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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode I

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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Irmos: Having traversed the water as though it were dry land, and escaped the evil of Egypt, the Israelites cried aloud: Let us chant unto our Deliverer and God!

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As thou art a treasury of dispassion, O Titus, by thy supplications save me who am grievously stuck fast wholly in carnal passions and have been corrupted by pleasures.

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Theotokion: To the Word Who was begotten of the Father without mother thou didst in latter times give birth as God and man, O only Mother of God, for thou dost surpass all ­creation.

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From infancy thou wast offered to God as the godly chosen one of the Spirit, and thou wast a servant and initiate of the mysteries of the Theotokos who knew not man.

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Drawing in the sweetness of abstinence, thou didst spew forth the bitterness of the passions; wherefore, thou delightest our souls more than honey and the honey-comb, O father.

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We praise thee, O Titus, as a new disciple of Paul; for thou didst show thyself to be an emulator of his struggles and with him hast received crowns, O blessed of God.

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

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