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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode IV

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: Thou didst come forth from the Virgin, neither a mediator nor an angel, but Thyself incarnate, O Lord, and hast saved me, the whole man; wherefore, I cry to thee: Glory to Thy power, O Lord!

¶2

With thine ascetic struggles thou didst make the uprisings of thy flesh subject to thy spirit, O venerable one; and with thy sacred teachings thou didst lay bare every machination and pursuit of the deceiver.

¶3

Theotokion: O most immaculate one, thou didst ineffably give birth to the Timeless One, Who entered time, hath illumined the venerable who live by faith, and hath laid low the serpent, the author of evil.

¶4

Mortified of thine own will toward worldly mortality, thou hast received the inheritance of the life to come, O all-glorious Cassian; and thou hast written laws for the instruction and perfecting of monks.

¶5

The grace of the Spirit abode in thy soul, O thou who art most rich, and hath manifestly shown thee forth as above all carnal understandings and the snares of the deceiver.

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

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