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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode I

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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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!

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Theotokion: All-adorned with the beauty of the virtues, O all-pure Mother of God, thou didst conceive for us the true God, our Benefactor, Who poureth forth a wellspring of good things.

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Canon of the hieromartyr, the acrostic whereof is: “I hymn the scion of the noetic branch”, the composition of Theophanes, in Tone VI—

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Standing before Christ with the heavenly choirs as a priest and a glorious martyr, do thou earnestly pray, that those who praise thee may receive thine effulgence.

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Undertaking extensive struggles on earth, O venerable one, thou wast counted worthy to receive the crown of the kingdom of heaven, and life everlasting and indestructible.

¶6

Delivered by the suffering of the Dispassionate One, through suffering thou didst strive to hasten to Him, manifestly becoming an emulator of His sufferings, O thou who dwellest with the angels.

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

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