Priest:  Blessed be our God, at all times, now and always, and unto the ages of ages.
Choir:  Amen.

The priest sings the Easter troparion: Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down Death by death, and upon those in the tomb bestowing life (3x)

Choir: Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down Death by death, and upon those in the tomb bestowing life (3x)

Priest:  Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered, and let them also that hate him flee before him.
Choir: Christ is risen from the dead…

Priest: Like as the smoke vanisheth, so shall they vanish, and like as wax melteth at the fire
Choir: Christ is risen from the dead…

Priest: Even so let the ungodly perish at the presence of God, but let the righteous rejoice.
Choir: Christ is risen from the dead…

Priest: This is the day which the Lord hath made we will rejoice and be glad in it.
Choir: Christ is risen from the dead…

Priest: Glory to the Father, and so the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Choir: Christ is risen from the dead…

Priest: Now, and ever, and unto ages of ages.
Choir: Christ is risen from the dead…

Priest: Christ et ressuscité!
All: Indeed He is risen!

Priest: Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down Death by death.
Choir:  À and upon those in the tomb bestowing life.

 

Priest: In peace, let us pray to the Lord.
Choir: Lord, have mercy.

The priest reads one of the prayers of Vespers:

Sunday: O Lord, compassionate and merciful, long-suffering and plenteous in mercy, give ear unto our prayer and attend to the voice of our supplication; work in us a sign unto good; guide us in Thy way, that we may walk in Thy truth; make glad our hearts, that we may fear Thy holy name; for Thou art great and workest wonders, Thou alone art God, and there is none like unto Thee among the gods, O Lord strong in mercy and good in might, to help and comfort, and to save all that hope in Thy holy name. For unto Thee is due all glory, honor and worship: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.

Monday: O Lord, rebuke us not in Thine anger, nor chasten us in Thy wrath, but deal with us according to Thy mercy, O Physician and Healer of our souls. Guide us unto the haven of Thy will; enlighten the eyes of our hearts to the knowledge of Thy truth; and grant unto us that the remainder of the present day and the whole time of our life may be peaceful and sinless, through the intercessions of the holy Theotokos and of all the saints. For Thine is the dominion, and Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory: of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.

Tuesday: O Lord our God, remember us, Thy sinful and unprofitable servants, when we call upon Thy holy, venerable name, and turn us not away in shame from the expectation of Thy mercy; but grant us, O Lord, all our requests which are unto salvation, and vouchsafe us to love and to fear Thee with our whole heart, and to do Thy will in all things For a good God art Thou, and the Lover of mankind, and unto Thee do we send up glory, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.

Wednesday: O Thou Who with never-silent hymns and unceasing doxologies art praised in song by the Holy Hosts, fill our mouth with Thy praise, that we may magnify Thy holy name. And grant unto us part and inheritance with all that truly fear Thee and keep Thy commandments, through the intercessions of the holy Theotokos and of all Thy saints. For unto Thee is due all glory, honour and worship: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages.

Thursday: O Lord, O Lord, Who upholds all things in the most pure hollow of Thy hand, Who art long-suffering toward us all and repentest Thee at our wickedness, remember Thy compassion and Thy mercy. Visit us with Thy goodness, and grant unto us during the remainder of the present day, by Thy grace, to flee the divers subtle snares of the Evil One, and to keep our life unassailed through the grace of Thine all-holy Spirit, through the mercy and love for mankind of Thine only-begotten son, with Whom Thou art blessed, together with Thine all-holy and good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.

Friday: O God, great and wondrous, Who with goodness unsearchable and abundant providence orderest all things, and grantest unto us earthly good things; Who hast given us a pledge of the promised kingdom through the good things already bestowed upon us; and hast made us to shun all evil during that part of the day which is past: Grant us also to fulfill the remainder of this day blamelessly before Thy holy glory; to hymn Thee, the only Good One, our God, Who lovest mankind. For Thou art our God, and unto Thee do we send up glory: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.

Saturday: O God, great and most high, Who alone hast immortality, and dwellest in light unapproachable; Who hast fashioned all creation in wisdom; Who hast divided the light from the darkness, and hast set the sun for dominion of the day, the moon the stars for dominion of the night; Who hast vouchsafed unto us sinners at this present hour to come before Thy presence with thanksgiving and to offer thee evening doxology; Do thyself direct our prayer as incense before Thee and accept it for a sweet smelling savor; grant unto us that the present evening and the coming night be peaceful. Cloth us with the armor of light. Deliver us from the terror by night and from everything that walketh in darkness. And grant that the sleep which Thou hast given for the repose of our infirmity may be free from all fantasies of the Devil. Yea, O Master, Giver of good things, may we, being moved to compunction upon our beds, remember Thy name in the night, and, enlightened by meditation on Thy commandments, rise up in joyfulness of soul to the glorification of Thy goodness, offering prayers and supplications to Thy lovingkindness for our own sins and for those of all Thy people, whom do Thou visit in mercy, through the intercessions of the Holy Theotokos. For a good God art Thou, and unto Thee do we send up glory: to the Father and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.

Choir: Amen

Lucernarium

Choir: Lord, I call upon Thee, hear me! Hear me, O Lord! Lord, I call upon Thee, hear me! Receive the voice of my prayer, when I call upon Thee! Hear me, O Lord!

Let my prayer arise in Thy sight as incense, and let the lifting up of my hands be an evening sacrifice! Hear me, O Lord!

The reader then reads two or three verses of the Psalms of the Lucernarium (140, 141, 129, and 116) between which stichera are inserted.
For with the Lord there is mercy, and with Him is plenteous redemption, and He will deliver Israel from all his iniquities. Stichera 3

Praise the Lord, all nations! Praise Him, all peoples! Stichera 2

For His mercy is confirmed on us, and the truth of the Lord endures forever. Stichera 1

Choir: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
The Choir sings the Doxastikon according to the day of the week.


Evening Hymn

Choir:  Gladsome Light of the Holy Glory of the Immortal Father, Heavenly, Holy, Blessed: O Jesus Christ. Now that we have come to the setting of the sun, and behold the light of evening, we praise God: Father, Son, and Holy Spi-rit, for meet it is at all times to worship Thee with voices of praise, O Son of God and Giver of life: therefore, all the world doth glorify Thee.


Great prokimenon

Easter Sunday: Great Prokimenon, Tone 7
Priest: Great Prokeimenon, Tone 7. What God is great as our God? You are the God who works wonders.
Choir: What God is great as our God?,… (after each vers) 
v. You showed your power among the peoples.
v. And I said, ‘Now I have begun. This change is of the right hand of the Most High’.
v. I remember the deeds of the Lord. I remember your wonders of old.
What God is great as our God? …
…You are the God who works wonders.

Monday: Great Prokimenon, Tone 7
Priest: Great Prokeimenon, Tone 7. Our God is in heaven and on earth. All things which he willed he has done.
Choir: Our God is in heaven and on earth,… (after each vers) 
v. When Israel came forth from-Egypt, Jacob’s sons from an alien people, Judah became the Lord’s temple.
v. The sea fled at the sight; the Jordan turned back on its course.
v. Why was it, sea, that you fled, that you turned back, Jordan, on your course?
Our God is in heaven and on earth …
…All things which he willed he has done.

Tuesday:Great Prokimenon, Ton 8
Priest: Great Prokeimenon, Tone 8. I cry with my voice to the Lord. With my voice, I cry to God that He may hear me.
Choir: I cry with my voice to the Lord,… (after each vers) 
v. In the day of my distress I sought the Lord.
v. My soul refused to be consoled.
v. Your ways, O God, are holy.
I cry with my voice to the Lord…
…With my voice, I cry to God that He may hear me.

Wednesday: Great Prokimenon, Ton 7
Priest: Great Prokeimenon, Tone 7. O God, listen to my prayer, do not hide from my pleading.
Choir: O God, listen to my prayer,… (after each vers) 
v. Attend to me and reply.
v. For they bring down evil upon me.
v. As for me, I will cry to God, and the Lord will save me, evening, morning, and noon.
O God, listen to my prayer…
…do not hide from my pleading.

Thursday: Great Prokimenon, Ton 7
Priest: Great Prokeimenon, Tone 7. I love you, Lord, my strength, my rock, my fortress, my Saviour.
Choir: I love you, Lord, my strength,… (after each vers) 
v. My God is the rock where I take refuge; my shield, my mighty help, my stronghold.
v. The Lord is worthy of all praise; when I call I am saved from my foes.
v. From his temple He heard my voice; my cry came to his ears.
I love you, Lord, my strength…
…my rock, my fortress, my Saviour.

Friday: Great Prokimenon, Ton 8
Priest: Great Prokeimenon, Tone 7. You grant me the heritage of those who fear you.
Choir: You grant me the heritage,… (after each vers) 
v. From the end of the earth I call: my heart is faint.
v. Let me hide in the shelter of your wings.
v. So I will always praise your name.
You grant me the heritage…
…of those who fear you.

Easter Sunday: Gospel reading

Priest: And that we may be granted to hear the Holy Gospel, let us pray to the Lord our God.
Choir:  Kyrie eleison (3x)

Priest:  Wisdom, stand up, let us listen to the Holy Gospel. Peace be to all.
Choir:  And with your spirit

Priest:   A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John
Choir:  Gloire à toi, Seigneur, gloire à toi.

Priest:  Let us be attentive!

The Priest reads the Gospel (John 20, 19-25)

Choir:  Glory to you, Lord, glory to you.

 

Augmented Litany

Priest: Let us say with all our soul and with all our mind, let us say:

Choir:  Lord, have mercy.

Priest: O Lord almighty, the God of our fathers, we pray Thee, hearken and have mercy.

Choir:  Lord, have mercy.

Priest: Have mercy on us, O God, according to Thy great goodness, we pray Thee, hearken and have mercy.

Choir:  Lord, have mercy (thrice, at each intercession)

Priest: Again we pray for Leo, Pope of Rome, for our bishops, for all the leaders of the Churches and of the great spiritual traditions.

Again we pray for our sovereigns, King Philippe and Queen Mathilde, and for the Royal House, for our country, those who govern it and those who watch over it.

Again we pray for the priest, the deacons, the monks, the nuns and all the members of our fellowship in Christ.

Again we pray for the preservation of the creation and biodiversity and for the health of the air, soil, water and space, for abundant fruits of the earth and for happy seasons.

Again we pray for the servants of God …., for those struck down by illness and for victims of accidents, for victims of war, especially in…., for victims of violence, persecutions and natural disasters, for orphans, and for all those deprived of food and shelter, for those afflicted by grief, loneliness and lack of affection.

Again we pray for the servants of God who passed away during this day, for the blessed and ever-memorable founders of this holy church, for all our fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, parents, spouses, children and friends, and for all the deceased throughout the world.

Again we pray for mercy, life, peace, health, salvation, pardon and remission of their sins for the servants of God, [NN., and for] the inhabitants of La Rivelaine and of this village, for the members of this parish, for our guests and our benefactors, for those who pray with us and for all those who are close to our hearts.

Again we pray for those who bring offerings and do good works in this holy and all-venerable temple; for those who labor and those who sing; and for all the people here present, who await Thy great and rich mercy.

Priest: For Thou art a merciful God and lovest mankind, and unto Thee do we send up glory: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages.

Choir:  Amen


Reader:

Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this night without sin. Blessed art Thou, O Lord, God of our fathers, and praised and glorified is Thy Name forever. Amen.
Let Thy mercy be upon us, O Lord, as we have set our hope on Thee.
Blessed art Thou, O Lord, teach me Thy statutes.
Blessed art Thou, O Master, make me to understand Thy commandments.
Blessed art Thou, O Holy One, enlighten me with Thy precepts.
Thy mercy, O Lord, endureth forever: despise not the works of Thy hands.
To Thee belongeth worship, to Thee belongeth praise, to Thee belongeth glory:
to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

 

Litanie des demandes

Priest: Let us complete our evening prayer to the Lord.
Choir: Lord, have mercy.

Priest: Protect us, save us, have mercy on us, and preserve us, O God, by your grace.
Choir: Lord, have mercy.

Priest: That this whole evening be perfect, holy, peaceful, and without sin, let us beseech the Lord.
Choir: Grant this, O Lord. (after each demand)

For an angel of peace, a faithful guide and guardian of our souls and bodies, let us beseech the Lord.

For the pardon and remission of our sins and offenses, let us beseech the Lord.

For what is good and beneficial to our souls and for peace in the world, let us beseech the Lord.

That we may spend the rest of our life in peace and repentance, let us beseech the Lord.

For a Christian, painless, unashamed, peaceful end of our life, and for a good account before the fearsome judgment-seat of Christ, let us beseech the Lord.

Commemorating our most holy, most pure, most blessed and glorious Lady, the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary with all the saints, let us commit ourselves and one another and our whole life to Christ our God.
Choir: To you, O Lord.

Priest: For you are a good and loving God, and we give glory to you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, now and ever and forever. Choir: Amen.

Priest: Peace be to all.
Choir: And to your spirit.

Priest: Bow your heads to the Lord.
Choir: To you, O Lord.

Priest (in silence): Lord our God, you bowed the heavens40 and came down for the salvation of the human race. Look upon your servants and upon your inheritance, for they have bowed their heads and bent their necks to you, the awesome judge who love us all. They do not expect human help, but await your mercy and long for your salvation. Protect them at all times, this evening and tonight, from every enemy, from all the devil’s assaults, from vain thoughts, and evil imaginings.
(loud:) May the might of your kingdom be blessed and glorified, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, now and ever and forever. Choir: Amen.

The choir sings the first Apostich of  the tone of the day  


The Pascal Stichera, tone 5

Choir:
v. 1 Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered.
Today is the holy Passover revealed unto us: the Passover new and holy: The Passover mystical, the Passover all-august, Christ, the Passover and the Atonement. The spotless Passover, the great Passover, the Passover of the faithful, the Passover which openeth unto us the gales of Paradise; the Passover which sanctifieth all the faithful.

v. 2 Like as the smoke vanisheth, so shalt thou drive them away.
O come from the vision, ye Women, heralds of good tidings, and say ye unto  Zion: Receive from us the glad tidings of joy of the Ressurrection of Christ.  Adorn thyself! Leap for joy and rejoice, O Jerusalem, in that thou beholdest Christ the King, like a Bride-groom come forth from the grave.

v. 3 Let the ungodly perish at the presence of God. But let the righteous rejoice.
When the Myrrh-bearing Women stood, very early in the morning, before the sepulchre of the Life-giver, they found an Angel sitting upon the stone. And he proclaimed unto them, saying: Why seek ye the living among the dead? Why mourn ye the incorruptible amid corruption? Go, proclaim the glad tidings to his disciples.

v. 4 This is the day which the Lord hath made: we will rejoice and be glad in it.
The Passover joyful, the Passover, the Passover of the Lord, the Passover all-majestic hath shone forth upon us! The Pass-over! With joy let us embrace one another! O Passover, release from sorrow! For today from the tomb, as from a chamber of repose, hath Christ shone forth, and hath filled the Women with joy, saying: Proclaim the glad tidings to the Apostles.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
The Day of Resurrection! Let us be illumined with the solemn Feast! Let us embrace one an-other. Let us say: Brethren! And because of the Resurrection let us forgive all things to those who hate us, and in this wise exclaim: Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down Death by death, and upon those in the tomb bestowing life.

Christ is risen from the dead… (3x) 

Dismissal

Priest: Wisdom.
Choir:  Give the blessing.

Priest: Blessed be He Who Is, Christ our God, always, now and ever and unto ages of ages.

Choir: Confirm, O God, the holy Orthodox faith of Orthodox Christians, unto ages of ages.

Priest: Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down Death by death…
Choir: …and upon those in the tomb bestowing life.

Priest: Risen from the dead, trampling down Death by death,
and upon those in the tomb bestowing life: Christ our true God,
through the prayers of his pure Mother,
by the protection of the holy celestial and angelic powers,
the Archangel Michael and all the angels and archangels,
by the prayers of the holy and illustrious apostles,
and all the saints,
have mercy on us and save us for he is good and loves mankind.

Choir: Amen

Prêtre:   Que soit béni Celui qui est, le Christ notre Dieu, en tout temps, maintenant et toujours…

Chœur: Amen. Affermis, ô Dieu, la sainte foi des chrétiens orthodoxes pour les siècles des siècles.

Prêtre:   Le Christ est ressuscité des morts, par la mort Il a terrassé la mort.
Chœur:  À ceux qui sont dans les tombeaux, Il a donné la vie.

Prêtre:   Que celui qui est ressuscité des morts, par la mort a terrassé la mort donnant la vie à ceux qui étaient dans les tombeaux, le Christ, notre vrai Dieu, par les prières de sa Mère toute pure, par la protection des vénérables puissances célestes et incorporelles, l’Archange Michel et tous les Anges et Archanges, par les prières des saints, glorieux et illustres apôtres et de tous les saints, ait pitié de nous et nous sauve, car Il est bon et ami des hommes.

Priest: Christ et ressuscité!
All: Indeed He is risen!

Priest: Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down Death by death.
Choir:  À and upon those in the tomb bestowing life.

Choir: Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down Death by death, and upon those in the tomb bestowing life (3x)
And He has given us eternal life, let us venerate His resurrection on the third day.