![]() ![]() ![]() The Easter icon stands in the center of the church showing Christ destroying the gates of hell and freeing Adam and Eve from the captivity of death. The vestments are the bright robes of the resurrection. The building is decorated with flowers and lights. The canon hymns of Christ’s resurrection, ascribed to Saint John of Damascus, are chanted with the troparion of the feast as the constantly recurring refrain. The people re-enter the church building and continue the service of Easter Matins which is entirely sung. This is the day which the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it! Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered let those who hate him flee from before his face!Ĭhrist is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and upon those in the tombs bestowing life (Troparion). The celebrant intones the blessing to the “holy, consubstantial, life-creating and undivided Trinity.” The Easter troparion is sung for the first time, together with the verses of Psalm 68 which will begin all of the Church services during the Easter season. Sometimes the Gospel is read which tells of the empty tomb. It is the procession of the holy passover, from death unto life, from earth unto heaven, from this age to the age to come which will never end.īefore the closed doors of the church building, the resurrection of Christ is announced. This procession of the Christians on Easter night recalls the original baptismal procession from the darkness and death of this world to the light and the life of the Kingdom of God. The procession circles the church building and returns to the closed doors of the front of the church. Make us on earth also worthy to hymn Thee with a pure heart. The angels in heaven, O Christ our Savior, sing of Thy resurrection. The people leave the church building singing: He carries it through the royal doors and places it on the altar table where it remains for forty days until the day of Ascension.Īt midnight the Easter procession begins. The celebrant goes to the tomb and removes the winding-sheet. A little before midnight on the Blessed Sabbath the Nocturne service is chanted. ![]()
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