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:
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
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.
What is the Easter canon about?
The Easter canon can be considered the central hymn of Matins, one of the main church services. The clergy in the altar begin to sing each hymn of the canon, the choir continues, and at this time the priest with the tricandle and the Cross in his hands and accompanied by a deacon with a candle censes the icons and the worshipers, greeting them with the exclamation: “Christ is Risen!”, to which they answer: “ Truly risen!”
There is a custom when clergy, before going out to perform incense, change their clothes as a sign of joy in the Risen Lord. The clapping and greetings performed by the clergy remind us of the repeated appearances of the Risen Lord to His disciples and of their joy at the sight of the Savior.
The Easter Canon is the creation of one of the Fathers of the Church, theologian, and Christian hymnist - St. John of Damascus. He was born in the second half of the 7th century in Damascus and came from a famous and wealthy family. His father, Sergius Mansur, was a high-ranking official under the Arab caliph, and after his father's death, St. John inherited his position. While still in Damascus, he became famous for his decisive defense of icon veneration and denunciation of iconoclasts.
The life of St. John tells how Leo the Isaurian, emperor of Byzantium, was angry with him for his writings against the iconoclasts, and sent the caliph a forged letter informing him of an allegedly impending conspiracy and the intentions of St. John to overthrow the caliph. For this the saint was imprisoned and his right hand was cut off.
While in captivity, he prayed for a long time before the icon of the Mother of God, and his hand miraculously became whole and healthy. The Caliph learned about this miracle and, after re-examining the case, became convinced of Saint John’s innocence.
In gratitude to the Mother of God, the monk ordered a silver image of a hand and attached it to the icon, which later became known as the Three-Handed One. After this, not having spent long as a courtier, Saint John of Damascus, together with his adopted brother and fellow student Cosmas (Mayumsky), went to the monastery of St. Savva the Sanctified, near Jerusalem, where he remained until the end of his life, engaged in prayerful and literary works.
The rite of the Easter service
Bright Matins
Before the start of Easter Matins, a censer is lit and fragrant incense is placed in it to fill the room with incense. A censer here means any vessel in which burning hot remains of charred wood and incense are placed.
Arrival bows. Then the elder:
For the prayers of the saints, our fathers, Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us. Amen
Singers: Amen.
The eldest: fencing himself with the sign of the cross, he sings twice:
Christ is risen from the dead, stepping on death upon death, and giving life to the grave.
The third time he sings until halfway, and then the singers sing: and the belly is free for the grave.
Then all the singers sing three times: Christ is risen from the dead, come upon death by death, and give life to the grave.
The elder reads:
Verse 1. Let God rise again, and let His enemies be scattered.
Verse 2. As the smoke disappears, let them disappear.
Verse 3. So let sinners perish from the presence of God, and let righteous women rejoice.
Verse 4. In this day which the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad.
Glory... Christ is risen from the dead.
And now... Christ is risen from the dead.
Those praying after each verse, both after Glory and after And now, sing CHRIST RISEN FROM THE DEAD three times.
The elder sings: Christ is risen from the dead (up to half), the worshipers then continue to sing: and the life of the grave is given freely.
Lord have mercy (12 times). Glory, even now.
Canon of Holy Pascha
Voice 1st
On Easter night Iirmos we sing each song four times. Then we sing troparia for a total of 12 (which song has 2 troparions - we sing each 6 times, where there are three troparions - we sing each 4 times). We sing the troparia ten times with the chant Christ is risen from the dead. The eleventh time we sing with the chant: Glory..., the twelfth time with the chant: And now... (each hymn of the canon consists of an irmos and two or three troparia. The troparia begin after the word: “Chant”). Katavasia after each song there is an irmos of the same song, which we sing 2 times.
Song 1. Irmos
Resurrection day let us enlighten people, Easter of the Lord, Easter; from death to life and from earth to heaven, Christ God brought us, singing in victory (4 times).
Chorus: Christ is risen from the dead (bow).
Let us purify our senses and see, with the impregnable light of the Resurrection of Christ, shining and rejoicing, let us clearly hear, singing victoriously (6 times).
Let the heavens rejoice worthily, let the earth rejoice, let the world celebrate, all visible and invisible, Christ God has risen, there is eternal joy (6 times).
Confusion. Resurrection day... (2 times).
Song 3. Irmos
Come, let us drink new beer, not from a barren stone that works miracles, but from an incorruptible fountain that brought forth Christ from the grave; We affirm Him (4 times).
Now everything is filled with light, the heavens and the earth and the underworld; Let all creation celebrate the rise of Christ, and affirm Him (6 times).
Yesterday Christ was crucified, yesterday I was buried, today I stand with the resurrection of You, I Himself glorified the Savior in His kingdom (6 times).
Confusion. Come, let’s drink beer... (2 times).
Lord have mercy (three times).
Glory, even now. Ipakoi, tone 4. Having prepared the morning with Mary, and having found the stone rolled away from the tomb, I heard from the Angel, And in the light of the ever-present, do not look for the Existing One with the dead, as for a man. You see the grave linens, preach to you and to the world: for the Lord has risen, you who have put to death; for He is the Son of God, saving the human race.
Song 4. Irmos
On God's guard, God-speaking Habakkuk will be with us, and a luminous Angel will appear, saying with great voice: today is salvation for the world, for Christ is risen, for he is omnipotent (4 times).
The male sex opened the virgin womb, and Christ became like a man; The Lamb is called blameless, because he did not taste filth; Ours is Easter, for God is true and perfect, having appeared (4 times).
Like the one-year-old Lamb, blessed is the crown of Christ, who willingly was slain for all, the cleansing Passover, and the red and righteous Sun rose from the tomb for us (4 times).
Godfather Davyd, playing in front of the ark of hay; But God's holy people, seeing things happen, rejoice divinely: for Christ is risen, for he is omnipotent (4 times).
Confusion. On God's watch... (2 times)
Song 5. Irmos
Let us morning deeply, and instead of peace, we will bring a song to the Lady, and we will see Christ the righteous Sun, life shining for all (4 times).
Thy innumerable mercy, who contain the bonds of hell, are seen to walk toward the light, O Christ, with cheerful feet; Easter is praised eternally (6 times).
Let us begin with the luminosity that comes to Christ from the tomb, like the Bridegroom; and let us celebrate idly with kindly chinmi, God's saving Easter (6 times).
Confusion. Let's have a deep morning morning... (2 times)
Song 6. Irmos
Descended into the underworld of the earth, and crushed the faiths of the eternal underworld bound by Christ, and for three days, like Jonah from the whale, he rose from the grave (4 times).
Having preserved the signs of Christ intact, He rose from the grave, Who did not harm the Virgin Key in His birth, and You opened the doors of heaven to us (6 times).
My Savior is alive, and not a sacrificial slaughter, for God, by His own will, brought him to the Father, and resurrected Adam from the grave (6 times).
Confusion. Down to the underworld... (2 times).
Lord have mercy (three times). Glory, even now.
Kontakion, tone 8. Even though you went down into the grave Immortal, you destroyed the power of hell and rose again as a conqueror, O Christ God, having proclaimed joy to the myrrh-bearing women, and bestowing peace upon His apostles, giving resurrection to those who had fallen.
Ikos. Even before the sun, the sun sometimes went into the grave; having anticipated the morning in a demanding manner, as in the days of the myrrh-bearing virgin, and crying out to friend to friend, O friend, come, let us anoint the life-giving and buried Body with stinks, the flesh of the resurrected fallen Adam, lying in the tomb; let us go and sweat, like wolves, and let us worship and offer myrrh, like gifts, not in swaddling clothes, but in a shroud, to Him entwined, and with weeping we cry, O Master, arise, Who has given resurrection to the fallen.
Having seen the Resurrection of Christ, let us bow to the Holy Lord Jesus, the only Sinless One (bow). We worship Your Cross, Christ (bow), 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 (bow), behold, the Cross has come for the joy of the whole world; Let us always bless the Lord and sing of His Resurrection: for you endured crucifixion, and destroyed death by death (three times).
Jesus rose from the grave, as he prophesied, and gave us eternal life, peace and great mercy (three times).
Song 7. Irmos
Having delivered the youths from the cave, having become Man, he suffers as if he were mortal, and with passion he clothes what was mortified into incorruption with splendor; God alone is blessed by the Father and glorified (4 times).
Wives with the world of God-wise, following You; I seek Him as if dead, with tears, bowing down and rejoicing in the living God, and Thy secret Passover, O Christ, disciple of the gospel (4 times).
As truly sacred and all-celebratory, this saving night and luminous, luminous day, is the preacher of the rising; in it is the flightless Light, shining from the grave carnally to all (4 times).
We celebrate death, the destruction of hell, the beginning of another eternal life; and playfully we sing Guilty, the only one blessed by the Father of God and glorified (4 times).
Confusion. Having delivered the youths from the oven... (2 times).
Song 8. Irmos
This is now called a holy day, one Saturday is King and Lord, a holiday is a holiday and a triumph is a triumph, but let us bless Christ forever (4 times).
Come, children of the new grape, divine joy, in the deliberate days of resurrection, let us partake of the kingdom of Christ, singing to Him as God forever (4 times).
Lift up your eyes around Zion, and see, behold, your children have come to you like a God-bright luminary, from the west and the north and the sea and the east, blessing Christ in you forever (4 times).
Trinity: Most Holy Trinity, our God, glory to Thee.
Father Almighty and Word and Soul, three united natures, superessential and pre-divine, in You we are baptized and we bless You forever. (4 times).
Confusion. This slaughtered one... (2 times).
Song 9. Irmos
Shine, shine, new Jerusalem, for the glory of the Lord is upon you; rejoice now and be glad, O Zion; You, the Pure One, show off to the Mother of God, about the rise of Your Nativity (4 times).
Chorus (bow). O divine, oh dear, oh sweet voice of Ti, for you unfaithfully promised to be with us, until the end of the age, Christ; We rejoice in his return to power and hope (6 times).
O great and sacred Easter, Christ; O Wisdom, Word of God and power, grant us more to partake of You, in the unfading days of Your kingdom (6 times).
Confusion. Glow, glow... (2 times).
After the last chaos, bow to the ground. Lord have mercy (three times).
Glory, even now. Luminous. Having fallen asleep in the flesh as if dead, the King and Lord has risen for three days, and raised Adam from ashes, and abolished death. Easter incorruptibility, salvation for the world (2 times). Glory, even now. And one more time we will eat the same luminary.
Psalm 148. Praise the Lord from heaven, praise Him in the highest. Praise Him, all His angels; praise Him, all His might. Praise Him sun and moon. Praise Him all the stars and light. Praise Him, the heavens of the heavens, and the waters above the heavens, that they may praise the name of the Lord. As it was He who spoke, He commanded and was created. Let me put it in the age, and in the age of the century. Give the command, and it will not go unnoticed. Praise the Lord from the earth, serpents and all the deeps. Fire, hail, snow, blast, stormy spirit, those who do His word. Mountains and all the hills. The tree is fruitful, and all are cedars. The beast and all the beasts. Reptiles and birds are birds. The kings of the earth, and all people. The prince and all the judges of the zemstia. Boys and maidens. Let the old men and the young men praise the name of the Lord. For the name of the One has been exalted. His confession on earth and in heaven. And he will exalt the horn of his people. A song to all His saints. I eat the sons of the people of Israel who are approaching.
Psalm 149. Sing a new song to the Lord, His praise in the church of the saints. Let Israel rejoice in Him who created Him. And the sons of Zion will rejoice in their King. Let them praise His name in person, in the tympanum, and in the psalms, and sing to Him. For the Lord delights in His people, and will lift up the meek to salvation. The saints will be praised in glory, and will rejoice on their beds. The praises of God are in their throats, and two sharp swords are in their hands. Bring vengeance to the nations, reproof to the people. Bind the king with their fetters, and their glorious hand with iron shackles. Create judgment in them is written. Glory to all His saints.
Psalm 150. Praise God in His saints, praise Him in strengthening His powers. Then the reader says: Praise Him in His strength.
Singers sing in tone 1. Praise Him according to His great greatness.
Stichera: We sing Your saved passion for Christ, and glorify Your resurrection.
Reader: Praise Him with a trumpet voice.
Singers: Praise Him with the psaltery and the harp.
Stichera: Having endured the Crucifixion, and having abolished death, and rose from the dead, pacify our lives, Lord, for one is Omnipotent.
Reader: Praise Him in tympanum and face.
Singers: Praise Him with strings and organs.
Stichera: Having captured hell and raised man, by His resurrection Christ, grant us with a pure heart to sing and praise You.
Reader: Praise Him with the cymbals of good will, praise Him with the cymbals of shouting.
Singers: Let every breath praise the Lord.
Stichera. Your divine gaze is glorious, we cry to You Christ, born of the Virgin, and inseparable from the Father, suffering like a man. And by will I endured crucifixion, rose from the grave, like a bridegroom who came from the palace, and saved the whole world, Lord, glory to You.
Stichera Pasce, tone 5.
Elder: May God rise again.
Singers on the 5th tone. And His enemies will burst out.
Everyone sings: The sacred Easter has appeared to us today. New Holy Easter, Mysterious Easter, All-Honored Easter, Easter of Christ the Deliverer. Easter is immaculate. Great Easter, Easter for the faithful, Easter opening the doors of heaven for us, Easter sanctifying all the faithful.
Senior: The smoke disappears.
Singers: Let them disappear.
Everyone sings: Come from the vision of the woman who brought good news, and cry to Zion, receive from us the joy of the Annunciation, the Resurrection of Christ. Show off and rejoice, and rejoice in Jerusalem, having seen the King Christ from the tomb, like the Bridegroom.
Elder: So let sinners perish from the face of God.
Singers: And let the righteous rejoice.
Everyone sings: The myrrh-bearing women, very early, appeared at the tomb of the Life-Giver, and found an angel sitting on a stone and told them, saying to them, “Seek the Living One with the dead.” Why are you crying into the aphids. Go and preach as His disciples.
Elder: This is the day the Lord has made.
Singers: Let us rejoice and be glad.
Everyone sings: Easter is red, Easter is the Lord's Easter, Easter is all-honorable to us, Easter, let us receive each other with joy. O Easter, deliverance of sorrow, for from the grave this day, as from this Palace, Christ, fill the women with joy, saying, preach as an apostle.
Senior: Glory. Singers: And now. Resurrection day, let us be enlightened by triumph, and we will accept each other, and the brethren, and those who hate us. Let us forgive all by the resurrection, and thus we cry, Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and free life to those in the tombs.
In the church after this, with repeated singing of Christ is Risen... the believers kiss the Holy Gospel, the Cross, the icons, and then a festive kiss with the clergy and among themselves with the words: Christ is Risen! - Truly risen!
Then in the temple the priest, standing at the royal doors, reads, turning his face to the worshipers, the Word of St. John Chrysostom for Holy Easter. At home, this word is read by the elder.
Paul's mouth, Christ's mouth, Christ's mouth, Paul's mouth. Chrysostom's mouth and Pavlov's mouth. Like our holy father John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinograd. The word for Holy Easter is instructive. And about those who are late for the Lenten feat, bless the father.
If anyone loves God, is faithful and pious, let him accept this good bead and enjoy this most honorable celebration. If anyone is prudent from a well-behaved servant, let him enter rejoicing into the joy of his Lord. If anyone has fasted and eaten, let him now receive a piece of silver. If anyone has eaten from the first hour, let him accept righteous debt today. If anyone comes after the third hour, let him celebrate with thanks. If anyone has reached the sixth hour, he will doubt nothing, for he will gain nothing. If anyone has missed even the ninth hour, let him begin without a doubt, fear nothing. If anyone comes even at the eleventh hour, let him not be afraid because he is delayed. For the Lord is humane and accepts the latter, just as he consoles the first, who came at the eleventh hour, as he did from the first hour. And he has mercy on the last, and he comforts the first. And he gives to one, and to this he bestows. And he honors the work, and praises the proposal, and loves the haste of those who hesitate. Therefore, let all of you enter into the joy of your Lord, first and second and last, and receive the reward. Rich and poor and poor, rejoice with each other. Honor the day of abstinence and laziness. Those who have fasted and those who have not fasted, rejoice today. The church meal is ready, everyone can enjoy it. A well-fed Taurus is presented. No one is greedy, everyone will enjoy the church feast, everyone will receive the riches of goodness. But no one weeps in poverty when the common Kingdom appears. Let no one weaken, let no one weep for sin, forgiveness is greater and leaving us from the tomb, let no one fear death, for the death of the Savior will set us free. Extinguish her, those who are kept from her. Die hell and go to hell. Woe to him if he tasted His flesh. And behold, having preceded Isaiah with a cry, hell was grieved with his speech, he will shit thee. Be upset, for you will soon be scolded. Accept the body and admire God. Receive the earth and destroy the sky. It is pleasant to see, but to fall into ignorance. Where is the sting of death, where is the victory in hell? Christ has risen and hell has been cast down. Christ has risen and the demon has fallen. Christ is risen and the angels rejoice.
Christ is risen, and life lives throughout the world. Christ is risen, and not a single dead man is in the tomb. Christ has risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have died. To him be glory and dominion, forever and ever, amen.
After this we will sing the troparion of St. John Chrysostom.
From your lips, like a radiant dawn shining, your God-given grace, enlighten the universe. It is not for money that you lay down the treasure of the world, but show us the height of humility of mind, and punishing with your words, Father John Chrysostom, pray to the Word of Christ God, to save our souls. Lord have mercy (40 times). Glory, even now. Lord have mercy (12 times). Glory, even now.
Elder: Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us.
Singers: Amen.
God strengthen the Christian faith, Lord preserve and have mercy on the Russian state, Lord save and have mercy on our Archbishop (name of the rivers) and the father of our spiritual ones who are in Christ with our brethren, and God save all Christians.
Christ is risen... (3 times with a bow). Elder: Christ is risen (up to half). The singers sing: ...and the life of the grave is given freely. The eldest says: Risen from the dead, Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, prayers for the sake of Thy Most Pure Mother by the power of the Honest and Life-Giving Cross, the glorious and all-praised Apostle Saints and all for the sake of the saints, have mercy and save us as the Good and Lover of Mankind.
Singers: Amen.
The elder says: Christ is risen!
The worshipers answer: He is truly risen!
And this is repeated three times, while everyone protects themselves with the sign of the cross.
The singers sing: And we have been given eternal life and worship His three-day resurrection.
After this the first hour begins.
Christ is Risen (3 times). Having seen the Resurrection of Christ, let us adore (bow) the Holy Lord Jesus, the One Sinless One. We worship Your Cross, Christ (bow) , 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 (bow) the Holy Resurrection of Christ. Behold, having come to the Cross for the sake of joy to the whole world, let us always bless the Lord, we sing His Resurrection, He endured the crucifixion, and destroyed death with death (3 times).
Having anticipated the morning, even with Mary, and having found the stone rolled away, I hear from the angel, who in the ever-present light does not look with the dead like a man. You see the graveclothes, preach to the world that the Lord has risen, having put to death, that He is the Son of God, saving the human race (1 time).
Even though He went down into the grave Immortal, but destroyed the power of hell, and rose again as the Victorious Christ God, He gave joy to the myrrh-bearing women, and His apostle bestowed peace, giving resurrection to those who fell (1 time).
In the grave with the flesh, in hell with the soul like God, in paradise with the thief, and on the Throne Christ is with the Father and the Spirit, fulfilling everything indescribable.
Glory. Like the Life-Bearer, like the most beautiful of Paradise, truly, and every royal palace, the most luminous Christ of Your Sepulcher appeared, the Source of our Resurrection.
And now. Rejoice in God's most sanctified dwelling, for You have given joy to the Theotokos, crying out to You, blessed are You among women, the Most Immaculate Lady. Lord have mercy (40 times). Glory, even now. Most honorable Cherub... Bless the Father in the name of the Lord.
For the prayers of the saints, our Father... Christ is Risen (3 times).
Let go: Risen from the dead, Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, prayers for the sake of Thy Most Pure Mother, our reverend and God-bearing fathers and all for the sake of the saints, have mercy and save us, as you are Good and Lover of Mankind. Amen. Lord have mercy (3 times).
Easter hours.
The 3rd, 6th, 9th hours are sung in the same way as the first hour.
The beginning of each hour: For the prayers of the saints... Amen. Christ is risen... (3 times). And so on, just like the first hour.
There is no dismissal at the end of each hour, but immediately after the Most Honest Cherub... and For the Prayers of the Saints... we begin the next hour.
The beginning of lunch.
After the 9th hour (in home prayers, where there is no Liturgy) Christ is Risen (3 times), Resurrection of Christ... (written at the first hour) - 1 time, Prelude to the morning... (1 time). Glory..., Even to the grave... (written in the first hour) - 1 time, And now...
The Only Begotten Son and the Word of God, Immortal. For the sake of our salvation, it is our will to become incarnate from the Holy Mother of God, and the ever-Virgin Mary, immutably human. Christ God will be crucified, advancing death upon death, One and the Holy Trinity. O glorified Father and Holy Spirit, save us.
Whenever you come to this Kingdom, remember us, Lord.
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for to them is the Kingdom of Heaven.
Blessed are those who cry, for they will be comforted.
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied.
Blesseds of mercy, for there will be mercy.
Irmos of the 3rd canto: Come, let us drink new beer; it is not from the barren stone that miracles work, but from the incorruptible source that brought forth Christ from the tomb, and in Him we rely.
Blessed are those who are pure in heart, for they will see God.
Now everything is filled with light, heaven and earth and the underworld, so that all creation celebrates the rise of Christ, in Him we are affirmed.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for these shall be called sons of God.
Repeat the stichera: Now everything is fulfilled...
It is blessed to expel the truth for the sake of them, for those are the Kingdom of Heaven.
Yesterday Christ was crucified, yesterday I was buried, and today I stand with the resurrection of thee, glorifying the Savior Himself in His Kingdom.
Blessed are those who revile you, and destroy you, and say all sorts of evil things against you for lying to Me.
Song 6th. Having preserved the signs of Christ intact, He rose from the tomb of the Virgin Key unharmed at His Nativity, and You opened the doors of heaven to us.
Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is in heaven.
Repeat the stichera: Keeping it intact...
Glory... My Savior, alive, and not a sacrificial slaughter, as God, by His own will, brought you to the Father. Co-resurrect Adam, the one who has risen from the grave.
And now...
Repeat the stichera: My Savior...
All of the above stichera for the Blessed are taken from the Easter canon. They are sung to the tune of the Easter canon.
Then the Jesus Prayer: Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us. Singers: Amen. And they sing: Elites were baptized into Christ, put on Christ, hallelujah (3 times). Glory, even now. Put on Christ, hallelujah.
The singers sing Elitsy in Christ one more time... (1 time).
The reader says: Prokeimenon, Psalm of David: This is the day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad.
The reader says: Confess to the Lord that He is good, for His mercy endures forever.
The singers sing: This day...
The reader says: Let the house of Israel say that He is good, for His mercy endures forever. The singers sing: This day...
The reader proclaims: From the Acts of the Apostle, readings (and the apostle reads):
I spoke the first word about everyone, O Theophilus, and Jesus began to create and teach about them. Before Him, the Apostle commanded the day by the Holy Spirit to choose them, and ascended. Before them, set yourself alive because of Your suffering in many true signs, appearing to them for forty days and speaking about the Kingdom of God. With them are the poisonous ones, who commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which they heard from Me: for as John baptized, eat with water, but you are to be baptized with the Holy Spirit, not many of these days. They then came together to ask Him, saying: Lord, if in this summer you will establish the kingdom of Israel. Speech to them: you cannot understand the times and years that the Father has made His domain. But you will receive the power that the Holy Spirit has come upon you: and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the last of the earth.
The reader proclaims: Psalm of David, alleluia.
The singers sing: hallelujah.
The reader says the verse: You have risen, having spared Zion.
Verse 2: The Lord looked down from heaven to see all the sons of men.
Verse 3: Receive the Body of Christ, and taste the immortal Source.
The singers sing hallelujah after each verse. The reader sings Alleluia and the singers also sing Alleluia (Alleluia is sung five times in total).
The elder will make three bows and say: From John, the Holy Gospel, reading.
The singers sing: Glory to Thee, Lord (bow).
Then he reads the Gospel:
In the beginning was the word, and the word was to God, and God was the word from the beginning to God. All that was: and without Him nothing came to be. In that belly and belly is the light of man: And the light shines in the darkness, and His darkness is not embraced. There was a man sent from God, his name was John. This One has come as a testimony, to testify to the light, so that all may have faith in Him. There is light in that sky, but let it testify to the light. Be the light of the true, which enlightens every person coming into the world. In the world there was no, and the world was, and His world was not known. He came to his own, and did not receive his own. The little ones received Him and gave them the power to become children of God, believing in His name. Who was born not of blood, nor of carnal lust, nor of manly lust, but of God. And the word became flesh, and dwelt in us, and we saw His glory. Fill the glory of the Only Begotten from the Father with grace and truth. John testifies of Him, and cries out, saying: He has killed Him who came before me, because He was before me. And from His fulfillment we all receive and receive grace. For the law was given by Moses: and true grace was made by Jesus Christ.
The singers sing: Glory to Thee, Lord (bow).
The reader reads: Remember us, Lord, when you come to this Kingdom (bow).
Remember us, Master, when you come to this Kingdom (bow).
Remember us, Saints, when you come to this Kingdom (bow).
The face of heaven sings to You and says: Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of hosts, fill heaven and earth with Your glory.
Verse: Come to Him and be enlightened, and your faces will not be ashamed. The face of heaven sings to You and says: Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of hosts, fill heaven and earth with Your glory.
Glory. The assembly of saints, angels and archangels, with all the heavenly powers, sings to Thee and says: Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of hosts, fill heaven and earth with Your glory.
And now. I believe in One God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, visible to all and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ the only begotten Son of God, who was born of the Father before all ages. Light from Light, True God, from True God, born, not created, Consubstantial with the Father, by Him all things were. For our sake, man, and for our salvation, came down from heaven, and became incarnate from the Holy Spirit, and the Virgin Mary became human. Crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, suffering and buried, and resurrected on the third day according to the scriptures. And ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of the Father. And again the one who comes with glory will be judged by the living and the dead, but His Kingdom has no end. And in the Holy Spirit of the Lord, True and Life-Giving, who proceeds from the Father, who with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified, who spoke the prophets. And into one Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. I confess one baptism for the remission of sins. I hope for the resurrection of the dead. And the life of the next century, amen.
Forgive us, God forgive our sins, voluntary and involuntary. Even in word and in deed. Both in control and not in control. And even in the mind and in thought. Even in days and nights. Forgive me all, as you are Good and Lover of Humanity.
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, as it is in heaven and on earth. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors. And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
Jesus Prayer: Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us. Amen. Reading the Easter kontakion:
Even though He went down into the grave Immortal, but destroyed the power of hell, and rose again as the Victorious Christ God, He brought joy to the myrrh-bearing women, and His apostle bestowed peace, giving resurrection to those who fell. Lord have mercy (40 times).
There is one Holy One, one Lord Jesus Christ, to the glory of God the Father, amen.
The singers sing: Christ is risen (three times with bows).
I will bless the Lord at all times; I will make His praise in my mouth. My soul will glory in the Lord, that the meek may hear and rejoice. Magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together. Seek the Lord, and hear me, and deliver me from all my sorrows. Come to Him and be enlightened, and your faces will not be ashamed. Behold, the poor cried, and the Lord heard, and saved him from all his sorrows. The angel of the Lord will encamp around those who fear Him and deliver them. Taste and see that the Lord is good. Blessed is the man who trusts in Nan. Fear the Lord, all your saints, for there is no hardship for those who fear Him. Those who are poor and hungry are rich, but those who seek the Lord will not be deprived of any good. (For the celebration of the great Feast, it is advisable to sing in singing, starting after the Gospel).
The singers sing: Shine, shine... Then: Christ is Risen (3 times with bows).
The elder sings: Christ is risen... (to half).
The singers sing the end: ... and the life of the grave is free.
The eldest reads the dismissal: Risen from the dead, Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, prayers for the sake of Thy Most Pure Mother, by the power of the Honest and Life-Giving Cross and the glorious and all-praised apostle saints and all for the sake of the saints, have mercy and save us, for He is Good and Lover of Mankind. Singers: Amen.
The elder, protecting himself with the sign of the cross, says: Christ is risen! Those praying, also protecting themselves with the sign of the cross, answer: Truly he is risen! And so on up to three times.
The singers sing: And we have been given eternal life, we worship His three-day resurrection (bow). They sing three times: Christ is risen... Lord have mercy (3 times).
Initial bows.
Usually, during such a service, Easter eggs are also brought, and they stand here all Easter night, and thereby are, to some extent, sanctified by the Easter service itself.
Song 1, tone 1
Irmos (first line - note): Resurrection day, let us 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, trampling down death and giving life to those in the tombs.
Let us purify our senses, and we will see the unapproachable light of the Resurrection, Christ shining, and Rejoice, the river, let us clearly hear, singing victoriously.
Chorus : Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death and giving life to those in the tombs.
Let the heavens rejoice, 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 broke the limits of mortification, you who gave birth to eternal life Christ, who rose from the tomb this day, the All-Immaculate Virgin, and who enlightened the world.
And now : Having seen your resurrected Son and God, rejoice from the Apostles, God-gracious Pure One: and rejoice first of all, for you have received all the joys of wine, the Mother of God of All Porosity private.
Easter canon for preparation for Communion.
Easter canon for preparation for Communion.
(This canon is read on Easter week instead of the canons: the Penitential One, the Mother of God and the Guardian Angel)
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 (before each troparion of the canon): Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death and giving life to those in the tombs.
Let us purify our senses, and let us see the shining light of Christ’s resurrection with the impregnable light, and rejoice, crying out, let us hear clearly, singing victoriously.
Let the heavens rejoice with dignity, let the earth rejoice, let the world celebrate, all visible and invisible: Christ has risen, eternal joy.
Theotokos: You broke 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.
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.
Now everything is filled with light, Heaven and earth and the underworld: let all creation celebrate the rise of Christ, established in Him.
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: I come to imperishable life today, born of the goodness of You, Pure One, and illuminated with all the light.
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 ever-present light of the One who exists with the dead, what are you looking for, like 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 guard, may the God-speaking Habakkuk stand with us and show us a luminous angel, clearly saying: today is salvation for the world, for Christ is risen, for he is omnipotent.
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.
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.
The Godfather David is jumping before the hay ark, playing, but the holy people of God, seeing the images of the event, rejoice divinely, as if Christ has risen, as if he is omnipotent.
Theotokos: 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 splendor of the resurrection.
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.
Your immeasurable compassion, seeing through the bonds of hell, I walk toward the light, O Christ, with merry feet, praising the eternal Easter.
Let us begin, O luminaries, as Christ proceeds from the tomb as the Bridegroom, and let us celebrate God’s saving Pascha with lustful rites.
Theotokos: Illuminated by the divine rays and life-giving resurrection of Your Son, Most Pure Mother of God, and the pious assembly is filled with joy.
Thou didst not open the gates of virginity in the incarnation, Thou didst not destroy the seals of the tomb, Thou didst not destroy the seals of the King of creation, from whom Thou hast seen the risen One, Mother rejoiced.
Song 6
Irmos: Thou hast descended into the underworld of the earth and shattered the eternal faiths that contain those who are bound, O Christ, and thou hast risen from the grave for three days, like Jonah from the whale.
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.
Theotokos: The anciently held by death and corruption, Incarnate from Your most pure womb, was raised to the incorruptible and everlasting life, the Virgin Mother of God.
Descending into the underworld of the earth, into Your lie, the Pure One, Descended, and Inhabited and Incarnated above 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 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 up to the morning, looking for the myrrh-bearing virgin like the day, and crying out to friend to friend: O friend! 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 let us 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 Thy Cross, O Christ, and we sing and glorify Thy holy resurrection: for Thou art our God, do we know no other to Thee, we call Thy 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 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: Having delivered the youths from the furnace, having become a man, he suffers as if mortal, and with the passion of death he clothes the mortal in incorruptibility with splendor, God alone is blessed and glorified.
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.
In death we celebrate the mortification, the destruction of hell, the beginning of another eternal life, and playfully we sing of the guilty, the One blessed and glorified by the fathers of God.
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: Having put to death Your Son, the All-Immaculate One, today, the life abiding to all mortals forever and ever free, One blessed and glorified God of the Fathers.
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 is the king and the Lord of the Sabbath, a feast of holidays, and a triumph is a triumph: let us bless Christ forever.
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.
Lift your eyes around, O Zion, and see: behold, your children have come to you like a divinely bright 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 all hypostases, the most essential and the most divine, we are baptized in Thee, and we bless Thee forever.
Theotokos: By You the Lord, the Virgin Mother of God, came into the world and dissolved the womb of hell, giving us resurrection to mortals: with the same let us bless Him forever.
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: My soul magnifies the will of the one who suffered and was buried and 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 Easter, Living Sacrifice, Lamb of God, take away the sins of the world.
O divine, O dear, O Thy sweetest voice! You have truly promised to be with us until the end of the age, O Christ: in His faithfulness, we rejoice.
Chorus: The angel cried out with grace: pure Virgin, rejoice, and again the river, rejoice: Your Son is risen three days from the grave, and raised the dead, people, rejoice.
O divine, O dear, O Thy sweetest voice! You have truly promised to be with us until the end of the age, O Christ: in His faithfulness, we rejoice.
Chorus: Thou hast awakened, having fallen asleep, dead from eternity, roaring royally, like the lion of Judah.
O divine, O dear, O Thy sweetest voice! You have truly promised to be with us until the end of the age, O Christ: in His faithfulness, we rejoice.
Chorus: Magdalene Mary came to the tomb, and saw Christ, like a heli-grader asking.
O divine, O dear, O Thy sweetest voice! You have truly promised to be with us until the end of the age, O Christ: in His faithfulness, we rejoice.
Chorus: The angel licked the wives crying: stop crying, for Christ is risen.
O divine, O dear, O Thy sweetest voice! You have truly promised to be with us until the end of the age, O Christ: in His faithfulness, we rejoice.
Chorus: Christ is risen, trampling down death and raising up the dead, people rejoice.
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.
Chorus: Today every creature rejoices and rejoices, for Christ is risen and hell has been captivated.
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.
Chorus: Today is the Lord of the captivity of hell, who has raised up the captivity of the possessed, even from time immemorial.
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.
Chorus: My soul magnifies the Trinitarian and indivisible power of the Divine.
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.
Chorus: Rejoice, Virgin, rejoice, rejoice, Blessed One, rejoice, Most Glorified One: Your Son is risen three days from the grave.
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.
Chorus: My soul magnifies Christ, the Giver of Life, who rose three days from the grave.
Theotokos: According to You, Virgin, we are blessed in Your faithfulness: 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.
Chorus: My soul magnifies the will of the one who suffered, and was buried, and who rose three days from the grave.
Theotokos: Rejoice and rejoice, divine door of Light: for Jesus entered the tomb, ascended, shining brighter than the sun, and illuminated all the faithful, rejoicing in God to the Lady.
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.
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)
Song 3
Irmos : Come, let us drink new beer; it is not from the barrenness that the miracle works, but the source of incorruptibility, from the tomb which brought forth Christ, we are established in Him.
Chorus : Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death and giving life to those in the tombs.
Now all is filled with light, heaven and earth and the underworld: let all creation celebrate the rise of Christ, which is established in Him.
Chorus : Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death and giving life to those in the tombs.
Yesterday I was buried by You, Christ, today I am resurrected by You, I was crucified by You yesterday, glorify me Yourself, O Savior, in Your Kingdom.
Glory : I come to imperishable life today with the goodness born from You, Pure One, and the light that has been shed upon all ends.
And now : God, Whom you gave birth to flesh, from the dead, as you said, having risen and seen, Pure One, rejoice, and He who is God, Most Pure One, exalt.
Song 4
Irmos : On Divine guard, may the God-speaking Habakkuk stand with us, and show us a luminous Angel, clearly saying: today is salvation for the world, for Christ is risen, for he is omnipotent.
Chorus : Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death and giving life to those in the tombs.
The male sex, as it opened the virgin womb, Christ appeared, as a man, the Lamb was called, blameless, for it is tasteless of filth, our Passover, and as God is true, perfect speech Yes.
Chorus : Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death and giving life to those in the tombs.
Like the one-year-old lamb, the blessed crown of Christ, He willed for all to be slain, the cleansing Passover, and the red package from the tomb, the Sun of righteousness has risen for us.
Chorus : Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death and giving life to those in the tombs.
Our God-father David is galloping before the ark, playing, but the saints of God, having visualized the event, we rejoice divinely, for Christ is risen, for he is omnipotent.
Glory : Having created Adam, Your forefather, Pure, is built from You, and destroy the mortal dwelling with Your death today, and illuminate everything with the Divine splendor 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 rejoicing.
CANON FOR THE HOLY AND GREAT SEEK OF EASTER
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Troparion, tone 5:
Christ rose from the dead, / trampling death over death, / and giving life to those in the tombs.
First verse: Let God rise again, and let His enemies be scattered, / and let those who hate Him flee from His Face.
And for each verse we sing a troparion: Christ is risen:
all at once.
Second verse: Like smoke disappears, let them disappear, / like wax melts before the fire.
Third verse: So let sinners perish from the face of God, / and let righteous women rejoice.
Verse four: This is the day that the Lord has made, / let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Glory:
Christ is Risen:
And now:
Christ is Risen:
Canon, creation of Mr. John of Damascus, tone 1
Song 1.
Irmos: Resurrection
day, / let us be enlightened, 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 we will see / with the unapproachable light / of the Resurrection, Christ / shining, / and Rejoice, river, / clearly let us hear, / singing victoriously.
Chorus: Christ is risen from the dead.
Let the heavens rejoice, / let the earth rejoice, / let the world celebrate, / all visible and invisible: / Christ has risen, / eternal joy.
Chorus: Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
You broke the limit of mortification, / who gave birth to eternal life of 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, as you have received the joy of wine for all, / the All-Immaculate Mother of God.
Song 3.
Irmos: Come, let us drink new beer, / not from the barren stone of the miraculous, / but the source of incorruption / from the tomb of the one who waited on Christ, / in Him we are established.
Chorus: Christ is risen from the dead.
Now all is filled with light, / heaven and earth, and the underworld: / let all creation celebrate / the rise of Christ, / be established in it.
Chorus: Christ is risen from the dead.
Yesterday I was buried with You, Christ, / I stand with You today / I will rise again with You, / I crucified You yesterday, / Glorify me Yourself as Savior in Your Kingdom.
Chorus: Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
To imperishable life / I come today with the grace born from You, Pure One, / and the light that has been shed upon all ends.
Chorus: Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
God, whom you gave birth to in flesh, from the dead, / like the speech, having risen and seen, the Pure One, rejoice, / and magnify Him like the Most Pure God.
Ipakoi, voice 4:
The morning that preceded Mary, / and the found stone was rolled away from the tomb, / I heard from the Angel: in the light of the ever-present Being, / with the dead, what do you seek, like a man? / You see the grave linens, and preach to the world, / that the Lord has arisen, who put death to death, / that he is the Son of God, who saves the human race.
Song 4.
Irmos: On the Divine guard / may God-speaking Habakkuk / stand with us, and show us / the luminous Angel, / clearly saying: / this is the day of salvation for the world, / as Christ is risen, / as he is omnipotent.
Chorus: Christ is risen from the dead.
The male sex, / as the virgin womb was opened, / Christ appeared: / as a man, / the Lamb was called: / blameless, / as filthiness is tasteless, / our Passover, / and as God is true / perfect speech.
Chorus: Christ is risen from the dead.
Like the one-year-old lamb, / the crown of Christ blessed for us, / I willed for all to be slain, / the cleansing Passover, / and the Sun rose from the tomb of red / righteousness for us.
Chorus: Christ is risen from the dead.
Our God-father David / galloping before the ark of hay, / but the saints of God, / having visualized the event, / we rejoice divinely, / as Christ is risen, / as the All-Powerful.
Chorus: Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
Having created Adam, Your forefather, Pure One, / is built from You, and destroy the mortal dwelling with Your death today, / and illuminate everything / with the divine splendor of the resurrection.
Chorus: Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
Him you gave birth to, Christ, / rising beautifully from the dead, pure of sight, / kind and blameless in women and red, / today for the salvation of all, 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 Master, / and Christ we will see / the Sun of truth, / life shining for all.
Chorus: Christ is risen from the dead.
Your immeasurable compassion, / seeing the bonds of hell, / Christ walking towards the light, / with merry feet, / praising the eternal Easter.
Chorus: Christ is risen from the dead.
Let us approach the luminary, / Christ coming out of the tomb, like a bridegroom, / and celebrate with lustful festivities / the saving Passover of God.
Chorus: Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
The divine and life-giving rays / of the resurrection of Your Son, the Most Pure Mother of God, are enlightened, / and the assembly of the pious is filled with joy.
Chorus: Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
Thou didst not open the gates of virginity in the incarnation, / Thou didst not destroy the seals of the tomb, O King of creation: / Thou didst see Thee risen again / Mother, rejoicing.
Song 6.
Irmos: Thou didst descend into the nether regions of the earth, / and shattered the eternal faiths, / containing those bound, Christ, / and the third day, like Jonah from the whale, / rose up from the grave.
Chorus: Christ is risen from the dead.
Having preserved the signs of Christ intact, / you rose from the grave, / the keys of the Virgin did not harm in your birth, / and you opened the doors of heaven to us.
Chorus: Christ is risen from the dead.
My Savior, / the living and unsacrificial slaughter, / as God Himself / brought to the Father by will, / you co-resurrected the universal Adam, / rose from the grave.
Chorus: Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
The one who of old held death and corruption, / incarnate from Your most pure womb, / was raised to the imperishable and everlasting life, / to the Virgin Mother of God.
Chorus: Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
He descended into the underworld of the earth, / into Your womb, Pure One, who descended, / and was infused and incarnate more than the mind, / and raised Adam with Him, / rose from the grave.
Same kontakion, tone 8:
Even though you descended into the grave, O Immortal One, / but you destroyed the power of hell, / and you rose again as a conqueror, Christ God, / telling the myrrh-bearing women: Rejoice, / and Your apostle grant peace, / grant resurrection to the fallen.
Ikos: Even before the sun, the Sun sometimes set into the grave, / leading us to the morning, looking for the Myrrh-Bearing Virgin at the day, / and crying out to friends for friends: / O friend! Come, let us anoint with stinks the life-giving and buried body, / the flesh of the resurrected fallen Adam, lying in the tomb. / Come, let us run like oxen, and let us worship, / and bring the world like gifts, not in swaddling clothes, but in a shroud entwined, / and we weep and cry: O Master, arise, / grant resurrection to the fallen .
We also say: Having seen the Resurrection of Christ, / we 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 art Our God, / do we know no other to You, / Your name we call it. / Come, all you faithful, / let us adore 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 crucifixion, / destroy death by death. [Thrice]
Jesus has risen from the grave, / as He prophesied, / He will give us eternal life / and great mercy. [Thrice]
Song 7.
Irmos: He who delivered the youths from the furnace, / became a Man, / suffers as if he were mortal, / and with mortal passion, / clothes with beauty in incorruption, / God alone is blessed / and glorified.
Chorus: Christ is risen from the dead.
Wives from the world, God-wise, follow You: / Who, as if dead, with tears sought, / worshiped, rejoicing to the Living God, / and the secret Passover / to Yours, Christ, the disciple of the gospel.
Chorus: Christ is risen from the dead.
We celebrate the death of death, / hellish destruction, / another eternal beginning of life, / and playfully sing of the Guilty One, / the One blessed / of the fathers of God, and the most glorified.
Chorus: Christ is risen from the dead.
As truly sacred, / and all-celebratory this saving night, / and luminous, / of the luminous day, / the herald of the rising of beings: / in this timeless Light from the grave, fleshly rose to all.
Chorus: Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
Having put to death Your Son, the All-blameless death / today, the abiding life of all mortals is given forever and ever, / the only one blessed / is God the Father and glorified.
Chorus: Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
Reigning over all creation, / having been a man, / dwelt in Your, God-gracious, womb, / and having endured crucifixion and death, / was resurrected divinely, / having established us as omnipotent.
Song 8.
Irmos: This is the appointed and holy day, / One Saturday is King and Lord, / a holiday of holidays, / and triumph is triumphs, / and let us bless Christ forever.
Chorus: Christ is risen from the dead.
Come, new birth of the vine, / Divine joy, / in the special days of the Resurrection, / let us partake of the Kingdom of Christ, / singing of Him / as God forever.
Chorus: Christ is risen from the dead.
Lift up your eyes around, O Zion, and see: / behold, I have come to you, / like a God-bright luminary, / from the west, and the north, and the sea, / and from the east, your children, / in you, blessing Christ forever.
Chorus: Most Holy Trinity, our God, glory to Thee.
Trinitarian: Father Almighty, and the Word, and the Soul, / the three nature united in the Hypostases, / the Subsubstantial and Divine One, / we are baptized in Thee, / and we bless Thee to all ages.
Chorus: Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
You came into the world, Lord, / Virgin Mother of God, / and dissolved the womb of hell, / granting us the resurrection of mortals: / Moreover, let us bless Him forever.
Chorus: Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
Having overthrown all the powers of death / Your Son, the Virgin, by His resurrection, / as the mighty God has exalted us and deified us: / therefore we glorify Him forever.
Song 9.
Irmos: Shine, shine, / new Jerusalem: / for the glory of the Lord / shines upon you. / Rejoice now / and be glad, O Zion. / You, Pure One, rejoice, O Mother of God, / about the rise of Your Nativity.
Chorus: Christ is risen from the dead.
O Divine, O dear, / O Thy sweetest voice! / It is not false / that you promised to be with us, / until the end of the age, Christ: / Whose faith, / affirmation of hope, we rejoice.
Chorus: Christ is risen from the dead.
O great and most holy Easter, Christ! / About wisdom, and the Word of God, and power! / Give us more time to partake of You, / in the uneven days of Your Kingdom.
Chorus: Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
According to the Virgin, we are blessed for Your faithfulness: / Rejoice at the door of the Lord: / Rejoice, animated city: / Rejoice, for for our sake now the light has arisen, / from You Who was born from the dead is Risen ́nia.
Chorus: Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
Rejoice and rejoice at the divine door of Light: / Jesus entered into the tomb and ascended, / shining brighter than the sun, / and illuminating all the faithful, / God-happy Lady.
Exapostilary. I agree:
Having fallen asleep in the flesh, / as if dead, / King and Lord, / you have risen for three days, / raised Adam from aphids, / and abolished death: / The Passover of incorruption, / the salvation of the world. [Thrice]
Easter verses, tone 5:
Verse: May God rise again, / and let His enemies be scattered.
Easter / sacred to us has appeared today; / Easter is new holy; / Mysterious Easter; / All-honorable Easter. / Easter Christ the Deliverer; / Easter is immaculate; / Great Easter; / Easter of the faithful. / Easter opens the doors of heaven to us. / Easter sanctifying all the faithful.
Verse: Like smoke disappears, / let them disappear.
Come / from the vision of the woman who brought good news, / and sing to Zion: / receive / from us the joys of the Annunciation, the Resurrection of Christ: / rejoice, rejoice, / and rejoice, O Jerusalem, / having seen the King Christ from the grave, / I happening to the groom.
Verse: So let sinners perish from the face of God, / and let righteous women rejoice.
The myrrh-bearing women, / in the deep morning, / presented themselves to the coffin of the Life-Giver, / found an Angel, / sitting on a stone, / and she preached to them, / in a loud voice: / that you are looking for Zhivago with the dead; / Why are you crying about the imperishable aphids? / Go and preach to His disciples.
Verse: This is the day that the Lord has made, / let us rejoice and be glad on it.
Red Easter, / Easter, Lord's Easter! / All-honorable Easter / risen for us. Easter, / let us embrace each other with joy. / O Easter! / Deliverance of sorrow, / for from the grave this day, / as from the palace, / Christ has risen, / fill women with joy, verb: / preach as an apostle.
Glory, and now, voice 5:
Resurrection day, / and we will be enlightened by triumph, / and we will embrace each other. / Let us cry, brethren, / and to those who hate us, / forgive all by the Resurrection, / and thus we cry: / Christ is risen from the dead, / trampling down death on death, / and giving life to them that are in the tombs.
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.
Chorus : Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death and giving life to those in the tombs.
Your immeasurable compassion, through the bonds of hell, is seen, Christ walks towards the light, with merry feet, praising the eternal Easter.
Chorus : Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death and giving life to those in the tombs.
Let us begin, O luminous visions, that Christ come forth from the tomb as a bridegroom, and celebrate the saving Passover of God with the lustful celebrations.
Glory : Illuminated by the Divine rays and life-giving rays of the Resurrection of Your Son, Most Pure Mother of God, 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 tomb, O King of creation: from now on, seeing Thee risen, Mother rejoiced.
Song 6
Irmos : Thou hast descended into the nether regions of the earth and shattered the eternal faiths that contain the bound ones, O Christ, and thou hast lived for three days like Jonah from the whale, and thou hast risen from the grave.
Chorus : Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death and giving life to those in the tombs.
Having preserved the sign intact, O Christ, Thou hast risen from the grave, the keys of the Virgin unharmed at Thy Nativity, and Thou hast opened for us the doors of heaven.
Chorus : Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death and giving life to those in the tombs.
My Savior, the living and non-sacrificial slaughter, as God Himself brought to the Father by His own will, You co-resurrected the universal Adam, rose from the grave.
Glory : The one who of old held death and corruption, incarnate from Your most pure womb, was raised to the imperishable and everlasting life, Virgin Mary.
And now: You descended into the underworld of the earth, into your womb, the Pure One, who descended and took over, and became incarnate above the mind, and raised Adam with Him, and rose from the grave.
Sunday Carol
Having seen the Resurrection of Christ, we 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, and are You We know no other, we call Your name. Come, all you 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 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 furnace, having become a Man, suffers as if he were mortal, and through the passion of death he clothes the mortal with beauty in incorruption; God alone is blessed and glorified by the Fathers.
Chorus : Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death and giving life to those in the tombs.
Wives from the world, God-wise, follow You in their footsteps: Who was like the dead, with tears of desire, worshiping, rejoicing in the Living God and Your secret Passover, O Christ, the disciple of the gospel.
Chorus : Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death and giving life to those in the tombs.
With death we celebrate the mortification, the destruction of hell, the eternal beginning of another life, and playfully we sing of the guilty, the only blessed father of God and the most glorified.
Chorus : Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death and giving life to those in the tombs.
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 fleshly to all.
Glory : Having put to death Your Son, the All-blameless death, today, to all mortals the abiding life is granted forever and ever, One blessed and glorified Father is God.
And now : Thou reignest over all creation, having been a man, dwelt in Thy, God-gracious womb, and having endured crucifixion and death, was resurrected divinely, having raised us up like the All-Powerful One.
Canon of Holy Easter
The creation of Saint John of Damascus.
Voice 1st.
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 we will see the shining light of the Resurrection of Christ, and rejoice, the river speaking clearly, so that we may hear it singing victoriously.
Christ is risen from the dead.
Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth rejoice, let the world, both visible and invisible, celebrate: Christ has risen, eternal joy.
Glory to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Theotokos: You broke the limits of mortification, who gave birth to eternal life Christ, who has risen from the tomb this day, the All-blameless Virgin, and who has enlightened the world.(1)
And now and forever, and forever and ever. Amen.
The Mother of God: the resurrection of your son and God, rejoice from the apostles, the God -blessed pure, and even worse, as if you were guilty of all the vividness, perceived, God, God's imminent.
Song 3
Irmos: Come, let us drink new beer; it is not from the barren stone that the miracle works, but the source of incorruptibility, from the tomb which brought forth Christ, we are established in Him.
Christ is risen from the dead.
Now all 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 am resurrected with You, I was crucified with You yesterday, glorify me Yourself, O Savior, in Your Kingdom.
Glory to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Theotokos: I come to imperishable life today by the goodness of You, born from You, Pure One, and the light that has been shed upon all ends.
And now and forever, and forever and ever. Amen.
Theotokos: God, whom you gave birth to in flesh, from the dead, as you said, having risen and seen, Pure One, rejoice, and He who is like God, Most Pure One, exalt.
Ipakoi, tone 4
Having foreseen the morning about Mary, and the found stone was rolled away from the tomb, I heard from the Angel: in the light of the ever-present Being with the dead, what do you seek, as a man? You see the grave clothes, preach to you and the world that the Lord has risen, the one who put death to death, as he is the Son of God, saving the human race.
Song 4
Irmos: On the Divine guard, may the God-speaking Habakkuk stand with us and show us a luminous Angel, clearly saying: today is salvation for the world, for Christ is risen, for he is omnipotent.
Christ is risen from the dead.
The male sex, as if the virgin womb was opened, Christ appeared; Like a man he is called Lamb; Our Passover is blameless, as it is tasteless of filthiness, and as God is true, He is perfect in speech.
Christ is risen from the dead.
Like the one-year-old lamb, the crown of Christ blessed for us, I willed for all to be slain, the cleansing Passover, and from the tomb the red sun of righteousness rose for us.
Christ is risen from the dead.
Our God-father David is galloping before the ark, playing, but the saints of God, having visualized the event, we rejoice divinely, for Christ is risen, for he is omnipotent.
Glory to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Theotokos: 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 splendor of the Resurrection.
And now and forever, and forever and ever. Amen.
Theotokos: 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 rejoicing, Glorify Him.
Song 5
Irmos: Let us morning the deep morning, and instead of peace we will bring a song to the Master, and we will see Christ, the Sun of truth, life shining for all.
Christ is risen from the dead.
Your immeasurable compassion, through the bonds of hell, is visible, to the light, Christ, with merry feet, praising the eternal Easter.
Christ is risen from the dead.
Let us begin, in luminous dreams, Christ coming out of the tomb as a bridegroom, and celebrating the saving Passover of God with the celebratory rites of God.
Glory to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Theotokos: Illuminated by the Divine rays and life-giving rays of the Resurrection of Your Son, Most Pure Mother of God, and the pious assembly is filled with joy.
And now and forever, and forever and ever. Amen.
Theotokos: Thou didst not open the gates of virginity in the Incarnation, Thou didst not destroy the seals of the tomb, O King of creation: from thence again the resurrected Mother saw Thee rejoicing.
Song 6
Irmos: You descended into the underworld of the earth, and you crushed the eternal faiths that contain those bound, Christ, and you are three days old, like Jonah from the whale, you rose from the grave.
Christ is risen from the dead.
Having preserved the sign intact, O Christ, Thou hast risen from the tomb, the keys of the Virgin are not harmed in Thy Nativity, and Thou hast opened for us the doors of heaven.
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 co-resurrected the universal Adam, rose from the grave.
Glory to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Theotokos: The one who of old held death and corruption, incarnate from Your most pure womb, was raised to the imperishable and everlasting life, O Virgin Mother of God.
And now and forever, and forever and ever. Amen.
Theotokos: Descended into the underworld of the earth, into Your womb, 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, O Immortal One, you destroyed the power of hell, and you rose again as the Victor, O Christ God, to the myrrh-bearing women of the prophet: rejoice! and grant peace to your apostles, grant resurrection to the fallen.
Ikos
Even before the sun, the Sun, which sometimes set into the tomb, preceded those who were looking for the day of the myrrh-bearing virgin to the morning, and cried out to their friends: O friends, come, let us anoint the life-giving body with stinks and combed, the flesh of the Resurrected fallen Adam, lying in the tomb. Let us go, let us run like oxen, and let us worship, and let us bring peace like gifts, not in swaddling clothes, but in a shroud entwined, and we weep and cry out: O Master, arise, grant resurrection to the fallen.
Then we sing in Tone 6:
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 than You, we call Your name. Come, all you 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 crucifixion, destroy death by death. (Thrice.)
Jesus rose from the grave, as He prophesied, He will give us eternal life and great mercy. (Thrice.)
Song 7
Irmos: He who delivered the youths from the furnace, having become a Man, suffers as if he were mortal, and through the Passion he clothes mortals with incorruptibility in beauty; God alone is blessed and glorified by the Fathers.
Christ is risen from the dead.
Wives from the world of God are wise in following You, who, as if dead, with tears of desire, worshiped, rejoicing to the Living God, and Your secret Passover, O Christ, the disciple of the gospel.
Christ is risen from the dead.
We celebrate the death of death, the destruction of hell, the eternal beginning of another life, and playfully sing of the Guilty One, the only blessed Father of God, and the most glorified.
Christ is risen from the dead.
As truly sacred and all-celebratory is this saving night, and the luminous, light-bringing day of the rising of beings, the herald: in it, the flightless Light from the grave rose carnally to all.
Glory to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Theotokos: Having put to death Your Son, the All-blameless One, today, the abiding life is given to all mortals forever and ever, the only God blessed and glorified is the Father.
And now and forever, and forever and ever. Amen.
Theotokos: Reigning over all creation, having become a Man, dwelled in Your, God-gracious, womb, and having endured crucifixion and death, you were resurrected divinely, having established us as omnipotent.
Song 8
Irmos: This is the appointed and holy day, one Saturday is king and lord, a feast of holidays, and a triumph is a triumph: let us bless Christ forever.
Christ is risen from the dead.
Come, the new birth of the vine, the Divine joy, in the deliberate days of the Resurrection, let us partake of the Kingdom of Christ, singing to Him as God forever.
Christ is risen from the dead.
Lift up your eyes, O Zion, and see: behold, your children have come to you like a God-bright luminary, from the west, and the north, and the sea, and the east, in you blessing Christ forever.
Most Holy Trinity, our God, glory to You.
Father Almighty, and the Word, and the Soul, the three Natures united in Hypostases, the Supreme and the Divine, we are baptized in Thee, and we bless Thee to all ages.
Glory to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Theotokos: You came into the world, the Lord, the Virgin Mother of God, and dissolved the womb of hell, granting us the resurrection of mortals: therefore let us bless Him forever.
And now and forever, and forever and ever. Amen.
Theotokos: Thy Son, the Virgin, has overthrown all the powers of death by His Resurrection, as the mighty God has exalted us and deified us: therefore 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 has risen upon you. Rejoice now and be glad, O Zion. You, Pure One, rejoice, O Mother of God, about the rise of Your Nativity.
Chorus: Christ the new Passover, living sacrifice, Lamb of God, take away the sins of the world.
O Divine, O dear, O Thy sweetest voice! For you have truly promised to be with us until the end of the age, O Christ: Who, faithfully, has confirmed our hope, we rejoice.
Chorus: The angel cries with more grace: Pure Virgin, rejoice! And again I say: Rejoice! Your Son rose three days from the grave, and raised up the dead; people, have fun.
O great and most holy Easter, Christ! About wisdom, and the Word of God, and power! Give us the opportunity to partake of You in the unevening days of Your Kingdom.
Glory to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Theotokos: I agree, Virgin, we bless you faithfully: Rejoice, door of the Lord; Rejoice, animated city; Rejoice, even for our sake the light has now arisen from You, born from the dead of the Resurrection.
And now and forever, and forever and ever. Amen.
Theotokos: Rejoice and rejoice, O Divine Door of Light: for Jesus entered into the tomb and rose up, shining brighter than the sun, and illuminating all the faithful, O Odored Lady.
Exapostilary, self-agreed:
Having fallen asleep in the flesh as if dead, Thou art the King and Lord of three days, raised up Adam from aphids, and abolished death: Passover of incorruption, salvation of the world. (Thrice.)
Stichera of Easter
Voice 5th.
Verse: Let God rise again, and let His enemies be scattered.
Easter, sacred to us, has appeared to us today: Easter is new, holy, Mysterious Easter, All-honorable Easter, Easter, Christ the Deliverer; Immaculate Easter, Great Easter, Easter of the faithful; Easter, which opens the doors of heaven to us, Easter, which sanctifies all the faithful.
Verse: Like smoke disappears, let them disappear.
Come from the vision, O woman who brings good news, and cry to Zion: receive from us the joy of the annunciation of the Resurrection of Christ; Show off, rejoice and rejoice, O Jerusalem, having seen Christ the King come from the tomb, like the Bridegroom.
Verse: So let sinners perish from the presence of God, and let righteous women rejoice.
Myrrh-bearing women, in the deep morning, appearing at the tomb of the Giver of Life, found an Angel, sitting on a stone, and she preached to them, saying: Why are you looking for Zhivago and the dead? Why are you crying about the imperishable aphids? Go ahead and preach to His disciples.
Verse: This day which the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad.
Red Easter, Easter, Lord's Easter! The all-honorable Easter has risen for us. Easter! We will embrace each other with joy. O Easter! Deliverance of sorrow, for from the tomb today, as from a palace, Christ has risen, fill the woman with joy, the verb: 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 is the day, and we will be enlightened by triumph, and we will embrace each other; Rtsem: brother! and to those who hate us, let us forgive everything through the Resurrection, and thus we cry:
Christ rose from the dead, trampling down death and giving life to those in the tombs. (Thrice)
Note
(1) The last two Theotokos troparions of each hymn are not read on the first day of Easter.
Song 8
Irmos : This is the appointed and holy day, one Saturday is the King and the Lord, the holiday is the holiday and the triumph is triumphs, and let us bless Christ forever.
Chorus : Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death and giving life to those in the tombs.
Come, the new birth of the vine, the Divine joy, in the special days of the Resurrection, let us partake of the Kingdom of Christ, singing Him as God forever.
Chorus : Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death and giving life to those in the tombs.
Lift up your eyes around, O Zion, and see: behold, your children have come to you like a God-bright luminary, from the west, and the north, and the sea, and the east, in you blessing Christ forever.
Chorus : Most Holy Trinity, our God, glory to Thee.
Father Almighty, and Word, and Soul, the three natures united in all hypostases, the Supreme and the Divine, in Thee we are baptized and we bless Thee for all ages.
Glory : You came into the world, the Lord, the Virgin Mother of God, and dissolved the womb of hell, granting us the resurrection of mortals: therefore let us bless Him forever.
And now: Having cast down the whole power of death, Your Son, the Virgin, by His resurrection, like the mighty God, has exalted us and deified us. Moreover, we praise Him forever.
Canon of Easter - Holy Resurrection of Christ
Through the prayers of the saints, our fathers, Lord Jesus Christ, our God, have mercy on us. Amen.
And the troparion, tone 5, three times:
Christ rose from the dead, / trampling death over death, / and giving life to those in the tombs.
Easter start:
First verse: May God rise again, / and let His enemies be scattered.
And for each verse we sing a troparion: Christ is risen from the dead, / trampling down death on death, / and giving life to those in the tombs. (one time).
Second verse: As the smoke disappears, / let them disappear.
Christ is risen: (once).
Third verse: So let sinners perish from the face of God, / and let righteous women rejoice.
Christ is risen: (once).
Verse four: This is the day that the Lord has made, / let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Christ is risen: (once).
Glory: Christ is Risen: (once).
And now: Christ is risen: (once).
Also in the highest voice: Christ is risen from the dead, / trampling down death / and giving life to those in the tombs.
Canon, voice 1.
Song 1.
Irmos: Resurrection day, / let us be enlightened, 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 we will see / with the unapproachable light / of the Resurrection, Christ shining, / and Rejoice, O river, / clearly let us hear, / singing victoriously.
Chorus: Christ is risen from the dead.
Let the heavens rejoice, / let the earth rejoice, / let the world celebrate, / all visible and invisible: / Christ has risen, / eternal joy.
Glory: You broke the limits of mortification, / who gave birth to eternal life of Christ, who has risen from the tomb this day, / the All-Immaculate Virgin, and who has enlightened the world.
And now: the resurrection of your son and God, / rejoice from the apostles, God -blessed pure, / and even more care about it, as well as the guilty of all the vividness, / perceived, God, God's imminent.
Song 3.
Irmos: Come, we drink new beer, / we do not work wonders from the barren stone, / but the incorruptible source / from the tomb of Christ, / in Him we are established.
Chorus: Christ is risen from the dead.
Now all is filled with light, / heaven and earth, and the underworld: / let all creation celebrate / the rise of Christ, / be established in it.
Chorus: Christ is risen from the dead.
Yesterday I was buried with You, Christ, / I stand with You today / I will rise again with You, / I crucified You yesterday, / Glorify me Yourself as Savior in Your Kingdom.
Glory: To the imperishable life / I come today with the goodness born from You, Pure One, / and in all its end the light has been sheathed.
And now: God, whom you gave birth to in flesh, from the dead, / like the speech, having risen and seen, the Pure One, rejoice, / and magnify Him like the Most Pure God.
Ipakoi, voice 4:
The morning that preceded Mary, / and the found stone was rolled away from the tomb, / I heard from the Angel: in the light of the ever-present Being, / with the dead, what do you seek, like a man? / You see the grave linens, and preach to the world, / that the Lord has arisen, who put death to death, / that he is the Son of God, who saves the human race.
Song 4.
Irmos: On the Divine guard / may the God-speaking Habakkuk / stand with us and show us / the luminous Angel / clearly saying: / this day is the salvation of the world, / as Christ is risen, / as he is omnipotent.
Chorus: Christ is risen from the dead.
The male sex, / as he opened the virgin womb, / Christ appeared, / as a man, / he was called the Lamb, / without blemish, / as he is unsavory of filth, / our Passover, / and as God is true / perfect speech.
Chorus: Christ is risen from the dead.
Like the one-year-old lamb, / the crown of Christ blessed for us, / I willed for all to be slain, / the cleansing Passover, / and the Sun rose from the tomb of red / righteousness for us.
Chorus: Christ is risen from the dead.
Our God-father David / galloping before the ark of hay, / but the saints of God, / having visualized the event, / we rejoice divinely, / as Christ is risen, / as the All-Powerful.
Glory: Having created Adam, Your forefather, Pure, / is based on You, and destroy the mortal dwelling with Your death today, / and illuminate everything / with the divine splendor of the Resurrection.
And now: Him you gave birth to Christ, / rising beautifully from the dead, pure of sight, / good and blameless in women and red, / today for the salvation of all, 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 Christ we will see / the Sun of truth, / life shining for all.
Chorus: Christ is risen from the dead.
Your immeasurable compassion, / seeing the bonds of hell, / Christ walking towards the light, / with merry feet, / praising the eternal Easter.
Chorus: Christ is risen from the dead.
Let us approach the luminary, / Christ coming out of the tomb, like a bridegroom, / and celebrate with lustful festivities / the saving Passover of God.
Glory: Illuminated by the divine rays and life-giving / resurrection of Your Son, Most Pure Mother of God, / and the assembly of the pious 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 tomb, O King of creation, / Thou didst see Thee from the resurrection / Mother, rejoicing.
Song 6.
Irmos: Thou didst descend into the nether regions of the earth, / and shattered the eternal faiths, / containing those bound, Christ, / and the third day, like Jonah from the whale, / rose up from the grave.
Chorus: Christ is risen from the dead.
Having preserved the signs of Christ intact, / you rose from the grave, / the keys of the Virgin did not harm in your birth, / and you opened the doors of heaven to us.
Chorus: Christ is risen from the dead.
My Savior, / the living and unsacrificial slaughter, / as God Himself / brought to the Father by will, / you co-resurrected the universal Adam, / rose from the grave.
Glory: He who of old was exalted by death and corruption, / incarnate from Your most pure womb, / to imperishable and everlasting life, / to the Virgin Mother of God.
And now: He descended into the underworld of the earth, / into Your womb, the Pure One, who descended, / and was infused and incarnate more than the mind, / and raised Adam with Him, / rose from the grave.
Same kontakion, tone 8:
Even though you descended into the grave, O Immortal One, / but you destroyed the power of hell, / and you rose again as a conqueror, Christ God, / telling the myrrh-bearing women: Rejoice, / and Your apostle grant peace, / grant resurrection to the fallen.
Ikos: Even before the sun, the Sun sometimes set into the grave, / anticipating the morning, searching for the virgins like the day of the ointment, / and crying out to friends for friends: / O friend! Come, let us anoint with stinks the life-giving and buried body, / the flesh of the resurrected fallen Adam, lying in the tomb. / Come, let us run like wolves, and let us worship, / and bring peace like gifts, not in swaddling clothes, but in a shroud entwined, / and we weep and cry: O Master, arise, / grant resurrection to the fallen.
We also say:
Having seen the Resurrection of Christ, / let us worship the Holy Lord Jesus, / the only sinless one, / we worship Thy Cross, O Christ, / and we sing and glorify Thy holy Resurrection: / For Thou art our God, / Do we know no other to Thee, / We call Thy 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 crucifixion, / destroy death through death. [Thrice.]
Jesus rose from the grave, / as He prophesied, / He will give us eternal life / and great mercy. [Thrice.]
Song 7.
Irmos: Delivering the youths from the furnace, / having become a Man, / suffers as if mortal, / and with mortal passion, / clothes in incorruption with splendor, / Only the God of the fathers is blessed, and glorified.
Chorus: Christ is risen from the dead.
Women from the world of godly wisdom follow You, / Who, as if dead, sought with tears, / worshiping the rejoicing Living God, / and the secret Passover / to Yours, Christ, the disciple of the gospel.
Chorus: Christ is risen from the dead.
We celebrate the death of death, / hellish destruction, / another eternal beginning of life, / and playfully sing of the Guilty One, / the One blessed / of the fathers of God, and the most glorified.
Chorus: Christ is risen from the dead.
As truly sacred, / and all-celebratory this saving night, / and radiant, / of the light-bearing day, / the herald of the rising of beings, / in the same flightless Light from the grave, fleshly rose to all.
Glory: Having put to death Your Son, the All-blameless death, / this day abiding life is given to all mortals forever and ever, / One blessed one, / from the Father God and the Most Glorified.
And now: Reigning over all creation, / having become a man, / dwelt in Your, God-gracious, womb, / and having endured crucifixion and death, / rose again divinely, / having established us as omnipotent.
Song 8.
Irmos: This is the appointed and holy day, / One Saturday is King and Lord, / a holiday of holidays, / and triumph is triumphs, / and let us bless Christ forever.
Chorus: Christ is risen from the dead.
Come, new birth of the vine, / Divine joy, / in the special days of the Resurrection, / let us partake of the Kingdom of Christ, / singing of Him / as God forever.
Chorus: Christ is risen from the dead.
Lift up your eyes around, O Zion, and see: / behold, I have come to you, / like a God-bright luminary, / from the west, and the north, and the sea, / and from the east, your children, / in you, blessing Christ forever.
Chorus: Most Holy Trinity, our God, glory to Thee.
Trinitarian: Father Almighty, and the Word, and the Soul, / the three nature united in the Hypostases, / the Subsubstantial and Divine One, / we are baptized in Thee, / and we bless Thee to all ages.
Let us bless the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, the Lord.
You came into the world, O Lord, / Virgin Mother of God, / and dissolved the womb of hell, / and granted us the resurrection of mortals, / and let us bless Him forever.
And now and ever and unto ages of ages, amen.
Having overthrown all the powers of death / Your Son, the Virgin, by His resurrection, / as the mighty God has exalted us and deified us, / therefore we glorify 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 / shines upon you. / Rejoice now / and be glad, O Zion. / You, Pure One, rejoice, O Mother of God, / about the rise of Your Nativity.
Christ the new Passover, / Living Sacrifice, / Lamb of God, / taketh away the sins of the world.
O Divine, O dear, / O Thy sweetest voice! / It is not false / that you promised to be with us, / until the end of the age, Christ: / Whose faith, / affirmation of hope, we rejoice.
The angel cried out with more grace: / Pure Virgin, rejoice! / And again I say: Rejoice! / Your Son is risen / three days from the grave, / and raised the dead: / people, rejoice. And the troparion: O Divine, O dear:
Oh, great and most sacred Easter, Christ! / About wisdom, and the Word of God, and power! / Give us the opportunity to partake of You, / in the uneven days of Your Kingdom.
My soul magnifies / the power of the Trinitarian and Indivisible Divinity.
According to the Virgin, we are blessed to You: / Rejoice, O Door of the Lord, / Rejoice, O City with life, / Rejoice, For our sake now the light has risen, / From You, Who was born from the dead, Risen ́nia.
Rejoice, Virgin, rejoice, / Rejoice, O Blessed One, / Rejoice, O Most Glorified One! / Your Son is risen three days from the grave.
Rejoice and rejoice at the Divine Door of Light, / for Jesus entered into the tomb and ascended, / shining brighter than the sun, / and illuminating all the faithful, / God-happy Lady.
Chorus: My soul magnifies / Who rose from the grave three days ago, / Christ the Giver of Life.
Irmos: Shine, shine, / new Jerusalem, / for the glory of the Lord / shines upon you. / Rejoice now / and be glad, O Zion. / You, Pure One, rejoice, O Mother of God, / about the rise of Your Nativity.
Exapostilary. I agree:
Having fallen asleep in the flesh, / as if dead, / the King and the Lord, / you have risen for three days, / raised Adam from aphids, / and abolished death, / the Passover of incorruption, / the salvation of the world. [Thrice.]
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.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Lord, have mercy (three times).
Through the prayers of the saints, our fathers, Lord Jesus Christ, our God, have mercy on us. Amen.
And again we say something similar: Christ is risen from the dead, / trampling down death / and giving life to those in the tombs. (Thrice.)
And we have been given eternal life, / we worship Him / on the three-day Resurrection.
Song 9
My soul magnifies the One who was resurrected three days from the grave of Christ the Giver of Life.
Irmos : 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.
Chorus : Christ the new Easter, living Sacrifice, Lamb of God, take away the sins of the world.
O Divine, O dear, O Thy sweetest voice! For you have truly promised to be with us until the end of the age, O Christ. We rejoice in His faithfulness, the confirmation of hope.
Chorus : Magdalene Mary came to the tomb, and saw Christ, asking a heli-master.
O great and most holy Easter, Christ! About Wisdom, and the Word of God, and Power! Give us the opportunity to partake of You, in the uneven days of Your Kingdom.
Glory : I agree, Virgin, we bless you faithfully: Rejoice, door of the Lord, rejoice, animated city; Rejoice, even for our sake the light has now arisen from You, born from the dead of the resurrection.
And now : Rejoice and rejoice, Divine Door of Light: Jesus entered into the tomb and ascended, shining brighter than the sun and illuminating all the faithful, God-happy Lady.
Audio recordings of chants of the Colored Triodion
- Choir of the Holy Trinity Sergius Lavra - “Rejoice, people. Hymns of Holy Pascha and Pentecost", 2009
- Male choir “Optina Pustyn” - “Bright Resurrection of Christ” (2001)
- Resurrection day. Easter canon. Choir of the brethren of the Valaam Transfiguration Monastery Ryabtsev German, hierodeacon
- "Christ is Risen!" Easter chants Choir of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra Choir of the Kyiv Theological Academy and Seminary (KDAiS)
- Bright Resurrection of Christ Men's Choir of the St. Petersburg Metochion of Optina Hermitage
- Easter. Choir "Orthos"
- Hymns of the Easter Liturgy Metropolitan Choir of the Russian Cathedral in Paris Spassky Petr Vasilievich
- Fraternal choir of the Holy Dormition Pochaev Lavra: “Bright Resurrection of Christ”
Zadostoynik
The angel cried out with more grace: Pure Virgin, rejoice, and again I cried: rejoice! Your Son has risen three days from the grave and raised the dead, people, rejoice.
Shine, shine, new Jerusalem: the glory of the Lord shines upon you, rejoice now and rejoice, O Zion, but You, Pure One, rejoice, O Mother of God, about the rise of Your Nativity.
Exapostilary : Having fallen asleep in the flesh, as if dead, Thou art the King and Lord of three days, raised up Adam from aphids, and abolished death: Passover of incorruption, salvation of the world. (Thrice)
