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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode IV

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: I heard report of Thee, O God, and I was afraid; I understood Thy works, O Lord, and I was filled with awe, for the earth is full of Thy praise.

¶2

I have heard, O God, of the steadfast courage of the martyrs, which they showed when suffering for love of Thee; and marvelling, I glorify Thee, O Thou Who alone art our Savior.

¶3

Theotokion: How is it that thou givest suck, O Virgin? How givest thou birth according to the laws of maternity? For He to Whom thou gave birth is God incarnate Who restoreth nature as He Himself hath said.

¶4

The great martyr, protected by the shield of faith, and having noetically drawn the sword of the Spirit, cut off the heads of the ungodly.

¶5

Adorned with the beauty of the virtues and crowned with glory, O great martyr, thou didst put the persecutor to shame, submitting to fire and slaughter for Christ.

¶6

Triadicon: I hymn the three Hypostases of the Godhead in one Essence — the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit — as a single effulgence of the three-sunned nature, the one God.

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

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