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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode VIII

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: Trampling down the fire and flame in the furnace, the divinely eloquent youths did chant: Bless the Lord, O ye works of the Lord!

¶2

Thou didst stand before the Master, illumined with the splendors of fasting, O wondrous Gerasimus; and wast numbered among the choirs of the incorporeal ones.

¶3

Theotokion: O all-pure one, He Who transcendeth nature found thee in the valleys of life as a fragrant lily, and through thee hath He breathed sweet fragrance upon the world.

¶4

Living a life of innocence, thou didst in all ways despise the tribunal of the wicked one, O divinely wise Gerasimus, adornment of fasters.

¶5

By putting off the passions thou didst array thyself in the vesture of incorruption, O divinely wise father Gerasimus; and thou didst worthily receive a divine bridal chamber.

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

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