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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode VII

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: When the golden image was worshipped on the plain of Dura, Thy three youths spurned the ungodly command, and, cast into the midst of the fire, bedewed, they sang: Blessed art Thou, O God of our fathers!

¶2

Cease thy material life, become a monastic, flee zealously, go about all the cities and lands, as is meet; for Martinian teacheth to chant without grief: Blessed is the God of our fathers!

¶3

Theotokion: Bestowing living water, Christ poured it forth from His wellspring; and, remaining unconfused, He made His abode in thy holy womb, O all-glorious one, giving all to drink of incorruption who cry out with faith: Blessed art thou who hast given birth to God in the flesh!

¶4

In thy constant movement thou wast an image of the travelling of Paul, driven by love; and thou didst attain it by the course of thine abstinence; wherefore, as a stranger to the world thou didst make thyself known to the King of heaven, O all-praised one, and wast glorified by faith.

¶5

Finishing the course of his asceticism, as a disciple of Christ, and knowing beforehand, through the divine Spirit, the hour of his departure from the body, he chanted with unwavering soul: Into Thy hands, O Master, do I now commit my spirit and soul!

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

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