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This, in summary, is the solemn feast of Pascha, and these are the mysteries of Christians; we celebrate concerning the resurrection of the dead and eternal life. Therefore let us celebrate not with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth, believing in the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, in the consubstantial, uncreated Trinity; believing in the resurrection, expecting the Lord to come again, no longer, however, humbly, but gloriously with heavenly brightness, with bright angels, with a trumpet and with fear and joy; joy for the saints and the just, but fear for the unjust and sinners. But may the God of peace deem us all worthy of the resurrection with the saints, being found in good works and in orthodox faith, by the grace and loving-kindness of His only-begotten Son, with whom is glory, honor, and worship to the all-holy and good and life-giving Spirit, now, and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

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Αὕτη, ὡς ἐν κεφαλαίῳ, ἐστὶν ἡ σεμνὴ τοῦ Πάσχα ἑορτὴ, καὶ ταῦτα Χριστιανῶν τὰ μυστήρια, περὶ ἀναστάσεως νεκρῶν καὶ ζωῆς αἰωνίου πανηγυρίζομεν. Τοιγαροῦν ἑορτάσωμεν μὴ ἐν ζύμῃ κακίας καὶ πονηρίας, ἀλλ' ἐν ἀζύμοις εἰλικρινείας καὶ ἀληθείας, πιστεύοντες εἰς Πατέρα, καὶ Υἱὸν, καὶ ἅγιον Πνεῦμα, εἰς Τριάδα ὁμοούσιον, ἄκτιστον· πιστεύοντες τῇ ἀναστάσει, προσδοκῶντες τὸν Κύριον πάλιν ἐρχόμενον, οὐκέτι μέντοι ταπεινῶς, ἀλλ' ἐνδόξως μετὰ λαμπρότητος οὐρανίου, μετὰ φωτεινῶν ἀγγέλων, μετὰ σάλπιγγος καὶ φόβου καὶ χαρᾶς· χαρᾶς μὲν τῶν ἁγίων καὶ δικαίων, φόβου δὲ τῶν ἀδίκων καὶ ἁμαρτωλῶν. Ὁ Θεὸς δὲ τῆς εἰρήνης πάντας ἡμᾶς καταξιώσειε τῆς μετὰ ἁγίων ἀναστάσεως, ἐν ἔργοις καλοῖς εὑρεθέντας, καὶ πίστει ὀρθοδόξῳ, χάριτι καὶ φιλανθρωπίᾳ τοῦ μονογενοῦς αὐτοῦ Υἱοῦ, μεθ' οὗ δόξα, τιμὴ καὶ προσκύνησις τῷ παναγίῳ καὶ ἀγαθῷ καὶ ζωοποιῷ Πνεύματι, νῦν, καὶ ἀεὶ, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.