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Isaac Lambertsen

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Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

On “Lord, I have cried…”, these stichera, in Tone VIII: Spec. Mel.: “O all-glorious wonder…”—

¶2

Glory…, Now & ever…: Theotokion—

¶3

O venerable father John, furnishing thy mind with wings to fly to God with faith, thou didst disdain the disorderly state of the world and, taking up thy cross, thou didst follow after Him Who beholdeth all things, enslaving to thy mind the intemperance of thy body through feats of asceticism, by the power of the divine Spirit.

¶4

O venerable John, thou didst find Gregory to be like a sun of great radiance, shining with the light of the virtues and the effulgence of miracles, and thou didst illumine the eyes of thy soul, didst dispel the dark passions, and becamest a light; and rejoicing, O all-blessed father, thou didst pass over to the never-waning Light.

¶5

Thou didst spend thy whole life in great stillness, in weeping and tears, becoming a true monk by faith, adorned with non-acquisitiveness and made beautiful through abstinence, showing thyself to be a stranger and a sojourner on earth. Wherefore, O right wondrous one, thou hast found the delight of the good.

¶6

The preëternal God, receiving flesh through thy blood, hath shown thee to be an intercessor for men, O pure one. Wherefore, deliver thy servants from all misfortune and every evil circumstance, and from the snares of the wicked enemy, and vouchsafe that all who glorify and do thee homage may share in the splendor of the elect.

¶7

Stavrotheotokion—

¶8

“What is this sight that I see, which mine eyes behold, O Master? Thou Who sustainest all creation hast been suspended upon the Tree, and Thou diest, giving life unto all!” weeping, the Theotokos said when she beheld, uplifted upon the Cross, Thee, the God and man Who ineffably shone forth from her.

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

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