Orthodox Study
Isaac Lambertsen

Ode VIII

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

Rights-risk acceptedServed

¶1

Irmos: Trampling down the fire and flame in the furnace, the divinely eloquent youths did chant: Bless the Lord, O ye works of the Lord!

¶2

Oppressed by affliction and cruel exile, and by multifarious tortures, O father, as a martyr thou hast received the crown of martyrdom.

¶3

Theotokion: O Mother of God, who art more holy than the armies of heaven and art more exalted than the cherubim, exalt me above the passions of the flesh.

¶4

Persecuted, thou wast vouchsafed the blessedness of the elect of God, O Martin, and, driving unrighteous heresy from the midst of the Church, thou wast the friend of righteousness.

¶5

Adorning the divine see of Peter and having preserved the Church unshaken upon his rock, O Martin, with him thou hast been glorified.

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

Ask about this

Opens in Study with this context for you to review. Answers require sign-in and access.

In the margin · source text