Apolytikion (Plagal of the First Tone)

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Christ is risen from the dead, by death trampling down upon death, and to those in the tombs He has granted life. 

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Kontakion (Plagal of the Fourth Tone)

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Though You went down into the tomb, You destroyed Hades' power, and You rose the victor, Christ God, saying to the myrrh-bearing women, "Hail!" and granting peace to Your disciples, You who raise up the fallen.

 

First Ode of the Canon of Pascha (First Tone)

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It is the day of Resurrection, let us be radiant, O ye peoples: Pascha, the Lord's Pascha; for Christ God hath brought us from death to life, and from earth unto Heaven as we sing the triumphal hymn. 

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Doxasticon of the Praises (Plagal of the First Tone)

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It is the day of Resurrection; let us be radiant for the festival, and let us embrace one another. Let us say, O brethren, even to those that hate us: Let us forgive all things on the Resurrection; and thus let us cry: Christ is risen from the dead, by death He has trampled down death, and on those in the tombs He has bestowed life.