While I was looking online for Paschal/Easter music, I ran across this video of a Serbian Orthodox Easter song being sung by celebrities in order to raise money for the reconstruction of a medieval Serbian monastery. You might find the video creepy, but most foreign stuff is…well, foreign to us. But the lyrics to this hymn are fun and joyful.
People rejoice, all nations listen:
Christ God is risen! Let us rejoice!
Dance all ye stars and sing all ye mountains:
Christ God is risen! Let us rejoice!
Whisper ye woods and blow all ye winds:
Christ God is risen! Let us rejoice!
O seas proclaim and roar all ye beasts:
Christ God is risen! Let us rejoice!
Buzz all ye bees and sing all ye birds:
Christ God is risen! Let us rejoice!
O little lambs rejoice and be merry:
Christ God is risen! Let us rejoice!
Nightengales joyous, lending your song:
Christ God is risen! Let us rejoice!
Ring, O ye bells, let everyone hear:
Christ God is risen! Let us rejoice!
All angels join us, singing this song:
Christ God is risen! Let us rejoice!
Come down ye heavens, draw near the earth:
Christ God is risen! Let us rejoice!
Glory to Thee, God Almighty!
Christ God is risen! Let us rejoice!
Glory to Thee, God Almighty!
Christ God is risen! Let us rejoice!
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Hope Bartel says
it’s beautiful and cute and mysterious all at the same time. like watching a toddler venerate an icon. kids in baptismal white! cherry blossoms! dancing and singing! a huge drum! bright red eggs! only two weeks till Pascha 🙂