Sunday kontakion tone 7. Sunday troparia and kontakion eight voices

Voices - music system out of eight frets (voices), lying at the core ancient chants in Orthodox Churches. Widely in a sense, a voice can be called a set of melodies, for which certain chants are sung. In the singing room practice has developed an understanding of the voice as a melody that serves as a stencil for singing all texts, to this the voice of those concerned. Singing songs of one voice not the same (How in Greek, so and in Russian singing) for irmos, prokeimns, troparions. Because in worship different types of chants are used: troparion, stichera, prokeimenon, irmos and etc. - installed for them and various tunes. Thus, in order to sing correctly, you need to know Not only voice number, but and him type: tropar, sticherny or other.

Them no less the musical basis of all melodic variants of one and the same voices to this day one and is the same - it remained more or less constant during centuries.

Eight voices make up so-called "osmoglasia" system (i.e. octagon), which covers almost the entire core fund of church music. Most of the hymns of one week's services are subordinated to one out of eight voices Eight weeks form an eight-week vocal cycle.

According to the tradition of the Orthodox Church, the system of voices was introduced by the Monk John of Damascus. There are only 8 voices, of them 4 main And 4 indirect. In Greek Churches they are like that and are called: 1, 2, 3, 4, 1 indirect, 2 indirect, 3 indirect, 4 indirect, A in Russian respectively 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

Below are small “descriptions” of each voice, and far not complete a list of the most familiar chants of different voices to believers.

Voice 1st

Troparion

The stone is sealed from the Jews and the warriors guarding Your Most Pure Body, You have risen for three days, Savior, granting life to the world. For this reason, for the sake of the power of Heaven, I cry out to Thee, O Life-Giver: glory to Thy resurrection, O Christ, glory to Thy Kingdom, glory to Thy vision, O One who loves mankind.

[Although the stone was sealed by the Jews, and the soldiers guarded Your Most Pure Body, You, the Savior, rose again on the third day, thereby giving life to the world. Therefore, the Heavenly Powers cried out to You, Giver of Life: “Glory to Your Resurrection, Christ, glory to Your Kingdom, glory to Your Providence, O One Lover of Mankind!”]

Kontakion

Thou art risen like God from the grave in glory, and the world has risen with thee, and human nature glorifies Thee like God, and death has disappeared; Adam rejoices, Master, Eve, now freed from bonds, rejoices, calling: Thou art, O Christ, Who bestoweth the resurrection upon all.

[You rose as God from the grave in glory, and raised the world with You; and human nature praises You as God, and death has disappeared; Adam rejoices, O Lord, and Eve, now freed from bondage, rejoices, exclaiming: “You, Christ, grant the resurrection to everyone!”]

Voice 2nd

Troparion

When you descended to death, Immortal Life, then you killed hell with the brilliance of the Divine; When you also raised those who had died from the underworld, all the powers of Heaven cried out: O Life-Giver Christ our God, glory to Thee.

[When You, Immortal Life, descended to death, then you killed hell with the radiance of the Divine; when You raised the dead from the depths of the earth, all the Heavenly Powers exclaimed: “Giver of life, Christ our God, glory to You!”]

Kontakion

Thou art risen from the grave, O omnipotent Savior, and hell, having seen the miracle, was horrified and rose from the dead. The creation, seeing You, rejoices, and Adam rejoices, and the world, my Savior, sings Your praises evermore.

[You rose from the grave, omnipotent Savior, and hell, seeing this miracle, was horrified, and the dead were resurrected. And the human race, seeing this, rejoices with You, and Adam rejoices, and the world, my Savior, glorifies You unceasingly.]

Voice 3rd

Troparion

Let them rejoice in heaven, let them rejoice on earth, for the Lord, having created a power with His arm, trampled down death by death, was the firstborn of the dead; Deliver us from the belly of hell and bestow the world's great mercy.

[Let those in heaven rejoice, let those on earth rejoice, for the Lord has shown the power of His hand: through death He conquered death, He became the firstborn from the dead; He delivered us from the belly of hell and bestowed great mercy on the world.]

Kontakion

Thou hast risen today from the grave, O Generous One, and thou hast raised us up from the gates of mortals; Today Adam rejoices and Eve rejoices, and the prophets and patriarchs unceasingly sing of the Divine power of Your power.

[You have risen this day from the grave, O Merciful One, and brought us out of the gates of death. Now Adam rejoices and Eve rejoices, and together with them the prophets and patriarchs unceasingly sing of the Divine power of Your power.]

Voice 4th

Troparion

The disciples of the Lord heard the bright resurrection sermon from the Angel and rejected the condemnation of their forefathers, the apostle boasting with the verb: death has been cast away, Christ God has risen, granting great mercy to the world.

[Having learned the joyful news of the resurrection from the Angel and freed from their ancestral condemnation, the Lord’s disciples, triumphant, said to the apostles: “Death has been cast down, Christ God has risen, giving great mercy to the world!”]

Kontakion

My Savior and Deliverer, from the grave, as God has risen from the bonds of earthly birth and crushed the gates of hell, and as the Lord has risen for three days.

[My Savior and Deliverer, from the grave, like God, raised those born on earth from the shackles, and smashed the gates of hell and, like a Lord, rose again on the third day.]

Voice 5th

Troparion

Let us sing and worship the co-original Word of the Father and the Spirit, born of the Virgin for our salvation, as He deigned to ascend in flesh to the Cross, and to endure death, and to resurrect the dead by His glorious Resurrection.

[Let us sing to the Word, without beginning as the Father and the Spirit, born of the Virgin for our salvation, O faithful, and worship Him, for He was pleased in His flesh to ascend to the Cross, and to suffer death, and to resurrect the dead by His glorious resurrection.]

Kontakion

You descended to hell, my Savior, and you crushed the gates like the Omnipotent One, you resurrected the dead like the Creator, and you crushed the sting of death, and Adam was quickly delivered from the oath, O Lover of Mankind. We also call everyone: save us, Lord.

[You descended into hell, my Savior, and, like the Almighty, crushed its gates, raised the dead with You, like the Creator, and destroyed the sting of death, and delivered Adam from the curse, O Lover of Mankind. Therefore, we all exclaim to You: “Save us, Lord!”]

Voice 6th

Troparion

The angelic forces are on Your tomb and guarding the dead, and Mary is standing in the tomb, seeking Your Most Pure Body. You captured hell without being tempted by it; Thou hast met the Virgin, granting life. Risen from the dead, Lord, glory to You.

[Angelic forces appeared at Your tomb, and the guard died, and Mary stood in the tomb, looking for Your Most Pure Body. You have bound hell without suffering from it; You met a maiden, giving life. Risen from the dead, Lord, glory to Thee!]

Kontakion

By the life-giving hand, who died from the dark pleasures, the Giver of Life, resurrecting everyone, Christ God, gave resurrection to the human race: there is for all the Savior, the Resurrection and the Life, and the God of all.

[With His hand flowing life from the dark depths of the dead, the Giver of life, Christ God, having resurrected, gave resurrection to the human race, for He is the Savior, the Resurrection and Life, and the God of all.]

Voice 7th

Troparion

Thou hast destroyed death by Thy Cross, Thou hast opened paradise to the thief, Thou hast offered to cry to the myrrh-bearers, and Thou hast commanded the Apostle to preach that Thou art risen, O Christ God, granting great mercy to the world.

[You crushed death with Your Cross, opened paradise to the thief, turned the cry of the myrrh-bearing women into joy, and commanded the apostles to preach that You have risen, O Christ God, granting great mercy to the world.]

Kontakion

No mortal power can hold mankind: Christ has descended, crushing and ruining its powers. Hell is bound, the prophets rejoice in agreement: presenting, saying, Savior to those who are in faith, come forth faithfully into resurrection.

[The power of death can no longer hold people back, for Christ descended into hell, crushing and destroying its powers. Chains are put on hell; The prophets unanimously rejoice, saying: “The Savior has appeared to those who continue in faith; come out, faithful ones, for the resurrection!”]

Voice 8th

Troparion

You came down from the heights, O Compassionate One, you accepted the three-day burial, so that you freed us from passions, Our Life and Resurrection, O Lord, glory to You.

[He came down from the heights, O Merciful One, and received a three-day burial, may you free us from suffering; Our Life and Resurrection, Lord, glory to Thee!]

Kontakion

Thou hast risen from the grave, Thou hast raised up the dead, and Thou hast raised Adam, and Eve rejoices in Thy resurrection, and the ends of the world rejoice, having risen from the dead through Thy most merciful One.

[Having risen from the grave, You have raised up the dead and resurrected Adam, and Eve rejoices in Your resurrection, and the ends of the world celebrate Your resurrection from the dead, O Most Merciful.]

Eight Church Voices

Voices are a musical system of eight modes (voices) that forms the basis of ancient chants in the Orthodox Church. In a broad sense, a voice can be called a set of melodies to which certain chants are sung. In singing practice, there has been an understanding of a voice as a melody that serves as a stencil for singing all texts related to a given voice. Singing of the same voice is not the same (both in Greek and Russian singing) for irmos, prokeimnov, and troparia. Since different types of chants are used in worship: troparion, stichera, prokeimenon, irmos, etc., various tunes have been established for them. Thus, in order to sing correctly, you need to know not only the number of the voice, but also its type: troparal, stichern or other.

Nevertheless, the musical basis of all melodic variants of the same voice is the same to this day - it has been preserved more or less constantly over the centuries.

Eight voices make up the so-called. the system of “osmoglasy” (i.e., eight-voice), which covers almost the entire main fund of church music. Most of the hymns of the services of one week are subordinated to one of the eight voices. Eight weeks form an eight-week vocal cycle.

According to the tradition of the Orthodox Church, the system of voices was introduced by the Monk John of Damascus. There are only 8 voices, of which 4 are main and 4 are indirect. In the Greek Church they are called: 1, 2, 3, 4, 1 indirect, 2 indirect, 3 indirect, 4 indirect, and in the Russian Church, respectively, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

Below we give small “descriptions” of each voice, as well as a far from complete list of the most familiar chants of different voices to believers.

VOICE 1 - Ancient church writers said that “the first voice is important, majestic and most solemn.” He was compared to the sun, saying that he drives away laziness, lethargy, sleep, sadness and embarrassment. In the first line of both the troparion and verse chants of this voice there is a wide “step” of the melody upward, which gives it regularity, importance and solemnity.

Troparion to the Cross “Save, O Lord, Thy people”;
Troparion to the Epiphany “I am baptized in the Jordan, O Lord”;
Troparion to the Assumption “At Christmas you preserved your virginity”;
Dogmatist “Worldwide Glory”;
Irmos of the canons of St. Pascha “Resurrection day, let us be enlightened, people”;
Nativity of Christ “Christ is born, glorify”;
Irmos of the Sunday canon “Your victorious right hand.”

VOICE 2 - “full of meekness, reverence, it comforts the sad and drives away gloomy experiences.” Several versions of this voice are sung, but the common thing - a flexible melody, light intonation - is present in all versions of the chants.

Troparion to the Image Not Made by Hands “We worship Your Most Pure Image, O Good One”;
Troparion to the Baptist and Forerunner John “Memory of the righteous with praise”;
Troparion of Saturday, to all the saints and departed
"Apostles, martyrs and prophets";
Theotokos “Most blessed art thou, O Virgin Mary”;
Irmos of the canons “Sometimes in the depths of the ambassador”, “Come, ye people”.

VOICE 3 - “a stormy voice, it, like the sea in bad weather, encourages spiritual achievement.” This characteristic of the ancients applies fully to the troparary chant of the voice that we sing. The verse chant is more serene.

Kontakion to the Nativity of Christ “Today the Virgin gives birth to the Most Essential”;
Troparion of the Great Martyr. Panteleimon “Passion-Bearing Saint”;
Sunday stichera “By Your Cross, O Christ the Savior.”

VOICE 4 - “twofold: sometimes it excites joy, sometimes it inspires sadness. With quiet and soft transitions of tones, it imparts peace to the soul, inspires a desire for the Most High, most expressing the effect of God’s grace on us.” Perhaps one of the most common and “popular” voices of church singing in comparison with others. Many well-known troparia are written in this voice. Its logical and simple melodic structure is accessible to everyone.

Troparion to the Nativity of Christ “Thy Nativity, O Christ”
Our God";
Troparion of the Mother of God “Rejoice, Virgin Mary”;
Troparion of St. Nicholas “The Rule of Faith and the Image of Meekness”;
Dogmatist “For Your sake, Godfather, Prophet David”;
Irmos of the canon to the Mother of God “I will open my mouth”;
Irmos of the Sunday canon “The Sea of the Red Deep”.

VOICE 5 - “calms emotional unrest, it is suitable for crying about sins.” The melody of the voice evenly “sways” the words of the chants, the intonation slides up and down, giving a feeling of peace and infinity.

Funeral sedal “Rest, our Savior, with the righteous Thy servants”;
Sunday troparia “Angelic Council” (“Blessed art thou,
Lord, teach me Your justification");
Dogmatist "In the Black Sea".

VOICE 6 - “gives rise to pious feelings - devotion, humanity, love.” This is what the ancients wrote. We also know this voice as the voice of concentration and sorrow - a minor intonation in which the words of the text rise, as if on “steps”.

Sunday hymn based on the Gospel “Having seen the Resurrection of Christ”;
Troparion (stichera) to the Holy Spirit “Heavenly King”;
Stichera “Thy Resurrection, O Christ the Savior, the Angels sing in heaven”;
Funeral stichera “Seeing me is silent”;
Irmos of the canon “As Israel walked on dry land”
(6th canticle “The Sea of Life”).

VOICE 7 - “a soft, touching, exhorting voice. He gently convinces, calls, asks for propitiation.” Of all the voices of our osmoglanie, the most meager in the number of chants is the seventh voice. This voice sounds quite rarely, and therefore it is probably not easy to recognize it and identify it in memory.

Troparion to the Transfiguration “Thou art transfigured on the mountain, O Christ God”;
Troparion of the Blessed Xenia of St. Petersburg “Having loved the poverty of Christ”;
Sunday troparion “Thou hast destroyed death by Thy Cross.”

VOICE 8 - “expresses faith in the future life, contemplates heavenly mysteries, prays for the bliss of the soul.” The eighth voice can also be called the voice of exclamation: most chants emphasize this exclamatory side. Many of them directly begin with interjections: “Alas!” or "Oh!" The eighth voice can also be considered as a “trumpet” voice, a voice of high preaching and praise.

Funeral troparion “Build everything humanely with the depth of wisdom”;
Troparion to Pentecost “Blessed art thou, O Christ our God,”
“It is worthy to eat” and “To the Chosen Voivode” are often sung in the 8th tone;
Funeral stichera “I cry and sob”;
Irmoses of the canon “I have passed through the water, as if I were dry land” (6th canto “Prayer
I will pour it out to the Lord."

Compiled by V. Khoretskaya

Hello! 1. Following the Communion, after the canon, the troparion of the day or holiday is read, and if it is a week, then the Sunday troparion according to the tone. Please tell me which Sunday troparion (i.e. which voice) to read?

2. Please explain what the irmos of song 7 means in the canon of repentance: “The angel made a germinating cave for the venerable youth, and the Chaldeans were admonished by the scorching command of God to the tormentor to cry out: Blessed are you, O God of our fathers.”

3. And also from the canon of the prayer service to the Mother of God, irmos song 4: “I heard, O Lord, Thy sacrament, I understood Thy works and glorified Thy Divinity.” What does the word "look" mean? Save me, God.

Priest Afanasy Gumerov, resident of the Sretensky Monastery, answers:

1. All church hymns are performed in eight voices or tunes. They change every week on Sunday (week). Only during the bright week of Holy Easter do the voices change every day, because all days are Sundays. The voice of each Sunday and the following week can be recognized from the church calendar. Next Sunday (October 11/24) – 4th tone.

2. The canons that are read at Matins, during prayer services, or as part of the prayer rule consist of troparia and irmos. Troparion is a short song in which the deeds of God, the Mother of God, and saints are glorified, and the meaning and inner meaning of a holiday or event (thanksgiving, repentance, petition) is expressed. Irmos (Greek eiro – to bind, to link), being the first verse, provides an example of the construction of the troparions of this song. Irmos are compiled on the basis of biblical songs, so to understand them you need to turn to these sacred texts. Irmos of the 4th canto briefly expresses the prayer of the prophet Habakkuk (3:1-19): “Lord! I heard Your rumor and was afraid. God! complete Your work among the years, among the years reveal it; in anger remember mercy<…>God comes from Teman and the Holy One from Mount Paran. His majesty covered the heavens, and the earth was filled with His glory<...>You come forward for the salvation of Your people, for the salvation of Your anointed<...>The Lord God is my strength: He will make my feet like a deer’s and will lead me to my heights!” To depict the greatness of the Lord, the prophet uses high poetic language. The meaning of the prayer: having heard about the works of God, the prophet was filled with reverent fear and glorified God. The Church Slavonic word “look” indicates the action of Divine Providence. The Lord has a vision (plan, plan) for the world as a whole and for each person. Irmos of the 7th canto briefly speaks of the miracle of the salvation of three Jewish youths thrown into the fiery furnace at the command of Nebuchadnezzar (Dan. 3:19-100). When compiling this irmos, words from the song of one of the youths of Azariah were used: “Blessed are You, O Lord God of our fathers, praiseworthy and glorified is Your name forever” (3:26). Nebuchadnezzar was amazed at the miracle he saw and said: “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, who sent His angel and delivered His servants, who trusted in Him and did not obey the king’s command, and gave up their bodies [to fire] so as not to serve and worship no god other than your God!” (3:95). Therefore, in the Irmos it is sung: “The tormentor is exhorted to cry out: Blessed are you, O God of our fathers.”

Voice 1:

Troparion

The stone was sealed from the Jews and the warriors guarding Your Most Pure Body, resurrected if three days old, Savior, granting life to the world. For this reason, for the sake of the power of heaven, I cry out to You, O Life-Giver: glory to Your resurrection, O Christ, glory to Your Kingdom, glory to Your vigilance, the only Lover of Mankind.

Theotokos

Gabriel, the Virgin who spoke to Thee, rejoice, O Lord of all, with a voice, incarnated in Thee, the Holy Icon, as the righteous David said: Thou hast appeared, the broadest of the heavens, reproaching Thy Creator. Glory to him who dwells in You, glory to him who has passed from You, glory to him who has freed us through Your Nativity.

Kontakion

You have risen like God from the grave in glory, and you have resurrected the world with one another; and human nature sings Thee like God, and death disappears; Adam rejoices, Master; Eve, now freed from her bonds, rejoices, calling: You are the one who gives to everyone, O Christ, the resurrection.

Voice 2:

Kontakion
Thou hast risen like God from the grave in glory, / and thou hast risen with the world; / and human nature sings Thee like God, and death has disappeared; / Adam rejoices, Master; / Eve, now freed from her bonds, rejoices, calling: / Thou art the One who gives unto all, O Christ, the resurrection.

Voice 2

Troparion
When you descended to death, Immortal Belly, / then you killed hell with the brilliance of the Divine; / when you also raised those who had died from the underworld, / all the Powers of Heaven cried out: / Life-Giver, Christ our God, glory to Thee.

Kontakion
Thou art risen from the grave, O All-Powerful Savior, / and hell, having seen the miracle, was horrified, / and rose from the dead; / the creation, seeing it, rejoices at You, / and Adam rejoices, / and the world, my Savior, sings to You evermore.

Voice 3

Troparion
Let the heavenly ones rejoice, / let the earthly ones rejoice; / as the Lord created the power / with His arm, / trampled down death by death, / became the firstborn of the dead; / deliver us from the belly of hell, / and bestow great mercy upon the world.

Kontakion
Thou hast risen today from the grave, O Generous One, / and thou hast lifted us up from the gates of mortals; / today Adam rejoices, and Eve rejoices, / together the prophets and patriarchs sing unceasingly / of the Divine power of Your power.

Voice 4

Troparion
The disciples of the Lord heard the bright sermon of the Resurrection / from the Angel / and rejected the condemnation of their forefathers, / boasting by the Apostle with the verb: / death has been cast away, / Christ God has risen, / bestowing great mercy on the world.

Kontakion
My Savior and Deliverer / from the grave, like God, resurrected from the bonds of the earthly, / and crushed the gates of hell, / and like the Lord / he rose again for three days.

Voice 5

Troparion
The co-original Word to the Father and the Spirit, / born from the Virgin for our salvation, / let us sing, faithfully, and worship; / as you deigned the flesh to ascend to the Cross, / and endure death, / and resurrect the dead / with His glorious Resurrection.

Kontakion
You descended to hell, my Savior, / and you crushed the gates as if you were omnipotent, / you resurrected the dead as the Creator, / and you crushed the sting of death, / and Adam was delivered from the oath, O Lover of Mankind; / we also call to everyone: / save us, Lord.

Voice 6

Troparion
The Angelic Powers are upon Thy tomb, / and the guards are dead; / and Mary stood in the tomb, / seeking Your Most Pure Body. / You captured hell without being tempted by it; / You met the Virgin, granting life. / Risen from the dead, Lord, glory to Thee.

Kontakion
Through the life-giving hand / those who died from dark desolations / the Giver of Life, having resurrected everyone, Christ God, / gave resurrection to the human race: / there is a Savior of all, / the Resurrection and the Life, and the God of all.

Voice 7

Troparion
Thou hast destroyed death by Thy Cross, / opened up paradise to the thief; / Thou didst weep for the myrrh-bearers, / and commanded the apostle to preach, / that thou art risen, O Christ God, / bestowing upon the world / great mercy.

Kontakion
No mortal power / can hold man: / For Christ descended, crushing and ruining its powers; / Hell is bound, / the prophets rejoice in agreement, / presenting themselves, saying, Savior to those who are in faith, / come forth, faithfully, into resurrection.

Voice 8

Troparion
Thou didst descend from the heights, O Compassionate One, / Thou didst accept the three-day burial, / May we free our passions, / Our Life and Resurrection, O Lord, glory to Thee.

Kontakion
You have risen from the grave, you have raised up the dead, / and you have raised Adam, / and Eve rejoices in Your Resurrection, / and the ends of the world rejoice / from the dead through Your rise, O Most Merciful One.

Troparion and Kontakion Sunday of Eight Voices

Voice1

Troparion
Although the stone was sealed by the Jews, / and soldiers guarded Your most pure body, / You rose again on the third day, Savior, / giving life to the world. / Therefore, the Heavenly Powers cried out to You, Giver of life: / “Glory to Your resurrection, Christ; / glory to Your Kingdom; / glory to Your providence, O One Lover of Mankind!”

Kontakion
You, like God, rose from the grave in glory / and raised the world with You. / And human nature praised You as God, / and death disappeared. / Adam triumphs, Lord, / and Eve, now freed from her bonds, rejoices, crying: / “You, Christ, grant resurrection to everyone!”

Voice 2

Troparion
When You descended to death, Immortal Life, / then You killed hell with the radiance of the Divine. / When You raised the dead from the underworld, / all the Heavenly Powers cried out: / “Giver of life, Christ our God, glory to You!”

Kontakion
You rose from the grave, omnipotent Savior, / and hell, seeing this miracle, was horrified, / and the dead rose. / And all creation, seeing this, rejoices with You, and Adam rejoices, / and the world glorifies You, my Savior, / unceasingly.

Voice 3

Troparion
Let all things in heaven rejoice, / let all things on earth rejoice, / for the Lord has shown the power of His hand: / he trampled down death by death, / he became the firstborn from the dead, / he delivered us from the belly of hell, / and bestowed great mercy on the world.

Kontakion
You have risen this day from the grave, O Merciful One, / and brought us out of the gates of death. / On this day Adam rejoices and Eve rejoices, / and with them the prophets and patriarchs constantly sing / the divine power of Your power.

Voice 4

Troparion
Having learned the joyful news of the resurrection from the Angel, / and having been delivered from their ancestral condemnation, / the Lord’s disciples to the apostles exclaimed, triumphant: / “Death has been cast down, Christ God has risen, / giving great mercy to the world!”

Kontakion
My Savior and Deliverer from the grave, / how God raised those born on earth from shackles, / and smashed the gates of hell, / and how the Lord rose on the third day.

Voice 5

Troparion
The Word, without beginning, like the Father and the Spirit, / born of the Virgin for our salvation, / let us sing, faithful ones, and worship Him, / for He was pleased to ascend in the flesh to the Cross, / and endure death, and raise the dead / by His glorious resurrection.

Kontakion
You descended into hell, my Savior, / and crushed its gates, like the Almighty, / like the Creator raised the dead with Himself, / and destroyed the sting of death, (Christ), / and delivered Adam from the curse, O Lover of Mankind. / Therefore we all exclaim to You: / “Save us, Lord!”

Voice 6

Troparion
The Angelic Powers were at Your tomb, / and those guarding it died, / and Mary stood in the tomb / and looked for Your most pure body. / You emptied hell without suffering from it, / You met the Virgin, the giver of life. / Risen from the dead, Lord, glory to Thee!

Kontakion
With His life-giving hand / having raised all the dead from the dark depths, / the Giver of life, Christ God, / granted resurrection to human nature, / for He is the Savior of all, resurrection and life / and God of all!

Voice 7

Troparion
By Your Cross You crushed death, / opened paradise to the thief, / changed the cry of the myrrh-bearers into joy, / and commanded Your apostles to preach, / that You have risen, O Christ our God, / bestowing / great mercy on the world.
Kontakion
The power of death will no longer be able to hold people back, / for Christ has descended, crushing and destroying its powers. / Hell is bound, the prophets rejoice in agreement: / “The Savior has appeared,” they say, to those who are in faith; / Come out, faithful for the resurrection!”

Voice 8

Troparion
You came down from on high, O merciful One, / You deigned to remain in the tomb for three days, / to free us from passions, / - our life and resurrection, Lord, glory to You!

Kontakion
Having risen from the grave, You raised up the dead, / and raised Adam, / and Eve rejoices over Your resurrection, / and the ends of the world rejoice / over Your rising from the dead, O Most Merciful One.

In Orthodox chant, a troparion is an ancient Christian prayer song that glorifies the celebrated event, the life and deeds of the saints. In the Orthodox industry today you can buy collections Sunday troparia. In these meetings, troparions for all Orthodox holidays, newly glorified and locally revered saints, and troparions for every day are demonstrated. The collection of troparions Troparion is a very convenient publication, it is designed to help church choristers and readers during worship, as well as for. All troparia are divided into sections and alphabet. On Sunday, the Church remembers and glorifies the Resurrection of Christ, using Sunday troparia and kontakia in divine services, which reveal very fully the meaning of everything that happens, returning Christians to the Easter holidays. Every Sunday is considered Little Easter by the Orthodox. In accordance with the principle of osmoglasiya, kontakia and Sunday troparia are sung from eight voices in one chosen one.

Sunday Troparion according to the voice

Voices - modes are a musical system that underlies ancient church chants. This is a set of melodies to which different chants are sung. Ancient writers said that the first voice is the most solemn and majestic. Troparion Sunday according to voice the first was compared to the sun, supposedly it drives away laziness, lethargy, sadness and sleep. What gives it importance and solemnity is that in the first line of chants in this voice a wide upward step of the melody is used. In worship, different types of chants are used - stichera, troparion, irmos and others, which have different tunes. In order to sing correctly Troparion to the Resurrection you need to know not only the voice number, but also its type. Over the course of many centuries, the musical basis of all variants of melodies of the same voice has remained the same. The musical fund includes eight voices. This system is called osmoglasy or eight consonance. Most of the hymns of one week's services follow one of the eight voices. Eight weeks form an eight-week vocal cycle.

Text of Orthodox kontakions and troparia for Sunday eight tones

The stone was sealed from the Jews and the warriors guarding Your Most Pure Body, resurrected if three days. Savior, grant life to the world. For this reason, for the sake of the power of heaven, I cry out to You, O Life-Giver: glory to Your resurrection, O Christ, glory to Your Kingdom, glory to Your vigilance, the only Lover of Mankind.

Theotokos

Gabriel, the Virgin who spoke to You, rejoice, with the voice of the Lord of all, incarnated in You, the Holy Icon, as the righteous David said: You have appeared wider than the heavens, reproaching Your Creator. Glory to Him who dwells in You, glory to Him who passed from You, glory to Him who freed us through Your Nativity.

Thou art risen like God from the grave in glory, and the world has risen with thee; and human nature, like God, sings Thee, and death has disappeared; Adam rejoices, Master; Eve, now freed from her bonds, rejoices, calling: You are the One who gives to everyone, O Christ, the resurrection.

Theotokos

All more than meaning, All your glorious, Mother of God, sacraments, sealed in purity, and preserved in virginity, Mother knew that you are not false, having given birth to the true God; pray to Him that our souls may be saved.

Thou art risen from the grave, O All-Powerful Savior, and hell, having seen the miracle, was horrified, and rose from the dead; the creation, seeing, rejoices in Thee, and Adam rejoices, and the world, my Savior, sings Thee ever.

Let them rejoice in heaven, let them rejoice on earth, for you have created a power with your arm, trampling down death by death, become the firstborn of the dead; Deliver us from the belly of hell, and bestow great mercy upon the world.

Theotokos

We sing to You, Who interceded for the salvation of our race, O Virgin Mother of God: for Thy Son and our God received in the flesh from Thee, Let us receive passion by the Cross, deliver us from aphids, as Lover of Mankind.

Thou hast risen today from the grave, O Generous One, and Thou hast lifted us up from the gates of death; today Adam rejoices, and Eve rejoices, and the prophets and patriarchs unceasingly sing of the Divine power of Thy power.

Theotokos

A mystery that has been hidden for centuries, and unknown to the Angel, by You, the Mother of God, who has appeared on earth as God, in an unfused union we embody, and we will accept the Cross for our sake, by whom, having resurrected the primordial, we have saved our souls from death.

My Savior and Deliverer from the grave, like God, rose from the bonds of earth, and crushed the gates of hell, and like the Lord is risen for three days.

Theotokos

Rejoice, impenetrable door of the Lord. Rejoice, wall and cover of those who flow to You. Rejoice, unstormed refuge and unartificed one, who gave birth to the flesh of Your Creator and God, praying not to become poor from those who sing and bow to Your Nativity.

You descended to hell, my Savior, and you crushed the gates like the Omnipotent One, you raised the dead like the Creator, and you crushed the sting of death, and Adam was quickly delivered from the oath, Lover of mankind, we also call to all: save us, Lord.

The angelic forces are at Your tomb and watch over the dead body, and Mary stands in the tomb, seeking Your Most Pure Body. You captured hell without being tempted by it; You have met the Virgin, granting life. Risen from the dead. Lord, glory to You.

Theotokos

You have named Your Blessed Mother, you came to the passion of your free will, having shone on the Cross, even to seek Adam, saying as an Angel: Rejoice in Me, for the lost drachma has been found. Having arranged everything wisely, our God, glory to You.

With the life-giving hand of those who died from dark deeds, the Giver of Life raised everyone, Christ God, the resurrection was given to the human race: there is a Savior of all, the resurrection and the life, and the God of all.

Theotokos

Like the treasure of our resurrection, raise those who trust in You, O All-Singing One, from the pit and depths of sins; For You have saved those guilty of sin, having given birth to our Salvation; even before the Nativity the Virgin, and in the Nativity the Virgin, and after the Nativity again remains the Virgin.

No mortal power can hold man: Christ has descended, crushing and destroying its powers; hell is bound, the prophets rejoice in agreement, presenting, saying, the Savior to those who are in faith: come forth, faithful ones, into the resurrection.

You came down from the heights, O Compassionate One, you accepted the three-day burial, so that you freed us from passions, Lived and resurrected us. Lord, glory to You.

Theotokos

Who for our sake was born of the Virgin, and endured the crucifixion, the Good One, who overthrew death with death, and the resurrection was revealed, as God, do not despise what You created with Your hand; show Your love for mankind, O Merciful One, accept the Mother of God who gave birth to You, praying for us; and save, our Savior, desperate people.

Thou hast risen from the grave, Thou hast raised up the dead, and Thou hast raised Adam, and Eve rejoices in Thy resurrection, and the ends of the world rejoice even from the dead by Thy rise, O Many-Merciful One.