After the first chanting of the Psalter, this sessional hymn, in Tone IV: Spec. Mel.: “Joseph marvelled…”—
Stretching forth his hands toward the heights of heaven, Moses prefigured the Cross, the divine weapon of the faithful, to which Christ nailed our sins. Wherefore, the enemy wept, suffering pain in his senses, and he said: “A wooden shaft hath pierced me through my heart: Christ releaseth all from the bonds of hades!”
At “God is the Lord…”, the troparion of the feast, thrice.
After the second chanting of the Psalter, this sessional hymn, in Tone VI: Spec. Mel.: O hope of the world…”—
Glory…, Now & ever…: the foregoing is repeated.
Lifted up on the tree of the Cross in thy great mercy, and pierced in the side by a spear, O Savior, Thou didst rend asunder the grievous document of men’s sins, in that Thou art God Almighty. Wherefore, we piously hymn Thine ineffable dispensation, O Word.
Glory…, Now & ever…: the foregoing is repeated.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.