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Death was swallowed up in victory
At Thy resurrection from the dead, O Christ.
Hence, glorying in Thy passion,
And always celebrating it, we rejoice.
With jubilation let us cry out:

“The Lord is risen!”

Once the host of lawless people handed over
Life to the tomb, God to death,
And the One Who despoiled Hades to Hades;
With the result that a mortal made mortals immortal,
And One Who was dead, at a word, raised up the dead.
They placed guards at the tomb of the One who rules all at His nod.
O the folly of you lawless ones!
If He is dead, have no fear. If He is alive, pray to Him and cry with us: 

“The Lord is risen!”

When, after the crucifixion, the God of Joseph,
Who once saved Joseph from the well,
Was laid in a tomb by Joseph,
As far as one could see, He was being guarded as one dead;
But what one could not see was the way He filled the guards with deadly fear.
There was a stone against the tomb; and the interior of the tomb was of rock.
The guards became stones
When they beheld the angel seated on the stone, saying to the women:

“The Lord is risen!”

So while Death was being overpowered, 
And while Hades was stirring up a commotion
The guards said: “What what is the trouble?”
The first watch of the night: those within were quiet;
The second watch: they were at rest; but on the third watch, they were shaken.
They mourn and rejoice at the same time; they weep and they cry
To one another, “Woe, alas!”
Then, rejoicing, they say to one another: “It is right, 

The Lord is risen!”

- The Kontakia of St Romanos the Melodist
On the Resurrection I