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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode I

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: I shall sing to Thee, O Lord my God; for Thou didst lead Thy people forth from the bondage of Egypt, and didst overwhelm the chariots of Pharaoh and his might.

¶2

Theotokion: O all-pure Theotokos, the glorious Isaiah, foreseeing thee as a staff, proclaimed the incarnate Word Who would come forth from thee like a flower.

¶3

Troparia of the Prophet

¶4

Enlighten me, O Lord my God, and guide me with splendor, that I may praise the glorious and honored festival of Thy divine prophet.

¶5

The divinely sounded clarion of Isaiah, sounding forth unto the earth, hath summoned the children of the Church to celebrate his memory.

¶6

Having steadfastly made the passions of thy body subject to the thoughts of thy soul, O God-bearer, thou hast been vouchsafed to behold the glory of the Almighty.

¶7

Troparia of the Martyr

¶8

Come, all ye Christ-bearers, and let us piously hymn today the memory of Christopher, the divinely wise witness to the Truth.

¶9

Having manfully struggled against falsehood, O martyred athlete, strengthened by the might of Christ thou didst trample the threats of the tyrants underfoot.

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

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