{"collection":"chr","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/chr/hec/hec25.htm","path":"chr/hec/hec25.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/chr/hec/hec25.htm","text":"Hymns of the Eastern Church, by J.M. Neale, [1884]\nCanon for Easter Day\nby S. John Damascene.\n\u1f40\u03c1\u03b8\u03c1\u03af\u03c3\u03c9\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd \u1f44\u03c1\u03b8\u03c1\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b2\u03b1\u03b8\u03ad\u03bf\u03c2.\nLet us rise in early morning,\n \u00a0\u00a0And, instead of ointments, bring\n Hymns of praises to our Master,\n \u00a0\u00a0And His Resurrection sing:\n We shall see the Sun of Justice\n \u00a0\u00a0Risen with healing on His wing.\nThy unbounded loving-kindness,\n \u00a0\u00a0They that groaned in Hades\u2019 chain,\n Prisoners, from afar beholding,\n \u00a0\u00a0Hasten to the light again\n And to that eternal Pascha\n \u00a0\u00a0Wove the dance and raised the strain.\nGo ye forth, His Saints, to meet Him!\n \u00a0\u00a0Go with lamps in every hand!\n From the sepulchre He riseth:\n \u00a0\u00a0Ready for the Bridegroom stand:\n And the Pascha of salvation\n \u00a0\u00a0Hail, with His triumphant band.","title":"Hymns of the Eastern Church: S. John Damascene: Canon for Easter Day: Ode V","type":"page"}