Sunday of the Resurrection/Pascha
 
Matins Lessons for Sunday:  Isaiah 25:1-9 / St. Matthew 28:1-10, 16-20
 
Propers for the Midnight Mass…Collect of the Day:
O God, who dost illumine this most holy night with the glory of the Resurrection of the Lord:  preserve in these persons, now made incorporate in thy family, the spirit of adoption, which thou hast given them; that they, being regenerate both in body and soul, may continually serve thee in purity of heart. Through the same Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end.  Amen.
 
The Epistle  Colossians 3:1-4
BRETHREN: If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
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The Holy Gospel   St.Matthew 28:1-7
In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men. And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you