{"collection":"chr","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/chr/hec/hec24.htm","path":"chr/hec/hec24.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/chr/hec/hec24.htm","text":"Hymns of the Eastern Church, by J.M. Neale, [1884]\nCanon for Easter Day\nby S. John Damascene.\n\u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03b8\u03b5\u03af\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c6\u03c5\u03bb\u03b1\u03ba\u1fc6\u03c2.\nStand on thy watch-tower, Habakkuk the Seer,\n And show the Angel, radiant in his light:\n 'To-day,' saith he, 'Salvation shall appear,\n 'Because the Lord hath ris\u2019n, as God of Might.'\nThe male that opes the Virgin's womb is He;\n The Lamb of Whom His faithful people eat;\n Our truer Passover from blemish free;\n Our very God, Whose name is all complete.\nThis yearling Lamb, our Sacrifice most blest,\n Our glorious Crown, for all men freely dies:\n Behold our Pascha, beauteous from His rest,\n The healing Sun of Righteousness arise.\nBefore the ark, a type to pass away,\n David of old time danced: we, holier race,\n Seeing the Antitype come forth to-day,\n Hail, with a shout, Christ's own Almighty grace.","title":"Hymns of the Eastern Church: S. John Damascene: Canon for Easter Day: Ode IV","type":"page"}