{"collection":"chr","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/chr/hec/hec26.htm","path":"chr/hec/hec26.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/chr/hec/hec26.htm","text":"Hymns of the Eastern Church, by J.M. Neale, [1884]\nCanon for Easter Day\nby S. John Damascene.\n\u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u1fc6\u03bb\u03b8\u03b5\u03c2 \u1f10\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03c9\u03c4\u03ac\u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2.\nInto the dim earth's lowest parts descending,\n \u00a0\u00a0And bursting by Thy might the infernal chain\n That bound the prisoners, Thou, at three days\u2019 ending,\n \u00a0\u00a0As Jonah from the whale, hast risen again.\nThou brakest not the seal, Thy surety's token,\n \u00a0\u00a0Arising from the Tomb, Who left\u2019st in Birth\n The portals of Virginity unbroken,\n \u00a0\u00a0Opening the gates of heaven to sons of earth.\nThou, Sacrifice ineffable and living,\n \u00a0\u00a0Didst to the Father by Thyself atone\n As God eternal: resurrection giving\n \u00a0\u00a0To Adam, general parent, by Thine own.","title":"Hymns of the Eastern Church: S. John Damascene: Canon for...","type":"page"}