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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode I

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

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

¶2

Theotokion: In manner transcending the laws of nature, O Virgin, thou gavest birth to God, the Bestower of the law, Who became a man. Him do thou beseech, in that He is good, O most immaculate one, that He overlook our iniquities.

¶3

O Christ God, grant me intelligence and understanding, that I may hymn the all-glorious wonder-worker with fitting praises, that, rejoicing, I may hymn his memory.

¶4

O most radiant luminary of the Russian land, shining forth with miracles like another sun: be thou mindful of all of us who keep thy memory, O blessed Alexander.

¶5

O divinely wise Alexander, even though the divinely illumined land of Russia produced thee in latter days, yet wast thou vouchsafed the honor of the ancients, receiving the gift of miracles, as is meet.

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

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