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Isaac Lambertsen

At the Aposticha, Glory..., in Tone II—

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Now and ever...: Theotokion, or this stavrotheotokion, in the same tone—

¶2

Loving the heavenly homeland and desiring to attain unto it, thou didst forsake thy native land on earth; and in a foreign land thou didst beget new people in the Spirit, showing thyself to be a true father unto them, and crying aloud unto the Lord: Here am I, and the children Thou hast given me!

¶3

Troparion, in Tone III—

¶4

When the unblemished Ewe-lamb beheld her Lamb led to the slaughter as a man of His own will, weeping, she said: “O Christ, wilt Thou now leave me childless Who gave Thee birth? What is this Thou hast done, O Deliverer of all? Yet I hymn and glorify Thine utter goodness which transcendeth comprehension and recounting, O Thou Who lovest mankind!”

¶5

O holy hierarch Patrick, wonderworker equal to the apostles, enlightener of the Irish land: Entreat the merciful God, that He grant our souls remission of transgressions!

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

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