Canon of the feast, with 6 troparia, including the irmos; and that of the martyrs, with 6 troparia.
After the first chanting of the Psalter, this sessional hymn, in Tone IV: Spec. Mel.: “Joseph marvelled…”—
Stretching forth his arms toward the heights of heaven, Moses prefigured the Cross, the divine weapon of the faithful, to which Christ nailed men’s sins. Wherefore, the enemy wept, suffering, and said, his senses wracked with pain: “A wooden spear hath been thrust into my heart! Christ releaseth all from the bonds of hell!”
At “God is the Lord…”, the troparion of the feast, twice; Glory…, that of the martyrs; Now & ever…, that of the feast, once.
After the second chanting of the Psalter, this sessional hymn, in Tone VIII: Spec. Mel.: “He arose from the dead…”—
Glory…, Now & ever…: The foregoing is repeated.
In the midst of Eden a tree put forth death, but in the midst of all the earth a tree caused life to bud forth; for those who tasted of the former had been incorrupt but became corrupt, but those who received the latter have inherited incorruption. For as God Thou savest the human race by the Cross.
Glory…, Now & ever…: The foregoing is repeated.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.