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Ode IV

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: Beholding Thee lifted up upon the Cross, O Sun of righteousness, the Church stood rooted in place, crying out as is meet: Glory to Thy power, O Lord!

¶2

To scourgings, wounds and multifarious tortures did the iniquitous tyrant subject thee, who proclaimest things divine and dost manifestly denounce the ungodly, O Archippus.

¶3

Theotokion: Habbakuk foresaw thee of old, O most immaculate Maiden, as the mountain overshadowed, bearing the Word Who shieldeth all from the flame of transgression and the burning heat of sin.

¶4

Having passed through life well, O blessed one, thou wast counted worthy to attain a truly blessed end; for, having most valiantly endured bodily pain, thou wast martyred for Christ.

¶5

To the gross putridity of ungodliness didst thou put an end by the sweet salt of thy words, O fullness of the pious; and, rejoicing, thou didst cry out: Glory to Thy power, O Lord!

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

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