(From the Canon of the Resurrection)

Ode VIII

ho boulesei hapanta poion
Parakletike, p.9

tr., John Brownlie

7.8.7.8

I

Word of God, Who by Thy will

Madest all things as we see them;

By Thy glorious Passion, Thou,

From the shade of death didst free them.

II

We would join the glad refrain,

Ceaseless sung by all creation,

To the praise of Him whose works

Wake our souls to adoration.

III

Shattered now the bars of death,

Hades' gates are burst asunder,

For the Word of life arose

While creation gazed in wonder.

IV

To Thy Name eternal praise

Every heart and voice engages;

All Thy works exalt Thy Name,

Through the endless course of ages.