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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

Comely in body and soul, and in thy piety, O venerable one, thou wast an instrument of divine understanding, a zealot of the commandments and a flute of pure hymnody, chanting: Bless the Lord, all ye works of the Lord! Twice

¶3

Theotokion: Having become incorrupt through thy divine birthgiving, O all-pure one, we shake off the dust of mortality; for thou, O pure Mistress, gavest birth to the true, natural and transcendent Life. Wherefore, we all call thee blessed, O Mary Bride of God.

¶4

O venerable and blessed one, thou hast passed over to immortal life and blessedness without end, and hast been counted worthy to receive joy incorruptible, chanting: Bless the Lord, all ye works of the Lord!

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

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