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Ode IV

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: Seated in glory upon the throne of the Godhead, Jesus most divine hath come on a light cloud, and with His incorrupt arm hath saved those who cry: Glory to Thy power, O Christ!

¶2

By the wisdom of thy words thou didst put the foolish to shame; and by the instruction of thy godly doctrines, O martyr Codratus, thou didst draw in the godly Anectus, and thou didst bring the steadfast martyr to thy Master.

¶3

Theotokion: The holy Theotokos, in whom the consubstantial Word of the Father was well-pleased to make His abode as in a fragrant temple, was not burned in her womb, nor did she suffer pain, for she gave birth unto Emmanuel: God and man.

¶4

From earliest infancy thou didst become wholly the possession of thy Creator, and from childhood, having chosen the sense of a mature man and desired wisdom, thou didst wholly become a most pure habitation of Christ, O martyr.

¶5

Having fed the six-branched lampstand of Thy martyrs with mystic oil, O Lord, thou hast dispelled the night of polytheism and illumined those who cry out: Glory to Thy power, O Christ!

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

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