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9 Then Hades, having heard, was destroyed, and his bronze gates were smashed, and his iron bars were shattered, and the souls of the saints leaped out, following in the footsteps of Christ; then was fulfilled that which was written: "There he smashed gates of bronze, and shattered bars of iron".

10 And the earth cried out, saying: Lord, spare me from evils, lighten me of the wrath, release me from the curse, because I have received blood and the bodies of men, and even your own body; Lord, take back your Adam.

11 The Lord therefore arose after three days, teaching us to worship a Trinity in a Monad; and all the families of the nations were saved in Christ; for one was judged and myriads were saved; for the Lord died for all.

12 He, likewise having put on the whole man, ascended into the heights of the heavens, bringing a gift to the Father, not gold, not silver, nor a precious stone, but man whom He formed "in His image and likeness."

13 This one the Father, having exalted at His right hand, has seated "on a high throne," "until His enemies are put under His feet"; for He is about to come as judge of the living and the dead, "of whose kingdom there will be no end," for glory is to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and always and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

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9 Τότε ὁ ᾅδης ἀκούσας κατελύθη, καὶ αἱ πύλαι αὐτοῦ αἱ χαλκαὶ συνετρίβησαν, καὶ οἱ μοχλοὶ αὐτοῦ οἱ σιδηροῖ συνεθλάσθησαν, καὶ ἐξήλλοντο αἱ τῶν ἁγίων ψυχαὶ ἀκολουθοῦσαι τοῖς ἴχνεσι τοῦ Χριστοῦ· τότε ἐπληρώθη τὸ γεγραμμένον· "Ἐκεῖ συνέτριψεν πύλας χαλκάς, καὶ μοχλοὺς σιδηροῦς συνέθλασεν".

10 Ἐβόησε δὲ καὶ ἡ γῆ λέγουσα· ∆έσποτα, φεῖσαί μου τῶν κακῶν, κούφισόν με τῆς ὀργῆς, λῦσόν με τῆς κατάρας, ἀνθ' ὧν ἐδεξάμην αἵματα καὶ ἀνθρώπων σώματα, ἔτι δὲ καὶ τὸ σὸν σῶμα· δέσποτα, ἀπολάμβανέ σου τὸν Ἀδάμ.

11 Ἀνέστη γοῦν ὁ κύριος διὰ τριῶν ἡμερῶν, διδάσκων ἡμᾶς τριάδα ἐν μονάδι προσκυνεῖν· πᾶσαι δὲ αἱ πατριαὶ τῶν ἐθνῶν ἐσώθησαν ἐν τῷ Χριστῷ· εἷς γὰρ ἐκρίθη καὶ μυριάδες ἐσώθησαν· ὁ γὰρ κύριος ἀπέθανεν ὑπὲρ πάντων.

12 Οὗτος δὲ ὁμοίως ἐνδυσάμενος ὅλον τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἀνῆλθεν εἰς τὰ ὕψη τῶν οὐρανῶν, ἀναφέρων δῶρον τῷ πατρὶ οὐ χρυσόν, οὐκ ἄργυρον, οὔτε λίθον τίμιον, ἀλλ' ἄνθρωπον ὃν ἔπλασεν "κατ' εἰκόνα καὶ ὁμοίωσιν αὐτοῦ".

13 Τοῦτον ὁ πατὴρ ὑψώσας ἐν δεξιᾷ αὐτοῦ "ἐπὶ θρόνου ὑψηλοῦ" κεκάθικεν, "ἕως ἂν τεθῶσιν οἱ ἐχθροὶ αὐτοῦ ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ"· μέλλει γὰρ ἔρχεσθαι κριτὴν ζώντων καὶ νεκρῶν, "οὗ τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἔσται τέλος", ὅτι δόξα ἐστὶ τῷ πατρὶ καὶ τῷ υἱῷ καὶ τῷ ἁγίῳ πνεύματι νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.