An Orthodox morning prayer for Easter time

Monday 27th of April, beginning of the Staff Planning Days

We pray for the churches and people in Eritrea and Ethiopia

Celebrant: Come, receive light from the resurrection light, and sing to Christ who is risen from the dead!

All : (Sing) Thy resurrection, O Christ our Savior ….

During this song the lights are still lit.
The Celebrant lights a candle and all the participants take a light from him. During this process, the celebrants are singing “Christ is risen from the dead” (in Greek)

Celebrant: Let God arise, let His enemies be scattered, let those who hate Him flee from before His face
Sung: (English) ‘Oh Christ is risen from the dead and thru death He did trample, trample upon death and thus bestowed on those in the tombs the gift of eternal life’

Celebrant: As smoke vanishes, so let them vanish as wax melts before the fire
Sung: Greek
Celebrant: So the sinners will perish before the face of God but let the righteous be glad
Sung: German
Celebrant: This is the day which the Lord has make. Let us rejoice and be glad in it
Sung:French
Celebrant: Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit
Sung: English
Celebrant: Now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen
Sung: Greek
Celebrant: Christ is reason from the dead, trampling down death by death …
Sung: German

Celebrant: Wisdom, Let us attend. Let us listen to the Holy Gospel. Peace unto all!
All: And to your Spirit

Celebrant: The reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Mark 16, 1-8
When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus' body. Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb and they asked each other, "Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?" But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away. As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed. Don't be alarmed," he said. "You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter, 'He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you." Trembling and bewildered, the women went out and fled from the tomb. They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.

The Great Litany
In peace, let us pray to the Lord
“Kyrie eleison” (three times initially and then once after each intention)
For the peace from above and for the salvation of our souls, let us pray to the Lord
“Kyrie eleison”
For the peace of the whole world, for the welfare of the holy churches of God, and for the union of all, let us pray to the Lord
“Kyrie eleison”
For this holy house and for those who enter with faith, reverence, and the fear of God, let us pray to the Lord
“Kyrie eleison”
For this city, for every city and country, and for the faithful dwelling in them and governments marked by peace and justice, let us pray to the Lord
“Kyrie eleison”
For the faithful witness of Ethiopian and Eritrean Christians, their ancient traditions, and the new possibilities for proclaiming the faith of the risen Christ….
“Kyrie eleison”
For reasonable weather, for abundance of the fruits of the earth, and for peaceful times, let us pray to the Lord
“Kyrie eleison”
For travellers by land, by sea, and by air; refugees and those who have been displaced from their homes and villages, for the sick and the suffering affected by HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and other diseases; for captives and their salvation, let us pray to the Lord
“Kyrie eleison”
For our deliverance from all affliction, wrath, danger, and necessity, let us pray to the Lord
“Kyrie eleison”
Help us, save us, have mercy on us, and keep us, O God, by Thy grace
“Kyrie eleison”
Let us pray
Having beheld the Resurrection of Christ, let us worship the Holy Lord Jesus, the only sinless One. We venerate Thy Cross, O Christ, and we praise and give glory to Thy holy Resurrection; for Thou art our God, and we know no other than Thee; we call on Thy name. Come, all you faithful, let us venerate Christ’s holy resurrection. For, behold, through the Cross, joy has come into all the world. Let us ever bless the Lord, praising His resurrection, for by enduring the Cross for us, He has destroyed death by death.

Prayer from the Armenian Orthodox Church
Awesome and marvelous is the mystery of our salvation. He, who is from the Father without beginning, in an ineffable manner was incarnate of the Virgin. He endured the cross and by his voluntary death granted us the gift of life.
For Christ, the eternal God, arose from the dead, the creator and the resurrection of all mankind; the hosts of angels and all the vigilant angels in heaven unceasingly praise him; with them we cry aloud and say: glory to thy awesome resurrection O Lord.

Easter Proclamation

Celebrant : Christos anesti!
All: Alithos anesti! (Greek)

Celebrant: Christ is risen!
All: He is risen indeed! (English)
Celebrant: Christ est ressuscité!
All : Il est vraiment ressuscité! (French)

Celebrant: Christus ist auferstanden!
All: Er ist wahrhaftig auferstanden! (German)

Celebrant: Khristos voskrésye!
All: Voistinu voskrésne! (Slavonic)

Celebrant :Si Cristo ay nabuhay !
All: shianga eye naboo hi!(Filipino)

Celebrant : Christoo weer tellen dar
All: Om, Christoo weer tellen dar!(Tamil)

Celebrant : Cristo ha resucitado!
All: En verdad ha resucitado! (Spanish)

Celebrant :Yesu Amefufuka !
All: Amefufuka hakika! (Swahili)

Celebrant : Nitsangana tami’ny maty i Kristy !
All: Nitsangana marina tokoa izy! (Malagasy)

Celebrant: Christos haryav I merelotz!
All: Orhvial e Haroutiunn Christosi! (Armenian)

Celebrant : Christus is opgestaan !
All : Hij is waarlijk opgestaan ! (Dutch)

Celebrant: Al-Masih qam!
All: Haqqan qam! (Arabic)

Celebrant: Christ is Risen
All: Christ is risen from the dead….

A bright new flower has appeared this day out of the new tomb. Souls, have blossomed and are, adorned with diverse hues, and have become green with life. The florescence of divine light has bloomed in the spiritual spring. He who died for us in love, has raised with him our fallen nature. The light of the resurrection has shone in the darkness of the shadows of death. And the seraph with wings spread sat shining on the rock.
Christ is risen from the dead ! He trampled down death by death, and by his resurrection granted life unto us. Glory unto him for all ages. Amen

Awesome and marvelous is the mystery of our salvation. He, who is from the Father without beginning, in an ineffable manner was incarnate of the Virgin. He endured the cross and by his voluntary death granted us the gift of life.
For Christ, the eternal God, arose from the dead, the creator and the resurrection of all mankind; the hosts of angels and all the vigilant angels in heaven unceasingly praise him; with them we cry aloud and say: glory to thy awesome resurrection O Lord.

Recessional Hymn – Roll Away the Stone
They have been saying, all our plans are empty.
They have been saying, ‘Where is their God now?
Refrain – Roll away the stone, see the glory of God, roll away the stone.

They have been saying, no one will remember; they have been saying ‘power rules the world’ Refrain

They have been saying no one hears the singing, they have been saying ‘all our strength is gone’. Refrain

They have been saying, all of us are dying, they have been saying ‘all of us are dead’ Refrain