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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode I

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: Bringing battles to nought with His upraised arm, Christ hath overthrown horse and rider in the Red Sea, and hath saved Israel, who chanteth a hymn of victory.

¶2

Theotokion: Thou bearest in thine arms Him Who holdeth all things, O Virgin, and thou feedest with milk, as if He were an infant, the Giver of milk. Wherefore, beseech Him that He take pity upon all thy people who hymn thee with faith.

¶3

Canon of the hieromartyr, the acrostic whereof is: “With hymnody I crown thee, the blessed Symeon”, the composition of Joseph, in Tone V—

¶4

Arrayed in a crown of incorruption, and standing before the throne of the Lord, O blessed one, by thy supplications ever save those who with faith honor thy holy suffering.

¶5

Thou wast shown to be a precious vessel of the divine Spirit, O God-bearing and blessed Symeon, and having been anointed therefrom thou didst shepherd the rich with the staff of divine teachings by the water of understanding.

¶6

Thou didst stop the flow of falsehood with the divine torrents of thy sweet discourse and the drops of thy blood, O wise and glorious hierarch; wherefore, we hymn thee with faith.

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

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