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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode I

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: Overwhelming power once laid low the whole army of Pharaoh in the deep, and the incarnate Word hath destroyed pernicious sin. All-glorious is the Lord, for gloriously hath He been glorified.

¶2

Come ye, and as is meet let us honor Paul, the lover of simplicity, the teacher of patience, and the instructor in humility.

¶3

Theotokion: Shining more radiantly than the sun in the beauty of thy virginity and revealing an awesome wonder unto the world, thou art called the pure Mother of God. Wherefore, in fear and love we bow down before thee, O Theotokos and Queen.

¶4

Irmos: Having traversed the water as though it were dry land, and escaped the evil of Egypt, the Israelite cried aloud: Let us chant unto our Deliverer and God!

¶5

Most malicious hell lamented, vanquished by thee, O wondrous Paul, for by thy humility thou didst wound its head, O glorious one.

¶6

Theotokion: As thou wast a receptacle of the eternal Light of divine magnificence, O pure Virgin Mistress, remove from me the defilement and stain of every sin.

¶7

Thou didst truly believe in the living God; wherefore, thou didst do most glorious things, healing afflictions and driving out demons by the blessed name of Christ, O Paul.

¶8

Having Paul, the disciple of the Master of the mysteries of heaven, the fisher of the world, as thy teacher, O God-pleaser, thou becamest a student of the highest vision.

¶9

The tongue of Paul, manifestly moved by the Spirit to declare the mysteries of God, embraced thee, O blessed one, making thee a divine herald.

¶10

Pierced through by the love of the Spirit, and conversing with the Master in mind with divine words, O most sacred one, thou didst set down sacred discourses.

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

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