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Resurrection Apolytikia And Theotokia Of The Eight
Tones
First Tone
Though the tomb was sealed by a stone
and soldiers guarded your pure body, you arose, O
Savior, on the third day, giving life to the world.
Therefore, O giver of life, the heavenly powers
praise you: Glory to your resurrection, O Christ,
glory to your kingdom, glory to your plan of
redemption, O only loving God.
At the sound of Gabriel’s voice
calling out to you: Hail, Virgin, the Master of all
became incarnate in you the holy Tabernacle as David
the righteous said. By bearing your creator, you
have shown yourself to be more vast than the
heavens. Glory to him who dwelled in you: glory to
him who came forth from you; Glory to him who by
your birth‑giving has set us free.
Second Tone
When you descended into death, O life
immortal, you destroyed Hades with the splendor of
your divinity, and when you raised the dead from the
depths of darkness, all the heavenly powers shouted:
O giver of life, Christ our God, glory to you.
Your mystery, O Theotokos, is most
glorious and passes all understanding. For stamped
with the seal of purity and inviolate in virginity,
you are acknowledged without doubt to be the Mother
who has given birth to the true God. Beseech him to
save our souls.
Third Tone
Let the heavens rejoice and the earth
be glad, for the Lord has shown the power of his
reign. He has conquered death by death and become
the first born of the dead. He has delivered us from
the depths of Hades and has granted the world great
mercy.
We sing your praises, O Virgin
Theotokos. You intercede for the salvation of our
kind, for by taking flesh of you and deigning to
suffer the cross, Your Son and our God has delivered
us from corruption as a loving God.
Fourth Tone
The joyful news of your resurrection
was told to the women disciples of the Lord by the
angel. Having thrown off the ancestral curse, and
boasting, they told the apostles: death has been
vanquished, Christ our God. is risen, bestowing on
the world great mercy.
The mystery hidden from all ages and
unknown to the angels was made manifest to those on
earth through you, O Theotokos. God took flesh in a
union without confusion and for our sake willingly
accepted the cross. Thereby he raised the first man
and saved our souls from death.
Plagial Of The First Tone
Let us, the faithful, give praise and
worship to the Word, coeternal with the Father and
the Spirit and born of the Virgin for our
salvation. Of his own will he mounted the cross in
the flesh, suffered death, and raised the dead by
his glorious resurrection.
Hail! impassable gateway of the Lord.
Hail! wall and protection of those who take refuge
in you. Hail! heaven untroubled by storms. Hail! you
who have not known wedlock and have born your Son
and maker and God in the flesh. Fail not in your
intercession on behalf of those who praise and
worship your Son.
Plagial Of The Second Tone
The angelic powers appeared at your
tomb, and those guarding it became as dead. Mary
stood at your grave seeking your pure body. But you
stripped the power of Hades, yet were not touched by
corruption. You met the virgin and granted her life.
O Lord, who rose from the dead, glory to you.
You called your mother blessed and
came to your passion willingly. And wishing to
search out Adam, you made light shine with the
cross, saying to the angels: Rejoice with me, for I
have found the lost piece of silver. Glory to you, O
God. You have ordered all things wisely.
Grave Tone
By your cross you destroyed death, and
opened paradise to the thief. You transformed the
sorrow of the Myrrh‑bearers, and commanded the
apostles to proclaim that you have risen from the
dead, Christ our God, granting to the world great
mercy.
As the treasure of our resurrection, O
Virgin, worthy of all praise, you lead those who
have put their faith in you out of the pit and abyss
of their offences. Before bearing a child you were a
virgin, and in childbirth and after childbirth you
remained a virgin. You have saved us who were
subject to sin by giving birth to our salvation.
Plagial Of The Fourth Tone
You descended from on high, O merciful
Lord, and accepted the three‑day burial in order to
free us from our passions. Glory to you, O Lord, our
life and our resurrection.
O good Lord, for our sake you were
born of a virgin and endured crucifixion, despoiling
death by death. As God, you have shown us the
resurrection. Show your love for all of us, O
merciful Lord. Accept the intercession made on our
behalf by the Theotokos who bore you, and, O Savior,
save a despairing people.
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