was abolished. It was angered, for it was mocked. It was angered, for it was slain. It was angered, for it was fettered in chains. It took a body, and met God face to face. It took earth, and encountered Heaven. It took that which was visible, and fell upon the invisible. 0 Death, where is thy sting? 0 Hell, where is thy victory? Christ is risen, and thou art overthrown. Christ is risen, and the demons are fallen. Christ is risen, and the Angels rejoice. Christ is risen, and life reigneth. Christ is risen, and not one dead remaineth in the grave. For Christ, being risen from the dead, is become the first-fruits of those who have fallen asleep. To him be glory and dominion unto ages of ages. Amen.

Then is sung the Hymn of St. Yohn Chrysostom. The grace of thy lips, shining forth like a beacon-fire, Liturgy, page 125.)

Then the Deacon saith the Augmented Litany.

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Have mercy upon us, 0 God, according to thy great mercy, ... (See Matins, page 35) and: Let us complete our morning prayer unto the Lord. . . . (See Matins, page 36.)

Wisdom!

Choir. Bless!

And after the Exclamation, the Deacon saith:

Priest. Blessed is Christ our God always, now, and ever, and unto ages of ages.

Choir. Amen.

Preserve, O Lord, our most God-fearing. .. (See page 37.)

Then the Priest, holding the cross, chanteth :

Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down Death by death.
The People. And upon those in the tomb bestowing life.

And straightway the Priest pronounceth the BENEDICTION.

May Christ who is risen from the dead, trampling down Death by death, and upon those in the tomb bestowing life, our true God, through the prayers of his most pure Mother, and of all the Saints, have mercy upon us and bless us, forasmuch as he is good and loveth mankind.

Then elevating the cross, he saith: Christ is risen! (Thrice.) And the People reply: He is risen indeed! (Thrice.)

Then the closing Hymn is sung.

Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down Death by death, and upon those in the tomb bestowing life. And unto us hath he given life eternal. Wherefore, let us adore his Resurrection on the third day.

And the Many Years.

THE HOURS AT EASTER.

During Easter week, until Saturday, the Hours are read in the following order:

Priest. Blessed is our God always, now, and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down Death by death, and upon those in the tomb bestowing life. (Thrice.)

The Chair also singeth the Hymn: Christ is risen

(Thrice.)

In that we have beheld the Resurrection of Christ, let us bow down before our holy Lord jesus, the only sinless One. Thy Cross do we adore, O Christ, and thy holy Resurrection we laud and glorify. For thou art our God, and we know none other beside thee, we call upon thy Name. 0 come, all ye faithful, let us adore Christ’s holy Resurrection for 10, through the Cross is joy come into all the world. Ever blessing the Lord, let us sing his Resurrection. For in that he endured the Cross, he hath destroyed Death by death. (Thrice.)

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When they who came with the Marys came, forestalling the dawn, and found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre, they heard from the Angel: Why seek ye among the dead, as he were mortal, him who abideth in everlasting light? Behold the grave-clothes. Go quickly, and proclaim to the world that the Lord is risen, and hath slain Death. For he is the Son of God who saveth mankind.

Collect-Hymn (Kondák).

Though thou didst descend into the grave, O Deathless One, yet didst thou annihilate the power of Hell, and didst rise again as conqueror, O Christ our God, announcing unto the Myrrh-bearing Women: Rejoice! and giving grace unto thine Apostles, and bestowing Resurrection upon the fallen.

And the Hymns (Tropart).

In the Grave with the body, but in Hell with the soul, in that thou art God; in Paradise with the thief, and on the throne with the Father and the Spirit, wast thou, O Christ, filling all things, in that thou art infinite. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

As life-bearing, as of a truth than Paradise more fair, and than every royal palace more bright hath been revealed thy tomb, the source of our Resurrection, O Christ.

Now, and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

HYMN To THE BIRTH-GIVER or GOD (Bogorbditchen).

Hail, O thou hallowed, divine abode of the Most High! For through thee, O Birth-giver of God, was joy given unto those who cry aloud to thee: Blessed art thou among women, 0 Lady all-undefiled!

Lord, have mercy. (Forty times.) Glory

now, and ever, More honourable than the Cherubim, and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim, thou who without defilement barest God the Word, true Birth-giver of God, we magnify thee.

In the Name of the Lord bless, Father.

Priest. Verse (Stihh): Through the prayers of our holy fathers, O Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy upon us.

Choir. Amen.

Christ is risen . . . and upon those in the tomb (Thrice.) Glory... now, and ever, . . . Lord, have mercy. (Thrice.) Bless. And the BENEDICTION.

May Christ who is risen from the dead, trampling down Death by death, and upon those in the tomb bestowing life, our true God, through the prayers of his most pure Mother, and of all the Saints, have mercy upon us, and bless us, forasmuch as he is good and loveth mankind.

And in like manner the Third, the Sixth, and the Ninth Hours are read; also Compline.

Then the Divinc Liturgy of St. Yohn Chrysostom is celebrated. After: Blessed is the kingdom... the Priest and Deacon chant (thrice): Christ is risen . . . trampling down Death . . . The Choir repeateth this thrice. The Priest. The Verses: Let God arise. . . and the rest.

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The Choir. Christ is risen . . . trampling down Death (See the beginning of the Easter Matins.)

Meanwhile the Priest, with the triple candlestick in his hand, censeth the Altar and the Temple.

In place of: Bless the Lord, 0 my soul

the Antiphons are sung in full.

Antiphon 1., Tone 1].

Verse 1: 0 be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands.

Refrain. Through the prayers of the Birth-giver of God, 0 Saviour,

save us.

Verse 2: 0 be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands: sing praises unto his Name; make his praise to be glorious. B

Verse 3: Say unto God: How wonderful art thou in thy works: through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies be found liars unto thee. E

Verse 4: For all the world shall worship thee, sing of thee, and praise thy Name. R

Verse 1: O God, be merciful unto us, and bless us.

Refrain 0 Son of God, who rose again from the dead on the third day, save us who sing unto thee, Alleluia.

Verse 2: That thy way may be known upon earth: thy saving health among all nations. B

Verse 3: Let the people praise thee, O God: yea, let all the people praise thee. R Glory

. . now, and ever,

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Antiphon [1]., Tone V.

Verse 1: Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.

Refrain. Christ is risen . . . and upon those in the tomb

Verse 2: Like as smoke vanisheth, so shalt thou drive them away, and like as wax melteth at the fire, so let them perish. E

Verse 3: Even so let the ungodly perish at the presence of God. But let the righteous rejoice and be glad, yea, let them rejoice before God. B

The Introit. Bless the Lord in his temples, the Lord from the sources of Israel.

In place of: O Holy God, Holy Mighty, . . . is used: As many as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

The Gradual (Prohimen), in the Eighth Tone. This is the day which the Lord hath made: we will rejoice and be glad in it.

Verse: Praise ye the Lord, for he is gracious: for his mercy endureth forever.

The Lesson from the Apestle: Acts i. 1—12.

Alleluia. (Tone IV.) Thou, O Lord, art risen, and hast been bountiful to Zion.

Verse: The Lord looked down from heaven upon the earth.

The Gospel is: John i. l—lg: whieh setteth forth the divinity of our Lord Yesus Christ. And, as our Lord gave command that his Gospel should be preached throughout the world, to every creature, it is customary, on Easter Day, to read it in as many languages as possible; espeeially in Hebrew, Greek and Latin. the tongues in which was written the superseription on the cross.

In p/ace of: Meet is it: The Angel cried: (See Refrain 4, page 232); and the Theme Song of the Ninth Canticle: Shine, shine, 0 New Jerusalem!. The Communion Hymn: Receive ye the Body of Christ; taste ye of the Fountain of Life.

After the Exclamations: In the fear of God. ; O God, save thy people.. Always, now, and ever, ; and in place of: Blessed be the Name of the Lord: is sung the Hymn: Christ is risen.

In place of: Glory to thee, O Christ our God, . . . is sun : Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down Death by death. Choir. And upon those in the tomb bestowing life.

The Benedittion is the same as at the end of Matins.

After the Prayer before the Tribune, at the end of the Divine Liturgy, the Artos is brou ht to the Priest in the Sanctuary. The Arias, or universal altar~bread. beareth the image of the cross, and, sometimes, a representation of Christ’s Resurrection. As the Paschal Lamb, by God's command, commemorated in the Old Testament the deliverance of his people from bondage to Pharaoh, and, also, the Lamb which taketh away the sins of the world; so, in commemoration of the Resurrection in the New Testament of the Lord Yesus Christ, whereby we are freed from eternal bondage to the enemy, the Artos is oflered, symboliz ing the angelic bread, the Bread of Eternal Life, which came down from heaven; even our Lord Yesus Christ. During I e whole of Easter week the Artos lieth on the Altar, or on the lectern, with the holy picture (ihdna) of the Lord's Resurrection. On Saturday, after the Liturgy, the Artos is brohen up

and distributed.

THE PRAYER AT THE Buzssing of the ÁRTOS.

0 God Omnipotent and Lord Almighty, who by thy servant Moses, at the exodus of Israel from Egypt, and the liberation of thy people from the bitter bondage of Pharaoh, didst command that a Lamb be slain, foreshadowing the Lamb which, because of our deeds, of his own good will, was slain on the cross, and taketh away the sins of the whole world, thy beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ: D0 thou now, also, we humbly entreat thee, look upon this bread, and bless and sanctity it. For we thy servants, in honour, and glory, and commemoration of the glorious Resurrection of the same, thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom, also, we have received freedom and release from the eternal works of the enemy and the unalterable bonds of Hell, now before thy majesty, on this exceeding bright, and all-glorious, and saving day of Easter, do offer this. Vouchsafe that we who offer it, and those who shall kiss it and shall taste of it, may be partakers of thy heavenly benediction; and by thy might root out from us all sickness and infirmity, granting health unto all. For thou art the source of blessing, and the bestower of health, and unto thee do we ascribe glory, to the Father who is from everlasting, together with thine Onlybegotten Son, and thine all-holy, and good, and life-giving Spirit, now, and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

And immediately the Priest sprinkleth the Artos with holy water, saying:

This Artos is blessed and hallowed by the sprinkling of this holy water, in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. (Thrice.)

Then he cometh forth, and Iayeth it on the folding stand; and the Permit. as they receive the Antiddron, hiss the Artos.

The PRAYER AT THE BREAKING OF THE ARTos on Saturday of the Bright Week.

After the Divine Litun y, when, in front of the stand upon which the Artos lieth. Christ is risen from t e dead, trampling down Death by death, and upon those in the tomb bestowing life: hath been sung thrice; and after: Our Father, who art in heaven: hath been read, with a reverence, the Deacon saith: