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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode V

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: Send down upon us Thine enlightenment, O Lord, and free us from the gloom of transgressions, O Good One, granting us Thy peace.

¶2

Theotokion: O Lord, Isaiah clearly saw Thee sitting on the cloud of Thy most hymned Mother, casting down the idols of Egypt.

¶3

Troparia of the Prophet

¶4

Beholding the mystery hidden from above and the ancient counsel of the Most High, thou didst announce God’s dispensation concerning us, O divinely eloquent one.

¶5

The ever-flowing wellspring of Thy sufferings, O Lord, washeth away our passions; for Thou hast come, O Savior, as the Prophet Isaiah hath taught.

¶6

The pious Isaiah hath proclaimed to the ignorant the one Trinity in a single Essence: the Word and the Holy Spirit Who have Their origin in God the Father.

¶7

Troparia of the Martyr

¶8

With the enlightenment of grace thou didst fish for men, and thou didst manifestly set at nought the savagery of the ungodly tyrants, O wise one, invested on earth with power from on high.

¶9

Manifestly desiring the enjoyment of heaven more than anything earthly, O wise Christopher, thou didst mightily endure the pangs of martyrdom, strengthened by the Cross.

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

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