Exaposteilarion

The exaposteilarion (from exapostello, to send forth) is the 'dismissal of light' sung at Orthros after the canon, just before the laudatory stanzas. It is brief — typically a single stanza — and expresses the theological content of the feast in concentrated form. On Sundays it always concerns the Resurrection: 'The disciples were afraid when the angel said to them at the tomb: Stay not weeping; go, tell the disciples Christ is risen.'