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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode VI

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: I will sacrifice to Thee with a voice of praise, O Lord, the Church crieth unto Thee, cleansed of the blood of demons by the blood which, for mercy’s sake, flowed from Thy side.

¶2

Kontakion, in Tone II: Spec. Mel.: “In prayers…”—

¶3

Thy life, O blessed one, showed thee to be a child of the light and the day, who truly walked nobly and had the Word of life as a beacon amid the world. Twice

¶4

Theotokion: We know thee to be the temple and bridal-chamber of God, the jar and lampstand, and the tablet which hath inscribed thereon the Word Who, in His loving-kindness, became incarnate.

¶5

Having made thy life an instruction in how to die and understood most excellently the limitations of wisdom, O father, thou didst offer thyself to the hypostatic Wisdom.

¶6

Delighting in abstinence and restraining the desires of the flesh, O divinely wise and sacred father Auxentius, thou wast shown forth, shining with faith, and didst blossom like a plant in the midst of paradise.

¶7

Ikos: Who now will recount thy feats or the pangs which thou didst receive on earth, O father? Following the laws of the Lord for godly delight, and serving His commands, thou hast been revealed to us as a new Job in thy struggles. To the world thou didst appear as a sojourner, and to all the earth as a stranger. With faith thou didst blossom forth in fasting and didst teach vigilance and purity, O sacred father Auxentius.

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

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