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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode IV

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: I have heard, O Lord, the mystery of Thy dispensation; I have understood Thy works, and have glorified Thy divinity.

¶2

A most diligent and hospitable woman wast thou, giving rest to the council of the ordained, and thereby gladdening Christ Who had become a wanderer in His loving-kindness.

¶3

Theotokion: Loving the Lord Who became incarnate of thee, the all-pure Virgin, the venerable ones hastened to the fragrance of thy myrrh, wounded by thy divine love.

¶4

Seeing the all-pure comeliness of Christ, thy Bridegroom, O Eupraxia, thou didst cause the beauty of thy flesh to wither up through abstinence.

¶5

Driving the slumber from the eyelids of their souls, by abstinence the sacred women lulled to sleep the movements of the body.

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

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