Χριστὸς γεννᾶται, δοξάσατε

Author: Cosmas, the Melodist
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1 Χριστὸς γεννᾶται, δοξάσατε
Χριστὸς ἐξ οὐϱανῶν, ἀπαντήατε,
Χριστὸς ἐπὶ γῆς, ὑφώθητε
Ἄ̦σατε τῷ Κυρίῳ πᾶσα ἡ γῆ,
Καὶ ἐν εὐφροαύνῃ,
Ἀνυμνήσατε λσοὶ, ὅτι δεδόξαται.

2 Ῥεύσαντα ἐκ παραβάσεως,
Θεοῦ τὸν κατ᾽ εἰκόνα γενόμενον,
Ὄλον τῆς φθορᾶς ὑπάρξαντα,
Κρείττουος ἐπταικότα ϑείας ζωῆς,
Αἶθις ἀναπλάττει, ὁ σοφὸς
Δημιουϱγὸς, ὄτι δεδόξασται.

3 Ἰδὼν ὁ Κτίστης ὀλλύμενου,
Τὸν ἄνθρωπον χεϱσὶν, ὃν ἐποίησε,
Κλίνας οὐρανοὺς κατέρχεται
Τοῦτον δὲ ἐκ Παϱθένου, ϑείας
Ἁγνῆς, ὅλον οὐσιοῦται,
Ἁληθείᾳ σαρκωθεὶς, ὅτι δεδόξασται.

4 Σοφία λόγος καὶ δύναμις,
Ὑιὸς ὤν τοῦ Πατϱὸς καὶ ἀπαύγασμα,
Χριστὸς ὁ θεὸς, δυνάμεις λαθὼν,
Δσας ὑπερκοαμίους, ὅσας ἐν γῆ,
Καὶ ἐναυθρωπήσας,
Ανεκτήσατο ἡμᾶς, ὅτι δεδόξασται.

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Author: Cosmas, the Melodist

Cosmas, St., The Melodist. (Died circ. A.D. 760.) The second among the Greek ecclesiastical poets. He was adopted by the father of St. John of Damascus, and educated with him by a Sicilian monk also named Cosmas, who had been redeemed from slavery by his adopted father. The two foster-brothers retired together to St. Sabas, and there stimulated, assisted and vied witii one another in the composition of hymns. It is not certain whether some of the Canons, Triodia, and Idiomela under the name of Cosmas may not be the work of the elder Cosmas. He was elected Bishop of Maiuma in A.D. 743, and is commemorated in the Greek Calendar on Oct. 14. The story of Cosmas the elder is beautifully told in Milman's Lat. Christ., vol. ii. 364. Daniel, vol. i… Go to person page >

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