{"collection":"chr","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/chr/hec/hec69.htm","path":"chr/hec/hec69.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/chr/hec/hec69.htm","text":"Hymns of the Eastern Church, by J.M. Neale, [1884]\nCanon for Ascension Day\nby S. Joseph of the Studium\n\u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u1f10\u03bd \u03b4\u03c5\u03c3\u1f76 \u03c4\u03b1\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03bf\u1f50\u03c3\u03af\u03b1\u03b9\u03c2.\nO\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0f twofold natures, Christ, the Giver\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Of immortality and love,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Ascendeth to the Father's glory,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Ascendeth to the Throne above:\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Wherefore He, this glorious morn,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Be by all ador'd:\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Thou That liftest up our horn,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Holy art Thou, Lord!\nS\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0laves are set free, and captives ransom\u2019d:\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The Nature that He made at first\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0He now presenteth to the Father,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The chains of her damnation burst:\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0This the cause that He was born,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Adam's race restor\u2019d:\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Thou That liftest up our horn,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Holy art Thou, Lord!\nE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0mptied awhile of all His brightness,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0He enter\u2019d thus the glorious fight;\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0O\u2019erthrew the foe, mankind exalted\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Far above every Pow\u2019r and Might:\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Therefore bare He pains and scorn,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Calvary's heart-blood pour\u2019d:\u2014\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Thou That liftest up our horn,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Holy art Thou, Lord!\nCatavas\u00eda.\nP\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0raising the Lord they stood, the Martyr Three,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Untouch\u2019d amidst the fire, and wholly free:\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0With them associate, let the world's wide frame\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0To Him Whose healing dew restrain\u2019d the flame,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Send up the hymn of praise, and magnify His Name!\n223:* I have specified this Hirmos, because the reader can see it by turning back to page 133.","title":"Hymns of the Eastern Church: S. Joseph of the Studium: Canon for Ascension Day. Ode VIII.","type":"page"}