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SUMMARY:Sunday\, May 17\, 2026\; Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the First Ec
 umenical Council of Nicaea\; The Holy Apostle Andronicus and those with hi
 m\; Blessed Hieromartyr Ivan Ziatyk.
DESCRIPTION:AT GREAT VESPERS WITH LYTIA ON SATURDAY EVENING\nLytia is presc
 ribed on this Sunday in the Pentecostarion. If Lytia be omitted\, the alte
 rnate ordering of the Troparia is given below.\n\nPsalm Reading\n\n“Bles
 sed is the man...” is sung.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 6\n\nLead my soul fo
 rth from prison* that I may give thanks to Your name.\n\nO Christ\, You wo
 n the victory over Hades\,* You ascended the Cross so that You might raise
  up with Yourself* all those who dwelt in the darkness of death.* Almighty
  Saviour\, You are free from death* and bestow life by Your divine light.*
  We\, therefore\, beseech You to have mercy on us.\n\nThe just shall gathe
 r around me* when You have been good to me.\n\nToday Christ has conquered 
 Death.* He has risen from the grave as He had foretold\,* bestowing great 
 joy upon the world.* Therefore\, let us all lift up our voices and sing:* 
 O Fount of Life\, O Light whom no one can approach\,* Almighty Saviour\, h
 ave mercy on us.\n\nOut of the depths I cry to You\, O Lord\;* O Lord\, he
 ar my voice!\n\nO Lord\, where can we sinners flee from You\,* for You are
  present in all creation?* You are present in heaven\, for it is Your dwel
 ling place.* Your power prevails in Hades where You conquered Death.* O Ma
 ster\, Your sustaining hand touches even the depths of the sea.* Where\, t
 hen\, can we take refuge except in You?* We\, therefore\, prostrate oursel
 ves before You and pray:* O Lord\, risen from the dead\, have mercy on us.
 \n\nLet Your ears be attentive* to the voice of my prayer.\n\nThe Lord asc
 ended into heaven* to send the Comforter into this world.* The heavens pre
 pared His throne and the clouds were His ladder\;* the angels marvelled at
  the sight of a man more exalted than themselves.* Today\, the Father rece
 ives again in His bosom* the One who was in Him from all eternity\,* and t
 he Holy Spirit gives a command to all the angels:* Lift up your lintels\, 
 O you gates!* O you nations of the earth\, clap your hands\,* for Christ a
 scends to the place* where He had been from all eternity.\n\nIf You mark i
 niquities\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You ma
 y be revered.\n\nO Lord\, the Cherubim were amazed at Your Ascension\;* th
 ey were seized with wonder as they beheld You\, O God\, rising upon the cl
 ouds\,* for You are the One who is seated above the clouds.* We sing a hym
 n of praise to You:* Glory to You for Your tender mercy.\n\nI have waited 
 for You as You have commanded\; my soul patiently relies on Your promise\,
 * for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nO Christ\, splendour and glory of the
  Father\,* when we behold Your Ascension on the holy mountain\,* we sing a
  hymn of praise to the beauty of Your countenance.* We bow down to Your Pa
 ssion\,* we venerate Your holy Resurrection\,* and we glorify Your noble A
 scension.* O Lord\, have mercy on us!\n\nFrom the morning watch until nigh
 t* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nBefore the morning star You were begot
 ten of the Father\;* before the ages You were conceived without a mother\,
 * even though Arius believed You to be created\, and not God.* He shameles
 sly confused the Creator with his creatures\,* thus deserving eternal puni
 shment.* Yet the Council of Nicea proclaimed You as the Son of God* who is
  enthroned with the Father and the Spirit.\n\nFor with the Lord there is m
 ercy\, and with Him there is plentiful redemption\;* and He shall redeem I
 srael from all its iniquities.\n\nWho has severed Your garment\, O Saviour
 ?* It was Arius who divided the Trinity* who is equal in glory and eternal
  majesty.* For he denied that You are one of the most Holy Trinity.* He ta
 ught the transgressing Nestorius* to say that the Virgin is not the Mother
  of God\;* but the Council of Nicea proclaimed You as the Son of God* who 
 is enthroned with the Father and the Spirit.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the 
 nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\nDeclaring that the Ligh
 t could not be seen\,* Arius fell into the pit of the impious ones\;* his 
 body was torn apart by the justice of God\,* and he gave up his soul in a 
 violent manner.* He was another Judas by his thoughts and deeds.* But the 
 Council of Nicea proclaimed You as the Son of God* who is enthroned with t
 he Father and the Spirit.\n\nStrong is the love of the Lord for us\;* eter
 nally will His truth endure.\n\nThe foolish Arius divided the unity of the
  Holy Trinity* into three different and unequal substances.* But the God-b
 earing Fathers came together in Council.* Burning with the zeal of Elijah 
 the Tishbite* and with the sword of the Holy Spirit\,* they cut down these
  shameful blasphemies\;* for they were directed by the Spirit.\n\nGlory…
 \n\nLet us honour today those mystical trumpets of the Spirit\,* namely\, 
 the God-mantled Fathers\,* who speaking of divine things\,* sang in the mi
 dst of the Church a hymn in unison\,* teaching that the Trinity is one\,* 
 not differing in substance or Godhead\,* refuting Arius and defending the 
 orthodox faith.* They always intercede with the Lord* to have mercy on our
  souls.\n\nNow…\n\nWho would not call you blessed\, O Virgin most holy?*
  Who would not sing a hymn of praise* to the glory of your giving birth wi
 thout pain or travail?* The Only-begotten Son Himself\,* begotten of the F
 ather before all ages\,* was made flesh out of you in a manner* that canno
 t be explained\, O Woman most pure!* And for our sake\, He Who is God by n
 ature* assumed the nature of a man.* He is not divided into two persons\;*
  He is understood to have two natures* without commixion or confusion.* O 
 noble and blessed Woman\,* intercede with Him that He may mercy on our sou
 ls.\n\nReadings\n\n(1) Genesis 14:14-20\; (2) Deuteronomy 1:8-11\, 15-17\;
  (3) Deuteronomy 10:14-21\n\nLytia\, Tone 1\n\nBy going up again into heav
 en from which You had descended\,* You did not leave us orphans\, O Lord.*
  Show to all Your people the works of Your power\,* that Your Spirit may c
 ome down upon us* and bring peace to the world\,* O Lord and Lover of Mank
 ind.\n\nTone 3\, Glory…\n\nYou were diligent keepers of the Traditions o
 f the apostles\,* O holy fathers\;* for teaching in orthodox manner the co
 nsubtantiality of the Holy Trinity\,* as a council you cast down the blasp
 hemy of Arius\,* with him denouncing Macedonius\, who denied the Spirit\;*
  and you condemned Nestorius\, Eutyches and Dioscorus\,* Sabellius and Sev
 erus the mindless.* Pray that we be delivered from their delusion\,* and t
 hat our life be kept undefiled in the Faith\,* we beseech you.\n\nTone 6\,
  Now…\n\nO Lord most merciful\,* after fulfilling the mystery hidden fro
 m all eternity\,* You\, the Creator and Master of all\,* went up to the Mo
 unt of Olives with your disciples and your Mother.* For the one who\, at t
 he sight of your Passion\,* had suffered more than anyone else in her moth
 erly heart\,* had more than anyone else the right to share the joy that fi
 lls us* as we witness your ascending into heaven.* We glorify your infinit
 e mercy overflowing upon us.\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 6\n\nO Christ our Saviou
 r\,* the angels in heaven sing the praises of Your Resurrection\;* make us
 \, on earth\, also worthy* to extol and glorify You with a pure heart.\n\n
 The Lord reigns\, He is clothed in majesty. Robed is the Lord\, and girt a
 bout with strength.\n\nAlmighty God\, You destroyed the brazen gates and b
 ars of Hades* and raised up fallen mankind.* Therefore\, with one accord\,
  we cry out:* O Lord\, risen from the dead\, glory to you!\n\nFor He has m
 ade the world firm\, which shall not be moved.\n\nChrist willed to renew u
 s from our corruption of old* by being nailed to a Cross and placed in a t
 omb.* When the women came to anoint His body\, they tearfully cried out:* 
 O\, what sorrow afflicts us!* O Saviour of all\, how could You consent to 
 occupy a grave?* If You truly willed this\, then why did You allow Your bo
 dy to be stolen?* How were You removed?* What place now conceals Your life
 -bearing body?* O Lord\, appear to us as You promised* and put an end to o
 ur tears.* As they were lamenting\, an angel appeared and cried out to the
 m:* Do not weep\, but tell the apostles that the Lord is risen\,* granting
  sanctification and great mercy to the world.\n\nHoliness befits your hous
 e\, O Lord\, for length of days.\n\nO Christ\, You were crucified of Your 
 own free will\,* and by Your burial You imprisoned Death.* As God\, You ro
 se in glory on the third day\,* granting life and great mercy to the world
 .\n\nTone 4\, Glory…\n\nO believers\, let us come together today* to cel
 ebrate in faith and true worship* the remembrance of the God-inspired Fath
 ers* who had come together from throughout the world\,* in the splendid ci
 ty of Nicea.* They rejected the doctrine of the impious Arius* and banishe
 d him from the universal Church* by a decree of the Council.* They instruc
 ted all to openly profess the Son of God\,* that He is consubstantial and 
 co-eternal with the Father before eternity\,* and they clearly wrote this 
 in the Symbol of Faith.* Therefore\, following their divine doctrines\,* l
 et us worship the Son in true faith\,* together with the Father and the Ho
 ly Spirit\,* the Trinity consubstantial in one Godhead.\n\nNow…\n\nO Lor
 d most merciful\,* after fulfilling the mystery hidden from all eternity\,
 * You\, the Creator and Master of all\,* went up to the Mount of Olives wi
 th Your disciples and Your Mother.* For the one who\, at the sight of Your
  Passion\,* had suffered more than anyone else in her motherly heart\,* ha
 d more than anyone else the right to share the joy that fills us* as we wi
 tness Your ascending into heaven.* We glorify Your infinite mercy overflow
 ing upon us.\n\nTroparia\, Tone 8\n\nChrist our God\, You are glorified ab
 ove all\, You established our fathers as beacons on earth and through them
  guided all of us to the true faith. Glory to You\, most compassionate Lor
 d. (2)\n\nTone 4\n\nYou ascended in glory\, O Christ our God\;* giving joy
  to Your disciples by the promise of the Holy Spirit\,* and assuring them 
 through Your blessing* that You are the Son of God\,** the Redeemer of the
  world.\n\nIf Lytia is not served\, then these Troparia:\n\nTone 6\n\nAnge
 lic powers were upon Your tomb* and the guards became like dead men\;* Mar
 y stood before Your tomb* seeking Your most pure body.* You captured Hades
  without being overcome by it.* You met the Virgin and granted life.* O Lo
 rd\, risen from the dead\,** glory to You!\n\nTone 8\, Glory… \n\nChrist
  our God\, You are glorified above all\, You established our fathers as be
 acons on earth and through them guided all of us to the true faith. Glory 
 to You\, most compassionate Lord.\n\nTone 4\, Now…\n\nYou ascended in gl
 ory\, O Christ our God\;* giving joy to Your disciples by the promise of t
 he Holy Spirit\,* and assuring them through Your blessing* that You are th
 e Son of God\,** the Redeemer of the world.\n\n&nbsp\;\nGREAT MATINS ON SU
 NDAY MORNING\nUsual Beginning\n\nHexapsalm\n\nGreat Litany\n\nThe Lord is 
 God\, Tone 6\n\nTroparia\, Tone 6\n\nAngelic powers were upon Your tomb* a
 nd the guards became like dead men\;* Mary stood before Your tomb* seeking
  Your most pure body.* You captured Hades without being overcome by it.* Y
 ou met the Virgin and granted life.* O Lord\, risen from the dead\,* glory
  be to You! (2)\n\nTone 8\, Glory…\n\nChrist our God\, You are glorified
  above all\, You established our fathers as beacons on earth and through t
 hem guided all of us to the true faith. Glory to You\, most compassionate 
 Lord.\n\nTone 4\, Now…\n\nYou ascended in glory\, O Christ our God\;* gi
 ving joy to Your disciples by the promise of the Holy Spirit\,* and assuri
 ng them through Your blessing* that You are the Son of God\,** the Redeeme
 r of the world.\n\nPsalter Reading\n\nStasis I: Psalms 9\, 10\nStasis II: 
 Psalms 11\, 12\, 13\nStasis III: Psalms 14\, 15\, 16\n\nSmall Litany\n\nSe
 ssional Hymn I\, Tone 6\n\nWhile the tomb lay open and Hades lamented\,* M
 ary\, cried to the Apostles who were in hiding saying:* “Come forth\, yo
 u workers of the vineyard\,* proclaim to the world the word of the Resurre
 ction\,* for the Lord is risen\,* granting the world His great mercy!”\n
 \nArise\, O Lord my God\, let Your hands be lifted on high\;* forget not Y
 our poor to the end.\n\nMary Magdalene stood by Your tomb O Lord\,* and mi
 staking You for the gardener\,* weeping she cried aloud to You:* “Where 
 have You hidden the Life eternal?* Where have You placed He who sits on th
 e Cherubic Throne?* For those who were guarding Him have become as dead-me
 n through fear.* Either give me my Lord or cry out with me:* O You who wer
 e numbered among the dead and have raised the dead\,* glory be to You!”\
 n\nGlory… Now…\n\nGideon foretold of your conception\,* and David reve
 aled your ineffable child-bearing\, O Theotokos\;* for the Word descended 
 like a dew upon the fleece of your womb\,* and you O Virgin full of grace\
 ,* like unto a holy and fertile earth\,* budded forth without seed our sal
 vation\, Christ God.\n\nPsalter Reading\n\nStasis I: Psalm 17\nStasis II: 
 Psalms 18\, 19\, 20\nStasis III: Psalms 21\, 22\, 23\n\nSmall Litany\n\nSe
 ssional Hymn II\, Tone 6\n\nLife was laid in the tomb* and a seal was set 
 upon the stone\;* the soldiers stood guarding Christ like a sleeping King\
 ;* and having invisibly struck His foes the Lord arose.\n\nI will confess 
 You\, O Lord\, with my whole heart\,* I will tell of all Your wonders.\n\n
 Jonah foretold of Your tomb\,* and Symeon revealed Your divine Arising\, O
  immortal Lord\;* for You descended as One dead into the tomb\,* and havin
 g smashed the gates of Hades\,* You arose without corruption as Master\, f
 or the salvation of all the world\,* O Christ our God\,* enlightening thos
 e lying in darkness.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nO Virgin Theotokos\, entreat yo
 ur Son Christ our God\,* who was willingly nailed upon the Cross\,* and fr
 eed the world from deception\,* that He have mercy upon our souls!\n\nEvog
 litaria\n\nSmall Litany\n\nHypakoe\, Tone 6\n\nBy Your voluntary and life-
 giving death\, O Christ\,* You shattered the gates of Hades\,* and as God 
 You opened to us the Paradise of old\;* and by arising from the dead\,* Yo
 u delivered our lives from corruption.\n\nGradual Hymns\, Tone 6\n\nAntiph
 on 1\n\nUnto heaven I raise my eyes\, even unto You\, O Word\;* have pity 
 on me\,* that I may live for You.\n\nHave mercy upon us who are filled wit
 h contempt O Word\,* repairing Your broken vessels* that we may be found u
 seful.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nIn the Holy Spirit is the cause of all salvat
 ion\,* if He sees fit to breathe on one of His creatures\,* He swiftly rai
 ses him from the things of this earth\, and having given him wings\,* make
 s him to flourish and raises him on high.\n\nAntiphon 2\n\nIf the Lord had
  not dwelt among us\,* none could have withstood the attacks of the enemy\
 ,* for those who are victorious* are exalted by Him.\n\nLet not my soul be
  taken like a sparrow by their teeth\, O Word\;* Woe unto me!* How shall I
 \, the lover of sin\, be delivered from the power of the enemy?\n\nGlory
 … Now…\n\nIn the Holy Spirit all find divine inspiration\,* goodness\,
  understanding\, peace\, and blessing\;* for He is equal in activity* to t
 he Father and the Word.\n\nAntiphon 3\n\nThey that put their trust in the 
 Lord look upon high* and are thus fearful to their foes* and wondrous to a
 ll mankind.\n\nUnto the pursuit of iniquities* the righteous stretch not t
 he hands\,* having You\, O Saviour\, as their helper.\n\nGlory… Now…\n
 \nIn the Holy Spirit is sovereignty over all creation\;* Him the armies of
  hosts above worship* and by everything that has breath below* is He worsh
 iped.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 6\n\nO Lord\, stir up Your might* and come to 
 save us.\n\nverse: O Shepherd of Israel\, attend\, You that lead Joseph li
 ke a sheep.\n\nLet everything that lives\, Tone 6\n\nGospel\n\nJohn 21:1-1
 4\n\nHymn of Resurrection\n\nPsalm 50\n\nCanon\, abbreviated\n\nOde 1\n\nI
 rmos: Israel\, marching on foot in the sea as on the dry land\,* saw Phara
 oh the pursuer overthrown in the deep\,* and raised a triumphant shout:* L
 et us sing to God a hymn of victory.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, 
 O Lord.\n\nO Good Jesus\, with your arms stretched wide upon the cross\, y
 ou have fulfilled in all things the Father’s good pleasure\; therefore l
 et us all sing to you a hymn of victory.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrectio
 n\, O Lord.\n\nDeath\, the end of life\, as a slave under orders\, in fear
  approaches you\, the Lord of life\, whereby you award to us life without 
 end and resurrection.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, glory be to You.\n\nO
  all peoples\, let us sing a song of victory to Christ\, who is taken up w
 ith glory upon the shoulders of the Cherubim\, and who has seated us toget
 her with Himself at the right hand of the Fathers\; for He is glorified.\n
 \nHoly God-bearing Fathers\, pray to God for us.\n\nWhile acclaiming the a
 ll-holy Council of the holy Fathers\, I entreat You\, O Christ\, crying: P
 reserve in me its all-holy prophetic proclamation.\n\nGlory…\n\nHaving c
 learly set forth the boundary of the Faith of Your Bride\, the Church\, O 
 Master\, these glorious groomsmen have adorned it as with a majestic golde
 n adornment.\n\nNow…\n\nAdorned with the divine glory\, the august Queen
  stands in the presence of her Son and God\, entreating Him for the salvat
 ion of our souls.\n\nKatavasia: Covered by the divine cloud\,* he that was
  slow of tongue proclaimed the Law written by God\;* for having shaken off
  the impurity from the eye of his mind\,* he beholds Him that is\,* and he
  is initiated into the knowledge of the Spirit\,* while giving praise with
  God-inspired songs.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nOde 3\n\nIrmos: None is holy but you\, 
 O Lord my God\,* the one who is the Good\;* you have exalted the horn of y
 our faithful people\,* and founded them on the rock of their confession of
  you.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nCreation\, seeing Go
 d crucified in the flesh\, was dissolving in fear\, but by the strong hand
  of the Crucified it was firmly held together.\n\nGlory to your holy Resur
 rection\, O Lord.\n\nSorry death\, destroyed by death\, lies lifeless\; un
 able to withstand the God-filled assault of Life\, the strong one dies. An
 d so to all is given resurrection.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, glory be
  to You.\n\nYou went up to the Father\, O Life-giving Christ\, and You exa
 lted our race by Your ineffable compassion\, O Lover of mankind.\n\nHoly G
 od-bearing Fathers\, pray to God for us.\n\nThe foolish\, ungodly Arius\, 
 impiously attributing change and passion and division to Your divine Nativ
 ity\, is cut off by the cutting sword of the Fathers.\n\nGlory…\n\nThe f
 irst gathering of Your priests\, O Saviour\, piously proclaimed You to be 
 begotten and consubstantial with the beginningless Father and Creator of a
 ll.\n\nNow…\n\nNeither the speech nor the tongue of mortals can acclaim 
 you worthily\, O Virgin\; for without seed Christ\, the Giver of life\, wa
 s well-pleased to become incarnate from you\, O most pure One.\n\nKatavasi
 a: Only the prayer of the Prophetess Anna\,* who of old brought a broken s
 pirit to the Mighty One and God of knowledge\,* loosed the fetters of a ch
 ildless womb* and the unruly rebuke of her with children.\n\nKontakion\, T
 one 6\n\nWhen you had fulfilled Your plan for us* and united things on ear
 th with those in heaven\,* You ascended in glory\, O Christ our God\,* in 
 no way distant\, but remaining in separable\,* You cried to those who love
  You:* I am with You and there is none against you.\n\nIkos\n\nLeaving ear
 thly cares to the earth and that which is weree and refuse to the dust\, c
 ome\, let us arise from sleep and with our eyes and hearts let us go towar
 ds higher things. Let us also lift up our thoughts and our attention from 
 the earth to the gates of heaven\, as if we were on the Mount of Olives\, 
 where we fix our eyes on the Redeemer as He is carried away to heaven. For
  it is there that the Lord departs for heaven\; it is there also that He d
 istributes His great gifts to the apostles\, giving them strength and comf
 orting them as a Father\, guiding them as sons and saying to them: I am no
 t separating myself from you\; I shall always be with you\, and no one sha
 ll ever have power over you.\n\nSessional Hymn\, Tone 4\n\nO blessed Fathe
 rs\, you were truly shown to the world* to be luminous stars bright with t
 he truth of Christ\,* shining most brilliantly upon the earth.* Having bur
 nt up the heresies of slanderous babblers\;* you wholly quenched the blasp
 hemers’ flagrant confusions.* As hierarchs of Christ\,  pray then\, tha
 t we may be saved.\n\nGlory…\n\nToday the brilliant city of the Nicaeans
 * has called together to herself from the whole world* three hundred eight
 een hierarchs against Arius\, who uttered blasphemy* and made little accou
 nt of the One of the Trinity\, the true Son and Divine Word\;* and having 
 thus deposed this man from power\,* the Fathers mightily strengthened the 
 Holy Faith.\n\nTone 8\, Now…\n\nO You who rose into the heavens with glo
 ry\,* and sat down at the right hand of the Father\,* from whom You never 
 had parted\, O Lover of mankind\,* You\, O Christ\, promised to send down 
 Your Holy Spirit to Your wise initiates.* Now grant to us enlightenment\, 
 illumining our minds\, O Master\,* that we may unceasingly hymn You.\n\nOd
 e 4\n\nIrmos: Christ\, my strength\, my God\, my Lord\,* most fittingly yo
 ur holy Church keeps festival\,* singing\, dancing\, crying out with pure 
 minds\,* feasting in the Lord.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord
 .\n\nTruly\, O Christ\, the tree of life has blossomed for the cross\, pla
 nted in the earth\, fed with blood and water from your pure side\, has put
  forth life for us.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nNo mor
 e the serpent’s lying whisper: You shall be like God\; for Christ\, divi
 ne Creator of man’s nature\, now has opened out before me\, with none to
  hinder\, the pathway of life.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, glory be to 
 You.\n\nYou were taken up in glory\, O King of the Angels\, that You might
  send us the Comforter from the Father. Wherefore we cry: Glory to Your As
 cension\, O Christ.\n\nHoly God-bearing Fathers\, pray to God for us.\n\nA
 rius of evil fame\, having\, in his foolish mind\, adulterated the Orthodo
 x Faith\, was banished from the Church as a rotten member by the decrees o
 f the Fathers.\n\nGlory…\n\nYou who are God and man became a Mediator be
 tween God and mankind. Wherefore\, O Christ\, the men of godly mind procla
 imed You\, knowing You to be one Son in two natures.\n\nNow…\n\nThe tast
 ing of the tree showed me forth as dead\; but the Tree of Life\, which app
 eared from you\, O all-pure One\, raised me up and made me an heir of the 
 joy of Paradise.\n\nKatavasia: O King of kings\, even You who are from the
  Only One\,* O Word\, who comes forth from the only uncaused Father\,* You
 \, as our Benefactor\, unfailingly sent Your Spirit\, equal in might\,* to
  the Apostles\, who sing: Glory to Your power\, O Lord.\n\nOde 5\n\nIrmos:
  Shine with your divine splendour\, I pray you\, O you who are good\,* on 
 the souls of those who rise early to you* and long to know you\, O Word of
  God\,* as in truth the God who calls them back from sin’s deep darkness
 .\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nNow the Cherubim withdra
 w from me\, and the flaming sword is turned back at sight of you\, O Word 
 of God\, in truth the God who makes for the Thief the path to Paradise.\n\
 nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nI fear no longer the return 
 to the dust\, Lord Christ\, for in your great mercy through your resurrect
 ion you have led me\, forgotten\, from the dust to the heights of incorrup
 tion.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, glory be to You.\n\nHaving filled all
  things with joy\, O Merciful One\, You came in Your flesh to the hosts on
  high.\n\nHoly God-bearing Fathers\, pray to God for us.\n\nTruly comely a
 re the feet of those who proclaim You\, the Peace that passes all understa
 nding of all Angels and men\, O Christ\, who by the abundance of peace has
  united the world.\n\nGlory…\n\nHaving watered the Church with the pure 
 waters of Christ’s teaching\, you now take delight by the waters of rest
 \, rejoicing forever.\n\nNow…\n\nO most pure One\, knowing you to be the
  radiant lamp that has shone its ray – Christ\, the Sun of Righteousness
  – upon all\, wherefore we now invoke your protection\, O only pure Moth
 er of God.\n\nKatavasia: O children of the Church\, whose likeness is like
  to light\,* receive the fire-breathing dew of the Spirit\, which is a red
 eeming purification of offenses\;* for now has the Law gone forth from Sio
 n\,* even the Spirit’s grace\, in the form of tongues of fire.\n\nOde 6\
 n\nIrmos: Watching life’s sea rising in the surging waves of temptations
 \,* fast making for your calm harbour\, I cry out to you:* Lead my life up
  from corruption\,* O you of many mercies .\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrec
 tion\, O Lord.\n\nCrucified\, O Lord\, by the nails which fastened you\, y
 ou annulled the curse upon us\; pierced in the side by the spear\, you tor
 e up the written scroll against Adam\, and set the whole world free.\n\nGl
 ory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nDeception tripped up Adam and b
 rought him to the depth of Hell. But you\, God and compassion by nature\, 
 came down to seek him and\, lifting him up on your shoulders\, raised him 
 up with yourself.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, glory be to You.\n\nIn th
 eir hope for the coming of the Spirit\, the Apostles leapt for joy as they
  beheld on high the Creator being lifted up\, and they cried out with fear
 : Glory be to Your ascent.\n\nHoly God-bearing Fathers\, pray to God for u
 s.\n\nThe sower of tares\, who was called the namesake of madness\, was no
 t able to escape the unspeakable judgment of providence\; for having zealo
 usly emulated Judas\, he\, the most evil one\, was rent asunder like him.\
 n\nGlory…\n\nBy the prayers of the God-inspired priests\, the bowels fro
 m whence the turbid and undrinkable water of impious heresies flowed\, wer
 e literally rent asunder in a most providential manner.\n\nNow…\n\nMoses
 \, great among the Prophets\, symbolically wrote in a former time concerni
 ng you as an ark\, and table\, and lamp\, and an urn\, signifying the inca
 rnation of the Most High that took place within you\, O Virgin Mother.\n\n
 Katavasia: You have shone forth from the Virgin as forgiveness and salvati
 on for us\, O Christ Master\;* that\, like as Jonah was expelled from the 
 belly of the sea monster\,* You might snatch from corruption* all the fall
 en race of Adam.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 8\n\nThe apostles’ preaching and th
 e Fathers’ doctrine confirmed the Church’s one faith\, and wearing the
  garment of truth woven from theology that descends from on high\, she rig
 htly imparts the mystery of godliness and sings its glory.\n\nIkos\n\nIn t
 he lofty preaching of the Church of God\, let us hearken as she cries: he 
 that thirsts\, let him come and drink. The cup which I bear is the cup of 
 wisdom. Its drink have I mixed with the word of truth. I pour forth the wa
 ter\, not of contention\, but of confession. As Israel now drinks thereof\
 , it beholds God\, who says: See\, see\, that I am He\, and have not chang
 ed. I am God\, I am first\, and I am hereafter\, and besides Me there is n
 one other. Hence\, they that partake shall be filled\, and shall praise th
 e great mystery of piety.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nOde 7\n\nIrmos: As falling dew the
  angel made the furnace to the holy children\,* and the command of God bur
 ned the Chaldeans\;* and the tyrant was convinced\, crying aloud:* Blessed
  are you\, the God of our fathers.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O 
 Lord.\n\nThe sun lamenting your Passion\, O Lord\, drew darkness around hi
 m and the light of the day was darkened over the whole of the earth\, whic
 h cried aloud: Blessed are you\, the God of our fathers.\n\nGlory to your 
 holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nAt your descent\, O Christ\, the underworld
  was clothed in splendour\; our first father\, filled with gladness of hea
 rt\, sprang up\, dancing and crying out: Blessed are you\, the God of our 
 fathers.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, glory be to You.\n\nO You who was 
 taken up on a cloud of light saved the world\, O God of our fathers\, bles
 sed are You.\n\nHoly God-bearing Fathers\, pray to God for us.\n\nYou conq
 uered Arius\, the namesake of madness\, who was raging grievously and spok
 e the utmost unjust things against God\; for he refused to cry to the Son:
  Blessed are You\, the God of our fathers.\n\nGlory…\n\nYou came as thou
 gh on wings\, with the help of the Word\, O blessed of God\; for the Holy 
 Spirit gathered you from the ends of the world\, that you might cry: Bless
 ed are You\, the God of our fathers.\n\nNow…\n\nThe furnace did not burn
  the three Youths\, thus prefiguring your giving of birth\; for the Divine
  Fire dwelt within you\, and did not consume you\, enlightening all to cry
  aloud: Blessed are you who conceived God in the flesh.\n\nKatavasia: The 
 unison of instrumental music declared that all should worship the lifeless
  image wrought of gold\;* but the light-bearing grace of the Comforter tea
 ches us to cry out in reverence:* O only Trinity\, Equal in power and begi
 nningless\,* blessed are You.\n\nOde 8\n\nIrmos: Dew from the flames you s
 hed on the holy ones\,* burning thus with water the sacrifice of the right
 eous.* All things\, O Christ\, you bring about according to your holy will
 \;* we highly exalt you throughout the ages.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurre
 ction\, O Lord.\n\nEnvy has finished its work on the people of the Jews: o
 f old the slayers of the prophets now they are slayers of God\; they set y
 ou upon the cross\, O Word of God\, you whom we highly exalt throughout th
 e ages.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nO Christ\, without
  leaving the courts of Heaven you came to Hell. Together with yourself you
  awakened the whole man\, lying m corruption\, and he highly exalts you no
 w throughout the ages.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, glory be to You.\n\n
 To Christ\, the Giver of life\, who in two essences has risen into the Hea
 vens with glory and sits together with the Father\, O priests hymn and peo
 ples supremely exalt throughout all ages.\n\nHoly God-bearing Fathers\, pr
 ay to God for us.\n\nAfire with the rays of Your divinity\, Your good shep
 herds confessed You as the Creator\, Fashioner\, and Lord of all things\, 
 whom we supremely exalt throughout all ages.\n\nWe bless the Father\, Son\
 , and Holy Spirit\, the Lord.\n\nThe many praiseworthy hierarchs and sheph
 erds enlighten the Church of Christ\, each of them illuminating it in dive
 rse lands\, and supremely exalting it throughout all ages.\n\nNow…\n\nMy
 stically\, in images\, all the Prophets foresaw you who has conceived the 
 Word\; for having taken flesh from you\, He came forth twofold\, even Him 
 whom we supremely exalt throughout all ages.\n\nWe praise\, we bless\, and
  we worship the Lord\, hymning and supremely exalting Him throughout all a
 ges!\n\nKatavasia: The type of the Godhead prefigured in the resplendent t
 hree* loosed the bonds and moistened the flames with dew.* The children pr
 aise\, and all creation that was made blesses\,* the only Saviour and Crea
 tor of all as their Benefactor.\n\nMagnificat\n\nOde 9\n\nIrmos: No man ca
 n see God\, on whom the ranks of angels dare not gaze\;* but\, through you
 \, All-holy One\, the Word made flesh is seen of mortal men.* Magnifying h
 im with all the heavenly hosts\,* we call you blessed.\n\nGlory to your ho
 ly Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nFree from passions you remained\, O Word of G
 od\, when you held converse with passions in the flesh. But having dealt t
 o passion a Passion\, you loosed man from his passions. For you alone are 
 impassible and almighty\, our Saviour.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\
 , O Lord.\n\nAccepting the corruption of death\, O Lord\, you kept your bo
 dy from tasting corruption\, and your soul\, life-giving\, divine\, was no
 t left in Hell. But\, as from sleep arising\, you raised us up with yourse
 lf.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, glory be to You.\n\nAs the Apostles beh
 eld You\, Christ God\, the Redeemer of the world\, being exalted in a mann
 er befitting God\, they magnified You with awe as they leapt for joy.\n\nH
 oly God-bearing Fathers\, pray to God for us.\n\nArming you with the might
 y strength of the Spirit\, the Word\, who is co-beginningless and of one t
 hrone with the Father before the ages\, found you to be allies\, and gathe
 red you together\; now ever glorify Him together with the heavenly hosts\,
  O all-sacred ones.\n\nGlory…\n\nSince You are the most pure Light\, O C
 hrist\, redeem my soul out of the darkness of the passions\, by the interc
 essions of Your sacred ministers\, O Master\, who have now proclaimed You 
 as the beginningless\, uncreated Creator of all\, and God\, co-beginningle
 ss with the Father.\n\nNow…\n\nTo the dead has resurrection now been gra
 nted through your ineffable and inexpressible birthgiving\, O Lady Theotok
 os\; for Life\, being clothed in flesh taken from you\, has shone forth up
 on all\, manifestly dispelling the gloom of death.\n\nKatavasia: Rejoice\,
  O Queen boast of virgins and mothers\;* for every eloquent and capable mo
 uth is unable to extol you worthily\,* and every mind is confounded in see
 king to comprehend your childbirth.* Wherefore\, with one accord do we glo
 rify you.\n\nSmall Litany\n\nHoly is the Lord\n\nHymn of Light\n\nThe two 
 sons of Zebedee\, with Peter\, Nathaniel\, and Thomas\,* and two others we
 re fishing in the Lake of Tiberias.* By the command of Christ\, they cast 
 the net on the right side* and drew out many fish.* Peter\, recognizing Ch
 rist\, came swimming toward Him.* This was the third appearance of the Lor
 d after His resurrection.* Then He shared with them bread and fish from th
 e fire.\n\nGlory…\n\nWhile celebrating on this day the holy Fathers’ m
 emory\, O all-compassionate Saviour\,* we pray You by their entreaties to 
 save You people and You flock from all the harm of heresies* and thus make
  us all worthy to extol the Word and the Father\,* and the all-holy Spirit
 .\n\nNow…\n\nWhile Your disciples looked on You\, You ascended\, O Chris
 t\,* to the Father to sit beside Him.* Angels haveened\, running on before
 \, and cried:* Lift the gates up\, lift them up\;* for the King has ascend
 ed to His bright primal glory.\n\nPraises\n\nStichera of the Praises\, Ton
 e 6\n\nTo carry out the sentence pre-ordained:* this honour is for all His
  faithful.\n\nYour Cross\, O Lord\, is the life and resurrection of Your p
 eople\,* and trusting in it we sing Your praises:* O our risen God\, have 
 mercy upon us.\n\nPraise God in His holy place\, praise Him in His mighty 
 heavens.\n\nYour burial\, O Master\, opened Paradise to mankind\,* and thu
 s delivered from corruption we sing Your praises:* O our risen God\, have 
 mercy upon us.\n\nPraise Him for His powerful deeds\,* praise His surpassi
 ng greatness.\n\nWith the Father and the Spirit* let us hymn Christ risen 
 from the dead\,* and let us cry out to Him:* You are our life and resurrec
 tion\, have mercy upon us.\n\nO praise Him with sound of trumpet\,* praise
  Him with lute and harp\;\n\nOn the third day You arose from the tomb\, O 
 Christ\, as it was written\,* raising together with Yourself our Forefathe
 r\;* therefore the race of mankind glorifies You\, and hymns Your Resurrec
 tion.\n\nPraise Him with timbrel and dance\,* praise Him with strings and 
 pipes.\n\nHaving brought together all knowledge of things of the spirit* a
 nd made careful inquiry by the divine Spirit’s grace\,* lo\, like godly 
 scribes the august Fathers* wrote the celestial Symbol\, the august Creed 
 of our holy Faith\,* wherein they clearly teach that\, like God the Father
 \,* the Word of God\, is also beginningless and is consubstantial with Him
  in truth.* Thus did these all-blest\, renowned and godly-minded ones* ind
 eed follow in manifest manner in that which the Apostles taught.\n\nO prai
 se Him with resounding cymbals\, praise Him with clashing of cymbals.* Let
  everything that lives and that breathes give praise to the Lord.\n\nHavin
 g brought together all knowledge of things of the spirit* and made careful
  inquiry by the divine Spirit’s grace\,* lo\, like godly scribes the aug
 ust Fathers* wrote the celestial Symbol\, the august Creed of our holy Fai
 th\,* wherein they clearly teach that\, like God the Father\,* the Word of
  God\, is also beginningless and is consubstantial with Him in truth.* Thu
 s did these all-blest\, renowned and godly-minded ones* indeed follow in m
 anifest manner in that which the Apostles taught.\n\nArise\, O Lord my God
 \, let Your hands be lifted on high\;* forget not Your poor to the end.\n\
 nWhen those blest defenders of the Gospel’s doctrines\, Christ’s heral
 ds\, had received* the fullness of noetic enlightenment through the Spirit
 ’s grace\,* they proclaimed the august oracle to all mankind* under insp
 iration from our God\,* that most transcendent truth which\, though few in
  words\, is sublimely wise.* These champions of piety and pious traditions
  and teachings* thus received revelation of piety and dogma from on high* 
 and were enlightened and then set forth* that faith which was taught of Go
 d.\n\nI will confess You\, O Lord\, with my whole heart\,* I will tell of 
 all Your wonders.\n\nLo\, the divine shepherds\,* as devoted servants of C
 hrist God and sacred initiates of the preaching inspired by God\,* brought
  together their wisdom as shepherds and their pastoral knowledge.* Then mo
 st righteously did they stir up their righteous anger* and cast out from t
 he plenitude of the Church the prowling and destructive wolves\,* driving 
 them far off with the Spirit’s sling\,* since those thus expelled had in
 curred a fall that leads to death* and were diseased with an illness that 
 could not be relieved or cured.\n\nTone 8\, Glory…\n\nWhen the choir of 
 the Holy Fathers* flocked from the ends of the inhabited world\,* they pro
 claimed the doctrine of the One Essence* and One Nature of the Father\, So
 n\, and Holy Spirit\,* thereby delivering plainly to the Church the myster
 y of theology.* As we acclaim them in faith\, we call them blessed\, sayin
 g:* O divine array\, God-proclaiming warriors of the Lord’s company\,* m
 ost brilliant stars of the spiritual firmament\,* impregnable towers of th
 e mystical Sion\,* fragrant flowers of Paradise\, all-golden mouths of the
  Word\,* the boast of Nicaea and adornment of the whole world.* Intercede 
 fervently on behalf of our souls.\n\nTone 2\, Now…\n\nYou are truly most
  blessed\, O virgin Mother of God.* Through the One who was incarnate of y
 ou\,* Hades was chained\, Adam revived\, the curse wiped out\,* Eve set fr
 ee\, Death put to death\,* and we ourselves were brought back to life.* Th
 at is why we cry out in praise\;* Blessed are You\, O Christ our God\,* wh
 o finds in this your good pleasure. Glory to You!\n\nGreat Doxology\n\nTro
 parion\, Tone 2\n\nYou came forth from death\, destroying the eternal bond
 s of Hades\, O Lord.* You broke the curse of Death* and thus delivered us 
 from the snares of the Evil One.* Then You appeared to your apostles and s
 ent them forth to preach\,* and through them You have bestowed your peace 
 upon all the world\,* for You alone are rich in mercy.\n\nInsistent Litany
 \n\nLitany of Supplication\n\nGreat Dismissal\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON SUNDAY
  MORNING\nFirst Antiphon\n\nClap your hands\, all you nations\;* shout to 
 God with the voice of joy.\n\nThrough the prayers of the Mother of God\, O
  Saviour\, save\, us.\n\nFor the Lord most high is awesome\,* a great king
  over all the earth.\n\nThrough the prayers of the Mother of God\, O Savio
 ur\, save\, us.\n\nHe has subdued peoples to us\,* and nations under our f
 eet.\n\nThrough the prayers of the Mother of God\, O Saviour\, save\, us.\
 n\nGod ascended amid shouts of joy\;* the Lord at the sound of the trumpet
 .\n\nThrough the prayers of the Mother of God\, O Saviour\, save\, us.\n\n
 Glory… Now…  Only-Begotten Son…\n\nThird Antiphon\n\nCome\, let us 
 sing joyfully to the Lord\,* let us acclaim God\, our Saviour.\n\nSon of G
 od\, who ascended in glory\,* save us who sing to You: Alleluia.\n\nLet us
  come before His face with praise\,* and acclaim Him in psalms.\n\nSon of 
 God\, who ascended in glory\,* save us who sing to You: Alleluia.\n\nFor G
 od is the great Lord\,* the great king over all the earth.\n\nSon of God\,
  who ascended in glory\,* save us who sing to You: Alleluia.\n\nEntrance\n
 \nCome\, let us worship* and fall down before Christ.\n\nSon of God\, who 
 ascended in glory\,* save us who sing to You: Alleluia.\n\nTroparia and Ko
 ntakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 6: Angelic powers were upon Your tomb* and the 
 guards became like dead men\;* Mary stood before Your tomb* seeking Your m
 ost pure body.* You captured Hades without being overcome by it.* You met 
 the Virgin and granted life.* O Lord\, risen from the dead\,* glory be to 
 You!\n\nTroparion\, Tone 4: You ascended in glory\, O Christ our God\,* gi
 ving joy to Your disciples by the promise of the Holy Spirit\,* and assuri
 ng them through your blessing* that You are the Son of God\,* the Redeemer
  of the world.\n\nTroparion\, Tone 8: Christ our God\, You are glorified a
 bove all\,* You established our fathers as beacons on earth* and through t
 hem guided all of us to the true faith.* Glory to You\, most compassionate
  Lord.\n\nGlory be to the Father\, and to the Son\, and to the Holy Spirit
 .\n\nKontakion\, Tone 8: The apostles’ preaching and the Fathers’ doct
 rine* confirmed the Church’s one faith\,* and wearing the garment of tru
 th* woven from theology that descends from on high\,* she rightly imparts*
  the mystery of godliness* and sings its glory.\n\nNow and for ever and ev
 er. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 6: When you had fulfilled Your plan for us* 
 and united things on earth with those in heaven\,* You ascended in glory\,
  O Christ our God\,* in no way distant\, but remaining inseparable\,* You 
 cried to those who love You:* I am with You and there is none against you.
 \n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 4\n\nBlessed are You\, Lord God of our fathers\, an
 d praised and glorified is Your Name forever.\n\nverse: For You are righte
 ous in everything that You have done to us. (Daniel 3:26\,27)\n\nEpistle\n
 \nActs 20:16-18\, 28-36\n\nAnd when he had said these things\, he knelt do
 wn and prayed with them all.\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 0\n\nverse: The God of god
 s\, the Lord\, spoke and summoned the earth from the rising of sun to its 
 setting.\n\nverse: Gather to Him His devout ones\, who with sacrifice make
  covenant with Him. (Psalm 49:1\,5)\n\nGospel\n\nJohn 17:1-13\n\nHymn to t
 he Theotokos\n\nO my soul\, magnify the Lord who in glory ascended bodily 
 into the heavens.\n\nand the Irmos: O Mother of God\,* you transcended bot
 h mind and word\,* and in time\, ineffably bore the Timeless One:* it is y
 ou who\, with one accord\,* we\, the faithful\, magnify.\n\nCommunion Hymn
 \n\nPraise the Lord from the heavens\;* praise Him in the highest. (Psalm 
 148:1)* Rejoice in the Lord\, O you just\;* praise befits the righteous. (
 Psalm 32:1)* Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia.\n\nInstead of We have seen t
 he true light we sing:\n\nBe exalted\, O God\, above the heavens\, above a
 ll the earth be Your glory.\n\nInstead of Let our mouths be filled we sing
  three times:\n\nBe exalted\, O God\, above the heavens\, above all the ea
 rth be Your glory.
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