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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode VII

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: O Lord God of our fathers, Who in the beginning founded the earth and established the heavens by Thy word: Blessed art Thou forever!

¶2

Theotokion: Among women a virgin hath never given birth, save thee alone, O Virgin Theotokos; for no infant hath ever had both a father above and a mother below; yet Christ hath both.

¶3

As with a single light the light-bearing Church of Christ kindled the three lamps: the glorious crown-bearer and victorious Manuel and those who suffered with him.

¶4

Forsaking their Chaldæan homeland, the three honored warriors of the Trinity abandoned the Zoroastrian religion, crying: Blessed art Thou forever, O Lord God of our fathers!

¶5

The three children, Shadrach and those with him, spurned the worship of the Chaldæans; and the three warriors from Persia, Manuel and those with him, suffered for Christ.

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

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