Слово огласительное во святой и светоносный день преславного и спасительного Христа Бога нашего Воскресения. Иже во святых отца нашего Иоанна, архиепископа Константинопольского, Златоустого

If anyone is pious and God-loving, let him enjoy this good and bright celebration (Luke 14:17). If anyone is a prudent servant, let him enter rejoicing into the joy of his Lord (Matthew 25:21). If anyone has labored by fasting, let him now receive a denarius 22 (Matthew 20:13). If anyone has labored to eat, let him receive today the righteous debt 23. If anyone comes after the third hour, let him celebrate with thanks. If anyone has reached the sixth hour, he will doubt nothing: for he will be vain of nothing 24 . If anyone has lost even the ninth hour, let him approach without hesitation or fear. If anyone has reached the point even at the eleventh hour, let him not be afraid of delay: the godly Master, who is godly, accepts the last as he did the first: he rests in peace 25 at the eleventh hour, as he did from the first hour. And he has mercy on the last and pleases the first, - and gives to him and grants to this, - and accepts deeds and kisses the intention 26, - and honors the deed and praises the proposal 27 (Matthew 20: 1-16). In the same way, let all of you enter into the joy of your Lord: both first and second, accept the reward: rich and poor, rejoice with each other. Temperance and laziness, honor the day. Those who have fasted and those who have not fasted, rejoice today. The meal is complete 28: enjoy everything. The well-fed calf: let none come forth hungry; all of you enjoy the feast of faith: all of you receive 29 the riches of goodness. Let no one weep in misery 30, for the common kingdom has appeared. Let no one weep for sins, for forgiveness has come from the grave. Let no one fear death, for the death of Savior will set us free. Extinguish you 31, Those who are kept from her. Captivity of hell, Descended into hell. Grieve him, having tasted 32 His flesh. And this undertaking 33 Isaia cried out: hell, he says, grieved, he shits before you (Isa. 14:9) 34. Be grieved, for you have been abolished. Be upset, for you will soon be insulted. Be grieved, for you have died. Be grieved, for you have been humbled. Be upset, because you are connected. Accept the body and admire it to God. Receive the earth and destroy the sky. It is pleasant to see the hedgehog, and to fall into the hedgehog not to see. Where is your sting, death? Where is your victory (1 Cor. 15:55)? Christ is risen, and you are cast down. Christ is risen, and the demons fall. Christ is risen, and the angels rejoice. Christ is risen, and life lives 35. Christ is risen, and not one of the dead is in the tomb: for Christ, having risen from the dead, became the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep (1 Cor. 15:20). To him be glory and power, forever and ever! Amen 36. Denarius - a silver coin = drachma (about 20-25 kopecks) was a daily wage for workers in the vineyards (Matt. 20:2) Don't worry at all, because you won't lose anything. Let no one complain about poverty. Penticostar. In St. and Great, week. Easter morning; Req. Ch. 68. Compar. S. chrysostom. Opera. Edit. Montfauc., vol. VIII, p. 932. Words and conversations of St. Chrysostom for different occasions, ed. Petersburg Spirit. Akadem., 1865, pp. 135–136; Sunday Read I (1837–38), p. 3. You might be interested in: