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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode V

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: Wherefore hast Thou turned Thy face from me, O Light never-waning? And why hath a strange darkness covered me, wretch that I am? But turn me, and guide my steps to the light of Thy commandments, I pray.

¶2

Those who wickedly purvey every evil and demonic heresy hast thou surpassed by nobility of soul, radiance, a most holy way of life and steadfast piety, O divinely revealed and all-blessed father Meletius.

¶3

Theotokion: The armies of the hosts on high call thee blessed, O most pure one, and all the generations of men glorify thee as is meet; for those on earth, joining with those is heaven for the sake of unity, hymn thy birthgiving, O Virgin.

¶4

Repulsing with all diligence those who shared the heresy of Arius, O God-bearer, with the Orthodox Faith thou didst confirm the ruling Principle in the Trinity, preaching the one God to us, O most blessed father Meletius.

¶5

Thou wast a most true initiate of the mysteries of the all-divine Trinity, worshipping the Word as of one essence and equally enthroned with the Father, and the divine Spirit as of one essence with the Father and the Son, O most honorable father Meletius.

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

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