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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode VIII

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: The dew-bearing furnace showed forth the image of a supernatural wonder; for it burned not the youths whom it had received, just as the fire of the Godhead burned not the Virgin, whose womb it entered. Wherefore, chanting, let us sing: Let all creation bless the Lord and exalt Him supremely for all ages!

¶2

Ye washed your robes in your blood and made them white in the Blood of the Lamb Who was slaughtered for man’s sake: Whom do ye children bless; ye priests, hymn; ye people, exalt supremely for all ages!

¶3

Theotokion: The rich Word Who is glorified with angelic hymnody hath beggared Himself for our sake, choosing thee, the beauty of Jacob, O blessed one, to be His Mother. Let all creation bless the Lord and exalt Him supremely for all ages!

¶4

Troparia of the Apostle

¶5

Irmos: Fall back in awe and fear, O heaven; and let the foundations of the earth be shaken! For, lo! He Who dwelleth in the highest is numbered among the dead and sojourneth as a stranger in a small tomb. Ye children, bless; ye priests, hymn; ye people, exalt Him supremely for all ages!

¶6

Let us bless the holy hierarchs Joseph of Petrograd, the zealot of the purity of the mystical Church, who in his banishment was forced to sleep with unclean swine. And let us hearken to him say to the ear of our heart: By your sufferings and faithfulness exalt Christ supremely for all ages!

¶7

Theotokion: O all-holy Mistress, save and free thy servants who suffer even to this day; and grant them endurance and strength. On thee do we set all our hope, and we ever bless thee and exalt thy Son and God supremely unto the ages!

¶8

Thou wast shown to be worthy to stand with the angels of the heavenly ranks, O blessed Timothy; for, having been taught supernaturally, thou didst emulate their radiance, O wise one. And with them thou dost chant in gladness: Let all creation bless the Lord and exalt Him supremely for all ages!

¶9

Glorious in their life and end were the holy hierarchs Seraphim of Uglich, and Maximus of Serpukhov, who was a physician blessed for a secret episcopate. Of great difficulty is the ministry of the persecuted Church, and those who undertook it have come to stand before Christ God, interceding with Him in behalf of His flock, ever glorifying Him unto the ages.

¶10

Invested with power from heaven which descended in strange manner upon the disciples and eye-witnesses of the Word, thou wast shown to be an apostle, O divinely wise Timothy. And with them thou chantest, rejoicing: Let all creation bless the Lord and exalt Him supremely for all ages!

¶11

O tireless chorus chanting heavenly praise, right victorious new martyrs of the Russian land: Ye now ever commune with the ever-living Lamb for Whom ye were slain by the godless. Him do ye children, bless; ye priests, hymn; ye people, exalt supremely for all ages!

¶12

Thou didst stand forth, O most blessed Timothy, preacher of God, manifestly attaining the good things of uttermost desire, ever illumined brilliantly by the light of the Trinity; and thou now chantest in gladness: Let all creation bless the Lord and exalt Him supremely for all ages!

¶13

Troparia of the Martyr

¶14

Crowned, thou didst soar aloft from earth to the heavens, O martyr Anastasius, escaping all the deception of the demons, and thou didst trample the temples of the idols underfoot. Wherefore, thou now criest out, rejoicing: Let all creation bless the Lord and exalt Him supremely for all ages!

¶15

Thou didst empurple thy vesture with the blood of thy martyrdom, O martyr who art most rich; and, bearing the Cross as a scepter, O Anastasius, thou reignest forever with Christ, to Whom thou now dost chant, rejoicing: Let all creation bless the Lord and exalt Him supremely for all ages!

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

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