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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode VII

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: The children of Abraham in the Persian furnace, afire with love of piety more than with the flame, cried out: Blessed art Thou in the temple of Thy glory, O Lord!

¶2

Emulating the three young children, O wise Antypas, thou didst stand in the midst of a cruelly heated brazen vessel as they did in the midst of a furnace, crying: Blessed art Thou in the temple of Thy glory, O Lord!

¶3

Theotokion: The Word, Who with the Father is unoriginate, was truly incarnate of thy virginal blood, O Maiden, setting aright our broken state. Blessed art thou among women, O all-immaculate Mistress!

¶4

That thou mightest be shown to be a partaker of the Light, enlightened by God thou didst pass through the darkness of the evil demons, crying: Blessed art Thou, O God my Lord!

¶5

Through the activity of the Spirit, O martyr Antypas, thou dost assuage the divers sufferings of men, emulating the sufferings of Christ, and crying: Blessed art Thou, O God my Lord!

Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.

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