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Sun02Jun2024
Second Sunday after Pentecost. Sunday of All Saints of Rus’-Ukraine. Octoechos Tone 1. Our Holy Father Nicephorus the Confessor (829).
GREAT VESPERS
Kathisma Reading
“Blessed is the man…” is sung.
At Psalm 140
Tone 1
Lead my soul forth from prison* that I may give thanks to Your name.
Accept our evening prayer, O holy Lord,* and grant us forgiveness of sins,* for You alone manifested the resurrection* to the world.
The just shall gather around me* when You have been good to me.
O you people, walk around Sion and encompass her.* And there give glory to Him who is risen from the dead.* For He is our God* who delivers us from our sins.
Out of the depths I cry to You, O Lord;* O Lord, hear my voice!
Come you people, praise and worship Christ.* Glorify His resurrection from the dead;* for He is our God who delivered the world* from the deceit of the enemy.
Let Your ears be attentive* to the voice of my prayer.
Rejoice, O you heavens;* sound the trumpets, you foundations of the earth;* cry out with joy, O you mountains.* For behold, Emmanuel has nailed our sins to the Cross;* the Giver of Life has put Death to death;* and the Lover of mankind* has raised up Adam.
If You mark iniquities, Lord, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be revered.
Let us praise the Lord* who for our sake was willingly crucified in the flesh.* He suffered, was buried, and rose from the dead.* Therefore, let us sing to Him:* O Christ, keep Your Church in the orthodox faith* and bring peace to our lives;* for You are gracious and love mankind.
I have waited for You as You have commanded; my soul patiently relies on Your promise,* for it has trusted in the Lord.
O Christ our God, as we stand unworthily before Your life-bearing grave,* we offer a hymn of praise to Your ineffable tenderness of heart.* For You, O Sinless One,* in Your loving-kindness have accepted the Cross and death* in order to grant* resurrection to the world.
From the morning watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.
Let us praise the Word* who is without beginning and co-eternal with the Father.* For our sake He was born of the Virgin;* He freely accepted the Cross and death, and rose in glory.* Therefore, let us sing to Him:* Glory to You, O Lord,* the Giver of Life and Saviour of our souls.
Tone 1
For with the Lord there is mercy, and with Him there is plentiful redemption;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquities.
O St. Olga, morning star of Christ’s gospel proclaimed in the city of Kyiv,* and St. Volodymyr, equal-to-the-Apostles, Baptizer of Rus’-Ukraine,* and all holy princes, God-pleasing leaders of our nation!* By your holy lives you opened the doors of divine truth and grace.* You strengthened the Church of Christ in our Ukrainian lands.* You are our constant protectors and intercessors, our honour and glory.* Therefore, may your names shine forth forever,* and may they be for us an inspiration* to faithfulness and perseverance in the holy faith,* for the salvation of our souls.
Praise the Lord, all the nations;* proclaim His glory, all you people.
All the choirs of the hierarchs,* mighty luminaries of the Ukrainian Church!* As faithful followers of the apostles and as good shepherds,* you faithfully preserved the flock entrusted to you;* you led it along paths of truth* and carefully fed it with spiritual food,* not hesitating to give up your lives for your sheep.* Therefore, together with St. Josaphat, the priest-martyr,* implore the Chief Shepherd, Christ God,* for the Ukrainian nation’s faithfulness to His commandments* and great mercy for our souls.
Strong is the love of the Lord for us;* eternally will His truth endure.
Venerable fathers of the Monastery of the Caves, Anthony and Theodosius,* the first flowers of the Ukrainian Church,* and all the countless righteous ones* who followed after their steps, dedicating their lives to God!* You shine forth as an example of Christian perfection,* and you teach us by prayer and self-denial* to configure ourselves to Christ God* for the salvation of our souls.* Therefore, implore the good God,* that we may be made worthy of your intercession,* and that together with you, through prayer and sacrifice,* we may obtain for Christ’s Church and our Ukrainian nation* mercy and God’s bountiful blessings.
Glory…
O Martyrs and confessors,* hierarchs and priests, religious and laity,* who, for the sake of Christ,* suffered in prisons and labour camps,* and were broken in spirit and wasted by beatings, starvation, and cold!* Your numbers and your names are known only to the all-knowing God.* You shed rivers of righteous blood;* and with your tears bedewed the prison cells and torture chambers.* Your martyrs’ blood testifies before heaven and earth* to your unwavering faith in God.* You are our powerful intercessors* before the throne of the Most High.* Therefore, with the Mother of God, implore the heavenly Father,* the Saviour Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, the Advocate,* a continuous blessing upon our Church and nation,* so that they could joyfully and freely* glorify your holy names.
Tone 1, Now…
Let us sing a hymn of praise to the Virgin Mary,* glory of the whole world!* She was herself formed by human seed,* yet she became the Mother of the Master, the Gate of heaven,* the theme of the angels’ hymn and beauty of the faithful.* She was seen as being heavenly* and the Tabernacle of the Godhead.* She indeed tore down the wall of enmity between God and man,* and brought peace in its place.* She opened up the kingdom of heaven.* Let us therefore cling fast to her for she is the anchor of faith,* and let us receive as our stronghold the Lord Who was born of her.* Be of good cheer, then, and have confidence, O people of God,* for He will fight our enemies for us,* He is all-powerful!
Readings
(1) Sirach 34:13-17; (2) Wisdom 3:1-9; (3) Sirach 1:11-21
Lytia
Tone 2
Let us extol today the illustrious and sacred memory* of our first God-inspired rulers and clergy,* who delivered us from the darkness of idolatry* and brought us to the Sun of Justice, Christ our God.
May the supplications of the ancient righteous ones of the land of Ukraine* and the sufferings of our confessors of the holy Gospel* rise as fragrant incense before the throne of the Most High;* for it is by their sacrifices that the Church of Christ in Ukraine* is regenerated and strengthened.
Tone 5, Glory…
Let a mighty ‘Hosanna’ today resound throughout heaven* and the golden fields of our wide steppes* from the prayerful hearts of the millions of our faithful* who glorify and thank You, O gracious and almighty God,* for the most precious gift, the Christian faith and the tablets of Christian holiness,* which our ancestors received from Your great goodness* and passed on to us for the sanctification and salvation of our souls.
Now…
You are the temple, the gate, the palace, and royal throne,* O most pure Virgin.* Through you my Saviour, Christ the Lord,* appeared as the Sun of Justice* to those who were sleeping in darkness,* desiring to enlighten those He had created in His own image.* Therefore, O all-gracious One, with a mother’s confidence,* pray to Him unceasingly that our souls may be saved.
Aposticha
Tone 1
O Christ, by Your passion we have been freed from suffering;* and by Your resurrection we have been delivered from corruption.* O Lord, glory to You!
The Lord reigns, He is clothed in majesty. Robed is the Lord, and girt about with strength.
Let all creation rejoice, let the heavens be glad,* let the nations clap their hands with joy.* For Christ our Saviour, in His love for mankind,* has nailed our sins to the Cross;* He has put Death to death,* and by raising our fallen forefather, Adam,* He has given life to all mankind.
For He has made the world firm, which shall not be moved.
O God, You are above all understanding;* You are King and Lord of heaven and earth.* Yet of Your own free will,* You allowed Yourself to be crucified because of Your love for mankind.* When You descended below,* Hades was filled with bitterness as You confronted it;* but the souls of the just received You with great joy.* Adam arose when he saw You, his Creator, down in the depths.* What a wonder this is!* You are the life of all and have tasted death* in order to dispel the darkness of the world with Your light.* O Lord, risen from the dead,* glory to You!
Holiness befits Your house, O Lord, for length of days.
The myrrh-bearing women were filled with grief* as they hastened with spices to Your tomb;* but they did not find Your most pure body.* Instead, they found an angel* who proclaimed Your unique and glorious resurrection,* and commanded them to announce to Your apostles:* The Lord is risen,* granting great mercy to the world.
Tone 4, Glory…
We glorify the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit,* and render thanks to You, the Triune God of one essence,* for the precious treasure which You deigned to give* to our holy princes and teachers,* holy priests and monks, confessors and martyrs for the Church of Christ.* Their struggles are the source of our strength.* Therefore, by honouring their memory* we, together with them, beseechingly cry out:* Lord, grant that we may all be one,* that all the children of Rus’-Ukraine may extol You* with one heart and one voice, the only true God,* and become worthy of Your eternal bliss* in the light that knows no evening.
Now…
O most pure Virgin, hear the petitions of your servants.* Remove the burdens which oppress us,* and deliver us from our sorrows;* for you are the only firm and constant support on whom we rely.* O Mother of God, never permit us who call upon you* to be overwhelmed by our cares.* Hasten to fulfil the supplications of all who, in faith, cry out to you:* Rejoice, O Lady, helper of all mankind,* the joy, the refuge, and the salvation of our souls.
Troparia
Tone 1
Rejoice, Mother of God, Virgin Mary, full of grace,* The Lord is with you.* Blessed are you among women,* and blessed is the fruit of your womb.* For you have borne Christ, the Saviour and Redeemer of our souls. (2)
Tone 4
O you, who glorified Christ:* princes and bishops,* monastics and martyrs,* and steadfast confessors of Christian Ukraine throughout all times,*pray Christ God to look with favour on our people* and to grant them the grace to persevere in the faith* that the souls of prayerful faithful* who revere your sacred memory* may be saved.
SUNDAY MATINS
Usual Beginning
Hexapsalm
Great Litany
God the Lord, Tone 1
Troparia
Though the stone was sealed by the Judeans* and soldiers guarded Your most pure body,* You arose, O Saviour, on the third day* and gave life to the world.* And so the heavenly powers cried out to You, O Giver of Life:* Glory to Your Resurrection, O Christ!* Glory to Your Kingdom!* Glory to Your saving plan!* O only Lover of mankind. (2)
Glory…
Troparion, Tone 4: O you, who glorified Christ:* princes and bishops,* monastics and martyrs,* and steadfast confessors of Christian Ukraine throughout all times,*pray Christ God to look with favour on our people* and to grant them the grace to persevere in the faith* that the souls of prayerful faithful* who revere your sacred memory* may be saved.
Now…
Theotokion, Tone 4: O Mother of God, the mystery hidden from all eternity* and unknown even to the angels,* was revealed through you to those on earth:* God took on our human nature* and united it to His divine nature in a perfect but unconfused union.* Then, He willingly accepted the cross for our sake* and thereby raised again the first created man,*and saved our souls from death.
Psalter Reading
Stasis I: Psalms 9, 10
Stasis II: Psalms 11, 12, 13
Stasis III: Psalms 14, 15, 16Small Litany
Sessional Hymn I, Tone 1
While watching Your grave, the soldiers became as dead men* from the lightning flash of the Angel* who appeared and proclaimed to the women the Resurrection.* We glorify You, the destroyer of corruption;* we fall down before You, who has risen from the grave* and who alone are our God.
Arise, O Lord my God, let Your hands be lifted on high;* forget not Your poor to the end.
You were willingly nailed to the Cross, O Compassionate one,* and laid in a tomb as a mortal, O Giver of life.* By Your death, O Powerful one,* You have smashed its might;* for gatekeepers of Hades trembled before You;* You have raised with You the dead from every age,* for You alone love mankind.
Glory… Now…
All we who with love flee for refuge to your goodness* know you to be the Mother of God* and after childbirth still truly Virgin;* for we sinners have you as our protection;* we have you as our salvation in misfortunes,* as the only All-immaculate one.
Psalter Reading
Stasis I: Psalm 17
Stasis II: Psalms 18, 19, 20
Stasis III: Psalms 21, 22, 23Small Litany
Sessional Hymn II, Tone 1
The women came to Your tomb at dawn* and seeing a vision of an Angel they trembled;* the tomb became resplendent with life;* and amazed by the miracle, they returned to the disciples and proclaimed the Resurrection:* for Christ has despoiled Hades,* as alone almighty and all powerful,* raising up those in corruption,* dispelling the fear of condemnation* by the power of the Cross.
I will confess You, O Lord, with my whole heart,* I will tell of all Your wonders.
O Life of all, You were nailed to the Cross;* O immortal Lord, You were numbered among the dead,* arising on the third day, O Saviour,* raising Adam from corruption;* wherefore the heavenly Powers cried out to You:* O Giver of life, Glory to Your sufferings, O Christ;* glory to Your Resurrection;* glory to Your condescension,* O only Lover of mankind’.
Glory… Now…
O Mary, holy tabernacle of the Master,* raise us up who have fallen into the pit of wicked despair, of transgressions and afflictions;* for you are the salvation,* the help and the mighty protection of sinners,* and you save your servants.
Polyeleos
Exaltation
We extol you* saints and righteous ones of Rus’-Ukraine,* and we honour your sacred memory,* for you intercede with Christ our God for us.
verse: Listen, all you nations; pay heed all you inhabitants of the earth!
verse: The just man will flourish like the palm tree and grow like the cedar of Lebanon.
verse: The just man shall be in everlasting remembrance; an evil report he shall not fear.
Glory… Now…
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Glory be to You, O God! (3)
Evoglitaria
Small Litany
Hypakoe, Tone 1
The Thief’s repentance plundered Paradise,* but the Myrrh-bearers’ lamentations announced the joy that You have risen, O Christ God,* granting the world great mercy.
Sessional Hymn, Tone 4
Let us, brothers and sisters, thank the Lord our God with a sincere heart* for the unwavering faith, the unconquerable fortitude,* the evangelical patience, and invincible perseverance in total self-sacrifice,* through which He inspired our holy ones and confessors,* who became the chosen ones of the heavenly Lamb,* examples of Christian piety, and the adornment of Church of Christ* before the whole world, and the glory of our nation.
Hymn of Ascent, Tone 1
Antiphon 1
When I am afflicted,* I cry to You, O Lord,* hearken to my pains.
For those who dwell in the desert* the longing for God never ceases,* for they are far from the vanity of this world.
Glory… Now…
To the Holy Spirit, as to the Father and the Son,* are due honour and glory;* thus let us sing to the Trinity,* a single power.
Antiphon 2
Having lifted me up to the summit of Your laws,* make me shine with virtues, O God,* that I may sing Your praises.
Take me with Your right hand, O Word,* guard me and keep me,* lest the fire of sin scorch me.
Glory… Now…
In the Holy Spirit all creation is made new* and hastens back to its original condition;* for He is equal in strength* to the Father and the Word.
Antiphon 3
With those who said to me:* Let us journey to the courts of the Lord,* my Spirit was gladdened and my heart rejoices.
In the house of David is great fear;* for when the thrones are set therein,* all the tribes and nations of the earth will be judged.
Glory… Now…
To the Holy Spirit must be offered honor, adoration, glory, and power,* as befits also the Father and the Son;* for the Trinity is a Unity,* one in essence, but not in Hypostases.
Prokeimenon, Tone 1
I myself will arise, says the Lord.* I will grant them the salvation for which they thirst.
verse: The words of the Lord are words without alloy.
Let everything that lives, Tone 1
Gospel
Mark 16:1-18
Hymn of Resurrection
Psalm 50
Verses at Psalm 50
Usual Sunday verses
Canon, Tone 1
Ode 1
Irmos: Your warrior hand is glorious in strength, O deathless one!* All-powerful, in manner fit for God,* it broke the enemy in pieces,* and devised for Israel a strange, new way through the deep.
Glory to your holy Resurrection, O Lord.
He, who with pure hands divinely working in the beginning formed me from the earth, spread out those hands upon the cross, and from the earth recalled my corruptible body which he had received from the Virgin.
Glory to your holy Resurrection, O Lord.
He, who divinely breathing into me implanted within me a soul, suffered dissolution for me, and delivered his soul to death; loosing the age-old bonds and raising me with himself, he made me glorious in incorruption.
Glory… Now…
Hail, fount of grace! Hail, ladder and gate of heaven! Hail, bearer of the light, vessel of gold, mountain unhewn and bearer of Christ, the giver of life to the world!
Ode 3
Irmos: You alone, knowing the frailty of mortal man, tenderly took its form;* gird me with power from on high, crying to you:* Holy is the living temple of your pure glory,* O Lover of man!
Glory to your holy Resurrection, O Lord.
O Good One, you are my God, in pity for the fallen you determined to come down to me; you have raised me up by your crucifixion, crying to you: Holy is the Lord of glory, in goodness beyond compare!
Glory to your holy Resurrection, O Lord.
O Christ divinely existing life as God compassionate you clothed yourself with me, corrupted one; coming down to the dust of death, O Lord, you broke the chains of man’s mortality and on the third day, rising, clothed the dead with incorruption.
Glory… Now…
When by the all-holy Spirit, O Virgin, you conceived God in your womb, you remained unconsumed by the fire; for to Moses the lawgiver, the bush burning yet unconsumed clearly foretold you who received the fire unendurable.
Ode 4
Irmos: Habbakuk with the foreseeing eyes apprehended you,* the mountain by divine grace overshadowed,* and proclaimed the Holy One of Israel to come forth from you* for our salvation and remaking.
Glory to your holy Resurrection, O Lord.
Who is this Saviour that comes from Edom, crowned with thorns, with garments reddened, hanging on a tree? He is the Holy One of Israel for our salvation and remaking.
Glory to your holy Resurrection, O Lord.
See, disobedient people, and be ashamed! He, whom you, as an evildoer, madly begged Pilate to hang upon the cross, he, as belongs to God, has dissolved the power of death and risen from the tomb.
Glory… Now…
O Virgin, we know you as a tree of life, for there sprang from you not the death-bearing fruit of food for mortal men but fruition of life eternal for the salvation of us who sing to you.
Ode 5
Irmos: O Christ, you have illumined the ends of the earth* by the brightness of your coming and made them radiant with joy by your cross;* enlighten with the light of the knowledge of you* the hearts of those who with right belief sing your praise.
Glory to your holy Resurrection, O Lord.
The Jews put to death on the tree of the cross the great shepherd of the sheep and the Lord; but he rescued the dead from the power of death, terrified sheep in Hell.
Glory to your holy Resurrection, O Lord.
When you announced the glad tidings of peace by your cross and proclaimed deliverance to the captives, my Saviour, then, O Christ, you put to shame him who held them in thrall and by your divine rising showed him naked and destitute.
Glory… Now…
All-praised, do not despise the prayers of those who faithfully entreat you but receive and present them, O pure one, to your Son, our God and only benefactor; for in you we have gained a protector.
Ode 6
Irmos: The deepest abyss has surrounded us, there is none to deliver,* we are counted as sheep for the slaughter;* save your people, our God,* for you are the strength and restoring of the weak.
Glory to your holy Resurrection, O Lord.
By the fault of the first-fashioned man, O Lord, we were grievously wounded; by your stripes, O Christ, by which for our sakes you were wounded, we are healed; for you are the strength and restoring of the weak.
Glory to your holy Resurrection, O Lord.
You have brought us up from Hell, O Lord, you have crushed the all-devouring whale by your might and laid low his strength, O All-powerful; for you are life and light and resurrection.
Glory… Now…
O pure Virgin, our forefathers rejoice in you, and regain through you that Eden which they destroyed by transgressions; for you are chaste before your bearing and after the birth.
Kontakion, Tone 1
You arose in glory from the tomb* and with Yourself You raised the world.* All humanity acclaims You as God,* and death has vanished.* Adam exults, O Master,* and Eve, redeemed now from bondage, cries out for joy:* “You are the One, O Christ, Who offer resurrection to all.”
Ikos
The third day arising, gates of Hell shattering, the age-long dead raising, as God of all power to him we sing praises: to the myrrh-bearing women in loving good-pleasure appearing, to those who were foremost, saying: Rejoice, joy to the apostles proclaiming, the only giver of life. To disciples in faith then the women proclaim the tokens of victory, and Hell groans and death laments, the whole world exults, all things rejoice together, for you, O Christ, have bestowed upon all resurrection.
Ode 7
Irmos: We, the faithful, discern you, Mother of God, as furnace of intellect:* for as he, the most highly exalted, kept safe the three children* so in your womb he re-fashioned man wholly,* God of our fathers, praised and glorious above all.
Glory to your holy Resurrection, O Lord.
The earth shuddered with fear, the sun fled and with it the light darkened, the sacred veil of the temple was torn in two and the rocks were split; for the righteous one was fixed to the cross, God of our fathers, praised and glorious above all.
Glory to your holy Resurrection, O Lord.
Of your own will for us you became as one with no help and wounded among the dead, O most highly exalted, and freed us all; and with your strong hand you raised us up with yourself, God of our fathers, praised and glorious above all.
Glory… Now…
Hail, spring of ever-living water! Hail, paradise of delight! Hail, fortress of the faithful! Hail, unwedded one! Hail, joy of all the world from whom has sprung for us the God of our fathers, praised and glorious above all!
Ode 8
Irmos: In the fiery oven as in a smelting furnace* the Israelite children shone bright with the beauty of godliness purer than gold,* and they said: Bless the Lord, all his works,* praise and highly exalt him throughout all the ages.
Glory to your holy Resurrection, O Lord.
O Word of God, maker and transformer of all by your will, changing the shadow of death into everlasting life by your Passion, we, all your works, unceasingly praise you as Lord, and highly exalt you throughout all the age ·.
Glory to your holy Resurrection, O Lord.
Rising on the third day from the grave, O Christ, you demolished the destruction and misery within the gates and strongholds of Hell. All your works unceasingly praise you as Lord, and highly exalt you throughout all the ages.
Glory… Now…
Let us sing to her who without seed and above nature brought forth Christ the precious pearl from the divine lightning, and let us say: Bless the Lord, all his works, praise and highly exalt him throughout all the ages.
Magnificat
Ode 9
Irmos: The bush ever burning and never consumed* was the type of your pure child-bearing;* quench now for us the raging furnace of temptations, we pray you,* that we may unceasingly magnify you, Mother of God.
Glory to your holy Resurrection, O Lord.
O how the lawless and disobedient people, devising evil, made right the accursed and ungodly man and condemned the righteous, the Lord of glory, to the tree! Worthily, we magnify him!
Glory to your holy Resurrection, O Lord.
O Saviour, innocent Lamb, taking away the sins of the world, risen on the third day, we glorify you, together with the Father and your divine Spirit; acknowledging you as God, we magnify you, the Lord of glory.
Most holy Theotokos, save us!
Save your people, Lord, whom you purchased with your precious blood. Grant strength to the king against his enemies, Lover of man, and bestow peace on your churches through the prayers of the Mother of God.
Irmos: Behold a new and divine wonder!* Through sealed virgin doors the Lord manifestly enters;* God enters without a body and leaves with a body, the doors remaining sealed*. You are this ineffable wonder, O Mother of God, and we extol you.
Saints and righteous ones of Christian Rus’-Ukraine, pray to God for us!
Inspired by the spirit of holy faith and armed with hope in God, you grew into giants reaching the heavens, shining forth to all of us as an example of prayer and total self-sacrifice; for this, we today thank the Lord, and we cry out: Wondrous is God in His saints!
Saints and righteous ones of Christian Rus’-Ukraine, pray to God for us!
Let us today worthily honour the memory of the first flowers of Christianity in the lands of Rus’-Ukraine and those who have shone forth with heroic virtues during the persecution of the faith as true righteous ones of God and witnesses of Gospel of Christ, for today they pray for the salvation of our souls in the glory of God.
Glory… Now…
God, Who ineffably and without change became incarnate of you, has shown you to be the temple of light; He raised upon the cross Adam’s nature, becoming the first-fruits of the dead while remaining God in heaven, glorified together with the Father and the divine Spirit.
Katavasia: Let everyone on earth dance for joy in spirit.* Let the heavenly ranks celebrate in honour of the sacred feast.* O Mother of God, let them cry out:* Rejoice, ever-blessed Theotokos and pure ever-virgin.
Small Litany
Holy is the Lord
Hymn of Light, Gospel 2
When the myrrh-bearing women saw the stone rolled away, they rejoiced;* for they saw a young man sitting at the grave who said to them:* Behold, Christ is risen!* Say to Peter, the disciple of the Lord:* Hasten to the mountain in Galilee;* there you shall see Christ* as He had said to His friends.
Glory… Now…
At the time of Your conception, O Lord,* an angel said to the Virgin: Rejoice!* At the time of Your resurrection* an angel also rolled the stone away from Your glorious tomb.* Instead of sadness and death one proclaimed signs of joy;* the other announced You as the Source of life* extolling Your resurrection to the disciples and the women.
Praises
Stichera of the Praises
Tone 1
We sing the praise of Your saving Passion, O Christ,* and we glorify Your Resurrection.
Having endured the Cross,* and destroyed death* and risen from the dead,* grant peace to our lives, O Lord,* as You alone are All-powerful.
Having despoiled Hades* and raised mankind by Thy Resurrection, O Christ, ** grant that with pure hearts we may praise and glorify Thee.
As we glorify Your divine condescension,* we praise You, O Christ:* For You were born of a Virgin,* yet You were not separated from the Father;* as man You suffered and willingly endured the Cross;* arising from the grave, as though coming forth from Your bridal chamber,* that You might save the world.* O Lord, glory be to You!
Tone 2
Rejoice, O God-wise Olha and Volodymyr,* for you believed in the triune God,* Who created, redeemed, and continuously sanctifies our human race* and gives eternal life, which you now are enjoying in the never-setting light of heavenly glory.* We beg and implore you equal-to-the-apostles and God-pleasing saints:* Pray with all the saints and the holy Rus-Ukrainian princes and implore the gracious God,* that your faith may come alive, in great power, in the hearts of your native brethren,* that we may rejoice with you throughout eternity,* and together with the Mother of God exalt the loving God.
Holy bishops, shepherds of the flock of Christ, brothers and sisters,* who magnificently shone forth in ascetic warfare,* priests, God-bearing luminaries in heaven, and confessors and invincible martyrs!* You were faithful to God,* and you glorified the Christianity of Volodymyr before the whole world.* We extol your struggles, we bow our heads to you,* and all together we celebrate your memory,* for you are our inspiration, our strength and glory!* Pray to the gracious God,* that our souls may be saved through you.
Tone 3
Arise, then, Lord, lift up Your hand.* O God, do not forget the poor!
Mary Magdalene arrived on the first day of the week* seeking You in the grave.* And when she did not find You, she cried out with sighs:* Woe is me, O my Saviour. How have You been stolen, O King of all?* From within the grave two angels bearing the message of life cried out to her saying:* Woman, why are you weeping?* She answered: I cry because they have removed my Lord from the grave,* and I do not know where they have taken Him.* But as she turned around and saw You, she said:* My Lord and my God, glory to You!
I will praise You, Lord, with all my heart;* I will recount all Your wonders.
The soldiers enclosed Life in the tomb,* but the thief opened paradise with his word by saying:* For my sake, You have been crucified with me and have hung on the tree of the cross;* You have appeared to me sitting on the throne with the Father.* You are Christ our God Who gives great mercy to the world.
Tone 4, Glory…
The women came at early dawn to Your tomb, O Christ,* but they did not find Your venerable body.* As they were perplexed, an angel in shining clothes said to them:* Why do you seek the Living among the dead?* He is risen as He foretold.* Have you forgotten what He said?* Being assured by the words of the angel,* the women preached to the disciples about the things they saw.* But their good news was received with ridicule;* for the disciples were still without understanding.* Peter, however, hastened to Your tomb* and then glorified Your wonders, O Lord.
Tone 2, Now…
You are truly most blessed. O virgin Mother of God. Through the One Who was incarnate of you, Hades was chained, Adam revived, the curse wiped out, Eve set free, Death put to death, and we ourselves were brought back to life. That is why we cry out in praise: Blessed are You, O Christ our God, Who finds in this Your good pleasure. Glory be to You!
Great Doxology
Trisagion Prayers
Troparion
Today salvation has come to the world. Let us sing to Him Who is risen from the tomb, the Author of life Who has crushed Death by His death and bestowed victory and great mercy.
Insistent Litany
Litany of Supplication
Great Dismissal
DIVINE LITURGY
Troparia and Kontakia
Troparion, Tone 1: Though the stone was sealed by the Judeans,* and soldiers guarded Your most pure body,* You arose, O Saviour, on the third day,* and gave life to the world.* And so the heavenly powers cried out to You, O Giver of Life:* Glory to Your resurrection, O Christ!* Glory to Your kingdom!* Glory to Your saving plan,* O only Lover of mankind.
Troparion, Tone 4: O you, who glorified Christ:* princes and bishops,* monastics and martyrs,* and steadfast confessors of Christian Ukraine throughout all times,*pray Christ God to look with favour on our people* and to grant them the grace to persevere in the faith* that the souls of prayerful faithful* who revere your sacred memory* may be saved.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
Kontakion, Tone 1: You arose in glory from the tomb* and with Yourself You raised the world.* All humanity acclaims You as God,* and death has vanished.* Adam exults, O Master,* and Eve, redeemed now from bondage, cries out for joy:* “You are the One, O Christ, Who offer resurrection to all.”
Now and for ever and ever. Amen.
Kontakion, Tone 4: You shine as bright beacons,* O God-inspired and righteous saints of our Church.* By your encouraging example,* you serve communities of faithful throughout the Christian world.* Therefore we humbly bow our heads to you* thanking our great and all-gracious God* Who has made you our intercessors in heaven* where you pray for our souls.
Prokeimenon, Tone 1
Let Your mercy, O Lord, be upon us, as we have hoped in You.
verse: Rejoice in the Lord, O you just; praise befits the righteous. (Psalm 32:22,1)
Prokeimenon, Tone 7
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His venerable ones.
Epistle
Romans 2:10-16; Romans 8:28-39
Alleluia, Tone 1
verse: God gives me vindication, and has subdued peoples under me.
verse: Making great the salvation of the king, and showing mercy to His anointed, to David, and to His posterity forever. (Psalm 17:48,51)
verse: Blessed is the man who fears the Lord; he shall delight exceedingly in His commandments.
Gospel
Matthew 4:18-23; Matthew 5:1-16
Communion Hymn
Praise the Lord from the heavens;* praise Him in the highest. (Psalm 148:1) * Rejoice in the Lord, O you just;* praise befits the righteous.* Alleluia, alleluia,* alleluia. (Psalm 32:1)