Hello! Please tell me, from this week until Trinity, should we read morning and evening prayers or the Easter Hours? And if some do not need to be read or need to be replaced, please tell me! Thanks in advance! Oksana.
Archpriest Alexander Ilyashenko answers:
Christ is Risen!
Hello, Oksana!
The Easter Hours are read instead of the morning and evening prayers only on Bright Week, starting from Easter and ending on the morning of Saturday of Bright Week. From Saturday evening the usual prayers are read. Before the Ascension, instead of the prayer “To the Heavenly King,” “Christ is Risen...” is read (three times), and from Ascension until Trinity, morning and evening prayers begin with the reading of the Trisagion (“Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us”). Instead of the prayer “It is worthy to eat” before the Ascension, the chorus and irmos of the 9th song of the Easter canon are read, “Angel of the Most Blessed: Pure Virgin, rejoice! And again the river: Rejoice! Your Son is risen three days from the grave and raised up the dead; people, have fun! Shine, shine, new Jerusalem, for the glory of the Lord is upon you. Rejoice now and be glad in Zion. You, Pure One, show off, O Mother of God, about the rising of Your Nativity.”
Sincerely, Archpriest Alexander Ilyashenko.
Easter clock
Easter clock- part of the Easter day service (including Matins, Easter clock, Liturgy and Vespers).
They are read on Easter week (until Saturday morning inclusive) instead of morning and evening prayers (prayer rule).
From this day of the holy and great week of Easter until Saturday, the hours, midnight and compline are sung as follows:
The priest proclaims:
Blessed is our God now, and always, and unto ages of ages.
The layman begins:
Through the prayers of our holy fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us.
We answer: Amen.
Christ rose from the dead, trampling down death by death and giving life to those in the tombs. ( Three times)
Sunday Carol
Having seen the resurrection of Christ,
Let us worship the Holy Lord Jesus,
the only sinless one.
We worship Your Cross, O Christ,
and we sing and glorify Your Holy Resurrection,
for You are our God,
We don’t know anyone else but You,
We call on Your name.
Come, all you faithful,
let us worship the holy resurrection of Christ,
for behold, I came through the Cross
joy to the whole world.
Always blessing the Lord,
we sing of His resurrection,
for He, having endured crucifixion,
by death he crushed death. ( Three times)
Ipakoi, voice 4
The wives who came with Mary before dawn
and they found the stone rolled away from the tomb,
heard from the Angel: “In the eternal light of the Abiding
What are you looking for among the dead as a person?
Look at the grave clothes
run and tell the world,
that the Lord has risen, having put death to death,
for He is the Son of God, who saves the human race!”
Kontakion, tone 8
Although You have descended into the grave, Immortal,
but destroyed the power of hell
and rose again as a conqueror, O Christ God,
shouting to the myrrh-bearing women: “Rejoice!”
and giving peace to Your Apostles,
You who give resurrection to the fallen.
Troparion
In the grave with the flesh, and in hell with the soul like God,
in heaven with a robber
and on the throne were You, Christ, with the Father and the Spirit,
filling everything, limitless.
Glory: Thy tomb, O Christ, the source of our resurrection, appeared as the bearer of life, truly the most beautiful paradise, and every royal palace the brightest.
And now, Theotokos:
Divine consecrated Tabernacle of the Most High, rejoice!
For through You, Mother of God, joy is given to those who cry:
“Blessed are you among wives, all-immaculate Lady!”
Lord have mercy ( 40 times),
Glory, And now:
Honor the highest Cherubim
and the incomparably most glorious Seraphim,
the virgin who gave birth to God the Word,
true Mother of God - We magnify You.
Bless in the name of the Lord, father.
Priest: Through the prayers of our holy fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us.
We are: Amen.
And we sing again:
Christ rose from the dead,
death trampled on by death
and those who are in the tombs,
giving life. ( Three times)
Glory, And now: Lord have mercy ( Three times), Bless. And let go.
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What is artos and how should it be consumed?
Artos is a specially prepared church bread that looks like a large prosphora. The meaning of this bread for Christians is determined by the very rite of its consecration. At the end of the night Easter service, an artos is placed in front of the royal doors, incense is performed, the priest reads a special prayer for the consecration of the artos and sprinkles it with holy water “in honor, and glory, and in remembrance of the Resurrection” of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Artos is not just dedicated to the Lord, but marks the invisible presence of Christ Himself among those praying. This custom has been preserved in the Church since apostolic times, when after the Ascension of Jesus Christ the apostles, gathering for a common meal, left the central place empty and placed bread in front of it, clearly expressing faith in the words of the Savior: where two or three are gathered in My name, there I am in the midst them (Matthew 18:20).
Also, in the prayer for the consecration of the artos, the priest, calling on God’s blessing on the artos, asks the Lord to heal ailments and to grant health to those who partake of the holy artos. Throughout Bright Week, the artos remains in front of the Royal Doors of the altar and is worn daily during Easter religious processions. On Bright Saturday, as well as on the first Sunday after Easter, which is called Antipascha, after the liturgy, the artos is crushed and distributed to the believers.
The use of artos, which is a symbol of the most essential bread for us - Christ the Savior, should be a rule of piety for a Christian. Artos is a shrine, and along with Epiphany water - agiasma, it is a beneficial aid during times of physical and mental illness. Having brought artos home, you need to store it with reverence in the same way as prosphora: after drying, put it in a box or jar, place it under icons or in a clean place and eat it on an empty stomach, washed down with holy water, if necessary.
We just need to remember that the most important thing in the life of a Christian is the communion of the Holy Mysteries of Christ - neither artos nor Epiphany water cannot be replaced.
Is it true that morning and evening prayers are not read during Bright Week (and when should they be read again)? How to prepare for Communion on Svetlaya? Is it possible to receive communion daily?
Bright Week is a very special time in the liturgical life of the Church, as well as in the everyday life of Christians. Repeated repetition at services of words about Christ’s victory over death seems to plunge a person into a state of joyful excitement, which in a sense even prevents one from concentrating on anything else. “Now everything is filled with light, heaven and earth and the underworld: let all creation celebrate the rebellion of Christ, in which it is established,” is the troparion of the Easter canon, which is sung every evening during Bright Week.
Morning and evening prayers read by Christians throughout the year are filled with more repentant feelings, requests for forgiveness of sins and the sending of strength for the daily struggle with passions and temptations. These feelings, common for those who try to live a spiritual life, do not disappear anywhere at Easter, but the light of the Resurrection of Christ fills everything - “heaven, earth, and hell.” That is why the Church postpones these penitential prayers for a while and invites Christians to glorify Christ’s victory over death in home prayer.
Starting from Monday of Bright Week until the morning of Bright Saturday inclusive, instead of evening and morning prayers, the “Hours of Easter” are read, and instead of the rule for communion, the Easter canon and stichera of Easter (all these Easter prayers are in the prayer books) and the procedure for Holy Communion (canon and prayers to Communion). If a person wants to prepare for Communion on the first Sunday after Easter, then the prescribed three canons, morning and evening prayers and following to Communion are already read.
As for fasting before communion on Bright Week, despite the statutory instructions on its abolition, generally accepted practice still recommends fasting for one day. This is not a violation of the rules, but a necessary preparatory ascetic measure, especially for those who receive communion irregularly.
Regarding daily communion on Bright Week, everyone must resolve this issue with their confessor. It depends on the degree of church membership of a person, his lifestyle and many other reasons. To receive communion on Bright Week during the liturgy celebrated according to the Easter rite would be useful for a closer connection to the Easter joy.
Why are the prayers “To the Heavenly King” and “It is worthy to eat” not read after Easter? And what prayers should you read before eating?
Bright Week brings changes to external rules piety, without belittling them, but as if giving us the opportunity to feel at least a little the words of Christ: “I no longer call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have told you everything that I heard from My Father” (John 15:15). For example, all bows to the ground are cancelled, both in church and during home prayer. This does not mean that we are not ready to bow before the Lord, but it reminds us of the kind of fellowship with Him we are called to.
At the beginning of all prayers in the period before Easter, the prayer “To the Heavenly King” is replaced by the triple “Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death and giving life to those in the tombs.” This is due to the fact that, starting from Holy Week, we follow the gospel narrative and empathize with the apostles, the disciples of Christ. After the Resurrection, He appeared to the disciples many times, talked with them and gave instructions, one of which reads like this: Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, starting from Jerusalem. You are witnesses to this. And I will send the promise of My Father upon you; But you remain in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from above (Luke 24:46-49). Here the Lord speaks about the coming descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles and the birth of the Church of Christ. Therefore, in the period before Trinity, we, together with the apostles, do not call on the Holy Spirit: “come and dwell in us,” but we are, according to the word of the Lord, awaiting “endowment with power from above.”
At the end of all the prayers, as it should be on major holidays, instead of “It is worthy to eat,” the deserving man is read or sung, which on Easter is the Irmos of the ninth song of the Easter canon: “Shine, shine, new Jerusalem...”. Also, the usual prayers before and after eating food are replaced by the threefold “Christ is risen from the dead...” and the worthy of Easter, respectively.
The tradition of celebrating Easter for forty days was established in memory of the stay on earth of Jesus Christ after his Resurrection . The time from the bright Day of Christ to the Ascension, which completes the earthly incarnation of the Savior, is a very special period in the liturgical cycle Orthodox Church and in the everyday life of Christians. Rituals, images, symbolic rites of the temple service are filled with new content, revealing to the laity the endless vistas of spiritual perfection. On these bright days, instead of a plea for forgiveness of sins, words are heard about the Savior’s triumph over death.
The entire period from the Resurrection of Christ to the Ascension of worship takes place according to special rules specified in the Triodion - the church book of three-song canons. A list of specific texts included in the prayer book, or prayer rule, on Easter week prescribes reading instead of morning and evening prayers, Compline and Midnight Office.
Other features of prayer and.
- Those preparing for communion, instead of the penitential canons to the Lord Jesus Christ, read the Most Holy Theotokos, Follow-up to Holy Communion.
- Three readings of the Pascha troparion precede all prayers, including thanksgiving for communion; the psalter is not read.
- Prostrations should not be made either in church or during home prayer (this rule remains until Trinity).
Reading resumes on Monday of the second week:
- regular morning and evening prayers;
- canons to the Lord Jesus Christ, the Mother of God, Guardian Angel;
- following to Holy Communion.
Before the Ascension, they continue to read the Paschal troparion three times instead of the prayer to the Holy Spirit, and the chorus (“Angel cried out”) instead of “It is worthy to eat.” According to the memoirs, all the weeks before the Ascension refer to the glorification of the risen Christ, who sent the Holy Spirit to the apostles and followers.
Morning prayer rule
Offensive have a bright day Hristova, changing the way of life of the Orthodox layman, introduces differences into the usual daily cell, or home, worship. Ordinary prayers containing praise, thanksgiving, repentance and petition are modified in order to express the deepest reverence for the holy holiday and their understanding of the biblical events that followed the Resurrection of Christ.
In Orthodoxy, the prayer basis of the hours (a short service established by church canons) is made up of psalms, as well as troparia and kontakia (hymns that reveal the meaning of the holiday) corresponding to the current day.
When are the hours traditionally performed?
(the hours separating from the liturgy) is not read, as usual, but sung. The basis for this is not psalms, but festive chants: they sing “Christ is Risen” three times, “Having seen the Resurrection of Christ”, then ipakoi (short festive troparion), exapostilary (completion of the canon at Matins), forty times “Lord, have mercy” and again "Christ is Risen."
The morning rule from Easter to Ascension has distinctive features only during Bright Week. With the beginning of the second week after the Resurrection of Christ, the Orthodox return to the usual morning prayer rule, which includes three texts: they read the “Our Father” and “Rejoice to the Virgin Mary” three times, and once the Creed.
Evening prayer rule
According to Orthodox tradition You need to pray privately in the evening every day. The Holy Church recommends reading the most necessary hymns for the coming night: “Our Father”, kontakion to the Mother of God, prayers to the Guardian Angel, St. Macarius the Great to God the Father, St. Ioannicia.
The Easter evening prayer rule has its own characteristics: it is replaced by the hours of Easter in order to mark and highlight this most important period for believers. Moreover, the text and reading sequence are completely identical to the Easter morning rule. After Bright Week, the usual prayers are resumed at the end of the day.
However, one should pay attention to this feature: the evening rule from Easter to Ascension includes an appeal to the Holy Spirit, while “Heavenly King” is replaced by the troparion “Christ is Risen,” despite the fact that both prayers are addressed to the same hypostasis God. This is explained by the fact that any prayer rule is built on the experience of the church, which must be listened to: the holy fathers believe that prayer to the Holy Spirit as a free appeal of the human soul to God has a more personal character, and “To the Heavenly King” has always been the beginning of general worship.
The celebration of the Bright Resurrection of the Lord continues, albeit with less solemnity, until Easter - the service on the eve of the Ascension. On this day, Vespers and Matins are served in churches in full light, the liturgy is held with the royal doors open, stichera, hymns and greetings according to the Easter rite are heard, as well as chants dedicated to the pre-celebration of the Ascension.
Traditionally, on the eve of the Ascension, the last Easter procession in the cycle is held. Thus ends the forty-day period of the great holiday, so that a year later the symbol of eternal life will again be revealed to the world.
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