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Ode IV

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: Thou didst mount Thy steeds, Thine apostles, O Lord, and didst take their bridles in Thy hands; and Thy chariot hath become salvation for those who chant with faith: Glory to Thy power, O Lord!

¶2

Theotokion: By thy strange birthgiving thou hast reconciled to God those who had been estranged from Him, O most hymned one. Wherefore, we all glorify thee with loud voices and cry out to thee with faith: Rejoice, O restoration of mortals!

¶3

Thou wast revealed as exalted by honorable sufferings, O wise and most sacred one; thou hast received crowns of victory, and hast obtained everlasting joy. Wherefore, we honor thee, O hierarch Zenobius our father.

¶4

Voluntarily emulating Him Who was stretched out on the Tree, O glorious Zenobius, thou wast lifted up, undaunted; and thou didst put off corruption and the coarseness of mortality, O father, thou boast of priests.

¶5

Thy mighty soul cast down the fortresses of the demons, and the pagan temples collapsed, destroyed by thy most firm faith, O glorious Zenobius, boast of hieromartyrs.

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

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