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Ode I

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: I will open my mouth, and with the Spirit will it be filled; and I shall utter discourse unto the Queen and Mother, and shall appear, keeping splendid festival; and, rejoicing, I will hymn her wonders.

¶2

Theotokion: Christ, Who shone forth from thy womb, O Bride of God, hath radiantly shone forth in the hearts of those who with faith honor thee as the Mother of God and caused a splendid day to dawn.

¶3

Canon of the Venerable Macrina, the acrostic whereof is: “I crown thee, O Macrina, the pure bride of Christ”, in Tone IV —

¶4

O most glorious Macrina, entreat the all-pure Bridegroom, the Beauty of our souls, Whom, desiring, thou didst love with all thy heart, that He enlighten those who hymn thee.

¶5

As an abyss of goodness past understanding, O Christ, Thou didst glorify the blameless and all-glorious Macrina, Thine undefiled bride, who was transfixed with desire for Thee.

¶6

O divinely wise Macrina, thou boast of virginity, thou didst zealously preserve thy life intact through abstinence, having made thy flesh subject to the spirit.

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

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