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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode IV

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: Seated in glory upon the throne of the Godhead, Jesus most divine hath come on a light cloud, and with His incorrupt arm hath saved those who cry: Glory to Thy power, O Christ!

¶2

Theotokion: Without leaving the bosom of the Father, the All-divine One sitteth in thine all-pure womb, O all-pure Theotokos, preparing for all a divine seat and everlasting glory by His goodness.

¶3

In manner past understanding the love of Thy martyrs surpasseth all the feats, battles, manly struggles and contests which Thou hast set for those who lawfully contended, O Word.

¶4

The warriors of Christ most excellently showed forth a single understanding while they were wounded in their divers bodies, and they confessed the one God in the arena and manifestly destroyed the falsehood of polytheism.

¶5

The angels marvelled at the contest of Nazarius, Protase, Gervase and Celsius, the honorable martyrs: how, struggling in the flesh against an incorporeal foe, they most valiantly cast him down to the ground.

¶6

As valiant warriors, as invincible martyrs, as soldiers of Christ, as champions of piety, ye have inherited the mansions of heaven, rejoicing ever with the angelic choirs.

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

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