Tone 6
The resurrection hymns of the Octoechos.
The Octoechos is the Church's system of eight tones of music, and the book of the hymns sung in each. St John of Damascus is credited with ordering the Church's music in this way. The Sunday hymns of the Resurrection change from week to week through the eight tones, in an eight-week cycle that begins again with tone 1 on Thomas Sunday, the Sunday after Pascha.
The hymns of tone 6
When the angelic powers appeared at Your tomb,
the soldiers guarding it feared and became as dead.
And standing by the sepulcher was Mary, who was seeking Your immaculate body.
Unassailed by Hades, You divested it of spoils.
Then You met the Virgin. You granted life.
O Lord, risen from the dead, glory to You!
Christ God, the Giver of Life, resurrected all who had ever died, from the dismal caverns, with His vivifying hand, and He granted resurrection to our mortal human nature. For He is the Savior of all, the resurrection and the life, and God of the universe.
By your voluntary, life-giving death, O Christ, You smashed the gates of Hades as God, and You opened to us the ancient Garden of Paradise. Then rising from the dead, You delivered our life from destruction.
English text: AGES Initiatives / Fr. Seraphim Dedes, GOA edition (alwb-library-en-us-goadedes), CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication).
Coming Sundays in tone 6
On the New Calendar. Pascha, Thomas Sunday and Sundays that are a Great Feast are not listed, as their own feast is kept.
Questions
What is the resurrection troparion of tone 6?
When the angelic powers appeared at Your tomb, the soldiers guarding it feared and became as dead. And standing by the sepulcher was Mary, who was seeking Your immaculate body. Unassailed by Hades, You divested it of spoils. Then You met the Virgin. You granted life. O Lord, risen from the dead, glory to You!
What is the resurrection kontakion of tone 6?
Christ God, the Giver of Life, resurrected all who had ever died, from the dismal caverns, with His vivifying hand, and He granted resurrection to our mortal human nature. For He is the Savior of all, the resurrection and the life, and God of the universe.
When is tone 6 next sung on a Sunday?
By the New Calendar, the next Sunday in tone 6 is November 8, 2026.
Sources: OrthodoxWiki: Octoechos; Wikipedia: Octoechos (liturgy).