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Ode V

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: Send down upon us Thine enlightenment, O Lord, and free us from the gloom of transgressions, O Good One, granting us Thy peace.

¶2

Like a radiant star thou didst rise above the western lands and didst set in the endurance of sufferings, O martyr; and thou didst straightway shine upon the lands of the West, illumining the ends thereof.

¶3

Theotokion: I cry to thee: Wash my soul clean of all defilement, O pure Virgin who gavest birth on earth to God, our true Savior.

¶4

As a martyr thou didst suffer the rending away of thy finger-nails and being beaten with sharp reeds, O martyr, breaking the sting of the evil one by faith and grace.

¶5

Thou didst weaken the machinations of the enemy directed against thee, O divinely wise one, for, constantly directing thy gaze toward God, thou didst endure the wounding of thy flesh as though thou wast incorporeal.

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

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