The Sunday of the Myrrh-bearers
Tone 2
Great Vespers: Priest: Glory to the Holy. Choir: Amen.
Priest: Christ is risen 2 ½ times. The Choir sings: And upon those in the tombs bestowing life.
Blessed is the man.
Lord I have Cried, Tone 2, on 10: Resurrection 7; Myrrh-bearers 3 (At deep dawn, the myrrh-bearing women); G: Myrrh-bearers (The myrrh-bearing women came to Thy tomb); N: Sunday Dogmatic (The shadow of the law).
Entry; O Gladsome Light; Prokimenon of the day, Tone 6: The Lord is King;
Aposticha: The sticheron of the Resurrection 1 (Thy resurrection, O Christ our Savior); The Paschal Stichera, with their verses; G: Pentecostarion (O Thou Who puttest on light like a garment); N: Pascha (It is the day of resurrection) and Christ is risen from the dead x1.
Troparia: O Theotokos and Virgin x3.
Matins: Choir: Christ is risen x3.
Reader: Glory to God in the highest; and the 6 psalms as usual.
God is the Lord, Tone 2; Troparia: When Thou didst descend unto death x2; G: The noble Joseph; N: Unto the myrrh-bearing women.
After each Kathisma, Sessional hymns from the Pentecostarion.
Blessed are the Blameless; The Evlogitaria (The assembly of angels was amazed).
Hypakoe, Hymns of Ascents, and Prokimenon in tone of the week.
Matins Gospel 3, Mark 16:9-20 (§71).
Having beheld the resurrection x3; Psalm 50; G: Through the prayers of the apostles; N: Through the prayers of the Theotokos; Have mercy on me, O God; Jesus having risen. Save, O God, Thy people.
Canon: Pascha (with the 2 Theotokia) 6 Christ is risen from the dead.
Myrrh-bearers 8 Glory to Thee, our God, glory to Thee.
Irmos & Katavasia: It is the day of resurrection.
After Ode 3, Kontakion (Thou didst descend into the tomb) and Ikos of Pascha; Sessional hymns from the Pentecostarion (The women brought myrrh); G/N: (The Choir of Thy disciples rejoice).
After Ode 6, Kontakion (When Thou didst cry, Rejoice, unto the myrrh-bearers) and Ikos from the Pentecostarion
At Ode 9, we do not sing More Honorable; but instead we immediately begin the Irmos of the ninth Ode (Shine, shine), with the refrain Christ is risen, and the rest as at the previous odes.
Holy is the Lord, our God.
Exapostilaria: Pascha (Having fallen asleep); G: Pentecostarion (Hearken, ye women); N: Pentecostarion (Hearken, ye women).
Praises, Tone 2: Resurrection on 8; G: 2nd Gospel Sticheron (When the women who with Mary came bearing Myrrh); N: Most blessed art thou. After the Great Doxology, Troparion: Having risen; the two remaining Litanies and Resurrectional Dismissal; First Hour.
Hours: Troparia: Resurrection (When Thou didst descend); G: The noble Joseph; Kontakion: Myrrh-bearers (When Thou didst cry, Rejoice, unto the myrrh-bearers).
Liturgy: The beginning, as on St. Thomas Sunday.
Beatitudes on 8, Tone 2, from the Pentecostarion: 4; Myrrh-bearers: 4, from Ode 6.
After the entrance: Troparion of the Resurrection (When Thou didst descend); The noble Joseph; G: Kontakion of the Myrrh-bearers (When Thou didst cry, Rejoice, unto the myrrh-bearers); N: Pascha (Thou didst descend into the tomb).
Prokimenon, Tone 6: Save, O Lord, Thy people.
Epistle: Acts 6:1-7 (§16).
Alleluia, Tone 8.
Gospel: Mark 15:43-16:8 (§69).
Instead of It is truly meet, we sing the refrain The angel cried, with the Irmos of the ninth Ode of Pascha (Shine, shine).
Communion Hymn: Receive ye the body of Christ & Praise the Lord from the heavens.
And the rest as on St. Thomas Sunday.
TYPIKA
Instead of “O come let us worship…” sing “Christ is risen…” three times.
Beatitude Verses: 4 of the Resurrection, and 4 from Ode 6 from the Pentecostarion
1. Remember us also, O Compassionate One, even as Thou didst remember the thief, in the Kingdom of the Heavens. 2. The tree drave out Adam, and the Cross led the thief up into the Kingdom of the Heavens. 3. The grave received Thee, O Savior, Who didst empty the graves and who, as God, didst grant life unto the dead. 4. O Glorious Apostles of Christ, entreat Him fervently that He save us from perils. 5. Having wrapped Thee in linen, O Christ, the noble Joseph laid Thee in a tomb; and having anointed with myrrh the fallen temple of Thy Body, he rolled a great stone before the sepulchre. 6. O ye myrrh-bearing women, why hasten ye now? Why bring ye myrrh unto the Living One? Christ is risen, as He foretold. Let your tears cease and be changed into joy. 7. O ye faithful, let us praise the Trinity in Unity, glorifying the Father with the Son, and the Spirit Who is consubstantial with the Son, and Who with the Father is co-beginningless and everlasting God. 8. Like a vineyard didst thou conceive untilled in thy womb the Cluster of grapes wherefrom, like wine, there pour forth for us torrents of immortality, even eternal life. Troparia: Tone 2: When Thou didst descend unto death, O Life Immortal, * then didst Thou slay Hades with the lightning of Thy Divinity. * And when Thou didst also raise the dead out of the nethermost depths, * all the Hosts of the heavens cried out: * O Life-giver, Christ our God, glory be to Thee. Glory…Tone 2: The noble Joseph, taking Thine immaculate Body down from the Tree, and having wrapped It in pure linen and spices, laid It in a new tomb. But on the third day Thou didst arise, O Lord, granting to the world great mercy. Both now… Tone 2: Unto the myrrh-bearing women did the angel cry out as he stood by the tomb: Myrrh is meet for the dead, but Christ hath proved to be a stranger to corruption. But cry out: The Lord is risen, granting to the world great mercy.
The Epistle:
Reader: The Prokimenon in the 6th Tone: Save, O Lord, Thy people and bless Thine
inheritance.
Choir: Save, O Lord, Thy people and bless Thine inheritance.
Reader: Unto Thee, O Lord, Will I cry; O my God, be not silent unto me.
Choir: Save, O Lord, Thy people and bless Thine inheritance.
Reader: Save, O Lord, Thy people.Choir: And bless Thine inheritance.
Reader: The Reading is from the Acts of the Holy Apostles:
[Acts 6:1-7]
Reader: Alleluia in the 8th Tone:
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: Thou hast been gracious, O Lord, unto Thy land; Thou hast turned back the
captivity of Jacob..
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: Mercy and truth are met together, righteousness and peace have kissed each
other.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Mark 15:43-16:8]
Kontakia:
Glory… Tone 2: When Thou didst cry, Rejoice, unto the myrrh-bearers, Thou didst
make the lamentation of Eve the first mother to cease by Thy Resurrection, O Christ
God. And Thou didst bid Thine apostles to preach: The Savior is risen from the grave.
Both now… Tone 8: Thou didst descend into the tomb, O Immortal, * Thou didst
destroy the power of death. * In victory didst Thou arise, O Christ God, * proclaiming
“Rejoice!” to the myrrh-bearing women; * granting peace to Thine apostles, * and
bestowing resurrection on the fallen.
Instead of “It is truly meet…” we chant the Irmos of the 9th Ode of the
Canon of the feast, first Tone:
Refrain: The angel cried unto her that is full of grace: Rejoice, O pure Virgin!
And again I say, rejoice! For thy Son is risen from the grave on the third day, and hath
raised the dead, O ye people, be joyful!
Irmos: Shine, shine, O new Jerusalem, for the glory of the Lord is risen upon
thee; dance now and be glad, O Zion, and do thou exult, O pure Theotokos, in the arising
of Him Whom thou didst bear.
DIVINE LITURGY
At the beginning of the Liturgy, the Priest sings “Christ is risen” 2 ½ times, and the Choir finishes
the last half.
Beatitude Verses: 4 of the Resurrection, and 4 from Ode 6 from the Pentecostarion
1. Remember us also, O Compassionate One, even as Thou didst remember the thief, in the Kingdom of the Heavens. 2. The tree drave out Adam, and the Cross led the thief up into the Kingdom of the Heavens. 3. The grave received Thee, O Savior, Who didst empty the graves and who, as God, didst grant life unto the dead. 4. O Glorious Apostles of Christ, entreat Him fervently that He save us from perils. 5. Having wrapped Thee in linen, O Christ, the noble Joseph laid Thee in a tomb; and having anointed with myrrh the fallen temple of Thy Body, he rolled a great stone before the sepulchre. 6. O ye myrrh-bearing women, why hasten ye now? Why bring ye myrrh unto the Living One? Christ is risen, as He foretold. Let your tears cease and be changed into joy. 7. O ye faithful, let us praise the Trinity in Unity, glorifying the Father with the Son, and the Spirit Who is consubstantial with the Son, and Who with the Father is co-beginningless and everlasting God. 8. Like a vineyard didst thou conceive untilled in thy womb the Cluster of grapes wherefrom, like wine, there pour forth for us torrents of immortality, even eternal life. Troparia & Kontakia:
Tone 2: When Thou didst descend unto death, O Life Immortal, /
then didst Thou slay Hades with the lightning of Thy Divinity. /
And when Thou didst also raise the dead out of the nethermost depths,
all the Hosts of the heavens cried out: //
O Life-giver, Christ our God, glory be to Thee.
Tone 2:
The noble Joseph, taking Thine immaculate Body down from the Tree, /
and having wrapped It in pure linen and spices, laid It in a new tomb. /
But on the third day Thou didst arise, O Lord, //
granting to the world great mercy.
Glory… Tone 2: When Thou didst cry, Rejoice, unto the myrrh-bearers, /
Thou didst make the lamentation of Eve the first mother to cease /
by Thy Resurrection, O Christ God. /
And Thou didst bid Thine apostles to preach: //
The Savior is risen from the grave.
Both now… Tone 8:
Thou didst descend into the tomb, O Immortal, /
Thou didst destroy the power of death. /
In victory didst Thou arise, O Christ God, /
proclaiming “Rejoice!” to the myrrh-bearing women; /
granting peace to Thine apostles, //
and bestowing resurrection on the fallen.
The Epistle:
Reader: The Prokimenon in the 6th Tone: Save, O Lord, Thy people and bless Thine
inheritance.
Choir: Save, O Lord, Thy people and bless Thine inheritance.
Reader: Unto Thee, O Lord, Will I cry; O my God, be not silent unto me.
Choir: Save, O Lord, Thy people and bless Thine inheritance.
Reader: Save, O Lord, Thy people.Choir: And bless Thine inheritance.
Reader: The Reading is from the Acts of the Holy Apostles:
[Acts 6:1-7]
Reader: Alleluia in the 8th Tone:
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: Thou hast been gracious, O Lord, unto Thy land; Thou hast turned back the
captivity of Jacob..
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: Mercy and truth are met together, righteousness and peace have kissed each
other.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Mark 15:43-16:8]
Instead of “It is truly meet…” we chant the Irmos of the 9th Ode of the
Canon of the feast, first Tone:
Refrain: The angel cried unto her that is full of grace: Rejoice, O pure Virgin!
And again I say, rejoice! For thy Son is risen from the grave on the third day, and hath
raised the dead, O ye people, be joyful!
Irmos: Shine, shine, O new Jerusalem, for the glory of the Lord is risen upon
thee; dance now and be glad, O Zion, and do thou exult, O pure Theotokos, in the arising
of Him Whom thou didst bear.
Communion Verse: Receive ye the body of Christ, taste ye of the fountain of
immortality. Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the highest. Alleluia,
alleluia, alleluia.
We sing “Christ is risen…” instead of “We have seen the true light…“
At the dismissal, when the priest says: “Glory to Thee, O Christ God…” The Choir sings
“Christ is risen…” x3 instead of “Glory… Both now… Father bless!” Then the priest
gives the dismissal.
