Easter verses, tone 5:
May God rise again, / and let His enemies be scattered.
Easter / sacred has appeared to us today; / Easter is new holy; / Easter is mysterious; / 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.
TRANSLATION: Let God arise / and let His enemies be scattered. The sacred Easter appeared to us on this day, / - a new, holy Easter, / a mysterious Easter, an Easter revered by all. / Easter – Christ the Redeemer; / Immaculate Easter, / Great Easter, / Easter of the faithful, / Easter that opened the doors of heaven to us, / Easter that sanctifies all the faithful.
Like smoke disappears, / let them disappear.
Come / from the vision of the wife of the gospel, / and cry to Zion: / receive / from us the joys of the annunciation, the Resurrection of Christ: / show off, rejoice / and rejoice, O Jerusalem, / seeing the King Christ from the tomb, / like a bridegroom coming.
TRANSLATION: As smoke disappears, / let them disappear. Go after the vision, wife of the gospel, / and shout to Zion: / “Receive from us the joy of the gospel of the resurrection of Christ!” / Rejoice, rejoice and rejoice, Jerusalem, / having seen the King Christ, like a bridegroom, / emerging from the tomb.
So let sinners perish from the Face of God, / and let righteous women rejoice.
The myrrh-bearing woman, / in the deep morning, / appeared at the tomb of the Life-Giver, / found an Angel, / sitting on a stone, / and told them, / saying: / that you seek the Living One with the dead; / Why are you crying into the aphids? / Go and preach as His disciple.
TRANSLATION: So let sinners perish from the presence of God, / and let the righteous rejoice. The myrrh-bearing women / deep in the morning, / presenting themselves at the tomb of the Giver of Life, / found an Angel sitting on a stone, / and he, turning to them, proclaimed: / “Why are you looking for the Living One among the dead? / Why do you mourn the Imperishable One as one who has undergone corruption? / When you return, tell His disciples!”
This day, which the Lord has made, / let us rejoice and be glad on it.
Red Easter, / Easter, Lord's Easter! / All-honorable Easter / an opportunity for us. Easter, / let us embrace each other with joy. / O Easter! / Deliverance of sorrow, / for from the grave this day, / as Christ / has risen from the palace, / fill women with joy, saying: / preach as an apostle.
TRANSLATION: This is the day that the Lord has made, / let us rejoice and be glad in it! Joyful Easter, / Easter, the Lord's Easter, / the all-holy Easter has risen for us. / Easter! Let's hug each other joyfully. / Oh, Easter - deliverance from sorrow! / For from the tomb on this day, / shining forth as from the bridal chamber, Christ / filled the women with joy with the words: / “Tell the Apostles!”
Glory, and now:
Resurrection day, / and we will be enlightened by triumph, / and we will embrace each other. / Let us cry, brethren, / and forgive all those who hate us, / through the Resurrection, / and thus we cry: / Christ is risen from the dead, / trampling down death by death, / and giving life to those in the tombs.
TRANSLATION: Glory, and now: Day of Resurrection! / And we will shine with triumph / and hug each other; / let's say: “Brothers!” / and to those who hate us, / we will forgive everything for the sake of the resurrection / and so we will proclaim: / “Christ has risen from the dead, / trampling down death by death, / and giving life to those in the tombs!”
Ekaterina ZAGULYAEVA
Translation: Hieromonk AMVROSY (TIMROT)
What music is playing around us now? Maybe these are the sounds of modern songs singing to us about earthly love, female beauty and affection. Perhaps we listen to the birds singing with the joy of spring, the murmur of melt water. Let us listen once again to the music of nature; it seems to me that she sings about the Resurrection. Not only about her spring resurrection, but also about the Resurrection of the One who created Her. “May God rise again” is now overflowing now in the temple of God, now in the temple of nature, in the first people glorify God, in the second - all creation. These words are also sung by the one who once uttered them for the first time - the divine David, prophet and spiritual musician.
Psalm 67
The verses of Psalm 67 are heard so often during Easter services that one can safely call it the Easter psalm or the psalm of resurrection. Easter stichera, troparia and other hymns are, as it were, an extended commentary on the verses of the psalm.
May His enemies rise and be scattered, and may those who hate Him flee from His face.
David, with a prophetic gaze, foresees the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The enemies of the Lord, according to the interpretation of St. Athanasius the Great, are demons; the psalmist is confident that with the resurrection of God they will scatter and dissipate like smoke, but for the righteous, on the contrary, this will be the greatest joy before God. This psalm depicts the solemn procession of God to Mount Sinai; it is through this image that David remembers the exodus of the chosen people from Egypt. The amazing connection between these events of the Exodus and the Resurrection of Christ is described here with extraordinary grandeur. The same theme is repeated in prokimnas Holy Week. It would seem, what is the connection between the Exodus of the Jews and the Resurrection of Christ?
God for us is God for salvation; in the power of the Lord Almighty are the gates of death.
This is the connection - in the power of God was the liberation of the once chosen people, in His power was the liberation from death of all mankind.
Christ's victory over death is the central theme of the psalm. The idea of this verse is repeated by the holy Apostle John in the Apocalypse - in the hands of Christ he sees the keys to hell and death. Christ will defeat death by His Resurrection and the time is not far when death and hell will be locked in oblivion forever.
This psalm seems to have been written about us, marching in a procession of the cross, just as the ancient Jews from Egypt marched like us. We “We have seen Your procession, O God, the procession of our God and our King in the holy place”(Ps. 67:25), when you rose from the dead, when you appeared to the apostles, when you gave communion to Luke and Cleopas. And we will follow You, the fiery word of Your apostles. At the procession “the singers were in front, the players were playing instruments behind, and in the middle were maidens with tympani.”(Ps. 67:26), the sea of life parted around us, and the Egyptian chariots sank behind us. Ahead of us is Miriam and the myrrh-bearing women, we are going to Your tomb to see the burial shrouds, to kneel at the place where Your body lay. “Kingdoms of the earth! sing to God, sing praises to the Lord, who walks in the heavens of heavens from everlasting.”(Ps. 67:33), and we shout “Christ is risen!” We entered Your temple with hymns, “Thou art fearful, O God, in Thy sanctuary,” You trampled down death by death, “You took captivity captive” (v. 19), Christ is risen!
Psalm 117
This day, which the Lord has created, we will rejoice and be glad on it.
“What day is this but the Lord's Sunday? What day is this except the day of salvation for all nations, on which the rejected stone will be at the head of the corner? This day of the resurrection of our Savior, which received a borrowed name from Him and is called the Day of the Lord, is meant here by the word,” writes St. Athanasius the Great.
This psalm itself is interesting because of the large number of quotations from it in the New Testament. The Lord Jesus Christ Himself quotes the words from it “The stone that the builders rejected...”, attributing the fulfillment of the words of the psalm to Himself, and with the words from this psalm Christ depicted the recognition of Him as the Savior: “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord”(verse 26).
Here comes the day about which the psalm speaks, the day of salvation, the new day of creation, “let us rejoice and be glad on it.” Holy saving Easter! Rejoice, David, we have heard your call. What day have you seen on which you should rejoice? You saw the Savior coming as a sacrifice to the slaughter: “bind the sacrifice with ropes, lead it to the horns of the altar”(Ps. 117:27). Here He is, rejected by everyone, died, but is alive again and proclaims the works of His Father (Ps. 117:17). Rejoice, prophet Jonah, for you depicted the resurrection by being in the belly of a whale; Rejoice, Moses, because the entrance to the promised land is now open for you; Rejoice, Ever-Virgin Mary, “Your Son is risen, three days old from the grave.”
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Your Resurrection, Christ the Savior, the angels sing in heaven, and grant us on earth to glorify You with a pure heart.
Troparion of Easter, tone 5:
Christ rose from the dead, trampling down death and giving life to those in the tombs.
Ipakoi Easter, tone 4:
Having anticipated the morning about Mary and having found the stone rolled away from the tomb, I heard from the Angel: in the light of the ever-present Being with the dead, what are you looking for, as a man? You see the grave linens: preach to you and to the world that the Lord has risen, the one who put death to death, as he is the Son of God, who saves the human race.
Easter Kontakion, tone 8:
Even though you descended into the grave, Immortal, you destroyed the power of hell, and you rose again as the Victor, Christ God, to the myrrh-bearing wives: Rejoice! and grant peace to your apostles, give Resurrection to the fallen.
Honorer of Easter, voice 1:
The angel cried with more grace: Pure Virgin, rejoice, and again the river: Rejoice! Your Son has risen three days from the grave and raised up the dead: rejoice, people. 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 birth.
Exapostilary of Easter
Having fallen asleep in the flesh as if dead, O King and Lord, Thou hast risen for three days, raised Adam from aphids, and abolished death: Passover of incorruption, salvation of the world
EASTER CANON, tone 1
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 (before each troparion of the canon)
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*:
(The giving is sung from the second day of Easter)
(*Chorus to them: “Most Holy Theotokos, save us,” or “Glory...”, “And now...”.)
You have broken the limit of mortification, eternal life who gave birth to 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
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 today to imperishable life, 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 light of the ever-present Being, what are you looking for with the dead, like a man? You see the graveclothes, tetsite, and preach to the world that the Lord has arisen, the one who put to death death, as he is the Son of God, saving the human race.
Song 4
Irmos:
On divine watch, may the God-speaking Habakkuk stand with us and show us a luminous angel, clearly saying: today is salvation for the world, for Christ has risen, for he is omnipotent.
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.
God-father David, galloping before the hay ark, but the holy people of God, seeing the images of the event, rejoice divinely, as Christ is risen, as omnipotent.
Theotokos: 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
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.
Thy immeasurable compassion is visible through the bonds of hell, Christ walks toward the light with merry feet, praising the eternal Easter.
Let us come, O luminaries, to Christ proceeding from the tomb as a bridegroom, and let us celebrate God’s saving Pascha with lustful rites.
Theotokos:
The divine rays and life-giving rays of the resurrection of Your Son, Most Pure Mother of God, are enlightened, and the pious assembly is filled with joy. You did not open the gates of virginity in the incarnation, you did not destroy the seals of the coffin, the King of creation: from where you saw the resurrected, Mother rejoiced.
Song 6
Irmos:
Thou hast descended into the nether regions of the earth and shattered the eternal faiths that contain those bound to Christ, and thou hast risen from the grave for three days, like Jonah from the whale.
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:
Elevated from ancient times by death and corruption, Incarnate from Your most pure womb, to the incorruptible and everlasting life, Virgin Mary. Descended into the underworld of the earth, into Your lie, the Pure One, descended, and was infused and incarnated more than the mind, and raised Adam with Him, rose from the grave.
Kontakion, tone 8
Even though you descended into the grave, Immortal, you destroyed the power of hell, and you rose again as a conqueror, Christ God, saying to the myrrh-bearing women: Rejoice, and grant peace to your apostles, grant resurrection to the fallen.
Ikos
Even before the sun, the Sun sometimes set in the tomb, leading to the morning, looking for the Myrrh-Bearing Virgin like the day, and crying out to friends to friends: O friends! Come, let us anoint the life-giving and buried body with stinks, the flesh of the Resurrected fallen Adam, lying in the tomb. We come, sweating like wolves, and let us worship, and bring peace like gifts, not in swaddling clothes, but in a shroud, to Him entwined, and we weep and cry out: O Master, arise, grant resurrection to the fallen.
Having seen the Resurrection of Christ, let us worship the Holy Lord Jesus, the only sinless One, we worship Your Cross, O Christ, and we sing and glorify Your holy resurrection: for You are our God, do we know no other to You, we call Your name. Come, all you faithful, let us worship the holy resurrection of Christ: behold, for through the Cross joy has come to the whole world. Always blessing the Lord, we sing of His resurrection: having endured crucifixion, destroy death through death. (Thrice)
Jesus rose from the grave, as He prophesied, to give us eternal life and great mercy. (Thrice)
Song 7
He who delivered the youths from the cave, having become a man, suffers as if he were 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 One, the only one blessed by the fathers of God and the most glorified.
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 Death, today, the life of all mortals remains free for all eternity, 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
This is the appointed and holy day, one Sabbath King and Lord, a feast of feasts, and a triumph is a triumph: in it let us bless Christ forever.
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 hypostases, the Most Essential and the Most Divine, we are baptized in Thee, and we bless Thee forever.
Theotokos:
By You the Lord, Virgin Mary, came into the world and dissolved the womb of hell, granting us mortals the resurrection: with the same let us bless Him forever. Thy Son, the Virgin, has overthrown all the power of death by His resurrection, as the mighty God has exalted us and deified us: in the same way we glorify Him forever.
Song 9
Chorus:
My soul magnifies Christ the Giver of Life, who rose three days from the grave.
Irmos:
Shine, shine, new Jerusalem: for the glory of the Lord is upon you, rejoice now, and rejoice, O Zion! You, Pure One, show off, O Mother of God, about the rise of Your Nativity.
Chorus:
Christ is the new Passover, living sacrifice, Lamb of God, take away the sins of the world.
Oh, divine! Oh dear! O Thy sweetest voice! You have truly promised to be with us until the end of the age; Christ, Who is faithful, the affirmation of hope, we rejoice.
Chorus:
The angel cried out with more grace: pure Virgin, rejoice, and again the river, rejoice! Your Son is risen three days from the grave, and raised the dead, O people, rejoice.
Oh, great and sacred Easter, Christ! About wisdom, and the Word of God, and Power! Grant us more time to partake of You, in the unfading days of Your Kingdom.
Theotokos:
According to You, Virgin, we are blessed to be faithful: Rejoice, O door of the Lord, Rejoice, animated city; Rejoice, for for our sake the light has now arisen from You, Who was born from the dead of the resurrection. Rejoice and rejoice, divine door of Light: for Jesus entered the tomb, ascended, shining brighter than the sun, and illuminated all the faithful, joyful to the Lady.
Exapostilarius is self-agreed
Having fallen asleep in the flesh as if dead, Thou art the King and Lord, who rose for three days, raised Adam from aphids, and abolished death: Easter is incorruptible, the salvation of the world. (Thrice)
EASTER VERSES
Verse: Let God rise again, and let His enemies be scattered.
The sacred Easter has appeared to us today: the new holy Easter, the mysterious Easter, the all-honorable Easter, the Easter of Christ the Redeemer, the immaculate Easter, the great Easter, the Easter of the faithful, the Easter that opens the doors of heaven to us, the Easter that sanctifies all the faithful.
Verse: As smoke disappears, let them disappear.
Come from the vision of the wife of the gospel, and cry to Zion: receive from us the joy of the annunciation of the resurrection of Christ; Show off, rejoice and rejoice, Jerusalem, seeing the King Christ from the tomb like a bridegroom, taking place.
Thus, let sinners perish from the presence of God, and let righteous women rejoice.
The myrrh-bearing woman, in the deep morning, appeared at the tomb of the Life-Giver, found an angel, sat on a stone, and said to them, saying: Why are you looking for the Living One with the dead? Why are you crying into the aphids? Go and preach as His disciples.
This day, which the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad on it.
Red Easter, Easter, Lord's Easter! Easter is an honorable blessing for us! Easter! Let us embrace each other with joy. O Easter! Deliverance of sorrow, for from the tomb today, as Christ has risen from the palace, fill the women with joy with the verb: preach as an apostle.
Glory, and now:
Resurrection day, and let us be enlightened by triumph, and embrace each other. By saying, brothers, and to those who hate us, let us forgive all by the resurrection, and let us cry out thus:
Christ is risen from the dead,
trample death by death
and gave life to those in the tombs.
Easter chants - text, translation, meaning of the chants that we hear at Easter services.
Your Resurrection, O Christ the Savior
Thy Resurrection, O Christ the Savior, / Angels sing in heaven, / and grant us on earth / with a pure heart / to glorify you
Christ is Risen! Troparion of Easter
Christ is risen from the dead, / trampling down death by death, / and giving life to those in the tombs.
Kontakion of Easter
Even though you descended into the grave, O Immortal One, / but you destroyed the power of hell, / and you rose again as the Victor, Christ God, / telling the myrrh-bearing women: Rejoice! / and grant peace to your apostles, / give Resurrection to the fallen.
Stichera of Easter
Easter / sacred has appeared to us today; / Easter is new holy; / Easter is mysterious; / 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.
The angel is crying...
The angel cried out with more grace: / pure Virgin, rejoice! / And again the river: Rejoice! / Your Son is risen / three days from the grave / and raised the dead, / people, rejoice.
Having seen the Resurrection of Christ
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.
Wave of the sea
The wave of the sea / hid the persecutor of old, / the tormentor, under the earth hid / the saved youths; / but we, like maidens, / drink to the Lord, / for we are gloriously glorified.
Spiritual poems, psalms and chants, various Orthodox authors
1. Stichera on the verse of chapter 6. 2. Christ is risen! 3. Irmos of the 1st song of the Easter canon. 4.Christ is risen!5.Savior.26.Love!..27.To You, my Savior.38.Don’t lose heart. There is hope - Christ.49.Song of the Three Youths in the Furnace of Babylon.4
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1. Stichera on verse 6.
Thy Resurrection, O Christ our Savior, Angels sing in Heaven,
and grant us on earth the honor to glorify You with a pure heart.
2.Christ is risen!
Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death,
and giving life to those in the graves.
(Christ rose from the dead, trampling down death by death,
and giving life to those in the tombs.)
3. Irmos of the 1st song of the Easter canon
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.
4.Christ is risen!
Christ is Risen! People are brothers!
Each other in warm arms
Hurry up to joyfully accept!
Let's forget the quarrels, insults,
Yes, the bright holiday of Sunday
Nothing will overshadow!
Christ is Risen! Hell trembles
And the sun of eternal truth shines
Above the renewed earth:
And the whole universe is warmed
A ray of Divine light,
Taste joy and peace.
Christ is Risen! Holy day!
Thunder in all corners of the universe,
Unceasing praise to the Creator!
Sorrows and sorrows have passed.
The shackles of sin have fallen from us,
The soul recoiled from evil!..
(V. Bazhanov, from the book of Archpriest G. Dyachenko “Spiritual Sowings”, published in 1900).
5.Savior
Burning with love for neighbors,
He taught the people humility;
He is all the laws of Moses
Subjected to the law of love.
He does not tolerate anger or vengeance,
He preaches forgiveness
Orders to repay evil with good;
There is an unearthly power in Him:
He restores sight to the blind,
Gives both strength and movement
To the one who was both weak and lame;
He doesn't need recognition:
The heart's thinking is open;
His searching gaze
No one has stood it yet;
Targeting illness, healing torment,
Everywhere He was the Savior,
And extended a good hand to everyone,
And he didn’t condemn anyone.
(Alexey Tolstoy, from the book of Archpriest G. Dyachenko “Spiritual Sowings”, published in 1900).
6.Love!..
Love when everyone loves you
Love when you are cursed!
Let them destroy you for love
and they will betray you to ridicule!..
Love everyone, everyone! - enemies as brothers,
Send blessings;
Like the sun to darkness - be a stranger to curses:
Live and die lovingly!
Love, let your heart be sacred:
It is bequeathed by Christ,
Crucified with Him on the cross
And with Him he rose again in triumph!
(Helmsman, 1900, No. 24).
7. To You, my Savior
I cry to You, my Savior,
I strive for You with my sick soul;
I look to You with hope
And I cry bitterly before You:
"Stretch out your holy hands to me
And wash me from sin;
I want to forget the torment of life
And only in You can I find peace.
I want with hot lips
Just call on your name,
I want repentance with tears
I beg for forgiveness.
Forgive me for my crazy murmur,
That I could not bear the grief;
Stormy rush of despair
Forget, my Savior, forgive me.
I won’t go to people with sadness:
They don't care much about others
But I will bow my head before You
And I will rest at Your feet...
And you are like a quiet evening light,
You will pour joy into my soul,
Take the sharp thorns out of your heart
And you will send me further on my way,
And I will go, stay with me, -
Then the path of life is not terrible.
Savior! Be my star
So that I don't drown in the sea.
Oh, teach me, Savior,
Which way to go?
To open Your abode
and find eternal happiness.
Oh give me strength, give me patience
Carry your cross and don’t grumble,
When there's a stumbling block
I have to step up in life.
So that with all my soul, and not outwardly
I could forgive people everything,
So that I serve when they need,
And I could sincerely love...”
(Folk).
8. Don't lose heart. There is hope - Christ
Don’t lose heart, soul, don’t grieve, don’t pronounce decisive judgment on yourself for your many sins, don’t attract fire on yourself, don’t say: the Lord has cast me away from His face.
God does not like such words. - Can’t someone who has fallen rise again? Can't anyone who has turned away be converted? Or don’t you hear what the Father’s grace is to the prodigal?
Do not be ashamed to turn, but say with boldness: I have risen, I am going to my Father! Get up and go.
He will accept you and not reproach you, but will rejoice more at your return. He is waiting for you; just don’t be ashamed and don’t hide from the face of God, like Adam.
For your sake, Christ was crucified and will he reject you? He knows who oppresses us; knows
that we have no other helper except His alone.
Christ knows that man is poor. Do not give in to despair and negligence, as if you were destined for fire. It is no consolation for Christ to cast us into fire; It is not gain for Him to send us into the abyss to be tormented.
Imitate the prodigal son: leave the starving city. Come and beg, and you will see the glory of God. Your face will be illuminated, and you will rejoice in the paradise of sweetness. Glory to the Lord, Lover of Mankind, who saves us!
(Psalter of St. Ephraim the Syrian, ps. 27).
9. Song of the Three Youths in the Babylonian Furnace
1. Blessed are You, O Lord God of our fathers, praised and exalted forever, and blessed is the name of Your glory, holy and highly praised and exalted forever.
2. Blessed are You in the temple of Your holy glory, and most praised and glorious forever.
3. Blessed are You, who sees the deep, sits on the Cherubim, and is highly praised and exalted forever.
4. Blessed are You on the throne of glory of Your kingdom, highly praised and exalted forever.
5. Blessed are You in the firmament of heaven, and highly praised and exalted forever.
6. Bless all the works of the Lord. / Sing to the Lord and exalt Him forever.
7. Bless the Lord, O Angels of the Lord, sing and exalt Him forever.
8. Bless the Lord, O heavens, sing and exalt Him forever.
9. Bless all the waters that are above the heavens/ The Lord, sing praises and exalt Him forever.
10. Bless, all the powers of the Lord, / sing to the Lord and exalt Him forever.
11. Bless the Lord, O sun and moon, sing and exalt Him forever.
12. Bless the Lord, O stars of heaven, sing and exalt Him forever.
13. Bless, O rain and dew, / The Lord, sing and exalt Him forever.
14. Bless, all you winds, / the Lord, sing and exalt Him forever.
15. Bless the Lord, fire and heat, sing and exalt Him forever.
16. Bless the Lord, cold and heat, sing and exalt Him forever.
17. Bless the Lord, O dew and frost, sing and exalt Him forever.
18. Bless the Lord, nights and days, sing and exalt Him forever.
19. Bless the Lord, O light and darkness, sing and exalt Him forever.
20. Bless the Lord, ice and frost, sing and exalt Him forever.
21. Bless the Lord, frost and snow, sing and exalt Him forever.
22. Bless the Lord, O lightning and clouds, sing and exalt Him forever.
23. May the earth bless the Lord,/ may it sing and exalt Him forever.
24. Bless the Lord, mountains and hills, sing praises and exalt Him forever.
25. Bless all the plants on earth, / sing praises to the Lord and exalt Him forever.
26. Bless the Lord, O springs, sing praises and exalt Him forever.
27. Bless the Lord, O seas and rivers, sing praises and exalt Him forever.
28. Bless the whales and everything that moves in the waters/ The Lord, sing praises and exalt Him forever.
29. Bless the Lord, all birds of the air, sing and exalt Him forever.
30. Bless the beasts and all the livestock/ The Lord, sing praises and exalt Him forever.
31. Bless the Lord, O sons of men, sing praises and exalt Him forever.
32. Bless the Lord, O Israel, sing and exalt Him forever.
33. Bless the Lord, O priests of the Lord, sing praises and exalt Him forever.
34. Bless the Lord, O servants of the Lord, sing and exalt Him forever.
35. Bless the Lord, O spirits and souls of the righteous, sing and exalt Him forever.
36. Bless the Lord, you righteous and humble of heart, sing praises and exalt Him forever.
37. Bless the Lord, Hananiah, Azariah and Mishael, sing praises and exalt Him forever;
38. For He brought us out of hell and saved us from the hand of death, and delivered us from the midst of the furnace of burning flames, and delivered us from the midst of the fire.
39. Praise the Lord, for He is good, for His mercy endures forever.
39. Bless, all you who honor the Lord, God of gods, sing and praise, for His mercy endures forever.
(Bible, Book of Daniel 3: 52-90)
Your Resurrection, Christ the Savior, the angels sing in heaven, and grant us on earth to glorify You with a pure heart.
Troparion of Easter, tone 5:
Christ rose from the dead, trampling down death and giving life to those in the tombs.
Ipakoi Easter, tone 4:
Having anticipated the morning about Mary and having found the stone rolled away from the tomb, I heard from the Angel: in the light of the ever-present Being with the dead, what are you looking for, as a man? You see the grave linens: preach to you and to the world that the Lord has risen, the one who put death to death, as he is the Son of God, who saves the human race.
Easter Kontakion, tone 8:
Even though you descended into the grave, Immortal, you destroyed the power of hell, and you rose again as the Victor, Christ God, to the myrrh-bearing wives: Rejoice! and grant peace to your apostles, give Resurrection to the fallen.
Honorer of Easter, voice 1:
The angel cried with more grace: Pure Virgin, rejoice, and again the river: Rejoice! Your Son has risen three days from the grave and raised up the dead: rejoice, people. 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 birth.
Exapostilary of Easter
Having fallen asleep in the flesh as if dead, O King and Lord, Thou hast risen for three days, raised Adam from aphids, and abolished death: Passover of incorruption, salvation of the world
EASTER CANON, tone 1
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 (before each troparion of the canon)
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*:
(The giving is sung from the second day of Easter)(*Chorus to them: “Most Holy Theotokos, save us”, or “Glory...”, “And now...”.)
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. 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
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 today to imperishable life, 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 light of the ever-present Being, what are you looking for with the dead, like a man? You see the graveclothes, tetsite, and preach to the world that the Lord has arisen, the one who put to death death, as he is the Son of God, saving the human race.
Song 4
Irmos:
On divine watch, may the God-speaking Habakkuk stand with us and show us a luminous angel, clearly saying: today is salvation for the world, for Christ has risen, for he is omnipotent.
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.
God-father David, galloping before the hay ark, but the holy people of God, seeing the images of the event, rejoice divinely, as Christ is risen, as omnipotent.
Theotokos: 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
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.
Thy immeasurable compassion is visible through the bonds of hell, Christ walks toward the light with merry feet, praising the eternal Easter.
Let us come, O luminaries, to Christ proceeding from the tomb as a bridegroom, and let us celebrate God’s saving Pascha with lustful rites.
Theotokos:
The divine rays and life-giving rays of the resurrection of Your Son, Most Pure Mother of God, are enlightened, and the pious assembly is filled with joy. You did not open the gates of virginity in the incarnation, you did not destroy the seals of the coffin, the King of creation: from where you saw the resurrected, Mother rejoiced.
Song 6
Irmos:
Thou hast descended into the nether regions of the earth and shattered the eternal faiths that contain those bound to Christ, and thou hast risen from the grave for three days, like Jonah from the whale.
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:
Elevated from ancient times by death and corruption, Incarnate from Your most pure womb, to the incorruptible and everlasting life, Virgin Mary. Descended into the underworld of the earth, into Your lie, the Pure One, descended, and was infused and incarnated more than the mind, and raised Adam with Him, rose from the grave.
Kontakion, tone 8
Even though you descended into the grave, Immortal, you destroyed the power of hell, and you rose again as a conqueror, Christ God, saying to the myrrh-bearing women: Rejoice, and grant peace to your apostles, grant resurrection to the fallen.
Ikos
Even before the sun, the Sun sometimes set in the tomb, leading to the morning, looking for the Myrrh-Bearing Virgin like the day, and crying out to friends to friends: O friends! Come, let us anoint the life-giving and buried body with stinks, the flesh of the Resurrected fallen Adam, lying in the tomb. We come, sweating like wolves, and let us worship, and bring peace like gifts, not in swaddling clothes, but in a shroud, to Him entwined, and we weep and cry out: O Master, arise, grant resurrection to the fallen.
Having seen the Resurrection of Christ, let us worship the Holy Lord Jesus, the only sinless One, we worship Your Cross, O Christ, and we sing and glorify Your holy resurrection: for You are our God, do we know no other to You, we call Your name. Come, all you faithful, let us worship the holy resurrection of Christ: behold, for through the Cross joy has come to the whole world. Always blessing the Lord, we sing of His resurrection: having endured crucifixion, destroy death through death. (Thrice)
Jesus rose from the grave, as He prophesied, to give us eternal life and great mercy. (Thrice)
Song 7
He who delivered the youths from the cave, having become a man, suffers as if he were 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 One, the only one blessed by the fathers of God and the most glorified.
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 Death, today, the life of all mortals remains free for all eternity, 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
This is the appointed and holy day, one Sabbath King and Lord, a feast of feasts, and a triumph is a triumph: in it let us bless Christ forever.
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 hypostases, the Most Essential and the Most Divine, we are baptized in Thee, and we bless Thee forever.
Theotokos:
By You the Lord, Virgin Mary, came into the world and dissolved the womb of hell, granting us mortals the resurrection: with the same let us bless Him forever. Thy Son, the Virgin, has overthrown all the power of death by His resurrection, as the mighty God has exalted us and deified us: in the same way we glorify Him forever.
Song 9
Chorus:
My soul magnifies Christ the Giver of Life, who rose three days from the grave.
Irmos:
Shine, shine, new Jerusalem: for the glory of the Lord is upon you, rejoice now, and rejoice, O Zion! You, Pure One, show off, O Mother of God, about the rise of Your Nativity.
Chorus:
Christ is the new Passover, living sacrifice, Lamb of God, take away the sins of the world.
Oh, divine! Oh dear! O Thy sweetest voice! You have truly promised to be with us until the end of the age; Christ, Who is faithful, the affirmation of hope, we rejoice.
Chorus:
The angel cried out with more grace: pure Virgin, rejoice, and again the river, rejoice! Your Son is risen three days from the grave, and raised the dead, O people, rejoice.
Oh, great and sacred Easter, Christ! About wisdom, and the Word of God, and Power! Grant us more time to partake of You, in the unfading days of Your Kingdom.
Theotokos:
According to You, Virgin, we are blessed to be faithful: Rejoice, O door of the Lord, Rejoice, animated city; Rejoice, for for our sake the light has now arisen from You, Who was born from the dead of the resurrection. Rejoice and rejoice, divine door of Light: for Jesus entered the tomb, ascended, shining brighter than the sun, and illuminated all the faithful, joyful to the Lady.
Exapostilarius is self-agreed
Having fallen asleep in the flesh as if dead, Thou art the King and Lord, who rose for three days, raised Adam from aphids, and abolished death: Easter is incorruptible, the salvation of the world. (Thrice)
EASTER VERSES
Verse: Let God rise again, and let His enemies be scattered.
The sacred Easter has appeared to us today: the new holy Easter, the mysterious Easter, the all-honorable Easter, the Easter of Christ the Redeemer, the immaculate Easter, the great Easter, the Easter of the faithful, the Easter that opens the doors of heaven to us, the Easter that sanctifies all the faithful.
Verse: As smoke disappears, let them disappear.
Come from the vision of the wife of the gospel, and cry to Zion: receive from us the joy of the annunciation of the resurrection of Christ; Show off, rejoice and rejoice, Jerusalem, seeing the King Christ from the tomb like a bridegroom, taking place.
Thus, let sinners perish from the presence of God, and let righteous women rejoice.
The myrrh-bearing woman, in the deep morning, appeared at the tomb of the Life-Giver, found an angel, sat on a stone, and said to them, saying: Why are you looking for the Living One with the dead? Why are you crying into the aphids? Go and preach as His disciples.
This day, which the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad on it.
Red Easter, Easter, Lord's Easter! Easter is an honorable blessing for us! Easter! Let us embrace each other with joy. O Easter! Deliverance of sorrow, for from the tomb today, as Christ has risen from the palace, fill the women with joy with the verb: preach as an apostle.
Glory, and now:
Resurrection day, and let us be enlightened by triumph, and embrace each other. By saying, brethren, and to those who hate us, let us forgive all by the resurrection, and thus let us cry out.
