Schedule

Troparion:
When Thou didst descend to death, O Life Immortal, Thou didst slay hell with the splendor of Thy Godhead! And when from the depths Thou didst raise the dead, all the powers of heaven cried out: O Giver of Life! Christ our God! Glory to Thee!

Most glorious art Thou, O Christ our God! Thou hast established the Holy Fathers as lights on the earth! Through them Thou hast guided us to the true faith! O greatly Compassionate One, glory to Thee!

Kontakion:
Hell became afraid, O Almighty Savior, seeing the miracle of Thy Resurrection from the tomb! The dead arose! Creation, with Adam, beheld this and rejoiced with Thee! And the world, O my Savior, praises Thee forever.

The apostles’ preaching and the fathers’ doctrines have established one faith for the Church. Adorned with the robe of truth, woven from heavenly theology, it defines and glorifies the great mystery of Orthodoxy.

Prokeimenon in the 2nd Tone:
The Lord is my strength and my song. He has become my salvation.
(Vs.) The Lord has chastened me sorely, but He has not given me over to death.

Prokeimenon in the 4th Tone: (Song of the Fathers)
Blessed art Thou, O Lord God of our Fathers and praised and glorified is Thy Name forever!

Epistle:
The reading from the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Corinthians. (2 Cor. 11:31-12:9) also (Heb 13:7-16)

Alleluia Verses:
The Lord answer you in the day of trouble! The Name of the God of Jacob protect you!
(Vs.) Save the king, O Lord, and hear us on the day we call!

Tone 1: (Fathers)
The Lord, the God of gods, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting