BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.12//EN TZID:America/Winnipeg X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Winnipeg BEGIN:VEVENT UID:637@liturgy.royaldoors.net DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20261106 DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20261107 DTSTAMP:20261026T151015Z URL:https://liturgy.royaldoors.net/events/friday-november-6-2026-the-holy- paul-archbishop-of-constantinople-confessor/ SUMMARY:Friday\, November 6\, 2026\; The Holy Paul\, Archbishop of Constan tinople\, Confessor. DESCRIPTION:Saint with Six Stichera. Abstention from meat and foods that co ntain these ingredients\n\nAT VESPERS ON THURSDAY EVENING\n\nKathisma Read ing\n\nThe appointed psalms are chanted.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 4\, Podob en “You have given a sign…”\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\, who c an stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be revered.\n\nThe div inely-eloquent Paul ordains you\, most blessed one\,* as his namesake and follower!* You are adorned with his character and piety\,* his endurance t hrough tribulations!* Aflame with his zeal\, you are a champion of orthodo xy!* Now you are glorified with him in the heavenly mansions!\n\nI have wa ited for You as You have commanded\; my soul patiently relies on Your prom ise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nThe divinely-eloquent Paul ordai ns you\, most blessed one\,* as his namesake and follower!* You are adorne d with his character and piety\,* his endurance through tribulations!* Afl ame with his zeal\, you are a champion of orthodoxy!* Now you are glorifie d with him in the heavenly mansions!\n\nFrom the morning watch until night * let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nYou strangled the ungodly Arius and the impious Macedonius* with the strong cords of your teachings!* With your t rue words of doctrine\,* you strengthened multitudes of the orthodox faith ful\, hieromartyr and father!* Therefore\, the Lover of mankind accepted y our brilliant confession\,* revealing you to be a dweller in His Kingdom!\ n\nFor with the Lord there is mercy\, and with Him there is plentiful rede mption\;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquities.\n\nYou stran gled the ungodly Arius and the impious Macedonius* with the strong cords o f your teachings!* With your true words of doctrine\,* you strengthened mu ltitudes of the orthodox faithful\, hieromartyr and father!* Therefore\, t he Lover of mankind accepted your brilliant confession\,* revealing you to be a dweller in His Kingdom!\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* proc laim His glory\, all you people.\n\nChrist has crowned you with a bright w reath of righteousness\, blessed bishop!* You have kept the faith\; you ha ve finished your course\,* and He has adorned your confession\, truly wond rous one!* Therefore\, since you have received your inheritance in heaven\ ,* Pray to the Saviour for those who sing praises to you!\n\nStrong is the love of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth endure.\n\nMost bless ed Paul\, the namesake of confession\,* you are the intercessor for those who praise you in faith:* deliver us from all misfortune and every sin\,* from the storm of the passions and from tyranny\,* for you are an invincib le martyr\, father\, a rightly-accepted bishop!* You have acquired boldnes s before Christ our God!\n\nTone 1\, Glory...\n\nClothed in the vestments of a bishop\, venerable father\,* you imitated your namesake\, Paul.* You endured persecution and tribulations\;* by constant toil you overthrew the blasphemous teachings of Arius!* You suffered for the Unoriginate and Con substantial Trinity\;* you cast down the impious Macedonius who fought aga inst the Spirit!* You gave a clear explanation of the orthodox faith to al l\,* for you are united with the immaterial angels.* Together with them\, pray that our souls may be saved!\n\nNow…\n\nBeholding Your unjust slaug hter\, O Christ\,* the Virgin cried out to You weeping:* O my Child most s weet\, how is it that You die unjustly?* How is it that You hang upon a Tr ee\,* You\, who have suspended the whole earth upon the waters?* I who am Your Mother and handmaiden pray\,* leave me not alone\, O greatly merciful Benefactor.\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 6\n\nYour Cross is the life and help of Your people\, О Lord\;* and trusting therein\, we hymn You\,* our God who was crucified in the flesh.* Have mercy on us!\n\nI have lifted up my eye s 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 mis tress\, so are our eyes on the Lord our God until He has mercy on us.\n\nY our Cross\, О Lord\, has opened paradise to the race of mankind\;* and de livered from corruption\, we hymn You\, our God who was crucified in the f lesh.* Have mercy on us!\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 mock ery of the rich\, of the contempt of the proud.\n\nYour martyrs\, О Lord\ , did not deny You nor depart from Your commandments.* By their supplicati ons have mercy on us.\n\nTone 1\n\nYour priests shall be clothed with righ teousness\, and Your righteous shall rejoice.\n\nO venerable father Paul\, invested with virtue by Christ God\,* strengthened by the faith you valia ntly conquered every horde of demons and barbarians\,* and established you r flock upon a rock\, unassailed by any heresy.* Joining the angels in cho rus\, pray to the Saviour* that our souls be preserved in\n\npeace.\n\nTon e 2\, Glory…\n\nSailing the deep of fasting with the sail of abstinence\ ,* you escaped the storm of the passions\, O venerable one.* Being the nam esake of the divine Paul\, you endured persecution and tribulations\,* mal treated amid the blasphemies of the heretics.* You cast down the opinions of Arius\,* and\, vanquishing the heresy of Nestorius\, you have been show n to be a zealot of the Church of Christ.* Entreat Him\, O blessed hierarc h\, that our souls be saved.\n\nNow…\n\nWhen the unblemished ewe-lamb be held her Lamb* led as a man to the slaughter of His own will\, she said\, lamenting:* Do You now make haste to leave me childless\, who gave You bir th\, O Christ?* Why have You done this\, O Deliverer of all?* Yet\, I hymn and glorify Your extreme goodness which passes understanding and recounti ng\,* O You who love mankind!\n\nTroparia\n\nTone 3\n\nThe Church sees you as another Paul* because of your confession of the divine faith.* The blo od of Abel and Zechariah calls for you to the Lord.* O father\, beg Christ our God to have mercy on us.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nO Mother of God\, we h ave obtained your Son’s cross as a staff of power* with which to strike down the boastings of the enemy.* Therefore\, we exalt you without ceasing .\n\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON FRIDAY MORNING\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTropa rion\, Tone 3: The Church sees you as another Paul* because of your confes sion of the divine faith.* The blood of Abel and Zechariah calls for you t o the Lord.* O father\, beg Christ our God to have mercy on us.\n\nGlory b e to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit\, now and for ever a nd ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 2: You shone over the earth like a heav enly star\,* and now you enlighten the universal Church.* for her sake you shed your blood and made a gift of your soul\, O Paul.* Just like the blo od of Abel and Zechariah\,* your blood cried out to the Lord with might.\n \nProkeimenon\, Tone 7\n\nThe venerable ones will exult in glory* and they shall be joyful in their beds.\n\nverse: Sing to the Lord a new song\; le t His praise be in the assembly of the venerable ones. (Psalm 149:5\,1)\n\ nEpistle\n\n1 Thessalonians 5:9-13\, 24-28\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 6\n\nverse: Blessed is the man who fears the Lord\; he shall delight exceedingly in Hi s commandments.\n\nverse: His posterity shall be mighty upon the earth. (P salm 111:1\,2)\n\nGospel\n\nLuke 12:2-12\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nRejoice in t he Lord\, O you just\;* praise befits the righteous.* Alleluia\, alleluia\ ,* alleluia. 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