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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode IV

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: Beholding Thee lifted up upon the Cross, O Sun of righteousness, the Church stood rooted in place, crying out as is meet: Glory to Thy power, O Lord!

¶2

Having acquired a life of heavenly wisdom, and wholly resplendent with the thunderings of the Spirit, thou didst utterly consume the most pernicious serpent, O glorious one, strengthened by divine grace.

¶3

Theotokion: The many-eyed ones who keep unceasing watch are overcome, beholding thy purity, O pure Theotokos; for as Mistress thou dost ever anticipate them and dost always watch over thy servants.

¶4

Adorned with vision and activity, O Timothy, like a Levite thou didst disembowel the serpent, using as a two-edged knife the covering of the consecrated Bread.

¶5

Acknowledging Christ, the great High Priest, Who came before the Father not with the blood of any man, but with His own, O martyr, as His companion thou didst make sacrifice, offering up thine own blood.

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

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