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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode VI

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: I pour forth my prayer unto the Lord, and to Him do I declare my grief; for my soul is full of evil and my life hath drawn nigh unto hell, and like Jonah I pray: Lead me up from corruption, O God!

¶2

The burden of tortures came down upon thee like a storm, but could not drown thee, O martyr; for thou didst have Christ God as thy Helper and Helmsman, guiding thee to the calm harbor of His kingdom, O Eupsychius.

¶3

Theotokion: Set me aright, who have wholly fallen down, having opened the door to the passions; and by thy good mediation lead me to the portals of repentance, and save me, O thou who gavest birth to the Savior and Lord of all.

¶4

Showing forth the high eminence of thy soul to thine adversaries, O martyr, thou wast shown to be awesome to them, amazing their evil minds with thine endurance; and thou hast received a reward from Christ for the victory of thy struggles.

¶5

With the blood thou didst shed unjustly, thou didst drown the whole horde of the demons and didst overwhelm the multitude of the ungodly; but thou didst richly give drink to the assembly of the faithful, O Eupsychius, adornment of the holy martyrs.

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

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