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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode III

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: O Theotokos, thou living and abundant fountain: in thy divine commemoration establish those who hymn thee and spiritually form themselves into a choir; and vouchsafe unto them crowns of glory.

¶2

Offering unto God Almighty all-night supplication with vigilant mind, O father, thou didst lull the carnal passions to sleep. Wherefore, thou hast become for us all a never-tiring intercessor.

¶3

Theotokion: With drops of thy mercy, O Maiden, quench the burning coals of the passions and light the lamp of my heart, which hath gone out, O Mary who knewest not wedlock, thou golden candlestand, most immaculate one.

¶4

Having mortified thy members with abstinence, O father, thou didst enliven thy soul with divine turnings, enlivened by the virtues and the powers of the Creator, O Palladius, father of fathers.

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

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