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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode IV

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: Thy virtue hath covered the heavens, and the earth hath been filled with Thy glory, O Christ. Wherefore, we cry out with faith: Glory to Thy power, O Lord!

¶2

Their hearts purified by prayer and tears, the venerable Elizabeth and her companion Barbara now see the light amid light unapproachable.

¶3

Theotokion: O Virgin Lady, Queen of all creation, who wast foretold by many prophets and gavest birth to the King of the hosts of heaven: Grant victory to thy servants, our pious Orthodox hierarchs, over all heresies, O Lady, and by thy supplications vouchsafe unto us all the kingdom of heaven.

¶4

Thou didst cleave unto God from thy mother’s womb, O blessed father Sergius, and loving poverty of spirit didst have in thy heart the fear of God as the beginning of wisdom, the root and foundation of all good things. Wherefore, Christ the Master hath enriched thee with miracles.

¶5

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

¶6

Theotokion: Laying hold of the fruits of sin I have died, and offering thee a barren soul, I cry: Show it forth as fruitful, O thou who hast destroyed corruption by thy Fruit.

¶7

Like a fragrant lily thy precious relics have emerged from the bosom of the earth, O all-blessed Sergius, and like a treasure they emit the radiance of miracles, gladdening thy spiritual children.

¶8

Today the royal city of Moscow rejoiceth, and the whole world is filled with gladness; and thy monastery, O divinely blessed Sergius, boasting, is adorned, having thy precious relics within it as an inexhaustible and all-wondrous treasure.

¶9

As one zealous in obedience to thy fathers, thou didst acquire the mother of immaculate prayer: a most profound humility.

¶10

Martha served Jesus, while Mary sat at His feet. Thou wast a model of them, O venerable martyr, for in activity thou didst find ascent to divine vision in thy monastery.

¶11

Thou gavest neither sleep to thine eyes nor slumber to thine eyelids until thou hadst attained love of the good, ever teaching thy children: Love one another!

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

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