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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode IV

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: Christ is my power, my God and my Lord, the honored Church doth sing, crying out in godly manner with a pure mind, keeping festival in the Lord.

¶2

Illumined with the radiance of divine grace, O most wise one, thou didst cast into darkness every opinion of the heretics and hast enlightened the councils of Orthodox people.

¶3

Theotokion: Truly unutterable and unapproachable are the mysteries of thy godly birthgiving to those on earth and in heaven, O Ever-virgin Theotokos.

¶4

Thou wast not troubled, enduring persecutions for the Faith, O most honored and holy hierarch, for thou didst have the persecuted Christ as an ally.

¶5

Arising, Christ set the feet of thy soul upon the rock of His truth, O blessed one, and they caused the vaunted wisdom of the enemy to stumble.

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

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