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On the Holy and Great Sunday of Pascha.

At the Midnight Office.
After the blessing by the Priest, the Superior, or the Reader, continues: Glory to you, our God. Glory to you. Heavenly King, Paraclete, Spirit of truth, present everywhere, filling all things, reasury of blessings and Giver of life, co!e and dwell in us, cleanse us fro! every stain, and, " Good "ne, save our souls. Reader: Holy God, Holy Strong, Holy #!!ortal, have !ercy on us. $%&'.

Glory to the (ather and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, both now and for ever and to the ages of ages. A!en. All)holy rinity, have !ercy on us. *ord, forgive our sins. +aster, pardon our ini,uities. Holy "ne, visit and heal our infir!ities, for your na!e-s sa.e. *ord, have !ercy. *ord, have !ercy. *ord, have !ercy. Glory to the (ather and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever and to the ages of ages. A!en. "ur (ather, in heaven, hallowed be your na!e, your .ingdo! co!e/ your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us to)day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into te!ptation, but deliver us fro! the wic.ed one. Priest: (or yours is the .ingdo!, the power and the glory, of the (ather and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, now and always and to ages of ages. Reader: A!en. *ord, have !ercy $%01'. Glory. 2oth now. 3o!e, let us worship and fall down before the King, our God. 3o!e, let us worship and fall down before 3hrist the King, our God. 3o!e, let us worship and fall down before 3hrist hi!self, the King, our God. Psal! 45 Have !ercy on !e, " God, in accordance with your great !ercy. According to the !ultitude of your co!passion blot out !y offence. 6ash !e thoroughly fro! !y wic.edness, and cleanse !e fro! !y sin. (or # ac.nowledge !y wic.edness, and !y sin is ever before !e. Against you alone # have sinned and done what is evil in your sight, that you !ay be 7ustified in your words and win when you are 7udged. (or see, in wic.edness # was conceived and in sin !y !other bore !e. (or see, you have loved truth/ you have shown !e the hidden and secret things of your wisdo!. 8ou will sprin.le !e with hyssop and # shall be cleansed. 8ou will wash !e and # shall be !ade whiter than snow. 8ou will !a.e !e hear of 7oy and gladness/ the bones which have been hu!bled will re7oice. urn away your

face fro! !y sins and blot out all !y ini,uities. 3reate a clean heart in !e, " God, and renew a right Spirit within !e. 9o not cast !e out fro! your presence, and do not ta.e your Holy Spirit fro! !e. Give !e bac. the 7oy of your salvation, and establish !e with your sovereign Spirit. # will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will turn to you again. " God, the God of !y salvation, deliver !e fro! bloodshed and !y tongue will re7oice at your 7ustice. *ord, you will open !y lips, and !y !outh will proclai! your praise. (or if you had wanted a sacrifice, # would have given it. 8ou will not ta.e pleasure in burnt offerings. A sacrifice to God is a bro.en spirit/ a bro.en and a hu!bled heart God will not despise. 9o good to Sion, *ord, in your good pleasure/ and let the walls of :erusale! be rebuilt. hen you will be well pleased with a sacrifice of righteousness, oblation and whole burnt offerings. hen they will offer calves upon your altar. And we begin the 3anon, of which the Acrostic is: And today # sing a great Sabbath. "de 0. one ;. #r!os. < he "ne, who of old hid the pursuing tyrant in the waves of the sea, the children of those he saved have hidden beneath the earth/ but let us, li.e the young !aidens, sing to the *ord/ for he has been greatly glorified.=erse: Glory to you, " God, glory to you. And so before each roparion. roparia *ord, !y God, # will sing a song for your departure, a funeral hy!n for you who by your burial opened up for !e the entrances to life, and by your death put 9eath and Hell to death. All things above the world and all below the earth ,ua.ed with fear at your death, as they saw you on the throne above and below in a to!b/ for beyond understanding you appeared as a one dead, you the source of life.

hat you !ight fill all things with your glory, you went down into the lowest parts of the earth/ for !y substance, which is in Ada! was not hidden fro! you, and by being buried you !a.e !e, who had been corrupted, new, " *over of hu!an.ind. Katavasia he "ne, who of old hid the pursuing tyrant in the waves of the sea, the children of those he saved have hidden beneath the earth/ but let us, li.e the young !aidens, sing to the *ord/ for he has been greatly glorified. "de &. #r!os. <6hen it saw you, who had hung the whole earth freely on the waters, hanging on Golgotha, creation was sei>ed with great a!a>e!ent and cried, <?one is holy but you, " *ord-.roparia +ultiplying visions, you revealed sy!bols of your burial, while now, as God and !an, you have also !ade clear your secrets, +aster, to those in Hell, who cry, <?one is holy but you, " *ord-. 8ou opened out your pal!s and united things that before were separated, while by being closed in a shroud and a grave, " Saviour, you loosed those who were fettered. ?one is holy but you, " *ord. 2y your will, " uncontainable, you were held fast by grave and seals/ and by your energies you !ade .nown your power as God to those who sing, <?one is holy but you, " *ord, lover of hu!an.ind-. Katavasia 6hen it saw you, who had hung the whole earth freely on the waters, hanging on Golgotha, creation was sei>ed with great a!a>e!ent and cried, <?one is holy but you, " *ord-. hen we sing the following Kathis!ata. one 0. +odel +elody.

he soldiers watching your to!b beca!e as dead !en at the lightning flash of the Angel who appeared and proclai!ed the Resurrection to the wo!en. 6e glorify you, who destroy corruption/ we fall down before you, who rose fro! the to!b and alone are our God. Glory. 2oth now. he soldiers watching your to!b beca!e as dead !en at the lightning flash of the Angel who appeared and proclai!ed the Resurrection to the wo!en. 6e glorify you, who destroy corruption/ we fall down before you, who rose fro! the to!b and alone are our God. hen the reading fro! the Ser!on of St @piphanios, beginning: 6hat thing is thisA Great silence, or fro! the Ho!ilies of St :ohn 3hrysosto! on the Gospels of +atthew or :ohn, and the Bth, 4th and ;th "des of the 3anon. "de B. #r!os <(oreseeing your divine self)e!ptying on the 3ross, Avva.ou!, a!a>ed, cried out, <8ou cut off the !ight of the powerful, " Good "ne, you spea.ing with those in Hell as all)powerful-.roparia 8ou sanctified the seventh day, which of old you blessed by resting fro! your wor.s/ for you bring all things into being and !a.e the! new, as you .eep the Sabbath rest, " Saviour, and restore your strength. 2y your greater strength you gained the victory/ your soul was parted fro! your body, shattering the bonds of both 9eath and Hell, " 6ord, by your !ight. Hell, when it !et you, " 6ord, was e!bittered, seeing a !ortal !ade divine, !ar.ed by wounds and all powerful, and it shran. bac. in terror at the sight. Katavasia

(oreseeing your divine self)e!ptying on the 3ross, Avva.ou!, a!a>ed, cried out, <8ou cut off the !ight of the powerful, " Good "ne, you spea.ing with those in Hell as all)powerful-. "de 4. #r!os <#saias, as he watched by night, " 3hrist, saw the light which .nows no evening of your theophany, which in your co!passion ca!e to pass for us, and he cried, < he dead will arise and those in the graves will rise, and those in the earth will re7oice.roparia 2eco!ing a creature for!ed of dust, our (ashioner, you !a.e new those born of earth, and the shroud and the to!b point to the !ystery within you, " 6ord/ for the noble counsellor fulfils the counsel of your 2egetter, who in you gloriously !a.es !e new. hrough death you transfor! !ortality, through burial corruption/ for in a !anner fitting God you !a.e incorruptible the nature you too. on and !a.e it i!!ortal. (or your flesh did not .now corruption, +aster, nor was your soul, li.e a stranger, abandoned in Hell. 8ou ca!e forth fro! a birth without travail and, pierced in your side, !y (ashioner, you wrought the refashioning of @ve by beco!ing Ada!, sleeping supernaturally a life)producing sleep and raising life fro! sleep and corruption, as all)powerful. Katavasia #saias, as he watched by night, " 3hrist, saw the light which .nows no evening of your theophany, which in your co!passion ca!e to pass for us, and he cried, < he dead will arise and those in the graves will rise, and those in the earth will re7oice."de ;. #r!os <:onas was held, but not held fast in the belly of the whale/ for being a type of you, the "ne who suffered and was given over to burial, as fro! a bridal cha!ber he leapt forth fro! the beast and cried to the

guard, <8ou who vainly and falsely .eep guard, you have forsa.en your own !ercy-.roparia 8ou were torn, but not torn away, " 6ord, fro! the flesh you had ta.en. (or though your te!ple was destroyed at the !o!ent of the passion, you were still one person in your Godhead and your flesh/ for in both you are one Son, 6ord of God, God and !an. Ada!-s fall slew !ortals but not God, for though your substance of dust suffered, yet your Godhead re!ained i!passible. hat which was corruptible in you, you have transfor!ed to incorruption, and you have revealed a source of incorruptible life fro! your resurrection. Hell reigns, but not for ever, over the race of !ortals/ for you, " +ighty "ne, when placed in a to!b, shattered with your pal!, the origin of life, the bars of death, and proclai!ed to those who slept there fro! every age no false rede!ption, " Saviour, who have beco!e the first)born of the dead. Katavasia :onas was held, but not held fast in the belly of the whale/ for being a type of you, the "ne who suffered and was given over to burial, as fro! a bridal cha!ber he leapt forth fro! the beast and cried to the guard, <8ou who vainly and falsely .eep guard, you have forsa.en your own !ercy-. After the s!all litany the Konta.ion. one ;. C2y Ro!anos the +elodist.D He who closed the abyss lies dead before our eyes/ and wrapped in !yrrh and fine linen the #!!ortal is laid as a !ortal in a grave. 6hile wo!en ca!e to anoint hi!, weeping bitterly and crying out, < his is the !ost blessed Sabbath, on which 3hrist sleeps, but he will rise again on the third day-. #.os

He who holds all things together was lifted up on the 3ross, and all creation la!ented seeing hi! hanging na.ed on the tree/ the sun hid its rays, and the stars threw away their light/ the earth ,ua.ed with great fear, the sea fled and the roc.s were rent/ !any graves were opened, and bodies of holy !en were raised. Hell below is groaning and the :ews are considering how to discredit 3hrist-s resurrection/ the wo!en are crying out, < his is the !ost blessed Sabbath, on which 3hrist sleeps, but he will rise again on the third day-. hen the reading fro! the Ser!on of St @piphanios, beginning: 6hat thing is thisA Great silence, or fro! the Ho!ilies of St :ohn 3hrysosto! on the Gospels of +atthew or :ohn, and the Eth, Fth and Gth "des of the 3anon. "de E. #r!os <#neffable wonderH He who in the furnace delivered the holy youths fro! the fla!e, is laid in the to!b a lifeless corpse for the salvation of us who sing, <God, our Redee!er, blessed are youH-roparia Hell has been wounded, having received in its heart the "ne whose side was pierced by a lance, and consu!ed by divine fire groans aloud at the salvation of us who sing, <God, our Redee!er, blessed are youH" happy to!bH (or having received in itself the 3reator as one asleep, it has been revealed as a treasure house of life for the salvation of us who sing, <God, our Redee!er, blessed are youHhe life of all things accepts being laid in the to!b, according to the law of those who die, and he shows it to be a source of rising for the salvation of us who sing, <God, our Redee!er, blessed are youH#n Hell and in the to!b and in @den 3hrist-s godhead was one and inseparable with the (ather and the Spirit for the salvation of us who sing, <God, our Redee!er, blessed are youHKatavasia

#neffable wonderH He who in the furnace delivered the holy youths fro! the fla!e, is laid in the to!b a lifeless corpse for the salvation of us who sing, <God, our Redee!er, blessed are youH"de F. #r!os <2e a!a>ed and tre!ble, " heaven, and be sha.en, foundations of the earth/ for see he who dwells in the highest is nu!bered a!ong the dead, and welco!ed in a little to!b. 8ouths bless hi!, priests praise hi!, people highly e%alt hi! to all the ages.roparia he i!!aculate te!ple has been destroyed, but raises up the fallen tabernacle/ for the second Ada!, who dwells in the highest, has co!e down to the first as far as the storehouses of Hell/ 8ouths bless hi!, priests praise hi!, people highly e%alt hi! to all the ages. he daring of the disciples has failed, but :oseph of Ari!atheia has proved valiant/ for seeing the God over all dead and na.ed he as.ed for hi! and gave hi! burial, crying, <8ouths bless hi!, priests praise hi!, people highly e%alt hi! to all the ages-. Katavasia 2e a!a>ed and tre!ble, " heaven, and be sha.en, foundations of the earth/ for see he who dwells in the highest is nu!bered a!ong the dead, and welco!ed in a little to!b. 8ouths bless hi!, priests praise hi!, people highly e%alt hi! to all the ages. "de G. #r!os <9o not weep for !e, +other, as you see in a to!b the Son who! you conceived in your wo!b without seed/ for # shall arise and be glorified, and # shall e%alt in glory without ceasing those who with faith and love !agnify you.roparia <At your strange birth, !y Son without beginning, beyond nature # escaped the pangs and was !ade blessed/ but now, !y God, as #

see you dead, # a! pierced terribly by the sword of sorrow/ but arise, that # !ay be !agnified.<@arth covers !e by !y own will, but the gate.eepers of Hell shudder as they see !e clothed in the blood)stained robe of vengeance, +other/ for having tra!pled on !y ene!ies by the 3ross, # shall arise again and !agnify you.<*et creation re7oice, let all born of earth be glad/ for Hell, the ene!y, has been despoiled/ let wo!en co!e to !eet !e with sweet spices/ for # a! rescuing Ada! and @ve with all their race, and on the third day # shall rise again.Katavasia <9o not weep for !e, +other, as you see in a to!b the Son who! you conceived in your wo!b without seed/ for # shall arise and be glorified, and # shall e%alt in glory without ceasing those who with faith and love !agnify you.Reader: Holy God, Holy Strong, Holy #!!ortal, have !ercy on us. $%&'. Glory to the (ather and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, both now and for ever and to the ages of ages. A!en. All)holy rinity, have !ercy on us. *ord, forgive our sins. +aster, pardon our ini,uities. Holy "ne, visit and heal our wea.nesses, for your na!e-s sa.e. *ord, have !ercy. *ord, have !ercy. *ord, have !ercy. Glory to the (ather and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, both now and for ever and to the ages of ages. A!en. "ur (ather, in heaven, hallowed be your na!e, your .ingdo! co!e/ your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us to)day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into te!ptation, but deliver us fro! the wic.ed one. Priest: (or yours is the .ingdo!, the power and the glory, of the (ather and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, now and always and to ages of ages.

Reader: A!en. At once the Apolyti.ion. one 1 6hen you went down to death, " i!!ortal life, then you slew Hell with the bla>e of your Godhead/ but when fro! the infernal regions you raised the dead, all the Powers of heaven cried out to you: Giver of life, glory to youH Priest: Have !ercy on us, " God, according to your great !ercy. 6e pray you, hear and have !ercy. Reader: *ord have !ercy.$%&' Priest: (or you are a !erciful God, and you love !an.ind, and to you we give glory, to the (ather, and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and always and to the ages of ages. Reader: A!en. Priest: 6isdo!. Reader: 2less. Priest: 2lessed be he who is, 3hrist our God, always, now and ever and to ages of ages. Reader: +ay the *ord God strengthen the holy and pure faith of devout and orthodo% 3hristians, with his holy 3hurch and this sacred +onastery, unto ages of ages. Priest: +ost holy +other of God, save us. Reader: Greater in honour than the 3herubi!, and beyond co!pare !ore glorious than the Seraphi!, without corruption you gave birth to God the 6ord, truly the +other of God we !agnify you. Priest: Glory to you, 3hrist God, our hope, glory to you. Reader: Glory. 2oth now. *ord, have !ercy $%&'. Give the blessing. And the 9is!issal.

Priest: +ay he who rose fro! the dead, 3hrist our true GodI

On the Sunday of Pascha.

At the ti!e of +atins all the si!andra are sounded, and the Sacristan distributes candles to the brethren. he Priest and 9eacon put on all their brightest sacred vest!ents. hen the Priest ta.es the sacred Gospel and the 9eacon the censer, and preceded by torches we all go into the ?arthe%, holding lighted candles, and singing: 8our Resurrection, 3hrist Saviour, Angels sing in heaven/ grant that we too, who are on earth, !ay with pure hearts give glory to you.

"nly the *a!plighter re!ains in the 3hurch/ he lights all the candles and all the la!ps and, !a.ing a fire, he puts incense on it and places it in the !iddle of the 3hurch. #n the ?arthe% before the Royal 9oors, which are shut, a stand has been prepared on which the Priest places the sacred Gospel Cand reads the ordinary second Resurrection Gospel, +ar. 0;,0)F, or the Gospel of Holy Saturday, +att.0,0)15D. After this he ta.es the censer and while censing intones: Glory to the holy, consubstantial, life)giving and undivided rinity, always, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages.

And when we have answered: A!en, the Priest begins the following in a loud voice: roparion. one 4. 3hrist has risen fro! the dead, by death he has tra!pled on death, and to those in the graves given life.

his is sung by the Priest three ti!es and then three ti!es by the Singers, without verses. he Priest, or the 9eacon, then says the following verses, between which the Singers sing the sa!e roparion Ctraditionally to a <short- !elodyD while the Priest censes the Gospel, the #con of the Resurrection and the People: Priest: *et God arise, and his ene!ies be scattered, and let those that hate hi! flee before his face. Singers: 3hrist has risen... Priest: As s!o.e vanishes, so let the! vanish, as wa% !elts at the presence of fire. Singers: 3hrist has risen... Priest: So shall the wic.ed perish at the presence of God/ and let the 7ust be glad. Singers: 3hrist has risen... Priest: his is the day which the *ord has !ade/ let us re7oice and be glad in it. Singers: 3hrist has risen... Priest: Glory to the (ather and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. Singers: 3hrist has risen... Priest: 2oth now and for ever, and to the ages of ages. A!en. Singers: 3hrist has risen... Priest, in a louder voice: 3hrist has risen fro! the dead, by death he has tra!pled on death... Singers:...and to those in the graves given life. After this he ta.es the Holy Gospel in his hands, the re!aining priests following, and he enters the Holy Altar, singing with the! 3hrist has risen... to a slow !elody. hen the Great *itany and the

e.phonesis. he Superior, with the right)hand 3hoir, starts the 3anon. he #r!i are sung twice and the roparia to 01 Cin practice usually lessD, and at the end the #r!os as Katavasia by both 3hoirs. hen 3hrist has risen... $%&' and :esus having risen... After each "de the S!all *itany by the Priest in the Altar. he Priest censes as usual at the start of the 3anon. he 3anon, a co!position by :ohn of 9a!ascus. "de 0. 0st one. #r!os. he day of Resurrection, let us be radiant, " peoplesH Pascha, the *ord-s Pascha/ for 3hrist God has brought us fro! death to life, and fro! earth to heaven, as we sing the triu!phal song. wice. 2efore each roparion we sing: Glory to your holy Resurrection, " *ordH roparia. *et us purify our senses, and in the unapproachable light of the resurrection we shall see 3hrist shining forth, and we shall clearly hear hi! saying <Re7oiceH-, as we sing the triu!phal song. *et the heavens, as is fitting, re7oice and let the earth be glad. *et the whole world, both seen and unseen, .eep the feast: for 3hrist has risen, our eternal 7oy. Katavasia. he day of Resurrection, let us be radiant, " peoplesH Pascha, the *ord-s Pascha/ for 3hrist God has brought us fro! death to life, and fro! earth to heaven, as we sing the triu!phal song. 3hrist has risen fro! the dead, by death he has tra!pled on death, and to those in the graves given life. $%&' :esus, having risen fro! the to!b as he foretold, has given us eternal life and his great !ercy. hen the S!all *itany.

3onclusion: (or yours is the !ight, and yours is the Kingdo! of the (ather, the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages. "de &. #r!os. 3o!e let us drin. a new drin., not one !arvellously brought forth fro! a barren roc., but a Source of incorruption, which pours out fro! the to!b of 3hrist, in who! we are established. roparia. ?ow all things have been filled with light, both heaven and earth and those beneath the earth/ so let all creation sing 3hrist-s rising, by which it is established. 8esterday # was buried with you " 3hrist, today # rise with you as you arise. 8esterday # was crucified with you/ glorify !e with you, Saviour, in your Kingdo!. Katavasia. 3o!e let us drin. a new drin., not one !arvellously brought forth fro! a barren roc., but the Source of incorruption, which pours out fro! the to!b of 3hrist, in who! we are established. 3hrist has risen fro! the dead, by death he has tra!pled on death, and to those in the graves given life. $%&' :esus, having risen fro! the to!b as he foretold, has given us eternal life and great !ercy. hen the *ittle *itany. 3onclusion: (or you are our God, and to you we give gloryI he 8pa.oJ. Bth one. 6hen those who were with +ary ca!e, anticipating the dawn, and found the stone rolled away fro! the sepulchre, they heard fro! the Angel, <6hy do you see. a!ong the dead, as though he were !ortal, the "ne who e%ists in everlasting light. See the grave

clothes. Run and proclai! to the world that the *ord has been raised, and has put death to death/ for he is the Son of God, who saves the hu!an race. "de B. #r!os. *et the Prophet Avva.ou!, inspired by God, .eep the divine watch with us, and show forth the radiant Angel, who with resounding voice declares, < o)day is salvation for the world, for 3hrist has risen as o!nipotent-. roparia. 3hrist appeared as a <!ale- who opened the virgin wo!b. As our food he is called <la!b-/ <unble!ished-, as our Passover without stain/ and <perfect-, for he is true God. As a yearling la!b, for us a crown of goodness, the 2lessed "ne, the cleansing Passover has been sacrificed for all/ and fro! the to!b the fair Sun of 7ustice has shone for us again. God-s forebear 9avid, dancing, leaped before the Ar., !ere shadow, but seeing the fulfil!ent of the types, let us, God-s holy people, inspired, re7oice, for 3hrist has risen as o!nipotent. Katavasia. *et the Prophet Avva.ou!, inspired by God, .eep the divine watch with us, and show forth the radiant Angel, who with resounding voice declares, < o)day is salvation for the world, for 3hrist has risen as o!nipotent-. 3hrist has risen fro! the dead, by death he has tra!pled on death, and to those in the graves given life. $%&' :esus, having risen fro! the to!b as he foretold, has given us eternal life and great !ercy. hen the *ittle *itany. 3onclusion: (or you, " God, are good and love hu!an.indI

"de 4. #r!os. *et us arise in the early dawn, and instead of !yrrh, offer praises to the +aster/ and we shall see 3hrist, the Sun of :ustice, who causes life to dawn for all. roparia. hose who were held by Hades- bonds, seeing your !easureless co!passion, press forward to the light, " 3hrist, with 7oyful steps, praising an eternal Passover. 6ith torches in our hands let us go out to !eet 3hrist as he co!es fro! the grave li.e a bridegroo!, and with the festive ran.s of Angels, let us together feast God-s saving Passover. Katavasia. *et us arise in the early dawn, and instead of !yrrh, offer praises to the +aster/ and we shall see 3hrist, the Sun of :ustice, who causes life to dawn for all. 3hrist has risen fro! the dead, by death he has tra!pled on death, and to those in the graves given life. $%&' :esus, having risen fro! the to!b as he foretold, has given us eternal life and great !ercy. hen the *ittle *itany. 3onclusion: (or sanctified and glorified is your all)honoured and !a7estic ?a!e, of the (atherI "de ;. #r!os. 8ou went down to the deepest parts of the earth, and you shattered the everlasting bars of those that those that were fettered, " 3hrist. And on the third day, li.e :onas fro! the whale, you arose fro! the to!b. roparia.

Keeping the seals intact, " 3hrist, you rose fro! the to!b, you who did not har! the loc.s of the =irgin-s wo!b at your birth, and you have opened to us the gates of Paradise. " !y Saviour, the living, unslain =icti!, as God offering yourself willingly to the (ather, you raised with yourself all Ada!-s race, in rising fro! the to!b. Katavasia. 8ou went down to the deepest parts of the earth, and you shattered the everlasting bars of those that those that were fettered, " 3hrist. And on the third day, li.e :onas fro! the whale, you arose fro! the to!b. 3hrist has risen fro! the dead, by death he has tra!pled on death, and to those in the graves given life. $%&' :esus, having risen fro! the to!b as he foretold, has given us eternal life and great !ercy. hen the *ittle *itany. 3onclusion: (or you are the King of peace and the Saviour of our souls, and to you we give gloryI Konta.ion. one F. hough you descended into the to!b, " #!!ortal, yet you destroyed the power of Hades/ and you arose as victor, " 3hrist God, calling to the +yrrh)bearing wo!en: Re7oiceH and giving peace to your Apostles, " you who grant resurrection to the fallen. he #.os o the Sun who was before the sun and yet had set in a to!b +yrrh) bearing +aidens hastened towards dawn, see.ing hi! as the day, and they cried to one another: <(riends, co!e, let us anoint with spices the life)bearing yet buried 2ody, the flesh which raises fallen Ada! and now lies in the grave. 3o!e, let us hurry li.e the +agi, let us adore and let us offer sweet spices as gifts to the "ne who is now

wrapped, not in swaddling clothes, but in a shroud. *et us weep and let us cry, 2e roused, +aster, who grant resurrection to the fallenH-. Syna%arion fro! the +enaion, then the following: "n the holy and great Sunday of Pascha we celebrate the life) bearing Resurrection of our *ord and God and Saviour :esus 3hrist itself. =erses. 3hrist going down !et Hell in single fight, *aden with spoils of victory he ca!e up. o hi! be the glory and the !ight to the ages of ages. A!en.
6e call the present (east <Pascha-, which in Hebrew !eans <Passing "ver-/ for this is the day on which God fro! the beginning brought the world out of non)e%istence. "n this sa!e day he also !ade the people of #srael pass over the Red Sea and snatched the! fro! the hands of Pharao. Again it was on this day that he ca!e down fro! heaven and dwelt in the wo!b of the =irgin. And now he has snatched the whole of hu!anity fro! the vaults of Hell and !ade it pass upwards to heaven and brought it to its ancient dignity of incorruption. 2ut when he descended into Hell he did raise all, but as !any as believed in hi! were chosen. He freed the souls of the Saints since ti!e began who were forcibly held fast by Hell and !ade the! all ascend to heaven. And so we, re7oicing e%ceedingly, celebrate the Resurrection with splendour as we i!age 7oy with which our nature has been enriched by God-s co!passionate !ercy. *i.ewise, to de!onstrate the abolition of the en!ity and the union with God and the Angels, we give one another the custo!ary .iss. he *ord-s Resurrection too. place as follows. 6hile the soldiers were guarding the to!b, at around !idnight there was an earth,ua.e, for and Angel ca!e down and too. the stone fro! the door of the grave. he guards on seeing this fled and then ca!e the arrival of the 6o!en, late on the Sabbath, that is around !idnight on the Sabbath. he Resurrection was .nown first to the +other of God, who was sitting, as St +atthew says, opposite the to!b with the +agdalen. 2ut that there !ight be no doubt of the Resurrection, because of its appropriateness to his +other, the @vangelists say, <He appeared first to +ary +agdalen.- She also saw the Angel on the stone and leaning down again she saw the ones inside the grave, who proclai!ed the *ord-s Resurrection. <(or, they said, he has risen. He is not here. See the place where they laid hi!-. "n hearing this she ran and ca!e to the leaders of the Apostles, Peter and :ohn, and brought the! the good news of the Resurrection. As she was returning with +ary 3hrist

!et the! and said <Re7oiceH-/ for it was necessary that the se% which had first heard, <#n pains you will bear children- should be the first to hear also of the 7oy. 2ut they, overco!e with longing, ca!e forward and touched his !ost pure feet, or !ore accurately, wanted to. he Apostles ca!e to the to!b and Peter, having si!ply leaned down near the to!b, went away, but :ohn and in and inspected !ore closely, and touched both the shroud and the nap.in. Again the +agdalen ca!e around dawn with other wo!en to verify what had been seen !ore accurately. She stood outside grieving, but bending down inside the to!b she sees two angels, bla>ing with splendour, and, as if rebu.ing her, saying, <6o!an, why are you weepingA (or who! are you loo.ingA Are you loo.ing for :esus the ?a>arene, the crucifiedA He has been raised, he is not here-. And at once they arose, filled with fear, for they had seen the *ord. And so she, on turning round, sees 3hrist standing there/ but, i!agining hi! to be a gardener $because the grave was in a garden', she says, <Sir, if you have carried hi! away, tell !e where you have put hi! and # will re!ove hi!-. 6hen she had again !ade a sign to the Angels, the Saviour said to the +agdalen, <+ary-. 2ut she, recognising the sweet and fa!iliar voice of 3hrist, wished to touch hi!. 2ut he said, <9o not touch !e, for # have not yet ascended to !y (ather, as you rec.on, understanding !e to be yet a !ortal. 2ut go to !y brethren and tell the! all that you have seen and heard-. And the +agdalen did so. 2ut when daylight ca!e again she ca!e to the to!b with the rest of the wo!en. hose with :oanna and Salo!e ca!e when the sun had risen, and, briefly, the arrival of the wo!en at the to!b occurred at different ti!es. A!ong the! was also the +other of God, for she is the one who! the Gospel calls <+ary of :oses-. his :oses was the son of :oseph. #t is uncertain at what ti!e the *ord rose. So!e say at the first crowing of the coc.s, others when the earth,ua.e too. place, and others give different ti!es. 6hen these events had ta.en place, so!e of the watch ca!e and told the 3hief Priests what had happened. he latter, bribing the! with !oney, persuaded the! to declare that his disciples had co!e by night and stolen hi!. hat sa!e evening, the disciples being gathered in one place for fear of the :ews and the doors being tight shut, 3hrist ca!e in to the!, because he had an incorrupt body, and gave the! custo!ary good greeting of <Peace-. 6hen they saw hi! they were over7oyed and through his breathing on the! the received a fuller force of the all)holy Spirit. Knderstand how the *ord-s Resurrection was on the third day li.e this. hursday evening and (riday $for this is how the Hebrews rec.on the space of a full day' !a.e one day. he (riday night and the whole of the Saturday !a.e another full day/ so this is the second day. he Saturday night and the Sunday $for the whole is understood fro! the part' !a.e another full day/ so that is the third day. "r it can be calculated as follows. 3hrist was crucified at

nine o-cloc. on the (riday, then there was dar.ness fro! the si%th to the ninth hour, and this can be rec.oned as a night. So fro! nine o-cloc. to three o-cloc. is counted as one full day. hen after the dar.ness a day and the night of (riday. his then !a.es two full days. he day of Saturday and the following night then !a.es up the three full days. hough our Saviour had pro!ised to e%ercise his loving).indness towards us on the third day, he acco!plished that act of loving .indness !ore rapidly.

And at once: Having seen the Resurrection of 3hrist, let us worship the Holy *ord :esus, the only sinless one. 6e worship your 3ross, " 3hrist, and we praise and glorify your holy Resurrection. (or you are our God, we .now no other but you, we na!e you by na!e. 3o!e all the faithful, let us worship the holy Resurrection of 3hrist/ for see, through the 3ross, 7oy has co!e in all the world. @ver blessing the *ord, we hy!n his Resurrection. (or having endured the 3ross for us, he has destroyed death by death. $%&' :esus, having risen fro! the to!b as he foretold, has given us eternal life and great !ercy. $%&' And the re!aining "des of the 3anon. "de E. #r!os. He who delivered the 8oung +en fro! the furnace, beco!ing !an suffers as a !ortal, and through suffering he clothes the !ortal with the glory of incorruption: the only blessed and !ost glorious God of our fathers. roparia. he holy wo!en hastened after you with sweet spices. he "ne who! they sought with tears as a !ortal, they worshipped with 7oy as the living God, and they proclai!ed the !ystic Passover, " 3hrist, to your disciples. 6e feast death-s slaughter, the overthrow of Hell, the first fruits of a new eternal life: and dancing we hy!n the cause: the only blessed and !ost glorious God of our fathers.

How truly holy and all)festive is this saving night, how full of light, herald of the bright day of the resurrection, in which the ti!eless *ight shone bodily for all fro! the to!b. Katavasia. He who delivered the 8oung +en fro! the furnace, beco!ing !an suffers as a !ortal, and through suffering he clothes the !ortal with the glory of incorruption: the only blessed and !ost glorious God of our fathers. 3hrist has risen fro! the dead, by death he has tra!pled on death, and to those in the graves given life. $%&' :esus, having risen fro! the to!b as he foretold, has given us eternal life and great !ercy. hen the *ittle *itany. 3onclusion: 2lessed and glorified be the !ight of your Kingdo!, of the (atherI "de F. #r!os. his chosen and holy day is the first of Sabbaths, the Lueen and *ady, the (east of (easts and the (estival of (estivals on which we bless 3hrist to all the ages. roparia. 3o!e let us share in the new fruit of the vine, in divine 7oy, and in the .ingdo! of 3hrist, on the glorious day of the Resurrection, as we sing his praise as God to all the ages. *ift your eyes around you, Sion, and see. (or behold, li.e beacons shedding light divine your children have co!e to you, fro! 6est and ?orth, fro! the Sea and fro! the @ast, blessing 3hrist in you to all the ages. Al!ighty (ather, 6ord and Spirit, nature united in three Persons, beyond all being and beyond all Godhead, into you we have been baptised and we bless you to all the ages.

Katavasia. his chosen and holy day is the first of Sabbaths, the Lueen and *ady, the (east of (easts and the (estival of (estivals on which we bless 3hrist to all the ages. 3hrist has risen fro! the dead, by death he has tra!pled on death, and to those in the graves given life. $%&' :esus, having risen fro! the to!b as he foretold, has given us eternal life and great !ercy. hen the *ittle *itany. 3onclusion: (or blessed is your ?a!e and glorified your Kingdo!, of the (atherI "de G. #r!os. +egalynarion: +agnify, " !y soul, hi! who suffered willingly, and was buried, and rose fro! the grave on the third day. Shine, shine, " ?ew :erusale!, for the glory of the *ord has risen upon you. 9ance now and be glad, " Sion, and you too re7oice, pure +other of God, at the arising of hi! to who! you gave birth. +egalynarion: +agnify, " !y soul, 3hrist the Giver of life, who arose fro! the grave on the third day. Shine, shine, " ?ew :erusale!, for the glory of the *ord has risen upon you. 9ance now and be glad, " Sion, and you too re7oice, pure +other of God, at the arising of hi! to who! you gave birth. +egalynarion: 3hrist is the new Passover, the living sacrificial victi!, the *a!b of God, who ta.es away the sin of the world. " divineH " belovedH " sweetest voiceH 8ou have truly pro!ised that you will be with us unto the end of ti!e, " 3hrist. And we the faithful re7oice, having this as an anchor of hope.

+egalynarion: he Angel cried to her that is full of grace: Pure =irgin, re7oiceH And again # say: Re7oiceH (or your Son has risen fro! the to!b on the third day. " divineH " belovedH " sweetest voiceH 8ou have truly pro!ised that you will be with us unto the end of ti!e, " 3hrist. And we the faithful re7oice, having this as an anchor of hope. +egalynarion: +ary +agdalen ran to the to!b, and seeing 3hrist, ,uestioned hi! as though he were the gardener. " divineH " belovedH " sweetest voiceH 8ou have truly pro!ised that you will be with us unto the end of ti!e, " 3hrist. And we the faithful re7oice, having this as an anchor of hope. +egalynarion: A da>>ling Angel appeared to the wo!en and cried: 3ease your tears, for 3hrist has risen. " divineH " belovedH " sweetest voiceH 8ou have truly pro!ised that you will be with us unto the end of ti!e, " 3hrist. And we the faithful re7oice, having this as an anchor of hope. +egalynarion: 8ou awo.e and wa.ened the dead fro! every age, as the *ion of :uda, roaring li.e a .ing. " great and !ost sacred Pascha, 3hristH " 6isdo! and 6ord and Power of GodH Grant that we !ay parta.e of you fully in the day that has no evening of your Kingdo!. +egalynarion: 3hrist has risen, tra!pling on death and raising the dead. Re7oice all you peoples. " great and !ost sacred Pascha, 3hristH " 6isdo! and 6ord and Power of GodH Grant that we !ay parta.e of you fully in the day that has no evening of your Kingdo!. +egalynarion: oday the whole creation re7oices and is glad, for 3hrist has risen and Hell has been despoiled. " great and !ost sacred Pascha, 3hristH " 6isdo! and 6ord and Power of GodH Grant that we !ay parta.e of you fully in the day that has no evening of your Kingdo!.

+egalynarion: oday the +aster despoiled Hell and raised the prisoners who! it had held fro! the ages in harsh captivity. " great and !ost sacred Pascha, 3hristH " 6isdo! and 6ord and Power of GodH Grant that we !ay parta.e of you fully in the day that has no evening of your Kingdo!. Glory to the (ather and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. +egalynarion: +agnify, " !y soul, the !ight of the Godhead in three Persons yet undivided. " great and !ost sacred Pascha, 3hristH " 6isdo! and 6ord and Power of GodH Grant that we !ay parta.e of you fully in the day that has no evening of your Kingdo!. 2oth now and ever and to the ages of ages. A!en. +egalynarion: Re7oice, " =irgin, re7oiceH Re7oice, 2lessed "neH Re7oice, Glorified "ne. your Son has risen fro! his three days in the to!b. " great and !ost sacred Pascha, 3hristH " 6isdo! and 6ord and Power of GodH Grant that we !ay parta.e of you fully in the day that has no evening of your Kingdo!. Katavasia. +egalynarion: +agnify, " !y soul, hi! who suffered willingly, and was buried, and arose fro! the grave on the third day. Shine, shine, " ?ew :erusale!, for the glory of the *ord has risen upon you. 9ance now and be glad, " Sion, and you too re7oice, pure +other of God, at the arising of hi! to who! you gave birth. 3hrist has risen fro! the dead, by death he has tra!pled on death, and to those in the graves given life. $%&' :esus, having risen fro! the to!b as he foretold, has given us eternal life and great !ercy. hen the *ittle *itany.

3onclusion: (or all the powers of heaven praise you, and to you we give gloryI @%apostilarion. 6hen you had fallen asleep in the flesh as one !ortal, " King and *ord, you arose again on the third day, raising up Ada! fro! corruption and abolishing death. A Pascha of incorruption, salvation of the world. $%&' At *auds: 6e insert F verses, and sing B of the Resurrection fro! the "ctoichos in one 0, and B of Pascha. Psal! 0BF *et everything that has breath praise the *ord. Praise the *ord fro! the heavens. Praise hi! in the highest. o you praise is due, " God. Praise hi!, all his angels. Praise hi!, all his Powers. o you praise is due, " God. CPraise hi!, sun and !oon. Praise hi!, all you stars and light. Praise hi!, you highest heavens, and you waters that are above the heavens. *et the! praise the na!e of the *ord (or he spo.e and they ca!e into being. He co!!anded and they were created. He established the! for ever and ever/ he !ade an ordinance, and it shall not pass away. Praise the *ord fro! the earth. Praise hi!, you sea)!onsters and all deeps/ (ire and hail, snow and ice, and stor!)wind, things that do his word. +ountains and all hills, fruiting trees and all cedars/ 2easts of the wild, and all cattle, creeping things and winged birds/

Kings of the earth and all peoples, rulers and all 7udges of the earth/ 8oung !en and !aidens, old !en and youths together, let the! praise the na!e of the *ord, for his na!e alone is e%alted. His praise is above earth and heaven, and he will e%alt the horn of his people. A hy!n for all his holy ones, for the children of #srael, a people that draws near hi!. psal! Psal! 0BG Sing to the *ord a new song: his praise in the 3hurch of the holy ones. *et #srael re7oice in hi! that !ade hi!. *et the children of Sion be 7oyful in their .ing. *et the! praise hi! in the dance. *et the! sing his praise with ti!brel and with harp. (or the *ord is well)pleased with his people. He will e%alt the !ee. with salvation. His holy ones will e%ult in glory, and re7oice upon their beds. he high praises of God in their !ouths, and two)edged swords in their hands, o e%act vengeance on the nations, punish!ents a!ong the peoples. o bind their .ings in chains, and their nobles in shac.les of iron. o e%ecute upon the! the 7udge!ent that is decreed. Such glory will be for all his holy ones. Psal! 045 Praise God in his saints. Praise hi! in the fir!a!ent of his power.D

Praise hi! for his !ighty acts: praise hi! according to the greatness of his !a7esty. 6e hy!n your saving Passion, " 3hrist, and we glorify your Resurrection. Praise hi! in the sound of the tru!pet. Praise hi! with lute and harp. Having endured the 3ross, destroyed death and risen fro! the dead, give peace to our life, " *ord, as you alone are All)powerful. Praise hi! with the ti!brel and dance. Praise hi! with strings and pipe. Having despoiled Hell and raised hu!anity by your Resurrection, " 3hrist, grant that with pure hearts we !ay praise and glorify you. Praise hi! with tuneful cy!bals. Praise hi! with loud cy!bals. *et everything that has breath praise the *ord. As we glorify your divine condescension, we sing your praise, " 3hrist. 8ou were born fro! a =irgin, yet were not separated fro! the (ather. As hu!an you suffered and willingly endured the cross. 8ou rose fro! the to!b, as though co!ing out of a bridal cha!ber, that you !ight save the world. *ord, glory to youH hen the @aster Stichera with their verses. one 4. *et God arise, and his ene!ies be scattered: and let those that hate hi! flee before his face. A sacred Pascha has been revealed to us today, a new and holy Pascha, a !ystic Pascha, an all)venerable Pascha, a Pascha that is 3hrist the Redee!er, an unble!ished Pascha, a great Pascha, a Pascha of the faithful, a Pascha that has opened for us the gates of Paradise, a Pascha that !a.es all the faithful holy. As s!o.e vanishes, so let the! vanish, as wa% !elts at the presence of fire.

3o!e fro! that sight, you wo!en, bearers of good tidings, and say to Sion, <Receive fro! us the good tidings of 7oy, of 3hrist-s Resurrection. @%ult, dance and be glad, :erusale!, for you have seen 3hrist the King li.e a bridegroo! co!ing fro! the grave. So shall the wic.ed perish at the presence of God/ and let the 7ust be glad. he !yrrh)bearing wo!en at deep dawn ca!e to the grave of the giver of life. hey found an Angel sitting on the stone, and he addressed the! and said, <6hy do you see. the living with the deadA 6hy do you !ourn the incorruptible as though he were in corruptionA Go, proclai! it to his 9isciples. his is the day that the *ord has !ade/ let us re7oice and be glad in it. A Pascha of delight, Pascha, the *ord-s Pascha, an all)venerable Pascha has dawned for us, Pascha. *et us e!brace one another with 7oy. " Pascha, ranso! fro! sorrowH oday 3hrist shone forth fro! a to!b as fro! a bridal cha!ber, and filled the wo!en with 7oy, saying, <Proclai! it to the Apostles-. Glory. 2oth now. Same Tone. he day of Resurrection/ let us be radiant for the festival, and let us e!brace one another. *et us say, brethren, even to those that hate us, <*et us forgive all things on the Resurrection-, and so let us cry, <3hrist has risen fro! the dead: by death he has tra!pled on death, and to those in the graves given life-. Then: 3hrist has risen fro! the dead, by death he has tra!pled on death: and to those in the graves given life. $%&' his is sung !any ti!es, until the 2rethren have e%changed the @aster Kiss, which ta.es place as follows. he Priest ta.es the sacred and holy Gospel and stands in front of the doors of the holy Altar. he Superior co!es and .isses the holy Gospel and the Priest, ta.es the Gospel fro! hi! and stands on his

right. hen all the 2rethren, according to the order, .iss first the holy Gospel, then the priest and the Superior, and then they too stand where they find the!selves and .iss one another. After the Kiss the catechetical Ser!on of St :ohn 3hrysosto! is read by the Superior or the @cclesiarch. he 2rethren all stand and listen to the ser!on. Ser!on of our (ather a!ong the Saints :ohn 3hrysosto!. #s anyone devout and loves God, let the! en7oy this fair and shining festival. #s anyone a grateful servant, let the! enter into the 7oy of his *ord. Have any wearied the!selves with fasting, let the! now en7oy their pay!ent. Has anyone laboured since the first hour, let the! today receive their due. 9id any co!e after the third hour, let the! feast with gratitude. 9id any arrive after si%th hour, let the! not hesitate: for there is no penalty. 9id any delay until after the ninth hour, let the! approach without hesitating. 9id any arrive only for the eleventh hour, the! not fear because of their lateness: for the *ord is generous and receives the last as the first: he gives rest to the wor.er of the eleventh hour as to those of the first. He has pity on the latter, he cares for the for!er. He gives to the one, he is generous to the other. He accepts the wor. done, he welco!es the intention. He honours the achieve!ent, he praises the purpose. herefore all of you enter into the 7oy of our *ord: first and last, en7oy your reward. Rich and poor dance together. Sober and slothful honour the day. (asters and non)fasters be glad today. he table is full, all of you en7oy yourselves. he calf is fatted let none go away hungry. All of you en7oy the ban,uet of the faith. All of you en7oy the richness of his goodness. *et no one grieve at their poverty: for the .ingdo! for all has been revealed. *et no one bewail their faults: for forgiveness has risen fro! the to!b. *et no one fear death: for the Saviour-s death has freed us. 2y enduring it he ,uenched it. He who descended into Hell has despoiled Hell. He e!bittered it when it tasted his flesh as #saias proclai!ed in prophecy, <9eath-, he said, <was e!bittered when it !et you there below-. @!bittered, for it was destroyed. @!bittered, for it was !oc.ed @!bittered, for it was slain. @!bittered for it was wiped out. @!bittered, for it was bound fast. #t received a body, and ca!e face to face with God. #t received earth, and !et heaven. #t received what it saw, and fell through what it did not see. 6here, death, is your stingA 6here hell, is your

victoryA 3hrist has risen and you are abolishedH 3hrist has risen and the de!ons have fallenH 3hrist has risen, and Angels re7oiceH 3hrist has risen, and life has found freedo!H 3hrist has risen, and there is no corpse in the graveH (or 3hrist, being raised fro! the dead, has beco!e the first fruits of those who sleep. o hi! be glory and !ight to the ages of ages. A!en. hen we sing the roparion of the Saint: one F. he grace which shone fro! your !outh li.e a torch of fla!e enlightened the whole earth/ it laid up for the world the treasures of freedo! fro! avarice/ it showed us the height of hu!ility. 2ut as you train us by your words, (ather :ohn 3hrysosto!, intercede with 3hrist God, the 6ord, that our souls !ay be saved. he two usual *itanies by the Priest and the 9is!issal as follows: Priest: 6isdo!H Reader: 2less. Priest: 2lessed is He 6ho #s, 3hrist our true God, always, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages. Reader: A!en. +ay God preserve the holy "rthodo% faith of "rthodo% 3hristians with his holy 3hurch and this sacred +onastery to ages of ages. Priest: +ost Holy +other of God, save us. Reader: Greater in honour than the 3herubi!, and beyond co!pare !ore glorious than the Seraphi!/ without corruption you gave birth to God the word/ as truly the +other of God we !agnify you. Priest: 3hrist has risen fro! the dead, by death he has tra!pled on death... Singers:...and to those in the graves given life. And the 9is!issal.

hen the Priest gives the @aster Greeting $%&' and we answer, and he adds: Glory to his Rising on the third dayH 6e answer: 6e worship his rising on the third dayH hen we sing the roparion three ti!es. C he Hours are then read and the divine *iturgy of St :ohn 3hrysosto! followsD

Hours of Easter Week.

?ote that fro! Sunday of Pascha until the following Saturday the Hours, 3o!pline and the +idnight "ffice are recited as follows. After the blessing by the Priest: 3hrist has risen fro! the dead, by death he has tra!pled on death, and to those in the graves given life. $%&' hen Having seen the Resurrection of 3hrist, let us worship the Holy *ord :esus, the only sinless one. 6e worship your 3ross, " 3hrist, and we hy!n and glorify your holy Resurrection. (or you are our God, we .now no other but you, we na!e you by na!e. 3o!e all the faithful, let us worship the holy Resurrection of 3hrist/ for behold through the 3ross, 7oy has co!e in all the world. @ver blessing the *ord, we hy!n his Resurrection. (or having endured the 3ross for us, he has destroyed death by death. $%&' 6hen those who were with +ary ca!e, anticipating the dawn, and found the stone rolled away fro! the sepulchre, they heard fro! the Angel, <6hy do you see. a!ong the dead, as though he were !ortal, the "ne who e%ists in everlasting light. See the grave clothes. Run and proclai! to the world that the *ord has been raised, and has put death to death/ for he is the Son of God, who saves the hu!an race.

hough you descended into the to!b, " #!!ortal, yet you destroyed the power of Hades/ and you arose as victor, " 3hrist God, calling to the +yrrh)bearing wo!en: Re7oiceH and giving peace to your Apostles, " you who grant resurrection to the fallen. 6ith your body, " 3hrist, you were in the to!b, with your soul in Hell as God, in Paradise with the hief, on the throne with (ather and the Spirit, filling all things, yet yourself uncircu!scribed. Glory. 8our to!b, " 3hrist, has been declared bearer of life, lovelier than Paradise, brighter than any .ingly bridal cha!ber, the source of our resurrection. 2oth now. heoto.ion. Re7oice, divine and hallowed dwelling of the +ost High, for through you, +other of God, 7oy has been given to those who cry, <2lessed are you a!ong wo!en, spotless *adyHhen *ord, have !ercy $%B5'. Glory, 2oth now. Greater in honour than the 3herubi!, and beyond co!pare !ore glorious than the Seraphi!. 6ithout corruption you gave birth to God the 6ord/ truly the +other of God, we !agnify you. hrough the prayers of our holy fathers, *ord :esus 3hrist, our God, have !ercy on us. 3hrist has risen fro! the dead, by death he has tra!pled on death, and to those in the graves given life. $%&' his office is repeated three ti!es for each Hour, and at 3o!pline and the +idnight "ffice. At 3o!pline after hrough the prayers we add the following Prayer of Saint 2asil the Great 2lessed are you, +aster al!ighty, who have given light to the day by the light of the sun and !ade the night bright with rays of fire,

who have granted us to pass through the length of the day and draw near to the beginnings of the night. Hear.en to our entreaty and that of all your people, and forgive all of us our sins voluntary and involuntary and send down the !ultitude of your !ercy and acts of co!passion upon your inheritance. 6all us about with your holy Angels. Ar! us with the weapons of your 7ustice. Surround us with the ra!part of your truth. Guard us with your power. 9eliver us fro! every cala!ity and every assault of the adversary. Grant us that the present evening with the co!ing night !ay be perfect, holy, peaceful, sinless, without stu!bling, and drea!less and li.ewise all the days of our life/ at the prayers of the holy +other of God and of all the Saints who have been well pleasing to you since ti!e began. A!en. 3hrist has risen fro! the dead, by death he has tra!pled on death, and to those in the graves given life. $%&' And 9is!issal.

At the Liturgy.
he Priest begins with the usual blessing, and when we have answered: A!en, he sings the following in a loud voice: roparion. one 4. 3hrist has risen fro! the dead, by death he has tra!pled on death, and to those in the graves given life. his is sung by the Priest three ti!es, and then three ti!es by the Singers without verses. hen: Priest: *et God arise, and his ene!ies be scattered, and let those that hate hi! flee before his face. Singers, after each verse: 3hrist has risen fro! the dead, by death he has tra!pled on death, and to those in the graves given life.

Priest: As s!o.e vanishes, so let the! vanish, as wa% !elts at the presence of fire. Priest: So shall the wic.ed perish at the presence of God/ and let the 7ust be glad. Priest: his is the day which the *ord has !ade/ let us re7oice and be glad in it. Priest: Glory to the (ather and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. Priest: 2oth now and for ever, and to the ages of ages. A!en. Priest: 3hrist has risen fro! the dead, by death he has tra!pled on death... Singers:...and to those in the graves given life. hen the *itany of Peace and after it the (irst Antiphon =erse: Shout with 7oy to the *ord all the earth. At the prayers of the +other of God, " Saviour, save us. =erse: Sing to the honour of his na!e. Give glory to his praise. At the prayers of the +other of God, " Saviour, save us. =erse: Say to God, <How fearful are your wor.sH 2ecause of your great !ight your ene!ies shall cower before you.At the prayers of the +other of God, " Saviour, save us. =erse: All the earth shall worship you, and sing to you, and sing to your na!e, " +ost High. At the prayers of the +other of God, " Saviour, save us. Glory. 2oth now. At the prayers of the +other of God, " Saviour, save us.

S!all *itany as usual, then: Second Antiphon =erse: *et God be gracious to us and bless us, and !a.e his face to upon us and have !ercy on us. Son of God, risen fro! the dead, save us who sing to you: Alleluia. =erse: hat your ways !ay be .nown on earth, your saving power a!ong all nations. Son of God, risen fro! the dead, save us who sing to you: Alleluia. =erse: *et all the peoples praise you, " God, let all the peoples praise you. Son of God, risen fro! the dead, save us who sing to you: Alleluia. =erse: +ay God bless us, and all the ends of the earth fear hi!. Son of God, risen fro! the dead, save us who sing to you: Alleluia. Glory. 2oth now. "nly begotten Son as usual. S!all *itany, then: hird Antiphon =erse: *et God arise, and his ene!ies be scattered: and let those that hate hi! flee before his face. 3hrist has risen... =erse: As s!o.e is dispersed, so let the! be dispersed: as wa% !elts before the fire. 3hrist has risen... =erse: So shall the wic.ed perish at the presence of God: and let the righteous be glad.

3hrist has risen... =erse: his is the day which the *ord has !ade: let us re7oice and be glad in it. Singers: 3hrist has risen... @ntrance 2less God in the 3hurches/ the *ord fro! the fountains of #srael. Son of God, risen fro! the dead, save us who sing to you: AlleluiaH Apolyti.ion. one 4. $ hree ti!es' 3hrist has risen fro! the dead, by death he has tra!pled on death, and to those in the graves given life. he 8pa.oJ. Bth one. 6hen they who were with +ary ca!e, anticipating the dawn, and found the stone rolled away fro! the sepulchre, they heard fro! the Angel: 6hy do you see. a!ong the dead, as though he were !ortal !an, Hi! who abides for in everlasting light. 2ehold the grave clothes. Go ,uic.ly and proclai! to the world that the *ord has risen, and has put death to death/ for he is the Son of God, who saves hu!an race. Konta.ion. one F. hough you descended into the grave, " i!!ortal "ne, yet you destroyed the power of Hell. And 8ou arose as victor, " 3hrist God, calling to the !yrrh)bearing wo!en: Re7oice/ and giving peace to your Apostles. #nstead of the risagion we sing: As !any of you as have been baptised into 3hrist, have put on 3hrist. Alleluia. $Three times) Glory be to the (ather and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.

2oth now and for ever, and to the ages of ages. A!en. Have put on 3hrist. Alleluia. As !any of you as have been baptised into 3hrist, have put on 3hrist. Alleluia.

Pro.ei!enon. one F. his is the day which the *ord has !ade: let us re7oice and be glad in it. Verse:: : Give than.s to the *ord, for he is good/ for his !ercy endures for ever. he reading is fro! the Acts of the Apostles. C0:0)FD #n the first boo., heophilos, # dealt with all that :esus began to do and teach, until the day when he was ta.en up, after he had given co!!and!ent through the Holy Spirit to the apostles who! he had chosen. o the! he presented hi!self alive after his passion by !any proofs, appearing to the! during forty days, and spea.ing of the .ingdo! of God. And while staying with the! he charged the! not to depart fro! :erusale!, but to wait for the pro!ise of the (ather, which, he said, <you heard fro! !e, for :ohn baptised with water, but before !any days you shall be baptised with the Holy Spirit.- So when they had co!e together, they as.ed hi!, <*ord, will you at this ti!e restore the .ingdo! to #sraelA- He said to the!, <#t is not for you to .now ti!es or seasons which the (ather has fi%ed by his own authority. 2ut you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has co!e upon you/ and you shall be !y witnesses in :erusale! and in all :udea and Sa!aria and to the end of the earth.Alleluia. one F. =erse: 8ou will arise, *ord, and ta.e pity on Sion. =erse: he *ord has loo.ed fro! heaven upon the earth.

he Reading is fro! the Holy Gospel according to :ohn. C0:0)0ED #n the beginning was the 6ord, and the 6ord was with God, and the 6ord was God. He was in the beginning with God/ all things were !ade through hi!, and without hi! nothing that was !ade, was !ade. #n hi! was life, and the life was the light of !en. he light shines in the dar.ness, and the dar.ness did not !aster it. here was a !an sent fro! God, whose na!e was :ohn. He ca!e as a witness, to bear witness to the light, that all !ight believe through hi!. He was not the light, but ca!e to bear witness to the light. he true light that enlightens every !an was co!ing into the world. He was in the world, and the world ca!e into being through hi!, and the world did not .now hi!. He ca!e to his what was his own, and his own people did not accept hi!. 2ut to all who accepted hi!, he gave power to beco!e children of God, those who believed in his na!e, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of !an, but of God. And the 6ord beca!e flesh and dwelt a!ong us/ and we have seen his glory, the glory as of the (atherMs only Son, full of grace and truth. $:ohn bore witness to hi!, and cried, < his was he of who! # said, He who co!es after !e ran.s before !e, for he was before !e.-' And fro! his fullness have we all received, grace upon grace. (or the law was given through +oses/ grace and truth ca!e through :esus 3hrist. hen the rest of the *iturgy of St :ohn 3hrysosto! as usual. here is no *itany for the 3atechu!ens. At @specially, instead of #t is truly right we sing: he Angel cried to her that is full of grace, <Pure =irgin, re7oiceH, And again # say, Re7oiceH (or your Son has risen fro! the to!b on the third day-. Shine, shine, " ?ew :erusale!, for the glory of the *ord has risen upon you/ dance now and be glad, " Sion, and you too re7oice, pure +other of God, at the arising of hi! to who! you gave birth. 3o!!union Receive the 2ody of 3hrist/ taste fro! the i!!ortal fount. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

his is sung during the 3o!!union of the people as well. 6hen the Priest says: 6ith fear of God, with faith and love draw near, we sing the roparion 3hrist has risenI once. #nstead of both 6e have seen the true light and 2lessed be the na!e of the *ord we sing: 3hrist has risenI he 9is!issal #nstead of Glory to you, 3hrist God Priest: 3hrist has risen fro! the dead, by death he has tra!pled on death Singers: and to those in the graves given life. And the 9is!issal, as at +atins. hen the Priest gives the @aster Greeting $%&' and we answer, and he adds: Glory to his Rising on the third dayH 6e answer: 6e worship his rising on the third dayH hen we sing the roparion three ti!es. he han.sgiving after 3o!!union is read as usual, e%cept that after the ?ow +aster the @aster roparion is read three ti!es and i!!ediately the roparion and Konta.ion of St :ohn 3hrysosto!, Glory, 2oth now and the Konta.ion of @aster. *ord, have !ercy $01', and the rest as usual. ?ote 9uring all this wee. of Renewal, which is rec.oned to be one radiant day, we have per!ission for everything.

On the Sunday of Pascha.

At Vespers.
(or =espers the Priest vests in all his priestly vest!ents and standing in front of the Holy able with the censer Cand the triple 3andleD he !a.es the sign of the 3ross and declai!s: 2lessed is our God, always, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages. 6e answer: A!en. he Priest then begins 3hrist has risenI e%actly as at the beginning of +atins, as follows: roparion. one 4. 3hrist has risen fro! the dead, by death he has tra!pled on death, and to those in the graves given life. his is sung by the Priest three ti!es, and then three ti!es by the Singers without verses. he Priest, or the 9eacon, then says the following verses, between which the Singers sing the sa!e:

Priest: *et God arise, and his ene!ies be scattered, and let those that hate hi! flee before his face. Singers: 3hrist has risen... Priest: As s!o.e vanishes, so let the! vanish, as wa% !elts at the presence of fire. Singers: 3hrist has risen... Priest: So shall the wic.ed perish at the presence of God/ and let the 7ust be glad.

Singers: 3hrist has risen... Priest: his is the day which the *ord has !ade/ let us re7oice and be glad in it. Singers: 3hrist has risen... Priest: Glory to the (ather and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. Singers: 3hrist has risen... Priest: 2oth now and for ever, and to the ages of ages. A!en. Singers: 3hrist has risen... Priest, in a louder voice: 3hrist has risen fro! the dead, by death he has tra!pled on death... Singers:...and to those in the graves given life. hen the *itany of Peace as usual. At *ord, # have cried we insert ; Stichera and sing & of the Resurrection and & by Anatolios. Resurrection Stichera. one 1. 3o!e let us worship God the 6ord, begotten of the (ather before the ages, incarnate of the =irgin +ary/ for having endured the 3ross, he was handed over for burial, as he hi!self wished, and having risen fro! the dead he saved !e, !an.ind that had gone astray. 3hrist our Saviour by nailing the record against us to the 3ross annulled it, and destroyed the !ight of death. 6e worship his Rising on the third day. 6ith Archangels let us sing the praise of the Resurrection of 3hrist/ for he is the Redee!er and the Saviour of our souls/ and with dread glory and !ighty power he is co!ing again to 7udge the world which he fashioned. "ther =erses, by Anatolios.

An Angel proclai!ed you, the crucified and buried +aster, and said to the wo!en/ <3o!e, see where the *ord was lying. (or he has risen as he said, as all)powerful-. herefore we worship you, the only i!!ortal. " 3hrist, giver of life, have !ercy on us. 2y your 3ross you destroyed the curse of the tree/ by your burial you slew the !ight of death/ by your Rising you enlightened the hu!an race/ therefore we cry out to you/ <2enefactor, 3hrist our God, glory to youHhe gates of death opened to you *ord, in fear/ Hell-s gate).eepers shuddered when they saw you/ for you s!ashed the gates of brass, crushed to powder the iron bars, led us out of dar.ness and the shadow of death and tore our bonds asunder. Glory. As we sing the hy!n of salvation, let this song rise fro! our lips/ <3o!e all in the *ord-s house, let us fall down in worship as we say/ N8ou who were crucified on the ree, rose fro! the dead and are in the boso! of the (ather, have !ercy on our sinsHN2oth now. heoto.ion. he shadow of the law has passed now that grace has co!e, for as the 2ush in fla!es was not consu!ed, so as a =irgin you bore a 3hild and re!ained a =irgin/ instead of a pillar of fire the Sun of righteousness has dawned, instead of +oses 3hrist, the salvation of our souls. After the @ntrance and " :oyful *ight, the following Great Pro.ei!enon. one E. 6hat God is great as our GodA 8ou are God, who alone wor. wondersH =erse 0: 8ou have !ade your power .nown a!ong the peoples. =erse 1: ?ow # have begun. his change is of the right hand of the +ost High.

=erse &: # have re!e!bered the wor.s of the *ord. hen the Gospel, in !any languages, in three sections, followed by the rest of =espers. Priest: And that he would count us worthy to listen to the Holy Gospel let us pray to the *ord God. Reader: *ord, have !ercy $three ti!es'. Priest: 6isdo!. Stand upright. *et us listen to the Holy Gospel. Peace to all. Reader: And to your spirit. Priest: he reading is fro! the Holy Gospel according to :ohn. C15:0G)14D Reader: Glory to you, *ord. Glory to you. Priest: *et us attend. "n the evening of that day, the first day of the wee., the doors being shut where the disciples were, for fear of the :ews, :esus ca!e and stood a!ong the! and said to the!, <Peace be with you.- 6hen he had said this, he showed the! his hands and his side. hen the disciples were glad when they saw the *ord. :esus said to the! again, <Peace be with you. As the (ather has sent !e, even so # send you.- And when he had said this, he breathed on the!, and said to the!, <Receive the Holy Spirit. #f you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven/ if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.?ow ho!as, one of the twelve, called the win, was not with the! when :esus ca!e. So the other disciples told hi!, <6e have seen the *ord.- 2ut he said to the!, <Knless # see in his hands the print of the nails, and place !y finger in the !ar. of the nails, and place !y hand in his side, # will not believe.-

hen the #nsistent *itany, the prayer Grant *ord to .eep us, the rest of the *itany *et us co!plete and the Prayer for the 2owing of Heads. hen the Aposticha Resurrection Aposticha. one 1. 8our Resurrection, " 3hrist Saviour, has enlightened the whole inhabited world/ and you have called bac. your own creation. All) powerful *ord, glory to youH hen the Paschal Stichera with their verses. one 4. *et God arise, and his ene!ies be scattered: and let those that hate hi! flee before his face. A sacred Pascha has been revealed to us today, a new and holy Pascha, a !ystic Pascha, an all)venerable Pascha, a Pascha that is 3hrist the Redee!er, an unble!ished Pascha, a great Pascha, a Pascha of the faithful, a Pascha that has opened for us the gates of Paradise, a Pascha that !a.es all the faithful holy. As s!o.e vanishes, so let the! vanish, as wa% !elts at the presence of fire. 3o!e fro! that sight, you wo!en, bearers of good tidings, and say to Sion, <Receive fro! us the good tidings of 7oy, of 3hrist-s Resurrection. @%ult, dance and be glad, :erusale!, for you have seen 3hrist the King li.e a bridegroo! co!ing fro! the grave. So shall the wic.ed perish at the presence of God/ and let the 7ust be glad. he !yrrh)bearing wo!en at deep dawn ca!e to the grave of the giver of life. hey found an Angel sitting on the stone, and he addressed the! and said, <6hy do you see. the living with the deadA 6hy do you !ourn the incorruptible as though he were in corruptionA Go, proclai! it to his 9isciples. his is the day that the *ord has !ade/ let us re7oice and be glad in it.

A Pascha of delight, Pascha, the *ord-s Pascha, an all)venerable Pascha has dawned for us, Pascha. *et us e!brace one another with 7oy. " Pascha, ranso! fro! sorrowH oday 3hrist shone forth fro! a to!b as fro! a bridal cha!ber, and filled the wo!en with 7oy, saying, <Proclai! it to the Apostles-. Glory to the (ather and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. 2oth now and ever and to the ages of ages. A!en. Sa!e one. he day of Resurrection/ let us be radiant for the festival, and let us e!brace one another. *et us say, brethren, even to those that hate us, <*et us forgive all things on the Resurrection-, and so let us cry, <3hrist has risen fro! the dead: by death he has tra!pled on death, and to those in the graves given life-. hen: 3hrist has risen fro! the dead, by death he has tra!pled on death: and to those in the graves given life. $%&' Priest: 6isdo!H Reader: 2less. And the rest, e%actly as at +atins.

Sunday of Antipascha.
At Great Vespers.
After the blessing by the priest, 3hrist has risen fro! the dead $%&', the #ntroductory Psal! and the first Kathis!a of the Psalter. At *ord # have cried we insert 05 stichera and we sing the following ; #dio!els, doubling the first B. 3o!posed by :ohn the +on. one 0

6hen the doors were shut and the 9isciples asse!bled, you suddenly entered " All powerful "ne, :esus, our God. 8ou stood in their !idst, gave the! peace and filled the! with the Holy Spirit. 8ou ordered the! to re!ain and on no account to leave :erusale! until they had been clothed with power fro! on high. herefore we cry to you: "ur #llu!ination, our Resurrection and our Peace, glory to you-. $ wice' @ight days after your Rising, *ord, you appeared to your 9isciples in the place where they were gathered, and having said to the! <Peace be unto you-, you showed your hands and your i!!aculate side to the unbelieving 9isciple. 2ut he was convinced and cried to you <+y *ord and !y God, glory to you- $ wice' ho!as, called win, was not with the!, " 3hrist, when you entered when the doors were shut/ therefore he did not believe what was told hi! confir!ing faith fro! unbelief. 2ut you did not refuse, " Good "ne, to show hi! your i!!aculate side, and the wounds in your hands and feet. 2ut he, having handled and seen, confessed you to be not si!ply God and not !erely !an, and he cried <+y *ord and !y God, glory to you-. $ wice' As the 9isciples hesitated, " Saviour, you ca!e on the eighth day, where they were gathered. you gave the! peace and cried to ho!as, <3o!e here, Apostle, handle the pal!s in which they fi%ed the nails-. " e%cellent unbelief of ho!as, which led the hearts of the faithful to .nowledge/ and with fear he cried, <+y *ord and !y God, glory to you-. $ wice' one 1. After your Rising, *ord, when your 9isciples were gathered together and the doors were shut, you stood in the !idst and gave the! peace. 2ut ho!as too, convinced by the sight of your hands and side, confessed you to be the *ord and God who saves those who hope in you, *over of !an.ind. 6hen the doors were shut, :esus ca!e to the 9isciples and gave the! fearlessness and peace. hen he said to ho!as, <6hy do you not believe !e, that # have risen fro! the deadA 2ring your hand here, and put it into !y side, and see: for by your not believing, all

have learnt both !y Passion and !y Resurrection, and to cry, <+y *ord and !y God, glory to you-. Glory. 2oth now. one ;. 6hen the doors were shut, you ca!e " 3hrist to your 9isciples. ho!as, by divine dispensation, was not with the! then/ for he said <# will not believe, unless # too see the +aster/ see the side fro! which ca!e the blood, the water, baptis!/ see the wound by which the deep wound, hu!anity, was healed/ see that he was not li.e so!e spirit, but flesh and bones-. " *ord who tra!pled on death, and satisfied ho!as, glory to you. @ntrance. " :oyful *ight. Pro.ei!enon of the day: he *ord is King. At the *iti, #dio!el Stichera. one B. " *ord, when doors were shut you ca!e in the unbearable bla>e of your godhead and standing a!ong your 9isciples you bared your side. 8ou showed the! the scars of the wounds in your hands and feet, and banishing their de7ection you cried out clearly: < he way you see !e, !y friends, # bear, not a spirit-s nature, but the flesh which # assu!ed-. o the doubting 9isciple, <you were ready to handle !e with dread-, he said, <you investigate all things, co!e then, do not hesitate-. 2ut he, sensing with his hand your double being, with fear cried out in faith: <+y *ord and !y God, glory to you.one F. < ouch !y side with your hand, ho!as, <3hrist says, <and co!e, handle the !ar.s of the nails/ investigate with faith and beco!e faithful to !e. 2e not faithless.- 2ut ho!as, as he touched the +aster with his finger, cried out aloud: <8ou are !y *ord and !y God. " 3o!passionate, glory to youHGlory. 2oth now. one F. 2y Anatolios. 6hen the doors were shut and the 9isciples asse!bled, the Saviour ca!e where they were gathered/ and standing a!ong the! he says

to ho!as: <3o!e, handle !e, and see the !ar.s of the nails/ stretch out your hand and touch !y side, and be not faithless, but with faith proclai! !y Resurrection fro! the dead.At the Aposticha. #dio!el Stichera. one B. " a!a>ing wonderH Knbelief has engendered fir! faith for ho!as, who said <Knless # see, # will not believe-, having handled the side, ac.nowledged as God incarnate the sa!e Son of God: he recognised that he had suffered in the flesh/ he proclai!ed the risen God and he cried in shining tones <+y *ord and !y God, glory to you-. =erse. Praise the *ord, " :erusale!. Praise your God, " Sion. " a!a>ing wonderH he grass which touched the fire is safe: for ho!as having put his hand into the fiery side of :esus 3hrist, God, was not burned up by his handling/ for he fervently changed the doubt of his soul into true faith. He cried fro! the depths of his soul <8ou are !y +aster and !y God, you who have been raised fro! the dead, glory to you. =erse. (or he !astered the bolts of your gates. " a!a>ing wonderH :ohn leaned on the breast of the 6ord, but ho!as was found worthy to handle his side. 2ut the for!er with awe drew thence the depths of heology, the divine dispensation/ the latter was found worthy to initiate us, for he clearly provided proofs of your Rising, as he cried out <+y *ord and !y God, glory to you-. Glory. 2oth now. one ;. " lover of !an.ind, great and i!!easurable is the !ultitude of your !ercies/ for you endured being struc. by the :ews, handled by the Apostle and investigated by those who re7ect you. How did you beco!e incarnateA How were you crucified, you who are sinlessA 2ut !a.e us understand, as you did ho!as, so that he cried to you <+y *ord and !y God, glory to you-. Apolyti.ion. one E.

6hile the grave was sealed, 3hrist God, you dawned as life fro! the to!b, And while the doors were shut you ca!e, the Resurrection of all, to your 9isciples, through the! renewing a right spirit for us, according to your great !ercy. $%&' hen the blessing of loaves, the usual reading fro! Cthe co!!entary onD the Acts of the Apostles and the rest of the "ffice of the vigil. ?" @ ?ote that fro! this Sunday, if it falls in the !onth of +ay, there is no Arto.lasia after the blessing of the loaves, because of the shortness of the night.

At the Morning Office.

he Si% Psal!s. At he *ord is God, the usual reading fro! the Psalter. #nstead of Psal! 00F the Polyeleos, because of the feast of the *ord. Kathis!a after the 0st Psalter reading. one 0. 6hen the stone was sealed. 6hen the disciples were in hiding for fear of the :ews, and gathered in Sion, you ca!e to the!, " Good "ne/ and you stood in their !idst, the doors being shut, and gave the! 7oy. 8ou showed the! your hands and the wounds in your i!!aculate side as you said to the unbelieving 9isciple: 2ring your hand here and prove that # a! he who suffered for you. $%1' Kathis!a after the 1nd Psalter reading. one 0. he soldiers watching. *ife ca!e to the 9isciples when the doors were shut, " 3hrist, and you showed the! your side and hands and feet, giving fir! proof of your Rising fro! the to!b. 2ut ho!as was not there, and so he said: <Knless # see hi!, # will not believe your words-. $%1' Selection at the Polyeleos.

He has put on robes of glory. Alleluia. he *ord is .ing and has put on robes of glory. he *ord has put on his glory and girded hi!self with strength. He has !ade the world so fir! that it cannot be !oved. 6ho can e%press the !ighty acts of the *ord, "r fully voice his praiseA *et the *ordMs redee!ed say so: 6ho! he has redee!ed fro! the hand of the ene!y. *et the! than. the *ord for his goodness, And for the wonders that he does for the children of !en. (or he satisfies the thirsty,and fills the hungry with good things. hose who sit in dar.ness and the shadow of death. 2ound fast in affliction and iron. hey cried to the *ord in their distress. And he too. the! out of their trouble. And he brought the! out of dar.ness and the shadow of death. (or he shattered the doors of bron>e, And s!ashed the bars of iron. He too. the! out of their troubles, And bro.e their chains in two. *et the! e%alt hi! in the asse!bly of the people, And praise hi! in the council of the elders. (or the *ord listens to the poor, He does not despise his servants in captivity. And let the! offer a sacrifice of praise, and tell what he has done with shouts of 7oy. he *ord awo.e li.e a !an out of sleep,and struc. his ene!ies. (or the eyes of the *ord are on those that hope in his !ercy. o hear the groaning of the prisoner, o deliver those conde!ned to die. *et God arise and let his ene!ies be scattered. And let those that hate hi! flee fro! before his face. his is the day which the *ord has !ade,let us re7oice and be glad in it. Arise, *ord !y God,let your hand be e%alted. 9o not forget the poor for ever. " *ord !y God, # will confess you forever. At the end of the Polyeleos and the Glory, 2oth now, whenever we do not want to sing the slow riadi.on, for the sa.e of brevity, we sing the following in one 0.

Glory. *et us worship the (ather, and let us glorify the Son, and let us all praise together the all holy Spirit, crying out and saying: All holy rinity, save us all. 2oth now. 8our people, " 3hrist, brings your +other to intercede/ at her entreaties grant us your pity, that we !ay glorify you, *oving *ord, who dawned for us fro! the grave. Si!ilar Kathis!a after the Polyeleos. <Having seen !y side and the holes of the nails, ho!as, why do you not believe !y ResurrectionA- the *ord said, when he had risen fro! the grave and appeared ine%plicably to the Apostles. 2ut the win, convinced, cried to the 3reator/ <8ou are !y *ord and !y God-. $%1' he Anavath!i. he 0st Antiphon of the Bth one. Pro.ei!enon. one B Praise the *ord, " :erusale!: sing praises to your God " Sion. =erse. (or he has strengthened the bars of your gates: and blessed are your children within you. hen, *et everything that has breath, the 0st Resurrection Gospel, Having seen the Resurrection of 3hrist and Ps. 45. Glory. one 1. At the prayers of the Apostles, " +erciful "ne, blot out the !ultitude of !y offences. 2oth now. At the prayers of the +other of God, " +erciful "ne, blot out the !ultitude of !y offences.

=erse. Have !ercy on !e " God in your enduring goodness: according to the fullness of your co!passion, blot out !y offence. Pentecostarion. Sa!e tone. :esus, having risen fro! the to!b as he foretold, has given us eternal life and his great !ercy. hen the 3anon. one 0. he #r!i twice and the roparia up to twelve. 3o!position of :ohn the +on.. "de 0. he #r!os. All peoples let us sing a song of victory to hi! who rescued #srael fro! the bitter slavery of Pharao, and guided the! dryshod in the depths of the sea, for he has been glorified. roparia. o)day is the spring of souls, for 3hrist, shining fro! the to!b li.e the sun, has dispelled the foggy winter of our sin. *et us sing to hi!, for he has been glorified. he ,ueen of seasons, filled with light, as escort to the brilliant ,ueen of days, delights the chosen people of the 3hurch, which unceasingly praises the risen 3hrist. ?either death-s gates, " 3hrist, nor the seals of the to!b, nor the bolts of the doors stood in your way/ but having risen you ca!e to your friends, " +aster, giving the! the peace which passes all understanding. Katavasia. he day of Resurrection, let us be radiant, " peoples: Pascha, the *ord-s Pascha/ for 3hrist God has brought us fro! death to life, and fro! earth to heaven, as we sing the triu!phal song. "de &. he #r!os.

@stablish !e, " 3hrist, on the roc. of your co!!and!ents, and enlighten !e with the light of your face/ for none is holy but you, " *over of !an.ind. roparia. 6hen by your 3ross, " 3hrist, you had !ade us new instead of old, instead of corruptible incorruptible, you co!!anded us to live worthily in newness of life. hough you had been loc.ed in the to!b with your finite flesh, " 3hrist, as infinite you arose/ and when the doors were shut you ca!e to your 9isciples, " All)powerful. 2y .eeping your wounds, " 3hrist, which you had borne willingly for our sa.es, you gave your 9isciples proof of your glorious Resurrection. Katavasia. 3o!e let us drin. a new drin., not one !arvellously brought forth fro! a barren roc., but the Source of incorruption, which springs up fro! the to!b of 3hrist, in who! we are established. he 8pa.oJ. one ;. As you were present in the !idst of your 9isciples, " 3hrist, and gave the! peace/ co!e, be with us too and save us. "de B. he #r!os. Great is the !ystery of your dispensation, " 3hristH And foreseeing this in a divine vision fro! above Avva.ou! cried out to you: <8ou have co!e forth for the salvation of your people, " *over of !an.ind. roparia. He tasted gall, healing the tasting of old/ but now with honeyco!b 3hrist gives the (orefather a share in illu!ination and his sweet participation.

8ou re7oice as you are searched/ because for this, " *over of !an.ind, you invited ho!as, offering your side to the disbelieving world, confir!ing, " 3hrist, your Rising on the third day. he win, drawing wealth, " 2enefactor, fro! the inviolate treasure of your side pierced by the lance, has filled the whole world with wisdo! and .nowledge. 8our all)blest tongue is hy!ned, " win, for, being filled with grace fro! the touch, it was the first to devoutly proclai! :esus the Giver of life to be God and *ord. Katavasia. *et the Prophet Avva.ou!, inspired by God, .eep the divine watch with us, and show forth the radiant Angel, who with resounding voice declares: o)day brings salvation to the world, for 3hrist has risen as o!nipotent. "de 4. he #r!os. Rising in the night we hy!n you, " 3hrist, li.e the (ather without beginning and the Saviour of our souls. Grant peace to the world " *over of !an.ind. roparia. 3o!ing to his disheartened friends the Saviour by his presence drives away all de7ection and rouses the! to leap for 7oy at his Resurrection. " truly laudable, dread enterprise of ho!asH (or boldly he handled the side which bla>ed with the divine fire. 8ou showed us that ho!as- unbelief was !other of belief, for in your wisdo! you arrange all things for good, " 3hrist, as *over of !an.ind. Katavasia.

*et us arise in the early dawn, and instead of !yrrh, offer praises to the +aster/ and we shall see 3hrist, the Sun of :ustice, who causes life to dawn for all. "de ;. he #r!os. 8ou saved the prophet fro! the whale, " *over of !an.ind, lead !e up too, # pray, fro! the deep of offences. roparia. 8ou did not leave ho!as, +aster, plunged in the deep of unbelief when you stretched out your pal!s for investigation. he Saviour said, <Handle !e and see that # have bones and flesh. # a! not changed-. ho!as, who was not present at your first entrance, handled your side and believing ac.nowledged you. Katavasia. 8ou went down to the deepest parts of the earth, and you shattered the everlasting bars that held fast those that were fettered, " 3hrist. And on the third day li.e :onas fro! the whale, you arose fro! the to!b. Konta.ion. one F. C2y St Ro!anosD 6ith his !eddling right hand, ho!as e%plored your life)giving side, 3hrist God/ for the doors being shut when you entered, he cried out with the rest of the Apostles, <8ou are !y *ord and !y God-. he #.os. 6ho then preserved the 9isciple-s pal! un!elted when it approached the fiery side of the *ordA 6ho gave it daring, and gave it strength to handle bone of fla!eA "nly that side which was handled/ for had not the side given the power, how could a hand of clay have handled wounds which had sha.en things above and things belowA his grace was given ho!as, to handle it and to cry out to 3hrist, <8ou are !y *ord and !y God-.

Syna%arion fro! the +enaion then: he sa!e day, the second Sunday fro! Pascha, we celebrate the festival of the Resurrection of 3hrist, and the handling by the holy Apostle ho!as. =erses. #f .ey of wo!b or to!b could not prevent 8our rising Saviour, how a !ere door-s .eyA hrough the prayers of your Apostle ho!as, " 3hrist our God, have !ercy upon us. A!en. =erses. #f .ey of wo!b or to!b could not prevent 8our rising Saviour, how a !ere door-s .eyA hrough the prayers of your Apostle ho!as, " 3hrist our God, have !ercy upon us. A!en. "de E. he #r!os. 6hen the har!ony of !usic su!!oned the peoples to worship the i!age, the 3hildren of 9avid, singing the ancestral songs of Oion, bro.e the o!inous decree of the tyrant, and changed the fla!e to dew, as they sang the hy!n, <" highly e%alted, our God and the God of our fathers blessed are you-. roparia. #t is first and !istress of days, this light)bringing day, on which it is fitting for God-s new people to re7oice, for with tre!bling it bears the type of the age to co!e, as it co!pletes the @ight. " highly e%alted, our God and the God of our fathers. ho!as the win, who alone was bold, and brought blessing by his faithless faith, banished !isty ignorance in all the ends of the earth by his believing unbelief/ while for hi!self he wove a crown as he wisely said, <8ou are our God, " highly e%alted, our God and the God of our fathers/ blessed are you-.

?ot in vain did ho!as doubt your Rising, not in vain declare, but he hastened, " 3hrist, to show to all the nations that it was undoubted/ and so having through unbelief co!e to belief he taught the! all to say, <8ou are our God, " highly e%alted, our God and the God of our fathers/ blessed are you-. (earfully placing his hand, " 3hrist, in your life)bearing side, tre!bling he felt the double force, " Saviour, of the two natures united without confusion in you, and with faith he cried, <8ou are our God, " highly e%alted, our God and the God of our fathers/ blessed are you-. Katavasia. He who delivered the 8ouths fro! the furnace, beco!ing !an suffers as a !ortal, and through suffering he clothes the !ortal with the glory of incorruption: the only blessed and !ost glorious God of our fathers. "de F. he #r!os. he *ord who protected the 8ouths in the fla!e of fire of the burning furnace, and ca!e down to the! in the for! of an Angel, praise and highly e%alt to all the ages. roparia. *onging for the 7oy of seeing you, at first ho!as did not believe/ but when found worthy of this sight he called you, +aster, *ord and God, who! we highly e%alt to all the ages. he *ord who bore with ho!as- unbelief, showed hi! his side and was closely e%a!ined by his hand, praise and highly e%alt to all the ages. 8our curiosity, " ho!as, opened for us the hidden treasure, for with a tongue inspired you declared hi! God and said <Praise 3hrist and highly e%alt hi! to all the ages-. Katavasia.

his chosen and holy day is the first of Sabbaths, the Lueen and *ady, the (east of (easts and the (estival of (estivals on which we bless 3hrist to all the ages. "de G. he #r!os. 8ou, the shining la!p and +other of God, the !anifest glory and higher than all creatures, in hy!ns we !agnify. roparia. 8our shining and brilliant day, " 3hrist, the grace, all light, in which, lovely in your beauty, you ca!e to your 9isciples, we !agnify. 8ou whose side was handled by a hand of dust and did not burn it with the fire of your divine and i!!aterial 2eing, in hy!ns we !agnify. 8ou, " 3hrist, who arose fro! the to!b as God, we who see not with our eyes, but who have believed with the longing of the heart, in hy!ns we !agnify. Katavasia. he Angel cried to her that is full of grace: " pure =irgin, re7oice, and again # say: Re7oice/ for your Son has risen fro! the to!b on the third day. <Shine, shine, " ?ew :erusale!, for the glory of the *ord has risen upon you/ dance now and be glad, " Oion, and you too re7oice, " pure +other of God, at the arising of hi! to who! you gave birth-. Holy is the *ord our God $%&' @%apostilaria. one &. He who adorned the heaven with stars. Having e%a!ined the wounds in !y li!bs with your hand, ho!as, do not doubt !e, who was wounded for you. 2e of one !ind with the 9isciples and proclai! a living God.

o)day spring-s sweetness fills the air, a new creation dances. o) day the bars of doors and unbelief are re!oved, as ho!as the friend cries, <+y *ord and !y God-. At *auds we insert B verses, and sing the following Proso!ia, doubling the 0st. one 0. All)praised +artyrs. After your dread Rising fro! the to!b, " Giver of life, 7ust as you did not brea. the seals of the grave, " 3hrist, so you ca!e when the doors were shut to your all)fa!ed Apostles, filling the! with 7oy, and at once you gave the! your Spirit, in your !easureless !ercy. C wiceD ho!as, who is also the win, was not present when you appeared to your 9isciples, " *ord/ and so he did not believe your Resurrection, and to those who had seen you he cried, <Knless # put !y finger into his side and into the holes of the nails, # do not believe that he has risen-. <As you wish, handle !e-, 3hrist cried to ho!as, <Put in your hand and .now that # have bones and an earthly body/ and do not be unbelieving, but believe li.e the rest-. 2ut he cried out, <8ou are !y *ord and !y God/ glory to your Rising-. Glory. 2oth now. one ;. @ight days after your Rising, " :esus, .ing and only)begotten 6ord of the (ather, you appeared to your 9isciples when the doors were shut, and gave the! peace. And to the unbelieving 9isciple you showed the !ar.s. <3o!e, feel !y hand and !y feet and !y spotless side-. 2ut he, convinced, cried out to you, <+y *ord and !y God, glory to you-. Great 9o%ology and 9is!issal. (ro! to)day the *itai start again in the ?arthe%, li.ewise the 3atecheses of our venerable (ather heodore the Studite. 6e sing the 9awn #dio!el of the one. one 0.

6hen the 9isciples approached the !ountain for his raising fro! the earth, the *ord ca!e to the! and they worshipped hi!/ and being taught that all power had been given hi! everywhere, they were sent to all that lies beneath the heavens to proclai! his Resurrection fro! the dead and his restoration to heaven. He pro!ised also to re!ain with the! for ever, he the Knerring, 3hrist our God and the Saviour of our souls. ?ote that the *itai in the ?arthe% ta.e place before the (irst Hour/ St heodore-s 3atechesis is read after it. he @othina are sung after the 9is!issal of +atins and before the (irst Hour. ?ote that the office of the Saints, o!itted on all the Sundays of Pentecost, is sung at 3o!pline on Sunday. he *iturgy is celebrated earlier because of the labour of the =igil. he Hours, that is the rithe.ti and the ?inth, are sung with three psal!s, according to the rule, in the ?arthe%. he usual psal! is said on going to the Refectory.

At the Liturgy.
he Antiphons as on @aster 9ay (#RS A? #PH"? =erse 0: Shout with 7oy to the *ord all the earth. At the prayers of the +other of God, " Saviour, save us. =erse 1: Sing to the honour of his na!e: give glory to his praise. At the prayers of the +other of God, " Saviour, save us. =erse &: Say to God <How fearful are your wor.s: because of your great !ight your ene!ies shall cower before you.At the prayers of the +other of God, " Saviour, save us. =erse B: All the earth shall worship you: and sing to you, and sing to your na!e, " +ost High.

At the prayers of the +other of God, " Saviour, save us. Glory. 2oth now. At the prayers of the +other of God, " Saviour save us. S@3"?9 A? #PH"? =erse 0: +ay God be gracious to us and bless us: and !a.e his face to shine upon us and have !ercy on us. Son of God, risen fro! the dead, save us who sing to you: Alleluia. =erse 1: hat your ways !ay be .nown on earth: your saving power a!ong all nations. Son of God, risen fro! the dead, save us who sing to you: Alleluia. =erse &: *et all the peoples praise you, " God: let all the peoples praise you. Son of God, risen fro! the dead, save us who sing to you: Alleluia. =erse B: +ay God bless us: and all the ends of the earth fear hi!. Son of God, risen fro! the dead, save us who sing to you: Alleluia. Glory. 2oth now. "nly)begotten Son. H#R9 A? #PH"? *et God arise, and his ene!ies be scattered: and let those that hate hi! flee before his face. 3hrist has risenI As s!o.e is dispersed, so let the! be dispersed: as wa% !elts before the fire. 3hrist has risenI

So shall the wic.ed perish at the presence of God: but the 7ust shall be glad. 3hrist has risenI his is the day that the *ord has !ade: let us re7oice and be glad in it. 3hrist has risenI @? RA?3@ 3HA? Son of God, risen fro! the dead, save us who sing to you: AlleluiaH Apolyti.ion. one E 6hile the grave was sealed, 3hrist God, you dawned as life fro! the to!b, and while the doors were shut you ca!e, the Resurrection of all, to your 9isciples, through the! renewing a right spirit for us, according to your great !ercy. Glory. 2oth now. Konta.ion. one F. 6ith his eager hand ho!as e%plored your life)giving side, 3hrist God/ for since the doors were shut when you entered, he cried out to you with the rest of the Apostles, <8ou are !y *ord and !y God-. C"n the Sunday of ho!as itself the Konta.ion is that of Pascha: hough you descended into the to!b, " #!!ortal, yet you destroyed the power of Hell/ and you arose as victor, " 3hrist God, calling to the +yrrh)bearing wo!en, <Re7oiceH- and giving peace to your Apostles, " you who grant resurrection to the fallen.D At @specially the #r!os of the Gth "de of the 3anon. he shining la!p and +other of God, the !anifest glory and higher than all creatures, in hy!ns we !agnify you. 3"++K?#"?

Praise the *ord, " :erusale!: sing praises to your God, " Sion. AlleluiaH #nstead of 6e have seen the true light, we sing 3hrist has risen fro! the dead. After the prayer of the A!bo, 2lessed be the na!e of the *ord, as usual.

he arrange!ents for the Sundays of the Pentecostarion vary, there being a tendency in current Gree. use to retain a nu!ber of features fro! the Paschal office, rather than the ordinary Sunday Resurrection office, as prescribed by the older ypi.on. 2elow # give a translation of the ypi.on of the !onastery of 9ionysiou on +t Athos, which is generally agreed to the best of the Athonite ypi.a. o it # have added so!e e%planatory notes.

ypikon of !ionysiou.
At "rthros, after the 3anon to the rinity, risagion, 8pa.oJ of the one, and the rest Cthat is the +idnight "fficeD. After the reading, blessing by the Priest, 3hrist has risen C%&D, the Royal "ffice and the Si% Psal!s. At he *ord is God, roparia, when you went down C%1D, he noble :oseph and he Angel standing by the grave. he usual two Kathis!ata of the Psalter C1 and &D and Psal! 00F. he @vlogitaria, 8pa.oJ, Pro.ei!enon and Bth @othinon. Having seen the Resurrection and the rest as on Sundays. he Paschal 3anon with the heoto.ia to ;, in which we say Glory to your holy Resurrection and +ost holy +other of God, save us, and the 3anon of the +yrrhbearers to F, beginning at the verse hen the leaders of @do! hastened C hat is the use of the biblical canticles of the nine "des is resu!edD. Katavasias of Pascha. After the &rd "de, Konta.ion of Pascha and the Kathis!ata of the day. After the ;th "de, Konta.ion and #.os of the (east, Syna%arion and ?otice of the day. he +agnificat is not sung, but the Gth "de of Pascha with the +egalynaria and +ost holy +other of God, save us CtwiceD and then the verses Cof the 2enedictusD with the 3anon of the +yrrhbearers.

At the end Katavasia he Angel cried and Shine, shine. hen Holy is the *ord our God, @%apostilarion of Pascha once and that of the +yrrhbearers once. At *auds the nor!al Stichera fro! the "ctoichos, Glory 9o%asti.on of the (east, one 1, the C1ndD @othinon, 2oth now the usual heoto.ion 8ou are highly blessed. 9o%ology, roparion oday salvation. hen we read the Bth @othinon. 2ut watch this, as the ypi.a have a !ista.e. he (irst Hour and 9is!issal.

"otes on the

ypikon of !ionysiou.

he ypi.on is fairly self)e%planatory, but it should be noted that the poetic Kathis!ata are those proper to the (east and not the usual ones for one 1. #n the Pentecostarion the e%pression <the (eastrefers not to the Sunday of Pascha, but to that of the current Sunday, each of which is a <feast- in its own right, lasting a wee.. he !anuscript says that the #dio!els of the *iti are read after the 3anon to the rinity, but a later hand has added <not-. #n the 3anon the phrase <with the heoto.ia- !eans the short 3anon to the +other of God which is 7oined to the Paschal 3anon on the Sundays after Pascha. he !odern 3onstantinopolitan typi.on replaces the four Anatoli.a at *auds with the Paschal Stichera and their verses and the heoto.ion 8ou are highly blessed with the 9o%asti.on he day of Resurrection. here is a general tendency to increase the a!ount of <paschal- !aterial, at the e%pense of the nor!al Sunday te%ts. he ypi.on of 9ionysiou prescribes the 1nd @othinon as the 9o%asti.on at *auds. Since this is not the one that corresponds with the Resurrection Gospel, which is the Bth, it adds that the Bth @othinon is to be read before the (irst Hour. his is nor!al !onastic use when the @othinon is displaced by the 9o%asti.on of a feast that falls on a Sunday. he printed Pentecostarion differs about the way the roparia of the 3anon are to be sung. he 9ionysiou ypi.on is to be preferred. he structure of the 3anons for the Sundays of the Pentecostarion suggests that originally they were <free)standing- and that the singing of the Paschal 3anon, with the two heoto.ia by heophanes and :oseph, is a later develop!ent. he 3anons for these feasts are ,uite general Resurrection 3anons and in nearly every case only

!ention the specific topic of the feast in the two troparia, or even the final one only, preceding the <Glory<.

Sunday of the Myrhh#$earing Wo%en.

On Saturday E&ening at Great Vespers.
3hrist has risen as usual, the "pening Psal! and the 0st Kathis!a of the Psalter. At *ord, # have cried we insert 05 Stichera, and sing & of the Resurrection and B Anatoli.a. Resurrection Stichera. one 1. 3o!e let us worship God the 6ord, begotten of the (ather before the ages, incarnate of the =irgin +ary/ for having endured the 3ross, he was handed over for burial, as he hi!self wished, and having risen fro! the dead he saved !e, !an.ind that had gone astray. 3hrist our Saviour by nailing the record against us to the 3ross annulled it, and destroyed the !ight of death. 6e worship his Rising on the third day. 6ith Archangels let us sing the praise of the Resurrection of 3hrist/ for he is the Redee!er and the Saviour of our souls/ and with dread glory and !ighty power he is co!ing again to 7udge the world which he fashioned. "ther =erses, by Anatolios. An Angel proclai!ed you, the crucified and buried +aster, and said to the wo!en, <3o!e, see where the *ord was lying. (or he has risen as he said, as all)powerful-. herefore we worship you, the only i!!ortal. " 3hrist, Giver of life, have !ercy on us. 2y your 3ross you destroyed the curse of the tree/ by your burial you slew the !ight of death/ by your Rising you enlightened the hu!an race/ therefore we cry out to you/ <2enefactor, 3hrist our God, glory to youH-

he gates of death opened to you *ord, in fear/ Hells gate).eepers shuddered when they saw you/ for you s!ashed the gates of brass, crushed to powder the iron bars, led us out of dar.ness and the shadow of death and tore our bonds asunder. As we sing the hy!n of salvation, let this song rise fro! our lips, <3o!e all in the *ords house, let us fall down in worship as we say: 8ou who were crucified on the ree, rose fro! the dead and are in the boso! of the (ather, have !ercy on our sinsHhen & #dio!el Stichera of the +yrrhbearers. one 1. 2y Anatolios. he +yrrhbearing wo!en at deep dawn too. spices and ca!e to the *ords to!b. 2ut finding what they had not hoped for, they began devoutly discussing the re!oval of the stone, and said to one another, <6here are the seals of the graveA 6here is Pilates watch, and the strict securityA- 2ut a da>>ling Angel beca!e the infor!er of the baffled wo!en saying to the!, <6hy with la!entations do you see. the living, the one who gives life to the race of !ortalsA 3hrist our God has risen fro! the dead as all powerful, granting us incorruption and life, enlighten!ent and his great !ercy-. he sa!e tone. 2y Kou!oulas. 6hy do you !ingle sweet spices with your tears, " 6o!en 9isciplesA he stone has been rolled away/ the to!b has been e!ptied/ see corruption tra!pled on by life, the seals clearly bearing witness, the guards of the unbelieving fast asleep. +ortality has been saved by the flesh of God. Hell is la!enting. Run with 7oy, say to the Apostles: 3hrist the first born fro! the dead has slain death and is going before you into Galilee. he +yrrhbearers rose at dawn and ca!e to your to!b with haste. hey were see.ing you, " 3hrist, that they !ight anoint your spotless body, and instructed by the words of the Angel, they proclai!ed the 7oyful signs to the Apostles, < he author of our salvation has risen, despoiling death but granting the world eternal life an d his great !ercy-. Glory. one ;. 2y the +on. Kos!as.

he +yrrhbearing wo!en co!ing to your to!b and seeing the seals of the grave, but not finding your spotless 2ody, la!enting ca!e with haste saying, <6ho has stolen our hopeA 6ho has ta.en a na.ed, e!bal!ed corpse, the only consolation of his !otherA Alas, how has he who brought the dead to life been put to deathA How has he who despoiled Hell, been buriedA 2ut arise, " Saviour, of your own will on the third day, as you said, and save our souls-. At the *iti #dio!el Stichera. one 0. <+yrrhbearing wo!en, why have you co!e to the to!bA 6hy do you see. the living a!ong the deadA he *ord has risen, ta.e courageH- cries the Angel. 6ith fear the wo!en ca!e to the grave, hastening to anoint the body with sweet spices, and not finding it they were at a loss a!ong the!selves, not .nowing of the Resurrection. 2ut an Angel ca!e to the! and said, <3hrist has risen, granting us his great !ercy-. +ary +agdalen and the other +ary ca!e to the grave see.ing the *ord, and they saw an Angel li.e lightning sitting on the stone, who said to the!, <6hy do you see. the living a!ong the deadA He has risen as he said/ in Galilee you will find hi!-. o hi! let us cry aloud, <*ord, risen fro! the dead, glory to youHGlory. one ;. :oseph as.ed for the 2ody of :esus and laid it in his new grave: for he had to co!e fro! a to!b as fro! a bridal cha!ber. 8ou have crushed the !ight of death and opened the gates of Paradise to !an.ind, glory to you. 2oth now. heoto.ion. he sa!e one. +y +a.er and Redee!er, 3hrist the *ord, co!ing fro! your wo!b, All pure one, having clothed hi!self in !e, delivered Ada! fro! the for!er curse. herefore, All pure one, as truly +other of God and =irgin, we cry to you unceasingly the Angel-s Hail, <Hail Sovereign *ady, protection and shelter and salvation of our souls-. At the Aposticha. Resurrection Sticheron. one 1.

8our Resurrection, " 3hrist Saviour, has enlightened the whole inhabited world/ and you have called bac. your own creation. All) powerful *ord, glory to youH hen the Paschal Stichera with their verses. *et God arise, and his ene!ies be scattered: and let those that hate hi! flee before his face. A sacred Pascha has been revealed to us today, a new and holy Pascha, a !ystic Pascha, an all)venerable Pascha, a Pascha that is 3hrist the Redee!er, an unble!ished Pascha, a great Pascha, a Pascha of the faithful, a Pascha that has opened for us the gates of Paradise, a Pascha that !a.es all the faithful holy. As s!o.e vanishes, so let the! vanish, as wa% !elts before the fire. 3o!e fro! that sight, you wo!en, bearers of good tidings, and say to Sion, Receive fro! us the good tidings of 7oy, of 3hrists Resurrection. @%ult, dance and be glad, :erusale!, for you have seen 3hrist the King li.e a bridegroo! co!ing fro! the grave. So shall the wic.ed perish at the presence of God/ and let the 7ust be glad. he !yrrh)bearing wo!en at deep dawn ca!e to the grave of the giver of life. hey found an Angel sitting on the stone, and he addressed the! and said, <6hy do you see. the living with the deadA 6hy do you !ourn the incorruptible as though he were in corruptionA Go, proclai! it to his 9isciples-. his is the day that the *ord has !ade/ let us re7oice and be glad in it. A Pascha of delight, Pascha, the *ord-s Pascha, an all)venerable Pascha has dawned for us, Pascha. *et us e!brace one another with 7oy. " Pascha, ranso! fro! sorrowH oday 3hrist shone forth fro! a to!b as fro! a bridal cha!ber, and filled the wo!en with 7oy, saying, <Proclai! it to the ApostlesHGlory. one 4.

8ou, who wrap yourself in light as in a gar!ent, :oseph with ?i.ode!os too. down fro! the ree. And when he saw you a na.ed, unburied corpse, in loving sy!pathy he raised the la!ent, and !ourning said, <AlasH +ost sweet :esu, when the sun saw you but a little while ago hanging on a cross it wrapped itself in dar.ness and the earth was sha.en by fear and the veil of the te!ple was rent. 2ut see, # now loo. on you who willingly underwent death for !y sa.e. How shall # bury you, !y GodA How wrap you in winding sheetsA 6ith what hands !ay # touch your i!!aculate bodyA "r what songs, " +erciful "ne, !ay # sing for your departureA # !agnify your sufferings, and # praise your burial and your Resurrection, as # cry: *ord glory to youH2oth now. Sa!e one. he day of Resurrection/ let us be radiant for the festival, and let us e!brace one another. *et us say, brethren, even to those that hate us, <*et us forgive all things on the Resurrection-, and so let us cry, <3hrist has risen fro! the dead: by death he has tra!pled on death, and to those in the graves given life-. Apolyti.ia. one 1. 6hen you went down to death, " i!!ortal life, then you slew Hell with the lightning flash of your Godhead/ but when fro! the depths below the earth you raised the dead, all the Powers in the heavens cried out: Giver of life, 3hrist our God, glory to youH he noble :oseph, ta.ing down your !ost pure 2ody fro! the ree, wrapped it in a clean shroud with sweet spices and laid it for burial in a new grave. 2ut on the third day you arose, " *ord, granting the world your great !ercy. he Angel standing by the grave cried to the wo!en bearing !yrrh, <+yrrh is fitting for the dead, but 3hrist has shown hi!self a stranger to corruption. 2ut cry aloud: he *ord has risen, granting the world his great !ercy-. And 9is!issal.

At Matins.
After the first Psalter reading, Resurrection Kathis!ata. one 1. 2y not preventing the gravestone fro! being sealed and by rising again, you granted to all the roc. of the faith. *ord, glory to youH Glory. 6ithout e!ptying the !ost pure boso! in the highest, you accepted burial and resurrection on behalf of all. *ord, glory to youH 2oth now. heoto.ion. 6holly beyond understanding, wholly glorious are your !ysteries, +other of God. sealed in purity and .ept in virginity, you were .nown to be without deception a +other who gave birth to the true God. #!plore hi! that our souls !ay be saved. After the 1nd Psalter reading, other Kathis!ata. he +yrrhbearing wo!en, having risen early and seen the grave e!pty, said to the Apostles, < he !ighty one has destroyed corruption and snatched those in Hell fro! their bonds. 2oldly proclai! that 3hrist God has risen, granting us his great !ercy-. Glory. 2ringing the spices for your burial, the wo!en ca!e secretly at dawn to the grave, fearing the harshness of the :ews, and foreseeing that the soldiers would protect it/ but the wea.er nature defeated !anliness, for their loving intent was well)pleasing to God. (ittingly therefore they cried, <Arise, *ord, help us, and deliver us for your na!e-s sa.e-. 2oth now. heoto.ion. 8ou are highly glorified, =irgin +other of God, and we sing your praise, for through the 3ross of your Son Hell has been overthrown, death has died, we who were dead have risen and been granted life. 6e have received Paradise, our ancient delight. therefore with

than.sgiving we glorify 3hrist our God as !ighty and alone full of !ercy. After Psal! 00F, the @vlogitaria and the 8pa.oJ. one 1. he wo!en co!ing to your grave after the Passion to anoint your body, 3hrist our God, saw Angels in the to!b and were a!a>ed, for they heard fro! the! the !essage, < he *ord has risen, granting the world his great !ercy-. he Anavath!i of the tone. 0st Antiphon. # lift up the eyes of !y heart to you in heaven, " Saviour. Save !e by your radiance. Have !ercy, " !y 3hrist, on us who fail you hour by hour in !any ways, and give us the !eans to turn bac. to you in repentance before the end. Glory. 2oth now. o the Holy Spirit belong .ingship, sanctification and the guidance of creation/ for he is God, consubstantial with the (ather and the 6ord. 1nd Antiphon. #f the *ord was not a!ong us, who could be .ept safe fro! the one who is both foe and !urdererA 9o not hand your servant over to their teeth, !y Saviour. *i.e a lion they co!e against !e, for they too are !y foes. Glory. 2oth now. o the Holy Spirit belong the source of life and honour, for, being God, he gives all creatures power and watches over the! together in the (ather through the Son. &rd Antiphon. hose who trust in the *ord are li.e the holy !ountain/ they are utterly unsha.en by the assaults of 2eliar.

*et not those who live for God stretch out their hands in lawlessness/ for with his rod 3hrist forbids his lot. Glory. 2oth now. 2y the Holy Spirit all wisdo! flows forth, fro! which grace co!es to the Apostles, the +artyrs are crowned for their struggles, and the Prophets see. Pro.ei!enon. Psal! E. Rise up, " *ord !y God, according to the decree which you en7oined:P and an asse!bly of the peoples will surround you. =erse: " *ord !y God, # have hoped in you. Save !e fro! all who pursue !e and deliver !e. hen the usual order of the Resurrection Gospel C@othinon BD C+ar. 0;:0)F 6hen the Sabbath was over, +ary +agdalen and +ary, the !other of :a!es, and Salo!e bought spices so that they !ight go and anoint :esus. And very early on the first day of the wee. they went to the grave, when the sun had risen. And they were saying to one another, <6ho will roll away the stone for us fro! the door of the graveA- And when they loo.ed up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away Q it was very large. And entering the grave, they saw a young !an sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe/ and they were utterly a!a>ed. 2ut he said to the!, <9o not be a!a>ed. 8ou see. :esus the ?a>arene, the crucified. He has been raised/ he is not here. See, this is the place where they laid hi!. 2ut go/ tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee/ there you will see hi!, as he told you.- And they went out and fled fro! the grave/ for tre!bling and astonish!ent had sei>ed the. And they said nothing to any one, for they were afraid.D After Psal! 45, the 3anons of Pascha with the #r!i to B, of the +other of God to B C1D, and of the +yrrhbearers to ; CFD. Paschal 3anon. one 0. "de 0. #r!os.

he day of Resurrection, let us be radiant, " peoples. Pascha, the *ord-s PaschaH for 3hrist God has brought us fro! death to life, and fro! earth to heaven, as we sing the triu!phal song. roparia. *et us purify our senses, and we shall see 3hrist shining forth, in the unapproachable light of the resurrection, and we shall clearly hear hi! saying <Re7oiceH-, as we sing the triu!phal song. *et the heavens as is fitting re7oice, and let the earth be glad, let the whole world, both seen and unseen, .eep the feast: for 3hrist has risen, our eternal 7oy. 3anon of the +other of God. one 0. he Acrostic in the first roparia: heophan. "de 0. he sa!e #r!os. he boundary of death you forced open, all)pure =irgin, by bearing 3hrist the eternal *ife, who shone out today fro! the to!b, and enlightened the world. Having seen your Son and God risen fro! the dead, re7oice with the Apostles, " holy and full of grace, and as cause of the 7oy of all, all) pure !other of God, you first received the greeting <Re7oice-. 3anon of the +yrrhbearers. one 1. A 3o!position of Andrew of 3rete. "de 0. #r!os. C a.e up +oses- song, !y soul, and shout, <Helper and Protector he has beco!e for !y salvation. he is !y God and # will glorify hi!-.D roparia. 8ou were crucified in the flesh, though i!passible by the (ather-s nature/ you were pierced in the side and beca!e a source of blood and water for the world. 8ou are our God and we glorify you. # honour your 3ross and glorify your burial, " Good "ne. # praise and worship your Rising, and # cry out, <8ou are our God and we glorify you-.

hough you tasted gall, " sweetness of the 3hurch, yet you poured out incorruption for us fro! your side. 8ou are our God and we glorify you. 8ou were nu!bered a!ong the dead, " Saviour, when you raised the dead. 8ou tasted corruption, for you .new nothing at all of destruction. 8ou are our God and we glorify you. *et Oion re7oice, and let heaven be glad. 3hrist has risen and raised the dead who sing in praise, <8ou are our God and we glorify you-. #n grave clothes :oseph wrapped your body, " 3hrist, and laid you, our salvation, in a new to!b/ but as God you raised the dead. Anticipating the dawn, the wo!en saw 3hrist and cried to God-s 9isciples/ <3hrist has risen indeed. 3o!e, and with us sing his praise-. Glory. All)holy rinity, one Godhead, Knity without beginning: (ather and Son and divine Spirit, save the world. 8ou are our God and we glorify you. 2oth now. heoto.ion. #n your wo!b you abolished the ancient curse, holy *ady, and in giving birth to a babe you !ade the blessing flower for us/ for he is God, though he bears flesh. Katavasia. he day of Resurrection. "de &.#r!os. 3o!e let us drin. a new drin., not one !arvellously brought forth fro! a barren roc., but the Source of incorruption, which springs up fro! the to!b of 3hrist, in who! we are established. roparia.

?ow all things are filled with light, both heaven and earth and those beneath the earth: so let all creation sing 3hrist-s rising, by which it is established. 8esterday # was buried with you " 3hrist, today # rise with you as you arise: yesterday # was crucified with you, glorify !e with you, Saviour, in your Kingdo!. "f the +other of God. he sa!e #r!os. Holy one, today # return to life undefiled, through the goodness of the "ne born fro! you and whose brightness shines to all the ends of the earth. Seeing God, who! your conceived in the flesh, rising fro! the dead as he said, dance pure +aiden, and !agnify hi! as God, " #!!aculate. "f the +yrrhbearers. #r!os.

C+a.e !y barren !ind bring forth fruit, " God, husband!an of fair
fruits and planter of good things, in your co!passion.D roparia. 6hen you nailed your pal!s to the 3ross, " :esu, and gathered in all the nations fro! error, you invited the! to .nowledge of you, " Saviour. he :ewish people cried out to Pilate, <Release for !e the wic.ed thief. As for the Sinless "ne, away with hi!, away with hi!, crucify hi!-. 6hen you were crucified, " 3hrist, the light grew dar., the earth was sha.en and !any dead rose fro! the to!b through fear of your !ight. Standing by the 3ross, " :esu, your @we)la!b cried out with la!entation, <6here are you going, !y SonA 6here are you departing, *a!b who is slain for allA-

# worship your 3ross, # praise your 2urial, # honour your sufferings, " :esu, the nails in your hands, the lance and the Resurrection. 8ou arose, " :esu/ the ene!y was despoiled, Ada!, and @ve with hi!, was delivered fro! bonds and corruption by your Resurrection. 6hen you arose, " 3hrist, the bars and gates of Hell were s!ashed, and the bonds of death i!!ediately untied, through fear of your !ight. :oseph, who received God, co!e, stand with us and cry, <He has risen, :esus the redee!er, who raised Ada! in his co!passionH*et the twelve 9isciples re7oice with us, with the +yrrhbearing wo!en, with :oseph and 3hrist-s other 9isciples, !en and wo!en. Glory. 6ith the (ather # worship and praise the Son and the right Spirit, the one ?ature, separating the Persons and uniting the @ssence. 2oth now. heoto.ion. 2lessed are you, holy *ady fro! the root of :esse. (ro! you according to the flesh sprang 3hrist, the rod and the flower, for our sa.e. Katavasia. 3o!e let us drin.. Kathis!a. one 1. See.ing things on high. *ovingly bringing spices to your to!b, " Saviour, the wo!en re7oiced in soul at the radiance of the Angel. hey proclai!ed you God of all, and cried out to the 9isciples: < he *ife of all has risen fro! the to!b indeed.Glory. 2oth now. Sa!e one. he choir of your disciples re7oices in har!ony with the +yrrhbearing wo!en, for they celebrate a co!!on feast with the!, to the glory and honour of your Resurrection, and through the! we

cry to you, <" *ord, who love !an.ind, grant to your people your great !ercy-. "de B. #r!os. *et the Prophet Avva.u!, inspired by God, .eep the divine watch with us, and show forth the radiant Angel, who with resounding voice declares, < oday brings salvation to the world, for 3hrist has risen as o!nipotent-. roparia. 3hrist appeared as a <!ale- who opened a virgin wo!b/ but as our food he is called <la!b-/ <unble!ished-, as our Passover without stain/ and <perfect- for he is true God. As a yearling la!b, for us the blessed crown, 3hrist was willingly sacrificed for all, a cleansing Passover/ and fro! the to!b the fair sun of 7ustice has shone for us again. God-s forebear 9avid dancing leaped before the Ar., !ere shadow/ but seeing the fulfil!ent of the types, let us, God-s holy people, inspired, re7oice, for 3hrist is risen as o!nipotent. "f the +other of God. Sa!e #r!os. @ven he who fashioned Ada! your forefather, " holy one, is fashioned fro! you, and by his own death he has today destroyed the death that ca!e through hi!, and shed light on all with the divine bea!s of his Resurrection. Seeing 3hrist, who! you bore, shining in beauty fro! the dead, " Pure "ne, fair and lovely, and spotless a!ong wo!en, as you re7oice to)day with the Apostles at the salvation of all, glorify hi!. "f the +yrrhbearers. he #r!os. (oreseeing your birth fro! a =irgin, the Prophet cried out and proclai!ed, <# heard your report, " 3hrist, and was afraid, for you ca!e fro! he!an and fro! a holy shaded !ountain.roparia.

hrough a 3ross you too. prisoner the belly of Hell, you raised the dead with you and overthrew the tyranny of death. herefore we, Ada!-s descendants, falling down in worship sing the praise of your burial and your Rising, " 3hrist. 8ou were well pleased, our Saviour, through the bowels of your !ercy, to be nailed to the 3ross, and to redee! us fro! the ancestral curse. Release !e fro! the bonds of !y !any offences, for you can acco!plish whatever you will. Having nailed !y ancient curse on the 3ross, " Saviour, and beco!e a source of blessing for !e through the blood fro! your side, release !e fro! the bonds of !y !any offences, for you can acco!plish whatever you will. 6hen Hell !et you in the infernal regions, " Saviour, he was e!bittered, seeing that the dead, who! he of old had had the strength to swallow, now, unwilling, he was giving bac.. he depths below are being scoured, laid bare and despoiled of the dead. hough the stone was sealed, " lawless foes, and the watch set, yet the *ord arose as he foretold, releasing the bonds of !y !any offences, for he can acco!plish whatever he wills. Having risen fro! the dead, despoiled Hell, given life to the dead and beco!e for !e a source of incorruption by your Rising, release the bonds of !y !any offences, for you can acco!plish whatever you will. 2e asha!ed indeed, lawless ones, for 3hrist has risen and raised the dead with hi!, crying, <2e of good courage. # have con,uered the world-. "bey hi! then, or .eep silence, !isguided ones, who deny his Resurrection. Having risen fro! the to!b, " Good "ne, you greeted the +yrrhbearers with the cry, <Re7oice-, and co!!anded the Apostles, <Proclai! !y Rising-/ release the bonds of !y !any offences, for you can acco!plish whatever you will. *et us honour the noble :oseph, >ealot for true religion, counsellor and disciple, with the +yrrhbearers and the Apostles, as we cry out

with the!, and with faith and gladness praise the Saviour-s Resurrection. Glory. 6ho can declare the indivisible glory of the Godhead beyond all beingA (or a rinity in nature is praised, without beginning, identical in nature, praised as a Knity in rinity, with si!ple substances. 2oth now. heoto.ion. Holy =irgin)!other, unceasingly i!plore the "ne who dwelt in your wo!b, who! you bore without pangs, to release !e fro! the bonds of !y !any offences, for you can help whatever you will. Katavasia. *et the Prophet. "de 4. #r!os. *et us arise in the early dawn, and instead of !yrrh, offer praises to the +aster, and we shall see 3hrist, the Sun of Righteousness, who causes life to dawn for all. roparia. hose who were held by the chains of Hell, seeing your !easureless co!passion, press forward to the light, " 3hrist, with 7oyful step, praising an eternal Passover. 6ith torches in our hands let us go forth to !eet 3hrist as he co!es fro! the grave li.e a bridegroo!, and with the festive ran.s of Angels let us feast God-s saving Passover. "f the +other of God. Sa!e #r!os. " i!!aculate +other of God, the asse!bly of the devout is enlightened by the divine and life)giving rays of your Son-s resurrection, and is filled with 7oy. 8ou did not open the gates of the =irgin, when you too. flesh. 8ou did not brea. the seals of the sepulchre, " King of creation. herefore when she saw you risen, she re7oiced.

"f the +yrrhbearers. #r!os.

CHaving scattered the fog of !y soul with the light of your

co!!and!ents, shine on !e as you alone are the King of Peace.D roparia. he ancient gar!ent, which the sower of sin wove for !e, alas, you stripped off !e, !y Saviour, when you clothed yourself in !e. +y sin sewed fig leaves for !e when #, alas, by the counsel of the serpent did not .eep your !ost pure co!!and!ent, !y Saviour. 3o!ing upon !y soul wounded by !y thieving thoughts, 3hrist, the child of +ary, poured oil on it and healed it. Standing by the 3ross the bla!eless +other of God called out as a !other, <8ou have left !e behind alone, !y Son and !y God-. Having overthrown the serpent, origin of evil, with the weapon of your 3ross, you s!ashed the sting of death, " :esu. <6here death is your stingA 6here Hell your victoryA- *et Ada! 7oin the cry. 8ou have been s!ashed by the return to life of hi! who raised the dead. he +yrrh)bearing wo!en, co!ing to the to!b of hi! who gave life to those below, heard a voice saying, <3hrist has risenHAs we celebrate the !e!ory of the devout +yrrhbearers and of all your 9isciples, in your shining Rising, we sing your praise, " 3hrist. *et us all worthily honour the noble one who too. down the *ord-s body fro! the tree and faithfully gave it burial. Glory # worship God, (ather and Son and Spirit, three Persons, and # believe the one to be three with one @ssence. 2oth now. heoto.ion.

6e faithful praise you, who gave birth by a conception beyond nature without seed to hi! who renews nature, 3hrist, the only +aster. Katavasia. *et us rise at dawn. "de ;. #r!os. 8ou went down to the deepest parts of the earth, and you shattered the everlasting bars that held fast those that were fettered, " 3hrist. And on the third day, li.e :onas fro! the whale, you arose fro! the to!b. roparia. Keeping the seals intact " 3hrist, you rose fro! the to!b, you who did not har! the loc.s of the =irgin-s wo!b at your birth, and you have opened to us the gates of Paradise. " !y Saviour, the living, unslain =icti!, as God offering yourself willingly to the (ather, you raised with yourself all Ada!-s race in rising fro! the to!b. "f the +other of God. he sa!e #r!os. Prisoner of old of death and corruption, the hu!an race has been brought bac. through hi! was too. flesh fro! your spotless wo!b to incorruptible and everlasting life, " =irgin +other of God. He who went down into your wo!b, " pure +aiden, dwelt there and too. flesh beyond understanding, went down into the lowest parts of the earth and raised Ada! with hi!self when he rose fro! the to!b. "f the +yrrhbearers. #r!os.

C# a! ever held by an abyss of sins, and # a! sin.ing deep in the sea

of life. 2ut li.e :onas fro! the beast, bring !e up and save !e.D roparia.

Hell is dead. a.e courage, you who are born of earth, for 3hrist, hung upon the tree, has hurled away the sword against hi! and Hell lies dead. (or, stripped na.ed, he has been despoiled of those he held. <Hell has been despoiledH a.e courage you deadH he graves have been opened, ariseH- 3hrist, who ca!e to ranso! all !an.ind fro! death and corruption, cries out to you fro! Hell. <?ow, Hell, you have orders. Give !e bac. the dead you once had strength to swallow-, the *ife)giver and God, who ca!e to ranso! all !an.ind fro! your insatiable !aw, cries out to you. he *ord has risen, having despoiled the foe and delivered the prisoners. He has brought bac. all !an.ind and raised Ada! the first)for!ed, for he is co!passionate and loves !an.ind. Having wrapped you in a winding sheet, " 3hrist, the noble :oseph laid you in a grave. having anointed the te!ple of your body which had been destroyed, he rolled a great stone to the !outh of the sepulchre. " +yrrh)bearing wo!en, why do you still hurryA 6hy do you bring spices for the livingA 3hrist has risen as he foretold. *et your tears cease: they have changed to 7oy. Glory. *et us believers praise the rinity in Knity, glorifying the (ather with the Son, and the Spirit consubstantial with the Son, and hi! who with the (ather is without beginning and eternal God. 2oth now. heoto.ion. *i.e a vine, pure +aiden, you conceived unhusbanded in your wo!b the Grape 3luster of incorruption, fro! which for us the strea!s of i!!ortality pour out, li.e wine, eternal life. Katavasia. 8ou went down. Konta.ion. +odel +elody. one 1.

6hen you cried to the +yrrhbearers, <Re7oiceH-, 3hrist our God, you ended the la!ent of our fore!other @ve by your resurrection, while you ordered your Apostles to proclai!, < he Saviour has risen fro! the grave-. he #.os. As they went to your to!b, " Saviour, the +yrrhbearers were troubled a!ong the!selves in !ind and they said, <6ho will roll away the stone fro! the grave for usA- And loo.ing up they see that the stone has been rolled away. hey were a!a>ed by the appearance of the Angel and his rai!ent/ they were sei>ed with fright and thought to flee/ but the young !an cried out to the!, <9o not be afraid. he one you see. has risen. 3o!e, see the place where the body of :esus was laid and going ,uic.ly tell his disciples: he Saviour has risen fro! the grave-. Syna%arion fro! the +enaion, then the following: "n the sa!e day, the third Sunday fro! Pascha, we celebrate the feast of the +yrrhbearers. 6e also re!e!ber :oseph of Ari!atheia, who was a disciple in secret, as well as ?i.ode!os, the disciple by night. =erses 6o!en 9isciples bring sweet spice to 3hrist/ 6hile # to the!, li.e spices, bring !y hy!n. "de E. #r!os. He who delivered the 3hildren fro! the furnace, beco!ing !an suffers as a !ortal, and through suffering he clothes the !ortal with the glory of incorruption: the only blessed and !ost glorious God of our fathers. roparia. he holy wo!en hastened after you with sweet spices. 6ho! they sought with tears as a !ortal, they worshipped with 7oy as the living God, and they proclai!ed the !ystic Passover, " 3hrist, to your disciples.

6e feast death-s slaughter, the overthrow of Hell, the first fruits of a new eternal life: and dancing we hy!n the cause: the only blessed and !ost glorious God of our fathers. How truly holy and all)festive is this saving night, how full of light, herald of the bright day of the resurrection, in which the ti!eless *ight shone bodily for all fro! the to!b. "f the +other of God. he sa!e #r!os. Having slain death, your Son today, All)bla!eless one, has given to all !ortals life that endures to ages of ages, he the only blessed and highly e%alted God of our fathers. He who reigns over all creation, beco!ing !an, dwelt in your wo!b, " full of God-s grace, and having endured 3ross and death, he has risen as God and raised us with hi!, for he is all powerful. "f the +yrrhbearers. #r!os. C#!itating the 3herubi!, the 8ouths in the furnace, danced and cried out, <2lessed are you, " God, for with truth and 7udge!ent you have brought all these things upon us because of our sins/ you who are highly praised and glorified to all the ages.-D roparia. 6ishing, as you love !an.ind, to save fro! error all those you had fashioned, you endured being nailed to the 3ross, that in your flesh, " Saviour, you !ight renew the i!age s!othered by the passions/ and having overthrown Hell you raised up the dead with yourself. *ifted up on the cross, " +erciful, you called all to yourself, as you had pro!ised, " Good "ne/ for you were well)pleased in truth to suffer all these things because of our sins/ so too you opened the gates of Paradise to the thief, " Saviour. he te!ple of your body, which had been destroyed, you raised on the third day, as you had pro!ised, " Good "ne, that in truth you !ight !a.e .nown your glory, which you pour out upon us through the faith, having freed the prisoners who! Hell of old held captive.

" the !adness of the :ewsH " the fren>y of the lawlessH 6hat had you seen which was unbelievable, that you did not believe 3hristA hat he did not raise the sic. with a wordA hat he did not save the whole world hi!selfA #f not the soldiers, then let those risen fro! the dead convince you. *et the guards, who beca!e as dead !en, now say how he was stolen, who! they did not see, being wholly without sensation. (or if they did not see, did not perceive hi! risen, how then could they ever thin. he had been stolenA *et the! convince you, and also this stone and 3hrist-s grave clothes. 6hy do you guard hi! li.e a corpseA 6hy have you set seals on the stone, " :ewsA (earing theftA See, the to!b was truly sealed. How then did 3hrist arise unless he was GodA *et those who arose and were seen by !any persuade you. Glory. 6ith the (ather we glorify the Son and the Holy Spirit, crying out with unceasing voice, < rinity, single @ssence, have !ercy. Save us all, Knity in three Persons. Have pity, " God, glorified to the ages-. 2oth now. heoto.ion. How did you contain as a child in your wo!b, " #!!aculate, hi! before who! as God the angelic powers tre!bleA Knless as he willed, as he .new how, he too. up his dwelling, wishing to save the those born fro! earth, Ada!-s seed, by freeing Ada! fro! that curse which ca!e through the bitter eating. Katavasia. he only blessed. "de F. #r!os. his chosen and holy day is the first of Sabbaths, the Lueen and *ady, the (east of (easts and the (estival of (estivals on which we bless 3hrist to all the ages. roparia.

3o!e let us share in the new fruit of the vine, of 7oy divine, and in the .ingdo! of 3hrist, on the glorious day of the Resurrection, hy!ning Hi! as God to all the ages. *ift your eyes around you, " Sion, and see: for behold li.e beacons shedding light divine your children have co!e to you, fro! 6est and ?orth, fro! the Sea and fro! the @ast, blessing 3hrist in you to all the ages. Al!ighty (ather, 6ord and Spirit, nature united in three Persons, beyond all being and beyond all Godhead, into you we have been baptised and we bless you to all the ages. "f the +other of God. he sa!e #r!os. As the 3reator ca!e into the world through you, =irgin +other of God, tearing open the belly of Hell, he granted us !ortals the Resurrection/ therefore we bless hi! to the ages. 8our Son, " =irgin, having overthrown the !ight of death by his resurrection, as a !ighty God has e%alted us with hi!self and !ade us divine/ therefore we praise hi! to the ages. "f the +yrrhbearers. #r!os. C he "ne who foreshadowed for +oses in the bush on +ount Sinai the wonder of the =irgin, praise, bless and highly e%alt to all the ages.D roparia. he rays of the sun cowered with fear at the sufferings of 3hrist, the dead were raised, the !ountains were sha.en, the earth ,ua.ed and Hell was stripped bare. he thrice)blessed 8ouths in the furnace of old raised their hands, typifying your !ost pure 3ross, through which, " 3hrist, you overthrew the power of the foe. " blind :ews, deceivers and transgressors, who do not trust 3hrist-s Resurrection, as though it was a lie, what do you see that you cannot believeA hat 3hrist has risen, he who raised the deadA

" hostile :ews, even though you do not believe us, as. your own soldiers what they e%perienced. 6ho with their hands rolled the stone away fro! the graveA 6ho withered the fig)treeA 6ho healed the withered handA 6ho once fed the !ultitudes in the desertA #f not 3hrist God, who raised the dead. 6ho gave light to the blind, healed lepers, cured the la!e and wal.ed on the sea dry)shod as though on landA #f not 3hrist God, who raised the dead. 6ho raised fro! the to!b one four days dead, and the widow-s sonA 6ho gave strength to the paralytic on his bedA #f not 3hrist God, who raised the dead. he stone itself cries out, the seals, which you placed yourselves when you posted the sentries to guard the grave, shout aloud, <3hrist has risen indeed, and lives to the ages-. 3hrist has risen indeed, Hell is despoiled, the serpent slain, Ada! redee!ed, those below are saved. 6hy do you persist in unbelief, foes and transgressorsA Glory. 6ith the (ather we glorify the Son and the Holy Spirit, the holy rinity in one Godhead, as we cry, <Holy, Holy, Holy are you to the ages-. 2oth now. he stone itself cries out, the seals, which you placed yourselves when you posted the sentries to guard the grave, shout aloud, <3hrist has risen indeed, and lives to the ages-. 3hrist has risen indeed, Hell is despoiled, the serpent slain, Ada! redee!ed, those below are saved. 6hy do you persist in unbelief, foes and transgressorsA Glory.

6ith the (ather we glorify the Son and the Holy Spirit, the holy rinity in one Godhead, as we cry, <Holy, Holy, Holy are you to the ages-. 2oth now. heoto.ion. #n your wo!b, pure +aiden, you bore without change the ever)living bread, co!pounded unco!poundedly with our co!position, one 3hrist, God, in the two @ssences. Katavasia. his chosen. "de G. #r!os. +egalynarion: +agnify, " !y soul, hi! who suffered willingly, and was buried, and arose fro! the grave on the third day. Shine, shine, " ?ew :erusale!, for the glory of the *ord has risen upon you/ dance now and be glad, " Sion, and you too re7oice, " pure +other of God, at the arising of hi! to who! you gave birth. +egalynarion: +agnify, " !y soul, 3hrist the Giver of life, who arose fro! the grave on the third day. Shine, shine, " ?ew :erusale!, for the glory of the *ord has risen upon you/ dance now and be glad, " Sion, and you too re7oice, " pure +other of God, at the arising of hi! to who! you gave birth. +egalynarion: 3hrist is the new Passover, the living sacrificial victi!, the *a!b of God, who ta.es away the sin of the world. " your divine and beloved and sweetest voice/ you have truly pro!ised that you will be with us unto the end of the world, " 3hrist/ and we faithful re7oice, having this as an anchor of hope. +egalynarion: o)day the whole creation is glad and re7oices, for 3hrist has risen and Hell has been despoiled. " great and !ost sacred Pascha, 3hrist/ " 6isdo! and 6ord and Power of GodH Grant that we !ay parta.e of you fully in the unwaning day of your Kingdo!.

"f the +other of God. he sa!e #r!os. ?ow in har!ony, " =irgin, we faithful call you blessed. Hail, gate of the *ordH Hail, living cityH Hail, through who! today the light of the Resurrection fro! the dead of hi! who was born fro! you has shone for usH Re7oice, be glad, divine Gate of the *ight/ for :esus who set in the to!b has dawned, shining !ore brightly than the sun, and shedding his rays on all the faithful, " Sovereign *ady, full of God-s grace. "f the +yrrhbearers. #r!os. C he one who in her wo!b conceived in flesh the 6ord, who shone fro! the (ather beyond ti!e, in never)silent hy!ns let us the faithful !agnify.D roparia. he thief who ac.nowledged you on the 3ross as God, All)powerful Saviour, you !ade heir to the spiritual Paradise when he cried, <Re!e!ber-. 8ou were struc., you were spat upon by the lawless for our sa.e, " :esu, who traced the tables of the law on Sinai for your servant +oses. 8ou were given vinegar and gall to drin. for our sa.e, " Saviour, who give us your 2ody and your precious 2lood as the food and drin. of your eternal life. 6hen your life)giving side was pierced by the lance, " 3hrist, you poured out your i!!aculate 2lood and precious 6ater as an ever) living spring for the world. 8ou, who brought the dead to life, were nu!bered a!ong the dead. 8ou, who e!ptied the to!bs, were laid in a to!b. 8ou despoiled Hell in raising Ada!. 8ou arose, " :esu. he foe was bound, Hell despoiled, to!bs stripped bare, those below raised, as they worshipped you, " 3hrist.

6ho stole the dead bodyA And !oreover na.edA 6hy are you deceived, " :ewsA 3hrist has risen and the bonds and bars of hell have been unloosed. Glory to you, 3hrist Saviour, who poured out life, !ade light dawn for those in the dar.ness of ignorance, and shone over all the earth by your Rising. *et the noble counsellor :oseph be praised with the +yrrhbearers and the godly 9isciples, as he too is a herald of 3hrist-s Rising. Glory. 8ou are without beginning, " (ather/ you are uncreated, " Son/ you are e,ual in ran., " Holy Spirit/ the three one in nature and three in persons, one true God. 2oth now. heoto.ion. *et :esse re7oice and 9avid dance, for see, the =irgin, the ste! of God-s planting, has blosso!ed with the flower, 3hrist the ever)living. Katavasia. Holy is the *ord our God C%&D. @%apostilarion of Pascha. one 1. Having fallen asleep in the flesh as one !ortal, " King and *ord, you rose again on the third day, raising up Ada! fro! corruption, and abolishing death. Pascha of incorruption/ salvation of the world. Another, of the +yrrhbearers. +odel +elody. Sa!e one. 6o!en hear a voice of gladness, < ra!pling on the tyrant Hell, # have raised the world fro! corruption. Run, tell !y friends the good tidings, for # wish 7oy to shine on what # fashioned fro! the source fro! which ca!e grief-. At *auds we insert F stichera, B of the Resurrection and B of Anatolios.

Shine, shine.

one 1. *et everything that has breath and every creature glorify you, " *ord, for through the 3ross you have abolished death, that you !ight show the peoples your Resurrection fro! the dead, as you alone love !an.ind. *et the :ews say how the soldiers lost the .ing they were guarding. (or why did the stone not guard the Roc. of lifeA *et the! hand over the buried one, or worship the Risen "ne, saying with us: Glory to the !ultitude of your !ercies, our Saviour, glory to you. Re7oice you peoples and be glad. he Angel sat on the stone of the grave: he brought you the good news, saying: 3hrist has risen fro! the dead, the Saviour of the world, and filled the universe with fragrance. Re7oice you peoples and be glad. An Angel before your conception brought the greeting <Hail- to her that was full of grace. An Angel rolled away the stone of your glorious grave at your Resurrection. he one instead of grief revealed signs of 7oy/ the other instead of death proclai!ed to us a +aster, giver of life. herefore we cry to you, <2enefactor of all !an.ind, *ord, glory to youH"ther Stichera of Anatolios. he wo!en sprin.led sweet spices with their tears upon your grave, and their !ouths were filled with 7oy as they said, < he *ord has risenH*et nations and peoples praise 3hrist our God, who willingly endured the 3ross for us and spent three days in hell/ and let the! worship his Resurrection fro! the dead, through which all the ends of the world have been filled with light. 8ou were crucified, you were buried, " 3hrist, as you willed/ you despoiled death as God and +aster, granting the world eternal life and your great !ercy. #n truth, lawless ones, by sealing the to!b you have granted us a greater !arvel/ the guards have the .nowledge/ today he ca!e fro! the grave, and they said: 8ou said that while we slept the

9isciples ca!e and stole hi!. And who steals a corpse, especially one that is na.edA 2ut he has risen by his own authority as God, leaving behind his grave)clothes in the to!b. 3o!e, " :ews, see how he did not burst the seals the "ne who tra!pled on death and grants the hu!an race life without end and his great !ercy. Glory. @othinon B. one B. #t was early dawn and the wo!en ca!e to your grave, " 3hrist, but the body which they longed for was not found/ therefore they were !uch perple%ed. hen those in da>>ling gar!ents ca!e to the! and said, <6hy do you see. the living with the deadA He has risen as he foretold. 6hy have you forgotten his wordsA- 3onvinced by this they proclai!ed what they had seen. 2ut the good tidings see!ed an idle tale, so dull were the disciples still. 2ut Peter ran, and having seen, glorified your wonders to hi!self. 2oth now. one 4. #t is the day of Resurrection/ let us be radiant for the festival, and let us e!brace one another. *et us say, " brethren, even to those who hate us: let us forgive all things at the Resurrection, and so let us cry: 3hrist is risen fro! the dead/ death he tra!pled down by death, and to those in the to!bs he has given life. Great 9o%ology and 9is!issal

Sunday of the Paralysed Man.

At Great Vespers.
After 3hrist has risen, at *ord # have cried we insert 05 Stichera, and we sing E of the Resurrection fro! the "ctoichos. one &. 2y your 3ross, 3hrist Saviour, death-s !ight has been abolished, the devil-s deception destroyed, while the hu!an race, saved by faith, each evening offers you its hy!n.

2y your Resurrection, *ord, the universe has been filled with light and Paradise has been opened again, while all creation as it sings your praise, each evening offers you its hy!n. # glorify the power of the (ather and the Son, and # praise the authority of the Holy Spirit, undivided, uncreated Godhead, consubstantial rinity, that reigns fro! age to age. "ther Stichera, by Anatolios. 6e worship your precious 3ross, " 3hrist, and we praise and glorify your Resurrection, for by your stripes we have all been healed. 6e praise the Saviour who too. flesh fro! the =irgin/ for he was crucified for us and rose on the third day, granting us his great !ercy. Going down to those in Hades, 3hrist proclai!ed the good tidings, saying, <2e of good courage/ now have # con,ueredH # a! the Resurrection/ # will bring you up, abolishing the gates of death-. 6e who stand unworthily in your !ost pure house sing an evening hy!n, as we cry out of the depths, <3hrist God, who enlightened the world by your Resurrection on the third day, deliver your people fro! the hand of your foes, " *over of !an.ind-. wo #dio!el Stichera of the Paralytic. one 0. 3o!passionate 3hrist, who fashioned hu!an.ind with your i!!aculate hand, you ca!e to heal the sic.. 8ou raised the Paralytic at the Sheep Pool through your word/ you cured the pain of the wo!an with the issue of blood/ you had pity on the possessed daughter of the wo!an of 3anaan/ and you did not despise the re,uest of the 3enturion. herefore we cry: All)powerful *ord, glory to youH $ wice' An unburied corpse, the Paralytic, when he saw you, cried out, <Have !ercy on !e, *ord, for !y bed has beco!e for !e a to!b. 6hat does life hold for !eA # cannot crave the Sheep Pool, for # have no one to put !e in when the waters are stirred up. 2ut # co!e to you, the source of healing, that # !ay cry with all: All)powerful *ord, glory to youH-

Glory. one 4. :esus went up to :erusale!, to the Sheep Pool, called by the :ews 2ethesda, having five porches. (or in these lay a great !ultitude of the sic.. (or an Angel of God would co!e at fro! ti!e to ti!e, stir it up and grant strength to those who approached with faith. And the *ord, seeing a !an who had been sic. for !any years, said to hi!, <9o you want to be !ade wholeA- he sic. !an answered, <Sir, # have no one to put !e into the pool when the water is stirred up. # have spent all !y livelihood on physicians, and it has not been granted !e to find !ercy-. 2ut the physician of souls and bodies said to hi!, < a.e up your bed and wal., while proclai!ing !y power and !y great !ercy in the ends of the earth.2oth now. heoto.ion. one &. How should we not !arvel at your "ffspring, who is both God and !an, all)honoured oneA (or without .nowing !an, " all)bla!eless, you gave birth in the flesh to a Son without father, begotten fro! the (ather before the ages without !other, in no way undergoing change, or !i%ture or separation, but preserving intact the identity of either nature. herefore, Sovereign *ady, =irgin +other, i!plore hi! that the souls !ay be saved of those who with right belief ac.nowledge you as +other of God. At the *iti. he Sticheron of the Saint of the +onastery. Glory. one 4. 3o!position of Kou!oulas. A !an was lying in sic.ness at the Sheep Pool, and seeing you, *ord, he cried out, <# have no one when the water is stirred up to put !e in it. 6hile # a! !oving forward another gets there before !e and receives the healing, while # lie sic.-. And at once the Saviour, !oved with co!passion, says to hi!, <(or your sa.e # have beco!e !an, for your sa.e # have clothed !yself in flesh, yet you say <# have no one-A a.e up your bed, and wal.H- All things are possible for you, all things obey you, all things are sub7ect to you/ re!e!ber us all and have !ercy, " Holy "ne, as you love hu!an.ind. 2oth now. he sa!e tone.

8ou are the te!ple, the gate, the palace and the throne of the King, all)honoured =irgin/ through you !y Redee!er, 3hrist the *ord, has appeared to those who sleep in dar.ness, for he is the Sun of 7ustice, who wishes to enlighten all those who! he fashioned according to his own i!age, by his own hand. herefore, all)praised "ne, as you have a !other-s boldness towards hi!, intercede with hi! unceasingly that our souls !ay be saved. At the Aposticha, Resurrection Sticheron. one &. 2y your passion, " 3hrist, you dar.ened the sun, and by the light of your Resurrection you !ade the whole universe radiant. Accept our evening hy!n, " *over of !an.ind. hen the @aster Stichera with their =erses. one 4. =erse: *et God arise and let his ene!ies be scattered, and let those that hate hi! flee before his face. A sacred Pascha has been shown forth to us to)day, a new and holy Pascha, a !ystic Pascha, an all)venerable Pascha, a Pascha that is 3hrist the Redee!er, a spotless Pascha, a great Pascha, a Pascha of the faithful, a Pascha that has opened to us the gates of Paradise, a Pascha that hallows all the faithful. =erse: As s!o.e vanishes, so let the! vanish, as wa% !elts before the fire. 3o!e fro! the scene, " wo!en bearers of good tidings, and say to Oion: Receive fro! us the tidings of 7oy, of the Resurrection of 3hrist. @%ult, dance and be glad, " :erusale!, for you have seen 3hrist the King as a bridegroo! co!e forth fro! the to!b. =erse: So let sinners perish at the presence of God, and let the 7ust be glad. he +yrrh)bearing wo!en at early dawn ca!e near the to!b of the Giver of life/ they found an Angel sitting on the stone, and he, addressing the! in this !anner, said: 6hy do you see. the living

a!ong the deadA 6hy do you !ourn the #ncorruptible a!id corruptionA Go, proclai! it to his 9isciples. =erse: his is the day that the *ord has !ade. *et us be glad and re7oice in it. A Pascha of delight, Pascha, the *ord-s Pascha, an all)venerable Pascha has dawned for us, a Pascha on which let us e!brace one another with 7oy. " Pascha, ranso! fro! sorrowH o)day 3hrist has shone forth fro! the to!b as fro! a bridal cha!ber, and has filled the wo!en with 7oy, saying: Proclai! it to the Apostles. Glory. one F. #n Solo!on-s Porch a great crowd of sic. was lying, and at the !id) point of the (east, 3hrist, finding a paralytic who had been lying there for thirty eight years, said to hi! with the voice of the +aster, <9o you want to be !ade wholeA- he sic. !an answered hi!, <Sir, # have no !an to put !e in the pool when the water is stirred up-. 2ut he said to hi!, < a.e up your bed. See, you have been !ade whole. Sin no !ore.- At the prayers of the +other of God, " *ord, send down upon us your great !ercy. 2oth now. one 4. #t is the day of Resurrection/ let us be radiant for the festival, and let us e!brace one another. *et us say, brethren, even to those who hate us: let us forgive all things at the Resurrection, and so let us cry: 3hrist has risen fro! the dead/ by death he has tra!pled on death, and to those in the graves given life. Apolyti.ion. one &. *et everything in heaven re7oice, let everything on earth be glad, for the *ord has shown strength with his ar!/ by death he has tra!pled on death/ he has beco!e the first)born fro! the dead/ fro! the belly of Hell he has delivered us, and granted the world his great !ercy. heoto.ion.

=irgin +other of God, we praise you as the !eans of the salvation of our race/ for your Son and our God, who through the 3ross accepted suffering in the flesh he had ta.en fro! you, has redee!ed us fro! corruption, for he loves hu!an.ind. And 9is!issal.

At Matins.
After the 0st Psalter reading, Kathis!ata of the Resurrection. one &. 3hrist has risen fro! the dead, the first fruit of those who sleep/ the first born of creation, and creator of all that has co!e into being/ he has renewed in hi!self the nature of our race that had perished. 9eath, you no longer lord it, because the +aster of all has abolished your !ight. Glory. Having tasted death in the flesh, *ord, you cut out the bitterness of death by your Rising, and you strengthened !an.ind against it, revo.ing the defeat of the ancient curse. " Protector of our life, *ord, glory to you. 2oth now. heoto.ion. +odel !elody. Awed by the beauty of your virginity, and by the splendour of your purity, Gabriel cried aloud to you, " +other of God, <How can # praise you as # shouldA 2y what na!e shall # address youA # a! troubled and a!a>ed. herefore as # was co!!anded # cry to you: Hail, full of graceHAfter the 1nd Psalter reading, Kathis!ata. one &. Awed by the beauty. Having accepted all that is hu!an, having !ade your own all that is ours, you were well)pleased, !y +a.er, to be nailed on a cross/

having chosen to endure death as !an, that you !ight redee! hu!anity fro! death as God/ therefore as Giver of life we cry out to you: Glory, " 3hrist, to your co!passionH Glory. All things in heaven re7oiced with longing, all those on earth stood a!a>ed with fear, when the i!!aculate voice ca!e to you, " +other of God: for one festival shone on both, because he delivered the (irst)for!ed fro! death: therefore with the Angel we cry out to you: Hail, pure =irgin)!otherH After Psal! 00F, the @vlogitaria. hen the 8pa.oJ. one &. errifying the! by his appearance, cal!ing the! by his words, the da>>ling Angel said to the +yrrh)bearing wo!en: <6hy do you see. the living in the graveA Know that the 3hanger of corruption is the Knchangeable/ say to God: How fearful are your wor.sH (or you have saved the hu!an race.hen the Anavath!i of the one. Antiphon 0. 8ou rescued fro! 2abylon the captivity of Oion: snatch !e too fro! the passions into life, " 6ord. hose who sow in the south with God)given tears will reap in 7oy ever)living sheaves. Glory. 2oth now. (ro! the Holy Spirit the giving of all good things shines out as fro! the (ather and the Son, in who! all things live and !ove. Antiphon 1. #f the *ord does not build the house of the virtues, we labour in vain: but when he protects the soul, no one sac.s our city. (ro! the fruit of the wo!b the Saints are ever by the Spirit !ade sons to you, " 3hrist, as to the (ather.

Glory. 2oth now. 2y the Holy Spirit are seen all holiness and wisdo!, for he gives e%istence to all creation. *et us worship hi!, for he is God, with the (ather and the Son. Antiphon &. hose who fear the *ord are blessed, they wal. in the paths of his co!!and!ents: for they eat every fruit which has life. 2e glad, 3hief Shepherd, seeing your offspring around your table: bearing branches of good wor.s. Glory. 2oth now. 6ith the Holy Spirit is all the wealth of glory, fro! who! co!es grace and life to all creation: for he is hy!ned with the (ather and the 6ord. Pro.ei!enon. Say a!ong the nations that the *ord is .ing: he has !ade the world so fir! that it can never be !oved. =erse: Sing to the *ord a new song: sing to the *ord all the earth. hen *et everything that has breath, Resurrection Gospel 4. Having seen the Resurrection. Psal! 45 etc. he 3anons of @aster, with the #r!i, and of the +other of God to F, and that of the Paralysed +an to ;. @aster 3anon. one 0. "de 0. #r!os. he day of Resurrection, let us be radiant, " peoples: Pascha, the *ord-s Pascha/ for 3hrist God has brought us fro! death to life, and fro! earth to heaven, as we sing the triu!phal song. roparia.

*et us purify our senses, and we shall see 3hrist shining forth, in the unapproachable light of the resurrection, and we shall clearly hear Hi! saying <Re7oiceH-, as we sing the triu!phal song. *et the heavens as is fitting re7oice, and let the earth be glad, let the whole world, both seen and unseen, .eep the feast: for 3hrist has risen, our eternal 7oy. 3anon of the +other of God. one 0. he Acrostic in the first roparia: heophan. "de 0. he sa!e #r!os. he boundary of death you forced open, all)pure =irgin, by bearing 3hrist the eternal *ife, who shone out to)day fro! the to!b, and enlightened the world. Having seen your Son and God risen fro! the dead, you re7oice with the Apostles, " holy and full of grace, and as cause of the 7oy of all, " all)pure +other of God, you first received the greeting <Re7oice-. 3anon of the Paralysed +an. one &. 6hose Acrostic is in the Gth "de: :oseph. 3o!position of :oseph of hessaloni.i. "de 0. he #r!os. C" God, you are glorious in your wonders/ you do !arvels/ you turned the deep into earth, covered chariots and saved a people who sing to you, as God our redee!er.D roparia. " only King, who perfor! signs and do !arvels, as !erciful you willingly underwent the 3ross/ having put death to death by death, you have given us life. At 3hrist-s Rising let us dance with faith today, " peoples: Hell has been despoiled/ rapidly he gave up the prisoners he held, as they hy!ned the wonderful wor.s of God. " 3hrist, who once with divine power braced the li!bs of the paralytic by your word and ordered hi! who had been wea. for !any years to ta.e up his bed, heal !y fearso!ely sic. soul.

"nce the Angel would co!e down into the Sheep Pool and cure one person each year/ but now by divine 2aptis! 3hrist cleanses unnu!bered !ultitudes. Prince of Angels, 3hief 3aptain of the !inisters on high, protect, and guard those who have co!e together in your venerable te!ple and who sing God-s praises. Glory. 6ith the 2odiless ones let us ceaselessly sing the praise of God without beginning in three persons but one nature, (ather, 6ord, Spirit, with .ingdo! and !ight undivided. 2oth now. heoto.ion. " holy one, ever save this your city, which honours you, fro! dangers, capture by aliens, civil war, the sword and every other threat. Katavasia. he day of Resurrection. "de &. #r!os. 3o!e let us drin. a new drin., not one !arvellously brought forth fro! a barren roc., but the Source of incorruption, which springs up fro! the to!b of 3hrist, in who! we are established. roparia. ?ow all things are filled with light, both heaven and earth and those beneath the earth: so let all creation sing 3hrist-s rising, by which it is established. 8esterday # was buried with 8ou " 3hrist, to)day # rise with 8ou as 8ou arise: yesterday # was crucified with 8ou, glorify !e with 8ou, Saviour, in your Kingdo!. "f the +other of God. he sa!e #r!os.

Holy one, to)day # return to life undefiled through the goodness of Hi! who was born fro! you and whose brightness shines to the ends of the earth. Seeing the God, who! you conceived in the flesh, rising fro! the dead as he said, " holy one, dance/ and !agnify hi! as God, " i!!aculate. "f the Paralysed +an. he #r!os. C2arren and sterile soul, ac,uire fruit of good renown, and blessed with offspring cry out: !y heart is established/ none is holy/ none is 7ust but you, " *ord.D roparia. he sun of old seeing you hanging upon the tree, " 6ord, withdrew its light, the whole earth was sha.en/ when you died the dead arose, " all)powerful. 6hen you ca!e with your soul to the belly of the earth, Hell speedily gave up the souls he had ac,uired, which loudly sang a song of than.s to your !ight, " only *ord. " !ost Good, heal !y soul which for !any !any years has been grievously sic./ that # !ay tread the paths which you have !ar.ed out for those who long for you. 6ith the ran.s on high !a.e intercession, " Archangel of God, for those who hy!n you in faith, guarding and protecting us who fall into the snares of life-s passions. Glory. Glory let us cry aloud to (ather, Son and Spirit: for God is one by nature, who! all the powers of heaven glorify in fear, crying: Holy, Holy, HolyH 2oth now. heoto.ion. 8our conceiving was without seed, your child)bearing beyond understanding, " i!!aculate =irgin)!other/ an aweso!e thing,

greatest !arvel, feared by Angels, glorified by !ortals, " +aiden, Sovereign *ady . Katavasia. 3o!e let us drin.. Kathis!ata. one &. A word alone braced the li!bs of the paralytic, when the universal word of hi! who through co!passion appeared on earth for our sa.es was uttered/ and so too he wal.ed on carrying his bed, although the Scribes could not bear to see what had been done, held as they were by wic.ed envy which paralyses souls. Glory. 2oth now. heoto.ion. +odel +elody. Awed by the beauty of your virginity, and by the splendour of your purity, Gabriel cried aloud to you, " +other of God: <How can # praise you as # shouldA 2y what na!e shall # invo.e youA # a! troubled and a!a>ed. herefore, as # was co!!anded, # cry to you: Hail, full of graceH"de B. #r!os. *et the Prophet Avva.u!, inspired by God, .eep the divine watch with us, and show forth the radiant Angel, who with resounding voice declares: < o)day brings salvation to the world, for 3hrist has risen as o!nipotent-. roparia. 3hrist appeared as a !ale who opened a virgin wo!b: but as our food he is called <la!b-: <unble!ished-, as our Passover without stain: and <perfect- for he is true God. As a yearling la!b, for us the blessed crown, 3hrist was willingly sacrificed for all, a cleansing Passover: and fro! the to!b the fair sun of 7ustice has shone for us again. God-s forebear 9avid dancing leaped before the Ar., !ere shadow : but seeing the fulfil!ent of the types, let us, God-s holy people, inspired, re7oice, for 3hrist is risen as o!nipotent.

"f the +other of God. Sa!e #r!os. @ven He who fashioned Ada! your forefather, " holy one, is fashioned fro! you, and by his own death He has destroyed Ada!-s death to)day, and shed light on all with the divine bea!s of his Resurrection. Seeing 3hrist, who! your bore, shining in beauty fro! the dead, " Pure one, fair and lovely and spotless a!ong wo!en, as you re7oice to)day with the Apostles at the salvation of all, glorify hi!. "f the Paralysed +an. he #r!os. C#n the shadowed !ountain Avva.u! foresaw your i!!aculate wo!b, " Pure one, therefore he raised the cry: God will co!e fro! he!an and the Holy "ne fro! a shadowed, wooded !ountain.D roparia. 3onsu!ed by envy the Hebrew people crucified you on a tree, " *ord/ and having annulled the sentence of death, you rose fro! the dead as !ighty, raising the world with you. <6hy, " wo!en, do you see. the ine%haustible Sweetness with sweet spicesA he has risen-, the one who was seated clothed in white said to the +yrrhbearers, <and fills the whole world with fragrance. 2earing the i!age of a servant in your surpassing co!passion, " 6ord, you passed by on your way and restored health to the !an who had lain sic. for !any years, and ordered hi! to ta.e up his bed. An Angel of the *ord went down at a certain ti!e and stirred up the water in the Sheep Pool, !a.ing one, and only one person well/ but 3hrist saves countless !ultitudes by divine 2aptis!. Prince of the Angels, guide of the erring, God-s 3hief 3aptain, be a!ong us at this hour, and offer all our prayers to the only +a.er and +aster. Glory.

he holy rinity is united in nature, divided in persons: the (ather beyond all being, and the co)eternal Son and the Holy and alone all) powerful Spirit. 2oth now. heoto.ion. How did you give suc., " pure oneA How give birth to an infant !ore ancient than Ada!A How bear in your e!brace as Son hi! who is borne on the shoulders of the 3herubi!A As he understands, as he .nows, he who gave everything being. Katavasia. *et the Prophet. "de 4. #r!os. *et us arise in the early dawn, and instead of !yrrh, offer praises to the +aster/ and we shall see 3hrist, the Sun of :ustice, who causes life to dawn for all. roparia. hose who were held by Hades- bonds, seeing your !easureless co!passion, press forward to the light, " 3hrist, with 7oyful step, praising an eternal Passover. 6ith torches in our hands let us go forth to !eet 3hrist as he co!es fro! the grave, li.e a bridegroo!, and with the festive ran.s of Angels, let us feast God-s saving Passover. "f the +other of God. Sa!e #r!os. " pure +other of God, the asse!bly of the devout is enlightened by the divine, lifegiving rays of the Resurrection of your Son, and is filled with 7oy. 8ou did not open the gates of the =irgin, when 8ou too. flesh/ 8ou did not brea. the seals of the grave, " King of creation. herefore when she saw 8ou risen, she re7oiced. "f the Paralysed +an. he #r!os.

CShed on !y hu!ble soul, " 3hrist, the rays of your light which .nows no evening, and guide !e to the fear of you/ for your co!!ands are light.D roparia. 8ou were lifted up on the tree of the 3ross and you lifted up the whole world with you/ and a!ong the dead as God you raise those who have been dead since ti!e began. 3hrist has risen as he said, having e!ptied the palaces of Hell, and he appears to the Apostles, giving the! a share in the 7oy that lasts forever. A snow)white, da>>ling Angel appeared to the wo!en saying, <9o not weep. "ur life has arisen, having given life to the dead in the graves-. As you raised the Paralysed +an, " 3hrist, heal !y soul crippled by transgressions, and lead !e aright to wal. in your straight paths. +ichael, Prince of Angels, save the people which throngs your te!ple to)day and proclai!s the wonderful wor.s of God. Glory. @,ual in honour, triple Knity, separated faithfully in persons but united in nature, are (ather, Son and the divine Spirit. 2oth now. heoto.ion. 6e hy!n your child)bearing without seed and your birth)giving beyond understanding, " Pure one, calling you blessed as +other of the +a.er of all things and +aster. Katavasia. *et us arise at early dawn. "de ;. #r!os. 8ou went down to the deepest parts of the earth, and 8ou shattered the everlasting bars that held fast those that were fettered, " 3hrist.

And on the third day li.e :onas fro! the whale, 8ou arose fro! the to!b. roparia. Keeping the seals intact " 3hrist, 8ou rose fro! the to!b, 8ou who did not har! the loc.s of the =irgin-s wo!b at your birth, and 8ou have opened to us the gates of Paradise. " !y Saviour, the living, unslain =icti!, as God offering yourself willingly to the (ather, 8ou raised up with 8ourself all Ada!-s race, in rising fro! the to!b. "f the +other of God. he sa!e #r!os. Prisoner of old of death and corruption, the hu!an race has been brought bac. through Hi! was too. flesh fro! your spotless wo!b to incorruptible and everlasting life, " =irgin +other of God. He who went down, " Holy one, into your wo!b, dwelt there and too. flesh beyond understanding, went down into the lowest parts of the earth and raised Ada! with Hi!self when He rose fro! the to!b. "f the Paralysed +an. he #r!os. C he deep of the passions has risen up against !e, and a te!pest of contrary winds/ but co!e ,uic.ly, !y Saviour, save !e and deliver !e fro! corruption, as you saved the Prophet fro! the beast.D roparia. 6illingly you were raised on a tree, you were placed as a dead !an in a to!b, and having given life to all the dead in Hell together, you rose, " 3hrist, by divine power. Hell !eeting you below was e!bittered, +erciful one, and hastily gave bac. his prisoners, as they hy!ned your dread Resurrection, Saviour, with never silent voices.

he divine 9isciples, when they saw the life of all co!e fro! the grave, with great desire, right 7udge!ent and gladness of soul worshipped the risen 3hrist. he who of old had lain for !any years on a bed of pain, at your order, " 3hrist, was !ade whole, and with hy!ns glorified your co!passion, " Giver of life. +ichael, Prince of Angels, who stand by the throne of the +aster, be present a!ong us now and guide us who have gained you as a fervent protector towards paths of life. Glory. 6ith the dread ar!ies above, # reverence you, rinity in persons/ # proclai! you, Knity in 2eing, " (ather without beginning, Son, right Spirit, God of all. 2oth now. heoto.ion. He who bears all things by divine spirit is held, =irgin +other of God, in your ar!s. He snatches us all fro! the enslaving hand of the foe, for he is co!passionate. Katavasia. 8ou went down to the deepest. Konta.ion. one &. oday the =irgin. 2y your divine presence, " *ord, raise !y soul, grievously paralysed by sins of every .ind and by unnatural deeds, as you also raised the Paralysed +an of old, that saved # !ay cry to you: " !erciful 3hrist, glory to your !ight. he #.os. 8ou grasp the ends of the earth in the hollow of your hand, :esu, God without beginning with the (ather, +aster of all things with the Holy Spirit/ you appeared in flesh, healing diseases and banishing sufferings, giving light to the blind, and with a divine word you raised up the Paralysed +an, ordering hi! to wal. ,uic.ly and to ta.e up on his shoulders the bed which had borne hi!/ therefore

with hi! we all sing praises and cry out: " !erciful 3hrist, glory to your !ight. Syna%arion of the +enaion, then the following: "n the sa!e day, the fourth Sunday fro! @aster, we re!e!ber the Paralysed +an, and as is fitting we celebrate so great a wonder. =erses. Strength to the paralysed, the word of 3hrist. And so this word was healing, this alone. #n your boundless !ercy, 3hrist our God, have !ercy on us. A!en. "de E. #r!os. He who delivered the 3hildren fro! the furnace, beco!ing !an suffers as a !ortal, and through suffering he clothes the !ortal with the glory of incorruption: the only blessed and !ost glorious God of our fathers-. roparia. he holy wo!en hastened after 8ou with sweet spices. 6ho! they sought with tears as a !ortal, they worshipped with 7oy as the living God, and they proclai!ed the !ystic Passover, " 3hrist, to your disciples. 6e feast death-s slaughter, the overthrow of Hell, the first fruits of a new eternal life: and dancing we hy!n the cause: the only blessed and !ost glorious God of our fathers. How truly holy and all)festive is this saving night, how full of light, herald of the bright day of the resurrection, in which the ti!eless *ight shone bodily for all fro! the to!b. "f the +other of God. he sa!e #r!os. Having slain death, your Son, " all)pure one, has to)day given to all life that endures to ages of ages: the only blessed and highly e%alted God of our fathers.

he who reigns over all creation beco!ing !an dwelt in your wo!b, " full of God-s grace, and having endured the cross and death he has risen as God and raised us with hi!, for he is all powerful. "f the Paralysed +an. he #r!os. C8ou !ade the fla!e of the furnace li.e dew, and 8ou saved the children unburned/ blessed are 8ou " *ord, the God of our fathers.D roparia. 6hen it saw you stretched upon the ree the sun withdrew its light, unable to shine on the world when you, " King of all, had willingly set to give light to all nations. 8ou arose, having e!ptied the graves and despoiled Hell by your al!ighty power/ therefore, " 3hrist, we hy!n your holy and divine Rising. <6hy do you see. the living as one deadA he has risen. he is not in the to!b- the divine Angel, in appearance as flashing lightning, cried to the +yrrhbearers. 6ith a word you healed the Paralysed +an, who had lain sic. for !any years, and you cried to hi!: a.e up your bed, and go, praising the wonderful wor.s of God. +ichael, 3hief 3aptain of the *ord, guide those who in faith have crowded into your divine te!ple to praise God/ protect the! by your !ediation fro! every .ind of danger. Glory. " rinity, save fro! every .ind of danger those who in faith hy!n you as God of all and +aster, and !a.e the! sharers in your good things. 2oth now. heoto.ion. 8ou re!ained =irgin when above reason you bore without change hi! who was born of the (ather without beginning before all ages/ therefore, Pure one, we call you blest.

Katavasia. He who delivered the 3hildren. "de F. #r!os. his chosen and holy day is the first of Sabbaths, the Lueen and *ady, the (east of (easts and the (estival of (estivals on which we bless 3hrist to all the ages. roparia. 3o!e let us share in the new fruit of the vine, of 7oy divine, and in the .ingdo! of 3hrist, on the glorious day of the Resurrection, hy!ning Hi! as God to all the ages. *ift your eyes around you, " Oion, and see: for behold li.e beacons shedding light divine your children have co!e to you, fro! 6est and ?orth, fro! the Sea and fro! the @ast, blessing 3hrist in you to all the ages. Al!ighty (ather, 6ord and Spirit, nature united in three Persons, beyond all being and beyond all Godhead, into 8ou we have been baptised and we bless to all the ages. "f the +other of God. he sa!e #r!os. As the creator ca!e into the world through you, " =irgin +other of God, He tore open the wo!b of Hell and gave us !ortals the Resurrection/ therefore we bless Hi! to the ages. 8our Son, " =irgin, having overthrown the !ight of death, in his resurrection, as a !ighty God, has e%alted us with hi!self and deified us/ therefore we praise hi! to the ages. "f the Paralysed +an. he #r!os. C he God who is glorified unceasingly in the highest by Angels, " heaven of heavens, earth, !ountains, hills and deeps and all the hu!an race, bless hi! in hy!ns as 3reator and Redee!er.D roparia.

he veil was rent when you were crucified, " our Saviour, and death gave up the dead who! it had swallowed/ and Hell was stripped bare when it saw you in the lowest regions of the earth. 6here death is your stingA 6here grave is now your victoryA 8ou have been slain and destroyed by the risen King/ you reign no longer/ the +ighty "ne has ta.en away those who! you held prisoner. <Run ,uic.ly, announce the Resurrection to the Apostles-, cried the shining young !an to the +yrrhbearers, < he +aster has risen, and with hi! wondrously the dead fro! ti!e-s beginning-. he Paralysed +an, who had lain for !any years, cried: Have !ercy on !e, afflicted by distress, " Redee!er. 2ut he orders hi! to ta.e up his bed with haste and to wal. upright. " 3hief 3aptain, as leader of the i!!aterial Powers, with the! as. for us rede!ption fro! faults, correction of life and en7oy!ent of the eternal good things of heaven. Glory. *et us hy!n in consort the uncreated, indivisible @ssence, the three) personned Godhead, (ather without beginning, and Son and Holy Spirit, crying with the Seraphi! the dread !elody. 2oth now. heoto.ion. "f old #saias saw you as a boo., @ver)virgin, in which the ti!eless 6ord had been inscribed by the (ather-s finger, saving us fro! all unreason, who hy!n you with sacred words. Katavasia. his chosen. "de G. #r!os. +egalynarion: +agnify, " !y soul, Hi! who suffered willingly, and was buried, and arose fro! the grave on the third day.

<Shine, shine, " ?ew :erusale!, for the glory of the *ord has risen upon you/ dance now and be glad, " Oion, and you too re7oice, " pure +other of God, at the arising of Hi! to who! you gave birth-. +egalynarion: +agnify, " !y soul, 3hrist the Giver of life, who arose fro! the grave on the third day. <Shine, shine, " ?ew :erusale!, for the glory of the *ord has risen upon you/ dance now and be glad, " Oion, and you too re7oice, " pure +other of God, at the arising of Hi! to who! you gave birth-. +egalynarion: 3hrist is the new Passover, the living sacrificial victi!, the *a!b of God, who ta.es away the sin of the world. " your divine and beloved and sweetest voice/ 8ou have truly pro!ised that you will be with us unto the end of the world, " 3hrist/ and we faithful re7oice, having this as an anchor of hope. +egalynarion: o)day the whole creation is glad and re7oices, for 3hrist has risen and Hell has been despoiled. " great and !ost sacred Pascha, 3hrist/ " 6isdo! and 6ord and Power of GodH Grant that we !ay parta.e of 8ou fully in the unwaning day of your Kingdo!. "f the +other of God. he sa!e #r!os. ?ow in har!ony, " =irgin, we faithful call you blessed: Hail gate of the *ord: Hail living city: Hail through who! to)day the light of the Resurrection fro! the dead of Hi! who was born fro! you has shone for us. Re7oice, be glad, divine gate of the light/ for :esus, who set in the to!b, has dawned shining !ore brightly than the sun, and shedding his rays on all the faithful, " Sovereign *ady full of God-s grace. "f the Paralysed +an. he #r!os. C#n the bush on +ount Sinai +oses saw you, who received in your wo!b unburned the fire of the Godhead/ 9aniel saw you as an unhewn !ountain/ #saias cried of a ste! that had blosso!ed fro! the root of :esse.D

roparia. :esu, lifted up upon the tree, you lifted us up with you/ and placed willingly in a to!b, you raised fro! the graves all the dead, who praise your inco!prehensible !ight and your invincible power. " 6ord !ost fair, you dawned !ost fair fro! the grave as a bridegroo! fro! his cha!ber/ you abolished the gloo! of Hell, and delivered the prisoners, who sang in consort: Glory to your gloryH Glory, :esu our God, to your RisingH Swiftly the wo!en ca!e to the all)holy grave bringing sighs and tears with sweet spices, and they were taught in faith 3hrist-s Rising, which we celebrate, re7oicing in gladness of soul. @nergy of body followed your order, " 3hrist, and the !an for!erly Paralysed was seen going by in haste, bearing the bed on which he had lain for !any years, and praising your great power. Plead for enlighten!ent for us, great 3hief 3aptain, who always stand in the great light, and give peace to our life forever sha.en by the assaults of the serpent and by life-s difficulties, " holy one. Glory. Holy, Holy, Holy, # cry with the powers above, as with all reverence # glorify you, light and lights, life and lives, (ather, 6ord and Holy Spirit, three)personned Knity, inseparable !ight, unconfused Godhead. 2oth now. heoto.ion. He ca!e fro! your light)bearing wo!b, 3hrist the great Sun, and enlightened the world, " i!!aculate, with his bright rays, and he re!oved the dar.ness of the transgression/ therefore we hy!n you as cause of all good, " bride of God. Katavasia. Shine, shine. Holy is the *ord our God $ &'. @%apostilarion of @aster.

Having fallen asleep in the flesh as a !ortal, " King and *ord, you rose again on the third day, raising up Ada! fro! corruption, and abolishing death. " Pascha of incorruption, " salvation of the world. Another of the Paralysed +an. 6o!en hear. he *ord who loves !an.ind and is full of pity ca!e to the Sheep Pool to heal diseases/ he found a !an who had been lying there for !any years and cried out to hi!: a.e your bed, go, towards the ways of 7ustice. At *auds we insert F stichera, B of the Resurrection in one & and the B of @aster with their verses. 3o!e all you nations, .now the power of the dread !ystery/ for 3hrist our Saviour, the 6ord in the beginning, was crucified for us and willingly buried and arose fro! the dead to save the world. *et us worship hi!. he guards related all the !arvels, *ord/ but the Sanhedrin of folly filled their hands with bribes and thought to hide your Resurrection, which the world glorifies. Have !ercy on us. All things are filled with 7oy, having received proof of the Resurrection/ for +ary +agdalen ca!e to the to!b, found an angel, da>>ling in white, sitting on the stone, and he said: <6hy do you see. the living with the deadA he is not here, but he has risen as he said, and goes ahead to Galilee.#n your light, +aster who love !an.ind, we shall see light/ for you have risen fro! the dead, giving life to the hu!an race, that all creation !ay glorify you, the only sinless one. Have !ercy on us. one 4. =erse: *et God arise and let his ene!ies be scattered: and let those that hate hi! flee before his face. A sacred Pascha has been shown forth to us to)day, a new and holy Pascha, a !ystic Pascha, an all)venerable Pascha, a Pascha that is 3hrist the Redee!er, a spotless Pascha, a great Pascha, a Pascha of

the faithful, a Pascha that has opened to us the gates of Paradise, a Pascha that hallows all the faithful. =erse:As s!o.e vanishes, so let the! vanish: as wa% !elts before the fire. 3o!e fro! the sight, " wo!en bearers of good tidings, and say to Oion: Receive fro! us the tidings of 7oy, of the Resurrection of 3hrist. @%ult, dance and be glad, " :erusale!, for you have seen 3hrist the King as a bridegroo! co!e forth fro! the to!b. =erse: So let sinners perish at the presence of God: and let the righteous be glad. he +yrrhbearing wo!en at early dawn ca!e near the to!b of the Giver of life/ they found an Angel sitting on the stone, and he, addressing the! in this !anner, said: 6hy do you see. the living a!ong the deadA 6hy do you !ourn the #ncorruptible a!id corruptionA Go, proclai! it to his 9isciples. =erse: his is the day that the *ord has !ade: let us be glad and re7oice in it. A Pascha of delight, Pascha, the *ord-s Pascha, an all)venerable Pascha has dawned for us, a Pascha on which let us e!brace one another with 7oy. " Pascha, ranso! fro! sorrowH o)day 3hrist has shone forth fro! the to!b as fro! a bridal cha!ber, and has filled the wo!en with 7oy, saying: Proclai! it to the Apostles. Glory. one F. " *ord, the pool did not cure the Paralysed +an, but your word renewed hi!, nor did his sic.ness of so !any years hinder it, for the force of your voice was shown to be sharper/ and he cast off the weight so hard to carry and carried the burden of his bed as a witness to the !ultitude of your !ercies/ glory to you. 2oth now. one 4. #t is the day of Resurrection/ let us be radiant for the festival, and let us e!brace one another. *et us say, " brethren, even to those who hate us: let us forgive all things at the Resurrection, and so let us

cry: 3hrist is risen fro! the dead/ death he tra!pled down by death, and to those in the to!bs he has given life. Great 9o%ology and 9is!issal. 2efore the 0st Hour the @othinon. one 4. How wise are your 7udge!ents, " 3hristH How did you let Peter understand your Resurrection fro! the grave clothes alone/ but, as you wal.ed with *u.e and 3leopas, tal.ed with the!, and as you tal.ed did not at once reveal yourselfA And so you were reproached as being only a stranger in :erusale! and not one who had shared to the end in her counsels. 2ut disposing all things for the advantage of the creature you had fashioned, you both unfolded the prophecies concerning yourself and in the blessing of bread !ade yourself .nown to the!, whose hearts before this were on fire for .nowledge of you, and who were already proclai!ing clearly to the asse!bled 9isciples your Resurrection, through which have !ercy upon us. C?ote the printed Pentecostaria wrongly give the @othinon as nu!ber & for this SundayD ?" #3@. ?ote that the office of the Paralysed +an is sung for three days: on Sunday, +onday and uesday.

On the Wednesday of Midpentecost.

'n the E&ening.
"n uesday evening of the Bth 6ee., at *ord, # have cried we insert ; =erses, and we sing the & following Proso!ia, doubling the!. one B. he !id)point of the days is here, which begin with the saving Resurrection and are sealed by the divine Pentecost. #t shines for it shares the brilliance of the! both and unites the two, and it is

honoured for it reveals in advance the co!ing glory of the +aster-s Assu!ption. Sion heard and was glad, when the good tidings of the Resurrection were proclai!ed. Her faithful offspring re7oiced when they saw hi! also washing away by the Spirit the stain of the !urder of 3hrist. Keeping festival she !a.es ready the 7oyful !id)point of the! both. he abundant outpouring of the divine Spirit upon all is near, as it is written. he herald is the day that for!s the half)way !ar. of the certain pro!ise which was given by 3hrist to his 9isciples after his death and burial and Resurrection, and shows the !anifestation of the 3o!forter. Glory. 2oth now. one ;. At the !id)point of the feast of your Resurrection, " 3hrist, and of the divine co!ing of your Holy Spirit, asse!bled we praise the !ysteries of your wonders. "n it send down to us your great !ercy. @ntrance, " :oyful *ight. Pro.ei!enon of the 9ay and the Readings. one 0. 8our !ercy, " *ord, will follow !e, P all the days of !y life. =erse: he *ord shepherds !e, and # will lac. nothing. he Reading is fro! the Prophecy of +icheas. CB:1, ;:1.4.F, 4:BD hus says the *ord: (ro! Sion will co!e forth the *aw and the 6ord of the *ord fro! :erusale!. And he will 7udge a!ong !any peoples and rebu.e !ighty nations in a distant land. (or all the peoples will wal., each its own way, while we will wal. in the na!e of the *ord our God for ever. hus says the *ord Al!ighty: *isten hills and valleys, foundations of the earth, because the *ord has a controversy with his people/ for he will dispute with #srael, saying, <+y people, what have # done to youA "r how have # grieved youA "r how have # troubled youA Answer !e. (or # brought you up out of the land of @gypt, and rescued you fro! the house of slavery, and sent +oses and Aaron before your face. +y people, what have your

ene!ies planned against youA 6as it not told you, " !an, what is goodA And what does the *ord see. fro! you, e%cept to e%ecute 7udge!ent, and to love !ercy and to be ready to wal. with the *ord your GodA- herefore the *ord will be !agnified in strength, and will shepherd his floc. in peace, to the e%tre!ities of the earth. he Reading is fro! the Prophecy of #saias C44:0)1, 01:&)B, 44:1)&, ;)0&D hus says the *ord: 8ou who thirst, go to the water/ and all who have no !oney, go, buy and eat and drin. wine and fat without !oney or price. (or thus says the *ord Al!ighty to you: +y people, draw water with 7oy fro! the springs of salvation. And you will say in that day: Praise the *ord, cry his na!e aloud, declare his glory a!ong the nations, call to !ind that his na!e has been e%alted. +y people, hear !e, and eat good things, and your soul will delight in good things. Attend with your ears and follow !y ways. *isten to !e and your soul will live a!ong good things. And # will !a.e an eternal covenant with you, and you will call upon !e. And when you draw near !e, let the i!pious abandon his ways, and the lawless !an his plans/ and turn bac. to !e and # will have !ercy on you and forgive your sins. (or your plans are not as !y plans, says the *ord/ but as heaven is distant fro! the earth, so is !y way distant fro! your ways, and your thoughts fro! !y !ind. (or as rain or snow would co!e down fro! heaven and not return there, until it had soa.ed the earth, and it bring forth and bud and give seed to the sower, and bread for food, so shall !y word be, which once it has co!e fro! !y !outh will not return there until it has acco!plished all that # willed/ and # will !a.e !y ways and !y co!!ands succeed. (or you will go out with 7oy, and be taught with gladness/ for the !ountains and hills will e%ult as they receive you with 7oy/ and all the trees of the field will clap with their branches/ and instead of the briar shall co!e up the cypress/ instead of the nettle shall co!e up the !yrtle/ and the *ord shall be for a na!e and for an eternal sign, says the *ord God, the Holy "ne of #srael. he Reading is fro! Proverbs CG:0)00D 6isdo! has built herself a house, and has set up seven pillars/ she has slaughtered her beasts, and !i%ed her wine in the !i%ing bowl,

and prepared her table. She has sent out her servants and invites with a loud procla!ation, <He who is foolish, let hi! turn aside to !e-. And to those who lac. understanding she said, <3o!e, eat of !y bread, and drin. the wine that # have !i%ed for you. Abandon folly and you shall live. See. understanding, that you !ay have life/ set co!prehension right with .nowledge. "ne who reproves the evil will gain dishonour for hi!self/ one who rebu.es the i!pious will disgrace hi!self: for rebu.es for the i!pious are stripes for hi!. 9o not rebu.e the evil, lest they hate you: rebu.e a wise !an and he will love you. Give an opportunity to the wise and he will be wiser/ infor! a 7ust !an and he will add to what he receives. he beginning of wisdo! is fear of the *ord, and the counsel of Saints is understanding: for to .now the law belongs to a sound !ind. (or in this way you shall live for a long ti!e, and years will be added to your life.At the Aposticha, #dio!el =erses. one 0. 2y +on. :ohn. he !id)point of the (ifty 9ays is here, when 3hrist di!ly laid bare his divine power by bracing the Paralytic and raising hi! fro! his bed with a word. And having wor.ed a !arvel in a !anner fitting God on a body of clay, he has given us eternal life and his great !ercy. Sa!e one. =erse: Re!e!ber your congregation, which you obtained fro! the beginning. #n the e!ple at the !id)point of the feast, you, the 6isdo! of God, stood teaching and refuting the unbelieving :ews, the Pharisees and Scribes, and crying out to the! with boldness, <"ne who thirsts, let the! co!e to !e and drin. living water, and they will not thirst for ever. "ne who believes in !y goodness, rivers of eternal life will flow fro! their belly. "h, your goodness and your co!passion, 3hrist our GodH Glory to youH one 1. =erse: God is our King: before the ages/ he has wrought salvation in the !idst of the earth.

6hen the !id)point of the feast had co!e, :esus went up into the e!ple and taught, saying to the doubting :ews, "ne who thirsts, let the! co!e to !e and drin. living, eternal water, and they will not thirst for ever. "ne who believes in !e, rivers will flow fro! their belly, and they will have the light of life. Glory. 2oth now. one F. At the !id)point of the feast, as you were teaching, " Saviour, the :ews said, <How does this !an .now letters, never having learnedAhey did not recogni>e that you are the 6isdo! who ordered the world. Glory to youH Apolyti.ion. one F. At the !id)point of the (east, " Saviour, water !y thirsty soul with strea!s of true devotion/ for you cried out to all, <Any who thirst, let the! co!e to !e, and let the! drin.H- " Source of life, 3hrist our God, glory to youH. *itany and 9is!issal.

At Matins.
After the 0st Reading fro! the Psalter Kathis!a. one B. he "ne who .nows the thoughts of every heart, stood in the !idst of the e!ple and cried aloud, spea.ing truth to the liars: 6hy do you see. to arrest !e, the Giver of *ifeA as he cried out at the !id) point of the (east: *awless ones, do not pass 7udge!ent by appearancesH $ wice' After the 1nd Reading fro! the Psalter, Kathis!a. one 4. he 6ord without beginning. he +aster of all things, standing in the e!ple at the !id)point of the feast of sacred Pentecost, addresses the Hebrews and as King and God clearly refutes their tyrannous daring: but through co!passion he gives us all his great !ercy.

After Having seen the Resurrection of 3hrist and Psal! 45, the 3anons/ that in one B to F and that in one F to ;. he 3anon in one B, whose Acrostic is he +idpoint of great feasts # sing A co!position of heophanes. "de 0. he #r!os. #srael, who of old !arched through the Red Sea dryshod, routed the power of A!ale. in the wilderness through +oses- hands raised in the for! of the 3ross. roparia. he great blessings of your incarnation beyond understanding shine for us, +aster/ your graces without price and your divine brightness well up for us as gifts of goodness. Sending out the rays of your Godhead, " 3hrist, you too. your stand openly at the !id)point of the feast/ for you are a feast of 7oy for the saved and the cause of our salvation. 8ou, *ord, have beco!e 6isdo!, :ustice and Rede!ption for us fro! God, as you pass over fro! earth to the height of heaven and bestow the divine Spirit. heoto.ion. 8our flesh did not .now corruption in the grave, +aster/ but as it had been for!ed without seed, it did not undergo corruption, for supernaturally it was not enslaved to the course of nature. he 3anon in one F. A 3o!position by Andrew of 3rete. "de 0. 8ou fi%ed the sea. ?ations clap your hands, Hebrews la!ent, for 3hrist the giver of life has torn asunder the chains of Hell, and raised the dead, and healed the sic. with a word. his is our God, who gives life to those who believe in his na!e.

8ou showed a wonder by changing water into wine, " +aster, who changed the rivers of @gypt into blood. And you raised the dead, perfecting this second sign. Glory, " Saviour, to your counsel, glory to your abase!ent, through which you have !ade us new. " *ord, you are an ever)flowing strea! of true life, you are our resurrection/ willingly you toiled, !y Saviour/ and as you wished you thirsted, sub7ect to nature-s laws/ and co!ing in the flesh to Sychar you sought water to drin. of the wo!an of Sa!aria. *oaves you blessed, fish you !ultiplied, " God beyond understanding/ you satisfied the hunger of peoples without stinting and 8ou pro!ised an ever)flowing spring of wisdo! to the thirsty. 8ou, Saviour, are our God, who give life to those who believe in your na!e. Glory. hree # glorify, ali.e without beginning and ali.e in !a7esty: the (ather, God without beginning, the Son ali.e without beginning and the Spirit co)eternal with the Son: one 2eing in three Persons. # honour in hy!ns one first Principle beyond beginning of a Godhead and @ssence without beginning. 2oth now. heoto.ion. 8ou alone, pure +other of God, contained your creator in your wo!b and ine%pressibly carried Hi! in the flesh, and you re!ained a =irgin, your virginity ,uite unhar!ed/ beseech hi!, your Son and God, always and without ceasing on behalf of your floc.. Katavasia. 8ou fi%ed the sea, *ord, drowning boastful Pharao with his chariots/ you saved the people dry)shod and led the! to the !ountain of sanctification, as they cried: *et us sing a song of victory to our God, the !ighty in wars. "de &. he #r!os. 8our 3hurch, " 3hrist, re7oices at you as she cries: you, *ord, are !y strength, !y refuge and !y foundation.

roparia. 8ou opened springs of life)giving waters for the 3hurch, " Good "ne, as you cried: #f any thirst, let the! with fervour co!e and drin.. 8ou said clearly that you would be lifted up fro! earth to heaven/ but you pro!ised to send the Holy Spirit fro! heaven. heoto.ion. he *ord, by nature giver of life and born of a =irgin, as he is co!passionate has given i!!ortality to all the faithful. Another. +y heart has been established. 9o not 7udge according to appearance, " :ews, said the +aster, as he stood teaching in the te!ple, as it is written, at the !id)point of the feast according to the law. 9o not 7udge according to appearance, " :ews/ for 3hrist has co!e, who! the Prophets declared would co!e fro! Sion, and call bac. the world. #f you do not believe the words, " :ews, be convinced by the +aster-s wor.s: why do you err, re7ecting the Holy "ne of who! +oses wrote in the *awA #f the +essias !ust surely co!e, " :ews, now that 3hrist the +essias has co!e, why do you err, and re7ect the :ust "ne, of who! +oses wrote in the *awA Glory. 6e worship you, (ather in @ssence without beginning/ we hy!n your Son ali.e without beginning, and devoutly praise the all)holy Spirit, as hree, one God by nature. 2oth now. heoto.ion.

2eing one of the rinity, you were seen to have beco!e flesh without changing your @ssence, *ord, or burning the incorrupt wo!b of her who bore you, though you are wholly God and fire. Katavasia. +y heart has been established in the *ord/ !y horn has been e%alted in !y God/ !y !outh has been enlarged against !y foes/ # have been glad in !y salvation. Kathis!a. one F. he 6isdo! and 6ord. Standing in the !idst of the e!ple at the !id)point of the feast inspired by God, you cried out: 6hoever thirsts, let the! co!e to !e and drin./ for whoever drin.s of this divine strea! of !ine, rivers of !y teachings will flow fro! his belly/ whoever believes in !e, who have been sent fro! !y divine 2egetter, will be glorified with !e. herefore we cry to you: Glory to you, 3hrist God, for you have richly poured out for your servants the strea!s of your love for !an.ind. Glory, 2oth now. Sa!e +elody. As you !a.e the water of wisdo! and life well up for the world, you invite all, " Saviour, to draw the strea!s of salvation/ for one who accepts your divine law, by it ,uenches the burning coals of error/ and so they will never thirst, nor ever have their fill of you, +aster, heavenly King. herefore we glorify your !ight, 3hrist God, as we as. you to send down richly on your servants forgiveness of offences. "de B. #r!os. 6hen she saw you, the Sun of 7ustice, lifted up on the 3ross, the 3hurch stood in her ran., and fittingly cried out: Glory to your power, " *ord. roparia. 6hen you bro.e open the gates of death by your power you !ade .nown the ways of life, and opened the gates of i!!ortality to those who cry in faith: Glory to your power, " *ord.

8ou hold the !id)point of all things and their end, and as you are without beginning you hold their beginning in your grasp. 8ou stood in the !idst and cried out: 3o!e, all who thin. godly thoughts and en7oy his giftsH As God, " 3hrist, you have authority over all, as powerful you destroyed the !ight of death, and you pro!ised to send the Holy Spirit, who proceeds fro! the (ather. heoto.ion. +other who .new not wedloc., richly you pour out grace on those who hy!n you and the eternal 6ord who was born of you, as you as. for the! forgiveness of offences, " #!!aculate. Another. he prophet Avva.u!. #f the +essias !ust co!e/ but the +essias is 3hrist, lawless ones, why do you not believe hi!A See, he has co!e and what he does bears witness: he !ade water wine and braced the paralytic with a word. ?ot understanding the Scriptures, you are all in error, lawless Hebrews: for 3hrist has truly co!e and enlightened all, and a!ong you he has shown !any signs and wonders/ and vainly you deny true life. "ne wor. # showed you and you all !arvel, cried 3hrist to the :ews: you yourselves circu!cise a !an even on the Sabbath, he says: why then do you attac. !e for raising a paralytic with a wordA # have done !any wor.s, and for which wor. do you stone !eA 3hrist cried out, as he reproached the :ews. 6as it because # !ade a !an whole with a wordA Hu!ans, do not 7udge by appearances. " 3hrist, the offspring of the (ather-s nature, wor.ing with the Spirit in the Apostles and resting in the Prophets, you have led all the nations to .nowledge of you through your signs. Glory.

rinity undivided Knity, (ather without beginning, Son and Holy Spirit/ rinity in Knity/ God, in honour the sa!e, coe,ual in !a7esty, life)giving, uncreated save those who hy!n you, and deliver the! fro! dangers and troubles. 2oth now. heoto.ion. #n your wo!b, 2ride of God, pure =irgin)!other, you contained God, yet he was not circu!scribed. 9o not cease to intercede for us, that we !ay be delivered fro! troubles/ for we ever flee to you for refuge. Katavasia. he Prophet Avva.u!, " *ord, foresaw your co!ing with the eyes of the !ind, and therefore he cried out: God will co!e fro! he!an. Glory to you, " 3hrist, glory to your condescension. "de 4. #r!os. *ord !y light, you have co!e into the world/ a holy light turning those who hy!n you fro! the fog of ignorance. roparia. ?ow that we have reached the !id)point of the divine feasts, let us hasten with godly thoughts to wor. for the perfection of virtue inspired by God. How truly sacred is the present festival, for it !ar.s out the !id) point of the greatest feasts and shines with light fro! both. heoto.ion. +y Saviour full of !ercy, the !ind of the Archangel cannot co!prehend your ineffable and i!!aculate birth fro! a =irgin. Another. *ord, our God. 2y wonders you !ade your Apostles shine, by !arvels you !agnified your 9isciples, glorifying the! in all the world, our Saviour, and giving the! your .ingdo!.

All the ends of the earth your 9isciples enlightened with wonders and teachings, as they proclai!ed in divers ways, 3hrist Saviour, the word of your .ingdo!. 6e give praise to your .ingdo!, we offer a hy!n to you who appeared on earth for our sa.e and enlightened the world and called bac. Ada!. Glory. Glory to you, holy (ather, God unbegotten/ glory to you, 6ord beyond ti!e, only)begotten/ glory to you divine Spirit, co)eternal and consubstantial with the (ather and the Son. heoto.ion. 8our wo!b beca!e a holy table, having the heavenly bread, fro! which all who eat will not die, as he the nourisher of all has said, " +other of God. Katavasia. " *ord, our God, give us peace. " *ord, our God, possess us. " *ord, we .now no other but you, we na!e you by na!e. "de ;. #r!os. # will sacrifice to you, *ord, with a voice of praise, your 3hurch cries out to you, purified fro! the filth of de!ons by the blood which flows through pity fro! your side. roparia. he !id)point of Pentecost is here to)day, brilliant fro! the one side in the brightness of the divine Pascha, and shining fro! the other with grace of the 3o!forter. As you stood in the e!ple, " 3hrist, you spo.e with the :ewish people, revealing your own glory, and showing forth your identity of nature with the (ather. heoto.ion.

2e !y protection and an unsha.eable wall, delivering !e fro! the world-s stu!bling bloc.s, only +other of God, and !a.ing !e shine with the light that floods fro! God. Another. *i.e waves of the sea. " :esu, who control the ends of the earth, you went up and taught the crowds in the te!ple the word of truth at the !id)point of the feast, as :ohn declares. 8ou opened your lips, +aster, and proclai!ed to the world the i!!aculate (ather and the all)holy Spirit, .eeping your identity of nature with the! even after the incarnation. 8ou co!pleted the (ather-s wor., you confir!ed your words by wor.s, " Saviour, perfor!ing cures and signs, !a.ing the Paralytic stand upright, cleansing lepers and raising the dead. he Son without beginning beca!e a beginning, ta.ing our nature he beca!e !an/ and at the !iddle of the feast he taught, saying: Run to the unfailing source to draw life. Glory. 6e all glorify one Godhead in rinity, 2eing in three Persons, uncreated, inseparable, (ather, Son and Holy Spirit, as being three yet one. heoto.ion. As =irgin after childbirth we hy!n you/ as alone =irgin and +other we glorify you, pure +aiden, bride of God/ for fro! you God was truly incarnate, !a.ing us new. Katavasia *i.e waves of the sea, " *over of !an.ind, the waves of life assail !e/ therefore li.e :onas # cry to 8ou, " 6ord: 2ring !y life up fro! corruption, co!passionate *ord. Konta.ion. one B. *ifted up on the 3ross.

At the !id)point of the feast according to the *aw, +a.er of all things and +aster, you said to those who were there, 3hrist God: 3o!e, and draw the water of i!!ortality. herefore we fall down before you and with faith we cry: Grant us your !ercies, for you are the source of our life. he #.os. 6ater !y soul, dried up by lawless faults, with the strea!s of your blood and show it to be heavy with the fruits of virtues/ for you have told all to co!e to you, All)holy 6ord of God, and to draw the living water of incorruption, which cleanses the sins of those who hy!n your glorious and divine Rising. 8ou grant to those who .now you to be God, the strength of the Spirit which was brought fro! on high to your 9isciples: for you are the source of our life. Syna%arion fro! the +enaion, then the following: "n the 6ednesday of the Paralysed +an we feast the feast of +id) Pentecost. =erses. 3hrist, the +essias, !id the teachers stands, And teaches at the !id)point of the feast.
6e celebrate this feast in honour of the two great feasts, of Pascha, # !ean, and Pentecost, as it unites and binds the! both. #t occurred in this way. After 3hrist had perfor!ed the supernatural wonder on the Paralytic, the :ews, scandali>ed indeed because of the Sabbath $for it too. place on the Sabbath', sought to .ill hi!. He therefore fled to Galilee, and as he was so7ourning on the !ountains there, he perfor!ed the !arvel of the five loaves and two fishes, nourishing five thousand !en, not counting wo!en and children. Afterwards at the feast of abernacles $this too is a great feast for the :ews' he went up to :erusale! and went about in secret. About the !id)point of the feast he went up into the e!ple and began to teach, and all were a!a>ed at his teaching/ but being envious of hi! they said: How does this !an .now letters, never having learnedA (or being the ?ew Ada! he .new, being filled with all wisdo! as the first one, and again because he was God. herefore they all !ur!ured and we for slaying hi!. 2ut 3hrist confused the!, acting as though they were contending about the Sabbath, and said: 6hy do you see. to .ill !eA 2ut he again referred to what had gone before, saying: #f you contend for the *aw, why are angry at !eA 2ecause # !ade a !an whole on the Sabbath, when +oses who laid down

the law on these things says that it is to be set aside for the sa.e of circu!cision. He argued with the! at length over this and showed that he hi!self had given the *aw and that he was e,ual with the (ather. And especially on the last day of the feast he was stoned by the!/ but not a single stone so !uch as touched hi!. And when he was passing by fro! there he found the !an born blind and gave hi! his sight. Know that there are three great feasts a!ong the :ews. he first is the Passover, which is celebrated in the first !onth and co!!e!orates the crossing of the Red Sea. he second is Pentecost, which re!e!bers the so7ourning in the wilderness, after the crossing of the Red Sea/ for they passed fifty days in the wilderness until they received the *aw fro! +oses. #t is also in honour of the nu!ber seven, which is held in reverence by the!. he third feast is that of abernacles, in !e!ory of the abernacle which +oses saw in the cloud on the !ountain and which he erected through the crafts!an 2eseleel. #t is also celebrated for seven days in !e!ory of the gathering of fruits and the repose in the wilderness. #t was then, as this feast was drawing to its end that :esus stood and cried with a loud voice: #f any thirst, let hi! co!e to !e and drin.H Since then by this teaching 3hrist declared hi!self to be the +essiah, beco!ing our +ediator and Reconciler with his eternal (ather. (or this reason we celebrate the present feast and na!ing it <+id)Pentecost- we hy!n 3hrist and place alongside the honour of the other two great feasts. his, # thin., is why the feast of the Sa!aritan 6o!an is celebrated after it: because that feast also has !uch to do with the +essiah, and with water and with thirst, as this one. (or in the Gospel of :ohn that of the 2lind !an rather precedes the Sa!aritan 6o!an.

#n your infinite !ercy, 3hrist our God, have !ercy on us. A!en. "de E. he #r!os, he 3hildren of Abraha! in the Persian furnace, abla>e not with the fla!e but with love for true religion, cried aloud: 2lessed are you, *ord, in the te!ple of your glory. roparia. Saviour, by strength you destroyed the power of death and !ade .nown the path of life to !ortals, who cry aloud: 2lessed are you, *ord, in the te!ple of your glory.

6hen they saw you bearing flesh the Hebrew people did not ac.nowledge you, " 6ord of God/ but we sing to you: 2lessed are you, *ord, in the te!ple of your glory. heoto.ion. Hallowed, divine dwelling of the +ost High, hailH (or through you, +other of God, 7oy has been given to those who cry aloud: 2lessed are you a!ong wo!en, all)spotless *ady. Another. he 3haldeans- furnace. he repose of all, you toiled in the flesh/ the source of wonders, you thirsted willingly/ you as.ed for water, :esu, pro!ising living water. 8ou spo.e, *ord, with a wo!an of Sa!aria, reproving the folly of the lawless Hebrews/ for she believed you to be Son of God, while they denied. Saviour, the ever)living spring, you pro!ised to give living water, welling up, water of incorruption, to those who receive in faith your Spirit, who proceeds fro! the (ather. 8ou nourished thousands of the hungry with five loaves, " Saviour, and you !ade the re!ains of that fullness abound for other tens of thousands, showing your glory to your sacred 9isciples. He who eats your bread will live eternally, and he who drin.s your blood, " Saviour, abides in you, and you abide in hi!, and you will raise hi! at the last instant. 8ou showed the !arvel of your dispensation, +aster, confir!ing the divine authority by !arvels: you e%pelled diseases, raised the dead, gave sight to the blind as God. 8ou cleansed the lepers, !ade the la!e wal., braced the paralysed, healed the wo!an with an issue of blood/ 8ou wal.ed on the sea, showing your glory to your sacred 9isciples. Glory.

" *ord, we worship your (ather without beginning, and the grace of the Spirit which, being God, you distributed to your Apostles and sent the! out to preach. heoto.ion. 8ou contained in your wo!b the uncontainable 6ord, you suc.led at your breasts the nourisher of the world, you carried in your e!brace the !a.er of all, pure +other of God. Katavasia. he 3haldeans- furnace, abla>e with fla!es, was bedewed with spirit by God-s authority, while the 3hildren sang: 2lessed is the God of our fathers. "de F. he #r!os. 9aniel, stretching out his hands, shut up the !ouths of lions in the den, while the 8ouths, lovers of piety and clothed in virtue, ,uenched the power of fire, as they cried: All you wor.s of the *ord, bless the *ordH roparia. #n beauty you rose fro! the to!b, *ord, adorned in the glory of your Godhead, and appeared to your Apostles, pro!ising to send the force of the Spirit to the! as they cried: All you wor.s, praise the *ordH Having slain Hell as God, supre!e source of life, you beca!e for all a source of eternal life, which the graces of these brilliant days now !ost clearly rese!ble for those who cry: All you wor.s, praise the *ordH Showing your rays, " 3hrist, as sun of 7ustice, you sent out your Apostles to the world, bearing you, the light ineffable, dispelling the fog of ignorance and crying: All you wor.s, praise the *ordH heoto.ion.

See now a ruler, a leader has now clearly failed fro! the tribe of :uda/ for you, all)spotless one, have given birth to the things stored up for hi!, the e%pectation of the nations, 3hrist, to who! we sing: All you wor.s of the *ord, bless the *ordH Another. Angels and heavens. 3o!e, peoples, see the one who is hy!ned upon a throne of glory blasphe!ed by lawless peoples, and seeing, hy!n the +essias who was foretold by the prophets. 8ou are truly the 3hrist who is co!ing into the world, fro! who! are salvation and forgiveness of ancestral faults/ you are the true life of those who believe in you. he 6isdo! of God, so it is written, ca!e to the te!ple at the !id) point of the feast and taught/ for he was truly the +essias, 3hrist, fro! who! is salvation. "n the Sabbath, and on all days, 3hrist showed the wor.s of the signs, healing co!pletely the sic. fro! divers diseases/ but the erring people bore grudging anger. his !an, it says, cured the Paralytic, who had been lying sic. for !any years, on the Sabbath, and so transgressed the *aw. hus the :ews bitterly reviled 3hrist. 9id not +oses, who gave you the law, not co!!and you to be circu!cisedA And he circu!cised a !an on the Sabbath, that the law of the fathers !ight in no way be abolished, says 3hrist to the :ews. he ever ungrateful, who of old dwelt in the desert, enviously begrudged their benefactor, blasphe!ing, wagging their tongues and !editating vain things Glory. he rinity is one God/ the (ather does not co!e to sonship, nor the Son to procession, but separately and together light, # glorify God, the three, to the ages.

heoto.ion. Say how you gave birth to hi! who shone forth eternally fro! the (ather and is hy!ned with the holy SpiritA As he .nows, who alone was well)pleased to be born of you, " +other of God. Katavasia he one who is borne upon a throne of glory, and unceasingly glorified as God, Angels and heavens bless, praise and highly e%alt to all the agesH he +agnificat is not sung. "de G. he #r!os. A stone, the head of the corner, cut without hands, 3hrist was cut fro! you, " =irgin, !ountain unhewn, uniting the separated natures: therefore re7oicing, +other of God, we !agnify you. roparia. (ro! 3hrist we have learnt a new and fresh way of life: let us all strive diligently to .eep it to the end, that we !ay en7oy the co!ing of the Holy Spirit. Giver of *ife, you have clothed !y !ortality with the cloa. of i!!ortality and the grace of incorruption/ you have raised it with yourself and brought it to the (ather, ending !y age)long war. #nvited once again to the heavenly way of life by the power of the !ediation of hi! who e!ptied hi!self even to ta.ing the for! of a slave, and raised us up, let us fittingly !agnify hi!. heoto.ion. All we faithful, trusting in you, " =irgin, honour you with words of praise, as root and source and cause of incorruption: for you !ade the e!personned i!!ortality blosso! for us. Another. Alien to !others.

At the !id)point of the feast of the :ews you ca!e, !y Saviour, to your te!ple, and you taught all: but the :ews !arvelled, and said: 6hence does this !an .now letters, never having learnedA Pouring out gifts of healings, !y Redee!er perfor!ed signs and wonders, banishing diseases, healing the sic./ but the :ews were !addened by the !ultitude of his wonders. +y Redee!er confounding the unbelieving :ews cried out: 9o not 7udge by appearances/ but 7udge 7ust 7udge!ent: for the *aw orders every !an to be circu!cised even on the Sabbath. 8ou granted your 9isciples greater !arvels, " Saviour, as you had pro!ised, when you sent the! to proclai! your glory to the nations: while they began to proclai! to the world your Resurrection, your grace and your incarnation. #f you circu!cise a !an on the Sabbath, yet the law is in no way violated/ why do you upbraid !e because # !ade a !an whole with a wordA 8ou 7udge according to the flesh, says 3hrist to the :ews. " 6ord, who cured the withered hand with a word, cure the long withered land of !y heart, and !a.e !e fruitful, that # too, Saviour, !ay produce fruits by fervent repentance. Purify !y leprous heart, " 6ord, and give light to the eyes of !y soul/ stand !e upright, who a! lying on a bed of pain, as you raised the Paralytic as he lay on his bed. Glory. Alien it is to the lawless to honour the rinity without beginning, (ather, Son and Holy Spirit, the uncreated o!nipotence, through which the whole universe is established by the !ight of #ts strength. 2oth now. heoto.ion. 8ou contained within your wo!b, =irgin +other, one of the rinity, 3hrist the Giver of life, who! all creation hy!ns, before who! tre!ble all the thrones above/ beseech hi!, all blessed one, that our souls !ay be saved.

Katavasia Alien to !others is virginity, and foreign to virgins is child)bearing: in you +other of God both are effected. herefore all the tribes of the earth unceasingly call you blest. @%apostilarion. 8ou hold the bowl of ine%haustible gifts, grant that # !ay draw water for the forgiveness of sins/ for # a! afflicted with thirst, " only co!passionate and pitying. $ wice' At *auds we insert B verses and we sing the following Proso!ia: one B. he 6isdo! and power and brightness of the (ather, the eternal 6ord and Son of God ca!e in the flesh to the e!ple and taught the fierce, ungrateful peoples of the :ews/ and they !arvelled at his wealth of wisdo! and cried out: 6hence does he .now letters, never having learned fro! anyoneA $ wice' he *ord +essias silenced the scribes and confounded the :ews when he cried to the!: *awless ones, do not, as un7ust, 7udge by appearances. (or on the Sabbath # raised the Paralytic: therefore # a! *ord of the Sabbath and the *aw. 6hy do you see. to slay !e, who raise the deadA he fierce and lawless, the ungrateful asse!bly of the :ews, stoned +oses, sawed #saias in two with a wooden saw, cast :ere!y the wise into a pit, but the *ord they raised on a 3ross and cried out: 8ou who destroy the te!ple, save yourself, and we will believe. Glory. 2oth now. 2y Anatolios. 2rethren, enlightened by the Resurrection of the Saviour 3hrist, and having reached the !id)point of the +aster-s feast, let us genuinely .eep God-s co!!and!ents, that we !ay be worthy to feast the Assu!ption and reach the co!ing of the Holy Spirit. Great 9o%ology and 9is!issal.

At Great Vespers.
After 3hrist has risen, the "pening Psal! etc. At *ord, # have cried we insert 05 stichera and we sing B of the Resurrection, & of +id)Pentecost and & #dio!els of the Sa!aritan 6o!an. Resurrection Stichera. one B. As we worship without ceasing your life)giving 3ross, 3hrist God, we glorify your Resurrection on the third day, for through it, " All) powerful, you renewed corrupted hu!an nature and showed us the way up to heaven, for you alone are good and love !an.ind. 2y being willingly nailed to the tree of the 3ross, " Saviour, you abolished the penalty of the tree of disobedience/ and by descending into Hell, " Powerful one, you tore apart the bonds of death as God/ therefore we worship your Resurrection fro! the dead, as we cry out with 7oy: All)powerful *ord, glory to youH 8ou s!ashed the gates of Hell, *ord, and by your death you destroyed the palace of death/ while you freed the hu!an race fro! corruption, granting the world life and incorruption, and your great !ercy. "ther =erses by Anatolios. 3o!e you peoples, let us hy!n the Saviour-s Rising on the third day, through which we were redee!ed fro! unbrea.able bonds of Hell and all received incorruption and life, as we cry: 8ou, who were crucified and buried and rose again, save us by your Resurrection, only lover of !an.ind. "f +id)Pentecost. *ord, by ascending the 3ross. Sa!e one. he !id)point of the days is here, which begin with the saving Resurrection and are sealed by the divine Pentecost. #t shines for it shares the brilliance of the! both, and unites the two, and it is

honoured for it reveals in advance the co!ing glory of the +aster-s Assu!ption. Sion heard and was glad, when the good tidings of the Resurrection were proclai!ed. Her faithful offspring re7oiced when they saw hi! also washing away by the Spirit the stain of the !urder of 3hrist. Keeping festival she !a.es ready the 7oyful !id)point of the two. he abundant outpouring of the divine Spirit upon all draws near, as it is written/ the herald is the day that for!s the half)way !ar. of the certain pro!ise which was given by 3hrist to his 9isciples after his death and burial and Resurrection, and shows the !anifestation of the Paraclete. "f the Sa!aritan 6o!an. #dio!els. one 0. he source of wonders ca!e to the source at the si%th hour to catch the fruit of @ve/ for at the sa!e hour @ve had left Paradise by the deception of the serpent. he wo!an of Sa!aria then ca!e near to draw water. 6hen the Saviour saw her he said: Give !e water to drin. and # will fill you with water welling up. he wise wo!an ran to the city, and at once announced to the crowds: 3o!e, see 3hrist the *ord, the Saviour of our souls. one 1. C2y Ro!anosD. 6hen the *ord ca!e to the well, the wo!an of Sa!aria as.ed the co!passionate one: Grant !e the water of faith and # shall receive the strea!s of the font: 7oy and rede!ption. Giver of life, *ord, glory to 8ou. Sa!e tone. he Son and 6ord of the (ather, li.e hi! without beginning, li.e hi! eternal, the source of healings, ca!e to the source/ and a wo!an fro! Sa!aria approached to draw water. Seeing her, the Saviour said: Give !e water to drin., and go, call your husband. 2ut she, as though tal.ing with a !an and not with God, .een to deceive, said: # have no husband. he eacher answered her: 8ou say truly: # have no husband, for you have had five, and the one you have now is not your husband. 2ut she, s!itten by the word, ran to the city and

cried out to the crowds, saying: 3o!e, see 3hrist, who grants the world his great !ercy. Glory. one ;. (inding the wo!an of Sa!aria by the well of :acob, :esus, who covers the earth with clouds, as.ed water of her. " the wonderH He who rides on the 3herubi! converses with a wo!an who is a harlot. He who hung the earth upon the waters, as.s for water. He who pours out springs and pools of water, see.s water, as he wishes truly to draw her who is hunted by the warli.e foe, and to ,uench with the water of life the thirst of her who is afla!e with foul desires, as he alone is co!passionate and loves !an.ind. 2oth now. one B. he Prophet 9avid, through you the ancestor of God, spo.e of you in song beforehand to hi! who has done great things for you: he Lueen stood at your right hand. (or 3hrist, the God who, without father, was well pleased to beco!e !an fro! you, declared you to be !other, source of life, so that he, who has great and rich !ercy, !ight refashion his own i!age, corrupted by passions, and, having found the lost sheep wandering on the !ountain and laid it on his shoulders, !ight bring it to his (ather/ and by his own will, " +other of God, unite it to the heavenly Powers and save the world. At the *iti the Sticheron of the Saint of the +onastery as usual. Glory. 2oth now. one &. *et heaven and earth to)day radiantly be glad, for 3hrist has appeared in flesh as !an to free all Ada!-s race fro! the curse/ and by wonders he is !ade wonderful. 6hen he co!es to Sa!aria, he approaches a wo!an, and he who is wrapped in the waters of a cloud, see.s water. herefore all we faithful worship hi! who willingly beca!e poor for our sa.es in his co!passionate purpose. At the Aposticha Resurrection Sticheron fro! the ".toichos. one B. *ord, by ascending the 3ross you wiped out our ancestral curse, and by descending into Hell you freed those enchained fro! every age,

granting incorruption to the hu!an race/ therefore with hy!ns we glorify your life)giving and saving Rising. hen the @aster Stichera with their verses. one 4. *et God arise, and his ene!ies be scattered: and let those that hate hi! flee before his face. A sacred Pascha has been shown forth to us to)day, a new and holy Pascha, a !ystic Pascha, an all)venerable Pascha, a Pascha that is 3hrist the Redee!er, a spotless Pascha, a great Pascha, a Pascha of the faithful, a Pascha that has opened unto us the gates of Paradise, a Pascha that hallows all the faithful. As s!o.e is dispersed, so let the! be dispersed: as wa% !elts before the fire. 3o!e fro! that scene, " wo!en, bearers of good tidings, and say to Oion: Receive fro! us the tidings of 7oy, of the Resurrection of 3hrist. @%ult, dance and be glad, " :erusale!, for you have seen 3hrist the King as a bridegroo! co!e forth fro! the to!b. So shall the wic.ed perish at the presence of God: but the righteous shall be glad. he !yrrh)bearing wo!en at deep dawn drew near to the to!b of the giver of life/ they found an Angel sitting on the stone, and he addressing the! in this !anner said: 6hy see. the living a!ong the deadA 6hy !ourn the incorruptible a!id corruptionA Go proclai! it unto his 9isciples. his is the day that the *ord has !ade: let us re7oice and be glad in it. A Pascha of delight, Pascha, the *ord-s Pascha, an all)venerable Pascha has dawned for us, a Pascha wherein let us e!brace one another with 7oy. " Pascha, ranso! fro! sorrowH o)day 3hrist has shone forth fro! the to!b as fro! a bridal cha!ber, and has filled the wo!en with 7oy, saying: Proclai! it to the Apostles. Glory. one F.

6hen through your ine%pressible dispensation, 3hrist God, you appeared on earth, the wo!an of Sa!aria, having heard your word, full of love for !an.ind, left her buc.et at the well and ran saying to those in the city: 3o!e, see the one who .nows the heart: is not this the e%pected 3hrist, who has great !ercyA 2oth now. he sa!e one. At the !id)point of the feast, as you were teaching, " Saviour, the :ews said: How does this !an .now letters, never having learnedA hey did not recogni>e that you are the 6isdo! who set in order the world. Glory to youH Resurrection Apolyti.ion. 6hen the wo!en 9isciples of the *ord had learnt fro! the Angel the 7oyful !essage of the Resurrection, casting away the ancestral conde!nation, triu!phantly they said to the Apostles: 9eath has been despoiled, 3hrist God has been raised, granting the world his great !ercy. Another, of the (east. one F. At the !id)point of the (east, " Saviour, water !y thirsty soul with strea!s of true devotion/ for you cried out to all: Any who thirst, let the! co!e to !e, and let the! drin.H " Source of life, 3hrist our God, glory to youH And 9is!issal.

At Matins.
After the 0st Psalter reading Kathis!ata fro! the ".toichos. one B. As they loo.ed at the entrance of the to!b and were unable to endure the bright fla!e of the Angel, the +yrrh)bearing wo!en tre!bled with a!a>e!ent and said, <3an the "ne who opened Paradise to the hief have been stolenA 3an he who before his passion proclai!ed his Rising have been raisedA ruly 3hrist God has risen, granting those in Hell life and resurrection-.

=erse: Arise, *ord !y God, lift up your hand/ do not forget your poor for ever. 8ou rose fro! Hell as i!!ortal, " Saviour, and raised your world with you by your Resurrection, 3hrist our God/ with strength you bro.e the !ight of death, and revealed the Resurrection to all, " +erciful: therefore we also glorify you, only lover of !an.ind. Glory. 2oth now. heoto.ion. he !ystery hidden fro! all eternity and un.nown to Angels has been revealed to those on earth through you, " +other of God: God being !ade flesh in a union without confusion, and willingly accepting the 3ross for us, through which he raised the first)for!ed !an, and saved our souls fro! death. After the 1nd Psalter reading, Kathis!a. one B. At your conceiving 3o!ing down fro! the heights above, Gabriel approached the roc. where the Roc. of life was lying, and clothed in white he cried aloud to the weeping wo!en: 3ease your cry of la!entation/ now you have co!passion for ever. a.e courage, for the "ne you see. weeping has truly risen. herefore cry out to the Apostles that the *ord has risen. =erse: # will praise you, " *ord, with !y whole heart/ # will tell of all your !arvellous wor.s. Sa!e !elody. 2y your willing counsel, Saviour, you underwent the 3ross, and !ortal !en laid in a new to!b hi! who sustains the ends of the earth by a word/ and so the stranger, death, was put in chains and terribly despoiled/ and all in Hell cried out at your life)bearing Rising: 3hrist has risen, the *ife)giver, and re!ains to the ages. Glory. 2oth now. heoto.ion. +odel +elody. C2y Ro!anosD At your conceiving without seed, " +other of God, :oseph was struc. with wonder as he conte!plated what was beyond nature, and he

brought to !ind the dew on the fleece, the bush unburned by fire, Aaron-s rod which blosso!ed/ and your 2etrothed and guardian bore witness and cried to the priests: A =irgin bears a child, and after child)birth re!ains still a virgin. After Psal! 00F, the @vlogitaria, the 8pa.oJ. one B. he +yrrh)bearers proclai!ed to the Apostles the news of your wondrous Rising, " 3hrist: that as God you had risen, granting the world your great !ercy. he Anavath!i of the one. Antiphon 0. (ro! !y youth !any passions !a.e war on !e: but you, " Saviour, help !e and save !e. +ay you who hate Sion be put to sha!e by the *ord: you will be withered up as grass by fire. Glory. 2oth now. 2y the Holy Spirit every soul is given life/ by cleansing it is e%alted it is !ade bright by the hreefold Knity in a sacred !ystery. Antiphon 1. # have called fervently to you, *ord, out of the depths of !y soul: let your divine ears be attentive to !e. @veryone who has placed his hope in the *ord/ is e%alted higher than those who grieve. Glory. 2oth now. 2y the Holy Spirit the strea!s of grace well up/ watering all creation to engender life. Antiphon &. +ay !y heart be e%alted towards you, " 6ord/ and let none of the pleasures of the world entice !e to earthly)!indedness. As a !an has love for his !other/ so we should have even greater affection for the *ord.

Glory. 2oth now. 2y the Holy Spirit co!es wealth of divine .nowledge and conte!plation and wisdo!/ for in hi! the 6ord reveals all the (ather-s teachings. Pro.ei!enon. Arise, *ord, help us and redee! us: for the glory of your na!e. =erse: 6e have heard with our ears, " God, our fathers have told us: what things you did in their ti!e, in the days of old. hen *et everything that has breath. he Eth Resurrection Gospel etc. he 3anons, of Pascha with that of the +other of God to ;, of +id) Pentecost to B and of the Sa!aritan 6o!an to B. 3anon of Pascha. one 0. "de 0. #r!os. < he day of Resurrection, let us be radiant, " peoples: Pascha, the *ord-s Pascha/ for 3hrist God has brought us fro! death to life, and fro! earth to heaven, as we sing the triu!phal song-. roparia. *et us purify our senses, and we shall see 3hrist shining forth, in the unapproachable light of the resurrection, and we shall clearly hear Hi! saying <Re7oiceH-, as we sing the triu!phal song. *et the heavens as is fitting re7oice, and let the earth be glad, let the whole world, both seen and unseen, .eep the feast: for 3hrist has risen, our eternal 7oy. 3anon of the +other of God. one 0. he Acrostic in the first roparia: h e o p h a n. "de 0. he sa!e #r!os.

he boundary of death you forced open, all)pure =irgin, by bearing 3hrist the eternal *ife, who shone out to)day fro! the to!b, and enlightened the world. Having seen your Son and God risen fro! the dead, you re7oice with the Apostles, " holy and full of grace, and as cause of the 7oy of all, " all)pure +other of God, you first received the greeting <Re7oice-. 3anon of +id)Pentecost. one F. "de 0. 8ou fi%ed the sea. ?ations clap your hands, Hebrews la!ent, for 3hrist the giver of life has torn asunder the chains of Hell, and raised the dead, and healed the sic. with a word. his is our God, who gives life to those who believe in his na!e. 8ou showed a wonder by changing water into wine, " +aster, who changed the rivers of @gypt into blood. And you raised the dead, perfecting this second sign. Glory, " Saviour, to your counsel, glory to your abase!ent, through which 8ou have !ade us new. " *ord, you are an ever)flowing strea! of true life, you are our resurrection/ willingly you toiled, !y Saviour/ and as you wished you thirsted, sub7ect to nature-s laws/ and co!ing in the flesh to Sychar you sought water to drin. of the wo!an of Sa!aria. heoto.ion. 8ou alone, +other of God, contained your creator in your wo!b and ine%pressibly carried Hi! in the flesh, and you re!ained a =irgin, your virginity ,uite unhar!ed/ beseech Hi!, " pure one, unceasingly, as your Son and God, on behalf of your floc. for ever. 3anon of the Sa!aritan 6o!an. one B. 6ith an acrostic in the Gth "de: : o s e p h. 3o!position of :oseph of hessaloni.i. "de 0. he #r!os.

C<8ou struc. @gypt and drowned the tyrant Pharao in the sea, and saved a people fro! slavery, as they sang +oses- song of victory: (or he has been glorified.-D roparia. he 2uried has arisen, and with hi! raised the hu!an race/ let all creation re7oice, and let all the spiritual clouds to)day clearly rain down 7ustice. Having willingly accepted the cross in the flesh, you rose on the third day fro! the dead, *ord, source of life, e!ptying Hell-s storehouses and leading out the fettered souls. " *ord, who lay the bea!s of your cha!bers on the water, you are the water of life and you granted hallowed strea!s to the wo!an of Sa!aria when she as.ed, for she recognised your co!passion. Glory. " rinity, (ather, Son and Spirit, as !a.er of all things save those who glorify you with pure faith, and grant pardon of our sins, as you are supre!ely good. 2oth now. heoto.ion. Hail throne of fire, hail la!pstand all of gold, hail cloud of light, hail palace of the 6ord, and spiritual table, who fittingly carry 3hrist, the bread of life. Katavasia. he 9ay of Resurrection. "de &. #r!os. <3o!e let us drin. a new drin., not one !arvellously brought forth fro! a barren roc., but the Source of incorruption, which springs up fro! the to!b of 3hrist, in who! we are established-. roparia.

?ow all things are filled with light, both heaven and earth and those beneath the earth: so let all creation sing 3hrist-s rising, by which it is established. 8esterday # was buried with 8ou " 3hrist, to)day # rise with 8ou as 8ou arise: yesterday # was crucified with 8ou, glorify !e with 8ou, Saviour, in your Kingdo!. "f the +other of God. he sa!e #r!os. Holy one, to)day # return to life undefiled through the goodness of Hi! who was born fro! you and whose brightness shines to the ends of the earth. Seeing the God, who! you conceived in the flesh, rising fro! the dead as He said, " holy one, dance/ and !agnify Hi! as God, " i!!aculate. "f +id)Pentecost. +y heart has been established. 9o not 7udge according to appearance, " :ews, said the +aster, as he stood teaching in the te!ple, as it is written, at the !id)point of the feast according to the law. 9o not 7udge according to appearance, " :ews/ for 3hrist has co!e, who! the Prophets declared would co!e fro! Sion, and call bac. the world. #f you do not believe the words, " :ews, be convinced by the +aster-s wor.s: why do you err, re7ecting the Holy "ne of who! +oses wrote in the *awA heoto.ion. 2eing one of the rinity, 8ou were seen to have beco!e flesh without changing your @ssence, *ord, or burning the incorrupt wo!b of her who bore 8ou, though 8ou are wholly God and fire. "f the Sa!aritan 6o!an. he #r!os.

C<+y heart is established in the *ord, who grants the prayer of hi! who prays/ for He has wea.ened the !ighty bow, and the wea. are girded with power.-D roparia. 6illingly you were lifted up on the tree, " 6ord, and seeing it the roc.s were rent, and all creation was sha.en, and the dead arose fro! the graves as fro! sleep. 6hen all the souls of the 7ust saw you co!ing to Hell with your soul, " 6ord, they were released fro! their eternal chains as they hy!ned your power beyond understanding. 6hy are you a!a>edA 6hy with spices do you see. the +aster in a grave, " 6o!enA He has risen, and has raised the world with hi!self, cried the da>>ling Angel to the +yrrhbearers. As *ife and the source of i!!ortality you sat down by the source, " +erciful, and filled with your all)wise strea!s the 6o!an of Sa!aria who as.ed and hy!ned you. Glory. "ne God in rinity is hy!ned over all, the (ather, Son and divine Spirit, who! the ar!ies of heaven glorify in fear, as they clearly cry out: Holy, Holy, Holy, are you to the ages. 2oth now. heoto.ion. 2eyond e%planation you conceived in the wo!b, " =irgin +other, and beyond understanding and reason you gave birth to the God of all things, re!aining a =irgin as before child)birth, " 2ride of God. Katavasia. 3o!e let us drin.. Konta.ion of +id)Pentecost. one B. *ifted up on the 3ross. At the !id)point of the feast according to the law, " 3hrist God, +a.er of all things and +aster, you said to those before you: 3o!e, and draw the water of i!!ortality: therefore we fall down before

you and with faith we cry: Grant us your !ercies, for you are the source of our life. Kathis!a of the 6o!an of Sa!aria. Sa!e !elody. *et heaven re7oice, and things on earth dance, for 3hrist, having appeared fro! a =irgin as !an, has delivered all !an.ind fro! corruption by his own death/ but, having shone with wonders, he as.s water of the 6o!an of Sa!aria and bestows a source of healings, for he alone is i!!ortal. Glory. 2oth now. "f +id)Pentecost. Sa!e !elody. " Giver of wisdo! and +aster, when the feast according to the *aw had co!e, 8ou sat in the te!ple and taught, spea.ing thus to all: 3o!e, you who thirst, drin. of the strea! which # now give you/ through which, you will all en7oy life in God and delight. "de B. #r!os. <*et the Prophet Avva.ou!, inspired by God, .eep the divine watch with us, and show forth the radiant Angel, who with resounding voice declares: o)day brings salvation to the world, for 3hrist has risen as o!nipotent-. roparia. 3hrist appeared as a !ale who opened a virgin wo!b: but as our food he is called <la!b-: <unble!ished-, as our Passover without stain: and <perfect- for he is true God. As a yearling la!b, for us the blessed crown, 3hrist was willingly sacrificed for all, a cleansing Passover: and fro! the to!b the fair sun of 7ustice has shone for us again. God-s forebear 9avid dancing leaped before the Ar., !ere shadow : but seeing the fulfil!ent of the types, let us, God-s holy people, inspired, re7oice, for 3hrist is risen as o!nipotent. "f the +other of God. Sa!e #r!os.

ven He who fashioned Ada! your forefather, " holy one, is fashioned fro! you, and by his own death He has destroyed Ada!-s death to)day, and shed light on all with the divine bea!s of his Resurrection. Seeing 3hrist, who! your bore, shining in beauty fro! the dead, " Pure one, fair and lovely and spotless a!ong wo!en, as you re7oice to)day with the Apostles at the salvation of all, glorify Hi!. "f +id)Pentecost. he prophet Avva.ou!. #f the +essias !ust co!e/ but the +essias is 3hrist, lawless ones, why do you not believe hi!A See, he has co!e and what he does bears witness: he !ade water wine and braced the paralytic with a word. ?ot understanding the Scriptures, you are all in error, lawless Hebrews: for 3hrist has truly co!e and enlightened all, and a!ong you he has shown !any signs and wonders/ and vainly you deny true life. "ne wor. # showed you and you all !arvel, cried 3hrist to the :ews: you yourselves circu!cise a !an even on the Sabbath, he says: why then do you attac. !e for raising a paralytic with a wordA heoto.ion. #n your wo!b, 2ride of God, pure =irgin)!other, you contained God, yet he was not circu!scribed. 9o not cease to intercede for us, that we !ay be delivered fro! troubles/ for we ever flee to you for refuge. "f the Sa!aritan 6o!an. he #r!os. C<# heard your report, *ord, and was afraid: # .new your wor.s and # was astounded, for the earth is full of your praise.-D roparia. *et the heavens re7oice, let all creation .eep the feast: the *ord has risen and appeared to all his wise Apostles.

8our power, 9eath, was swallowed up, when 3hrist died: at his Rising as fro! bridal cha!bers the dead have co!e fro! the graves. 6hy do you la!ent, " wo!enA 6hy see. the i!!ortal with spicesA He has risen as he said, the Angel cried to the +yrrh)bearers. o the wo!an of Sa!aria, when she as.ed, *ord, you gave water, the .nowledge of your !ight/ therefore for all ages she will never thirst as she sings your praise. Glory. " rinity beyond being, (ather, 6ord and divine Spirit, identical in power, together without beginning, save us all, who in faith sing your praise. 2oth now. heoto.ion. he lawgiver saw you as a bush unburned: 9aniel recognised you as a holy !ountain, " Sovereign *ady, only =irgin)!other. Katavasia. *et the prophet. "de 4. #r!os. <*et us arise in the early dawn, and instead of !yrrh, offer praises to the +aster/ and we shall see 3hrist, the Sun of :ustice, who causes life to dawn for all-. roparia. hose who were held by Hades- bonds, seeing your !easureless co!passion, press forward to the light, " 3hrist, with 7oyful step, praising an eternal Passover. 6ith torches in our hands let us go forth to !eet 3hrist as he co!es fro! the grave, li.e a bridegroo!, and with the festive ran.s of Angels, let us feast God-s saving Passover. "f the +other of God. Sa!e #r!os.

pure +other of God, the asse!bly of the devout is enlightened by the divine, life)giving rays of the Resurrection of your Son, and is filled with 7oy. 8ou did not open the gates of the =irgin, when 8ou too. flesh/ 8ou did not brea. the seals of the grave, " King of creation. herefore when she saw 8ou risen, she re7oiced. "f +id)Pentecost. " *ord, our God. 2y wonders you !ade your Apostles shine, by !arvels you !agnified your 9isciples, glorifying the! in all the world, our Saviour, and giving the! your .ingdo!. All the ends of the earth your 9isciples enlightened with wonders and teachings, as they proclai!ed in divers ways, 3hrist Saviour, the word of your .ingdo!. 6e give praise to your .ingdo!, we offer a hy!n to you who appeared on earth for our sa.e and enlightened the world and called bac. Ada!. heoto.ion. 8our wo!b beca!e a holy table, having the heavenly bread, fro! which all who eat will not die, as he the nourisher of all said, " +other of God. "f the Sa!aritan 6o!an. he #r!os. C<+a.e the light of your co!!and!ents dawn for !e, " *ord, for !y spirit rises early for 8ou, " 3hrist, and hy!ns 8ou: for 8ou are our God and to 8ou # have run for refuge, " .ing of peace.-D roparia. Reaching your holy grave at early dawn, the +yrrh)bearers saw a shining youth, and were a!a>ed on learning of your divine Rising, " 3hrist.

9eath has been slain, Hell ta.en prisoner, those in chains freed by the Resurrection of 3hrist. *et us re7oice and clap our hands and radiantly .eep the feast. Apostles leap for 7oy, Angels dance, all born of earth be glad: the *ord has risen, corruption has been banished, grief has ceased, and Ada! dances. " *ord, as source of life you once gave the water of forgiveness and .nowledge to a wo!an of Sa!aria when she as.ed: therefore we praise your ine%pressible !ercies. Glory. 6e honour a three)personned Knity, consubstantial rinity, (ather, 6ord and Holy Spirit, inseparable by nature, one God, +a.er and *ord and +aster of all. 2oth now. heoto.ion. " Pure one, we na!e you gate without passage, field untilled, ar. bearing the +anna, 7ar, la!pstand and censer of the i!!aterial coal. Katavasia. *et us arise in early dawn. "de ;. #r!os. <8ou went down to the deepest parts of the earth, and 8ou shattered the everlasting bars that held fast those that were fettered, " 3hrist. And on the third day li.e :onas fro! the whale, 8ou arose fro! the to!b-. roparia. Keeping the seals intact " 3hrist, 8ou rose fro! the to!b, 8ou who did not har! the loc.s of the =irgin-s wo!b at your birth, and 8ou have opened to us the gates of Paradise. " !y Saviour, the living, unslain =icti!, as God offering yourself willingly to the (ather, 8ou raised up with 8ourself all Ada!-s race, in rising fro! the to!b.

"f the +other of God. he sa!e #r!os. Prisoner of old of death and corruption, the hu!an race has been brought bac. through Hi! was too. flesh fro! your spotless wo!b to incorruptible and everlasting life, " =irgin +other of God. He who went down, " Holy one, into your wo!b, dwelt there and too. flesh beyond understanding, went down into the lowest parts of the earth and raised Ada! with Hi!self when He rose fro! the to!b. "f +id)Pentecost. As waves of the sea. " :esu, who control the ends of the earth, you went up and taught the crowds in the te!ple the word of truth at the !id)point of the feast, as :ohn declares. 8ou co!pleted the (ather-s wor., you confir!ed your words by wor.s, " Saviour, perfor!ing cures and signs, !a.ing the Paralytic stand upright, cleansing lepers and raising the dead. he Son without beginning beca!e a beginning, ta.ing our nature he beca!e !an/ and in the !iddle of the feast He taught, saying: Run to the unfailing source to draw life. heoto.ion. As =irgin after childbirth we hy!n you/ as alone =irgin and +other we glorify you, pure +aiden, bride of God/ for fro! you God was truly incarnate, !a.ing us new. "f the Sa!aritan 6o!an. he #r!os. C<*et not the stor!y waters drown !e, let not the deep swallow !e up: for # have been cast into the depths of the heart of the sea of !y evils/ therefore # cry to you as :onas: +ay !y life ascend fro! corruption to you, our God.-D roparia. :esu, the transgressors nailed you to a cross, and pierced you with a lance, " 3hrist, and :oseph laid you for burial in a new to!b/ fro!

which you rose with glory, raising with you all creation, which hy!ns your !ight. Powerfully you s!ashed the bolts and gates of Hell, " +aster, and rose as God, and !eeting the wo!en you said to the!: Re7oice, and you sent the! to say to the 9isciples: he *iving has arisen, and he has appeared giving light to the ends of the earth. 6hy do you weepA 6hy bring spices as to a !ortal, " wo!enA 3hrist has arisen, leaving the grave clothes behind e!pty, cried the youth who appeared of old flashing li.e lightning/ Go, announce the Resurrection to his friends. Good *ord, you are an ine%haustible strea! of life, an abyss of !ercy. As you 7ourneyed you sat down by the 6ell of the "ath, and cried out to the wo!an of Sa!aria: Give !e water to drin., that you !ay receive strea!s of forgiveness. Glory. 6ith the bodiless powers, # hy!n in faith the (ather without beginning, and the Son e,ual in !a7esty, and the consubstantial Spirit, one @ssence, and nature and glory, and one .ingship, God and +a.er of all, who holds the universe together. 2oth now. heoto.ion. Pure one, we hy!n you, as only =irgin who has given birth and .ept her wo!b incorrupt, throne of the *ord, gate and !ountain, and spiritual la!pstand, bridal cha!ber of God, all light, and !anifest tabernacle of glory, ar. and 7ar and table. Katavasia. 8ou went down. Konta.ion of the Sa!aritan 6o!an. one F. 3o!ing in faith to the well, the wo!an of Sa!aria saw you, the water of wisdo!, and having been given unstintingly to drin. she inherited the .ingdo! fro! above, eternally glorious. #.os.

*et us listen to :ohn teaching us of the holy !ysteries which happened in Sa!aria/ how the *ord spo.e with a wo!an, as.ing her for water, He who gathers the waters to their gatherings, e,ual in !a7esty with the (ather and the Spirit/ for He ca!e see.ing out his i!age, as eternally glorious. Syna%arion of the +enaion, then the following: "n the sa!e day, the fifth Sunday fro! @aster, we celebrate the feast of the 6o!an of Sa!aria. =erses. 6ater that perishes you ca!e to ta.e, he living drew, with which you wash soul-s filth. hrough the intercessions of your +artyr Photeini, 3hrist our God, have !ercy on us. A!en. "de E. #r!os. <He who delivered the 3hildren fro! the furnace, beco!ing !an suffers as a !ortal, and through suffering he clothes the !ortal with the glory of incorruption: the only blessed and !ost glorious God of our fathers-. roparia. he holy wo!en hastened after 8ou with sweet spices. 6ho! they sought with tears as a !ortal, they worshipped with 7oy as the living God, and they proclai!ed the !ystic Passover, " 3hrist, to your disciples. 6e feast death-s slaughter, the overthrow of Hell, the first fruits of a new eternal life: and dancing we hy!n the cause: the only blessed and !ost glorious God of our fathers. How truly holy and all)festive is this saving night, how full of light, herald of the bright day of the resurrection, in which the ti!eless *ight shone bodily for all fro! the to!b. "f the +other of God. he sa!e #r!os.

Having slain death, your Son, " all)pure one, has to)day given to all life that endures to ages of ages: the only blessed and highly e%alted God of our fathers. He who reigns over all creation beco!ing !an dwelt in your wo!b, " full of God-s grace, and having endured the cross and death He has risen as God and raised us with hi!, for He is all powerful. "f +id)Pentecost. he 3haldeans- furnace. he repose of all, you toiled in the flesh/ the source of wonders, you thirsted willingly/ you as.ed for water, :esu, pro!ising living water. 8ou spo.e, *ord, with a wo!an of Sa!aria, reproving the folly of the lawless Hebrews/ for she believed you to be Son of God, but they denied. 6e who eat the bread of the flesh of the *ord, and drin. the blood of the +aster-s side, let us, living by grace, live in newness of spirit. heoto.ion. 8ou contained in your wo!b the uncontainable 6ord, you suc.led at your breasts the nourisher of the world, you carried in your e!brace the !a.er of all, pure +other of God. "f the Sa!aritan 6o!an. he #r!os. C<9o not hand us over for ever, for your na!e-s sa.e, do not scatter your covenant and do not withdraw your !ercy fro! us, " *ord the God of our fathers, highly e%alted unto the ages.-D roparia. " !erciful 3hrist, willingly you were nu!bered a!ong the lawless at the !o!ent of your divine Passion/ seeing it the earth was sha.en and the roc.s were rent by your all)effecting wish, " #nfinite, and the dead fro! ti!e-s beginning arose. 6ith your soul you went down to the lower regions of Hell/ bravely you led out all the prisoners that death, the bitter tyrant, held since

ti!e-s beginning, as they cried out to you, 3hrist our God: Glory to your dread dispensationH 6hy do you see. the eternally living with the deadA He has risen, as he said. Here, as you see, the graveclothes are e!pty, the to!b is e!pty, the young !an who appeared said to the 6o!en: Go with haste, tell the Apostles. 8ou are the water of life, the 6o!an of Sa!aria cried out to 3hrist/ therefore, " 6ord, give !e, who a! ever thirsty, your divine grace to drin., that # !ay no longer, *ord :esu, be !astered by the drought of ignorance, but !ay proclai! your wonderful wor.s. Glory. 6e hy!n the (ather and the Son and the divine Spirit, rinity by nature undivided, divided by persons, one united @ssence, without beginning, +a.er of all and God, who! all the ran.s of heaven praise. 2oth now. heoto.ion. After your dread child)birth, holy +other of God, you were .ept a pure =irgin/ therefore all the choirs of Angels and all generations of !an.ind hy!n you with never silent voices as the pure place which confined the infinite. Katavasia. he 3hildren in the furnace. "de F. #r!os. < his chosen and holy day is the first of Sabbaths, the Lueen and *ady, the (east of (easts and the (estival of (estivals on which we bless 3hrist to all the ages-. roparia. 3o!e let us share in the new fruit of the vine, of 7oy divine, and in the .ingdo! of 3hrist, on the glorious day of the Resurrection, hy!ning Hi! as God to all the ages.

*ift your eyes around you, " Sion, and see: for behold li.e beacons shedding light divine your children have co!e to you, fro! 6est and ?orth, fro! the Sea and fro! the @ast, blessing 3hrist in you to all the ages. Al!ighty (ather, 6ord and Spirit, nature united in three Persons, beyond all being and beyond all Godhead, into 8ou we have been baptised and we bless to all the ages. "f the +other of God. he sa!e #r!os. As the creator ca!e into the world through you, " =irgin +other of God, He tore open the wo!b of Hell and gave us !ortals the Resurrection/ therefore we bless Hi! to the ages. 8our Son, " =irgin, having overthrown the !ight of death, in his resurrection, as a !ighty God, has e%alted us with Hi!self and deified us/ therefore we praise Hi! to the ages. "f +id)Pentecost. Angels and heavens. 3o!e, peoples, see the one who is hy!ned upon a throne of glory blasphe!ed by lawless peoples, and seeing, hy!n the +essias who was foretold by the prophets. 8ou are truly the 3hrist who is co!ing into the world, fro! who! are salvation and forgiveness of ancestral faults/ you are the true life of those who believe in 8ou. he 6isdo! of God, so it is written, ca!e to the te!ple at the !id) point of the feast and taught/ for he was truly the +essias, 3hrist, fro! who! is salvation. heoto.ion. Say how you gave birth to hi! who shone forth eternally fro! the (ather and is hy!ned with the holy SpiritA As he .nows, who alone was well)pleased to be born of you, " +other of God. "f the Sa!aritan 6o!an. he #r!os.

C<8ou established the universe, +aster, by your wisdo!/ and laid the foundation of the earth, as you .now how, upon the base of the waters/ therefore we all cry out in song: 8ou wor.s of the *ord, unceasingly bless the *ord.-D roparia. 8ou endured death by your will, only #!!ortal, you too. hell captive, you s!ashed the gates of brass, heavenly King, and released the prisoners held there since ti!e-s beginning, who unceasingly hy!n the !ight of your goodness. 8ou were lifted up willingly on the 3ross, " *ongsuffering, and the roc.s were split, the sun was ,uenched, the veil of the te!ple was rent in two, and the earth was sha.en, and Hell, the laughing stoc., tre!bled with fright and released all his prisoners. 8ou, *ord, the light that never sets and life of all, appeared to those sitting in dar.ness/ therefore when the 7ust saw you, " 6ord, they leaped for 7oy and cried aloud: 8ou have co!e to free all fro! their chains/ we praise your !ight. 8ou sat ne%t the source at the si%th hour, " Saviour, and granted the 6o!an of Sa!aria living water and strea!s of .nowledge in your great co!passion/ with her we all cry out in song: 8ou wor.s of the *ord, unceasingly bless the *ord. Glory. 6e praise the (ather without beginning, the Son li.ewise without beginning and the Holy Spirit, the three one God without confusion, inseparable, 3reator of all, identical in power, !ight of sovereign freedo!, and we cry out: 8ou wor.s of the *ord, unceasingly bless the *ord. 2oth now. heoto.ion. #saias was cleansed by a coal, proclai!ing in advance the spiritual coal, incarnate of you beyond understanding, " =irgin, and which burns up all the !aterial sins of !ortals, and through pity deifies our nature, " i!!aculate.

Katavasia. his chosen. "de G. #r!os. +egalynarion: +agnify, " !y soul, Hi! who suffered willingly, and was buried, and arose fro! the grave on the third day. <Shine, shine, " ?ew :erusale!, for the glory of the *ord has risen upon you/ dance now and be glad, " Sion, and you too re7oice, " pure +other of God, at the arising of Hi! to who! you gave birth-. roparia. +egalynarion: +agnify, " !y soul, 3hrist the Giver of life, who arose fro! the grave on the third day. " your divine and beloved and sweetest voice/ 8ou have truly pro!ised that 8ou will be with us unto the end of the world, " 3hrist/ and we faithful re7oice, having this as an anchor of hope. +egalynarion: 3hrist is the new Passover, the living sacrificial victi!, the *a!b of God, who ta.es away the sin of the world. " great and !ost sacred Pascha, 3hrist/ " 6isdo! and 6ord and Power of GodH Grant that we !ay parta.e of 8ou fully in the unwaning day of your Kingdo!. "f the +other of God. he sa!e #r!os.
Now in har!ony, " =irgin, we faithful call you blest: Hail gate of the

*ord: Hail living city: Hail through who! to)day the light of the Resurrection fro! the dead of Hi! who was born fro! you has shone for us.

Re7oice, be glad, divine gate of the light/ for :esus who set in the to!b has dawned shining !ore brightly than the sun, and shedding his rays on all the faithful, " Sovereign *ady full of God-s grace. "f +id)Pentecost. Strange to !others.

At the !id)point of the feast of the :ews 8ou ca!e, !y Saviour, to your te!ple, and you taught all: but the :ews !arvelled, and said: 6hence does this !an .now letters, never having learnedA Pouring out gifts of healings, !y Redee!er perfor!ed signs and wonders, banishing diseases, healing the sic./ but the :ews were !addened by the !ultitude of his wonders. he carnal :ew according to the flesh, thin.ing of what is written, stu!bles against the letter/ but again collides against the Spirit of truth/ but as for us, leaving hi! aside, let us thin. things of the Spirit. heoto.ion. 8ou contained within your wo!b, =irgin +other, one of the rinity, 3hrist the Giver of life, who! all creation hy!ns, before who! tre!ble all the thrones above/ beseech hi!, all blessed one, that our souls !ay be saved. "f the Sa!aritan 6o!an. he #r!os. C<He has shown strength with his ar! / he has put down the !ighty fro! their thrones, and e%alted the hu!ble, the God of #srael, by who! the 9ayspring fro! on high has visited us, and set us in the way of peace.-D roparia. :esus the life of all was seen hanged willingly on a ree/ and seeing it the earth was sha.en, and !any bodies of the Saints that slept visibly arose, and Hell-s prison was sha.en. "ut of the to!b, fair as a bridegroo! fro! his cha!ber, you ca!e, having abolished the tyranny of death, and s!ashed the bolts of Hell by your divine power, and illu!ined the world by the spiritual light of your Rising. Spiritual choirs now let us all establish and let us cry: he *ord has risen/ let the earth re7oice and the heavens be glad, let the clouds rain down showers of 7ustice for us who radiantly celebrate and sing 3hrist-s praise.

@ven as he poured out teachings richly, the *ord, source of blessings, life of all living, cried out to the wo!an, <Grant !e water to drin., that # !ay give you water which dries up the sources of your sins-. Glory. Pure single light, yet without parts, is the triple)sunned unity/ the (ather who has no beginning, Son and Spirit, one Godhead, life and !a.er of all. *et us the faithful, with the 2odiless ones, praise the Godhead, as we chant thrice)holy songs. 2oth now. heoto.ion. Having beco!e the dwelling of the *ight, " Pure one, illu!ine the pupils of !y soul, blac.ened by the !any wiles of the foe, and !a.e !e worthy to see clearly with a pure heart the Splendour that shone fro! you beyond understanding. Katavasia. Shine, shine. hen Holy is the *ord, our God. @%apostilarion of Pascha. Having fallen asleep in the flesh as a !ortal, " King and *ord, 8ou rose again on the third day, raising up Ada! fro! corruption, and abolishing death. " Pascha of incorruption, " salvation of the world. Another, of the 6o!an of Sa!aria. 6o!en hear. 8ou reached Sa!aria, and tal.ing with a wo!an, sought water to drin., !y all)powerful Saviour, who poured out water for the Hebrews fro! a sharp roc., and led her to belief in you: and now she en7oys life eternally in heaven. "f +id)Pentecost. Sa!e !elody. At the !id)point of the feast, *over of !an.ind, you ca!e to the te!ple and said: 8ou who are full of thirst, co!e to !e and draw living water welling up, through which you will all revel in delight and grace and i!!ortal life.

At *auds were insert F Stichera and we sing ; of the Resurrection and 1 of the 6o!an of Sa!aria. Resurrection =erses. one B. All)powerful *ord, who endured 3ross and death, and rose fro! the dead, we glorify your Resurrection. 2y your 3ross, " 3hrist, 8ou have freed us fro! the ancient curse, and by your death 8ou have destroyed the devil who tyrannised over our nature, by your Rising 8ou have filled all things with 7oy/ therefore we cry to 8ou: *ord risen fro! the dead, glory to 8ouH 2y your 3ross, 3hrist Saviour, guide us to your truth, and deliver us fro! the snares of the foe/ risen fro! the dead raise us who have fallen through sin by stretching out your hand, *ord who love !an.ind, at the prayers of your saints. "nly)begotten 6ord of God, without being parted fro! the (ather-s boso!, 8ou ca!e on earth through love for !an.ind, beco!ing !an without change, and though i!passible in your Godhead, 8ou endured 3ross and death in the flesh/ but risen fro! the dead 8ou granted the hu!an race i!!ortality, as 8ou alone are all)powerful. "ther Stichera by Anatolios. 8ou accepted death in the flesh, so ensuring us i!!ortality/ and you dwelt in a to!b, that you !ight free us fro! Hell, raising us with yourself, having suffered as a !an, but rising as God. herefore we cry to you: Glory to you, life)giving *ord, only lover of !an.ind. he roc.s were rent, " Saviour, when your 3ross was fi%ed on 3alvary/ the gate).eepers of Hell tre!bled when you were placed as a !ortal in the sepulchre/ for you destroyed the strength of death and gave incorruption to the dead by your Resurrection, " Saviour. Giver of life, glory to youH #dio!el Stichera of the Sa!aritan 6o!an. one &. =erse: 2end the bow, advance prosperously and reign/ because of truth, !ee.ness and 7ustice.

*et heaven and earth be radiantly glad to)day, for 3hrist has appeared, incarnate as a !an, that he !ay rescue fro! the curse all Ada!-s race/ and through wonders he is !ade wonderful as he reaches Sa!aria/ he, who is wrapped in the waters of a cloud, ca!e up to a wo!an and sought water/ and so let us the faithful all worship hi!, who for our sa.es willingly beca!e poor by his co!passionate counsel. one ;. =erse: 8ou have loved 7ustice and hated ini,uity, and so God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your fellows. hus says the *ord to the wo!an of Sa!aria: #f you .new the gift of God, and who it is who is saying to you: Give !e water to drin., you would have as.ed hi!, and he would have given you to drin., that you !ight never thirst for ever/ says the *ord. Glory. Sa!e one. he spring of life-s source, :esus our Saviour, ca!e to the spring of the Patriarch :acob and sought water to drin. fro! a wo!an of Sa!aria. 2ut when she ob7ected that there was no sharing vessels by the :ews, the wise creator diverts her with sweet words rather to as. for the eternal water/ which she accepted and proclai!ed to all, saying: 3o!e, see the one who .nows hidden things, and is God co!e in the flesh to save !an.ind. 2oth now. 8ou are !ost blessed. Great 9o%ology and 9is!issal. 2efore the (irst Hour the @othinon. one E. *o, dar.ness and early dawn. And why, +ary, are you standing by the grave, your !ind full of dar.nessA 6hy do you see. where :esus has been laidA 2ut see the disciples running together, see how they have realised the Resurrection fro! the grave clothes and the nap.in, and have re!e!bered the Scripture concerning this. 6ith

who! and through who! we too have believed and sing your praise " 3hrist, the Giver of *ife.

Sunday of the Man $orn $lind.

At Great Vespers.
After 3hrist has risen, at *ord, # have cried we insert 05 stichera and we sing E of the Resurrection and 1 #dio!els of the 2lind +an, doubling the first. Resurrection Stichera. one 4. hrough your precious 3ross, " 3hrist, you have sha!ed the 9evil/ and by your Resurrection you have blunted the sting of sin and you have saved us fro! the gates of 9eath/ we glorify you, "nly) begotten. He who gives resurrection to the hu!an race li.e a sheep was led to the slaughter/ the princes of Hades tre!bled before hi!, and the gates of pain were lifted up/ for 3hrist, the King of glory had co!e in, saying to those in chains, <3o!e forthH- and to those in dar.ness <Reveal yourselvesHA !ighty wonderH he i!!ortal 3reator of things invisible, having suffered in the flesh for love of !an.ind, arose. 3o!e fa!ilies of the nations and let us worship hi!/ for we, delivered fro! error by his co!passion, have learned to praise one God in three Persons. Stichera by Anatolios. 6e offer you our evening worship, " light that .nows no evening, who at the end of the ages, as in a glass, shone on the world through the flesh and went down as far as Hades/ abolished the dar.ness there and showed the light of the resurrection to the nations. Giver of life, " *ord, glory to youH *et us glorify 3hrist, the author of our salvation/ for by his rising fro! the dead the world has been saved fro! error. he Angel choir

re7oices, de!ons- deception flees, fallen Ada! rises, the 9evil has been overthrown. he !e!bers of the guard were instructed by the transgressors: <3onceal 3hrist-s Rising. Accept !oney and say: 6hile we slept the body was stolen fro! the to!b-. 6ho ever saw, who ever heard of a corpse being stolenA +oreover one e!bal!ed and na.ed and that also abandoned its grave)clothes in the to!bA 9o not be deceived, you :ews/ hear the sayings of the Prophets and .now that he is truly the redee!er of the world and all)powerful. " *ord, our Saviour, who despoiled Hades and tra!pled on death/ who enlightened the world by your precious 3ross, have !ercy on us. #dio!el Stichera of the 2lind +an. one 1. he !an born blind reasoned with hi!self, <6as it through !y parents- sin that # was born blindA "r was # born because of the unbelief of the nations as an accusationA # a! not co!petent to as. when it is day, when night. +y feet cannot detect the stu!bling bloc.s of the stones. # have not seen the sun shining, nor hi! who fashioned !e in his i!age. 2ut # beg you, 3hrist God: *oo. on !e and have !ercy on !e. $ wice' he Sa!e one. As :esus was passing by fro! the te!ple, he found a !an blind fro! birth, and !oved with co!passion for hi! put clay on his eyes and said to hi!, <Go, wash in the Pool of Siloa!-. He, having washed, gained his sight and gave glory to God. 2ut his ne%t of .in said to hi!, <6ho opened the eyes which none of those with sight could cureA- 2ut he cried out and said, <A !an called :esus, he it was said to !e: 6ash in the Pool of Siloa!/ and # gained !y sight. He is truly 3hrist +essias of who! +oses spo.e in the *aw/ he is the Saviour of our souls-. Glory. one 4. " *ord, as you passed by on the way, you found a !an blind fro! birth. 8our 9isciples were a!a>ed and as.ed you, saying, < eacher, who has sinned, this !an or his parents, that he was born blindA-

2ut you, !y Saviour, cried out to the!, <?either has he sinned, nor his parents, but that the wor.s of God !ight be revealed in hi!. # !ust do the wor.s of hi! who sent !e, which none can do-. So saying you spat on the ground, !ade clay, and anointed his eyes, and said, <Go, wash in the Pool of Siloa!-. 6hen he had washed he beca!e whole and cried out to you, <# believe *ord-. And he worshipped you. herefore we too cry out: Have !ercy on usH 2oth now. heoto.ion. Sa!e one #n the Red Sea was once depicted an i!age of the bride who .new not wedloc.. here +oses the parter of the waters/ here Gabriel the servant of the wonder. hen #srael !arched dry)shod through the deep/ now the =irgin has given birth to 3hrist without seed. he Sea after the passage of #srael re!ained untrodden/ the 2la!eless after bearing @!!anuel, re!ained incorrupt. " God, who e%ist and pre) e%ist, and who appeared as a !an, have !ercy on us. At the *iti the Sticheron of the Saint of the +onastery. Glory. one B. 3onsidering his whole life to be night, the 2lind !an cried out to you, " *ord: <"pen !y pupils, Son of 9avid, our Saviour, that with all # too !ay hy!n your power-. 2oth now. heoto.ion. he sa!e one. Assent to the supplications of your servants, " +ost Pure, by ending the assaults of our dangers and delivering us fro! every tribulation: for we have you as our only safe and sure anchor and we have gained your protection/ !ay we who call for your aid, Sovereign *ady, not be put to sha!e/ hasten to the entreaties of those who cry out to you in faith: Hail Sovereign *ady, the help of all, the 7oy and protection and salvation of our souls. At the Aposticha, Resurrection Sticheron. one 4. " 3hrist our Saviour, incarnate, yet not parted fro! heaven, with sounds of praise we !agnify you/ for, as the *ord who loves !an.ind, you accepted 3ross and death for the sa.e of our race/

you despoiled the gates of Hell, rose on the third day, and saved our souls. hen the @aster Stichera with their verses. =erse: *et God arise and let his ene!ies be scattered: and let those that hate hi! flee before his face. A sacred Pascha has been shown forth to us to)day, a new and holy Pascha, a !ystic Pascha, an all)venerable Pascha, a Pascha that is 3hrist the Redee!er, a spotless Pascha, a Pascha of the faithful, a Pascha that has opened to us the gates of Paradise, a Pascha that hallows all the faithful. =erse: As s!o.e vanishes, so let the! vanish: as wa% !elts before the fire. 3o!e fro! the scene, " wo!en bearers of good tidings, and say to Oion: Receive fro! us the tidings of 7oy, of the Resurrection of 3hrist. @%ult, dance and be glad, " :erusale!, for you have seen 3hrist the King as a bridegroo! co!e forth fro! the to!b. =erse: So let sinners perish at the presence of God: and let the righteous be glad. he +yrrhbearing wo!en at early dawn ca!e near the to!b of the Giver of life/ they found an Angel sitting on the stone, and he, addressing the! in this !anner, said, <6hy do you see. the living a!ong the deadA 6hy do you !ourn the #ncorruptible a!id corruptionA Go, proclai! it to his 9isciplesH=erse: his is the day that the *ord has !ade: let us be glad and re7oice in it. A Pascha of delight, Pascha, the *ord-s Pascha, an all)venerable Pascha has dawned for us, a Pascha on which let us e!brace one another with 7oy. " Pascha, ranso! fro! sorrowH o)day 3hrist has shone forth fro! the to!b as fro! a bridal cha!ber, and has filled the wo!en with 7oy, saying: Proclai! it to the Apostles. Glory. one F.

3hrist our God, spiritual Sun of 7ustice, by your pure touch you enlightened the one who had been deprived of light fro! his !other-s wo!b/ by shedding your rays on the eyes of our souls, show us to be sons of the day, that we !ay cry to you with faith, <Great and ineffable is your co!passion for us. *over of hu!an.ind, glory to youH< 2oth now. one 4. #t is the day of Resurrection/ let us be radiant for the festival, and let us e!brace one another. *et us say, " brethren, even to those who hate us: let us forgive all things at the Resurrection, and so let us cry: 3hrist has risen fro! the dead/ by death he has tra!pled on death, and to those in the graves given life. Resurrection Apolyti.ion. +odel +elody. one 4. *et us believers praise and let us worship the 6ord who li.e the (ather and the Spirit is without beginning, born fro! a =irgin for our salvation/ for he was well pleased to ascend the 3ross in the flesh and undergo death, and to raise those who had died, by his glorious Resurrection. heoto.ion. Hail gate of the *ord, through which none !ay pass/ hail wall and protection of those who flee to you/ hail haven without stor!s, and who did not .now wedloc./ who bore in the flesh your !a.er and God. 9o not cease to intercede for those who praise and worship your offspring. 9is!issal.

At Matins.
After the 0st Psalter reading, Resurrection Kathis!ata. one 4. *et us celebrate the 3ross of the *ord, let us honour with hy!ns his holy 2urial, and highly glorify his Resurrection/ for as God with hi!self he raised the dead fro! the graves, having plundered the

!ight of death and the strength of the 9evil, and !ade light dawn for those in Hades. =erse: Arise, " *ord !y God, lift up your hand/ forget not your poor for ever. " *ord, you were called dead, who put death to death/ you were placed in a grave, who e!ptied the graves: above, soldiers were guarding the to!b, below, you raised the dead fro! every age. *ord, all)powerful and beyond understanding, glory to youH Glory. 2oth now. heoto.ion. Hail holy !ountain on which God has wal.ed: hail living bush and unconsu!ed by fire/ hail the world-s only bridge to God, which leads !ortals over to eternal life/ hail +aiden undefiled who bore without wedloc. the salvation of our souls. After the 1nd Psalter reading, Kathis!ata. one 4. +erciful *ord, transgressors nailed you between !alefactors and pierced your side with a lance/ but you accepted burial, you overthrew the gates of Hades, and rose on the third day/ the wo!en ran to see you and they announced the Resurrection to the Apostles. " Saviour highly)e%alted, who! Angels praise, " blessed *ord, glory to you. =erse: # will confess you, *ord, with !y whole heart/ # will tell of all your !arvellous wor.s. 8our strange !ystery, " !y Saviour, has beco!e the salvation of the world/ for as befitted God you rose fro! the to!b and as God raised with you those who had perished: " life of all, *ord, glory to you. Glory. 2oth now. heoto.ion. " 2ride who .new not wedloc., +other of God, who turned @ve-s grief to 7oy, we the faithful praise and worship you/ for you have brought us bac. fro! the ancient curse/ and now, all)praised, all) holy one, intercede unceasingly that we !ay be saved.

After Psal! 00F, the @vlogitaria. hen the 8pa.oJ. one 4. A!a>ed in !ind by the vision of the Angel and enlightened in soul by the divine Rising, the +yrrhbearers gave the good news to the Apostles: <Announce a!ong the nations the *ord-s Resurrection, who wor.s with you by wonders and grants us his great !ercyhe Anavath!i of the one. Antiphon 0. #n !y distress, li.e 9avid, # sing to you, !y Saviour: 9eliver !e fro! a treacherous tongue. (or dwellers in the desert life is blessed, for their wings are the love of God. Glory. 2oth now. 2y the Holy Spirit all things are held fast, the visible with the invisible/ for his !ight is his own as truly one of the rinity. Antiphon 1. *et us be lifted, " soul, to the !ountains/ co!e thither where help co!es fro!. *et your right hand ta.e wing, " *ord, and guard !e fro! every !ischief. Glory. 2oth now. o the Holy Spirit let us say, as we confess hi! to be God: 8ou are God, life, love, light, !ind/ you are goodness, you are .ing for ever. Antiphon &. (or those who said to !e: <*et us go to the courts of the *ord-, full of great 7oy, # offer prayers. 9read things shall be brought to fulfil!ent upon the house of 9avid: for fire shall be there burning every sha!eful thought. Glory. 2oth now.

o the Holy Spirit belongs the dignity of being the source of life, for fro! hi! every living thing is ani!ated, as by the (ather and the 6ord. Pro.ei!enon. Arise, " *ord !y God: for you reign for ever. =erse: # will confess you, " *ord, with !y whole heart/ # will tell of all your wonders. he Fth Resurrection Gospel, then Having seen the Resurrection of 3hrist, Psal! 45 etc. he 3anons, of @aster with that of the +other of God to F, and of the 2lind +an to ;. @aster 3anon. one 0. "de 0. #r!os. he day of Resurrection, let us be radiant, " peoples: Pascha, the *ord-s Pascha/ for 3hrist God has brought us fro! death to life, and fro! earth to heaven, as we sing the triu!phal song. roparia. *et us purify our senses, and we shall see 3hrist shining forth, in the unapproachable light of the Resurrection, and we shall clearly hear hi! saying <Re7oiceH-, as we sing the triu!phal song. *et the heavens as is fitting re7oice, and let the earth be glad, let the whole world, both seen and unseen, .eep the feast: for 3hrist has risen, our eternal 7oy. 3anon of the +other of God. one 0. he Acrostic in the first roparia: H@"PHA?. "de 0. he sa!e #r!os.

#he boundary of death you forced open, all)pure =irgin, by bearing 3hrist the eternal *ife, who shone out to)day fro! the to!b, and enlightened the world.
Having seen your Son and God risen fro! the dead, you re7oice with the Apostles, " holy and full of grace, and as cause of the 7oy of all, " all)pure +other of God, you first received the greeting <Re7oice-. 3anon of the 2lind +an. one 4. 6ith an Acrostic in the Gth "de: :"S@PH 3o!position of :oseph of hessaloni.i. "de 0. one 4. he #r!os. C#srael passed dry)shod, " *ord, over earth on which the sun had never shone, had never seen/ deep which the vault of heaven had never seen na.ed/ and you led hi! to the !ountain of your sanctification as he sang and chanted a song of victory.D roparia. 2y willingly accepting crucifi%ion in the flesh, you have beco!e a source of blessing and life for the world, " +aster, only all)blessed and 3reator of all/ therefore we bless you, we hy!n and glorify you, as we sing and chant a song of victory. 6hen you were dead, " long)suffering, the noble :oseph laid you in the lowest pit and rolled a stone to the door of the grave/ but you rose in glory, raising the world with you, as it sang and chanted a song of victory. he Angel appeared and said to the holy wo!en: 6hy do you bring spices with tearsA 3hrist has risenH Run, tell the 9isciples who have seen God, as they !ourn and weep, so that they !ay leap and dance for 7oy. @%traordinary wonders the Redee!er perfor!s/ he even cured a !an blind fro! birth, anointing hi! with clay and saying: Go, wash in Siloa!, that you !ay .now that # a! God who wal. the earth bearing flesh because of !y co!passionate pity. riadi.on.

Honouring one @ssence in three Persons, let us the faithful glorify the (ather and the Son and the right Spirit, !a.er and *ord, and redee!er of all, one uncreated God, as we cry with the 2odiless hosts: Holy, Holy, Holy are you, " KingH heoto.ion. 2ecause of his co!passionate pity the *ord dwelt in your wo!b that had not .nown wedloc., " Pure one, for he wished to save !an.ind which had perished through the wiles of the foe: i!plore hi! then that this city !ay be saved fro! every capture and invasion by foes. Katavasia o God the saviour let us sing, to hi! alone, who led his people through the sea with un!oistened foot and drowned Pharaoh with all his ar!y in the deep, for he has been glorified. "de &. #r!os. -3o!e let us drin. a new drin., not one !arvellously brought forth fro! a barren roc., but the Source of incorruption, which springs up fro! the to!b of 3hrist, in who! we are established-. roparia. ?ow all things are filled with light, both heaven and earth and those beneath the earth: so let all creation sing 3hrist-s rising, by which it is established. 8esterday # was buried with you, " 3hrist, to)day # rise with you as you arise: yesterday # was crucified with you, glorify !e with you, Saviour, in your Kingdo!. "f the +other of God. he sa!e #r!os.

oly one, to)day # return to life undefiled through the goodness of hi! who was born fro! you and whose brightness bla>es to all the ends of the earth.

Seeing God, who! you conceived in the flesh, rising fro! the dead as he said, " holy one, dance/ and !agnify hi! as God, " +ost Pure. "f the 2lind +an. he #r!os. C" *ord, !a.e fir! !y heart sha.en by the waves of life, as God guiding it to a fair haven.D roparia. *ong)suffering *ord, you !ade fir! the hearts of those who are sha.en when you shoo. the earth, by your hallowed 3rucifi%ion, which you underwent in the flesh. he noble :oseph laid you in a new to!b, " !erciful/ but you arose fro! the dead on the third day, renewing us all. 6hy do you see. the *ord as a corpseA He has risen as he said, cried the Angel to the wo!en, da>>ling with his godli.e for!. 8ou once cured a !an blind fro! birth who ca!e to you, All) !erciful, glorifying your dispensation and your wonders. riadi.on. 6e worship God, (ather without beginning, Son and divine Spirit, triple uncreated, three)personned nature, one God of all. heoto.ion. 8ou gave birth fro! a virgin wo!b to God incarnate/ i!plore hi!, all)holy *ady, to have pity on us. Katavasia. 2y the power of your 3ross, " 3hrist, !a.e fir! !y !ind to hy!n and glorify your saving Assu!ption. Konta.ion of @aster. one F. +odel !elody. C2y St Ro!anosD

hough you descended into the to!b, " #!!ortal, yet you destroyed the power of Hell/ and you arose as victor, " 3hrist God, calling to the +yrrh)bearing wo!en: Re7oiceH and giving peace to your Apostles, " you who grant resurrection to the fallen. Kathis!a. one F. he +aster and !a.er of all things, as he passed along found a 2lind +an sitting by the way, la!enting and saying: <?ever in !y life have # seen the sun shining or the !oon shedding its light/ therefore # cry out to you, born of a =irgin to enlighten the universe: @nlighten !e, as you are co!passionate, that falling down # !ay cry to you: +aster 3hrist God, grant !e forgiveness of !y offences through the !ultitude of your !ercy, only lover of !an.ind-. $ wice'. "de B. #r!os. *et the Prophet Avva.u!, inspired by God, .eep the divine watch with us, and show forth the radiant Angel, who with resounding voice declares: o)day brings salvation to the world, for 3hrist has risen as o!nipotent. roparia. 3hrist appeared as a !ale who opened a virgin wo!b: but as our food he is called <la!b-: <unble!ished-, as our Passover without stain: and <perfect- for he is true God. As a yearling la!b, for us the blessed crown, 3hrist was willingly sacrificed for all, a cleansing Passover: and fro! the to!b the fair sun of 7ustice has shone for us again. God-s forebear 9avid dancing leaped before the Ar., !ere shadow: but seeing the fulfil!ent of the types, let us, God-s holy people, inspired, re7oice, for 3hrist has risen as o!nipotent. "f the +other of God. Sa!e #r!os.

Even he who fashioned Ada! your forefather, " holy one, is fashioned fro! you, and by his own death he has destroyed Ada!-s death today, and shed light on all with the divine bea!s of his Resurrection.

Seeing 3hrist, who! you bore, shining in beauty fro! the dead, " Pure one, fair and lovely and spotless a!ong wo!en, as you re7oice to)day with the Apostles at the salvation of all, glorify hi!. "f the 2lind +an. he #r!os. C# heard your report, *ord, and # was afraid/ # considered your dispensation and # glorified you, only lover of !an.ind.D roparia. 2y being placed on a ree you, who are life, brought !e, who had died through a tree, bac. to life through your great !ercy. herefore, " 6ord, # glorify you. +arvellously asse!bled together with your #nitiates, " *ord, you said to the!: Go forth, proclai! !y Resurrection everywhere. 3onfir!ing your Rising fro! the grave, *ord, for !any days you asse!bled together with your friends, and !ade the! 7oyful. 8ou gave sight to a !an 2lind fro! the wo!b, *ord, when you said: Go, wash and receive your sight, and glorify !y Godhead. riadi.on. " rinity, identical in honour, undivided in @ssence, divided in Persons, save all who with fear faithfully glorify you. heoto.ion. 6e glorify your child)bearing above nature, " #!!aculate, in faith blessing you, " all unble!ished, as the one who gave birth to the God of all. Katavasia. " *ord # heard the report of the sovereign power of your 3ross: that through it Paradise was opened: and # cried, Glory to your power, " *ord. "de 4. #r!os.

*et us arise in the early dawn, and instead of !yrrh, offer praises to the +aster/ and we shall see 3hrist, the Sun of :ustice, who causes life to dawn for all. roparia. hose who were held by Hades- bonds, seeing your !easureless co!passion, press forward to the light, " 3hrist, with 7oyful step, praising an eternal Passover. 6ith torches in our hands let us go forth to !eet 3hrist as he co!es fro! the grave, li.e a bridegroo!, and with the festive ran.s of Angels, let us feast God-s saving Passover. "f the +other of God. Sa!e #r!os.

Opure +other of God, the asse!bly of the devout is enlightened by the divine, lifegiving rays of the Resurrection of your Son, and is filled with 7oy.
8ou did not open the gates of the =irgin, when you too. flesh/ you did not brea. the seals of the grave, " King of creation. herefore when she saw you risen, she re7oiced. "f the 2lind +an. he #r!os. CHave pity on !y wretched soul as it fights a night battle with the dar.ness of the passions, and !a.e your rays clear as day shine in !e, " spiritual Sun, to turn !y night into light.D roparia. 8ou were lifted up on a ree, and lifting up all !ortals with yourself, " !erciful, you put to death the hostile serpent and, as only God of all, gave life to what your hands had fashioned. 6illingly you beca!e a corpse and were laid in a to!b, i!!ortal King, and you e!ptied all the palaces of Hell, raising the dead by your Resurrection.

6hen you had acco!plished great !arvels upon earth, " 6ord, a lawless people slew you/ but, being alone powerful, *ord 3hrist, you rose, as you had foretold, fro! the dead. Having opened the eyes of one who had not seen the natural light, you enlightened the pupils of his soul and led hi! to give glory when he recognised you as !a.er, through co!passion seen as a !ortal. riadi.on. *et all us faithful glorify a rinity in unity and a Knity in trinity, (ather, Son and right Spirit, one God, truly creator of all. heoto.ion. How did you bear a child without .nowing !an, " =irgin)!other, full of GodMs graceA How nourish creationMs nourisherA As he alone understands, who is !a.er of all and God. Katavasia. Rising in the early dawn we cry to you, " *ord: Save us, for you are our God, and we .now no other but you. "de ;. #r!os. 8ou went down to the deepest parts of the earth, and you shattered the everlasting bars that held fast those that were fettered, " 3hrist. And on the third day li.e :onas fro! the whale, you arose fro! the to!b. roparia. Keeping the seals intact " 3hrist, you rose fro! the to!b, you who did not har! the loc.s of the =irgin-s wo!b at your birth, and you have opened to us the gates of Paradise. " !y Saviour, the living, unslain =icti!, as God offering yourself willingly to the (ather, you raised up with yourself all Ada!-s race, in rising fro! the to!b. "f the +other of God. he sa!e #r!os.

Prisoner of old of death and corruption, the hu!an race has been brought bac. through hi! was too. flesh fro! your spotless wo!b to incorruptible and everlasting life, " =irgin +other of God. He who went down, " Holy one, into your wo!b, dwelt there and too. flesh beyond understanding, went down into the lowest parts of the earth and raised Ada! with hi!self when he rose fro! the to!b. "f the 2lind +an. he #r!os. CAs you delivered the Prophet fro! the beast, " *ord, bring !e too, # pray, fro! the deep of ungovernable passions/ that # !ay loo. again towards your holy te!ple.D roparia. 3rucified with thieves, " +aster, fro! evil thieves and soul) destroying passions, you delivered us who praise in har!ony your 3rucifi%ion and your Rising, " *ord who loves !an.ind. A lifeless corpse they laid you in a to!b, " 3hrist, who breathe life into all the dead/ but you arose, *ord, e!ptying all the graves, " 6ord, by your sovereign power. After your Rising, " 3hrist, you said to your friends: arry in :erusale!, until you are clothed with invincible strength and sure support fro! on high. 8ou !ade clay, and anointed the eyes of the !an 2lind fro! birth, and you gave hi! the grace of sight as he hy!ned your i!!aculate power, through which you saved the world. riadi.on. hree)personned Knity, (ather unbegotten, Son begotten, Spirit proceeding, thrice)holy *ord, one @ssence, one Power, save your whole people. heoto.ion.

6ho can recount your great things, " Pure oneA (or beyond nature you bore God in the flesh, who delivers the world fro! every sin through you, =irgin all)unble!ished. Katavasia. he deep surrounded !e, the sea beast beca!e a grave to !e. 2ut, " *over of !an.ind, # called out to you, " *ord, and your right hand saved !e. Konta.ion. one B 6ith the eyes of !y soul !utilated # co!e to you, " 3hrist, as the !an blind fro! birth, crying to you in repentance: 8ou are the radiant light of those in dar.ness. he #.os. Grant !e a strea! of ine%pressible wisdo!, and .nowledge fro! above, " 3hrist, light of those in dar.ness and guide of those who stray/ that # !ay recount what the divine boo. of the Gospel of peace teaches: the !iracle of the blind !an/ for being blind fro! birth he receives both physical eyes and eyes of the soul, as he cries: 8ou are the radiant light of those in dar.ness. Syna%arion of the +enaion, then the following. he sa!e day, the si%th Sunday fro! Pascha, we celebrate the wonder done to the !an blind fro! birth by our *ord and God and Saviour, :esus 3hrist. =erses. Giver of light, *yght out of *yght, one blind (ro! birth, " 6ord, you furnish now with eyes. #n your boundless !ercy, giver of light, 3hrist our God, have !ercy and save us. A!en. "de E. #r!os.

He who delivered the 3hildren fro! the furnace, beco!ing !an suffers as a !ortal, and through suffering he clothes the !ortal with the glory of incorruption: the only blessed and !ost glorious God of our fathers. roparia. he holy wo!en hastened after you with sweet spices. 6ho! they sought with tears as a !ortal, they worshipped with 7oy as the living God, and they proclai!ed the !ystic Passover, " 3hrist, to your disciples. 6e feast death-s slaughter, the overthrow of Hell, the first fruits of a new eternal life: and dancing we hy!n the cause: the only blessed and !ost glorious God of our fathers. How truly holy and all)festive is this saving night, how full of light, herald of the bright day of the resurrection, in which the ti!eless *ight shone bodily for all fro! the to!b. "f the +other of God. he sa!e #r!os.

Having slain death, your Son, " all)pure one, has to)day given to all life that endures to ages of ages: the only blessed and highly e%alted God of our fathers.
He who reigns over all creation beco!ing !an dwelt in your wo!b, " full of God-s grace, and having endured the 3ross and death he has risen as God and raised us with hi!self, for he is all powerful. "f the 2lind +an. he #r!os. CLuencher of fire was the prayer of the young !en/ the furnace, herald of the !arvel, refreshed and did not scorch, did not burn up those who hy!ned the God of our fathers.D roparia. 6hen you were hung upon the ree, " Saviour, the sun was ,uenched, the earth heaved, all creation was sha.en, and the dead were raised fro! the graves.

6hen you rose fro! the dead, " King, the souls which slept there were raised with you and glorified your sovereign power, through which the bonds of death were loosed. At dawn a choir of wo!en ca!e to anoint you, but learning that you had risen, *ord, they re7oiced with the sacred 9isciples/ through who! grant us rede!ption fro! evils. 8ou anointed with clay the eyes of the !an born 2lind and you ordered hi! to go to Siloa!: having washed he gained his sight as he hy!ned you, " 3hrist, King of all. riadi.on. *et us hy!n the (ather without beginning, the Son li.ewise without beginning and the all)holy Spirit: Holy, Holy, Holy, are you, " God, King of all. heoto.ion. After child)birth you were seen to be a virgin, " Pure one/ for you gave birth, " #!!aculate, and you ordered hi! to go to Siloa!: having washed he gained his sight as he hy!ned you, " 3hrist, King of all. riadi.on. *et us hy!n the (ather without beginning, the Son li.ewise without beginning and the all)holy Spirit: Holy, Holy, Holy, are you, " God, King of all. heoto.ion. After child)birth you were seen to be a virgin, " Pure one/ for you gave birth, " #!!aculate, to God who !ade natures new by his power/ ever i!plore hi! that we !ay be saved. Katavasia. 8ou saved the young !en in the fiery furnace: blessed are you the God of our fathers.

"de F. #r!os. his chosen and holy day is the first of Sabbaths, the Lueen and *ady, the (east of (easts and the (estival of (estivals on which we bless 3hrist to all the ages. roparia. 3o!e let us share in the new fruit of the vine, of 7oy divine, and in the .ingdo! of 3hrist, on the glorious day of the Resurrection, hy!ning hi! as God to all the ages. *ift your eyes around you, " Oion, and see: for behold li.e beacons shedding light divine your children have co!e to you, fro! 6est and ?orth, fro! the Sea and fro! the @ast, blessing 3hrist in you to all the ages. Al!ighty (ather, 6ord and Spirit, nature united in three Persons, beyond all being and beyond all Godhead, into you we have been baptised and we bless to all the ages. "f the +other of God. he sa!e #r!os.

As the creator ca!e into the world through you, " =irgin +other of God, he tore open the wo!b of Hell and gave us !ortals the Resurrection/ therefore we bless hi! to the ages.
8our Son, " =irgin, having overthrown the !ight of death, in his resurrection, as a !ighty God, has e%alted us with hi!self and deified us/ therefore we praise hi! to the ages. "f the 2lind +an. he #r!os. C he King and creator of all, " asse!bly of Angels, congregation of !an.ind, priests praise, levites bless, people highly e%alt to the ages.D roparia. he ran.s of Angels, seeing you hanging upon the 3ross, " 3hrist, universal King, and altering all creation, were struc. with fear as they hy!ned your love for !an.ind.

Hell, seeing you below, groaned aloud and rapidly gave bac. the dead who! it had held under guard since ti!e began, " 3hrist, as they hy!ned your love for !an.ind. Having acco!plished e%traordinary !arvels, you were willingly lifted up on a cross and 7oined with the dead, " 3hrist, and you put Hell to death and with courage released all its prisoners. 8ou gave eyes to the 2lind +an who ca!e to you, " 3hrist, ordering hi! to wash in the spring of Siloa!, to see and to proclai! you as God, !anifest in the flesh for the salvation of the world. riadi.on. " undivided rinity, unconfused Knity, God of all and creator of all things, save fro! !anifold te!ptations those who hy!n and faithfully worship your !ight. heoto.ion. #!!aculate =irgin, full of GodMs grace, ever i!plore your Son not to put !e to sha!e on the day of 7udge!ent, but to nu!ber !e with the chosen sheep. Katavasia. Son of God, begotten of the (ather before the ages, and in these last ti!es incarnate of a =irgin +other: praise hi!, " priests, highly e%alt hi!, " people, throughout all the ages. "de G. #r!os. +egalynarion: +agnify, " !y soul, hi! who suffered willingly, and was buried, and arose fro! the grave on the third day. Shine, shine, " ?ew :erusale!, for the glory of the *ord has risen upon you/ dance now and be glad, " Oion, and you too re7oice, " pure +other of God, at the arising of hi! to who! you gave birth. +egalynarion: +agnify, " !y soul, 3hrist the Giver of life, who arose fro! the grave on the third day.

Shine, shine, " ?ew :erusale!, for the glory of the *ord has risen upon you/ dance now and be glad, " Oion, and you too re7oice, " pure +other of God, at the arising of hi! to who! you gave birth. +egalynarion: 3hrist is the new Passover, the living sacrificial victi!, the *a!b of God, who ta.es away the sin of the world. " your divine and beloved and sweetest voice/ you have truly pro!ised that you will be with us unto the end of the world, " 3hrist/ and we faithful re7oice, having this as an anchor of hope. +egalynarion: o)day the whole creation is glad and re7oices, for 3hrist has risen and Hell has been despoiled. " great and !ost sacred Pascha, 3hrist/ " 6isdo! and 6ord and Power of GodH Grant that we !ay parta.e of you fully in the unwaning day of your Kingdo!. "f the +other of God. he sa!e #r!os.

Now in har!ony, " =irgin, we faithful call you blessed: Hail gate of the *ord: Hail living city: Hail through who! to)day the light of the Resurrection fro! the dead of hi! who was born fro! you has shone for us.
Re7oice, be glad, divine gate of the light/ for :esus, who set in the to!b, has dawned shining !ore brightly than the sun, and shedding his rays on all the faithful, " Sovereign *ady full of God-s grace. "f the 2lind +an. he #r!os. C(or he that is !ighty has done great things for you, showing you to be a pure virgin after child)birth, for you bore without seed your own !a.er: therefore, " +other of God, we !agnify you.D roparia.

(oined to the gallows of the 3ross, 3hrist Saviour, you triu!phed over all the hostile forces of the foe, and abolished the for!er curse/ therefore as is right we !agnify you.

On seeing you below with your soul, " 6ord, Hell groaned aloud and in fear released all the dead, who recognised the !ight of your authority/ with who! as is right we !agnify you. %eeing hi! acco!plishing signs and dread wonders the people of the Hebrews in 7ealousy slew hi! who plundered Hell by his Resurrection, and as powerful raised all with hi!. Even as you said, you rose fro! the dead, " Giver of *ife, and appeared to the holy 9isciples after your Rising, you who did signs and gave sight to the blind/ with the! to the ages we !agnify you.
riadi.on.

Praise # give to *ight, the (ather, glory to *ight, the Son, a hy!n to *ight, the <upright Spirit-: one undivided *ight, recognised in three Persons, God, King of all creation.
heoto.ion.

Holy =irgin, you appear wider then the heavens for you contained and bore in a body God, the uncircu!scribed, for the rede!ption of all those who sing your praise with undoubting faith.
Katavasia. " +other of God, since beyond speech or thought you bore in ti!e, in !arvellous !anner, hi! who is ti!eless, with one !ind we the faithful !agnify you. hen: Holy is the *ord our God. @%apostilarion of @aster. Having fallen asleep in the flesh as a !ortal, " King and *ord, you rose again on the third day, raising up Ada! fro! corruption, and abolishing death. " Pascha of incorruption, " salvation of the world. "f the 2lind +an. he sa!e !elody.

Give sight, " *ord, to the eyes of !y soul, !ai!ed by gloo!y sin, by grafting in hu!ility, " !erciful, and cleansing !e with tears of repentance. Another. As he passed by, our Saviour found a blind !an without sight/ spitting upon the ground and !a.ing clay he anointed hi! and sent hi! to Siloa! to go and wash/ when he had washed he ca!e seeing your light, !y 3hrist. At *auds we insert F Stichera and we sing E of the Resurrection. one 4. C"r & of the Resurrection, 0 of the 2lind +an and the @aster Stichera with their verses.D *ord, while the grave was sealed by transgressors, you ca!e forth fro! the to!b as you had been born fro! the +other of God. 8our bodiless Angels did not .now how you had beco!e incarnate/ nor did the soldiers who were guarding you .now when you arose: for both are sealed for those who en,uire/ but the wonders have been revealed to those who in faith worship the !ystery: grant us as we praise it 7oy and your great !ercy. *ord, having s!ashed the eternal bars and torn apart the chains, you rose fro! the to!b, leaving behind the grave)clothes as proof of your true burial for three days/ and while being guarded in a cave, you went ahead into Galilee. Great is your !ercy, Saviour beyond understandingH Have !ercy upon us. *ord, the wo!en ran to your to!b to see you, the 3hrist who had suffered for ours sa.es/ and as they approached they saw with fear an Angel sitting on the stone which had been rolled away/ and he cried out to the!, saying: < he *ord has risen. ell his 9isciples that he who saves our souls has risen fro! the dead-. *ord, as you ca!e out while the grave was sealed, so you ca!e in to your 9isciples while the doors were shut, and showed the! the bodily sufferings which you had accepted, " long)suffering one. As sprung fro! the 9avid-s seed, you endured stripes, but as Son of God you freed the world. Great is your !ercy, Saviour beyond understandingH Have !ercy on us.

Stichera by Anatolios. *ord, King of the ages and !a.er of all, who accepted crucifi%ion and burial in the flesh for our sa.es, that you !ight free us all fro! Hell, you are our God and we .now no other but you. *ord, who will recount your da>>ling wondersA 6ho will declare your dread !ysteriesA (or incarnate for our sa.es, as you willed, you !anifested the !ight of your power/ for by your 3ross 8ou opened Paradise to the hief/ by your burial you s!ashed the bars of Hell/ and by your Resurrection you enriched the universe. 3o!passionate one, glory to you. he +yrrhbearing wo!en, co!ing very early to your grave, were see.ing to anoint you, the i!!ortal 6ord and God/ and instructed by the words of the Angel they turned bac. with 7oy, declaring openly to the Apostles that you, the life of all, had risen and granted the world pardon and your great !ercy. =erse: *oo. on !e and have !ercy on !e: for # a! alone and poor. And of the 2lind +an. #dio!el. one F. 3hrist our God, who too. flesh through your co!passionate !ercy and ta.ing pity in your ineffable co!passion on one who had been deprived of light fro! the wo!b, you granted hi! divine brilliance, touching with soil his pupils with your !oulding fingers. 9o you now, " provider of light, illu!ine too the senses of our souls, as you alone are provider without stinting. Glory. Sa!e one. 6ho will recount your powers, " 3hristA 6ho nu!ber the !ultitudes of your wondersA (or twofold you appeared on earth through your goodness, twofold also the healings you bestow: for you opened not only the bodily eyes of one who was !ai!ed fro! the wo!b, but also those of his soul. herefore he confessed you the hidden God, who grant to all your great !ercy. 2oth now. 8ou are !ost blessed.

@aster =erses. =erse: *et God arise and let his ene!ies be scattered: and let those that hate hi! flee before his face. A sacred Pascha has been shown forth to us to)day, a new and holy Pascha, a !ystic Pascha, an all)venerable Pascha, a Pascha that is 3hrist the Redee!er, a spotless Pascha, a Pascha of the faithful, a Pascha that has opened to us the gates of Paradise, a Pascha that hallows all the faithful. =erse: As s!o.e vanishes, so let the! vanish: as wa% !elts before the fire. 3o!e fro! the scene, " wo!en bearers of good tidings, and say to Oion: Receive fro! us the tidings of 7oy, of the Resurrection of 3hrist. @%ult, dance and be glad, " :erusale!, for you have seen 3hrist the King as a bridegroo! co!e forth fro! the to!b. =erse: So let sinners perish at the presence of God: and let the righteous be glad. he +yrrhbearing wo!en at early dawn ca!e near the to!b of the Giver of life/ they found an Angel sitting on the stone, and he, addressing the! in this !anner, said: 6hy do you see. the living a!ong the deadA 6hy do you !ourn the #ncorruptible a!id corruptionA Go, proclai! it to his 9isciples. =erse: his is the day that the *ord has !ade: let us be glad and re7oice in it. A Pascha of delight, Pascha, the *ord-s Pascha, an all)venerable Pascha has dawned for us, a Pascha on which let us e!brace one another with 7oy. " Pascha, ranso! fro! sorrowH o)day 3hrist has shone forth fro! the to!b as fro! a bridal cha!ber, and has filled the wo!en with 7oy, saying: Proclai! it to the Apostles. Glory. Sa!e one. 6ho will recount your powers, " 3hristA 6ho nu!ber the !ultitudes of your wondersA (or twofold you appeared on earth through your goodness, twofold also the healings you bestow: for you opened not only the bodily eyes of one who was !ai!ed fro! the wo!b, but

also those of his soul. herefore he confessed you the hidden God, who grant to all your great !ercy. 2oth now. #t is the day of Resurrection/ let us be radiant for the festival, and let us e!brace one another. *et us say, " brethren, even to those who hate us: let us forgive all things at the Resurrection, and so let us cry: 3hrist has risen fro! the dead/ by death he has tra!pled on by death, and to those in the graves given life. Great 9o%ology and 9is!issal. 2efore the 0st Hour, the @othinon. one F. +ary-s hot tears did not flow in vain, for she was granted Angels to teach her and the sight of you, " :esu. 2ut, as a wea. wo!an, she still had earthly thoughts, and therefore she was debarred fro! touching you, " 3hrist/ but still she was sent as a herald to your 9isciples, to who! she spo.e the good tidings, announcing your ascent to your (ather-s real!. 6ith her !a.e us also worthy of your appearing, " +aster and *ord.

he Assu%ption of our Lord (esus )hrist. "? 6@9?@S9A8 "( H@ ; H 6@@K

At Great Vespers.
After the "pening Psal!, at *ord, # have cried, we insert 05 stichera, and we sing 4 #dio!els, doubling the!. one ; he *ord has been ta.en up into heaven, that he !ay send the Advocate to the world. he heavens have prepared his throne/ clouds his ascent. Angels !arvel to see a hu!an high above the!. he (ather receives hi! who! he holds eternally in his boso!. he Holy Spirit orders all his Angels: *ift up our gates, you rulers. All you

nations, clap your hands: for 3hrist has gone up to where he was before. $ wice' *ord, at your Assu!ption the 3herubi! were a!a>ed as they conte!plated you, the God who is enthroned upon the!, ascending on the clouds/ and we glorify you, for your !ercy is .ind. Glory to youH $ wice' As we see your e%altation on the holy !ountains, " 3hrist, the splendour of the (ather-s glory, we hy!n the appearance, for!ed of light, of your countenance/ we worship your sufferings, we honour your Resurrection, as we glorify your glorious Assu!ption. Have !ercy on us. $ wice' *ord 3hrist, giver of life, as your Apostles, filled with la!entations of tears of de7ection, saw you borne up on clouds, grieving they said: +aster, do not !a.e us your servants orphans, who! through pity you have loved as you are co!passionate/ but, as you pro!ised, send us your all)holy Spirit to guide our souls with light. $ wice' *ord, as you co!pleted the !ystery of your dispensation, ta.ing your 9isciples with you, you too. the! up onto the !ount of "lives/ and behold, you passed through the fir!a!ent of heaven. (or !e you beca!e poor li.e !e, and you ascended whence you had not been parted/ send forth your all)holy Spirit, to enlighten our souls. $ wice' Glory. 2oth now. he sa!e one. +ost sweet :esu, not parted fro! the (ather-s boso! and having lived a!ong those on earth as !an, to)day you have been ta.en up in glory fro! the !ount of "lives, and having through co!passion e%alted our fallen nature, you have seated it with the (ather. herefore the heavenly ran.s of the 2odiless Powers, a!a>ed by the wonder, were beside the!selves with fear/ and sei>ed with tre!bling they !agnified your love for hu!an.ind/ while we, as we glorify your being ta.en up fro! us, i!plore you and say: you filled the 9isciples and the +other of God who bore you with 7oy at your being ta.en up/ at their prayers !a.e us too worthy of the 7oy of your elect through your great !ercy. @ntrance, " 7oyful *ight, Pro.ei!enon of the day, and the Readings.

he Reading is fro! the Prophecy of #saias. C1,1)&D hus says the *ord, #t shall co!e to pass in the last days that the !ountain of the *ord shall be !anifest, and the house of God fro! the pea.s of the !ountains/ and it shall be e%alted high above the hills/ and all the nations shall co!e to it/ and !any peoples shall wal. there, and shall say: 3o!e, let us go up to the !ountain of the *ord, and to the house of the God of :acob/ and he will declare his way to us, and we will wal. in it. he Reading is fro! the Prophecy of #saias. C;1,05);&,&/ E)GD hus says the *ord: 6al., go through !y gates/ prepare !y way and !a.e a way for !y people, and cast the stones out of the way/ raise up a standard for the nations. (or see, the *ord has !ade it heard to the ends of the earth: Say to the daughter of Sion: See, your Saviour has co!e, and his reward is with hi!, and his wor. before his face. And he will call it a holy people, redee!ed by the *ord/ while you will be called a city sought after, and not forsa.en. 6ho is this who co!es fro! @do!, the scarlet of his gar!ents fro! 2osor, thus beautiful in his apparelA He cries out with !uch strength. # reason of 7ustice and 7udge!ent of salvation. 6hy are your gar!ents red, and your clothing as fro! a trodden winepressA # a! full of the trodden grape/ # have tra!pled the winepress ,uite alone, and no !an fro! the nations was with !e. # have re!e!bered the !ercy of the *ord, # will recall the *ord-s virtues, the *ord-s praise for all the things with which He rewards us. he *ord is a good 7udge for the house of #srael/ he deals with us according to his !ercy and according to the !ultitude of his 7ustice. And he said: Are you not !y peopleA 3hildren will surely not be rebellious/ and he beca!e for the! salvation out of their every distress. #t was not an e!issary, not an Angel, but the *ord hi!self saved the! because he loved the! and spared the!. He redee!ed the! and too. the! up and e%alted the! all the days of the age. he Reading is fro! the Prophecy of Oachary. C0B,B/ F)00D

hus says the *ord: See, the day of the *ord is co!ing, and on that day his feet will stand upon the !ount of "lives, opposite :erusale!, where the sun rises. And on that day living water will co!e out fro! :erusale!, half towards the first sea and half towards the last sea/ in spring and in su!!er it shall be so/ and the *ord will be for a King over all the earth/ in that day there shall be one *ord, and his na!e, co!passing all the earth and the wilderness fro! Gabaa as far as Re!!on, south of :erusale!/ and he shall be e%alted and re!ain on his place fro! the gate of 2en7a!in as far as the place of the first gate, as far as the gate of Go!or and as far as the tower of Ana!eRl and as far as the tower of the corners and as far as the .ing-s winepresses/ they shall dwell in it and there shall be no !ore curse and :erusale! shall dwell confidently. At the *iti, #dio!el Stichera. one 0 #n ascending to heaven, *ord, whence you also descended, do not leave us orphans/ !ay your Spirit co!e, bringing peace to the world/ show to the children of hu!an.ind deeds of your power, " *ord who love hu!an.ind. Sa!e one 8ou have ascended, " 3hrist, to your (ather who is without beginning, yet you were never parted fro! his boso! which is uncircu!scribed/ and the heavenly powers accepted no addition to the thrice)holy hy!n of praise, but ac.nowledged you, *ord, as one Son, only)begotten of the (ather, even after the incarnation. #n the !ultitude of your pity, have !ercy on us. Sa!e one. 8our Angels, *ord, said to your Apostles: +en of Galilee, why do you stand loo.ing up to heaven: his is 3hrist God, who is ta.en up fro! you into heaven. He it is will co!e again in the sa!e way that you have seen hi! going to heaven/ serve hi! in holiness and 7ustice. one B. 6hen you ca!e to the !ount of "lives, " 3hrist, to fulfil the (ather-s good pleasure, the Angels of heaven were a!a>ed and

those beneath the earth shuddered in fear/ the 9isciples stood by tre!bling with 7oy as you spo.e to the!/ as a throne a waiting cloud had been prepared opposite the!, while heaven opening its gates appeared in beauty, and the earth reveals its hidden vaults, so that Ada!-s descent was !ade .nown and his ascent again. 2ut your footsteps were raised up, as if by a hand, while your !outh was heard loudly giving a blessing/ a cloud received you and heaven too. you within. 8ou wrought this great and !arvellous wor., *ord, for the salvation of our souls. he sa!e one. " God, having renewed in yourself Ada!-s nature, which had descended to the lower parts of the earth, you too. it up to)day above every rule and authority/ as you loved it, so you !ade it sit with you/ as you had co!passion on it, so 8ou united it to 8ourself/ as united with it, so you suffered with it/ as not sub7ect to suffering, yet you suffered and glorified it with yourself. 2ut the 2odiless powers were saying: 6ho is this !an of beautyA ?ot !an only, but both God and !an, both together they appear. And so the astonished Angels flying in shining robes cried out to the 9isciples: +en of Galilee, this :esus who has gone fro! you as !an and God, will co!e again as God)!an, 7udge of living and dead, granting the faithful re!ission of sins and his great !ercy. he sa!e one. 6hen you were ta.en up in glory, 3hrist God, while your 9isciples watched, the clouds received you with your flesh/ the gates of heaven were lifted up/ the choir of Angels re7oiced with gladness/ the higher powers cried out, saying/ *ift up our gates, you rulers, and the King of glory will enter. 6hile the 9isciples, a!a>ed, were saying: Good Shepherd, do not be parted fro! us, but send us your all)holy Spirit, to guide and strengthen our souls. Glory. 2oth now. he sa!e one " *ord, when as you are good you had fulfilled the !ystery hidden fro! ages and generations, you ca!e with your 9isciples to the !ount of "lives, having with you her who bore you, the +a.er and 3reator of all things/ for it was necessary that she who had suffered

so greatly as a !other at your passion, should also be filled with 7oy beyond !easure at the glory of your flesh. 6e too sharing in the 7oy of your ascent to heaven, " +aster, glorify your great !ercy which has co!e to us. At the Aposticha, #dio!el Stichera. one 1. 8ou were born, as you yourself willed/ you appeared, as you yourself wished/ you suffered in the flesh, " our God/ you rose fro! the dead, having tra!pled on death/ you were ta.en up in glory, who fill the universe, and you sent us the divine Spirit, that we !ight hy!n and glorify your Godhead. =erse: All you nations, clap your hands/ shout to God with a voice of gladness. As you were ta.en up fro! the !ount of "lives, the powers seeing you cried one to the other: 6ho is thisA And they were told: his is the +ighty "ne, the Powerful, this is the Powerful in war, this is truly the King of glory. And why are your gar!ents scarletA He has co!e fro! 2osor, that is, fro! the flesh. 2ut as God seated at the right hand of the +a7esty you have sent us the Holy Spirit, to guide and save our souls. =erse: God has gone up with a shout/ the *ord with the sound of the tru!pet. 8ou were ta.en up in glory fro! the !ount of "lives, 3hrist our God, in the presence of your 9isciples, and too. your seat at the (ather-s right hand, filling the universe with your Godhead/ and you sent the! the Holy Spirit who enlightens and strengthens and sanctifies our souls. Glory. 2oth now. one ;. God has gone up with a shout, the *ord to the sound of the tru!pet, to raise up Ada!-s fallen i!age and send the Advocate Spirit to sanctify our souls. Apolyti.ion. one B

8ou were ta.en up in glory, 3hrist our God, having !ade the 9isciples 7oyful with the pro!ise of the Holy Spirit/ through the blessing they were assured that you are the Son of God, the redee!er of the world. $& ti!es' he sa!e at he *ord is God.

At Matins.
After the 0st reading fro! the Psalter, Kathis!a. one 0. 6hen the stone had been sealed. 6hile Angels !arvelled at the strangeness of your ascent and 9isciples were a!a>ed at the awe)inspiring nature of your lifting up, you went up as God with glory, and the gates were lifted up for you, " Saviour/ therefore the powers of heaven !arvelled as they cried aloud: Glory to your descent, " SaviourH Glory to your .ingdo!H Glory to your Assu!ption, only lover of hu!an.indH After the 1nd reading fro! the Psalter, Kathis!a. one &. Awed by the beauty. he God before the ages and without beginning, having !ade divine the hu!an nature that he had ta.en up, has been ta.en up to)day. Angels hastening forth showed hi! to the Apostles as he went into heaven with great glory/ and worshipping hi! they said: Glory to God who has been ta.en upH After the Polyeleos, Kathis!a. one 4. *et us believers. 6hen you ca!e down fro! heaven to things on earth and as God raised up with you Ada!-s nature which lay below in Hades- prison, you brought it to heaven by your Assu!ption, " 3hrist, and !ade it sit with you on your (ather-s throne, as you are !erciful and love hu!an.ind. he first Antiphon of the Anavath!i in one B, then the Pro.ei!enon in one B. God has gone up to a shout of 7oy: P the *ord to the sound of the tru!pet.

=erse: All nations clap your hands/ shout to God with a voice of gladness. he third Resurrection Gospel, Having seen the Resurrection, Psal! 45 Glory. one 1. At the prayers of the Apostles, " +erciful, blot out the !ultitude of !y offences. 2oth now. At the prayers of the +other of God, " +erciful, blot out the !ultitude of !y offences. hen the following #dio!el in one ;. =erse: Have !ercy on !e, " God, in accordance with your great !ercy/ and according to the !ultitude of your !ercies blot out !y offences. o)day, seeing our nature in the heavens, the Powers above, !arvelling at the strange !anner of the ascent, in their perple%ity said to one another: 6ho is this who co!esA 2ut even as they saw their own +aster they were being given orders to raise the heavenly gates. 6ith the! we unceasingly hy!n you, who are co!ing fro! there again in the flesh as :udge of all and all)powerful God. he 3anons/ that in one 4 with the #r!i to F and that in one B to ;. 3anon in one 4. A co!position of +on. :ohn. "de 0. #r!os. o God the Saviour who guided the people in the sea dry)shod, and drowned Pharao with all his host, to hi! alone let us sing: for he has been glorified. roparia.

All peoples, let us sing a song of victory to 3hrist who has been ta.en up with glory on the shoulders of the 3herubi!, and seated us at the (ather-s right hand/ for he has been glorified. he choirs of Angels were astounded when they saw 3hrist, the !ediator between God and hu!an.ind in the highest with his flesh, while with one voice they sang a hy!n of victory. o God, who appeared on !ount Sinai and gave the law to +oses, who saw God, and who was ta.en up in the flesh fro! the !ount of "lives, let us all sing/ for he has been glorified. heoto.ion. #!!aculate +other of God, without ceasing i!plore the God who was incarnate fro! you, yet did not depart fro! the boso! of his 2egetter, to save fro! every cala!ity those who! he fashioned. 3anon in one B, of which the acrostic is the alphabet/ but in the Fth and Gth "des: :"S@PH-S "9@ A 3o!position of :oseph of hessaloni.i. # will open !y !outh. #!!ortal by nature, you arose on the third day and appeared to the @leven and to all the 9isciples, and riding on a cloud you hastened bac. to the (ather, " 3hrist, +a.er of the universe. 9avid, inspired by God, in his song cried out !ost plainly, - he *ord has gone up to the heavenly places with a shout of 7oy and the blast of the tru!pet, and co!e to the (ather, source of light-. 6hen by your passion and your rising, *ord, you had !ade new a world grown old through !any sins, you ascended, riding on a cloud, to the heavenly places. Glory to your gloryH heoto.ion.

All)spotless *ady, you bore the +aster of all, who accepted the voluntary passion and has gone bac. to his own (ather/ who! he had not left, even though he had ta.en flesh. Katavasia. he slow of tongue, hidden in divine dar.ness, Proclai!ed the law written by God/ (or sha.ing the dust fro! his !ind-s eye, He sees the "ne 6ho #s, and is initiated #nto .nowledge of the Spirit, giving praise with songs inspired. "de &. #r!os. 2y the power of your 3ross, " 3hrist, establish !y understanding to hy!n and glorify your saving Assu!ption. roparia. " 3hrist, Giver of life, lover of hu!an.ind, you went up to the (ather and e%alted our race in your ineffable co!passion. he ran.s of Angels, as they saw your !ortal nature going up with you, " Saviour, were astounded and without ceasing sang your praise. he choirs of Angels were a!a>ed, " 3hrist, as they saw you being ta.en up with your body, and they sang the praise of your holy Assu!ption. Hu!an nature, which had fallen by corruption, you raised up, " 3hrist, and by your ascension you e%alted and glorified us with yourself. heoto.ion. #ntercede unceasingly, pure *ady, with hi! who ca!e forth fro! your wo!b, that those who praise you as +other of God !ay be delivered fro! the deceit of the 9evil. Another. " +other of God.

*ift up the heavenly gates, for see, 3hrist the King and *ord, wearing his earthly body, is at hand, said the powers below to those above. 6hen you had sought out Ada!, who had been led astray by the deceit of the serpent, " 3hrist, as you had clothed yourself in hi!, you ascended and too. your seat as e,ual sovereign on the (ather-s right hand, while the Angels sang your praise. he earth .eeps festival and dances, and heaven re7oices at the Assu!ption today of the !a.er of creation, who by his will has clearly united things which were separated. heoto.ion. All)pure =irgin !other, who gave birth to the 9estroyer of death, the only i!!ortal God, ever i!plore hi! to slay the passions which have put !e to death and save !e. Katavasia. "nly the prayer of the prophetess Anna "f old, who brought a bro.en spirit o the +ighty "ne and God of .nowledge, 2ro.e the fetters of a childless wo!b And the harsh insult of one with !any children. Kathis!a. one F. he 6isdo! and 6ord. +ounted on the clouds of heaven, leaving behind your peace to those on earth, you went up and sat down on the (ather-s right hand, as consubstantial with hi! and the Holy Spirit/ for you appeared in the flesh, yet re!ained unchanged/ therefore you await the final consu!!ation, when you are co!ing on earth to 7udge the whole world. " *ord, 7ust 7udge, spare our souls and grant forgiveness of offences, as God who has !ercy on your servants. $ wice' "de B. #r!os. # have heard, *ord, the report of the !ight of your 3ross, how Paradise was opened through it, and # cried out: Glory to your power, " *ord.

roparia. 8ou were ta.en up in glory, King of the Angels, to send us the Advocate fro! the (ather. And so we cry out: Glory, " 3hrist, to your Assu!ptionH As the Saviour had ascended to the (ather with his flesh, the hosts of Angels were struc. with a!a>e!ent, and cried out: Glory, " 3hrist, to your Assu!ptionH he angelic Powers cried out to those above: *ift up the gates for 3hrist, our King/ whose praise we sing, together with the (ather and the Spirit. heoto.ion. he =irgin gave birth, and did not .now a !other-s pangs/ but +other she is, while =irgin she re!ained. Singing her praise we cry: Hail, +other of GodH Another. he "ne seated in glory. :esus the Giver of life, ta.ing those he loved, ascended the !ount of "lives and blessed the! and, riding on a cloud, he ca!e to the (ather-s boso!, which he had never left. he whole world, visible and invisible, .eeps the feast with gladness/ Angels and hu!ans leap for 7oy as they glorify without ceasing the Assu!ption of the "ne who by his goodness was united to us in the flesh. Having abolished the !ight of death as i!!ortal *ord, you granted i!!ortality to all, " *over of hu!an.ind, and you were ta.en up in glory, as your revered 9isciples watched you, :esu all)powerful. heoto.ion. 2lessed has your wo!b beco!e, All)bla!eless *ady, for you were found worthy to contain beyond e%planation the "ne who !arvellously e!ptied the belly of Hell. #!plore hi! to save us who sing your praise.

Katavasia. +onarch of !onarchs, Alone fro! the Alone, 6ord who ca!e forth fro! the (ather without cause, As 2enefactor you have unerringly sent out 8our Spirit, e,ual in strength, to the Apostles, As they sing: Glory to your !ight, " *ordH "de 4. #r!os. Rising at dawn, we cry to you, " *ord: Save us/ for you are our God/ we .now no other but you. roparia. 6hen you had filled the universe with gladness, !erciful *ord, you too. your place with your flesh a!ong the powers on high. he angelic powers, as they saw you being lifted up, cried out: *ift up the gates for our KingH he Apostles, as the saw the Saviour being raised up, cried out with fear: Glory to you, our KingH heoto.ion. +other of God, we praise you as =irgin after childbirth/ for you bore for the world God the 6ord in flesh. Another. he universe was a!a>ed. 6hen you had slain death by your death, *ord, you too. those who! you loved and ascended the holy !ount of "lives, and fro! there you hastened bac. to your 2egetter, " 3hrist, riding on a cloud. Strange was your 2irth, strange your Resurrection, strange and fearful your divine Assu!ption fro! the !ount, " Giver of life, of which @lias was an icon when he went up in a four)horse chariot, singing your praise, " *over of hu!an.ind.

Angels spo.e to the Apostles as they watched: +en of Galilee, why are you a!a>ed at the Assu!ption of 3hrist the Giver of lifeA He will co!e again to earth to 7udge the whole world, as !ost 7ust :udge. Katavasia. " light)for!ed children of the 3hurch, Receive the Spirit-s fire)breathing dew, A redee!ing purification of offences/ (or now a law has gone out fro! Sion, he torch)tongue)for!ed grace of the Spirit. "de ;. #r!os. he deep closed round !e, the whale beca!e !y burial/ but # cried out to you, *over of hu!an.ind, and your right hand saved !e, " *ord. roparia. "n seeing the 3reator lifted up on high today, the Apostles leaped for 7oy in hope of the Spirit, and in fear they cried: Glory to your ascentH he Angels ca!e and cried out, " 3hrist, to your 9isciples: #n the way that you have seen 3hrist going up, he will co!e in the flesh as 7ust :udge of all. As the heavenly powers saw you, our Saviour, lifted up to the heights with your body, they cried out, saying: Great, +aster, is your love for hu!an.ind. heoto.ion. as 2ush unburned, !ountain, living ladder and heavenly gate, fittingly we glorify you, glorious +ary, boast of the orthodo%. Another. 3o!e godly)!inded people. *et the clouds rain down for us eternal gladness fro! above/ for 3hrist, riding on a cloud as on the 3herubi!, today ascends to his (ather.

Appearing in the li.eness of flesh, you brought together in one things that were for!erly separated, " *over of hu!an.ind/ and as your 9isciples watched you, " +erciful, you were ta.en up to the heavenly places. 6hy are the gar!ents red of the "ne who was united to the solidity of fleshA said the holy Angels, as they saw 3hrist bearing the divine !ar.s of his precious passion. heoto.ion. Pure +aiden, we hy!n your conceiving, we hy!n your ineffable giving birth, through which we have been delivered fro! the destruction, the wic.edness and the gloo!y incarceration of Hell. Katavasia. " 3hrist, the +aster, you shone fro! the =irgin As pardon and salvation for us, hat li.e the prophet :onas fro! the breast "f the sea beast, you !ight snatch fro! corruption he whole fallen race of Ada!. Konta.ion. +odel +elody. one F. C2y St Ro!anosD 6hen you had fulfilled the dispensation for our sa.e and united things on earth with things in heaven, you were ta.en up in glory, 3hrist our God, in no way divided, but re!aining inseparable, you cried to those who loved you, <# a! with you, and there is no one against you.he #.os Abandoning on earth the things of earth, leaving to the dust the things of ash, now, let us co!e to our senses and raise on high our eyes and !inds. +ortals, let us !a.e our sight together with our senses fly heaven-s gates. *et us i!agine we are standing on the +ount of "lives and that we bend our ga>e on the Redee!er, as he rides up on a cloud. (or, fro! where the *ord has hastened bac. to heaven, there too the "ne who loves to give has distributed his gifts to his Apostles, cherishing the! as a father and confir!ing the!,

guiding the! as sons and saying to the!, <# a! not parting fro! you. # a! with you, and there is no one against you.Syna%arion fro! the +enaion, then the following: "n the hursday of the si%th wee. fro! Pascha, we celebrate the Assu!ption of our *ord and God and Saviour :esus 3hrist. =erses Seated, " 6ord, upon the (ather-s right, Granting #nitiates a surer faith.
When he was with his Disciples before his passion, he promised them the coming of the all-holy Spirit, saying, It is right that I go away. For if I do not go away, the Paraclete will not come. nd again, When he comes, he will teach yo! all tr!th,. "herefore, after rising from the dead, he appeared to them for forty days, not the whole time, b!t at inter#als, eating and drin$ing with them, pro#ing the res!rrection more s!rely. Finally, after promising many things abo!t the $ingdom of %od, he ordered them not to lea#e &er!salem, b!t to wait there to recei#e the coming of the all-holy Spirit, and they wo!ld also be baptised thro!gh him. For they had formerly only been baptised in water by &ohn 'tho!gh later (piphanios of )ypr!s reco!nted that &ohn the "heologian baptised the *other of %od, while Peter and he baptised the rest of the postles+. ,e ordered them to remain in &er!salem so that the first proclamation of the %ospel might be confirmed there, lest, by lea#ing for foreign places, they might be easily misrepresented. nd beca!se it was necessary, as it is for soldiers, for them to be armed with the weapons of the Spirit and so go o!t to battle with the enemies of )hrist. When the moment came for the ass!mption, he led them o!t to the *o!nt of -li#es 'so called beca!se it was planted with many oli#e trees+. ,e tal$ed with them of the preaching to the ends of the earth and also of his perpet!al $ingdom that was to come, and when he saw that they were abo!t to as$ him what was fitting, his most p!re *other being present also, he bro!ght ngels to show them his ascent to hea#en. nd indeed, as the watched, he was lifted !p from among them and a clo!d recei#ed him. nd so, escorted by the ngels, who e.horted one another to raise the doors of hea#en and were ama/ed at scarlet of his flesh from his blood, he ascended and too$ his seat at the right hand of the Father, ma$ing his flesh di#ine and, I dare toist.

When the moment came for the ass!mption, he led them o!t to the *o!nt of -li#es 'so called beca!se it was planted with many oli#e trees+. ,e tal$ed with them of the preaching to the ends of the earth and also of his perpet!al $ingdom that was to come, and when he saw that they were abo!t to as$ him what was fitting, his most p!re *other being present also, he bro!ght ngels to show them his ascent to hea#en. nd indeed, as the watched, he was lifted !p from among them and a clo!d recei#ed him. nd so, escorted by the ngels, who e.horted one another to raise the doors of hea#en and were ama/ed at scarlet of his flesh from his blood, he ascended and too$ his seat at the right hand of the Father, ma$ing his flesh di#ine and, I dare to say, ma$ing it e0!al to %od. "hro!gh it we ha#e been changed, now that the ancient enmity has been abolished. ,owe#er, ngels appeared to the postles, in the form of men, and said, *en of %alilee, why do yo! stand ama/ed, straining yo!r ga/e to hea#en1 "he one whom yo! see in flesh, %od &es!s, will come li$e this again in flesh. 2!t not as before, in po#erty and !n$nown, b!t with great glory, as yo! now see him, escorted by ngels. "hen the postles, tired by ga/ing !p, ret!rned from the *o!nt of -li#es, which is #ery near &er!salem, abo!t two tho!sand fo!r h!ndred steps, for this is a Sabbath days 3o!rney. For so it was laid down by *oses as lawf!l to wal$ for this distance on Sabbath. 2eca!se the "ent of Witness was this n!mber of steps distant from the &ewish camp. So it was possible for worshippers to go this far on Sabbath and not to wal$ f!rther. nd so it called a Sabbath days 3o!rney. Some ha#e tho!gh beca!se of this that )hrists ss!mption too$ place of Sabbath, which is incredible. "he postles, ha#ing ret!rned, went !p into the 4pper 5oom, where they remained with the *yrrhbearing Women and the *other of the Word, de#oting themsel#es to fasting, prayer and s!pplication, waiting for the promised descent of the all-holy Spirit.

3hrist our God, ta.en up in glory, have !ercy on us. A!en. "de E. #r!os 8ou saved the 8ouths who sang your praise in the furnace of fire/ blessed are you, the God of our fathers. roparia 8ou were ta.en up on a cloud of light and saved the world/ blessed are you the God of our fathers.

*ifting up on your shoulders the nature which had been led astray, " 3hrist, you were ta.en up and brought it to God the (ather. 8ou ascended in the flesh to the bodiless (ather/ blessed are you the God of our fathers. *ifting up our nature which had been slain by sin, " Saviour, you brought it to your own (ather. heoto.ion. 8ou were born fro! a =irgin, who! you !ade +other of God/ blessed are you the God of our fathers. Another. he godli.e 8ouths did not worship. A cloud of light received you, *ord, who are light, as you were being ta.en up beyond understanding fro! earth/ and heavenly !ultitudes with the Apostles praised you, saying, -" God, blessed are you-. *et us all gladly clap our hands at 3hrist-s Assu!ption, and let us shout with 7oy, - he *ord has gone up with the sound of the tru!pet and, as e,ual in !a7esty with the (ather, ta.en his seat on his right hand to the ages-. Great +oses of old chanted and cried out: *et the Angels of heaven worship 3hrist as he ascends as King of all. o hi! we cry, -*ord and God of our (athers, blessed are you-. heoto.ion. " !arvellous wondersH How did you, " full of God-s grace, contain the uncontainable God, who !ade hi!self poor according to the flesh, and today with great glory has been ta.en up to heavenly places and given life to hu!an.ind. Katavasia. Har!onious !elody of instru!ents decreed Reverence to the lifeless idol wrought of gold. 2ut the Advocate-s life)bearing grace

#nspires with reverence to cry: "nly rinity, @,ual in strength, without beginning, blessed are you. "de F. #r!os he Son and God, begotten of the (ather before the ages, and incarnate in the last ti!es of a =irgin +other, you priests praise, people highly e%alt to all the ages. roparia. 3hrist, the giver of life, who rose in his two natures with glory to heaven and is now seated with the (ather, you priests praise, you people highly e%alt to all the ages. Saviour, who redee!ed creation fro! the slavery of idols and set it free before your own (ather, we praise you and highly e%alt you to all the ages. he "ne who by his descent threw down the opponent and by his ascent e%alted hu!an.ind, you priests praise, you people highly e%alt to all the ages. heoto.ion. 8ou were revealed, pure +other of God, as higher than the 3herubi!, for you carried in your wo!b the "ne who rides upon the!/ who! with the bodiless powers we !ortals glorify to all the ages. Another. he "ffspring of the +other of God he #ntelligences appeared to the Apostles at the Assu!ption and said, -6hy do you stand ga>ing and a!a>edA He who is ascending into heaven will also co!e again to 7udge hu!an.ind on earth, for he alone is 7udge-. *et us give !a7esty to God/ let us cry aloud with one accord/ let us sing/ let us dance and let us clap our hands. "ur God has gone up fro! earth to heaven, as Angels and Archangels sing his praise as +aster and +a.er of all things.

"ur nature, which of old had fallen, has been raised above the Angels and beyond understanding established on God-s throne. 3o!e, let us .eep festival and let us cry out, -8ou his wor.s, praise the *ord, and highly e%alt hi! to all the ages-. heoto.ion. See, +other of God, your Son, having despoiled death by his 3ross, rose on the third day, and having shown hi!self to his 9isciples he has hastened to the heavenly places/ as we worship you with hi!, we give praise and glory to all the ages. Katavasia. he triple radiant type of Godhead-s source *ooses the bonds and turns the fla!e to dew/ 8ouths give praise/ while all created nature 2lesses the only Saviour and 3reator "f all as 2enefactor. "de G. #r!os As +other of God, who beyond understanding and reason ineffably bore in ti!e the ti!eless, we faithful !agnify you with one accord. roparia As they watched you, 3hrist God, the redee!er of the world, being divinely e%alted, the Apostles, leaping for 7oy, !agnified you with awe. As the Angels saw in the height your flesh now !ade divine, " 3hrist, they signalled to one another: ruly this is our God. As the ran.s of bodiless powers, 3hrist God, saw you being lifted up on clouds, they cried: (or the King of glory lift up the gates. As the "ne who descended into the lowest part of the earth, saved hu!an.ind and raised it up by your ascension, we !agnify you. heoto.ion.

Hail, +other of God, +other of 3hrist God/ as today you saw the "ne you bore flying up fro! earth, with Angels you !agnified hi!. Another. *et all born of earth. +egalynarion: Angels, seeing the ascent of the +aster, were a!a>ed at how he was raised with glory fro! earth to things above. " gifts beyond understandingH " dread !ysteryH (or the +aster of all things, rising fro! earth to heaven, sent to his 9isciples the Holy Spirit, who enlightened their !inds and set the! afire with grace. +egalynarion: Angels, seeing the ascent of the +aster, were a!a>ed at how he was raised with glory fro! earth to things above. o the band of 9isciples the *ord said: Stay in :erusale!, and # shall send you another Advocate, e,ual in !a7esty with the (ather, and e,ual in honour with !e, who! you see being ta.en up and riding upon a cloud of light. +egalynarion: Angels, seeing the ascent of the +aster, were a!a>ed at how he was raised with glory fro! earth to things above. he !a7esty of hi! who beca!e poor in the flesh has been raised above the heavens and our fallen nature honoured by sitting with the (ather. *et us .eep festival and all cry aloud with one accord, and gladly clap our hands. heoto.ion. he *ight which shone fro! *ight dawned fro! you, dispelled all the blac.ness of atheis! and led to the light those who slept in night/ and so, as is fitting, to the ages we ever call you blessed. Katavasia Hail, Lueen, glorious virgin !other/ (or every fluent, every elo,uent !outh 6ith oratory has not the strength to sing you worthily/ 2ut every !ind is di>>y when it see.s to understand 8our giving birth/ therefore with one accord we glorify you.

@%apostilarion. +odel +elody. one 1. 6ith your 9isciples watching you, " 3hrist, you were ta.en up to the (ather to ta.e your seat with Hi!. Angels ran forward crying out: <*ift up the gates, lift up, for the King has gone up to the glory, source of light-. $ hree ti!es' At *auds we insert B Stichera and we sing & Proso!ia, doubling the first. one 0. :oy of the heavenly hosts. *et us in the world .eep festival li.e the Angels, for God who is borne upon a throne of glory, as we cry aloud the hy!n: Holy are you, heavenly (ather/ holy are you, co)eternal Son/ holy are you, all) holy Spirit. he princes of the Angels, Saviour, as they saw the strangeness of your ascent, were perple%ed and said to one another, <6hat is this sightA Hu!an he see!s in for!, yet as God he ascends with a body far above the heavens-. he !en of Galilee, seeing you, " 6ord, ta.en up fro! the !ount of "lives with a body, heard Angels crying out to the!, <6hy do you stand ga>ingA He will co!e again in the flesh in the sa!e way that you have seen hi!-. Glory. 2oth now. one 1. 8ou were born, as you yourself willed/ you appeared, as you yourself wished/ you suffered in the flesh, " our God/ you rose fro! the dead, having tra!pled on death/ you were ta.en up in glory, who fill the universe, and you sent us the divine Spirit, that we !ight hy!n and glorify your Godhead. Great 9o%ology and 9is!issal.

At the Liturgy.
6e sing the following Antiphons Antiphon 0. one 1.

All you nations, clap your hands/ shout to God with a voice of gladness. hrough the prayers of the +other of God, " Saviour, save us. (or the *ord !ost high is terrible/ a great King over all the earth. hrough the prayers of the +other of God, " Saviour, save us. He has subdued peoples under us/ and nations beneath our feet. hrough the prayers of the +other of God, " Saviour, save us. Glory. 2oth now. hrough the prayers of the +other of God, " Saviour, save us. Antiphon 1. Sa!e one. Great is our God and greatly to be praised/ in the city of our God, and on his holy !ountain. Son of God, ta.en up fro! us in glory into heaven, save us who sing to you Alleluia. God is .nown in her palaces/ whenever he helps her. Son of God, ta.en up fro! us in glory into heaven, save us who sing to you Alleluia. (or see, the .ings of the earth were asse!bled/ they ca!e together. Son of God, ta.en up fro! us in glory into heaven, save us who sing to you Alleluia. Glory. 2oth now. "nly begotten Son and 6ord of GodI. Antiphon &. one B. Hear this all you nations/ give ear, inhabitants of the world.

8ou were ta.en up in glory, 3hrist our God, !a.ing your 9isciples 7oyful by the pro!ise of the Holy Spirit/ through the blessing they were assured that you are the Son of God, the Redee!er of the world. +y !outh will spea. wisdo!/ and the !editation of !y heart understanding. 8ou were ta.en up in glory, 3hrist our God, !a.ing your 9isciples 7oyful by the pro!ise of the Holy Spirit/ through the blessing they were assured that you are the Son of God, the Redee!er of the world. # will incline !y ear to a parable/ # will unfold !y proble! on the harp. 8ou were ta.en up in glory, 3hrist our God, !a.ing your 9isciples 7oyful by the pro!ise of the Holy Spirit/ through the blessing they were assured that you are the Son of God, the Redee!er of the world. @ntrance God has gone up with a shout/ the *ord to the sound of the tru!pet. Son of God, ta.en up fro! us in glory into heaven, save us who sing to you Alleluia. Apolyti.ion. one B 8ou were ta.en up in glory, 3hrist our God, having !ade the 9isciples 7oyful with the pro!ise of the Holy Spirit/ through the blessing they were assured that you are the Son of God, the redee!er of the world. $ hree ti!es' Konta.ion. one F. C2y Ro!anosD 6hen you had fulfilled the dispensation for our sa.e and united things on earth with things in heaven, you were ta.en up in glory, 3hrist our God, in no way divided, but re!aining inseparable, you cried to those who loved you, <# a! with you, and there is no one against you.-

Pro.ei!enon in the Eth one. 2e e%alted, " God, above the heavens: P and your glory over all the earth. =erse: +y heart is ready, " God, !y heart is ready: # will sing and chant in !y glory. he Reading is fro! the Acts of the Apostles. 0, 0)01 #n the first boo., heophilos, # dealt with all that :esus did and taught fro! the beginning until the day when he was ta.en up, after he had given co!!and!ent through the Holy Spirit to the apostles who! he had chosen. He presented hi!self alive to the! by !any proofs after his passion, appearing to the! during forty days, and spea.ing about the .ingdo! of God. And while staying with the! he ordered the! not to leave :erusale!, but to wait for the pro!ise of the (ather, <which-, he said, <you heard fro! !e, for :ohn bapti>ed with water, but you will be bapti>ed with the Holy Spirit not !any days fro! now.- So when they had co!e together, they as.ed hi!, <*ord, is this the ti!e when you are going to restore the .ingdo! to #sraelA- He said to the!, <#t is not for you to .now ti!es or !o!ents which the (ather has fi%ed by his own authority. 2ut you will receive power when the Holy Spirit co!es upon you/ and you will be !y witnesses in :erusale! and in all :udea and Sa!aria and to the very ends of the earth.- And when he had said this, as they were loo.ing on, he was lifted up, and a cloud too. hi! out of their sight. And while they were ga>ing into heaven as he went, behold, two !en stood by the! in white robes, who said, <+en of Galilee, why do you stand loo.ing into heavenA his :esus, who has been ta.en up fro! you into heaven, will co!e in the sa!e way as you have seen hi! go into heaven.- hen they returned to :erusale! fro! the !ount called "livet, which is near :erusale!, a Sabbath dayMs 7ourney away. Alleluia. in the &rd one. =erse 0: All you nations, clap your hands/ shout to God with a voice of gladness.

=erse 1.: God has gone up with a shout/ the *ord to the sound of the tru!pet. #nstead of #t is truly right. one 4. Since beyond !ind and beyond reason ineffably you bore the i!eless in ti!e, " +other of God, we faithful with one !ind !agnify you. 3o!!union God has gone up with a shout/ the *ord to the sound of the tru!pet. Alleluia. #nstead of 6e have seen the true light: 8ou were ta.en up in glory, 3hrist our God, having !ade the 9isciples 7oyful with the pro!ise of the Holy Spirit/ through the blessing they were assured that you are the Son of God, the redee!er of the world.

At Matins.
After the 0st Psalter reading, Resurrection Kathis!ata. one 4. *et us celebrate the 3ross of the *ord, let us honour with hy!ns his holy 2urial, and highly glorify his Resurrection/ for as God with hi!self he raised the dead fro! the graves, having plundered the !ight of death and the strength of the 9evil, and !ade light dawn for those in Hades. =erse: Arise, " *ord !y God, lift up your hand/ forget not your poor for ever. " *ord, you were called dead, who put death to death/ you were placed in a grave, who e!ptied the graves: above, soldiers were guarding the to!b, below, you raised the dead fro! every age. *ord, all)powerful and beyond understanding, glory to youH Glory. 2oth now. heoto.ion.

Hail holy !ountain on which God has wal.ed: hail living bush and unconsu!ed by fire/ hail the world-s only bridge to God, which leads !ortals over to eternal life/ hail +aiden undefiled who bore without wedloc. the salvation of our souls. After the 1nd Psalter reading, Kathis!ata. one 4. +erciful *ord, transgressors nailed you between !alefactors and pierced your side with a lance/ but you accepted burial, you overthrew the gates of Hades, and rose on the third day/ the wo!en ran to see you and they announced the Resurrection to the Apostles. " Saviour highly)e%alted, who! Angels praise, " blessed *ord, glory to you. =erse: # will confess you, *ord, with !y whole heart/ # will tell of all your !arvellous wor.s. 8our strange !ystery, " !y Saviour, has beco!e the salvation of the world/ for as befitted God you rose fro! the to!b and as God raised with you those who had perished: " life of all, *ord, glory to you. Glory. 2oth now. heoto.ion. " 2ride who .new not wedloc., +other of God, who turned @ve-s grief to 7oy, we the faithful praise and worship you/ for you have brought us bac. fro! the ancient curse/ and now, all)praised, all) holy one, intercede unceasingly that we !ay be saved. After Psal! 00F, the @vlogitaria. hen the 8pa.oJ. one 4. A!a>ed in !ind by the vision of the Angel and enlightened in soul by the divine Rising, the +yrrhbearers gave the good news to the Apostles: <Announce a!ong the nations the *ord-s Resurrection, who wor.s with you by wonders and grants us his great !ercyhe Anavath!i of the one. Antiphon 0. #n !y distress, li.e 9avid, # sing to you, !y Saviour: 9eliver !e fro! a treacherous tongue.

(or dwellers in the desert life is blessed, for their wings are the love of God. Glory. 2oth now. 2y the Holy Spirit all things are held fast, the visible with the invisible/ for his !ight is his own as truly one of the rinity. Antiphon 1. *et us be lifted, " soul, to the !ountains/ co!e thither where help co!es fro!. *et your right hand ta.e wing, " *ord, and guard !e fro! every !ischief. Glory. 2oth now. o the Holy Spirit let us say, as we confess hi! to be God: 8ou are God, life, love, light, !ind/ you are goodness, you are .ing for ever. Antiphon &. (or those who said to !e: <*et us go to the courts of the *ord-, full of great 7oy, # offer prayers. 9read things shall be brought to fulfil!ent upon the house of 9avid: for fire shall be there burning every sha!eful thought. Glory. 2oth now. o the Holy Spirit belongs the dignity of being the source of life, for fro! hi! every living thing is ani!ated, as by the (ather and the 6ord. Pro.ei!enon. Arise, " *ord !y God: for you reign for ever. =erse: # will confess you, " *ord, with !y whole heart/ # will tell of all your wonders.

he Fth Resurrection Gospel, then Having seen the Resurrection of 3hrist, Psal! 45 etc. he 3anons, of @aster with that of the +other of God to F, and of the 2lind +an to ;. @aster 3anon. one 0. "de 0. #r!os. he day of Resurrection, let us be radiant, " peoples: Pascha, the *ord-s Pascha/ for 3hrist God has brought us fro! death to life, and fro! earth to heaven, as we sing the triu!phal song. roparia. *et us purify our senses, and we shall see 3hrist shining forth, in the unapproachable light of the Resurrection, and we shall clearly hear hi! saying <Re7oiceH-, as we sing the triu!phal song. *et the heavens as is fitting re7oice, and let the earth be glad, let the whole world, both seen and unseen, .eep the feast: for 3hrist has risen, our eternal 7oy. 3anon of the +other of God. one 0. he Acrostic in the first roparia: H@"PHA?. "de 0. he sa!e #r!os.

#he boundary of death you forced open, all)pure =irgin, by bearing 3hrist the eternal *ife, who shone out to)day fro! the to!b, and enlightened the world.
Having seen your Son and God risen fro! the dead, you re7oice with the Apostles, " holy and full of grace, and as cause of the 7oy of all, " all)pure +other of God, you first received the greeting <Re7oice-. 3anon of the 2lind +an. one 4. 6ith an Acrostic in the Gth "de: :"S@PH 3o!position of :oseph of hessaloni.i. "de 0. one 4. he #r!os.

C#srael passed dry)shod, " *ord, over earth on which the sun had never shone, had never seen/ deep which the vault of heaven had never seen na.ed/ and you led hi! to the !ountain of your sanctification as he sang and chanted a song of victory.D roparia. 2y willingly accepting crucifi%ion in the flesh, you have beco!e a source of blessing and life for the world, " +aster, only all)blessed and 3reator of all/ therefore we bless you, we hy!n and glorify you, as we sing and chant a song of victory. 6hen you were dead, " long)suffering, the noble :oseph laid you in the lowest pit and rolled a stone to the door of the grave/ but you rose in glory, raising the world with you, as it sang and chanted a song of victory. he Angel appeared and said to the holy wo!en: 6hy do you bring spices with tearsA 3hrist has risenH Run, tell the 9isciples who have seen God, as they !ourn and weep, so that they !ay leap and dance for 7oy. @%traordinary wonders the Redee!er perfor!s/ he even cured a !an blind fro! birth, anointing hi! with clay and saying: Go, wash in Siloa!, that you !ay .now that # a! God who wal. the earth bearing flesh because of !y co!passionate pity. riadi.on. Honouring one @ssence in three Persons, let us the faithful glorify the (ather and the Son and the right Spirit, !a.er and *ord, and redee!er of all, one uncreated God, as we cry with the 2odiless hosts: Holy, Holy, Holy are you, " KingH heoto.ion. 2ecause of his co!passionate pity the *ord dwelt in your wo!b that had not .nown wedloc., " Pure one, for he wished to save !an.ind which had perished through the wiles of the foe: i!plore hi! then that this city !ay be saved fro! every capture and invasion by foes. Katavasia

o God the saviour let us sing, to hi! alone, who led his people through the sea with un!oistened foot and drowned Pharaoh with all his ar!y in the deep, for he has been glorified. "de &. #r!os. -3o!e let us drin. a new drin., not one !arvellously brought forth fro! a barren roc., but the Source of incorruption, which springs up fro! the to!b of 3hrist, in who! we are established-. roparia. ?ow all things are filled with light, both heaven and earth and those beneath the earth: so let all creation sing 3hrist-s rising, by which it is established. 8esterday # was buried with you, " 3hrist, to)day # rise with you as you arise: yesterday # was crucified with you, glorify !e with you, Saviour, in your Kingdo!. "f the +other of God. he sa!e #r!os.

Holy one, to)day # return to life undefiled through the goodness of hi! who was born fro! you and whose brightness bla>es to all the ends of the earth.
Seeing God, who! you conceived in the flesh, rising fro! the dead as he said, " holy one, dance/ and !agnify hi! as God, " +ost Pure. "f the 2lind +an. he #r!os. C" *ord, !a.e fir! !y heart sha.en by the waves of life, as God guiding it to a fair haven.D roparia. *ong)suffering *ord, you !ade fir! the hearts of those who are sha.en when you shoo. the earth, by your hallowed 3rucifi%ion, which you underwent in the flesh.

he noble :oseph laid you in a new to!b, " !erciful/ but you arose fro! the dead on the third day, renewing us all. 6hy do you see. the *ord as a corpseA He has risen as he said, cried the Angel to the wo!en, da>>ling with his godli.e for!. 8ou once cured a !an blind fro! birth who ca!e to you, All) !erciful, glorifying your dispensation and your wonders. riadi.on. 6e worship God, (ather without beginning, Son and divine Spirit, triple uncreated, three)personned nature, one God of all. heoto.ion. 8ou gave birth fro! a virgin wo!b to God incarnate/ i!plore hi!, all)holy *ady, to have pity on us. Katavasia. 2y the power of your 3ross, " 3hrist, !a.e fir! !y !ind to hy!n and glorify your saving Assu!ption. Konta.ion of @aster. one F. +odel !elody. C2y St Ro!anosD hough you descended into the to!b, " #!!ortal, yet you destroyed the power of Hell/ and you arose as victor, " 3hrist God, calling to the +yrrh)bearing wo!en: Re7oiceH and giving peace to your Apostles, " you who grant resurrection to the fallen. Kathis!a. one F. he +aster and !a.er of all things, as he passed along found a 2lind +an sitting by the way, la!enting and saying: <?ever in !y life have # seen the sun shining or the !oon shedding its light/ therefore # cry out to you, born of a =irgin to enlighten the universe: @nlighten !e, as you are co!passionate, that falling down # !ay cry to you: +aster 3hrist God, grant !e forgiveness of !y offences through the !ultitude of your !ercy, only lover of !an.ind-. $ wice'. "de B. #r!os.

*et the Prophet Avva.u!, inspired by God, .eep the divine watch with us, and show forth the radiant Angel, who with resounding voice declares: o)day brings salvation to the world, for 3hrist has risen as o!nipotent. roparia. 3hrist appeared as a !ale who opened a virgin wo!b: but as our food he is called <la!b-: <unble!ished-, as our Passover without stain: and <perfect- for he is true God. As a yearling la!b, for us the blessed crown, 3hrist was willingly sacrificed for all, a cleansing Passover: and fro! the to!b the fair sun of 7ustice has shone for us again. God-s forebear 9avid dancing leaped before the Ar., !ere shadow: but seeing the fulfil!ent of the types, let us, God-s holy people, inspired, re7oice, for 3hrist has risen as o!nipotent. "f the +other of God. Sa!e #r!os.

Even he who fashioned Ada! your forefather, " holy one, is fashioned fro! you, and by his own death he has destroyed Ada!-s death today, and shed light on all with the divine bea!s of his Resurrection.
Seeing 3hrist, who! you bore, shining in beauty fro! the dead, " Pure one, fair and lovely and spotless a!ong wo!en, as you re7oice to)day with the Apostles at the salvation of all, glorify hi!. "f the 2lind +an. he #r!os. C# heard your report, *ord, and # was afraid/ # considered your dispensation and # glorified you, only lover of !an.ind.D roparia. 2y being placed on a ree you, who are life, brought !e, who had died through a tree, bac. to life through your great !ercy. herefore, " 6ord, # glorify you.

+arvellously asse!bled together with your #nitiates, " *ord, you said to the!: Go forth, proclai! !y Resurrection everywhere. 3onfir!ing your Rising fro! the grave, *ord, for !any days you asse!bled together with your friends, and !ade the! 7oyful. 8ou gave sight to a !an 2lind fro! the wo!b, *ord, when you said: Go, wash and receive your sight, and glorify !y Godhead. riadi.on. " rinity, identical in honour, undivided in @ssence, divided in Persons, save all who with fear faithfully glorify you. heoto.ion. 6e glorify your child)bearing above nature, " #!!aculate, in faith blessing you, " all unble!ished, as the one who gave birth to the God of all. Katavasia. " *ord # heard the report of the sovereign power of your 3ross: that through it Paradise was opened: and # cried, Glory to your power, " *ord. "de 4. #r!os. *et us arise in the early dawn, and instead of !yrrh, offer praises to the +aster/ and we shall see 3hrist, the Sun of :ustice, who causes life to dawn for all. roparia. hose who were held by Hades- bonds, seeing your !easureless co!passion, press forward to the light, " 3hrist, with 7oyful step, praising an eternal Passover. 6ith torches in our hands let us go forth to !eet 3hrist as he co!es fro! the grave, li.e a bridegroo!, and with the festive ran.s of Angels, let us feast God-s saving Passover.

"f the +other of God. Sa!e #r!os.

O pure +other of God, the asse!bly of the devout is enlightened by the divine, lifegiving rays of the Resurrection of your Son, and is filled with 7oy.
8ou did not open the gates of the =irgin, when you too. flesh/ you did not brea. the seals of the grave, " King of creation. herefore when she saw you risen, she re7oiced. "f the 2lind +an. he #r!os. CHave pity on !y wretched soul as it fights a night battle with the dar.ness of the passions, and !a.e your rays clear as day shine in !e, " spiritual Sun, to turn !y night into light.D roparia. 8ou were lifted up on a ree, and lifting up all !ortals with yourself, " !erciful, you put to death the hostile serpent and, as only God of all, gave life to what your hands had fashioned. 6illingly you beca!e a corpse and were laid in a to!b, i!!ortal King, and you e!ptied all the palaces of Hell, raising the dead by your Resurrection. 6hen you had acco!plished great !arvels upon earth, " 6ord, a lawless people slew you/ but, being alone powerful, *ord 3hrist, you rose, as you had foretold, fro! the dead. Having opened the eyes of one who had not seen the natural light, you enlightened the pupils of his soul and led hi! to give glory when he recognised you as !a.er, through co!passion seen as a !ortal. riadi.on. *et all us faithful glorify a rinity in unity and a Knity in trinity, (ather, Son and right Spirit, one God, truly creator of all. heoto.ion.

How did you bear a child without .nowing !an, " =irgin)!other, full of GodMs graceA How nourish creationMs nourisherA As he alone understands, who is !a.er of all and God. Katavasia. Rising in the early dawn we cry to you, " *ord: Save us, for you are our God, and we .now no other but you. "de ;. #r!os. 8ou went down to the deepest parts of the earth, and you shattered the everlasting bars that held fast those that were fettered, " 3hrist. And on the third day li.e :onas fro! the whale, you arose fro! the to!b. roparia. Keeping the seals intact " 3hrist, you rose fro! the to!b, you who did not har! the loc.s of the =irgin-s wo!b at your birth, and you have opened to us the gates of Paradise. " !y Saviour, the living, unslain =icti!, as God offering yourself willingly to the (ather, you raised up with yourself all Ada!-s race, in rising fro! the to!b. "f the +other of God. he sa!e #r!os. Prisoner of old of death and corruption, the hu!an race has been brought bac. through hi! was too. flesh fro! your spotless wo!b to incorruptible and everlasting life, " =irgin +other of God. He who went down, " Holy one, into your wo!b, dwelt there and too. flesh beyond understanding, went down into the lowest parts of the earth and raised Ada! with hi!self when he rose fro! the to!b. "f the 2lind +an. he #r!os. CAs you delivered the Prophet fro! the beast, " *ord, bring !e too, # pray, fro! the deep of ungovernable passions/ that # !ay loo. again towards your holy te!ple.D

roparia. 3rucified with thieves, " +aster, fro! evil thieves and soul) destroying passions, you delivered us who praise in har!ony your 3rucifi%ion and your Rising, " *ord who loves !an.ind. A lifeless corpse they laid you in a to!b, " 3hrist, who breathe life into all the dead/ but you arose, *ord, e!ptying all the graves, " 6ord, by your sovereign power. After your Rising, " 3hrist, you said to your friends: arry in :erusale!, until you are clothed with invincible strength and sure support fro! on high. 8ou !ade clay, and anointed the eyes of the !an 2lind fro! birth, and you gave hi! the grace of sight as he hy!ned your i!!aculate power, through which you saved the world. riadi.on. hree)personned Knity, (ather unbegotten, Son begotten, Spirit proceeding, thrice)holy *ord, one @ssence, one Power, save your whole people. heoto.ion. 6ho can recount your great things, " Pure oneA (or beyond nature you bore God in the flesh, who delivers the world fro! every sin through you, =irgin all)unble!ished. Katavasia. he deep surrounded !e, the sea beast beca!e a grave to !e. 2ut, " *over of !an.ind, # called out to you, " *ord, and your right hand saved !e. Konta.ion. one B 6ith the eyes of !y soul !utilated # co!e to you, " 3hrist, as the !an blind fro! birth, crying to you in repentance: 8ou are the radiant light of those in dar.ness.

he #.os. Grant !e a strea! of ine%pressible wisdo!, and .nowledge fro! above, " 3hrist, light of those in dar.ness and guide of those who stray/ that # !ay recount what the divine boo. of the Gospel of peace teaches: the !iracle of the blind !an/ for being blind fro! birth he receives both physical eyes and eyes of the soul, as he cries: 8ou are the radiant light of those in dar.ness. Syna%arion of the +enaion, then the following. he sa!e day, the si%th Sunday fro! Pascha, we celebrate the wonder done to the !an blind fro! birth by our *ord and God and Saviour, :esus 3hrist. =erses. Giver of light, *yght out of *yght, one blind (ro! birth, " 6ord, you furnish now with eyes. #n your boundless !ercy, giver of light, 3hrist our God, have !ercy and save us. A!en. "de E. #r!os. He who delivered the 3hildren fro! the furnace, beco!ing !an suffers as a !ortal, and through suffering he clothes the !ortal with the glory of incorruption: the only blessed and !ost glorious God of our fathers. roparia. he holy wo!en hastened after you with sweet spices. 6ho! they sought with tears as a !ortal, they worshipped with 7oy as the living God, and they proclai!ed the !ystic Passover, " 3hrist, to your disciples. 6e feast death-s slaughter, the overthrow of Hell, the first fruits of a new eternal life: and dancing we hy!n the cause: the only blessed and !ost glorious God of our fathers.

How truly holy and all)festive is this saving night, how full of light, herald of the bright day of the resurrection, in which the ti!eless *ight shone bodily for all fro! the to!b. "f the +other of God. he sa!e #r!os.

Having slain death, your Son, " all)pure one, has to)day given to all life that endures to ages of ages: the only blessed and highly e%alted God of our fathers.
He who reigns over all creation beco!ing !an dwelt in your wo!b, " full of God-s grace, and having endured the 3ross and death he has risen as God and raised us with hi!self, for he is all powerful. "f the 2lind +an. he #r!os. CLuencher of fire was the prayer of the young !en/ the furnace, herald of the !arvel, refreshed and did not scorch, did not burn up those who hy!ned the God of our fathers.D roparia. 6hen you were hung upon the ree, " Saviour, the sun was ,uenched, the earth heaved, all creation was sha.en, and the dead were raised fro! the graves. 6hen you rose fro! the dead, " King, the souls which slept there were raised with you and glorified your sovereign power, through which the bonds of death were loosed. At dawn a choir of wo!en ca!e to anoint you, but learning that you had risen, *ord, they re7oiced with the sacred 9isciples/ through who! grant us rede!ption fro! evils. 8ou anointed with clay the eyes of the !an born 2lind and you ordered hi! to go to Siloa!: having washed he gained his sight as he hy!ned you, " 3hrist, King of all. riadi.on.

*et us hy!n the (ather without beginning, the Son li.ewise without beginning and the all)holy Spirit: Holy, Holy, Holy, are you, " God, King of all. heoto.ion. After child)birth you were seen to be a virgin, " Pure one/ for you gave birth, " #!!aculate, and you ordered hi! to go to Siloa!: having washed he gained his sight as he hy!ned you, " 3hrist, King of all. riadi.on. *et us hy!n the (ather without beginning, the Son li.ewise without beginning and the all)holy Spirit: Holy, Holy, Holy, are you, " God, King of all. heoto.ion. After child)birth you were seen to be a virgin, " Pure one/ for you gave birth, " #!!aculate, to God who !ade natures new by his power/ ever i!plore hi! that we !ay be saved. Katavasia. 8ou saved the young !en in the fiery furnace: blessed are you the God of our fathers. "de F. #r!os. his chosen and holy day is the first of Sabbaths, the Lueen and *ady, the (east of (easts and the (estival of (estivals on which we bless 3hrist to all the ages. roparia. 3o!e let us share in the new fruit of the vine, of 7oy divine, and in the .ingdo! of 3hrist, on the glorious day of the Resurrection, hy!ning hi! as God to all the ages. *ift your eyes around you, " Oion, and see: for behold li.e beacons shedding light divine your children have co!e to you, fro! 6est

and ?orth, fro! the Sea and fro! the @ast, blessing 3hrist in you to all the ages. Al!ighty (ather, 6ord and Spirit, nature united in three Persons, beyond all being and beyond all Godhead, into you we have been baptised and we bless to all the ages. "f the +other of God. he sa!e #r!os.

As the creator ca!e into the world through you, " =irgin +other of God, he tore open the wo!b of Hell and gave us !ortals the Resurrection/ therefore we bless hi! to the ages.
8our Son, " =irgin, having overthrown the !ight of death, in his resurrection, as a !ighty God, has e%alted us with hi!self and deified us/ therefore we praise hi! to the ages. "f the 2lind +an. he #r!os. C he King and creator of all, " asse!bly of Angels, congregation of !an.ind, priests praise, levites bless, people highly e%alt to the ages.D roparia. he ran.s of Angels, seeing you hanging upon the 3ross, " 3hrist, universal King, and altering all creation, were struc. with fear as they hy!ned your love for !an.ind. Hell, seeing you below, groaned aloud and rapidly gave bac. the dead who! it had held under guard since ti!e began, " 3hrist, as they hy!ned your love for !an.ind. Having acco!plished e%traordinary !arvels, you were willingly lifted up on a cross and 7oined with the dead, " 3hrist, and you put Hell to death and with courage released all its prisoners. 8ou gave eyes to the 2lind +an who ca!e to you, " 3hrist, ordering hi! to wash in the spring of Siloa!, to see and to proclai! you as God, !anifest in the flesh for the salvation of the world. riadi.on.

" undivided rinity, unconfused Knity, God of all and creator of all things, save fro! !anifold te!ptations those who hy!n and faithfully worship your !ight. heoto.ion. #!!aculate =irgin, full of GodMs grace, ever i!plore your Son not to put !e to sha!e on the day of 7udge!ent, but to nu!ber !e with the chosen sheep. Katavasia. Son of God, begotten of the (ather before the ages, and in these last ti!es incarnate of a =irgin +other: praise hi!, " priests, highly e%alt hi!, " people, throughout all the ages. "de G. #r!os. +egalynarion: +agnify, " !y soul, hi! who suffered willingly, and was buried, and arose fro! the grave on the third day. Shine, shine, " ?ew :erusale!, for the glory of the *ord has risen upon you/ dance now and be glad, " Oion, and you too re7oice, " pure +other of God, at the arising of hi! to who! you gave birth. +egalynarion: +agnify, " !y soul, 3hrist the Giver of life, who arose fro! the grave on the third day. Shine, shine, " ?ew :erusale!, for the glory of the *ord has risen upon you/ dance now and be glad, " Oion, and you too re7oice, " pure +other of God, at the arising of hi! to who! you gave birth. +egalynarion: 3hrist is the new Passover, the living sacrificial victi!, the *a!b of God, who ta.es away the sin of the world. " your divine and beloved and sweetest voice/ you have truly pro!ised that you will be with us unto the end of the world, " 3hrist/ and we faithful re7oice, having this as an anchor of hope. +egalynarion: o)day the whole creation is glad and re7oices, for 3hrist has risen and Hell has been despoiled.

" great and !ost sacred Pascha, 3hrist/ " 6isdo! and 6ord and Power of GodH Grant that we !ay parta.e of you fully in the unwaning day of your Kingdo!. "f the +other of God. he sa!e #r!os.

Now in har!ony, " =irgin, we faithful call you blessed: Hail gate of the *ord: Hail living city: Hail through who! to)day the light of the Resurrection fro! the dead of hi! who was born fro! you has shone for us.
Re7oice, be glad, divine gate of the light/ for :esus, who set in the to!b, has dawned shining !ore brightly than the sun, and shedding his rays on all the faithful, " Sovereign *ady full of God-s grace. "f the 2lind +an. he #r!os. C(or he that is !ighty has done great things for you, showing you to be a pure virgin after child)birth, for you bore without seed your own !a.er: therefore, " +other of God, we !agnify you.D roparia.

(oined to the gallows of the 3ross, 3hrist Saviour, you triu!phed over all the hostile forces of the foe, and abolished the for!er curse/ therefore as is right we !agnify you. On seeing you below with your soul, " 6ord, Hell groaned aloud and in fear released all the dead, who recognised the !ight of your authority/ with who! as is right we !agnify you. %eeing hi! acco!plishing signs and dread wonders the people of the Hebrews in 7ealousy slew hi! who plundered Hell by his Resurrection, and as powerful raised all with hi!. Even as you said, you rose fro! the dead, " Giver of *ife, and appeared to the holy 9isciples after your Rising, you who did signs and gave sight to the blind/ with the! to the ages we !agnify you.
riadi.on.

Praise # give to *ight, the (ather, glory to *ight, the Son, a hy!n to *ight, the <upright Spirit-: one undivided *ight, recognised in three Persons, God, King of all creation.
heoto.ion.

Holy =irgin, you appear wider then the heavens for you contained and bore in a body God, the uncircu!scribed, for the rede!ption of all those who sing your praise with undoubting faith.
Katavasia. " +other of God, since beyond speech or thought you bore in ti!e, in !arvellous !anner, hi! who is ti!eless, with one !ind we the faithful !agnify you. hen: Holy is the *ord our God. @%apostilarion of @aster. Having fallen asleep in the flesh as a !ortal, " King and *ord, you rose again on the third day, raising up Ada! fro! corruption, and abolishing death. " Pascha of incorruption, " salvation of the world. "f the 2lind +an. he sa!e !elody. Give sight, " *ord, to the eyes of !y soul, !ai!ed by gloo!y sin, by grafting in hu!ility, " !erciful, and cleansing !e with tears of repentance. Another. As he passed by, our Saviour found a blind !an without sight/ spitting upon the ground and !a.ing clay he anointed hi! and sent hi! to Siloa! to go and wash/ when he had washed he ca!e seeing your light, !y 3hrist. At *auds we insert F Stichera and we sing E of the Resurrection. one 4. C"r & of the Resurrection, 0 of the 2lind +an and the @aster Stichera with their verses.D

*ord, while the grave was sealed by transgressors, you ca!e forth fro! the to!b as you had been born fro! the +other of God. 8our bodiless Angels did not .now how you had beco!e incarnate/ nor did the soldiers who were guarding you .now when you arose: for both are sealed for those who en,uire/ but the wonders have been revealed to those who in faith worship the !ystery: grant us as we praise it 7oy and your great !ercy. *ord, having s!ashed the eternal bars and torn apart the chains, you rose fro! the to!b, leaving behind the grave)clothes as proof of your true burial for three days/ and while being guarded in a cave, you went ahead into Galilee. Great is your !ercy, Saviour beyond understandingH Have !ercy upon us. *ord, the wo!en ran to your to!b to see you, the 3hrist who had suffered for ours sa.es/ and as they approached they saw with fear an Angel sitting on the stone which had been rolled away/ and he cried out to the!, saying: < he *ord has risen. ell his 9isciples that he who saves our souls has risen fro! the dead-. *ord, as you ca!e out while the grave was sealed, so you ca!e in to your 9isciples while the doors were shut, and showed the! the bodily sufferings which you had accepted, " long)suffering one. As sprung fro! the 9avid-s seed, you endured stripes, but as Son of God you freed the world. Great is your !ercy, Saviour beyond understandingH Have !ercy on us. Stichera by Anatolios. *ord, King of the ages and !a.er of all, who accepted crucifi%ion and burial in the flesh for our sa.es, that you !ight free us all fro! Hell, you are our God and we .now no other but you. *ord, who will recount your da>>ling wondersA 6ho will declare your dread !ysteriesA (or incarnate for our sa.es, as you willed, you !anifested the !ight of your power/ for by your 3ross 8ou opened Paradise to the hief/ by your burial you s!ashed the bars of Hell/ and by your Resurrection you enriched the universe. 3o!passionate one, glory to you. he +yrrhbearing wo!en, co!ing very early to your grave, were see.ing to anoint you, the i!!ortal 6ord and God/ and instructed

by the words of the Angel they turned bac. with 7oy, declaring openly to the Apostles that you, the life of all, had risen and granted the world pardon and your great !ercy. =erse: *oo. on !e and have !ercy on !e: for # a! alone and poor. And of the 2lind +an. #dio!el. one F. 3hrist our God, who too. flesh through your co!passionate !ercy and ta.ing pity in your ineffable co!passion on one who had been deprived of light fro! the wo!b, you granted hi! divine brilliance, touching with soil his pupils with your !oulding fingers. 9o you now, " provider of light, illu!ine too the senses of our souls, as you alone are provider without stinting. Glory. Sa!e one. 6ho will recount your powers, " 3hristA 6ho nu!ber the !ultitudes of your wondersA (or twofold you appeared on earth through your goodness, twofold also the healings you bestow: for you opened not only the bodily eyes of one who was !ai!ed fro! the wo!b, but also those of his soul. herefore he confessed you the hidden God, who grant to all your great !ercy. 2oth now. 8ou are !ost blessed. C@aster =erses. =erse: *et God arise and let his ene!ies be scattered: and let those that hate hi! flee before his face. A sacred Pascha has been shown forth to us to)day, a new and holy Pascha, a !ystic Pascha, an all)venerable Pascha, a Pascha that is 3hrist the Redee!er, a spotless Pascha, a Pascha of the faithful, a Pascha that has opened to us the gates of Paradise, a Pascha that hallows all the faithful. =erse: As s!o.e vanishes, so let the! vanish: as wa% !elts before the fire. 3o!e fro! the scene, " wo!en bearers of good tidings, and say to Oion: Receive fro! us the tidings of 7oy, of the Resurrection of

3hrist. @%ult, dance and be glad, " :erusale!, for you have seen 3hrist the King as a bridegroo! co!e forth fro! the to!b. =erse: So let sinners perish at the presence of God: and let the righteous be glad. he +yrrhbearing wo!en at early dawn ca!e near the to!b of the Giver of life/ they found an Angel sitting on the stone, and he, addressing the! in this !anner, said: 6hy do you see. the living a!ong the deadA 6hy do you !ourn the #ncorruptible a!id corruptionA Go, proclai! it to his 9isciples. =erse: his is the day that the *ord has !ade: let us be glad and re7oice in it. A Pascha of delight, Pascha, the *ord-s Pascha, an all)venerable Pascha has dawned for us, a Pascha on which let us e!brace one another with 7oy. " Pascha, ranso! fro! sorrowH o)day 3hrist has shone forth fro! the to!b as fro! a bridal cha!ber, and has filled the wo!en with 7oy, saying: Proclai! it to the Apostles. Glory. Sa!e one. 6ho will recount your powers, " 3hristA 6ho nu!ber the !ultitudes of your wondersA (or twofold you appeared on earth through your goodness, twofold also the healings you bestow: for you opened not only the bodily eyes of one who was !ai!ed fro! the wo!b, but also those of his soul. herefore he confessed you the hidden God, who grant to all your great !ercy. 2oth now. #t is the day of Resurrection/ let us be radiant for the festival, and let us e!brace one another. *et us say, " brethren, even to those who hate us: let us forgive all things at the Resurrection, and so let us cry: 3hrist has risen fro! the dead/ by death he has tra!pled on by death, and to those in the graves given life.D Great 9o%ology and 9is!issal. 2efore the 0st Hour, the @othinon. one F.

+ary-s hot tears did not flow in vain, for she was granted Angels to teach her and the sight of you, " :esu. 2ut, as a wea. wo!an, she still had earthly thoughts, and therefore she was debarred fro! touching you, " 3hrist/ but still she was sent as a herald to your 9isciples, to who! she spo.e the good tidings, announcing your ascent to your (ather-s real!. 6ith her !a.e us also worthy of your appearing, " +aster and *ord.

Sunday of the *+, God-earing .athers of "icaea.

At Great Vespers .
After the "pening Psal! etc., at *ord, # have cried we insert 05 Stichera, and we sing & of the Resurrection, & of the Assu!ption and B of the Holy (athers. Resurrection Stichera. one ;. 6inning the victory over Hell, " 3hrist, you ascended the 3ross, that you !ight raise with yourself those sitting in the dar.ness of death, you who are free a!ong the dead. All)powerful Saviour, who pour life fro! your own light, glory to youH oday 3hrist, having tra!pled down death, has risen as he said, and given 7oy to the whole world, that we !ight all cry aloud the hy!n and say: All)powerful Saviour, Source of life, unapproachable *ight, glory to youH 6here shall we sinners flee fro! you, *ord, who are present in all creationA #n heavenA 8ou dwell there. #n HellA 8ou have tra!pled on death. o the depths of the seaA 8our hand is there, +aster. o you we flee/ falling down we i!plore you: " risen fro! the dead, have !ercy upon usH "f the Assu!ption. Sa!e one. he *ord has been ta.en up into heaven, that he !ay send the Paraclete to the world. he heavens have prepared his throne/

clouds his ascent. Angels !arvel to see a hu!an high above the!. he (ather receives the "ne he holds eternally in his boso!. he Holy Spirit orders all his Angels: <*ift up our gates, you rulers.- All you nations, clap your hands: for 3hrist has gone up to where he was before he 3herubi!, *ord, were a!a>ed by your Assu!ption, as they watched you, the God who is enthroned upon the!, ascending on the clouds/ and we glorify you, for your !ercy is .ind. Glory to youH As we watch your e%altation on the holy !ountains, " 3hrist, splendour of the (atherMs glory, we hy!n the appearance, for!ed of light, of your countenance/ we worship your sufferings, we honour your Resurrection, as we glorify your glorious Assu!ption. Have !ercy on us. "f the Holy (athers. Sa!e one. 8ou were born fro! the wo!b before the !orning star, without a !other fro! the (ather before the ages, though Arius dares to call you a creature, and does not glorify you as God, insanely 7oining you, the 3reator, with the creatures, and laying up for hi!self as treasure the fuel of the eternal fire. 2ut the 3ouncil in ?icea loudly proclai!ed you, *ord, to be Son of God, e,ual in ran. with the (ather and the Spirit. 6ho divided your gar!ent, " SaviourA <Arius,- you said, who cuts into divisions the Authority e,ual in honour of the rinity. He it was who denied that you were one of the rinity. He it was who taught ?estorios not to say <+other of God-. 2ut the 3ouncil in ?icea loudly proclai!ed you, *ord, to be Son of God, e,ual in ran. with the (ather and the Spirit. Arius fell into the precipice of sin, having shut his eyes so as not to see the light, and he was ripped asunder by a divine hoo. so that with his entrails he forcibly e!ptied out all his essence and his soul, and was na!ed another :udas, both for his ideas and the !anner of his death. 2ut the 3ouncil in ?icea loudly proclai!ed you, *ord, to be Son of God, e,ual in ran. with the (ather and the Spirit. Arius the insane cut the +onarchy of the All)holy rinity into three dissi!ilar and unrelated @ssences/ therefore the Godbearing (athers

eagerly ca!e together, burning with >eal, li.e @lias the hesbite, and cut off with the sword of the Spirit the blasphe!er with his teachings of sha!e, as the Spirit decreed. Glory. one ;. *et us praise today the !ystical tru!pets of the Spirit, the Godbearing (athers, who sang a har!onious !elody of theology in the !idst of the 3hurch: one rinity, unchanging @ssence and Godhead/ the overthrowers of Arius, the cha!pions of the "rthodo%, who ever intercede with the *ord that he have !ercy on our souls. 2oth now. heoto.ion. Sa!e one. 6ho will not call you blessed, all)holy =irginA 6ho will not sing the praise of your child)birth without painA (or the only)begotten Son, who shone fro! the (ather beyond ti!e, ca!e forth fro! you, pure +aiden, ineffably incarnate. 2y nature he is God/ by nature he beca!e !an for our sa.es/ not divided in a duality of persons/ but .nown without confusion in a duality of natures. " honoured and all) blessed, intercede with hi! to have !ercy on our souls. @ntrance, " :oyful *ight, the Pro.ei!enon of the day, and the Readings: he Reading is fro! Genesis. C0B,0B)15D ?ow when Abra! heard that *ot his nephew had been ta.en captive, he nu!bered his own ho!e)born servants, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued after the! as far as 9an. And he fell upon the! by night, he and his servants, and s!ote the! and pursued the! as far as 3hobal, which is on the left of 9a!ascus. And he brought bac. all the cavalry of Sodo!, and he brought bac. *ot his nephew and all his goods and the wo!en and the people. And the .ing of Sodo! ca!e out to !eet hi!, after his return fro! the slaughter of 3hodologS!or and the .ings with hi!, to the valley of SabT/ this is the plain of a .ing. And +elchi>ede., .ing of Sale!, brought out loaves and wine/ he was priest of the !ost high God. And he blessed Abra! and said: 2lessed is Abra! by the !ost high God, who created the heaven and the earth. And blessed is the !ost high God, who has delivered your ene!ies into your hand.

he Reading is fro! 9euterono!y. C0,F)00 U 04)0EbD +oses said to the children of #srael: See, # have handed over the land in front you/ go in and inherit the land which # swore to your fathers, to Abraha! and to #saac and to :acob, that # would give it to the! and to their seed after the!. And # spo.e to you at that ti!e saying: # shall not be able to bear you alone. he *ord your God has !ultiplied you, and behold, you are today as the stars of heaven in !ultitude. +ay the *ord the God of our fathers !ultiply you a thousand ti!es !ore than you are, and bless you as He has spo.en to you. And # too. fro! you wise and understanding and prudent !en, and # set the! to rule over you, captains of thousands and hundreds and fifties and tens and recorders for your 7udges. And # co!!anded your 7udges at that ti!e, saying: Hear cases between your brethren, and 7udge rightly between a !an and his brother and the proselyte who is with hi!. 8ou shall not have respect to persons in 7udging. 8ou shall hear the s!all as well as the great. 8ou shall not shrin. before any !anMs person/ for the 7udge!ent is GodMs. he Reading fro! 9euterono!y. C05,0B)0F U 15)10D +oses said to the children of #srael: 2ehold, the heaven and the highest heaven, the earth and all that is in it belong to the *ord your God. he *ord preferred your fathers, to love the!: and he chose their seed after the!, you above all nations, as it is at this day. So circu!cise the hardness of your heart and stiffen your nec. no longer. (or the *ord your God is God of gods and *ord of lords, the great God, !ighty and strong and aweso!e, who shows no partiality and ta.es no bribe. He e%ecutes 7udge!ent for the proselyte, the orphan and the widow/ and loves the proselyte, giving hi! food and clothing. 8ou shall fear the *ord your God and serve hi!, and to hi! you shall hold fast, and ta.e oaths in his na!e. He is your boast, and he your God, who has done for you the great and wonderful things which your eyes have seen. At the *iti the Sticheron of the Saint of the +onastery. Glory. "f the (athers. one &.

8ou have beco!e strict guardians of the apostolic traditions, holy (athers: for by teaching the orthodo% doctrine that the holy rinity is consubstantial, you overthrew in council the blasphe!y of Arius/ after hi! you refuted +a.edonios, opponent of the Spirit, you conde!ned ?estorios, @ftyches and 9ioscoros, Sabellios and the leaderless Severos/ as., we pray, that, delivered fro! their error, we !ay guard our life unsullied in the faith. 2oth now. "f the (east. one ;. *ord, as you co!pleted the !ystery of your dispensation, ta.ing your 9isciples with you, you too. the! up onto the !ount of "lives/ and behold, you passed through the fir!a!ent of heaven. (or !e you beca!e poor li.e !e, and you ascended whence you had not been parted: send forth your all)holy Spirit, to enlighten our souls. At the Aposticha, Resurrection Stichera fro! the ".toichos. one ;. 8our Resurrection, " 3hrist Saviour, Angels sing in heavens/ grant that we too who are on earth !ay with pure hearts give glory to you. #n Alphabetical "rder. Luelling the gates of brass and s!ashing the bars of Hell, as all) powerful God, you raised the fallen hu!an race/ therefore we too in hy!ns cry out: *ord, who rose fro! the dead, glory to youH Ready to set us upright fro! the ancient fall, 3hrist was nailed to a 3ross and placed in a grave. he +yrrhbearing wo!en sought hi! with tears and la!enting said: Alas, Saviour of allH How did you condescend to dwell in a graveA 2ut while you dwelt there as you willed, how were you stolenA How were you been !ovedA 6hat place hid your life)bearing 2odyA 2ut as you pro!ised, +aster, appear and !a.e the !ourning of our tears cease. As they la!ented an Angel cried aloud to the!: 3ease your la!ent/ say to the Apostles that the *ord has risen, granting the world pardon and his great !ercy.

So as you wished, " 3hrist, you were crucified and plundered death by your burial/ and on the third day you rose as God with glory, granting the world life without end and your great !ercy. Glory. "f the (athers. one B. *et us with faith celebrate today the yearly !e!ory of the god) bearing (athers, who were asse!bled fro! the whole world in the shining city of ?icaea, as we reverence the gatherings of the "rthodo%/ for they, their !inds attuned to true religion, overthrew the godless teaching of Arius, and in council banished hi! fro! the 3atholic 3hurch/ and in the Sy!bol of faith which they precisely and devoutly laid down, they taught all to confess clearly the Son of God as consubstantial and co)eternal, and e%isting before the ages. And so we too, following their divine teachings and fir! in our belief worship the Son and the all)holy Spirit with the (ather, in one Godhead a consubstantial rinity. 2oth now. "f the (east. Sa!e one. " *ord, when, in your loving .indness, you had fulfilled the !ystery hidden fro! the ages and fro! generations, you ca!e with your 9isciples to the !ount of "lives, having with you her who gave birth to you, the +a.er and 3reator of all things/ for it was necessary that she, who had suffered so greatly as a !other at your passion, should also be filled with 7oy beyond !easure at the glory of your flesh. 6e too, +aster, sharing in the 7oy of your ascent to heaven glorify your great !ercy which has co!e to pass for us. Resurrection Apolyti.ion. one ;. Angelic powers were by your to!b and the those who guarded it beca!e as dead/ and +ary stood at the grave see.ing your !ost pure 2ody. 8ou plundered Hades and were not tried by it. 8ou !et the =irgin and granted life. *ord risen fro! the dead, glory to youH Glory. "f the (athers. one F. 8ou are glorified above all, 3hrist our God, who established our (athers as beacons on the earth, and through the! guided us all to the true faith. " highly co!passionate, glory to youH

2oth now. "f the (east. one B. 8ou were ta.en up in glory, 3hrist our God, !a.ing the 9isciples 7oyful by the pro!ise of the Holy Spirit. hrough the blessing they were assured that you are the Son of God, the Redee!er of the world. And the sa!e at he *ord is God.

At Matins.
After the 0st Psalter Reading, Kathis!ata. one ;. 6hen the to!b had been opened and Hell was la!enting, +ary cried out to the hidden Apostles: 3o!e out, wor.ers of the vineyard, proclai! the word of the Resurrection: the *ord has risen, granting the world his great !ercy. Glory. +ary +agdalen stood at your to!b, " *ord, and wept as she cried out, and thin.ing you to be the gardener she said: 6here have you laid eternal lifeA 6here hidden the "ne who sits on the throne of the 3herubi!A (or those who were guarding hi! are dead fro! fear: either give !e !y *ord, or cry with !e: 8ou who were a!ong the dead and raised the dead, glory to youH 2oth now. heoto.ion. 8ou, who called your +other blessed, ca!e to your Passion by your voluntary purpose/ wishing to see. out Ada!, you shone on the 3ross, saying to the Angels: Re7oice with !e, for the lost drach!a has been found. 8ou who wisely dispose all things, glory to youH After the 1nd Psalter Reading, Kathis!ata. *ife lay in the grave, and a seal lay on the stone/ soldiers were guarding 3hrist li.e a sleeping .ing/ and having struc. his foes with blindness the *ord arose.

Glory. 2y your voluntary death we have found i!!ortal life, " all)powerful and only Saviour of all things: for by your holy Rising you have called all bac., you who abolished Hell-s victory and the sting of death. 2oth now. heoto.ion. =irgin +other of God i!plore your Son, 3hrist our God, who was nailed willingly on a 3ross and who rose fro! the dead, that our souls !ay be saved. hen Psal! 00F, the @vlogitaria and the 8pa.oJ. one ;. 2y your voluntary and life)giving death, " 3hrist, you s!ashed the gates of Hell as God and opened Paradise of old to us/ and rising fro! the dead you have delivered our life fro! corruption. he Anavath!i of the one. Antiphon 0. # lift !y eyes to you, " 6ord, in heaven/ ta.e pity on !e that # !ay live for you. Have !ercy on us who have had our fill of scorn/ !a.ing your vessels useful again, " 6ord. Glory. 2oth now. #n the Holy Spirit is the cause of all salvation/ if he breathes on so!eone in accordance with their deserts, swiftly he raises the! fro! things of earth, gives the! wings, !a.es the! grow and ranges the! on high. Antiphon 1. #f the *ord had not been with us, none of us could have resisted the struggle with the foe/ for thereupon the victors are e%alted.

*et !y soul not be ta.en as a sparrow by their teeth, " 6ord/ alasH how shall #, lover of sins, be delivered fro! the foe. Glory. 2oth now. #n the Holy Spirit is divine inspiration for all, goodwill, understanding, peace and blessing/ for he is e,ual in power with the (ather and the 6ord. Antiphon &. hose who trust in the *ord are fearful to their foes and wondrous to all/ for they loo. on high. he inheritance of the righteous, having you as their defender, will not stretch their hands to what is unlawful. Glory. 2oth now. o the Holy Spirit belongs !ight over all/ hi! the hosts on high worship, with everything that has breath of those below. Pro.ei!enon. " *ord raise up your power and co!e to save us. =erse: Attend, " Shepherd of #srael, you who guide :oseph li.e a floc.: 8ou who are enthroned on the 3herubi!, appear. Resurrection Gospel 05. Having seen the Resurrection of 3hrist, Ps.45 etc. hen the 3anons: of the Resurrection with the #r!i to B, of the Assu!ption to B and of the (athers to ;. 3anon of the Resurrection. one ;. "de 0. #r!os. <+arching on foot in the deep as on dry land, #srael saw Pharao their pursuer drowning and cried out, *et us sing to God a hy!n of victory-.

roparia. 6ith your hands stretched out on the 3ross, good :esu, you filled all things with the (ather-s good pleasure. herefore let us all sing to you a hy!n of victory. 9eath, our end, li.e a servant under orders approaches you, the +aster of life, in fear. hrough it you have awarded us unending life and the resurrection. heoto.ion. Having received your own creator, beyond understanding incarnate fro! your wo!b without seed, " pure one, as he hi!self willed, you were declared to be truly Sovereign *ady of all creatures. 3anon of the Assu!ption. one 4. A co!position of +on. :ohn. "de 0. #r!os. o God the Saviour All peoples let us sing a hy!n of victory to 3hrist who has been ta.en up with glory on the shoulders of the 3herubi!, and seated us at the (ather-s right hand/ for he has been glorified. he choirs of Angels when they saw 3hrist, the !ediator between God and hu!an.ind, in the highest with his flesh, were astounded, while with one voice they sang a hy!n of victory. o God, who appeared on !ount Sinai and gave the law to +oses who saw God, and who was ta.en up in the flesh fro! the !ount of "lives, let us all sing/ for he has been glorified. heoto.ion. #!!aculate +other of God, without ceasing i!plore the God who was incarnate of you, yet did not depart fro! the boso! of his 2egetter, to save fro! every cala!ity those who! he fashioned. 3anon of the Holy (athers. one ;. #ts Acrostic is: # sing the first asse!bly of Pastors. "de 0. +arching on foot in the deep.

#praise the all)holy 3ouncil of the holy (athers as # cry out: " 3hrist, # i!plore you, guard closely in !e its all)holy revelation. Shining li.e lightning the godbearing (athers, having co!e together today, confessed you clearly, " 3hrist, as ali.e without beginning and consubstantial with the (ather. #llustrious are the groo!s!en of your bride the 3hurch, " +aster, who wisely laid down the definition of the faith and adorned her as with fair adorn!ent of gold. heoto.ion. ?ear her own Son and God the holy Lueen stands clothed in !any colours with divine glory, interceding for the salvation of our souls. Katavasia. he slow of tongue, hidden in divine dar.ness, Proclai!ed the law written by God/ (or sha.ing the dust fro! his !ind-s eye, He sees the "ne 6ho #s, and is initiated #nto .nowledge of the Spirit, giving praise with songs inspired. "de &. #r!os. <?one is holy as you, " *ord !y God, who have e%alted the horn of your faithful ones, " Good "ne, and established us on the roc. of confession of you.roparia. 3reation, seeing God crucified in the flesh, was dissolving in fear/ but it was fir!ly held together by the sustaining hand of the one who was crucified for our sa.e. 3oward death, destroyed by death, lies lifeless/ for unable to endure the divine assault of life the strong one is out to death and resurrection is bestowed on all. heoto.ion.

" Pure one, the !arvel of your divine child)bearing surpasses every law of nature/ for beyond nature you conceived God in your wo!b and, having given birth, you re!ain virgin. "f the Assu!ption. 2y the power of your 3ross " 3hrist, Giver of life, you have gone up to the (ather and raised up our race, " lover of hu!an.ind, in your ineffable co!passion. he ran.s of Angels, as they saw your !ortal nature, " Saviour, going up with you, were astounded and hy!ned you ceaselessly. he choirs of Angels were a!a>ed, " 3hrist, as they saw you being ta.en up with your body, and they hy!ned your holy Assu!ption. Hu!an nature, which had fallen by corruption, you raised up, " 3hrist, and by your Assu!ption you e%alted and glorified us with yourself. heoto.ion. #ntercede unceasingly, pure *ady, with hi! who ca!e forth fro! your wo!b, that those who hy!n you as +other of God !ay be delivered fro! the deceit of the 9evil. "f the (athers. ?one is holy. Grafting i!piously flu% and change and separation onto the divine begetting, the wic.ed and de!ented Arius is cut off by the separating sword of the (athers. he holy heralds of God, all !arching to battle li.e godly Abraha! of old, !ightily destroyed your raving foes, " Good one, by your sovereign power. Holily the first, applauded gathering of your Priests, " Saviour, proclai!ed that you were begotten consubstantial with the (ather who is without beginning and !a.er of all. heoto.ion.

@,ual no word, no tongue of !ortals to praise you worthily, " =irgin/ for fro! you, All)pure, 3hrist the giver of life was well pleased to beco!e incarnate without seed. Katavasia. <"nly the prayer of the prophetess Anna "f old, who brought a bro.en spirit o the +ighty "ne and God of .nowledge, 2ro.e the fetters of a childless wo!b And the harsh insult of one with !any children.Konta.ion of the Assu!ption. one F. [2y St Ro!anos] 6hen you had fulfilled the dispensation for our sa.e and united things on earth with those of heaven, you were ta.en up in glory, 3hrist our God, in no way parted, but re!aining undivided and crying to those who love you: <# a! with you, and no one against you.Kathis!ata of the (athers. one B. 8ou were shown to the world to be truly brightly shining beacons of 3hrist-s truth upon earth, blessed (athers, !elting the heresies of evil)spea.ing chatterers, ,uenching the burning confusions of blasphe!ers/ therefore as Hierarchs of 3hrist intercede that we !ay be saved. Glory. "f the sa!e. Sa!e one. he shining city of the ?icaeans to)day su!!oned to herself fro! all the earth three hundred and eighteen High Priests against Arius who spo.e blasphe!y and di!inished one of the rinity, who is Son and 6ord of God/ by overthrowing hi! they strengthened the faith. 2oth now. "f the Assu!ption. he sa!e. " 3hrist, lover of hu!an.ind, who went up to the heavens with glory and sat down at the right hand of the (ather, fro! who! you were never parted, having pro!ised to send the Holy Spirit to your wise

9isciples and, shedding your rays on our thoughts, give us enlighten!ent, that we !ay sing your praise unceasingly, " +aster. "de B. #r!os. <3hrist is !y power, !y God and *ord, the holy 3hurch sings in a !anner fitting God, as she cries aloud fro! a pure !ind, .eeping festival in the *ord.roparia. he ree of true life has flowered, " 3hrist, for the 3ross was fi%ed in earth and watered with the 2lood and 6ater fro! your !ost pure side, put forth life for us. ?o longer does the serpent lyingly suggest deification to !e/ for 3hrist, the divine creator of hu!an nature, has now opened up for !e without hindrance the path of life. heoto.ion. How truly beyond speech and understanding, ever)virgin +other of God, are the !ysteries of your child)bearing fitting God, for those on earth and those of heaven. "f the Assu!ption. # have heard, *ord, the report. 8ou were ta.en up in glory, King of the Angels, to send us the 3o!forter fro! the (ather. And so we cry out: Glory, " 3hrist, to your Assu!ption As the Saviour had ascended to the (ather with his flesh, the hosts of Angels were struc. with a!a>e!ent, and cried out: Glory, " 3hrist, to your Assu!ption. he angelic Powers cried out to those above: *ift up the gates for 3hrist, our King/ who! we hy!n, together with the (ather and the Spirit. heoto.ion.

he =irgin gave birth, and did not .now a !other-s pangs/ but she is +other, yet re!ained =irgin/ as we hy!n her we cry: Hail, +other of God. "f the (athers. 3hrist is !y power. (ro! the 3hurch the ill)fa!ed Arius, who corrupted the orthodo% (aith with his senseless !ind, has been e%iled as a rotten li!b by the votes of the (athers. #n your behalf, " +aster, the choir of (athers struggled and grievously wounded your ene!ies/ and they glorified you as sharing the sa!e nature as the (ather and the Spirit. Really God and !an, you have beco!e the +ediator between God and !en/ therefore, " 3hrist, the #nspired (athers, ac.nowledging you the Son to be one, proclai!ed you to e%ist in two natures. heoto.ion. Sa!pling a plant showed !e to be a corpse/ for the tree of life which appeared fro! you, All)pure one, raised !e and established !e as heir to the delight of Paradise. Katavasia. <+onarch of !onarchs, Alone fro! the Alone, 6ord who ca!e forth fro! the (ather without cause, As 2enefactor you have unerringly sent out 8our Spirit, e,ual in strength, to the Apostles, As they sing: Glory to your !ight, " *ord."de 4. #r!os. <Shine with your divine radiance, loving *ord, # pray, on the souls of those who with longing rise early for you, that they !ay .now you, " 6ord of God, the true God who calls the! bac. fro! the gloo! of offences.roparia.

?ow the 3herubi! withdraw fro! !e and the sword of fla!e shows !e its bac. as they see you, " 6ord of God, the true God who !a.es Paradise a way for the hief. ?o longer do # fear !y return to the earth, " +aster 3hrist/ for through your great co!passion you have brought !e, who was forgotten, bac. fro! earth to the height of incorruption by your Resurrection. heoto.ion. *oving Sovereign *ady of the world, save those who confess you fro! their souls to be +other of God/ for we have gained you, who truly gave birth to God, as invincible protection. "f the Assu!ption. Rising at dawn, we cry 6hen you had filled the universe with gladness, " +erciful, you too. your place with your flesh a!ong the powers on high. he angelic powers, as they saw you being lifted up, cried out: *ift up the gates for our King. he Apostles, as the saw the Saviour being raised up, cried out with fear: Glory to you, our King. heoto.ion. +other of God, we praise you as =irgin after bearing child/ for you bore for the world God the 6ord in the flesh. "f the (athers. Shine with your divine radiance. ruly beautiful are the feet of those who preach you the peace which surpasses every !ind, of all Angels and of !ortals, " 3hrist, and by abundance of peace unites the world. As 6isdo! and power of the (ather, as hypostatic 6ord, they proclai!ed you, " 3hrist, the godli.e eachers who had co!e together, sealed with the law of the all)holy priesthood.

Strea!s of pure waters of 3hrist-s teaching you gave the 3hurch to drin., and now you ta.e delight by the waters of rest, re7oicing eternally. heoto.ion. Since we .now you, " all pure, to be the shining la!p which has shed on all 3hrist the Sun of righteousness, we call upon your ever) present protection, only pure +other of God. Katavasia. <" light)for!ed children of the 3hurch, Receive the Spirit-s fire)breathing dew, A redee!ing purification of offences/ (or now a law has gone out fro! Sion, he torch)tongue)for!ed grace of the Spirit."de ;. #r!os. <6atching life-s sea rising with the stor! of te!ptations, hastening to your cal! harbour, # cry out to you, 2ring !y life up fro! corruption, " !ost !erciful.roparia. 3rucified, " +aster, you wiped out with the nails the curse against us/ pierced in the side, you tore up with the lance Ada!-s record and you freed the world. ripped up through deception, Ada! was brought down to the pit of Hell/ but you, by nature God and co!passionate, went down to search for hi!, and laying hi! on your shoulders you raised hi! with yourself. heoto.ion. All)pure Sovereign *ady, who for !ortals gave birth to the *ord and pilot, lull the unresting and dread tur!oil of !y passions, and grant cal! to !y heart. "f the Assu!ption. he deep closed round !e.

"n seeing the 3reator lifted up on high to)day, the Apostles leapt for 7oy in hope of the Spirit, and in fear they cried: Glory to your ascent. he Angels ca!e and cried out, " 3hrist, to your 9isciples: #n the way that you have seen 3hrist ascending, he will co!e in the flesh as 7ust :udge of all. As the heavenly powers saw you, our Saviour, lifted up to the heights with your body, they cried out, saying: Great, +aster, is your love for hu!an.ind. heoto.ion. (ittingly we glorify you as 2ush unburned, !ountain and living ladder and heavenly gate, glorious +ary, boast of the orthodo%. "f the (athers. 6atching life-s sea. @scape the !ystery of providence he could not, the sower of tares, who was called by the surna!e *unacy/ for having rivalled :udas, li.e hi! the wholly evil one was split asunder. +aster, the revered, godly asse!bly of the (athers proclai!ed you as the only)begotten brightness shining fro! the (ather-s essence, and as the Son begotten before all things. 2urst open was the belly, the source which poured out the foul and undrin.able water of i!pious heresies, by the ploughshare of the intercession of the inspired Priests. heoto.ion. *a!pstand, ar., table and 7ar, so +oses, greatest of the prophets, wrote of you of old, in sy!bols signifying the incarnation fro! you of the +ost High, " =irgin +other. Katavasia. <" 3hrist, the +aster, you shone fro! the =irgin As pardon and salvation for us, hat li.e the prophet :onas fro! the breast

"f the sea beast, you !ight snatch fro! corruption he whole fallen race of Ada!.Konta.ion. one F. he preaching of the Apostles and the teachings of the (athers strengthened the one faith of the 3hurch/ for wearing the robe of truth, woven fro! the divine conte!plation on high, she rightly divides and glorifies the great !ystery of true religion. #.os. *et us listen to the 3hurch of God as she cries out with lofty procla!ation: 6hoever is thirsty let hi! co!e to !e and drin./ the bowl that # carry is the bowl of truth/ the drin. in it # have !i%ed with the word of truth, pouring in not the water of contradiction but that of confession/ the new #srael as he drin.s fro! it sees God who declares: See, see, it is #/ # have not changed/ # a! God first and last, and beside !e there is no other at all. hose who parta.e fro! here shall be filled and praise the great !ystery of true religion. Syna%arion of the +enaion, then the following: "n the sa!e day, the seventh Sunday fro! Pascha, we celebrate the (irst @cu!enical 3ouncil at ?icaea of the three hundred and eighteen god)bearing (athers. =erses " spiritual fir!a!ent-s light)bearing stars, +y !ind illu!ine with your shining rays. Against Arius. he Son the (ather-s @ssence does not share, Said Arius: !ay he not share God-s glory.
6e celebrate the present feast for the following reason. Since our *ord :esus 3hrist, who had put on our flesh, had ineffably acco!plished the whole dispensation and be reinstated on his (ather-s throne, the Saints, wishing to show that the Son of God had truly beco!e !an and that as perfect !an God had been assu!ed and had sat down at the right of the +a7esty on high and because this synod of the holy (athers had thus proclai!ed and confessed hi! to be consubstantial and identical in honour with the (ather/ for this reason they appointed this present (east after the glorious

Assu!ption, as it were putting forward the asse!bly of so !any (athers proclai!ing this, that the one who was ta.en up in the flesh was God and in the flesh perfect !an. his Synod too. place under Konstantine the Great in the twentieth year of his reign. (or when the persecution ceased he ruled first in Ro!e, but afterwards he also founded this all)blessed city, na!ed after hi!self, in the five thousand eight hundred and thirty eighth year fro! the foundation of the world. hen too began the business of Arius. His ca!e originally fro! *ibya. After co!ing to Ale%andria he was ordained deacon by Peter the +artyr 2ishop of Ale%andria. hen he began to utter blasphe!ies against the Son of God, declaring that he had co!ing into being fro! non)e%istence and was far fro! the divine dignity and that it was only by analogy that he was called 6isdo! and 6ord of God, as though he were setting hi!self against the i!pious Sabellios, who said that in the God head there was only one person and one hypostasis, and that there was at one !o!ent the (ather, then the Son and then the holy Spirit. 6hen Arius uttered these blasphe!ies, the great Peter refused hi! the priesthood, after having seen 3hrist li.e an infant on the altar wrapped in a torn cloa. and saying that Arius torn it. 2ut Achillas, who beca!e bishop of Ale%andria after Peter, licensed Arius again under pro!ises. #n addition he ordained hi! presbyter and put hi! in charge of the school of Ale%andria. "n the death of Achillas, Ale%ander beca!e bishop. He, on finding Arius again uttering the sa!e, and worse, blasphe!ies, e%pelled hi! fro! the 3hurch, conde!ning hi! through a synod. As heodoretos says, Arius was the first to belch out that 3hrist was of a !utable nature and that the *ord had assu!ed flesh without !ind or soul. Arius however led !any away by his i!piety, he writes, and he won over @usebios of ?i.o!edia, Paulinos of yre, @usebios of 3aesarea and others and he !oved against Ale%ander. 2ut Ale%ander by sending his blasphe!ies and his deposition throughout the inhabited world and roused !any to his own defence. 2ecause the 3hurch was !uch troubled and there appeared no cure for the love of strife concerning doctrine, Konstantine the Great gathered the (athers fro! all over the inhabited world by public transport to the city of ?i.ea. He was also present there. And when the (athers had ta.en their seats, he being invited too. his seat, not on a royal throne but on a seat far beneath his ran.. 6hen they had spo.en against Arius, he and all those who agreed with hi! was put under anathe!a. 6hile the 6ord of God was proclai!ed to be consubstantial, identical in honour and without beginning with the (ather. hey also issued the holy Sy!bol of the faith, ta.ing it as far as and in the holy Spirit/ for the rest was co!pleted by the second Synod. #n addition the first Synod also fi%ed the feast of Pascha, when and how we are to celebrate it, and not with the :ews, as had previously been the custo!. hey laid down twenty canons concerning the constitution of the 3hurch.

(inally Konstantine the Great, @,ual of the Apostles, confir!ed the holy Sy!bol of the faith in scarlet letters. "f these holy (athers, two hundred and thirty two were 2ishops, eighty si% Priests, 9eacons and +on.s/ those present nu!bering three hundred and eighteen. he !ost outstanding were Silvester, 2ishop of Ro!e and +etrophanes of 3onstantinople who was sic.. hey were represented by legates. Ale%ander of Ale%andria with Athanasios the Great, who was archdeacon at the ti!e, @fstathios of Antioch and +a.arios of :erusale!, Hosios, bishop of 3ordoba, Paphnutios the confessor, ?icholas !yrovlitis and Spyridon of ri!ytheus, who having refuted a philosopher who was present by de!onstrating the triple sun, bapti>ed hi!. #n the course of the Synod two bishops a!ong the (athers passed over to God, and Konstantine the Great placed the definition of the Synod in their coffins and shut the! securely. He found the definition had also been confir!ed by the! and signed with ineffable words of God. 6hen the Synod was over, since the newly founded 3ity had already been finished, Konstantine the Great invited over all those holy !en. 6hen they had all asse!bled and prayed they decreed that it was the Lueen of cities and dedicated it to the +other of the 6ord on the orders of the @!peror. And each of the Saints !ade his way ho!e. 2ut before Konstantine the Great passed over to God, he divided the rule with his son Konstantios. Arius ca!e to the @!peror, saying he had given up everything and was united with the 3hurch of God. So having written down his blasphe!ies he hung the! round his nec., and as though obedient to the Synod he struc. the! off with his hand and said he obeyed the!. he @!peror was indifferent and ordered the Patriarch of 3onstantinople to receive Arius into co!!union. he Patriarch at the ti!e was Ale%ander, successor of +etrophanes, who, .nowing the duplicity of the !an, was hesitant and besought God to reveal to hi! if in his opinion he should co!!unicate with Arius. hen the !o!ent arrived for hi! to concelebrate with Arius, his prayer beca!e !ore fervent. 2ut Arius, as he was on his way to the church, was overco!e by violent sto!ach pains near the colu!n in the foru! and entered a public lavatory. here he was rent apart and disgorged all his inside fro! below, undergoing the dise!bowelling of :udas for an e,ual betrayal of the 6ord, and having torn away the Son of God fro! the (ather-s essence, he was torn apart and found dead. And so the 3hurch of God was delivered fro! his !ischief.

hrough the prayers of the three hundred and eighteen god)bearing (athers, " 3hrist God, have !ercy upon us. A!en. "de E. #r!os.

<An Angel !ade the furnace !oist with dew for the holy 8ouths/ while God-s co!!and, burning up the 3haldeans, persuaded the tyrant to cry out, 2lessed are you, God of our (athers.roparia. *a!enting at your passion, the sun wrapped itself in gloo!, and in broad day over the whole land, +aster, the light grew dar. as it cried out, 2lessed are you, God of our (athers. At your descent, " 3hrist, the nether regions clothed the!selves in light/ while the (orefather, filled with 7oy of heart, appeared dancing and leaping as he cried out, 2lessed are you, God of our (athers. heoto.ion. hrough you, =irgin +other, a shining light has dawned for the whole inhabited world/ for you gave birth to God, the creator of all things/ as. hi!, " all)pure, that to us the faithful !ay be sent down his great !ercy. "f the Assu!ption. 8ou saved the 8ouths. 8ou were ta.en up on a cloud of light and saved the world/ blessed are you the God of our fathers. Raising on your shoulders the nature which had been led astray, " 3hrist, you were ta.en up and brought it to God the (ather. 8ou ascended in the flesh to the bodiless (ather/ blessed are you the God of our fathers. heoto.ion. 8ou were born of a =irgin, who! you !ade +other of God/ blessed are you the God of our fathers. "f the (athers. An Angel !ade the furnace. 8ou defeated Arius, whose surna!e is (ren>y, who raved and spo.e the grossest i!pieties of God/ for he refused to cry out to the Son: 2lessed are you, the God of our fathers.

" inspired ones, i!itating the son of thunder, with your fiery !ouths you teach all to cry to the 6ord without beginning li.e the (ather and e,ual in !a7esty: 2lessed are you, the God of our fathers. (lying as though on wings you ca!e, blessed of God, to help the 6ord/ for the Holy Spirit gathered you fro! the ends of the world to cry out: 2lessed are you, the God of our fathers. heoto.ion. Prefiguring your giving birth, the furnace did not burn the three youths/ for the divine fire without burning you dwelt in you, and enlightened all to cry: 2lessed are you who bore God in the flesh. Katavasia. <Har!onious !elody of instru!ents decreed Reverence to the lifeless idol wrought of gold. 2ut the 3o!forter-s life)bearing grace #nspires with reverence to cry: "nly rinity, @,ual in strength, without beginning, blessed are you."de F. #r!os. <(ro! the fla!e you !ade a source of dew for the holy ones, and with water you burned up the sacrifice of the righteous one/ for you do all things by your will alone, " 3hrist. 6e highly e%alt you to all the ages.roparia. @nvy has now !ade the people of the :ews, of old slayers of prophets, into slayers of God, for they nailed to a 3ross, " 6ord of God, who! we highly e%alt to all the ages. 8ou did not abandon the vaults of heaven, and having co!e to Hell you raised up with yourself, " 3hrist, as it lay in putrefaction, all hu!anity, which highly e%alts you to all the ages. heoto.ion.

8ou conceived the 6ord, Giver of light fro! *ight, and having given birth to hi! you glorified hi!, for the divine Spirit dwelt in you, " +aiden/ therefore we highly e%alt you to all the ages. "f the Assu!ption. he Son and God, begotten. 3hrist, the giver of life, who has risen in his two natures with glory to heaven and ta.es his seat with the (ather, you priests praise, people highly e%alt to all the ages. Saviour, who redee!ed creation fro! the slavery of idols and set it free before your own (ather, we praise you and highly e%alt you to all the ages. he "ne who by his descent threw down the opponent and by his ascent lifted up hu!an.ind, you priests praise, people highly e%alt to all the ages. heoto.ion. 8ou were revealed, pure +other of God, as higher than the 3herubi!, for you carried in your wo!b hi! who rides upon the!/ who! with the bodiless powers we !ortals glorify to all the ages. "f the (athers. (ro! the fla!e. A fla!e with the rays of your Godhead your goodly Shepherds confessed you to be creator of all things and *ord, who! we highly e%alt to all the ages. Asse!bled with godly !ind, the all)honoured choir of Shepherds now ac.nowledging the uncreated rinity as God, teaches all to cry out: 6e highly e%alt you to all the ages. Shepherds !ost ad!irable, the Hierarchs enlighten 3hrist-s 3hurch, each in his different place !a.ing her shine and highly e%alting her to all the ages. heoto.ion.

he Prophets in i!ages all !ystically foresaw you bearing the 6ord/ for having ta.en flesh fro! you, he ca!e forth dual in natures, who! we highly e%alt to all the ages. Katavasia. < he triple radiant type of Godhead-s source *ooses the bonds and turns the fla!e to dew/ 8ouths give praise/ while all created nature 2lesses the only Saviour and 3reator "f all as 2enefactor."de G. #r!os. <#t is i!possible for hu!ans to see God, on who! the ran.s of Angels dare not ga>e/ but through you, All)pure one, the 6ord incarnate has appeared to !ortals. As we !agnify hi! with all the heavenly hosts, we call you blessed.roparia. 8ou re!ained without a share in passions, " 6ord of God, though in the flesh conversant with the passions/ but you loose hu!anity fro! the passions, to passions being yourself a passion, " our Saviour/ for you alone are i!passible and all)powerful. Having accepted the corruption of death, you .ept your body fro! tasting destruction/ while our life)giving and divine soul, +aster, was not abandoned in Hell/ but rising as fro! sleep, you raised us up with yourself. riadi.on. 6ith pure lips all we !ortals glorify God the (ather, the Son li.e hi! without beginning, while the ineffable and !ost glorious power of the all)holy Spirit/ for you alone are the al!ighty, undivided rinity. "f the Assu!ption. As +otf God, though in the flesh conversant with the passions/ but you loose hu!anity fro! the passions, to passions being yourself a passion, " our Saviour/ for you alone are i!passible and all)powerful.

Having accepted the corruption of death, you .ept your body fro! tasting destruction/ while our life)giving and divine soul, +aster, was not abandoned in Hell/ but rising as fro! sleep, you raised us up with yourself. riadi.on. 6ith pure lips all we !ortals glorify God the (ather, the Son li.e hi! without beginning, while the ineffable and !ost glorious power of the all)holy Spirit/ for you alone are the al!ighty, undivided rinity. "f the Assu!ption. As +other of God. As they watched you, the redee!er of the world, 3hrist God, being divinely e%alted, the Apostles leapt for 7oy and !agnified you with awe. As the Angels saw your flesh now !ade divine, " 3hrist, in the height, they signalled to one another: ruly this is our God. As the ran.s of bodiless powers, 3hrist God, saw you being raised on clouds, they cried: (or the King of glory lift up the gates. heoto.ion. Hail, +other of God, +other of 3hrist God/ as to)day you saw hi! who! you bore flying up fro! earth, with Angels you !agnified hi!. "f the (athers. #t is i!possible. he 6ord before the ages, li.e the (ather without beginning and e,ual in !a7esty, having found you to be allies, asse!bled you, ar!ing you with the !ighty power of the Spirit/ who! now, All) hallowed ones, with the heavenly hosts you ever glorify. " sacred !inisters, as physicians of souls and bodies you halted the spread of the foul heresy of Arius, sacredly pro!ulgating for all the Sy!bol of the faith/ as we now hold fast to it we ever glorify your !e!ory. Rescue !y soul, " 3hrist, as you are light i!!aculate, fro! the !ist of the passions, at the prayers of your +inisters, " +aster, who have

now proclai!ed you to be without beginning, uncreated, creator of all things and God without beginning together with the (ather. heoto.ion. Since life, clad in flesh, has shone forth for all fro! you, " Sovereign *ady, +other of God, and clearly abolished the gloo! of death, resurrection has been granted to the dead through your ineffable and ine%pressible child)bearing. Katavasia. <Hail, Lueen, glorious virgin !other/ (or every fluent, every elo,uent !outh 6ith oratory has not the strength to sing you worthily/ 2ut every !ind is di>>y when it see.s to understand 8our giving birth/ therefore with one accord we glorify you.Then: Holy is the *ord, our God (x3) Resurrection @%apostilarion. he sea of iberias of old held ?athanael with the sons of Oebedee, Peter and, with two others, ho!as, to fishing. At 3hrist-s co!!and they lowered the net on the right hand side and caught a !ultitude of fish. Recognising hi!, Peter hastened to hi!. Appearing to the! for the third ti!e, he showed the! bread, and fish lying on coals. Another, of the (athers. As we celebrate to)day the !e!ory of the godli.e (athers, we as., " All)!erciful, by their intercessions: 9eliver your people, *ord, fro! every har! of heresies, and !a.e us worthy to glorify (ather, 6ord and the All)holy Spirit. Another, of the Assu!ption. +odel +elody. one 1. 6ith your 9isciples watching you, " 3hrist, you were ta.en up to the (ather to ta.e your seat with hi!. Angels ran forward crying out: *ift up the gates, lift up, for the King has gone up to the glory, source of light.

At *auds we insert F Stichera, and we sing B of the Resurrection and B of the Holy (athers. "f the Resurrection. one ;. 8our cross, " *ord, is life and resurrection for your people, and trusting in it we sing your praise, our risen God: Have !ercy upon us. 8our burial, " +aster, opened Paradise to the hu!an race/ and ranso!ed fro! corruption we sing your praise, our risen God: Have !ercy upon us. 6ith the (ather and the Spirit let us sing the praise of 3hrist, risen fro! the dead, and let us cry out to hi!: 8ou are our life and our resurrection: Have !ercy upon us. 8ou rose fro! the grave on the third day, " 3hrist, as it was written, raising our (orefather with you: therefore the hu!an race glorifies you and hy!ns your Resurrection. "f the (athers. Proso!ia. one ;. 6elding together all the .nowledge of the soul, and e%a!ining it together by the divine Spirit, the revered (athers, far)fa!ed, all) blessed and truly inspired by God, in words inspired traced out the revered 3reed, by which they taught that the 6ord is with the 2egetter without beginning, and !ost surely consubstantial, clearly following the teachings of the Apostles. $ wice'

Verse: 2lessed are you, " *ord, the God of our (athers. Receiving all the spiritual brilliance of the Holy Spirit, as heralds of 3hrist the blessed cha!pions of the gospel doctrines and the devout traditions inspired by God proclai!ed the supernatural oracle, short in words, but rich in !eaning, having received on high the clear revelation of the!, and enlightened they set forth a definition taught by God.

Verse: Asse!ble to hi! all his holy ones, who have !ade his covenant upon sacrifices. Gathering all their pastoral .nowledge, stirring their !ost 7ustified rage, the godly (athers, as 3hrist-s truest servants and !ost sacred initiates of God-s !essage, have now driven off the fierce and ravening wolves with the sling of the Spirit, slinging the! fro! the asse!bly of the 3hurch, as ones who had fallen to death, and were incurably sic.. Glory. one ;. he choir of holy (athers, hurrying together fro! the ends of the inhabited world, taught the one essence and nature of (ather, Son and Holy Spirit, and clearly handed down to the 3hurch the !ystery of theology. As we praise the! with faith, let us call the! blessed as we say: " godly ca!p, inspired soldiers of the *ord-s array/ stars with !any lights of the spiritual fir!a!ent/ the indestructible towers of the !ystical Sion/ the sweet)scented flowers of Paradise/ the all) golden !ouths of the 6ord/ ?icea-s boast/ adorn!ent of the inhabited world, intercede unceasingly for our souls. 2oth now. 8ou are !ost blessed, " =irgin +other of God, for through hi! who too. flesh fro! you, Hell has been captured, Ada! recalled, the curse slain, @ve set free, death put to death, and we given life. herefore in praise we cry: 2lessed are you, 3hrist our God, who have been thus well)pleased, glory to you. Great 9o%ology, and 9is!issal. 2efore the (irst Hour @othinon 05. one ;. After your descent into Hell and your Resurrection fro! the dead, " 3hrist, the 9isciples, losing heart as was natural at your separation fro! the!, turned bac. to their trade: and once again there were boats and nets and a catch nowhere. 2ut you appeared, " Saviour, and as +aster of all things ordered the! to cast their nets on the right hand side: and at once the word was deed, and there was a great !ultitude of fish, and a strange supper ready on land. 8our

9isciples partoo. of it then/ !a.e us also worthy to en7oy it now in spirit, " *over of hu!an.ind.

Sunday of the Holy Pentecost.

At Great Vespers.
After the "pening Psal! and the 0st Kathis!a of the Psalter, at *ord, # have cried, we insert 05 Stichera and sing & #dio!els in one 0, doubling the 0st/ then 4 in one 1, again doubling the 0st. one 0. 6e celebrate Pentecost and the co!ing of the Spirit, the appointed ti!e of the pro!ise and the fulfil!ent of hope. How great is the +ysteryA Great indeed and reveredH And so we cry out to you: 3reator of all, *ord, glory to youH $ wice' 6ith tongues of foreigners, " 3hrist, you renewed your 9isciples, that through the! they !ight proclai! you, the i!!ortal 6ord and God, who grant our souls your great !ercy. he Holy Spirit gives all things: !a.es prophecies flow, perfects priests, taught the unlettered wisdo!, revealed fisher!en to be theologians, welds together the whole institution of the 3hurch. 3onsubstantial and e,ual in !a7esty with the (ather and the Son, our Advocate, glory to you. one 1. 6e have seen the true light, we have received the heavenly Spirit, we have found the true faith, as we worship the undivided rinity, for the rinity has saved us. $ wice' #n the Prophets you announced to us the way of salvation, our Saviour, and in the Apostles shone the grace of your Spirit/ you are God first of all, and in the future/ and to the ages you are our God. #n your courts # will sing your praise as the Saviour of the world, and bending the .nee # will worship your invincible power, at evening

and !orning and !idday, and at every !o!ent # will bless you, " *ord. #n your courts, *ord, bending the .nee of soul and body we the faithful praise you, the (ather without beginning, and the Son, li.ewise without beginning, and the co)eternal and all)holy Spirit, who enlighten and hallow our souls. *et us sing the praise of the consubstantial rinity, (ather and Son with the Holy Spirit/ for thus all the Prophets proclai!ed, and the Apostles with the +artyrs. Glory. 2oth now. one F. 2y the @!peror *eo. 3o!e, you peoples, let us worship the Godhead in three persons, the Son in the (ather, with the Holy Spirit/ for the (ather ti!elessly begot the Son, co)eternal and co)reigning, and the Holy Spirit was in the (ather, glorified with the Son/ one power, one essence, one Godhead, who! we all worship as we say: Holy God, who created all things through the Son, with the co)operation of the Holy Spirit. Holy Strong, through who! we have co!e to .now the (ather, and through who! the Holy Spirit ca!e into the world. Holy #!!ortal, the Advocate Spirit, who proceeds fro! the (ather and rests in the Son. Holy rinity, glory to you. @ntrance. " 7oyful *ight, the Pro.ei!enon of the day and the Readings. he Reading is fro! ?u!bers. C00:0;)0E, 1B)1GD he *ord said to +oses: Gather to !e seventy !en of the elders of the people, who! you .now to be elders of the people, and their scribes/ and you shall bring to the ent of 6itness, and they shall stand there with you. And # shall co!e down and spea. with you there, and # shall ta.e of the Spirit which is upon you and place it upon the!, and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, and you shall not bear the! alone. And +oses gathered seventy !en of the elders of the people, and stood the! around the ent. And the *ord ca!e down in a cloud and spo.e to +oses, and he too. of the Spirit which was upon hi! and placed it upon the seventy

!en, the elders. 2ut as the Spirit rested upon the!, they too prophesied in the ca!p, and then did so no longer. And two !en had been left behind in the ca!p/ the na!e of one was @ldad and the na!e of the second was +odad, and the Spirit rested upon the!/ and they were of those who had been listed, but they had not co!e to the ent/ and they prophesied in the ca!p. And the youth ran and told +oses, and said to hi!: @ldad and +odad are prophesying in the ca!p. And :esus, son of ?avi, who was +osesassistant, his chosen one, said: +y *ord +oses, stop the!. And +oses said to hi!: 6hy, are you 7ealous for !eA And who would not give that all the *ord-s people were prophets, whenever the *ord should put his Spirit upon the!A he Reading is fro! the Prophecy of :oel. C1:1&)&1D hus says the *ord: 3hildren of Sion re7oice, and be glad in the *ord your God, because he has given you food for 7ustice/ and he will send the early and the latter rain for you, as before/ and the threshing floors will be full of corn, and the presses overflowing with wine and oil. And # shall repay you for the years that the locust has devoured, the crawling locust, the consu!ing locust, the chewing locust and !y great power which # sent against you. And eating you shall eat and be filled, and praise the na!e of the *ord your God, who has done wondrous things with you, and !y people shall no longer be asha!ed for ever. And you shall .now that # the *ord your God a! in the !idst of #srael, and there is none beside !e, and !y people shall no longer be asha!ed for ever. And it shall be after these things that # will pour out of !y Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy and your elders will drea! drea!s and your youths see visions. And upon !y servants and !y !aid servants # shall pour out of !y Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy/ and # shall show wonders in the heaven above and signs in the earth beneath, blood and fire and the vapour of s!o.e/ the sun will be transfor!ed to dar.ness and the !oon to blood, before the great and !anifest day of the *ord co!es/ and it shall be that everyone who calls on the na!e of the *ord will be saved. he Reading is fro! the Prophecy of @>e.iel. C&;:1B)1FD

hus says the *ord: # shall ta.e you fro! a!ong the nations and gather you fro! all the lands and bring you into your own land/ and # shall sprin.le pure water upon you, and you will be purified fro! all your i!purities and fro! all your idols, and # shall purify you/ and # shall give you a new heart and # shall give you a new spirit/ and # shall ta.e away the heart of stone fro! your flesh and give you a heart of flesh/ and # shall put !y spirit in you and !a.e you wal. in !y statutes and you shall .eep !y 7udge!ents and do the!/ and you shall dwell on the land which # gave to your fathers, and you shall be !y people, and # shall be your God. At the *iti, #dio!el Stichera. one 1 #n the Prophets you announced to us the way of salvation, our Saviour, and in the Apostles shone the grace of your Spirit/ you are God first of all, and in the future/ and to the ages you are our God. #n your courts # will sing your praise as the Saviour of the world, and bending the .nee # will worship your invincible power, at evening and !orning and !idday, and at every !o!ent # will bless you, " *ord. #n your courts, *ord, bending the .nee of soul and body we the faithful praise you, the (ather without beginning, and the Son, li.ewise without beginning, and the co)eternal and all)holy Spirit, who enlighten and hallows our soul. Glory. 2oth now. one F. 6hen you sent down your Spirit, *ord, to the Apostles as they were sitting, then the children of the Hebrews saw it and were beside the!selves with a!a>e!ent/ for they were hearing the! spea.ing in other, strange tongues, as the Spirit gave the!/ for though si!ple !en, they had been !ade wise/ and having caught the nations for the faith, were preaching things divine/ and we also cry out to you: 8ou appeared on earth and saved us/ *ord, glory to you. At the Aposticha, #dio!el Stichera. one F. he nations, *ord, not .nowing the power of the all)holy Spirit which had co!e to the Apostles, thought the change of tongues was

drun.enness/ but we, established by the!, unceasingly say: 9o not ta.e your Holy Spirit fro! us, we i!plore, " *over of !an.ind. =erse: 3reate a clean heart in !e, " God/ and renew a right Spirit within !e. he co!ing of the Holy Spirit, *ord, filled your Apostles and !ade the! ready to spea. in other tongues/ therefore the !arvel was thought by the unbelieving to be drun.enness, but by believers to be the agent of salvation/ !a.e us too worthy of its illu!ination, we i!plore, " *over of !an.ind. =erse: 9o not cast !e away fro! your presence/ and do not ta.e your Holy Spirit fro! !e. Heavenly King, Paraclete, Spirit of ruth, present everywhere, filling all things, reasury of blessings and Giver of life/ co!e and dwell in us, cleanse us fro! every stain, and, " Good "ne save our souls. Glory. 2oth now. one F. "nce tongues were confused through the presu!ption of building the tower/ but now tongues have been !ade wise through the glory of the .nowledge of God. here God conde!ned the i!pious for their offence/ here 3hrist has enlightened the fisher!en with the Spirit. hen discord was wrought for punish!ent/ now concord is renewed for the salvation of our souls. Apolyti.ion. one F. 2lessed are you, 3hrist our God, who revealed the fisher!en to be !ost wise by sending down to the! the Holy Spirit, and so through the! catching the whole world in a net: *over of !an.ind, glory to youH & ti!es. he sa!e at he *ord is God.

At Matins.
After the 0st Reading fro! the Psalter, Kathis!a. one B. :oseph was a!a>ed.

2elievers, let us radiantly celebrate the post)festal and final feast/ for this is Pentecost, fulfil!ent of the pro!ise and the appointed ti!e/ for on this day the fire of the Advocate ca!e down i!!ediately to earth, as in the for! of tongues, and enlightened the 9isciples, and revealed the! as initiates of heaven. he light of the Advocate has co!e and enlightened the world. $ wice' After the 1nd Reading, Kathis!a. Sa!e !elody. he well)spring of the Spirit, co!ing down on those on earth and parted into fire)bearing rivers, spiritually bedewed the Apostles and guided the! to light/ and the fire beca!e for the! a cloud of dew and a fla!e of rain enlightening the!, through who! we have received grace through fire and water. he light of the Advocate has co!e and enlightened the world. $ wice' S@*@3 #"? ("R H@ P"*8@*@"S he fir!a!ent. Alleluia. he heavens declare the glory of God: the fir!a!ent proclai!s the wor. of his hands. 2y the 6ord of the *ord the heavens were established/ and by the Spirit of his !outh all their power. (or he leaned out fro! his holy height/ the *ord loo.ed fro! heaven, he saw all the children of hu!an.ind. (ire will go before hi!. 3oals were .indled by it. He bowed the heavens and ca!e down. (ro! the brightness before hi! the clouds bro.e through. he wings of a dove covered in silver. #ts bac. with the lustre of gold. (ro! Sion the loveliness of his beauty, when the heavenly one gives orders.

Kings upon her will be as snow on Sel!on. All the ends of the earth will re!e!ber and turn bac. to the *ord. And all the tribes of the nations will worship before hi!: (or the Kingdo! is the *ord-s, and he is +aster of the nations. he law of the *ord is spotless, converting souls. he testi!ony of the *ord is faithful, !a.ing infants wise. he statutes of the *ord are right, re7oicing the heart. he co!!and!ent of the *ord is clear, enlightening the eyes. he earth was sha.en and the heavens !elted before the face of the God of Sinai, before the face of the God of #srael. 8ou granted generous rain, " God, to your inheritance, which was wea./ but you restored it. #nstead of your fathers, sons will be born to you. 8ou will establish the! as princes over all the earth. heir sound has gone out into all the earth/ and their word to the ends of the earth. 8ou will send forth your Spirit and they will be created, and you will renew the face of the earth. 8our good Spirit will guide !e in an upright land. 3reate a clean heart in !e, " God/ and renew a right Spirit within !e. 9o not cast !e fro! your presence, and do not ta.e your Holy Spirit fro! !e. Give !e the 7oy of your salvation, And establish !e with a sovereign Spirit.

he *ord will give the word to those who preach the Gospel with great power. he *ord will give strength to his people. he *ord will bless his people with peace. Glory. 2oth now. Alleluia. After the Polyeleos, Kathis!a. one F. a.ing .nowledge. After your Rising fro! the to!b, " 3hrist, and your divine Assu!ption to the height of heaven, you sent down your glory to your 9isciples who had seen God, renewing a right spirit within the!, " +erciful Saviour/ therefore as a tuneful lyre they !ystically !ade clear as with a divine plectru! your !elodies and your dispensation. $ wice' he 0st Antiphon of the Anavath!i in one B. Pro.ei!enon. one B. 8our good Spirit will lead !e in an upright land. =erse: *ord, hear !y prayer/ give ear to !y supplication. hen *et everything that has breath and the Gth 9awn Gospel. 6e do not say 6e have seen the Resurrection of 3hrist, but at once Psal! 45 and then: Glory. one 1. hrough the prayers of the Apostles, " +erciful, blot out the !ultitude of !y offences. 2oth now. hrough the prayers of the +other of God, " +erciful, blot out the !ultitude of !y offences. And the following #dio!el. one ;.

=erse: Have !ercy on !e, " God, in accordance with your great !ercy, and according to the !ultitude of your co!passion blot out !y transgressions. Heavenly King, Paraclete, Spirit of ruth, present everywhere, filling all things, reasury of blessings and Giver of life/ co!e and dwell in us, and cleanse us of every stain, and save our souls, " Good "ne. he 3anons/ that in one E with the #r!i to F and that in one B with the #r!i to ;. he 3anon whose acrostic is: 6e celebrate Pentecost A 3o!position of +on. Kos!as. "de 0. one E. #r!os. He who brings wars to nothing with his upraised ar! covered Pharao and his chariots in the deep/ let us sing to hi!, for he has been glorified. roparia As you pro!ised your 9isciples of old, you have sent forth the Advocate Spirit in deed, " 3hrist, and shed light on the world, " *over of !an.ind. hat which was proclai!ed of old in *aw and Prophets has been fulfilled/ for to)day the grace of the divine Spirit has been poured out on all believers. Another 3anon, in #a!bics, whose acrostic is contained in the following elegiac couplets: "nly)begotten of God, fro! the heart of the (ather you sent to hose upon earth once again other Advocate, Spirit divine, 2ringing, in tongues !ade of fire, of the pure, i!!aterial Godhead, Sign of your nature and grace for those who are !instrels of praise. A 3o!position of Kyr :ohn Ar.las. "de 0. one B. #r!os.

he slow of tongue, covered in divine dar.ness, Proclai!ed the law written by God/ (or sha.ing the dust fro! his !ind-s eye, He sees the "ne 6ho #s, and is initiated #nto .nowledge of the Spirit, as he gives praise with songs inspired. roparia he revered and august !outh spo.e: (or you !y friends there will be no absence. (or #, once seated on !y (ather-s highest throne, 6ill pour out the unstinted grace of the Spirit o shine on those who yearn. he fir! 9efinition, !ost precise 6ord, 2rings cal! perfection to the heart/ (or, his wor. acco!plished, 3hrist gladdened his friends, 6ith a !ighty wind and tongues of fire, Apportioning the Spirit, as he had pro!ised. Katavasias He who brings wars. he slow of tongue. "de &. #r!os. 8ou told your 9isciples, " 3hrist: 6ait in :erusale!, until you are clothed with the power fro! on high/ while # will send you another Advocate as !yself, !y Spirit and the (ather-s, in who! you will be established. roparion. 6hen the power of the divine Spirit ca!e down, it divinely united in one har!ony the voice divided of old of those who had wic.edly agreed together, as to believers it gave understanding of .nowledge of the rinity, in which we have been established. Another #r!os.

"nly the prayer of the prophetess Anna "f old, who brought a bro.en spirit o the +ighty "ne and God of .nowledge, 2ro.e the fetters of a childless wo!b And the harsh insult of one with !any children. roparia #napprehensible is the bla>e of the Godhead/ (or it revealed the unlettered to be orators, 2ridling the !ouths of sophists in abundance with a word, And raising fro! deep night Knnu!bered peoples by the Spirit-s lightning flash. (ro! the unbegotten light proceeded he i!perishable Splendour, illu!inating with al!ighty operation, 6hose fiery sound now reveals the consubstantial beacon "f the (ather-s authority through the Son #n Sion to the nations. Katavasias 8ou told your 9isciples. "nly the prayer. Kathis!a. one F. a.ing .nowledge. he lovers of the Saviour were filled with 7oy, and they, who before had been cowardly, too. courage, for the Holy Spirit ca!e down to) day upon the house of the 9isciples, and each spo.e in a different tongue to the peoples/ for tongues, seen as fire, were parted, yet did not burn the! up but rather bedewed the!. $ wice' "de B. #r!os he prophet, " 3hrist, perceiving your co!ing in the last ti!es, cried out: # have heard of your power, *ord, for you have co!e to save all your anointed. roparia

He who spo.e in the Prophets and was proclai!ed through the *aw before to the i!perfect, the true God, the Advocate, is !ade .nown to)day to the servants and witnesses of the 6ord. 2earing the sign of the Godhead, the Spirit was divided a!ong the Apostles by fire, and by strange tongues it was !anifested that fro! the (ather as divine !ight he co!es of his own accord. Another #r!os. +onarch of !onarchs, Alone fro! the Alone, 6ord who ca!e forth fro! the (ather without cause, As 2enefactor you have unerringly sent out 8our Spirit, e,ual in strength, to the Apostles, As they sing: Glory to your !ight, " *ord. roparia. Having !i%ed the divine laver of regeneration 2y a word for a co!pounded nature, 8ou rain down upon !e a strea! fro! your undefiled Pierced side, " 6ord of God, Sealing !e with the fervour of the Spirit. All things bend the .nee to the Advocate o the "ffspring of the (ather, to the consubstantial (ather/ (or they .now in three Persons one Knerring, unapproachable, ti!eless @ssence/ (or light has shone, the grace of the Spirit. Katavasias he Prophet, " 3hrist. +onarch of !onarchs. "de 4. #r!os. hrough fear of you, *ord, the Spirit of salvation, conceived in the wo!b of the Prophets, and brought to birth on earth, creates clean hearts in the Apostles, and renews a right Spirit in the faithful/ for your co!!and!ents are light and peace.

roparia he strength which has co!e down to)day is the good Spirit, Spirit of the 6isdo! of God/ Spirit proceeding fro! the (ather and !ade !anifest to us the faithful through the Son/ giving freely to those in who! he dwells of the holiness in which he is perceived by nature. Another #r!os. " light)for!ed children of the 3hurch, Receive the Spirit-s fire)breathing dew, A redee!ing purification of offences/ (or now a law has gone out fro! Sion, he torch)tongue)for!ed grace of the Spirit. roparia As he was well)pleased of his own authority he un)!astered Spirit co!es down fro! the (ather, +a.ing the Apostles wise with tongues, +ight of the (ather, one in for!, setting the seal Kpon the life)bearing word, which the Saviour spo.e. God the 6ord, all)sovereign, healed the !inds "f the Apostles of sin, and !ade ready An i!!aculate dwelling for hi!self/ ?ow the light of the Spirit dwells in the!, @,ual in strength and consubstantial. Katavasias hrough fear of you. " light)for!ed children. "de ;. #r!os Sic. on the rolling swell of the cares of this life, thrown overboard by the sins that sail with !e, and hurled to the soul)destroying beast, as :onas, " 3hrist, # cry to you: 2ring !e up fro! this death)dealing deep. roparia

(ro! your Spirit, *ord, as you said, you have poured out richly on all flesh, and the whole creation has been filled with your .nowledge/ because fro! the (ather you ca!e as Son without change, and the Spirit proceeds without division. Another #r!os. " 3hrist, the +aster, you shone fro! the =irgin As pardon and salvation for us, hat li.e the prophet :onas fro! the belly "f the sea beast, you !ight snatch fro! corruption he whole fallen race of Ada!. roparia Al!ighty, renew a cherished, a right Spirit 6ithin us, to hold it eternally, 6ho is ever united and proceeding fro! the (ather, Purging !inds of hateful !atter, of burning 9efile!ents and filth. (or the Apostles who awaited your co!ing #n Sion you establish with fiery wind A longed for dignity, " Spirit, Knowledge of the 6ord begotten of the (ather, Swiftly e%posing the wild chatter of the nations- babblings. Katavasias Sic. on the rolling swell. " 3hrist, the +aster. Konta.ion. one F. 6hen the +ost High ca!e down he confused the tongues, divided the nations/ but when he parted the tongues of fire, he called all to unity, and with one voice we glorify the all)holy Spirit. #.os Give swift and stable co!fort to your servants, :esu, in the despondency of our spirits/ do not part fro! our souls in troubles, do

not be far fro! our !inds in perils, but ever anticipate us. 2e near us, be near you, who are everywhere/ as you are also always with your Apostles, so unite yourself, " co!passionate, with those who long for you, that united to you we !ay hy!n and glorify your All) holy Spirit. Syna%arion fro! the +enaion, then the following: "n the sa!e day, the eighth Sunday fro! Pascha, we celebrate the holy Pentecost. =erses. 6ith !ighty wind, in for! li.e tongues of fire 3hrist gives God-s Spirit now to the Apostles. Spirit on this great day on fishers poured.
his feast we also too. fro! the Hebrew 2ible/ for 7ust as they celebrate Pentecost, honouring the nu!ber seven, and that when they had passed through fifty days fro! Pascha they received the *aw, so we too as we celebrate for fifty days after Pascha receive the all)holy Spirit, who gives laws and guides into all truth and lays down what is pleasing to God. ?ote that there are three (easts a!ong the Hebrews, Pascha, Pentecost and abernacles. hey .eep Pascha to co!!e!orate the crossing of the Red Sea ) for word Pascha !eans <crossing-. 6hile this sa!e feast showed our crossing and ascent fro! the dar.ness of sin towards Paradise. hey celebrated Pentecost in co!!e!oration of their suffering in the wilderness, and how they were brought through !any afflictions in the land of pro!ise, for then they en7oyed fruit, corn and wine. And it showed our !isery through unbelief and our entry into the 3hurch/ for then we also receive co!!union of the 2ody and 2lood of the +aster. So!e say that this is the reason that Pentecost is celebrated by the Hebrews. "thers however say that it is honour of the fifty days that +oses fasted and received the *aw written by God. At the sa!e ti!e they co!!e!orate the sacrifice to the calf and the other things which +oses perfor!ed, ascending and descending the +ount. 9ifferently it was thought that Pentecost was observed by the Hebrews because of honour for the nu!ber seven, as has been said/ for this nu!ber !ultiplied by itself !a.es fifty days less one. he honour of the Pentecostal fifty is not only in days but in years, fro! which was born the :ubilee a!ong the!/ for this happens when years are !ultiplied seven ti!es. hen they leave the ground unsown and give relief to ani!als and they allow bought slaves to leave.

he third feast is that of abernacles, celebrated after the harvest, that is to say five !onths after Pascha. #t was established to co!!e!orate the day when +oses first fi%ed the abernacle that had been revealed on +ount Sinai through a cloud and which had been constructed by the !aster crafts!an 2eseleVl. (or they would !a.e tabernacles and celebrate this feast, living in the fields and giving than.s to God, and they would bring in the fruits of their own labours. And it see! that it was for this that 9avid entitled the Psal!s (or the wine vats. his was a type of our resurrection fro! the dead, when our earthly tabernacles are dissolved and put together again and we shall en7oy the fruits of our own labours and .eep festival in eternal tabernacles. #t is to be noted that on this day, when Pentecost was co!pleted, the Holy Spirit ca!e to dwell upon the 9isciples. 2ut since it see!ed good to the holy (athers to divide the feasts, because of the greatness of the all)holy and life) giving Spirit, because the Spirit is one of the holy rinity, source of life, so we too will say to!orrow how the holy Spirit ca!e to dwell.

At the prayers of the holy Apostles, 3hrist our God, have !ercy on us. A!en. "de E. #r!os 3ast into the furnace of fire, the holy 8ouths changed the fire to dew through their hy!ns of praise, as thus they sang: 2lessed are you, " *ord, the God of our fathers. roparia As the Apostles elo,uently proclai!ed the !ighty wor.s of God, the operation of the Spirit was thought by the unbelieving to be drun.enness, that operation through which the rinity is .nown, one God of our fathers. 6ith right belief we confess the undivided nature, God the (ather without beginning, the 6ord and Spirit of the sa!e authority, as we cry: 2lessed are you, the God of our fathers. Another #r!os. Har!onious !elody of instru!ents decreed Reverence to the lifeless idol wrought of gold. 2ut the Advocate-s life)bearing grace

#nspires with reverence to cry: "nly rinity, @,ual in strength, without beginning, blessed are you. roparia (ools did not recognise the voice spo.en #n prophecy, called it drun.enness fro! wine, 6hen they heard the Apostles sayings in strange tongues/ 6e the devout, inspired, cry out to you: Renewer of the universe, blessed are you. he seer :oel, inspired, thundered an oracle Spo.en by the divine 6ord: hose on who! # pour !y Spirit 6ill cry out together: ?ature, Shining with threefold splendour, blessed are you. he third hour was !ade rich with grace, hat it !ight indicate the worship of hree Persons in singleness of authority/ 2ut now on the one Sovereign of days, Son, (ather, Spirit, blessed are you. Katavasias 3ast into the furnace. Har!onious !elody. "de F. #r!os. Knconsu!ed by fire the bush on Sinai spo.e and !ade God .nown to the slow)tongued +oses, clu!sy in speech/ and their burning >eal for God revealed the three young !en unhar!ed by fire and singing: All you wor.s of the *ord, praise the *ord, and highly e%alt hi! to all the ages. roparia 6hen fro! on high the !ighty, living wind of the All)holy Spirit ca!e to the fisher!en with sound in the for! of fiery tongues, they began with elo,uence to proclai! the !ighty wor.s of God: All you

wor.s of the *ord, praise the *ord, and highly e%alt hi! to all the ages. As we advance to the !ountain which !ust not be touched, unafraid of the terrifying fire, co!e, let us stand on !ount Sion, in the city of the living God, as we now dance with the spirit)bearing 9isciples: All you wor.s of the *ord, praise the *ord, and highly e%alt hi! to all the ages. Another #r!os. he triple radiant type of Godhead-s source *ooses the bonds and turns the fla!e to dew/ 8ouths give praise/ while all created nature 2lesses the only Saviour and 3reator "f all as 2enefactor. roparia 3o!ing to rest in the for! of tongues of fire, he Spirit, wrought re!e!brance of the saving words 6hich 3hrist heard fro! the (ather and told o the Apostles. 3reation, once estranged, ?ow reconciled, sings of you as blessed. As Saviour, co!ing of your own authority, *ight shining of itself and provider of light, 8ou ca!e as a precious wind/ 6hile to your servants you distribute he Spirit so earnestly prayed for. he spirit)filled !outh of Prophets sang "f your so7ourning, high *ord, in bodily for!. And your Spirit proceeding fro! the (ather-s boso!, Kncreated)cofashioning)cothroned, 8ou send to believers for the worship of the incarnation. Katavasias. Knconsu!ed by fire. he triple)radiant type.

"de G. #r!os. 3onceiving without .nowing corruption, lending your flesh to the 6ord, the deviser of all, +other .nowing no !an, =irgin, +other of God, vessel of the uncontainable, space for your infinite +a.er: we !agnify you. roparia he fire)breathing >ealot of old, riding with 7oy on the bla>ing fiery chariot, showed forth the breath which has now shone out on the Apostles fro! on high, enlightened by which they have !ade .nown the rinity to all. A strange thing, outside the law of nature, has been heard: for when the one voice of the 9isciples rang out, by the grace of the Spirit peoples, tribes and tongues were diversely instructed in the !ighty wor.s of God and were initiated into .nowledge of the rinity. Another #r!os. Hail, Lueen, glorious virgin !other/ (or every fluent, every elo,uent !outh 6ith oratory has not the strength to sing you worthily/ 2ut every !ind is di>>y when it see.s to understand 8our giving birth/ therefore with one accord we glorify you. roparia. #t is right to tell of the +aiden who produced life/ (or she alone concealed in her round wo!b the 6ord, 6ho heals the sic. nature of !ortals/ 6ho now, seated on the throne on the right hand "f the (ather, has sent the grace of the Spirit. "n as !any as the grace which flows fro! God has breathed, Resplendent, da>>ling, transfor!ed, 6ith a strange, !ost glorious transfor!ation, 6e have co!e to .now the @ssence of e,ual !ight, indivisible, 6ise, of triple radiance/ and we give glory. Katavasias

3onceiving without .nowing. Hail, Lueen. @%apostilarion. one &. All)holy Spirit, proceeding fro! the (ather, and through the Son dwelling in the unlettered 9isciples, save and sanctify all those who ac.nowledge you as God. $ wice' Another. Sa!e !elody. he (ather is light, the 6ord is light, and the Holy Spirit is light, who was sent to the Apostles in fiery tongues/ and through hi! the whole world is guided by light to worship the holy rinity. At *auds we insert ; Stichera, and we chant the following #dio!els, in one B, doubling the!. +arvellous things all the nations saw to)day in the city of 9avid, when the holy Spirit ca!e down in tongues of fire, as *u.e, God-s !outhpiece, declared. (or he said: 6hen 3hrist-s 9isciples were asse!bled, there ca!e a sound as of a !ighty wind, and filled the whole house where they were sitting/ and all began to spea. with strange words, strange doctrines, strange teachings of the holy rinity. $ wice' he holy Spirit always was, and is, and will be, neither beginning nor co!ing to an end, but always ran.ed and nu!bered with the (ather and the Son/ life and giver of life/ light and bestower of light/ goodness itself and source of goodness/ through who! the (ather is .nown and the Son glorified and by all is .nown, one power, one order, one worship of the holy rinity. $ wice' he holy Spirit is light and life and living, spiritual spring. Spirit of wisdo!, Spirit of understanding/ good, right, spiritual, sovereign, cleansing faults. God and !a.ing divine/ fire and proceeding fro! fire, spea.ing, wor.ing, distributing the gifts of grace/ through who! all the prophets and Apostles of God with the +artyrs have been crowned. Strange tidings, strange sight: fire divided for the apportioning of gifts. $ wice' Glory. 2oth now. one ;.

Heavenly King, Paraclete, Spirit of ruth, present everywhere, filling all things, reasury of blessings and Giver of life/ co!e and dwell in us, cleanse us fro! every stain, and, " Good "ne save our souls. Great 9o%ology and 9is!issal.

At the Liturgy.
Antiphon 0. one 1. CPsal! 0FD he heavens declare the glory of God: the fir!a!ent proclai!s the wor. of his hands. At the prayers of the +other of God, " Saviour save us. 9ay to day utters the word: and night to night proclai!s .nowledge. At the prayers of the +other of God, " Saviour save us. here is no speech or language: where their voices are not heard. At the prayers of the +other of God, " Saviour save us. heir sound has gone out into all the earth: and their words to the ends of the world. At the prayers of the +other of God, " Saviour save us. Glory. 2oth now. At the prayers of the +other of God, " Saviour save us. Antiphon 1. he sa!e tone. CPsal! 0GD he *ord hear you in the day of trouble: the na!e of the God of :acob shield you. Good Paraclete, save us who sing to you: Alleluia. +ay he send you help fro! the sanctuary: and support you out of Sion. Good Paraclete, save us who sing to you: Alleluia.

+ay he re!e!ber your every sacrifice: and accept your burnt offering. Good Paraclete, save us who sing to you: Alleluia. Glory. 2oth now. "nly)begotten Son and 6ord of God. Antiphon &. one F. CPsal! 15D he .ing will re7oice in your strength, " *ord: he will e%ult e%ceedingly in your salvation. 2lessed are you, 3hrist our God, who revealed the fisher!en to be !ost wise by sending down to the! the Holy Spirit, and so through the! catching the whole world in a net: *over of !an.ind, glory to youH 8ou have given hi! his heart-s desire: you have not denied hi! the re,uest of his lips. 2lessed are you, 3hrist our God. (or you ca!e to !eet hi! with blessings of goodness: and placed a crown of precious stones upon his head. 2lessed are you, 3hrist our God. He as.ed you for life: and you gave hi! length of days for ever and ever. 2lessed are you, 3hrist our God. @ntrance 2e e%alted, " *ord, in your power: we shall sing and chant your !ighty deeds. Good Paraclete, save us who sing to you: Alleluia. Apolyti.ion. one F.

2lessed are you, 3hrist our God, who revealed the fisher!en to be !ost wise by sending down to the! the Holy Spirit, and so through the! catching the whole world in a net: *over of !an.ind, glory to youH C he Apolyti.ion is sung three ti!es after the @ntrance.D Glory. 2oth now. Konta.ion. one F. 6hen the +ost High ca!e down and confused the tongues, he parted the nations/ when he divided out the tongues of fire, he called all to unity, and with one voice we glorify the All)holy Spirit. #nstead of the risagion: As !any of you as have been baptised into 3hrist, have put on 3hrist. Alleluia. Apostle Pro.ei!enon. one F. heir sound has gone out into all the earth: and their words to the ends of the world. =erse: he heavens declare the glory of God: and the fir!a!ent proclai!s the wor. of his hands. he Reading is fro! the Acts of the Apostles. C1:0)00D 6hen the day of Pentecost had co!e, all the Apostles were together in one place. And suddenly a sound ca!e fro! heaven li.e the rush of a !ighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. And there appeared to the! tongues as of fire, divided and resting on each one of the!. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to spea. in other tongues, as the Spirit gave the! power of utterance. ?ow there were dwelling in :erusale! devout :ews fro! every nation under heaven. And at this sound the !ultitude ca!e together, and they were bewildered, because each one heard the! spea.ing in their own language. And they were

a!a>ed and astonished, saying, <Are not all these who are spea.ing GalileansA And how is it that we hear, each of us in their own native languageA Parthians and +edes and @la!ites and residents of +esopota!ia, :udea and 3appadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pa!phylia, @gypt and the parts of *ibya belonging to 3yrene, and visitors fro! Ro!e, both :ews and proselytes, 3retans and Arabians, we hear the! telling in our own tongues the !ighty wor.s of God.Alleluia. one 0. CPsal! &1D =erse 0: 2y the word of the *ord the heavens were established, and all their power by the Spirit of his !outh. =erse 1: (ro! heaven the *ord has loo.ed upon the earth: he saw all the children of hu!an.ind. #nstead of #t is truly right, one E. 3onceiving without .nowing corruption, lending your flesh to the 6ord, the 9eviser of all, +other .nowing no !an/ =irgin +other of God, =essel of the uncontainable, Space for your infinite +a.er, we !agnify youH 3o!!union 8our good Spirit will lead !e in an upright land. Alleluia. #nstead of 6e have seen the true *ight: 2lessed are you, 3hrist our God, who revealed the fisher!en to be !ost wise by sending down to the! the Holy Spirit, and so through the! catching the whole world in a net: *over of !an.ind, glory to youH

At Vespers.
he signal is given earlier because of the Service of Kneeling. After the "pening Psal! the *itany of Peace by the 9eacon, if there is one, if not, by the Priest. 9eacon: #n peace, let us pray to the *ord.

People: *ord, have !ercy. And so after each petition. 9eacon: (or the peace fro! on high and for the salvation of our souls, let us pray to the *ord. (or the peace of the whole world, for the welfare of the holy 3hurches of God, and for the union of all, let us pray to the *ord. (or this holy house, and for those who enter it with faith, reverence and the fear of God, let us pray to the *ord. (or all devout and "rthodo% 3hristians, let us pray to the *ord. (or our Archbishop ?., for the honoured order of presbyters, for the diaconate in 3hrist, for all the clergy and the people, let us pray to the *ord. C(or our Sovereign *ady, Lueen @li>abeth, the Royal (a!ily, her Govern!ent, and all in authority, let us pray to the *ord.D (or this city, for every city, town and village, and for the faithful who dwell in the!, let us pray to the *ord. (or favourable weather, an abundance of the fruits of the earth, and te!perate seasons, let us pray to the *ord. (or those who travel by land, air or water, for the sic., the suffering, for those in captivity, and for their safety and salvation, let us pray to the *ord. (or the people here present who await the grace of the Holy Spirit, let us pray to the *ord. (or those who bend their hearts and their .nees before the *ord, let us pray to the *ord. (or us to be strengthened for the fulfil!ent of what is well)pleasing, let us pray to the *ord. (or there to be sent down upon us the his rich !ercies, let us pray to the *ord.

(or the bending of our .nees to be accepted in his sight li.e incense, let us pray to the *ord. (or those who are in need of help fro! hi!, let us pray to the *ord. (or our deliverance fro! all affliction, wrath, danger and constraint, let us pray to the *ord. Help us, save us, have !ercy on us, and .eep us, " God, by your grace. 3o!!e!orating our all)holy, pure, !ost blessed and glorious *ady, +other of God and @ver)=irgin +ary, with all the Saints, let us entrust ourselves and one another and our whole life to 3hrist our God. People: o you, " *ord. Priest: (or to you belong all glory, honour and worship, to the (ather, the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages. People: A!en. At *ord, # have cried we insert ; Stichera and sing the & following #dio!el Stichera, doubling the!. one B. +arvellous things all the nations saw to)day in the city of 9avid, when the holy Spirit ca!e down in tongues of fire, as *u.e, God-s !outhpiece, declared. (or he said: 6hen 3hrist-s 9isciples were asse!bled, there ca!e a sound as of a !ighty wind, and filled the whole house where they were sitting/ and all began to spea. with strange words, strange doctrines, strange teachings of the holy rinity. $ wice' he holy Spirit always was, and is, and will be, neither beginning nor co!ing to an end, but always ran.ed and nu!bered with the (ather and the Son/ life and giver of life/ light and bestower of light/ goodness itself and source of goodness/ through who! the (ather is

.nown and the Son glorified and by all is .nown, one power, one order, one worship of the holy rinity. $ wice' he holy Spirit is light and life and living, spiritual spring. Spirit of wisdo!, Spirit of understanding/ good, right, spiritual, sovereign, cleansing faults. God and !a.ing divine/ fire and proceeding fro! fire, spea.ing, wor.ing, distributing the gifts of grace/ through who! all the prophets and Apostles of God with the +artyrs have been crowned. Strange tidings, strange sight: fire divided for the apportioning of gifts. $ wice' Glory. 2oth now. one ;. Heavenly King, Paraclete, Spirit of ruth, present everywhere, filling all things, reasury of blessings and Giver of life/ co!e and dwell in us, and cleanse us of every stain, and, " Good "ne, save our souls. @ntrance, " :oyful *ight, and the Great Pro.ei!enon. one E. 6hat god is great as our GodA 8ou are the God who alone wor.s wonders. =erse 0: 8ou have !ade .nown your power a!ong the peoples/ with your ar! you have redee!ed your people. 6hat god is great as our GodA 8ou are the God who alone wor.s wonders. =erse 1: And # said, <?ow # have begun. his change is of the right hand of the +ost High-. 6hat god is great as our GodA 8ou are the God who alone wor.s wonders. =erse &: # have re!e!bered the wor.s of the *ord, because # shall re!e!ber your wonders fro! the beginning. 6hat god is great as our GodA 8ou are the God who alone wor.s wonders.

hen the 9eacon says: Again and again on bended .nees, let us pray to the *ord. People: *ord, have !ercy. And as we bend our .nees to the ground and uncover, the Priest reads the prayers fro! the 2e!a, facing west, in a loud voice for all to hear. #!!aculate, undefiled, without beginning, invisible, inco!prehensible, unsearchable, unchangeable, unsurpassable, i!!easurable, long)suffering *ord, who alone possess i!!ortality and dwell in unapproachable light/ who !ade the heaven, the earth and the sea and all that was created in the!/ who grant to all their re,uests before they as./ we pray and beseech you, +aster who love !an.ind, the (ather of our *ord and God and Saviour :esus 3hrist, who for our sa.e and for our salvation ca!e down fro! heaven and was incarnate fro! the Holy Spirit and +ary, the @ver) =irgin and glorious +other of God. eaching us first by words and later also showing us by deeds, when he underwent the saving Passion, he granted us, your hu!ble, sinful and unworthy servants, an e%a!ple to offer supplications by the bending of nec. and .nees for our sins and those co!!itted in ignorance by the people. 9o you, then, who are full of !ercy and love for !an.ind, hear us on whatever day we call upon you/ but especially on this day of Pentecost, on which after our *ord :esus 3hrist had been ta.en up and been enthroned at your right hand, God and (ather, he sent down on his disciples and Apostles the holy Spirit, who settled on each one of the! and they were all filled with his ine%haustible grace and spo.e in strange tongues of your !ighty wor.s and prophesied. ?ow therefore hear us as we pray, re!e!ber us, hu!ble and conde!ned, and turn bac. the captivity of our souls. Receive us as we fall before you and cry out, <6e have sinned-. "n you we have been cast fro! the wo!b. (ro! our !other-s wo!b you are our God. 2ut because our days have wasted away in vanity, we have been stripped of your help, we have been deprived of all defence. 2ut confident of your co!passion we cry, <9o not re!e!ber the sins

of our youth and cleanse us of our secret faults. 9o not cast us aside in the ti!e of old age. 6hen our strength fails, do not abandon us. 2efore we return to the earth, count us worthy to turn bac. to you and give heed to us with .indness and grace. +easure our ini,uities by your acts of co!passion. Set against the !ultitude of our offences the depth of your co!passion. *oo. fro! your holy height, *ord, upon your people here present and who await fro! you rich !ercy. =isit us in your goodness/ deliver us fro! the oppression of the devil/ !a.e our lives safe with your holy and sacred laws. @ntrust your people to a faithful Angel guardian/ gather us all into your .ingdo!/ give pardon to all who hope in you/ forgive their sins and ours/ purify us by the operation of your holy Spirit/ destroy all the wiles of the foe against us-. He adds this prayer: 2lessed are you *ord, +aster al!ighty, who !ade the day light with the light of the sun and the night radiant with the rays of fire/ who have granted us to pass through the length of the day and to draw near the beginnings of the night. Hear our supplication and that of all your people. And pardoning all of us our offences, voluntary and involuntary, accept our evening entreaties and send down the !ultitude of your rich !ercy and acts of co!passion on your inheritance. 6all us about with your holy Angels/ ar! us with the ar!s of 7ustice/ fence us with the ra!part of your truth/ guard us by your power/ deliver us fro! every !isfortune and fro! every tric. of the adversary. Grant us also that both the present day with the co!ing night and all the days of our life !ay be perfect, holy, peaceful, sinless, without stu!bling, without drea!s, at the prayers of the holy +other of God and of all the Saints who have been well) pleasing to you since ti!e began. 9eacon: Help us, save us, have !ercy on us, raise us up and guard us, " God, by your grace. People: *ord, have !ercy. 3o!!e!orating our all)holy, pure, !ost blessed and glorious *ady, +other of God and @ver)=irgin +ary, with all the Saints, let us

entrust ourselves and one another and our whole life to 3hrist our God. People: o you, " *ord. (or yours it is to show and !ercy and to save us, " our God, and to you we give glory, to the (ather, the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages. People: A!en. 9eacon: *et us all say, with all our soul and with all our !ind, let us say. People: *ord, have !ercy. 9eacon: *ord al!ighty, the God of our fathers, we pray you, hear and have !ercy. People: *ord, have !ercy. 9eacon: Have !ercy on us, " God, according to your great !ercy, we pray you, hear and have !ercy. People: *ord, have !ercy. hree ti!es. And so after the re!aining petitions. 9eacon: Also we pray for our Archbishop ?. Also we pray for our Sovereign *ady, Lueen @li>abeth, the royal fa!ily, her govern!ent and all in authority. Also we pray for !ercy, life, peace, health, salvation, visitation, pardon and forgiveness of sins for the servants of God, all devout and "rthodo% 3hristians, those who dwell in or visit this city and parish, the wardens and !e!bers of this church and their fa!ilies/ Cand for the servants of God ?. U ?. $Here he !ay na!e those for who! he has been as.ed to pray', and all who have as.ed for our prayers, unworthy though we are.D Also we pray for the blessed and ever)re!e!bered founders of this holy church, and for all our brothers and sisters who have gone to

their rest before us, and who lie asleep here in the true faith/ and for the "rthodo% everywhereC, and for the servants of God ?. U ?. $Here he !ay na!e those for who! he has been as.ed to pray', and that they !ay be pardoned all their offences, both voluntary and involuntaryD. Also we pray for those who bring offerings, those who care for the beauty of this holy and venerable house, for those who labour in its service, for those who sing, and for the people here present, who await your great and rich !ercy. Priest (or you, " God, are !erciful, and love !an.ind, and to you we give glory, to the (ather, the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages. People: A!en. 9eacon: Again and again, on bended .nees, let us pray to the *ord. he Priest prays as before: *ord :esus 3hrist our God, who, while still present with us in this life, gave your peace to hu!an.ind, and ever grant the gift of the all) holy Spirit to the faithful as an inheritance which cannot be ta.en away, you sent down this grace today in a !ore !anifest for! to your 9isciples and Apostles and gave elo,uence to their lips with tongues of fire, through which we, every race of hu!an.ind, having received the .nowledge of God in our own language by the hearing of the ear, have been enlightened by the light of the Spirit, delivered fro! the dar.ness of error and, by the distribution and supernatural force of the perceptible tongues of fire, have been taught faith in you and have been illu!ined to spea. of you as God with the (ather and the holy Spirit in one Godhead, power and authority. 9o you, then, the radiance of the (ather, the unchangeable and unalterable sta!p of his @ssence and nature, the source of salvation and grace, open also the lips of !e, a sinner, and teach !e how # should and for who! # ought to pray, for you .now the !ultitude of !y sins, but your co!passion will overco!e their !easureless nu!ber. (or see, with fear # stand before you, having cast away

despair of !y soul into the sea of your !ercy. Govern !y life, by the ineffable power of your wisdo!, you who govern all creation by a word, who are the fair haven of the stor!)tossed, and !a.e .nown to !e the way in which # shall wal.. Grant to !y thoughts the Spirit of your wisdo!, to !y folly the Spirit of understanding, with the Spirit of your fear overshadow !y deeds. Renew a right Spirit within !y inward parts and !a.e fir! the instability of !y !ind with the sovereign Spirit, so that guided each day by your good Spirit to what is profitable, # !ay be found worthy to do your co!!and!ents and always .eep in !ind your 3o!ing, which searches out all that we have done. 9o not neglect !e, so that # beco!e deceived by the corrupted pleasures of the world, but give !e strength to yearn for the en7oy!ent of the treasures which are to co!e. (or you said, +aster, that whatever so!eone as.s in your na!e they receive without restraint fro! your co)eternal God and (ather. And so # a sinner at the co!ing of your holy Spirit i!plore your goodness, < he things that # have prayed for grant !e for !y salvation-. 8es, *ord, the loving and !ost generous giver of every benefaction, for it is you who give superabundantly !ore than we as.. #t is you who are co!passionate, !erciful, who without sin beca!e a parta.er in our flesh and who in loving co!passion bend down to those who bend the .nee to you and beca!e the atone!ent for our sins. Give your people, *ord, your acts of pity/ hear us fro! your holy heaven/ sanctify us by the power of your saving right hand/ shelter us in the shelter of your wings/ do not despise the wor.s of your hands. Against you alone we have sinned, but it is you alone that we adore. 6e do not .now how to worship a strange god, nor to spread out our hands, +aster, to another god. (orgive us our offences and, accepting our supplications on our bended .nees, stretch out to us all a helping hand. Accept the prayer of all as acceptable incense, rising up before your .ingdo!, above all goodness. And he adds the following prayer: *ord, *ord, who have delivered us fro! every arrow that flies by day, deliver us also fro! every deed that wal.s in dar.ness. Accept as an evening sacrifice the lifting up of our hands. 3ount us worthy also to pass through the stadiu! of the night untried by evils, and rescue us fro! every disturbance and fear which co!es to us fro!

the 9evil. Grant our souls the grace of co!punction and our thoughts concern for the e%a!ination at your dread and 7ust 7udge!ent. ?ail down our flesh with fear of you, and deaden our !e!bers that are on earth, so that, in the cal! of sleep, we !ay be !ade radiant with 7oy by the conte!plation of your 7udge!ents. Re!ove fro! us every unsee!ly i!agining and har!ful desire. Raise us up at the ti!e for prayer strengthened in the faith and advancing in your co!!and!ents. 9eacon: Help us, save us, have !ercy on us, raise us up and guard us, " God, by your grace. People: *ord, have !ercy. 3o!!e!orating our all)holy, pure, !ost blessed and glorious *ady, +other of God and @ver)=irgin +ary, with all the Saints, let us entrust ourselves and one another and our whole life to 3hrist our God. People: o you, " *ord. Priest: 2y the good pleasure and grace of your only)begotten Son, with who! you are blessed, with your all)holy, good, and life)giving Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages. People: A!en. hen Grant, *ord, this evening. After which the 9eacon: Again and again, on bended .nees, let us pray to the *ord. he Priest prays: 3hrist our God, ever)flowing Spring, source of life and illu!ination, co)eternal creative power of the (ather, for the salvation of !ortals, who fulfilled the whole dispensation with surpassing goodness/ tore

apart the indissoluble bonds of 9eath and the bars of Hell, tra!pling down !ultitudes of evil spirits/ offered yourself as an unble!ished oblation for our sa.e, giving your !ost pure body, intangible and inaccessible to every sin, as a sacrifice, and through this dread and ine%pressible offering you granting us the grace of everlasting life. 8ou descended into Hell, s!ashed the everlasting bars and showed the way up to those who sat below. 6ith a bait of divine wisdo! you hoo.ed the author of evil, the dragon of the deep, bound hi! with cords of dar.ness in artarus and secured hi! with the un,uenchable fire and the e%terior dar.ness through your infinitely powerful strength. Glorious wisdo! of the (ather, who appeared to those in distress as a !ighty helper and enlightened those who sat in dar.ness and the shadow of death, *ord of unending glory, beloved Son of the !ost high (ather, eternal light fro! eternal light, Sun of 7ustice, hear us who entreat you and give rest to the souls of your servants who have fallen asleep before us, our fathers, !others and brethren and the rest of our relatives according to the flesh and all our .insfol. of the household of the faith, whose !e!ory we too now .eep, because in you is the !ight of all things and in your hand you hold all the ends of the earth. +aster al!ighty, God of our fathers and *ord of !ercy, 3reator of the !ortal and i!!ortal race and of every hu!an nature that is brought together and again dissolved, of life and death, of our so7ourn here and our translation there, you apportion ti!es to the living and establish the !o!ents of death. 8ou lead down to Hell and you lead up. 8ou bind with wea.ness and release with power. 8ou dispose all things for our use and direct what is to co!e for our advantage. 8ou give life by hope of resurrection to those wounded by the sting of 9eath. +aster of all things, our God and Saviour, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of those far off upon the sea, who on this final, great and saving day of Pentecost revealed to us the !ystery of the holy, consubstantial, co)eternal, undivided and unco!pounded rinity and the co!ing and presence of your holy and life)giving Spirit poured out in the for! of tongues of fire on your holy Apostles, setting the! as @vangelists of our true faith, revealing the! as confessors and heralds of true theology/ who have also been pleased on this !ost perfect and saving (east to receive suppliant prayers of atone!ent for those who are i!!ured in Hell, granting us great hopes that repose and co!fort will be sent down fro! you to the departed fro! the pains which hold the!,

hear us, lowly and wretched, who entreat you, and give rest to the souls of your servants who have fallen asleep before us in a place of light, a place of green pasture, a place of refresh!ent, fro! which all grief, sorrow and sighing have fled away, and establish their spirits in the tents of the :ust and count the! worthy of peace and repose. 2ecause the dead will not praise you, " *ord, nor do those in Hell have the freedo! to offer you than.sgiving, but we the living bless you and i!plore you and bring before you atoning prayers and sacrifices on behalf of their souls. And he adds this Prayer: God, great and eternal, holy and lover of hu!an.ind, who have counted us worthy to stand at this hour before your unapproachable glory to hy!n and praise your wonders, be gracious to us, your unworthy servants. Grant us grace to offer you without conceit and with a bro.en heart the thrice)holy hy!n of glory and than.sgiving for your great gifts, which you have !ade us and always do so. Re!e!ber, *ord, our wea.ness and do not destroy us with our ini,uities, but in our hu!iliation show us your great !ercy, so that fleeing the dar.ness of sin we !ay wal. in the daylight of 7ustice/ and having put on the weapons of light we !ay persevere unassailed by any assault of the evil one, and that with boldness we !ay glorify you for all things, the only true God and lover of hu!an.ind. (or indeed, +aster and +a.er of all things, truly great is your !ystery: the te!porary dissolution of your creatures and after this their restoration and repose to the ages. 6e give than.s to you for all things, for our entrances into this world and for our departures, which through your unfailing pro!ise beto.en for us beforehand our hopes of resurrection and unending life. 6ould that we !ay en7oy it at your future second 3o!ing, for you are the author of our resurrection and the i!partial 7udge who loves hu!an.ind of what we have done in life, the +aster and *ord of our reward. hrough your supre!e condescension you beca!e a parta.er with us in the sa!e flesh and blood and in those passions of ours that are bla!eless by willingly sub!itting to te!ptation, and, possessing co!passionate pity, having yourself suffered by being te!pted, and, as you pro!ised, have yourself beco!e a helper for us who are

te!pted, and so you have also led us to dispassion. Accept therefore, +aster, our supplications and entreaties, and give rest to all the fathers and !others, brothers and sisters, and children of each, and to every other .ins!an and relative, and to all the souls who have gone to their rest before us in the hope of resurrection to eternal life, and establish their spirits and their na!es in the boo. of life and in the boso!s of Abraha!, #saac and :acob and in the land of the living, for the .ingdo! of heaven, in the Paradise of pleasure, through your shining Angels introducing the! into your holy !ansions. 6ith the! raise our bodies also on the day which you have appointed in accordance with your holy and unfailing pro!ises. here is therefore no death for your servants, *ord, when we go out fro! the body and co!e to you, " God, but a translation fro! sorrowful things to better and !ore desirable, and rest and 7oy. 2ut if we have in anything sinned against you, be gracious to us and the!, because no one is clean of defile!ent before you, though they last but a day, e%cept you alone, who appeared sinless upon earth, our *ord :esus 3hrist, through who! we all hope to obtain !ercy and forgiveness of sins. herefore, as you are good and love hu!an.ind, re!it, forgive, pardon us our faults, voluntary and involuntary, in .nowledge and in ignorance, !anifest and unnoticed, in deed, in thought, in word, of all our actions and !ove!ents. Give freedo! and respite to those who have gone before us and bless all of us here present, granting a good and peaceful end to us and to all your people, and opening to us the co!passion of your !ercy and love for hu!an.ind at your dread and fearful Second 3o!ing, and !a.e us all worthy of your .ingdo!. He also adds this. Great and !ost high God, who alone possess i!!ortality and dwell in unapproachable light, who !ade all creation with wisdo!, who !ade a separation between the light and the dar.ness and placed the sun to rule the day and the !oon and the stars to rule the night, who have counted us sinners worthy on this present day to co!e before your face with than.sgiving and to offer you our evening worship. 9irect our prayer, *ord, li.e incense before you and accept it as a sweet fragrance. Grant us also that the present evening and the co!ing night !ay be peaceful/ clothe us with the weapons of light/ deliver us fro! every terror of the night and fro! every deed that operates in dar.ness, and give us sleep, which you have given

for the repose of our wea.ness, free fro! every diabolical vision. 8es, +aster of all things, giver of blessings, !ay we, being !oved to co!punction on our beds, call to !ind your all)holy ?a!e in the night, and !ade radiant by the !editation of your co!!and!ents !ay we rise up with 7oy of soul to give glory to your loving).indness, offering supplications and entreaties to your co!passion for our sins and those of all your people. =isit the! in your !ercy at the prayers of the holy +other of God. 9eacon: Help us, save us, have !ercy on us, raise us up and guard us, " God, by your grace. People: *ord, have !ercy. 3o!!e!orating our all)holy, pure, !ost blessed and glorious *ady, +other of God and @ver)=irgin +ary, with all the Saints, let us entrust ourselves and one another and our whole life to 3hrist our God. People: o you, " *ord. he Priest, aloud: (or you are the repose of our souls and bodies and to you we give glory, to the (ather, the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages. People: A!en. 9eacon: *et us co!plete our evening prayer to the *ord. Help us, save us, have !ercy on us and .eep us, " God, by your grace. hat the whole day !ay be perfect, holy, peaceful and sinless, let us as. of the *ord. People: Grant this, " *ord. And so after each of the following petitions.

9eacon: An angel of peace, a faithful guide, a guardian of our souls and bodies, let us as. of the *ord. Pardon and forgiveness of our sins and offences, let us as. of the *ord. hings good and profitable for our souls, and peace for the world, let us as. of the *ord. hat we !ay live out the rest of our days in peace and repentance, let us as. of the *ord. A 3hristian end to our life, painless, unasha!ed and peaceful, and a good defence before the dread 7udge!ent seat of 3hrist, let us as.. 3o!!e!orating our all)holy, pure, !ost blessed and glorious *ady, +other of God and @ver)=irgin +ary, with all the Saints, let us entrust ourselves and one another and our whole life to 3hrist our God. People: o you, " *ord. Priest: (or you, " God, are good and love !an.ind, and to you we give glory, to the (ather, the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages. People: A!en. Priest: Peace to all. People: And to your spirit. 9eacon: *et us bow our heads to the *ord. People: o you, " *ord. he Priest reads this ,uietly: *ord, our God, who bowed the heavens and ca!e down for the salvation of the hu!an race, loo. upon your servants and upon your

inheritance/ for to you the fearful :udge who love !an.ind your servants have bowed their heads and inclined their nec.s, not waiting for any hu!an help, but awaiting your !ercy and loo.ing for your salvation. Guard the! at every !o!ent, during both the present evening and the approaching night, fro! every foe, fro! every hostile operation of the devil, and fro! vain thoughts and evil desires. $Aloud': 2lessed and glorified be the !ight of your Kingdo!, of the (ather and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages. People: A!en. At the Aposticha we sing the #dio!els in one &. ?ow the tongues have clearly beco!e a sign to all: for the :ews, fro! who! ca!e 3hrist according to the flesh, have beco!e sic. through unbelief and fallen fro! divine grace, and we fro! the nations have been counted worthy of the divine light, established by the words of the 9isciples, as they declai! the glory of God the benefactor of all things/ with the!, as we bow our hearts with our .nees, in faith let us worship, established by the holy Spirit, the Saviour of our souls. =erse: 3reate a clean heart in !e, " God, and renew a right spirit within !e. ?ow the Advocate Spirit has been poured out on all flesh: for beginning with the choir of the Apostles, fro! the! he has unfolded grace by participation to the faithful, and he confir!s his !ighty descent distributing the tongues in the for! of fire to the 9isciples, to the praise and glory of God. And so with hearts spiritually illu!ined and established in faith in the holy Spirit, we entreat that our souls !ay be saved. =erse: 9o not cast !e away fro! your presence: and ta.e not your holy Spirit fro! !e. ?ow the Apostles of 3hrist are clothed with !ight fro! above/ for the Advocate, being renewed in the!, renews the! with !ystical newness of .nowledge, which they proclai! in strange voices and

lofty words, teaching us to reverence the eternal, si!ple and three) personned nature of the God of all things. And so enlightened by their doctrines, let us worship the (ather with the Son and the Spirit, i!ploring that our souls !ay be saved. Glory. 2oth now. one F. 3o!e, you peoples, let us worship the Godhead in three persons, the Son in the father, with the Holy Spirit/ for the (ather ti!elessly begot the Son, co)eternal and co)reigning, and the Holy Spirit was in the (ather, glorified with the Son/ one power, one essence, one Godhead, who! we all worship as we say: Holy God, who created all things through the Son, with the co)operation of the Holy Spirit. Holy Strong, through who! we have co!e to .now the (ather, and through who! the Holy Spirit ca!e into the world. Holy #!!ortal, the Advocate Spirit, who proceeds fro! the (ather and rests in the Son. Holy rinity, glory to you. hen ?ow, +aster, the risagion etc., and the Apolyti.ion of the (east three ti!es. Apolyti.ion. one F. 2lessed are you, 3hrist our God, who revealed the fisher!en to be !ost wise by sending down to the! the Holy Spirit, and so through the! catching the whole world in a net: *over of !an.ind, glory to youH hen the Priest gives the 9is!issal: +ay he who e!ptied hi!self fro! the boso! of the (ather and too. up our whole hu!an nature and !ade it divine, and who after he had gone up again to heaven and sat down at the right hand of his God and (ather sent down the divine, holy, consubstantial, co) eternal Spirit, identical in power and identical in glory, upon his holy 9isciples and Apostles, and through hi! enlightened the!, and through the! the whole inhabited world, 3hrist our true God, at the prayers of his all)pure and all)bla!eless holy +other, of the holy, glorious and all)praised Apostles, heralds of God, and of all the Saints, have !ercy on us and save us through his own loving) .indness.

Reader: A!en.

Sunday Of All Saints. "? SA KR9A8 @=@?#?G

At Great Vespers.
After the "pening Psal! and the 0st Kathis!a of the Psalter, at *ord, # have cried we insert 05 Stichera and sing ; of the Resurrection and B of the Saints. Resurrection Stichera. one F. 6e offer you, " 3hrist, an evening hy!n and spiritual worship/ because you were well)pleased to have !ercy on us through the Resurrection. *ord, *ord, do not cast us away fro! your presence/ but be well) pleased to have !ercy on us through the Resurrection. Hail holy Sion, +other of the 3hurches, dwelling)place of God/ for it was you who first received forgiveness of sins through the Resurrection. "ther Stichera, by Anatolios he 6ord begotten of God the (ather before the ages, but in the last ti!es incarnate of her who .new not wedloc., willingly endured the crucifi%ion of death, and !an.ind, slain of old, He saved through his own Resurrection. 6e glorify your Resurrection fro! the dead, " 3hrist, through which you freed Ada!-s race fro! the tyranny of Hell, and as God granted the world eternal life and your great !ercy. Glory to you, 3hrist Saviour, only)begotten Son of God, nailed to the cross and risen fro! the to!b on the third day.

"thers, of All Saints. one ;. he Spirit)inspired preachers, the 9isciples of the Saviour, having beco!e by faith instru!ents of the Spirit, distributed the holy procla!ation, sowing it with right belief, to the ends of the earth, fro! which, by God-s husbandry and grace, have sprung up the ar!ies of +artyrs, who for! an i!age of the holy Passion through !any .inds of tortures, scourgings and fire/ and with boldness they intercede on behalf of our souls. 2urning with the fire of the love of the *ord, they despised fire, and as lighted godli.e coals the holy +artyrs by 3hrist burned up the brushwood insolence of error/ while they stopped the !ouths of wild beasts by wise entreaties, and when their heads were cut off they cut down all the regi!ents of the foe/ and valiantly pouring out the strea!s of their blood they watered the 3hurch, which then blosso!ed with faith. he valiant +artyrs wrestled with wild beasts, were struc. with swords, ra.ed with claws, their hands were cut off and they were rac.ed/ without yielding they were burned with !aterial fire, they were pierced and their 7oints were severed. hey bore all !ost valiantly, as they loo.ed forward to their co!ing rest, the pure crowns and the glory of 3hrist/ to who! with boldness they intercede on behalf of our souls. *et us, as is fitting, praise with sacred songs those who have co!peted by faith in all the ends of the earth, Apostles, +artyrs, godly)!inded Priests, holy 6o!en, a sacred gathering/ for earthly beings were united with the heavenly and by suffering received through 3hrist-s grace dispassion/ and now li.e fi%ed stars their shed their light on us, as with boldness they intercede on behalf of our souls. Glory. one ;. Godly choir of +artyrs, foundation of the 3hurch, perfection of the Gospel, you have by deeds fulfilled the Saviour-s words/ for in you the gates of Hell, opened against the 3hurch, have been shut/ the flow of your blood has dried up the libations poured out to idols/ your slaughter has given birth the plenitude of the faithful/ you have

a!a>ed the bodiless powers/ bearing crowns you stand before God, who! you ceaselessly i!plore on behalf of our souls. 2oth now. one F. he King of heaven through love for !an.ind appeared on earth and lived a!ong !en/ for ta.ing flesh fro! a pure =irgin and co!ing forth fro! her with the addition, He is one Son, double in nature, but not in person/ therefore proclai!ing Hi! as truly perfect God and perfect !an, we confess 3hrist our God/ i!plore Hi!, +other without bridegroo!, to have !ercy on our souls. @ntrance, " :oyful *ight. After the Pro.ei!enon of the day, the Readings. he Reading is fro! the Prophecy of #saias. CB&:G)0BaD hus says the *ord: All the nations have been asse!bled and rulers fro! the! shall be asse!bled/ who will declare these things a!ong the!A or who will !a.e heard to you the things fro! the beginningA *et the! bring their witnesses and let the! be 7ustified, and the! hear and let the! spea. what is true. 2e !y witnesses, and # too a! a witness, says the *ord God, and !y servant who! # have chosen/ that you !ay .now and believe !e, and understand that # A+/ before !e there was no other God, and after !e there will not be. # a! God, and apart fro! !e there is none who saves. # have declared and # have saved/ # reproved, and there was no strange god a!ong you. 8ou are !y witnesses and # a! a witness, says the *ord God. Again fro! the beginning # A+, and there is none who can deliver fro! !y hands/ # will !a.e, and who will turn it bac.A hus says the *ord God who redee!s us, the holy one of #srael. he Reading is fro! the 6isdo! of Solo!on. C&:0)GD he souls of the 7ust are in the hand of God, and no tor!ent will touch the!. #n the eyes of fools they see!ed to die and their departure was rec.oned a disaster and their going fro! us their destruction/ but they are at peace. (or though in the sight of !en they were punished, their hope is full of i!!ortality. Having been disciplined a little, they will receive great good, because God tested

the! and found the! worthy of hi!self. *i.e gold in the furnace he tried the! and li.e a whole burnt offering he accepted the!. And in the ti!e of their visitation they will shine forth, and will run li.e spar.s through stubble. hey will 7udge nations and rule over peoples, and the *ord will reign over the! forever. hose who trust in hi! will understand truth, and the faithful will abide with hi! in love, because grace and !ercy are upon his holy ones and visitation on his elect. he Reading is fro! the 6isdo! of Solo!on. C4:0;);:&bD he 7ust live for ever, and their reward is with the *ord/ the +ost High ta.es care of the!. herefore they will receive a glorious crown and a beautiful diade! fro! the hand of the *ord, because with his right hand he will cover the!, and with his ar! he will shield the!. He will ta.e his >eal as his whole ar!our, and will ar! all creation to repel his ene!ies/ he will put on righteousness as a breastplate, and will wear i!partial 7ustice as a hel!et/ he will ta.e holiness as an invincible shield, and sharpen stern wrath for a sword, and creation will 7oin with hi! to fight against his fren>ied foes. Shafts of lightning will fly with true ai!, and will leap fro! the clouds to the target, as fro! a well)drawn bow, and hailstones full of wrath will be hurled as fro! a catapult/ the water of the sea will rage against the!, and rivers will relentlessly overwhel! the!/ a !ighty wind will rise against the!, and li.e a te!pest it will winnow the! away. *awlessness will lay waste the whole earth, and evil)doing will overturn the thrones of rulers. *isten, therefore, " .ings, and understand/ learn, " 7udges of the ends of the earth. Give ear, you that rule over !ultitudes, and boast of !any nations. (or your do!inion was given you fro! the *ord, and your sovereignty fro! the +ost High. At the *iti we sing the Sticheron of the Saint of the +onastery/ then the following #dio!els of All Saints. one 0 #n a har!ony of faith let us all spiritually celebrate the festival of the whole world of those who fro! all ti!e have been well)pleasing to God, the honour of the Patriarchs, the asse!bly of the Prophets, the

adorn!ent of Apostles, the co!pany of +artyrs, the boast of Ascetics, the !e!ory of all the Saints/ for they intercede without ceasing that peace !ay be given to the world and to our souls God-s great !ercy. 3o!e, all you faithful, let us praise in psal!s and hy!n and spiritual songs the all)glorious !e!ory of all the Saints: the 2aptist of the Saviour, Apostles, Prophets and +artyrs, Hierarchs, eachers, Holy "nes, Ascetics and Righteous, and the God)loving co!pany of holy 6o!en, as with reverence we call the! blessed in har!ony let us cry out: 3hrist our God, supre!ely good, at their prayers grant peace to your 3hurches, victories over ene!ies to our 3hrist)loving Sovereign, and to our souls your great !ercy. 3o!e, let us re7oice in spirit at the !e!orial of the Saints/ for see, it has co!e bringing us gifts of grace in rich abundance/ and so with a voice of gladness and a pure conscience let us cry out and say: Hail, co!pany of Prophets, who proclai!ed the co!ing of 3hrist to the world and foresaw near at hand things far off. Hail, choir of Apostles, who caught the nations in a net, and who are the fishers of !an.ind. Hail, race of +artyrs, who were gathered fro! the ends of the into one faith, endured for it fierce tor!ents and finally received the crown of your contest. Hail, swar! of (athers, who tra!pled down your own bodies by ascetic struggle, and when you had slain the passions of the flesh you gave wings to your !ind with divine love and too. flight to heaven, and as you re7oice with the Angels, you en7oy eternal blessings. 2ut, " Prophets, Apostles and +artyrs with Ascetics, insistently i!plore the one who crowned you that those who celebrate with faith and love your ever)revered !e!orial !ay be rescued fro! ene!ies visible and invisible. Glory. one 4 *et us the faithful hasten together to the present festival/ for a spiritual table and a !ystical wine)bowl are set before us, filled with sweet foods of 7oy: the virtues of the +artyrs/ for these brave) hearted ones fro! the ends of the earth offered to God as a rational sacrifice the !any tortures of their bodily e%tre!ities and the pri!e of their years/ so!e had their heads cut off, others were dis!e!bered of hands and of every 7oint together/ all the Saints beca!e parta.ers of 3hrist-s sufferings. 2ut *ord, who gave the!

crowns as rewards of their tor!ents, count us worthy to live according to their e%a!ple, as you love !an.ind. 2oth now. heoto.ion. At the Aposticha Resurrection Stichera. one F. " :esu, who ca!e down fro! heaven, you ascended the 3ross/ you ca!e, the i!!ortal *ife, to death/ the true *ight, to those in dar.ness/ the Resurrection of all, to those who had fallen. "ur illu!ination and our Saviour, glory to you. Alphabetical. *et us glorify 3hrist who rose fro! the dead: for having ta.en a body and a soul, he parted the! fro! one another by the passion/ for his soul descended into Hell, who! he despoiled, while the holy body of the Redee!er of our souls did not .now corruption in the to!b. 6e glorify your Resurrection fro! the dead, " 3hrist, in psal!s and hy!ns. hrough it you have freed us fro! the tyranny of Hell, and as God granted us eternal life and your great !ercy. 8ou, +aster of all things, inco!prehensible +a.er of heaven and earth, by suffering the 3ross beca!e for !e the source of dispassion. Accepting burial and rising in glory, you raised Ada! with you by your all)powerful hand. Glory to your Rising on the third day, through which you have granted us eternal life and forgiveness of sins, as you alone are co!passionate. Glory. 3o!e you faithful, let us today stri.e up a dance and devoutly .eep festival and gloriously honour the glorious and revered !e!ory of all the Saints, as we say: Hail, glorious Apostles, Prophets and +artyrs and Hierarchs. Hail, co!pany of Ascetics and of the 7ust. Hail, choir of honoured 6o!en/ and intercede with 3hrist for the world, to grant victories to our sovereign and to our souls his great !ercy.

2oth now. heoto.ion. All)pure *ady, 3hrist the *ord, !y +a.er and Redee!er, by co!ing fro! your wo!b and clothing hi!self in !e, freed Ada! fro! the for!er curse. And so, all)pure, as to her who is truly the +other of God and =irgin, we cry to you unceasingly the Angel-s <Hail-: Hail, *ady, defence, protection and salvation of our souls. Resurrection Apolyti.ion. one F 8ou the 3o!passionate ca!e down fro! above, you accepted burial for three days, that you !ight free us fro! the passions. "ur *ife and Resurrection, *ord, glory to youH Glory. "f the Saints. one B. 3lothed as in purple and fine linen with the blood of your +artyrs throughout the world, your 3hurch cries out to you through the!, 3hrist God: Send down your pity on your people/ give peace to your co!!onwealth, and to our souls your great !ercy. 2oth now. heoto.ion. he !ystery hidden fro! all eternity and un.nown to Angels has been revealed to those on earth through you, " +other of God: God being !ade flesh in a union without confusion, and willingly accepting the 3ross for us, through which he raised the first)for!ed !an, and saved our souls fro! death. he sa!e at he *ord is God. he 2lessing of *oaves and the Reading.

At Matins.
After the 0st Reading fro! the Psalter Kathis!ata of the Resurrection fro! the ".toichos. one F. 8ou rose fro! the dead, the *ife of all, and an Angel of light cried to the wo!en: 3ease your tears, give the good tidings to the Apostles/

cry aloud in hy!ns that 3hrist the *ord has risen, who as God was well)pleased to save the hu!an race. =erse: Arise, " *ord !y God, lift up your hand/ forget not your poor for ever. Hu!ans sealed your grave, " Saviour, an Angel rolled the stone fro! the door. 6o!en saw you risen fro! the dead, and it was they who gave the good tidings to your 9isciples in Sion: he life of all has risen and the bonds of death are loosed. *ord, glory to you. Glory. 2oth now. heoto.ion. 8ou were born of a =irgin for us, and endured crucifi%ion, " Good "ne/ by your death you despoiled 9eath, and as God you gave us Resurrection: do not despise those who! you fashioned with your own hand/ show us your co!passion, " !erciful/ accept the +other of God who bore you as she intercedes for us, and save, our Saviour, a people in despair. After the 1nd Reading, Kathis!ata. Sa!e one. Radiant in snowy white Gabriel stood at the to!b of 3hrist as in the for! of lightning, and rolled away the stone fro! the grave/ and great fear sei>ed your guards, and suddenly all stayed as if dead: the guards fro! the to!b and the seal fro! the stone. 2e asha!ed transgressors/ .now that 3hrist has risen. =erse: # will confess you, *ord, with !y whole heart/ # will tell of all your !arvellous wor.s. ruly risen fro! the to!b you ordered the holy wo!en to proclai! the Resurrection to the Apostles, as it is written/ and Peter running stood by the grave and seeing the light in the to!b he was struc. with a!a>e!ent: so he both saw the grave clothes in it lying alone, without the divine body, and he believed and cried out: Glory to you 3hrist our God, for you save us all, our Saviour, for you are the brightness of the (ather. Glory. 2oth now. heoto.ion.

2ecause of you, " (ull of grace, all creation re7oices, the ran.s of Angels and the race of !en/ hallowed e!ple and spiritual Paradise, pride of =irgins/ fro! you God was incarnate and He who is our God before the ages beca!e a little child. (or he !ade your wo!b a throne and caused it to beco!e wider than the heavens. 2ecause of you, " (ull of grace, all creation re7oices/ glory to you. After Psal! 00F, the @vlogitaria and the 8pa.oJ. one F. he !yrrh)bearing wo!en standing at the grave of the Giver of life were see.ing the i!!ortal +aster a!ong the dead/ and when they received the good tidings of 7oy fro! the Angel they revealed to the Apostles that 3hrist had risen, granting the world his great !ercy. he Anavath!i. 0st Antiphon. (ro! !y youth the ene!y te!pts !e, burns !e with pleasures/ but #, trusting in you, *ord, put hi! to flight. hose who hate Sion, let the! beco!e li.e grass before it is dug up/ for 3hrist will cut their nec.s with a sharp blade of tor!ents. Glory. 2oth now. 2y the Holy Spirit all things live/ *ight of *ight, !ighty God: we hy!n Hi! with the (ather and the 6ord. 1nd Antiphon. *et !y hu!ble heart be sheltered by fear of you/ lest it fall away fro! you by being e%alted, " all)!erciful. He who has his hope in the *ord will not be afraid when he 7udges all things by fire and punish!ent. Glory. 2oth now. 2y the Holy Spirit every godly !an sees and foretells and wor.s the greatest wonders, as he sings one God in three Persons/ for though it shines with a triple light, the 9ivine rules as one. &rd Antiphon.

# have cried to you, *ord, give heed, bend your ear to !e as # call and cleanse !e before you ta.e !e fro! what is here. @ach one who sin.s bac. upon his !other earth will depart to receive tor!ents or rewards for his life-s actions. Glory. 2oth now. 2y the Holy Spirit conte!plation of God is of a thrice)holy unity/ for the (ather is without beginning, fro! who! was the Son beyond ti!e, and the Spirit e,ual in for! and throne, e,ual in radiance. Bth Antiphon. 2ehold, what so good, what so pleasant as brothers dwelling togetherA (or in this the *ord pro!ised eternal life. He who adorns the lilies of the field co!!ands us not to be concerned over our rai!ent. Glory. 2oth now. 2y the Holy Spirit, by one single cause all things gain the reward of peace/ for He is God e%actly consubstantial with both the (ather and the Son. Pro.ei!enon. he *ord will be .ing for ever/ P your God, " Sion, to generation and generation. =erse: Praise the *ord, " !y soul: while # live # will praise the *ord/ # will sing to !y God for as long as # e%ist. *et everything that has breath. he 0st @othinon. 6e have see the Resurrection. Psal! 45. he 3anons: of the Resurrection to B, of the 3ross and Resurrection to 1, of the +other of God to 1 and of the Saints to ;. 3anon of All Saints. he sa!e one. #ts Acrostic is:

+any the na!es of the ran.s of All Saints in whose honour # sing this. "de 0. As # sing the praise of the ran.s of your Saints, # beg you by your light to shed your rays on !y soul at their prayers. (or you are the unapproachable light, dispelling the gloo! of ignorance by your torches, " 6ord of God, 3hrist giver of light. As you were lifted up on the ree, +aster, you drew to .nowledge of you the whole inheritance of the nations, and !ade it radiant with the light of the holy rinity through your holy Apostles, through who! you drove out deception. "bedient to your co!!and!ent, " 3hrist, your glorious Apostles devoutly renounced everything on earth/ and by the light of grace they !ade bright the whole inhabited world as they preached you through the Gospel. Re7oicing, the noble +artyrs too. up the 3ross and unflinchingly i!itating your sacred passion, they did not tre!ble at the threats of tyrants, at fire, sword, scourges, not even starvation or death. heoto.ion. he virgins, having ta.en up a !anly intent, unflinchingly endured the contests of !artyrdo!, and as in the Psal!s, all)pure =irgin, following after you re7oicing together, inspired by God, they were offered to your Son, the .ing of all. "de &. he Priests and Shepherds, clothed with sacred priesthood, wisely guided it, " 3hrist, and worthily adorned it, truly enriched with the word of teaching fro! on high. +ade fair by the beauties of that first created beauty, and revealed as unerring beacons, you !ade 3hrist-s 3hurch a heaven, " Saints, each in his place adorning it in varied ways.

"bedient to your law, the co!panies of the blessed, radiant with virtues of !any .inds, have inherited with 7oy the heavenly !ansions/ for they all filled the! worthily, each one their own. heoto.ion. +other of God, fro! a virgin wo!b for us you gave birth to God the 6ord fro! God/ who! pure !aidens desired in a godli.e !anner, and in your train they all followed hi!. Konta.ion and #.os fro! the ".toichos. Kathis!a. one F. As we celebrate the holy !e!ory, 3hrist God, (orebears, Parents, Patriarchs, Apostles, +artyrs, Hierarchs, Prophets and your Holy "nes, Ascetics and :ust, and each one whose na!e is inscribed in the boo. of life, we urge the! all to intercession, as we beg: Give peace to your world through the!, as you love !an.ind, that we !ay all cry out to you: " God, glorified in the 3ouncil of your Saints, you are truly the one who fittingly glorifies their !e!ory. Glory. 2oth now. heoto.ion. *et us praise the heavenly gate and ar., the all)holy !ountain, the radiant cloud, the heavenly ladder, the spiritual Paradise, the ranso! of @ve, the great treasure of the whole inhabited world/ because salvation was acco!plished in her for the world and forgiveness of ancient offences. herefore we cry to her: #ntercede with your Son and God, to grant forgiveness of faults to those who devoutly worship your all)holy "ffspring. "de B. he co!pany of your Saints, 7oined together through love and sincerely and purely delighting in you, dances in 7oy with the perpetual dance of the Angels around you, who see all, the God and *ord of all. Glorious and all)blessed +artyr Priests, once glea!ing with the divine anointing of the priesthood, you bound on li.e youths the

+artyrs- wreath of victory/ and so fittingly receiving double crowns, you re7oice with 3hrist eternally. Godbearing (athers, you sub7ected every fleshly thought to the spirit, withering their unruly assaults by fasting and ascetic discipline/ and now afla!e with the light of dispassion, you have received the rewards of your labours. As +artyrs of 3hrist, the Proto!artyr, you endured great tor!ents, bravely and outstandingly, struggling, glorious Saints, as in bodies not your own/ and now, revealed as heirs of the .ingdo!, you are source of healings for the faithful. heoto.ion. 2ride of God, you beca!e +other of God/ for you gave birth for us in bodily for! to the 6ord before ti!e, by who! wo!en also have led holy lives and adorned through you by contests of !any .inds, they have restored the fall of our (ore!other. "de 4. As godly Prophets you were found worthy to foresee the things to co!e, longing for which with nobility of soul you purified your selves by holy living, " Godbearers, enlightened by the strength of the Spirit. he choir of the Saints is now !ade bright by divine gifts of grace, all those before the law, Patriarchs, Prophets, Apostles, co!panies of +artyrs, Ascetics, eachers and Righteous with Priest +artyrs. As we see the throng of your Saints shining today, " Saviour, with your brightness, and with un,uenchable la!ps of grace, we unceasingly sing the praise of your divine riches and unstinted blessings. heoto.ion. All)holy wo!en, filled with love of !ost wondrous "ffspring, rec.oned the delights of life as nothing, " all)pure, and desiring passionately his brightness alone and his divine radiance.

"de ;. he Saints, having found you, +aster, in Sion placed as a precious, chosen cornerstone, an unsha.eable foundation, built the!selves on you as chosen stones. 6hen your side was pierced strea!s of blood dropped fro! it along with deifying water and refashioned the world and su!!oned a godly throng of all the Saints, " 2enefactor. 6ith hy!n !ost devoutly the inspired cloud of +artyrs, !ade radiant by grace and shining brilliantly with the purple of their blood and with the cri!son of their valiant contest. heoto.ion. 6e all .now you as !ost truly +other of God, through who! wo!en-s nature was given strength, " all)bla!eless, and so co!peted on behalf of 3hrist and beca!e filled devoutly with every virtue. Konta.ion. one F. As first fruits of nature, *ord, creation-s Planter, the world offers you, the god)bearing +artyrs/ at their intercessions preserve your 3hurch in profound peace, through the +other of God, " !ost !erciful. he #.os hose who bore witness in all the earth and !ade their ho!e in heaven, those who i!itated the sufferings of 3hrist and who ta.e away our passions, are gathered here today, revealing the 3hurch of the firstborn, who bears the type of the one above, and which cries out to 3hrist: 8ou are !y God/ .eep !e through the +other of God, " !ost !erciful. he Syna%arion fro! the +enaion, then the following. "n this day, the Sunday after Pentecost, we celebrate the feast of all the Saints fro! throughout the inhabited world, in Asia, *ibya and @urope, in ?orth and South.

=erses # sing the praise of each friend of !y *ord, #f any would, let the! now list the! all.
"ur !ost godli.e (athers decreed that we should celebrate the present feast after the descent of the All)holy Spirit, as showing in a certain way that the co!ing of the All)holy Spirit acted through the Apostles li.e this: sanctifying and !a.ing wise hu!an beings ta.en fro! our !ortal clay and, for the co!pletion of that fallen angelic order, restoring the! and through 3hrist sending the! to God, so!e by the witness of !artyrdo! and blood, others by their virtuous conduct and way of life/ and things beyond nature are achieved. (or the Spirit descends in the for! of fire, whose natural !o!entu! is upwards/ while dust, whose natural !o!entu! is downwards, ascends on high, that dust which for!s our !ortal clay, the flesh added to and !ade divine by God the 6ord, which a short ti!e before, had been e%alted and ta.en its seat at the right hand of the (ather-s glory. 2ut he now also draws all those who wish, according to the pro!ise, 7ust as God the 6ord had !anifested the wor.s of reconciliation and what was the end, !ost suitable to its purpose, of his co!ing to us through flesh and of his dispensation, na!ely that he brings those who were re7ected before to union and friendship with God Q hu!an nature offering to God the ungrateful people fro! the nations li.e first fruits Qthose who were outstandingly well) pleasing to hi!. his is one reason that we celebrate the feast of All Saints. A second reason is because, though !any people have been well)pleasing to God, they were through outstanding virtue un.nown to hu!anity by na!e, or for so!e hu!an reason or other, but nevertheless have great glory in God-s sight. "r again, because there are !any who have lived following 3hrist in #ndia, @gypt, Arabia. +esopota!ia and Phrygia and in the lands beyond the 2lac. Sea, even as far as the 2ritish #sles the!selves/ in short, in both @ast and 6est, but it was not easy to honour the! all properly because of their vast nu!bers, in the way that ecclesiastical custo! has been received. And therefore, so that we !ay attract the help of the! all, wherever on earth they were well)pleasing to God, and generally for those who would later beco!e Saints, the !ost godly (athers ordained that we should celebrate the feast of All Saints, honouring the earlier and later ones, the un.nown and the .nown Q all those in who! the Holy Spirit has dwelt he has !ade holy. A third reason is this. #t was necessary for the Saints who are celebrated individually day by day to be gathered together on one day, in order to de!onstrate that, as they struggled for the one 3hrist and all ran the race in the sa!e stadiu! of virtue, so they were all fittingly crowned as servants of

one God and sustained the 3hurch, having filled the world on high. hey stir us also to acco!plish the sa!e struggle in its different and !any for!s, to the degree of power that each of us has to press onwards with all eagerness. (or all these Saints fro! every age the revered and wise @!peror *eo erected and vast and very beautiful church. his is very near the church of the holy Apostles, within the city of 3onstantine. He built it originally, it is said, for his first wife heophano, who was outstandingly well)pleasing to God, which was indeed a !arvel in the !idst of tur!oil and in royal palaces. 6hen he infor!ed the 3hurch of his idea, he did not succeed in !a.ing it agree with his wishes he !ost wise @!peror, with the approval of the whole 3hurch, dedicated to all the Saints everywhere in the world the building that had been erected, observing that <Since heophano is a Saint, let her be nu!bered with the rest. < ?ote that we are celebrating everything that the Holy Spirit, in giving good things, has !ade holy. # !ean the highest and sanctifying +inds, that is to say the ?ine "rders/ the Ancestors and Patriarchs/ the Prophets and sacred Apostles/ the +artyrs and Hierarchs/ the Priest +artyrs and Ascetic +artyrs/ the Ascetics and the :ust and all the choirs of holy wo!en and all the other anony!ous Saints, with the! let there be all who will co!e afterwards. 2ut before all, in all and with all, the Saint of Saints, the !ost holy and ,uite inco!parably !ightier than the angelic "rders, our *ady and Sovereign, +ary, @ver)=irgin.

At the prayers of your all)pure +other, 3hrist God, and of all your Saints fro! every age, have !ercy and save us, for you alone are good and love !an.ind. A!en. "de E. he ran.s of Saints, as they praise in never silent hy!ns the "ne who rests a!ong the Saints, now en7oy divine delight, and 7oyfully they dance and sing: 2lessed is the God of our (athers. he co!panies of the Saints, suffused with divine rays of triple) sunned outpouring of light, devoutly proclai! a Knity in nu!ber three, the (ather without beginning and the Son and the holy Spirit. 6hen you appear, " God, in your ineffable glory in the !idst of the gods, granting to each their desserts and apportioning crowns, then count all worthy to sing to you: 2lessed is the God of our (athers.

6ith gladness let us !a.e !elody to the throng of all the Saints, welded together fro! every race and ran. and way of life, and let us sing with the!: 2lessed is the God of our (athers. heoto.ion. All you !aidens, having together for!ed a godly choir, cry out to +ary, the i!!aculate and all)holy +other of God: 2e glad, who !ade the source of our 7oy gush forth. "de F. Re7oice, +artyrs, Prophets, Apostles, honoured co!pany of +artyr Priests, godly choir of the :ust, of Ascetics and eachers, who all !a.e !elody with the +yrrhbearing wo!en: youths, bless/ priests, praise/ people, highly e%alt hi! to all the ages. Saints, who bear in yourselves the radiance beyond understanding and are filled with divine 7oy and gladness, you are called gods by your nearness to God/ fa!iliar with the rays which sanctify and enlightened by the bea!s of the ineffable glory, you highly 3hrist to all the ages. Appearing as beacons with !any lights, " Saints, you !a.e the heaven of the 3hurch radiant with gifts of grace of !any .inds, and divers beauties/ with 7ustice, sobriety, courage and wisdo!, as you cry: Priests, praise, people, highly e%alt 3hrist to the ages. heoto.ion. 6ith 7oy all wo!en wise in God and !ade perfect in 3hrist by the Spirit, as you now stand round the all)pure =irgin and true +other of God, who ranso!ed us fro! the curse of our fore!other @ve, hy!n her fruit to the ages. "de G. he co!pany of the elect, ar!ed with the breastplate of hope and love and fenced about by faith, re7oiced as they nobly endured all the threats of tyrants, the tortures and scourges, for as outstanding witnesses of truth their wealth was 3hrist who gives victory in contests.

*et us now fittingly praise a haven of salvation, the 2aptist, Apostles, Prophets and +artyrs, with Ascetics, godly eachers and Priests, the co!pany of Patriarchs and far)fa!ed +artyr Priests, God)loving wo!en, the holy and 7ust. ested by the fire of te!ptations and not allured by pleasures, you re7oice sincerely, glorious co!pany of the Saints, as you stand around the light)for!ed throne of the +aster in heaven, now that !irrors have been abolished and shadow has passed away with the !anifestation of the truth. heoto.ion. 8ou appeared as the one who unites things that were parted/ for through you hu!ans have truly beco!e co!panions of the Angels in heaven, and now the ran.s of all the Saints bear witness as they hy!n your "ffspring, =irgin +other of God, in everlasting songs. @%apostilarion 0, fro! the ".toichos. +odel !elody. one 1. Another, of the Saints. Sa!e !elody. *et us as is fitting crown with hy!ns the 2aptist and (orerunner, the Apostles, Prophets, +artyrs, Hierarchs, Ascetics and Holy "nes, with +artyr Priests, God)loving 6o!en and all the :ust, and the ran.s of Angels, i!ploring that we !ay attain the glory which they have fro! 3hrist the Saviour. heoto.ion. Sa!e !elody. He who on high is divinely glorified by Angels, who ineffably was never parted fro! his (ather-s boso!, " All)pure, lived a!ong those below/ while you, pure +aiden, beca!e the cause of this salvation, who beyond reason lent flesh to hi! fro! your pure blood/ beseech hi! to give your servants ranso! of offences. At *auds we insert F Stichera, and sing 4 of the Resurrection and & of the Saints. one F. +odel +elody. *ord, though you stood at the 7udge!ent seat being 7udged by Pilate, yet seated with the (ather you were not absent fro! your

throne/ and rising fro! the dead you freed the world fro! the slavery of the stranger, as you are full of pity and love !an.ind. *ord, though :ews laid you as a corpse in a grave, yet soldiers were guarding you li.e a sleeping .ing, and they sealed you with a seal li.e a treasure)house of life/ but you have risen and granted incorruption to our souls. *ord, you have given us your 3ross as a weapon against the devil/ for he ,uails and tre!bles, unable to bear your power/ for you raise the dead and have destroyed death: therefore we worship your 2urial and your Rising. 8our Angel, *ord, proclai!ing your Resurrection, filled the guards with fear, but he cried to the wo!en and said: 6hy do you see. the living with the deadA 2eing God he has risen and given life to the whole world. Another, by Anatolios. #!passible in your Godhead, you suffered through the 3ross/ you accepted burial for three days to free us fro! the slavery of the foe/ and having !ade us i!!ortal to give us life through your Resurrection, " 3hrist God, the lover of !an.ind. Proso!ia of the Saints. one B. he *ord has !ade his Saints wondrous on earth/ for they received his !ar.s and sufferings in the flesh, adorned by the! and !anifestly arrayed in godli.e beauties/ who! let us hy!n as unfading flowers, as unwandering stars of the 3hurch, as willingly offered sacrifices. =erse: he righteous cried, and the *ord heard the!/ and rescued the! fro! all their troubles. Apostles with Prophets, eachers with Ascetics, all the :ust with +artyr Priests and those a!ong wo!en who struggled as +artyrs and lived the ascetic life with love, the !ultitude of the Saints and the ran.s of the :ust, let the! be praised with sacred songs, as heirs of the .ingdo! on high and inhabitants of Paradise.

=erse: God is wonderful in his Saints, the God of #srael. he +artyrs !ade the earth heaven by the radiance of their virtues, they i!itated the death of 3hrist, they trod the way which brings i!!ortality, they purified the passions of !ortals by the surgery of grace, they co!peted nobly with their whole soul in all the world: let the! be praised. Glory. 0st @othinon. one 0. 2oth now. heoto.ion. 8ou are !ost blessed. Great 9o%ology and Resurrection roparion.