This Easter hymn is one of the oldest hymns still sung. St. John of Damascus wrote the Greek text in the 8th century. The Day of Resurrection would have been sung at midnight on Easter with the lighting of candles and jubilant greetings. John M. Neale translated the hymn into English, publishing it in his collection, Hymns of the Eastern Church. In many hymnals, as it is here, the text is set to LANCASHIRE, a tune composed in 1835 by Henry T. Smart.
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