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DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260831
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SUMMARY:Monday\, August 31\, 2026\;  The Placing of the Precious Sash of Ou
 r Most Holy Lady the Mother of God.
DESCRIPTION:Polyeleos Feast\n\nAT GREAT VESPERS ON SUNDAY EVENING\n\nKathis
 ma Reading\n\nBlessed is the man… is chanted.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 4\
 , Podoben “As one valiant among the martyrs…”\n\nIf You mark iniquit
 ies\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be r
 evered.\n\nThe shrine which holds your belt\, O Theotokos\,* is ever known
  by your servants to be an ark of sanctification.* It is our glory and boa
 st\; a sacred wall surrounding us\;* a fountain of healings!* Therefore be
 ing divinely gathered today\,* we hymn your mighty acts* and the vast abys
 s of your wonders!\n\nI have waited for You as You have commanded\; my sou
 l patiently relies on Your promise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nT
 he shrine which holds your belt\, O Theotokos\,* is ever known by your ser
 vants to be an ark of sanctification.* It is our glory and boast\; a sacre
 d wall surrounding us\;* a fountain of healings!* Therefore being divinely
  gathered today\,* we hymn your mighty acts* and the vast abyss of your wo
 nders!\n\nFrom the morning watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord
 .\n\nBehold the all-glorious place!* Behold the ever-radiant temple in whi
 ch a treasure has been laid:* the belt of the Mother of the divine Son!* P
 eople\, come!  Draw forth enlightenment and mercy\,* and shout with a gra
 teful heart: all-holy Virgin\, we bless you\,* for we have been saved by y
 our childbearing!\n\nFor with the Lord there is mercy\, and with Him there
  is plentiful redemption\;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniqui
 ties.\n\nBehold the all-glorious place!* Behold the ever-radiant temple in
  which a treasure has been laid:* the belt of the Mother of the divine Son
 !* People\, come!  Draw forth enlightenment and mercy\,* and shout with a
  grateful heart: all-holy Virgin\, we bless you\,* for we have been saved 
 by your childbearing!\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim His
  glory\, all you people.\n\nWe rejoice and keep the feast of the placing o
 f your belt\, O Theotokos\,* for today you have granted it to your people\
 ,* it is a sacred garment\, wealth that cannot be stolen\,* a precious gif
 t and river of healings* overflowing with spiritual treasures!\n\nStrong i
 s the love of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth endure.\n\nWe re
 joice and keep the feast of the placing of your belt\, O Theotokos\,* for 
 today you have granted it to your people\,* it is a sacred garment\, wealt
 h that cannot be stolen\,* a precious gift and river of healings* overflow
 ing with spiritual treasures!\n\nTone 2\, Glory… Now…\n\nAll-pure Theo
 tokos\, the Church of God is robed in your holy belt\,* as with a supremel
 y shining diadem!* It is radiant today and cries out to you rejoicing\,* r
 ejoice\, sovereign Lady!* Precious diadem and crown of divine glory!* Rejo
 ice\, for you alone are the fullness of glory and everlasting gladness!* R
 ejoice\, refuge of those who run to you:* our intercessor and salvation!\n
 \nReadings\n\n(1) Genesis 28:10-17\; (2) Ezekiel 43:27\; 44:1-4\; (3) Prov
 erbs 9:1-11\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 4\n\nYou bestowed your belt upon your cit
 y\, O all-glorious one\,* as a firm bulwark\,* protecting it from every mi
 sfortune by divine acts\,* and preserving it unvanquished by the foe\;* fo
 r it cries out with love:* Your Son and Lord\, Who alone is compassionate\
 ,* is my strength and might\,* and the cause of my great rejoicing!\n\nAri
 se\, O Lord\, into Your rest\, You and the ark of Your holiness.\n\nThey w
 ho reign piously are splendidly adorned by your belt\,* as with a precious
  crown\, O all-pure one.* And they boast in your divine greatness* and are
  known to inspire terror in the enemy which ever wars against us\,* and th
 ey praise you\, crying out* to Him Who was born of you in manner past reco
 unting:* O all-glorious Jesus\,* save us all\, in that You are compassiona
 te!\n\nThe rich among the people shall entreat your countenance.\n\nYou en
 wrap us with the power of your belt\, O Virgin\,* strengthening us against
  the enemy\,* subduing the passions* which ever torment and war against us
 \,* and ever granting us victorious dispassion\,* that we may glorify you 
 in purity and ardently cry to your Son:* O almighty Jesus\, save us all\,*
  in that You are compassionate!\n\nTone 2\, Glory... Now…\n\nHaving clea
 nsed our heart and mind\,* let us keep feast together with the angels\,* j
 oyfully addressing the song of David* to the maiden Bride of the King of a
 ll\, Christ our God\,* saying: arise\, Lord\, into your resting place\,* b
 oth You and the ark of Your holiness!* For You have adorned her as a beaut
 iful palace\,* giving her as an inheritance to Your people\, O Master\,* t
 o preserve and shelter them from their enemies\,* by Your mighty power\, t
 hrough her supplications!\n\nTroparion\n\nTone 8\n\nProtection of humans\,
  ever-Virgin Mother of God* as a mighty bulwark for your city* you gave yo
 ur pure body’s robe and sash.* They remained incorrupt by your giving bi
 rth without seed.* For in you are nature and time made new.* Therefore\, w
 e pray you\, give peace to your city** and to our souls great mercy.\n\nGl
 ory… Now…\n\nO gracious Lord\, for the sake of mankind You were born o
 f a virgin\;* through Your death on the cross You conquered death\;* and t
 hrough Your resurrection You revealed yourself as God.* O merciful Lord\, 
 do not disdain those whom You have created with Your own hands\,* but show
  forth Your love for mankind.* Accept the intercession which the Mother\, 
 who bore You\, makes in our behalf.* O Saviour\, save Your despairing peop
 le!\n\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON MONDAY MORNING\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTro
 parion\, Tone 8: Protection of humans\, ever-Virgin Mother of God* as a mi
 ghty bulwark for your city* you gave your pure body’s robe and sash.* Th
 ey remained incorrupt by your giving birth without seed.* For in you are n
 ature and time made new.* Therefore\, we pray you\, give peace to your cit
 y* and to our souls great mercy.\n\nGlory be to the Father and to the Son 
 and to the Holy Spirit\, now and for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, T
 one 2: Your womb which received divinity* was girded about by your preciou
 s sash\, O Mother of God.* It became an unconquerable force for your city*
  and a generous treasury of good things:* O you\, the only virgin who ever
  gave birth.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 3\n\nMy soul magnifies the Lord\, and m
 y spirit has rejoiced in God my Saviour.\n\nverse: Because he has regarded
  the humility of His handmaid\; for behold\, all generations shall call me
  blessed. (Luke 1:46-48)\n\nEpistle\n\nHebrews 9:1-7\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 8\
 n\nverse: Rise up\, O Lord\, to the place of Your rest\, You and the ark o
 f Your holiness.\n\nverse: The Lord swore an oath to David\, and will not 
 go back on His word. (Psalm 131:8\,11)\n\nGospel\n\nLuke 10:38-42\; 11:27-
 28\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nI will take the cup of salvation\;* and I will cal
 l upon the name of the Lord.* Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia. (Psalm 115:
 13)
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