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Isaac Lambertsen

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Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Glory..., Now and ever...: Theotokion, in the same tone and melody—

¶2

On “Lord, I have cried...,” these stichera, in Tone I: Spec. Mel: “O all-praised martyrs....”—

¶3

Watched over by divine guardians, thou wast preserved unharmed, O father Theophylactus; and thou didst show thyself to be an unshaken pillar of the Church, undaunted by the trials of the snares of the heretics. And now do thou pray, that peace and great mercy be granted to our souls.

¶4

O blessed father Theophylactus, beholding God accessibly and visibly, and delighting in Him through a higher union, and deified by this communion, rejoicing, thou didst receive the Blessed One Whom alone Thou didst desire, O most honored hierarch, making thine abode now with the angels.

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Having departed the earth, O father Theophylactus, thou didst soar aloft to heaven, O blessed one, and wast vouchsafed to live in the heavenly mansions, because of the persecution which thou didst endure for Christ. Him do thou now beseech, that He grant peace and great mercy unto our souls.

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Heal thou my soul which hath been grievously afflicted by evil passions, O all-holy one who gavest birth unto Christ, the Healer and Savior of all, Who hath healed every wound inflicted by the devil’s malice, and hath abolished death for us.

¶7

Or this Stavrotheotokion—

¶8

The Mistress, the unblemished Ewe-lamb, as she beheld her Lamb upon the Cross, bereft of form and comeliness, lamenting, said: “Woe is me! Whither hath Thy comeliness gone, O most Sweet One? Where is Thy splendor? Where is the brilliant grace of Thine image, O my Son most beloved?”

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

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