Do Not Lament Me, O Mother - Gretchaninoff | National Lutheran Choir

Do Not Lament Me, O Mother
from Passion Week, Op. 58, No. 11
Alexandre Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)
Sung in Russian
Musica Russica #Gr-PW
National Lutheran Choir
Recorded live May 5, 2019
Central Lutheran Church, Minneapolis
Photo by Cristian Newman on Unsplash
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Text Translation:
Do not lament Me, O Mother,
seeing Me in the tomb,
the Son conceived in the womb without seed;
for I shall arise, and be glorified;
and, as God, I shall unceasingly exalt all
who extol Thee in faith and in love.
Source: Irmos of Ode 9 from Great and Holy Saturday Matins
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