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Irmos: Let us chant unto the Lord, Who led His people through the Red Sea, for He alone hath gloriously been glorified.
¶2
Standing before the throne of the Master, O God-bearing father Theophylactus, preserve those who with faith keep thy memory.
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Theotokion: All desire, sweetness and unwaning light is He Who was well-pleased to be born of thy womb, O Bride of God.
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The grace of the Spirit anointed thee as was meet, O most blessed one, for the sake of the truth and the goodness of thy manner of life.
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That thou mightest obtain heavenly things, O blessed one, thou didst trample all things earthly under thy feet, and didst follow after Christ God.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.