Let God Arise!

Let God arise
and let His enemies be scattered;
and let those who hate Him
flee from before His face.

Today the sacred Pasch is revealed to us,
holy and new Pasch,
the mystical Passover,
the venerable Passover,
the Pasch which is Christ the Redeemer,
spotless Pasch, great Pasch,
the Pasch of the faithful,
the Pasch which is the key to the gates of Heaven,
the Pasch which sanctifies all the faithful.

As smoke vanishes, so let them vanish;
as wax melts before a fire.

O Women, be the heralds of good news and tell what you saw;
tell of the vision and say to Zion:
"Accept the good news of joy from us,
the news that Christ has risen."
Exult and celebrate
and rejoice, O Jerusalem,
seeing Christ the King coming from the tomb
like a bridegroom.

So let the wicked perish at the presence of God,
and let the righteous ones rejoice.

The myrrh-bearing women
arrived just before the dawn
at the tomb of the Giver of Life
and found an Angel seated on the stone
who spoke these words to them:
"Why do you seek the living among the dead?
Why do you mourn the Incorruptible among those subject to decay?
Go, announce the good news to His Disciples."

This is the day that the Lord has made;
let us exalt and rejoice in it.

Pasch so delightful,
Pasch of the Lord is the Pasch —
most honored Pasch now dawned on us.
It is the Pasch!
Therefore, let us joyfully embrace one another.
O Passover, save us from sorrow;
for today Christ has shown forth from the tomb
as from a bridal chamber
and filled the women with joy by saying:
"Announce the good news to My Apostles."

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
now and ever and forever. Amen.

This is the Resurrection Day.
Let us be enlightened by this Feast
and let us embrace one another.
Let us call "Brethren" even those who hate us
and in the Resurrection forgive everything; and let us sing:

CHRIST IS RISEN FROM THE DEAD!
BY DEATH HE TRAMPLED DEATH,
AND TO THOSE IN THE TOMBS HE GRANTED LIFE!

- The Paschal Stichera, Matins of the Feast of Resurrection in the Byzantine Rite