First-Born of the Dead No. 3 | Orthodox Christian Art PosterLet the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad. For the Lord has shown strength with His arm; He has trampled down death by death, and become the First Born of the dead. He has delivered us from the depths of Hell, and has granted the world His great mercy. Tone 3 Resurrection Troparion Victorious over Hades, O Christ, Thou didst ascend the Cross that Thou mightest raise up with Thyself those who sat in the darkness of death; free among the dead,

At any moment

+ St Theophan the Recluse

as Thou art the Lover of mankind

in the ministry of the Archangels

nor planning

who then presented it to his wife Maria of Vitebsk

Where thy destruction

high and lifted up

in divers places

the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field

+ Saint Anthony the Great

they run upon the walls