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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode V

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: Thou hast come, O my Lord, as a light into the world: a holy light turning from the darkness of ignorance those who hymn Thee with faith.

¶2

Having left behind the shadow of the law, thou didst splendidly preach the image of the Truth, having acquired the Truth Himself as thine instructor.

¶3

Theotokion: O Virgin Theotokos, good helper of the whole world, healer of our souls and bodies: Hearken even now unto us who pray to thee.

¶4

Thou wast a true emulator of Christ, O holy hierarch, who didst lay down thy life for thy flock and take thy place, unashamed, before the Chief Shepherd.

¶5

Irmos: O Thou Who art clothed in light as with a garment: I rise at dawn unto Thee, and to Thee do I cry: enlighten Thou my gloom-enshrouded soul, O Christ, in that Thou alone art compassionate!

¶6

Fulfilling the command of the Word, O apostle, teaching the nations with thy doctrines, thou didst travel about, baptizing them with the invocation of the Trinity.

¶7

Theotokion: Slay thou my passions, O Theotokos, and raise up my soul, which hath been slain by sinful pleasures, O Mother of the true Resurrection.

¶8

The gift of healings was given thee even when thou wast a priest, and thou didst increase it in the days of thine episcopate; and thou dost perfect it in the life which is eternal.

¶9

Like heavenly rain, like dew from on high, O preacher of God, thy divine proclamation dispelled the gloom of polytheism with the preaching of the one God.

¶10

Thou didst labor with the venerable Nahum in working healings, visiting the homes of the suffering with his holy icon.

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

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