The Kontakion
Language: English
Give rest, O Christ, to your servants with your saints Where sorrow and pain are no more, neither sighing but life ever lasting. You only are immortal, the creator and maker of all; and we are mortal, formed of the earth, and to earth shall we return. For so did you ordain when you created me, saying; “You are dust, and to dust you shall return.” All of us go down to the dust; yet even at the grave we make our song: Alleluia, Alleluia Give rest, O Christ, to your servants with your saints Where sorrow and pain are no more, neither sighing but life ever lasting.
9th century
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Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Stephanie Martin (b. 1962), "The Kontakion", copyright © 2009 [ satb chorus ], Cypress Choral
Publisher: Cypress Choral [external link]  [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2026-06-09
Line count: 16
Word count: 108