Easter hours are part of the Easter day service (including Matins, Easter hours, liturgy and vespers). Located in the liturgical book Triodion colored.
They are performed (preferably sung) on Bright Week as a morning and evening prayer rule (until Saturday morning inclusive).
Through the prayers of the saints, our fathers, Lord Jesus Christ, our God, have mercy on us. Amen.
Translation 2. According to the prayers of our holy fathers, Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on us.
Troparion of Easter:
Christ rose from the dead, trampling death over death, and giving life to those in the tombs. (Thrice)
Translation 2. Christ rose from the dead, trampling down death on death and giving life to those in the graves.
Having seen the Resurrection of Christ, / we worship the Holy Lord Jesus, / the only sinless one, / we worship your Cross, O Christ, / and we sing and glorify your holy Resurrection. / You You are our God, / do we know You otherwise, / we call Your name./
Come, all you faithful, / let us adore the Holy Resurrection of Christ, / behold, through the Cross joy has come to the whole world. / Always blessing the Lord, / we sing His Resurrection: / the crucifixion having endured death, destroy death. (Thrice)
Translation 2. Having seen the Resurrection of Christ, / we worship the holy Lord Jesus, / the only sinless one, / we worship Your Cross, O Christ, / and we sing and glorify Your holy Resurrection: / You are our God, / we know no other besides You, / and We call on Your name./ Come, all you faithful,/ let us worship the Holy Resurrection of Christ:/ for joy came through the Cross to the whole world./ Always blessing the Lord,/ we sing of His Resurrection:/ He, for our sake, endured crucifixion,// I conquered death over death!
Ipakoi:
The morning that came before Mary,/ and the found stone was rolled away from the tomb,/ I heard from the Angel: in the light of the ever-present Being/ with the dead, what do you seek, as a man?/ Do you see Take the grave clothes and preach to the world that the Lord has risen, the one who put death to death, that he is the Son of God, who saves the human race.
Translation 2. The women who came with Mary before dawn, finding the stone rolled away from the tomb, heard from the angel: “What are you looking for as a man who dwells among the dead in the ever-present Light? You see, here are the burial shrouds; hasten and proclaim to the world that the Lord has risen and put Death to death, for He is the Son of God, who saves the human race.”
Kontakion of Easter:
Even though you descended into the grave, O Immortal One,/ but you destroyed the power of hell/ and you rose again as the Victor, O Christ God,/ telling the myrrh-bearing women: Rejoice!/ And Grant peace to your apostles, // grant resurrection to the fallen.
Translation 2. Although You descended into the grave, O Immortal One, You brought down the power of hell; and arose as a conqueror, O Christ our God, saying to the myrrh-bearing women, “Rejoice!”, and gave peace to Thy apostles; He gave resurrection to the fallen.
In the tomb carnally, in hell with the soul like God,/ in paradise with the thief and on the Throne you were, Christ, with the Father and the Spirit, // fulfilling everything, indescribable.
Translation 2. In the tomb with the body and in hell with the soul like God, in paradise with the thief and on the throne with the Father and the Spirit/ You remained, O Christ, filling everything, immense.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit:
Like the Life-Bearer, like the reddest of Paradise,/ truly the brightest appears in the palace of every king, O Christ, Thy tomb, // the source of our resurrection.
Translation 2. Oh, how life-giving and truly more beautiful than paradise and brighter than any royal palace appeared, O Christ, Your tomb - the source of our resurrection!
And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen:
Highly sanctified Divine village, rejoice./ For you have given joy, O Theotokos, to those who call // blessed art Thou among women, O All-Immaculate Lady.
Translation 2. Rejoice, sanctified and divine abode of the Most High! Through You, Mother of God, joy is given to those who cry: “Blessed are You among women, all-immaculate Lady!”
Lord, have mercy (40 times).
Memorial Day (when the Hours of Easter are performed as a morning prayer rule)
Save, Lord, and have mercy on Your servants: my spiritual father (name), my parents (name), relatives (name), and all my neighbors, and friends, and all Orthodox Christians.
Rest in peace, Lord, the souls of your departed servants: my parents (name), relatives (name), and all my neighbors, and friends, and all Orthodox Christians, and forgive them all sins, voluntary and involuntary, and grant them the Kingdom of Heaven.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
The most honorable Cherub/ and the most glorious without comparison Seraphim/ who gave birth to God the Word without corruption,// the real Mother of God, we magnify Thee.
Translation 2. Honored above the cherubim and glorious incomparably more than the seraphim, who virginally gave birth to God the Word, in truth the Mother of God - We magnify You.
Christ rose from the dead, trampling death over death, and giving life to those in the tombs (Three times).
Translation 2. Christ rose from the dead, trampling down death on death and giving life to those in the graves.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, prayers for the sake of Your Most Pure Mother, our reverend and God-bearing fathers and all the saints, have mercy on us. Amen.