AT MATINS

The Anavathmi of the Tone. Antiphon 1.

After the 1st Psalter reading, Resurrection Kathismata. Tone 5.

Prokeimenon.

Glory. Both now.

**Theotokion.**

Let us purify our senses, and we shall see Christ shining forth, in the unapproachable light of the Resurrection, and we shall clearly hear him saying ‘Rejoice!’, as we sing the triumphal song.

Let us celebrate the Cross of the Lord, let us honour with hymns his holy Burial, and highly glorify his Resurrection; for as God with himself he raised the dead from the graves, having plundered the might of death and the strength of the Devil, and made light dawn for those in Hades.

Glory. Both now.

**Theotokion.**

Let the heavens as is fitting rejoice, and let the earth be glad, let the whole world, both seen and unseen, keep the feast: for Christ has risen, our eternal joy.

Arise, O Lord my God, lift up your hand; forget not your poor for ever.

Glory. Both now.

O Lord, you were called dead, who put death to death; you were placed in a grave, who emptied the graves: above, soldiers were guarding the tomb, below, you raised the dead from every age. Lord, all-powerful and beyond understanding, glory to you!

Glory. Both now.

Hail holy mountain on which God has walked: hail living bush and unconsumed by fire; hail the world’s only bridge to God, which leads mortals over to eternal life; hail Maiden undefiled who bore without wedlock the salvation of our souls.

Glory. Both now.

After the 2nd Psalter reading, Kathismata. Tone 5.

Merciful Lord, transgressors nailed you between malefactors and pierced your side with a lance; but you accepted burial, you overthrew the gates of Hades, and rose on the third day; the women ran to see you and they announced the Resurrection to the Apostles. O Saviour highly-exalted, whom Angels praise, O blessed Lord, glory to you.

I will confess you, Lord, with my whole heart; I will tell of all your marvellous works.

Your strange mystery, O my Saviour, has become the salvation of the world; for as befitted God you rose from the tomb and as God raised with you those who had perished: O life of all, Lord, glory to you.

O Bride who knew not wedlock, Mother of God, who turned Eve’s grief to joy, we the faithful praise and worship you; for you have brought us back from the ancient curse; and now, all-praised, all-holy one, intercede unceasingly that we may be saved.

After Psalm 118, the Evlogitaria. Then the Ypakoï. Tone 5.

Amazed in mind by the vision of the Angel and enlightened in soul by the divine Rising, the Myrrhbearers gave the good news to the Apostles: ‘Announce among the nations the Lord’s Resurrection, who works with you by wonders and grants us his great mercy’

In my distress, like David, I sing to you, my Saviour: Deliver me from a treacherous tongue.

For dwellers in the desert life is blessed, for their wings are the love of God.

By the Holy Spirit all things are held fast, the visible with the invisible; for his might is his own as truly one of the Trinity.

Let us be lifted, O soul, to the mountains; come thither where help comes from.

Let your right hand take wing, O Lord, and guard me from every mischief.

To the Holy Spirit let us say, as we confess him to be God: You are God, life, love, light, mind; you are goodness, you are king for ever.

For those who said to me: ‘Let us go to the courts of the Lord’, full of great joy, I offer prayers.

Dread things shall be brought to fulfilment upon the house of David: for fire shall be there burning every shameful thought.

To the Holy Spirit belongs the dignity of being the source of life, for from him every living thing is animated, as by the Father and the Word.

Arise, O Lord my God: for you reign for ever.

Verse: I will confess you, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will tell of all your wonders.

The 8th Resurrection Gospel, then Having seen the Resurrection of Christ, Psalm 50 etc.

The Canons, of Easter with that of the Mother of God to 8, and of the Blind Man to 6.

Easter Canon. Tone 1. Ode 1.

The day of Resurrection, let us be radiant, O peoples: Pascha, the Lord’s Pascha; for Christ God has brought us from death to life, and from earth to heaven, as we sing the triumphal song.