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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode VIII

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: God, Who descended into the fiery furnace for the Hebrew children and transformed the flame into dew, hymn ye as Lord, O ye works, and exalt Him supremely for all ages!

¶2

The skill of thy talents healed the spiritual blindness of thy father, and it granteth light through faith to those who have recourse thereto, O most blessed one, guiding all to Christ the Savior.

¶3

Theotokion: We know thee to be a ray of the Source of immortality, O Theotokos, for thou gavest birth to the immortal Word of the Father, Who delivereth from death all that exalt Him supremely forever.

¶4

Irmos: The birthgiving of the Theotokos saved the pious children in the furnace — then in figure, but now in deed — and it moveth all the world to chant to Thee: Hymn ye the Lord and exalt Him supremely for all ages!

¶5

Slain for Christ, thou didst pass over to eternal life, and wast shown to be divinely named with the name of God, O divinely wise one. Wherefore, we honor thee and exalt Christ supremely forever.

¶6

Theotokion: Through thee hath salvation now truly come closer to men, O pure one; wherefore, deliver from offenses me who flee beneath thy protection and fervently chant: Hymn the Lord, O ye works, and exalt Him supremely for all ages!

¶7

Having dispelled the skillful prating of the learned rhetors by the invocation of Christ, thou dost cut short the assaults of painful sufferings, healing those who exalt Christ supremely forever.

¶8

Delivering us from all affliction and everlasting torment through the supplications of the seven, have compassion upon us, O unoriginate Trinity, and vouchsafe Eden unto us who chant: Hymn the Lord, O ye works, and exalt Him supremely for all ages!

¶9

The uncreated light of the Unoriginate One illumined you with divine rays, preserved your apostolic ways, and hath moved the whole world to chant with you: Hymn the Lord, O ye works, and exalt Him supremely for all ages!

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

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