And when they rolled it away with grumbling— for the death-bringing, unpleasant stench irritated them—, and when those present had rolled away the stone, immediately the Lord shouted, saying: Lazarus, come forth. The Master is the one calling, no one contradicts. Lazarus, come forth; assure your sister Martha that I command and do not supplicate. Lazarus, come forth. Before I come down, come out; in you is the pledge, but in me is the fulfillment. Lazarus, come forth. And you, O friend, hearing, Lazarus, come forth, do not think that the Lord uttered many cries. He spoke once and raised the one whom he had formed; for he neither wept like Elijah nor was at a loss like Elisha. With a single-worded voice he awakened the one sleeping near him, saying: Lazarus, come forth. One is the word and various are the miracles. The Lord only called out: Lazarus, come forth, and immediately the flesh was filled out, the hairs were replanted, the joints were bound together, the veins were refilled with pure blood. Hades below, being beaten, sent Lazarus forth. The soul of Lazarus, being held back and yet being summoned by the holy angels, was transfused from its own into its own. And the most glorious thing of all was that though his feet and face were bound on all sides with grave-clothes, he walked unhindered. Therefore the Lord also commanded the crowds present more forcefully, saying: Unbind him and let him go. See the Lord's careful management and how He wisely orders all things. For the assurance of those present He said: Unbind him and let him go; just as you rolled away the stone and pointed out the tomb and partook of the smell, also unbind the grave-clothes; keeping the one as a blessing, and guarding the other as witnesses. If the chief priests and the Pharisees should disbelieve that Lazarus was raised, show them the grave-clothes; display the burial cloths as the paralytic did his pallet. But let us, bearing the palm branches, say: Hosanna in the highest; blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. To Him be the glory and the power with the all-holy and life-giving Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

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Τῶν δὲ ἀποκυλισάντων μετὰ γογγυσμοῦ- ἐδρίμυττεν γὰρ αὐτοὺς ἡ νεκροφόρος δυσήνιος ἀποφορά-, ἀποκυλισάντων δὲ τῶν παρόντων τὸν λίθον, εὐθέως ἐβόησεν ὁ κύριος λέγων· Λάζαρε δεῦρο ἔξω. ∆εσπότης ὁ καλῶν, οὐδεὶς ὁ ἀντιλέγων. Λάζαρε, δεῦρο ἔξω· πληροφόρησον Μάρθαν τὴν ἀδελφήν σου ὡς κελεύω καὶ οὐχ ἱκετεύω. Λάζαρε, δεῦρο ἔξω. Πρὸ τοῦ κατέλθω, ἔξελθε· ἐν σοὶ τὸν ἀρραβῶνα, ἐν ἐμοὶ δὲ τὸ τέλειον. Λάζαρε, δεῦρο ἔξω. Σὺ δὲ ἀκούων, ὦ φίλε, Λάζαρε, δεῦρο ἔξω, μὴ οἴου τὸν κύριον πολλὰς φωνὰς βεβληκέναι. Ἅπαξ ἐλάλησε καὶ ὃν ἔπλασεν ἤγειρεν· οὔτε γὰρ ὡς Ἠλίας ἔκλαυσεν οὔτε ὡς Ἐλισσαῖος ἠπόρησε. Μονοφθόγγῳ φωνῇ διύπνισε τὸν παρ' αὐτῷ καθεύδοντα εἰπών· Λάζαρε, δεῦρο ἔξω. Εἷς ὁ λόγος καὶ διάφορα τὰ θαύματα. Μόνον ὁ κύριος ἐφώνησε· Λάζαρε, δεῦρο ἔξω, καὶ εὐθέως αἱ σάρκες ἀπεπληροῦντο, αἱ τρίχες ἀντεφυτεύοντο, αἱ ἁρμονίαι συνεδεσ μοῦντο, αἱ φλέβες καθαρῷ αἵματι ἀντεγεμίζοντο. Ὁ ᾅδης κάτωθεν κοπτόμενος τὸν Λάζαρον προέπεμπεν. Ἡ ψυχὴ Λαζάρου παρακρατουμένη καὶ ὑπὸ τῶν ἁγίων ἀγγέλων παρακαλουμένη τὸ ἴδιον εἰς τὸ ἴδιον μετεχωνεύετο. Καὶ τὸ πάντων ἐνδοξότερον ἦν ὅτι πανταχόθεν δεδεμένος ἦν τοὺς πόδας καὶ τὴν ὄψιν κηρίαις καὶ ἀνεμποδίστως ἐβάδιζεν. ∆ιὸ καὶ ὁ κύριος δραστικώτερον πρὸς τοὺς παρόντας ὄχλους παρεκελεύετο λέγων· Λύσατε αὐτὸν καὶ ἄφετε ὑπάγειν. Βλέπε τὴν τοῦ κυρίου πραγματείαν καὶ πῶς τὰ πάντα σοφῶς οἰκονομεῖ. Πρὸς πληροφορίαν τῶν παρόντων ἔλεγε· Λύσατε αὐτὸν καὶ ἄφετε ὑπάγειν· ὡς τὸν λίθον ἀπεκυλίσατε καὶ τὸν τάφον ὑπεδείξατε καὶ τῆς ὀσφρήσεως μετήσχετε, καὶ τὰ νεκροτάφια λύσατε· τὸ μὲν ὡς εὐλογίαν τηροῦντες, τὸ δὲ ὡς μάρτυρες φυλάττοντες. Ἐὰν ἀπιστήσωσιν οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ οἱ φαρισαῖοι ὡς οὐκ ἀνέστη Λάζαρος, δείξατε τὰ νεκροτάφια· ἐμφανίσατε τὰ σουδάρια ὡς ὁ παράλυτος τὸν κράβαττον. Ἡμεῖς δὲ τὰ βαΐα τῶν φοινίκων βαστάζοντες εἴπωμεν· Ὡσαννὰ ἐν τοῖς ὑψίστοις· εὐλογημένος ὁ ἐρχόμενος ἐν ὀνόματι κυρίου. Αὐτῷ ἡ δόξα καὶ τὸ κράτος σὺν τῷ παναγίῳ καὶ ζωοποιῷ πνεύματι νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.

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