HOLY AND GREAT COUNCIL DOCUMENT

Draft Synodical Document

Παρασκευή 30 Απριλίου 2021

ΕΓΚΩΜΙΑ- THE LAMENTATIONS

 ΕΓΚΩΜΙΑ- THE LAMENTATIONS
Ἡ ζωὴ ἐν τάφῳ, κατετέθης Χριστέ,
καὶ Ἀγγέλων στρατιαὶ ἐξεπλήττοντο,
συγκατάβασιν δοξάζουσαι τὴν σήν.

In the tomb they laid you, * you, O Christ,
who are Life; * in amazement angel armies
lift up their song * as they glorify your self-
abasement, Lord.  

 Ἄξιόν ἐστι, μεγαλύνειν σε τὸν
Ζωοδότην, τὸν ἐν τῷ Σταυρῷ τὰς χεῖρας
 
ἐκτείναντα, καὶ συντρίψαντα τὸ κράτος τοῦ
ἐχθροῦ.

It is right indeed * we should magnify
the one who grants life, * you, that stretched
your hands wide upon the Cross, * broke and
smashed the might and power of the foe. 


Αἱ γενεαὶ πᾶσαι, ὕμνον τῇ Ταφῇ σου,
προσφέρουσι Χριστέ μου.

Each generation offers, * my Christ, for
your entombment * in hymns and songs its
praises.