Tone 7
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 7
You destroyed death by Your Cross, You opened Paradise to the Robber. You turned the Myrrh-bearing Women’s lament into joy, and You commanded Your Apostles to preach that You rose, O Christ God, granting the world the great mercy.
No longer will the power of death be able to detain human beings. For Christ went down and crushed it and destroyed all its forces. Hades is shackled, and the Prophets in unison rejoice and proclaim, “The Savior has come to those in darkness. Come out now, believers, to the resurrection!”
O Christ God, who took our form and bodily endured the Cross, save me by Your resurrection, O benevolent Lord.
English text: AGES Initiatives / Fr. Seraphim Dedes, GOA edition (alwb-library-en-us-goadedes), CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication).
Coming Sundays in tone 7
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 7?
You destroyed death by Your Cross, You opened Paradise to the Robber. You turned the Myrrh-bearing Women’s lament into joy, and You commanded Your Apostles to preach that You rose, O Christ God, granting the world the great mercy.
What is the resurrection kontakion of tone 7?
No longer will the power of death be able to detain human beings. For Christ went down and crushed it and destroyed all its forces. Hades is shackled, and the Prophets in unison rejoice and proclaim, “The Savior has come to those in darkness. Come out now, believers, to the resurrection!”
When is tone 7 next sung on a Sunday?
By the New Calendar, the next Sunday in tone 7 is November 15, 2026.
Sources: OrthodoxWiki: Octoechos; Wikipedia: Octoechos (liturgy).