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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode VIII

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: Him Who was begotten of the Father before time began, and became incarnate of His Mother in latter days, do ye hymn, O priests! Ye people, exalt Him supremely for all ages!

¶2

Theotokion: The foretellings of the prophets received their divine fulfillment in thee, O all-holy one, and they move the whole world to hymn thee as is meet, O pure one.

¶3

Repelled by idolatrous sacrifices, O valiant martyrs, ye offered yourselves as spiritual sacrifices on the altar of heaven.

¶4

Performing mystical services, ye offered up your severed members as acceptable sacrifices unto Him Whose body and blood are offered up on altar and in chalice.

¶5

Having eluded him who caused our first mother to fall, ye embraced the Torrent of sustenance and tasted of the divine Tree, O virgins who adorned yourselves with sufferings.

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

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