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The translation of the Canons is not yet complete, and so this page at the moment consists simply of the Kathismata, Anavathmi and Lauds. AT MATINS After the 1st Reading from the Psalter, Resurrection Kathismata. Tone 8. Model Melody. You rose from the dead, the Life of all, and an Angel of light cried out to the women: Cease your tears. Give the good tidings to the Apostles Cry aloud in hymns that Christ the Lord has risen, who as God was well-pleased to save the human race. Verse: Arise, O Lord, my God, lift up your hand: do not forget your poor for ever.The Wisdom and Word. When you had truly risen from the tomb you ordered the holy women to proclaim the Resurrection to the Apostles, as it is written; and Peter, coming at full speed, stood by the grave and seeing the light in the tomb was struck with amazement.And so he both saw the grave clothes lying there alone, without the divine body, and he believed and cried out: Glory to you Christ God, because you save us all, our Saviour, for you are the brightness of the Father. Glory. Both now. Theotokion. The same melody.Let us hymn the heavenly gate and ark, the all-holy mountain, the cloud of light, the heavenly ladder, the spiritual Paradise, the deliverance of Eve, the great treasure of the world; because salvation for the world and forgiveness of ancient offences were wrought in her; therefore we cry to her: Intercede with your Son and God to grant forgiveness of offences to those who devoutly worship your all-holy Offspring. After the 2nd reading from the Psalter, other Kathismata. Mortals sealed your grave, O Saviour; an Angel rolled the stone from the door; Women saw you risen from the dead, and it was they who gave the good tidings to your Disciples in Sion: The life of all has risen and the bonds of death are loosed. Lord, glory to you. Verse: I will give you thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart: I will tell of all your wonders.The women who brought spices for the burial heard from the tomb an Angel’s voice: Cease your tears, and bring joy instead of sorrow. Cry aloud in hymns that Christ the Lord has risen, who as God was well-pleased to save the human race. Glory. Both now. Theotokion.Because of you, O Full of grace, all creation rejoices, the ranks of Angels and the human race; hallowed Temple and spiritual Paradise, pride of Virgins; from you God was incarnate and he who is our God before the ages became a little child. For he made your womb a throne and caused it to become wider than the heavens. Because of you, O Full of grace, all creation rejoices; glory to you. After Psalm 118, the Ypakoï. The myrrh-bearing women standing at the grave of the Giver of life were seeking the immortal Master among the dead; and when they received the good tidings of joy from the Angel they revealed to the Apostles that Christ had risen, granting the world his great mercy. The Anavathmi. 1st Antiphon. From my youth the enemy tempts me, enflames me with pleasures; but I, trusting in you, Lord, put him to flight. Those that hate Sion, let them become like grass before it is dug up; for Christ will cut their necks with a sharp blade of torments. Glory. Both now. By the Holy Spirit all things live; Light from Light, great God: we sing his praise with the Father and the Word. 2nd Antiphon. Let my humble heart be sheltered by fear of you; lest it fall away from you by being exalted, O most compassionate. He who has his hope in the Lord will not be afraid when he judges all things by fire and punishment. Glory. Both now. By the Holy Spirit everyone that is godly sees and foretells and works the greatest wonders, as they sings one God in three Persons; for though it shines with triple light, the Divine rules as one. 3rd Antiphon. I have cried to you, Lord, give heed, bend your ear to me as I call and cleanse me before you take me from what is here. Each one who sinks back upon his mother earth will depart to receive torments or rewards for their life’s actions. Glory. Both now. By the Holy Spirit contemplation of God is of a thrice-holy unity; for the Father is without beginning, from whom was the Son beyond time, and the Spirit equal in form and majesty, shining forth equally from the Father. 4th Antiphon. Behold, what so good, what so pleasant as brothers dwelling together? For by this the Lord promised eternal life. The One who adorns the lilies of the field commands us not to be concerned over our clothing. Glory. Both now. By the Holy Spirit, by one single cause all things gain the reward of peace; for he is God exactly consubstantial with both the Father and the Son. Prokeimenon. The Lord will be king for ever;* your God, O Sion, to generation and generation. Verse: Praise the Lord, my soul: while I live I will praise the Lord; I will sing to my God for as long as I exist.Let everything that has breath. The Sunday Resurrection Gospel. Having seen the Resurrection. Psalm 50.At Lauds. Resurrection Stichera. Tone 8. Model Melody. Lord, though you stood at the judgement seat being judged by Pilate, yet seated with the Father you were not absent from your throne; and risen from the dead you freed the world from the slavery of the stranger, as you are full of pity and love mankind. Lord, though Jews had laid you as a corpse in a grave, yet soldiers were guarding you as a sleeping king, and they sealed you with a seal as treasure-house of life; but you arose and granted incorruption to our souls. Lord, you have given us your Cross as a weapon against the devil; for he quails and trembles, unable to contemplate your power; for you raise the dead and made death of no effect: therefore we worship your Burial and your Rising. Your Angel, Lord, proclaiming your Resurrection, filled the guards with fear, but he cried to the women and said: Why do you seek the living with the dead? Being God he has risen and given life to the whole world. Others by Anatolios. You suffered through the Cross, who are impassible in your Godhead; to free us from the slavery of the foe you accepted burial for three days, and, having made us immortal, to give us life through your Resurrection, Christ God, lover of mankind. I worship, I glorify and I praise your Resurrection from the tomb, O Christ, through which you have freed us from the unbreakable bonds of Hell and as God granted the world eternal life and your great mercy. Lawless men, watching over your grave, which had received life, sealed it; but you, as immortal and all-powerful God, rose on the third day. When you entered the gates of Hell, Lord, and smashed them, the prisoner cried out: Who is this, for he is not condemned to the lowest parts of the earth, but has torn down death’s prison-house like a tent? I received him as a mortal, and I tremble at him as God. All-powerful Saviour have mercy on us. Glory. The Eothinon of the Sunday.Both now. You are most blessed. Great Doxology and then the Resurrection Troparion Having risen from the grave. |
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