Kontakion

Chosen by God from thy parents” loins, raised from infancy in the law of the Lord to be a perfect man, and having received the famed city of Moscow as thine inheritance by the providence of God, thou wast shown to be a faithful steward for thy pious people, O divinely blessed Daniel. And instructing them by thine example, and continually teaching them the commandments of the Lord, ever walking the path which leadeth to everlasting life, thou didst attain unto the kingdom of heaven, where, dwelling with the angelic choirs, thou chantest unto God: Alleluia!