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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode VIII

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: Stretching forth his hands, Daniel shut the lions’ mouths in the pit; and the young lovers of piety, girded about with virtue, quenched the power of the fire, crying out: Bless the Lord, all ye works of the Lord!

¶2

Now thou beholdest, not in reflections or indistinct images, but face to face, transcending all shadows, the ultimate of good things, crying out joyously to Him Who hath glorified thee: Bless the Lord, all ye works of the Lord!

¶3

Theotokion: As the Mother of the Creator of all, as the divine temple of the Almighty, as the ground unploughed which produced the uncultivated Grain, O Virgin Mother, preserve the faithful who cry: Bless the Lord, all ye works of the Lord!

¶4

O all-wise Antypas, the iniquitous consumed thee with fire as a lamb of the flock of Christ the Chief Shepherd, who tended well the sheep of God; and thou didst chant: Bless the Lord, all ye works of the Lord!

¶5

Thou didst set the feet of thy heart firmly upon the rock of the divine commandments, and the winds of cruel torments and the tempests of blandishments did not shake thee, O all-wise Antypas, who chanted: Bless the Lord, all ye works of the Lord!

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

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