BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.8//EN TZID:America/Winnipeg X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Winnipeg BEGIN:VEVENT UID:626@liturgy.royaldoors.net DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20261026 DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20261027 DTSTAMP:20261020T022725Z URL:https://liturgy.royaldoors.net/events/monday-october-26-2026-the-holy- and-glorious-great-martyr-demetrius-from-whose-tomb-myrrh-streams-forth/ SUMMARY:Monday\, October 26\, 2026\; The Holy and Glorious Great-Martyr De metrius\, from Whose Tomb Myrrh Streams Forth. DESCRIPTION:All-Night Vigil Feast. A day when the faithful are highly encou raged to participate in the Divine Liturgy\n\nGREAT VESPERS\n\nKathisma Re ading\n\nBlessed is the man… is chanted.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 2\, Pod oben “When from a Tree…”\n\nOut of the depths I cry to You\, O Lord\ ;* O Lord\, hear my voice!\n\nO glorious martyr Demetrius\, like a radiant star you ever illumine your native land\;* for you ever protect it from l ies and destruction wrought by the foe\,* and deliver it from misery and e very tempest.* Therefore\, blessed one\, it joyously offers praise to you\ , keeping your yearly commemoration\,* singing with faith and love the Lor d who has glorified you.\n\nLet Your ears be attentive* to the voice of my prayer.\n\nO glorious martyr Demetrius\, like a radiant star you ever ill umine your native land\;* for you ever protect it from lies and destructio n wrought by the foe\,* and deliver it from misery and every tempest.* The refore\, blessed one\, it joyously offers praise to you\, keeping your yea rly commemoration\,* singing with faith and love the Lord who has glorifie d you.\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You for giveness is that You may be revered.\n\nO martyr and passion-bearer of Chr ist\, holy Demetrius\,* you illumine the world with miracles like the sun. * Therefore\, on the day of your commemoration* we all delight in your won ders\, O blessed one\, keeping festival with faith.* Thus\, as you have bo ldness before the Lord\,* beseech Him to save your servants from corruptio n and tribulations.\n\nI have waited for You as You have commanded\; my so ul patiently relies on Your promise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\n Your side was pierced by spears for the sake of the Saviour* whose side wa s pierced on the Cross\;* for with love you emulated Him in your wounds\, O passion-bearer Demetrius\,* revealing to all the steadfastness of your w itness.* Therefore\, the tyrant fell wounded\,* receiving the shaft of you r confession\, O athlete of Christ.\n\nTone 8\, Podoben “O most glorious wonder…”\n\nFrom the morning watch until night* let Israel trust in t he Lord.\n\nO most glorious wonder!* Today\, on the commemoration of the m artyr Demetrius\,* joy has shone forth in heaven and on earth.* He is crow ned with praises by the angels and receives hymns from men.* O\, how he su ffered! How well he fought the fight!* Thereby the evil foe was felled whe n Christ conquered him.\n\nFor with the Lord there is mercy\, and with Him there is plentiful redemption\;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquities.\n\nO most glorious wonder!* Today\, on the commemoration of th e martyr Demetrius\,* joy has shone forth in heaven and on earth.* He is c rowned with praises by the angels and receives hymns from men.* O\, how he suffered! How well he fought the fight!* Thereby the evil foe was felled when Christ conquered him.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* proclai m His glory\, all you people.\n\nO most glorious wonder!* With rays of mir acles brighter than the sun* Demetrius ever enlightens the ends of the ear th\,* he that is illumined with the never-fading light* and delights in th e Light unwaning.* By his rays have clouds of barbarians been dispelled\, infirmities driven away\,* and the demons vanquished.\n\nStrong is the lov e of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth endure.\n\nO most gloriou s wonder!* The thrice-blessed Demetrius\, pierced for the sake of Christ\, * has ever shown himself to the foe as a two-edged sword\,* mowing down th e uprisings of the enemy* and casting down the audacity of the demons.* Le t us cry out to him:* O holy Demetrius\, save us that ever faithfully hono ur you with love!\n\nTone 6\, Glory…\n\nToday the universal festival of the passion-bearer calls us together.* Come\, then\, you that love the fea sts of the Church\,* and let us radiantly celebrate his commemoration\, sa ying:* Rejoice\, you that rendered the garment of impiety with faith* and robed yourself in manliness of spirit!* Rejoice\, you that wrecked the sch emes of the alien one* with the might given you by the One God!* Rejoice\, you that with your pierced limbs spiritually portrayed the suffering of C hrist for us!* Entreat Him\, O Demetrius\, adornment of athletes\,* that w e be delivered from enemies\, visible and invisible\,* and that our souls be saved!\n\nNow…\n\nWho would not call you blessed\, O Virgin most holy ?* Who would not sing a hymn of praise* to the glory of your giving birth without pain or travail?* The Only-begotten Son Himself\,* begotten of the Father before all ages\,* was made flesh out of you in a manner* that can not be explained\, O Woman most pure!* And for our sake\, He Who is God by nature* assumed the nature of a man.* He is not divided into two persons\ ;* He is understood to have two natures* without commixion or confusion.* O noble and blessed Woman\,* intercede with Him that He may mercy on our s ouls.\n\nReadings\n\n(1) Isaiah 63:15-19\; 64:1-9\; (2) Jeremiah 2:2-12\; (3) Wisdom 4:7-15\n\nAt Lytia\n\nTone 1\n\nBe you glad in the Lord\, O cit y of Thessalonica!* Rejoice and hold chorus\, splendidly arraying yourself with faith\,* for you have as a treasure within your bosom Demetrius\,* t he most glorious passion-bearer and witness to the truth.* Delight in his miracles\, see the healing he accomplishes\,* and behold him that casts do wn the audacity of the aliens\;* and cry out in thanksgiving to the Saviou r:* O Lord\, glory to You!\n\nWith the comeliness of hymns let us brighten this day\,* and let us proclaim the struggles of the martyr\;* for the gr eat Demetrius moves us to praise.* For\, having bravely put down the assau lts of the demons\,* he zealously entered the stadium and\, having gloriou sly carried off the trophies of victory\,* he entreats the Saviour\, that our souls be saved.\n\nTone 2\n\nO wise Demetrius\, Christ God has blamele ssly set your soul in the dwellings on high\;* for you were a champion of the Trinity* and\, hard as adamant\, you bravely suffered in the stadium\; * and pierced in your incorrupt sides\, O most honoured one\,* emulating H im that was pierced on the Tree for the salvation of the whole world\,* yo u received the gift of working miracles\, richly bestowing healings upon p eople.* Therefore\, today we celebrate your repose as is meet\,* glorifyin g the Lord who has glorified you.\n\nTone 5\, Podoben “Let us trumpet fo rth…”\n\nGlory…\n\nLet us make haste with faith and love\,* and let us cry out hymns of festivity\,* and let us all clap our hands during this festival of our chief leader.* Let the armies of heaven rejoice over him* that was pierced for the King and Lord who was pierced with a spear\,* an d who boldly cast down the audacity of Lyaeus.* Let the earth and the sea marvel at the most glorious signs wrought by the radiant luminary.* Let th e young praise\, as is fitting\, the bridler of youth\,* the staff of old age\, the intercessor amid misfortunes\,* the enricher of the destitute\, the guide on the good path\,* the ally in war\, O city of Thessalonica\,* and in prayer let us say: O most glorious Demetrius\, go you before us and rescue us from every need\,* and save your servants by your prayers.\n\nN ow…\n\nLet us sound forth with the trumpet of hymns\,* for\, the Virgin Mother\, the Queen of all\, bending down from on high\,* with blessings cr owns them that sing to her.* Let kings and princes make haste\, and let th em clap their hands in hymns* to the Queen who gave birth to the King who\ , in His love for mankind\,* was well pleased to loose them that before we re held fast by death.* O pastors and teachers\, assembling\, let us prais e the all-pure Mother of the Good Shepherd\,* the golden candle-stick\, th e Light-bearing cloud\,* who is more spacious than the heavens\,* the anim ate tabernacle\, the fiery throne of the Master\,* the golden jar that hel d the Manna\, the door of the Word\, the refuge of all Christians\,* and p raising her with divinely eloquent hymns\, let us say thus:* O palace of t he Word\, vouchsafe the kingdom of heaven to us\,* the lowly\, for nothing is impossible to your mediation.\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 2\n\nWhen the earth trembled with fear at Your wrath\, the mountains and hills did quake\, O Lord\;* but\, regarding us with the eye of Your compassion\,* be You not w rathful with us in Your anger\,* but\, taking pity on the works of Your ha nds\,* free us from the dreadful threat of earthquake\,* in that You are g ood and the Lover of mankind.\n\nTone 4\n\nHe looks on the earth and makes it tremble.\n\nAwesome are You\, O Lord\, and who can abide Your righteou s wrath?* Who can entreat You? Who can render You mild concerning Your sin ful and despairing people\, O Good One?* The ranks of heaven: the angels\, authorities\, principalities\, thrones\, dominions\, cherubim and seraphi m\, cry out to You in our behalf:* Holy\, holy\, holy are You\, O Lord!* D isdain not the works of Your hands\,* and in the compassion of Your mercy save Your imperilled city.\n\nYou made the earth to quake and troubled it. \n\nThe Ninevites\, because of their offenses\, heard the threat of destru ction by earthquake\;* you\, through the resurrection of Jonah in the inte rmediate sign of the whale\, cried out in appeal.* Thus\, taking pity on Y our people and their babes and cattle\, You accepted their cry.* So also t ake pity and have mercy on us that are being chastised\,* for the sake of Your own Rising on the third day.\n\nTone 8\, Glory…\n\nO ever-memorable Demetrius\, your most blessed and immaculate soul* has the heavenly Jerus alem as a dwelling place\,* whose walls have been adorned by the all-pure hands of the invisible God.* And on earth this most eminent temple possess ed your most precious and much-suffering body* as an inviolate treasury of miracles\, a medicine for infirmities\;* amid having recourse thereto we draw forth healings. O all-praised one\,* from the obstacles of the advers ary you keep this city which magnifies you\,* for you have boldness before Christ\, who has glorified you.\n\nNow…\n\nO unwedded Virgin\, who inef fably gave birth to God in the flesh\, Mother of God Most High:* accept yo u the entreaties of your servants\, O all-immaculate one\,* bestowing upon all cleansing from transgressions.* And now\, receiving our supplications \, pray that we all be saved.\n\nTroparion\n\nTone 3\n\nIn you\, O martyr Demetrius\,* the world has discovered a champion in its travails\,* for yo u have routed the nations* and so\, as you smashed the pride of Lyaeus*\, encouraging Nestor to struggle\,* pray to Christ our God to grant great me rcy to our souls. (3)\n\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON MONDAY MORNING\n\nTroparia a nd Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 3: In you\, O martyr Demetrius\,* the worl d has discovered a champion in its travails\,* for you have routed the nat ions* and so\, as you smashed the pride of Lyaeus*\, encouraging Nestor to struggle\,* pray to Christ our God to grant great mercy to our souls.\n\n Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit\, now and for ev er and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 2: With the streams of your blood\, O Demetrius\,* God\, who gave you invincible strength\,* has dyed the Chu rch in royal crimson* and preserved your city invulnerable* for you are it s fortification.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 7\n\nThe just man shall be glad in the Lord and shall hope in Him.\n\nverse: Hear\, O God\, my voice when I m ake my petition to You. (Psalm 63:11\,2)\n\nEpistle\n\n2 Timothy 2:1-10\n\ nAlleluia\, Tone 4\n\nverse: The just man shall flourish like the palm tre e\; and he shall grow like the cedar in Lebanon.\n\nverse: They who are pl anted in the house of the Lord shall flourish the courts of our God. (Psal m 91:13\,14)\n\nGospel\n\nJohn 15:17-16:2\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nThe just ma n shall be in everlasting remembrance\;* of evil hearsay he shall have no fear.* Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia. (Psalm 111:6-7) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Winnipeg X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Winnipeg BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR