On Lord, I have cried…, 6 stichera: 3 of the feast, in Tone II: Special Melody: When from the Tree…—

When, very early, the myrrh-bearing women sought Thee, the Life of all, O Christ, they went with myrrh and sweet spices, and, weeping with love, they heard a young man say from the tomb: “Cease your weeping, and, rejoicing in your salvation, cry out to all that the Lord hath risen!”

O noble Joseph, we know thee to be like the chariot of the cherubim which bore Christ the King upon their shoulders, and we bless thine arms, which took Him down from the Cross, and thy divine eyes. We honor thy hands, wherewith bearing the Sun, Word and God, thou didst place him in the tomb. Wherefore, we honor with love thy memory.

The celebration of the godly myrrh-bearers and the honorable Joseph hath been shown to us as a second garden of paradise, giving rise to a wellspring of life: pouring out the waters of grace upon the world, with fervor it putteth forth streams of the arising of Christ. Multitudes of the faithful keep festival and cry out: Glory to Him Who hath given His resurrection to the ends of the earth!

And 3 from the Menaion.

Glory…, Now & ever…, in Tone II—

Early in the morning, seeking Thy tomb with diligence, the myrrh-bearing women sought Thee, O Christ, to anoint Thine all-pure body; and having heard the words of the angels, they proclaimed to the apostles the joyous tidings, that the Author of our salvation, Who hath made death captive and granteth the world everlasting life and great mercy, hath risen from the dead.

Then, O gladsome Light…, and the prokimenon of the day.

Aposticha stichera, in Tone II—

Of the resurrection: Christ our Savior, having nailed to the Cross the handwriting which is against us, blotted it out and abolished the might of death. We worship His resurrection on the third day.

Stichos: Unto Thee have I lifted up mine eyes, unto Thee that dwellest in heaven. Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hands of their masters, as the eyes of the handmaid look unto the hands of her mistress, so do our eyes look unto the Lord our God, until He take pity on us.

Of compunction: With the cry of the publican I call out to Thee, O Christ my Savior: Cleanse me as Thou didst him, and have mercy on me, O God!

Stichos: Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us, for greatly are we filled with abasement. Greatly hath our soul been filled therewith; let reproach come upon them that prosper, and abasement on the proud.

Martyricon: When the holy martyrs pray for us and hymn Christ, all deception ceaseth, and the human race is saved by faith.

Glory…, Now & ever…, in the same tone—

“Why mingle ye myrrh with tears, O ye women disciples? The stone hath been rolled away; the tomb is empty. Behold, corruption hath been trampled down by life, the seals and the sleeping guardsmen of those who are wickedly contumacious bearing manifest witness. That which is mortal hath been saved by the flesh of God. Hades lamenteth. Hastening with joy, say unto the apostles: Christ, Who hath slain death, the Firstborn from among the dead, goeth before you into Galilee.”

Then, Now lettest Thou Thy servant depart…; Trisagion through Our Father. Troparion, as usual, and dismissal.

At God is the Lord…, the troparia of the feast, as usual.

After the first chanting of the Psalter, these sessional hymns, in Tone II—

O Thou Who didst not empty Thine all-pure bosom in the highest, Thou didst accept burial and resurrection for all. O Lord, glory to Thee!

Stichos: O Lord, rebuke me not in Thine anger, nor chasten me in Thy wrath.

I am a barren tree, in nowise producing the fruit of repentance, O Lord; and I fear lest I be hewn down, and am terrified of that unquenchable fire which is to come. Wherefore, I entreat Thee: Before those misfortunes, do Thou turn and save me!

Stichos: Wondrous is God in His saints, the God of Israel.

Martyricon: O Christ God Who, in that Thou art good, hast made Thy saints to shine with greater luster than gold, and hast glorified Thy holy ones, entreated by them grant peace to our lives, in that Thou lovest mankind, and set their prayer before Thee like incense, O Thou Who alone restest in the saints.

Glory…, Now & ever…: Theotokion—

Held back from the laws of nature, thou didst unite virginity to divine nativity; for thou alone gavest birth unto Him Who before thee was begotten timelessly. Wherefore, O Theotokos, we magnify thee.

After the second chanting of the Psalter, this sessional hymn, in Tone II: Special Melody: Seeking the highest…—

The myrrh-bearing women, who came early in the morning and beheld the empty tomb, said unto the apostles: “The Mighty One hath set corruption at naught and hath rescued those in hades from bondage; Proclaim with boldness that Christ God hath risen, granting the world great mercy!”

Glory…, Now & ever…: The foregoing is repeated.

Then, Having beheld the resurrection of Christ…, and Psalm 50.

Canon of the feast, with 8 troparia, including the irmos; and that from the Menaion, with 4 troparia. Kontakion and exapostilaria of the feast.

On the Praises, 4 stichera, in Tone II—

Of the resurrection: Let the Jews say how the soldiers who kept watch lost the King! Why did the stone not keep in the Rock of life? Either let them give up the Buried One or worship the Risen One, saying with us: Glory to the magnitude of Thy compassions, O our Savior! Glory be to Thee! Twice

Of compunction: Overlook mine iniquities, O Lord Who wast born of the Virgin; and purify my heart, making it a temple for Thy Holy Spirit. Turn not Thy face away from me, O Thou Who art possessed of great and boundless mercy.

Martyricon: Taking up the Cross of Christ as a trophy of victory, O holy martyrs, ye set at naught all the power of the devil; and receiving heavenly crowns, ye are become bulwarks for us, praying to the Lord in our behalf

Glory…, Now & ever…, in Tone II—

Very early in the morning, the myrrh-bearing women, bearing spices, arrived at the tomb of the Lord; and finding that which they had not expected, they pondered piously the rolling away of the stone, and said one to another: “Where are the seals of the tomb? Where is the watch set by Pilate, and the careful security?” But a radiant angel was a herald for the bewildered women, and he said unto them: “Why do you seek with lamentation the Living One Who hath enlivened the human race? Christ our God hath risen from the dead as almighty!”—He Who granteth incorruption and life, enlightenment and great mercy to us all!”

Aposticha stichera of the feast, in Tone II: Special Melody: When from the Tree…—

The light of the threefold Sun shineth brightly on earth today, and taketh away the darkness of the passions: the resurrection of Christ is made manifest, preserving the faithful. The ranks of the apostles lovingly join chorus, Joseph is glad, and the splendid memorial of the honored myrrh-bearers crowneth those who praise them with faith and glorify the divine arising.

Stichos: Thou hast been gracious, O Lord, unto Thy land; Thou hast turned back the captivity of Jacob.

Taking on thy shoulder the Son Who sitteth at the right hand of the Father, O Joseph, with myrrh thou didst bury the inexhaustible Myrrh, and didst commit to the tomb the Resurrection of the world, Him Who is clothed with light as with a robe; and thou dost ineffably close it off with a stone. Wherefore, with hymns we praise His splendid sufferings and resurrection.

Stichos: Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

The multitude of the angels is amazed, beholding thee burying Christ, O Joseph; the world calleth thee blessed, and we, the faithful, marvel, and honoring the honored resurrection in godly manner, we fervently honor thee among the myrrh-bearers. Wherefore, we cry out unceasingly: Pray with them, that we be saved from misfortunes and tribulations.

Glory…, Now & ever…, in Tone I—

With fear the women came to the tomb, seeking to anoint Thy body with spices; and not finding it, they expressed their perplexity one to another, not knowing of the resurrection. But an angel stood before them and said: “Christ hath risen, Who bestoweth great mercy upon us!”

Then, the First Hour, and dismissal.