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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode VII

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: Once, in Babylon, the youths who had come forth from Judæa trod down the flame of the furnace with their faith in the Trinity, chanting: O God of our fathers, blessed art Thou!

¶2

Those who would deprive Christ of His two activities and wills deprived thee of thy see, O father, giving over to remote exile thee who criest: O God of our fathers, blessed art Thou!

¶3

Theotokion: He Who was ineffably born of thee in two wills and two activities, O all-immaculate one, saveth those who believe thus in Him and cry out: O God of our fathers, blessed art Thou!

¶4

Passing through long incarceration as a preserver of the unadulterated Faith, thou didst diminish the darkness of heresy and didst illumine the faithful to chant: O God of our fathers, blessed art Thou!

¶5

Trusting like a lion in thy strength, O father, thou didst boldly lay hold of the iniquitous Theodore, Cyrus, Sergius and Pyrrhus, separating them from the holy Churches of God, which are of like mind.

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

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