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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode I

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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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.

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Of the Prophet

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Theotokion: The Sun Who shone forth invisibly from the Father before time began, shone forth from thee, O Ever-virgin Mary; and all-gloriously circumscribed in the body for us who are visible, He hath enlightened men with the radiance of piety.

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Preserving the dignity of thy soul, O blessed Jonah, thou wast an image of godly aspect, and wast vouchsafed to prefigure the resurrection of Christ which transcendeth the world, which we all hymn, for gloriously hath He been glorified.

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In every way wast thou with love inclined toward God, O ever-memorable one; and illumined with His splendors, thou wast made a clarion-voiced prophet to the nations by Him, teaching the saving remedy of repentance.

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Of the Venerable One

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A servant of God, O father, as a priest thou didst keep the commandments of the Savior; for thou didst forsake the tumult of the world, taking up thy cross, O most blessed one, and didst follow in His life-bearing footsteps.

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O mediator of salvation who didst possess divinely inspired understanding, thou didst piously go through all the Scriptures, absorbing the divinely proclaimed precepts, O venerable father Jonah, and hence received the dignity of the priesthood.

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

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