The Day of Resurrection and Spiritual Response
A day of joy, and of lifting up, and of spiritual incense and of rejoicing; a day of liberty and of illumination and of sanctification; a day of reconciliation and of peace and of salvation and of help for our souls. In this day Christ raised us, having been cast down by sin; in this day He gave life together to those dead through trespasses; in this day He opened to us the paradise which the disobedience and transgression of our forefathers had closed; in this day He deemed us worthy to enjoy His precious and life-giving both body and blood, through which we are being purified and enlightened and sanctified; for Christ gave Himself as a ransom for us, and led us from death into life, from darkness into light, from slavery into liberty, from enmity into a genuine friendship; 'He has redeemed us from the curse' (Galatians 4:4-5) and 'from sin,' 'becoming a curse on our behalf' (Galatians 4:5) so that we might receive adoption, so that we might no longer be slaves but free, no longer subject to passions but impassive, no longer lovers of the world but lovers of God, no longer 'walking according to the flesh' but 'according to the Spirit' (Romans 8:4-5); He sanctified and glorified us in the Holy Spirit 'so that we might walk in newness of life' (Romans 6:4).
'What shall we return to the Lord for all that He has returned to us' (Psalm 116:12), what shall we return for the gift and grace of God which surpasses all? Let us give thanks and worship and offer to Him our prayers and hymns as gifts with fear and reverence and humility; for the Master is a lover of mankind and compassionate, and He accepts all things, even if they are small and lowly things being brought to Him by us. Let us love, my brothers, the Lord who loved us by grace; let us die for the sake of Him who died for us by gift; let us walk after His holy commandments; 'let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of flesh and spirit' (2 Corinthians 7:1); let us present to our God good deeds, faith, love, hope, contrition of heart, tears of compunction, the cleansing of conscience, and the putting to death of all sin and evil desire; let us serve the Lord with understanding and patience and perseverance; let us drink deeply of the cup of the true God and our Savior; let us sing to Him a new song, let us all sing, let us clap our hands psalmody, and let us shout to God with a voice of rejoicing, for 'the Lord Most High is a terrible King over all the earth' (Psalm 47:2). 'Great is the Lord, and His greatness has no end' (Psalm 145:3), great is the Lord and great is His...
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εὐφροσύνης ἡμέρα καὶ ἀνέσεως καὶ θυμηδίας πνευματικῆς καὶ ἀγαλλιάσεως, ἡμέρα ἐλευθερίας καὶ φωτισμοῦ καὶ ἁγιασμοῦ, ἡμέρα καταλλαγῆς καὶ εἰρήνης καὶ σωτηρίας καὶ βοηθείας τῶν ἡμετέρων ψυχῶν. ἐν ταύτῃ συνήγειρεν ἡμᾶς ὁ Χριστὸς ἐρριμμένους τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ, ἐν ταύτῃ συνεζωοποίησε νενεκρωμένους τοῖς παραπτώμασιν, ἐν ταύτῃ τὸν παράδεισον ἀνέῳξεν ἡμῖν ὃν ἔκλεισεν ἡ τῶν προπατόρων ἡμῶν παρακοὴ καὶ παράβασις, ἐν ταύτῃ τοῦ τιμίου καὶ ζωοποιοῦ αὐτοῦ σώματός τε καὶ αἵματος ἀπολαύειν ἡμᾶς ἠξίωσε, δι' ὧν καθαιρόμεθα καὶ φωτιζόμεθα καὶ ἁγιαζόμεθα· λύτρον γὰρ ἔδωκεν ἑαυτὸν ὁ Χριστὸς ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν, καὶ προήγαγεν ἡμᾶς ἐκ τοῦ θανάτου εἰς τὴν ζωήν, ἀπὸ σκότους εἰς φῶς, ἀπὸ τῆς δουλείας εἰς ἐλευθερίαν, ἀπὸ τῆς ἔχθρας εἰς γνησιεύουσαν φιλίαν· «ἐξηγόρασεν ἡμᾶς ἐκ τῆς κατάρας « καὶ τῆς ἁμαρτίας «γενόμενος ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν κατάρα « ἵνα τὴν υἱοθεσίαν ἀπολάβωμεν, ἵνα μηκέτι ὦμεν δοῦλοι ἀλλ' ἐλεύθεροι, μηκέτι ἐμπαθεῖς ἀλλ' ἀπαθεῖς, μηκέτι φιλόκοσμοι ἀλλὰ φιλόθεοι, μηκέτι «κατὰ σάρκα περιπατοῦντες ἀλλὰ κατὰ πνεῦμα «· ἡγίασεν καὶ ἐδόξασεν ἡμᾶς ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ «ἵνα ἐν καινότητι ζωῆς περιπατήσωμεν «. «τί ἀνταποδώσομεν τῷ κυρίῳ περὶ πάντων ὧν ἡμῖν ἀνταπέδωκε «, τί ἀνταποδώσομεν τῇ ὑπερβαλλούσῃ τοῦ θεοῦ δωρεᾷ τε καὶ χάριτι; εὐχαριστήσωμεν καὶ προσκυνήσωμεν καὶ προσενέγκωμεν αὐτῷ τὰ μῦρα καὶ τοὺς ὕμνους ὡς δῶρα μετὰ φόβου καὶ εὐλαβείας καὶ ταπεινώσεως· φιλάνθρωπος γάρ ἐστι καὶ συμπαθὴς ὁ δεσπότης, καὶ πάντα προσδέχεται εἰ καὶ μικρά εἰσι καὶ εὐτελῆ τὰ παρ' ἡμῶν αὐτῷ προσαγόμενα. ἀγαπήσωμεν, ἀδελφοί μου, τὸν ἀγαπήσαντα κύριον κατὰ χάριν ἡμᾶς, ἀποθάνωμεν ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἀποθανόντος ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν δωρεάν, 2 πορευθῶμεν ὀπίσω τῶν ἁγίων αὐτοῦ ἐντολῶν, «καθαρίσωμεν ἑαυτοὺς ἀπὸ παντὸς μολυσμοῦ σαρκὸς καὶ πνεύματος «, προσάξωμεν τῷ θεῷ ἡμῶν πράξεις ἀγαθάς, πίστιν, ἀγάπην, ἐλπίδα, ὑπομονήν, συντριμμὸν καρδίας, κατανύξεως δάκρυα, συνειδήσεως κάθαρσιν, νέκρωσιν πάσης ἁμαρτίας καὶ ἐπιθυμίας κακῆς· δουλεύσωμεν τῷ κυρίῳ μετὰ συνέσεως καὶ καρτερίας καὶ ἐπιμονῆς, ἐνστερνισώμεθα τὸ φίλτρον τοῦ ἀληθινοῦ θεοῦ καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν, ᾄσωμεν αὐτῷ ᾆσμα καινόν, πάντες ᾄσωμεν, κροτήσωμεν ψαλμικῶς τὰς χεῖρας καὶ ἀλαλάξωμεν τῷ θεῷ ἐν φωνῇ ἀγαλλιάσεως ὅτι «κύριος ὕψιστος φοβερὸς βασιλεὺς ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν «. «μέγας κύριος καὶ τῆς μεγαλοσύνης αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἔστι πέρας «, μέγας κύριος καὶ μεγάλη ἡ
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A joyful celebration of Christ's resurrection, inviting all to rejoice and partake in the spiritual feast of salvation.
Original English Translation — new OET from PG Greek.
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- Copy-text PG 39 (Khazarzar) (Greek)
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