Aposticha 2 for Great Friday Vespers

Verse: The Lord is King, he has robed himself with majesty. The Lord has robed, and girded himself with power.

O Redeemer of all, when you placed Yourself for us all in a new tomb you, the ever-mocking Hades was terrified when it saw You, the bars were broken, the gates were shattered, the graves were opened, and the dead arose; Adam gratefully rejoicing cried out to You: ‘Glory to your condescension, O Lover of man!’