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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode I

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: Traversing the deep on foot, as though it were dry land, and seeing the tyrant Pharaoh drowned, Israel cried aloud: Let us chant unto God a hymn of victory!

¶2

Still thou the tribulations and passions of life which beset my mind, O athlete Irenarchus, and vouchsafe that I may praise thy memory in peace.

¶3

Theotokion: Having given birth to the infinite Word Who was contained within thy womb, O pure one, thou tabernacle which held God, deliver me who have been beset by the threefold waves of cruelties and evils.

¶4

Quenching the flame of the torturers with streams of thy blood, thou didst water the thoughts of the faithful, that they may piously give rise to the desire for everlasting life, O martyr Irenarchus.

¶5

Receiving wreaths of sacred victory as an athlete, O most blessed Irenarchus, thou wast translated from earth to the world where there is no conflict, to true light and life.

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

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