Suddenly sorrow has been changed to joy,
And all has become joyous and a cause for rejoicing;
I do not hesitate to say, ‘I have been glorified as Moses,’
For I have seen, I have seen — not on the mountain but in the tomb,
Not concealed by a cloud, but by flesh,
The Lord of the Immortals and of the clouds,
Lord of old, now and forever;
And He said, ‘Mary, hasten and tell
Those who love Me that I have arisen;
Take Me on your tongue, like a branch of the olive
To the descendants of Noah; announce the good news,
Pointing out to them that death is destroyed and that He has arisen,
He Who offers resurrection to the fallen..’
The Kontakia of Romanos, On the Resurrection VI