Canon for Ascension Day. Ode V.

ODE V.

by S. Joseph of the Studium

νεκρώσας τὸν θάνατον.

N ow that Death by death hath found his ending,
Thou dost call to Thee Thy loved Eleven;
And from holy Olivet ascending
On a cloud art carried up to Heaven.

O that wondrous Birth! that wondrous Rising!
That more wondrous mounting to the sky!
So Elias, earthly things despising,
In a fiery chariot went on high.

P arted from Him, still they watch’d His going:
'Why stand gazing thus?' the Angel said:
'This same Jesus, all His glory showing,
Shall return to judge the quick and dead.'

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Catavasía.

Q uicken’d and cleans’d, receive remission new
In the descending Spirit's fiery dew,
Sons of the Church, and light-formed generation!
For lo! the law goes forth from Sion's nation,
The cloven tongues of flame the Paraclete's salvation!