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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode IX

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: Christ, the Chief Cornerstone uncut by human hands, Who united the two disparate natures, was cut from thee, the unquarried mountain, O Virgin. Wherefore, in gladness we magnify thee, O Theotokos.

¶2

Thy day is resplendent with noetic outpourings of light and the most radiant splendors of the three-Sunned Effulgence, O martyr. Thereon we now pray: Illumine those who hymn thee.

¶3

Theotokion: Loose now the fetters of my transgressions, O Virgin Theotokos who gavest birth unto the Wellspring of loving-kindness; and fill me with sweetness of soul, O thou who alone art blessed of God, that I may magnify thee as is meet.

¶4

The reward for thy painful stripes didst thou find to be the inheritance of heaven, O glorious passion-bearer, among the assembly of the firstborn; holding festival therein, protect us by thy ­supplications.

¶5

Truly thou hast now united thyself unto Christ, thine immortal Bridegroom, having splendidly come to flower by His divine wounds, O most wise one, resplendent in the precious blood of martyrdom.

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

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