List of Easter hymns

Easter hymns are hymns dedicated to Eastertide, related to the resurrection of Jesus.

List of Easter hymns[]

Hymn	Translation	Text	Tune	Language	Published	Notes
"Christ ist erstanden"	Christ is risen	anon.	anon.	German	1160
"Christ lag in Todesbanden"	Christ lay in the bonds of death	Martin Luther	Martin Luther and Johann Walter	German	1524	melody based on Victimae paschali laudes
"Christ the Lord Is Risen Today"		Charles Wesley	"Easter hymn"	English	1739
"Christus ist erstanden! O tönt"	Christ is risen! O sound		Schniebel, Paul	German	1826	paraphrase of Victimae paschali laudes
"Gelobt sei Gott im höchsten Thron"	Praised be God on highest throne	Michael Weiße	Melchior Vulpius	German	1531 / 1609	melody later
"Lasst uns erfreuen"	Let us rejoice	anon.		German	1623
"O Licht der wunderbaren Nacht"	O light of the wonderful night	Georg Thurmair	from Mainz, c. 1390	German	1963
"Seht, er lebt"	Look, he lives	Lothar Zenetti	from Israel	German	1973
"Thine Be the Glory, Risen Conquering Son"		Edmond Louis Budry, translated by Richard Hoyle	"Maccabaeus"	English/French	1923	Originally published in French as "À toi la gloire O Ressuscité"
"Wahrer Gott, wir glauben dir"	True God, we believe You	Christoph Bernhard Verspoell	Verspoell	German	1810
"Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem"		Robert Campbell	"St. Fulbert"	English	1850	Based on Chorus novae Ierusalem by Fulbert of Chartres

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Controversies Date (List) Etymology Observances Traditions
Days	Palm Sunday Holy Monday Holy Tuesday Holy Wednesday Maundy Thursday Good Friday Holy Saturday Easter Easter Monday Easter Friday Easter Saturday
Events	Shrovetide Lent Great Lent Paschal Triduum Bright Week Octave of Easter Second Sunday of Easter Divine Mercy Sunday Eastertide Mid-Pentecost Pentecost Trinity Sunday
Christianity	Passion of Jesus Last Supper Crucifixion of Jesus Burial of Jesus Resurrection of Jesus Dormition of the Theotokos Tenebrae Easter Vigil Epitaphios Exsultet Good Friday Prayer For Jews Jesus Lumen Christi Myrrhbearers Paschal candle Paschal cycle Paschal greeting Paschal Homily Paschal trikirion Paschal troparion Pentecostarion
Traditions	Artos Burning of Judas Cascarón Clipping the church Croatian pisanica Crucession Easter basket Easter Bilby Easter bonnet Easter Bunny Easter egg Easter egg tree Easter parade Easter postcard Easter Sepulchre Egg dance Egg decorating Egg decorating in Slavic culture Egg hunt Egg rolling Egg tapping Egg tossing Fasika Gorzkie żale Holy Fire Holy Week procession Lieldienas Osterbrunnen Pace Egg play Polish pisanka Pysanka Radonitsa Rouketopolemos Saitopolemos Scoppio del carro Sunrise service Święconka Traditional Easter games and customs
Media	Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden, BWV 6 Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4 Easter hymns Easter Oratorio Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen, BWV 66 Der Friede sei mit dir, BWV 158 Ein Herz, das seinen Jesum lebend weiß, BWV 134 Films Der Himmel lacht! Die Erde jubilieret, BWV 31 I Will Mention the Loving-kindnesses Ich lebe, mein Herze, zu deinem Ergötzen, BWV 145 Passion hymns Russian Easter Festival Overture
Topics	Date of Easter Dionysius Exiguus' Easter table Easter controversy Easter Epic Ecclesiastical new moon Paschal Full Moon Pussy willow Reform of the date of Easter
Society	Ēostre Maslenitsa Salzburg Easter Festival

v t Hymns and songs for Easter
List of Easter hymns
English	All for Jesus, All for Jesus Alleluia! Sing to Jesus Blessed Easter Christ Is Risen! Christ Is Risen! Christ the Lord Is Risen Again! Christ the Lord Is Risen Today Easter Parade Good Christians All, Rejoice and Sing I Know That My Redeemer Lives Jesus Christ Is Risen Today Peter Cottontail The Strife is O'er, the Battle Done Thine Be the Glory This joyful Eastertide Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones
German	Christ ist erstanden Christ lag in Todesbanden (Christ Jesus Lay in Death's Strong Bands) Christus ist erstanden! O tönt Das Grab ist leer, der Held erwacht Das ist der Tag, den Gott gemacht Erschienen ist der herrlich Tag (On Earth Has Dawned This Day of Days) Gelobt sei Gott im höchsten Thron Heut triumphieret Gottes Sohn (Today in Triumph Christ Arose) Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der den Tod überwand Lasst uns erfreuen Nun freue dich, du Christenheit Seht, der Stein ist weggerückt Seht, er lebt Wahrer Gott, wir glauben dir Wir wollen alle fröhlich sein (Now Glad of Heart Be Every One)
Latin	Aurora lucis rutilat Victimae paschali laudes O filii et filiæ Pascha Nostrum
Other	Easta Gorzkie żale Jesus för världen givit sitt liv Le tue mani
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