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Paschal Matins Kanon :2

by St John of Damascus {With commentary based on Archimandrite Ephrem’s Paschal Canon Noted} Hypakoe Before the dawn, Mary and the women came and found the stone rolled away from the tomb. They heard the angelic voice: “Why do you seek among the dead as a man the one who is everlasting light? Behold the…

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Paschal Matins Kanon :1

by St John of Damascus {With commentary based on Archimandrite Ephrem’s Paschal Canon Noted} Ode 1 This is the day of resurrection. Let us be illumined, O people. Pascha, the Pascha of the Lord1. For from death to life and from earth to heaven has Christ our God led us2, as we sing the song…