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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode VII

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: O all-hymned Lord God of our fathers, Who saved the children of Abraham in the fire, slaying the Chaldæans whom justice rightly overtook: blessed art Thou!

¶2

Cast into the furnace, thou didst find, bedewing thee, the Word in the guise of the Angel Who saved the three youths, O all-blessed one; and thou didst cry out: O all-hymned Lord God of our fathers, blessed art Thou!

¶3

Theotokion: O Ever-virgin, we hymn thee who alone hast poured forth upon us Jesus Christ, the Water of remission, the Well-spring of immortality, and we cry: O God of our fathers, blessed art Thou!

¶4

Strengthened by divine power, O martyr, thou didst manfully oppose the sword, the fire and the heated instruments of torture; and thou didst cry out, rejoicing: O all-hymned Lord God of our fathers, blessed art Thou!

¶5

With the torrents of thy blood thou didst quench the flame of falsehood, and with the fire of patience thou didst utterly consume the flammable tinder of idolatry, chanting: O all-hymned Lord God of our fathers, blessed art Thou!

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

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