Ῥάβδος ἐχ τῆς ῥίζης Ἰεσσαὶ

Ῥάβδος ἐχ τῆς ῥίζης Ἰεσσαὶ

Author: Cosmas, the Melodist
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1 Ῥάβδος ἐχ τῆς ῥίζης Ἰεσσαὶ,
Καὶ ἄνθος ἐξ αὐτῆς Χριστὲ,
Ἐκ τῆς Παρθένου ἀνεβλάστησας,
Ἐξ ὄρους ὁ αὶνετὸς, κατασκίου δασέος,
Ἦλθες σαϱκωθεὶς ἐξ ἀπειϱάνδϱου,
Ὁ ἄϋλος καὶ Θεός.
Δόξα τῇ δυνάμέι σου Κύϱιε.

2 Ὃν πάλαι προεὶπεν Ἰακὼβ,
Ἐθνῶν ἀπεκδοχὴν Χριστὲ,
Φυλῆς Ἰουδα ἐξανέτειλας,
Καὶ δύναμιν Δαμασκοῦ,
Σαμαρείας σκῦλά τε,
Ήλθες προνομεύσων πλάνην τρέπων,
Εἰς πίστιν ϑεοτερπῆ.
Δόξα τῆ δυνάμέι σου Κύϱιε.

3 Τοῦ Μάντεως πάλαι Βαλαὰμ,
Τῶν λόγων μυητὰς σοφοὺς,
Ἀστεϱοσκόπους χαϱᾶς ἔπλησας,
Ἀστὴϱ ἐκ τοῦ Ἰακὼβ,
Ἀνατείλας Δέσποτα,
Ἐθνῶν ἀπαϱχὴν εἰσαγομένους
Ἐδέξω δὲ πϱοφανῶς,
Δῶϱά σοι δεκτὰ πϱοσκομίζοντας.

4 Ὡς πόκῳ γαστϱὶ Παϱθενικῆ,
Κατέβης ὑετὸς Χϱιστέ,
Και ώς σταγόνες ἐν γῆ στάζουσαι
Αἰθίοπες καὶ θαϱσεῖς,
Καὶ Ἀϱάβων νῆσοί τε, Σαβᾶ Μήδων,
Πάσης γῆς κϱατοῦντες,
Πϱοσέπεσόν σοι Σωτήϱ.
Δόξα τῇ δυνάμέι σου Κύϱιε.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #14129

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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First Line: Ῥάβδος ἐχ τῆς ῥίζης Ἰεσσαὶ
Author: Cosmas, the Melodist
Language: Greek
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