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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode I

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: Traversing the deep on foot, as though it were dry land, and seeing the tyrant Pharaoh drowned, Israel cried aloud: Let us chant unto God a hymn of victory!

¶2

Made fast by love of piety, thou didst withstand the threefold waves of the world by thy divine zeal, O venerable one, crying out to God a hymn of victory, for He is glorious.

¶3

Theotokion: Having conceived in godly manner the incarnate Word Who before was incorporeal, O pure and all-pure one, in manner transcending nature thou gavest birth to Him for us, remaining a Virgin even after giving birth.

¶4

Thy radiant life and splendor of soul manifestly wrought within thee, O venerable one, an intense image of mingled piety and virtue.

¶5

Illumined by the supernatural and radiant teaching of Christ, by asceticism thou didst cause the assaults of the passions to fade away, chanting a hymn of victory unto the Omnipotent One.

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

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