Lazarus Saturday & Palm Sunday Troparion

English Text:

O Christ our God,
when Thou didst raise Lazarus from the dead, before Thy Passion,
thou didst confirm the resurrection of the universe.
Wherefore, we, like children,
carry the banner of triumph and victory,
and we cry to Thee, O Conqueror of death,
Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is he that cometh in the Name of the Lord.

Troparion for Lazarus Saturday and Palm Sunday

Rejoice O Bethany / افرحي يا بيت عنيا (Koinonikon for Lazarus Saturday)

I. ARABIC




II. ENGLISH TRANSLATION:





I. ARABIC TEXT

افرحي يابيت عنيا …. نحوك وافى الإله

من به الأموات تحيا …. كيف لا وهو الحياه

إن مارثا استقبلته …. ببكاء وعويل

وشكت لما رأته …. شدة الحزن الطويل

صرخت بالحالة ربي … أنت عوناً للرفيق

فا أعني إن قلبي …. ذاب من فقد الشقيق

قال كفي عن بكاكي …. ودعي هذا النحيب

واعلمي أن آخاك … سوف يحيا عن قريب

ثم نحو اللحد بادر …. ذلك الفادي الأمين

حينما نادى لعازر …. انهض ياذاك الدفين

أيها الأختان هيا …. انظرا الأمر العجيب

قام من في اللحد حيا …. واشكرا الفادي الحبيب

لك يارب البرايا …. لك نسجد بخشوع

إننا موت الخطايا …. بك نحيا يا يسوع


II. ENGLISH TRANSLATION:

Rejoice, rejoice, O Bethany!
On this day God came to thee,
And in Him the dead are made alive,
As it is right for He is the Life.

When Martha went to receive Him,
Grieving loudly with bitter tears,
She poured out the sorrow of her heart to Him
With great sadness, wailing her lament.

She at once cried out unto Him:
“My most compassionate Lord, my Lord,
At the great loss of my brother Lazarus
My heart is broken, help me.”

Jesus said to her, “Cease your weeping,
Cease your grieving and sad lament;
For your brother, My most beloved friend, Lazarus,
Very soon will live again.”

Then He, the faithful Redeemer,
Made His way unto the tomb,
Where he cried unto him who was buried four days,
Calling him forth, saying “Lazarus, arise.”

Come with haste, ye two sisters,
And behold a wondrous thing,
For your brother from the tomb has returned to life.
To the beloved Redeemer now give thanks.

To Thee, O Lord of creation,
We kneel down in reverence profound,
For all we who are dead in sin,
In Thee, O Jesus, are made alive.

A Koinonikon for Lazarus Saturday,
Original Arabic text افرحي يا بيت عنيا composed by the Thrice-Blessed Athanasius (Atallah), Metropolitan of Homs. Transcribed in English & Western Notation by Bishop +Basil Essey (1986).

Go to Dark Gethsemane

Go to dark Gethsemane,
All who feel the tempter's pow'r;
Your Redeemer's conflict see,
Watch with Him one bitter hour;
Turn not from His griefs away;
Learn from Jesus Christ to pray.

Follow to the judgment hall,
View the Lord of life arraigned;
Oh, the wormwood and the gall!
Oh, the pangs His soul sustained!
Shun not suff'ring, shame, or loss;
Learn from Him to bear the cross.

Calv'ry's mournful mountain climb;
There, adoring at His feet,
Mark that miracle of time,
God's own sacrifice complete.
"It is finished!" hear Him cry;
Learn from Jesus Christ to die.

Early hasten to the tomb
Where they laid His breathless clay;
All is solitude and gloom.
Who has taken Him away?
Christ is ris'n! He meets our eyes.
Savior, teach us so to rise.

Text: James Montgomery (1771-1854)
Tune: PETRA 77.77.77, by Richard Redhead (1820-1901)

There's a Wideness in God's Mercy

There's a wideness in God's mercy
like the wideness of the sea;
there's a kindness in his justice,
which is more than liberty.
There is welcome for the sinner,
and more graces for the good;
there is mercy with the Savior;
there is healing in his blood.

There is no place where earth's sorrows
are more felt than in heaven;
there is no place where earth's failings
have such kind judgment given.
There is plentiful redemption
in the blood that has been shed;
there is joy for all the members
in the sorrows of the Head.

For the love of God is broader
than the measure of man's mind;
and the heart of the Eternal
is most wonderfully kind.
If our love were but more faithful,
we should take him at his word;
and our life would be thanksgiving
for the goodness of the Lord.

Text: Frederick William Faber (1862)
Tune: BEECHER 87.87D

Ah, Holy Jesus, How Hast Thou Offended

Ah, holy Jesus, how hast thou offended,
that man to judge thee hath in hate pretended?
By foes derided, by thine own rejected,
O most afflicted.

Who was the guilty? Who brought this upon thee?
Alas, my treason, Jesus, hath undone thee.
'Twas I, Lord Jesus, I it was denied thee:
I crucified thee.

Lo, the Good Shepherd for the sheep is offered;
the slave hath sinned, and the Son hath suffered;
for our atonement, while we nothing heedeth,
God intercedeth.

For me, kind Jesus, was thy incarnation,
thy mortal sorrow, and thy life's oblation;
thy death of anguish and thy bitter passion,
for my salvation.

Therefore, kind Jesus, since I cannot pay thee,
I do adore thee, and will ever pray thee,
think on thy pity and thy love unswerving,
not my deserving.

Text: Johann Heermann (1585-1647); trans. Robert Seymour Bridges (1844-1930)
Tune: HERZLIEBSTER JESU 11.11.11.5 (later form of melody by Johann Crüger, 1598-1662, arranged by Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

The King of Glory

Refrain:

The King of Glory comes,
the nation rejoices
Open the gates before him,
lift up your voices.

(1) Who is the King of Glory?
How shall we call him?
He is Immanuel,
the promised of ages.

(2) In all of Galilee,
in city or village
he goes among his people,
curing their illness.

(3) He gave his life for us,
the pledge of salvation,
he took upon himself
the sins of the nation.

(4) He conquered sin and death;
he truly has risen.
And he will share with us
his heavenly vision.

Text: Willard F. Jabush (b. 1930) © 1966, 1984
Tune: KING OF GLORY 12.12 + Refrain, Israeli folk tune

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Easter Alleluia (Marty Haugen)

Refrain:
Alleluia alleluia, alleluia!

1. Glory to God who does wondrous things
Let all the people God's praises now sing,
All of creation in splendour shall ring: Alleluia! (refrain)

2. See how salvation for all has been won
Up from the grave our new life has begun
Life now perfected in Jesus, the Son: Alleluia! (refrain)

3. Now in our presence the Lord will appear,
Shine in the faces of all of us here,
Fill us with joy and cast out all our fear: Alleluia! (refrain)

4. Call us, Good Shepherd we listen for you
Wanting to see you in all that we do,
We would the gate of salvation pass through: Alleluia! (refrain)

5. Lord, we are open to all that you say,
Ready to listen and follow your way,
You are the potter and we are the clay: Alleluia! (refrain)

6. If we have love then we dwell in the Lord,
God will protect us from fire and sword
Fill us with love and the peace of his word:! Alleluia (refrain)

Text: Marty Haugen (1986). Copyright (c) 1986 GIA Publications, Inc.
Tune: O FILII ET FILIAE, 10.10.10 + Alleluia

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