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DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260918
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SUMMARY:Friday\, September 18\, 2026\; Our Venerable Father Eumenes\, Bisho
 p of Gortyna\, Wonderworker.
DESCRIPTION:Post-feast of the Exaltation of the Cross. Abstention from meat
  and foods that contain these ingredients\n\nAT VESPERS ON THURSDAY EVENIN
 G\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 4\, Podoben “As one valiant among the martyrs
 …”\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You for
 giveness is that You may be revered.\n\nWhen You were lifted up upon the C
 ross\, O Master\,* You raised up with Yourself the whole fallen nature of 
 Adam\;* therefore\, lifting up Your all-pure Cross* with the strength of Y
 ou\, the Most High\,* O You who love mankind\, we make entreaty\, crying o
 ut:* As You are our merciful God\, O Most High\,* save those who venerate 
 the honourable\, luminous and divine exaltation of Your Cross.\n\nI have w
 aited for You as You have commanded\; my soul patiently relies on Your pro
 mise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nGazing now upon Your footstool 
 where Your all-pure feet stood\,* and chanting psalms\, O Master\,* we hon
 our today Your all-precious Cross with love\,* and elevating it with piety
  we beseech You\, crying aloud:* Having sanctified all by Your divine Cros
 s\, O Most High\,* show us forth as partakers of Your ineffable compassion
  and grace.\n\nFrom the morning watch until night* let Israel trust in the
  Lord.\n\nWe bow down before Your all-holy Cross\, O Christ\,* as before\,
  an invincible trophy\, an impregnable shield\, and a divine sceptre\,* fo
 r thereby has the world been saved\, and for it Adam dances.* Offering pra
 ise in hymns\, we\, the assemblies of the earthborn\, honour it\,* and\, p
 erforming its divine elevation\, we ask purification.\n\nTone 4\n\nFor wit
 h the Lord there is mercy\, and with Him there is plentiful redemption\;* 
 and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquities.\n\nCleansing your body
  and soul of the passions\,* you became a dwelling-place of the Holy Spiri
 t* and adorned yourself with the anointing of priests.* You were an excell
 ent intercessor\, O Eumenus\,* a converser with the holy angels\, an heir 
 to the glory of the Lord\,* and pray for those who praise you.\n\nPraise t
 he Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\nYour 
 all-glorious life\, illuminated by the virtues* and shining forth with the
  splendours of miracles\,* made you right glorious to the ends of the eart
 h\, O most blessed one\,* a steadfast beacon\, one who shares the abode of
  the saints\,* a hierarch who is a citizen of the holy city\,* a fellow-ci
 tizen with the angels\,* O right glorious wonderworker.\n\nStrong is the l
 ove of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth endure.\n\nAssembling\,
  let us honour aloud the hierarch Eumenus\,* the adornment of Crete\, bish
 op of Gortyna\,* unshakable foundation of the Church\,* who is magnificent
  in miracles\, all-glorious in many powers\,* and has enlightened hearts w
 hich are in darkness.\n\nTone 2\, Glory… Now…\n\nThe divine treasure w
 hich is hidden in the ground\, the Cross of the Bestower of life\,* was sh
 own in the heavens to the pious emperor* and noetically displayed an inscr
 iption of victory over his enemies.* And rejoicing therein with faith and 
 love\,* in godly manner he hastened to ascend to a visible height* and wit
 h zeal drew it forth from the bosom of the earth\,* for the deliverance of
  the world and the salvation of our souls.\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 2\, Podobe
 n “O house of Ephratha…”\n\nToday\, the Cross of Christ\, the life-b
 earing Tree* on which He was crucified in the flesh\,* is borne aloft\, su
 mmoning all\n\nExalt the Lord our God\, and worship the footstool of His f
 eet\, for it is holy.\n\nRejoice\, O divine defence of the faithful\, unas
 sailable rampart\,* O Cross of the Lord\,* whereby we have been lifted up 
 from the earth.\n\nGod is our King before the ages\, He has wrought salvat
 ion in the midst of the earth.\n\nCome everyone and with gladness* let us 
 kiss the life-bearing Tree* whereon Christ our deliverance was stretched o
 ut.\n\nTone 4\, Glory… Now…\n\nMoses\, prefiguring the activity of the
  precious Cross\, O Christ\,* vanquished Amalek his adversary in the wilde
 rness of Sinai\;* for when he stretched out his arms\, forming the image o
 f the Cross\,* he strengthened the people.* And now these events have foun
 d their fulfilment in us:* today the Cross is elevated and the demons flee
 \;* today all creation is freed from corruption\,* for gifts have shone fo
 rth upon us because of the Cross.* Therefore\, rejoicing\, we all fall dow
 n before it\, saying:* Glory to You\, O Lord\,* for Your works are magnifi
 ed!\n\nTroparia\n\nTone 7\n\nYou enriched your life with fasting\, O Fathe
 r Eumenius.* You loved the poor and gave them all you had.* You were brigh
 ter than the sun in virtue\,* cheering the sad and comforting the mourning
 .* By virtue of these riches and by your prayers\,* now beg Christ to forg
 ive our sins.\n\nTone 1\, Glory… Now…\n\nSave Your people\, O Lord\, a
 nd bless Your inheritance\,* grant victory to Your faithful people against
  enemies\,* and protect Your community by Your Cross.\n\nAT DIVINE LITURGY
  ON FRIDAY MORNING\n\nAntiphon 1\n\nO God\, my God\, hear me\; why have Yo
 u forsaken me? The words of my transgressions put salvation far from me.\n
 \nThrough the prayers of the Mother of God\, O Saviour\, save us.\n\nO God
 \, I will call to You by day but You will not listen\; and by night\, yet 
 it will not be foolish of me.\n\nThrough the prayers of the Mother of God\
 , O Saviour\, save us.\n\nBut You\, the praise of Israel\, dwell in the ho
 ly place.\n\nThrough the prayers of the Mother of God\, O Saviour\, save u
 s.\n\nGlory… Now… Only-begotten Son…\n\nAntiphon 3\n\nCome\, let us 
 sing joyfully to the Lord\, let us acclaim God\, our Saviour.\n\nSon of Go
 d\, crucified in the flesh\, save us who sing to You: Alleluia.\n\nLet us 
 come before His face with praise\, and acclaim Him in psalms.\n\nSon of Go
 d\, crucified in the flesh\, save us who sing to You: Alleluia.\n\nFor God
  is the great Lord\, and the great king over all the earth.\n\nSon of God\
 , crucified in the flesh\, save us who sing to You: Alleluia.\n\nEntrance\
 n\nCome\, let us worship and fall down before Christ.\n\nSon of God\, cruc
 ified in the flesh\, save us who sing to You: Alleluia.\n\nTroparia and Ko
 ntakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 1: Save Your people\, O Lord\, and bless Your i
 nheritance.* Grant victory to Your faithful people against enemies\,* and 
 protect Your community by Your cross.\n\nTroparion\, Tone 8: The divine im
 age was faithfully preserved in you\, O father\,* for taking up the Cross 
 you followed Christ.* By your deeds you have taught us to see beyond flesh
 \, which passes\,* and care for the soul\, a thing immortal.* and so\, O V
 enerable Eumenes\,* your spirit rejoices with the angels.\n\nGlory be to t
 he Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 2: Di
 vinely armed with purity of spirit* and mightily wielding the lance of unc
 easing prayers\,* you overcame the powers of demons\,* Venerable Eumenes\,
  pray without ceasing for all of us.\n\nNow and for ever and ever. Amen.\n
 \nKontakion\, Tone 4: By Your own choice\, O Christ our God\,* You were li
 fted on the cross.* Grant Your mercies to Your new community* that bears Y
 our Name.* By Your power gladden the faithful people\,* and grant them vic
 tory against enemies.* May they have the help of Your instrument of peace\
 ,* the invincible sign of victory.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 7\n\nExalt the Lo
 rd our God\,* and bow in worship at the footstool of his feet\, for it is 
 holy.\n\nverse: The Lord reigns\, let the people tremble. (Psalm 98:5\,1)\
 n\nEpistle\n\nEphesians 4:17-25\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 1\n\nverse: Remember Yo
 ur congregation which You acquired from the beginning.\n\nverse: But God i
 s our king before the ages\; He has wrought salvation in the midst of the 
 earth. (Psalm 73:2\,12)\n\nGospel\n\nMark 12:1-12\n\nHymn to the Theotokos
 \n\nO my soul\, magnify the most precious cross of the Lord.\n\nAnd the Ir
 mos\, Tone 8: You are a mystical Paradise\, O Mother of God\, who though u
 ntilled\, have brought forth Christ. He has planted upon earth the life-gi
 ving Tree of the Cross. Therefore today as we raise it on high we bow low 
 and we magnify you.\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nLet the light of Your countenance
 \, O Lord\,* shine upon us.* Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia. (Psalm 4:7)\
 n\nAt the end of Liturgy we sing:\n\nTo Your Cross\, O Master\, we bow in 
 veneration\, and we glorify Your holy Resurrection. (3)
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