Great, it became a separate
township and at that time was renamed Constantia, after Constantine, the
son of the Emperor (see Sozomen, Eccl. Hist., V:3). Cosmas became an
excellent hymnographer, from whence he is called "the Composer and
Melodist," Among his many compositions are the Canon of the Cross (Sept. 14)
and the Canon for the Nativity of Christ, "Christ is born, give ye
glory."
Apolytikion in the Plagal of the Fourth Tone
You are a guide of Orthodoxy, a teacher of piety and modesty, a
luminary of the world, the God inspired pride of monastics. O wise Cosmas,
you have enlightened everyone by your teachings. You are the harp of
the Spirit. Intercede to Christ our God for the salvation of our
souls.
Kontakion in the Plagal of the Fourth Tone
Adorned with virtues, O blest Cosmas, and inspired of God, thou didst
become a fair adornment of the Church of Christ, and with sacred songs,
O Father, didst thou adorn her. Intercede thou with the Lord that
He deliver us out of all the devices of the enemy, for we cry to
thee: Rejoice, O thrice-blessed Father.
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