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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode VII

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: Once, in Babylon, the children of Abraham trampled upon the flame of the furnace, crying aloud in hymns: O God of our fathers, blessed art Thou!

¶2

Refusing to bend thy knee before graven images, thou wast truly cast into a furnace for yet greater trial; and, bedewed therein, thou didst give thanks to Christ forever.

¶3

Theotokion: Let me hymn thee with fitting melodies, O Maiden. By thy supplications deliver me from sufferings, misfortunes and tribulations, and from evil men who seek to oppress me.

¶4

Seeking to destroy the might of thy confession, the false-minded one pitilessly caused molten lead to be poured into thy bowels; yet was he manifestly put to shame.

¶5

In earnestly enduring the severing of thy precious head, thou didst cut off the most wily head of the deceitful enemy with the sword of thy courage, O divinely wise martyr of Christ.

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

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