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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode III

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: The Church of Christ hath been made steadfast through faith; for it unceasingly crieth out in hymns, chanting: Holy art Thou, O Lord! My spirit doth hymn Thee!

¶2

Sessional hymn, in Tone III: Spec. Mel.: “Of the divine Faith…”—

¶3

Having released us from cruel captivity to the demons by divine power, O Savior, show us forth as Thine honored temples, who cry aloud: Holy art Thou, Who savest our souls!

¶4

Theotokion: He Who loveth mankind, Who wisely fashioned all creation by His word, fashioned Himself into our form through thee, O Theotokos, becoming man in His loving-kindness.

¶5

O prophet, who abidest in the highest and fillest the whole world with sanctity, thy temple showeth thee to cry aloud: Holy art Thou, Who savest our souls!

¶6

Glory…, Now & ever…: Theotokion—

¶7

The divine Spirit Who sendeth down grace upon all dwelt in thy heart and taught thee to cry: Holy art Thou, O Lord, Who savest our souls!

¶8

Possessed of a mind illumined by the divine Spirit, O most blessed Prophet Haggai, thou didst foretell the mysteries of God, disclosing the revelation of things to come, and speaking of the fulfillment of things. Entreat Christ God, that He grant us great mercy.

¶9

Without separating Thyself from the divine Essence when He took flesh in thy womb, the one Lord remained God when He became man, preserving thee, His Virgin Mother, immaculate even after giving birth, as thou wast before birthgiving. Him do thou earnestly beseech, that He grant us great mercy.

¶10

Stavrotheotokion—

¶11

The unblemished ewe-lamb of the Word, the incorrupt Virgin Mother, beholding Him Who had sprung forth from her without pain suspended upon the Cross, cried aloud, lamenting maternally: “Woe is me, O my Child! How is it that Thou sufferest of Thine own will, desiring to deliver man from the indignity of the passions?”

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

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