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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode IX

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: O most hymned one, who art more exalted than the heavens, without seed thou didst conceive the unoriginate Word and gavest birth for men to God incarnate; wherefore, we all magnify thee.

¶2

Having tasted divine vision which transcendeth description, thou didst put away earthly cares, O prophet, and hast worthily stood before our all-glorious God. Wherefore, all of us, the faithful, call thee blessed.

¶3

Theotokion: Truly thou didst supernaturally become the dwelling-place and golden ark of the King of all, having Christ, the only incarnate Bestower of the law, within thee, O Theotokos.

¶4

Thy godly and wondrous life hath shown thee to be an intercessor before God, O blessed and divinely wise one; and thou dwellest eternally with the incorporeal choirs. Wherefore, we all ever call thee blessed.

¶5

It was fitting for thee, as a teacher of piety, to be with God and to mingle in His all-pure light, O blessed one. Entreat Him now, that He deliver our souls from temptation.

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

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