[{"type": "TEXT", "value": "While the doors were shut, O Master, / Thou didst enter in and fill the apostles with the all-holy Spirit, / breathing forth peace upon them; / and Thou didst tell them that they have the power to bind and to loose./ And on the eighth day Thou didst show Thy side and Thy hands unto Thomas. / With him do we cry out: // Thou art our Lord and God! Theotokion: Thou didst behold Thy Son risen from the tomb on the third day, / O all-holy Virgin Bride of God, / and didst cast off all the grief wherewith, as His Mother, / thou wast afflicted when thou didst behold Him suffering; / and, full of joy, thou didst chant with His disciples, worshipping Him. // Wherefore, save those who now confess thee to be the Theotokos. The Ninth Gospel Sticheron Tone 5: As in times past, / it being late in the evening of the Sabbath, / Thou didst stand before Thy friends, O Christ, by a wonder, / the entry doors being shut, / and didst announce a wonder: / Thy resurrection from among the dead. / And Thou didst fill Thy disciples with joy, / and impart to them the Holy Spirit, / and bestow upon them the authority to remit sins. / And Thou didst not leave Thomas to be engulfed in the storm of unbelief. / Wherefore, grant us also true understanding and remission of transgressions, // O compassionate Lord!"}]