On “God is the Lord…”, the troparion of the feast, twice ; “Glory…; Now & ever…”, the troparion, once . After the kathismata, the sessional hymns of the feast. Psalm 50. The Canons of the feast: Canon I, with 8 troparia, including the irmos; and Canon II, with 6 troparia. The irmos of each canon is chanted twice . Katavasia: the irmoi of the Exaltation of the Cross. After Ode III, sessional hymn of the feast, twice . After Ode VI, the kontakion and ikos of the feast. At Ode IX, we do not chant the Magnificat, but instead chant the festal refrains. At the katavasia we chant both irmoi with their festal refrains. Festal exapostilarion, twice . On the Praises, 4 stichera of the feast; Glory…, Now & ever…, of the feast. Great Doxology. After “Our Father”, the festal troparion, once . Litanies. Dismissal.
On “God is the Lord…”, the resurrectional troparion, twice ; Glory…, Now & ever…, that of the feast. After the kathismata, the sessional hymns of the resurrection, and their theotokia. “Blessed art Thou, O Lord… The council of the angels was amazed…”, and the hypacoi of the tone. Hymns of ascent and prokimenon of the tone of the week. “Let every breath…” Gospel of the resurrection. “Having beheld the resurrection of Christ…” Psalm 50 and the rest as usual. Canons: Resurrection, with 4 troparia; Theotokos, with 2 troparia; and both festal canons, with 8 troparia. Katavasia: the irmoi of the Exaltation of the Cross. After Ode III, the kontakion and ikos of the feast; sessional hymn of the feast, twice . After Ode VI, the resurrectional kontakion and ikos. At Ode IX, we chant the Magnificat. Resurrectional exapostilarion; Glory…, Now & ever…, that of the feast. On the Praises, 8 stichera: 4 of the resurrection, and 4 of the feast, including the doxasticon, with the festal stichoi; Glory…, the evangelical sticheron; Now & ever… “All-blessed art thou,…” Great Doxology. After “Our Father”, the matins resurrectional troparion only. Litanies and Dismissal. First Hour and final Dismissal.
On the Hours
Troparia of the resurrection and the feast at each Hour. After “Our Father”, we alternate the festal and resurrectional kontakia.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.