Orthodox Calendar

HIDE TROPARIA

Sunday of Myrrhbearing Women. Troparion. Tone II —
When Thou, the Deathless Life, didst go down to death, then didst Thou slay hell by the lightning flash of Thy Divinity. And when Thou didst raise the dead from the lower world, all the Powers of Heaven cried aloud: Christ our God, Giver of Life, glory to Thee.

Noble Joseph took Thy immaculate Body down from the Tree, wrapped It in a clean shroud and spices, and having embalmed It laid It in a new sepulchre. But on the third day Thou didst rise, O Lord, granting to the world great mercy.

To the myrrbearing women at the sepulchre an Angel appeared and cried: Myrrh is fit for the dead, but Christ has shown Himself a Stranger to corruption. So cry: The Lord has risen, granting to the world great mercy.

Kontakion, Tone II —
Thou didst command the Myrrbearers to rejoice, O Christ our God, Thou didst dry the tears of our first mother Eve by Thy Resurrection, and Thou didst command the Apostles to preach: The Saviour has risen from the tomb.

Troparion of the Sunday, Tone II —
When Thou didst descend to death, O Life immortal, / Thou didst slay hell with the splendor of Thy Godhead! / And when from the depths Thou didst raise the dead, / all the powers of heaven cried out: / O Giver of life, Christ our God, glory to Thee!

Hymn to the Theotokos, Tone II —
All beyond thought, all most glorious, / are your mysteries, O Theotokos. / Sealed in purity, preserved in virginity, / you were revealed to be the true Mother who gave birth to the true God. / Entreat Him to save our souls.

Kontakion of the Sunday, Tone II —
Hell became afraid, O Almighty Savior, / seeing the miracle of Thy Resurrection from the tomb! / The dead arose! Creation, with Adam, beheld this and rejoiced with Thee! / And the world, O my Savior, praises Thee forever.

Holy Apostle & Evangelist Mark, Troparion, Tone III —
O holy apostle and evangelist Mark/ entreat the merciful God// that He grant to our souls remission of transgressions.

Or this troparion, in the same tone —
Thou wast an apostle of Christ who learned from the pre-eminent Peter,/ and didst shine like the sun upon the lands of the Alexandrians, being their adorn­ment./ Through thee was Egypt freed from deception, O blessed one,/ who as the Church's pillar of fire dost illumine all with thy teaching of the Gospel./ Wherefore, honoring thy memory, we keep splendid festival, O divinely elo­quent Mark./ Entreat God Who was announced by thee,// that He grant our souls remission of offenses.

Kontakion, Tone II ''Seeking the highest..." —
Receiving from on high the grace of the Spirit,/ thou didst destroy the snares of the orators, O apostle,/ and, hunting all the nations,/ thou didst lead them to thy Master,/ O most glorious Mark,// preaching the divine Gospel.