Christ rose from the dead, trampling down death and giving life to those in the tombs.
Wandering with Cleopas and Luke throughout the whole distance of sixty stages from Jerusalem, and not having been known by him, you reviled you, O Savior, for their unbelief and hard-heartedness, with the verb: “Have you not shone more befittingly?” should Christ suffer and enter into His glory?” And being a prophet from Moses and from all, you taught them to sing: Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death and giving life to those in the tombs.
You taught everything to Yourself, the existence of God and perfect man, O Savior, to your two disciples in Emmaus, when you received the bread, You blessed and, having broken it, You gave to them. I was speechless and my eyes were opened, and I knew You, but You were invisible, and I said to myself:
Christ is risen, and Life reigns.
Christ is risen, and the devil’s flattery has been exposed.
Christ is risen, and the idol’s sacrifice ceases.
Christ is risen, and the whole earth offers Him a sacrifice of praise.
Christ is risen, and we, who of old tasted the unheard food, now taste the Eternal Food.
Christ is risen, and we are partakers of the Everlasting Joy, singing:
Christ rose from the dead, trampling down death and giving life to those in the tombs.
All the Angels, O Christ the Savior, are singing Your Resurrection in heaven. Grant us on earth with a pure heart in Veseliya to sing: Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death and giving life to those in the tombs.
Vethias the universal and teacher of languages Paul, the God-speaking one, cries out like a trumpet: “Christ is risen from the dead, The beginning of the rising of the dead. Just as in Adam everyone dies, so in Christ everyone will live.” Moreover, having seen the Resurrection of Christ, we cry out in Joy:
Christ is risen, and the prince of the world is cast down.
Christ is risen, and the underworld trembles.
Christ is risen, and death was sacrificed through Victory.
Christ is risen, and hell has been captured by His Power.
Christ is risen, and we are free from the indestructible bonds of hell.
Christ is risen, and we, having been delivered from corruption, the sons of the Resurrection, appear and sing:
Christ rose from the dead, trampling down death and giving life to those in the tombs.
Although you endured crucifixion and death to save the human race from the work of the enemy, Lord, having been buried, on the third day you rose from the dead. The same Angel, shining in the tomb, preaches the good news to the women, saying: Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death and giving life to those in the tombs.
On the third day after the Resurrection, Jesus appeared on the sea of Tiberias to Simon Peter, and Thomas, and Nathanael, and the son of Zebedee, who were fishing for fish, with no one from His disciples, and, like the Lord, all, he commands the land at the right hand of the ship to speak, and the word will be done quickly, and there will be many fish in abundance, and a strange supper will be prepared on the earth. Let us now mentally enjoy ourselves, O Lord, who sing:
Christ is risen, and to Him is given authority in Heaven and on earth.
Christ is risen, and the Kingdom of God has come.
Christ is risen, and His Body, as the Bread of Life, is accepted by all.
Christ is risen, and we taste His Blood as the Immortal Source.
Christ is risen, and Adam, freed, rejoices with us.
Christ is risen, and Eve, being delivered from her bonds, rejoices, calling:
Christ rose from the dead, trampling down death and giving life to those in the tombs.
The song of all-contrition is offered to the Risen You, Peter, for I have thrashed for denying You, and thrashed and confessed: “Lord, You are all the weight, You are the weight, because I love You.” Thresh and hear from You the sweetest calling for the flock: “Feed My lambs, feed My sheep.” In the same way he calls: Christ is risen from the dead, having trampled down death and given life to those in the tombs.
Light to the Giver, like the sun, you shone for three days from the grave and you enlightened everything with the Light of true knowledge of God. Moreover, let us sit in the darkness of unbelief and doubt with the apostles, for we are the Lord, and we are no longer tormented: “Who are you?” But the Risen One is glorified; in tenderness we call:
Christ is risen, and enlighten all things with His Resurrection.
Christ is risen, and the Eternal Light has risen in the darkness and shadow of death for those who sit.
Christ is risen, and to the faithful he has given the Light that secretly overshadows the Spirit from above.
Christ is risen, and the spiritual comb was opened before the blind.
Christ is risen, and we know the Father of lights.
Christ is risen, let all who have rejected the Lord of Glory be put to shame and sing with us:
Christ rose from the dead, trampling down death and giving life to those in the tombs.
By Your grace, showing every person the most convenient Path of Salvation, O Christ, You said to Simon Peter: “When you are old, lift up your hand, and you will girdle and leads, even if you don’t want to,” denoting by which death he will glorify God. You commanded your beloved disciple to remain until you arrive. Moreover, even though the apostles were separated, they were both bound by the union of Love, according to the hymn: Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death and giving life to those in their tombs.
Singing Your three-day Resurrection, O Christ, we rejoice in Your immutable Promise. You promised to be with us until the end of the age, delivering us from all evil and leading us to Eternal Life. For this reason, glorifying Thee, we cry:
Christ is risen, and we are now freed from all harm.
Christ is risen, and He has seated us at the right hand of the Father to eat with Him.
Christ is risen, and He has made us partakers of His Eternal Glory.
Christ is risen, and the strong enemy who crushed the forefather of old is crushed.
Christ is risen, and with the Angels we, before being rejected, are established.
Christ is risen, and He will resurrect everything with Him, calling:
Christ rose from the dead, trampling down death and giving life to those in the tombs.
O Great and Most Holy Easter, Christ Jesus, our Savior, we gratefully confess Your saving great Mercy, for You have once again made us, unworthy, able to taste The joys of Your Bright Resurrection. Grant us, in the Everlasting Days of Your Kingdom, the truer and more perfect of You, the Sweetest One, to receive communion, and with the Angels and all the saints, forever and ever, let us all sing joyfully: Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death and giving life to those in the tombs.
:: (This kontakion is read three times, then ikos 1 and kontakion 1)
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