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DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260821
DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260822
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 postle-thaddeus-the-holy-martyr-bassa/
SUMMARY:Friday\, August 21\, 2026\; The Holy Apostle Thaddeus\; The Holy Ma
 rtyr Bassa.
DESCRIPTION:Post-feast of the Dormition. Abstention from meat and foods tha
 t contain these ingredients\n\nAT VESPERS ON THURSDAY EVENING\n\nKathisma 
 Reading\n\nThe appointed psalms are chanted.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 8\, P
 odoben “O glorious wonder…”\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\, who c
 an stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be revered.\n\nO bless
 ed Thaddeus\,* having drawn close to the heavenly light\,* you became a li
 ght because of your divine communion\,* and you dispersed the night of ido
 latry.* Because you led souls to the Almighty\,* we glorify Christ and ven
 erate your illustrious memory.\n\nI have waited for You as You have comman
 ded\; my soul patiently relies on Your promise\,* for it has trusted in th
 e Lord.\n\nO Thaddeus\, blessed and illustrious apostle of the Lord\,* aft
 er the divine and glorious Resurrection* and most holy Ascension of Christ
 \,* you received the mission to preach the divine message* to your city\, 
 Edessa.* By words and miracles you converted Abgar\, the ruler of the city
 .* With him you strengthened everyone in the truth.\n\nFrom the morning wa
 tch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nO blessed and God-wise T
 haddeus\,* through your holy touch\, the blind saw and the lame walked.* T
 he sick were healed\, the weak were encouraged\,* and the ignorant were en
 lightened.* You were filled with the gifts of the Holy Spirit\;* for this 
 reason we praise you\, O blessed one.\n\nTone 4\, Podoben “You have give
 n a sign…”\n\nFor with the Lord there is mercy\, and with Him there is
  plentiful redemption\;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquitie
 s.\n\nO praiseworthy one\, you suffered many tortures.* Then you passed ov
 er to the painless repose\,* to the light that knows no evening\,* to the 
 bright joy\, and to the eternal delight of God.* Therefore\, we bless you 
 today as we observe your holy feats\,* O God-loving sufferer of the passio
 n.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you pe
 ople.\n\nAfter various painful tortures\, you were cast into the sea.* God
 \, the Saviour of all\, rescued you\, O long-suffering Bassa.* By divine p
 ower He crushed the power of the enemy* and illumined the minds of the dev
 out beyond understanding.\n\nStrong is the love of the Lord for us\;* eter
 nally will His truth endure.\n\nHaving sung about the divine passion* like
  a melodious bird in a meadow\,* you called your honourable disciples.* Wi
 th them you fled from the snare of error.* O Bassa\, God-wise and worthy o
 f admiration\,* with them you made your home in the heavenly kingdom.* O m
 ost blessed one\, pray for us.\n\nTone 6\, Glory… Now…\n\nCome\, let u
 s celebrate the universal Dormition of the immaculate Theotokos.* Today th
 e angels glorify the passage of the Mother of God with joy.* They summon u
 s to sing out:* Rejoice\, for you have passed from earth and inhabit the h
 eavenly abode.* Rejoice\, since the choir of disciples was gathered into o
 ne group* by means of a swift cloud.* Rejoice\, our hope and salvation.* T
 he Christian people bless you unceasingly.\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 2\n\nCome\
 , O light-bearers\, and venerate with sacred song and cymbals* the praisew
 orthy Dormition of the Theotokos* as she passes away from earth.* Indeed\,
  she gloriously lives in Paradise\,* and we see the divine bounty* which l
 avishes grace on all who faithfully venerate her.\n\nGo up\, Lord\, to the
  place of Your rest\,* You and the ark of Your strength.\n\nO Lady\, by me
 ans of the celestial clouds\,* the sacred choir of apostles was gathered f
 rom the ends of the earth* to bury your God-loving\, precious and incorrup
 tible body.* Therefore\, the heavenly hosts who invisibly gathered around 
 your bier* call out in praise: Rejoice\, O Ark of salvation!\n\nThe Lord s
 wore an oath to David\;* He will not go back on His word.\n\nO truly incom
 prehensible\, awesome\, and inexpressible mystery\,* you were the Birthgiv
 er of God.* You enriched the heavens and illumined the world.* Your presen
 ce perfumes the air with fragrance.* Rejoice\, O Ark of the Divinity.\n\nT
 one 8\, Glory… Now…\n\nChoirs of virgins mystically stand around the b
 ier of the Virgin Mother\,* and the souls of the just surround it.* The fo
 rmer bring the gift of virginity instead of myrrh\;* the latter bring spir
 itual songs with virtue.* It is fitting for the Mother of God as a queen* 
 to be surrounded by those who glow with virtues.* We who have entered upon
  a chaste life* shall go down together with them* to the burial of the Mot
 her of our God\,* blessing her with hymns and spiritual songs.\n\nTroparia
 \n\nTone 3\n\nEdessa rejoices today at its baptism through you.* Abgar has
  been freed from passion and praises you.* We join in his hymn\, and we si
 ng to you:* Fill our lives with spiritual happiness* and heal our passions
  by your prayers\, O apostle Thaddeus.\n\nTone 4\, Glory\n\nO Jesus\, you 
 lamb Bassa cries out to You with great love:* O my Bridegroom\, I long for
  You in great pain.* I am crucified with You\, and in baptism I am buried 
 with You.* I suffer for Your sake in order to reign with You.* I die for Y
 ou in order to live in You.* Accept me as an immaculate victim since I am 
 immolated for Your love.* Through her intercession\, O merciful One\, save
  our souls\n\nTone 1\, Now…\n\nIn giving birth you retained your virgini
 ty\,* in falling asleep you did not abandon the world\, O Mother of God.* 
 You passed into life\, for you are the Mother of Life\,* and by your praye
 rs* you deliver our souls from death.\n\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON FRIDAY MORNI
 NG\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 1: In giving birth you ret
 ained your virginity\,* in falling asleep you did not abandon the world\, 
 O Mother of God.* You passed into life\, for you are the Mother of Life\,*
  and by your prayers* you deliver our souls from death.\n\nTroparion\, Ton
 e 3: Edessa rejoices today at its baptism through you.* Abgar has been fre
 ed from passion and praises you.* We join in his hymn\, and we sing to you
 :* Fill our lives with spiritual happiness* and heal our passions by your 
 prayers\, O apostle Thaddeus.\n\nTroparion\, Tone 4: O Jesus\, your lamb B
 assa cries out to You with great love:* O my Bridegroom\, I long for You i
 n great pain.* I am crucified with You\, and in baptism I am buried with Y
 ou.* I suffer for Your sake in order to reign with You.* I die for You in 
 order to live in You.* Accept me as an immaculate victim since I am immola
 ted for Your love.* Through her intercession\, O merciful One\, save our s
 ouls\n\nGlory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.\n\nK
 ontakion\, Tone 4: As a star most bright the Church forever possess you\,*
  O Apostle Thaddeus\,* for she is illumined by the frequent gift of your m
 iracles.* And so we call out to Christ:* “Save those who venerate in fai
 th the memory of Your apostle\,* O most merciful One!”\n\nNow and for ev
 er and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 2: The tomb and death could not hol
 d the Mother of God\,* unceasing in her intercession and unfailing hope of
  patronage\,* for\, as the Mother of Life\, she was transferred to life* b
 y Him Who had dwelt in her ever-virgin womb.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 3\n\nMy
  soul magnifies the Lord\, and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Saviour.\n
 \nverse: Because he has regarded the humility of His handmaid\; for behold
 \, all generations shall call me blessed. (Luke 1:46-48)\n\nEpistle\n\n2 C
 orinthians 11:5-21\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 8\n\nverse: Rise up\, O Lord\, to th
 e place of Your rest\, You and the ark of Your holiness.\n\nverse: The Lor
 d swore an oath to David\, and will not go back on His word. (Psalm 131:8\
 ,11)\n\nGospel\n\nMark 4:1-9\n\nHymn to the Theotokos\n\nSeeing the pure o
 ne’s falling asleep\, angels marvelled in wonder how the Virgin could as
 cend from earth to heaven.\n\nAnd the Irmos: O pure Virgin\, in you are co
 nquered the bounds of nature\,* for childbirth remains virginal and death 
 is betrothed to life.* Virgin after childbearing and alive after death\, O
  Mother of God\,* never cease to save your inheritance.\n\nCommunion Hymn\
 n\nI will take the chalice of salvation\;* and I will call upon the name o
 f the Lord.* Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia. (Psalm 115:13)
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