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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

O ye sacred people, in sanctity let us honor the sacred and honored festival of the sacred athletes, that we may be delivered from misfortunes by their entreaties.

¶3

Theotokion: The transcendent Word, receiving human essence from thy pure blood, O pure one, hath deified us and delivered us from corruption; wherefore, we, the faithful, ever glorify thee.

¶4

Striving, that they might receive from Christ crowns of sacred victory, the valiant martyrs manifestly chose to die rather than live; wherefore, they have received glory.

¶5

Undaunted by the pain of the flesh and unafraid of either the tortures or the fire of the persecutors, O martyred athletes, ye manfully proclaimed Christ before the tribunal.

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

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