Agnus Dei

The Syrian custom of a chant addressed to the Lamb of God was introduced into the Roman Rite Mass by Pope Sergius I (687–701)[3][4] in the context of his rejection of the Council of Trullo of 692 (which was well received in the Byzantine East), whose canons had forbidden the iconographic depiction of Christ as a lamb instead of a man.

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona nobis pacem.

The verse used in the first and second invocations may be repeated as many times as necessary whilst the celebrant prepares the host and wine for communion.

")[6]: 132 The following instances are found in the Church of England's Book of Common Prayer: From "The Litany": O Lamb of God: that takest away the sins of the world; Grant us thy peace.

From "Holy Communion": Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us.

Holy Are You Lord God Almighty Worthy is the Lamb Worthy is the Lamb You are Holy (Last stanza repeats 3 times) A Ukrainian translation was sung in 2015 in Lviv, Ukraine, during the War in the Donbass[8] at an event organized by Franklin Graham.

The song was notably sung again on Easter 2022 in Lviv by a choir of Ukrainian refugees fleeing the Russo-Ukrainian War.