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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode IV

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: O Word, with divine vision the prophet perceived Thee Who wast to become incarnate of the Theotokos alone, the mountain overshadowed; and with fear he glorified Thy power.

¶2

Theotokion: O Virgin Theotokos, thou hope of Christians, thine ancient mercies which thou didst show toward our fathers do thou also grant unto us, and protect and preserve us from all evil.

¶3

O divinely blessed prince Daniel, the Lord showed thee forth as the founder and first prince of the city of Moscow. Praying unceasingly to Him, save thou the city of Moscow and all the land of Russia from tribulation, and in thy mercy visit its Orthodox people.

¶4

We entreat you, O holy hierarchs of Christ — Peter, Alexis, Jonah and Philip — and all the rest of the wonderworkers of Moscow, to still the turmoil of our spirit and the tempest of grief, and by your supplications to God grant us serenity.

¶5

A primate of the apostolic Church, a confessor of the Orthodox Faith, a second Chrysostom in denouncing the sin-loving and seditious, and a builder of the Orthodox kingdom wast thou, O holy hierarch Hermogenes; and for this thou wast tormented with imprisonment and starvation and hast received from God an imperishable crown. Wherefore thou dwellest with the martyrs.

¶6

Today the glorious city of Moscow rejoiceth, and all Russia is filled with gladness; and thine honored monastery, O divinely blessed Sergius, boasting, is adorned, possessed of thy precious relics as an inexhaustible and all-wondrous treasure.

¶7

With sacred hymns let us praise the venerable Nikon, the lover of obedience; and with him let us also hymn Stephen, Sabbas, Andronicus, and all the venerable disciples and companions of the great Sergius, by whose supplications the children of Russia are saved.

¶8

When there was no city, or village, nor vale wherein the people of Russia could hide from the tyranny of the enemies to whom they had been given over because of their sins, then thou, O venerable Dionysius, didst show thyself to be a mighty refuge for all the suffering.

¶9

We entreat you, O blessed and all-wise ones — Basil, Maximus and John of Moscow, and all the fools for Christ’s sake in Russia, who were wondrous in your manner of life and understanding: Beseech Christ our God in behalf of your earthly homeland, and beg salvation for all the faithful.

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

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