Great & Holy Pascha Paschal Office 1 Great & Holy Pascha \nThe Paschal Office \nFor use throughout Bright (Renewal) Week \n \n From the Great and Holy Sunday of Pascha through Bright (Renewal) Saturday, we read the \nPaschal Office in place of Morning and Evening Prayers at our homes, as well as in place of \nCompline, Midnight Office, the Hours, and the Prayers of Thanksgiving after Holy Communion. It \nis also read on the leave -taking of Pascha. The instructions below account for when we say the \nPaschal Office privately at home or in church worship. \n \nIf said privately at home: \nThrough the prayers of our holy fathers, O Lord \nJesus Christ our God, have mercy upon us, and \nsave us. Amen. \nإذا أُقيمت الخدمة في البيت \nبصلَوات ِِآبائناِالقدّيسينَ، ِأيُّهاِالرب ُِِّيسرو ِِالمسري ِِ\nإلهنا،ِابحمْنا ِوخلّ صناِآمين. \nIf said in church worship: \nBlessed is our God, always, now and ever, and \nunto ages of ages. \nReader: Amen. \nإذا أُقيمت ألخدمة في الكنيسة \nتبررابَ َِ ِإله نرراِكرر ِِحررين ، ِالآنَِِوكرر ِِأوان ِِوإلرر ِدهررب ِِ\nالداه ب ي ن .ِ\nالقابئ:ِآمين \nPASCHAL APOLYTIKION IN TONE FIVE (or Plain Reading) \nChrist is risen from the dead, trampling down \ndeath by death; and upon those in the tombs \nbestowing life! (THRICE) \n الجووو المَسييي قا َييينَْ ينيييلأم وييي،لأن اَيمييي ا ن َ َ نييي \nالمييي م َ مييينلم م ن َلَيييي َ الذ ييينيَ لنُبيييي لأَ ييي ال ا يييي \n(ثلاثنً) \nIN THAT WE HAVE BEHELD (Plain Reading) \nIn that we have beheld the Resurrection of Christ, \nlet us bow down before the Holy Lord Jesus, the \nonly sinless One. Thy Cross do we adore, O Christ, \nand Thy Holy Resurrection we praise and glorify: \nfor Thou art our God, and we know none other \nbeside Thee; we call upon Thy Name. O come, all \nye faithful, let us adore Christ’s Holy Resurrection. \nFor lo, through the Cross is joy come into all the \nworld. Ever blessing the Lord, let us sing His \nResurrection: for in that He endured the Cross for \nus, He hath destroyed death by death. (THRICE) \n إذم ََيي م ن يين من نيَييََ المَسيي قن َُم َسمييَّا م لنيييُُّبس ن اليييي ا ن \nيسييي اَ المَومِييي ْن ينيييلأَ الَََُييييَ يييي َ ا لنَُِي،يييي ن َ ن يييين \nالمَسيييي قا جَسمييييَّا ا لنيييييلن نيََّن َ الما َ بحَييييَن جاسَيييي نقا جامََّ نيييي ا \nَجبي َ نجي َ لي إل ا ين َ َيَُّ حي اََ ر جَوميُّنْا َنحمييمن َ \nجاسَم لَُمب ين يوشََُّ المؤي ،لأَ جَسمَّا م لنل نيَن المَس قن \nالما َ بحيييَ َهب ليييي ذا منلِيييُ، ن ََيييي م نلييي ال ييييُّ ا لن ايييي ن \nالونليييم لن ا يين نَن الييُّبسب يي ٍيي ن ييي،لأ جاسَيي نقم من نيَََّييي ا \nَجبييي ا إذن ايمََّمَييي َ الِبيييُم َ ينيييلأم نَمُن ييين المييي َ مييينلم ن \nيَُبمم (ثلاثنً) \nHYPAKOE OF PASCHA IN TONE FOUR (or Plain Reading) \nWhen they who were with Mary came, anticipating \nthe dawn, and found the ston e rolled away from \nthe sepulcher , they heard from the Angel: Why \nseek ye among the dead, as though He were mortal \nman, Him Who abideth in everlasting light? \nBehold the grave -clothes. Go quickly and \nproclaim to the world that the Lord is risen, and \n حَ َ َ ن الِ مقَ الُ ال ٍايلأب يَي َ يَيُّ م َ َََي مهَ الذَََّيَُّ \nيايي َيمََُّنً نَييلأن ال َ مييُّن حَييمنوملأَ المَييلاََ َيينللاً لَ اييلأب لنييمَ \nلَُمُاييي ملأَ يَيييي َ المَييي مل ٍذجسيييينه الييي ليييي َ ييي ال يييي ن \nاَزَل ن؟ ناجمظاُّمهَ لَ نلن فَ اَكم نهن نحمُّننملأَ اكمُّنزمهَ ي \n\nGreat & Holy Pascha Paschal Office 2 Great & Holy Pascha \nhath put death to death. For He is th e Son of God, \nWho saveth the race of man. الونلَمن مَهب الُّ سَ ََ م َينَْ نيين َ المَي م َ َج ي ا اوميلأا ن \nالماََُ نصا َن مسَ ال َشَُّ \nKONTAKION OF PASCHA IN TONE EIGHT (or Plain Reading) \nThough Thou didst de scend into the grave, O \nImmortal One, yet didst Thou destroy the power of \nHades, and didst arise as victor, O Christ God, \ncalling to the myrr h-bearing women, Rejoice, and \ngiving peace u nto Thine Apostles, O Thou Who \ndost grant resurrection to the fallen. \n لَئنلأم ٍا م َ جَزَلمي َ إلي ََ ميُّ يين يَيلأم ر يَمي ا إر نجبي َ \nدَ َحم َ َا بيَ الََّذ من َامم َ غنلن ينً ن ين المَسي قا ا،لي \n لنُم نسمييييي َين الذييييينينلا ن الُ ،ييييي ن َاُمييييي َ ا ميييييَُّيملأَ َلَ مييييي َ \n احاُن َ السبلاْ ين ينجنقَ ال اَنو،لأَ اللن نْ \nTROPARIA OF THE PASCHAL OFFICE (Plain Reading) \nIn the grave with the body but in Hades with the \nsoul as God; in paradise with the thief, and on the \nthrone with the Father and the Holy Spirit wast \nThou, O Christ, filling all things, Thyself \nuncircumscribed. \n لَ َ م ٍا م َ ال مُّن منلَّسَ الَّذ من منلُّ ن ٍذل \n يي ال ييُّد م َ ييي الُ ييص نَُيي الوَييُّم ن يييي َ ا سن \n الُّا ن ينلئنً ال ن ن المس قا غ،ُّا المذِ \nGlory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the \nHoly Spirit. \nAs life-bearing, as more splendid than paradise and \nmore radiant than any royal chamber, O Christ, is \nshown forth from Thy tomb th e fountain of our \nResurrection. \n المَّم ا للآسن ا،ولأن الُّ ن ال ن \nن ييييين المسييييي ق إهب ََ ميييييَََُّ الييييي لييييي ييييي اا م نيََّن ييييين \n المنجنقا الذ نيَ َ م ظَ ََُّ منلذل َن نو ينلأَ ال ُّد م \n نَم َ يلأ ٍ ن ن م ياُا ٍ \nBoth now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen. \nRejoice, O thou hallowed, divine abode of the Most \nHigh, for through thee, O Theotokos, was joy given \nunto those who cr y aloud to thee: Blessed art thou \namong women, O all-undefiled Lady. \n لأا هَ ٍ ب ن اه إل دلُّن ال النُّ لأَ َي، \nالسلاْا نُ م ن ين يَسمكنلأَ الوُ ن ا،ل ب الم ب َج ي ا \nمنيي ن ييين اليي يَ ا،ليي ن يايي نقَ ال َييَُّ ا لُ يينلن ،لأ ي ن ٍييَ نجيي ن \n ال سن ن ن بَّ ن الس، ن يا ال ُّ ئَا يلأ ٍ ن ن، \nLord, have mercy. (FORTY TIMES) \nGlory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the \nHoly Spirit; both now and ever, and unto ages of \nages. Amen. \nMore honorable than the Cherubim, and more \nglorious beyond compare than the Seraphim, thou \nwho without corruption bearest God the Word and \nart truly Theotokos: we magnify thee. \n ين َس ا ميَمم (40 )يُّي \nالمَّيي ا لييلآسن ا،وييلأن الييُّ ن ال يي ن ا هَ ٍيي ب ن ا ه \n إل دلُّن ال الُّ لأَ َي،لأ \nيييين ييييلأم لييي نكيييَُّْا ينيييلأَ الشييين َ من ن ييي ا يَّييي اً م ،يييُّن \nم ن ينيلأَ السين ام م يين يَيلأم وي هن َسيند َلَي َ م ٍُنمَيََ \n ي نً إجَ ن ال يا ا،ل ن إينَن جاوظ نم \n \n\nGreat & Holy Pascha Paschal Office 3 Great & Holy Pascha \nIf said privately at home: \nThrough the prayers of our holy father s, O Lord \nJesus Christ our God, have mercy upon us, and \nsave us. Amen. \nِالبيت في الخدمة أُقيمت إذا \nبصلَوات ِِآبائناِالقدّيسينَ، ِأيُّهاِالرب ُِِّيسرو ِِالمسري ِِ\nإلهنا،ِابحمْنا ِوخلّ صنا.ِآمين. \nIf said in church worship: \nReader: Bless, father, in the Name of the Lord. \n \nPriest: Through the prayers of our holy fathers, O \nLord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy upon us \nand save us. \n \nReader: Amen. \nإذا أُقيمت ألخدمة في الكنيسة \nالقابئ:ِمنحمن الُّس ن من َ ين نس \nال ينللأ بصلَوات ِِآبائناِالقدّيسينَ، ِأيُّهاِالب ُِِّيسرو ِِ\nالمسي ِِإلهنا،ِابحمْنا ِوخلّ صناِآمين.ِ\nالقابئ:ِآمين. \n When the Paschal Office is said in place of Compline or Evening Prayers, we insert the following \nprayer. In church, the priest offers it; in private, the layperson. \nA PRAYER OF ST. BASIL THE GREAT \nBlessed art Thou, O Lord, Master Almighty, Who \nhast lightened the day with the light of the sun and \nhast illumined the night with flashes of fire, Who \nhast vouchsafed us to pass through the length of \nthe day and to draw near to the beginning of the \nnight; hearken to our prayer and to that of all Thy \npeople; and, having pardoned us all our voluntary \nand involuntary sins, receive our evening \nsupplications, and send down the multitude of Thy \nmercy and compassions upon Thine inheritance. \nWall us in with Thy hol y angels. Arm us with the \narmor of Thy righteousness. Make a bulwark about \nus with Thy truth. Guard us with Thy power. \nDeliver us from all oppression and every plot of \nthe adversary. Grant us also that the present \nevening with the coming night and all the days of \nour life may be holy, perfect, peaceful and sinless, \nwithout stumbling -blocks and without fantasy, \nthrough the intercessions of the All -holy \nTheotokos and of all the saints, who in all ages \nhave been well pleasing unto Thee. For Thine it is \nto have mercy on us and to save us, O our God, \nand unto Thee we ascribe glory: to the Father, and \nto the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; both now and \never, and unto ages of ages. Amen. \n ي ن ََ نج ن ن الس،ب ا الضنمطا ال الم ،ُّا ال ين َ \nمنل ن الشمس الما نجا الُ، َ يَشوبَن ال ميُّ يين يَيلأم \nنلبُمَّ ييين نه ج ُييي َ يسييين ََ ييي أن ال ييين ن نه جييي ج َ ييييلأ \nي ييندِ ن الُ،يي احييَّمن م ُ نلن يين جذييلأا َم يي َ شيي \n اغ نُّم ل ن َم وَ ن ُنينجن الُ ع بََ ال اُّه بيَ ل بي م \nاوَّ نرلن ن المسنل بَ ن حن م ٍثُّيَ يمَّن َ َنم ََّن َ نُي \nي،ُّاثن نَينُم ين مملال َّني َ ال بيسي،لأ حيُبذ م ن مسيلا ن \nوييُّبَ حيي بَّم ن مذ ن يي اي َظم يين م بلنيي َ يييلأ ٍيي ن شيي بي \n يييييييلأ ٍيييييي ب يييييييؤايُّني الماونجنيييييي إي َذم يييييين ليييييي الوشيييييي بََ \nالذنضييُّيَ يييي الُ،ُيييَن الم ُييَ ٍييي ب نيبييينْن ي نل ييينن نه \nل هَ ٍنيَُ ي بحيًَ حيلا ي بًَ ر ُ،ئيََ ، ين ر شي ب \n ر لَ، يييي مشييييي ننن ن ال بيسيييييَن اليييي ين ا،لييييي ن َم ييييي ن \nال بيسيييي،لأَ اليييي لأَ ن ضَيييي مََ ي يييي ا اليييي بلُّ َهب لَيييي َ نهم \nلَُّميَمَ يييين لَُ نَِيييي ن ن يييين المسيييي قا إل ا يييين إل ميييي َ جُّ َيييي ا \nالمَّم َ ي َ نو َ ال ر و َ ل ا ين َ ال ُي ن َ حاي ا \nالِييييييينلنقا الماذ،ييييييي ا هَ ٍيييييييي ب ن اه إلييييييي دلييييييييُّن \nال بالُّ لأَ َي،لأ \n \n\nGreat & Holy Pascha Paschal Office 4 Great & Holy Pascha \nPASCHAL APOLYTIKION IN TONE FIVE (or Plain Reading) \nChrist is risen from the dead, trampling down \ndeath by death; and upon those in the tombs \nbestowing life! (THRICE) \nالمَسييييي قا َييييينَْ ينيييييلأم وييييي،لأن اَيمييييي ا ن َ َ نييييي المييييي م َ \nمنلم م ن َلَ َ الذ نيَ لنُب لأَ ال ا (ثلاثنً) \nGlory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the \nHoly Spirit; both now and ever, and unto ages of \nages. Amen. \nLord, have mercy. (THRICE) \n ُّالمَّيي ا لييلآسن ا،وييلأن اليي ن ال يي ن ا هَ ٍيي ب ن اه \n إل دلُّن ال الُّ لأَ َي،لأ \nين َس ا ميَمم (ثلاثنً) \nIf said privately at home: \nChrist is risen from the dead, trampling down \ndeath by death; and upon those in the tombs \nbestowing life! (ONCE) \nإذا أُقيمت الخدمة في البيت \nالمَسييييي قا َييييينَْ ينيييييلأم وييييي،لأن اَيمييييي ا ن َ َ نييييي المييييي م َ \nمنلم م ن َلَ َ الذ نيَ لنُب لأَ ال ا (يُّيً) \nThis concludes the Paschal Office when said privately at home. \nIf said in church worship: \nReader: Father, bless. إذا أُقيمت الخدمة في الكنيسة القابئ:ِباب ِْ ِياِأ . \nTHE DISMISSAL \n(**Offered only by the Priest in church worship**) \nPriest: May He Who is risen from the dead, \ntrampling down Death by death, and upon those in \nthe tombs bestowing life, Christ our true God, \nthrough the intercessions of His all -immaculate \nand all-blameless holy Mother; ( on Pascha, say all \nof the below) \n الكاان: المَسيي قا إل ا يين الذل يي اليي َيينَْ ينييلأم ويي،لأن \nاَيمييي ا ن َ َ نيييي الميييي م َ مييينلم م ن َلَيييي َ الذ يييينيَ \nلنُب لأَ ال ا مشي ننن ني ني َ ال يسيَن ال ُ يَن \nالُ ن ين ال ُّ ئَن يلأ ٍا ن ن، \n On Monday, say : by the protection of the \nhonorable Bodiless Powers of Heaven; \n On Tuesday, say : at the supplication of the \nhonorable, glorious Prophet, Forerunner and \nBaptist John; \n On Wednesday and Friday, say : by the \nmight of the precious and life-giving Cross; \n On Thursday, say : at the supplication of the \nholy, glorious and all-laudable Apostles; of our \nfather among the saints, Nicholas the \nWonderworker, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia; \n On Saturday, say : at the supplication of the \nholy, glorious and right -victorious Martyrs; of \nour venerable and God-bearing Fathers; \n If replacing post -communion prayers, add : \nof our fat her among the saints, John \nChysostom, archbishop of Constantinople, \nwhose Divine Liturgy we have now \ncelebrated; \n ي مُ الإثنوْن، قوو َََُُ ين ن ال اي ا ن السيمن َن \nالمكُّبيَن الوندنيَن اََسندن \n يوووو مُ الء،ثوووو: قووووو ال يييي ن ال ييييُّ من السيييينو ن \nالمَّ، ن ي ن المومم اه \n يوووو مُ ااء، وووو: قووووو َ يييي ي الِييييُ، ال ييييُّ م \nالمذ، \n يوووو م ال، وووو: قووووو ال يس نيييي،لأَ المشييييُّب ،لأ \nالُّ حييييييي ن ال اُ نييييييي ا يييييييي يذا ام نو، ن ييييييي ال يسييييييي،لأ \nج ر نح ف ي،ُّال ك َ \n يوووووو مُ القوووووو قووووووو ال يس نيييييي،لأَ المَّ،يييييي نلأ \nالشييييييييي ا ن الذسييييييييي ن ن الظ َيييييييييُّ َمنلن ييييييييين اَويييييييييُّا ن \nالمَّ شنذ،لأَ منلله \n\nGreat & Holy Pascha Paschal Office 5 Great & Holy Pascha \n  :إذا بوولْلنن صوو، موو: د وول ال ن:ولووة قزيوول ضاًوو: \n نو، ييين الَُّ،ييي ن ييي ال ن نيسييي،لأَ ي ييين الييي ل ن ال يييما \n ليي سن نحييينَن ََن ال سيييُ ُ، َن ٍنلنيي ا لييي الَ ييييَا \nالشُّ َ \nof Saint N., the patron and protector of this holy \ncommunity; of the holy and righteous ancestors of \nGod, Joachim and Anna; of Saints Nn., whose \nmemory we celebrate today , and of all the saints: \nhave mercy on us and save us, forasmuch as He is \ngood and loveth mankind. \n ال ييييي يسن( يييييلاه) يييييني لييييي ال سيييييَن الم حيييييَن \n ال يسَيييي،ملأم الِيييي ي َ،ملأ َييييي ب المسيييي ق ا،ليييي ن ييييي اك مَ \n ي بييييَ؛ ال يييي يسن (ارحييييم) اليييي جليييي م ليييي ٍن َ ا ال،يييي ْ \n َم يييي ن َ يسيييي ا ميَمم يييين ُ نِميييي ن منميييين نجيييي َ يييينلنق \n ياذن لنُم َشَُّ \n If the Paschal Office will precede Vespers or Orthros, the choir sings “Amen” and the Priest \nimmediately begins the next service with the words “Glory to the Holy, Consubstantial, Life-giving \nand Undivided Trinity.” Otherwise, finish the Paschal Office with the order below. \nPriest: Christ is risen! (THRICE) \n \nPeople: Truly He is risen! (THRICE) \n \nPriest: Glory to His Holy Third -day \nResurrection! \n \nPeople: We adore His Holy Third -day \nResurrection! \n \nPriest: Christ is risen from the dead, \ntrampling down death by death, \nand upon those in the tombs… \n \nPeople: …bestowing life! \nالكاهن:ِِِِِِالمسي ِِقام!ِ(ثلاثا)ِ\nالشع :ِِِِِِحقا ِِقام!ِ(ثلاثا)ِ\nالكاهن:ِِِِِِالمجْد ِ ِلقيامت ه ِِذاتِالثلاثة ِِالأيام.ِ\nالشع :ِِِِِِنسج د ِِلقيامت ه ِِذاتِالثلاثة ِِالأيام.ِ\nالكاهن:ِِِِِِالمَس قا َنَْ ينلأم وي،لأن اَيمي ا ن َ َ ني \nالم م َ منلم م ن ال لأَ ال ن \nالشو .… َلَ َ اما الذ نيَ \nThese texts have been prepared by Department of Liturgics of the Antiochian Archdiocese \nPortions of the Archdiocesan Service Texts include texts from The Menaion , The Great Horologion , The \nPentecostarion, The Octoechos , and The Psalter of the Seventy , which are Copyright © Holy Transfiguration \nMonastery, Brookline, Massachusetts, and are used with permission. All rights reserved. These works may not be \nfurther reproduced, beyond printing out a single copy for personal non -commercial use, without the prior written \nauthorization of Holy Transfiguration Monastery.