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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton;VALUE=DATE:20260518
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SUMMARY:Monday\, May 18\, 2026\; The Holy Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra\; Holy
  Martyrs Peter\, Dionysius and those with them\;  The Seven Holy Virgins.
DESCRIPTION:AT VESPERS ON SUNDAY EVENING\nKathisma Reading\n\nNo psalms are
  assigned to be chanted.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 1\n\nIf You mark iniquiti
 es\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be re
 vered.\n\nAdorned with a peaceful disposition\,* you were chosen in holine
 ss to minister to all\, O all-blessed Theodotus\,* and illumined with the 
 crown of suffering\,* you join the chorus in the heavens with those who su
 ffered with you.* With them pray that we be saved.\n\nI have waited for Yo
 u as You have commanded\; my soul patiently relies on Your promise\,* for 
 it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nHaving offered yourself to the Lord as a sa
 cred vessel\,* and submitted to His words\, O divinely blessed one\,* you 
 generously gave to the poor\, O wise martyr\,* noetically and spiritually 
 laying up for yourself the riches of martyrdom\,* which cannot be taken aw
 ay.\n\nFrom the morning watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n
 \nBehold the river of salvation!* Behold the living well-spring\, which th
 e company of holy virgins have been shown to be!* Wherefore\, come fervent
 ly:* Let us who are sick now draw forth healing\,* and let those in sorrow
  draw forth joy\,* through the supplications of the holy brides of Christ!
 \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
 \nIllumined with the radiance of the three-Sunned Godhead\,* you passed th
 rough the darkness of tortures* and have been shown to be brilliant stars\
 ,* the divine confirmation of the Church\, ever shedding light\, O holy ma
 rtyrs.* Wherefore\, bowing down before your relics and the dust of your bo
 dies\,* we celebrate your splendid festival.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the 
 nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\nO faithful\, with joy l
 et us all now bless Peter and Dionysius\,* Paul\, Andrew\, and Benedimus\,
  who were valiant and firm\,* Christina\, Heraclius and Paulinus\, who suf
 fered steadfastly\, the three together\,* trampled all the wiles of the se
 rpent underfoot* and dispelled the darkness of idolatry with grace.\n\nStr
 ong is the love of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth endure.\n\n
 With your blood\, O blessed ones\,* you purchased the immovable kingdom of
  God\,* and you attained to the calm havens\,* having endured all the thre
 efold waves of evils with manly mind\, O you who are blessed of God.* Wher
 efore\, you are called blessed and are glorified by all\,* praying ever th
 at we find mercy on the day of judgment.\n\nTone 6\, Glory…\n\nLet us ac
 claim today those mystical trumpets of the Spirit\,* the God-bearing Fathe
 rs\,* who\, in the midst of the Church\,* sang a harmonious song of theolo
 gy\,* teaching that the Trinity is one\, unchanging in essence and Godhead
 \;* they are the refuters of Arius\,* and the foremost warriors of the ort
 hodox.* And they ever intercede with the Lord* that our souls find mercy.\
 n\nNow…\n\nHaving beheld Your ascents on the holy mountains\, O Christ\,
 * effulgence of the Father’s glory\,* we praise the radiant likeness of 
 Your countenance.* We worship Your passion\, we honour Your Resurrection\,
 * and we glorify Your glorious Ascension.* Have mercy on us.\n\nProkeimeno
 n\, Tone 8\n\nAnd now bless the Lord\,* all you servants of the Lord.\n\nv
 erse: Who stand in the temple of the Lord\, in the courtyards of the house
  of our God.\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 6\n\nHaving brought together all knowled
 ge of things of the spirit* and made careful inquiry by the divine Spirit
 ’s grace\,* lo\, like godly scribes the august Fathers* wrote the celest
 ial Symbol\, the august Creed of our holy Faith\,* wherein they clearly te
 ach that\,* like God the Father\, the Word of God\, is also beginningless 
 and is consubstantial with Him in truth.* Thus did these all-blessed\, and
  renowned\, and godly-minded ones* indeed follow in manifest manner in tha
 t which the Apostles taught.\n\nBlessed are You\, O Lord\,* the God of our
  Fathers.\n\nWhen those blessed defenders of the Gospel’s doctrines\,* C
 hrist’s heralds\, had received the fullness of noetic enlightenment thro
 ugh the Spirit’s grace\,* they proclaimed the august oracle to all manki
 nd* under inspiration from our God\,* that most transcendent truth which\,
  though few in words\, is sublimely wise.* These champions of piety and pi
 ous traditions and teachings* thus received revelation of piety and dogma 
 from on high* and were enlightened and then set forth* that faith which wa
 s taught of God.\n\nLook upon me\,* and have mercy on me.\n\nLo\, the divi
 ne shepherds\,* as devoted servants of Christ God and sacred initiates of 
 the preaching inspired by God\,* brought together their wisdom as shepherd
 s and their pastoral knowledge.* Then most righteously did they stir up th
 eir righteous anger* and cast out from the plenitude of the Church the pro
 wling and destructive wolves\,* driving them far off with the Spirit’s s
 ling\,* since those thus expelled had incurred a fall that leads to death*
  and were diseased with an illness* that could not be relieved or cured.\n
 \nTone 3\, Glory…\n\nYou have become exact keepers of the apostolic trad
 itions\, O Holy Fathers\;* for in setting forth in council the dogma of th
 e consubstantiality of the Holy Trinity in orthodox fashion\,* you cast do
 wn the blasphemy of Arius.* Then\, after censuring Macedonius\, the enemy 
 of the Holy Spirit\,* you condemned Nestorius\, Eutyches\, Dioscorus\,* Sa
 bellius\, and Severus the headless one.* Therefore we pray\, make supplica
 tion on our behalf\,* that we be delivered from their error\,* and that ou
 r life be preserved blameless in the Faith.\n\nTone 6\, Now…\n\nGod is g
 one up in jubilation\, the Lord with the voice of the trumpet\,* to raise 
 the fallen image of Adam\,* and to send the Comforting Spirit to sanctify 
 our souls.\n\nTroparion\, Tone 8\n\nChrist our God\, You are glorified abo
 ve all\, You established our fathers as beacons on earth and through them 
 guided all of us to the true faith. Glory to You\, most compassionate Lord
 .\n\nTone 4\, Glory… Now…\n\nYou ascended in glory\, O Christ our God\
 ;* giving joy to Your disciples by the promise of the Holy Spirit\,* and a
 ssuring them through Your blessing* that You are the Son of God\,** the Re
 deemer of the world.\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON MONDAY MORNING\nFirst Antiphon\
 n\nClap your hands\, all you nations\;* shout to God with the voice of joy
 .\n\nThrough the prayers of the Mother of God\, O Saviour\, save\, us.\n\n
 For the Lord most high is awesome\,* a great king over all the earth.\n\nT
 hrough the prayers of the Mother of God\, O Saviour\, save\, us.\n\nHe has
  subdued peoples to us\,* and nations under our feet.\n\nThrough the praye
 rs of the Mother of God\, O Saviour\, save\, us.\n\nGod ascended amid shou
 ts of joy\;* the Lord at the sound of the trumpet.\n\nThrough the prayers 
 of the Mother of God\, O Saviour\, save\, us.\n\nGlory… Now…  Only-Be
 gotten Son…\n\nThird Antiphon\n\nCome\, let us sing joyfully to the Lord
 \,* let us acclaim God\, our Saviour.\n\nSon of God\, who ascended in glor
 y\,* save us who sing to You: Alleluia.\n\nLet us come before His face wit
 h praise\,* and acclaim Him in psalms.\n\nSon of God\, who ascended in glo
 ry\,* save us who sing to You: Alleluia.\n\nFor God is the great Lord\,* t
 he great king over all the earth.\n\nSon of God\, who ascended in glory\,*
  save us who sing to You: Alleluia.\n\nEntrance\n\nCome\, let us worship* 
 and fall down before Christ.\n\nSon of God\, who ascended in glory\,* save
  us who sing to You: Alleluia.\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Ton
 e 4: You ascended in glory\, O Christ our God\,* giving joy to Your discip
 les by the promise of the Holy Spirit\,* and assuring them through your bl
 essing* that You are the Son of God\,* the Redeemer of the world.\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 6: When you had fulfilled Your pl
 an for us* and united things on earth with those in heaven\,* You ascended
  in glory\, O Christ our God\,* in no way distant\, but remaining insepara
 ble\,* You cried to those who love You:* I am with You and there is none a
 gainst you.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 7\n\nBe exalted\, O God\, above the heav
 ens\;* above all the earth be Your glory.\n\nverse: My heart is ready\, O 
 God\, my heart is ready. I will sing and make music in my glory. (Psalm 56
 :6\,8)\n\nEpistle\n\nActs 21:8-14\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 2\n\nverse: God ascen
 ded amid shouts of joy\; the Lord at the sound of the trumpet.\n\nverse: C
 lap your hands\, all you nations\; shout to God with the voice of joy. (Ps
 alm 46:6\,2)\n\nGospel\n\nJohn 14:27-15:7\n\nHymn to the Theotokos\n\nO my
  soul\, magnify the Lord who in glory ascended bodily into the heavens.\n\
 nand the Irmos: O Mother of God\,* you transcended both mind and word\,* a
 nd in time\, ineffably bore the Timeless One:* it is you who\, with one ac
 cord\,* we\, the faithful\, magnify.\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nGod ascended ami
 d shouts of joy\;* the Lord at the sound of the trumpet.* Alleluia\, allel
 uia\,* alleluia. (Psalm 46:6)\n\nInstead of We have seen the true light we
  sing:\n\nBe exalted\, O God\, above the heavens\, above all the earth be 
 Your glory.\n\nInstead of Let our mouths be filled we sing three times:\n\
 nBe exalted\, O God\, above the heavens\, above all the earth be Your glor
 y.
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