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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode VII

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: Once, in Babylon, the youths who had come forth from Judæa trod down the flame of the furnace with their faith in the Trinity, chanting: O God of our fathers, blessed art Thou!

¶2

Willingly did ye surrender yourselves to the slaughter, like lambs, undaunted by tortures, O most laudable swordsmen, but crying out with spirit: O God of our fathers, blessed art Thou!

¶3

Theotokion: O most immaculate one, loose me, who am bound by the bonds of unspeakable transgressions, granting showers of tears to me who chant unto Him Who shone forth from thee: O God of our fathers, blessed art Thou!

¶4

Illumined by the love of the Master of all, O martyr Agapius, thou didst bend thy neck beneath the sword and wast enrolled among the army of the martyrs, crying out: O God of our fathers, blessed art Thou!

¶5

Ye are seen to be a lamp with seven wicks in the house of the Lord, O glorious martyrs, which illumineth the world with the radiance of grace, crying out: O God of our fathers, blessed art Thou!

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

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