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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode IV

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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Irmos: Proclaiming the coming of Thine appearance on earth, O Christ God, the prophet cried out with gladness: Glory to Thy power, O Lord!

¶2

Theotokion: The Babe born of the Mother of God without pain hath been given to us by the prophetess; and the godly Isaiah hath proclaimed that His government is upon His shoulders.

¶3

Troparia of the Prophet

¶4

Ascending to the summit of the virtues, thou didst converse in purity with Him Whom thou didst desire, and didst sing with joy: Glory to Thy power, O Lord!

¶5

Isaiah was entrusted with the grace of prophecy and showed himself to be a dwelling-place of God; and he hath been vouchsafed the incorrupt glory of the heavenly hosts.

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As an initiate of ineffable mysteries, O glorious one, full of the divine Spirit thou didst say in a proverb that the children, the Churches of the nations, would be renewed.

¶7

Troparia of the Martyr

¶8

Thou hast received a heavenly inheritance, O martyr, having struggled for Christ on earth; and thou hast manfully extinguished the idolatrous falsehood of the cruel demon.

¶9

As he had tempted our forefather Adam of old, the serpent exposed thee to a woman’s temptation, O martyr, but though he sought to choke thee, he was vanquished and put to shame.

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

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