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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode IX

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: God the Lord, the Son of the unoriginate Father, hath revealed Himself to us incarnate of the Virgin, to enlighten those in darkness and to gather the dispersed. Wherefore, we magnify the all-hymned Theotokos.

¶2

Shining now with boundless enlightenment, O thou who art most rich, as thou standest before the great Light, thou hast been vouchsafed to receive the end which thou didst desire, and hastening toward which thou didst run, living in piety, O right wondrous one.

¶3

Theotokion: Thy womb, like a fleece, having received the Rain of heaven, thou gavest birth for us to Him Who bestoweth immortality upon those who piously hymn Him and proclaim thee to be the most lauded Theotokos.

¶4

Thou hast been counted worthy to behold the radiance which passeth understanding, O father, and which thou didst manifestly acquire on earth. Entreat Christ in mediation, that He deliver thy disciples who now praise and honor thee, O right wondrous one.

¶5

Strengthened by divine grace, with the effulgence of thy wisdom and the rays emitted thereby thou didst burn up the audacity of those who fought against God, O wise and wondrous Michael, sacred preacher of Christ, having acquired a wellspring of light within thyself.

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

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