ODE V

Eirmos: Let us awake in the deep dawn, and instead of myrrh, offer a hymn to the Master, and we shall see Christ, the Sun of Righteousness, Who causeth life to dawn for all.

Refrain:

Christ is risen from the dead. Seeing Thy boundless compassion, they who were held in the bonds of hades hastened to the light, O Christ, with gladsome feet, praising the Pascha eternal. Bearing lights, let us approach Christ, Who cometh forth from the tomb like a bridegroom, and with the feast-loving ranks of angels, let us celebrate the saving Pascha of God. Katavasia: Let us awake