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P. Regular Beginning
C. Lord I have cried... (Tone 5)
1. Thou hast shamed the devil with Thy precious Cross, O Christ,/ and hast
blunted the sting of sin by Thy Resurrection./ Thou hast saved us from
the gates of death.// Thou, O only-begotten Son, we glorify Thee.
2. He Who granted mankind the Resurrection/ was led like a lamb to the
slaughter;/ the princes of hell trembled before Him,/ the gates of
tears were lifted up:/ for Christ the King of glory entered in,/
declaring to those in bonds: "Go forth"// and to those in darkness:
"Show yourselves."
3. What a mighty wonder;/ in His love for mankind,/ the Maker of things
invisible suffered in the flesh and He Who was immortal rose./ Come
and worship Him, ye kindreds of the nations;/ let us, delivered indeed
from beguilement by His compassion,// learn to sing the praises of the
only God in three Persons.
7. The Scriptures of the Law/ appointed the honored number seven for the
Hebrew children,/ who wait in shadow and serve it;/ whilst the fathers
who, at the command of God/ Who created all that exists in six days and
blessed the seventh,/ met at the sevenfold Councils,// have made it
most honorable.
8. O thrice-blessed fathers!/ from things that are real,/ unto all have ye
clearly taught the Trinity,/ Who is the Cause of the world’s creation;/
for, being like the four elements,/ and having set down the three and
four councils/ and been shown to be vindicators of Orthodox discourse,/
ye have made clear the doctrine of the Trinity,// Who hath created
these things and fashioned the world.
9. A single bending of the greatly renowned Prophet Elisha/ over the prone
son of the woman/ who had rendered him service was sufficient to
breathe life into him;/ yet he returned and bent over him seven times,/
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10. Who hath rent Thy garment, O Saviour?/ It was Arius, Thou hast said,/
who separated the Trinity’s authority of equal honour into divisions./
He hath denied Thee to be One of the Trinity./ He hath taught
Nestorius not to say 'Theotokos.'/ But the Council in Nicaea hath
proclaimed Thee, O Lord, to be the Son of God,// equally enthroned with
the Father and the Spirit.
Glory... (Tone 6)
This day let us praise the God-bearing fathers/ as trumpets of the
Spirit,/ which play within the Church the melodious hymn of theology,/ that
the Trinity is One and Immutable in essence and divinity./ They are casters
down of the Arians,/ the champions of the Orthodox,// who ever beseech the
Lord to have mercy on our souls.
P. Wisdom. Aright!
C. O Joyful Light...
P. Prokimenon. The Lord is King...
P. Wisdom!
more as ye are, and bless you, as He hath promised you!) So I took the
chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you,
captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over
fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes. And I
charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your
brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the
stranger that is with him. Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye
shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the
face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for
you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
P. Augmented Litany
R. Vouchsafe...
P. Litany of Fervent Supplication
Glory... (Tone 3)
O holy fathers,/ ye were careful preservers of the Tradition of the
apostles,/ for, having taught in Orthodox manner the consubstantiality of
the Holy Trinity,/ in council ye cast down the blasphemy of Arius;/ and
having denounced both him and Macedonius,/ who contended against the
Spirit,/ ye condemned Nestorius, Eutyches and Dioscorus,/ Sabellius and the
mindless Severus.// Pray ye that our life may be kept undefiled in the
Faith, we beseech you.
Both... (Tone 3)
By the will of the Father,/ thou hast conceived of the Holy Spirit/
without seed the Son of God Who, begotten of the Father/ had His being
without mother before the world began./ He was born for our sakes in the
flesh of thee without father/ and thou hast fed Him as an infant with thy
milk.// Therefore, never cease to entreat Him to deliver our souls from
danger.
APOSTICHA: (Tone 5)
mankind,/ hast suffered the Cross and death for the sake of our kind/
and casting down the gates of hell,// Thou hast risen on the third day
and thereby saved our souls.
3. O Thou Wh-o lovest mankind/ strange are Thy crucifixion and Thy descent
into hell./ For after despoiling it, and raising up with Thyself as
God in glory,/ those who were in times of old held captive there,/ Thou
hast opened Paradise and vouchsafed that it let man enter./ Cleanse
us, therefore, from sin,/ who glorify Thy Resurrection on the third
day/ and vouchsafe that we too may dwell in Eden:// For Thou alone art
merciful.
4. O Thou, Who for our sakes hast accepted suffering in the flesh/ and
hast risen on the third day from the dead,/ heal the passions of our
flesh/ and raise us from our grievous iniquities and save us:// For
Thou alo-ne lovest mankind.
Glory... (Tone 4)
This day let us, the assemblies of the Orthodox,/ faithfully acting in
accordance with piety,/ celebrate the prayerful memory of the God-bearing
fathers/ who assembled from throughout all the world in the splendid city of
Nicaea;/ for with pious mind they cast down the godless dogma of the fearful
Arius,/ and in Council cast him out of the catholic Church,/ and in their
Symbol of Faith have clearly taught all to confess the Son of God/ to be
consubstantial, equally everlasting, and existent before the ages,/ setting
this forth precisely and piously./ Wherefore, following their divine dogmas
and believing them with certainty,/ we worship the Trinity One in Essence;//
the Son and the Holy Spirit together with the Father, in One Godhead.
MATINS: Tone 5
P. Regular Beginning
P. Great Ectenia
C. God is the Lord...
R. Now...
R. Kathisma II
P. Small Ectenia
R. Sessional Hymns:
We praise the Cross of the Lord, we honour His holy burial with hymns,
and we greatly glorify His resurrection, for as God with Himself He raised
the dead up from the graves, having captured the dominion of death and the
might of the devil; and He shone light upon those in hades.
V. Arise, O Lord my God, let Thy hand be lifted high; forget not Thy
paupers to the end.
Declared to be dead, O Lord Who didst slay death, Thou wast laid in a
tomb, O Thou Who emptied the graves. Above, soldiers kept guard over Thy
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sepulcher, while below Thou didst raise up the dead from ages past. O
almighty and unapproachable Lord, glory be to Thee!
R. Kathisma III
P. Small Ectenia
R. Sessional Hymns:
O Lord, after Thy resurrection on the third day and the worship of the
apostles, Peter cried out to Thee: "The women showed courage, but I was
afraid. The thief uttered theology, but I denied Thee. And dost Thou now
call upon me to be Thine apostle still? Or wilt Thou show me again to be a
fisher of the deep? Yet do Thou accept me, who repent, O God, and save me!"
C. Polyeleos
C. Evlogitaria (Blessed art Thou, O Lord...)
P. Small Ectenia
R. Ypakoe:
The myrrh-bearing women, their minds dazzled by the sight of the angel
and their souls enlightened by Thy divine Resurrection, preached the good
tidings to the Apostles: "O spread among the nations the news of the
Resurrection of the Lord, He, Who works wonders and grants us His great
mercy."
P. Prokimenon: (Tone 5)
Arise, O Lord, my God, let Thy hand be lifted high;/ for Thou shalt be
King forever.
V. I will confess to Thee, O Lord, with my whole heart, I will tell
of all Thy wonders.
Canticle One
The thorny assembly of the Jews, devoid of maternal love for Thee,
their Benefactor, O Christ, crowned Thee with thorns, Who lifted the thorny
sentence of our first father.
Bending down, O Bestower of life, Thou raised me up who had fallen into
the pit; and having endured my fetid corruption without partaking thereof, O
Christ, Thou hast made me fragrant with the myrrh of the divine Essence.
Theotokion
The curse hath been annulled; grief hath ceased! For she who is
blessed and full of grace hath shone joy forth upon the faithful, causing
Christ to blossom forth as a blessing upon all the ends of the earth.
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To Him alone Who of His own will was nailed to the Cross in the flesh
and freed him who through the tree fell under the ancient condemnation, let
us chant, for He hath been glorified.
To Christ alone, Who raised up the dead man from the tomb, Who
resurrected the fallen one with Himself, and adorned him by sitting with the
Father, let us chant, for He hath been glorified.
O all-pure one, entreat Christ, the Light Who abode within thee and
illumineth the world with the rays of His divinity, that He enlighten all
who hymn thee, O Virgin Mother.
Prefiguring thee on Sinai of old, the bush which was united with fire
was not consumed; for as virgin thou gavest birth and remained a virgin
still, in manner past understanding, O Virgin Mother.
O Lord, grant unto me, who desire to hymn the Seventh Council, an
assemblage of the seven gifts of the Paraclete, Who, with tongues of fire,
made it wise and hath caused all sacrilegious blasphemy to fall silent.
The number seven hath been greater than others from the beginning, for
originally the all-accomplished cessation of the divine creation of all was
on the seventh day, and now an end hath come to all heresies at the Council
of the same number.
C. Katavasia (Tone 4)
I shall open my mouth/ and the Spirit will inspire it,/ and I shall
utter the words of my song to the Queen and Mother:/ I shall be seen
radiantly keeping feast// and joyfully praising her wonders.
Canticle Three
Irmos: O Christ Who by Thy command fixed the earth upon naught/ and
suspended its weight unsupported;/ establish Thou Thy Church/
upon the immovable rock of Thy commandments,// O Thou Who
alone art good and lovest mankind.
They who sucked honey from a rock when Thou didst work a miracle in the
desert, O Christ, gave Thee gall to eat; the ungrateful children of Israel
gave Thee vinegar in return for manna, repaying thus Thy benefactions.
They who of old were covered by the cloud of light placed Christ, our
Life, in the tomb; yet He hath arisen through His own power and from on high
hath given to all the faithful the effulgence of the Spirit, which
mystically overshadoweth them.
Theotokion
Thou, O Mother of God, gavest birth without knowing union, and without
the pangs of motherhood, unto Him Who shone forth from the incorrupt Father;
wherefore, in Orthodox manner we proclaim thee the Theotokos, for thou
gavest birth unto the incarnate Word.
Thou didst arise from the tomb, O Christ, delivering from the
corruption of death those who hymn Thy voluntary crucifixion, O Bestower of
life.
The myrrh-bearing women strove to anoint Thy body with myrrh, O Christ;
but not finding it, they turned back, hymning Thine arising.
O pure one, thou art now manifestly seen by all to be the ladder
whereby the Most High hath descended unto us to set aright our nature, which
had become corrupt; for through thee was the All-good One well pleased to
enter into fellowship with the world.
The company of the fathers, drawing forth streams of teaching from the
wellsprings of salvation, give the thirsting people of Christ to drink
thereof, and wash away the turbid streams of filth.
Both... Let all the impious depart that do not honour the precious
icon of the Theotokos and do not proclaim her to be her that gaveth birth to
Christ theandrically; and let them be sent into the fire, to burn without
being consumed.
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C. Katavasia (Tone 4)
O Mother of God,/ thou living and plentiful fount,/ give strength to
those united in spiritual fellowship,/ who sing hymns of praise to thee:/
And in thy divine glory// vouchsafe unto them crowns of glory.
P. Small Ectenia
C. Kontakion (Tone 5)
Thou didst descend into hell, O my Saviour,/ shattering its gates as
Almighty;/ resurrecting the dead as Creator/ and destroying the sting of
death,/ Thou hast delivered Adam from the curse, O Lover of Man,// and we
all cry to Thee, O Lord, save us.
R. Ikos
When the women heard the words of the angel, they put aside their
lamentation, and full of joy and trembling they gazed in awe. And, lo!
Christ drew nigh to them, saying: "Rejoice! Be of good cheer! I have
vanquished the world and freed the captives! Make haste, therefore, to My
disciples, telling them that I go before you to preach in the city of
Galilee." Wherefore, we all cry out to Thee: Save us, O Lord!
Canticle Four
O Good One, with a tree Thou didst sweeten the bitter waters of Marah,
prefiguring Thine all-precious Cross, which doeth away with the taste of
sin.
Theotokion
Without physical joining thou didst incorruptibly conceive within thy
womb, and gavest birth without pain; and having given birth unto God in the
flesh, thou wast preserved a virgin even after birthgiving.
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When the Cross was planted in the ground on Golgotha, the everlasting
bars were shattered; and the gatekeepers cried out: Glory to Thy power, O
Lord!
When as One dead the Saviour descended unto those bound, he raised up
with Himself those who had died in times past; and they cried aloud: Glory
to Thy power, O Lord!
With heart and mind, with soul and mouth I most piously confess thee to
be the true Theotokos, O pure one; and laying hold of the fruit of
salvation, I am saved by thy supplications, O Virgin.
Isaiah called thee the staff from whence Christ God, the beautiful
Flower, budded forth for us, unto the salvation of those who with faith and
love have recourse to thy protection.
The most godly fathers, having the word of God as arrow and sword, with
the sign of the Cross slaughter together all the enemy who do not honour
alike the images of Christ, the Theotokos, and of all the saints.
Both... Thou art my hope, O all-pure one. Thou art my hymn. Thou
art my refuge, thou art my restoration, O thou that without mating gavest
birth to God, the incarnate Word of the Father. Wherefore, I bow down
without hesitation before thine icon, strengthened by thy might.
C. Katavasia (Tone 4)
He Who sits in glory upon the throne of the Godhead,/ Jesus the true
God,/ is come in a swift cloud,/ and with His pure hand He has saved those
who cry:// Glory to Thy power, O Lord.
Canticle Five
Of His own will the Lord of glory hangeth ignominiously upon the Tree
in inglorious form, ineffably taking thought of divine glory for me.
Theotokion
Having seedlessly given birth for us to Christ, our righteousness and
deliverance, O Theotokos, thou didst rid the nature of our first father of
the curse.
Thou didst stretch forth Thine arms upon the Tree, O our Saviour,
calling all to Thyself, in that Thou lovest mankind.
Rising from the tomb on the third day, O Bestower of life, Thou didst
pour forth imperishable immortality upon all.
Glory... Now is the time for gladness! Now is the day of salvation
made manifest! Let us therefore be glad, and let us cry out to Christ with
joy: Grant us Thy peace, through the prayers of the fathers of the Seventh
Council, O Lover of mankind.
Both... For the sake of the mercy of His compassion, the Son of God
was immutably born of the Virgin, taking what was foreign to Him as His own,
and, being in His essence uncircumscribable, He willingly appeareth
circumscribed in this form.
C. Katavasia (Tone 4)
The whole world was amazed at thy divine glory,/ for thou, O Virgin who
hast not known wedlock,/ hast held in thy womb the God of all,/ and hast
given birth to an eternal Son,// Who rewards with salvation all who sing thy
praises.
Canticle Six
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Irmos: O Christ Master,/ still Thou the sea of the passions/ which
rageth with a soul-destroying tempest,/ and lead me up from
corruption,// in that Thou art compassionate.
Thou, O our Life, didst go down into hades, and having become
corruption for the corrupter, O Christ our Master, Thou didst pour forth
resurrection through corruption.
Theotokion
The Virgin gave birth, and having given birth hath remained pure. The
Virgin Mother hath truly borne in her arms Him Who holdeth all things.
Thou didst stretch forth Thine arms, gathering together through Thy
Life-bearing Cross the assemblies of Thy nations scattered afar, O Christ
our God, in that Thou lovest mankind.
Thou madest death captive and didst break down the gates of hades; and
bound Adam, released from his bonds, cried out to Thee: Thy right hand hath
saved me, O Lord!
When He Who is the cause of all, and Who hath brought all into being,
became incarnate, He had thee as His human cause, O most immaculate Mother
of God.
For us didst thou give birth unto the Bestower of life, the Author of
salvation, Who giveth everlasting deliverance unto us who confess thee to be
the true Theotokos.
Let the mountains rain down sweetness and joy, for the multitude of
heretics, which poureth forth the bitter poison of the removal of the holy
icons, hath been driven out.
Both... The Son of the Mother, Who was first begotten of the Father
without mother, and was born in godly manner without a father, hath given me
rebirth. Wherefore, fashioning an image of her that gave birth and of Him
that was born, I venerate it.
C. Katavasia (Tone 4)
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P. Small Ectenia
Canticle Seven
Irmos: The supremely exalted Lord of our fathers/ quenched the flame
and bedewed the children,/ who sang together:// Blessed art
Thou, O God.
Clad in flesh like bait on a hook, by Thy divine power thou didst draw
the serpent down, leading up those who cry: Blessed art Thou, O God!
The Infinite One, Who brought the immense structure of the earth into
being, in the flesh is covered in the tomb. Unto Him do we all sing:
Blessed art Thou, O God!
Theotokion
O most immaculate one, thou gavest birth to the incarnate God, one
Hypostasis in two natures, unto Him do we all sing: Blessed art Thou, O
God!
Blessed is the God of our fathers, Who by the Tree of the Cross
abolished the deception of the idols.
O Christ, Thou blessed God of our fathers, by Thy death Thou didst
destroy the dominion of death.
Having been purified by the Spirit, O Virgin, thou becamest the Mother
of the King of all, Who had created thee. Unto Him do we all sing: Blessed
art Thou, O God!
Today the temples, adorned with splendid icons, are made beautiful;
wherefore, in the churches the world doth raise a song unto Him that is more
comely in beauty than all men, and it singeth: Blessed is the God of our
fathers!
Glory... The light hath far outshone the darkness, and the impious
are driven off. Wherefore, all things are filled with the light of Christ,
the Bestower of light, and they cry aloud with gladness and say: Blessed is
the God of our fathers!
Both... O all-pure Mistress, who alone art the hope of the salvation
of all, who in awesome manner gavest birth to Christ, the King of kings, and
bore Him in thine arms as a babe: He is worshipped depicted, as the fathers
say.
C. Katavasia (Tone 4)
The Holy Children bravely trampled upon the threatening fire,/
preferring not to worship created things rather than the Creator,/ and they
sang in joy:/ 'Blessed art Thou and praised above all,// O Lord God of our
fathers.'
Canticle Eight
Thou didst pray concerning Thy voluntary and saving passion as though
it were a cup which Thou didst not desire; for Thou bearest two wills,
according to each of Thy two natures, O Christ, forever.
Theotokion
All of us, the works of the Lord, bless and supremely exalt thee for
all ages, as her who, in manner past understanding, gave birth to the Lord
as God and man at the word of the archangel, and doth remain a virgin.
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Christ God, Who of His own will stretched forth His hands upon the
Cross and destroyed the bonds of death, do ye hymn, O ye priests! Ye
people, exalt Him supremely for all ages!
Christ God, Who shone forth from the tomb like a bridegroom, and
appeared to the myrrh-bearing women, and proclaimed joy unto them, do ye
hymn, O ye priests! Ye people, exalt Him supremely for all ages!
The Lord of all, the limpid Stream of immortality, hath issued forth
from thee, O Maiden, washing away the defilement of those who with faith
hymn and exalt thee supremely for all ages.
Most strictly doth the company of the fathers set as law for those who
honour God the relative worship and the restoration of the sacred icons of
Christ; and as their right dutiful children, the lovers of piety celebrate
their annual commemoration and lovingly venerate the icon of Christ.
Seven times did the haughty ones cast down the humble and cut off the
attacks of the lovers of virtues, thereby calumniating their divine acts.
But the fathers of the Seventh Council who assembled in Nicaea straightway
pulled their conceit with sevenfold swiftness.
Both... Of His own will, for mercy’s sake, the Creator fashioned
Himself into man with thy pure blood, preserving thee, even after thy
birthgiving, all pure and immaculate, and cleansing the image of God within
man which had been defiled. Wherefore, though God in essence, yet having
become man by nature, He is depicted on icons in company with thee.
C. Katavasia (Tone 4)
The Offspring of the Theotokos/ saved the holy Children in the
furnace./ He Who was then prefigured has since been born on earth,/ and He
gathers together all the creation to sing:/ O all ye works of the Lord,//
bless ye the Lord and exalt Him above all forever.
P. Magnificat
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Canticle Nine
Thou didst take up fallen man, O Christ, through the Virgin's womb
uniting Thyself wholly unto him without partaking of the least sin; and by
Thine all-pure sufferings Thou didst free him wholly from corruption.
By the divinely flowing blood poured forth from Thine all-pure and
life-creating side, O Christ our Master, the sacrifices of the idols were
brought to an end, and the whole earth offereth Thee the sacrifice of
praise.
Theotokion
It is not the incorporeal God nor a simple man whom the pure and
undefiled Maiden brought forth, but a perfect Man and the truly perfect God.
Him do we magnify with the Father and the Spirit.
In Orthodox manner we, the faithful, magnify Thee, Who didst undertake
to suffer upon the Cross and broke the power of hades by Thy death.
In oneness of mind we, the faithful, magnify Thee, Who arose from the
tomb on the third day, made hades captive, and hast enlightened the world.
Seating thee upon a royal throne, who art resplendent in the golden
robes of divine virtues, O pure one, thy Son hath set thee at His right
hand, rendering honour unto thee as His Mother, O most immaculate one.
O only God, Who art unapproachable, O Great One Who sustainest all
things by Thy might and counsel, almighty Ruler and King of all: Make
steadfast the Church, preserving it in Thine Orthodoxy, through the
supplications of the most glorious fathers who denounced heresy.
C. Katavasia (Tone 4)
Let every mortal born on earth,/ radiant with light, in spirit leap for
joy;/ and let the hosts of the angelic powers celebrate/ and honour the holy
feast of the Mother of God,/ and let them cry:// Hail! Pure and blessed
ever-Virgin, who gavest birth to God.
P. Small Ectenia
C. Holy is the Lord our God...
Let them praise the name of the Lord; For He spake, and they came to be; He
commanded, and they were created.
He established them forever, yea, forever and ever; He hath set an
ordinance, and it shall not pass away.
Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons and all ye abysses,
Fire, hail, snow, ice, blast of tempest, which perform His word,
The mountains and all the hills, fruitful trees, and all cedars,
The beasts and all the cattle, creeping things and winged birds,
Kings of the earth, and all peoples, princes and all judges of the earth,
Young men and virgins, elders with the younger; let them praise the name of
the Lord, for exalted is the name of Him alone.
His praise is above the earth and heaven, and He shall exalt the horn of
His people.
This is the hymn for all His saints, for the sons of Israel, and for the
people that draw nigh unto Him.
Sing unto the Lord a new song; His praise is in the church of the saints.
Let Israel be glad in Him that made him, let the sons of Sion rejoice in
their king.
Let them praise His name in the dance; with the timbrel and the psaltery
let them chant unto Him.
For the Lord taketh pleasure in His people, and He shall exalt the meek
with salvation.
The saints shall boast in glory, and they shall rejoice upon their beds.
The high praise of God shall be in their throat, and two-edged swords shall
be in their hands.
To do vengeance among the heathen, punishments among the peoples,
To bind their kings with fetters, and their nobles with manacles of iron,
1. After the tomb was sealed by the evildoers,/ Thou, Lord, didst proceed
from it,/ just as Thou didst come forth from the Virgin./ Thy bodiless
angels had no knowledge of the manner of Thine Incarnation:/ Neither
were the watch who guarded Thee aware of the moment of Thy
Resurrection./ For both the one and the other were concealed from
those who questioned these things,/ but were made manifest as miracles
to those who acclaimed with faith the Mystery.// Grant us, who praise
it, joy and great mercy.
2. After breaking the eternal chains/ and bursting the bonds asunder,/
Thou didst rise, O Lord, from the tomb,/ leaving Thy grave clothes
behind Thee as witness/ to Thy having been truly buried for three
days;/ and Thou, Who wast in the cave with a guard watching over Thee/
didst go forward into Galilee./ Great is Thy mercy, O incomprehensible
Saviour:// Have mercy upon us.
V. Praise Him for His mighty acts,/ praise Him according to the
multitude of His greatness.
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V. Praise Him with the sound of trumpet,/ praise Him with psaltery
and harp.
4. As Thou didst go forth from the sealed tomb,/ so didst Thou, O Lord,
enter when the doors were closed/ and stand in the midst of Thy
disciples showing them the marks of Thy Passion,/ O long-suffering
Saviour./ Born of the seed of David, having endured the stripes, Thou
as Son of God hast set the world free.// Great is Thy mercy, O
ineffable Lord: Have mercy upon us.
V. Praise Him with timbrel and dance, praise Him with strings and
flute. Praise Him with tuneful cymbals, praise Him with cymbals
of jubilation./ Let every breath praise the Lord.
V. Blessed art Thou, O Lord God of our fathers, and praised and
glorified is Thy name unto the ages of ages.
V. Gather together unto Him His holy ones who have established His
covenant upon sacrifices.
8. Having mustered all their pastoral skill/ and then moved to a wrath
most just,/ as champions, as most true servants of Christ/ and most
sacred initiates of the mysteries of divine preaching,/ the divine
pastors drove forth the savage and pernicious wolves,/ casting them out
of the fullness of the Church;/ and they fell, as it were, to their
deaths// as ones afflicted incurably.
Glory... (Tone 8)
The choir of the holy fathers, which hath gathered from the ends of the
earth,/ hath taught the single essence of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost,/
and hath carefully committed to the Church the mystery of theology./
Praising them in faith, let us bless them, saying:/ O divine legion,
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P. Litanies
Dismissal
R. Hours
Tropar: Resurrection & Fathers
Kontak: Resurrection/Fathers alternating
At Liturgy:
Tropar Sunday
Tropar Fathers
Kontak Sunday
Glory... Kontak Fathers
Both... O unfailing intercessor…