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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode VIII

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: The only unoriginate King of glory, whom the hosts of heaven bless, and before Whom the ranks of angels tremble, do ye hymn, O ye priests, and exalt supremely, O ye people!

¶2

As he beheld Thee, Who art invisible, the divinely wise one endured wounding by the tormenters and was invested with a crown, chanting: Hymn God, ye priests! Ye people, exalt Him supremely forever!

¶3

Theotokion: As a servant do I with faith approach thee who didst conceive the Master of all, O all-pure one: From persecution and tribulations save me now, who piously hymn God Who was incarnate of thee, O Theotokos.

¶4

Radiantly desiring the eternal kingdom of Christ, O holy hierarch, thou didst cry out to Christ Who granted it to thee by the right path: Ye people, exalt Him supremely for all ages!

¶5

O God-bearer, Christ hath given thee a twofold reward for thy labors, which transcendeth all thought, as thou dost piously hymn His kingdom forever.

¶6

We know thee to be an abyss of doctrines, a tablet of the precepts of God, a treasury of lofty vision and a throne of perceptions, piously hymning Christ the King forever.

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

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