BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.3//EN TZID:America/Winnipeg X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Winnipeg BEGIN:VEVENT UID:433@liturgy.royaldoors.net DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260418 DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260419 DTSTAMP:20260412T020616Z URL:https://liturgy.royaldoors.net/events/saturday-april-18-2026-our-vener able-father-john-disciple-of-gregory-the-decapolitan/ SUMMARY:Saturday\, April 18\, 2026\; Our Venerable Father John\, Disciple o f Gregory the Decapolitan. DESCRIPTION:VESPERS ON FRIDAY EVENING\nAfter the priest has exclaimed\, Ble ssed be our God… and the people have responded\, Amen\, the clergy sing the Paschal Troparion once and the people repeat it. Then\, the clergy sin g the first half\, and the people conclude it.\n\nKathisma Reading\n\nThe assigned psalms are chanted.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 1\n\nIf You mark iniq uities\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may b e revered.\n\nWhile the disciples were gathered\, and the doors were shut\ ,* You entered of a sudden\, O Almighty Jesus\, our God.* And standing in their midst\, You granted them peace\,* and filled them with the Holy Spir it.* You commanded them to tarry\, and in no wise depart from Jerusalem* u ntil they be vested with power from on high.* Wherefore\, we cry to You:* O our Enlightenment and Resurrection and Peace\,* glory be to You.\n\nI ha ve waited for You as You have commanded\; my soul patiently relies on Your promise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nEight days after Your arisi ng\, O Lord\,* You appeared to Your disciples in the place where they were gathered\,* and You pronounced to them: Peace be to you.* And You showed Your hands and immaculate side to the doubting disciple.* Wherefore\, beli eving\, he cried to You:* O my Lord and my God\, glory be to You.\n\nFrom the morning watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nWhen You e ntered\, O Christ\, while the doors were shut\,* Thomas\, who was called t he Twin\, was not with them.* Wherefore he doubted that which was told him \,* by unbelief thus confirming his belief.* And You\, O Good One\, did no t disdain to show him Your immaculate side* and the wounds of Your hands a nd feet.* Wherefore\, having touched and beheld\, he confessed* that You a re neither naked God nor mere man\,* and he cried: O my Lord and my God\, glory be to You.\n\nFor with the Lord there is mercy\, and with Him there is plentiful redemption\;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquit ies.\n\nO venerable father John\,* furnishing your mind with wings to fly to God with faith\,* you disdained the disorderly state of the world* and\ , taking up your cross\,* you followed after Him who beholds all things\,* enslaving to your mind the intemperance of your body* through feats of as ceticism\,* by the power of the divine Spirit.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all th e nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\nO venerable John\, yo u found Gregory to be like a sun of great radiance\,* shining with the lig ht of the virtues* and the effulgence of miracles\,* and you illumined the eyes of your soul\,* dispeled the dark passions\, and became a light\;* a nd rejoicing\, O all-blessed father\,*you passed over to the never-waning Light.\n\nStrong is the love of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His trut h endure.\n\nYou spent your whole life in great stillness\, in weeping and tears\,* becoming a true monk by faith\,* adorned with non-acquisitivenes s* and made beautiful through abstinence\,* showing yourself to be a stran ger and a sojourner on earth.* Wherefore\, O right wondrous one\,* you hav e found the delight of the good.\n\nTone 6\, Glory…\n\nYou came to Your disciples\, O Christ\, while the doors were shut.* Then\, by dispensation\ , Thomas was not found to be among them\;* for he said\, I will not believ e unless I behold the Master\,* and see the side from where issued the blo od\, the water\, and the baptism\,* and observe the wound through which ma n\, the great wound\, was healed\,* and see that He is not a spirit\, but flesh and bones.* O You who trampled down death and instructed Thomas\,* O Lord\, Glory be to You.\n\nTone 1\, Now...\n\nLet us sing a hymn of prais e to the Virgin Mary\,* glory of the whole world!* She was herself formed by human seed\,* yet she became the Mother of the Master\, the Gate of hea ven\,* the theme of the angels’ hymn and beauty of the faithful.* She wa s seen as being heavenly* and the Tabernacle of the Godhead.* She indeed t ore down the wall of enmity between God and man\,* and brought peace in it s place.* She opened up the kingdom of heaven.* Let us therefore cling fas t to her for she is the anchor of faith\,* and let us receive as our stron ghold the Lord Who was born of her.* Be of good cheer\, then\, and have co nfidence\, O people of God\,* for He will fight our enemies for us\,* He i s all-powerful!\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 1\n\nReceive our evening prayers\, O Holy Lord\,* and grant us remission of sins\;* because You alone have reve aled* the Resurrection to the world.\n\nThe Lord reigns\, He is clothed in majesty. Robed is the Lord\, and girt about with strength.\n\nGo around S ion\, O peoples\, and encompass her\,* and give glory to Him who in her mi dst arose from the dead\;* for He is our God\,* and has delivered us from our iniquities.\n\nFor He has made the world firm\, which shall not be mov ed.\n\nCome\, O peoples\, let us hymn and worship Christ* glorifying His R esurrection from the dead:* for He is our God\, who has redeemed the world * from the wiles of the adversary.\n\nHoliness befits Your house\, O Lord\ , for length of days.\n\nBy Your Passion\, O Christ\, we have been set fre e from passions\,* and by Your Resurrection we have been delivered from co rruption.* O Lord\, glory be to You.\n\nTone 5\, Glory… Now…\n\nO Love r of mankind\, great and unsearchable is the multitude of Your compassions !* for in Your longsuffering\, You were struck by the Jews\, and examined by an Apostle\,* and were disputed over by them that rejected You.* How di d You become incarnate?* How were You\, the Sinless One\, crucified?* But grant us understanding\, that\, like Thomas\, we may cry out to You:* O my Lord and my God\, glory be to You.\n\nTroparion\n\nTone 7\n\nWhile the to mb was sealed\, O Christ God\,* You dawned as life from the sepulcher\,* a nd while the doors were shut\,* You came to Your disciples\, the Resurrect ion of all\,* renewing a right spirit in us through them\,* according to Y our great mercy.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nWhile the tomb was sealed\, O Chris t God\,* You dawned as life from the sepulcher\,* and while the doors were shut\,* You came to Your disciples\, the Resurrection of all\,* renewing a right spirit in us through them\,* according to Your great mercy.\nAT DI VINE LITURGY ON SATURDAY MORNING\nAfter the priest has exclaimed\, Blessed be the Kingdom… and the people have responded\, Amen\, the clergy sing the Paschal Troparion once and the people repeat it. Then\, the clergy sin g the first half\, and the people conclude it.\n\nPaschal Troparion\n\nChr ist is risen from the dead\,* trampling death by death\,* and to those in the tombs* giving life.\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 7: Wh ile the tomb was sealed\, O Christ God\,* You dawned as life from the sepu lcher\,* and while the doors were shut\,* You came to Your disciples\, the Resurrection of all\,* renewing a right spirit in us through them\,* acco rding to Your 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\, Tone 8: With his searching hand\,* Thomas explored Your life-giving side\, O Chri st God.* For when You entered while the doors were shut\,* he called out t o You with the rest of the Apostles:* You are my Lord and my God!\n\nProke imenon\, Tone 3\n\nGreat is our Lord and great is His strength\;* and of H is knowledge there is no end.\n\nverse: Praise the Lord\, for a psalm is g ood\; may praise be sweet to our God. (Psalm 146:5\,1)\n\nEpistle\n\nActs 5:21-33\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 8\n\nverse: Come\, let us sing joyfully to the Lord\, let us acclaim God our Saviour.\n\nverse: For God is the great Lord and the great king over all the earth. (Psalm 94:1\,3)\n\nGospel\n\nJohn 6:14-27\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 day\, and raised the dead. Let all peopl e rejoice! Shine\, shine\, O new Jerusalem\, for the glory of the Lord has risen upon you! Exult now and be glad\, O Sion! And you\, O chaste Mother of God\, take delight in the resurrection of your Son.\n\nCommunion Hymn\ n\nPraise the Lord\, O Jerusalem.* Praise your God\, O Sion.* Alleluia\, a lleluia\,* alleluia. (Psalm147:1)\n\nInstead 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 tru e light… we sing:\n\nChrist is risen from the dead\,* trampling death by death\,* and to those in the tombs* giving life.\n\nInstead of May our mo uths be filled… we sing three times:\n\nChrist is risen from the dead\,* trampling death by death\,* and to those in the tombs* giving life.\n\nIn stead of Blessed be the name of the Lord… we sing three times:\n\nChrist is risen from the dead\,* trampling death by death\,* and to those in the tombs* giving life.\n\nAt the dismissal\, instead of Glory be to the Fath er and the Son and the Holy Spirit\, now and forever and ever. Amen. we ch ant:\n\nChrist is risen from the dead\, trampling death by death\,* and to those in the tombs giving life.\n\nAfter the final Amen\, the Troparion C hrist is risen is sung as at the beginning of the Liturgy\, but with the a ddition:\n\nAnd to us He has granted life eternal\;* we bow down before Hi s resurrection on the third day. 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