Εγκώμια - The Lamentations - 1st, 2nd & 3rd Stasis - Holy Friday - YouTube
Lyrics for the 1st stasis:
In a grave they laid Thee,
O my life and my Christ,
And the armies of the Angels were sore amazed
As they sang the praise of Thy submissive love.
Verse: Thou hast enjoined Thy commandments, that we should keep them most diligently.
O my dear Christ Jesus,
King and Ruler of all,
Why to them that dwelt in Hades didst Thou descend?
Was it not to set the race of mortals free?
Verse:I will confess Thee with uprightness of heart, when I have learned judgements of Thy righteousness.
In a grave they laid Thee,
O my Life and my Christ,
Yet the Lord of death has Thou by Thy
death destroyed;
And the world of Thee doth drink rich streams of life.
Verse: In my heart have I hid Thy sayings that I might not sin against Thee.
O my sweet Lord Jesus,
My salvation, my light,
How art thou now by a grave and its darkness hid
How unspeakable the mystery of Thy love.
Verse: Make me to understand the way of Thy statutes, and I will ponder on Thy wondrous works.
Thou, O Christ was buried
In a tomb newly made,
Thus renewing the whole nature of mortal men
By arising from the dead as God in truth.
Verse: Before I was humbled, I transgressed therefore Thy saying have I kept.
"Who will give me water
For the tears I must weep?"
So the Maiden wed to God cried with loud lament,
"That for my sweet Jesus I may rightly mourn."
Verse: Thou art good, O Lord and in Thy goodness teach me Thy statutes.
Saviour, Thou wast hidden
'Neath the earth like the sun,
And was covered as with shrouds by the right of death.
But more radiantly do Thou arise, O Lord.
Lyrics for 2nd stasis:
Right is it in deed
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Ma-ker of all things to mag –ni - fy Thee
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For by Thy dear pas - sion have we at-tained
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Vic-try o’er the flesh and res-cue from de-cay.
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I am rent with grief
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And my heart with woe is crushed and bro - ken
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As I see them slay Thee with doom un-just
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So be-wail-ing Him His griev-ing Mo-ther cried.
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Ah those eyes so sweet
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And Thy lips O Word how shall I close them
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How the dues of death shall I pay to Thee
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So cried Jo-seph as he shook with Ho-ly fear.
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Dir-ges at the tomb
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Good-ly Jo-seph sings with Ni-co- de – mus
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Bring-ing praise to Christ who by men was slain
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And in song with them are joined the Ser-a-phim.
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O my Son be - hold
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The well loved de-ci-ple and Thy Mo – ther
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And Thy voice so sweet let us hear a-gain
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So with plen-tous tears His maid-en Mo-ther cried.
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Beau-ty word of God
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Nor yet charm was Thine when Thou didst suf – fer
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But Thy ri-sen glo – ry its light poured down
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Shed-ing beau-ty on all man with rays di-vine.
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Trem-bling when He saw
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Thee, my Christ, Thou Light that blind-est see – ing
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In a grave con-cealed and Thy breath-ing stilled
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With a veil of dark the sun con-cealed his face.
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Wail-ling bit – ter tears
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Word of God Thy spot –less Mo-ther mourned Thee
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When she saw that Thou in a grave wast laid
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O in-ef-fa-ble and ev-er-last-ing God.
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Glory to the Father and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
O E – ter – nal God
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Word co-un-or-ig-in-ate and Spir - it.
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Mag-ni-fy the might of A-mer-i-ca
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Bless-ing us with peace and free-dom ev-er-more.
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Both now and ever and unto ages of ages Amen.
Life was born of Thee
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O most blame-less and most Ho-ly Vir – gin
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Keep the Church from ev – ‘ry dis-sen-tion free
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Bless-ing us with peace and free-dom ev-er-more.
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Repeat the first stanza, “Right is it indeed, . . “
Lyrics for 3rd stasis:
Lamentation (Stasis 3) 54
Third Part - Tone 3 Antiochian Tradition, Kazan
From the Cross he brought Thee
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That Ar –im –ma - the - an
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And in the grave he laid Thee
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Wo-men bring-ing spic – es
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Came with lov-ing fore - thought
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Thy due of myrrh to give Thee
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Jo-seph is en tomb - ing
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Helped by Ni-co-dem - us.
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The bod-y of his ma - ker
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Ah my pre-cious spring - time
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Ah my Son be – lov - ed
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Ah whith-er fades Thy beau- ty.
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Son of God al –might-y
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O my Son and mak - ker
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Whence came Thy will to suf – fer.
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When she saw her young – ling
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On the Cross sus - pen – ded
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The hei –fer wailed with griev – ing.
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Cries of woe the maid - en
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Wailed with fer – vent weep – ing
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For grief her heart was pierce- ing.
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Light more dear than see - ing
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O my Son most prec - ious
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How in a grave dost hide Thee.
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O my Son I praise Thee
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For Thy great com – pass- ion
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Which moved Thee to suf - fer
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Hast-en word Thy ris - ing
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And re-lease from sor - row
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The spot-less Maid that bare Thee
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(The following stanza is repeated over and over until the Priest sprinkles the entire Church)
Myrrh the wo-men sprink - led
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Store of spi-ces bring - ing
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To grace Thy tomb ere dawn-ing.
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Grant Thy Church peace
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And Thy flock sal-va – tion
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By Thy Re – sur – rec – tion.
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Glory to the Father and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
O Thou Tri-une God - head
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Fa-ther Son and Spir - it
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Up-on the world have mer – cy
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Both now and ever and unto ages of ages Amen.
O pure The-o-to – kos
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Make us to be – hold
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The Re-sur-rec – tion of Thy Son.
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Every gen-er - a - tion
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To the grave comes bring - ing
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To grace Thy tomb ere dawn - ing
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