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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode I

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: O Thou Who wast born of the Virgin, drown Thou, I pray Thee, the three parts of my soul in the depths of dispassion, as of old Thou didst drown the mounted captains of Pharaoh; that, in the mortality of my body, as on a timbrel, I may chant a hymn of victory.

¶2

Rejoicing, with hymns let us all praise aloud the divine athlete, the wise hierarch, the wellspring of miracles, the good shepherd, the confirmation of the Church, the universal beacon.

¶3

Theotokion: O pure and all-holy one, with thine own blood thou gavest flesh to God the Savior Who hath shown us His wise hierarch, the wondrous Hypatius, as a saving and fervent helper.

¶4

The divine river which flooded thy pure soul, O all-blessed one, hath poured forth upon us the all-pure waters of many miracles, drying up the turbid streams of the passions, O most wise Hypatius.

¶5

Having mortified the pleasures of the flesh with asceticism, O Hypatius, thou didst have the true life of Christ, Who died for our sake, living within thy soul and directing all thy steps toward Him.

¶6

Thou didst make thy heart and soul an undefiled temple of the Trinity, O venerable hieromartyr, and, as a saving guide for thy flock, didst build sacred churches unto the praise of the Lord.

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

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