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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode VII

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: O Theotokos, we, the faithful, perceive thee to be a noetic furnace; for, as the supremely Exalted One saved the three youths, in thy womb the praised and most glorious God of our fathers wholly renewed the world.

¶2

Infirmities and ailments afflict thy children, O merciful father Jonah; but treat them with the grace which floweth from thee, that we may cry aloud to the Lord: Blessed art Thou, O God of our fathers!

¶3

Theotokion: O blessed and most pure Mistress, thou wast an all-pure temple and an all-holy ark, having received the infinite Creator, God, the only-begotten Word, in thy womb, containing the Unapproachable One.

¶4

Rejoice, ye two glorious athletes! Rejoice, ye who splendidly overcame the threat of the tyrants! Rejoice, ye who finished the good race! Rejoice, food that remaineth ever within us! Rejoice, O blessed of God, who manifestly intercede before God!

¶5

Irmos: The three children, who showed forth an image of the Trinity in the furnace, proclaimed the King and Lord, and set at nought the deception of the idol, crying: Blessed art Thou, O God of our fathers!

¶6

Everlasting life hast thou inherited in the kingdom of the Trinity, for having served thy Lord, thou dwellest forever in the mansions of heaven, crying: Blessed art Thou, O God of our fathers!

¶7

Theotokion: All our sins are forgiven by the Savior Who was crucified and died for our sake, and Who gave thee to us, O Virgin, as our Mother; wherefore, we cry out in joy: Blessed art Thou, O God of our fathers!

¶8

Walking upon the earth, O most radiant martyrs, ye darkened the eyes of the demons and the faces of the persecutors with the light of grace and the rays of your suffering, hymning our praised and all-glorious God.

¶9

Repelling the onslaught of the ravening wolves who seek to devour the sheep of thy flock, thou dost drive them afar off with thy shepherd’s staff, crying in victory: Blessed is the God of our fathers!

¶10

Being animate and living temples of the living God, O most blessed athletes, truly strengthened by the power of God ye vanquished hordes of the enemy, in hymns praising God Who is mighty in battles.

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

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