Voskresenyiye Hristovo videvshe (All Night Vigil [Op. 37, No. 10])

Having Beheld the Resurrection

Rachmaninoff, Sergei (1873–1943)

Voicing:
Mixed Choir → SSAATTBB

Accompaniment:
Unaccompanied

Function/Language(s):
Church Slavonic

Occasion:
Proper of Time → The Sacred Paschal Triduum → Friday of the Passion of the Lord
Proper of Time → Easter Season → General Easter Season

Publication Information:
Musica Russica — Series IX, Volume 2 (1992)

Lyrics:

Voskresenyiye Hristovo videvshe . . .

English translation:
Having beheld the resurrection of Christ,
let us worship the holy Lord Jesus,
the only Sinless One.
We venerate your cross, O Christ,
and we hymn and glorify your holy resurrection,
for you are our God, and we know no other than you;
we call on your name.
Come, all you faithful,
let us venerate Christ’s holy resurrection.
For, behold, through the cross
joy has come into all the world.
Ever blessing the Lord,
let us praise his resurrection,
for by enduring the cross for us,
he has destroyed death by death.

Notes: In Church Slavonic. Relevant to both the Good Friday Veneration of the Cross and the resurrection theme of the Easter season.
Submitted by: Brian Luckner Added: Nov 20, 2021 Last updated: Jan 26, 2022