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DESCRIPTION:Resurrectional Gospel 11\n\nAT GREAT VESPERS ON SATURDAY EVENIN G\n\nKathisma Reading\n\nBlessed is the man... is sung.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\ nTone 5\n\nLead my soul forth from prison* that I may give thanks to Your name.\n\nWith Your precious cross\, O Christ\,* You have put the Devil to shame.* With Your resurrection You have deadened the sting of sin\,* and h ave saved us from the gates of death.* We\, therefore\, glorify You\, O on ly-begotten Son of God.\n\nThe just shall gather around me* when You have been good to me.\n\nO Christ\, who granted resurrection to mankind\,* You were led like a lamb to the slaughter.* Then the princes of Hades were str uck with terror* as they saw the gates of their tearful domain being lifte d up\;* for Christ\, the King of Glory\, entered therein* and exclaimed to those in chains: Go forth from here!* And to those in darkness: Go forth into the light!\n\nOut of the depths I cry to You\, O Lord\;* O Lord\, hea r my voice!\n\nWhat a great wonder!* The Creator of invisible beings suffe red in the flesh for mankind\,* and rose from the dead as immortal.* Come\ , therefore\, all you nations and adore Him\;* for through His compassion we have been freed from the snares of the Devil\,* and we have learned to praise the one God in three Persons.\n\nLet Your ears be attentive* to the voice of my prayer.\n\nWe offer to You our evening worship\,* O Light who m the darkness of night can never extinguish.* For in these latter days Yo ur radiance has appeared to the world\,* shining in Your flesh as light re flected from a mirror.* Your brilliance has descended even to the depths o f Hades and dissolved its gloom.* O Lord\, Giver of Light\, glory to You\; * for You have shown the radiance of Your resurrection to all the nations. \n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgivene ss is that You may be revered.\n\nLet us glorify Christ\, the Author of ou r Salvation\;* for by His resurrection from the dead\,* the world has been delivered from the deception of Satan.* The choirs of angels rejoice as t he treachery of evil spirits vanishes.* Fallen Adam arises\, and the devil is vanquished.\n\nI have waited for You as You have commanded\; my soul p atiently relies on Your promise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nThos e who guarded the tomb of Christ* were told by the evil men who hired them :* Take this silver and keep silent.* Tell no one of the resurrection of C hrist\;* rather tell everyone that while you were sleeping His body was st olen.* But who has ever heard of a body being stolen\,* a body which had a lready been anointed?* Why would anyone take a body from the grave naked\, * and leave the burial shroud in the tomb?* Do not deceive yourselves\, O people of Judea.* Study the teachings of the prophets\,* and you will come to understand that Jesus Christ is Almighty God\,* and truly the Saviour of the world.\n\nFrom the morning watch until night* let Israel trust in t he Lord.\n\nO Lord our Saviour\,* who subjected hell and conquered Death\, * and enlightened the world through Your precious cross\,* have mercy on u s.\n\nTone 4\n\nFor with the Lord there is mercy\, and with Him there is p lentiful redemption\;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquities. \n\nHaving completed the course and kept the faith\,* Marcian and Martyriu s\,* you have been wreathed with a crown of martyrdom!* You are unshakable pillars of the Church\,* breasts flowing with wholesome milk\,* beacons a nd shining pearls\,* you have enlightened creation with the splendour of y our piety!\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim His glory\, al l you people.\n\nYou were godly twins\,* sharing a single heart and mind!* You destroyed the division of Arius\,* by teaching worship of the unorigi nate Son\, co-eternal with the Father\,* and worship of the Spirit:* the T rinity in Unity and Unity in Trinity\,* one Essence in three undivided Per sons!\n\nStrong is the love of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth endure.\n\nYou showed yourselves to be followers of Paul\,* the preacher of holy truths:* You were like him in zeal\; one with him in mind and hear t:* You drowned the adversaries with your outpoured blood* drying up the t orrent of wicked heresies!* You were revealed\, Marcian and Martyrius\,* t o be rivers of true worship watering the Church of Christ!\n\nTone 1\, Glo ry…\n\nYou were disciples and followers* of the one who preached and con fessed the consubstantial Trinity.* You were persecuted with him\, blessed ones\,* for the sake of the Trinity.* You preferred death by the sword to blasphemous heresy.* Since God has adorned you with crowns of martyrdom* and you have received boldness before Him\,* pray that those who honour yo ur memory may be delivered from misfortunes!\n\nTone 5\, Now…\n\nA symbo l of the undefiled Virgin and bride* was revealed in the Red Sea.* There\, Moses divided the waters\;* here\, Gabriel is the messenger of the miracl e.* There\, the Israelites crossed the deep and their feet were not even w et\;* here\, the Virgin gives birth to Christ without human seed.* There\, the sea remained uncrossed after the passing of Israel\;* here\, the imma culate remained incorrupt after giving birth to Emmanuel.* Therefore\, O i mmortal God\, who appeared in the flesh as true Man\,* have mercy on us!\n \nAposticha\n\nTone 5\n\nO Christ our Saviour\,* we lift up our voices in song to glorify You.* For\, in Your love for mankind\,* You became incarna te without leaving heaven\;* You accepted the cross and death\;* You cast down the gates of Hades\;* and on the third day You arose from the dead* f or the salvation of our souls.\n\nThe Lord reigns\, He is clothed in majes ty. Robed is the Lord\, and girt about with strength.\n\nO Giver of Life\, * streams of forgiveness\, life\, and salvation* poured forth from Your pi erced side upon us all.* By accepting physical death\, You granted us immo rtality\;* by lying in the tomb\, You freed us from Hades\,* and as God\, by rising from the dead\,* You raised us with Yourself in glory.* Therefor e\, we cry out to You:* O Lover of mankind\, glory to You!\n\nFor He has m ade the world firm\, which shall not be moved.\n\nO Lover of mankind\,* Yo ur crucifixion and descent into Hades are most wondrous.* For\, as God\, Y ou thereby conquered the power of Hades\,* and raised up in glory\, with Y ourself\, those who were long imprisoned there.* You reopened Paradise and enabled them to enter.* Grant forgiveness of sins to us* who glorify Your resurrection on the third day\,* for You alone are all-merciful.\n\nHolin ess befits Your house\, O Lord\, for length of days.\n\nO Lover of mankind \,* You accepted suffering in the flesh* and rose from the dead on the thi rd day.* Therefore\, heal the passions of our flesh\,* raise us from our d readful iniquities\, and save us.\n\nTone 3\, Glory…\n\nMarcian and Mart yrius* conquered heresies with the shield of faith\,* enlightening the wor ld with the light of orthodoxy!* They are champions of the Trinity and spi ritual beacons of the Church!* Obedient to Paul\, the equal of the apostle s\,* they cast down the division of Arius and Nestorius\,* refuting also t he mingling of Sabellius and Severus.* They theologized about the Unity in Trinity\,* the God Who was incarnate of the Virgin!* The most blessed one s preached to all one Christ in two natures!* Now that they have received crowns of victory from heaven\,* these heralds of God pray for great mercy for our souls!\n\nNow…\n\nO Virgin Mother\, you conceived the Son of Go d without seed* by the will of the Father and the power of the Holy Spirit .* He was begotten by the Father\, without a mother\, from all eternity.* Yet for our sake\, He was born of you in the flesh without a human father\ ,* and you nursed Him as an infant with your milk.* Therefore\, never ceas e to entreat Him to deliver our souls from affliction.\n\nTroparia\n\nTone 5\n\nLet us the faithful acclaim and worship the Word\,* co-eternal with the Father and the Spirit\,* and born of the Virgin for our salvation.* Fo r He willed to be lifted up on the cross in the flesh\, to suffer death* a nd to raise the dead by His glorious Resurrection.\n\nTone 1\, Glory... \n \nO Marcian and Martyrius\, a pair of martyrs worthy of each other\,* have crushed the infamy of Arius.* Obeying Paul the teacher of accurate statem ents\,* they taught that the Son is consubstantial with the Father and the Spirit.* They died under the sword and have joined Christ.* They interced e with Him to save our souls.\n\nNow...\n\nO Holy Tabernacle\, when Gabrie l cried out to you:* Rejoice O Virgin\, full of grace\,* the Lord of all b ecame incarnate of you\,* as the righteous David had foretold.* In bearing your Creator\, you have shown yourself to surpass the vastness of the hea vens.* We\, therefore\, cry out: Glory to Him who dwelt in you!* Glory to Him who came forth from you!* Glory to Him who has set us free through you r life-giving birth!\n\nGREAT MATINS ON SUNDAY MORNING\n\nUsual Beginning\ n\nHexapsalm\n\nGreat Litany\n\nGod the Lord\, Tone 5\n\nTroparia\, Tone 5 \n\nTone 5\n\nLet us the faithful acclaim and worship the Word\,* co-etern al with the Father and the Spirit\,* and born of the Virgin for our salvat ion.* For He willed to be lifted up on the cross in the flesh\, to suffer death* and to raise the dead by His glorious Resurrection. (2)\n\nTone 1\, Glory... \n\nO Marcian and Martyrius\, a pair of martyrs worthy of each o ther\,* have crushed the infamy of Arius.* Obeying Paul the teacher of acc urate statements\,* they taught that the Son is consubstantial with the Fa ther and the Spirit.* They died under the sword and have joined Christ.* T hey intercede with Him to save our souls.\n\nNow...\n\nO Holy Tabernacle\, when Gabriel cried out to you:* Rejoice O Virgin\, full of grace\,* the L ord of all became incarnate of you\,* as the righteous David had foretold. * In bearing your Creator\, you have shown yourself to surpass the vastnes s of the heavens.* We\, therefore\, cry out: Glory to Him who dwelt in you !* Glory to Him who came forth from you!* Glory to Him who has set us free through your life-giving birth!\n\nPsalter Reading\n\nStasis I: Psalms 9\ , 10\nStasis II: Psalms 11\, 12\, 13\nStasis III: Psalms 14\, 15\, 16\n\nS mall Litany\n\nSessional Hymn I\, Tone 5\n\nLet us celebrate the Cross of the Lord\,* let us honour His holy Burial with hymns\,* and let us exultin g\, glorify His Resurrection.* For with Himself He has raised the dead fro m their graves\,* and as God having despoiled the dominion of death* and t he might of the devil\,* He has shone forth light upon those in Hades.\n\n Arise\, O Lord my God\, let Your hands be lifted on high\; forget not Your poor to the end.\n\nO Lord\, You who put death to death\, was called dead \;* You who have emptied the tombs was placed in a tomb\;* above\, the sol diers stood guarding the grave\,* below\, You raised the dead from all age s.* O Lord\, All-powerful and Incomprehensible\,* glory be to You!\n\nGlor y… Now…\n\nRejoice holy mountain upon which God has walked\;* Rejoice! living bush unconsumed by fire\;* Rejoice! O only bridge of creation to G od\, who leads mortals to eternal life\;* Rejoice! Maiden undefiled\, who has born without wedlock* the salvation of our souls.\n\nPsalter Reading\n \nStasis I: Psalm 17\nStasis II: Psalms 18\, 19\, 20\nStasis III: Psalms 2 1\, 22\, 23\n\nSmall Litany\n\nSessional Hymn II\, Tone 5\n\nO Lord\, afte r Your Resurrection on the third day\,* and after the worship of the Apost les\, Peter cried to You\;* The women had courage\, and I was afraid\;* th e Thief confessed You as God\, and I denied You:* will You no longer call me a disciple\,* or will You once again declare me a fisher of the deep?* Receive me in my penitence\, O God\, and save me!’\n\nI will confess You \, O Lord\, with my whole heart\, I will tell of all You wonders.\n\nO Mer ciful Lord\, the lawless Ones nailed You between two condemned thieves* an d pierced Your side with a lance\,* but You\, who destroyed the gates of H ades\,* suffered burial and arose on the third day\;* The women ran to see You and announced the Resurrection to Your Apostles.* O supremely exalted Saviour whom the Angels hymn\,* O blessed Lord\, glory be to You.\n\nGlor y… Now…\n\nThe Bride who knew not wedlock\, the Birthgiver of God\,* w ho turned Eve’s grief to joy\,* we the faithful hymn and worship\,* for you have redeemed us from the ancient curse.* And now\, O All-hymned most holy one\,* cease not to make intercession for the salvation of our souls. \n\nPolyeleos\n\nEvoglitaria\n\nSmall Litany\n\nHypakoe\, Tone 5\n\nThe My rrh-bearing women\, amazed in their minds by the vision of the Angel* yet enlightened in their souls by the divine Resurrection\,* announced the gla d tidings to the Apostles:* Proclaim among the nations the Resurrection of the Lord\,* who works in us through wonders\,* and who grants us great me rcy.\n\nGradual Hymns\, Tone 5\n\nAntiphon 1\n\nWhen I am troubled I sing to You like David\,* O my Saviour:* Deliver my soul from a deceitful tongu e.\n\nBlessed is the life of those* who dwell in the desert places\,* Divi ne love gives them wings.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nBy the Holy Spirit all thi ngs are unshaken\,* both visible and invisible\;* for He has sovereign pow er\,* being undeniably one of the Trinity.\n\nAntiphon 2\n\nLift up yourse lf to the mountains\,* O my soul\;* go to that place from whence comes our help.\n\nLet Your right hand hover over me\,* O Christ\,* and guard me fr om every misfortune.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nLet us sing to the Holy Spirit\ , as we contemplate God:* You are God\, life\, love\, light\, and intellec t\,* You are goodness\,* and You reign to the ages.\n\nAntiphon 3\n\nFille d with great joy at the words of those who say to me:* “Let us go into t he courts of the Lord\,”* I offer up my prayers.\n\nFearful things are a ccomplished in the house of David\;* for a fire is found there\,* burning every shameful thought.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nTo the Holy Spirit belongs t he lordship of life\,* for from Him every living being hath its breath\,* as also from the Father* together with the Son.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 5\n\ nArise\, O Lord my God\, lift up Your hand*\, for You shall reign forever. \n\nverse: I will confess to You\, O Lord\, with my whole heart\, I will r ecount all Your marvellous works.\n\nLet everything that lives\, Tone 5\n\ nMatins Gospel 11\n\nJohn 21:15–25\n\nHymn of Resurrection\n\nPsalm 50\n \nVerses at Psalm 50\n\nCanon\, Tone 5\n\nOde 1\n\nIrmos: Christ\, who bre aks the battles\,* with uplifted arm shook horse and rider into the Red Se a\,* but Israel he saved\,* singing a song of victory.\n\nGlory to your ho ly Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nThe congregation of the Hebrews preserved no mother’s love for you who gave them every good\; they crowned you with t horns\, O Christ\, you who had loosed from the punishing thorns the first ancestor of man.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nGiver of life\, you bent down to the pit without danger of falling and raised me up who had fallen\; you bore with my evil-smelling corruption\, O Christ\, y ourself untouched\, and made me fragrant with the sweet oil of the divine nature.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nThe curse is lifted\, sorrow has ceased\; O blessed one and full of grace\, you have caused joy to spring up for the f aithful for from you Christ has flowered\, our blessing for ever.\n\nOde 3 \n\nIrmos: Your command fixed firm the earth upon nothing* and sovereignty poised its vast bulk\;* make firm your Church on the immovable rock of yo ur commandments\,* O Christ\, alone good and Lover of man.\n\nGlory to you r holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nThose who sucked honey from the rock brou ght you gall for your wonders in the wilderness\, O Christ. Vinegar for ma nna the ungrateful sons of Israel gave you in exchange for your deeds of g oodness.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nCovered of old by a light-radiant cloud they laid life\, O Christ\, in the grave: but\, you rose of your own power\, and you granted mystically to all the faithful t he Spirit’s overshadowing shining from above.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nMoth er of God\, virginally and without a mother’s pain you bore him\, the ou tshining of the untouched Father\; therefore\, since you conceived the Wor d made flesh\, in true faith we proclaim you Bearer of God.\n\nSmall Litan y\n\nKontakion\, Tone 4\n\nHaving struggled well from childhood\, * O Marc ian and wise Martyrius\, * you cast down the apostate Arius\, * preserving the orthodox faith untainted\, following Paul\, the wise teacher. * There fore\, with him you have found life\, * as most excellent champions of the Trinity.\n\nIkos\n\nAs servants of the piety of God\, the Lover of mankin d\, O blessed twin\, go quickly before me and deliver me from evils\, best owing upon me words of wisdom\, that I may praise your suffering for the F aith\, O holy ones who suffered with constant integrity and have received heavenly crowns. And you rejoice with the choirs of spiritual athletes and apostles\, teachers and honoured hierarchs\, as preachers of the Word of God and most excellent champions of the Trinity.\n\nSessional Hymns\, Tone 3\n\nContinuing to confess even to the shedding of your blood\, O gloriou s martyrs\,* you accepted the divine ordinance concerning God\,* denouncin g the delusion of the heretics* and preserving the orthodox faith.* Pray u nceasingly to Christ God\,* that He grant us great mercy.\n\nGlory… Now …\n\nWithout separating Himself from the divine Essence\, * when taking flesh in your womb\, * He remained God though He had become a man\; * and even after your birth-giving\, preserved you\, His Virgin Mother\, * as im maculate as you were before giving birth. * Him do you earnestly beseech\, * that He grant us great mercy.\n\nOde 4\n\nIrmos: Habakkuk in prophecy\, O Christ\, apprehending your divine emptying\, in trembling awe cried out to you: For the salvation of your people\, to make safe your anointed\, yo u have come.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nO Good One\, the most bitter streams of Meribah you sweetened by a tree\, and thus in s ign prefigured your pure cross which slays the bitter taste of sin.\n\nGlo ry to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nYou accepted a cross for the tre e of knowledge\, my Saviour\, gall for sweet food\, and for the corruption of death you shed the blood of God.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nUntouched\, you conceived incorruptibly in your womb\; a Virgin\, guarded to bring forth God in the flesh\, you bore a child without pain and were virgin after the birth.\n\nOde 5\n\nIrmos: To you\, clothed with light as a garment\,* ear ly I rise and cry out.* Lighten my darkened soul\,* O Christ\, only compas sionate.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nIn dishonour and inglorious form\, of his own will the Lord of glory hung upon the cross\, and inconceivably thus procured for me divine glory.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nYou have changed my clothing for the garment of incorruption\, O Christ\, for uncorrupted you tasted the corruption of de ath in the flesh\, and on the third day rose from the tomb.\n\nGlory… No w…\n\nMother of God\, you set free our first father’s nature from the curse\, for without seed you gave birth to Christ our righteousness and re demption.\n\nOde 6\n\nIrmos: Lord Christ\, calm the soul-destroying waves of the raging sea of passions* and\, O compassionate\, lead me up from cor ruption.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nOur first ancesto r fell into corruption\, Lord Christ\, tasting forbidden fruit\; and he wa s brought back to life by your Passion.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection \, O Lord.\n\nYou\, the life\, came to Hell and to the corrupter became co rruption\; thus\, Lord Christ\, through corruption you brought\, as founta in springing\, resurrection.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nThe Virgin bore a child and after bearing still was pure\; holding him up in her arms who support s the whole creation she is truly Virgin Mother.\n\nSmall Litany\n\nKontak ion\, Tone 5\n\nDown to Hell you have gone\, my Saviour\, and shivered its gates to atoms\, Almighty\; you have raised the dead with yourself as Cre ator\, crushed the sting of death\, O Christ\, and set Adam free from the curse\, Lover of man. Therefore we all cry out to you: save us\, O Lord.\n \nIkos\n\nThe women heard the angel’s words\, shed their lamentations\, changed to gladness\, trembling\, saw the resurrection. And Christ drew ne ar in greeting: Joy to you\, take courage\, I have overcome the world\, an d set the prisoners free. Run to the disciples and ay: I go before you int o Galilee to proclaim the good news. Therefore\, we all cry out to you: Sa ve us\, O Lord.\n\nOde 7\n\nIrmos: The Lord of the fathers\, most highly e xalted\,* quenched the fire and rained his dew* on the young men in unison singing:* Blessed are you\, O God.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nClothed with flesh as bait for the hook\, by your divine power y ou dragged the serpent down\, and brought back those who cried: Blessed ar e you\, O God.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nHe\, the un bounded\, who brought into being and knitted together the boundless immens ities of earth\, in the flesh was concealed in the grave\; and we sing to him: Blessed are you\, O God.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nAll-holy\, you bore on e person in two natures\, God has taken bodily form and we sing to him: Bl essed are you\, O God.\n\nOde 8\n\nIrmos: The young men in the furnace dev ised a chorus of all creation for you\, the Creator of all\,* and in song they proclaimed it:* All you his works\, sing to the Lord\,* and highly ex alt him throughout all the ages.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lo rd.\n\nAs if it were against your will\, of that so longed for cup of your saving Passion you prayed that it might not be: two wills to two natures corresponding you bear\, O Christ\, throughout all the ages.\n\nGlory to y our holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nAt your descent\, Creator of all\, Hell the fool gave up all those who of old had been slain by deceit\, and who now\, O Christ\, highly exalt you throughout all the ages.\n\nGlory… Now …\n\nO Virgin\, beyond thought\, in divine and human manner\, by the wor d you bore the Lord\, while remaining virgin\; we\, his creatures\, bless and highly exalt you throughout all the ages.\n\nMagnificat\n\n \;\n\n Ode 9\n\nIrmos: Rejoice and sing\, Isaiah\,* the Virgin has conceived and bears a son\, Emmanuel\,* God and man\, his name the Dayspring\;* we magni fy him and we call the Virgin blessed.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\ , O Lord.\n\nFallen man\, Lord Christ\, you assumed\; wholly joined to him in a virginal womb\, sin alone excepted\, wholly you have freed him from corruption by your pure sufferings.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nYour pure and life-giving side\, Lord Christ\, was emptied of th e blood which flowed from God\, and sacrifice to idols ceased\; and all we of the earth bring to you the sacrifice of praise.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\n Not God bodiless\, nor yet mere man\, the pure and honourable Maid bore to us\, but perfect man and perfect God\, in very truth\; we magnify him\, t ogether with the Father and the Spirit.\n\nSmall Litany\n\nHoly is the Lor d\n\nHymn of Light\n\nAfter His resurrection the Lord asked Peter three ti mes: Do you love Me? Then the Lord set Peter as a shepherd over His sheep. When Peter saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following Him\, he asked the Lord: What about him? And the Lord said: If I want him to wait until I co me again\, what is that to you\, O Peter\, my beloved?\n\nGlory… \n\nAs followers of the all-blessed Paul\, you finished your course and with him\ , have received the kingdom of Christ\, and immortal glory\; and you stand together with all the saints before the adored Trinity\, glorifying the G odhead as is meet.\n\nNow…\n\nWhat an awesome mystery\; what a dazzling wonder! Death has been abolished completely by death. O Word\, Who then wi ll not praise\, and who will not glorify Your resurrection? Who will not p raise the Theotokos who gave birth to You in the flesh and in purity? Ther efore\, by her prayers\, save us all from Hades.\n\nPraises\n\nStichera of the Praises\, Tone 5\n\nTo carry out the sentence pre-ordained:* this hon our is for all His faithful.\n\nYou came forth from the grave\, O Lord\,  which had been sealed by the transgressors of the law\,* just as You were born of the Theotokos.* For the bodiless angels did not know how You were incarnate.* Likewise\, the guardian soldiers did not see the moment of yo ur Resurrection\;* for these two marvels were concealed from the curious m inds* but were revealed to those who worshiped the mystery in faith.* Ther efore\, grant joy and great mercy to us who offer You praise.\n\nPraise Go d in His holy place\, praise Him in His mighty heavens.\n\nO Lord\, You de molished the gates of everlasting damnation\,* and You broke asunder the c hains of the grave.* You rose from the tomb leaving your wrappings in the grave* in testimony of your three-day burial\;* and leaving the guards wat ching at the tomb\,* You preceded your disciples into Galilee.* Great is y our mercy\, O Lord whom the whole world cannot contain.* O Saviour\, have mercy upon us.\n\nPraise Him for His powerful deeds\,* praise His surpassi ng greatness.\n\nO Lord\, who suffered for us\,* the women hastened to you r tomb to behold You.* When they arrived\, they saw an angel sitting on th e stone of the grave.* He said to them: The Lord is risen!* Go and tell th e disciples that the Saviour of our souls is risen from the dead.\n\nO pra ise Him with sound of trumpet\,* praise Him with lute and harp\;\n\nO Lord and Saviour\,* You came into the midst of your disciples though the doors were closed* just as You came out of the sealed tomb\,* showing the suffe rings of the flesh which You accepted\;* for You submitted to suffering pa tiently since You are of the seed of David.* But since You are the Son of God\, You saved the world.* Great is your mercy\, O Lord whom the whole wo rld cannot contain.* O Saviour\, have mercy on us.\n\nPraise Him with timb rel and dance\,* praise Him with strings and pipes.\n\nO Lord\, the King o f ages and Creator of all\,* who accepted crucifixion and burial in the bo dy for our sakes* to deliver us all from Hades\,* You are our God\, and be sides You we know no other.\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\nO Lord God\, who shall proclaim your dazzl ing wonders?* Or who shall declare your divine mysteries?* For You were wi llingly Incarnate for our sakes\,* manifesting the might of your power.* B y your cross You opened paradise to the thief\;* by your death You crushed the bars and bolts of Hades\;* and by your Resurrection You enriched all creation.* Therefore\, O compassionate One\, glory to You!\n\nArise\, O Lo rd my God\, let Your hands be lifted on high\;* forget not Your poor to th e end.\n\nThe myrrh-bearing women reached your tomb early in the morning\, * seeking to anoint You\, O immortal Word.* When they were instructed by t he words of the angel\,* they turned back with joy* to tell the apostles c learly that You had risen\, O Life of all\,* and had given the world forgi veness and great mercy.\n\nI will confess You\, O Lord\, with my whole hea rt\,* I will tell of all Your wonders.\n\nThe guards\, keeping watch over the God-bearing tomb\, said to the Pharisees:* Woe to your vain counsel\, for you sought to keep the boundless One.* You have laboured in vain\;* fo r you thought that you could hide the Resurrection of the crucified One\, *but you only showed it more clearly.* Woe to your foolish secret meeting. * Why do you take counsel to hide what cannot be hidden?* it would be bett er that you listen to us* and choose to believe in that which happened.* A n angel\, resplendent like lightning\,* descended from heaven and rolled a way the stone\,* and from fear of him we were encompassed by death.* To th e courageous myrrh-bearing women he said:* Do you not see the guards as de ad\, the seals broken\, and Hades emptied?* Why do you then seek as dead\, * Him who abolished the victory of Hades and broke the thorn of death?* Go quickly and tell the good news of the Resurrection to the apostles\, • and shout fearlessly\, saying:* in truth the Lord is risen\, the One who g ives us great mercy.\n\nTone 8\, Glory…\n\nWhen You showed Yourself to t he disciples after Your resurrection\, O Savior\,* You appointed Simon to watch over Your sheep as a recompense for His love\;* You asked him to ten d the flock with care.* You said to him: If you love Me\, O Peter\, feed m y lambs and feed my sheep.* But at once he inquired concerning the other d isciple\,* revealing him to be the beloved.* Therefore\, by the intercessi on of both\, O Christ\,* keep Your flock from the ravaging wolves.\n\nTone 2\, Now…\n\nYou are truly most blessed\, O virgin Mother of God.* Throu gh the One who was incarnate of you\,* Hades was chained\, Adam revived\, the curse wiped out\,* Eve set free\, Death put to death\,* and we ourselv es 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\nTrisagion Prayers\n\nTroparion\, Tone 2\n\nT oday salvation has come to the world.* Let us sing to Him who is risen fro m the tomb\,* the Author of Life who has crushed Death by his death* and b estowed on us victory and great mercy.\n\nInsistent Litany\n\nLitany of Su pplication\n\nGreat Dismissal\n\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON SUNDAY MORNING\n\nTr oparia and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 5: Let us the faithful acclaim and worship the Word\,* co-eternal with the Father and the Spirit\,* and born of the Virgin for our salvation.* For He willed to be lifted up on the cr oss in the flesh\, to suffer death* and to raise the dead by His glorious resurrection.\n\nGlory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spi rit.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 5: You\, my Saviour\, descended to Hades\,* and a s the Almighty\, You shattered its gates.* With Yourself You\, as the Crea tor\, raised the dead and shattered the sting of death\,* and delivered Ad am from the curse\, O Lover of Mankind.* And so we cry out: “Save us\, O Lord.”\n\nNow and for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nTheotokion\, Tone 5: Rejo ice\, O impassable door of the Lord!* Rejoice\, O rampart and protection o f those who have recourse to you!* Rejoice\, O tranquil haven and Virgin\, * who gave birth in the flesh to your Maker and God!* Fail not to interced e for those* who sing and worship the Child you bore.\n\nProkeimenon\, Ton e 5\n\nYou\, O Lord\, will guard us and will keep us* from this generation and for ever.\n\nverse: Save me\, O Lord\, for there is no longer left a just man. (Psalm 11:8\,2)\n\nEpistle\n\nGalatians 6:11-18\n\nAlleluia\, To ne 5\n\nverse: Your mercies\, O Lord\, I will sing for ever\; from generat ion to generation I will announce Your truth with my mouth.\n\nverse: For You have said: Mercy shall be built up for ever\; in the heavens Your trut h shall be prepared. (Psalm 88:2\,3)\n\nGospel\n\nLuke 16:19-31\n\nCommuni on Hymn\n\nPraise the Lord from the heavens\;* praise Him in the highest ( Psalm 148:1).* Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia. 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