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SUMMARY:Friday\, November 20\, 2026\; Forefeast of the Entrance of the Most
  Holy Mother of God into the Temple\; Venerable Father Gregory of Decapoli
 s\; Holy Father Proclus\, Archbishop of Constantinople\; Our Venerable Mot
 her Josaphata Hordashevska\; Blessed Hieromartyr Josaphat Kotsylovsky\, Bi
 shop of Peremyshl.
DESCRIPTION:Pre-feast of the Entrance into the Temple of the Mother of God.
  A day when the faithful are highly encouraged to participate in the Divin
 e Liturgy. Nativity Fast. Abstention from meat and foods that contain thes
 e ingredients\n\nAT VESPERS ON THURSDAY EVENING\n\nKathisma Reading\n\nThe
  appointed psalms are chanted.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 1\n\nIf You mark in
 iquities\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may
  be revered.\n\nLiving joyfully in the heavenly abode\, O Father\,* you al
 ways stand with the angels before the throne of the Lord.* Pray that He gr
 ant the remission of sins* to those on earth who observe your memory.\n\nI
  have waited for You as You have commanded\; my soul patiently relies on Y
 our promise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nThrough prayer and disci
 pline\, O Father Gregory\,* you cut the thorns of passion.* You turned up 
 the spiritual ground* and cast into it the seeds of piety.* In this manner
 \, you reaped fruits of healing for us.\n\nFrom the morning watch until ni
 ght* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nO venerable one\, all those who hono
 ur you* call you a harbour of virtues.* O Gregory\, you were a friend of s
 ilence and a keeper of vigils.* You are a model of continence\, a safe abo
 de of prayer\,* a treasury of miracles\, and a mediator before God.\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\nThe candle-bear
 ing virgins brightly escort the ever-Virgin.* They are in spirit truly pro
 phesying the future* because the Theotokos is the temple of God\;* and wit
 h a virgin’s glory\,* she is being led as a young child into the Temple.
 \n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you peop
 le.\n\nThe Theotokos\, glorious fruit of the holy promise\,* is truly reve
 aled to the world as higher than all creation.* She is piously escorted in
 to the Temple of God* and fulfills the promise of her parents.* She is pro
 tected by the Holy Spirit.\n\nStrong is the love of the Lord for us\;* ete
 rnally will His truth endure.\n\nO Virgin\, you were faithfully nourished 
 by heavenly bread* in the Temple of the Lord.* You gave birth to the Word\
 ,* who is the Bread of Life for the whole world.* You are a chosen and all
 -immaculate temple to Him.* You were betrothed mystically through the Spir
 it* to be the bride of God the Father.\n\nTone 4\, Glory… Now…\n\nToda
 y the Theotokos\, the Temple that is to contain God\,* is being escorted i
 nto the Temple of the Lord\,* and Zechariah receives her.* Today the Holy 
 of Holies greatly rejoices\,* and the choir of angels mystically celebrate
 s this feast.* Let us also celebrate with them today* and cry out with Gab
 riel:* Rejoice\, O Full of Grace\, the Lord is with you\,* and He grants u
 s great mercy.\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 4\n\nO ever-remembered Proclus\, you a
 re a teacher in the Church\;* through the splendour of dogmas* and the bea
 uty of your life and words\, you enlightened all.* You were truly revealed
  as a pillar of the Church.* Therefore\, we bless you* and celebrate our h
 oly\, all-honourable memory in psalms and hymns.\n\nPrecious in the eyes o
 f the Lord is the death of his faithful.\n\nYou taught splendidly* and pre
 ached that the Theotokos\, the most pure handmaiden\, gave birth to Him\;*
  the Creator and Master before all ages\,* the Son and the Word of the Fat
 her.* Later on in time He willingly became incarnate for us* without chang
 ing his nature.* You put the foolish and dishonourable Nestor to shame.\n\
 nYour priests shall be clothed with holiness\; your faithful shall ring ou
 t their joy.\n\nO ever-memorable one\,* you have drawn the golden glisteni
 ng waters of the wise preacher of God.* You revealed yourself to be his tr
 ansmitter of piety.* You made the flock of Christ firm by the teachings of
  the truth.* You restored his pure and all-precious relics* like a royal p
 illar of the Church.\n\nGlory... Now...\n\nCome all you people\,* and let 
 us praise the only-immaculate One* who was foretold by the prophets* and i
 s being led into the Temple.* She was chosen from eternity to be the Mothe
 r\;* and in time she was revealed as the Theotokos.* O Lord\, by her praye
 rs* grant us your peace and mercy.\n\nTroparia\n\nTone 4\n\nO God of our F
 ather\,* who always deals with us according to your everlasting compassion
 \,* take not your mercy away from us\;* but through the prayers of our fat
 hers\,* guide our lives along the ways of peace.\n\nTone 4\, Glory... Now.
 ..\n\nAnne is now preparing a great joy for all of us\,* for she has given
  birth to the only ever-Virgin* who is a joy that dispels all sadness.* To
 day Anne fulfills her vow with gladness\,* presenting to the Temple of the
  Lord* the One who is the true temple of God’s Word and his pure Mother.
 \nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON FRIDAY MORNING\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\
 , Tone 4: Anne is now preparing a great joy for all of us\,* for she has g
 iven birth to the only ever-Virgin who is a joy that dispels all sadness.*
  Today Anne fulfills her vow with gladness\,* presenting to the Temple of 
 the Lord* the One Who is the true temple of God’s Word* and His pure Mot
 her.\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 4: Filled with joy today
  because of the happy feast of the Mother of God\,* the universe cries out
 :* This is the holy tabernacle!\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 4\n\nGod is wonderfu
 l in His saints\,* the God of Israel.\n\nverse: Bless God in the churches\
 , the Lord from the fountains of Israel. (Psalm 67:36\,27)\n\nEpistle\n\nG
 alatians 3:23-29\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 1\n\nverse: With expectation I have wa
 ited for the Lord\, and he was attentive to me\, and He heard my prayer.\n
 \nverse: He brought me out of the pit of misery and the mud of the swamp. 
 (Psalm 39:2\,3)\n\nGospel\n\nMatthew 25:1-13\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nThe just
  man shall be in everlasting remembrance\;* of evil hearsay he shall have 
 no fear.* Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia. (Psalm 111:6)
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