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Ode IV

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: Perceiving Thy divine condescension prophetically, O Christ, Habbakuk cried out to Thee with trembling: Thou art come for the salvation of Thy people, to save Thine anointed ones!

¶2

Theotokion: Without physical union thou didst conceive within thy womb without corruption and gavest birth without pain; and, giving birth to God in the flesh, thou wast preserved a virgin even after parturition.

¶3

Openly proclaiming the glory of the all-hymned Trinity, thy discourse adorned by thy manner of life, O wondrous one, thou wast shown to be an excellent standard of theology.

¶4

O wise and divinely eloquent Andrew, showing forth an ascent of vision through spiritual activity, by thy manner of life thou wast like unto one embraced by vision.

¶5

Fighting like a shepherd, as a hierarch of God thou didst repel the attacks of lions from the Church, O Andrew, namesake of manliness.

¶6

Finding the Theotokos to be a great subject of laudation, thou didst show forth redoubled zeal, O wise one, honoring her who is above praise with multifarious praises.

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

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