{"collection":"chr","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/chr/hec/hec27.htm","path":"chr/hec/hec27.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/chr/hec/hec27.htm","text":"Hymns of the Eastern Church, by J.M. Neale, [1884]\nCanon for Easter Day\nby S. John Damascene.\n\u1f49 \u03c0\u03b1\u1fd6\u03b4\u03b1\u03c2 \u1f10\u03ba \u03ba\u03b1\u03bc\u03af\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5.\nWho from the fiery furnace saved the Three,\n Suffers as mortal; that, His Passion o\u2019er,\n This mortal, triumphing o\u2019er death, might be\n Vested with immortality once more:\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0He Whom our fathers still confest\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0God over all, for ever blest.\nThe women with their ointment seek the Tomb:\n And Whom they mourned as dead, with many a tear,\n They worship now, joy dawning on their gloom,\n As Living God, as mystic Passover;\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Then to the Lord's Disciples gave\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The tidings of the vanquished grave.\nWe keep the festal of the death of death;\n Of hell o\u2019erthrown: the first-fruits pure and bright,\n Of life eternal; and with joyous breath\n Praise Him that won the victory by His might:\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Him Whom our fathers still confest\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0God over all, for ever blest.\nAll hallowed festival, in splendour born!\n Night of salvation and of glory! Night\n Fore-heralding the Resurrection morn!\n When from the tomb the everlasting Light,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A glorious frame once more his own,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Upon the world in splendour shone.","title":"Hymns of the Eastern Church: S. John Damascene: Canon for Easter Day: Ode VII","type":"page"}