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SUMMARY:Friday\, May 15\, 2026\;  Our Venerable Father Pachomius the Great.
DESCRIPTION:Abstention from meat and foods that contain these ingredients.\
 nAT VESPERS ON THURSDAY EVENING\nKathisma Reading\n\nThere no appointed ps
 alms for this evening.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 1\n\nIf You mark iniquities
 \, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be reve
 red.\n\nAs You ascended into the heavens\, from where You also descended\,
 * leave us not orphaned\, O Lord\;* let Your Spirit come\, bringing peace 
 to the world\;* show to the sons of men the works of Your might\,* O Lord 
 and Lover of mankind.\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
 \nThough You were not parted from His uncircumscribable bosom\,* You ascen
 ded to Your beginningless Father\, O Christ\,* and the hosts on high accep
 ted no addition to the thrice-holy praise.* But even after You became man 
 they recognized You as the one Son\,* only-begotten of the Father\, O Lord
 .* In the multitude of Your compassions\, have mercy on us.\n\nFrom the mo
 rning watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nYour Angels said
  to the Apostles\, O Lord:* O men of Galilee\, why do you stand looking up
  into heaven?* This is Christ God\, who has been taken up from you into He
 aven.* He shall come again in the manner you have seen Him going into Heav
 en.* Worship Him in holiness and righteousness.\n\nTone 6\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\nExtending all your desire
  to God\, you forsook the beauty of the world as fleeting\,* and offered y
 ourself to Christ\, O most wise Pachomius\,* purifying yourself in every w
 ay by abstinence\,* showing forth patience opposition to the burning of th
 e passions\;* and enduring the torment of your conscience\, O divinely wis
 e one\,* you received an imperishable crown as one victorious.\n\nPraise t
 he Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\nThrou
 gh active vision you have now drawn nigh to union with God\,* casting from
  you the coarse covering of the body\,* having rejected the passionate att
 achment of the flesh* and become illuminated by His effulgence and grace a
 nd divine radiance\,* and deified at His behest\,* that you might ascend t
 o that which is higher.* And having now become blessed\, O God-bearer\,* e
 ntreat Christ with boldness in behalf of our souls.\n\nStrong is the love 
 of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth endure.\n\nHaving surpassed
  every sense\, you conversed with the Master in purity\,* transcending the
  flesh\, O most honoured Pachomius\,* restraining the passions with higher
  thought\,* and destroying the arrogance of the demons\, you trampled them
  underfoot.* And dwelling now in the mansions of heaven\,* be mindful of a
 ll who honour your memory\,* entreating Christ with boldness in behalf of 
 our souls.\n\nGlory…\n\nHaving preserved unharmed that which was created
  according to the image of God\,* and through fasting made your mind maste
 r over the pernicious passions\,* you ascended\, as far as you were able\,
  to that which is in accordance with His likeness\;* for having manfully d
 one violence to your nature\,* you strove to make that which is worse subj
 ect to that which is better\,* and to enslave the flesh to the spirit.* Th
 erefore\, you have been shown to be the summit of monastics\,* a desert-dw
 eller\, a trainer of those who run the good race\,* a most excellent model
  of virtue.* And now in the heavens\, the reflections having been abolishe
 d\, O our father Pachomius\,* you gaze in purity upon the Holy Trinity\,* 
 praying directly for those who honour you with faith and love.\n\nTone 2\,
  Now…\n\nYou were born as you willed\;* Your appeared of Your own choice
 \;* You suffered in the flesh\, O our God.* You arose from the dead\, tram
 pling down death\;* and You ascended in glory\, O You who fills all things
 \,* and sent to us the Divine Spirit\,* that we may praise and glorify You
 r Divinity.\n\nGreat Prokeimenon\n\nTone 7\n\nOur God is in the heavens an
 d on earth\;* He does whatever He wills.\n\nverse: When Israel came forth 
 from Egypt\; Jacob’s sons from an alien people.\n\nverse: The sea fled a
 t the sight\; the Jordan turned back on its course.\n\nverse: Why was it\,
  sea\, that you fled\; that you turned back\, Jordan\, on your course?\n\n
 Aposticha\n\nTone 2\n\nAs they went up to Olivet\,* He that fills all thin
 gs then spoke to His disciples saying:* O My friends\, the time of My asce
 nt draws nigh.* Go forth to every nation* and teach that which you have he
 ard me speak.* Then the Lord ascended in glory as upon a chariot.* Whereup
 on\, the Apostles trembled and were seized with awe.\n\nClap your hands\, 
 all nations\;* shout to God with a voice of rejoicing.\n\nWhen Your Mother
  with the disciples* travelled with You\, O Christ on the way to Bethany.*
  You raised up Your hands to bless them\,* and having blessed them\, a clo
 ud of light came and took You from their sight.* Thus You ascended in glor
 y* and take Your seat at the right hand of the Father\,* where with Him Yo
 u are truly worshiped.\n\nGod is gone up in jubilation\,* the Lord with th
 e voice of the trumpet.\n\nCome\, O you faithful\, let us go now together 
 to the summit of the Mount of Olives\,* that together with the apostolic c
 hoir\,* we may lift up our hearts and minds toward the heavens\,* where we
  shall see the Lord being carried aloft.* Therefore\, with heartfelt thank
 sgiving\, let us all rejoice and cry aloud:* Glory be to Your Ascension\, 
 O greatly Merciful One.\n\nTone 6\, Glory… \n\nO venerable father\, the 
 sound of your corrections has gone forth into all the earth\;* therefore\,
  you have found the reward of your labours in the heavens\,* have destroye
 d hordes of the demons and attained to the ranks of the angels\,* whose li
 fe you blamelessly emulated.* As you have boldness before Christ God\, ask
  peace for our souls.\n\nNow…\n\nHaving beheld Your ascents on the holy 
 mountains\, O Christ\,* O effulgence of the Father’s glory\,* we praise 
 the radiant likeness of Your countenance.* We worship Your passion\,* we h
 onour Your Resurrection\,* and we glorify Your glorious Ascension.* Have m
 ercy on us.\n\nTroparion\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\,* th
 e Redeemer of the world.\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON FRIDAY MORNING\nFirst Antip
 hon\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 Saviour\, save\, us.\n\nHe
  has subdued peoples to us\,* and nations under our feet.\n\nThrough the p
 rayers 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 pray
 ers of the Mother of God\, O Saviour\, save\, us.\n\nGlory… Now…  Onl
 y-Begotten Son…\n\nThird Antiphon\n\nCome\, let us sing joyfully to the 
 Lord\,* let us acclaim God\, our Saviour.\n\nSon of God\, 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 God is the great Lord\
 ,* the great king over all the earth.\n\nSon of God\, who ascended in glor
 y\,* save us who sing to You: Alleluia.\n\nEntrance\n\nCome\, let us worsh
 ip* and fall down before Christ.\n\nSon of God\, who ascended in glory\,* 
 save us who sing to You: Alleluia.\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\,
  Tone 4: You ascended in glory\, O Christ our God\,* giving joy to Your di
 sciples by the promise of the Holy Spirit\,* and assuring them through you
 r blessing* that You are the Son of God\,* the Redeemer of the world.\n\nG
 lory be to the Father\, and to the Son\, and to the Holy Spirit\, now and 
 for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 6: When you had fulfilled You
 r plan for us* and united things on earth with those in heaven\,* You asce
 nded in glory\, O Christ our God\,* in no way distant\, but remaining inse
 parable\,* You cried to those who love You:* I am with You and there is no
 ne against you.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 7\n\nBe exalted\, O God\, above the 
 heavens\;* above all the earth be Your glory.\n\nverse: My heart is ready\
 , O God\, my heart is ready. I will sing and make music in my glory. (Psal
 m 56:6\,8)\n\nEpistle\n\nActs 19:1-8\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 2\n\nverse: God as
 cended amid shouts of joy\; the Lord at the sound of the trumpet.\n\nverse
 : Clap your hands\, all you nations\; shout to God with the voice of joy. 
 (Psalm 46:6\,2)\n\nGospel\n\nJohn 14:1-11\n\nHymn to the 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 both mind and word\,* a
 nd in time\, ineffably bore the Timeless One:* it is you who\, with one ac
 cord\,* we\, the faithful\, magnify.\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nGod ascended ami
 d shouts of joy\;* the Lord at the sound of the trumpet.* Alleluia\, allel
 uia\,* alleluia. (Psalm 46:6)\n\nInstead of We have seen the true light we
  sing:\n\nBe exalted\, O God\, above the heavens\, above all 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 earth be Your glor
 y.
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