Old Byzantine Kontakion of Easter

Sung from the XIIIth century manuscript Tone 8 Thou didst descend into the tomb, O Immortal, Thou didst destroy the power of death! In victory didst Thou arise, O Christ God, proclaiming “Rejoice“ to the Myrrhbearing Women, granting peace to Thine Apostles, and bestowng resurrection of the fallen.