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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode VII

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: Blessed art Thou, O God of our fathers, Who bedewed the children in the furnace and preserved her who gave Thee birth a Virgin after birthgiving!

¶2

By the radiance of the divine Spirit thou didst foreknow thy departure from hence to that which is higher; and now thou dost join chorus in the mansions on high, O venerable one.

¶3

Theotokion: As is fitting, the hosts of heaven bear thee aloft and hymn thee as the Mother of the Life of all, the intercession of our souls, O Mistress.

¶4

A star proclaimed thy repose, O venerable one, when thou was manifest as a star illumined by thy life and divine radiance and senses.

¶5

Thou didst worthily enter the wedding-chamber of the kingdom of high all arrayed, reclining with the Bridegroom at the feast of immaterial sweetness, O venerable one.

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

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