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Ode I

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: Delivered from bitter bondage, Israel traversed the impassable as though it were dry land, and, seeing the enemy drowning, they chanted a hymn to God, as to their Benefactor, Who worketh wonders with His upraised arm, for He hath been glorified.

¶2

O martyrs adorned with crowns of glory, who stand before the throne of God, filled with divine light: From the darkness of the passions deliver those who with love celebrate your splendid memorial.

¶3

Theotokion: That thy servants may be delivered from possession by the passions, O all-immaculate Maiden, do thou earnestly entreat thy Lord and Master, to Whom thou gavest flesh of thine all-pure blood, and Who hath entered into fellowship with us.

¶4

Loving divine glory and desiring the beauty of God, ye most manifestly spurned the beautiful things of life and all power, O martyrs, and by your death have obtained never-ending life.

¶5

Burning with divine zeal, the exceeding wise Hermogenes and Menas quenched the fire of ungodliness; and shining the light of piety upon all, by faith were they all radiantly shown forth as beacons.

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

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