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DESCRIPTION:GREAT VESPERS ON SATURDAY EVENING\n\nKathisma Reading\n\n“Ble ssed is the man...” is sung.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 4\n\nLead my soul f orth from prison* that I may give thanks to Your name.\n\nWe never cease t o adore Your life-giving Cross\, O Christ our God\,* And we glorify Your r esurrection on the third day.* For You\, Almighty One\, have thereby resto red the corrupted nature of all* and reopened the way to heaven\,* since Y ou alone are gracious and You love mankind.\n\nThe just shall gather aroun d me* when You have been good to me.\n\nO Saviour\, You have absolved the penalty of disobedience\,* committed through the tree of Eden\,* by willin gly being nailed to the tree of the cross.* As Almighty God\, You descende d into Hades* and broke asunder the bonds of death.* We\, therefore\, vene rate Your resurrection from the dead\,* and joyfully cry out to You:* Almi ghty Lord\, glory to You!\n\nOut of the depths I cry to You\, O Lord\;* O Lord\, hear my voice!\n\nO Lord\, You have battered down the gates of Hade s\,* and by Your death You have dissolved the realm of death.* You have fr eed mankind from corruption\,* bestowing life\, incorruption\, and Your gr eat mercy upon the world.\n\nLet Your ears be attentive* to the voice of m y prayer.\n\nCome\, all you people\,* let us sing the praises of our Savio ur’s resurrection on the third day.* For we have\, thereby\, been delive red from the invincible bonds of Hades\,* and we have received incorruptio n\, together with eternal life.* Therefore\, we cry out to You* after Your crucifixion\, burial\, and resurrection:* Save us by Your resurrection\, for You love mankind.\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\, who can stand?* B ut with You forgiveness is that You may be revered.\n\nO Saviour\, with th e angels we sing the praises of Your resurrection on the third day.* For t he very ends of the universe have\, thereby\, been enlightened\,* and we h ave been saved from the deceit of the enemy.* Therefore\, we cry out to Yo u\,* Almighty Saviour\, Giver of Life\, and Lover of mankind:* Save us by Your resurrection.\n\nI have waited for You as You have commanded\; my sou l patiently relies on Your promise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nO Christ our God\, You have demolished the brazen gates of Hades.* You have broken asunder the bonds of death\,* and lifted up the fallen human race. * Therefore\, we cry out with one accord:* O Lord\, who arose from the dea d\, glory to You!\n\nTone 4\n\nFrom the morning watch until night* let Isr ael trust in the Lord.\n\nWith hymns let us all honour Cyrus and with him the great John\,* the two martyrs who possessed the radiance of the Trinit y\,* the foundation of the Faith\, the flowers breathing forth* the true f ragrance of the understanding of Christ\,* for they pray unceasingly for u s to the Lord.\n\nFor with the Lord there is mercy\, and with Him there is plentiful redemption\;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquitie s.\n\nWith hymns let us all honour Cyrus and with him the great John\,* th e two martyrs who possessed the radiance of the Trinity\,* the foundation of the Faith\, the flowers breathing forth* the true fragrance of the unde rstanding of Christ\,* for they pray unceasingly for us to the Lord.\n\nPr aise the Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\ nWith fasting and radiance of life you shone forth\,* and later you adorne d your soul with suffering\, O glorious Cyrus.* You forsook an earthly arm y\, O wise John\,* and found the army of heaven.* And\, entreating the Sav iour\, O blessed ones\,* you both pray for those who bless your memory.\n\ nStrong is the love of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth endure. \n\nYou were shown to be physicians of the infirm\, O blessed ones\,* and never-waning luminaries of the divine Faith\,* uttering confession togethe r* and sharing in the lot of the martyrs.* Having truly received crowns fr om Christ\, O glorious Cyrus and wise John\,* unceasingly entreat the Savi our* in behalf of those who hymn you with faith.\n\nTone 8\, Glory…\n\nT wo martyrs have shone forth upon us today\, healing the pangs of our souls :* Cyrus and John\, the wonder-workers.* The one\, embracing the angelic l ife and living it to the end\,* united himself to Christ by the blood of m artyrdom\;* and the other\, shining forth among the military ranks\,* is n ow enrolled in the armies of heaven.* Therefore\, they impart healing to t hose who with faith celebrate their memory\,* praying for our souls.\n\nTo ne 4\, Now…\n\nO Mother of God\, because of You* David the Prophet becam e an ancestor of God\;* he foretold and sang a joyous hymn of praise* and cried out to Him who worked wonders in you:* “The Queen stood at your ri ght hand.”* God revealed you as a life-giving mother\,* when He chose to be incarnate of you without a father.* He renewed in man His image* which the passions had corrupted.* He found the lost sheep in the mountains\,* carried it on His shoulders\,* offered it to the Father\,* generously numb ered it among the powers of heaven\,* and saved the whole world\, since He is Christ of great and rich mercy.\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 4\n\nIn being lif ted upon the cross\, O Lord\,* You abolished the curse which we had inheri ted from our fathers.* By going down into Hades\,* You freed from eternal captivity those imprisoned there\,* and granted incorruption to mankind.* We\, therefore\, praise Your life-giving and redeeming resurrection.\n\nTh e Lord reigns\, He is clothed in majesty. Robed is the Lord\, and girt abo ut with strength.\n\nBy hanging on the cross\, O Almighty One\,* You shook the whole creation to its foundations.* When You Yourself were laid in th e grave\,* You raised to life those who had been lying in the graves\,* an d You granted life and incorruption to mankind.* We\, therefore\, praise a nd glorify Your resurrection on the third day.\n\nFor He has made the worl d firm\, which shall not be moved.\n\nO Christ\, the lawless people showed their ingratitude to You\, their Benefactor\,* by delivering You to Pilat e who condemned you to be crucified.* But You willingly suffered death and burial\;* and\, as God\, You rose by Your own power on the third day\,* g ranting us everlasting life and great mercy.\n\nHoliness befits Your house \, O Lord\, for length of days.\n\nThe women\, shedding bitter tears\, cam e to see You in Your tomb\;* and not finding Your body\, they lamented\, s aying:* O Saviour and King of All\, how were You stolen?* What place holds Your life-bearing body?* An angel answered them\, saying:* Do not weep\, but go and proclaim that the Lord is risen\,* filling our hearts with joy\ ;* for He alone is most compassionate.\n\nTone 2\, Glory… \n\nCome\, O a ssembly of the faithful\,* and with hymns let us crown Cyrus and John toda y:* the soldiers of grace and most generous fulfillers of petitions\;* for in manifold ways they have been shown to all as most splendid physicians. * Therefore\, they pray for our souls.\n\nNow…\n\nWe now behold a new wo nder\,* greater than the wonders of old.* For who has ever known a mother to bear a child without the help of man?* Who has known a mother to hold i n her arms the Source of all Creation?* It was God’s own will to be born in this manner\;* and you\, O most pure Virgin\, carried Him as an infant in your arms.* Because of this\, you can approach God with the boldness o f a mother.* Therefore\, we venerate you\, and ask you to always beseech H im* to have mercy on us and save our souls.\n\nTroparia\n\nTone 4\n\nWhen the disciples of the Lord learned from the angel* the glorious news of the resurrection* and cast off the ancestral condemnation\,* they proudly tol d the apostles:* “Death has been plundered!* Christ our God is risen\,* granting to the world great mercy.”\n\nTone 5\, Glory... \n\nO Christ Go d\, through the wonders of your holy martyrs\,* You have given us an invin cible rampart.* By their prayers disperse the council of unbelievers\;* st rengthen the rule of your kingdom\,* for You alone are good and the Lover of mankind.\n\nNow...\n\nRejoice\, Virgin\, impassable gateway of the Lord !* Rejoice\, protective wall of those who take refuge in you!* Rejoice\, p eaceful haven untroubled by storms!* Rejoice\, O Virgin who has not known wedlock* and yet has given birth in the flesh to your Creator and God!* O Mother of God\, never cease to intercede* for those who praise and worship your Son.\n\n \;\n\nGREAT MATINS ON SUNDAY MORNING\n\nUsual Beginning \n\nHexapsalm\n\nGreat Litany\n\nGod the Lord\, Tone 4\n\nTroparia\, Tone 4\n\nWhen the disciples of the Lord learned from the angel* the glorious n ews of the resurrection* and cast off the ancestral condemnation\,* they p roudly told the apostles:* “Death has been plundered!* Christ our God is risen\,* granting to the world great mercy.” (2)\n\nTone 5\, Glory... \ n\nO Christ God\, through the wonders of your holy martyrs\,* You have giv en us an invincible rampart.* By their prayers disperse the council of unb elievers\;* strengthen the rule of your kingdom\,* for You alone are good and the Lover of mankind.\n\nNow...\n\nRejoice\, Virgin\, impassable gatew ay of the Lord!* Rejoice\, protective wall of those who take refuge in you !* Rejoice\, peaceful haven untroubled by storms!* Rejoice\, O Virgin who has not known wedlock* and yet has given birth in the flesh to your Creato r and God!* O Mother of God\, never cease to intercede* for those who prai se and worship your Son.\n\nPsalter Reading\n\nStasis I: Psalms 9\, 10\nSt asis II: Psalms 11\, 12\, 13\nStasis III: Psalms 14\, 15\, 16\n\nSmall Lit any\n\nSessional Hymn\, Tone 4\n\nLooking into the entrance of the tomb\,* the Myrrh-bearing women were unable to endure the bright radiance of the Angel\,* trembling in awe they said\;* How is it that He who has opened Pa radise to the Thief hath been stolen?* How is it that He who before His pa ssion proclaimed His Arising has been raised?* Truly Christ God has arisen \, granting those in Hades life and resurrection.\n\nArise\, O Lord my God \, let Your hands be lifted on high\;* forget not Your poor to the end.\n\ nMortal men laid in a new tomb* the One who through a word established the ends of earth\,* for You\, O Saviour\, willingly endured the Cross\,* whe reby You conquered the adversary\, and despoiled death\,* for which cause all those in Hades extol Your life-giving Arising saying* Christ\, the giv er of life\, has arisen and abides to the ages.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nAs h e contemplated that which was beyond nature* Joseph was struck with wonder \, O Theotokos\, at you conception without seed.* He contemplated the myst erious dew upon the fleece\,* the bush unburnt by fire\,* Aaron’s rod wh ich budded.* Thus your Betrothed and guardian bore witness and cried to th e priests saying:* A Virgin bears a child\,* and after child-birth remains yet a virgin.\n\nPsalter Reading\n\nStasis I: Psalm 17\nStasis II: Psalms 18\, 19\, 20\nStasis III: Psalms 21\, 22\, 23\n\nSmall Litany\n\nSessiona l Hymn\, Tone 4\n\nO Saviour\, You arose from Hades as immortal\,* raising the world together with You by Your might\, O Christ our God.* With stren gth You have overthrown the dominion of death\,* revealing the Resurrectio n to all\, O Merciful one.* Wherefore we also glorify You\, O only Lover o f mankind.\n\nI will confess You\, O Lord\, with my whole heart\,* I will tell of all Your wonders.\n\nGabriel radiant in white vestments descended from the heights above\,* and approaching the rock upon which the Rock of life was lying\,* cried to the weeping women saying:* Cease your cries of lamentation\;* for you have now obtained merciful compassion.* Take courag e\, for the One you seek is truly risen.* Therefore\, cry to the Apostles telling them that the Lord has arisen\,* to worship the risen One\;* and h aving received gladness\, to take courage\, together with Eve.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nAll the choirs of Angels were struck with wonder\, O Pure Virgi n\,* at the awesome mystery of your conception.* How can the One who holds all things in place with only a nod\,* now be held in your arms as a man? * How can the Eternal accept a beginning?* How can the One who nourishes e verything that has breath by His ineffable goodness\,* be suckled at your breast?* And upon seeing these things\, with hymns they glorify you* as tr uly the Mother of God.\n\nPolyeleos\n\nEvoglitaria\n\nSmall Litany\n\nHypa koe\, Tone 4\n\nThe Myrrh-bearing women hastened to proclaim to the Apostl es* the news of Your wondrous Rising\, O Christ:* that as God You have ari sen\,* granting the world great mercy.\n\nGradual Hymns\, Tone 4\n\nAntiph on 1\n\nFrom my youth do many passions war against me\;* but do You Yourse lf defend* and save me\, O my Saviour.\n\nYou haters of Sion shall be sham ed by the Lord\;* for like grass\, by the fire* shall you be withered.\n\n Glory… Now…\n\nIn the Holy Spirit\, every soul is quickened\,* and\, t hrough cleansing\, is exalted* and made radiant* by the Triple Unity in a hidden sacred manner.\n\nAntiphon 2\n\nFrom the depths of my soul* I have cried to You fervently\, O Lord\;* let Your divine ears be attentive to me .\n\nEveryone who has set their hope in the Lord\,* is higher than all tho se* who mourn.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nBy the Holy Spirit* the streams of gr ace swell up\;* watering all creation* engendering life.\n\nAntiphon 3\n\n Let my heart be raised to You\, O Lord\;* and let none of the pleasures of the world lure me* to weakness.\n\nAs one that has tender love for one’ s mother\;* so should we have even more fervent love* for the Lord.\n\nGlo ry… Now…\n\nBy the Holy Spirit comes an abundance of divine knowledge\ ,* contemplation and wisdom\;* for by Him the Word unveils* all the Father ’s teachings.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 4\n\nArise\, O Lord: help us\,* and redeem us for Your name’s sake.\n\nverse: We heard with our own ears\, O God\, our fathers have told us the story of the things You did in days lo ng ago.\n\nLet everything that lives\, Tone 4\n\nGospel\n\nLuke 24: 12-35\ n\nHymn of Resurrection\n\nPsalm 50\n\nVerses at Psalm 50\n\nCanon\, Tone 4\n\nOde 1\n\nCanon of the Resurrection\n\nIrmos: Through the Red Sea\, as on the dry land\,* old Israel passed on with unmoistened foot\;* crosswis e\, in the wilderness\, Moses held up his arms* and they routed Amalek’s might.\n\nGlory to Your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nAs good and all-po werful\, O Lord\, you were lifted up on the immaculate tree of your cross\ , healing by the tree our utter destruction\, setting right our defection. \n\nGlory to Your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nIn your body in the tomb\ , as God with your soul in Hell\, with the Thief in Paradise\, you were ye t\, O Christ\, on the throne with the Father and the Spirit\, all things f illing\, and infinite.\n\nMost holy Theotokos\, save us.\n\nYou conceived the Son of God without seed\, by the Father’s purpose\, from the divine Spirit\; you bore in flesh the one from the Father without mother: through us\, out of you\, without father.\n\nKatavasia: I shall open my mouth\, a nd be filled with the Spirit\, * and utter discourse to the Queen and Moth er\; * and be seen radiantly keeping festival\, * joyfully praising her wo nders.\n\nOde 3\n\nCanon of the Resurrection\n\nIrmos: Your Church\, O Chr ist\, makes merry in you\, crying aloud:* You are my strength\, O Lord\, m y refuge\, my firm foundation.\n\nGlory to Your holy Resurrection\, O Lord .\n\nThe tree of life\, the true and intellectual vine\, hangs upon the cr oss pouring forth to all the elixir of life.\n\nGlory to Your holy Resurre ction\, O Lord.\n\nAs a great one and fearful\, demolishing utterly the in solence of Hell\, as God incorruptible\, now you have risen in the flesh.\ n\nMost holy Theotokos\, save us.\n\nYou only\, O Mother of God\, are the friend who procures the good things beyond nature for those upon earth and therefore we bring to you our “Hail.”\n\nKatavasia: O Theotokos\, liv ing and plentiful fount\, * establish in spiritual fellowship those who si ng hymns to you\, * and in your divine glory * grant them crowns of glory. \n\nOde 4\n\nCanon of the Resurrection\n\nIrmos: Seeing you the Sun of Rig hteousness* lifted high on the cross\,* with good reason your Church stood still in her course and exclaimed:* Glory to your power\, O Lord.\n\nGlor y to Your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nYou went up on the Cross\, to the Passion of your pure flesh worn of your own will\, thus healing my passio ns. Therefore we cry to you: Glory to your power\, O Lord.\n\nGlory to You r holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nO Lord\, death tasted of your life-giving \, sinless flesh and deservedly was slain. But we cry to you: Glory to you r power\, O Lord.\n\nMost holy Theotokos\, save us.\n\nYou bore a child\, O Virgin\, without a man\, and after the birth you were discerned as still a virgin\; therefore in faith unwavering we cry in never silent voices: H ail to you\, our Lady.\n\nKatavasia: He who sits in glory upon the throne of the Godhead\, * Jesus the true God\, * is come in a swift cloud * and w ith His sinless hands he has saved those who cry: * Glory to Your power\, O Christ.\n\nOde 5\n\nCanon of the Resurrection\n\nIrmos: Lord\, my light\ , you have come into the world\;* O holy light\, turn from the darkness of ignorance all who sing to you in faith.\n\nGlory to Your holy Resurrectio n\, O Lord.\n\nIn compassion\, O Lord\, you came down to the earth\; hangi ng upon the tree you raised up the fallen nature of man.\n\nGlory to Your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nO Christ\, you bore yourself the reproach o f my sins\; you loosed the pangs of death\, Compassionate\, in your holy r esurrection.\n\nMost holy Theotokos\, save us.\n\nWe thrust you forward as an unbreakable shield in face of our enemies\; we have gained you\, Bride of God\, as anchor and hope of our salvation.\n\nKatavasia: All creation stands in awe of your divine glory\; * for you\, O Virgin who have not kno wn wedlock\, * contained within your womb the God of all\, * and gave birt h to the timeless Son\, * bestowing peace\, upon all who hymn you.\n\nOde 6\n\nCanon of the Resurrection\n\nIrmos: I will sacrifice to you\, O Lord\ , with the voice of praise:* so cries your Church to you\,* purified from demons’ gore* through the blood which flows in pity from your side.\n\nG lory to Your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nGirded with power you went up on the cross and came to grips with the tyrant and as God you dashed him d own from the heights and raised up Adam with your invincible hand.\n\nGlor y to Your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nYou are risen\, O Christ\, from t he tomb in dazzling beauty of lightning flash\, scattering to the winds by your power divine every one of your enemies. As God you have filled all t hings with gladness.\n\nMost holy Theotokos\, save us.\n\nO wonder of all wonders\, newest and strangest\, that a virgin\, knowing no man\, conceive d in the womb him who holds the whole universe in his hands and suffered n o straitening.\n\nKatavasia: Celebrating the divine and solemn feast * of the Mother of God * O divinely wise\, * let us come\, clapping our hands\, * and glorify God who was born of her.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 4\n\nMy Saviou r and Deliverer from the grave* as God raised out of bondage the children of the earth* and shattered the gates of Hades\;* and as Master\, He rose on the third day.\n\n \;\n\nIkos\n\nToday Christ\, the giver of life\, has risen from the dead\, come after three days from the tomb\; by his mi ght He has smashed the doors of death\, put Hell to death and crushed deat h’s sting and Adam with Eve set free. Let all of us born of the earth si ng to him\, in thankfulness fervently cry out his praise. For he\, the lon e strong One\, on the third day as God and as Lord has risen.\n\n \;\n \nOde 7\n\nCanon of the Resurrection\n\nIrmos: In a Persian furnace three children of Abraham were set on fire* but more than in the flames they bla zed in loving desire to God\, and cried:* Blessed are you\, O Lord\,* in t he temple of your glory.\n\nGlory to Your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nW ashed in Christ’s divine blood\, mankind has been called to incorruption and sings in thanksgiving: Blessed are you\, O Lord\, in the temple of yo ur glory.\n\nGlory to Your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nYour tomb\, O Ch rist\, declares itself life-bearing\, fairer far than Paradise\, more radi ant than any kingly hall\, fount of our resurrection.\n\nMost holy Theotok os\, save us.\n\nHail\, tabernacle of the Most High\, hallowed and sacred. Joy is given through you\, O Mother of God\, to those who cry to you: Ble ssed are you amongst women\, All-holy Lady.\n\nKatavasia: Refusing to wors hip created things * in place of the Creator\, * the divinely wise youths bravely trampled down the threatening fire * and rejoicing they sang aloud : * O supremely hymned Lord and God of our Fathers\,* Blessed are You.\n\n Ode 8\n\nCanon of the Resurrection\n\nIrmos: Daniel\, with hands outspread in the den\,* stopped the gaping jaws of the lions\;* the three children\ , lovers of God\,* clothed in the virtue of godliness\,* quenched the powe r of the fire and sang aloud:* Bless the Lord\, all you works of the Lord. \n\nGlory to Your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nWith hands outspread on t he cross\, O Lord\, you gathered together the nations and showed them to b e one Church praising you\, with those on earth and those in heaven in har mony singing: Bless the Lord\, all you works of the Lord.\n\nGlory to Your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nAs lightning flashing\, in the unapproacha ble light of the resurrection\, the white-robed angel appeared to the wome n and cried: Why do you seek the living in the tomb as dead? Christ is ris en indeed and we cry to him: All you his works\, sing praises to the Lord. \n\nMost holy Theotokos\, save us.\n\nYou alone\, among all the families o f the earth\, are revealed as Mother of God\; wholly without stain\, unhar med by the fire of the unapproachable light\, you became the dwelling-plac e of the Godhead. We all bless you\, therefore\, Mary\, God’s bride.\n\n Katavasia: The Offspring of the Theotokos * saved the holy children in the furnace. * He who was then prefigured has now been born on earth\, * and He gathers all creation to hymn you: * all you works praise the Lord * and supremely exalt Him throughout all ages.\n\nMagnificat\n\n \n\nOde 9\n\n Canon of the Resurrection\n\nIrmos: From you\, O Virgin\, the mountain unh ewn\,* is taken the stone uncut by human hands:* Christ the cornerstone\, disparate natures joining together.* Therefore\, we rejoice and magnify yo u\, Mother of God.\n\nGlory to Your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nWholly you have taken me up entire into union without confusion through your grea t mercy\, my God\, giving me salvation in full through your suffering endu red on the cross in the flesh.\n\nGlory to Your holy Resurrection\, O Lord .\n\nGazing upon your opened tomb and upon the linen clothes\, within whic h God had lain\, left empty by your resurrection\, your disciples said wit h the angel: The Lord is risen indeed.\n\nGlory be to You our God\, glory be to You!\n\nAll we the faithful worship the one divine nature but Trinit y of persons\; persons unconfounded\, equal in power and equal in honour\, we reverently magnify.\n\nKatavasia: Let every mortal born on earth\, * r adiant with light\, in spirit leap for joy\; * and let the host of the ang elic powers * celebrate and honour the holy feast of the Mother of God\, * and let them cry aloud: * Rejoice! O all-blessed Theotokos\, * pure Ever- Virgin.\n\nSmall Litany\n\nHoly is the Lord\n\nHymn of Light (Gospel)\n\nC hrist our Way and our Life\,* after His resurrection from the dead\,* acco mpanied Luke and Cleopas\,* who had recognized Him at Emmaus in the breaki ng of the bread.* Their hearts and souls were inflamed as He spoke to them on the way\,* explaining to them all the Scriptures that pertained to Him .* Let us\, therefore\, shout with them\, saying:* Truly\, the Lord is ris en and has appeared to Peter.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nI praise Your love wit hout limit\, O my Creator\;* for You emptied Yourself to put on our broken nature to save us.* O all-compassionate Lord\, even though You are God\,* You consented for my sake to be born into our human condition* and to des cend into Hades to save us\,* through the intercession of Your most pure M other.\n\nPraises\n\nStichera of the Praises\, Tone 4\n\nTo carry out the sentence pre-ordained:* this honour is for all His faithful.\n\nO all-powe rful Lord\,* Who endured the Cross and death\,* and arose from the dead\,* we glorify Your Holy Resurrection.\n\nPraise God in His holy place\, prai se Him in His mighty heavens.\n\nBy Your Cross\, O Christ\, You have deliv ered us from the ancient curse\,* and by Your death You have conquered the devil who tyrannized our nature.* By Your arising You have filled all thi ngs with joy\,* wherefore we cry to You:* O Lord risen from the dead\, glo ry be to You!\n\nPraise Him for His powerful deeds\,* praise His surpassin g greatness.\n\nO Christ the Saviour\,* with Your Cross\, guide us to Your truth\,* and deliver us from the snares of the enemy\;* O You who are ris en from the dead* raise us also who have fallen through sin\,* by the stre tching out of Your hand\,* O Lord\, at the behest of the prayers of Your S aints.\n\nO praise Him with sound of trumpet\,* praise Him with lute and h arp\;\n\nWithout departing from Your Father’s bosom\,* in Your tender co mpassion\, You descended to earth\,* O Only-begotten Word of God\,* withou t change becoming man.* While You are impassible in Your divinity\,* You s uffered the Cross and death in the flesh\;* and rising from the dead You h ave granted immortality to the race of mankind\,* as You alone are all-pow erful.\n\nPraise Him with timbrel and dance\,* praise Him with strings and pipes.\n\nYou endured death in the flesh* thereby ensuring us of immortal ity\,* and You abided within a tomb\,* thereby freeing us from Hades\,* an d raising us up with together with Yourself\,* suffering as a man\, but ri sing as God\,* wherefore we cry to You the Lover of mankind:* O Lord giver of life\, glory be to You.\n\nO praise Him with resounding cymbals\, prai se Him with clashing of cymbals.* Let everything that lives and that breat hes give praise to the Lord.\n\nThe rocks were rent asunder\, O Saviour\,* when Your Cross was set upon Golgotha\;* the gate-keepers of Hades were s mitten with terror\,* when You were laid in the sepulchre as One dead\;* f or abolishing the stronghold of death\,* You have granted incorruption to all the dead by Your Resurrection\,* O Lord and Saviour\,* giver of life\, glory be to You!\n\nArise\, O Lord my God\, let Your hands be lifted on h igh\;* forget not Your poor to the end.\n\nThe women longed to see Your Re surrection\, O Christ God\;* Mary Magdalene having come in anticipation* f ound the stone rolled away from the tomb\,* with an Angel seated upon it\, saying:* Why do you seek the living among the dead?* He has arisen as God \, that He may save all things.\n\nI will confess You\, O Lord\, with my w hole heart\,* I will tell of all Your wonders.\n\nTell us\, O Jews\, where is Jesus\, whom you have thought to guard?* Where is He whom you placed i n the grave\, sealing it with the stone?* Give back the dead\, you who den ied life\;* give back the buried One or else believe in the Risen One.* Th ough you keep silent about the Lord’s Rising\,* the stones cry out aloud \,* above all the one that was rolled away from the tomb.* Great is Your m ercy!* Great the mystery of Your dispensation!* Our Saviour\, glory be to You!\n\nTone 5\, Glory…\n\nHow wise are Your judgments\, O Christ!* You granted Peter the understanding of Your resurrection by the burial wrappin gs alone.* Even though You accompanied Luke and Cleopas and conversed with them\,* yet You did not reveal Yourself.* You were taunted by them as tho ugh You alone were a stranger in Jerusalem\,* not knowing what had recentl y happened there.* But since You ordained all things for the good of each\ ,* You explained to them what the prophets had spoken concerning You.* In the breaking of the bread they recognized You* because their hearts were a lready burning with the desire to know You.* When they came together with the disciples\,* they proclaimed openly Your divine resurrection* by which we ask that You have mercy upon us.\n\nTone 2\, Now…\n\nYou are truly m ost blessed\, O virgin Mother of God.* Through the One who was incarnate o f you\,* Hades was chained\, Adam revived\, the curse wiped out\,* Eve set free\, Death put to death\,* and we ourselves were brought back to life.* That is why we cry out in praise\;* Blessed are You\, O Christ our God\,* who finds in this your good pleasure. Glory to You!\n\nGreat Doxology\n\n Trisagion Prayers\n\nTroparion\, Tone 2\n\nYou came forth from death\, des troying the eternal bonds of Hades\, O Lord.* You broke the curse of Death * and thus delivered us from the snares of the Evil One.* Then You appeare d to your apostles and sent them forth to preach\,* and through them You h ave bestowed your peace upon all the world\,* for You alone are rich in me rcy.\n\nInsistent Litany\n\nLitany of Supplication\n\nGreat Dismissal\n\nA T DIVINE LITURGY ON SUNDAY MORNING\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 4: When the disciples of the Lord learned from the angel* the glorio us news of the resurrection* and cast off the ancestral condemnation\,* th ey proudly told the apostles:* “Death has been plundered!* Christ our Go d is risen\,* granting to the world great mercy.”\n\nGlory be to the Fat her and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 4: My Savio ur and Deliverer from the grave* as God raised out of bondage the children of the earth* and shattered the gates of Hades\;* and as Master\, He rose on the third day.\n\nNow and for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nTheotokion\, Ton e 4: By your birth\, O immaculate one\,* Joachim and Anna were freed from the reproach of childlessness\,* and Adam and Eve* from the corruption of death.* And your people\, redeemed from the guilt of their sins\,* celebra te as they cry out to you:* “The barren one gives birth to the Mother of God* and nourisher of our life.”\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 4\n\nHow great a re Your works\, O Lord* You have made all things in wisdom.\n\nverse: Bles s the Lord\, O my soul: O Lord my God\, You are exceedingly great. (Psalm 103:24\,1)\n\nEpistle\n\nRomans 10:1-10\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 4\n\nverse: Poi se yourself and advance in triumph and reign in the cause of truth\, and m eekness\, and justice.\n\nverse: You have loved justice and hated iniquity . (Psalm 44:5\,8)\n\nGospel\n\nMatthew 8:28-9:1\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nPrais e the Lord from the heavens\;* praise Him in the highest (Psalm 148:1).* A lleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia. 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