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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode IV

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: Christ is my power, my God and my Lord, the honored Church doth sing, crying out in godly manner with a pure mind, keeping festival in the Lord.

¶2

Lawfully didst thou race, lawfully didst thou suffer, and lawfully wast thou crowned, O most blessed one, strengthened by the law of God, preserving thyself unharmed.

¶3

Theotokion: Thou didst remain a Virgin after giving birth, as thou wast before giving birth, O most immaculate one, for thou gavest birth to God the Word Who hath delivered us through thy mediation.

¶4

Unable to endure walking in deception, O glorious one, in that thou art rational, thou didst make haste, rejoicing, to the Son of God, receiving the noetic light, and showing thyself to be a lamp-stand.

¶5

The deep, receiving thee, in no wise covered thee, O most blessed martyr, recognizing thee as a godly witness of the divine sufferings of Christ most true, O Irenarchus.

¶6

O right-wondrous athletes, when ye were made sacrificial victims and slaughtered, lacerated together and consumed with fire, ye did not deny Christ.

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

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