Hours First

. 38 . . . . Third

Aftrt. the Prayer before the Tribune,at the end of !he Divine Liturgy, the krtos is brmr ht to the Priest i n the Sanctrrary. The Artos, or universal altar-bread. bearetf the ima e of the cross, and, somefimes, a rq5resentafion of Chht's Resrrwectabn.

Explanation (Appendix) 596 House. Prayers at Founding of a ; Taking up abode in New 557 Hymns. for the Eight Tones

OF THE ARTOS on Saturaizy of the Bnght Tke PRAYER Week. Aflcr the Divine Litur when, in front of the stand upon which the A r h l&&, Christ is risen from dead, trampling down Death by death, and upon those in the tomb bestowing life: hnth been sung thrice; and after: Our Father, who art in heaven : hath been r e d , wifh a reverence, the Deacon saith :

577 Journey. Blessing for a 524 by Water

to precede Christmas.

I n addition to many of fhc Prayers and so f w t h which are used in the liaiiy

FIRSTHOUR. Psalms v., xlv., xlvi. The Parable (Parnnrjrf). Micah

v. 2-4. The Ejistie. Heb. i. 1-12. The Gospel. Matt. i. 18-25.

topreccd the Epz$hany.

FIRSTHOUR. Psalms v., xxiii., xxvii. ; Isaiah xxxv. 1-10. The Epistle. Acts xiii. 25-33. The Gospel. Matt. iii. 1-12.

week, unlil Saturday, the Hours are read in the following

P k s t . 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 Chmi. also singetk the Hymn : Christ is risen

. . . (Tkricc.)

I n 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, 0 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 lo, through the Cross is j q 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.) Z#akdi.

When they who came with the Marys came, for;stalling 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 tJe graveclothes. 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 (Konddk).

Though thou didst descend into the grave, 0 Deathless One, yet didst thou annihilate the power of Hell, and didst rise again as conqueror, 0 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 (Trqparf).

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, 0 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, 0 Christ. Now, and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen. Hail, 0 thou hallowed, divine abode of the Most High ! For through thee, 0 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. Pricst. Verse (Stikh) : Through the prayers of our holy fathers, 0 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 t k 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, f0rasrnuch.a~he is good and loveth mankind. And in like manner the W i r d , t k Sixth, and the Ninth Hours arc read; also Comjlinc. Thm the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom b cekbratcd. After: Blessed is the kingdom . the Priest and Deacon chant (thnke): Christ is risen . . . trampling down Death . . . irAe Choir rty5eateth this thrice.

The Priest. T k Verses :Let God arise . . and t k rest.

TAc Choir. Christ is risen trampling down Death . . . (Secthebeginningo/ t h Easter Matins.) Meanwhile tk Pricsf, with tk tnj5le candlestick in kis hand, censeth the A l w and t k Temple. In place o f : Bless the Lord, 0 my soul . . . the .Ant+hons are sung in fill.

Ant9hon I., Tone I / .

Verse I : 0 be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands. Refrain. Through the prayers of the Birth-giver of God, 0 Saviour, save us. V m 2 : 0 be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands : sing praises unto his Name ; make his praise to be glorious. I$ 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. I$ Verse 4 : For all the world shall worship thee, sing of thee, and praise thy Name. I$ Glory . . . now, and ever, . . . I$ Rntz9hon I.., Totu 11.

Verse I : 0 God, be merciful unto us, and bless us. R e f a i n 0 Son of God, who rose again from the dead on the third day, save us who sing unto thee, Alleluia

V i e 2 : That th way may be known upon earth : thy saving health among all nations. Verse 3 : Let the people praise thee, 0 God : yea, let all the people praise thee. I$ Glory . . . now, and ever, . . . I$

Antzj5hon ZZZ., TOM K

Vcrse I : 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. I$ V m 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. @

The Introit. Bless the Lord in his temples, the Lord from the

sources of Israel 0 Holy God, Holy M i g h , . . . is wed: A8 many as have been I n place baptize into Christ have pot on Christ.

The Gradual (PmRfmm),in the Eighth Tonc. 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. Thc Lcssonfrm thc Apostlc :Acts i. 1-1 2.

Alleluia. (Tone I K ) Thou, 0 Lord, art risen, and hast been bountiful to Zion. Verne: The Lord looked down from heaven upon the earth.

TAc Goecl is :John i. 1-19 : w k k h setteth fodh thc diviirify o onr Lord rcsus Christ. And, as our Lord gavc command that his Gos#ef s M be prcached t h r o n g h f thc world, to every creafurc,it is cnstomary,on Easter Day, to read it in as many kngnagcs as $ossiblc; cs#cciofly in Hcbrcw, Grcck and Latin. ihc tongues in w k k h war writkn thc sn$erscripiwn on thc cross.

Zn#face of: Meet is it: . . The An el cried: (Src Re ain 4page 232); and

the 7lcrc- son^ of thc N i n e cantzkl: Shine, shine, New Jerusalem! . . .;

Thc Communwn,Hymn: Receive ye the Body of Christ; taste ye of the Fountain of Life.

A f t u the Excfamotioms : In the fear of God . . . ; 0 God, save thy people . . . : Always, now, and ever, . . ; and in $fact of: Blessed be the Name of the Lord: is sung thc Hymn: Christ is risen . .

In larc o f : Glory to thee, 0 Christ our God, . . is sun :Christ is risen from dead, trampling down Death by death. Choit-. f n d upon those in the tomb bestowing life.

TXr Bmeliiction is the same as at the cnd of Mdikr.

the Paschal Lamb, by God's command, corruenorafcd i n tk

Old Testament the deliverance of his;Fpeojlefrom bondage to Pharaoh, a d also, the Lamb which takcth away the sins of the world; so,in commemoratwn of the Resurrection in the New Testament of the Lord Jesus Christ, whereby we a,r freedfrom eternal bonaizge to the enemy, the Artoz is ofered, s y n b o b ing the angelic bread, the Bread of Eternal Lz e, which came h w n from h a v e n ;even our Lord Jesus Chnst. During t whole of Easter week t k drtos lieth on the Altar, or on the Zectern, with the ho(yjicfure (ikdna)of tkt Lord's Resurrection. On Saturday, after the Lifurgy, the is brokm rp and distributed.

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 : Do thou now, also, we humbly entreat thee, look upon this bread, and bless and sanctify 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. Andimmediately the Priest s#rirrkleth the ~ r f owith s hoty water, saying:

This Altos 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 layeth it .on the folding stgnd; and t h Peojle, as t h y receive the Anticidron, kiss the Artos.

AT THE BREAKING

Let us pray to the Lord. T 'Brethren. Lord, have mercy. T k n t k Priest saith this Prayer ovcr the Artos :

0 Lord Jesus Christ, our God, the Angelic Bread, the Bread of life eternal, who came down from heaven, and hast fed us on these mostbright days with the spiritual food of thy divine benefits, for the sake of thy three days' burial and redeeming Resurrection : Look now also, we humbly entreat thee, upon our prayers and thanksgivings ; and as thou didst bless the five loaves in the wilderness, so now also do thou bless this bread, that all who shall partake of it may be vouchsafed bodily and spiritual blessing, through the grace and bounties of thy love toward mankind. For thou art our sanctification, and unto thee do we ascribe glory, together with thy Father who is from everlasting, and thine all-holy, and good, and life-giving Spirit, now, and ever, and

unto ages of ages. T h Brethren. Amen. And having broken tk Artus in the usual manner, k &fWC if to all, before their meal. He may also break it dnrin the Litur , after the Prayer

bgore fk Tribune, auldistribufc it to thefaitkid, i n s t r y ~ t h Anfiddron.

AT THE BLESSINGOF FLESH-MEAT

in the H o b and Great Week of Easter.

Peest. 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. (Thn'cc.) Let us pray to the Lord. Lord, have mercy. Look down, 0 Lord Jesus Christ our God, upon these flesh-meats, and sanctify them, as thou didst sanctify the ram which faithful Abraham offered unto thee, and the lamb which Abel brought unto thee as a holocaust ; likewise the fatted calf which thou didst command to be slain for thy son who had gone astray, and had returned again to thee; that even as he was accounted worthy to enjoy thy good things, so may we, also, enjoy these things which are sanctified and blessed by thee, to

the nourishment of us all. For thou art our true nourishment, and the

Giver of all good things, and unto thee do we ascribe glory, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now, and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen. T h PRAYER

AT THE BLESSINGO F CHEESEAND EGGS.

0 Master, LO;^ our God, the Creator and Maker of all things : Bless thou this curdled milk, and likewise these eggs ; and preserve us in thy loving-kindness. That as we partake of them, even so, also, we may be filled with thy gifts, which ungrudgingly thou bestowest, and with thine

unspeakable goodness. For thine are the kingdom and the power and

the glory, of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, now,

and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

The Vespe~seruice L celebrated in f i l l vesfmcnts.

A t the beginning, the Verses (as at thr beginning of Matins), acorn-anird censing. Entrance with the book of the Holy Gospels.

The Grand Gradual (Prokimm): What God is so great as our God ; thou art the

God which doest wonders. After the Gradual the Go* :John ur. 19-26. After the Litany, t h Eastar Verses: Let God arise, . . . (See Matins, page 2 2 4 )

THE ASCENSION O F OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST

The Stanza (Stikhim) for: Lord, I have cried : In Tone VI. The

Lord hath ascended into heaven, that he may send the Comforter unto

the world. The heavens have prepared his throne, the clouds his

ascension. The Angels marvel, beholding a man exalted over them.

The Father awaiteth him whom, as coeternal, he hath in his bosom;

t up your gates, and t h e Holy Spirit commandeth all his Angels : L ye Princes ; clap your hands, all ye people, for Christ is ascended up to the place where he was before. (Twice.) Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now, and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen. Tone VI. 0 sweetest Jesus, who, without leaving the bosom of the Father, hast, as a man, dwelt among the earth-born, to-day art thou ascended in glory from the Mount of Olives, and graciously hast borne on high our fallen nature, and hast sat down with the Father. For which cause the Bodiless Powers of heaven, amazed at the marvel, were affrighted with dread, and seized with trembling, they magnified thy love toward mankind. With them also, we earth-born, glorifying thy

condescension toward us, and thine Ascension from us, pray, saying : Do thou, who, at thine Ascension, didst fill with joy unutterable thy disciples and the Birth-giver of God who bare thee, vouchsafe unto us, thine elect, joy also, through their prayers, because of thy great mercy.

The Gradual (ProRfmm)fmthe Day.

The Parables (Paremif). Isaiah i i 2-3, Ixii. 10-1 2, lxiii. 1-3, 7-10 ;

Zech. xiv. I , 4, 8-1 I. T h Sfama for the Litzyd, in Tone I. Being ascended up into heaven, whence also thou hadst come down, leave us not comfortless, 0 Lord But let thy Spirit come, bearing peace unto the world, and show

the works of thy might upon the sons of men, 0 Lord who lovest

mankind. Tlu Hymnfor the Day (Tropdr),in Tone I. Thou art ascended up into glory, 0 Christ our God, having made joyful thy disciples by the promise of thy Holy Spirit, the blessing which was announced unto them. For thou art the Son of God, the Redeemer of the world.

The Collect-Hymn (Kmciak). When thou hadst accomplished thy

dispensation to usward, and hadst united things earth1 with things heavenly, thou didst ascend into glory, 0 Christ our (rod, yet in no wise departing but abiding uninterruptedly with us, and crying unto t b w who lave tbec : I am with you, and none shall prevail against you.

THE ASCENSION O F OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST

Tkc ExaCtation ( VelitcMnic). We magnify thee, 0 life-giving Christ, and do homage to thy divine Ascension into heaven in thy holy flesh. Tke Gradual (Prokfmen),in the Fouyfk Tone. God is gone up with a merry noise, and the Lord with the sound of the trump. Verse (Stikh) : 0 clap your hands together, all ye people : cry aloud unto God with the voice of gladness.

The Gospel. Mark xvi 9-20.

In the First Hotcr we thank God for the light of day which he has given to us, and pray him that we may pass the day without sin. According to the ecclesiastical reckoning* the First Hour corresponds with the present seven o'clock in the morning. In the Third Hoirr we commemorate the Descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles on the day of Pentecost. I t corresponds t o the present nine o'clock in the morning. In the Sixth Hour, corresponding to twelve o'clock (noon), the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ is commemorated.

The Ninth Hanr, corresponding to three o'clock in the afternoon,

commemorates the death of Jesus Christ, our Lord.

'APPENDIX l3

being omitted.

The Imperial Hours, used at Christmas and Good Friday, consist of

all the Hours, and special Psalms,,read consecutively; each Hour being augmented by the reading of Lessons from the Old Testament, from t h e Epistles, and from the Gospels, and the singing of special Hymns.

The Typical Psalms in their prayers and songs typify the Divine