BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.3//EN TZID:America/Winnipeg X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Winnipeg BEGIN:VEVENT UID:434@liturgy.royaldoors.net DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260419 DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260420 DTSTAMP:20260412T021809Z URL:https://liturgy.royaldoors.net/events/sunday-april-19-2026-sunday-of-t he-myrrh-bearing-women-our-venerable-father-john-the-ancient-hermit/ SUMMARY:Sunday\, April 19\, 2026\; Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women\; Our Venerable Father John the Ancient Hermit. DESCRIPTION:GREAT VESPERS ON SATURDAY EVENING\nAfter the priest has exclaim ed\, Blessed be our God… and the people have responded\, Amen\, the cler gy sing the Paschal Troparion once and the people repeat it. Then\, the cl ergy sing the first half\, and the people conclude it.\n\nPaschal Tropario n\n\nChrist is risen from the dead\,* trampling death by death\,* and to t hose in the tombs* giving life.\n\nKathisma Reading\n\nBlessed is the man. .. is sung.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 2\n\nLead my soul forth from prison* t hat I may give thanks to Your name.\n\nCome\, let us worship the Word of G od* begotten of the Father before all ages\,* And incarnate of the Virgin Mary!* Having endured the Cross\,* He was buried as He Himself desired!* A nd having risen from the dead\, He saved me\, the erring one.\n\nThe just shall gather around me* when You have been good to me.\n\nChrist our Savio ur* nailed to the Cross the bond against us\,* He voided it and destroyed the dominion of death!* We fall down before His Resurrection on the third day!\n\nOut of the depths I cry to You\, O Lord\;* O Lord\, hear my voice! \n\nWith the archangels* let us praise the Resurrection of Christ!* He is our Saviour\, our Redeemer!* He is coming with awesome glory and mighty po wer* to judge the world which He made!\n\nLet Your ears be attentive* to t he voice of my prayer.\n\nThe angel proclaimed You* the crucified and buri ed Master.* He told the women:  Come\, see the place where He lay!* He is risen as He said* for He is almighty.* We worship You\, only immortal One .* Christ\, the Giver of life\, have mercy on us.\n\nIf You mark iniquitie s\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be rev ered.\n\nBy Your Cross\, You destroyed the curse of the tree.* By Your bur ial You destroyed the dominion of death.* By Your rising\, You enlightened the human race.* Benefactor\, Christ our God\, glory to You.\n\nI have wa ited for You as You have commanded\; my soul patiently relies on Your prom ise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nThe gates of death opened to You from fear\, O Lord!* When the guards of hell saw You they were afraid\,* for You demolished the gates of brass and smashed the iron chains!* You ha ve led us from the darkness and the shadows of death\, and have broken our bonds!\n\nFrom the morning watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lor d.\n\nLet us come and worship in the house of the Lord\,* singing the hymn of salvation:* Cleanse our sins\, for You were crucified and raised from the dead\,* and are in the bosom of the Father.\n\nFor with the Lord there is mercy\, and with Him there is plentiful redemption\;* and He shall red eem Israel from all its iniquities.\n\nEarly in the morning\,* the Myrrh-b earing women brought spices to the tomb of the Lord.* They found the stone unexpectedly rolled away\,* and they asked among themselves:* Where are t he seals of the tomb? Where are Pilate's guards?* The radiant angel came t o the wondering women and proclaimed to them:* Why do you seek weeping the Life Who gives life to the human race?* Christ our God has risen from the dead as almighty\,* granting life to all\; incorruption\, enlightenment a nd great mercy!\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim His glory \, all you people.\n\nWomen disciples\,* why do you open the myrrh with te ars?* The stone is gone\; the tomb is empty:* Behold corruption destroyed by life!* The seals witness that the guards of the godless have watched in vain.* Mortal nature has been saved by the flesh of God.* Hades is wailin g.* Go with joy\, and proclaim to the apostles:* Christ has slain death as the first-born of the dead.* He awaits you in Galilee!\n\nStrong is the l ove of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth endure.\n\nThe Myrrh-be arers came early to Your tomb\, O Christ\,* seeking You to anoint Your mos t pure body.* Enlightened by the angel's words* they proclaimed joyous tid ings to the apostles:* The Leader of our salvation has been raised\;* He h as captured death\,* granting the world eternal life and great mercy!\n\nT one 6\, Glory…\n\nThe Myrrh-bearing Women reached Your tomb* and saw the seals of the tomb broken.* They wailed as they did not find Your most pur e body:* Who has stolen our hope?* Who has taken the dead One\, naked and anointed?* The sole consolation of His Mother?* How can the life of the de ad have died?* How can the Capturer of hell have been buried?* But arise i n three days as You said\, Saviour\, and save our souls!\n\nTone 2\, Now …\n\nO Virgin\, the shadow of the law passed away with the realization o f grace.* For as the bush had burned without being consumed* so you gave b irth while a virgin* and you remained a virgin.* Instead of the pillar of fire there rose the Sun of Justice.* Instead of Moses Christ God came fort h\,* the Saviour of our souls.\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 2\n\nYour Resurrection \, O Christ our Saviour\,* has enlightened the whole universe\;* and\, thr ough it\, You call back to Yourself all creation.* Almighty God\, glory to You!\n\nLet God arise\, let His enemies be scattered.\n\nToday a sacred P ascha is revealed to us: a new and holy Pascha\; a mystical Pascha\; a Pas cha which is Christ the Redeemer\; a blameless Pascha\; a great Pascha\; a Pascha of the faithful\; a Pascha which has opened for us the gates of Pa radise\; a Pascha which sanctifies all the faithful.\n\nAs smoke vanishes\ , let them vanish!\n\nCome from that scene O women bearers of glad tidings \, and say to Sion: Receive from us the glad tidings of joy of Christ’s Resurrection: Exult and be glad\, and rejoice\, O Jerusalem\, seeing Chris t the King who comes forth from the tomb like a Bridegroom in procession!\ n\nSo let sinners perish before the face of God\, but let the righteous sc atter rejoice!\n\nThe myrrh-bearing women at the break of dawn drew near t o the tomb of the Life Giver. There they found an angel sitting upon a sto ne\, he greeted the\, with these words: “Why do you seek the living amon g the dead? Why do you mourn in the incorrupt amid corruption? Go\, procla im the glad tidings to His disciples.”\n\nThis is the day which the Lord has made: let us rejoice and be glad in it!\n\nPascha of beauty! The Pasc ha of the Lord! Pascha! A Pascha worthy of all honour has dawned on us.* P ascha! Let us embrace each other joyously! Pascha\, ransom from affliction ! For today as from a bridal chamber Christ has shown forth from the Tomb\ , and filled the women with joy saying: “Proclaim the glad tidings to th e Apostles!”\n\nTone 5\, Glory…\n\nWhen Joseph\, together with Nicodem us\,* had taken You down from the tree\,* and beheld You dead\, naked and unburied\,* though You clothe Yourself with light as with a garment\,* tha t compassionate man lamented with weeping:* Woe is me\, my sweetest Jesus! * The sun\, as it beheld You upon the Cross* hid itself in darkness.* The earth trembled with fear\; the veil of the temple was torn in two.* Look: Now I behold You\, Who for my sake freely endured death.* How shall I bury You\, my God?* Or with what linen shall I wrap You?* With what hands shal l I touch Your pure body?* What songs shall I sing at Your departure\, mer ciful One?* I magnify Your Passion!* I glorify Your burial\, singing Your Resurrection and crying\,* O Lord\, glory to You!\n\nNow…\n\nThis is the day of Resurrection\, let us be illumined by the Feast! Let us embrace ea ch other! Let us call “Brothers” even those that hate us and forgive a ll by the Resurrection\, and so let us cry:\n\nChrist is risen from the de ad\, trampling death by death\, and to those in the tombs\, giving life.\n \nTroparia\n\nTone 2\n\nWhen You went down to death\, O Life Immortal\,* Y ou struck Hades dead with the blazing light of Your divinity.* When You ra ised the dead from the nether world\,* all the powers of heaven cried out: ** O Giver of life\, Christ our God\, glory be to You!\n\nGlory…\n\nThe noble Joseph took down Your most pure Body from the tree.* He wrapped it w ith a clean shroud and aromatic spices\,* and placed it in a new tomb.* Bu t on the third day You arose\, O Lord\,* granting the world Your great mer cy.\n\nNow…\n\nThe angel stood by the tomb and cried out to the women br inging ointment:* Ointments are for the dead\,* but Christ has shown Himse lf not subject to corruption.* So now cry out: The Lord is risen\,* bestow ing great mercy upon the world.\n\n \;\nGREAT MATINS ON SUNDAY MORNING \nAfter the priest has exclaimed\, Blessed be our God… and the people ha ve responded\, Amen\, the clergy sing the Paschal Troparion once and the p eople repeat it. Then\, the clergy sing the first half\, and the people co nclude it.\n\nPaschal Troparion\n\nChrist is risen from the dead\,* trampl ing death by death\,* and to those in the tombs* giving life.\n\n \n\nUsu al Beginning\n\nHexapsalm\n\nGreat Litany\n\nGod the Lord\, Tone 2\n\nTrop aria\, Tone 2\n\nWhen You went down to death\, O Life Immortal\,* You stru ck Hades dead with the blazing light of Your divinity.* When You raised th e dead from the nether world\,* all the powers of heaven cried out:** O Gi ver of life\, Christ our God\, glory be to You! (2)\n\nGlory…\n\nThe nob le Joseph took down Your most pure Body from the tree.* He wrapped it with a clean shroud and aromatic spices\,* and placed it in a new tomb.* But o n the third day You arose\, O Lord\,* granting the world Your great mercy. \n\nNow…\n\nThe angel stood by the tomb and cried out to the women bring ing ointment:* Ointments are for the dead\,* but Christ has shown Himself not subject to corruption.* So now cry out: The Lord is risen\,* bestowing great mercy upon the world.\n\nPsalter Reading\n\nStasis I: Psalms 9\, 10 \nStasis II: Psalms 11\, 12\, 13\nStasis III: Psalms 14\, 15\, 16\n\nSmall Litany\n\nSessional Hymn\, Tone 2\n\nNot having hindered the stone of the tomb from being sealed\,* You\, on You arising\, have granted the rock of faith to all.* O Lord\, glory be to You.\n\nArise\, O Lord my God\, let Y our hands be lifted on high\;* forget not Your poor to the end.\n\nNot hav ing departed from the immaculate bosom of the Father in the highest\,* You accepted burial and Resurrection on behalf of all\,* O Lord\, glory be to You.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nAll of your most glorious mysteries are beyond comprehension\, O Theotokos\;* for\, your purity sealed and your virginit y intact\,* you are known to be a true Mother\, having given birth to God. * Entreat Him that our souls be saved.\n\nPsalter Reading\n\nStasis I: Psa lm 17\nStasis II: Psalms 18\, 19\, 20\nStasis III: Psalms 21\, 22\, 23\n\n Small Litany\n\nSessional Hymn\, Tone 2\n\nThe myrrh-bearers\, having rise n early and beholding the sepulchre empty\,* said to the Apostles: The Mig hty One has put down corruption\,* and He has carried off them that were h eld bound in Hades\;* proclaim with boldness that Christ God is risen\,* g ranting us great mercy.\n\nI will confess You\, O Lord\, with my whole hea rt\,* I will tell of all Your wonders.\n\nBringing myrrh for Your burial\, * the women came early to the sepulchre in secret\,* fearing the remorsele ssness of the Jews\,* and foreseeing the secure sentry of the soldiers.* Y et the weakness of their nature conquered that of men\,* for their compass ionate intent was pleasing to God.* Therefore\, they cried out as is meet: * Arise\, O Lord\, help us\, and redeem us for Your Name’s sake.\n\nGlor y… Now…\n\nMost glorified are you\, O Virgin Theotokos.* We praise you \, for through the Cross of your Son\, Hades has been cast down and death slain.* Having been put to death\, we were raised up and were deemed worth y of life.* We received Paradise\, the ancient bliss.* Therefore\, in than ksgiving\, we glorify Christ our God\,* since He is mighty and alone abund ant in mercy.\n\nEvlogitaria\n\nSmall Litany\n\nHypakoe\, Tone 2\n\nThe wo men coming to Your grave after the Passion* to anoint Your body\, O Christ God\,* saw Angels in the tomb and were frightened\,* for they heard a mes sage from them:* The Lord has arisen\, granting the world His great mercy. \n\nHymn of Ascent\, Tone 2\n\nAntiphon 1\n\nI raise the eyes of my heart to You in heaven\, O Saviour.* Save me by Your radiance.\n\nHave mercy\, O my Christ\, on us who fail You every hour and in many ways\,* and grant t o us the means to return to You* in repentance before the end.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nTo the Holy Spirit belongs sovereignty\,* sanctification and th e quickening of creation\,* for He is God\, one in essence with the Father * and the Word.\n\nAntiphon 2\n\nIf the Lord was not among us\,* who could be kept safe from the one* who is both our foe and a manslayer?\n\nDo not hand Your servant over to destruction\, O my Saviour.* For like a lion th ey come up against me\,* they who are my foes.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nTo th e Holy Spirit belongs the source of life and its honour\,* for\, being God \, He preserves all creation* by His power* in the Father through the Son. \n\nAntiphon 3\n\nThose who trust in the Lord are like the holy mountain:* they are utterly unshaken* by the assaults of the enemy.\n\nLet not those who live for God* stretch out their hands in iniquity\;* for with the rod of His word Christ forbids such things.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nBy the Holy Spirit all wisdom flows forth\,* grace to the Apostles\,* crowns to the M artyrs\,* and to the Prophets\, prophetic vision.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 2\ n\nLord\, rise up in Your anger\, rise against the fury of my foes\; my Go d\, awake! You will give judgment. Let the company of nations gather round You.\n\nverse: Lord God\, I take refuge in You. From my pursuers save me and rescue me.\n\nLet everything that lives\, Tone 2\n\nGospel\n\nMark 16: 9-20\n\nHymn of Resurrection (3)\n\nPsalm 50\n\nVerses at Psalm 50\n\nCano n\n\nOde 1\n\nIrmos: It is the Day of Resurrection\, let us be radiant\, O people\; Pascha\, the Lord’s Pascha: for from death to life\, and from earth to heaven\, Christ God has brought us\, as we sing the song of victo ry.\n\nChrist is risen from the dead.\n\nLet us purify our senses\, and we shall behold Christ\, radiant with the unapproachable light of the Resurr ection\, and we shall clearly hear Him say\, Rejoice! as we sing the hymn of victory.\n\nChrist is risen from the dead.\n\nLet the heavens be glad a s is meet\, and let the earth rejoice\, and let the whole world\, both vis ible and invisible\, keep festival: for Christ is risen\, O gladness etern al.\n\nO Most Holy Theotokos\, save us!\n\nYou have broken through the bar rier of death\, by giving birth to Christ\, the eternal Life\, Who today h as shone forth from the tomb\, O all-immaculate Virgin\, and Who has enlig htened the world.\n\nO Most Holy Theotokos\, save us!\n\nHaving beheld you r resurrected Son and God\, rejoice with the apostles\, O Pure One who are full of the grace of God\, and be the first to rejoice\, as you have rece ived the Cause of joy for all\, O all-immaculate Mother of God.\n\nIrmos: Taking up the Song of Moses\,* O my soul\, cry aloud:* “A helper and a p rotector has become to me salvation.* My God\,* whom I will glorify.”\n\ nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nYou were crucified in the flesh\, O You Who are passionless by the nature of the Father\; and You w ere pierced in the side\, thereby causing blood and water to spring forth for the world. You are our God\, and we glorify You.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nI honour Your Cross and I glorify Your Buria l\, O Good One\, and I praise and worship Your Arising\, and I cry out: Yo u are our God\, and we glorify You.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory b e to You.\n\nThough You tasted of gall\, O You Who re the sweetness of the Church\, yet You caused incorruption to spring forth for us from Your sid e. You are our God\, and we glorify You.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Gl ory be to You.\n\nO Saviour\, You were counted among the dead\, You Who ra ised up the dead. You tasted of corruption\, though You did in no wise kno w corruption. You are our God\, and we glorify You.\n\nGlory be to You\, o ur God\, Glory be to You.\n\nLet Sion rejoice\, and let Heaven be glad\; C hrist is risen\, having raised up the dead who chant: You are our God\, an d we glorify You.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nHavin g wrapped Your Body with fine linen\, O Christ\, Joseph laid You\, our Sal vation\, in a new sepulchre\; and as God\, You raised up the dead.\n\nGlor y be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nAnticipating the dawn\, the wo men beheld Christ\, and cried to the divine disciples: Truly Christ is ris en\; come and praise Him together with us.\n\nGlory…\n\nO all-holy Trini ty\, one Godhead\, beginningless Unity: Father\, Son\, and Divine Spirit\, save the world. You are our God\, and we glorify You.\n\nNow…\n\nYou lo osed the ancient curse by your womb\, O modest one\, by blossoming forth t he Blessing for us\, when you gave birth unto a Child. For He is God\, tho ugh He wears flesh.\n\nKatavasia: It is the Day of Resurrection\, let us b e radiant\, O people\; Pascha\, the Lord’s Pascha: for from death to lif e\, and from earth to heaven\, Christ God has brought us\, as we sing the song of victory.\n\n \;\n\nOde 3\n\nIrmos: Come\, let us drink a new d rink\, not one miraculously brought forth from a barren rock but the Fount ain of Incorruption\, springing forth from the tomb of Christ\, in Whom we are strengthened.\n\nChrist is risen from the dead.\n\nNow all things are filled with light\; heaven and earth\, and the nethermost parts of the ea rth\; let all creation\, therefore\, celebrate the arising of Christ where by it is strengthened.\n\nChrist is risen from the dead.\n\nYesterday I wa s buried with You\, O Christ\; today I rise with Your arising. Yesterday I was crucified with You\; glorify me with You\, O Saviour\, in Your kingdo m.\n\nO Most Holy Theotokos\, save us!\n\nInto incorruptible life have I e ntered today\, through the goodness of Him Who was born of you\, O Pure On e\, and Who makes all the ends of the earth radiant with joy.\n\nO Most Ho ly Theotokos\, save us!\n\nHaving beheld God\, Whom you bore in the flesh\ , risen from the dead\, as He said\, O pure one\; dance\, and magnify Him as God* O most pure one.\n\nIrmos: My mind has not brought forth good frui t\,* but show me to be fruitful* in Your compassion O God\,* husbandman of all good things.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nWhen Your palms were nailed to the Cross\, O Jesus\, You brought all the nation s together out of error and called them to knowledge of You\, O Saviour.\n \nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nThe people of the Jews c ried to Pilate: Release to us the villainous thief\; away with the Sinless One\, away with Him\, crucify Him!\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory b e to You.\n\nWhen You were crucified\, O Christ\, the light was darkened\, the earth was shaken\, and the many of the dead arose from the grave out of fear of Your power.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\n As she stood at the Cross\, Your ewe-lamb cried out lamenting\, O Jesus: T o where do you go\, my Son? To where do You depart\, O Lamb\, Who are slai n on behalf of all?\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nI w orship Your Cross\, I praise Your Burial\, I honour Your Passion\, and the nails in Your hands\, and the lance\, and Your Resurrection\, O Jesus.\n\ nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nYou are arisen\, O Jesus\ , the enemy is despoiled\, Adam is delivered together with Eve from the bo nds of corruption by Your Resurrection.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glo ry be to You.\n\nWhen You arose\, O Christ\, the bars were shattered\, and the gates of Hades and the bonds of death were straightway rent asunder o ut of fear of Your power.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\ n\nO God-receiving Joseph\, come and stand with us\, and cry: Risen is Jes us the Redeemer\, Who in His compassion has raised up Adam.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nLet the choir of the twelve disciples rejoice with us\, together with the myrrh-bearing women and Joseph\, and the other disciples and women disciples of Christ.\n\nGlory…\n\nI worshi p and praise the one Nature: the Father\, the Son\, and the Upright Spirit \, divided in Hypostases and united in Essence.\n\nNow…\n\nBlessed are y ou\, O pure one\, who are of the root of Jesse\, and from whom Christ\, th e Rod and Blossom\, blossomed forth in the flesh for us.\n\nKatavasia: Com e\, let us drink a new drink\, not one miraculously brought forth from a b arren rock but the Fountain of Incorruption\, springing forth from the tom b of Christ\, in Whom we are strengthened.\n\n \;\n\nKontakion of Pasc ha\, Tone 8\n\nThough You descended into a tomb\, O Immortal One\,* yet Yo u destroyed the power of Hades\;* and You rose as victor\, O Christ God\,* calling to the myrrh-bearing women: Rejoice!* and giving peace to Your Ap ostles:* You\, who grant resurrection to the fallen.\n\nIkos\n\nThe myrrh- bearing maidens forestalled the dawn\, seeking\, as it were day\, the Sun that was before the sun and who had once set in the tomb\, and they cried out one to another: O friends! come\, let us anoint with spices the life-b ringing and buried Body\, the Flesh that raised up fallen Adam\, that now lies in the tomb. Let us go\, let us hasten\, like the Magi\, and let us w orship and offer myrrh as a gift to Him who is wrapped now not in swaddlin g clothes but in a shroud. And let us weep and cry aloud: O Master\, arise \, You\, who grant resurrection to the fallen.\n\n \;\n\nSessional Hym n\, Tone 2\n\nThe women brought myrrh and came to Your sepulchre.* Their s ouls were filled with joy on seeing the bright Angel’s light.* With grea t zeal and boldness\, O Lord\, they preached that You are the God of all\, * and to Your disciples they cried:* The Life of all has arisen from the d ead.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nThe choir of Your disciples rejoice with one vo ice together with the myrrh-bearing women\,* for they celebrate a common f east with them\,* to the glory and honour of Your Resurrection\;* and thro ugh them we cry to You:* O Lord and Lover of mankind\, grant great mercy t o Your people.\n\n \;\n\nOde 4\n\nIrmos: On divine watch let the God-i nspired Habakkuk stand with us and show forth the light-bearing angel clea rly saying: Today salvation is come to the world\, for Christ is risen as Almighty.\n\nChrist is risen from the dead.\n\nAs a man-child did Christ a ppear when He came forth from the Virgin’s womb\, and as a mortal He was called the Lamb. Without blemish also\, is our Pascha for He tasted no de filement\; and as true God\, perfect was He proclaimed.\n\nChrist is risen from the dead.\n\nLike a yearling lamb\,*Christ\, our blessed Crown\,*of His own will was sacrificed for all\,*a Pascha of purification\;*and from the tomb the beautiful Sun of Righteousness*shone forth again upon us.\n\n Christ is risen from the dead.\n\nDavid\, the ancestor of God\,*danced wit h leaping before the symbolical Ark\;*let us also\, the holy people of God \, beholding the fulfilment of the symbols\, be divinely glad\; for Christ is risen as Almighty.\n\nO Most Holy Theotokos\, save us!\n\nHe Who creat ed Adam your forefather\, O Pure One\, took form from you\, and the habita tion of the dead has He demolished today through His death\, and shone upo n all things with the divine radiance of the Resurrection.\n\nO Most Holy Theotokos\, save us!\n\nBeholding Christ\, Whom you have borne\, shining f orth splendidly from the dead\, O Pure One\, who are good and spotless amo ng women\, and comely today\, rejoicing with the apostles in the salvation of all\, Him do you glorify.\n\nIrmos: The prophet foreseeing Your birth from a virgin\, prophesied crying aloud:* “I have heard report of You\, and I was afraid\;* for from the South\, from the Overshadowed mountain* s hall You come forth\, O Christ!”\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nBy the Cross You bound the belly of Hades\, and raised up the dead together with Yourself\, and destroyed the tyranny of death. Therefor e\, we who are of Adam worship and praise Your burial and arising\, O Chri st.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nO our Saviour\, Who se good pleasure it was\, for the sake of Your compassionate mercy to be n ailed to the Cross and redeem us from the paternal curse\, loose the bonds of my many transgressions\, for You are able to accomplish whatsoever You will.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nO You Who nailed to the Cross my ancient curse and caused blessing to pour forth for me fr om Your side by Your blood\, O Saviour\, loose the bonds of my many transg ressions\, for You are able to accomplish whatsoever You will.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nWhen hades met You in the nethermo st regions\, it was embittered\, O Saviour\, seeing those whom it had the power to devour aforetime\, now given up involuntarily\; and its depths se arched out\, stripped\, and despoiled of its dead.\n\nGlory be to You\, ou r God\, Glory be to You.\n\nThough the stone was sealed\, and the sentry w as present\, O lawless foes\, yet the Lord arose as He foretold\, loosing the bonds of my many transgressions\, for He is able to accomplish whatsoe ver He wills.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nO You Who arose from the sepulchre and despoiled Hades and quicken the dead and cau sed incorruption to flow forth for me by Your arising\, loose Thu the bond s of my many transgressions\, for You are able to accomplish whatsoever Yo u will.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nTruly you have been put to shame\, you lawless ones\; for Christ is risen and has raised up the dead together with Himself\, crying: Take courage\, I have conquere d the world. Therefore\, be convinced by Him or be silent\, you deceivers\ , who set at naught His Resurrection.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nO You Who called to the myrrh-bearers: Rejoice\, when You a rose from the grave\, O Good One\, and to the Apostles: Proclaim My arisin g\; loose the bonds of my many transgressions\, for You are able to accomp lish whatsoever You will.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\ n\nLet us honour the noble Joseph\, the zealot of piety\, the counsellor a nd disciple\, together with the myrrh-bearers and the apostles\, while cry ing out together with them and radiantly praising the Saviour’s Resurrec tion with faith.\n\nGlory…\n\nWho can tell of the immeasurable glory of the Godhead\, transcendent in essence? For being the Trinity by nature\, H e is praised as beginningless and consubstantial\, and is hymned as a Unit y in Trinity\, in simple hypostases.\n\nNow…\n\nUnceasingly entreat Him Who dwelt in your womb\, O pure Virgin Mother\, and Whom you\, the Theotok os\, bore without knowing a man\, that He loose the bonds of my many trans gressions\; for you are able to help in whatsoever you will.\n\nKatavasia: On divine watch let the God-inspired Habakkuk stand with us and show fort h the light-bearing angel clearly saying: Today salvation is come to the w orld\, for Christ is risen as Almighty.\n\n \;\n\nOde 5\n\nIrmos: Let us awake in the deep dawn\, and instead of myrrh\, offer a hymn to the Mas ter\, and we shall see Christ\, the Sun of Righteousness\, Who causes life to dawn for all.\n\nChrist is risen from the dead.\n\nSeeing Your boundle ss compassion they who were held in the bonds of hades hastened to the lig ht\, O Christ\, with gladsome feet\, praising the Pascha eternal.\n\nChris t is risen from the dead.\n\nBearing lights\, let us approach Christ\, Who comes forth from the tomb like a bridegroom\, and with the feast-loving r anks of angels let us celebrate the saving Pascha of God.\n\nO Most Holy T heotokos\, save us!\n\nEnlightened by the divine rays and the life-bearing Resurrection of your Son\, O most pure Mother of God\, the gathering of t he pious is filled with joy.\n\nO Most Holy Theotokos\, save us!\n\nYou di d not open the gates of virginity in the Incarnation\, nor the seal upon t he tomb did You destroy\, O King of creation\; from whence seeing You rise n\, Your Mother rejoices.\n\nIrmos: Having dispelled the gloom of my soul\ , O my Saviour\,* illumine me with the light of You commandments for You a lone are the King of peace.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You .\n\nWhen You were clothed with me\, You divested me of my ancient garment which\, alas! the sower of sin wove for me\, O Saviour.\n\nGlory be to Yo u\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nAlas! My sin has sewn fig leaves for me who by the counsel of the serpent have not kept Your immaculate commandmen t\, O Saviour.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nThough m y soul was wounded by my thieving thoughts\; Christ\, Who came forth from Mary\, has healed it\, by pouring oil thereon.\n\nGlory be to You\, our Go d\, Glory be to You.\n\nStanding by the Cross\, the most pure Theotokos ca lled out with a maternal voice: You have left me alone\, O my Son and God. \n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nBy the weapon of Your Cross\, You have put down the serpent\, the author of evil\, and by Your a rising You have broken the sting of death\, O Jesus.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nLet Adam also cry out: O Death\, where is yo ur sting? O Hades\, where is your victory? You are destroyed by the quicke ning of Him that raises the dead.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nThe myrrh-bearing women\, on reaching the sepulchre of Him that quickens them that are below\, heard a voice saying: Christ is risen.\n\n Glory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nWhile celebrating the memo ry of the pious myrrh-bearers and of all Your disciples on Your radiant ar ising\, we praise You\, O Christ.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nAs is meet\, let us all honour the noble Joseph\, who took down the Body of the Lord from the Tree and faithfully buried it.\n\nGlory…\ n\nYou\, the God and Father\, and the Son\, and the Spirit\, do I worship\ , in three hypostases\, and I believe the One to be Three\, in one essence .\n\nNow…\n\nWe the faithful praise you\, who by a seedless conception g ave birth in a manner transcending nature\, to Christ\, the only Master\, Who has renewed nature.\n\nKatavasia: Let us awake in the deep dawn\, and instead of myrrh\, offer a hymn to the Master\, and we shall see Christ\, the Sun of Righteousness\, Who causes life to dawn for all.\n\n \;\n\n Ode 6\n\nIrmos: You descended into the nethermost parts of the earth\, and shattered the eternal bars that held the fettered\, O Christ\, and on the third day* like Jonah from the whale\, You arose from the tomb.\n\nChrist is risen from the dead.\n\nHaving kept the seals intact\, O Christ\, You arose from the tomb* O You Who did not break the seal of the Virgin by You r birth\, and You have opened for us the doors of Paradise.\n\nChrist is r isen from the dead.\n\nO my Saviour\, the living and unslain Sacrifice\, w hen\, as God\, You\, of Your Own will\, had offered up Yourself to the Fat her\, You raised up with Yourself the whole race of Adam\, when You arose from the tomb.\n\nO Most Holy Theotokos\, save us!\n\nHe that of old was h eld by death and corruption is raised up by Him Who was incarnate of your most pure womb\, O Theotokos Virgin\, unto incorruption and everlasting li fe.\n\nO Most Holy Theotokos\, save us!\n\nHe Who went down into the nethe rmost parts of the earth\, and came into your womb\, O Pure One\, and dwel t and past understanding was incarnate\, has also raised up Adam with Hims elf when He rose from the tomb.\n\nIrmos: I am held fast in the depths of sin O Saviour\,* and am overwhelmed by the sea of life\,* but as Jonah was delivered from the sea-monster\,* so also deliver me from the passions\, and save me.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nHades is d ead\, take courage\, O you earthborn\, for while Christ was hanging upon t he Tree\, He struck the sword against him\, and he lies dead\; for\, being stripped naked\, he was despoiled of those he held.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nHades has been despoiled\, take courage\, O you dead\; and the tombs have been opened: arise. Thus did Christ cry to y ou from Hades\, as One Who has come to deliver all from death and corrupti on.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nThe dead\, which at one time you had the power to devour\, and which now are demanded of you\ , give back to Me\, O Hades\, cries God\, the Giver of life\, Who has come to deliver all from your insatiate belly.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nO myrrh-bearing women\, why do you hasten now? Why do you bring myrrh to the Living One? Christ is risen\, as He foretold. Let y our tears cease and be changed into joy.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Gl ory be to You.\n\nHaving wrapped You in linen\, O Christ\, the noble Josep h laid You in a tomb\; and having anointed with myrrh the fallen temple of Your Body\, he rolled a great stone before the sepulchre.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nThe Lord is risen and has despoiled th e enemy\, and having plucked out them that were in fetters\, He has led th em all forth\, as well as Adam the first-fashioned\, when He raised them u p\, since He is compassionate and the Lover of mankind.\n\nGlory…\n\nO f aithful\, let us praise the Trinity in Unity\, glorifying the Father with the Son\, and the Spirit Who is consubstantial with the Son\, and Who with the Father is co-beginningless and everlasting God.\n\nNow…\n\nLike a v ineyard you conceived untilled in your womb the Cluster of grapes where fr om\, like wine\, there pour forth for us torrents of immortality\, even et ernal life.\n\nKatavasia: You descended into the nethermost parts of the e arth\, and shattered the eternal bars that held the fettered\, O Christ\, and on the third day* like Jonah from the whale\, You arose from the tomb. \n\n \;\n\nKontakion\, Tone 2\n\nYou commanded the myrrh-bearers to re joice\, O Christ God\,* and ended the grief of our mother Eve by Your Resu rrection.* You ordered the apostles to proclaim to all:* The Saviour is ri sen from the tomb.\n\nIkos\n\nAs the Myrrh-bearers went to Your tomb\, O S aviour\, they were perplexed in mind and said to themselves: Who will roll the stone away from the sepulchre for us? And looking up\, they saw that the stone was rolled away. They were awestruck by the form of the Angel an d his raiment. They were taken with trembling and thought to flee\; and th e youth cried to them: Be not afraid\; He Whom you seek is risen\; come\, behold the place where the body of Jesus lay\, and go quickly\, proclaim t o the disciples: The Saviour is risen from the tomb.\n\n \;\n\nOde 7\n \nIrmos: He Who delivered the Children from the furnace\, became man\, suf fers as a mortal\, and through His Passion clothes mortality with the beau ty of incorruption\, He is the only blessed and most glorious God of our f athers.\n\nChrist is risen from the dead.\n\nThe godly-wise women with myr rh followed after You in haste\; but Him Whom they sought with tears as de ad\, they worshipped joyfully as the living God\, and they brought to Your disciples\, O Christ\, the good tidings of the mystical Pascha.\n\nChrist is risen from the dead.\n\nWe celebrate the death of death\, the destruct ion of hades\, the beginning of another life eternal\, and leaping for joy \, we hymn the Cause\, the only blessed and supremely glorious God of our fathers.\n\nChrist is risen from the dead.\n\nFor truly sacred and all-fes tive is this saving night\, and this shining\, light-bearing day\, the har binger of the Resurrection\, whereon the Timeless Light bodily from the to mb upon all has shined.\n\nO Most Holy Theotokos\, save us!\n\nYour Son\, having put death to death\, O all-immaculate one\, today has granted to al l mortals the life that abides to the ages of ages\, the only blessed and supremely glorious God of our fathers.\n\nO Most Holy Theotokos\, save us! \n\nHe Who reigns over all creation\, became man\, dwelling in your God-gr aced womb\, and having endured crucifixion and death\, is risen in a God-b efitting manner\, raising us up with Himself\, for He is Almighty.\n\nIrmo s: Like the Cherubim\, the Children rejoicing in the furnace sang:* “Ble ssed are You\, O God\,* for in truth You have brought this judgment upon u s because of our sins\,* You are supremely praised and glorified throughou t all ages.”\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nYou\, as the Lover of mankind\, wishing to save from error all whom You had fashio ned\, deigned to be nailed to the Cross\, that by Your flesh You might ren ew this image demolished by the passions\, O Saviour\; and despoiling Hade s\, You raised up the dead with Yourself.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, G lory be to You.\n\nWhen You were lifted up upon the Cross\, O Compassionat e One\, You called all to Yourself\, as You promised\, O Good One. For in truth\, You were pleased to suffer all these things because of our sins. T herefore\, You also opened the gates of Paradise to the thief\, O Saviour. \n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nYou raised up the fall en temple of Your Body from the grave on the third day\, as You promised\, O Good One\, that in truth You might make known Your glory which You caus ed to flow for us through faith\; and You took away those who were in bond s\, whom Hades had held of old in fetters.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nO mindlessness of the Jews! O frenzy of the lawless! W hat thing did you see\, that you believed not in Christ? For did He not by a word raise up the sick? Or did He not Himself save the whole world? At least\, let the soldiers or those that arose from the dead convince you.\n \nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nLet the guards who becam e as dead now say: How was He stolen\, Whom the ungrateful ones in no wise saw? For if they saw Him not arisen\, how would they ever have perceived how He was stolen? At least\, let this stone and Christ’s funeral shroud s convince you.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nWhom do you guard as dead? What seals have you placed upon the stone\, O Jews\, w ho fear the fear of theft? Behold\, in truth the grave is sealed. How\, th erefore\, did He arise\, were Christ not God? Let them that arose and were seen by many convince you.\n\nGlory…\n\nWith the Father we glorify the Son and the Holy Spirit\, crying with unceasing voice: O Trinity\, single essence\, have mercy\, save us all\, You Who are a Unity in three Hypostas es\; have compassion on us\, O God\, Who are glorified to the ages.\n\nNow …\n\nO most pure One\, how\, except in a manner as He willed and as He k new\, did you contain in your womb a Child before Whom the hosts of Angels tremble\, since He is God? He dwelt among us\, wishing to save all the ea rthborn of Adam and to loose Adam from that curse which came from the bitt er tasting.\n\nIrmos: He Who delivered the Children from the furnace\, bec ame man\, suffers as a mortal\, and through His Passion clothes mortality with the beauty of incorruption\, He is the only blessed and most glorious God of our fathers.\n\n \;\n\nOde 8\n\nIrmos: This chosen and holy da y is the first of the Sabbaths\, the queen and lady\, the feast of feasts\ , and the festival of festivals\, wherein we bless Christ throughout the a ges.\n\nChrist is risen from the dead.\n\nCome\, on this auspicious day of the Resurrection\, let us partake of the fruit of the new vine of divine gladness of the kingdom of Christ\, praising Him as God throughout the age s.\n\nChrist is risen from the dead.\n\nLift up your eyes about you\, O Si on\,* and see\, for behold\, there comes to you\, like God-illumined beaco ns\, from the west\, and from the north\, and from the sea\, and from the east\, your children\, in you blessing Christ throughout the ages.\n\nO Mo st Holy Trinity\, our God\, glory be to You.\n\nO Father Almighty\, and Wo rd\, and Spirit\, one Nature united in three Hypostases\, transcendent and most divine! Into You have we been baptized\, and You will we bless throu ghout all ages.\n\nO Most Holy Theotokos\, save us!\n\nThrough you the Lor d came into the world\, O Virgin Theotokos\, and the womb of hades did He tear open\, granting to us mortals resurrection\; Therefore\, we bless Him throughout the ages.\n\nO Most Holy Theotokos\, save us!\n\nLaying low al l the dominion of death by His Resurrection\, your Son\, O Virgin\, as the mighty God\, has raised us up with Himself and deified us\; therefore we sing His praise throughout the ages.\n\nIrmos: To Him Who of old prefigure d the miracle of the Virgin\,* to Moses in the burning-bush* on Mount Sina i\,* let us sing\, bless and supremely exult throughout all ages.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nThe beams of the sun withdrew t hemselves in fear before the sufferings of Christ\, and the dead arose\, a nd the mountains shook\, and the earth trembled\, and Hades was laid bare. \n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nThe thrice-blessed Chi ldren who were in the furnace of old\, raising up their hands\, prefigured Your immaculate Cross\, O Good One\, whereby You cast down the might of t he enemy\, O Christ.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nO blind Jews\, deceivers and transgressors\, who disbelieved Christ’s aris ing as though it were a lie: What do you see that is unbelievable? that Ch rist\, Who raised up the dead\, is risen?\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, G lory be to You.\n\nWho is it that withered the fig tree? Who is it that he aled the withered hand? Who is it that once filled the multitude in the wi lderness? Is it not Christ God\, Who raised up the dead?\n\nGlory be to Yo u\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nWho is it that raised from the grave\, t he man four-days dead\, and the son of the widow? Who is it that\, as God\ , strengthened the paralytic on his bed? Is it not Christ God\, Who raised up the dead?\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nThe stone itself cries\, the seals call out\; when you placed them\, you appointed a watch to guard the tomb. Truly Christ is risen\, and He lives throughout the ages.\n\nLet us bless Father\, Son\, Holy Spirit\, the Lord!\n\nWe gl orify the Son and the Holy Spirit together with the Father\, even the Holy Trinity in one Godhead and we cry: Holy\, Holy\, Holy are You throughout the ages.\n\nNow…\n\nWithout suffering change\, you gave birth to One\, even Christ God\, Who is twofold of nature\, Who\, as the ever-living Brea d\, was fashioned without fashioning in your womb\, according to our fashi on.\n\nWe praise\, we bless\, we worship the Lord\, praising and supremely exalting Him throughout all ages.\n\nKatavasia: This chosen and holy day is the first of the Sabbaths\, the queen and lady\, the feast of feasts\, and the festival of festivals\, wherein we bless Christ throughout the age s.\n\n \;\n\nThe Magnificat is not sung.\n\n \;\n\nOde 9\n\nIrmos: Shine\, shine\, O new Jerusalem\, for the glory of the Lord has risen upo n you! Exult now and be glad\, O Sion! And you\, O chaste Mother of God\, take delight in the resurrection of your Son.\n\nChrist is risen from the dead.\n\nO how divine\, how loving\, how sweet is Your voice! For You have truly promised to be with us to the end of the age\, O Christ\; having th is foundation of hope\, we the faithful rejoice.\n\nChrist is risen from t he dead.\n\nO Christ\, You great and most sacred Pascha! O Wisdom\, Word\, and Power of God! Grant us to partake of You more fully in the unwaning d ayof Your kingdom.\n\nO Most Holy Theotokos\, save us!\n\nWith one voice\, O Virgin\, the faithful bless you. Rejoice\, O Portal of the Lord\; rejoi ce\, O living City\; rejoice\, through whom for our sake the Light has sho ne\, Who\, born of you\, is the Resurrection of the dead.\n\nO Most Holy T heotokos\, save us!\n\nBe glad and rejoice\, O Portal of the Divine Light: for Jesus set into the grave\, has dawned forth shining more brightly tha n the sun\, and has illumined all the faithful\, O divinely joyous Lady.\n \nIrmos: In a manner surpassing nature* has the Word who timelessly shone forth from the Father\,* been conceived within a womb\, according to the f lesh\,* O faithful\, with never silent hymns\, let us magnify Him.\n\nGlor y be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nWhen the thief recognized You as God upon the Cross\, You made him an heir of the noetic Paradise\, as h e cried out: Remember me\, O Almighty Saviour.\n\nGlory be to You\, our Go d\, Glory be to You.\n\nYou were smitten for our sake\, You were spat upon by the lawless men\, O Jesus\, Who inscribed the tablets of the Law on Mo unt Sinai for Your servant Moses.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nYou were pierced in Your life-creating side\, O Christ\, and Yo u caused Your immaculate Blood and the precious Water to flow forth as an ever-living fount for the world.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be t o You.\n\nYou were accounted among the dead\, O You Who quickened the dead \; You were laid in a grave\, Who emptied the graves\; You despoiled Hades \, O You Who resurrected Adam.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nGlory be to You\, O Christ Saviour\, Who caused life to flow forth \, and the light to shine upon those in the darkness of ignorance\, and Wh o have illumined the whole world by Your arising.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nLet us acclaim the wondrous Joseph\, as well as Nicodemus and the faithful Myrrh-bearers\, O faithful\, as we cry out: Th e Lord is truly risen.\n\nGlory…\n\nYou are beginningless\, O Father\; u ncreated are You\, O Son\; of equal rank is the Spirit\; the Three being O ne by nature and Three in Hypostases\, even one true God.\n\nNow…\n\nLet Jesse rejoice and let David dance\, for behold\, the Virgin\, the rod pla nted by God\, has blossomed forth the Flower\, even the everlasting Christ .\n\nKatavasia: Shine\, shine\, O new Jerusalem\, for the glory of the Lor d has risen upon you! Exult now and be glad\, O Sion! And you\, O chaste M other of God\, take delight in the resurrection of your Son.\n\nSmall Lita ny\n\nHoly is the Lord\n\nHymn of Light\n\nHaving fallen asleep in the fle sh\, as a mortal\, O King and Lord\, on the third day You arose again* rai sing up Adam from corruption\, and abolishing death: O Pascha of incorrupt ion\, Salvation of the world! (2)\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nHearken\, O women\ , and give ear to the voice of joy\, for I have trampled down tyrant Hades and raised the world from corruption. Hasten quickly and proclaim the gla dsome tidings to My friends\; for I have willed that joy shine forth upon all My creation from where there first came sorrow.\n\n \;\n\nPraises\ n\nStichera of the Praises\, Tone 2\n\nTo carry out the sentence pre-ordai ned:* this honour is for all His faithful.\n\nEverything that breathes and every creature glorifies You\, O Lord\,* for through Your Cross You destr oyed death* and thus shown the multitude of peoples Your Resurrection from the dead\,* as You alone love mankind.\n\nPraise God in His holy place\,* praise Him in His mighty heavens.\n\nLet the Jews tell how the soldiers l ost the King they were guarding.* Why then did the stone not guard the roc k of life?* Either let them give up the one who was buried or adore Him as risen\,* exclaiming together with us:* Glory to the multitude of Your mer cies:* O Saviour\, glory be to You!\n\nPraise Him for His powerful deeds\, * praise His surpassing greatness.\n\nRejoice O  peoples and be glad!* fo r an Angel sat upon the grave-stone* and gave us good tidings saying:* Chr ist is risen from the dead* and has filled the universe with sweet fragran ce.* Rejoice O peoples and be glad!'\n\nO praise Him with sound of trumpet \,* praise Him with lute and harp\;\n\nBefore Your conception\, O Lord\,* an Angel brought the greeting ‘Rejoice’ to the one full of grace:* at Your Resurrection an Angel rolled away the stone from Your glorious grave. * The one revealed the signs of joy instead of sorrow\;* the other instead of death has proclaimed to us the Master\, and giver of life.* Therefore we cry to You:* O Benefactor of all mankind\,* Lord\, glory be to You!\n\n Praise Him with timbrel and dance\,* praise Him with strings and pipes.\n\ nThe women sprinkled sweet spices* mingled with their tears upon Your grav e\,* but their mouths were filled with joy as they exclaimed\,* The Lord h as arisen!\n\nO praise Him with resounding cymbals\, praise Him with clash ing of cymbals.* Let everything that lives and that breathes give praise t o the Lord.\n\nLet the nations and the peoples praise Christ our God\,* wh o willingly endured the Cross for us and suffered three days in Hades\;* l et them worship His Resurrection from the dead\,* through which all the en ds of the world have been enlightened.\n\nArise\, O Lord my God\, let You hand be lifted up\,* forget not Your poor ones to the end.\n\nYou were cru cified\, and You were buried\, O Christ\,* as You willed\;* You have despo iled death as God and Master\,* granting the world eternal life and Your g reat mercy.\n\nI will confess You\, O Lord\, with my whole heart\,* I will tell of all Your wonderful deeds.\n\nIn truth\, O wicked ones\,* by seali ng the tomb you have granted us a greater wonder\;* for the guards having complete knowledge of that which took place were compelled by you to say* “while we slept the Disciples came and stole him.”* And who would stea l a corpse\, especially one that is naked?* But He has arisen by His own a uthority as God\,* leaving behind His grave-clothes in the tomb.* Come\, O Jews\,* see that He did not burst the seals\,* the One who has trampled o n death* and granted mankind life without end* and His great mercy.\n\nTon e 2\, Glory…\n\nTo the women with Mary who came carrying sweet spices* a nd were at a loss how to obtain their desire\,* the stone appeared lifted and a divine young man calmed the tumult of their souls\,* for he said: “The Lord Jesus is risen.* Therefore\, proclaim this to His heralds and disciples\, for them to hasten to Galilee* and you shall see Him risen fro m the dead* as Giver of life and Lord.”\n\nTone 2\, Now…\n\nYou are tr uly most blessed\, O virgin Mother of God.* Through the One who was incarn ate of you\,* Hades was chained\, Adam revived\, the curse wiped out\,* Ev e set free\, Death put to death\,* and we ourselves were brought back to l ife.* That is why we cry out in praise\;* Blessed are You\, O Christ our G od\,* who finds in this your good pleasure. Glory to You!\n\nGreat Doxolog y\n\nTrisagion Prayers\n\nTroparion\, Tone 2\n\nRising from the tomb\, and bursting the bonds of hell asunder.* You destroyed the sentence of Death\ , O Lord.* Delivering all men from the snares of the enemy.* Appearing to Your apostles\, You sent them forth to preach\,* and through them You have given your peace to the inhabited earth\,* for You alone are rich in merc y.\n\nInsistent Litany\n\nLitany of Supplication\n\nGreat Dismissal\n\n&nb sp\;\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON SUNDAY MORNING\nAfter the priest has exclaimed\ , Blessed be the Kingdom… and the people have responded\, Amen\, the cle rgy sing the Paschal Troparion once and the people repeat it. Then\, the c lergy sing the first half\, and the people conclude it.\n\nPaschal Tropari on\n\nChrist is risen from the dead\,* trampling death by death\,* and to those in the tombs* giving life.\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, T one 2: When You went down to death\, O Life Immortal\,* You struck Hades d ead with the blazing light of Your divinity.*When You raised the dead from the nether world\, all powers of heaven cried out:* O Giver of Life\, Chr ist our God\, glory to You!\n\nTroparion\, Tone 2: The noble Joseph took d own Your pure body from the tree.* He wrapped it with a clean shroud and a romatic spices and placed it in a new tomb.* But on the third day You aros e\, O Lord\,* granting the world Your great mercy.\n\nGlory…\n\nKontakio n\, Tone 2: You commanded the myrrh-bearers to rejoice\, O Christ God\,* a nd ended the grief of our mother Eve by Your Resurrection.* You ordered th e apostles to proclaim to all:* The Saviour is risen from the tomb.\n\nNow …\n\nKontakion\, Tone 8: Though You descended into a tomb\, O Immortal O ne\,* yet You destroyed the power of Hades\;* and You rose as victor\, O C hrist God\,* calling to the myrrh-bearing women: Rejoice!* and giving peac e to Your Apostles:* You\, who grant resurrection to the fallen.\n\nProkei menon\, Tone 6\n\nSave Your people\, O Lord\, and bless Your inheritance.\ n\nverse: Unto You I will cry\, O Lord my God\, lest You turn from me in s ilence.\n\nEpistle\n\nActs 6:1-7\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 8\n\nverse: You have s hown favour to Your land\, O Lord\; You have brought back the captives of Jacob.\n\nverse: Mercy and truth have met\; righteousness and peace have e mbraced.\n\nGospel\n\nMark 15:43-16:9\n\nHymn to the Mother of God\n\nThe Angel cried out to the One full of Grace: O chaste Virgin\, rejoice! And a gain I say\, Rejoice! Your Son has risen from the tomb on the third day\, and raised the dead. Let all people rejoice! Shine\, shine\, O new Jerusal em! for the glory of the Lord has risen upon you! Exult now and be glad\, O Sion! And you\, O chaste Mother of God\, take delight in the resurrectio n of your Son.\n\nCommunion Verse\n\nReceive the Body of Christ\;* taste t he fountain of immortality.* Praise the Lord from the heavens\;* praise Hi m in the highest Alleluia. (3)\n\nInstead of “Blessed is He Who comes… ” and “We have seen the true light…” we sing:\n\nChrist is risen f rom the dead\,* trampling death by death\,* and to those in the tombs* giv ing life.\n\nInstead of “May our mouths be filled…” we sing three ti mes:\n\nChrist is risen from the dead\,* trampling death by death\,* and t o those in the tombs* giving life. (3)\n\nInstead of “Blessed be the nam e of the Lord…” we sing three times:\n\nChrist is risen from the dead\ ,* trampling death by death\,* and to those in the tombs* giving life. (3) \n\nAfter the final “Amen”\, the Troparion “Christ is risen” is su ng as at the beginning of the Liturgy\, but with the addition:\n\nAnd to u s He has granted life eternal\;* we bow down before His resurrection on th e third day. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Winnipeg X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Winnipeg BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR