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RUBRIC: Canon of the Eve of the Lord’s Day [Sunday Vigil], except during the Great Fast [Lent] and the Fifty Days [Pentecost season]. *Šarakan* [hymn] of *Hambarji* [the "I Lifted Up" / Lord's Day evening hymn]. First Tone.

[HM (*Hambardzi* [Ascension/Sunday Evening hymn] / *Harut‘ean* [Resurrection hymn]): Tone 1 (AJ)]. Holy are you, Lord of hosts, who dwell in heaven and are praised by your saints. The heavenly hosts, the Seraphim and the Cherubim, ceaselessly bless your holy name. Priests, together with them ministers and peoples, let us worship your Lordship. [O] light who, before all eternity, were sent from the Father and filled creation with intelligible light: blessed are you, King of eternity. Who in the beginning did establish the light anew, and by your Resurrection did dispel the darkness of ignorance: blessed [are you, King of eternity]. Wherefore, we also, enlightened together with the luminous watchers, shall sing with exultation on this evening of the Resurrection: blessed [are you, King of eternity]. The citizen of heaven, John the great...