The Easter canon, sung instead of going to Holy Communion on Bright Week. About the prayer rule during the celebration of Holy Easter When the canon is read on the week of Holy Easter

How to learn to understand prayers? Translation of the words of prayers from the prayer book for the laity from Church Slavonic, clarification of the meaning of prayers and petitions. Interpretations and quotes of the Holy Fathers. Icons.

Hours of Holy Easter and all Bright Week:

Easter clock

Throughout Bright (Easter) Week, instead of morning and evening prayers, Easter hours are sung (or read - but, as you can easily see, the peculiarity of this week is that, if possible, everything is sung!).

The Descent of Christ into Hell. Icon, XIII century. Monastery of St. Catherine in Sinai

Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and giving life to those in the tombs(Three times).

Also three times:

Having seen the Resurrection of Christ, let us worship the Holy Lord Jesus, the One Sinless One. We worship Your Cross, O Christ, and we sing and glorify Your holy Resurrection: for You are our God, do we know no other to You, we call Your name. Come, all the faithful, let us worship the holy Resurrection of Christ: behold, through the Cross joy has come to the whole world. Always blessing the Lord, we sing His Resurrection: having endured the crucifixion, destroy death by death.

Is it for you?- except you. Se bo will come- for behold, she has come.

Do we not know otherwise to You, we call Your name...- the words of the Holy Scripture: Lord, do You know no other; We call Your name (Is. 26:13; see also the 5th hymn of the canon for Communion).

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We sing and glorify Your Resurrection: For You are our God, do we know no other to You, we call Your name...

“This expresses the feeling of complete peace in the Savior. And how natural it is, especially now!.. In the risen Jesus Christ, man - the poorest stranger on earth - is delivered from sin, hell, death, the devil, adopted by God, honored by the deification of his nature... If destroyed "Curse and sin, if death is trampled upon, if hell is destroyed and the head of the primordial enemy is erased, then what else is there to fear? If so much power has been revealed, will the Lord after this reduce His beneficent right hand?"

Saint Theophan the Recluse

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Ipakoi, voice 4th

Having anticipated the morning about Mary, and having found the stone rolled away from the tomb, I hear from the Angel: in the light of the ever-present Being, with the dead, why are you looking for a man? You see the grave clothes; preach to the world that the Lord has arisen, the one who puts death to death, as he is the Son of God, saving the human race.

Preceding the morning- arrived before dawn. Even about Maria- those who were with Mary (Mary's companions). I hear you- heard. Tetsite- run, hurry. Preach- announce. Yako there is- because He.

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“In the Easter Canon we hear the voice of the Angel to the myrrh-bearing women: Preach to the world that the Lord has risen, who has put to death. The voice of the Angel in relation to us means: live so that your whole life is one word: “Christ is risen!” and so that, looking at you, the whole world, both Christian and non-Christian, would say: truly Christ is risen, because apparently he lives in one or the other, apparently powers are working in Him. Do I need to explain further that the basis of such a life is zeal for glory? the Risen Lord through imitation of Him and assimilation of the power of His resurrection."

Saint Theophan the Recluse

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Kontakion, tone 8

Even though you descended into the grave, Immortal, you destroyed the power of hell, and you rose again as the Conqueror, Christ God, saying to the myrrh-bearing women: Rejoice, and grant peace to your apostles, grant resurrection to the fallen.

More- Although. Thingsy- said.

In the tomb carnally, in hell with the soul like God, in heaven with the thief, and on the Throne you were, Christ, with the Father and the Spirit, fulfilling everything, the Indescribable.

Do everything- fulfilling everything with Himself. Undescribed- unspeakable (indescribable).

The troparion in the briefest words gives a striking image of the fullness of the Divinity - Christ, inseparably abiding with the Father and the Spirit, rests body in the tomb, descends with his soul into hell and destroys the souls of the righteous, and, according to His untrue words to the thief, now dwells with him in paradise (Lk .23:43) - and, filling everything with Himself, brings the Universe to fullness, fulfills the work of salvation.

The Apostle Paul, citing a verse of the psalm, says: It is said: He entered on high, took captivity captive and gave gifts to men (Ps. 67:19). And what does “ascended” mean, if not that He had previously descended into the nether regions of the earth? He who was lowest was also He who ascended above all the heavens to fulfill all things (Eph. 4:8-10).

Glory:

Like the Life-Bearer, like the reddest of Paradise, truly the brightest of all royal palaces, Christ, Thy tomb, the source of our resurrection.

And now:

Highly sanctified Divine village, rejoice, for You have given joy to the Mother of God, calling: Blessed are You among women, All-Immaculate Lady.

Reddest- most beautiful. Vyshnyago- The Almighty. Settlement- housing.

Like the Life-Bearer, like the reddest of Paradise... The Tomb of Christ appears before us as the bearer of Life (Life-Bearer), more beautiful than paradise, sparkling more than any royal palace! (Please note: the subject in this sentence - what is being spoken about - is precisely the tomb of Christ, “Christ” is an address, we are talking to Christ about His tomb)

Lord have mercy(40 times).

Glory, and now:

We magnify You, the most honorable Cherub and the most glorious without comparison Seraphim, who gave birth to God the Word without corruption.

Christ rose from the dead, trampling down death by death, and giving life to those in the tombs(Three times).

During the days of Easter week and even until the celebration of Easter, before the meal, the troparion of Easter is sung (or read), and after the meal, the troparion of Easter is sung (or read).

Zadostoynik (chorus and irmos of the 9th song of the Easter Canon):

The angel cried out with grace: Pure Virgin, rejoice! And again the river: Rejoice! Your Son was risen three days from the grave, and raised up the dead; people, have fun.

Shine, shine, new Jerusalem, for the glory of the Lord is upon you. Rejoice now and be glad, O Zion; You, Pure One, show off, O Mother of God, about the rising of Your Nativity.

Screaming- he exclaimed. Pack the river - I will repeat. Show off- rejoice, enjoy. Your Christmas- Born of You.

The new Jerusalem is shining, shining... By new Jerusalem we mean the New Testament Church of Christ. Rejoice now and be glad, O Zion... Under Zion (the mountain on the southern side of Jerusalem, where the house of King David was, and subsequently the upper room of the Last Supper, and the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles) in the New Testament, according to the interpretation of Blessed Jerome, are the saints: they , standing at the pinnacle of virtues, they form Zion, about which it is said: Its foundation is on the mountains of the saints. The Lord loves the gates of Zion more than all the villages of Jacob (Ps. 87:2).

Prayer of St. Ephraim the Syrian

This prayer is read in church on Wednesday and Friday of Cheese Week and throughout Holy Pentecost, except Saturdays and Sundays (if you strictly follow the charter, it is also read on some days of other multi-day fasts). During Great Lent (during the week), it should certainly be included in your cell rule; most naturally - at the end of morning and evening prayers, and, if possible, in the middle of the day.

The holiday of the Holy Resurrection of Christ, Easter, is the main event of the year for Orthodox Christians and the largest Orthodox holiday. The word "Easter" came to us from the Greek language and means "passing", "deliverance". On this day we celebrate the deliverance through Christ the Savior of all mankind from slavery to the devil and the granting of life and eternal bliss to us. Just as our redemption was accomplished by Christ’s death on the cross, so by His Resurrection we were given eternal life.

The Resurrection of Christ is the basis and crown of our faith, this is the first and greatest truth that the apostles began to preach.

How does the service take place on Easter?

Easter services are especially solemn. “Christ is risen: eternal joy,” sings the Church in the Easter canon.

Since ancient, apostolic times, Christians have been awake on the sacred and pre-festive saving night of the Bright Resurrection of Christ, the luminous night of a luminous day, awaiting the time of their spiritual liberation from the work of the enemy (Church Charter on the week of Easter).

Shortly before midnight, a midnight office is served in all churches, at which the priest and the deacon go to the Shroud and, having censed around it, while singing the words of the katavasia of the 9th song, “I will arise and be glorified,” they lift the Shroud and take it to the altar. The Shroud is placed on the Holy Altar, where it must remain until Easter.

Easter Matins, “the joy of the Resurrection of our Lord from the dead,” begins at 12 o’clock at night. As midnight approaches, all clergy in full vestments stand in order at the Throne. The clergy and worshipers in the temple light candles,

“Exactly at 12 o’clock local time, with the Royal Doors closed, the clergy sing the stichera in a quiet voice: “Thy Resurrection, O Christ the Savior, the angels sing in heaven, and grant us on earth to glorify Thee with a pure heart.”.

After this, the curtain is opened and the clergy again sing the same stichera in a loud voice. The Royal Doors open, and the stichera, in a higher voice, is sung by the clergy for the third time until halfway through, “Thy Resurrection, O Christ the Savior, the Angels are singing in heaven.” The singers standing in the middle of the temple finish: “And make us worthy on earth.”

How does the procession take place?

The procession of the cross, which takes place on Easter night, is a procession of the Church towards the risen Savior.

The religious procession takes place around the temple with continuous trezvon. In a bright, jubilant, majestic form, while singing “Thy Resurrection, Christ the Savior, the Angels are singing in heaven, and grant us on earth to glorify You with a pure heart,” the Church, like a spiritual bride, walks, as they say in sacred chants, “with merry feet to meet Christ coming out of the tomb like a bridegroom."

In front of the procession they carry a lantern, behind it an altar cross, an altarpiece of the Mother of God, then in two rows, in pairs, banner bearers, singers, candle bearers with candles, deacons with their candles and censers, and behind them priests. In the last pair of priests, the one walking on the right carries the Gospel, and the one walking on the left carries the icon of the Resurrection. The procession is completed by the primate of the temple with a triveshnik and a Cross in his left hand.

If there is only one priest in the church, then the laity carry the icons of the Resurrection of Christ and the Gospel on the shrouds.

Having entered the narthex, the procession stops in front of the closed western doors of the temple. Those who carry shrines stop near the doors, facing west. The ringing stops. The rector of the temple, having accepted the censer from the deacon, censes and the clergy chant three times: "Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death and giving life to those in the tombs". Then the clergy chant the following verses:

"Let God rise again, and let His enemies be scattered. And let those who hate Him flee from His Face."

“Like smoke disappears, let them disappear like wax melts before the fire.”

“So let sinners perish at the face of God, and let righteous women rejoice.”

“This day which the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.”

For each verse, the singers sing the troparion “Christ is risen.”

Then the primate or all the clergy sing “Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death.” The singers end with “And giving life to those in the tombs.”

The church doors open, and the procession of the cross with this joyful news marches into the temple, just as the myrrh-bearing women went to Jerusalem to announce to the disciples about the Resurrection of the Lord.

What is the Easter canon

Easter canon, creation of St. John of Damascus, which forms the most essential part of Easter Matins - the crown of all spiritual songs.

The Easter canon is an outstanding work of church literature not only in terms of the splendor of its external form, but also in its internal merits, in the strength and depth of the thoughts contained in it, in the sublimity and richness of its content. This deeply meaningful canon introduces us to the spirit and meaning of the very holiday of the Resurrection of Christ, makes us fully experience and understand this event in our souls.

At each song of the canon, incense is performed, the clergy with a cross and censer, preceded by lamps, go around the entire church, filling it with incense, and joyfully greet everyone with the words “Christ is Risen!”, to which the believers respond “Truly He is Risen!” These numerous departures of priests from the altar remind us of the frequent appearances of the Lord to His disciples after the Resurrection.

About greetings and kisses on Easter Day

At the end of Matins, the clergy begin to make Christ among themselves in the altar while singing stichera. According to the Rules, “the kissing of the rector with other priests and deacons in the holy altar occurs as follows: he says come - "Christ is Risen". I answered to him - "Truly He is Risen". The same should be done with the laity.

According to the Rule, the clergy, having said Christ to each other at the altar, go to the solea and here they say Christ with each of the worshipers. But such an order could be observed only in ancient monasteries, where there were only a few brethren in the church, or in those house and parish churches where there were few worshipers. Now, in front of a huge crowd of pilgrims, the priest, coming out with the Cross onto the solea, pronounces a short general greeting to those present and ends it with the threefold exclamation “Christ is Risen!” with the cross overshadowed on three sides and after that returns to the altar.

The custom of greeting each other on Easter with these words is very ancient. By greeting each other with the joy of the resurrection of Christ, we become like the disciples and disciples of the Lord, who, after His resurrection, “said that the Lord has truly risen” (Luke 24:34). In short words, “Christ is Risen!” lies the whole essence of our faith, all the firmness and steadfastness of our hope and hope, all the fullness of eternal joy and bliss. These words, repeated countless times every year, always, nevertheless, amaze our ears with their novelty and the meaning of a supreme revelation. As if from a spark, from these words the believing heart is ignited with the fire of heavenly, holy delight, as if feeling the close presence of the risen Lord Himself, shining with the Divine light. It is clear that our exclamations of “Christ is Risen!” and “Truly he is risen!” must be animated by living faith and love for Christ.

The kiss is also connected with this Easter greeting. This is an ancient sign, dating back to the times of the apostles, of reconciliation and love.

Since ancient times, it has been and is being done on Easter days. St. John Chrysostom writes about the holy kiss on Easter: “Let us also remember those holy kisses that we give to each other in reverent embraces.”

About Easter Hours and Liturgy

In many churches, the hours and Liturgy immediately follow the end of Matins. The Easter hours are read not only in church - they are usually read throughout the entire Easter week instead of morning and evening prayers.

During the singing of the hours before the Liturgy, the deacon with the deacon's candle performs the usual censing of the altar and the entire church.

If in a church the Divine service is performed conciliarly, that is, by several priests, then the Gospel is read in different languages: in Slavic, Russian, as well as in the ancient languages in which the apostolic preaching was spread - in Greek, Latin, and in the languages of the peoples most known in a given region. terrain.

During the reading of the Gospel in the bell tower, the so-called “enumeration” is performed, that is, all the bells are struck once, starting from the small ones.

Why is it customary to give each other eggs at Easter?

Since ancient times, the Orthodox Church has preserved the pious custom of giving eggs on Easter. This custom originated from Saint Mary Magdalene, Equal-to-the-Apostles, when, after the Ascension of the Lord, she came to Rome to preach the Gospel, appeared before Emperor Tiberius and, presenting him with a red egg, said: “Christ is risen!” thus beginning his sermon. Following the example of Equal-to-the-Apostles Mary Magdalene, we now give red eggs on Easter, confessing the life-giving death and the Resurrection of the Lord - two events that Easter combines in itself. The Easter egg reminds us of one of the main tenets of our faith and serves as a visible sign of the blessed resurrection of the dead, the guarantee of which we have in the Resurrection of Jesus Christ - the Conqueror of death and hell. Just as life is born from an egg, from under its lifeless shell, so from the coffin, the dwelling place of the death of corruption, the Giver of Life rose, and so all the dead will rise into eternal life.

Why does the Church sanctify Easter and Easter cakes?

Easter cake is a church ritual food. Kulich is a kind of artos at the lower degree of consecration.

Where does Easter cake come from and why are Easter cakes baked and blessed at Easter?

We Christians should especially receive communion on Easter Day. But since many Orthodox Christians have the custom of receiving the Holy Mysteries during Great Lent, and on the Bright Day of the Resurrection of Christ, few receive communion, then, after the Liturgy is celebrated, on this day special offerings of believers, usually called Easter and Easter cakes, are blessed and consecrated in the church, so that eating from them reminded of the communion of the true Pascha of Christ and united all the faithful in Jesus Christ.

The consumption of blessed Easter cakes and Easter cakes on Holy Week among Orthodox Christians can be likened to the eating of the Old Testament Passover, which on the first day of Easter week God's chosen people ate as a family (Ex. 12:3-4). Also, after the blessing and consecration of Christian Easter cakes and Easter cakes, believers on the first day of the holiday, having come home from churches and having completed the feat of fasting, as a sign of joyful unity, the whole family begins bodily reinforcement - stopping fasting, everyone eats the blessed Easter cakes and Easter, using them throughout Bright Week.

About the seven-day celebration of Easter

From its very beginning, the Easter holiday was a bright, universal, long-lasting Christian celebration.

Since apostolic times, the holiday of Christian Easter lasts seven days, or eight if we count all the days of the continuous celebration of Easter until St. Thomas Monday.

Glorifying the sacred and mysterious Easter, the Easter of Christ the Redeemer, the Easter that opens the doors of heaven to us, the Orthodox Church keeps the Royal Doors open throughout the entire bright seven-day celebration. The royal doors are not closed throughout Bright Week, even during the communion of the clergy.

From the first day of Easter until Vespers on the Feast of the Holy Trinity, no kneeling or prostration is required.

In terms of liturgy, the entire Bright Week is, as it were, one holiday day: on all days of this week, the Divine service is the same as on the first day, with few changes and alterations.

Before the start of the Liturgy during Easter week and before the celebration of Easter, the clergy read, instead of “Heavenly King,” “Christ is Risen” (three times).

Concluding the bright celebration of Easter with the week, the Church continues it, although with less solemnity, for another thirty-two days - until the Ascension of the Lord.

On the behavior of Orthodox Christians on Easter

During the great celebration of Easter, ancient Christians gathered daily for public worship.

According to the piety of the first Christians, at the VI Ecumenical Council it was decreed for the faithful: “From the holy day of the resurrection of Christ our God until New Week (Fomina), throughout the entire week, the faithful must in the holy churches unceasingly practice psalms and chants and spiritual songs, rejoicing and triumphing in "Christ, and listen to the reading of the Divine Scriptures and enjoy the Holy Mysteries. For in this way, with Christ, we will be resurrected and ascended. For this reason, on the said days there is no horse race or other popular spectacle."

Ancient Christians dedicated the great holiday of Easter with special deeds of piety, mercy and charity. Imitating the Lord, who by His Resurrection freed us from the bonds of sin and death, pious kings unlocked prisons on Easter days and forgave prisoners (but not criminals). Ordinary Christians these days helped the poor, the orphaned and the wretched. Brashno (that is, food), consecrated on Easter, was distributed to the poor and thereby made them participants in the joy on the Bright Holiday.

An ancient holy custom, preserved even today by pious laity, is not to attend one church service during the entire Bright Week.

What is artos

Word artos translated from Greek as “leavened bread” - consecrated bread common to all members of the Church, otherwise - whole prosphora.

Artos, throughout Bright Week, occupies the most prominent place in the church, together with the icon of the Resurrection of the Lord, and, at the end of the Easter celebrations, is distributed to believers.

The use of artos dates back to the very beginning of Christianity. On the fortieth day after the Resurrection, the Lord Jesus Christ ascended to heaven. The disciples and followers of Christ found consolation in prayerful memories of the Lord; they recalled His every word, every step and every action. When they came together for common prayer, they, remembering the Last Supper, partook of the Body and Blood of Christ. When preparing an ordinary meal, they left the first place at the table to the invisibly present Lord and placed bread in this place.

Imitating the apostles, the first shepherds of the Church established that on the feast of the Resurrection of Christ, bread should be placed in the church, as a visible expression of the fact that the Savior, who suffered for us, became for us the true bread of life.

The artos depicts a cross on which only the crown of thorns is visible, but there is no Crucified One - as a sign of Christ’s victory over death, or an image of the Resurrection of Christ.

Artos is also connected with the ancient church tradition that the apostles left a portion of the bread at the table from the Most Pure Mother of the Lord as a reminder of constant communion with Her, and after the meal they reverently divided this portion among themselves. In monasteries, this custom is called the Rite of Panagia, that is, the remembrance of the Most Holy Mother of the Lord. In parish churches, this bread of the Mother of God is remembered once a year in connection with the fragmentation of the artos.

The artos is consecrated with a special prayer, sprinkling with holy water and censing on the first day of Holy Pascha at the Liturgy after the prayer behind the pulpit. Artos rests on the sole, opposite the Royal Doors, on a prepared table or lectern. After the consecration of the artos, the lectern with the artos is placed on the sole in front of the image of the Savior, where the artos lies throughout Holy Week. It is kept in the church throughout Bright Week on a lectern in front of the iconostasis. On all days of Bright Week, at the end of the Liturgy with artos, a procession of the cross around the temple is solemnly performed. On Saturday of Bright Week, after the prayer behind the pulpit, a prayer is read for the fragmentation of the artos, the artos is fragmented and at the end of the Liturgy, when kissing the Cross, it is distributed to the people as a shrine.

How to store and take artos

Particles of artos received in the temple are reverently kept by believers as a spiritual cure for illnesses and infirmities.

Artos is used in special cases, for example, in illness, and always with the words “Christ is risen!”

How the dead are remembered on Easter

On Easter, many people visit the cemetery where the graves of their loved ones are located. Unfortunately, in some families there is a blasphemous custom of accompanying these visits to the graves of their relatives with wild drunken revelry. But even those who do not celebrate pagan drunken funeral feasts at the graves of their loved ones, which are so offensive to every Christian feeling, often do not know when on Easter days it is possible and necessary to remember the dead.

The first commemoration of the dead takes place on the second week, after St. Thomas Sunday, on Tuesday.

The basis for this commemoration is, on the one hand, the remembrance of the descent of Jesus Christ into hell, connected with the Resurrection of St. Thomas, and, on the other, the permission of the Church Charter to carry out the usual commemoration of the dead, starting with St. Thomas Monday. According to this permission, believers come to the graves of their loved ones with the joyful news of the Resurrection of Christ, hence the day of remembrance itself is called Radonitsa.

How to properly remember the dead

Prayer for the departed is the greatest and most important thing we can do for those who have passed on to another world.

By and large, the deceased does not need either a coffin or a monument - all this is a tribute to traditions, albeit pious ones.

But the eternally living soul of the deceased experiences a great need for our constant prayer, because it itself cannot do good deeds with which it would be able to appease God.

That is why prayer at home for loved ones, prayer in the cemetery at the grave of the deceased is the duty of every Orthodox Christian.

But commemoration in the Church provides special help to the deceased.

Before visiting the cemetery, you should come to the church at the beginning of the service, submit a note with the names of your deceased relatives for commemoration at the altar (it is best if this is a commemoration at the proskomedia, when a piece is taken out of a special prosphora for the deceased, and then as a sign of washing away his sins will be lowered into the Chalice with the Holy Gifts).

After the Liturgy, a memorial service must be celebrated.

The prayer will be more effective if the person commemorating this day himself partakes of the Body and Blood of Christ.

It is very useful to donate to the church, give alms to the poor with a request to pray for the departed.

How to behave in a cemetery

Arriving at the cemetery, you need to light a candle and perform a lithium (this word literally means intense prayer. To perform the rite of lithium when commemorating the dead, you need to invite a priest. A shorter rite, which a layman can perform, is given in the “Complete Orthodox Prayer Book for the Laity” and in the brochure “How to behave in a cemetery”, published by our publishing house).

Then clean up the grave or simply remain silent and remember the deceased.

There is no need to eat or drink in a cemetery; it is especially unacceptable to pour vodka into a grave mound - this insults the memory of the dead. The custom of leaving a glass of vodka and a piece of bread at the grave “for the deceased” is a relic of paganism and should not be observed in Orthodox families.

There is no need to leave food on the grave; it is better to give it to the beggar or the hungry.

From the book “HOW TO CELEBRATE HOLY EASTER.
EASTER SERVICES, CUSTOMS AND MEALS"
Moscow Sretensky Monastery

Christ is Risen!

Dear brothers and sisters!

During Bright Week, the order of reading (singing) the Morning and Evening Prayers and the Rules for Holy Communion change.

Instead of the Morning and Evening Prayers, the Hours of Easter are read (sung, if anyone can) once. It is good to add the Stichera of Easter to them (see below).

The Psalter is not read this week.

Whoever reads the canons, instead of the three canons (Repentance to the Lord, the Mother of God and the Guardian Angel), the Easter canon is read once (see below).

In preparation for Holy Communion, also, instead of three canons, one Easter canon is read. And also the entire Follow-up to Holy Communion (including the canon for Communion), with the exception of the psalms.

On Bright Week there is no regular fasting on Wednesday and Friday. Therefore, in preparation for Holy Communion, we fast not for the quality, but for the quantity of food. Those. We eat everything, but don’t overeat.

To keep the Easter mood good everyone Read all the following prayers daily:

Prayers of the Easter Hours:

Troparion of Easter:Christ rose from the dead, trampling down death and giving life to those in the tombs. (Thrice)

Having seen the Resurrection of Christ, bow And We pray to the holy Lord Jesus, the only Sinless One. We worship Your Cross, Christ e, and we sing and glorify Your holy Resurrection. For You are our God, don’t we know anything else; We call Your name. Come, all the faithful, let us worship the holy Resurrection of Christ: behold, And de Cross brings joy to the whole world. Always blessing the Lord, we sing His Resurrection: having endured crucifixion, I destroyed death through death And. (three times)

Ipakoi:

Preliminary And lice morning I same about Mary, and arr. e the stone has been rolled away from the tomb, y Shah from the Angel: in the light is brought y Indeed, with the dead, what are you looking for as a man? You see the graveclothes, father y those who preach to the world e child, like the east A The Lord, who puts to death death, is the Son of God, who saves the human race.

Kontakion of Easter:

Even down to the grave e You are immortal, but you will destroy hell And You have strength and resurrect e Thou art as the Victor, O Christ God, women A m myrrh-bearing things A vyy: Rejoice!, and through Your apostle peace d A ruin those who have fallen I th resurrection.

In the tomb carnally, in hell with the soul like God, in paradise with the thief, and on the Throne you were, Christ, with the Father and the Spirit, all complete I yay, noop And toboggan

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit:

Like the Life-Bearer, like the reddest of Paradise, truly the palace of every king, A Behold, most luminous Christ, Thy tomb, the source of our Resurrection.

And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen:

IN y This illuminated Divine village, rejoice: for by You I gave e All joy, O Theotokos, to those who call: blessed art thou among women, O All-Immaculate Lady.

Lord have mercy. ( 40 times)

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen:

The most honorable Cherub and the most glorious without comparison Seraphim, who gave birth to God the Word without corruption, the real Mother of God, we magnify Thee.

Christ rose from the dead, trampling down death by death and giving life to those in the tombs. ( three times)

Through the prayers of our holy fathers, Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on us. Amen.

Easter Canon, Tone 1

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Song 1

Irmos: Resurrection day, let us enlighten people: Easter, the Lord's Easter! From death to life, and from earth to Heaven, Christ God has led us, singing in victory.

Chorus:

Let us purify our senses, and let us see the impregnable light of Christ’s resurrection shining, and rejoice, speaking clearly, and let us hear, singing victoriously.

Chorus: Christ is risen from the dead.

Let the heavens rejoice with dignity, let the earth rejoice, let the world celebrate, all visible and invisible: Christ has risen, eternal joy.

Theotokos:

Chorus:

You have broken the limit of mortification, having given birth to eternal life Christ, who has risen from the tomb today, the All-Immaculate Virgin, and who has enlightened the world.

Chorus: Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

Having seen your resurrected Son and God, rejoice with the apostles, God-gracious pure one: and rejoice first, for you have received all the joys of wine, the All-immaculate Mother of God.

Song 3

Irmos: Come, we drink new beer, it is not from the barren stone that the miracle works, but from the incorruptible source, from the tomb that rained Christ, we are established in Nemzhe.

Christ is risen from the dead.

Now everything is filled with light, Heaven and earth and the underworld: let all creation celebrate the rise of Christ, established in Him.

Christ is risen from the dead.

Yesterday I was buried with You, Christ, today I stand with You in resurrection, I was crucified with You yesterday, glorify me Yourself, O Savior, in Your Kingdom.

Theotokos:

Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

I come today to imperishable life, born of the goodness of You, Pure One, and illuminated with all the light.

Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

God, Whom you gave birth to in the flesh, from the dead, as you said, having risen and seen, Pure One, rejoice, and exalt Him as God, Most Pure One.

Ipakoi, voice 4:

Having anticipated the morning of Mary, and having found the stone rolled away from the tomb, I hear from the Angel: in the light of the ever-present Being, what are you looking for with the dead, like a man? You see the graveclothes, tetsite, and preach to the world that the Lord has arisen, the one who put to death death, as he is the Son of God, saving the human race.

Song 4

Irmos: On divine watch, may the God-speaking Habakkuk stand with us and show us a luminous angel, clearly saying: today is salvation for the world, for Christ has risen, for he is omnipotent.

Christ is risen from the dead.

The male sex, as if Christ had opened the virgin womb, was called: like a man, He was called Lamb: and blameless, for the taste of filth is our Passover, and for the true God is perfect in His words.

Christ is risen from the dead.

Like the one-year-old lamb, Christ, the blessed crown for us, was slain for all, the cleansing Passover, and again from the tomb the red sun of righteousness rose for us.

Christ is risen from the dead.

God-father David, galloping before the hay ark, but the holy people of God, seeing the images of the event, rejoice divinely, as Christ is risen, as omnipotent.

Theotokos:

Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

Having created Adam, Your forefather, the Pure One is built from You, and destroy the mortal dwelling with Your death today, and illuminate everything with the divine sparkles of the resurrection.

Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

Whom you gave birth to Christ, who rose beautifully from the dead, Pure, seeing, kind and blameless in women and red, today for the salvation of all, with the apostles rejoicing, glorify Him.

Song 5

Irmos: Let us morning the deep morning, and instead of peace we will bring a song to the Lady, and we will see Christ, the Sun of Truth, life shining for all.

Christ is risen from the dead.

Thy immeasurable compassion is seen through the hellish bonds of the contents, to the light of Christ, with joyful feet, praising the eternal Easter.

Christ is risen from the dead.

Let us come, O luminaries, to Christ proceeding from the tomb as a bridegroom, and let us celebrate God’s saving Pascha with lustful rites.

Theotokos:

Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

The divine rays and life-giving rays of the resurrection of Your Son, Most Pure Mother of God, are enlightened, and the pious assembly is filled with joy.

Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

You did not open the gates of virginity in the incarnation, you did not destroy the seals of the coffin, the King of creation: from where you saw the resurrected, Mother rejoiced.

Song 6

Irmos: Thou hast descended into the nether regions of the earth and shattered the eternal faiths that contain those bound to Christ, and thou hast risen from the grave for three days, like Jonah from the whale.

Christ is risen from the dead.

Having preserved the signs intact, Christ, you rose from the grave, the keys of the Virgin unharmed at your birth, and you opened the doors of heaven to us.

Christ is risen from the dead.

My Savior, the living and non-sacrificial slaughter, as God Himself brought to the Father by His own will, You resurrected the all-begotten Adam, rose from the grave.

Theotokos:

Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

Elevated from ancient times by death and corruption, Incarnate from Your most pure womb, to the incorruptible and everlasting life, Virgin Mary.

Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

Descended into the underworld of the earth, into Your lie, the Pure One, descended, and was infused and incarnated more than the mind, and raised Adam with Him, rose from the grave.

Kontakion, tone 8

Even though you descended into the grave, Immortal, you destroyed the power of hell, and you rose again as a conqueror, Christ God, saying to the myrrh-bearing women: Rejoice, and grant peace to your apostles, grant resurrection to the fallen.

Ikos

Even before the sun, the Sun sometimes set in the tomb, leading to the morning, looking for the Myrrh-Bearing Virgin like the day, and crying out to friends to friends: O friends! Come, let us anoint the life-giving and buried body with stinks, the flesh of the Resurrected fallen Adam, lying in the tomb. We come, sweating like wolves, and let us worship, and bring peace like gifts, not in swaddling clothes, but in a shroud, to Him entwined, and we weep and cry out: O Master, arise, grant resurrection to the fallen.

Having seen the Resurrection of Christ, let us worship the Holy Lord Jesus, the only sinless One, we worship Your Cross, O Christ, and we sing and glorify Your holy resurrection: for You are our God, do we know no other to You, we call Your name. Come, all you faithful, let us worship the holy resurrection of Christ: behold, for through the Cross joy has come to the whole world. Always blessing the Lord, we sing of His resurrection: having endured crucifixion, destroy death by death. (Thrice)

Jesus rose from the grave, as He prophesied, to give us eternal life and great mercy. (Thrice)

Song 7

Irmos: He who delivered the youths from the cave, having become a man, suffers as if mortal, and with the passion of death he clothes the mortal in incorruptibility with splendor. God alone is blessed and glorified.

Christ is risen from the dead.

Wives from the world of God-wise follow in your footsteps: Whom, as if dead, I seek with tears, bowing down, rejoicing in the Living God, and Your secret Pascha, O Christ, the disciple of the gospel.

Christ is risen from the dead.

In death we celebrate the mortification, the destruction of hell, the beginning of another eternal life, and playfully we sing of the Guilty One, the only one blessed by the fathers of God and the most glorified.

Christ is risen from the dead.

As truly sacred and all-celebratory, this saving night, and the luminous, light-bearing day, is the herald of the rising of beings: in it, the flightless Light from the grave rose carnally to all.

Theotokos:

Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

Having put to death Your Son, the All-Immaculate Death, today, the life of all mortals remains free for all eternity, One blessed and glorified God of the Fathers.

Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

Reign over all creation, having been a man, you entered into Your, God-gracious, womb, and having endured crucifixion and death, you rose again divinely, making us like omnipotent.

Song 8

Irmos: This is the appointed and holy day, one Sabbath King and Lord, a feast of feasts, and a triumph is a triumph: in it let us bless Christ forever.

Christ is risen from the dead.

Come, new vine birth, divine joy, in the deliberate days of resurrection, let us partake of the Kingdom of Christ, singing Him as God forever.

Christ is risen from the dead.

Lift your eyes around, O Zion, and see: behold, your children have come to you like a divinely luminous light, from the west, and the north, and the sea, and the east, blessing Christ in you forever.

Trinity: Most Holy Trinity our God, glory to Thee.

Father Almighty, and Word, and Soul, the three Nature united in hypostases, the Most Essential and the Most Divine, we are baptized in Thee, and we bless Thee forever.

Theotokos:

Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

By You the Lord, Virgin Mary, came into the world and dissolved the womb of hell, granting us mortals the resurrection: with the same let us bless Him forever.

Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

Thy Son, the Virgin, has overthrown all the power of death by His resurrection, as the mighty God has exalted us and deified us: in the same way we glorify Him forever.

Song 9

Chorus: My soul magnifies Christ the Giver of Life, who rose three days from the grave.

Irmos: Shine, shine, new Jerusalem: for the glory of the Lord is upon you, rejoice now, and rejoice, O Zion! You, Pure One, show off, O Mother of God, about the rise of Your Nativity.

Chorus: Christ is the new Passover, living sacrifice, Lamb of God, take away the sins of the world.

Oh, divine! Oh dear! O Thy sweetest voice! You have truly promised to be with us until the end of the age; Christ, Who is faithful, the affirmation of hope, we rejoice.

Chorus: The angel cried out with more grace: pure Virgin, rejoice, and again the river, rejoice! Your Son is risen three days from the grave, and raised the dead, O people, rejoice.

Oh, great and sacred Easter, Christ! About wisdom, and the Word of God, and Power! Grant us more time to partake of You, in the unfading days of Your Kingdom.

Theotokos:

Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

According to You, Virgin, we are blessed to be faithful: Rejoice, O door of the Lord, Rejoice, animated city; Rejoice, for for our sake the light has now arisen from You, Who was born from the dead of the resurrection.

Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

Rejoice and rejoice, divine door of Light: for Jesus entered the tomb, ascended, shining brighter than the sun, and illuminated all the faithful, joyful to the Lady.

Exapostilary.

Having fallen asleep in the flesh as if dead, Thou art the King and Lord, who rose for three days, raised Adam from aphids, and abolished death: Easter is incorruptible, the salvation of the world. (Thrice)

Easter Stichera, Tone 5:

Poem: May God rise again and let His enemies be scattered.

The sacred Easter has appeared to us today: the new holy Easter, the mysterious Easter, the all-honorable Easter, the Easter of Christ the Redeemer: the immaculate Easter, the great Easter, the Easter of the faithful, the Easter that opens the doors of heaven to us, the Easter that sanctifies all the faithful.

Poem: As smoke disappears, let them disappear.

Come from the vision of the wife of the gospel, and cry to Zion: receive from us the joy of the annunciation of the Resurrection of Christ; Show off, rejoice and rejoice, O Jerusalem, seeing the King Christ from the tomb, like a bridegroom.

Poem: Thus, let sinners perish from the presence of God, and let righteous women rejoice.

The myrrh-bearing woman, in the deep morning, appeared at the tomb of the Life-Giver, found an Angel, sat on a stone, and having preached to them, said to her: Why are you looking for the living with the dead? Why are you crying into the aphids? Go and preach as His disciples.

Poem: This day, which the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad on it.

Red Easter, Easter, Lord's Easter! Easter is an all-honorable blessing for us. Easter! Let us embrace each other with joy. Oh Easter! Deliverance of sorrow, for from the grave today, as Christ has risen from the palace, fill the women with joy, saying: preach as an apostle.

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Resurrection day, and let us be enlightened by triumph, and embrace each other. With our voices, brothers, and those who hate us, let us forgive all by the resurrection, and thus we cry out: Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and giving life to those in the tombs.

Christ rose from the dead, trampling down death by death, and giving life to those in the tombs. (3 times)

Easter canon, creation of St. John of Damascus, which forms the most essential part of Easter Matins - the crown of all spiritual songs.

As a church hymnist, Damascene is called “Golden-jet”, and this name is quite befitting of him: all his chants deserve to be called exemplary songs; in all of them one can see the remarkable animation characteristic of a high singer.

Of the 64 canons he compiled, the most sublime, solemn and joyful is the canon for Holy Easter. Saint John of Damascus composed the entire Easter service, after which in the examples of human creativity it is impossible to find another song more full of feelings that are as lively as they are lofty, with holy and truly unearthly delights.

Easter canon is an outstanding work of church literature not only in terms of the splendor of its external form, but also in terms of its internal merits, in terms of the strength and depth of thoughts contained in it, in terms of the sublimity and richness of its content. This deeply meaningful canon introduces us to the spirit and meaning of the very holiday of the Resurrection of Christ, makes us fully experience and understand this event in our souls.

Easter canon - Easter night... in Moscow, at the Valaam courtyard. year 2014

Easter Canon, Tone 1

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Song 1

Irmos: Resurrection day, let us enlighten people: Easter, the Lord's Easter! From death to life, and from earth to Heaven, Christ God has led us, singing in victory.

Chorus: Christ is risen from the dead.

Let us purify our senses, and let us see the impregnable light of Christ’s resurrection shining, and rejoice, speaking clearly, and let us hear, singing victoriously.

Chorus: Christ is risen from the dead.

Let the heavens rejoice with dignity, let the earth rejoice, let the world celebrate, all visible and invisible: Christ has risen, eternal joy.

Theotokos[∗]:
(Sung from the second day of Easter then giving)

Chorus:

You have broken the limit of mortification, having given birth to eternal life Christ, who has risen from the tomb today, the All-Immaculate Virgin, and who has enlightened the world.

Chorus: Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

Having seen your resurrected Son and God, rejoice with the apostles, God-gracious pure one: and rejoice first, for you have received all the joys of wine, the All-immaculate Mother of God.

Song 3

Irmos: Come, we drink new beer, it is not from the barren stone that the miracle works, but from the incorruptible source, from the tomb that rained Christ, we are established in Nemzhe.

Christ is risen from the dead.

Now everything is filled with light, Heaven and earth and the underworld: let all creation celebrate the rise of Christ, established in Him.

Christ is risen from the dead.

Yesterday I was buried with You, Christ, today I stand with You in resurrection, I was crucified with You yesterday, glorify me Yourself, O Savior, in Your Kingdom.

Theotokos:

Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

I come today to imperishable life, born of the goodness of You, Pure One, and illuminated with all the light.

Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

God, Whom you gave birth to in the flesh, from the dead, as you said, having risen and seen, Pure One, rejoice, and exalt Him as God, Most Pure One.

Ipakoi, voice 4:

Song 4

Irmos: On divine watch, may the God-speaking Habakkuk stand with us and show us a luminous angel, clearly saying: today is salvation for the world, for Christ has risen, for he is omnipotent.

Christ is risen from the dead.

The male sex, as if Christ had opened the virgin womb, was called: like a man, He was called Lamb: and blameless, for the taste of filth is our Passover, and for the true God is perfect in His words.

Christ is risen from the dead.

Like the one-year-old lamb, Christ, the blessed crown for us, was slain for all, the cleansing Passover, and again from the tomb the red sun of righteousness rose for us.

Christ is risen from the dead.

God-father David, galloping before the hay ark, but the holy people of God, seeing the images of the event, rejoice divinely, as Christ is risen, as omnipotent.

Theotokos:

Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

Having created Adam, Your forefather, the Pure One is built from You, and destroy the mortal dwelling with Your death today, and illuminate everything with the divine sparkles of the resurrection.

Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

Whom you gave birth to Christ, who rose beautifully from the dead, Pure, seeing, kind and blameless in women and red, today for the salvation of all, with the apostles rejoicing, glorify Him.

Song 5

Irmos: Let us morning the deep morning, and instead of peace we will bring a song to the Lady, and we will see Christ, the Sun of Truth, life shining for all.

Christ is risen from the dead.

Thy immeasurable compassion is seen through the hellish bonds of the contents, to the light of Christ, with joyful feet, praising the eternal Easter.

Christ is risen from the dead.

Let us come, O luminaries, to Christ proceeding from the tomb as a bridegroom, and let us celebrate God’s saving Pascha with lustful rites.

Theotokos:

Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

The divine rays and life-giving rays of the resurrection of Your Son, Most Pure Mother of God, are enlightened, and the pious assembly is filled with joy.

Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

You did not open the gates of virginity in the incarnation, you did not destroy the seals of the coffin, the King of creation: from where you saw the resurrected, Mother rejoiced.

Song 6

Irmos: Thou hast descended into the nether regions of the earth and shattered the eternal faiths that contain those bound to Christ, and thou hast risen from the grave for three days, like Jonah from the whale.

Christ is risen from the dead.

Having preserved the signs intact, Christ, you rose from the grave, the keys of the Virgin unharmed at your birth, and you opened the doors of heaven to us.

Christ is risen from the dead.

My Savior, the living and non-sacrificial slaughter, as God Himself brought to the Father by His own will, You resurrected the all-begotten Adam, rose from the grave.

Theotokos:

Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

Elevated from ancient times by death and corruption, Incarnate from Your most pure womb, to the incorruptible and everlasting life, Virgin Mary.

Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

Descended into the underworld of the earth, into Your lie, the Pure One, descended, and was infused and incarnated more than the mind, and raised Adam with Him, rose from the grave.

Kontakion, tone 8

Jesus rose from the grave, as He prophesied, to give us eternal life and great mercy. (Thrice)

Song 7

Irmos: He who delivered the youths from the cave, having become a man, suffers as if mortal, and with the passion of death he clothes the mortal in incorruptibility with splendor. God alone is blessed and glorified.

Christ is risen from the dead.

Wives from the world of God-wise follow in your footsteps: Whom, as if dead, I seek with tears, bowing down, rejoicing in the Living God, and Your secret Pascha, O Christ, the disciple of the gospel.

Christ is risen from the dead.

As truly sacred and all-celebratory, this saving night, and the luminous, light-bearing day, is the herald of the rising of beings: in it, the flightless Light from the grave rose carnally to all.

Theotokos:

Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

Having put to death Your Son, the All-Immaculate Death, today, the life of all mortals remains free for all eternity, One blessed and glorified God of the Fathers.

Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

Reign over all creation, having been a man, you entered into Your, God-gracious, womb, and having endured crucifixion and death, you rose again divinely, making us like omnipotent.

Song 8

Irmos: This is the appointed and holy day, one of the Sabbaths, King and Lord, a holiday of feasts, and a triumph is a triumph: in it let us bless Christ forever.

Christ is risen from the dead.

Come, new vine birth, divine joy, in the deliberate days of resurrection, let us partake of the Kingdom of Christ, singing Him as God forever.

Christ is risen from the dead.

Lift your eyes around, O Zion, and see: behold, your children have come to you like a divinely luminous light, from the west, and the north, and the sea, and the east, blessing Christ in you forever.

Trinity: Most Holy Trinity our God, glory to Thee.

Father Almighty, and Word, and Soul, the three Nature united in hypostases, the Most Essential and the Most Divine, we are baptized in Thee, and we bless Thee forever.

Theotokos:

Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

By You the Lord, Virgin Mary, came into the world and dissolved the womb of hell, granting us mortals the resurrection: with the same let us bless Him forever.

Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

Thy Son, the Virgin, has overthrown all the power of death by His resurrection, as the mighty God has exalted us and deified us: in the same way we glorify Him forever.

Song 9

Chorus: My soul magnifies Christ the Giver of Life, who rose three days from the grave.

Irmos: Shine, shine, new Jerusalem: for the glory of the Lord is upon you, rejoice now, and rejoice, O Zion! You, Pure One, show off, O Mother of God, about the rise of Your Nativity.

Chorus: Christ is the new Passover, living sacrifice, Lamb of God, take away the sins of the world.

Oh, divine! Oh dear! O Thy sweetest voice! You have truly promised to be with us until the end of the age; Christ, Who is faithful, the affirmation of hope, we rejoice.

Chorus: The angel cried out with more grace: pure Virgin, rejoice, and again the river, rejoice! Your Son is risen three days from the grave, and raised the dead, O people, rejoice.

Oh, great and sacred Easter, Christ! About wisdom, and the Word of God, and Power! Grant us more time to partake of You, in the unfading days of Your Kingdom.

Theotokos:

Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

Rejoice and rejoice, divine door of Light: for Jesus entered the tomb, ascended, shining brighter than the sun, and illuminated all the faithful, joyful to the Lady.

Exapostilarius is self-agreed

Easter Stichera, Tone 5:

Poem: May God rise again and let His enemies be scattered.

Poem: As smoke disappears, let them disappear.

Poem: Thus, let sinners perish from the presence of God, and let righteous women rejoice.

Poem: This day, which the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad on it.

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Notes
[*]Chorus to them: “Most Holy Theotokos, save us,” or “Glory...”, “And now...”

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Song 1

Irmos: Resurrection day, let's enlighten ourselves, people. Easter, the Lord's Easter: from death to life, and from earth to heaven, Christ God has led us, singing in victory.

Chorus: Christ is risen from the dead.

Let us purify our senses, and see in the impregnable light of the Resurrection, Christ shining, and rejoice, crying out, let us hear clearly, singing victoriously.

Christ is risen from the dead.

Let the heavens rejoice worthily, let the earth rejoice, let the world celebrate, all visible and invisible, Christ has risen, eternal joy.

Theotokos:

(Sung from the second day of Easter until the giving away)

Glory: You have broken the limit of mortification, having given birth to eternal life of Christ, who has risen from the tomb today, the All-Immaculate Virgin, and who has enlightened the world.

And now: Having seen your resurrected Son and God, rejoice from the Apostles, O Pure God-Blessed One: and rejoice first, for you have received all the joys of wine, O All-Immaculate Mother of God.

Song 3

Irmos: Come, let us drink new beer, it is not from the barren stone that the miracle works, but from the incorruptible source that from the tomb rained Christ, we are established in Nemzhe.

Christ is risen from the dead.

Now everything is filled with light, heaven and earth and the underworld: let all creation celebrate the rise of Christ, established in Him.

Christ is risen from the dead.

Yesterday I was buried with You, Christ, today I stand with You in resurrection, I was crucified with You yesterday, glorify me Yourself, O Savior, in Your Kingdom.

Glory: I come to imperishable life today through the goodness born from You, Pure One, and the light that has been shone with all its ends.

And now: God, Whom you gave birth to in the flesh, from the dead, as you said, having risen and seen, Pure One, rejoice, and exalt Him as God, Most Pure One.

Ipakoi voice 4th

Having anticipated the morning about Mary, and having found the stone rolled away from the tomb, I hear from the Angel: in the light of the ever-present Being, with the dead, why are you looking for a man? You see the graveclothes, preach to the world that the Lord has risen, the slayer of death, as the Son of God, saving the human race.

Song 4

Irmos: On Divine watch, may the God-speaking Habakkuk stand with us and show us a luminous Angel, clearly saying: today is salvation for the world, for Christ has risen, for he is omnipotent.

Christ is risen from the dead.

The male sex, as if He had opened the virgin womb, Christ appeared as a man, He was called the Lamb, without blemish, for it is tasteless of filth, our Passover, and as God is true, perfect in His speech.

Christ is risen from the dead.

God-father David is jumping before the hay ark, but the holy people of God, seeing the images of the event, rejoice divinely, as Christ is risen, as omnipotent.

Glory: Having created Adam, Your forefather, the Pure One is built from You, and destroy the mortal dwelling with Your death today, and illuminate everything with the Divine sparkles of the Resurrection.

And now: Whom you gave birth to Christ, who rose beautifully from the dead, Pure, seeing, kind and blameless in women and red, today for the salvation of all, the Apostles glorify Him with joy.

Song 5

Irmos: Let us deepen the morning, and instead of peace we will bring a song to the Lady, and we will see Christ, the Sun of truth, life shining for all.

Christ is risen from the dead.

Thy immeasurable compassion is seen through the hellish bonds of the contents, to the light of Christ, with joyful feet, praising the eternal Easter.

Christ is risen from the dead.

Let us come, O luminaries, to Christ proceeding from the tomb as a bridegroom, and let us celebrate God’s saving Pascha with lustful rites.

Glory: The Divine rays and life-giving rays of the Resurrection of Your Son, Most Pure Mother of God, are enlightened, and the pious assembly is filled with joy.

And now: Thou didst not open the gates of virginity in the incarnation, Thou didst not destroy the seals of the coffin, O King of creation: the Mother rejoiced at the sight of the Resurrected Thee.

Song 6

Irmos: Thou hast descended into the underworld of the earth and shattered the eternal faiths that contain those bound to Christ, and thou hast risen from the grave like Jonah, who is three days old.

Christ is risen from the dead.

Having preserved the signs intact, Christ, you rose from the grave, the keys of the Virgin unharmed at your birth, and you opened the doors of heaven to us.

My Savior, the living and non-sacrificial slaughter, as God Himself brought to the Father by His own will, You resurrected the all-begotten Adam, rose from the grave.

Glory: Elevated from ancient times by death and corruption, incarnate from Your most pure womb, to the incorruptible and everlasting life, Virgin Mary.

And now: Descending into the underworld of the earth, into Your lie, the Pure One, descended and took possession, and became incarnate above the mind, and raised Adam with Him, rose from the grave.

Kontakion, tone 8

Ikos

Even before the sun, the Sun sometimes set into the tomb, leading up to the morning, looking for the myrrh-bearing virgin at the day, and crying out to friends: O friends, come, let us anoint with stinks the life-giving and buried body, the flesh of the resurrected fallen Adam, gleaming in the tomb. We come, sweating like wolves, and let us worship, and bring peace like gifts, not in swaddling clothes, but wrapped in a shroud, and we weep and cry out: O Master, arise, grant resurrection to the fallen.

Having seen the Resurrection of Christ, let us worship the Holy Lord Jesus, the One Sinless One, we worship Your Cross, O Christ, and we sing and glorify Your holy Resurrection: For You are our God, do we know no other to You, We call Your name. Come, all faithful, let us worship the Holy Resurrection of Christ: behold, joy has come through the Cross to the whole world. Always blessing the Lord, we sing His Resurrection: having endured the crucifixion, destroy death by death. (Three times).

Jesus rose from the grave, as He prophesied, to give us eternal life and great mercy. ( Three times).

Song 7

Irmos: He who delivered the youths from the cave, having become a Man, suffers as if mortal, and through passion the mortal is clothed in incorruption with splendor. God alone is blessed and glorified by the fathers.

Christ is risen from the dead.

Wives from the world of God-wise follow in Your footsteps: Whom, as if dead, I seek with tears, bowing down, rejoicing in the Living God and Your secret Pascha, O Christ, disciple of the gospel.

Christ is risen from the dead.

In death we celebrate the mortification, the destruction of hell, the beginning of another eternal life, and we playfully sing of the guilty one, the one blessed of the fathers of God and the most glorified.

Christ is risen from the dead.

As truly sacred and all-celebratory this saving night, and the luminous, light-bearing day, the herald of the rising of beings: in it the flightless Light from the grave rose carnally to all.

Glory: Having put to death Your Son, the All-Immaculate Death, today, the life of all mortals remains free for all eternity, One blessed and glorified God of the Fathers.

And now: Reign over all creation, having been a man, you entered into Your, God-gracious, womb, and having endured crucifixion and death, you rose again divinely, having united us like the All-Powerful One.

Song 8

Irmos: This unspoken and holy day, one Sabbath is King and Lord, holidays are a holiday and a triumph is triumphs, and let us bless Christ forever.

Christ is risen from the dead.

Lift your eyes around, O Zion, and see: behold, your children have come to you like a divine light, from the west, and north, and sea, and east, blessing Christ in you forever.

Chorus: Most Holy Trinity, our God, glory to Thee.

Father Almighty, and Word, and Soul, the three natures united in all hypostases, the Most Essential and the Most Divine, we are baptized in Thee and bless Thee forever.

Glory: By You the Lord, Virgin Mary, came into the world and dissolved the womb of hell, granting us mortals the resurrection: with the same let us bless Him forever.

And now: Having overthrown the entire power of death, Your Son, the Virgin, by Your resurrection, like the Mighty God, exalted us and deified us. In the same way we praise Him forever.

Song 9

My soul magnifies Christ the Giver of Life, who rose three days from the grave.

Irmos: Shine, shine, new Jerusalem: for the glory of the Lord is upon you. Rejoice now and be merry, O Zion; but You, Pure One, rejoice, O Theotokos, about the rise of Your Nativity.

Christ is the new Passover, living Sacrifice, Lamb of God, take away the sins of the world.

O Divine, O dear, O Thy sweetest voice! You truly promised to be with us until the end of the age, O Christ. We rejoice in His faithfulness, the affirmation of hope.

Magdalene Mary came to the tomb and saw Christ, like a heli-grader.

O great and most sacred Easter, Christ! About Wisdom, and the Word of God, and Power! Grant us more time to partake of You, in the unfading days of Your Kingdom.

Glory: According to, Virgin, we are blessed to be faithful to You: Rejoice, door of the Lord, Rejoice, animated city; Rejoice, for for our sake now the light has arisen, from the resurrection of You born from the dead.

And now: Rejoice and rejoice, Divine Door of Light: for Jesus entered into the tomb and ascended, shining brighter than the sun and illuminating all the faithful, O God-rejoicing Lady.

Zadostoynik

The angel cried out with the Most Grace: Pure Virgin, rejoice, and again the river: rejoice! Your Son has risen three days from the grave and raised the dead, people, rejoice.

Shine, shine, new Jerusalem: for the glory of the Lord has risen upon you, rejoice now and be glad, O Zion, but you, Pure One, rejoice, O Mother of God, about the rise of Your Nativity.