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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode VIII

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: Madly did the Chaldæan tyrant heat the furnace sevenfold for the pious ones; but, beholding them saved by a higher Power, he cried out to the Creator and Deliverer: Ye children, bless; ye priests, hymn; ye people, exalt Him supremely for all ages!

¶2

Enriched by thee with the radiance of the consubstantial and worshipful Trinity and celebrating now thy festival, O Gregory, we ask to be illumined with wonder-working grace, crying aloud to the Master: Ye children, bless; ye priests, hymn; ye people, exalt Him supremely for all ages!

¶3

Theotokion: Thou wast the abode of the never-waning Light, O all-pure one, shining with the beauties of virginity and illumining all who from the depths of their souls confess thee to be the true Theotokos and who chant: Ye children, bless; ye priests, hymn; ye people, exalt Him supremely for all ages!

¶4

Receiving the radiance of the sovereign Godhead like a newly revealed mirror, thou hast illumined the world with rays of light, sending down Orthodoxy upon those who melodiously chant: Ye children, bless; ye priests, hymn; ye people, exalt Him supremely for all ages!

¶5

Protected by God, O most wise one, thou wast preserved in hiding on the mountain for those who honor God, as a source of piety, like another Moses the law-giver; and thou didst teach them to hymn the Creator and Deliverer, singing: Ye children, bless; ye priests, hymn; ye people, exalt Him supremely for all ages!

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

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