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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode VII

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: Once, in Babylon, the youths who had come forth from Judæa trod down the flame of the furnace with their faith in the Trinity, chanting: O God of our fathers, blessed art Thou!

¶2

Thy most faithful favorite delighted his throat with the teaching of divinely inspired laws and words more than with honey, chanting: Blessed art Thou, O Lord God, forever!

¶3

Theotokion: Thou wast shown to be the daughter of God the Father, O Mary, the Mother of the Son, O Ever-virgin, and the Bride of the Holy Spirit, O all-pure one, thou ­dwelling-place of the Trinity, the Origin of light, thou animate temple of the whole Godhead.

¶4

With hymns and songs I praise the martyred monk Macarius, Macarius of Chios, and Mark of Crete, and with him Myron, the radiant star of that same island.

¶5

Irmos: In the furnace the Hebrew children boldly trod the flame underfoot and transformed the fire into dew, crying out: Blessed art Thou, O Lord God, forever!

¶6

O divinely eloquent and blessed one, thou dost lead to Christ those who hymn thee, O Cyriacus, and who are cleansed of the filth of the passions by thy prayers, crying out and saying: Blessed art Thou, O Lord God, forever!

¶7

Theotokion: Quench thou the flame of my passions and subdue the tempest of heresies, O Mother of God; for we Christians have thee as an intercessor and champion, and thee do we hymn with faith forever.

¶8

Let us send up praise to Manuel of Crete, Michael the scion of Athens, and the other Michael, from Granitsa, for they theologized gloriously concerning the Trinity.

¶9

Daniel, escaping the ferocity of the lions, was glorified; but Cyriacus, commanding them, had them as servants, and he cried to Thee: Blessed art Thou, O Lord God, forever!

¶10

Let Michael of Vourla and Nicetas of Nisiros be praised, and the priest Nicetas of the Russian monastery on Athos, and Nicodemus, venerable among the martyrs, who struggled in the Monastery of Meteora.

¶11

All the grace of the Spirit didst thou cause to dwell in Cyriacus, for he became the lover of Thine all-pure beauty, crying out to Thee with all his soul: Blessed art Thou, O Lord God, forever!

¶12

Truly the enemy, who boasted that he would overturn the earth and the sea, was utterly vanquished by you; for, having Christ within you, O invincible ones, ye trampled him beneath your feet.

¶13

Trinitarian: Augmenting vision with action, thou didst preach the Essence in three Persons: the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, O God-pleasing Cyriacus, crying out: Blessed art Thou, O Lord God, forever!

¶14

O most blessed passion-bearers, the Lord tried you like gold in the fire of torments, and hath received you as a rich wholeburnt offering, showing you to share in His own sufferings.

¶15

To the Moslems ye preached God the Lord, for Whom ye most zealously accepted tortures, O athletes. Him do ye entreat, that we be freed from everlasting torments.

¶16

Offering praise to the consubstantial Trinity, O martyrs, never cease to ask for us a pure heart and upright spirit, that we may chant in purity: O God of our fathers, blessed art Thou!

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

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