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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode VIII

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: Once, in Babylon, the fiery furnace divided its activity at the command of God, consuming the Chaldæans, but bedewing the faithful, who chant: Bless the Lord, all ye works of the Lord!

¶2

Shining like a star in word and life, O Cassian, thou dost illumine all the ends of the earth, doing away with the darkness of ignorance and commanding all ever to chant: Bless the Lord, all ye works of the Lord!

¶3

Theotokion: Thou hast been shown to be more spacious than the heavens, O Virgin, for they could not contain Him, yet thou didst ineffably hold Him and gavest birth in manner past understanding to Him Who, as God, is twofold in nature but one in hypostasis.

¶4

Dying, thou didst set like the sun, O all-blessed one; ye thou didst leave behind thine ever-undimmed discourses, which illumine the souls of us who with faith keep thy holy memory, O venerable one.

¶5

Thou dost ineffably delight in noetic beauty, having left behind thy corruptible body, and thou hast been vouchsafed to behold things upon which the armies of heaven gaze, O glorious one, chanting: Bless the Lord, all ye works of the Lord!

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

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