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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode VI

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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Irmos: Out of the belly of hades Thou didst hearken to the sound of my cry, and didst deliver my life from corruption, O greatly Merciful One.

¶2

Kontakion & ikos from the Pentecostarion.

¶3

Satan fell headlong from the heights of heaven into the darksome fires of Gehenna, O Michael, flung down by thee into the abyss of corruption.

¶4

Theotokion: Rampart and bulwark of protection art thou for all the faithful, O Queen of heaven, who hearkenest mercifully to our piteous pleas.

¶5

Our desperate cries rise unto thy noetic ears, O wondrous archangel; wherefore, deliver us ever from all enemies, visible and invisible.

¶6

Glory shineth ineffably from thy radiant countenance, O mighty one, illumining those who languish in darkness and the shadow of death.

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

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