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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode I

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: Traversing the deep on foot, as though it were dry land, and seeing the tyrant Pharaoh drowned, Israel cried aloud: Let us chant unto God a hymn of victory!

¶2

Joining chorus with the sacred choirs in the heavens, O Therapon, do thou ever deliver from sufferings and cruel misfortunes those who on earth honor thy holy memory.

¶3

Theotokion: The sacred choir of the prophets foretold from afar that thou wouldst become the Theotokos, O pure one, who art higher than the cherubim and all creation.

¶4

Thy sacred and honored suffering which took place in the world moveth the faithful to glorify thee splendidly who wast made bold by grace, O wise Therapon.

¶5

The noetic Sun, showing thee forth as a star divinely radiant in the light of thy struggles, illumineth with the radiance of miracles the faithful who praise thee in sacred manner.

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

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