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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode III

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: O Christ, Who in the beginning established the heavens in wisdom and founded the earth upon the waters, make me steadfast upon the rock of Thy commandments; for none is holy as Thee, O Thou Who lovest mankind.

¶2

Now and ever...

¶3

Like a lamb wast thou led to the slaughter, O martyr Eudoxius, neither protesting, nor crying out, O most blessed one, emulating the life of Christ thy Teacher. Wherefore, thou hast received unending glory.

¶4

To those who served idols thou didst cry out, O martyr: My God liveth forever, but your gods are the works of men’s hands; falling, they cannot rise up, for they are inanimate, graven images!

¶5

The arts of the enemy hast thou cast down, establishing thy mind upon the rock of the Church of Christ. Wherefore, thou didst cry out: This corruptible life do I leave for life everlasting!

¶6

God the Word, equally enthroned and everlasting with the Father, wishing to restore the first of our race, took Adam’s hypostasis of thee, O pure one, finding thee to be the most holy of all women, O Mother of God.

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

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