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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode I

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: O Thou Who wast born of the Virgin, drown Thou, I pray Thee, the three parts of my soul in the depths of dispassion, as of old Thou didst drown the mounted captains of Pharaoh; that, in the mortality of my body, as on a timbrel, I may chant a hymn of victory.

¶2

The Son of God, God the Word, Who is without beginning, appeared on earth in a form like unto ours, Him Whom thou didst behold, and Whose hands and side thou didst touch, O glorious one, do thou beseech, that He save thy flock.

¶3

Theotokion: O all-hymned Theotokos, destroyer of death and corruption, thou didst give birth to Christ, the Source of incorruption, Who hath adorned human nature with the grace of immortality, O all-pure one.

¶4

Jesus, my God, Who knowest that which is hidden, Who trieth the reins and testeth hearts, chose thee to be a divine apostle and a minister and witness of His manifestation as God, O most blessed Thomas.

¶5

Thou wast shown to be a river of mystic waters watering the face of the earth and the assembly of the Church with streams of knowledge divine, O Thomas, and dispelling the delusion of polytheism with the din of the Spirit.

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

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