Paschal Hours

Paschal Hours

The Paschal Hours are the form in which the Little Hours are chanted on Pascha (Easter) and throughout Bright Week in the Eastern Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite.

Specifically, the Paschal Hours replace:
*The First Hour at the end of Matins
*The Third Hour and Sixth Hour before Divine Liturgy
*The Ninth Hour before Vespers
*Compline and the Midnight Office

The Paschal Hours may also be chanted in place of the usual Thanksgiving after Communion. [Citation
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In this way, the faithful take a little rest from the long prayer services, but do not neglect to give joyous thanks to God, so as not to fall into despondency and gluttony, as they partake of festive foods.

Outline

The Paschal Hours differ from the normal Daily Office in several significant aspects: the entire service is chanted (sung) rather than being read; the services are much shorter than usual; and there are no Psalms at all.

The hymnography and prayers center on Christ's victory over sin and death and Christians' hope for salvation.

*Opening blessing
*Troparion of Pascha (thrice)
*Having beheld the Resurrection of Christ... (thrice)
*Hypakoe of Pascha
*Kontakion of Pascha
*Troparia:
**In the tomb with the body and in Hades with the soul, in Paradise with the thief and on the throne with the Father and the Spirit, wast Thou, O boundless Christ filling all things.
**Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit
**Bearing life and more fruitful than Paradise, brighter than any royal chamber, Thy tomb, O Christ, is the fountain of our resurrection.
**Both now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
**Rejoice, O holy and divine abode of the Most High, for through thee, O Theotokos, joy is given to those who cry: Blessed art thou among women, O all-undefiled Lady.
*Lord, have mercy (40 times)
*Blessing by priest
*Lord, have mercy (thrice)
*Dismissal

Each of the Paschal Hours is exactly the same (in some traditions, a Prayer of St. Basil is added before the dismissal of Paschal Compline). [Citation
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References

External links

* [http://www.orthodox.net/pascha/paschalhours.html Paschal Hours] (full text of the service)


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