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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode VIII

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: Stretching forth his hands, Daniel shut the lions’ mouths in the pit; and the young lovers of piety, girded about with virtue, quenched the power of the fire, crying out: Bless the Lord, all ye works of the Lord!

¶2

Lauding thee with sacred praises, O holy Archippus, Paul wrote of thee as his fellow warrior, the doer of godly deeds, who ministered to him and chanted with faith: Bless the Lord, all ye works of the Lord!

¶3

Theotokion: Adam became mortal through eating alone, death coming upon him through the tree of knowledge, O pure one; but given life because of thee, he hath again found his food in paradise, chanting: Bless the Lord, all ye works of the Lord!

¶4

With divine words was the right wondrous Apphia, who loved thee as a true son, anointed for the contest, O all-wise; and with her thou dwellest in the kingdom on high, crying: Bless the Lord, all ye works of the Lord!

¶5

To the mockery of children did they who were infantile of mind give thee over, O Archippus, who suffered most patiently, mercilessly pierced by them; and thou didst cry out: Bless the Lord, all ye works of the Lord!

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

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