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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode VI

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: Whirled about in the abyss of sin, I call upon the unfathomable abyss of Thy loving-kindness: Lead me up from corruption, O God!

¶2

Thou didst tread the narrow path, O father, and by thy words hast shown it to all. And those who walk it well are led into the spaciousness of paradise.

¶3

Theotokion: Loving thee, O most immaculate one, as one comely and beauteous, Jesus was born of thee in the flesh and deifieth me in His boundless loving-kindness.

¶4

Thy life was venerable and thine end blessed and honorable, O Cassian our father, thou converser with the holy angels.

¶5

Thou didst cast off slumber and, keeping vigil in visions and spiritual activities, didst live angelically on the earth, O most blessed God-bearer.

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

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