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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode I

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: Let us chant unto the Lord Who by His divine command dried up the impassable and turbulent sea, and guided the people of Israel across it on foot, for gloriously hath He been glorified!

¶2

Ever standing before the divine throne, illumined with never-waning radiance, O saints, ask ye of the Father of lights, that He send down spiritual enlightenment upon all of us who faithfully honor you.

¶3

Theotokion: Thou gavest birth ineffably unto the all-hymned God Who, in His goodness, arrayed Himself in flesh which He took from thee, O all-hymned and pure one. Wherefore, as of old thou didst foretell, we hymn and bless thee with thankful voices.

¶4

Beholding the Sun of righteousness Who shone forth from the divine Virgin, O glorious ones, ye cleaved unto Him, becoming light through divine communion; and ye drove away all the gloom of falsehood.

¶5

Bearing the divine law upon your tongue, ye traversed all the earth, taking away its iniquity, O wise Crescens and Andronicus, Silas and Silvanus, and sowing the word of salvation.

¶6

Let us praise the glorious Epenetus, who was the divine boast of Carthage and a disciple of the Word, a wellspring of healings, a great preacher of things past understanding, and the confirmation of the Faith.

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

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