Sunday before Epiphany

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Grave Tone
By means of Your Cross, O Lord, You abolished death. * To the robber
You opened Paradise. * The lamentation of the myrrhbearing women You
transformed, * and You gave Your Apostles the order to proclaim to all * that
You had risen, O Christ our God, * and granted the world Your great
mercy.

Resurrectional Kontakion in the Grave Tone
No longer will death's dominion have power to detain mortal men. For
Christ went down and smashed and destroyed its powers. Now Hades is
bound, and the Prophets in unison exult and declare: The Savior has
appeared to those with faith. Come out, you faithful, to the Resurrection.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Fourth Tone
You appeared to the world today, and Your light, O Lord, has left its
mark upon us. With fuller understanding we sing to You: "You came, You
were made manifest, the unapproachable light."