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Sunday, April 16, 2017

Pascha

Katavasias of Pascha

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Pentecostarion worthy who are here on earth to glorify You Pascha with a pure heart. (2)

MATINS DEACON Let us pray to the Lord our God that we CHOIR may be made worthy to hear the holy Gospel. The Seventh Eothinon. Grave Mode. Behold, it is early and still dark. And why, (Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.) O Mary, are you standing outside at the tomb, with much darkness covering your mind, DEACON such that you seek where Jesus has been laid? Wisdom. Arise. Let us hear the Holy But see, how the Disciples, who ran together, Gospel. understood the resurrection from the linen PRIEST cloths and the napkin, and then remembered Peace be with all. the scripture concerning this. With them and (And with your spirit.) through them, we also have believed, and we PRIEST extol You, Christ the Giver of life. (SD) The reading is from the Holy Gospel PRIEST according to Mark.

Mode pl. 1. DEACON Come receive the light, from the never- Let us be attentive. setting light; and glorify Christ who has risen (Glory to You, O Lord. Glory to You.) from the dead. (SD) PRIEST CHOIR (16:1-8) Mode pl. 1. And when the Sabbath was past, Mary Come receive the light, from the never- Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, setting light; and glorify Christ who has risen and Salome, bought spices, so that they might from the dead. (2) go and anoint him. And very early on the first

PRIEST day of the week they went to the tomb when Mode pl. 2. the sun had risen. And they were saying to Angels in the heavens extol Your one another, "Who will roll away the stone for Resurrection, O Christ our Savior. Count us us from the door of the tomb?" And looking worthy who are here on earth to glorify You up, they saw that the stone was rolled back —it was very large. And entering the tomb, with a pure heart. (SD) they saw a young man sitting on the right CHOIR side, dressed in a white robe; and they were Mode pl. 2. amazed. And he said to them, "Do not be Angels in the heavens extol Your amazed; you seek Jesus of Nazareth, who Resurrection, O Christ our Savior. Count us was crucified. He has risen, he is not here; see

1 Matins on Sunday, April 16 the place where they laid him. But go, tell his PRIEST disciples and Peter that he is going before you Verse 1: Let God arise, and let His enemies to Galilee; there you will see him, as he told be scattered, and let those who hate Him flee from you." And they went out and fled from the before His face. tomb; for trembling and astonishment had CHOIR come upon them; and they said nothing to any Christ is risen from the dead, by death one, for they were afraid. (RSV) trampling down upon death, and to those in (Glory to You, O Lord. Glory to You.) the tombs He has granted life. (GOA)

PRIEST PRIEST Glory to the holy and consubstantial, and Verse 2: As smoke vanishes, so let them life giving, and undivided Trinity, always, vanish, as wax melts before the fire. now and forever and to the ages of ages. CHOIR (Amen.) Christ is risen from the dead, by death PRIEST trampling down upon death, and to those in Mode pl. 1. the tombs He has granted life. (GOA) Christ is risen from the dead, by death PRIEST trampling down upon death, and to those in Verse 3: So shall the sinners perish from the the tombs... (GOA) face of God. And let the righteous be glad. CHOIR CHOIR ...He has granted life. Christ is risen from the dead, by death PRIEST trampling down upon death, and to those in Christ is risen from the dead, by death the tombs He has granted life. (GOA) trampling down upon death, and to those in PRIEST the tombs... (GOA) Verse 4: This is the day the Lord made; let us CHOIR greatly rejoice and be glad therein. ...He has granted life. CHOIR PRIEST Christ is risen from the dead, by death Christ is risen from the dead, by death trampling down upon death, and to those in trampling down upon death, and to those in the tombs He has granted life. (GOA) the tombs... (GOA)

CHOIR ...He has granted life.

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PRIEST For pious and Orthodox Christians, let us Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy pray to the Lord. Spirit. (Lord, have mercy.) CHOIR For our (episcopal rank) (name), for the Christ is risen from the dead, by death honorable presbyterate, for the diaconate in Christ, and for all the clergy and the people, trampling down upon death, and to those in let us pray to the Lord. the tombs He has granted life. (GOA) (Lord, have mercy.) PRIEST For our country, for the president, and for Both now and ever and to the ages of ages. all in public service, let us pray to the Lord. Amen. (Lord, have mercy.) CHOIR For this city, and for every city and land, Christ is risen from the dead, by death and for the faithful who live in them, let us trampling down upon death, and to those in pray to the Lord. the tombs He has granted life. (GOA) (Lord, have mercy.) PRIEST For favorable weather, for an abundance Christ is risen from the dead, by death of the fruits of the earth, and for peaceful trampling down upon death... (GOA) times, let us pray to the Lord.

CHOIR (Lord, have mercy.) ...and to those in the tombs He has granted For those who travel by land, sea, and air, life. for the sick, the suffering, the captives and for their salvation, let us pray to the Lord. DEACON (Lord, have mercy.) In peace, let us pray to the Lord. For our deliverance from all affliction, (Lord, have mercy.) wrath, danger, and necessity, let us pray to the For the peace from above and for the Lord. salvation of our souls, let us pray to the Lord. (Lord, have mercy.) (Lord, have mercy.) Help us, save us, have mercy on us, and For the peace of the whole world, for the protect us, O God, by Your grace. stability of the holy churches of God, and for (Lord, have mercy.) the unity of all, let us pray to the Lord. Commemorating our most holy, pure, (Lord, have mercy.) blessed, and glorious Lady, the Theotokos and For this holy house and for those who ever-virgin Mary, with all the saints, let us enter it with faith, reverence, and the fear of commend ourselves and one another and our God, let us pray to the Lord. whole life to Christ our God. (Lord, have mercy.) (To You, O Lord.)

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PRIEST Katavasia. For to You belong all glory, honor, and Resurrection Day! O peoples, let us worship, to the Father and to the Son and to brilliantly shine! * Pascha, the Lord's Pascha! * the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to the For Christ our God has out of death * passed ages of ages. (Amen.) us over into life, * and likewise from earth CHOIR * to heaven, as we now sing * unto Him a The Canon. triumphal hymn. (2) Ode i. Mode 1. Heirmos. Christ is risen from the dead, by death Resurrection Day! O peoples, let us trampling down upon death, and to those in brilliantly shine! * Pascha, the Lord's Pascha! * the tombs He has granted life. (3) For Christ our God has out of death * passed us over into life, * and likewise from earth Jesus, having risen from the grave as He * to heaven, as we now sing * unto Him a foretold, has granted us eternal life and great triumphal hymn. (2) mercy. (SD) Troparia. DEACON Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord. Again and again, in peace, let us pray to the Lord. Let us purify our senses and then we shall see * by the unapproachable light of the (Lord, have mercy.) Resurrection * Christ shining vividly, and we Help us, save us, have mercy on us, and shall distinctly hear Him saying, Rejoice, to us protect us, O God, by Your grace. * as we sing the triumphal hymn. (2) (Lord, have mercy.) Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Commemorating our most holy, pure, Spirit. blessed, and glorious Lady, the Theotokos and ever-virgin Mary, with all the saints, let us Let the heavens, as is fitting, now be commend ourselves and one another and our jubilant; * let the earth be exultant. * Let the whole life to Christ our God. entire cosmos, visible and invisible now (To You, O Lord.) celebrate the feast.* For Christ, our eternal joy, PRIEST * has indeed from the dead been raised. (SD) For Yours is the dominion, and Yours is Both now and ever and to the ages of ages. the kingdom and the power and the glory, Amen. of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Let the heavens, as is fitting, now be Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of ages. jubilant; * let the earth be exultant. * Let the entire cosmos, visible and invisible now (Amen.) celebrate the feast.* For Christ, our eternal joy, CHOIR * has indeed from the dead been raised. (SD) Ode iii. Heirmos. Come and let us drink a new drink, * not one marvelously issuing from a barren rock,

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* but one that Christ from the tomb * pours ever-virgin Mary, with all the saints, let us out, incorruption's very source. * For we are commend ourselves and one another and our established in Him. (2) whole life to Christ our God. (To You, O Lord.) Troparia. Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord. PRIEST For you are our God, and to you we give Now everything, heaven and the earth glory, to the Father and the Son and the Holy * and the nethermost regions, have all been Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of filled with light. * Let the entire creation, ages. therefore, celebrate the rising of Christ. * For it (Amen.) is established in Him. (2) From Pentecostarion - - - Glory. Both now. READER Hypakoe. Mode 4. Buried with You yesterday, O Christ, * with You now resurrected, I also rise today. * When the women with Mary had come Yesterday I was with You crucified. O Savior, before dawn, and they found that the stone with Yourself glorify me in Your rule. (2) had been rolled away from the sepulcher, they heard from the Angel, "Why do you seek Katavasia. among the dead, as a mortal man, the One Come and let us drink a new drink, * not who exists in everlasting light? See the grave one marvelously issuing from a barren rock, clothes in the sepulcher. Run and proclaim * but one that Christ from the tomb * pours to the world that the Lord has risen and put out, incorruption's very source. * For we are death to death; for He is the Son of God who established in Him. (2) saves the human race." Christ is risen from the dead, by death CHOIR trampling down upon death, and to those in Ode iv. Heirmos. the tombs He has granted life. (3) Now let Habakkuk as a God-inspired Jesus, having risen from the grave as He prophet stand with us, * keeping his divine foretold, has granted us eternal life and great watch, and show us * the angelic messenger, mercy. (SD) who, shining, utters glowingly, * "Today,

DEACON for the world is salvation,* because arisen is Again and again, in peace, let us pray to Christ, being omnipotent." (2) the Lord. Troparia. (Lord, have mercy.) Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord. Help us, save us, have mercy on us, and Christ, our veritable Pascha, is the protect us, O God, by Your grace. fulfillment of the Law; therefore He appeared (Lord, have mercy.) as a male having opened the virgin womb; Commemorating our most holy, pure, He has been called a Lamb as being edible; blessed, and glorious Lady, the Theotokos and 5 Matins on Sunday, April 16 unblemished, as without stain; and He is said (Lord, have mercy.) to be perfect, being very God. (2) Commemorating our most holy, pure, Glory. blessed, and glorious Lady, the Theotokos and ever-virgin Mary, with all the saints, let us The Savior Christ, the crown of goodness commend ourselves and one another and our who is ever blest by us, willingly was whole life to Christ our God. sacrificed for all as a year old paschal lamb, (To You, O Lord.) our Passover that cleanses us. And from the sepulcher now the handsome Sun of PRIEST Righteousness for us has shone again. (SD) For You, O God, are good and love mankind, and to You we offer glory, to the Both now. Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, Before the Ark, which was a shadow now and forever, and to the ages of ages. of old, the forebear of God David leapt (Amen.) and danced. As we see the types fulfilled, CHOIR correspondingly let us also, as God's holy Ode v. Heirmos. people, rejoice in godly manner, because Arising at dawn very early, * instead of arisen is Christ, being omnipotent. (SD) ointment, a hymn let us offer unto the Master, Katavasia. * and then we shall clearly see* Christ, the Sun Now let Habakkuk as a God-inspired of Righteousness, * causing true life to arise prophet stand with us, * keeping his divine for all. (2) watch, and show us * the angelic messenger, Troparia. who, shining, utters glowingly, * "Today, Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord. for the world is salvation,* because arisen is Christ, being omnipotent." (2) Beholding Your measureless compassion, the souls below that were held by the shackles Christ is risen from the dead, by death and bonds of Hades pressing forward trampling down upon death, and to those in hastened to the light with feet exultant, O the tombs He has granted life. (3) Christ, applauding the Pascha that never ends. Jesus, having risen from the grave as He (2) foretold, has granted us eternal life and great Glory. Both now. mercy. (SD) With candles and lamps let us go out to be DEACON with Christ who emerged from the sepulcher Again and again, in peace, let us pray to like the Bridegroom; and with festive ranks of the Lord. Angels let us also celebrate God's holy Pascha (Lord, have mercy.) that saves us all. (2) Help us, save us, have mercy on us, and Katavasia. protect us, O God, by Your grace. Arising at dawn very early, * instead of ointment, a hymn let us offer unto the Master,

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* and then we shall clearly see* Christ, the Sun Troparia. of Righteousness, * causing true life to arise Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord. for all. (2) Preserving unbroken the seals of the tomb, Christ is risen from the dead, by death You, O Christ, resurrected, as at birth You did trampling down upon death, and to those in not disrupt Your Mother's virginal barriers. the tombs He has granted life. (3) But the pearly gates of Paradise for us You have opened. (2) Jesus, having risen from the grave as He foretold, has granted us eternal life and great Glory. Both now. mercy. (SD) My Savior, the live and unslain sacrificial victim, as a man You did offer Yourself to the DEACON Father of Your own will; when as God You Again and again, in peace, let us pray to rose from the tomb, with Yourself, You raised the Lord. the whole race of Adam. (2) (Lord, have mercy.) Katavasia. Help us, save us, have mercy on us, and You went down to the nether regions protect us, O God, by Your grace. of earth, * and You broke apart the bars that (Lord, have mercy.) forever * were closed on those who were held Commemorating our most holy, pure, there, O Christ. * From the sepulcher, * as did blessed, and glorious Lady, the Theotokos and Jonah from the whale, * You arose on the third ever-virgin Mary, with all the saints, let us day. (2) commend ourselves and one another and our whole life to Christ our God. Christ is risen from the dead, by death (To You, O Lord.) trampling down upon death, and to those in the tombs He has granted life. (3) PRIEST For hallowed and glorified is your all- Jesus, having risen from the grave as He honored and majestic name, of the Father and foretold, has granted us eternal life and great the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever mercy. (SD) and to the ages of ages. DEACON (Amen.) Again and again, in peace, let us pray to CHOIR the Lord. Ode vi. Heirmos. (Lord, have mercy.) You went down to the nether regions Help us, save us, have mercy on us, and of earth, * and You broke apart the bars that protect us, O God, by Your grace. forever * were closed on those who were held (Lord, have mercy.) there, O Christ. * From the sepulcher, * as did Jonah from the whale, * You arose on the third Commemorating our most holy, pure, blessed, and glorious Lady, the Theotokos and day. (2) ever-virgin Mary, with all the saints, let us

7 Matins on Sunday, April 16 commend ourselves and one another and our Christ went down alone to battle Hades, whole life to Christ our God. He came up taking with Him many spoils of vict'ry. (To You, O Lord.) To Him be the glory and the dominion to

PRIEST the ages of ages. Amen. For You are the King of peace and the Having beheld the Resurrection of Christ, savior of our souls, and to You we give glory, let us worship the holy Lord Jesus, the only to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, sinless one. Your Cross, O Christ, we venerate, now and forever and to the ages of ages. and Your holy Resurrection we praise and (Amen.) glorify. For You are our God; apart from You From Pentecostarion - - - READER we know no other; we call upon Your name. Kontakion. Mode pl. 4. Come, all faithful, let us venerate the holy Though You went down into the tomb, Resurrection of Christ; for behold, through O Immortal One, yet You brought down the Cross, joy has come to the whole world. the dominion of Hades; and You rose as the Ever blessing the Lord, let us praise His victor, O Christ our God; and You called out Resurrection; for having endured the Cross for "Rejoice" to the Myrrh-bearing women, and us, He destroyed death by death. (3) gave peace to Your Apostles, O Lord who to Jesus, having risen from the grave as He the fallen grant resurrection. foretold, has granted us eternal life and great Oikos. mercy. (3) The women bringing ointments came in CHOIR haste at deep dawn, seeking as day the Sun Ode vii. Heirmos. who was before the sun and yet had set in The same One who delivered the Lads a sepulcher. They cried to one another, "O from fire, becoming a mortal man, * suffers friends, come let us anoint with spices the life- in the flesh; and by His Passion He arrays bearing yet buried Body, the flesh that raises * mortal nature with majesty, free of all * fallen Adam, lying as it is in the grave. Let us corruption, the only God of the fathers, * go, let us hurry like the Magi, and adore Him, blessed and supremely glorious. (2) and offer the ointments, as if gifts, to Him Troparia. who is wrapped, not in swaddling but grave Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord. clothes. And let us weep and cry out, 'Arise, O The ointment-bearing women of Godly Master, who to the fallen grant resurrection.' mind ran after You earnestly. Shedding tears, Synaxarion. they sought for You as though You were From the Pentecostarion. mortal, then rejoicing they worshipped You On the holy and great Sunday of Pascha the living God, O Christ, then they ran to Your we celebrate the very life-bearing Resurrection disciples, announcing the mystic Passover. (2) of our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ. Verses

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Glory. ever-virgin Mary, with all the saints, let us We celebrate that death has been put commend ourselves and one another and our to death, Hades has been overthrown, and whole life to Christ our God. another, everlasting life has begun. And (To You, O Lord.) exulting we praise and extol the Cause, PRIEST exalting the only God of the fathers, blessed May the might of your kingdom be and supremely glorious. (SD) blessed and glorified, of the Father and the Both now. Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of ages. This saving and most radiant night (Amen.) has been oh so sacred and indeed festive all around; it is the prelude and herald of CHOIR resplendently bright Resurrection Day, on Ode viii. Heirmos. which the timeless Light on all has bodily This is it, the Day which is chosen and shone forth out of the sepulcher. (SD) holy, * Day One of the Sabbaths. * It is the Katavasia. queen-day, the Lord's Day, * and the Feast of all feasts, * and the Festival above every The same One who delivered the Lads festival, * on which we extol Christ and bless from fire, becoming a mortal man, * suffers Him to the ages. (2) in the flesh; and by His Passion He arrays * mortal nature with majesty, free of all * Troparia. corruption, the only God of the fathers, * Glory to Your holy Resurrection, O Lord. blessed and supremely glorious. (2) Come on this illustrious day of Christ is risen from the dead, by death Resurrection and day of Christ's Kingdom, let trampling down upon death, and to those in us receive the communion of the joy divine the tombs He has granted life. (3) from the new fruit of the vine, for eternal life, and highly extol Him as God unto the ages. (2) Jesus, having risen from the grave as He foretold, has granted us eternal life and great Glory. mercy. (SD) Lift up your eyes round about You and see, O Zion. Behold, like beacons shining DEACON with light divine have your children come to Again and again, in peace, let us pray to you from the West, from the North and from the Lord. seaward and from the East. In you they extol (Lord, have mercy.) Christ and bless Him to the ages. (SD) Help us, save us, have mercy on us, and Both now. protect us, O God, by Your grace. Father, ruler over all, and Logos and (Lord, have mercy.) Spirit, O Nature divine, in three Hypostases Commemorating our most holy, pure, united, transcending essence and divinity, in blessed, and glorious Lady, the Theotokos and

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You have we been baptized; we praise and DEACON bless and worship You, unto all the ages. (SD) Let us honor and magnify in song the Theotokos and the Mother of the light. Katavasia. This is it, the Day which is chosen and CHOIR holy, * Day One of the Sabbaths. * It is the Ode ix. Heirmos. queen-day, the Lord's Day, * and the Feast O my soul, magnify Him who willingly of all feasts, * and the Festival above every suffered, was buried, and arose from the grave on festival, * on which we extol Christ and bless the third day. Him to the ages. (2) Be illumined, illumined, O New Christ is risen from the dead, by death Jerusalem; * for the glory of the Lord has trampling down upon death, and to those in arisen over you. * Dance now for joy, O the tombs He has granted life. (3) Zion, and exult. * And you be merry, O pure Theotokos, * at the arising of the One you Jesus, having risen from the grave as He bore. foretold, has granted us eternal life and great O my soul, magnify Christ who is the Giver of mercy. (SD) life, and who rose from the grave on the third day. DEACON Be illumined, illumined, O New Again and again, in peace, let us pray to the Lord. Jerusalem; * for the glory of the Lord has arisen over you. * Dance now for joy, O (Lord, have mercy.) Zion, and exult. * And you be merry, O pure Help us, save us, have mercy on us, and Theotokos, * at the arising of the One you protect us, O God, by Your grace. bore. (Lord, have mercy.) Troparia. Commemorating our most holy, pure, Christ is the new Pascha, the sacrificial blessed, and glorious Lady, the Theotokos and Victim, the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of ever-virgin Mary, with all the saints, let us commend ourselves and one another and our the world. whole life to Christ our God. Divine and beloved and sweetest (To You, O Lord.) utterance of Yours! * For You really and truly pledged that You will be with us * unto the PRIEST end of the age, O Christ. * And we the faithful, For blessed is your name, and glorified is your kingdom, of the Father and the Son and clinging to Your promise, * our anchor of the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to the hope, rejoice. (SD) ages of ages. Today creation all is exultant and rejoices, for (Amen.) Christ has arisen, and Hades was despoiled. Divine and beloved and sweetest utterance of Yours! * For You really and truly

10 Matins on Sunday, April 16 pledged that You will be with us * unto the Christ is risen from the dead, by death end of the age, O Christ. * And we the faithful, trampling down upon death, and to those in clinging to Your promise, * our anchor of the tombs He has granted life. (3)

(SD) hope, rejoice. Jesus, having risen from the grave as He Glory. foretold, has granted us eternal life and great O my soul, magnify the power of the Godhead, mercy. (SD) that is three hypostases and also undivided. DEACON O Pascha, the great and most sacred Again and again, in peace, let us pray to Passover, O Christ, * You the wisdom and the Lord. Logos and the power of God: * Grant that we (Lord, have mercy.) may more distinctly partake of You * on that Help us, save us, have mercy on us, and day that has no evening in Your kingly rule. protect us, O God, by Your grace. (SD) (Lord, have mercy.) Both now. Commemorating our most holy, pure, Rejoice, blessed Virgin; rejoice, O glorified one. blessed, and glorious Lady, the Theotokos and Rejoice, your Son has risen from the grave on the ever-virgin Mary, with all the saints, let us third day. commend ourselves and one another and our O Pascha, the great and most sacred whole life to Christ our God. Passover, O Christ, * You the wisdom and (To You, O Lord.) Logos and the power of God: * Grant that we PRIEST may more distinctly partake of You * on that For all the powers of heaven praise You day that has no evening in Your kingly rule. and give You glory, to the Father and the Son (SD) and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of ages. Katavasia. The Angel cried aloud to the Lady full of grace: (Amen.) Rejoice, O pure Virgin; and again I say Rejoice. CHOIR Your Son has resurrected from the grave on the Exaposteilarion. Of Pascha. From Pentecostarion - - - third day. Mode 2. Automelon. Be illumined, illumined, O New When You had slumbered in the flesh as Jerusalem; * for the glory of the Lord has one mortal, O King and Lord, You rose again arisen over you. * Dance now for joy, O on the third day, and raised up Adam from Zion, and exult. * And you be merry, O pure decay and rendered death of no effect. Pascha Theotokos, * at the arising of the One you of incorruption, salvation of the world. (3) bore. (2) Lauds. Mode 1. Let everything that breathes praise the Lord. Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise

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Him in the highest. It is fitting to sing a hymn emerging from a bridal chamber, You rose to You, O God. (SAAS) from the sepulcher, in order to save the world.

(SD) Praise Him, all you His angels; praise Glory to You, O Lord. From Pentecostarion - - - Him, all you His hosts. It is fitting to sing a Stichera of Pascha. hymn to You, O God. (SAAS) Mode pl. 1. From Pentecostarion - - - Resurrectional Stichera. Verse 1: Let God arise, and let His enemies Sticheron 1. Mode 1. be scattered, and let those who hate Him flee from Praise Him for His mighty acts; praise Him before His face. according to the abundance of His greatness. (SAAS) Today a sacred Pascha has been revealed O Christ, we praise in song Your saving to us; a Pascha new and holy, a Pascha Passion, and Your resurrection do we glorify. mystical, a Pascha all-venerable, Pascha, the

(SD) Redeemer Christ himself; a Pascha that is blameless, a Pascha that is great, a Pascha Sticheron 2. Mode 1. of believers, a Pascha that has opened for us Praise Him with the sound of trumpet; praise the gates of Paradise, a Pascha that sanctifies Him with the harp and lyre. (SAAS) believers all. (SD) You endured crucifixion and abolished Verse 2: As smoke vanishes, so let them death and resurrected from the dead. Do vanish, as wax melts before the fire. therefore now bring peace into our life, O Come now from that sight, O you women Lord, as the only Almighty One. (SD) and heralds of good news, and say to Zion, Sticheron 3. Mode 1. "Receive from us the joyful tidings of the Praise Him with timbrel and dance; praise Resurrection of Christ. O Jerusalem, be Him with strings and flute. (SAAS) exultant, dance and leap for joy, for you have You stripped Hades of plunder, witnessed Christ the King coming forth as a and humanity You resurrected by Your Bridegroom from the sepulcher." (SD) resurrection, O Christ. Do therefore now Verse 3: So shall the sinners perish from the account us worthy with a pure heart to praise face of God. And let the righteous be glad. You and glorify. (SD) The myrrh-bearing women at dawn very Sticheron 4. Mode 1. early, standing outside the tomb of the Giver- Praise Him with resounding cymbals; praise of-Life, found an Angel who was seated upon Him with triumphant cymbals. Let everything that the stone. And the Angel addressed them, and breathes praise the Lord. (SAAS) this is what he said, "Why do you seek among We glorify Your divine condescension, the dead the One who is alive? Why do you and we sing Your praise, O Christ. You were grieve as though corruptible the Incorrupt? So born of a Virgin, and from the Father You go back and proclaim it to His Disciples." (SD) remained inseparable. You suffered as a man and voluntarily endured the Cross. As one

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Verse 4: This is the day the Lord made; let us have no misgivings, you have lost nothing. greatly rejoice and be glad therein. If some have been as late as the ninth, come Pascha of delight! Pascha, the Lord's forward, do not be at a loss. If any of you Pascha! A Pascha all venerable has risen have arrived only at the eleventh hour, do for us. Pascha! With joy let us embrace one not be dismayed for being late. The Master another. Pascha, the ransom from sorrow! is gracious: He accepts the last even as the Today from the sepulcher Christ emerged first; He gives rest to those of the eleventh as resplendently as from a bridal chamber, well as to those who have labored from the and the women He filled with joy, saying, first; He is lenient with the last while looking "Proclaim this to the Apostles." (SD) after the first; to the one He gives, to the other He gives freely; He accepts the labors and Glory. Both now. Of Pascha. From Pentecostarion - - - welcomes the effort; honors the deed, but Mode pl. 1. commends the intent. So, all of you, enter into It is the day of the Resurrection. Let the joy of our Lord: first and second, share us shine brightly for the festival, and also the bounty. Rich and poor alike, celebrate embrace one another. Brethren, let us say together. Sober or heedless, honor the day. even to those who hate us, "Let us forgive Those who fasted and those who did not, everything for the Resurrection." And thus let rejoice today. The table is full, everyone fare us cry aloud, "Christ is risen from the dead, sumptuously. The calf is fatted; no one go by death trampling down upon death, and to away hungry. Everyone, savor the banquet those in the tombs He has granted life." (SD) of faith; relish the riches of His goodness. No From Pentecostarion - - - Mode pl. 1. one need lament poverty, for the kingdom is Christ is risen from the dead, by death seen as universal. No one need grieve over trampling down upon death, and to those in sins; forgiveness has dawned from the tomb. the tombs He has granted life. (3) (GOA) No one need fear death; the Savior's death has freed us from it. While its captive He stifled PRIEST it. He despoiled Hades as He descended The Catechetical Paschal Homily of our Father Among the Saints, St. John into it; it was angered when it tasted His Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople flesh. Foreseeing this, Isaiah proclaimed: If there are devout and God loving "Hades," he said, "was angered when he met people here, let them enjoy this beautiful, You below." It was angered because it was radiant festival. If the re are prudent servants, abolished. It was angered because it was enter joyously into the Lord's joy. Whoever mocked. It was angered because it was slain. may be spent from fasting, enjoy now your It was angered because it was shackled. It reward. Whoever has toiled from the first received a body and encountered God. It took hour, receive today your just settlement. earth and came face to face with heaven. It If any came after the third hour, celebrate took what it saw and fell by what it could gratefully. If any of you arrived after the sixth, not see. Death, where is your sting? Hades,

13 Matins on Sunday, April 16 where is your victory? Christ is risen and you PEOPLE are overthrown. Christ is risen and demons Truly He is risen! have fallen. Christ is risen and angels rejoice. PRIEST Christ is risen and life rules. Christ is risen and Christ is risen! not one dead remains in the tomb. For Christ, PEOPLE having risen from the dead, has become the Truly He is risen! firstfruits of those that slept. To Him be the glory and the dominion forever. Amen. PRIEST Christ is risen! CHOIR Mode pl. 4. PEOPLE The grace that from your mouth shone Truly He is risen! forth like a torch illumined the universe. It PRIEST deposited in the world the treasures of the Glory to His holy Resurrection on the absence of avarice. It showed us the height third day! that is attained by humility. Now you instruct PEOPLE us by your words, Father John Chrysostom. We worship His Resurrection on the third Intercede with Christ God, the Word himself, day! entreating Him to save our souls. (SD) PRIEST Dismissal PRIEST Christ is risen from the dead, by death May He who rose from the dead, Christ trampling down upon death, and to those in our true God, through the intercessions of His the tombs He has granted life. all-pure and all-immaculate holy Mother, the PEOPLE power of the precious and life-giving Cross, Truly the Lord is risen! the protection of the honorable, bodiless powers of heaven, the supplications of the honorable, glorious prophet and forerunner John the Baptist, of the holy, glorious, and praiseworthy apostles, of the holy, glorious, and triumphant martyrs, of our righteous and God-bearing fathers, (local patron saint); of the holy and righteous ancestors of God Joachim and Anna, and of all the saints, have mercy on us and save us, for He is good and loves mankind. Conclusion, i.e. "Through the prayers..." Let us forgive everything for the Resurrection, And thus let us cry aloud: Christ is risen!