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SUMMARY:Friday\, April 17\, 2026\; Our Venerable Father Simeon of Persia\; 
 Our Venerable Father Acacius\, Bishop of Melitene.
DESCRIPTION:Abstention from meat and foods that contain these ingredients.\
 nAT VESPERS ON THURSDAY EVENING\nAfter the priest has exclaimed\, Blessed 
 be our God… and the people have responded\, Amen\, the clergy sing the P
 aschal Troparion once and the people repeat it. Then\, the clergy sing the
  first half\, and the people conclude it.\n\nKathisma Reading\n\nThe assig
 ned psalms are chanted.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 4\n\nIf You mark iniquitie
 s\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be rev
 ered.\n\nMore radiantly luminous than the sun\,* your memory has shone for
 th upon the faithful\,* enlightening creation of divine splendours\, O mos
 t blessed Simeon\,* and dispelling the gloom of the passions and the darkn
 ess of the demons.* Wherefore\, we call you blessed* and prayerfully hymn 
 you as a beacon for the whole world* and a fervent intercessor.\n\nI have 
 waited for You as You have commanded\; my soul patiently relies on Your pr
 omise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nO wise martyr\, having acquire
 d heavenly things through the things of earth\,* and permanent things thro
 ugh that which is transitory\,* rejoicing\, you received incorrupt glory t
 hrough corruptible things\,* and patiently\, through tortures and wounds f
 or the Word of God\,* you obtained crowns and the kingdom\,* wherein\, rej
 oicing\, O glorious one\, with those who suffered with you\,* pray for all
  who praise you with faith.\n\nFrom the morning watch until night* let Isr
 ael trust in the Lord.\n\nThe shafts of your words wounded the assemblies 
 of the iniquitous\, O martyr Simeon\;* which caused the clouds of heaven t
 o lift up their voice* and the choirs of the incorporeal ones to come toge
 ther in joy\,* marvelling at the patience of your struggles.* Wherefore\, 
 rejoicing\, we honour with faith your holy repose\,* glorifying the Saviou
 r.\n\nTone 8\n\nFor with the Lord there is mercy\, and with Him there is p
 lentiful redemption\;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquities.
 \n\nAs a right acceptable hierarch\,* you behold the noetic tabernacles* a
 nd have been vouchsafed to see never-waning and heavenly sights\,* arrayed
  in holiness\, clad in righteousness and magnificence\;* and\, face to fac
 e\, O blessed one\,* you behold the beauty of noetic things.\n\nPraise the
  Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\nO vener
 able father Acacius\,* furnishing your mind with wings to fly to God with 
 faith\,* you disdained the disorderly state of the world* and\, taking up 
 your cross\,* you followed after Him who beholds all things\,* enslaving t
 o your mind the intemperance of your body* through feats of asceticism\,* 
 by the power of the divine Spirit.\n\nStrong is the love of the Lord for u
 s\;* eternally will His truth endure.\n\nShown to be a partisan of the god
 ly Council\,* preeminent with Cyril\, O Acacius\,* you committed the wicke
 d Nestorius to damnation\,* denouncing his mindlessness\, O blessed one\,*
  and putting his vanity to shame with spiritual discourse.* Wherefore\, ev
 ery soul calls you blessed\,* celebrating with faith your divine memory.\n
 \nGlory… \n\nSave me\, O all-pure Mistress\,* who ineffably gave birth t
 o Christ the Saviour\,* for you alone have I acquired as an intercessor\,*
  my insuperable rampart\, my protection and joy\,* the divine consolation 
 of my soul.* Wherefore\, deliver me from the worm that sleeps not* and fro
 m everlasting fire\, O Mother of Christ God.\n\nTone 2\, Now…\n\nJesus c
 ame to the disciples while the doors were shut\,* and granted them peace a
 nd fearlessness.* Whereupon He says to Thomas:* Why do you not believe tha
 t I have arisen from the dead?* Bring your hand here and place it in My si
 de\, and see\;* because you have disbelieved\, all have learned of My Pass
 ion and Resurrection\,* and they shall all cry out with you:* O my Lord an
 d my God\, glory be to You.\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 1\n\nClothed in a garb of
  righteousness* whose whiteness transcends that of snow\,* let us all exul
 t in this Pascha\,* whereon Christ\, the Sun of Righteousness\,* has dawne
 d forth from among the dead\,* brightening us all with incorruption.\n\nI 
 have lifted up my eyes to You enthroned in heaven. Behold\, as the eyes of
  servants are on the hands of their masters\, as the eyes of a maid are on
  the hands of her mistress\, so are our eyes on the Lord our God until He 
 has mercy on us.\n\nThis present day is the King and Lord\;* the feast of 
 feasts\;* which in all truth the Lord has made.* Therefore\, as the Prophe
 t David hymns *\, let us mystically rejoice\, O peoples\;* for while the d
 oors were shut\,* He granted peace to the disciples.\n\nHave mercy on us\,
  O Lord\, have mercy on us\; for we have been filled with shame\; our soul
  is all too full of the mockery of the rich\, of the contempt of the proud
 .\n\nWith his probing right hand Thomas felt the Word’s wounded hands an
 d feet\,* and through his unbelief confirmed the world-saving arising\;* f
 or the God-man arose from Hades’ dungeons\,* and thus destroyed all its 
 strength as One Almighty.\n\nTone 8\, Glory… Now…\n\nO Thomas\, touch 
 My side with your hand\, says Christ\,* and come\, feel the imprints of th
 e nails.* Examine them in faith\;* believe in Me\, and be not unbelieving.
 * And when Thomas touched the Master with his finger\, he cried out with a
  great voice:* You are my God and Lord\; O compassionately loving One\, gl
 ory be to You.\n\nTroparion\n\nTone 7\n\nWhile the tomb was sealed\, O Chr
 ist God\,* You dawned as life from the sepulcher\,* and while the doors we
 re shut\,* You came to Your disciples\, the Resurrection of all\,* renewin
 g a right spirit in us through them\,* according to Your great mercy.\n\nG
 lory… Now…\n\nWhile the tomb was sealed\, O Christ God\,* You dawned a
 s life from the sepulcher\,* and while the doors were shut\,* You came to 
 Your disciples\, the Resurrection of all\,* renewing a right spirit in us 
 through them\,* according to Your great mercy.\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON FRIDA
 Y MORNING\nAfter the priest has exclaimed\, Blessed be the Kingdom… and 
 the people have responded\, Amen\, the clergy sing the Paschal Troparion o
 nce and the people repeat it. Then\, the clergy sing the first half\, and 
 the people conclude it.\n\nPaschal Troparion\n\nChrist is risen from the d
 ead\,* trampling death by death\,* and to those in the tombs* giving life.
 \n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 7: While the tomb was sealed
 \, O Christ God\,* You dawned as life from the sepulcher\,* and while the 
 doors were shut\,* You came to Your disciples\, the Resurrection of all\,*
  renewing a right spirit in us through them\,* according to Your great mer
 cy.\n\nGlory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit\, now 
 and for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 8: With his searching han
 d\,* Thomas explored Your life-giving side\, O Christ God.* For when You e
 ntered while the doors were shut\,* he called out to You with the rest of 
 the Apostles:* You are my Lord and my God!\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 3\n\nGrea
 t is our Lord and great is His strength\;* and of His knowledge there is n
 o end.\n\nverse: Praise the Lord\, for a psalm is good\; may praise be swe
 et to our God. (Psalm 146:5\,1)\n\nEpistle\n\nActs 5:1-11\n\nAlleluia\, To
 ne 8\n\nverse: Come\, let us sing joyfully to the Lord\, let us acclaim Go
 d our Saviour.\n\nverse: For God is the great Lord and the great king over
  all the earth. (Psalm 94:1\,3)\n\nGospel\n\nJohn 5:30-6:2\n\nHymn to the 
 Theotokos\n\nThe Angel cried out to the One full of Grace: O chaste Virgin
 \, rejoice! And again I say\, Rejoice! Your Son has risen from the tomb on
  the third day\, and raised the dead. Let all people rejoice! Shine\, shin
 e\, O new Jerusalem\, for the glory of the Lord has risen upon you! Exult 
 now and be glad\, O Sion! And you\, O chaste Mother of God\, take delight 
 in the resurrection of your Son.\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nPraise the Lord\, O 
 Jerusalem.* Praise your God\, O Sion.* Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia. (P
 salm147:1)\n\nInstead of Blessed is He Who comes… we sing:\n\nChrist is 
 risen from the dead\,* trampling death by death\,* and to those in the tom
 bs* giving life.\n\nInstead of We have seen the true light… we sing:\n\n
 Christ is risen from the dead\,* trampling death by death\,* and to those 
 in the tombs* giving life.\n\nInstead of May our mouths be filled… we si
 ng three times:\n\nChrist is risen from the dead\,* trampling death by dea
 th\,* and to those in the tombs* giving life.\n\nInstead of Blessed be the
  name of the Lord… we sing three times:\n\nChrist is risen from the dead
 \,* trampling death by death\,* and to those in the tombs* giving life.\n\
 nAt the dismissal\, instead of Glory be to the Father and the Son and the 
 Holy Spirit\, now and forever and ever. Amen. we chant:\n\nChrist is risen
  from the dead\, trampling death by death\,* and to those in the tombs giv
 ing life.\n\nAfter the final Amen\, the Troparion Christ is risen is sung 
 as at the beginning of the Liturgy\, but with the addition:\n\nAnd to us H
 e has granted life eternal\;* we bow down before His resurrection on the t
 hird day.
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