Hymn of St. Kevin
To celebrate St. Kevin's Day
Published in The Hymnary, Novello, 1872.

1 Come ye faithful, raise the strain
Of triumphant gladness;
God hath brought His Israel
Into joy from sadness;
Loosed from Pharaoh?s bitter yoke
Jacob's sons and daughters;
Led them with unmoisten?d foot
Through the Red Sea waters.
2 Tis the Spring of souls to-day;
Christ hath burst His prison,
And from three days' sleep in death
As a sun hath risen;
All the winter of our sins,
Long and dark is flying
From His light, to Whom we give
Laud and praise undying.
3 Now the Queen of seasons bright
With the Day of splendour,
With the royal Feast of feasts,
Comes its joy to render;
Comes to glad Jerusalem,
Who with true affection
Welcomes in unwearied strains
Jesus' resurrection. Amen.
John Mason Neale, 1818 - 66, from the Greek
Click here to hear a sound file of the Hymn of St. Kevin
"Troparian of St. Kevin"
submitted by a reader
(a troparian is a sort of "theme song"
in orthodox Christian churches)
You were privileged to live in the age of saints, O Father Kevin,
being baptized by one saint, taught by another, and buried
by a third. Pray to God that he will raise up saints in our day
to help, support, and guide us in the way of salvation.






