member thy holy Diaconate in His kingdom, always: now, and ever, and to ages of ages.
And the Priest placeth the holy Chalice on the Altar; and taking the holy Diskos from the head of the Deacon, he placeth it on the Altar, saying,
Virtuous Joseph, having taken down from the tree of the Cross Thine all-pure Body, folded It in a white linen cloth, embalmed it with precious spices, and laid It in a new tomb.
In the tomb bodily, in Hades with Thy soul; in Paradise as God with the thief, and on the throne with the Father and the Spirit, Thou fillest all space, O God uncircumscribed.
Thy tomb, O Christ, is manifested truly as bringing life; as more beautiful than Paradise, as more dazzling than any king's palace, as the source of our resurrection.
Then, having taken the veils from off the holy Diskos, and the holy Chalice, he
