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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode V

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: The ungodly perceive not Thy glory, O Christ; but, waking at dawn out of the night, we hymn Thee, O Only-begotten One Who lovest mankind, Thou effulgence of the glory of the Father’s divinity.

¶2

Gazing upon the site of the honored resurrection, the sepulcher of Life, with unfeigned love, thou didst draw forth therefrom the mystic teachings of the vision of God, and hast passed illumination on to the faithful, O holy hierarch.

¶3

Theotokion: To Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, Who is known in two essences, and Who, though without beginning, became flesh, didst thou give birth in manner past recounting, O ever-virgin Mother of God.

¶4

Aflame with noetic radiance, in every way thou didst love Him Who alone is good; and thou didst come also to love the Wellspring of incorruption, straining towards Him with thy spiritual vision, O all-wise one.

¶5

Thou didst become a living and animate temple of God, having died to all on earth and acquired the abundant table of the Word and the lampstand of grace, O venerable one.

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

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