Christos Anesti

Today is the Orthodox Easter Sunday. This is a traditional hymn that is sung in the Orthodox Church to celebrate Jesus’ resurrection and is sung for forty days after Easter.

Greek
Χριστὸς ἀνέστη ἐκ νεκρῶν
θανάτῳ θάνατον πατήσας
καὶ τοῖς ἐν τοῖς μνήμασι
ζωὴν χαρισάμενος.

Phonetic Greek
Christos anesti ek nekron
Thanato Thanaton patiras
Kai tis en tis mnimasi
Zoin charisamenos.
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English
Christ is risen from the dead,
and by His death
He has trampled down death.
and to those in the tomb he gave eternal life.