_And while these are being sung, the priest sprinkleth the body of the dead with sanctified water, and his coffin without and within, and straightway they lay him therein. And, the song being ended, the deacon saith the customary ectenias for them that have fallen asleep. And the priest in a low voice readeth the prayer, that is to say_, O God of Spirits.... _Vide page 139. And after the exclamation they read,_ Having seen the resurrection of Christ.... _And taking up the remains of him that hath fallen asleep, they go forth to the church, the priests, deacons, and every clerk going before, and the lay people following; and, as they go, the clerks and singers sing the paschal canon, that is to say_, It is the day of resurrection.... _This in order until they come even unto the church. And in the church, having put down the remains, they conclude the canon that hath been begun, while the priests cense according to the customary rite. And at the fourth ode, the customary diaconals for them that have fallen asleep, with the prayer._ _And he exclaimeth,_ For thou art the resurrection, and the life.... _Then_, Preventing the dawn.... _And after this the ivth ode is sung in order._ _And after the sixth ode, the customary diaconals for them that have fallen asleep with the prayer._ _And he exclaimeth_, For thou art the resurrection and the life.... _Then the condakion_, Rest with the saints. _And the icos_, Thyself alone immortal art.... _Vide page 149._ _And, instead of the trisagion,_ As many as have been baptized into Christ.... _The epistle in the Acts for the day being.[33] Alleluia in tone ii._ _The first resurrection gospel._[34] _And after this_, Having seen the resurrection of Christ, we adore.... _And the other odes of the canon._ _And after the conclusion of the canon is read or sung the exapostilarion_, Asleep in flesh.... _twice_. _After these we sing_, Blessed art thou, O Lord: O teach me thy statutes. The angelic council was amaz’d.... _Then the stichera of pascha, with their verses._ _Glory. Both now._ It is the day of resurrection.... and Christ is risen.... _thrice_. _And these stichera having been sung, the customary kiss of him that hath fallen asleep taketh place, saying,_ Christ is risen. _And after the stichera the customary diaconals for them that have fallen asleep with the prayer, which is read with a loud voice by the archpriest, or the priest, nigh unto the remains._ _And he exclaimeth,_ For thou art the resurrection and the life.... _And the customary dismissal is made._ _Then the prayer of absolution._ The Lord Jesus Christ our God.... _Vide page 163._