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SUMMARY:Friday\, April 24\, 2026\; The Holy Martyr Sabbas Stratelates
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\nPaschal Troparion\n\nChrist i
 s risen from the dead\,* trampling death by death\,* and to those in the t
 ombs* giving life.\n\nKathisma Reading\n\nThe assigned psalms are chanted.
 \n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 8\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\, who can stan
 d?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be revered.\n\nWhen Christ ha
 d appeared\, the modest myrrh-bearers followed in His steps\,* ministering
  to Him with an upright mind and heart.* When He had reposed\, you did not
  abandon Him\;* but rather\, with tears you came bearing myrrh.* Therefore
  we the faithful celebrate your sacred memory.\n\nI have waited for You as
  You have commanded\; my soul patiently relies on Your promise\,* for it h
 as trusted in the Lord.\n\nWishing to behold the Life of all\,* as He lay 
 dead in the grave\, the godly women came by night.* And arriving at the to
 mb they heard the Angel say.* As Christ foretold\, He has arisen\,* make h
 avee to tell His disciples\;* and cast away the sorrow of your much-lament
 ing souls\;* instead\, receive inexpressible joy.\n\nFrom the morning watc
 h until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nOn this day we the faithfu
 l dance for joy\,* commemorating your feast\, O myrrh-bearers\,* and prais
 ing you we glorify our supremely good Lord\,* Beseech Him ceaselessly\, O 
 all-honoured ones\,* that we attain to the splendour of the Saints\,* and 
 that He grant to us eternal glory\,* since you have great boldness with Hi
 m\,* O blessed ones of God.\n\nTone 4\n\nFor with the Lord there is mercy\
 , and with Him there is plentiful redemption\;* and He shall redeem Israel
  from all its iniquities.\n\nYou were an invincible commander\,* a valiant
  athlete\, and a universal beacon\,* illumining the ends of the world with
  the dawning of your miracles* and dispelling the heavy darkness of the de
 mons\,* O great Sabbas\, adornment of martyrs\,* fellow citizen of the hol
 y incorporeal ones\,* who prays for our souls.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all th
 e nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\nIncarcerated in priso
 ns\, burned with fire\,* tortured with many torments\, torn asunder upon a
  tree\,* afflicted with winters cold\,* and unceasingly inflicted with fre
 quent wounds\,* you remained unshaken\, O athlete\,* receiving with fervou
 r a blessed end in the waters.\n\nStrong is the love of the Lord for us\;*
  eternally will His truth endure.\n\nYou were a comely youth\, O you who a
 re most rich\, ever marvelled at by all\;* you fearlessly set yourself apa
 rt for the labours of suffering\,* and with your holy and great struggles*
  raised up standards of victory against all enemies.* Wherefore\, O right 
 wondrous one\, we honour you in praise.\n\nTone 2\, Glory… Now…\n\nRis
 ing up early and coming with earnestness to Your tomb\,* the Myrrh-bearers
  sought for You so as to anoint Your immaculate Body\, O Christ.* And havi
 ng been told by the words of the Angel\,* they preached to the Apostles th
 e tokens of joy:* that the Author of our salvation has arisen\, having des
 poiled death\,* and granting the world eternal life and great mercy.\n\nPr
 okeimenon\, Tone 6\n\nMy help is from the Lord\,* Who made heaven and eart
 h.\n\nverse: I lifted up my eyes to the mountains\, from where my help sha
 ll come.\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 2\n\nLet Him be crucified\, cried out those 
 who had ever enjoyed Your favours\;* and those slayers of the righteous so
 ught to receive a malefactor instead of the benefactor\;* but You\, O Chri
 st\, were silent\, enduring their presumptuousness\,* wishing to suffer an
 d to save us\,* since You are the Lover of mankind.\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\nCome let us worship God the Word\,* begotten of the Father before all a
 ges\,* incarnate of the Virgin Mary\;* for having endured the Cross\, He w
 as handed over for burial\,* as He himself had willed\,* and having risen 
 from the dead He has saved me\,* the whole man\, who has gone astray.\n\nH
 ave 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 cont
 empt of the proud.\n\nHaving no desire for earthly pleasures\,* the passio
 n-bearers were deemed woryour of the good things of heaven\,* and became f
 ellow citizens of the angels.* By their intercessions\, O Lord\,* have mer
 cy and save us.\n\nTone 4\, Glory… Now…\n\nJoseph asked for the Body o
 f Jesus and laid it in his own new sepulchre\;* for it was meet that He sh
 ould come forth from the grave\, as from a bridal chamber.* O You who have
  crushed the might of death* and have opened the gates of Paradise to mank
 ind\,* glory be to You.\n\nTroparia\n\nTone 2\n\nThe noble Joseph took dow
 n Your most pure Body from the tree.* He wrapped it with a clean shroud an
 d aromatic spices\,* and placed it in a new tomb.* But on the third day Yo
 u arose\, O Lord\,* granting the world Your great mercy.\n\nWhen You went 
 down to death\, O Life Immortal\,* You struck Hades dead with the blazing 
 light of Your divinity.* When You raised the dead from the nether world\,*
  all the powers of heaven cried out:* O Giver of life\, Christ our God\, g
 lory be to You!\n\nGlory…\, Tone 5\n\nYou abandoned earthly rank and hon
 our\,* and as an athlete\, confessed Christ God* before the false and tyra
 nnical emperors.* For His sake\, you endured much suffering\, glorious one
 .* Therefore\, splendidly adorned with the armies of heaven\,* you have be
 en crowned with a beautiful wreath of victory* by the King who reigns over
  all.* As you stand before Him\, Sabbas\,* pray that He may save our souls
 .\n\nNow…\n\nThe angel stood by the tomb and cried out to the women brin
 ging ointment:* Ointments are for the dead\,* but Christ has shown Himself
  not subject to corruption.* So now cry out: The Lord is risen\,* bestowin
 g great mercy upon the world.\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON FRIDAY MORNING\nAfter 
 the priest has exclaimed\, Blessed be the Kingdom… and the people have r
 esponded\, Amen\, the clergy sing the Paschal Troparion once and the peopl
 e repeat it. Then\, the clergy sing the first half\, and the people conclu
 de it.\n\nPaschal Troparion\n\nChrist is risen from the dead\,* trampling 
 death by death\,* and to those in the tombs* giving life.\n\nTroparia and 
 Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 2: When You went down to death\, O Life Immor
 tal\,* You struck Hades dead with the blazing light of Your divinity.* Whe
 n You raised the dead from the nether world\,* all the powers of heaven cr
 ied out:* “O Giver of Life\, Christ our God\, glory be to You!”\n\nTro
 parion\, Tone 2: The noble Joseph took down Your most pure body from the t
 ree.* He wrapped it with a clean shroud and aromatic spices* and placed it
  in a new tomb.* But on the third day You arose\, O Lord\,* granting the w
 orld Your great mercy.\n\nGlory be to the Father\, and to the Son\, and to
  the Holy Spirit.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 2: You commanded the myrrh-bearers t
 o rejoice\, O Christ God\,* and ended the grief of our mother Eve by Your 
 Resurrection.* You ordered the apostles to proclaim to all:* “The Saviou
 r is risen from the tomb.”\n\nNow and for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nKontak
 ion\, Tone 8: Yough You descended into a tomb\, O Immortal One\,* yet You 
 destroyed the power of Hades\;* and You rose as victor\, O Christ God\,* c
 alling to the myrrh-bearing women: Rejoice!* and giving peace to Your Apos
 tles:* You\, who grant Resurrection to the fallen.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 6
 \n\nSave Your people\, O Lord\, * and bless Your inheritance.\n\nverse: Un
 to You I will cry\, O Lord\, my God\, lest You turn from me in silence. (P
 salm 27:9\,1)\n\nEpistle\n\nActs 8:40-9:19\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 8\n\nverse: 
 You have shown favour to Your land\, O Lord\; You brought back the captive
 s of Jacob.\n\nverse: Mercy and truth have met\; righteousness and peace h
 ave embraced. (Psalm 84:2\,11)\n\nGospel\n\nJohn 6:48-54\n\nHymn to the Th
 eotokos\n\nThe Angel cried out to the One full of Grace: O chavee Virgin\,
  rejoice! And again I say\, Rejoice! Your Son has risen from the tomb on t
 he third day\, and raised the dead. Let all people rejoice! Shine\, shine\
 , O new Jerusalem\, for the glory of the Lord has risen upon you! Exult no
 w and be glad\, O Sion! And you\, O chavee Mother of God\, take delight in
  the resurrection of your Son.\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nReceive the Body of Ch
 rist\;* taste the fountain of immortality.* Praise the Lord from the heave
 ns\; praise Him in the highest.* Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia. (Psalm 1
 48:1)\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 tombs* g
 iving life.\n\nInstead of We have seen the true light… we sing:\n\nChris
 t is risen from the dead\,* trampling death by death\,* and to those in th
 e tombs* giving life.\n\nInstead of May our mouths be filled… we sing th
 ree times:\n\nChrist is risen from the dead\,* trampling death by death\,*
  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\,* t
 rampling death by death\,* and to those in the tombs* giving life.\n\nAt t
 he 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 giving l
 ife.\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 He has
  granted life eternal\;* we bow down before His resurrection on the third 
 day.
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