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DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260427
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SUMMARY:Monday\, April 27\, 2026\;  The Holy Hieromareyr Simeon\, Relative 
 of the Lord\; Our Venerable Father Stephen\, Bishop of Volodymyr in Volhyn
 ia.
DESCRIPTION:VESPERS ON SUNDAY EVENING\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 8\n\nIf You mar
 k iniquities\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You
  may be revered.\n\nO most glorious wonder!* The Maker of all has assumed 
 flesh\,* wishing to become a man in His loving compassion\,* showing the H
 ebrews a wealth of miracles.* Therefore at Bethesda’s pool\,* He wrought
  healing upon the paralytic man\, saying to him:* Take up your bed and wal
 k.\n\nI have waited for You as You have commanded\; my soul patiently reli
 es on Your promise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nO Saviour\, my Lo
 rd and God\,* since You willed to restore fallen mankind\,* as a man You w
 andered the earth curing all manner of infirmities\,* for the sake of the 
 abundance of Your loving compassion.* Thus having come to the porch of the
  Sheep’s Pool\,* You\, by Your word\, raised up the paralytic\,* who had
  lain prostrate for thirty and eight years.\n\nFrom the morning watch unti
 l night* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nUtterly consumed with jealousy\,
  the Hebrews brought guilt upon themselves* making Your good works\, O sup
 remely good Lord\,* an occasion and excuse for their bitter and frenzied r
 age.* While they themselves ceased not to transgress the Law\,* they sough
 t to slay You\, who are the Life of all\;* for on the Sabbath day\, You sh
 owed forth as a man completely whole* him who before had been a paralytic.
 \n\nTone 4\n\nFor with the Lord there is mercy\, and with Him there is ple
 ntiful redemption\;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquities.\n
 \nO Symeon\, you showed yourself to be a most sacred priest\,* a lawful at
 hlete\, a true kinsman of the Creator\,* a right marvellous wonderworker\,
  an all-radiant beacon\,* a guide for the lost\, an immovable pillar of th
 e honoured Church\,* an heir of the heavenly kingdom\,* and a peer of the 
 angels.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all y
 ou people.\n\nThrough bodily pangs\, through all manner of most painful to
 rment\, and manifold struggles* you drew nigh to the cross\, emulating Chr
 ist* who was crucified of His own will\, O all-glorious hierarch.* Wherefo
 re\, rejoicing and celebrating your holy memory\, O Symeon\,* we receive r
 elease from our offenses* through your supplications.\n\nStrong is the lov
 e of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth endure.\n\nIn sacred mann
 er have you entered the celestial Church\,* stained with blood in hallowed
  manner\, O blessed one\;* and you stand before the Trinity\,* shining ric
 hly with the effulgence emitted therefrom\, O you who are most rich.* Wher
 efore\, O Symeon\, celebrating today your radiant memorial\,* we illumine 
 the senses of our souls.\n\nTone 5\, Glory… Now…\n\nAt the Sheep’s P
 ool a man lay there infirm\;* and upon seeing You\, O Lord\, he cried:* I 
 have no one\, that\, when the water is troubled\, to lift me and place me 
 therein.* But when I go\, another goes before me and receives healing\,* a
 nd straightway\, the Saviour had compassion upon him\, saying to him:* For
  you I became a man\, for you I have been clothed in flesh\,* and you say:
  I have no man?* Take up your bed and walk.* All things are possible for Y
 ou\,* all things are obedient to You\,* all things are subject to You.* Re
 member us all and have mercy on us\, O Holy One\,* since You are the Lover
  of mankind.\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 3\n\nBy Your Cross\, O Christ our Saviou
 r\,* the dominion of death has been abolished\,* the devil’s deception h
 as been dispelled\,* while mankind\, saved by faith\,* each evening offers
  hymns to You.\n\nI have lifted up my eyes to You enthroned in heaven. Beh
 old\, as the eyes of servants are on the hands of their masters\, as the e
 yes of a maid are on the hands of her mistress\, so are our eyes on the Lo
 rd our God until He has mercy on us.\n\nAn evening hymn do we offer to You
 \, O Christ\,* with incense and spiritual hymns.* O Saviour\, have mercy o
 n our souls.\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 mockery of the r
 ich\, of the contempt of the proud.\n\nO Lord\, in truth great is the powe
 r of Your Cross\,* for affixed in one place\, it manifests itself througho
 ut the world\;* and from fishermen has it shown forth Apostles\,* and from
  the nations\, Mareyrs\,* that for our souls they all might offer interces
 sion.\n\nTone 1\, Glory… Now…\n\nYou came to heal the sick\, O Christ\
 ,* You who by Your most pure hand fashioned mankind\, O compassionate One\
 ,* By Your word You raised up the paralytic by the Sheep’s Pool.* And cu
 red the ailment of the blood-streaming woman.* Upon the tormented daughter
  of the Canaanite woman You were merciful\,* and the request of the centur
 ion You did not disdain.* For this cause we cry to You:* O Almighty Lord\,
  glory be to You.\n\nTroparia\n\nTone 3\n\nLet the heavens be glad\, let t
 he earth rejoice\,* for the Lord has done a mighty deed with His arm.* He 
 trampled death by death. He became the first-born of the dead\;* He saved 
 us from the abyss of Hades* and granted great mercy to the world.\n\nTone 
 1\, Glory… \n\nIn sacred manner do we praise you\, O sacred hierarch Sy
 meon\,* as the kinsman of Christ and a steadfast mareyr* who destroyed dec
 eption and kept the Faith.* Wherefore\, celebrating today your most holy m
 emory\,* we receive remission of sins through your supplications.\n\nNow
 …\n\nO Holy Tabernacle\, when Gabriel cried out to you:* Rejoice\, O Vir
 gin\, full of grace\,* the Lord of All became incarnate of you\,* as the r
 ighteous David had foretold.* In bearing your Creator\, you have shown you
 rself to surpass the vastness of the heavens.* We\, therefore\, cry out: G
 lory to Him who dwelt in you!* Glory to Him who came forth from you!* Glor
 y to Him who has set us free* through your life-giving birth!\nAT DIVINE L
 ITURGY ON MONDAY MORNING\nAfter the priest has exclaimed\, Blessed be the 
 Kingdom… and the people have responded\, Amen\, the clergy sing the Pasc
 hal Troparion once and the people repeat it. Then\, the clergy sing the fi
 rst half\, and the people conclude it.\n\nPaschal Troparion\n\nChrist is r
 isen from the dead\,* trampling death by death\,* and to those in the tomb
 s* giving life.\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 3: Let the he
 avens be glad\, let the earth rejoice\,* for the Lord has done a mighty de
 ed with His arm.* He trampled death by death. He became the first-born of 
 the dead\;* He saved us from the abyss of Hades* and granted great mercy t
 o the world.\n\nGlory be to the Father\, and to the Son\, and to the Holy 
 Spirit.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 3: Lord\, as of old You raised the Paralytic\,
 * lift my soul by Your divine presence\,* for by many sins and foolish act
 ions\,* I\, too\, am now afflicted and crippled.* Raise me\, that being sa
 ved I may cry to You:* Glory to Your power\, O merciful Christ.\n\nNow and
  for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 8: Though  You descended in
 to a tomb\, O Immortal One\,* yet You destroyed the power of Hades\;* and 
 You rose as victor\, O Christ God\,* calling to the myrrh-bearing women: R
 ejoice!* and giving peace to Your Apostles:* You\, who grant Resurrection 
 to the fallen.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 1\n\nLet Your mercy\, O Lord\, be upo
 n us\, as we have hoped in You.\n\nverse: Rejoice in the Lord\, O you just
 \; praise befits the righteous. (Psalm 32:22\,1)\n\nEpistle\n\nActs 10:1-1
 6\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 5\n\nverse: Of Your mercies\, O Lord\, I will sing fo
 rever\; with my mouth I will proclaim Your truth from generation to genera
 tion.\n\nverse: For You have said\, “Mercy will be established forever.
 ” (Psalm 32:22\,1)\n\nGospel\n\nJohn 6:56-69\n\nHymn to the Theotokos\n\
 nThe Angel cried out to the One full of Grace: O chaste Virgin\, rejoice! 
 And again I say\, Rejoice! Your Son has risen from the tomb on the third d
 ay\, and raised the dead. Let all people rejoice! Shine\, shine\, O new Je
 rusalem\, for the glory of the Lord has risen upon you! Exult now and be g
 lad\, O Sion! And you\, O chaste Mother of God\, take delight in the resur
 rection of your Son.\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nReceive the Body of Christ\;* ta
 ste the fountain of immortality.* Praise the Lord from the heavens\; prais
 e Him in the highest.* Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia. (Psalm 148:1)\n\nI
 nstead of Blessed is He Who comes… we sing:\n\nChrist is risen from the 
 dead\,* trampling death by death\,* and to those in the tombs* giving life
 .\n\nInstead of We have seen the true light… we sing:\n\nChrist is risen
  from the dead\,* trampling death by death\,* and to those in the tombs* g
 iving life.\n\nInstead of May our mouths be filled… we sing three times:
 \n\nChrist is risen from the dead\,* trampling death by death\,* and to th
 ose in the tombs* giving life.\n\nInstead of Blessed be the name of the Lo
 rd… we sing three times:\n\nChrist is risen from the dead\,* trampling d
 eath by death\,* and to those in the tombs* giving life.\n\nAt the dismiss
 al\, instead of Glory be to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit\, n
 ow and forever and ever. Amen. we chant:\n\nChrist is risen from the dead\
 , trampling death by death\,* and to those in the tombs giving life.\n\nAf
 ter the final Amen\, the Troparion Christ is risen is sung as at the begin
 ning of the Liturgy\, but with the addition:\n\nAnd to us He has granted l
 ife eternal\;* we bow down before His resurrection on the third day.
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