Stichera of The Ascension
ὁ κύριος ἀνελήφθη εἰς οὐρανοὺς, ἱνα πέμψῃ τὸν Παρὰκλητον τῷ κόσμῳ
Pentecostarion, p. 148
I
The Lord ascended into heaven
That He might from above
Send down the promised Paraclete
On mission of His love.
II
And there the Father for His Son
Had decked a glorious throne;
And clouds, His chariots, bore Him up,
That He might claim His own.
III
O strangest wonder e’er beheld,
Since ages hoar began,
The angels saw the highest place
Given to a Son of Man.
IV
“O all ye angels praise the Lord,”
The Holy Spirit commands,
“Lift up your gates, ye princes high,
Ye nations, clap your hands.”
V
To God the Father throned on high,
And to the Son be praise,
And to the Spirit—Three in One,
From age to age, always.