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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode I

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: That which had been hewn down cut through the undivided, and the sun saw land which it had not seen before; the water engulfed the cruel enemy, and Israel traversed the impassable, and chanted the hymn: Let us sing to the Lord, for gloriously is He glorified!

¶2

Standing with the angels before God, O most blessed martyrs, ask deliverance from transgressions for us who with love call you blessed and chant in praise: Let us sing unto the Lord, for gloriously hath He been glorified!

¶3

Theotokion: God, Whom the choirs of the incorporeal beings glorify, trembling, as the Creator of all, the only Immutable One, is become incarnate of the incorrupt Maiden; and men on earth ever sing, chanting: Let us sing unto the Lord, for gloriously hath He been glorified!

¶4

The Holy Spirit set the forth as a hierarch to shepherd multitudes of people in all holiness with the noetic staff of the dogmas; and with them, O blessed one, thou didst chant: Let us sing unto the Lord, for gloriously hath He been glorified!

¶5

Having quenched the flame of polytheism with the streams of your blood, O wise ones, rejoicing, ye suffered, putting the pagan sages utterly to shame; and now ye stand with the martyrs before Christ, crying out: Let us sing unto the Lord, for gloriously hath He been glorified!

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

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