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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode VIII

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: Stretching forth his hands, Daniel shut the lions’ mouths in the pit; and the young lovers of piety, girded about with virtue, quenched the power of the fire, crying out: Bless the Lord, all ye works of the Lord!

¶2

Having mortified the flesh with pain, O venerable fathers, ye won immortal life for all who were worshipping dead gods, who, saved, ever cry out with you: Bless the Lord, all ye works of the Lord!

¶3

Theotokion: The Transcendent One, born of thee, O all-pure one, was seen as a man, manifesting Himself as dual in nature, activity and will, as was His pleasure, wherein He manifested Himself. To Him let us cry out: Bless the Lord, O ye works of the Lord!

¶4

Together let us hymn Eugene and Agathadorus, Ephraim and Elpidius, with Ætherius, Basil and Capito, O ye faithful, as destroyers of the enemy and hierarchs of Christ. To Him let us cry out: Bless the Lord, O ye works of the Lord!

¶5

With thy teachings thou didst gladden the people, O father Ephraim, and now thou hast passed on to never-waning effulgence and everlasting gladness, receiving the reward for thy labors, and crying aloud: Bless the Lord, O ye works of the Lord!

¶6

Dwelling on earth like an angel, O most blessed Basil, through grace didst thou come to reign over the passions of the flesh; and thou didst pass on to the heavenly kingdom, standing before Christ the King, and crying out: Bless the Lord, O ye works of the Lord!

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

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