Christ is Risen, brothers and sisters!

Christ is Risen, brothers and sisters! Truly He is Risen!

Rejoice and sing, my soul,
Heiress of the heavens:
Christ is risen,
Your Saviour is truly risen!

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Yes! Hell has grown faint before the Mighty One:
From the fetters of the tomb,
From the night of death, God raised His Son
And raised you with Him.

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From eternal light
The Lord descended into the dwelling of darkness,
Was clothed in dust, put on flesh,
That we might not perish!

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Ineffable love,
Height of all mysteries!
For us His holy Blood
He shed from the cross.

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With His most pure Blood
He redeemed us, the fallen,
From torments and the grave, from the snares
And the power of the dark forces.

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Christ is risen, my Saviour,
Truly He is risen.
Rejoice, soul; before you He
Has opened the gates of heaven!

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Verses by Wilhelm Küchelbecker; sketch with the scene of the Resurrection for a mosaic panel in the Church of the Resurrection of Christ, by Mikhail Nesterov, 1892