Exapostilarion of the 7th Gospel
hen Mary Magdalene had said * that the Lord had been taken, * to the tomb Simon Peter ran * as did the other mystic of Christ, who was the beloved. * Both of them ran together * and found the linen cloths inside * by themselves lying, and also not with these * was the napkin from His head lying rolled up. * And therefore they went back in peace * until they saw the Lord Christ.
reat and extraordinary things * for me have You accomplished, * O my Christ, very merciful. * For inexplicably You were born of a virgin damsel, * and the Cross You accepted, * and death You endured, O Savior, * and You arose in glory after three days, * and from death You liberated our nature. * O Christ, to Your glory, glory be. * Glory be to Your power.
Glory. Grave Mode.
ehold, it is early and still dark. And why are you, O Mary, standing outside the tomb with much darkness covering your mind, such that you inquire where Jesus has been laid? But look at the disciples who together run, and how they came to understand the resurrection from the linen cloths and the napkin, and they remembered the scripture concerning this. And we have believed with them and through them, and we sing in praise of Christ the Giver of life.