Orthodox Study
Isaac Lambertsen

Ode I

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: Having traversed the water as though it were dry land, and escaped the evil of Egypt, the Israelite cried aloud: Let us chant unto our Deliverer and God!

¶2

Having fought the good fight and finished the course, O martyr of Christ, thou didst keep the divine faith and didst obtain a crown of righteousness.

¶3

Theotokion: O thou who gavest birth ineffably to the Wisdom and Word of the Father, heal the grievous wounds of my soul and still the pain of my heart.

¶4

Irmos: O ye people, let us send up a hymn unto our wondrous God, Who freed Israel from bondage, singing and crying out a hymn of victory unto Thee Who alone art Master.

¶5

Having received of Christ a glory which surpasseth nature, O passion-bearer, thou dost go about the whole earth, delivering all who have recourse unto thee with faith and reverence.

¶6

Theotokion: O fervent advocate, helper of the Christian race, accept the entreaties of us who earnestly invoke and pray to thee: Cover thou our Orthodox land with the protection of thy goodness.

¶7

As thou art a member of the heavenly choir with the incorporeal powers, O glorious one, from misfortune and temptation do thou deliver those who on earth call upon thee.

¶8

O ye who know jubilation, hymn and magnify the great holy hierarch, and, pondering his end, emulate his faith.

¶9

An abundance of grace resideth in the shrine of thy relics, O holy hierarch Hermogenes; wherefore, we glorify thee as a newly-manifest wonder-worker, and ask healings of thee.

¶10

The beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord, teaching thee also, O holy hierarch, to serve the Lord with trembling and rejoice before His countenance. By thy supplication grant that we also may make this a good beginning for ourselves.

¶11

Many are the tribulations of the righteous, and the Lord shall deliver them out of them all. Thy life was lived in accordance with these words, O holy hierarch. And, lo! thou now rejoicest in the heavens, and dost gladden all who honor thy memory.

¶12

Thou wast one searching out the testimonies of God, O holy hierarch, for thou didst study the law of Christ day and night. The judgments of the Lord are right, for the Lord hath caused thee to dwell in the habitations of the righteous.

¶13

Thou didst love the commandments of the Lord from thy youth, and the traditions of the holy fathers didst thou preserve until thy death, O holy hierarch; and together with them thou now renderest glory unto God. Him do thou beseech, that through thee He save our souls.

¶14

Him Whom thou didst love didst thou zealously serve; and thou now chantest with the choirs of the saints and prayest for us.

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

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