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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode VII

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: The children of Abraham in the Persian furnace, afire with love of piety more than with the flame, cried out: Blessed art Thou in the temple of Thy glory, O Lord!

¶2

Thou wast the golden flower of the martyrs, and didst bring a company of athletes to Christ by thy divine words and miracles, O God-pleasing martyr. With them do we now faithfully call thee blessed.

¶3

Theotokion: He who, in His divine essence, is uncircumscribable became circumscribed in the flesh, like us, within thy womb, O Virgin. Blessed art thou among women, O all-immaculate Mistress.

¶4

With radiant glory Jesus illumined thee with divine fragrance, when thou hadst been imprisoned, naked, in a vile cell, O blessed one. Him didst thou most wisely love with pure thought.

¶5

Christ sent to thee a wild beast to be the protector of thy virginity; and it manifestly warded off the destruction of the ungodly, O most lauded Daria, when thou didst chant: Blessed art Thou in the temple of Thy glory, O Lord!

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

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