“We worship Thy Cross, O Master, 

and we glorify Thy holy Resurrection.”

“No longer does the flaming sword guard the gate of Eden, for a strange extinction has come upon it, even the Tree of the Cross.  The sting has been taken from death, and the victory from Hades.  And Thou, my Savior, did appear unto those in Hades, saying: Enter ye again into Paradise. ”

Note: This hymn is the Kontakion for the Third Sunday of the Fast: The Worship of the Precious Cross.