Christ Is Born, Him Glorify
For Christmas
First Ode from St. Cosmas's Canon for Christmas Day.
Words: Χριστος γενναται δοξασατε, by St. Cosmas, died ca. 760 (Greek)
Source: Richard Frederick Littledale, Offices from the Service-books of the Holy Eastern Church (London: Williams and Norgate, 1863), pp. 187-188.
"The Word was made flesh." - John 1:14.
Christ is born,
Him glorify.
Christ from heaven, go to greet Him.
Christ on earth, be lifted up.
Sing to the Lord all the whole earth,
And in gladness praise Him, O ye nations,
For He hath been glorified!
[Troparia.]
Man, fallen
through transgression,
Once in God's image made,
Now all corruption's own,
Fallen from the better, sacred life,
The wise Creator frames anew,
For He hath been glorified!
The Creator,
seeing man,
Whom He made, now perishing,
Bowed the heaven and came down,
And his mortal substance took,
Truly Incarnate of the Holy Maid.
For He hath been glorified!
Wisdom, Word, and
Might,
Son and Glory of the Father,
Christ our God, concealed from all
Powers supernal or on earth,
Man became and ransomed us.
For He hath been glorified!
Note:
Other translations include:
Christ Is Born! Tell Forth His Fame! (John Mason Neale)
Christ is Born, Go Forth To Meet Him (Brownlie)
See also:
Office of Christmas Day - St Cosmas - Richard Frederick Littledale, Offices From The Service Books of the Holy Eastern Church (1863)
Canons of Cosmas For Christmas Day - John Mason Neale, Hymns of the Eastern Church (1884)
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