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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode IX

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: Eve, through weakness, abode under the curse of disobedience; but thou, O Virgin Theotokos, hast put forth blessing for the world through the Offspring of thy child-bearing. Wherefore, we all magnify thee.

¶2

Desirous of beholding the ineffable glory of Christ, O holy hierarch, thou didst endeavor to slay the soul-destroying passions, and to make of thy heart a receptacle of the greater and higher wisdom. Wherefore, with faith we call thee blessed.

¶3

Theotokion: O all-pure Virgin Theotokos, who wast born of a barren woman at the behest of Him Who by His will transformeth all things, show forth my heart, which is barren of godly virtues, to be fruitful, that I may hymn thee, O all-hymned one.

¶4

In the firmament of the Church hath Christ the Sun set thee as a most radiant star, O Cyril, illumining the hearts of those who keep thy splendid memory with faith, O venerable one.

¶5

Thou art one who hath conversed and ministered with angels; for, having lived on earth as one incorporeal, O father, thou wast shown to be a companion of the venerable and a peer of the holy hierarchs. And as thou joinest them in chorus, be thou mindful of us.

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

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