HYMNS

OF

THE EASTERN CHURCH:

TRANSLATED,

WITH NOTES AND AN INTRODUCTION,

BY

THE REV. J. M. NEALE, D.D.,
Warden of Sackville College.

SECOND EDITION.

LONDON:

J. T. HAYES, 5, LYALL PLACE, EATON SQ.

Sion's lyre, thou best content
That e'er Heav'n to mortals lent,
Though they as a trifle leave thee,
Whose dull thoughts cannot conceive thee,
Though to them thou be a scorn
Who to nought but earth are born,

May my life no longer be

Than I am in love with thee!

Stichera for a Sunday of the First Tone

Evening Hymn

Stichera at Vespers, 8. Stephen's Day

S. ANDREW OF CRETE-(A.D. 660-732)

Stichera for Great Thursday

Troparia for Palm Sunday

The Great Canon

Stichera for the Second Week of the Great

Fast

27

S. GERMANUS-(A.D. 634-734)

29

20

For Sunday in the Week of the First Tone 31