Znamenny Chant Paschal Midnight Oice irmoi o the canon arr. r. Hladio SOPRANO ALTO TENOR BASS Canon, ode 1: # The one who o old hid the pur - su - ing ty - rant 2 # # in the waves o the sea, 3 n w the chil - dren o those he saved 4 # # 5 have hid - den be - neath the earth; n w but let us like the young maid-ens sing to the Lord;
2 6 # w or He has been great - ly glor - - i - ied. w The priest or reader then reads the tropars o the irst ode o the canon 7 Canon, ode 3: # w When it saw, You Who had hung the whole earth ree-ly on the wa - ters, 8 # # hang - ing on Gol - - go - tha, 9 n w Cre - a - tion was seized with great a -maze - ment and cried, 10 # w None is ho - ly but You, O Lord. w The priest or reader then reads the tropars o the third ode o the canon
11 and we sing the sessional hymn, in tone 1: 3 The sol-diers watch-ing Your tomb be came as dead men 13 at the light - ning lash o the an - gel 14 who ap-peared and pro-claimed the res-sur rec-tion to the wo - men. 15 We glor - i - y You Who des - troy cor - rup - tion; 16 w we all down be-ore You Who rose rom the tomb, and a-lone are our God. w
4 18 Canon, ode 4: # ore-see - ing Your di - vine sel-emp - ty - ing on the Cross, 19 # # Av - va - koum, a - mazed cried out, 20 n w # # You cut o the might o the po - wer ul, O Good One, w 22 n w You speak - ing with those in Ha - des, 23 # w as all pow - - - er - ul. w
24 Canon, ode 5: # I The priest or reader then reads the tropars o the ourth ode o the canon - sai - as, as he watched by night, O Christ, 5 25 # # 26 saw the light which knows no eve' -ning o Your the - o - pha - ny, n w which in Your com - pass - ion came to pass or us, 27 # # and he cried, 28 n w The dead will a - rise and those in the graves will rise,
6 29 # w and those in the earth will re - joice. w 30 The priest or reader then reads the tropars o the ith ode o the canon Canon, ode 6: Jo - nas was held, but not held ast 31 # # in the bel - ly o the whale; 32 nw or be - ing a type o You, 33 # # the One who su-ered and was gi - ven o - ver to bur - i - al
34 n w 7 As rom a bri - dal cham - ber he leapt orth rom the beast 35 # # and cried to the guard, 'you who vain - ly and alse - ly keep 37 # w guard, you have or - sa - ken your own mer - - cy. w w the priest or reader then reads the tropars o the sixth ode o the canon 38 The Kondak, in tone 6: He who closed the a - byss lies dead be -ore our eyes; 40 w and wrapped in myrrh and ine li - - nen
8 41 the Im - mor - tal is laid as a mor - tal in a grave. 42 w While wo - men came to an - oint Him, 43 weep - ing bit - ter - ly and cry - ing out. 44 w This is the most bles -sed Sab -bath on which Christ sleeps, 45 w but He will rise a - gain on the third day. w
46 Canon, ode 7: # w In - e - - a - ble won - der! w 9 47 # # He who in the ur-nace de - li-vered the ho - ly youths rom the lame, 48 n w is laid in the tomb a lie - less corpse 49 # # or the sal - va - tion o us who sing, 50 # w God our re - deem - mer bles - sed are You! w
10 The priest or reader reads the tropars o the 7th ode o the canon 51 Canon, ode 8: # Be a - mazed and trem - ble, O hea - ven, 52 # # and be sha - ken, oun - da - tions o the earth; 53 n w or see He who dwells in the high - est 54 # # is num - bered a - mong the dead, 55 n w and wel - comed in a lit - tle tomb.
56 # # 11 Youths bless Him, priests praise Him, w 57 # w peo - ple high - ly ex - alt Him to all the a - - ges. w w The priest or reader reads the tropars o the 8th ode o the canon 58 Canon, ode 9: # # # Do not la-ment me, O Mo - ther, see-ing me in the tomb, 60 n w The Son con-ceived in the womb with - out seed,
12 61 # # w or I shall a - rise w 62 nw 63 and be glo - ri - ied with e - ter -nal glo - ry as God. # w # I shall ex - alt all who mag - ni - y you in aith and in love. w # The priest or reader then reads the tropars o the 9th ode o the canon We then sing the 9th ode o the canon again, while the priest places the plashchanytsia on the Holy Table ollowing this, all present recite the trisagion prayers: Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (thrice) Glory to the ather and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and unto the ages o ages. Amen. All-Holy Trinity, have mercy on us. O Lord, cleanse us rom our sins. O Master, pardon our transgressions. O Holy One, visit us and heal our inirmities or Your Name's sake. Lord, have mercy (thrice) Glory to the ather and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever and unto the ages o ages. Amen. Our ather, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and orgive us our trespasses as we orgive those who tresspass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us rom the evil one. Priest: or Thine is the Kingdom... aithul: Amen. And we then immediately sing the Resurrectional Troparion in tone 2:
64 65 When You Resurrectional Troparion, tone 2: de - scen-ded to death, O Lie Im - mor - tal, w w You des-troyed ha - des with the light -'ning o Your Di - vi - ni - ty. n w 13 66 And when rom the depths You raised the dead, w n w 67 w all the po - wers o Hea - ven cried out: w 68 w w O Gi - ver o lie, Christ our God Glo - ry to You. w The litany and dismissal